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1、有关种族歧视主题演讲E_cellencies?Distinguished GuestsFriends all:It is a privilege for me to address you as we roach the international day for bating racial discrimination.I thank the president of the conference, Ms.Janie and my colleague members of the Working Group of E_perts on racism, for this signal hono

2、r.I laud all of you assembled here this afternoon for shog, by your presence, that you share a mon concern for the creation of a world in which racism, racial discrimination, and related intolerance play no part either in our personal lives or in our international relations.Like me, you believe in t

3、he fundamental rights and freedoms.Within this conte_t ?k:ntekst, racial discrimination is to be treated as abhorrent.So, I acknowledge the ropriateness ?'proprtn?s of the theme chosen for this years conference: “Learning from historical racial discrimination to bat racial discrimination to

4、day”.And the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is e_plicit ?k?spl?s?t about what constitutes racial discrimination.It is,“any distinction, e_clusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the pu

5、rpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition ?r?k?nn, enjoyment or e_ercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.”Many of us here are familiar with the major historical tragedies or

6、 inhumane nhju?men actions that have affected global history and which were related to racial or ethnic discrimination, including conquest, colonization ?kl?nzen, genocide ?d?en?sa?d against minority populations.The historical tragedies outlined are not so remote in the past that we cannot recall th

7、em.And even if we wished to forget them, our artistes, authors, activists and human rights defenders will not allow us to do so, because their artistic productions, books, advocacy and their modern-day protests over the continued legacies ?le?siz of those historical wrongs, keep them in our consciou

8、sness.But friends, I do harbor some degree of an_iety: an_iety, friends, because almost 50 years after the African-American Civil Rights Movement, too many individuals, munities and societies continue to suffer from the injustices that racism brings.We still live in a world where ethnicity e?n?s?ti,

9、 socially constructed race and other differences act as barriers to racial harmony.There is still a long way to go to build a more peaceful world; a world that Dr Martin Luther King, dreamed about all those years ago.He had a dream that his four little children would one day live in a nation where t

10、hey would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I regret to say today that his dream has not been pletely realized and historical e_periences continue to adversely affect our contemporary world.So we will ask why, in 20_, at a time in North America, a sub reg

11、ion which stands as a beacon for democracydm:kr?si, where there are adequate laws in place, should we wish to speak in a general way about race? We often hear, “race is no longer relevant,” “we have equality, dont we?” “its no longer about race, its about class.” These are some of the refrains one h

12、ears when the subject of race is raised.Race discrimination is a subject on which everyone is eager to agree that yes, it is wrong, but few are willing to actively engage in further progress, or even to debate the issues.To change this consequence, let us do today what we did in the past to eliminate racism form a united front prising all nations, ethnic and religious groups to end racial discrimination and related intolerance and let us do it now i