联合国为世界各地原住民设立永久论坛

 

World's Indigenous¹ People to Get Permanent Forum² at UN

Breck Ardery

United Nations

9 Aug 2001 20:09 UTC

 

Leaders of native populations from around the world gathered at United Nations headquarters Thursday to observe the International Day of the World's Indigenous People and to discuss next year's first meeting of the Permanent 1)Forum on 2)Indigenous Issues.

The forum was established by the U.N. Economic and Social Council in an effort to give native people a 3)platform within the United Nations system. Indigenous leaders say the concerns of their people are often lost in the discussions among national governments at the United Nations.

In fact, Chief Ted³ Moses of the Cree People in Canada told reporters he discovered that native people were sometimes 4)invisible in the world organization. "There is a notion in many parts of the world that indigenous people were eliminated," he said. "I was quite surprised a few yeas ago, before the 5)permanent forum was created, when a well-informed and educated diplomat⁴ told me, 'You are indigenous? I thought all indigenous people had been 6)eliminated.'"

The native leaders say that type of 7)ignorance is one of the main reasons why the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was created. The forum will hold its first two-week meeting next May 6-17.

Native leaders say they will attempt to 8)enlighten U.N. delegates on the issues of concern to indigenous people. They say that, although human rights remains⁵ a very important issue, there is also a great deal of interest in educational opportunities, health care, economic development and 9)preservation of cultural traditions and institutions.

 

 

(1)      forum[5fC:rEm]n.论坛, 法庭, 讨论会

(2)      indigenous[In5dIdVInEs]adj.本土的

(3)      platform[5plAtfC:m]n.(车站)月台, 讲台, 讲坛,平台

(4)      invisible[In5vIzIb(E)l]adj.看不见的, 无形的

(5)      permanent[5p:mEnEnt]adj.永久的, 持久的

(6)      eliminate[I5lImIneIt]vt.排除, 消除v.除去

(7)      ignorance[5I^nErEns]n.无知, 不知

(8)      enlighten[In5laIt(E)n]vt.启发, 启蒙, 教导, 授予...知识, 开导

(9)      preservation[prIzE5veIF(E)n]n.保存

 

 

1 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

4 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。