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370 美国药物政策小组要求联合国种族大会讨论毒品法令执行情况


Group Wants Conference To Look At Racism 1 In US Drug Enforcement
Breck Ardery
United Nations
23 Aug 2001 00:07 UTC


A United States drug policy group is asking United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to put the issue of drug law 1)enforcement on the 2)agenda of an international conference against 3)racism.
The group called the "Campaign to End Race Discrimination in the War on Drugs" says that, in the United States and many other nations, racial and 4)ethnic minorities are disproportionately 5)prosecuted for illegal drug offenses 2. In a letter signed by more than 200 U.S. elected officials, religious leaders and 6)activists, the group asks Mr. Annan to urge that the issue be raised at the upcoming World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa that opening August 31.
Drug policy activist 3 Deborah Small says that, although whites and minorities in the United States use illegal drugs at roughly the same rates, the 7)vast majority of those who go to prison for drug offenses are African-American or Latino.
"We think it is important to look at all the various ways of 8)discrimination, from racial 9)profiling to 10)disproportionate sentencing and arrest to the development of a prison-industrial complex to the high level of disenfranchisement of African-American people throughout the United States," he said. "All of these things are driven by the U.S. "war on drugs." We think it is impossible to talk about race, particularly in terms of the U.S. and South America, without talking about the role of the drug war."
The group says the so-called "war on drugs" is rooted in racial 11)bias and is racist 4 in its disproportionate impact.
A spokesman for Secretary-General Annan had no immediate 5 comment on the letter from the group, except to say that the delegates to the Racism Conference, not the Secretary-General, will determine the meeting's agenda.


 


(1) enforcement[In`fR:smEnt]n.执行, 强制
(2) agenda[E5dVendE]n.pl.议程
(3) racism n.种族主义, 人种偏见, 种族歧视
(4) ethnic[5eWnIk]adj.人种的, 种族的, 异教徒的
(5) prosecute[5prRsIkju:t]vt.实行, 起诉vi.告发, 起诉, 作检察官
(6) activist[5AktIvIst]n.激进主义分子, 行动主义分子
(7) vast[vB:st; (?@) vAst]adj.巨大的, 辽阔的, 大量的, 巨额的
(8) discrimination[dIskrImI5neIF(E)n]n.辨别, 区别,辨别力, 歧视
(9) profile[5prEJfaIl]n.剖面, 侧面, 外形, 轮廓
(10) disproportionate[dIsprE5pC:FEnEt]adj.不成比例
(11) bias[5baIEs]n.偏见, 偏爱, 斜线vt.使存偏见


 



n.民族主义;种族歧视(意识)
  • 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。
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 );(球队的)前锋;进攻方法;攻势
  • It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此,除非有可弹劾的行为,否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
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