Adopting-the-Declaration-of-Human-Rights.doc

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AdoptingtheDeclarationofHumanRights

eleanorroosevelt
ontheadoptionoftheuniversaldeclarationofhumanrights
delivered9december1948inparis,france
演讲者简介：安娜·埃莉诺·罗斯福(annaeleanorroosevelt，1884年10月11日-1962年11月7日)，美国第32任总统富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福的妻子，曾为美国第一夫人。第二次世界大战后她出任美国首任驻联合国大使，并主导起草了联合国的“世界人权宣言”。她是女性主义者，亦大力提倡保护人权。
mr.president,fellowdelegates:
thelongandmeticulousstudyanddebateofwhichthisuniversaldeclarationofhumanrightsistheproductmeansthatitreflectsthepositeviewsofthemanymenandgovernmentswhohavecontributedtoitsformulation.noteverymannoreverygovernmentcanhavewhathewantsinadocumentofthiskind.thereareofcourseparticularprovisionsinthedeclarationbeforeuswithwhichwearenotfullysatisfied.ihavenodoubtthisistrueofotherdelegations,anditwouldstillbetrueifwecontinuedourlaborsovermanyyears.takenasawholethedelegationoftheunitedstatesbelievesthatthisisagooddocument--evenagreatdocument--andweproposetogiveitourfullsupport.thepositionoftheunitedstatesonthevariouspartsofthedeclarationisamatterofrecordinthethirdmittee.ishallnotburdentheassembly,andparticularlymycolleaguesofthethirdmittee,witharestatementofthatpositionhere.
ishouldliketomentbrieflyontheamendmentsproposedbythesovietdelegation.thelanguageoftheseamendmentshasbeendressedupsomewhat,butthesubstanceisthesameastheamendmentswhichwereofferedbythesovietdelegationinmitteeandrejectedafterexhaustivediscussion.substantiallythesameamendmentshavebeenpreviouslyconsideredandrejectedinthehumanrightsmission.weintheunitedstatesadmirethosewhofightfortheirconvictions,andthesovietdelegationhasfoughtfortheirconvictions.butintheolderdemocracieswehavelearnedthatsometimeswebowtothewillofthemajority.indoingthat,wedonotgiveupourconvictions.wecontinuesometimestopersuade,andeventuallywemaybesuccessful.butweknowthatwehavetoworktogetherandwehavetoprogress.so,webelievethatwhenwehavemadeagoodfight,andthemajorityisagainstus,itisperhapsbettertacticstotrytocooperate.
ifeelboundtosaythatithinkperhapsitissomewhatofanimpositiononthisassemblytohavetheseamendments