258 美国将要抵制联合国种族大会吗?

 

Will US Boycott¹ Conference on Racism²?

Scott Stearns

White House

27 Jul 2001 20:22 UTC

 

The United States will 1)boycott an international conference 2)racism if organizers insist on discussing 3)reparations for African slavery and a 4)motion equating³ 5)Zionism with racism. The Bush Administration is urging the conference not to get 6)distracted from its focus on fighting racism.

Preparations for next month's World Conference on Racism include discussion of an Arab-backed proposal calling Zionism a form of racism. Zionism is the movement that helped create Israel. The draft proposal 7)equates Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with the Nazi⁵ 8)Holocaust of World War II that killed six million Jews.

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer warns that if conference organizers include that in the 9)agenda, the United States will not go. "That is as wrong as wrong can be and the president is proud to stand by Israel and by the Jewish community and send a signal that no group around the world will meet with international acceptance and respect if its purpose is to equate⁴ Zionism with racism," he said.

The Zionism proposal seeks to revive a 1975 U.N. resolution saying the Jewish movement is the same as racism. That resolution was 10)repealed in 1991 in a move led by Israel and the United States.

Mr. Fleischer stressed that the Bush Administration is ready to join the conference in Durban, South Africa but only if organizers reject the Zionism debate and the issue of reparation for African slavery. "The representatives of the United States government have their bags packed and are ready to go and attend this conference," he said. "The only thing stopping them from going will be if the conferees divert the conference from its important mission of fighting racism and get into issues such as equating Zionism with racism or engaging in issues facing backwards⁶ on reparations that serve to divide nations as opposed to bringing people together to confront the present problems that the world faces dealing⁷ with racism."

Many African countries want financial 11)compensation for the damages of slavery and 12)colonialism, saying the industrialized world profited from an experience that made Africa poorer. The United States and the European Union oppose a financial settlement.

Like former President Clinton, Mr. Fleischer says President Bush rejects calls for reparations because they focus on sorting-out past 13)inequities rather than fighting racism today. "For this conference to be successful," he said, "it's important that they focus on the current problems of racism and not get lost in the 14)tangle that is presented by trying to address long-ago inequity that involved Africans trading Africans, Arabs trading Africans, Europeans trading and enslaving Africans, Americans doing the same. It quickly becomes a point of 'Who pays reparations to who?'"

Conference organizers begin two weeks of talks Monday in Geneva to decide on a 15)draft text. U.S. officials say a decision on attending the conference will depend on the outcome of that meeting.

 

 

(1)      boycott[5bCIkRt]n.vt.联合抵制, 联合排斥某国货物或与某国绝交

(2)      racism n.种族主义, 人种偏见, 种族歧视

(3)      reparations n.赔款

(4)      motion[5mEJF(E)n]n.运动, 动作v.运动

(5)      zionism[5zaIEnIz(E)m]n.犹太复国主义,犹太复国运动

(6)      distracted[dIs`trAktId]adj.心烦意乱的

(7)      equate[I5kweIt]vt.使相等,视为平等vi.等同

(8)      holocaust[5hRlEkC:st]n.大毁灭, 大屠杀

(9)      agenda[E5dVendE]n.pl.议程

(10)      repeal[rI5pi:l]v.废止, 撤销, 否定, 放弃, 废除n.废除, 撤销

(11)      compensation[kRmpen5seIF(E)n]n.补偿, 赔偿

(12)      colonialism[kE5lEJnIElIz(E)m]n.殖民主义

(13)      inequity[In5ekwItI]n.不公平, 不公正

(14)      tangle[5tAN^(E)l]n.混乱状态v.处于混乱状态

(15)      draft[drB:ft; (?@) drAft]n.草稿, 草案vt.起草, 设计v.草拟

 

 

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

3 equating   

v.认为某事物（与另一事物）相等或相仿( equate的现在分词 )；相当于；等于；把（一事物） 和（另一事物）等同看待

参考例句：

• [ Ray ] I definitely started equating crossword puzzles with songwriting. 我已经干脆开始把字谜游戏等同于歌曲写作了。 来自电影对白
• But they have a hard time equating plural marriage with those evils. 但是他们很难把这种多妻婚姻与上面说的那些坏事联系起来。 来自互联网

4 equate   

v.同等看待，使相等

参考例句：

• You can't equate passing examination and being intelligent.你不能把考试及格看成是聪明。
• You cannot equate his poems with his plays.你不可以把他的诗歌和他的剧本相提并论。

5 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

6 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

7 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。