However obvious that might seem now, the notion was resisted by those in Britain and America who felt that it violated an ancient principle of non-interference in other countries' domestic affairs.

尽管现在看来这一点再明显不过，但是当时这个概念遭到了英国和美国的反对，他们认为它违反了一条古老的原则——任何国家无权干涉他国的内政。

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Q: There are comments that China's consent to the Security Council Statement on Libya is against its principle of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs.

问：有评论称，中国同意安理会发表涉利比亚的声明，违反了中方一贯坚持的不干涉内政原则。

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Second, I suggest that you look into the meaning of the principle of non-interference in others' internal affairs.

第二，我建议你回去研究一下何为不干涉内政原则。

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" In a July 1997 essay, Anwar advocated that ASEAN should cast aside its long-cherished principle of non-interference and embrace "constructive intervention.

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The organisation's guiding principle, non-interference, had served it so well in the tense, mutually suspicious days of 1967.

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This would recognise that moral imperatives might sometimes override the principle of non-interference in a state's internal affairs.

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