双语新闻：欧洲四国外长寻求控制武器交易 European Foreign Ministers Want 'Decisive' Effort to Regulate Arms Trade

02 July, 2012

英国、法国、德国和瑞典敦促联合国成员国支持对常规武器贸易进行监管的决定性努力。

来自150多个国家的代表星期一开始在纽约召开为期一个月的会议，起草全球武器贸易协定。

在这次会议开始之前，英国外交大臣黑格、法国外长法比尤斯和德国外长韦斯特韦勒在一份联合声明中说，非法武器走私活动对人类构成越来越严重的威胁。

声明表示，全世界每年都有数以百万计的人因武器交易未受到有效控制而受到危害。

签署这份声明的还有瑞典贸易大臣。声明呼吁建立一个强有力和全面的国际统一标准构架，防止正当的武器交易落入非法走私网络之中。

这些外交官员还提到，他们的国家是欧洲出口大量武器的国家，这意味着，他们的国家对确保这些武器的用途不违背人道目的或国际法负有特殊责任。

Britain, France, Germany and Sweden are urging United Nations members to support a "decisive effort" to regulate conventional weapons trade.

Delegates from more than 150 countries are gathering in New York Monday to begin a month-long meeting to draft a global arms trade treaty.

Ahead of the conference, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle published a joint statement saying illicit arms trafficking poses a "growing threat to humanity."

They say each year millions of people around the world suffer the effects of poorly regulated arms trade.

The statement, also joined by Sweden's trade minister, calls for a "strong and comprehensive framework of common international standards" to prevent legitimate arms sales from being diverted to trafficking networks.

The diplomats note their countries are some of the largest arms exporters in Europe, and say that means they have a special responsibility to ensure the weapons are not used in a way that violates humanitarian aims or international law.