hello under-secretary-general foreign

　　你好，外交部副秘书长

　　and defense ministers your excellencies

　　各位国防部长

　　ladies and gentlemen this is the third

　　女士们先生们，这是第三次

　　UN Defense peacekeeping ministerial I

　　联合国国防部第一维和部长

　　have attended but the first on my home

　　除了第一次在我家参加

　　soil I'm very proud to speak here as an

　　作为一个

　　American I'm a patriot I love my country

　　美国人我是爱国者我爱我的国家

　　and I want to see it thrive I also

　　我也希望看到它茁壮成长

　　believe in an America that is part of an

　　相信美国是

　　international community countries

　　国际社会国家

　　working together on equal footing is how

　　如何在平等的基础上合作

　　we reduce the risk of conflict it is how

　　我们如何降低冲突风险

　　we avoid the need to send men and women

　　我们不需要派遣男女

　　of our militaries to fight and sacrifice

　　让我们的军队战斗和牺牲

　　overseas the UN was set up for that

　　在海外，联合国就是为此而成立的

　　purpose as a way of resolving

　　作为解决方法的目的

　　differences peacefully supporting each

　　和平支持彼此的分歧

　　other's prosperity and extending

　　他人的繁荣和扩展

　　universal rights and freedoms it is in

　　它所处的普遍权利和自由

　　all of our interests for the UN to be

　　联合国的所有利益

　　made effective brought closer to the

　　使其更接近

　　lives of citizens and not ever misused

　　公民的生命，从未被滥用

　　at a deeper level a country that

　　在更深层次上

　　believes that all men and women are born

　　相信所有的男人和女人都是天生的

　　free and equal cannot be true to itself

　　自由和平等本身是不可能的

　　if it doesn't defend those principles

　　如果它不捍卫这些原则

　　for all people wherever they live

　　无论他们住在哪里

　　regardless their circumstances and no

　　无论他们的情况如何

　　matter how desperate their struggle in

　　无论他们多么绝望

　　fact our support should be strongest

　　事实上，我们的支持应该是最有力的

　　where rights are threatened the most we

　　权利受到最大威胁的地方

　　live at a time of blatant disregard for

　　生活在一个公然无视

　　the laws of war that forbid attacks on

　　禁止袭击的战争法

　　civilians whether it is missile strikes

　　平民，无论是导弹袭击

　　on schools or hospitals families bombed

　　在学校或医院，家庭被轰炸

　　in their homes neighborhoods gassed with

　　在他们家附近

　　chemical weapons besieged areas deprived

　　化学武器被围困的地区

　　of a

　　的

　　mass rape of women children and men we

　　大规模强奸妇女儿童和男子我们

　　seem incapable of upholding minimum

　　似乎无法坚持最低限度

　　standards of humanity in many parts of

　　世界许多地区的人类标准

　　the world that this comes at a time when

　　这个世界正处于这样的时刻

　　humankind is richer and more

　　人类越来越富有

　　technologically advanced than ever

　　技术比以往任何时候都先进

　　before is all the more painful 18 years

　　18年前更痛苦

　　ago when I first began working with the

　　当我第一次开始与

　　UN refugee agency there were just under

　　那里的联合国难民署

　　20 million displaced people worldwide

　　全球2000万流离失所者

　　and the numbers were falling today there

　　今天那里的数字在下降

　　are over 65 million people displaced and

　　超过6500万人流离失所

　　the numbers are rising more countries

　　越来越多的国家

　　are experiencing some form of violent

　　正在经历某种形式的暴力

　　conflict today than any time in the last

　　今天的冲突比过去任何时候都要严重

　　30 years UN peacekeepers now comprised

　　30年来，联合国维和人员现已组成

　　of the second largest group of forces

　　第二大部队

　　deployed overseas and are often required

　　部署在海外，通常需要

　　to serve where there is little or no

　　在很少或没有的地方服务

　　peace to be kept against this backdrop

　　在此背景下保持和平

　　it is easy to dismiss our institutions

　　解散我们的机构很容易

　　as flawed or ineffective my hope instead

　　因为我的希望有缺陷或无效

　　is that young people in particular feel

　　年轻人特别觉得

　　inspired to join the effort to improve

　　受到鼓舞，加入改进

　　them to join the men and women in the

　　让他们加入到

　　arena to paraphrase President Roosevelt

　　套用罗斯福总统的话

　　who strive are striving to do deeds and

　　努力的人都在努力做事情

　　whose faces are marred by dust and sweat

　　他的脸被灰尘和汗水弄脏了

　　and blood in that regard I want to

　　在这方面我想

　　express my respect for men and women who

　　表达我对那些

　　serve as peacekeepers and for those who

　　作为维和人员，为那些

　　have been killed and injured the

　　已经死伤

　　protection of civilians is the primary

　　保护平民是首要任务

　　responsibility of governments when UN

　　当联合国

　　peacekeepers are deployed it is usually

　　维和人员通常是这样部署的

　　where a government is unable or

　　政府无法或

　　unwilling to protect civilian life

　　不愿保护平民生命

　　those United Nations missions often

　　这些联合国特派团经常

　　represent the last and only hope for

　　代表最后也是唯一的希望

　　millions of people facing daily threats

　　数百万人每天面临威胁

　　to their safety and their basic rights

　　他们的安全和基本权利

　　the need for peacekeeping troops to have

　　维和部队需要

　　the best possible training and equipment

　　最好的训练和设备

　　and the highest standards of personal

　　以及最高的个人标准

　　conduct becomes obvious when measured

　　行为在衡量时变得明显

　　against that weighty responsibility so

　　面对如此沉重的责任

　　that is why this meeting is so important

　　这就是为什么这次会议如此重要

　　because it is in the hands of the

　　因为它掌握在

　　governments you represent to enable

　　您所代表的政府

　　peacekeeping to live up to its ideals

　　维持和平以实现其理想

　　and the needs of our time so as you

　　以及我们时代的需要

　　discuss how to strengthen UN

　　讨论如何加强联合国

　　peacekeepers and give peacekeepers the

　　维和人员，并给予维和人员

　　capabilities they need to operate in

　　他们需要具备的能力

　　today's dangerous environments I ask you

　　今天的危险环境我问你

　　to take time to consider the question

　　花时间考虑这个问题

　　from the perspective of women around the

　　从世界各地女性的角度来看

　　world there are countless examples of

　　世界上有无数的例子

　　women rising taking leadership taking

　　女性崛起领导地位

　　their destiny into their own hands

　　他们的命运掌握在自己手中

　　inspiring us all but women and girls are

　　激励着我们所有人，除了女人和女孩

　　still the majority of the victims of war

　　仍然是战争的大多数受害者

　　they are over half of all refugees and

　　他们占所有难民的一半以上

　　the vast majority of the victims of rape

　　绝大多数强奸受害者

　　and other sexual and gender-based

　　以及其他基于性和性别的

　　violence women are at the absolute at

　　暴力女性是绝对的

　　the center of modern conflict in the

　　现代冲突的中心

　　worst possible sense but more often than

　　最糟糕的感觉，但往往比

　　not they are still on the outside

　　不是他们还在外面

　　looking in when it comes to political

　　当涉及到政治问题时

　　politics and decisions about their

　　政治和决策

　　futures

　　期货

　　if we went by the principle that those

　　如果我们遵循以下原则

　　affected by a problem should be in

　　受问题影响的

　　charge of determining the solution then

　　然后确定溶液的费用

　　the majority of the world's peace

　　世界和平的大部分

　　negotiators foreign ministers and

　　谈判代表、外交部长和

　　diplomats would be women we all know the

　　外交官将是我们都知道的女性

　　reality in Afghanistan thousands of

　　阿富汗的现实

　　women have recently come together in

　　最近，女性聚集在一起

　　public risking their lives to ask that

　　公众冒着生命危险问这个问题

　　their rights and the rights of their

　　他们的权利

　　children be guaranteed in peace

　　儿童得到和平保障

　　negotiations that's so far they have

　　迄今为止他们所进行的谈判

　　been allowed no part of their stand is

　　他们的立场是

　　inspiring but it should not be necessary

　　鼓舞人心，但这不应该是必要的

　　and the international community's silent

　　国际社会的沉默

　　response is alarming to say the least

　　至少可以说，反应令人震惊

　　there

　　那里

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