20th Ibero-American Summit concludes

    MAR¹ DEL PLATA, Argentina, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The 20th Ibero- American Summit concluded here on Saturday with the issuance of a Declaration of Mar del Plata.
    The declaration from the two-day summit, which started on Friday, included an ambitious education agreement with an investment of 100 billion U.S. dollars for the next 11 years.
    During the summit with the theme of "education and social inclusion," leaders from the region pledged to "promote the universal education with quality as a fundamental(基本原则) and inalienable human right."Education "will be reaffirmed as a public good, as tool to boost the daily exercise of integration² and productivity," they stressed.
    The leaders also aimed to "reach full literacy in the region before 2015" by strengthening alternative（选择的） education.
    The 57-point declaration establishes Ibero-American countries' obligation for "the development of public policies of inter- sectorial character with equity³ and inclusion to allow reducing the education inequality regarding access and quality at all its levels."It also included a regional democratic clause, which will be enforced "when the constitutional government of a member state considers that there is a threat to break or alter the democratic order affecting it seriously" -- for example a coup⁴.
    According to the clause（条款）, diplomatic actions should be taken by Ibero-American countries "in order to contribute to the restoration of the democratic institutional political process" in the affected⁵ state.
    The participating heads of state and government also agreed to add a clause into the document to reject the "coup attempt carried out in Ecuador on Sept. 30."In the declaration, the summit participants also expressed their "deep sorrow" for the death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner on Oct. 27.
    The leaders also issued a Special Statement on the Malvinas Islands, supporting Argentina's call for dialogue and rejecting the unilateral actions of oil exploration in the Malvinas by Britain.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

3 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

4 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。