第一篇：名家演講(雙語)

Andrea Jung：My Success Benefits From Chinese

Tradition and Culture …

As I reflect on my rapid rise to the top as one of the few women running a major global corporation, I have found myself thinking a great deal about my Chinese heritage and how enormously fortunate I am to have been given this very precious gift.I was raised in a traditional Chinese family where achievement was not demanded, but expected.My father, born in Hong Kong, was a successful architect.My mother, born in Shanghai, was the first female chemical engineer in her graduating class at the University of Toronto in Canada.They arrived in America not speaking a word of English but through hard work, both were able to fulfill their full potential, and their success has set a wonderful example for me.My parents were always, and continue to be today, the single biggest influence in my life.They raised my brother and I with a respect for the values and traditions of our Chinese heritage, yet also with an unwavering commitment to bring us up with all the opportunities for higher education and a desire to prepare us to adapt to American society and to succeed in this world of great change.My brother and I were given all the opportunities of our American friendsmy brother and I smile today when we reminisce on growing up in our house.We grew up believing that being Chinese was the greatest advantage in life;in our house, everything important in life came from China, was invented in China, owed all to the Chinese.We went on elementary school field trips to pulp plants, where they taught us how paper was made.Paper was invented in China, Mom said, after we relayed the process in awe.Our favorite neighbors were Italian and invited us over for spaghetti.When we came home and raved, Dad would remind us that Marco Polo brought pasta home from China.Not Italian...Chinese...and so it went.And how wonderful they were to instill in us the sense of pride in our heritage that we have never forgotten.When I first became CEO, a famous American television journalist interviewed my dad and asked him if he always knew I would be successful in business.No, he said, quite to the contrary, he worried for years that raising me to be a respectful Chinese daughter would hinder my ability to compete in a world with what he considered the aggressive, cut throat traits of typical America CEO's.In fact, he passed on a letter to me that I keep, translated from Chinese to English, in my desk drawer.The letter reads: “Remember, there are distinctive qualities that set apart the successful Chinese...strive to excel in all you do;be a superb parent willing to curtail your own pleasure for the sake of better nurturing your children;be generous, fair, tolerant, eager to learn from other cultures while sharing your own.But beyond these attributes, remember to have an absence of arrogance and boastfulness;have unfailing courtesy, forbearance, sensitivity of others' feelings and above all, the ability to diffuse your anger and grievance, not by suppressing them but by transforming them into helpful, positive emotions.In an age and environment of pretension, you have a precious Chinese cultural heritage which we are proud to pass down to you...” …

There are two final qualities of distinguished leadership that I want to share with you today.These may be the most important qualities of all and how lucky we are that both are a fundamental part of our Chinese culture-something we all learn from our parents virtually from the day we are born.First is Perseverance.…

it's so important to have a dream …

In many ways the dream of China is really the biggest dream of all--and it's a dream we all share.And we're not alone.The dream of China has captured the world's imagination since the beginning of history.From Columbus to Marco Polo, explorers have traveled long and far to unlock China's mystery and discover its riches.The dream of China is a gift given to each of us as part of our cultural heritage.As China emerges as one of the world's leading powers, this dream grows stronger and brighter every day.The world is looking on in awe.And nothing makes me prouder than to watch this growth and success.Nothing makes me prouder than to know that this is my culture.Like all of you, I am very proud to be Chinese, and very grateful that I have been given the gift of this wonderful heritage.It is a gift that serves as a source of strength and as a guiding compass every single day in my life and in my career.…

鐘彬嫻：我的成功得益于寶貴的中華傳統(tǒng)文化

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作為極少數(shù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著主要全球性企業(yè)的女性中的一員，在我回想我的迅速成長過程，我發(fā)覺自己不斷地想到我的中國文化傳統(tǒng)這一寶貴的贈與所帶給我的極大幸運。

我在一個傳統(tǒng)的中國家庭里成長，家人不強求我成功，但期望我成功。我父親出生在香港，是一名成功的建筑師。我母親生于上海，是當時加拿大多倫多大學研究生班里培養(yǎng)出來的第一位女性化學工程師。他們剛到美國時一句英語都不會，但他們勤奮工作，都充分發(fā)揮了自己的潛力。他們的成功為我樹立了非常好的榜樣。

我的父母從過去到現(xiàn)在始終是我唯一和最大影響力的來源。在教育我和我弟弟時他們尊重我們的觀點和傳承的中國文化，但也不遺余力地把握所有讓我們接受教育的機會，以及幫助我們適應(yīng)美國社會并在這個變化不斷的世界里獲得成功。

我和我弟弟同我們的美國同齡人獲得的機會是均等的：同一個學校、同樣的網(wǎng)球課、同一個鋼琴老師……但我們被中國傳統(tǒng)文化熏陶的思想是一個很大的優(yōu)勢，我們?yōu)榇烁械津湴痢８改赣H一直教導(dǎo)我們要為自己是中國人感到自豪，今天我和我的弟弟回想在家的成長歷程還會由衷地微笑。我們始終相信作為中國人是生命中最大的優(yōu)勢，在家里所有重要的東西都是中國來的，在中國發(fā)明的，都是中國人的。我們念小學時去紙漿廠參觀，教我們紙是怎么生產(chǎn)的。我們回家崇拜地描述一番后，母親說，紙是中國人發(fā)明的。我們最喜歡的鄰居是意大利人，他們邀請我們?nèi)コ砸獯罄妗Ｎ覀兣d奮無比，父親會提醒我們馬可波羅是從中國把面團帶回去的，不是意大利的，而是中國的……不斷如此。我們永遠無法忘記他們是如何教導(dǎo)我們?yōu)樽约旱膫鹘y(tǒng)感到自豪。

當我最初成為CEO的時候，一個著名的美國電視記者采訪我的父親時，問他是否早就知道我會在商界獲得成功。不，他回答，正相反，他好多年一直擔心教育我成為一個孝順的中國女兒會妨礙我在一個他認為充滿了具有攻擊性和殘酷無情的典型美國CEO們的圈子里和別人競爭。實際上，他寫了封信給我，我還保存在我辦公桌抽屜里。信是由中文翻譯成英文的，信里這樣寫道：

“記住，成功的中國人具有和其他人不同的特質(zhì)……所有事情都要努力做得最好；做一個愿意為培育子女放棄自己的快樂的杰出母親；慷慨、公正、寬容、和人分享你的文化還要熱情學習別人的文化。但除此之外，記住遠離傲慢和自吹自擂；保持禮節(jié)、容忍、理解對別人的同情心，還有最重要的，要化解你的怒氣和悲痛，不是壓抑它們，而是把它們轉(zhuǎn)變成有幫助的、正面的情感。在虛偽的年代和環(huán)境中，你有一個珍貴的中國文化傳統(tǒng)，我們?yōu)槟馨阉鼈鬟f給你而驕傲……” ……

我今天和你們分享的最后兩點優(yōu)秀的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力特質(zhì)可能是所有特質(zhì)中最重要的，而我們?nèi)绱诵疫\因為它們都是我們中華民族文化的根基，是我們幾乎從出生那天起就開始向父母學習的。

第一是堅持……

第二是夢想……

很多意義上，中國夢的確是最大的夢想，這是一個我們共有的夢想。我們不是孤獨的。自從有歷史以來中國的夢想吸引著世界的想象力。從哥倫布到馬可波羅，探險家長途跋涉為了揭開中國的神秘和發(fā)現(xiàn)這里的財富。

中國夢是我們有幸從傳統(tǒng)文化中繼承下來的。在中國逐漸成為世界性的大國時，這個夢想成長地更快更明確。全球都投以崇敬的目光。我為能目睹這樣的成長和成功而感到無比自豪，為這是我自己的傳統(tǒng)文化而無比自豪。和你們一樣，作為中國人我很驕傲，也為擁有這樣的美好的傳承而無比感激。這是我的生活和事業(yè)中指引我方向的根源。……

第二篇：畢業(yè)演講雙語

電影《超凡蜘蛛俠2》中，蜘蛛俠初戀女友格溫的畢業(yè)演講恰好與畢業(yè)季相吻合，也成為影迷們討論最多的話題之一。這段演講更被譽為引領(lǐng)青春正能量。畢業(yè)季的你在看到這段演講時是不是也深有感觸？ Good morning, esteemed faculty and families of my fellow graduates.It's an honor to be standing up here today.I know that we all think we're immortal, we're supposed to feel that way, we're graduating.The future is and should be bright, but, like our brief four years in high school, what makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever, what makes it precious is that it ends.I know that now more than ever.And I say it today of all days to remind us that time is luck.So don't waste it living someone else's life, make yours count for something.Fight for what matters to you, no matter what.Because even if you fall short, what better way is there to live?

早上好，尊敬的各位老師及畢業(yè)生家長們。我很榮幸今天能站在這里。我們總以為青春是永駐的。多么理所當然的想法。可今天我們畢業(yè)了，如同這四年短暫的高中時光，生命的價值也恰恰在于它并非永垂不朽。生命因其有限而可貴。現(xiàn)在的我深有體會。我之所以要在今天說這些，是想提醒大家，生即幸福。不要浪費生命為別人而活，要活出你自己的意義，為你珍視的事物奮斗，心無旁騖。即便最后未能如愿，至少我們也曾精彩地活過。

It’s easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today.But there will be dark days ahead of us too.There will be days where you feel all alone.And that’s when hope is needed most.No matter how buried it gets, or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope.Keep it alive.We have to be greater than what we suffer.My wish for you is to become hope.People need that.And even if we fail, what better way is there to live? As we look around here today, at all of the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like we’re saying goodbye.But we will carry a piece of each other into everything that we do next.To remind us of who we are, and who we are meant to be.I’ve had a great four years with you, and I will miss you all very much.在今天這樣晴朗的日子里很容易讓人產(chǎn)生希望。但人生的道路上也會有陰郁的日子。有讓你覺得孤獨的日子。這種時候才更要懷揣希望。不管有多遙不可及，不管有 多痛苦失落。請向我保證，你都不會放棄希望。讓希望永存。我們要從痛苦中收獲堅強。我對你們的希望是，成為他人的希望。人們需要希望。即便不能如愿，至少我們也曾精彩的活過。今天我們環(huán)視四周，所有我們幫助過的人造就了今天的我們。今天我們似乎就此分別，但我們未來做的每一件事里都會有彼此的影子。提醒自己我是誰，我想成為誰。我與諸位共度了美好的四年，我會想念你們所有人。

第三篇：雙語演講搞

為新疆穩(wěn)定繁榮，為若羌和諧發(fā)展，爭做

優(yōu)秀雙語教師

新疆工作座談會召開以來，中央舉全國之力開展對口支援，新疆上下一心，圍繞實現(xiàn)兩大歷史任務(wù)的偉大目標，各項事業(yè)興旺發(fā)展、欣欣向榮，各民族群眾和睦團結(jié)、安居樂業(yè)，全區(qū)的教育工作更由此進入最好的歷史發(fā)展階段，取得了令人欣喜的成就。

今天的新疆，沐浴著黨中央、國務(wù)院和全國人民的關(guān)心厚愛，正以先進文化為引領(lǐng)，變化變革，搶抓機遇，努力實現(xiàn)跨越式發(fā)展和長治久安，各領(lǐng)域都在大建設(shè)、大開發(fā)，和諧發(fā)展。但“三股勢力”不愿看到大美新疆民族團結(jié)、社會繁榮進步的美好景象，顛倒事實、肆意歪曲新疆的歷史，制造恐怖氣氛、擾亂社會秩序、挑撥民族關(guān)系、破壞民族團結(jié)，采取極其慘絕人寰，暴力恐怖的犯罪手段，與黨和政府為敵、與各族人民群眾為敵，是新疆各族人民的共同敵人。

當前，全區(qū)上下正在圍繞實現(xiàn)跨越式發(fā)展和長治久安的兩大歷史任務(wù)，為全面建成五位一體的小康社會而奮斗，取得了令人矚目的成就。但是，國內(nèi)外敵對勢力就是不愿意看到發(fā)展的新疆、和諧的新疆，就是要破壞新疆經(jīng)濟發(fā)展、社會進步、民族團結(jié)、各族人民安居樂業(yè)的大好形勢；破壞各族干部群眾心連心、同呼吸、共命運的血肉情誼；破壞新疆政通人和的政治局面，妄圖達到他們分裂祖國這一不可告人的目的。

新疆經(jīng)濟發(fā)展、社會穩(wěn)定是大勢所趨、人心所向，是任何勢力都阻擋不了的。面對當前異常嚴峻的穩(wěn)定形勢和異常繁重的工作任務(wù)，新疆的穩(wěn)定和發(fā)展與我們每一個新疆人息息相關(guān)，我們要進一步增強政治意識、大局意識、責任意識和憂患意識，高舉維護國家統(tǒng)一、維護民族團結(jié)、維護各族群眾根本利益的旗幟，認真貫徹落實中央和自

治區(qū)黨委的各項決策部署，以實際行動全力維護好新疆各族人民大團結(jié)，全力促進新疆教育事業(yè)的穩(wěn)定與發(fā)展，為構(gòu)建和諧、穩(wěn)定、富強的新疆做出不懈的努力!

近年來，新疆各級黨委、政府積極貫徹落實《關(guān)于大力推進“雙語”教學工作的決定》，各級教育行政部門和廣大教育工作者做了大量富有成效的工作。尤其是2005年年底，自治區(qū)召開中小學“雙語”教學工作會議后，“雙語”教學“從小抓起、從教師抓起”的指導(dǎo)思想得到確立，“雙語”教學特別是學前“雙語”教育事業(yè)呈現(xiàn)出快速發(fā)展的喜人態(tài)勢。同時，自治區(qū)對“雙語”教學工作的研究與指導(dǎo)力度不斷加強，各地“雙語”教學改革不斷深化，重基礎(chǔ)、重交流、重應(yīng)用，培養(yǎng)學生學好漢語、用好漢語、說好漢語成為“雙語”教學的目標和任務(wù)，教學的內(nèi)容更貼近實際生活、教學的形式更加豐富多樣、教學的手段更加注重科學和多樣化，師生關(guān)系更加融洽。在少數(shù)民族中小學教師漢語水平演講大賽特別是去年的自治區(qū)“雙語”教育典型事跡巡回報告會上，各族群眾也可以切實感受到“雙語”教學工作所取得的顯著進步和實際效果。

廣大教育工作者要提高認識，統(tǒng)一思想，切實增強推動教育發(fā)展的使命感和緊迫感。堅持“優(yōu)先發(fā)展、育人為本、改革創(chuàng)新、促進公平、提高質(zhì)量”，忠誠黨的教育事業(yè)，變化變革、敢于擔當、務(wù)求實效地辦好人民滿意的教育。要開拓進取，立德樹人，爭做教書育人楷模。堅持德才兼?zhèn)洹⒁缘聻橄龋谟趯W習、善于學習、堅持學習，不斷提高自身道德修養(yǎng)和教育教學水平。堅持德育為先、能力為重，培養(yǎng)德智體美全面發(fā)展的社會主義建設(shè)者和接班人。要統(tǒng)一思想，堅定不移，大力推進雙語教育工作。主動順應(yīng)教育發(fā)展需要，努力實現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)型，積極融入雙語教育工作。堅持以現(xiàn)代文化為引領(lǐng)，推動不同民族語言文化的繼承與發(fā)展，推動現(xiàn)代文化繁榮發(fā)展。要政治堅定，敢于擔當，爭做民族團結(jié)楷模。加強學生民族團結(jié)教育，爭做民族團結(jié)的模范，促進各民族大團結(jié)，形成各民族親如兄弟的和諧新疆，建設(shè)大美新疆。在教書育人的同時，要在新疆經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展發(fā)揮更多作用，我是一名雙語教師，我真誠的希望我們?nèi)w雙語工作者，積極的行動起來，用我們的熱情和激情使若羌縣雙語教師更上一個新臺階同心共筑中國

夢、同力共繪新疆篇。

第四篇：英文名家演講語錄9

First Fireside Chat

“The Banking Crisis”

My friends:

I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking--to talk with the comparatively few who understand the mechanics of banking, but more particularly with the overwhelming majority of you who use banks for the making of deposits and the drawing of checks.I want to tell you what has been done in the last few days, and why it was done, and what the next steps are going to be.I recognize that the many proclamations from State capitols and from Washington, the legislation, the Treasury regulations, and so forth, couched for the most part in banking and legal terms, out to be explained for the benefit of the average citizen.I owe this, in particular, because of the fortitude and the good temper with which everybody has accepted the

inconvenience and hardships of the banking holiday.And I know that when you understand what we in Washington have been about, I shall continue to have your cooperation as fully as I have had your sympathy and your help during the past week.First of all, let me state the simple fact that when you deposit money in a bank, the bank does not put the money into a safe deposit vault.It invests your money in many different forms of credit--in bonds, in commercial paper, in mortgages and in many other kinds of loans.In other words, the bank puts your money to work to keep the wheels of industry and of agriculture turning around.A comparatively small part of the money that you put into the bank is kept in currency--an amount which in normal times is wholly sufficient to cover the cash needs of the average citizen.In other words, the total amount of all the currency in the country is only a comparatively small proportion of the total deposits in all the banks of the country.What, then, happened during the last few days of February and the first few days of March? Because of undermined confidence on the part of the public, there was a general rush by a large portion of our population to turn bank deposits into currency or gold--a rush so great that the soundest banks couldn't get enough currency to meet the demand.The reason for this was that on the spur of the moment it was, of course, impossible to sell perfectly sound assets of a bank and convert them into cash, except at panic prices far below their real value.By the afternoon of March third, a week ago last Friday, scarcely a bank in the country was open to do business.Proclamations closing them, in whole or in part, had been issued by the Governors in almost all the states.It was then that I issued the proclamation providing for the national bank holiday, and this was the first step in the Government’s reconstruction of our financial and economic fabric.The second step, last Thursday, was the legislation promptly and patriotically

passed by the Congress confirming my proclamation and broadening my powers so that it became possible in view of the requirement of time to extend the holiday and lift the ban of that holiday gradually in the days to come.This law also gave

authority to develop a program of rehabilitation of our banking facilities.And I want to tell our citizens in every part of the Nation that the national Congress--Republicans and Democrats alike--showed by this action a devotion to public welfare and a realization of the emergency and the necessity for speed that it is difficult to match in all our history.The third stage has been the series of regulations permitting the banks to continue their functions to take care of the distribution of food and household necessities and the payment of payrolls.This bank holiday, while resulting in many cases in great inconvenience, is affording us the opportunity to supply the currency necessary to meet the situation.Remember that no sound bank is a dollar worse off than it was when it closed its doors last week.Neither is any bank which may turn out not to be in a position for immediate opening.The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks that reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.The new currency is being sent out by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in large volume to every part of the country.It is sound currency because it is backed by actual, good assets.Another question you will ask is this: Why are all the banks not to be reopened at the same time? The answer is simple and I know you will understand it: Your

Government does not intend that the history of the past few years shall be repeated.We do not want and will not have another epidemic of bank failures.As a result, we start tomorrow, Monday, with the opening of banks in the twelve Federal Reserve Bank cities--those banks, which on first examination by the

Treasury, have already been found to be all right.That will be followed on Tuesday by the resumption of all other functions by banks already found to be sound in cities where there are recognized clearing houses.That means about two hundred and fifty cities of the United States.In other words, we are moving as fast as the mechanics of the situation will allow us.On Wednesday and succeeding days, banks in smaller places all through the country will resume business, subject, of course, to the Government's physical ability to complete its survey It is necessary that the reopening of banks be extended over a period in order to permit the banks to make applications for the necessary loans, to obtain currency needed to meet their requirements, and to enable the Government to make common sense checkups.Please let me make it clear to you that if your bank does not open the first day you are by no means justified in believing that it will not open.A bank that opens on one of the subsequent days is in exactly the same status as the bank that opens tomorrow.I know that many people are worrying about State banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System.There is no occasion for that worry.These banks can and will receive assistance from member banks and from the Reconstruction

Finance Corporation.And, of course, they are under the immediate control of the State banking authorities.These State banks are following the same course as the National banks except that they get their licenses to resume business from the State authorities, and these authorities have been asked by the Secretary of the Treasury to permit their good banks to open up on the same schedule as the national banks.And so I am confident that the State Banking Departments will be as careful as the national Government in the policy relating to the opening of banks and will follow the same broad theory.It is possible that when the banks resume a very few people who have not recovered from their fear may again begin withdrawals.Let me make it clear to you that the banks will take care of all needs, except, of course, the hysterical demands of hoarders, and it is my belief that hoarding during the past week has become an exceedingly unfashionable pastime in every part of our nation.It needs no prophet to tell you that when the people find that they can get their money--that they can get it when they want it for all legitimate purposes--the phantom of fear will soon be laid.People will again be glad to have their money where it will be safely taken care of and where they can use it conveniently at any time.I can assure you, my friends, that it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than it is to keep it under the mattress.The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public--on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system.Remember that the essential accomplishment of the new legislation is that it makes it possible for banks more readily to convert their assets into cash than was the case before.More liberal provision has been made for banks to borrow on these assets at the Reserve Banks and more liberal provision has also been made for issuing

currency on the security of these good assets.This currency is not fiat currency.It is issued only on adequate security, and every good bank has an abundance of such security.One more point before I close.There will be, of course, some banks unable to

reopen without being reorganized.The new law allows the Government to assist in making these reorganizations quickly and effectively and even allows the

Government to subscribe to at least a part of any new capital that may be required.I hope you can see, my friends, from this essential recital of what your Government is doing that there is nothing complex, nothing radical in the process.We have had a bad banking situation.Some of our bankers had shown themselves either incompetent or dishonest in their handling of the people’s funds.They had used the money entrusted to them in speculations and unwise loans.This was, of course, not true in the vast majority of our banks, but it was true in enough of them to shock the people of the United States, for a time, into a sense of insecurity and to put them into a frame of mind where they did not differentiate, but seemed to assume that the acts of a comparative few had tainted them all.And so it became the Government’s job to straighten out this situation and do it as quickly as possible.And that job is being performed.I do not promise you that every bank will be reopened or that individual losses will not be suffered, but there will be no losses that possibly could be avoided;and there would have been more and greater losses had we continued to drift.I can even promise you salvation for some, at least, of the sorely presses banks.We shall be engaged not merely in reopening sound banks but in the creation of more sound banks through reorganization.It has been wonderful to me to catch the note of confidence from all over the

country.I can never be sufficiently grateful to the people for the loyal support that they have given me in their acceptance of the judgment that has dictated our course, even though all our processes may not have seemed clear to them.After all, there is an element in the readjustment of our financial system more important than currency, more important than gold, and that is the confidence of the people themselves.Confidence and courage are the essentials of success in carrying out our plan.You people must have faith;you must not be stampeded by rumors or guesses.Let us unite in banishing fear.We have provided the machinery to restore our financial system, and it is up to you to support and make it work.It is your problem, my friends, your problem no less than it is mine.Together we cannot fail.

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Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights

Mr.President, fellow delegates:

The long and meticulous study and debate of which this Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the product means that it reflects the composite views of the many men and governments who have contributed to its formulation.Not every man nor every government can have what he wants in a document of this kind.There are of course particular provisions in the declaration before us with which we are not fully satisfied.I have no doubt this is true of other delegations, and it would still be true if we continued our labors over many years.Taken as a whole the Delegation of the United States believes that this a good document--even a great document--and we propose to give it our full support.The position of the United States on the various parts of the declaration is a matter of record in the Third Committee.I shall not burden the Assembly, and particularly my colleagues of the Third Committee, with a restatement of that position here.Certain provisions of the declaration are stated in such broad terms as to be

acceptable only because of the limitations in article 29 providing for limitation on the exercise of the rights for the purpose of meeting the requirements of morality, public order, and the general welfare.An example of this is the provision that

everyone has the right of equal access to the public service in his country.The basic principle of equality and of nondiscrimination as to public employment is sound, but it cannot be accepted without limitations.My government, for example, would consider that this is unquestionably subject to limitation in the interest of public order and the general welfare.It would not consider that the exclusion from public employment of persons holding subversive political beliefs and not loyal to the basic principles and practices of the constitution and laws of the country would in any way infringe upon this right.Likewise, my Government has made it clear in the course of the development of the declaration that it does not consider that the economic and social and cultural rights stated in the declaration imply an obligation on governmental action.This was made quite clear in the Human Rights Commission text of article 23 which served as a so-called “umbrella” article to the articles on economic and social rights.We consider that the principle has not been affected by the fact that this article no longer contains a reference to the articles which follow it.This in no way affects our whole-hearted support for the basic principles of economic, social, and cultural rights set forth in these articles.In giving our approval to the declaration today it is of primary importance that we keep clearly in mind the basic character of the document.It is not a treaty;it is not an international agreement.It is not and does not purport to be a statement of basic principles of law or legal obligation.It is a declaration of basic principles of human

rights and freedoms, to be stamped with the approval of the General Assembly by formal vote of its members, and to serve as a common standard of achievement for all peoples of all nations.We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United

Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recommended by the Third Committee.This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta of all men

everywhere.We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation of the Declaration of the Rights of the Man by the French people in 1789, the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the United States, and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.At a time when there are so many issues on which we find it difficult to reach a common basis of agreement, it is a significant fact that 58 states have found such a large measure of agreement in the complex field of human rights.This must be taken as testimony of our common aspiration first voiced in the Charter of the United Nations to lift men everywhere to a higher standard of life and to a greater enjoyment of freedom.Man’s desire for peace lies behind this declaration.The

realization that the fragrant violation of human rights by Nazi and Fascist countries sowed the seeds of the last world war has supplied the impetus for the work which brings us to the moment of achievement here today.In a recent speech in Canada, Gladstone Murray said:

“The central fact is that man is fundamentally a moral being, that thelight we have is imperfect does not matter so long as we are always

trying to improve it … we are equal in sharing the moral freedom thatdistinguishes us as men.Man’s status makes each individual an end inhimself.No man is by nature simply the servant of the state or of

another man … the ideal and fact of freedom—and not

technology—are the true distinguishing marks of our civilization.”

This declaration is based upon the spiritual fact that man must have freedom in which to develop his full stature and through common effort to raise the level of human dignity.We have much to do to fully achieve and to assure the rights set forth in this declaration.But having them put before us with the moral backing of 58 nations will be a great step forward.As we here bring to fruition our labors on this Declaration of Human Rights, we must at the same time rededicate ourselves to the unfinished task which lies before us.We can now move on with new courage and inspiration to the completion of an international covenant on human rights and of measures for the implementation of human rights.In conclusion I feel that I cannot do better than to repeat the call to action by Secretary Marshall in his opening statement to this Assembly:

“Let this third regular session of the General Assembly approve by anoverwhelming majority the Declaration of Human Rights as a

statement of conduct for all;and let us, as Members of the UnitedNations, conscious of our own short-comings and imperfections, joinour effort in all faith to live up to this high standard.”