美国再次当选人权理事会成员国 The United States has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanked the General Assembly for its support and pledged to continue to work with the inte

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维护LGBT社群人权 Advancing the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons is a key part of the U.S. government's broader advocacy in support of human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide. 提升同性恋

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Governments that sponsor or condone violence or discrimination against their own people are more likely to see extremism grow in their country. If left unchecked, human rights violations and abuses and poor governance spawn radicalized individuals an

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The United States is deeply concerned about the events depicted in a shocking video that appears to show the summary execution of unarmed civilians by elements of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 美国深刻关切一则骇人听闻

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人权峰会寻求美国的领导地位 This year's Human Rights First summit centered on the global refugee crisis, the spread of violent extremism, and the rise of authoritarianism-challenges which the organization believes the U.S. must play an es

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模仿文本: True, one man's extraordinary rendition is another man's licence to torture, which in turn is a flagrant denial of a third man's human rights. But might the cross-border tangles of semantic barbed wire that snake through almost all hu

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UN Reviewing Human Rights Violations in Sudan 联合国调查苏丹的人权侵犯问题 U.N. Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Juan Mendez,says the situation in the war-torn Darfur regio

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106 独立日布什发表讲话赞美自由和人权 On Independence Day, Bush Touts Faith-Based Initiative Paula Wolfson White House 4 Jul 2001 22:59 UTC President Bush spent part of the Independence

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The U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia's top investigator and four other Kremlin figures Monday for what the State Department calls notorious human rights violations. 美国星期一宣布,制裁包括俄罗斯调查部门最高官员在内的五名俄

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Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. I want to thank Director General Tokayev and Ms. Wyden along with other ministers, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. This weekend, we will celebrate Human Rights Day

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联合国纪念国际人权日 On this years International Human Rights Day, on December 10, the United Nations will mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Vienna Declaration, committing states to the promotion and protection of human rights

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The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime groups. The major effort against drug cartels and o

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Remarks to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women Plenary Session 希拉里1995年在联合国第四届妇女大会上的演讲:妇女的权利也是人权。该演讲至今仍是世界妇

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A very public plea center stage at the Emmys by Michael Douglas, saying he wants to see his son. Cameron Douglas is behind bars right now for dealing drugs, and his father used his Emmy win to speak out against the American prison system. ABCs Ceceli

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UN Rights Official Upbeat on Race Conference Challiss McDonough Durban 4 Sep 2001 U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson says the World Conference Against Racism is back on track despite the 1)p

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UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday led the top UN officials in appealing for increased political and financial pressure on those who commit, command or condone sexual violence in war zones. Addressing a

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今天我们要学的词是holdover。 Holdover, 是指上届政府的留任官员。美国当选总统巴拉克.奥巴马正在过政府的过渡做准备。媒体报导说, Some of the key individuals he will rely upon to tackle the country's mos

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The time is 1905. A steamship sails on a vast ocean. Daddy, will we ever get to America? asks a weary lad. Soon, my child, soon, his father replies. We've been on this ship for weeks. I wish we were back home in Russia, complained the boy. Son, you k

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The U.N.'s top human rights official, Louise Arbour, has lashed out at Burmese authorities for obstructing aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis. Arbour called into question Burma's rights record in her final address to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Arbo

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Human rights and Europe 人权和欧洲 Playing to the right 为权利上演的宫心计 The Conservatives'plans to reform human-rights laws are a muddle 保守党针对人权法案的改革计划如今还是一团糟 UNWORKABLE, contradictory and in

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