2015国际人权日英语演讲稿.docVIP

　　2015国际人权日英语演讲稿 　　Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and pleasure at being here. I inisters, ambassadors, excellencies, and UN partners. This an Rights Day, the anniversary of one of the great acplishments of the last century. 　　Beginning in 1947, delegates from six continents devoted themselves to drafting a declaration that ental rights and freedoms of people everyath of any are treated pt and violence by their fellopo look the other their homes and countries, and forced to suppress or deny selves from harm. 　　I am talking about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, human beings born free and given besto that, aining human rights challenges of our time. I speak about this subject knoy oan rights for gay people is far from perfect. Until 2003, it e in parts of our country. Many LGBT Americans have endured violence and harassment in their oe, including many young people, bullying and exclusion are daily experiences. So ore an rights at home. 　　Noany people and that the obstacles standing in the an rights of LGBT people rest on deeply held personal, political, cultural, and religious beliefs. So I e here before you ility. Even though progress on this front is not easy, portant issues ust address together to reach a global consensus that recognizes the human rights of LGBT citizens everyatter. Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct; but, in fact, they are one and the same. Noents that drafted and passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights unity. They also arginalized groups. Yet in the past 60 years, embers of these groups are entitled to the full measure of dignity and rights, because, like all people, they share a mon humanity. 　　This recognition did not occur all at once. It evolved over time. And as it did, . Like being a an, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is an rights, and human rights are gay rights. 　　It is a viola