歐洲四國外長尋求控制武器交易

Britain, France, Germany and Sweden are urging United Nations members to support a "decisive effort" to regulate conventional weapons trade.

Delegates from more than 150 countries are gathering in New York Monday to begin a month-long meeting to draft a global arms trade treaty.

Ahead of the conference, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle published a joint statement saying illicit arms trafficking poses a "growing threat to humanity."

They say each year millions of people around the world suffer the effects of poorly regulated arms trade.

The statement, also joined by Sweden's trade minister, calls for a "strong and comprehensive framework of common international standards" to prevent legitimate arms sales from being diverted to trafficking networks.

The diplomats note their countries are some of the largest arms exporters in Europe, and say that means they have a special responsibility to ensure the weapons are not used in a way that violates humanitarian aims or international law.英國、法國、德國和瑞典敦促聯合國成員國支持對常規武器貿易進行監管的決定性努力。

來自150多個國家的代表星期一開始在紐約召開爲期一個月的會議，起草全球武器貿易協定。

在這次會議開始之前，英國外交大臣黑格、法國外長法比尤斯和德國外長韋斯特韋勒在一份聯合聲明中說，非法武器走私活動對人類構成越來越嚴重的威脅。

聲明表示，全世界每年都有數以百萬計的人因武器交易未受到有效控制而受到危害。

簽署這份聲明的還有瑞典貿易大臣。聲明呼籲建立一個強有力和全面的國際統一標準構架，防止正當的武器交易落入非法走私網絡之中。

這些外交官員還提到，他們的國家是歐洲出口大量武器的國家，這意味着，他們的國家對確保這些武器的用途不違揹人道目的或國際法負有特殊責任。