马耳他总理呼吁重视移民的困境

 　　马耳他总理呼吁重视移民困境

　　UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- From Malta's vantage point between Europe and Africa it is easy for the Mediterranean¹ country to bear witness to poverty, insecurity and the resultant migration², but such suffering is everyone's problem, Joseph Muscat, the prime minister of Malta, said here Thursday.

　　"When rickety boats laden³ with irregular migrants reach our shores, we see the suffering and the loss of dignity etched on these people's faces," Muscat said at the annual high-level debate of the UN General Assembly.

　　Noting his island country's assistance to such people, the prime minister said their problems were impossible to ignore by any nation, as all countries had a hand in shaping the conditions that could cause or relieve them.

　　"It would be easy to flip⁴ channels once again to park it in someone else's back yard," he said. "But it is not someone else's problem. Irregular immigration, human trafficking and modern-day slavery are everyone's problem."

　　Calling for a sustained evolution in global thinking at the threshold of 2015, he urged all nations to "not only think beyond the current Millennium⁵ Development Goals and how to ensure their sustainability, but also about what other goals should be included. "

　　"There can be no sustainable development goals without peace, without fighting corruption⁶, without respect for human rights and without economic equity⁷ which is the social justice issue of our time," he stressed, affirming Malta's commitment and past record of working with the international community on all United Nations concerns.

　　He added more must be done to support "the fragile democracies that are struggling to take root where dictators formerly⁸ ruled," by support to intra-regional trade, other economic sectors⁹ and cultural exchange, and to end conflicts.

1 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

2 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

3 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

4 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

5 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

6 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

7 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。

8 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

9 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》