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United Nations Day(联合国日)

作者:好贸易网 来源:todaytex.com 发布时间:2005-12-2 13:54:04

UnitedNationsDaywasestablishedbyPresidentialProclamation(总统令)tocommemoratetheestablishmentoftheUnitedNationsin1945.

ItiscelebratedverygenerallyinallstatesandAmericanpossessions,andbyalleighty-onecountries,whicharemembersoftheUnitedNationsforthepurposeofinformingthepeopleoftheworldastotheaims,purposes,andachievementsoftheUN.

Thename"UnitedNations"wasdevisedbyUnitedStatesPresidentFranklinD.Rooseveltandwasfirstusedinthe"DeclarationbyUnitedNations"ofJanuary1,1942,duringtheSecondWorldWar,whenrepresentativesof26nationspledgedtheirgovernmentstocontinuefightingtogetheragainsttheAxisPowers(轴心国).

Therepresentativesof50countriesattheUnitedNationsConferencedrewuptheUnitedNationsCharter(联合国宪章)onInternationalOrganization,whichmetatSanFranciscofromApril25toJune26,1945.ThosedelegatesdeliberatedonthebasisofproposalsworkedoutbytherepresentativesofChina,theSovietUnion,andUnitedKingdomintheUnitedStatesatDumbartonOaks(敦巴顿橡树园,在美国首都华盛顿效区)fromAugusttoOctoberof1944.Therepresentativesofthe50countriessignedtheCharteronJune26,1945.Poland,whichwasnotrepresentedattheConference,signeditlaterandbecameonetheoriginal51MemberStates.

TheUnitedNationsofficiallycameintoexistenceonOctober24,1945,whentheCharterhadbeenratifiedbyChina,France,TheSovietUnion,theUnitedKingdom,UnitedStatesandbyamajorityofothersignatories.UnitedNationsDayiscelebratedonOctober24eachyear.

Inordertostressthecharter"simportance,in1947theGeneralAssemblyoftheU.N.passedaresolutionthatOctober24shallhereafter(从此以后)beofficiallycalledUnitedNationsDay,andshallbedevotedtomakingknowntothepeopleoftheworldtheaimsandachievementsoftheUnitedNations,andtogainingtheirsupportfortheworkoftheUnitedNations.

Itwasapparent,andalsoquiteimportant,thatthegeneralpublicshouldbeinformedaboutthecontentandpurposesoftheUnitedNations;thereforeanentireweek-UnitedNationsWeek-wassetasideinOctober,withitschiefobservance(庆祝)onUnitedNationsDay,October24.

By1956,theAmericancommitteefortheUnitedNationspromotedthecelebrationofUnitedNationsweek.TheofficialAmericanAssociationfortheUnitedNationssentoutinformationandsuggestionsforprogramswiththisadvice:ThisisUnitedNationsWeek.ThesuccessoftheUnitedNationsinbuildingworldpeacedependsonallofus-onourwonunderstandingandsupport;knowhowitworks,andwhatitisdoing.HelptheUnitedNationshelpallofustoapeacefulfuture.

Insometownsthereisapublicrally(集会),perhapsattheCityHall,withtheStarsandStripesdisplayedwiththeflagoftheUnitedNations.Speakersstresstheaccomplishmentsoftheorganization.Someshopwindowsfeatureproductsanddressofotherlands.Atownmayputonan"InternationalFestival"withsongsanddances.Duringtheweekthereareforumsandpaneldiscussions.AnenjoyblendingforUnitedNationsDayisabanquetwithforeigndishes.

Animportantpartoftheweek"sobservanceisthesettingupofinformationcenters,whereliteratureontheworkoftheUnitedNationsmaybeobtained.

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