"The United States on Sep. 11th removed North Korea from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism", State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. I blew a gasket to hear this news. North Korea has never changed its brutal totalitarian regime at all. Why did the U.S. lift the sanctions? What on earth will the U.N. do about this issue?"
U.N. is translated into "国際連合" in Japanese. This Japanese phrase has a feeling that it was made out of countries from all over the world. I think this is a miss translation and it might be deliberate. The U.N. must have been translated as "連合国機構" meaning Allies Organization. In other words, the U.N. is the Allies itself. Besides, five countries that have been responsible for the history's worst things are occupying the most important position of permanent council members.
The U.S.:
Obviously, they dropped the atomic bombs in two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They also carried out the carpet bombings in more than 100 cities. These bombs killed mostly general citizens, not military personnel.
United Kingdom, France:
They conducted the worst-ever colonial occupation in Africa and Asian countries. They had been causing various hardships in the lives of the native people.
Russia:
They have been expanding their territory and now they are trying to get a hold on Georgia. It has been just like a deadly virus.
China:
First of all, they are under qualified. China of Allies means Republic of China. It never means People's Republic of China. When the U.N. was established (Oct. 24th in 1945), People's Republic of China didn't exist on the globe. They were founded on Oct. 1st in 1949.
Japan is being forced to finance this irresponsible association, but doesn't have enough voice. Why? The amount of Japan's contributions is the second highest and actually Japan has paid. In previous times, the Japanese Prime Minister had asserted Japan should be designated a permanent member, citing Japan's contributions to the United Nations. A person from South Korea that falls behind on its assessed contributions is the Secretary General now. It is quite absurd.
The assessed contributions of Russia and China are smaller than those of Japan, but their voices are stronger. Why? The U.N. is fraught with internal contradictions, I think.
(Vocabulary)
brutal totalitarian regime 残忍な全体主義政権
permanent council member 常任理事国
history's worst / worst-ever 史上最悪の
blind bombing // carpet bombing 無差別爆撃
colonial occupation // colonial rule 植民地支配
cause various hardships in the lives of the people 人々の生活をさまざまな形で苦しめる
underqualified 資格が満たされていない
Republic of China 中華民国
People's Republic of China 中華人民共和国
give someone financial aid / finance ～に金を貢ぐ
have a voice / no voice 発言権がある/ない
contribution / assessed rate / share of expenses 分担金
at a time in the past / at one time / in previous times かつて
fall behind on one's bills 支払いを滞納する
be quite absurd 噴飯ものである
frought with sth ＜悪いことに＞満ちた
アメリカは９月１１日、北朝鮮をテロ支援国家のリストから外した。このニュースを聞いて頭にきた。北はその残忍な体制を全く変えていないのだ。なぜ、アメリカは制裁を解除したのか。いったい国連は何をしているのだ。
「国際連合」などという意図的な誤訳がされたが、正確には「連合国機構」。第二次大戦中の「連合国」ではありませんか。そして、史上最悪の悪行を行ってきた五カ国が常任理事国などというポストを占めている。
アメリカ→原爆を投下し、日本各地で一般人を狙った絨毯爆撃。悪行の数々限りなし。
イギリス、フランス→史上最悪の植民地支配をし収奪のかぎりをつくしたのは、あまりにも有名。
ロシア→病原菌が広がるごとく領土を拡張し続けたのは、皆さんもご存知。
中国→常任理事国の資格無し。そもそも連合国の中国とは「中華民国」であります。創設時（1945.10.24）には、中華人民共和国なる国は地球上に存在していないではないか（成立は1949.10.01）。
日本は、こんなデタラメ団体に貢がされて、発言権もロクにないなんて、どういうこと？分担金支払額は二位。しかも、実際に払っている。以前、日本の首相が日本の国連分担金について触れ、日本は常任理事国に任命されるべきだとはっきり主張したこともある。
支払いもロクにしていない朝鮮人が事務総長なんてのも、お笑いです。
また分担金割合が低いのに、ロシアや中国の方が発言力が強いなんてバカみたい。
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