2017年CRI Professor Stephen McCaffrey wins 2017 Stockholm Water Prize
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：2017CRI中国国际广播电台
Professor Stephen McCaffrey was named 2017 Stockholm Water Prize on March. 22. 2017. [Photo: SIWI]
American Professor Stephen McCaffrey has won 2017 Stockholm Water Prize for his unparalleled contribution to the evolution and progressive realization 1 of international water law.
The award has been announced on World Water Day, which falls on March 22.
CRI's Chen Xuefei filed this report from Stockholm.
In its citation 2, the Stockholm Water Prize Nominating Committee says Professor McCaffrey has made unique contribution to treaty negotiation 3, written the book The Law of International Watercourses and provided expert legal advice, wise counsel, training and facilitation of complex negotiations 4 with a wide range of stakeholders.
In an interview with Stockholm International Water Institute, Professor McCaffrey said he was surprised to hear the news.
"Learning about the Stockholm Water Prize literally 5 took my breath away. I am deeply honored and humbled 6 to have been selected for this prestigious 7 award. But one also stands on the shoulders of others, and I am most grateful to those who have paved the way for me."
McCaffrey's effective diplomacy 8 during the years he served as UN Special Rapporteur for the International Law Commission resulted in the 1997 adoption 9 of the draft articles of the UN Convention on the Law of Non-navigational Use of International Watercourses. It embodied 10 principles that are the basis for adjudicating international water disputes today and planning for long-term management for countries that share international waters.
McCaffrey thinks the right to water is also a human right.
"I am happy to have taken the first tentative steps toward the development of the human right to water. One of the international community's most critical challenges during the 21st century will be implementing 11 this right, both in developing and developed countries. "
In addition, he has provided critical insights, linking water law to policy, conflict resolution, benefit sharing, and environmental protection over the years.
Stephen McCaffrey is a Distinguished 12 Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in Sacramento, California.
He will receive his prize from the hands of Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf on Aug. 30 during the 2017 World Water Week in Stockholm.
For CRI, Chen Xuefei, Stockholm.
- We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
- He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。
- He had to sign the proposition for the citation.他只好在受奖申请书上签了字。
- The court could issue a citation and fine Ms. Robbins.法庭可能会发传票，对罗宾斯女士处以罚款。
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- The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
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