(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
12月9日，#民主峰会#正式开幕，拜登总统在开幕会议上发表了讲话。
拜登总统在推特上说：“今天，我将主持首届民主峰会。我们将来自100多个政府的领导人汇集在一起，还有活动人士、行业工会人士、专家及其他公民社会成员，挽起手来并重申我们改善我们的民主体的共同承诺。”
拜登总统在讲话中说，“…民主不会偶然产生。我们必须一代接一代地努力振兴它。而且在我看来，这是我们所有人的一项迫切要务。因为我们正在看到的数据大都指向一个错误的方向。据自由之家报告，2020年标志着全球自由连续第15年出现倒退。
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民主——民有、民治、民享的政府——有时可能是脆弱的，但它也具备固有的坚韧性。它能够自我修正，也能够自我改善。
…民主是艰难的…但它是发挥人类潜能并捍卫人类尊严以及解决重大问题的最佳途径。而且有赖于我们来证明这一点。
民主并非全都一样。我们并非在每个问题上都意见一致，我们今天与会的所有人都是这样。但我们共同做出的选择，我认为，将为子孙后代确定我们共同的未来的道路。
而且作为一个全球民主共同体，我们必须捍卫那些将我们团结起来的价值观。
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阅读拜登总统讲话全文：
https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/zh/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-summit-for-democracy-opening-session-cn/
如果您有兴趣观看峰会第一日的会议录像，请访问此页面：
https://www.state.gov/schedule-the-summit-for-democracy/
观看直播：民主峰会第二日（中文同声传译）：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EeYZTqFUDI&feature=youtu.be
会议将于2021年12月10日美国东部标准时间早上6:00（北京时间晚上7:00）开始
以下是民主峰会12月10日第二日的日程安排（均为北京时间）。
联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯致开幕词，晚上 7:00 – 7:05
讲话 – 保护人权，晚上 7:05 – 晚上 7:20
小组讨论 – 扩大公民空间：在边界内外为人权捍卫者和独立媒体赋权，晚上 7:20 – 晚上 8:30
会间讲话，晚上 8:30 – 晚上 8:45
讲话 – 加强民主和抵御威权主义，晚上 8:45 – 晚上 9:00
小组讨论 – 保护民主制度：选举、法治和有韧性的信息空间，晚上 9:00 – 10:00
讲话 – 科技为民主，晚上 10:15 – 晚上 10:30
小组讨论 – 抵制数字威权主义，肯定民主价值观，晚上 10:30 – 晚上 11:30
青年市政厅会议，12 月 11 日凌晨 1:15 – 凌晨 2:15
乔·拜登总统致闭幕词，12 月 11 日凌晨2:30 至凌晨 2:45
更多信息，请访问此页面：
https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/
The Summit for Democracy, Day One
On December 9, the Summit for Democracy officially kicked off. President Biden delivered remarks at the opening session.
President Biden said on Twitter: “Today, I’m hosting the first Summit for Democracy. We’re bringing together leaders from over 100 governments, alongside activists, trade unionists, experts, and other members of civil society to lock arms and reaffirm our shared commitment to make our democracies better.”
In his remarks, President Biden said, “…Democracy doesn’t happen by accident. We have to renew it with each generation. And this is an urgent matter on all our parts, in my view. Because the data we’re seeing is largely pointing in the wrong direction. Freedom House reports, in 2020, that it marked the 15th consecutive year of global freedom in retreat.
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Democracy — government of the people, by the people,for the people — can at times be fragile, but it also is inherently resilient. It’s capable of self-correction and it’s capable of self-improvement.
…[D]emocracy is hard … But it’s the best way to unleash human potential and defend human dignity and solve big problems. And it’s up to us to prove that.
Democracies are not all the same. We don’t agree on everything, all of us in this meeting today. But the choices we make together are going to define, in my view, the course of our shared future for generations to come.
And as a global community for democracy, we have to stand up for the values that unite us.
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Read President Biden’s full remarks:
https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/zh/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-summit-for-democracy-opening-session-cn/
If you are interested in watching the recorded sessions of Day One, please visit this page:
https://www.state.gov/schedule-the-summit-for-democracy/
Watch Live: The Summit for Democracy Day 2 (Chinese Simultaneous Interpreting) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EeYZTqFUDI&feature=youtu.be
Sessions will begin at 6:00 a.m. EST (7:00 pm Beijing Time), Dec 10, 2021
Below is the schedule of Day Two, December 10 (All in Beijing Time).
Opening Remarks by António Guterres – Secretary-General of the United Nations, 7:00 pm – 7:05 pm
Remarks – Protecting Human Rights, 7:05 pm – 7:20 pm
Panel Discussion – Expanding Civic Space: Empowering Human Rights Defenders and Independent Media Within and Across Borders, 7:20 pm – 8:30 pm
Inter-Session Remarks, 8:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Remarks – Strengthening Democracy and Defending Against Authoritarianism, 8:45 pm – 9:00 pm
Panel Discussion – Protecting Democratic Institutions: Elections, the Rule of Law, and a Resilient Information Space, 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Remarks – Technology for Democracy, 10:15 pm – 10:30 pm
Panel Discussion – Countering Digital Authoritarianism and Affirming Democratic Values, 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Youth Town Hall, 1:15 am – 2:15 am, December 11
Closing Remarks by President Joe Biden, 2:30 am – 2:45 am, December 11
For more details, please visit this page: