Posted at 2023.04.23 Category : 未分類
日本では「民主主義サミット」と呼ばれる首脳会議が3月末から開かれました。
民主主義サミット 民主主義の価値観を共有する国・地域が結集し、中国やロシアを念頭に権威主義国に対抗する目的で始まった首脳会議。
英語だとsummit for democracyと呼んでいるみたいです。ではsummit of democraciesとの違いはなんでしょうか？そんなことが垣間見れるやりとりが国務省の記者会見でありました。この辺りの違いをそれほど意識しておらずハッとさせられたので記事にしてみました。
10:53あたりから
QUESTION: (Inaudible) the contrast in terms of performance of some of the countries that were part of the first summit, such as, in my region in Georgia it has been backsliding, judging from the latest human rights report. And some other countries, such as those in Central Asia, were not part of the summit, but the Secretary has just returned back from the region, and he mentioned some tangible steps that they have been taking. Is it going to be reflected in your – when you look at the invitation list, and also next, let’s say, year of action, when you work with those countries?
MR BERSCHINSKI: Yeah, it’s a good question. Like I said, we want to – this is a summit for democracy; it’s not necessarily a summit of democracies. And despite the fact that we are pitching an extraordinarily large tent, we need to draw the line somewhere. So our main message to governments around the world is, as we always do, we want to engage on matters of democratic renewal, strengthening institutions that reflect popular will, and accountability, and transparency. That’s not limited, of course, to the Summit for Democracy.
We took the approach of reinviting all the countries that we invited in 2021. And you mentioned Georgia. We have made clear our concerns with democratic backsliding in Georgia. The president of Georgia was just welcomed here in the United States. She’s been an outspoken voice for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and she will be the representative of that country that we invite to the Summit for Democracy.
あくまで民主主義を目指したサミットであるので、参加国は民主主義国家でなくても構わないと言ったニュアンスのようです。同じようなやりとりが以下の動画でもありました。6:30あたりからのやり取りでポーランドは民主主義が後退している部分があるが、このサミットは民主主義のためのものであって、民主主義によるサミットではないという、同じような理由を述べています。
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