希拉里在中美儿童早期发展上讲话稿
第1篇:希拉里在中美战略与经济对话开幕式上的讲话
5月24日,第二轮中美战略与经济对话在北京开幕,美国总统奥巴马的特别代表、国务卿希拉里·克林顿出席开幕式并讲话。以下是希拉里讲话全文的中英文对照。
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning.I want to thank State Councilor Dai and Vice-Premier Wang for their very warm hospitality.It is a pleasure for our entire delegation to be here in Beijing.And it is an honor to join my colleague, Secretary Geithner, and the many officials from acro our government in representing the United States at this second round of the strategic and economic dialogue.国务卿克林顿:早上好。感谢国务委员戴秉国和副总理王岐山非常热情的接待。我国代表团的全体成员十分高兴来到北京。我与我的同事盖特纳部长及我国政府各部门的众多官员一起代表美国出席第二轮美中战略与经济对话,为此感到十分荣幸。
I first visited China in 1995, and I have been privileged to return since then.Every trip to China offers fresh insights and images of the dynamism of this country and its people, the pace of change, and the poibilities for the future.Back in 1995, trade between our two nations was measured in the tens of billions of dollars.Today it is counted in the hundreds of billions.Few people back then had cell phones, and almost no one had acce to the Internet.Today China has the world's largest mobile phone network, and more Internet users than any other country on earth.我于1995年初次访问中国,此后又很荣幸地多次前来访问。每次来到中国都使我对这个国家,对中国人民旺盛的活力,对中国的变化之快及中国未来的发展前途产生新的了解和新的印象。早在1995年,我们两国间的贸易额仅有数百亿美元,如今两国贸易额已达数千亿美元。那时,极少有人拥有手机,几乎没有人使用因特网。今天,中国拥有全世界最大的移动电话网络,使用因特网的人数高于全世界任何国家。
In 1995, both our countries signed on to the Beijing platform for action to advance equality and opportunity for women.And while there is still much to do in both of our countries, I know that Chinese women have made real progre in education, health care, and employment.Hundreds of millions of men, women, and children have been lifted out of poverty.And China has flourished in so many ways.Freer trade and open markets have created jobs in both our countries, and given Chinese consumers acce to new goods and to higher standards of living.1995年,我们两国政府签署了北京行动纲领,要求采取行动促进妇女的平等权利与机会。虽然我们两国仍有很多工作要做,但我知道中国妇女在教育、卫生保健和就业领域都取得了切实的进步。千百万男女老少摆脱了贫困。中国在很多方面都获得了蓬勃的发展。促进自由贸易和开放市场为我们两国创造了就业岗位,并使中国消费者获得新的商品和更高的生活水平。
The United States welcomes China's progre and its accomplishments.And by establishing patterns of cooperation, rather than competition between our two countries, we see the opportunity, as we have just heard from Vice-Premier Wang, for win-win solutions, rather than zero-sum rivalries, for we know that few global problems can be solved by the United States or China acting alone.And few can be solved without the United States and China working together.美国欢迎中国取得的进步和成就。通过建立两国间的合作模式,而非相互竞争,我们看到了王副总理刚才所说的实现互利共赢的机会,而非互不相容的对抗,因为我们知道,全球性问题无法仅靠美国或者中国得到解决。但没有美国和中国的共同参与,有关问题也不可能得到解决。
With this in mind, I would like to read a few lines of a letter from President Obama that I will be personally handing to President Hu Jintao.President Obama wrote: "Our relationship with China is guided by the recognition that we live in an inter-connected world.One country's succe need not come at the expense of another.Our progre can be shared.Indeed, the United States welcomes China as a strong, prosperous, and succeful member of the community of nations." 考虑到这种情况,我在此宣读我将亲自向胡锦涛主席转交的奥巴马总统信中的几句话。奥巴马总统写道:“我们生活在一个相互联系的世界上,我们与中国的关系正是以这样一种认识为指导。一个国家的成功不必以另一个国家的利益为代价。我们可以共享进步。美国真诚地欢迎中国成为国际大家庭中一个强大、繁荣和成功的成员。”
Over the past 16 months, we have worked together to lay the foundation for that positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship that President Obama and President Hu have committed our nations to pursuing.We launched the strategic and economic dialogue last year in Washington, as the premier convening mechanism in our relationship.And this year we have aembled an even broader and deeper team, here in China, to addre our growing agenda.We have built avenues of cooperation and identified areas of mutual interest.奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席要求两国建立积极、合作和全面的关系,过去16个月来我们共同努力,为双方的关系奠定了基础。去年,我们在华盛顿启动了战略与经济对话,为两国关系建立了主要的对话机制。今年,我们派出代表性更广泛和更深入的团队,前来中国讨论日益增多的议程。我们构建了合作的平台,确定了拥有共同利益的领域。
Our job, moving forward, is to translate that common interest into common action and, in turn, to translate that action into results that improve the lives of our people, and contribute to global progre.Over the long term, these results are how our relationship will be measured.着眼未来,我们的工作是把我们的共同利益转变成共同行动,进而将这种行动转化为改善两国人民生活,促进全球进步的结果。从长远来看,这些结果是衡量我们关系的标准。
We are conscious that meaningful progre against great global challenges is the work of years, not days.We know that this gathering, in and of itself, is a foundation for ongoing cooperation that has to take place every day at every level of our government.And so, we will blend urgency and persistence in pursuit of shared goals.我们认识到,应对全球性的挑战取得有意义的进展需要经过多年的努力,并非指日可待。我们知道,这次会议本身为我们政府各级日常必须进行的持续合作奠定了基础。因此,为了实现共同的目标,我们既需要有紧迫性又需要有持久性。We have already begun to see progre on some of the key areas of common concern that we laid out in our first dialogue last year.But there is much work to be done.我们已经开始看到,对于去年双方第一轮对话期间确定的共同关心的问题,在主要领域的某些方面取得了进展。但还有许多工作需要做。
First, on international security challenges, the United States and China have consulted closely on the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program.The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran concerns us all.And to addre that threat, together we have pursued a dual-track approach of engagement and preure, aimed at encouraging Iran's leaders to change course.The draft resolution agreed to by all of our P-5+1 partners and circulated at the Security Council sends a clear meage to the Iranian leadership: Live up to your obligation, or face growing isolation and consequences.As we continue to cooperate in New York, the burden is on Iran to demonstrate through its actions that it will uphold its responsibility.首先,对于国际安全方面的挑战,美国和中国就伊朗核项目构成的挑战进行了密切协商。伊朗拥有核武器的可能性受到我们大家的关注。为了消除这个威胁,我们共同采取了接触与施压的双轨方式,目的是促使伊朗领导人改弦易辙。我们 “5常+1”的伙伴一致达成的决议草案已在安理会分发,此举向伊朗的领导层发出了一个明确的信息:履行你的义务,否则将日益受孤立,面临更严重的后果。我们在纽约继续进行合作之际,伊朗有责任通过自己的行动表明将承担本身的责任。
Now, beyond these preing challenges there are other shared security concerns that I look forward to discuing, including the fight against violent extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, counter-piracy efforts, and deeper military-to-military cooperation.现在,除了这些紧迫的挑战之外,我还期待着讨论其它有关共同安全的问题,其中包括在阿富汗和巴基斯坦打击暴力极端主义,以及打击海盗的行动和更深入的军方与军方的合作。
Second, on climate and energy, we have built on the memorandum of understanding signed at the last round of the dialogues, collaborating on new, clean energy research, including a center.We have committed ourselves to an electrical vehicle initiative, and a renewable energy partnership, and more.At Copenhagen, for the first time, all major economies, including both the United States and China, made national commitments to curb carbon emiions and transparently report on their mitigation efforts.Now we must work to implement the Copenhagen accord with balanced commitments that are reflected in the ongoing negotiation.其次,在气候和能源方面,我们在第一轮对话期间签署备忘录的基础上继续努力,为研究新的清洁能源进行合作,包括建设一个中心。我们已对电动汽车计划、可再生能源伙伴关系等给予承诺。在哥本哈根,所有主要经济体,包括美国和中国,第一次以国家的名义承诺限制二氧化碳排放并就各国缓解气候变化的努力提供透明的报告。现在我们必须努力实施哥本哈根协定,坚持正在进行的谈判所反映的实现整体平衡的承诺。
And on behalf of Secretary Steven Chu, I extend his regrets.He was unable to be with us, because he had to stay and work very urgently on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.我代表朱棣文部长表达他的遗憾。他无法与我们一起出席会议,因为他需要留在墨西哥湾,完成有关石油泄漏的紧迫工作。
Third, on education, health, and development, tomorrow I will meet with State Councilor Lio to launch a new dialogue on educational and cultural exchanges that will deepen understanding and cooperation between our people.I am very pleased that Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has joined us this year to expand cooperation on infectious diseases and other international health challenges.Our ambaador for global women's iues, Melanne Verveer, is also here because we recognize that the roles and rights of women are central to many of the iues we face, including devising a global strategy for development that is both sustainable and effective.第三,教育、卫生与发展问题。明天我将会晤刘国务委员,开始新的关于教育和文化交流的对话,加深两国人民的相互理解和合作。我很高兴卫生与公众服务部部长凯瑟琳·西贝利厄斯今年加入我们的行列,为应对传染病和国际卫生领域其它方面的挑战扩大相互间的合作。我国全球妇女问题大使梅拉妮·弗维尔也在座,因为我们认识到,妇女的作用和权利对于解决我们面临的许多问题都举足轻重,其中包括制定可持续和切实有效的全球发展战略。
The Obama Administration has worked to advance a long-term investment-driven approach to development.And Administrator Raj Shah is leading our efforts.We have elevated development as a core pillar of our foreign policy, and we seek to coordinate with China and other donors to meet country-led needs and to comply with internationally-agreed standards.对于发展问题,奥巴马政府努力促进长期投资驱动的模式。拉吉夫沙赫署长负责主持这方面的工作。我们已经把发展提升为我国外交政策的一个核心支柱,我们正争取与中国和其他捐助方进行协调,以满足国家主导的需求,同时遵循国际公认的标准。
Finally, we have worked together and seen progre on promoting global economic recovery and growth.Secretary Geithner, Secretary Locke, Ambaador Kirk, Chairman Bernanke, and the rest of our economic team will be talking in greater depth about how we can develop a more balanced global economy that will produce prosperity that reaches further and deeper for both the Chinese and American people.最后,我们已为促进全球经济复苏和增长进行了共同努力并且已经看到了进展。盖特纳部长、骆家辉部长、柯克大使、伯南克主席以及我们经济团队的其他成员将就我们如何促进全球经济的平衡进行更深入的讨论,为美中两国人民创造进一步的更大繁荣。
Now, our discuions in these few days are unlikely to solve the shared challenges we face.But they can and should provide a framework for delivering real results to our people.We will not agree on every iue.But we will discu them openly, as between friends and partners.And that includes America's commitment to universal human rights and dignity, and so much else that is on both Chinese and American minds.当然,我们短短几天进行的讨论不可能解决我们共同面临的挑战,但我们能够而且应该提供一个有利于为两国人民带来实惠的框架。我们不可能在每一问题上达成一致,但我们能够像朋友和伙伴一样坦率地讨论这些问题,其中包括美国对普遍人权和尊严的承诺,以及中方和美方关心的许许多多其它问题。There is a Chinese proverb that speaks of treading different paths that lead to the same destination.Our two nations have unique histories.China is home to an ancient civilization, as I saw in the Chinese Pavilion when I visited, with the scroll that has been made to come alive, showing life in this city 1,000 years ago.America is a young nation.But we know that our future, both our challenges and our opportunities, will be shared.We have traveled different paths, but that shared future is our common destination and responsibility.And, ultimately, that is what this dialogue is about.中国有个成语,殊途同归。我们两国都有着独特的历史。中国是古代文明的发祥地之一。我在上海参观中国馆时看到的图像栩栩如生地展示了一千年以前的城市生活场景。美国是一个年轻的国家,但我们都知道,我们的未来,包括我们的挑战和机遇,都将是共同的。我们行进在不同的道路上,但共有的未来是我们共同的目的地和责任所在,归根结底也是这场对话的目的。
So, again, let me thank State Councilor Dai and Vice-Premier Wang, and I look forward to our discuions in an open and candid exchange of views.Thank you very much.因此,我再次感谢戴国务委员和王副总理。我期待着我们通过公开、坦率的讨论交换意见。非常感谢诸位。
第2篇:第二轮美中战略与经济对话在北京开幕希拉里演讲稿
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5月24日,第二轮美中战略与经济对话在北京开幕,美国总统奥巴马的特别代表、国务卿希拉里·克林顿出席开幕式并讲话。在讲话中,希拉里引用了中国成语“殊途同归”(treading different paths that lead to the same destination)来形容美中两国所共有的未来。以下是希拉里讲话全文的中英文对照。
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning.I want to thank State Councilor Dai and Vice-Premier Wang for their very warm hospitality.It is a pleasure for our entire delegation to be here in Beijing.And it is an honor to join my colleague, Secretary Geithner, and the many officials from acro our government in representing the United States at this second round of the strategic and economic dialogue.国务卿克林顿:早上好。感谢国务委员戴秉国和副总理王岐山非常热情的接待。我国代表团的全体成员十分高兴来到北京。我与我的同事盖特纳(Geithner)部长及我国政府各部门的众多官员一起代表美国出席第二轮美中战略与经济对话,为此感到十分荣幸。
I first visited China in 1995, and I have been privileged to return since then.Every trip to China offers fresh insights and images of the dynamism of this country and its people, the pace of change, and the poibilities for the future.Back in 1995, trade between our two nations was measured in the tens of billions of dollars.Today it is counted in the hundreds of billions.Few people back then had cell phones, and almost no one had acce to the Internet.Today China has the world’s largest mobile phone network, and more Internet users than any other country on earth.我于1995年初次访问中国,此后又很荣幸地多次前来访问。每次来到中国都使我对这个国家,对中国人民旺盛的活力,对中国的变化之快及中国未来的发展前途产生新的了解和新的印象。早在1995年,我们两国间的贸易额仅有数百亿美元,如今两国贸易额已达数千亿美元。那时,极少有人拥有手机,几乎没有人使用因特网。今天,中国拥有全世界最大的移动电话网络,使用因特网的人数高于全世界任何国家。
In 1995, both oour countries signed on to the Beijing platform for action to advance equality and opportunity for women.And while there is still much to do in both of our countries, I know that Chinese women have made real progre in education, health care, and employment.Hundreds of millions of men, women, and children have been lifted out of poverty.And China has flourished in so many ways.Freer trade and open markets have created jobs in both our countries, and given Chinese consumers acce to new goods and to higher standards of living.1995年,我们两国政府签署了北京行动纲领,要求采取行动促进妇女的平等权利与机会。虽然我们两国仍有很多工作要做,但我知道中国妇女在教育、卫生保健和就业领域都取得了切实的进步。千百万男女老少摆脱了贫困。中国在很多方面都获得了蓬勃的发展。促进自由贸易和开放市场为我们两国创造了就业岗位,并使中国消费者获得新的商品和更高的生活水平。
The United States welcomes China’s progre and its accomplishments.And by establishing patterns of cooperation, rather than competition between our two countries, we see the opportunity, as we have just heard from Vice-Premier Wang, for win-win solutions, rather than zero-sum rivalries, for we know that few global problems can be solved by the United States or China acting alone.And few can be solved without the United States and China working together.美国欢迎中国取得的进步和成就。通过建立两国间的合作模式,而非相互竞争,我们看到了王副总理刚才所说的实现互利共赢的机会,而非互不相容的对抗,因为我们知道,全球性问题无法仅靠美国或者中国得到解决。但没有美国和中国的共同参与,有关问题也不可能得到解决。
With this in mind, I would like to read a few lines of a letter from President Obama that I will be personally handing to President Hu Jintao.President Obama wrote: “Our relationship with China is guided by the recognition that we live in an inter-connected world.One country’s succe need not come at the expense of another.Our progre can be shared.Indeed, the United States welcomes China as a strong, prosperous, and succeful member of the community of nations.”
考虑到这种情况,我在此宣读我将亲自向胡锦涛主席转交的奥巴马总统信中的几句话。奥巴马总统写道:“我们生活在一个相互联系的世界上,我们与中国的关系正是以这样一种认识为指导。一个国家的成功不必以另一个国家的利益为代价。我们可以共享进步。美国真诚地欢迎中国成为国际大家庭中一个强大、繁荣和成功的成员。”
Over the past 16 months, we have worked together to lay the foundation for that positive, cooperative, and comprehensive relationship that President Obama and President Hu have committed our nations to pursuing.We launched the strategic and economic dialogue last year in Washington, as the premier convening mechanism in our relationship.And this year we have aembled an even broader and deeper team, here in China, to addre our growing agenda.We have built avenues of cooperation and identified areas of mutual interest.奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席要求两国建立积极、合作和全面的关系,过去16个月来我们共同努力,为双方的关系奠定了基础。去年,我们在华盛顿启动了战略与经济对话,为两国关系建立了主要的对话机制。今年,我们派出代表性更广泛和更深入的团队,前来中国讨论日益增多的议程。我们构建了合作的平台,确定了拥有共同利益的领域。
Our job, moving forward, is to translate that common interest into common action and, in turn, to translate that action into results that improve the lives of our people, and contribute to global progre.Over the long term, these results are how our relationship will be measured.着眼未来,我们的工作是把我们的共同利益转变成共同行动,进而将这种行动转化为改善两国人民生活,促进全球进步的结果。从长远来看,这些结果是衡量我们关系的标准。
We are conscious that meaningful progre against great global challenges is the work of years, not days.We know that this gathering, in and of itself, is a foundation for ongoing cooperation that has to take place every day at every level of our government.And so, we will blend urgency and persistence in pursuit of shared goals.我们认识到,应对全球性的挑战取得有意义的进展需要经过多年的努力,并非指日可待。我们知道,这次会议本身为我们政府各级日常必须进行的持续合作奠定了基础。因此,为了实现共同的目标,我们既需要有紧迫性又需要有持久性。
We have already begun to see progre on some of the key areas of common concern that we laid out in our first dialogue last year.But there is much work to be done.我们已经开始看到,对于去年双方第一轮对话期间确定的共同关心的问题,在主要领域的某些方面取得了进展。但还有许多工作需要做。
First, on international security challenges, the United States and China have consulted closely on the challenge posed by Iran’s nuclear program.The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran concerns us all.And to addre that threat, together we have pursued a dual-track approach of engagement and preure, aimed at encouraging Iran’s leaders to change course.The draft resolution agreed to by all of our P-5+1 partners and circulated at the Security Council sends a clear meage to the Iranian leadership: Live
up to your obligation, or face growing isolation and consequences.As we continue to cooperate in New York, the burden is on Iran to demonstrate through its actions that it will uphold its responsibility.首先,对于国际安全方面的挑战,美国和中国就伊朗核项目构成的挑战进行了密切协商。伊朗拥有核武器的可能性受到我们大家的关注。为了消除这个威胁,我们共同采取了接触与施压的双轨方式,目的是促使伊朗领导人改弦易辙。我们 “5常+1”的伙伴一致达成的决议草案已在安理会分发,此举向伊朗的领导层发出了一个明确的信息:履行你的义务,否则将日益受孤立,面临更严重的后果。我们在纽约继续进行合作之际,伊朗有责任通过自己的行动表明将承担本身的责任。
North Korea is also a matter of urgent concern.Last year we worked together to pa and enforce a strong UN Security Council resolution in the wake of North Korea’s nuclear test.And today we face another serious challenge, provoked by the sinking of the South Korean ship.So we must work together, again, to addre this challenge and advance our shared objectives for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.We asked North Korea to stop its provocative behavior, halt its policy of threats and belligerence towards its neighbors, and take irreversible steps to fulfill its denuclearization commitments, and comply with international law.北韩也是一个受到关注的紧迫问题。去年北韩进行核试验后,我们共同努力,通过和实施了一项措辞强硬的联合国安理会决议。今天,我们面临由韩国艇艇沉没引起的另一个严重挑战。因此,我们必须再次共同努力,应对这个挑战,推进我们实现朝鲜半岛和平与稳定的共同目标。我们要求北韩停止挑衅行为,停止对邻国进行恐吓和好战的政策,并采取不可逆转的步骤,履行其无核化的承诺,遵守国际法的规定。
Now, beyond these two preing challenges there are other shared security concerns that I look forward to discuing, including the fight against violent extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, counter-piracy efforts, and deeper military-to-military cooperation.现在,除了这两大紧迫的挑战之外,我还期待着讨论其他有关共同安全的问题,其中包括在阿富汗和巴基斯坦打击暴力极端主义,以及打击海盗的行动和更深入的军方与军方的合作。
Second, on climate and energy, we have built on the memorandum of understanding signed at the last round of the dialogues, collaborating onnew, clean energy research, including a center.We have committed ourselves to an electrical vehicle initiative, and a renewable energy partnership, and more.At Copenhagen, for the first time, all major economies, including both the United States and China, made national commitments to curb carbon emiions and transparently report on their mitigation efforts.Now we must work to implement the Copenhagen accord with balanced commitments that are reflected in the ongoing negotiation.其次,在气候和能源方面,我们在第一轮对话期间签署备忘录的基础上继续努力,为研究新的清洁能源进行合作,包括建设一个中心。我们已对电动汽车计划、可再生能源伙伴关系等给予承诺。在哥本哈根,所有主要经济体,包括美国和中国,第一次以国家的名义承诺限制二氧化碳排放并就各国缓解气候变化的努力提供透明的报告。现在我们必须努力实施哥本哈根协定,坚持正在进行的谈判所反映的实现整体平衡的承诺。
And on behalf of Secretary Steven Chu, I extend his regrets.He was unable to be with us, because he had to stay and work very urgently on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.我代表朱棣文(Steven Chu)部长表达他的遗憾。他无法与我们一起出席会议,因为他需要留在墨西哥湾,完成有关石油泄漏的紧迫工作。
Third, on education, health, and development, tomorrow I will meet with State Councilor Lio to launch a new dialogue on educational and cultural exchanges that will deepen understanding and cooperation between our people.I am very pleased that Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has joined us this year to expand cooperation on infectious diseases and other international health challenges.Our ambaador for global women’s iues, Melanne Verveer, is also here because we recognize that the roles and rights of women are central to many of the iues we face, including devising a global strategy for development that is both sustainable and effective.第三,教育、卫生与发展问题。明天我将会晤刘国务委员,开始新的关于教育和文化交流的对话,加深两国人民的相互理解和合作。我很高兴卫生与公众服务部部长凯瑟琳?西贝利厄斯(Kathleen Sebelius)今年加入我们的行列,为应对传染病和国际卫生领域其他方面的挑战扩大相互间的合作。我国全球妇女问题大使梅拉妮?弗维尔(Melanne Verveer)也在座,因为我们认识到,妇女的作用和权利对于解决我们面临的许多问题都举足轻重,其中包括制定可持续和切实有效的全球发展战略。
The Obama Administration has worked to advance a long-term investment-driven approach to development.And Administrator Raj Shah is leading our efforts.We have elevated development as a core pillar of our foreign policy, and we seek to coordinate with China and other donors to meet country-led needs and to comply with internationally-agreed standards.对于发展问题,奥巴马政府努力促进长期投资驱动的模式。拉吉夫?沙赫(Administrator Raj Shah)署长负责主持这方面的工作。我们已经把发展提升为我国外交政策的一个核心支柱,我们正争取与中国和其他捐助方进行协调,以满足国家主导的需求,同时遵循国际公认的标准。
Finally, we have worked together and seen progre on promoting global economic recovery and growth.Secretary Geithner, Secretary Locke, Ambaador Kirk, Chairman Bernanke, and the rest of our economic team will be talking in greater depth about how we can develop a more balanced global economy that will produce prosperity that reaches further and deeper for both the Chinese and American people.最后,我们已为促进全球经济复苏和增长进行了共同努力并且已经看到了进展。盖特纳部长、骆家辉(Locke)部长、柯克(Kirk)大使、伯南克(Bernanke)主席以及我们经济团队的其他成员将就我们如何促进全球经济的平衡进行更深入的讨论,为美中两国人民创造进一步的更大繁荣。
Now, our discuions in these few days are unlikely to solve the shared challenges we face.But they can and should provide a framework for delivering real results to our people.We will not agree on every iue.But we will discu them openly, as between friends and partners.And that includes America’s commitment to universal human rights and dignity, and so much else that is on both Chinese and American minds.当然,我们短短几天进行的讨论不可能解决我们共同面临的挑战,但我们能够而且应该提供一个有利于为两国人民带来实惠的框架。我们不可能在每一问题上达成一致,但我们能够像朋友和伙伴一样坦率地讨论这些问题,其中包括美国对普遍人权和尊严的承诺,以及中方和美方关心的许许多多其他问题。
There is a Chinese proverb that speaks of treading different paths that lead to the same destination.Our two nations have unique histories.China is home to an ancient civilization, as I saw in the Chinese Pavilion when I visited, with the scroll that has been made to come alive, showing life in this city 1,000 years ago.America is a young nation.But we know that our future, both our challenges and our opportunities, will be shared.We have traveled different paths, but that shared future is our common
destination and responsibility.And, ultimately, that is what this dialogue is about.中国有个成语,殊途同归。我们两国都有着独特的历史。中国是古代文明的发祥地之一。我在上海参观中国馆时看到的图像栩栩如生地展示了一千年以前的城市生活场景。美国是一个年轻的国家,但我们都知道,我们的未来,包括我们的挑战和机遇,都将是共同的。我们行进在不同的道路上,但共有的未来是我们共同的目的地和责任所在,归根结底也是这场对话的目的。
So, again, let me thank State Councilor Dai and Vice-Premier Wang, and I look forward to our discuions in an open and candid exchange of views.Thank you very much.因此,我再次感谢戴国务委员和王副总理。我期待着我们通过公开、坦率的讨论交换意见。非常感谢诸位。
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出席美中战略与经济对话(U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue)的美方特别代表希拉里·克林顿(Hillary Rodham Clinton)2009年7月27日在对话全体会议上致开幕辞。以下是克林顿国务卿讲话的全文。
Remarks at Plenary Seion of the U.S.-China Strategic and
Economic Dialogue Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Washington, DC July 27, 2009 希拉里·克林顿国务卿在美中战略与经济对话全体会议上发表的讲话
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 2009年7月27日
Good morning.And Zhongxing Huanyin.早上好。[用中文说]衷心欢迎。
It is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China.I am especially pleased to join my co-chair, Secretary Geithner, and to welcome State Councilor Dai and Vice Premier Wang.I look forward to resuming the productive discuions I had with Councilor Dai, President Hu, and Premier Wen on my trip to China in February, and to build on President Obama and President Hu’s meeting in London.十分荣幸能在美中两国之间的战略与经济对话首次会议开幕式上致辞。我特别高兴能与盖特纳(Geithner)部长共同主持会议,并欢迎王岐山副总理和戴秉国国务委员。我期待着继续我2月访华期间与戴秉国国务委员、胡锦涛主席和温家宝总理进行的富有成果的讨论,并在奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席伦敦会晤的基础上取得更多成果。
This is both a culmination, and a beginning.A culmination of actions taken by our predeceors 30 years ago, when the United States and China established formal diplomatic relations, and Deng Xiaoping launched China’s economic reform and opening to the world.What followed was a blooming of Chinese economic growth and diplomatic engagement that has allowed our nations to reach this place of opportunity today.这一对话既是一个结果又是一个开端。作为结果,它源于我们的前任们30年前所采取的行动。那时,美中两国建立了正式外交关系,邓小平发起了中国的经济改革并实行对外开放。随之而来的是中国经济的蓬勃发展和使我们两国到达今天机遇之地的外交接触。
This dialogue also marks a beginning – the beginning of an unprecedented effort to lay the foundation for a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive U.S.-Chinese relationship for the 21st century.这一对话也标志着一个开端——一个为建立21世纪积极、合作、全面的美中关系奠定基础而作出前所未有努力的开端。
That so many members of President Obama’s cabinet are here reflects our belief that a stronger relationship will yield rewards, not only for our two nations, but for the world beyond.奥巴马总统内阁的众多阁员今天与会反映了我们的一个信念,即更牢固的美中关系不仅会使我们两国受益,而且会使整个世界受益。
For in the decades ahead, great countries will be defined le by their power to dominate or divide than by their capacity to solve problems.It is this reality – and the fact that no country can solve today’s challenges alone – that demands a new global architecture for progre.因为在未来数十年内,伟大国家的特征将不是其控制和分割他国的力量,而是其解决问题的能力。正是这一现实——以及没有任何国家能单独应对今天面临的挑战这一事实——要求建立一个新的争取进步的全球架构。
Although past relations between the United States and China have been influenced by the idea of a balance of power among great nations, the fresh thinking of the 21st century can move us from a multi-polar world to a multi-partner world.And it is our hope that the dialogue we initiate today will enable us to shape that common agenda.尽管美国和中国以往的关系受到大国间权力平衡的观点的影响,但21世纪全新的思维能使我们从一个多极世界走向一个多伙伴世界。我们希望今天启动的对话将使我们能够确立这个共同议程。
Our nations face common global threats, from the economic crisis, to non-proliferation, climate change and clean energy, pandemic disease and global poverty, North Korea, Iran, and extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.我们两国面临着同样的全球性威胁,从经济危机到防扩散,从气候变化到清洁能源,从大规模流行性疾病到全球贫困,从北韩到伊朗,还有阿富汗和巴基斯坦的极端主义势力。
To meet these threats, we must find common ground and work together in common purpose, even as we may disagree on certain iues.为了应对这些威胁,我们必须找到共同之处并向着共同目标一起努力,即使我们可能在某些问题上存在分歧。
As we’ll hear from the President later this morning, the Obama Administration is committed to broader engagement – to using robust diplomacy and development and working with and beyond government to solve regional and global problems and take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities they present.今天上午我们将会听到总统阐明,奥巴马政府致力于更广泛的接触——利用有力的外交和发展手段,同政府及非政府人士合作解决区域性和全球性问题,并把握它们所带来的前所未有的机会。
When I was in China in February, it was my first time back in almost a decade.And I was struck, as many visitors are, by the transformation that had taken place.Driving on the third ring road in Beijing, I felt like was watching a movie in fast-forward.From a few high rise buildings on my last trip, to a gleaming Olympic complex and corporate skyscrapers today.From millions of Flying Pigeon bicycles navigating the streets, to cars of every model traversing modern thoroughfares.And for those traveling to Shanghai, an already cosmopolitan city soon to add the Shanghai Expo.我今年二月访问中国时,距我前一次访问已有将近十年之久。我像很多来访者一样,被今昔的变化所震撼。驱车行驶在三环路上,我感到仿佛是在观看一部快进的电影。我上次来时高楼大厦屈指可数,如今奥林匹克场馆和摩天商务大厦令人眼花缭乱。过去有千百万辆飞鸽牌自行车在大街小巷穿行,如今有各种型号的汽车在现代化公路上行驶。那些去上海的人还会看到上海世博会将为这个已经发展成型的大都市增添光彩。
All are testaments to China’s dynamism and growth.And we welcome these signs of progre.这些都是中国蓬勃发展的见证。这些进步的气象令我们感到高兴。
We also welcome China’s role in promoting peace and stability in the Asia Pacific.Over the past 30 years, the United States has helped foster security in the region – a critical factor in China’s growth, and an important strategic interest of our own.In the future, we will remain actively engaged in promoting the security of Asia.When misunderstandings or disagreements arise, we will work through them peacefully and through intensive dialogue.我们还欢迎中国为促进亚太地区的和平与稳定所发挥的作用。过去30年来,美国帮助建立该地区的安全,这对中国的增长至关重要,对我们自身的战略利益也意义重大。未来,我们将继续积极参与促进亚洲的安全。出现误解或分歧时,我们将以和平方式并通过积极对话来予以解决。
This Strategic and Economic Dialogue differs from past dialogues in scope, substance, and approach.It is comprehensive by design, meant to enlist the full range of talent within our governments and to include cro-cutting challenges that are neither bureaucratically neat, nor easily compartmentalized.本届战略与经济对话在广度、实质乃至方法上均不同于过去的对话。其形式结构力求全面,以便充分利用两国政府内部的聪明才智,解决那些在行政体制上无法按部门截然划分的问题。
With this dialogue we are laying, brick by brick, the foundation of a stronger relationship – improving lines of communication;increasing understanding;setting priorities;and creating a work plan.通过这一对话,我们正脚踏实地为加强关系而奠定基础,改善交流途径,增强理解,制定重点目标和工作计划。
Our agenda will focus on several areas:
我们的议程将侧重于以下几个方面: First, the economic recovery.Repairing the global economy is a priority for both the United States and China.We have taken aggreive action at home to stimulate our economy and stabilize our financial institutions.China has taken similarly bold steps and we both agree that further economic and financial cooperation is neceary for global recovery.第一,经济复苏。修复全球经济是美中两国的首要目标。我们已在国内采取果断行动,以刺激经济和稳定金融机构。中国已采取类似的大胆措施,而且我们双方均认为,进一步的经济和金融合作对全球复苏是必要的。
Second, climate change and clean energy.As the world’s two biggest emitters, we must demonstrate to the developed and developing world that clean energy and economic growth can go hand-in-hand.We are already involved in promising partnerships.In Beijing, I toured a geo-thermal plant that is a true U.S.-Chinese collaboration.General Electric has provided high-tech equipment to produce heat and power with half the emiions, and far le water usage than the coal plants that are typically relied on.And Chinese businees build the steam turbines that help to power the plant.This plant saves costs and provides clean energy – including heat for the U.S.Embay.第二,气候变化和清洁能源。作为世界上两个最大的排放国,我们必须向发达和发展中国家表明,清洁能源和经济增长能够同步进行。我们已在进行充满希望的合作。在北京期间,我参观了一家地热工厂,这是名副其实的美中合作。通用电气公司提供的高科技设备被用于产热发电,与通常燃煤的火力发电相比,排放减少了一半,用水量也大大下降。中国公司则制造了工厂发电用的燃气轮机。该厂在节省成本的基础上提供了清洁能源,包括为美国大使馆提供热能。
Third, security challenges.I just attended the ASEAN conference in Thailand, where the North Korean regime’s recent provocations were a subject of great concern.China and the United States both appreciate the dangers of escalating tensions and a prospective arms race in East Asia;and the proliferation of weapons of ma destruction.第三,安全挑战。我刚刚出席了在泰国举行的东盟会议,北韩政权最近的挑衅行动成了大会十分关注的议题。中国和美国均认识到紧张局势升级以及东亚可能发生的军备竞赛所导致的危险以及大规模毁灭性武器扩散的危险。
Already, China and the United States have worked together to contain dangerous actions on the part of North Korea.We are grateful for the Chinese government’s leadership in establishing the Six Party Talks and for its close cooperation in response to North Korean miile launches.In this dialogue, we will discu ways to work jointly to persuade the regime to agree to denuclearization and end its international isolation.中美两国已经在进行合作,以遏制北韩方面的危险行动。我们感谢中国政府为设立六方会谈所发挥的主导作用以及在应对北韩导弹发射问题上所进行的密切合作。本届对话期间,我们将探讨如何共同努力以说服该政权同意实现无核化并结束其国际孤立状态。
We will also discu our common concerns about the nuclear weapons capability of Iran, and explore ways to addre violent extremism and promote stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.我们还将讨论我们对伊朗核武器能力的共同关注,并探讨清除暴力极端主义、促进阿富汗和巴基斯坦稳定的方法。
Fourth, development.Under President Obama, development, like diplomacy, is an equally important pillar of American foreign policy.Many of the world’s threats stem from lack of opportunity which, in turn, leads to poverty, social erosion, and political instability.By addreing global scourges such as hunger, illiteracy, disease, and economic marginalization from the bottom up, and by insisting on accountability and adherence to the rule of law, we can widen opportunity and prosperity for more people in more places.第四,发展。在奥巴马总统领导下,发展同外交一样,是美国对外政策的重要支柱。世界上许多威胁的根源来自机会的缺乏,而机会缺乏进而导致贫困、社会解体及政治动荡。通过自下而上地消除饥饿、文盲、疾病以及经济边缘化等全球性灾难,坚持问责制和法治,我们能够为更多地区的更多人带来机会和繁荣。
None of these problems will be easy to solve, and results won’t happen overnight.We will not always see eye-to-eye, as is the case with human rights, where the United States will continue to be guided by the ideal that the rights of all people must be respected.Still, solutions to many of today’s global challenges are within reach if we work cooperatively where our interests intersect, and are honest with each other when they don’t.这些问题无一能轻易解决,也不会一夜之间就产生结果。我们的观点并非全部一致,人权便是一例。美国将继续恪守这样的理念:所有人的权利都必须得到尊重。尽管如此,如果我们在利益一致的领域进行合作,并且在利益不一致时能做到开诚布公,那么我们就能够成功应对当今的许多全球性挑战。
A well-known Chinese saying speaks of a sacred mountain in northern China near Confucius’ home.It says: “When people are of one mind and heart, they can move Mt.Tai."
中国有一句著名的俗语,讲的是孔子家乡附近的一座圣山。这句话是这样说的:“人心齐,泰山移”。
We cannot expect to be united at every turn, but we can be of one mind and heart on the need to find common ground as we confront the shared challenges of the 21st century.The Obama Administration has embraced this dialogue with China early and energetically because we want to see it to fruition.This is an iue of great importance to me as Secretary of State, and I know the same is true for my colleagues and for our President.我们无法期待事事处处都保持一致,但就面临21世纪的共同挑战有必要找到共同立足点而言,我们能够齐心协力。奥巴马政府上任伊始就决定大力与中国展开对话,因为我们希望看到它结出硕果。作为国务卿,这对我本人是一个十分重要的问题,并且我知道对我的同事们和奥巴马总统也是如此。
And now, it is my great honor to introduce Vice Premier Wang.现在,我非常荣幸地向大家介绍王副总理。
第4篇:希拉里美国国务卿在美中战略与经济对话会议的开幕辞
美国国务卿在美中战略与经济对话会议的开幕辞
出席美中战略与经济对话(U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue)的美方特别代表希拉里∙克林顿(Hillary Rodham Clinton)2009年7月27日在对话全体会议上致开幕辞。以下是克林顿国务卿讲话的全文。
Remarks at Plenary Seion of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Washington, DC
July 27, 2009
希拉里∙克林顿国务卿在美中战略与经济对话全体会议上发表的讲话
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区
原文链接:http://www.xiexiebang.com/Good morning.And Zhongxing Huanyin.早上好。[用中文说]衷心欢迎。
It is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China.I am especially pleased to join my co-chair, Secretary Geithner, and to welcome State Councilor Dai and Vice Premier Wang.I look forward to resuming the productive discuions I had with Councilor Dai, President Hu, and Premier Wen on my trip to China in February, and to build on President Obama and President Hu’s meeting in London.十分荣幸能在美中两国之间的战略与经济对话首次会议开幕式上致辞。我特别高兴能与盖特纳(Geithner)部长共同主持会议,并欢迎王岐山副总理和戴秉国国务委员。我期待着继续我2月访华期间与戴秉国国务委员、胡锦涛主席和温家宝总理进行的富有成果的讨论,并在奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席伦敦会晤的基础上取得更多成果。
This is both a culmination, and a beginning.A culmination of actions taken by our predeceors 30 years ago, when the United States and China established formal diplomatic relations, and Deng Xiaoping launched China’s economic reform and opening to the world.What followed was a blooming of Chinese economic growth and diplomatic engagement that has allowed our nations to reach this place of opportunity today.这一对话既是一个结果又是一个开端。作为结果,它源于我们的前任们30年前所采取的行动。那时,美中两国建立了正式外交关系,邓小平发起了中国的经济改革并实行对外开放。随之而来的是中国经济的蓬勃发展和使我们两国到达今天机遇之地的外交接触。
This dialogue also marks a beginning – the beginning of an unprecedented effort to lay the foundation for a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive U.S.-Chinese relationship for the 21st century.这一对话也标志着一个开端——一个为建立21世纪积极、合作、全面的美中关系奠定基础而作出前所未有努力的开端。
That so many members of President Obama’s cabinet are here reflects our belief that a stronger relationship will yield rewards, not only for our two nations, but for the world beyond.奥巴马总统内阁的众多阁员今天与会反映了我们的一个信念,即更牢固的美中关系不仅会使我们两国受益,而且会使整个世界受益。
For in the decades ahead, great countries will be defined le by their power to dominate or divide than by their capacity to solve problems.It is this reality – and the fact that no country can solve today’s challenges alone – that demands a new global architecture for progre.因为在未来数十年内,伟大国家的特征将不是其控制和分割他国的力量,而是其解决问题的能力。正是这一现实——以及没有任何国家能单独应对今天面临的挑战这一事实——要求建立一个新的争取进步的全球架构。
Although past relations between the United States and China have been influenced by the idea of a balance of power among great nations, the fresh thinking of the 21st century can move us from a multi-polar world to a multi-partner world.And it is our hope that the dialogue we initiate today will enable us to shape that common agenda.尽管美国和中国以往的关系受到大国间权力平衡的观点的影响,但21世纪全新的思维能使我们从一个多极世界走向一个多伙伴世界。我们希望今天启动的对话将使我们能够确立这个共同议程。
Our nations face common global threats, from the economic crisis, to non-proliferation, climate change and clean energy, pandemic disease and global poverty, North Korea, Iran, and extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.我们两国面临着同样的全球性威胁,从经济危机到防扩散,从气候变化到清洁能源,从大规模流行性疾病到全球贫困,从北韩到伊朗,还有阿富汗和巴基斯坦的极端主义势力。
To meet these threats, we must find common ground and work together in common purpose, even as we may disagree on certain iues.为了应对这些威胁,我们必须找到共同之处并向着共同目标一起努力,即使我们可能在某些问题上存在分歧。
As we’ll hear from the President later this morning, the Obama Administration is committed to broader engagement – to using robust diplomacy and development and working with and beyond government to solve regional and global problems and take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities they present.今天上午我们将会听到总统阐明,奥巴马政府致力于更广泛的接触——利用有力的外交和发展手段,同政府及非政府人士合作解决区域性和全球性问题,并把握它们所带来的前所未有的机会。
When I was in China in February, it was my first time back in almost a decade.And I was struck, as many visitors are, by the transformation that had taken place.Driving on the third ring road in Beijing, I felt like was watching a movie in fast-forward.From a few high rise buildings on my last trip, to a gleaming Olympic complex and corporate skyscrapers today.From millions of Flying Pigeon bicycles navigating the streets, to cars of every model traversing modern thoroughfares.And for those traveling to Shanghai, an already cosmopolitan city soon to add the Shanghai Expo.我今年二月访问中国时,距我前一次访问已有将近十年之久。我像很多来访者一样,被今昔的变化所震撼。驱车行驶在三环路上,我感到仿佛是在观看一部快进的电影。我上次来时高楼大厦屈指可数,如今奥林匹克场馆和摩天商务大厦令人眼花缭乱。过去有千百万辆飞鸽牌自行车在大街小巷穿行,如今有各种型号的汽车在现代化公路上行驶。那些去上海的人还会看到上海世博会将为这个已经发展成型的大都市增添光彩。
All are testaments to China’s dynamism and growth.And we welcome these signs of progre.这些都是中国蓬勃发展的见证。这些进步的气象令我们感到高兴。
We also welcome China’s role in promoting peace and stability in the Asia Pacific.Over the past 30 years, the United States has helped foster security in the region – a critical factor in China’s growth, and an important strategic interest of our own.In the future, we will remain actively engaged in promoting the security of Asia.When misunderstandings or disagreements arise, we will work through them peacefully and through intensive dialogue.我们还欢迎中国为促进亚太地区的和平与稳定所发挥的作用。过去30年来,美国帮助建立该地区的安全,这对中国的增长至关重要,对我们自身的战略利益也意义重大。未来,我们将继续积极参与促进亚洲的安全。出现误解或分歧时,我们将以和平方式并通过积极对话来予以解决。
This Strategic and Economic Dialogue differs from past dialogues in scope, substance, and approach.It is comprehensive by design, meant to enlist the full range of talent within our governments and to include cro-cutting challenges that are neither bureaucratically neat, nor easily compartmentalized.本届战略与经济对话在广度、实质乃至方法上均不同于过去的对话。其形式结构力求全面,以便充分利用两国政府内部的聪明才智,解决那些在行政体制上无法按部门截然划分的问题。
With this dialogue we are laying, brick by brick, the foundation of a stronger relationship – improving lines of communication;increasing understanding;setting priorities;and creating a work plan.通过这一对话,我们正脚踏实地为加强关系而奠定基础,改善交流途径,增强理解,制定重点目标和工作计划。
Our agenda will focus on several areas:
我们的议程将侧重于以下几个方面:
First, the economic recovery.Repairing the global economy is a priority for both the United States and China.We have taken aggreive action at home to stimulate our economy and stabilize our financial institutions.China has taken similarly bold steps and we both agree that further economic and financial cooperation is neceary for global recovery.第一,经济复苏。修复全球经济是美中两国的首要目标。我们已在国内采取果断行动,以刺激经济和稳定金融机构。中国已采取类似的大胆措施,而且我们双方均认为,进一步的经济和金融合作对全球复苏是必要的。
Second, climate change and clean energy.As the world’s two biggest emitters, we must demonstrate to the developed and developing world that clean energy and economic growth can go hand-in-hand.We are already involved in promising partnerships.In Beijing, I toured a geo-thermal plant that is a true U.S.-Chinese collaboration.General Electric has provided high-tech equipment to produce heat and power with half the emiions, and far le water usage than the coal plants that are typically relied on.And Chinese businees build the steam turbines that help to power the plant.This plant saves costs and provides clean energy – including heat for the U.S.Embay.第二,气候变化和清洁能源。作为世界上两个最大的排放国,我们必须向发达和发展中国家表明,清洁能源和经济增长能够同步进行。我们已在进行充满希望的合作。在北京期间,我参观了一家地热工厂,这是名副其实的美中合作。通用电气公司提供的高科技设备被用于产热发电,与通常燃煤的火力发电相比,排放减少了一半,用水量也大大下降。中国公司则制造了工厂发电用的燃气轮机。该厂在节省成本的基础上提供了清洁能源,包括为美国大使馆提供热能。
Third, security challenges.I just attended the ASEAN conference in Thailand, where the North Korean regime’s recent provocations were a subject of great concern.China and the United States both appreciate the dangers of escalating tensions and a prospective arms race in East Asia;and the proliferation of weapons of ma destruction.第三,安全挑战。我刚刚出席了在泰国举行的东盟会议,北韩政权最近的挑衅行动成了大会十分关注的议题。中国和美国均认识到紧张局势升级以及东亚可能发生的军备竞赛所导致的危险以及大规模毁灭性武器扩散的危险。
Already, China and the United States have worked together to contain dangerous actions on the part of North Korea.We are grateful for the Chinese government’s leadership in establishing the Six Party Talks and for its close cooperation in response to North Korean miile launches.In this dialogue, we will discu ways to work jointly to persuade the regime to agree to denuclearization and end its international isolation.中美两国已经在进行合作,以遏制北韩方面的危险行动。我们感谢中国政府为设立六方会谈所发挥的主导作用以及在应对北韩导弹发射问题上所进行的密切合作。本届对话期间,我们将探讨如何共同努力以说服该政权同意实现无核化并结束其国际孤立状态。
We will also discu our common concerns about the nuclear weapons capability of Iran, and explore ways to addre violent extremism and promote stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.我们还将讨论我们对伊朗核武器能力的共同关注,并探讨清除暴力极端主义、促进阿富汗和巴基斯坦稳定的方法。
Fourth, development.Under President Obama, development, like diplomacy, is an equally important pillar of American foreign policy.Many of the world’s threats stem from lack of opportunity which, in turn, leads to poverty, social erosion, and political instability.By addreing global scourges such as hunger, illiteracy, disease, and economic marginalization from the bottom up, and by insisting on accountability and adherence to the rule of law, we can widen opportunity and prosperity for more people in more places.第四,发展。在奥巴马总统领导下,发展同外交一样,是美国对外政策的重要支柱。世界上许多威胁的根源来自机会的缺乏,而机会缺乏进而导致贫困、社会解体及政治动荡。通过自下而上地消除饥饿、文盲、疾病以及经济边缘化等全球性灾难,坚持问责制和法治,我们能够为更多地区的更多人带来机会和繁荣。
None of these problems will be easy to solve, and results won’t happen overnight.We will not always see eye-to-eye, as is the case with human rights, where the United States will continue to be guided by the ideal that the rights of all people must be respected.Still, solutions to many of today’s global challenges are within reach if we work cooperatively where our interests intersect, and are honest with each other when they don’t.这些问题无一能轻易解决,也不会一夜之间就产生结果。我们的观点并非全部一致,人权便是一例。美国将继续恪守这样的理念:所有人的权利都必须得到尊重。尽管如此,如果我们在利益一致的领域进行合作,并且在利益不一致时能做到开诚布公,那么我们就能够成功应对当今的许多全球性挑战。
A well-known Chinese saying speaks of a sacred mountain in northern China near Confucius’ home.It says: “When people are of one mind and heart, they can move Mt.Tai."
中国有一句著名的俗语,讲的是孔子家乡附近的一座圣山。这句话是这样说的:“人心齐,泰山移”。
We cannot expect to be united at every turn, but we can be of one mind and heart on the need to find common ground as we confront the shared challenges of the 21st century.The Obama Administration has embraced this dialogue with China early and energetically because we want to see it to fruition.This is an iue of great importance to me as Secretary of State, and I know the same is true for my colleagues and for our President.我们无法期待事事处处都保持一致,但就面临21世纪的共同挑战有必要找到共同立足点而言,我们能够齐心协力。奥巴马政府上任伊始就决定大力与中国展开对话,因为我们希望看到它结出硕果。作为国务卿,这对我本人是一个十分重要的问题,并且我知道对我的同事们和奥巴马总统也是如此。
And now, it is my great honor to introduce Vice Premier Wang.现在,我非常荣幸地向大家介绍王副总理。
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第5篇:(中英)希拉里在联合国第四届妇女大会上的演讲
(中英)希拉里在联合国第四届妇女大会上的演讲
Mrs.Mongella, Under Secretary Kittani, distinguished delegates and guests:
I would like to thank the Secretary General for inviting me to be a part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women.This is truly a celebration--a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home, on the job, in their communities, as
mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, learners, workers, citizens and leaders.It is also a coming together, much of the way women come together ever day in every country.We come together in fields and factories.in village markets and supermarkets.in living rooms and board rooms.这也是一次聚会,如同每个国家的妇女每天都在发生的聚会。我们在田野和工厂里聚会。我们在乡村市场和超级市场里聚会。我们在起居室和会议室里聚会。
Whether it is while playing with our children in the park, or washing clothes in a river, or taking a break at the office water cooler, we come together and talk about our aspirations and concern.And time again, our talk turns to our children and our families.However different we may be, there is far more that unites us than divides us.We share a common future, and are here to find common ground so that we may help bring new dignity and respect to women and girls all over the world.And is so doing this, we bring new strength and stability to families as well.无论是和孩子们在公司园玩耍,或是在河水中洗衣,还是在公司饮水处的小憩,我们聚在一起,谈着我们的渴望和关注。一次又一次,我们的话题转到孩子与家庭。无论我们之间可能会是多么地不同,但共同之处总要比不同之处多得多。我们分享着一个共同的未来,来到这里寻找共同的土壤以使我们可能帮助世界各地的妇女和女孩们赢得崭新的尊严与尊敬。这个工作,也使我们给家庭带去新的活力与稳定。
By gathering in Beijing, we are focusing world attention on iues that matter most in the lives of women and their families: acce to education, health care, jobs and credit, the chance to enjoy basic legal and human rights and participate fully in the political life of their countries.我们聚会在北京,令世界的焦点关注于妇女和家庭:涉及到教育、卫生保健、工作、信用、享受基本法律与人权以及在她们的国家中完全参与政治生活的的机会等等。
There are some who question the reason for this conference.Let them listen to the voices of women in their homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces.There are some who wonder whether the lives of women and girls matter to economic and political progre around the globe.Let them look at the women gathered here and at Huairou--the homemakers, nurses, teachers, lawyers, policymakers, and women who run their own businees.总有些人置疑这次大会的必要性。让他们听听来自他们家中的、邻里的和工作中的妇女的声音吧!总有些人怀疑妇女和女孩们的生活对于世界经济与政治进步是否重要。让他们来看看聚集在这里和怀柔的妇女吧,她们中有家庭主妇、护士、教师、律师、政策制定者和生意界里的妇女。
It is conferences like this that compel governments and people everywhere to listen, look
and face the world’s most preing problems.Wasn’t it after the women’s conference in Nairobi ten years ago that the world focused for the first time on the crisis of domestic violence?
Earlier today, I participated in a World Health Organization forum, where government officials, NGOs, and individual citizens are working on ways to addre the health problems of women and girls.Tomorrow, I will attend a gathering of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.There, the discuion will focus on local--and highly succeful--programs that give hard-working women acce to credit so they can improve their own lives and the lives of their families.这样的大会迫使各国政府与各地民众倾听、注意并面对世界最紧要的问题。十年前在内罗毕的妇女大会之后,整个世界不是才第一次关注到家庭暴力的危机吗?
今天早上,我参加了世界卫生组织论坛,会上政府官员们、非政府组织和个体民众们致力于解决妇女和女孩们的健康问题的工作方案。
明天,我将参加一个为妇女设立联合国发展基金的会议。会上将集中讨论本地的一个非常成功的计划,该计划是为那些工作努力的妇女们提供赊购,使她们能够改善自己的和家庭的生活。
What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish.If women are free from violence, their families will flourish.If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish.And when families flourish, communities and nations will flourish.That is why every woman, every man, every child, every family, and every nation on our planet has a stake in the discuion that takes place here.我们从世界各地学到的是,如果妇女是健康的、受过教育的,她们的家庭会兴旺;如果妇女远离了暴力,她们的家庭会兴旺。如果妇女有机会工作并在社会中完全平等地获得报酬,她们的家庭会兴旺。而家庭兴旺了,社会与国家将会兴旺。
这就是为什么每个妇女、每个男人、每个孩子、每个家庭以及地球上的每个国家都应该关心这里所发生的讨论。
Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on iues relating to women, children, and families.Over the past two-and-a half years, I have had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my own country and around the world.在过去的25年里,我一直致力于有关妇女、儿童和家庭的问题。在过去的两年半里,我有机会学到了更多的我的国家和世界上的妇女面临的挑战。
I have met new mothers in Jojakarta and Indonesia, who come together regularly in their village to discu nutrition, family planning, and baby care.I have met working parents in Denmark who talk about the comfort they feel in knowing that their children can be cared for in creative, safe, and nurturing after-school centers.I have met women in South Africa who helped lead the struggle to end apartheid and are now helping build a new democracy.我在Jojakarta和印尼会见了一些初为人母的妇女,她们经常地在她们的村子里聚会,一起讨论有关营养、计划生育和婴儿护理的问题。
我在丹麦会见了一些又职工父母们,他们谈到他们了解了孩子们在校外的寄托中心里被以有创造性、安全而有营养的方式照顾时感到的欣慰。
我在南非会见了一些经引导后为终止各族隔离而斗争的妇女,她们现在正在帮助构建新的民主政治。
I have met with the leading women of the Western Hemisphere who are working every day to promote literacy and better health care for the children of their countries.I have met women in India and Bangladesh who are taking out small loans to buy milk cows, rickshaws, thread and other materials to create a livelihood for themselves and their families.I have met doctors and nurses in Belarus and Ukraine who are trying to keep children alive in the aftermath of Chernobyl.我见到了西半球的主流妇女们,她们每天都致力于为她们的国家推广扫盲和更好的儿童健康护理的工作。
我在印度和孟加拉见到了一些妇女,她们通过小额贷款买奶牛、人力车、细丝和其它原料,为她们自己和她们的家庭创造出一条出路。
我在白俄罗斯和乌克兰见到了一些妇女,她们尝试让受到切尔诺贝利核污染的孩子们活下来。The great challenge of this Conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed, whose words go unheard.Women comprise more than half the word’s population.Women are 70% of the world’s poor, and two-thirds of those are not taught to read and write.Women are the primary caretakers for most of the world’s children and elderly.Yet much of the work we do is not valued--not by economists, not by historians, not by popular culture, not by government leaders.这次大会的伟大的挑战就是给予各国妇女们说话的机会,她们的经验曾经被忽视,她们的话从没被听到。妇女占到了世界人口总数的一半以上。妇女中有70%是穷人,其中的三分之二没有学习过读书和写字。
妇女是世界上的儿童和老人们最主要的监护人。但是我们所做的大多数工作没有被重视过――没有被经济学家、被历史学家、被流行文化和政府领袖们重视过。
At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops, working on aembly lines, running companies, and running countries.Women also are dying from diseases that should have been prevented or treated.They are watching their children succumb to malnutrition caused by poverty and economic deprivation.They are being denied the right to go to school by their own fathers and brothers.They are being forced into prostitution, and they are being barred from the band lending office and banned from the ballot box.就在此刻,我们是坐在这里,而世界上的妇女们却正在生孩子、养育孩子、做饭、洗衣、打扫房间、种植庄稼、在生产线上工作、经营公司和经营国家。
也有的妇女因疾病而濒临死亡,她们本应该获得预防和治疗。她们眼睁睁看着自己的孩子由于贫困和经济剥夺而营养不良。她们被父兄剥夺上学的权利。她们被迫卖淫。她们也无权获得贷款和参与选举。
Those of us who have the opportunity to be here have the responsibility to speak for those who could not.As an American, I want to speak up for those women in my own country—women who are raising children on the minimum wage, women who can’t afford health care or child care, women whose lives are threatened by violence, including violence in their own homes.I want to speak up for mothers who are fighting for good schools, safe neighborhoods, clean air, and clean airwaves;for older women, some of them widows, who have raised their families and now find their skills and life experiences are not valued in the workplace;for women who are working all night as nurses, hotel clerks, and fast food cooks so that they can be at home during the day with their kids;and for women everywhere who simply don’t have time to do everything they are called upon to do each day.我们这些有机会来到这里的人有责任为那些没有机会来的人说话。
作为一个美国人,我想为我们国家的妇女说话――妇女们仅靠最低的薪水抚养孩子,妇女们负担不了健康护理和儿童护理,妇女们的生活受到暴力威胁,包括强暴和家庭暴力。
我要为那些争取好学校、安全的邻里、清洁的空气和干净的电视节目的母亲们说话;为年老的妇女们说话,她们当中有些是寡妇,支撑着家庭而现在发现她们的技能和生活经验在工作中不那么有价值了;为整夜工作的妇女说话,比如护士、酒店服务生和快餐店的厨师,以使她们可以白天留在家里陪孩子;还要为各地的妇女说话,她们只是没有时间去做每天都必须应付的事情。
Speaking to you today, I speak for them, just as each of us speaks for women around the world who are denied the chance to go to school, or see a doctor, or own property, or have a say about the direction of their lives, simply because they are women.The truth is that most women around the world work both inside and outside the home, usually by neceity.We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives.That is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family.Every woman deserves the chance to realize her own God-given potential.今天我在这里讲演,象其他人一样为世界上的妇女们说话。只是由于她们是妇女,就被剥夺了上学的机会,看病的权利,或者私人财产,以及说一说她们的生活状况的机会。事实就是世界上大多数妇女必须家里家外地工作。
我们应该理解根本就没有一定的定律,使妇女们应该如何发展她们的生活。
这就是我们为什么应该尊重每个妇女为她自己和家庭所做的选择。每个妇女应当有机会实现她的天生潜能。
We also must recognize that women will never gain full dignity until their human rights are respected and protected.Our goals for this Conference, to strengthen families and societies by empowering women to take greater control over their destinies, cannot be fully achieved unle all governments--here and around the world--accept their responsibility to protect and promote internationally recognized human rights.The international community has long acknowledged--and recently affirmed at Vienna--that both women and men are entitled to a range of protections and personal freedoms, from the right of personal security to the right to determine freely the number and spacing of the children they bear.我们也应该认识到如果妇女们的人权得不到尊重和保护,她们就永远得不到完全的尊严。
这次大会的目的,是通过使妇女对命运更多的掌握来巩固家庭和社会,这是无法彻底地实现的,除非所有的政府――这里的和世界上其它的,承认他们的保护和促进国际间公认的人权的责任。
国际社会一直热切地期望――并且最近已在维也那确认了――妇女和男人对保护的范围和个人自由都拥有权力,从自身安全的权利到自由地决定他们所负担的孩子的数量和间隔的权利。
No one should be forced to remain silent for fear of religious or political persecution, arrest, abuse or torture.Tragically, women are most often the ones whose human rights are violated.Even in the late 20th century, the rape of women continues to be used as an instrument of armed conflict.Women and children make up a large majority of the world’s refugees.When women are excluded from the political proce, they become even more vulnerable to abuse.任何人都不应该出于对宗教的恐惧、对政治迫害的恐惧,对拘捕、虐待或折磨的恐惧而被迫保持沉默。
可悲的是,妇女正是最经常地被侵犯人权的一群人。
甚至在20世纪的晚期,强奸妇女仍然是武装冲突中的手段之一。妇女和儿童在世界上的难民中占大多数。当妇女被排除在政治进步之外时,她们更容易成为被虐待的对象。
I believe that, on the eve of a new millennium, it is time to break our silence.It is time for us to say here in Bejing, and the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discu women’s rights as separate from human rights.These abuses have continued because, for too long, the history of women has been a history of silence.Even today, there are those who are trying to silence our words.The voices of this conference and of the women at Huairou must be heard loud and clear: 我相信,在这新千禧年的前夜,就是我们打破沉默的时候。是我们在北京这儿说出,也是全世界都在倾听的时候――再也不能接受把妇女的权利隔离在人权之外的讨论了。
这些陋习之所以延续到现在,是因为已经太久了,妇女的历史就是沉默的历史。甚至今天,仍然有人试图使我们保持缄默。
这次大会和怀柔的妇女的声音必须被大声而清楚地听到: It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food, or drowned, or suffocated, or their spines broken, simply because they are born girls.It is a violation of human rights when woman and girls are sold into the slavery of prostitution.It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline, set on fire and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small.It is a violation of human rights when individual women are raped in their own communities and when thousands of women are subjected to rape as a tactic or prize of war.It is a violation of human rights when a leading cause of death worldwide along women ages 14 to 44 is the violence they are subjected to in their own homes.It is a violation of human rights when women are denied the right to plan their own families, and that includes being forced to have abortions or being sterilized against their will.只因生下来是个女孩,就被绝食、溺死、被闷死或折断脊梁,这是对人权的违背。
妇女和女孩被卖作卖淫的奴隶,这是对人权的违背。
由于嫁妆太少,妇女被浇上汽油,点火烧死,这是对人权的违背。
当单身妇女在自己的社会里被强奸和大批妇女因战争的一种策略或奖赏而被集体强奸,这是对人权的践踏。
当14岁至44岁的妇女在自己家中死亡的主要原因是家庭暴力时,这是对人权的践踏。
当妇女被剥夺计划生育的权利,包括被强制流产或绝育时,这是对人权的践踏。
If there is one meage that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women’s rights--and women’s rights are human rights.Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely--and the right to be heard.Women must enjoy the right to participate fully in the social and political lives of their countries if we want freedom and democracy to thrive and endure.It is indefensible that many women in nongovernmental organizations who wished to participate in this conference have not been able to attend--or have been prohibited from fully taking part.Let me be clear.Freedom means the right of people to aemble, organize and debate openly.It means respecting the views of those who may disagree with the views of their governments.It means not taking citizens away from their loved ones and jailing them, mistreating them, or denying them their freedom or dignity because of the peaceful expreion of their ideas and opinions.如果这次大会里能够有一个信息向外部传递,那就是人类的权力就是妇女的权利――妇女的权利也是人类的权利。我们不要忘记在那些权利中的言论自由的权利和被听到的权利。
如果我们希望自由和民主得以兴旺和长久,妇女们就必需享受到在自己的国家里完全参与社会和政治生活的权利。
勿庸置疑,有许多想来参加这次大会的非政府组织的妇女没能来参加――或者是完全被禁止参加的。
让我来更清楚地说明。自由意味着人民能够公开地聚会,组织和辩论的权利。这意味着尊重那些可能是反对政府观点的意见。这意味着不能因为有些公民和平地表达了他们的意见和观点就把他们从爱他们的人身边带走、监禁他们、虐待他们或者剥夺他们的自由和尊严。
In my country, we recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage.It took 150 years after the signing of our Declaration of Independence for women to win the right to vote.It took 72 years of organized struggle on the part of many courageous women and men.It was one of America’s most divisive philosophical wars.But it was also a bloodle war.Suffrage was achieved without a shot being fired.We have also been reminded, in V-J Day observances last weekend, of the good that comes when men and women join together to combat the forces of tyranny and build a better world.We have seen peace prevail in most places for a half century.We have avoided another world war.But we have not solved older, deeply-rooted problems that continue to diminish the potential of half the world’s population.在我的国家里,我们最近刚刚庆祝了妇女选举权的第75周年。在我们的独立宣言签署了150年之后,妇女们才赢得了投票权。
这是在工会组织下许多勇敢的男人和妇女共同进行了72年的斗争。这是美国最有争议的哲学战争。但这是一次没有流血的战争。没有发生一声枪响,妇女的选举权就实现了。
在上星期的日本宣布投降日的纪念中,也提醒了我们幸福是来自于男人和女人联合起来反抗暴政并建立一个更美好的世界的战斗。
半个世纪以来,我们已经在大多数地方看到了和平胜利。我们已经避免了另一个世界大战。但是我们还没有解决古老的根深蒂固的问题,这些问题继续影响着占世界半数人口的妇女的潜能。
Now it is time to act on behalf of women everywhere.If we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families too.Families rely on mothers and wives for emotional support and care;families rely on women for labor in the home;and increasingly, families rely on women for income needed to raise healthy children and care for other relatives.As long as discrimination and inequities remain so commonplace around the world--as long as girls and women are valued le, red le, fed last, overworked, underpaid, not schooled and subjected to violence in and out of their homes--the potential of the human family to create a peaceful, prosperous world will not be realized.现在就是代表各地妇女行动的时刻了。
如果我们采取大胆的行动使妇女的生活更好,我们也就是在采取大胆的行动使儿童和家庭的生活更好。
在情感支柱和情感关怀上,家庭依赖于母亲和妻子们;在家务劳动上,家庭依赖于妇女们;在抚养健康的儿童和照顾其它亲属方面所需要的收入上,家庭也越来越依赖妇女。
只要歧视和不平等仍然普遍地存在,只要女孩和妇女们被轻视、哺喂不足,过度工作、薪酬过低、不能接受教育以及遭受到家庭内外的暴力时,人类创造和平而繁荣世界的潜力就将无法实现。
Let this Conference be our--and the world’s--call to action.And let us heed the call so that we can create a world in which every woman is treated with respect and dignity, every boy and girl is loved and cared for equally, and every family has the hope of a strong and stable future.Thank you very much.May God ble you, your work and all who will benefit from it.Hillary Rodham Clinton
delivered 5 September 1995, Beijing, China 让这次大会成为我们的以及世界的行动的号召。
让我们关注这个号召,这样我们就能够创造一个新世界,每个妇女都能获得尊重和尊严;每个男孩和女孩受到平等的爱护和关怀;每个家庭都有希望拥有一个强壮和稳定的未来。
谢谢大家!
上帝保佑你们、你们的工作以及所有从中受益的人!
希拉里.克林顿
1995年9月,中国北京
第6篇:(中英)希拉里在联合国第四届妇女大会上的演讲
(中英)希拉里在联合国第四届妇女大会上的演讲
Mrs.Mongella, Under Secretary Kittani, distinguished delegates and guests: 蒙盖拉女士,联合国副秘书长奇塔尼先生,尊敬的代表和来宾们:
I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be a part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women.This is truly a celebration--a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home, on the job, in their communities, as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, learners, workers, citizens and leaders.感谢联合国秘书长邀请我参加这次联合国第四次妇女大会。这是一次真正的盛典――妇女做为母亲,妻子,姐妹,女儿,学生,工人,公民和领导在生活的方方面面:家庭中,工作中和社会上所做的贡献的庆典。
It is also a coming together, much of the way women come together ever day in every country.We come together in fields and in factories.We come together in village markets and supermarkets.We come together in living rooms and board rooms.这也是一次聚会,如同每个国家的妇女每天都在发生的聚会。我们在田野和工厂里聚会。我们在乡村市场和超级市场里聚会。我们在起居室和会议室里聚会。
Whether it is while playing with our children in the park, or washing clothes in a river, or taking a break at the office water cooler, we come together and talk about our aspirations and concern.And time and again, our talk turns to our children and our families.However different we may be, there is far more that unites us than divides us.We share a common future, and are here to find common ground so that we may help bring new dignity and respect to women and girls all over the world.By doing this, we bring new strength and stability to families as well.无论是和孩子们在公司园玩耍,或是在河水中洗衣,还是在公司饮水处的小憩,我们聚在一起,谈着我们的渴望和关注。一次又一次,我们的话题转到孩子与家庭。无论我们之间可能会是多么地不同,但共同之处总要比不同之处多得多。我们分享着一个共同的未来,来到这里寻找共同的土壤以使我们可能帮助世界各地的妇女和女孩们赢得崭新的尊严与尊敬。这个工作,也使我们给家庭带去新的活力与稳定。
By gathering in Beijing, we are focusing world attention on iues that matter most in the lives of women and their families: acce to education, health care, jobs and credit, the chance to enjoy basic legal and human rights and participate fully in the political life of their countries.我们聚会在北京,令世界的焦点关注于妇女和家庭:涉及到教育、卫生保健、工作、信用、享受基本法律与人权以及在她们的国家中完全参与政治生活的的机会等等。
There are some who question the reason for this conference.Let them listen to the voices of women in their homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces.There are some who wonder whether the lives of women and girls matter to economic and political progre around the globe.Let them look at the women gathered here and at Huairou--the homemakers, nurses, teachers, lawyers, policymakers, and women who run their own businees.总有些人置疑这次大会的必要性。让他们听听来自他们家中的、邻里的和工作中的妇女的声音吧!总有些人怀疑妇女和女孩们的生活对于世界经济与政治进步是否重要。让他们来看看聚集在这里和怀柔的妇女吧,她们中有家庭主妇、护士、教师、律师、政策制定者和生意界里的妇女。
It is conferences like this that compel governments and people everywhere to listen, look and face the world’s most preing problems.Wasn’t it after the women’s conference in Nairobi ten years ago that the world focused for the first time on the crisis of domestic violence?
Earlier today, I participated in a World Health Organization forum, where government officials, NGOs, and individual citizens are working on ways to addre the health problems of women and girls.Tomorrow, I will attend a gathering of the United Nations Development Fund for Women.There, the discuion will focus on local--and highly succeful--programs that give hard-working women acce to credit so they can improve their own lives and the lives of their families.这样的大会迫使各国政府与各地民众倾听、注意并面对世界最紧要的问题。十年前在内罗毕的妇女大会之后,整个世界不是才第一次关注到家庭暴力的危机吗?
今天早上,我参加了世界卫生组织论坛,会上政府官员们、非政府组织和个体民众们致力于解决妇女和女孩们的健康问题的工作方案。
明天,我将参加一个为妇女设立联合国发展基金的会议。会上将集中讨论本地的一个非常成功的计划,该计划是为那些工作努力的妇女们提供赊购,使她们能够改善自己的和家庭的生活。
What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish.If women are free from violence, their families will flourish.If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish.And when families flourish, communities and nations will flourish.That is why every woman, every man, every child, every family, and every nation on our planet has a stake in the discuion that takes place here.我们从世界各地学到的是,如果妇女是健康的、受过教育的,她们的家庭会兴旺;如果妇女远离了暴力,她们的家庭会兴旺。如果妇女有机会工作并在社会中完全平等地获得报酬,她们的家庭会兴旺。而家庭兴旺了,社会与国家将会兴旺。
这就是为什么每个妇女、每个男人、每个孩子、每个家庭以及地球上的每个国家都应该关心这里所发生的讨论。
Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on iues relating to women, children, and families.Over the past two-and-a half years, I have had the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing women in my own country and around the world.在过去的25年里,我一直致力于有关妇女、儿童和家庭的问题。在过去的两年半里,我有机会学到了更多的我的国家和世界上的妇女面临的挑战。
I have met new mothers in Jojakarta and Indonesia, who come together regularly in their village to discu nutrition, family planning, and baby care.I have met working parents in Denmark who talk about the comfort they feel in knowing that their children can be cared for in creative, safe, and nurturing after-school centers.I have met women in South Africa who helped lead the struggle to end apartheid and are now helping build a new democracy.我在Jojakarta和印尼会见了一些初为人母的妇女,她们经常地在她们的村子里聚会,一起讨论有关营养、计划生育和婴儿护理的问题。
我在丹麦会见了一些又职工父母们,他们谈到他们了解了孩子们在校外的寄托中心里被以有创造性、安全而有营养的方式照顾时感到的欣慰。
我在南非会见了一些经引导后为终止各族隔离而斗争的妇女,她们现在正在帮助构建新的民主政治。I have met with the leading women of the Western Hemisphere who are working every day to promote literacy and better health care for the children of their countries.I have met women in India and Bangladesh who are taking out small loans to buy milk cows, rickshaws, thread and other materials to create a livelihood for themselves and their families.I have met doctors and nurses in Belarus and Ukraine who are trying to keep children alive in the aftermath of Chernobyl.我见到了西半球的主流妇女们,她们每天都致力于为她们的国家推广扫盲和更好的儿童健康护理的工作。
我在印度和孟加拉见到了一些妇女,她们通过小额贷款买奶牛、人力车、细丝和其它原料,为她们自己和她们的家庭创造出一条出路。
我在白俄罗斯和乌克兰见到了一些妇女,她们尝试让受到切尔诺贝利核污染的孩子们活下来。
The great challenge of this Conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed, whose words go unheard.Women comprise more than half the word’s population.Women are 70% of the world’s poor, and two-thirds of those are not taught to read and write.Women are the primary caretakers for most of the world’s children and elderly.Yet much of the work we do is not valued--not by economists, not by historians, not by popular culture, not by government leaders.这次大会的伟大的挑战就是给予各国妇女们说话的机会,她们的经验曾经被忽视,她们的话从没被听到。妇女占到了世界人口总数的一半以上。妇女中有70%是穷人,其中的三分之二没有学习过读书和写字。
妇女是世界上的儿童和老人们最主要的监护人。但是我们所做的大多数工作没有被重视过――没有被经济学家、被历史学家、被流行文化和政府领袖们重视过。
At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops, working on aembly lines, running companies, and running countries.Women also are dying from diseases that should have been prevented or treated.They are watching their children succumb to malnutrition caused by poverty and economic deprivation.They are being denied the right to go to school by their own fathers and brothers.They are being forced into prostitution, and they are being barred from the band lending office and banned from the ballot box.就在此刻,我们是坐在这里,而世界上的妇女们却正在生孩子、养育孩子、做饭、洗衣、打扫房间、种植庄稼、在生产线上工作、经营公司和经营国家。
也有的妇女因疾病而濒临死亡,她们本应该获得预防和治疗。她们眼睁睁看着自己的孩子由于贫困和经济剥夺而营养不良。她们被父兄剥夺上学的权利。她们被迫卖淫。她们也无权获得贷款和参与选举。
Those of us who have the opportunity to be here have the responsibility to speak for those who could not.As an American, I want to speak up for those women in my own country—women who are raising children on the minimum wage, women who can’t afford health care or child care, women whose lives are threatened by violence, including violence in their own homes.I want to speak up for mothers who are fighting for good schools, safe neighborhoods, clean air, and clean airwaves;for older women, some of them widows, who have raised their families and now find their skills and life experiences are not valued in the workplace;for women who are working all night as nurses, hotel clerks, and fast food cooks so that they can be at home during the day with their kids;and for women everywhere who simply don’t have time to do everything they are called upon to do each day.我们这些有机会来到这里的人有责任为那些没有机会来的人说话。
作为一个美国人,我想为我们国家的妇女说话――妇女们仅靠最低的薪水抚养孩子,妇女们负担不了健康护理和儿童护理,妇女们的生活受到暴力威胁,包括强暴和家庭暴力。
我要为那些争取好学校、安全的邻里、清洁的空气和干净的电视节目的母亲们说话;为年老的妇女们说话,她们当中有些是寡妇,支撑着家庭而现在发现她们的技能和生活经验在工作中不那么有价值了;为整夜工作的妇女说话,比如护士、酒店服务生和快餐店的厨师,以使她们可以白天留在家里陪孩子;还要为各地的妇女说话,她们只是没有时间去做每天都必须应付的事情。
Speaking to you today, I speak for them, just as each of us speaks for women around the world who are denied the chance to go to school, or see a doctor, or own property, or have a say about the direction of their lives, simply because they are women.The truth is that most women around the world work both inside and outside the home, usually by neceity.We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives.That is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family.Every woman deserves the chance to realize her own God-given potential.今天我在这里讲演,象其他人一样为世界上的妇女们说话。只是由于她们是妇女,就被剥夺了上学的机会,看病的权利,或者私人财产,以及说一说她们的生活状况的机会。事实就是世界上大多数妇女必须家里家外地工作。
我们应该理解根本就没有一定的定律,使妇女们应该如何发展她们的生活。
这就是我们为什么应该尊重每个妇女为她自己和家庭所做的选择。每个妇女应当有机会实现她的天生潜能。
We also must recognize that women will never gain full dignity until their human rights are respected and protected.Our goals for this Conference, to strengthen families and societies by empowering women to take greater control over their destinies, cannot be fully achieved unle all governments--here and around the world--accept their responsibility to protect and promote internationally recognized human rights.The international community has long acknowledged--and recently affirmed at Vienna--that both women and men are entitled to a range of protections and personal freedoms, from the right of personal security to the right to determine freely the number and spacing of the children they bear.我们也应该认识到如果妇女们的人权得不到尊重和保护,她们就永远得不到完全的尊严。
这次大会的目的,是通过使妇女对命运更多的掌握来巩固家庭和社会,这是无法彻底地实现的,除非所有的政府――这里的和世界上其它的,承认他们的保护和促进国际间公认的人权的责任。
国际社会一直热切地期望――并且最近已在维也那确认了――妇女和男人对保护的范围和个人自由都拥有权力,从自身安全的权利到自由地决定他们所负担的孩子的数量和间隔的权利。
No one should be forced to remain silent for fear of religious or political persecution, arrest, abuse or torture.Tragically, women are most often the ones whose human rights are violated.Even in the late 20th century, the rape of women continues to be used as an instrument of armed conflict.Women and children make up a large majority of the world’s refugees.When women are excluded from the political proce, they become even more vulnerable to abuse.任何人都不应该出于对宗教的恐惧、对政治迫害的恐惧,对拘捕、虐待或折磨的恐惧而被迫保持沉默。
可悲的是,妇女正是最经常地被侵犯人权的一群人。
甚至在20世纪的晚期,强奸妇女仍然是武装冲突中的手段之一。妇女和儿童在世界上的难民中占大多数。当妇女被排除在政治进步之外时,她们更容易成为被虐待的对象。
I believe that, on the eve of a new millennium, it is time to break our silence.It is time for us to say here in Bejing, and the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discu women’s rights as separate from human rights.These abuses have continued because, for too long, the history of women has been a history of silence.Even today, there are those who are trying to silence our words.The voices of this conference and of the women at Huairou must be heard loud and clear:
我相信,在这新千禧年的前夜,就是我们打破沉默的时候。是我们在北京这儿说出,也是全世界都在倾听的时候――再也不能接受把妇女的权利隔离在人权之外的讨论了。
这些陋习之所以延续到现在,是因为已经太久了,妇女的历史就是沉默的历史。甚至今天,仍然有人试图使我们保持缄默。
这次大会和怀柔的妇女的声音必须被大声而清楚地听到:
It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food, or drowned, or suffocated, or their spines broken, simply because they are born girls.It is a violation of human rights when woman and girls are sold into the slavery of prostitution.It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline, set on fire and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small.It is a violation of human rights when individual women are raped in their own communities and when thousands of women are subjected to rape as a tactic or prize of war.It is a violation of human rights when a leading cause of death worldwide along women ages 14 to 44 is the violence they are subjected to in their own homes.It is a violation of human rights when women are denied the right to plan their own families, and that includes being forced to have abortions or being sterilized against their will.只因生下来是个女孩,就被绝食、溺死、被闷死或折断脊梁,这是对人权的违背。
妇女和女孩被卖作卖淫的奴隶,这是对人权的违背。
由于嫁妆太少,妇女被浇上汽油,点火烧死,这是对人权的违背。
当单身妇女在自己的社会里被强奸和大批妇女因战争的一种策略或奖赏而被集体强奸,这是对人权的践踏。
当14岁至44岁的妇女在自己家中死亡的主要原因是家庭暴力时,这是对人权的践踏。
当妇女被剥夺计划生育的权利,包括被强制流产或绝育时,这是对人权的践踏。
If there is one meage that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women’s rights--and women’s rights are human rights.Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely--and the right to be heard.Women must enjoy the right to participate fully in the social and political lives of their countries if we want freedom and democracy to thrive and endure.It is indefensible that many women in nongovernmental organizations who wished to participate in this conference have not been able to attend--or have been prohibited from fully taking part.Let me be clear.Freedom means the right of people to aemble, organize and debate openly.It means respecting the views of those who may disagree with the views of their governments.It means not taking citizens away from their loved ones and jailing them, mistreating them, or denying them their freedom or dignity because of the peaceful expreion of their ideas and opinions.如果这次大会里能够有一个信息向外部传递,那就是人类的权力就是妇女的权利――妇女的权利也是人类的权利。我们不要忘记在那些权利中的言论自由的权利和被听到的权利。
如果我们希望自由和民主得以兴旺和长久,妇女们就必需享受到在自己的国家里完全参与社会和政治生活的权利。
勿庸置疑,有许多想来参加这次大会的非政府组织的妇女没能来参加――或者是完全被禁止参加的。
让我来更清楚地说明。自由意味着人民能够公开地聚会,组织和辩论的权利。这意味着尊重那些可能是反对政府观点的意见。这意味着不能因为有些公民和平地表达了他们的意见和观点就把他们从爱他们的人身边带走、监禁他们、虐待他们或者剥夺他们的自由和尊严。
In my country, we recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage.It took 150 years after the signing of our Declaration of Independence for women to win the right to vote.It took 72 years of organized struggle on the part of many courageous women and men.It was one of America’s most divisive philosophical wars.But it was also a bloodle war.Suffrage was achieved without a shot being fired.We have also been reminded, in V-J Day observances last weekend, of the good that comes when men and women join together to combat the forces of tyranny and build a better world.We have seen peace prevail in most places for a half century.We have avoided another world war.But we have not solved older, deeply-rooted problems that continue to diminish the potential of half the world’s population.在我的国家里,我们最近刚刚庆祝了妇女选举权的第75周年。在我们的独立宣言签署了150年之后,妇女们才赢得了投票权。
这是在工会组织下许多勇敢的男人和妇女共同进行了72年的斗争。这是美国最有争议的哲学战争。但这是一次没有流血的战争。没有发生一声枪响,妇女的选举权就实现了。
在上星期的日本宣布投降日的纪念中,也提醒了我们幸福是来自于男人和女人联合起来反抗暴政并建立一个更美好的世界的战斗。
半个世纪以来,我们已经在大多数地方看到了和平胜利。我们已经避免了另一个世界大战。但是我们还没有解决古老的根深蒂固的问题,这些问题继续影响着占世界半数人口的妇女的潜能。
Now it is time to act on behalf of women everywhere.If we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families too.Families rely on mothers and wives for emotional support and care;families rely on women for labor in the home;and increasingly, families rely on women for income needed to raise healthy children and care for other relatives.As long as discrimination and inequities remain so commonplace around the world--as long as girls and women are valued le, red le, fed last, overworked, underpaid, not schooled and subjected to violence in and out of their homes--the potential of the human family to create a peaceful, prosperous world will not be realized.现在就是代表各地妇女行动的时刻了。
如果我们采取大胆的行动使妇女的生活更好,我们也就是在采取大胆的行动使儿童和家庭的生活更好。
在情感支柱和情感关怀上,家庭依赖于母亲和妻子们;在家务劳动上,家庭依赖于妇女们;在抚养健康的儿童和照顾其它亲属方面所需要的收入上,家庭也越来越依赖妇女。
只要歧视和不平等仍然普遍地存在,只要女孩和妇女们被轻视、哺喂不足,过度工作、薪酬过低、不能接受教育以及遭受到家庭内外的暴力时,人类创造和平而繁荣世界的潜力就将无法实现。
Let this Conference be our--and the world’s--call to action.And let us heed the call so that we can create a world in which every woman is treated with respect and dignity, every boy and girl is loved and cared for equally, and every family has the hope of a strong and stable future.Thank you very much.May God ble you, your work and all who will benefit from it.Hillary Rodham Clinton
delivered 5 September 1995, Beijing, China
让这次大会成为我们的以及世界的行动的号召。
让我们关注这个号召,这样我们就能够创造一个新世界,每个妇女都能获得尊重和尊严;每个男孩和女孩受到平等的爱护和关怀;每个家庭都有希望拥有一个强壮和稳定的未来。
谢谢大家!
上帝保佑你们、你们的工作以及所有从中受益的人!
希拉里.克林顿
1995年9月,中国北京
第7篇:美国国务卿希拉里在中美战略与经济对话会议的开幕辞修改
美国国务卿希拉里在中美战略与经济对话会议的开幕辞
Remarks at Plenary Seion of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic
Dialogue Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Washington, DC July 27, 2009 希拉里·克林顿国务卿在美中战略与经济对话全体会议上发表的讲话
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 2009年7月27日
Good morning.And Zhongxing Huanyin.早上好。[用中文说]衷心欢迎。
I’m so pleased to see all of you here, so many members of our cabinet, and we are excited to begin this Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China.It is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting.It is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China.I am especially pleased that to join my co-chair, Secretary Geithner, and I have been able to welcome State Councilor Dai and Vice Premier Wang.We are looking I look forward to resuming the productive very fruitful discuions that we have already had both Secretary Geithner and particularly President Obama and President Hu.I had with Councilor Dai, President Hu, and Premier Wen on my trip to China in February, and to build on President Obama and President Hu’s meeting in London.十分荣幸能在美中两国之间的战略与经济对话首次会议开幕式上致辞。我特别高兴能与盖特纳(Geithner)部长共同主持会议,并欢迎王岐山副总理和戴秉国国务委员。我期待着继续我2月访华期间与戴秉国国务委员、胡锦涛主席和温家宝总理进行的富有成果的讨论,并在奥巴马总统和胡锦涛主席伦敦会晤的基础上取得更多成果。
This is both a culmination, and a beginning.It is a A culmination of actions taken by our predeceors 30 years ago, when the United States and China established formal diplomatic relations, and Deng Xiaoping launched China’s economic reform and opening to the world.What followed was a blooming of Chinese economic growth and diplomatic engagement that has allowed our nations to reach this place of opportunity today.这一对话既是一个结果又是一个开端。作为结果,它源于我们的前任们30年前所采取的行动。那时,美中两国建立了正式外交关系,邓小平发起了中国的经济改革并实行对外开放。随之而来的是中国经济的蓬勃发展和使我们两国到达今天机遇之地的外交接触。
But This dialogue also marks a beginning – the beginning of an unprecedented effort to lay the foundation for a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive U.S.-Chinese relationship in for the 21st century.这一对话也标志着一个开端——一个为建立21世纪积极、合作、全面的美中关系奠定基础而作出前所未有努力的开端。
That so many members of President Obama’s cabinet are here reflects our belief that a stronger relationship will yield rewards, not only for our two nations, but indeed for the world beyond.奥巴马总统内阁的众多阁员今天与会反映了我们的一个信念,即更牢固的美中关系不仅会使我们两国受益,而且会使整个世界受益。
We believe that For in the decades ahead, great countries will be defined le by their power to dominate or divide than by their capacity to solve problems.It is this reality – and the fact that no country can solve today’s challenges alone – that demands a new global architecture for progre.因为在未来数十年内,伟大国家的特征将不是其控制和分割他国的力量,而是其解决问题的能力。正是这一现实——以及没有任何国家能单独应对今天面临的挑战这一事实——要求建立一个新的争取进步的全球架构。
Although past relations between the United States and China have been influenced by the idea of a balance of power among great nations, the fresh thinking of the 21st century can move us from a multi-polar world to a multi-partner world.And it is our hope that the dialogue we initiate today will enable us to shape that common agenda.尽管美国和中国以往的关系受到大国间权力平衡的观点的影响,但21世纪全新的思维能使我们从一个多极世界走向一个多伙伴世界。我们希望今天启动的对话将使我们能够确立这个共同议程。
We know that Our nations face common global threats, from the economic crisis, to non-proliferation, climate change and clean energy, pandemic disease and global poverty, North Korea, Iran, and extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.我们两国面临着同样的全球性威胁,从经济危机到防扩散,从气候变化到清洁能源,从大规模流行性疾病到全球贫困,从北韩到伊朗,还有阿富汗和巴基斯坦的极端主义势力。
To meet these threats, we must find common ground and work together in common purpose, even as we may disagree on certain iues.为了应对这些威胁,我们必须找到共同之处并向着共同目标一起努力,即使我们可能在某些问题上存在分歧。
As we’ll hear later from the President later this morning, the Obama Administration is committed to broader engagement – to using robust diplomacy and development and working with and beyond government to solve regional and global problems and take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities they present.今天上午我们将会听到总统阐明,奥巴马政府致力于更广泛的接触——利用有力的外交和发展手段,同政府及非政府人士合作解决区域性和全球性问题,并把握它们所带来的前所未有的机会。
When I was in China in February, it was my first time back in almost a decade.And I was struck, as many visitors are, by the transformation that had taken place.Driving on the third ring road in Beijing, I felt like I was watching a movie in fast-forward.From a few high rise buildings on my last trip, to a gleaming Olympic complex and corporate skyscrapers today.From millions of Flying Pigeon bicycles navigating the streets, to cars of every model traversing modern thoroughfares.And for those traveling to Shanghai, an already cosmopolitan world city soon to add the Shanghai Expo.我今年二月访问中国时,距我前一次访问已有将近十年之久。我像很多来访者一样,被今昔的变化所震撼。驱车行驶在三环路上,我感到仿佛是在观看一部快进的电影。我上次来时高楼大厦屈指可数,如今奥林匹克场馆和摩天商务大厦令人眼花缭乱。过去有千百万辆飞鸽牌自行车在大街小巷穿行,如今有各种型号的汽车在现代化公路上行驶。那些去上海的人还会看到上海世博会将为这个已经发展成型的大都市增添光彩。
All are testaments to China’s dynamism and growth.And we the United States welcome these signs of progre.这些都是中国蓬勃发展的见证。这些进步的气象令我们感到高兴。
We also welcome China’s role in promoting peace and stability in the Asia Pacific.Over the past 30 years, the United States has helped to foster security in the region – and that is when a critical factor in China’s growth, and an important strategic interest of our own.In the future, we will remain actively engaged in promoting the security of Asia.When misunderstandings or disagreements arise, we will work through them peacefully and through intensive dialogue.我们还欢迎中国为促进亚太地区的和平与稳定所发挥的作用。过去30年来,美国帮助建立该地区的安全,这对中国的增长至关重要,对我们自身的战略利益也意义重大。未来,我们将继续积极参与促进亚洲的安全。出现误解或分歧时,我们将以和平方式并通过积极对话来予以解决。
This Strategic and Economic Dialogue differs from past dialogues in scope, substance, and approach.It is comprehensive by design, meant to enlist the full range of talent within our governments and to include cro-cutting challenges that are neither bureaucratically neat, nor easily compartmentalized.本届战略与经济对话在广度、实质乃至方法上均不同于过去的对话。其形式结构力求全面,以便充分利用两国政府内部的聪明才智,解决那些在行政体制上无法按部门截然划分的问题。With this dialogue we are laying, brick by brick, the foundation of a stronger relationship – improving lines of communication;increasing understanding;setting priorities;and creating a work plan.通过这一对话,我们正脚踏实地为加强关系而奠定基础,改善交流途径,增强理解,制定重点目标和工作计划。
Our agenda will focus on several areas:
我们的议程将侧重于以下几个方面:
First, the economic recovery.Repairing the global economy is a priority for both the United States and China.We have taken aggreive action at home to stimulate our economy and stabilize our financial institutions.China has taken similarly bold steps and we both agree that further economic and financial cooperation is neceary for global recovery.第一,经济复苏。修复全球经济是美中两国的首要目标。我们已在国内采取果断行动,以刺激经济和稳定金融机构。中国已采取类似的大胆措施,而且我们双方均认为,进一步的经济和金融合作对全球复苏是必要的。
Second, climate change and clean energy.As the world’s two biggest emitters, we must demonstrate to the developed and developing world that clean energy and economic growth can go hand-in-hand.We are already have involved in promising partnerships.When I was in In Beijing, I toured a geo-thermal plant that is a true U.S.-Chinese collaboration.General Electric has provided high-tech equipment to produce heat and power with half the emiions, and far le water usage than the coal plants that are typically relied on.And Chinese businees build the steam turbines that help to power the plant.This plant saves costs and provides clean energy – including heat for the U.S.Embay.第二,气候变化和清洁能源。作为世界上两个最大的排放国,我们必须向发达和发展中国家表明,清洁能源和经济增长能够同步进行。我们已在进行充满希望的合作。在北京期间,我参观了一家地热工厂,这是名副其实的美中合作。通用电气公司提供的高科技设备被用于产热发电,与通常燃煤的火力发电相比,排放减少了一半,用水量也大大下降。中国公司则制造了工厂发电用的燃气轮机。该厂在节省成本的基础上提供了清洁能源,包括为美国大使馆提供热能。
Third, security challenges.I just attended the ASEAN conference in Thailand, where the North Korean regime’s recent provocations were a subject of great concern.China and the United States both appreciate the dangers of escalating tensions and a prospective arms race in East Asia;and we both are going to against the proliferation of weapons of ma destruction.第三,安全挑战。我刚刚出席了在泰国举行的东盟会议,北韩政权最近的挑衅行动成了大会十分关注的议题。中国和美国均认识到紧张局势升级以及东亚可能发生的军备竞赛所导致的危险以及大规模毁灭性武器扩散的危险。
Already, China and the United States have worked together to contain dangerous actions on the part of North Korea.We are grateful for the Chinese government’s leadership in establishing the Six Party Talks and for its close cooperation in response to North Korean miile launches.In this dialogue, we will discu ways to work jointly to persuade the regime to agree to denuclearization and end its international isolation.中美两国已经在进行合作,以遏制北韩方面的危险行动。我们感谢中国政府为设立六方会谈所发挥的主导作用以及在应对北韩导弹发射问题上所进行的密切合作。本届对话期间,我们将探讨如何共同努力以说服该政权同意实现无核化并结束其国际孤立状态。
We will also discu our common concerns about the nuclear weapons capability of Iran, and explore ways to addre violent extremism and promote stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.我们还将讨论我们对伊朗核武器能力的共同关注,并探讨清除暴力极端主义、促进阿富汗和巴基斯坦稳定的方法。
Fourth, we will talk about development.Under President Obama, development, like diplomacy, is an equally important pillar of American foreign policy.Many of the world’s threats stem from lack of opportunity which, in turn, leads to poverty, social erosion, and political instability.By addreing global scourges such as hunger, illiteracy, disease, and economic marginalization from the bottom up, and by insisting on accountability and adherence to the rule of law, we can widen opportunity and prosperity for more people in more places.第四,发展。在奥巴马总统领导下,发展同外交一样,是美国对外政策的重要支柱。世界上许多威胁的根源来自机会的缺乏,而机会缺乏进而导致贫困、社会解体及政治动荡。通过自下而上地消除饥饿、文盲、疾病以及经济边缘化等全球性灾难,坚持问责制和法治,我们能够为更多地区的更多人带来机会和繁荣。
None of these problems will be easy to solve, and results won’t happen overnight.We will not always see eye-to-eye, as is the case with human rights, where the United States will continue to be guided by the ideal that the rights of all people must be respected.Still, solutions to many of today’s global challenges are within reach if we work cooperatively where our interests intersect, and are honest with each other when they don’t.这些问题无一能轻易解决,也不会一夜之间就产生结果。我们的观点并非全部一致,人权便是一例。美国将继续恪守这样的理念:所有人的权利都必须得到尊重。尽管如此,如果我们在利益一致的领域进行合作,并且在利益不一致时能做到开诚布公,那么我们就能够成功应对当今的许多全球性挑战。
A well-known Chinese saying speaks of a sacred mountain in northern China near Confucius’ home.It says: ―When people are of one mind and heart, they can move Mt.Tai."
中国有一句著名的俗语,讲的是孔子家乡附近的一座圣山。这句话是这样说的:―人心齐,泰山移‖。
We cannot expect to be united at every turn, but we can be of one mind and heart on the need to find common ground as we confront the shared challenges of the 21st century.The Obama Administration has embraced this dialogue with China early and energetically because we want to see it to fruition.This is an iue of great importance to me as Secretary of State, and I know the same is true for my colleagues and for our President.我们无法期待事事处处都保持一致,但就面临21世纪的共同挑战有必要找到共同立足点而言,我们能够齐心协力。奥巴马政府上任伊始就决定大力与中国展开对话,因为我们希望看到它结出硕果。作为国务卿,这对我本人是一个十分重要的问题,并且我知道对我的同事们和奥巴马总统也是如此。
And now, it is my great honor to introduce Vice Premier Wang.现在,我非常荣幸地向大家介绍王副总理。
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