Samantha Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade
莎曼珊.納特: 全球軍火交易的實切遺害
Samantha Nutt envisions a world where no child knows war. Full bio
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that my last name is Nutt.
我的姓氏是瘋子的意思
you are forgiven for wondering
我不見怪你們納悶著:
to end up in a war zone.
淪落到戰爭區裡?
of medical school, and accepted
而且我也接受了一份志工契約-
with UNICEF in war-torn Somalia,
在受戰火摧殘的索馬利亞服務,
to issue an evacuation order,
of the world's most dangerous places.
may be asking yourselves,
with 50 cents in my pocket,
是如何有著 50 美分,
了索馬利亞的拜多雅,
三十萬人在那邊喪命了;
had lost their lives there --
of war-related famine and disease.
with trying to figure out
to this humanitarian catastrophe.
of the Rwandan genocide,
to specifically help answer,
themselves in war zones the world over,
問自己的一個問題:
in Somalia at that moment in time --
by way of "A Clockwork Orange."
a couple of days after my arrival,
who were standing in line,
their infants very close.
this conversation I was having
大概 20 分鐘的對話,
in the palm of her baby's hand.
was already in rigor.
was curled into itself.
that as her baby was dying,
快要死掉的時候
been held for two days
with Kalashnikov rifles,
to shake her down for more money,
as eight -- they are this big --
-他們是這般高大吧;
never been to school.
with automatic rifles.
打過仗、殺過人了!
that war is unavoidably human.
as existence itself.
again and again and again.
它卻接連地一次又一次的上演。
that I have seen the absolute worst
全然最惡劣的事情-
are capable of doing to one another,
對其他人做出來的事;
a different outcome is possible.
around the world,
occupying this shared space,
of the options available to us
摸得著的所有選項,
peace at the expense of war,
為代價的和平,
small arms and light weapons
like that young baby,
around the world,
of various armed groups
of cheap, easy and efficient weapons
容易和省事的武器,
and brutalize those civilians
恐嚇和殘害那些老百姓。
for as little as 10 dollars.
買到一把 AK-47;
to an automatic rifle
to clean drinking water.
at this map of the world.
that are currently at war,
who have either died
as a result of that violence.
something else about this map.
你也會發現到另外的一些東西,
that most of those countries
of small arms in the world.
countries in the Global North,
是北半球的國家,
who are dying in war
接連死去的民眾
who are profiting from war
people like you and me.
beyond small arms for a second.
in circulation in the world?
than the five permanent members
五個常任理事國
at this moment in time,
hang on a second there ... Nutt."
in war zones -- they're not a cause,
它們並不是起因,
that plagues them
and Afghanistan,
to be able to maintain law and order,
得以能夠維護法律和秩序、
to combat terror groups --
for just one moment,
a boom in the small-arms trade
that has grown threefold
to the number of people
武裝衝突的人數,
in armed conflict around the world
that also goes up
也上升約略三到四倍左右
and end at the same point.
在相同的時點上升與休止。
剪不斷理還亂的爭論,
in fatalities is a response
or the other way around.
really take away from this.
worth scrutinizing,
that small arms that were shipped to Iraq
被載運到伊拉克為其軍隊所用,
moderate opposition fighters,
「溫和反對派戰士」,
are now in the hands of ISIS;
伊斯蘭共和國 / ISIS 的手中;
that were shipped to Libya
across the Sahel,
like Boko Haram and al Qaeda
are a menace everywhere,
is rarely their last.
很少是它們的最終歸處。
what we spend on foreign aid,
and vaccinate children
in the Global South.
of both supply and demand,
都包含在內的問題,
transparency mechanisms
國際軍火買賣透明機制,
have to be more accountable
它們的武器即將銷售到哪裡去、
in the world by far,
the Arms Trade Treaty,
簽署好「武器貿易條約」,
it isn't binding,
是沒有法律約束力的,
and ratified by the Senate.
to make our voices heard.
the problem of war.
won't solve that problem.
in the right direction.
who live in those rich countries
around the world
被葬送在戰爭裡,
that cycle of violence
in strengthening the rule of law
以及經濟發展上有所投資-
especially for women.
those kinds of efforts can be
if you want to give,
想要捐贈的話,
is just as important
like monthly contributions
humanitarian organizations
over the long term,
who have been affected by war,
所影響之家庭的生活所需-
all too quickly forget.
都太快遺忘的諸場戰爭。
for Somalia as a young doctor,
開往索馬利亞的班機,
to live with war.
what it means now.
"pop-pop-pop-pop-pop!"
until it will be right on top of me.
我還剩多少時間。
and agonizing fear,
又折騰人的恐懼,
around the world are forced to confront
far too many people close to me.
太多、太多人的性命了,
what I do every single day,
我們身為人類所共有的,
not powerless to solve it.
to wish you the greatest success.
我想祝你們無比成功!
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Samantha Nutt - Doctor, writer and humanitarianSamantha Nutt envisions a world where no child knows war.
Why you should listen
Samantha Nutt is a leading authority on the civilian impact of war and a bestselling author. A medical doctor and the founder of the international humanitarian organizations War Child USA and War Child Canada, Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world's major crises -- from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. With a career that has spanned more than two decades and dozens of conflict zones, her international work has benefited millions of war-affected children globally.
Dr. Nutt writes and speaks about war, international aid and foreign policy. Her work has been published by a variety of print and online media, including the Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Reuters, Maclean's Magazine and many others. She regularly appears on news shows discussing foreign affairs and is a panelist on CBC's flagship news program, The National. Dr. Nutt's critically-acclaimed book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, was a bestseller.
Dr. Nutt is a recipient of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, and has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She is a staff physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She holds a degree in medicine from McMaster University and post graduate degrees from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) and the University of Toronto. Dr. Nutt is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as the Canadian College of Family Practice.
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