世界節(jié)假日博覽 第151期:國(guó)際民主日

The International Day of Democracy started in 2007. The United Nations General Assembly decided to have a special day to raise awareness of living in a democracy. They chose September 15th as that day and invited every country and member organization to focus on the benefits of democracy. The U.N. declared there was no single model of democracy. A resolution said all democracies share common features “and that democracy does not belong to any country or region. The U.N. said:“Democracy is a universal value based on the freely-expressed will of people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems, and their full participation in all aspects of life.“

國(guó)際民主日始于2007年。聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)決定專門(mén)設(shè)立一天來(lái)提高人們的民主意識(shí)。他們把國(guó)際民主日設(shè)在9月15日，并邀請(qǐng)各國(guó)和組織成員專注于民主的好處。聯(lián)合國(guó)稱民主不是單一模式，一項(xiàng)決議稱所有民主國(guó)家都有個(gè)共同的特點(diǎn)“民主不屬于任何國(guó)家或地區(qū)”。聯(lián)合國(guó)聲稱：“民主是基于人們自由表達(dá)的普世價(jià)值，人們自由決定自己的政治,經(jīng)濟(jì),社會(huì)和文化體系,全面參與社會(huì)。”


The International Day of Democracy website claims democracies can have many advantages for their citizens. The main one is to ensure people's basic freedoms. “In a democracy, people are able to think, say and do what they wish within the law and with respect for others, to practice their beliefs and to live the kinds of life they choose.“ Another advantage is that a democracy meets popular needs. The more influence ordinary people have over their government, the more likely government will meet their basic needs. The website says democracies treat people equally and are free from discrimination. It does say many of the world’s democracies fall short of achieving this. There is perhaps no country that has true equality.

國(guó)際民主日網(wǎng)站稱民主對(duì)市民很有利。其中主要是保證人們的基本自由。“在民主國(guó)家，人們能夠在法律允許的范圍內(nèi)自由思考，自由說(shuō)話和自由做事。尊重他人，實(shí)踐他們的信仰，自由選擇生活方式。”另一好處是民主滿足大眾需要。普通人對(duì)政府的影響越大，政府越容易滿足人們的基本需求。網(wǎng)站稱，民主對(duì)人平等，不歧視任何人。它也稱世界上的許多民主國(guó)家遠(yuǎn)沒(méi)達(dá)到這一點(diǎn)?；蛟S沒(méi)有一個(gè)國(guó)家實(shí)現(xiàn)了真正意義上的平等。