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No ice buckets for U.S. diplomats, lawyers say

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The charity stunt has lured athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars and gone viral on the Internet, but don’t look for U.S. diplomats to get in on the fun.

Lawyers at the State Department have banned American ambassadors and other high-profile foreign service officers from participating in the ice-bucket challenge to raise money and aware-ness for Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

Lawyers said Aug. 19 the challenge goes against federal ethics rules barring such activity. (AP)

米国、外交官にアイスバケツチャレンジ禁止令

米国務省は８月19日、「米国連邦政府の倫理規定に反する行為」として、同国外交官らのアイスバケツチャレンジへの参加を禁止した。

The Japan Times ST: September 5, 2014