Democratic leaders gather for Biden's 事実上の 首脳会議, struggle to 部隊 behind 原則s
By Nandita Bose and Simon 吊りくさび
WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) -
U.S. 大統領 Joe Biden 発表するd new 基金ing to 支える 僕主主義s around the world at a 会合 on Wednesday, although dozens of countries were 持つ／拘留するing 支援する on a 首脳会議 宣言 laying out かかわり合いs to democratic 原則s.
まっただ中に 批評 his 行政 has made little 進歩 in 前進するing human 権利s and 僕主主義 in its 外交政策, Biden 発表するd a planned $690 million in 基金ing to help fight 汚職, support 解放する／自由な and fair 選挙s and 前進する 科学（工学）技術s that support democratic 政府s.
"We're turning the tide here. As we often say, we're at an inflection point in history here, when the 決定／判定勝ち（する）s we make today are going to 影響する／感情 the course of our world for the next several １０年間s for 確かな ," Biden said 演説（する）／住所ing the 大部分は 事実上の 首脳会議 for 僕主主義, the second such event 組織するd by the White House.
Although leaders of 120 nations were 招待するd, a 首脳会議 宣言 -- which 含むd 支援 to basic tenets of 僕主主義 like 解放する／自由な and fair 選挙s and called out Russia for its 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 -- was 最初 是認するd by only 73 countries.
Twelve of those dissociated themselves from parts of the text, 含むing India, イスラエル and the Philippines, which all 選ぶd out of a part 支援 accountability for human 権利s abusers and 認めるing the importance of the 国際刑事警察機構 法廷，裁判所.
"To 会合，会う the rising challenges to 僕主主義 世界的な, we commit to 強化する democratic 会・原則s and 過程s and build resilience," the 宣言 said.
A 上級の 行政 公式の／役人 said the 宣言 remained open and 付加 countries could still en dorse it.
"As is the 事例／患者 with any 共同の 声明, 交渉s can いつかs be 激しい. In this 事例／患者, we were 取引，協定ing with an extraordinarily large number of 政府s and some of the conversations went pretty far 負かす／撃墜する to the wire," said the 公式の／役人, who 簡潔な／要約するd reporters on 条件 of anonymity.
Biden 発表するd over $400 million for 類似の programs in 2021 when he last held such an event.
権利s 支持するs say there is little 証拠 the countries joining the 首脳会議 have made 進歩 on 改善するing their 僕主主義s, and that there is no formal 機械装置 to 持つ／拘留する 関係者s to the modest かかわり合いs made at an earlier 会合.
More recently, a move by 総理大臣 Benjamin Netanyahu's 連立政権 to 弱める the 力／強力にする of イスラエル's 司法の; Mexico's move to gut its 選挙 oversight 団体／死体; and India's 決定／判定勝ち（する） to disqualify a 最高の，を越す 対立 political leader have all cast a 棺／かげり over Biden's repeated （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that 僕主主義s have become stronger.
Netanyahu, one of 85 world leaders who 演説（する）／住所d the 首脳会議 on Wednesday, 発言する／表明するd 信用／信任 that a political 妥協 could be reached on the judicial 改革（する）s, which he argued could be reconciled with civil liberties even as his 対抗者s have （刑事）被告 him of 捜し出すing to 抑制（する） judicial independence.
Ukrainian 大統領 Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded for more 武器s to help 敗北・負かす Russia. Moscow's 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 in February 2022 has killed tens of thousands and 減ずるd cities to がれき.
"The enemies of 僕主主義 must lose," Zelenskiy said. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Nandita Bose, Simon 吊りくさび and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington; 付加 令状ing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Alistair Bell)
