第一篇：联合国秘书长2010年国际地球母亲日致辞（xiexiebang推荐）
Secretary-General's message to People's World Conference on Climate Change and Mother
Earth Rights
Cochabamba, Bolivia, 20 April 2010
Mother Earth – our only home – is under pressure.We are making progressively unreasonable demands on her, and she is showing the strain.For all of human history we have depended on nature's bounty for sustenance, well-being and development.Too often we have drawn on nature's capital without putting back.We are now beginning to see the consequences of failing to safeguard our investment.地球母亲——我们唯一的家园——面临着压力。我们对她的索求越来越不合理，使之渐露疲态。在整个人类历史中，我们一直依赖大自然的赐予维持生计、增进福祉和谋求发展。我们常常提取大自然的资本而未予以回报。现在，我们渐渐看到没有确保投资的后果。
Climate change and the depleted ozone layer are among the starkest examples.Biological diversity--the incredible variety of life on Earth that sustains us--is in rapid decline.Freshwater and marine resources are increasingly polluted;soils and once-prolific fisheries are growing barren.气候变化和臭氧层耗减就是其中最明显的例子。生物多样性——我们赖以为生的地球上难以置信的大量物种——正在迅速减少。淡水资源和海洋资源日益受到污染；土壤和一度丰富多产的渔场日趋贫瘠。
The impact of our neglectful stewardship is being felt most by the world's most vulnerable people: those who live on the desert margins;indigenous communities;the rural poor;the inhabitants of the squalid slums of the world's expanding megacities.If they are to break out of the poverty trap and prosper, they need – at the very minimum – fertile land, clean water and adequate sanitation.对管理疏忽的影响感受最深的是世界上最脆弱的群体：即那些在沙漠边缘生活的人们、土著民族、农村穷困者和世界上不断扩大的特大城市的贫民窟居民。他们如要摆脱贫困的束缚和实现繁荣，就至少要有肥沃的土地、清洁的饮水和适当的卫生条件。
Environmental sustainability – the wise management of Mother Earth's bounty – is one of eight Millennium Development Goals adopted a decade ago by United Nations Member States.The deadline for achieving the goals is 2015.This September, I will convene a summit in New York to review progress towards the MDGs and develop an agenda for action – a practical, results-oriented plan, with concrete steps and timelines.Protecting Mother Earth must be an integral component of our strategy.环境可持续性——即明智管理地球母亲所赐财富——是联合国会员国十年前通过的八个千年发展目标之一。实现这些目标的最后期限是2015年。今年9月，我将在纽约召集举行一次首脑会议，审查实现千年发展目标的进展情况，并制定一项行动议程——即一项切合实际和注重成果的计划及其具体步骤和时间安排。保护地球母亲的工作必须成为我们战略中不可分割的组成部分。
Without a sustainable environmental base, we will have little hope of attaining our objectives for reducing poverty and hunger and improving health and human well-being.For these reasons and more, the General Assembly has proclaimed that each year on 22 April we will observe International Mother Earth Day.I call on all governments, businesses and citizens of the world to give our Mother Earth the respect and care she deserves.如果没有可持续的环境基础，我们就没有什么希望实现减少贫困和饥饿、改善健康和人类福祉的目标。出于这些和其他原因，大会已宣布我们每年4月22日纪念国际地球母亲日。我呼吁世界各国政府、企业和公民给予地球母亲应有的尊重和关爱。
第二篇：国际地球母亲日致辞
国际地球母亲日致辞
2014年4月22日
地球维持着人类生活。在这一年一度的地球母亲日，我们对与地球的关系进行反省。我们呼吸的空气，饮用的水，生长食物的土壤，是全球脆弱生态系统的一部分，这一系统所承受的人类活动的压力日益加大。从热带雨林砍伐到海洋渔业枯竭，从淡水日益紧缺到生物多样性迅速退化，再到世界许多地区空气和海洋污染日趋严重，我们感到了人类双手的重量。
世界人口不断增长，我们必须认识到，我们对地球资源的消费是无法持续的。我们必须从根本上改变我们的态度和做法。当务之急是要解决如何生产推动我们社会进步的能源的问题。燃烧化石燃料是造成气候变化的主要原因，它日益威胁着世界各个地区的繁荣和稳定。正因为如此，世界各国领导人承诺在2015年就全球气候问题达成协议。
采取行动应对气候变化，给我们带来了多种机会，使我们能够调整与地球母亲的关系，并改善人类，特别是最贫困最脆弱群体的福祉。农业实现气候智能化，城市提高效力，森林得到更好的管理和保护，将能增进数十亿人民的健康、财富和机会。为所有人提供可持续能源，同样能够实现这一目标。
为促进大规模实际行动，为给2015年新的气候条约营造势头，我将于今年9月23日在纽约召开气候问题峰会。我将邀请各国元首和政府首脑以及私营部门和民间社会领导人建言献策并结成联盟，为实现可持续未来做出贡献。但是，变化总是困难的，我们必须给他们以支持和鼓励。因此，值此国际地球母亲日，我呼吁世界各国人民发出呼声——为地球，为我们唯一的家园发出呼声。几千年来，地球母亲一直照顾着我们，我们应该回报地球，使地球能够继续照顾我们。
第三篇：联合国秘书长2010年国际减灾日致辞
联合国秘书长2010年国际减灾日致辞时间:2010-10-14 18:29来源:口译网 作者:口译网 点击:976次
UN Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction
New York, 13 October 2010
联合国秘书长潘基文2010年国际减灾日致辞
2010年10月13日
Biggest, deadliest, worst ever.We have seen those words in the headlines too often this year.We have used them about earthquakes, floods, hurricanes and forest fires, about loss of life and income.Those words are likely to be heard for years to come, as the climate changes and hazards multiply.To complicate the picture, just as weather patterns have altered, so has human society.We are more urban.If earthquakes, floods or storm surges were deadly in the past, they are deadlier still in an increasingly urbanized world.有史以来最大、死伤人数最多、最严重。这些字眼我们今年经常在头版头条上见到。我们用这些字眼来描绘地震、洪水、飓风和森林火灾造成的生命和财产损失。而随着气候的变化和危险倍增，这些字眼今后若干年很可能会不断传来。更糟糕的是，不仅天气模式发生了改变，而且人类社会也与以往不同了。我们更加城市化。如果说地震、洪水或风暴潮从来就是致命的，那么在日益城市化的当今世界，这些灾害的致命性则更大。
Many cities are on the coasts, vulnerable to storms, inundation and sea level rise.More than a billion people in Asia live within 100 kilometres of the sea, and two-thirds of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean live within 200 kilometres.Too many people live on flood plains, others above earthquake fault lines.Some settle downstream from treeless areas, with little buffer against the elements.The risk of disaster quietly accumulates.And, while natural hazards menace everyone, the poor are by far the most vulnerable.许多城市都位于沿海地区，易受暴风雨、洪水和海平面上升的威胁。亚洲有十多亿人生活在距海100公里之内，拉丁美洲和加勒比区域三分之二的人生活在距海200公里之内。太多的人生活在洪泛区，还有很多人生活在地震带上。有的人居住在无树区的下游地带，几乎无法缓冲灾难的影响。灾害风险的累积是悄然无声的。而且，虽说自然灾害威胁的是每个人，但迄今为止，穷人是最易受害的人群。
On the positive side, we are learning to cope.Today, on the International Day for Disaster Reduction, we recognize what local governments and communities are doing to protect themselves while building more sustainable towns and cities.令人乐观的是，我们正在学习如何应对。今天，恰逢国际减灾日，我们要肯定一些地方政府和社区所做的工作，它们在建设更具可持续性的城镇和城市的同时，开展自我保护。
Last May, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction launched a global campaign called “Making Cities Resilient”.More than 100 cities, with nearly 110 million residents, have signed up to the “Ten Essentials” – actions that will make communities safer from disasters.The role models with good practices include Albay Province in the Philippines, Hyogo Prefecture in Japan, Bangkok, Bonn, Mexico City and Mumbai.今年5月，联合国国际减灾战略发起了“使城市富有复原力”全球运动。已有100多个城市(居民人数共约1.1亿)签名参与了“十大要点”——即可加强社区在灾害中安全的若干项行动。菲律宾的阿尔拜省、日本兵库县、曼谷、波恩、墨西哥城和孟买等地堪称楷模，其良好做法值得借鉴。
The Ten Essentials translate broad ideas about sustainable cities into workable solutions.They recommend that governments assign a budget to serve everyone – rich and poor alike – and that they invest in risk assessment, training on disaster risk reduction, ecosystem protection, and early warning systems.City planners must also tackle the principal sources of risk in urban areas – poor governance, planning and enforcement.Decision-making should be inclusive and participatory and the principles of sustainable urbanization must be embraced and upheld, especially for the benefit of people living in slums and informal settlements.“十大要点”将关于可持续城市的宽泛理念转化成可行的解决办法。“十大要点”建议政府提供服务于每个人(不论贫富)的预算拨款，并建议它们投资于风险评估、减灾培训、生态系统保护以及预警系统。城市规划者也必须解决城市地区风险的几大主要来源，即管理不善、规划不妥和执行不力。决策应具有包容性和参与性，必须接受和奉行可持续城市化原则，特别是要有利于贫民窟和非正式定居点的居民。
Reducing disaster risk is everybody's business, and needs everyone's participation and investment – civil society, professional networks as well as municipal and national governments.On this International Day for Disaster Reduction, I commend those cities that are acting to build resilience to climate, environmental and social risks.And to all others I pose this question: Is your city ready?
减少灾害风险是大家共同的责任，需要大家共同参与和投入——民间社会、专业网络、以及城市和国家政府都义不容辞。值此国际减灾日之际，我要赞扬那些已经行动起来，努力建立气候、环境和社会风险抵御能力的城市。而对所有其他城市，我要问一声：你们的城市准备
好了吗？
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第四篇：联合国秘书长2011年曼德拉国际日致辞
联合国秘书长2011年曼德拉国际日致辞
UN Secretary-General’s Video Message for Nelson Mandela International Day 2011July, 2011
联合国秘书长潘基文2011年曼德拉国际日电视致辞
2011年7月18日
On Nelson Mandela International Day, we honour a living symbol of courage and integrity.Nelson Mandela has been a lawyer and a freedom fighter.A political prisoner, peacemaker and president.A healer of nations, and a
mentor to generations of leaders and people from all walks of life throughout the world.在此纳尔逊·曼德拉国际日，我们庆祝他活生生的智慧、勇气。纳尔逊·曼德拉曾经是律师和自由战士、一个政治犯、和平缔造者和总统、一个民族创伤的愈合者。他是在世界各地各行各业几代人的良师益友。I had the honour of meeting him.I thanked him for all he has done.But, he insisted that the credit belonged to
others.His humility continues to inspire.我有幸与他见过面。我们感谢纳尔逊·曼德拉所作的一切。但他坚持认为荣誉属于他人。他的谦逊继续
激励着人们。
Today, I join the Nelson Mandela Foundation in urging each and every one of us to perform 67 minutes of public service on Mandela Day – one minute for each year of Mandela’s own remarkable service to humanity.Tutor a child.Feed the hungry.Care for your environment.Volunteer at a hospital or community centre.Be part of the Mandela movement to make the world a better place.Together, we can help people achieve the dignity that is
their birthright.今天，我与纳尔逊·曼德拉基金会一道，鼓励世界各地的人们在曼德拉日这一天从事67分钟的公共服务——每一分钟代表曼德拉为人类服务的每一年。去教导一个孩子、帮助饥饿者；关爱您的环境；花时间在本地医院或社区中心做志愿工作；成为参加曼德拉运动的一份子，让世界变得更加美好，让我们一起帮
助人们获得他们与生俱来的尊严。
That is the best way to wish Nelson Mandela a very happy 93rd birthday.And it is the best way we can thank
him for being such an inspiration to us all.这是庆祝纳尔逊·曼德拉93岁生日的最好方式是我们大家能够感谢纳尔逊·曼德拉的最佳途径。
第五篇：联合国秘书长2000年致辞
联合国秘书长2000年致辞（中英对照）
全世界亲爱的朋友们:
今天,我们庆祝一个特殊的新年,它的年号不同凡响,是2000年。走进新千年之际,有许多事是我们许多人都应该感恩的。世界大部分地区平安无事。我们大多数人比自己的父母和祖父母受的教育多,预期寿命长,享有更大的自由和更广泛的选择。
新世纪带来新的希望,但也可能带来新的危险,或者是老危险换上了可怕的新形式。有些人担心,经济变化会毁掉我们的就机会和生活方式。又有些人担心偏见、暴力或疾病会蔓延。还有一些人担心,人类活动可能毁掉生命赖以存在的全球环境。谁也不能确实知道,这每一种危险到底有多么严重。但是我们知道,这些危险有一个共同点:它们都是不尊重国界的。即便是最强大的国家,如果单独行动,或许也无法保护其公民免受这些危险之害。在人类历史上,我们从未像现在这样休戚与共。只有共同面对,我们才能掌握自己的命运。
朋友们,这就是成立联合国的原因。
通过联合国,我们共同努力维护和平,禁止滥杀滥伤的武器,把大屠杀的凶手和战争罪犯绳之以法。
通过联合国,我们共同努力战胜艾滋病和其他流行病,控制气候变化,让每个人都能享受到洁净的空气和饮水。
通过联合国,我们共同努力确保全球市场让人人获益,使穷人摆脱贫困。
通过联合国,我们共同努力让每个人都能切实享受人权,使人人都能真正作出生活的选择,对影响其生活的决定获得真正的发言权。
在所有这些领域以及其他领域,联合国正在为大家工作。要是没有大家,联合国便难以有所作为。毕竟,联合国是大家的联合国,是全世界人民的联合国。所以,有大家的帮助,有大家的智慧,联合国才能发挥更大的作用。
朋友们,新的千年不必是恐惧或担忧的时代。如果我们共同努力,相信自己的能力,新千年可以成为希望和机遇的时代。一切全靠我亲约骸?
祝大家新年快乐!
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VIDEO MESSAGE
FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
My dear friends all over the world,Today we celebrate a special New Year with a momentous number: the Year Two
Thousand.As we move into a new Millennium, many of us have much to be thankful for.Most of the world is at peace.Most of us are better educated than our parents or grandparents, and can expect to live longer lives, with greater freedom and a wider range of choices.A new century brings new hope, but can also bring new dangers-or old ones in a new and alarming form.Some of us fear seeing our jobs and our way of life destroyed by economic change.Others fear the spread of bigotry, violence or disease.Others still are more worried that human activities may be ruining the global environmenton which our life depends.No one knows for sure how serious each of these dangers will be.But one thing they have in common: they do not respect state frontiers.Even the strongest state, acting alone, may not be able to protect its citizens against them.More than ever before in human history, we all share a common destiny.We can master it only if we face it together.And that, my friends, is why we have the United Nations.Through the United Nations, we are working together to preserve peace;to outlaw weapons that kill and maim indiscriminately;to bring mass murderers and war criminals to justice.Through the United Nations, we are working together to defeat AIDS and other epidemics;to control climate change;to make clean air and water available to everyone.Through the United Nations, we are working together to ensure that the global market benefits all of us, freeing the poor to lift themselves out of poverty.Through the United Nations, we are working together to make human rights a reality for everyone ?to give all human beings real choices in life, and a real say in decisions that affect their lives.In all these areas and more, the United Nations is working for you.But it can do little without you.After all, it belongs to youthe peoples of the world.And therefore it can work much better with your help and your ideas.My friends, the new millennium need not be a time of fear or anxiety.If we work together and have faith in our own abilities, it can be a time of hope and opportunity.It's up to us to make it so.Politics and World Affairs
1.The two leaders stated that both countries would develop good-neighborly and friendly relations on the basis of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful co-existence.两位领导人声明，两国将在互相尊重主权和领土完整，互不侵犯，互不干涉内政，平等互利与和平共处的基础上发展睦邻友好关系。
2.The country’s stability depends on how well the president can groom a successor.这个国家能否稳定取决于总统能否成功地培养一个接班人。
注：groom，使准备参加竞选，做好准备，训练。
3.He accused the prime minister of burnishing his own image while folding under pressure.他指责总理一方面在压力下退缩，一方面给自己脸上贴金。
注：accuse用在法律上应当译成“”指控“，如：He was accused of theft.（他被指控犯有偷窃罪）；fold,作不及物动词用时有”关闭“、”垮台“的意思此处转义”退缩“；burnishing原意是抛光、擦亮。
4.The opposition leader’s speech stole the headlines from the government.反对党领袖的演讲在报纸上大出风头，使政府相形见绌。
注：直译是：反对党领袖的演讲从政府手里偷走了报纸的通栏大标题。
5.He said that the release of the men gave the green light to terrorism.他说，释放这些人，等于向恐怖主义活动开绿灯。
注：也可以翻译成“等于纵容恐怖主义活动“。
6.The CIA is drawing fire as its director is questioned over press leaks.中央情报局被骂得焦头烂额，因为局长正因为报界泄密的问题接受质询。
注：CIA=CENTUAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY，美国中央情报局；drawing fire，原意是
“招致猛烈抨击“；leaks，此处显然指”泄密“。
7.Albright played hardball by walking out of the meeting.奥尔布莱特以退出会场的方式表示强硬的立场。
注：play hardball,表示强硬（立场、抗议、反对等），hardball也可以用作形容词，如hardball questions，故意刁难，非常难回答的问题。
8.While the West goes about its business, Russia gains nothing by going off into a corner to sulk.西方依然我行我素，而俄罗斯一无所获，只好缩在旮旯（ga-la）里生气。
注：这个句子非常形象：to go about one’s business的意思是“该干什么还干什么”go off into a corner to sulk，直译是“走开到一个角落里生气”；gain nothing，什么也没有得到。
9.Blair is unlikely to roll back any of the previous ruling party’s major economic reforms.布莱尔看来不可能从上宙执政党推行的任何重大经济改革中退缩。
注：previous此处指布莱尔出任英国首相之前的执政党，即保守党。
10.The whiff of scandal, and particularly the cash-for-questions imbroglio, reminds the electorate that power concentrated in the hands of a single party for too long tends to corrupt.尽管丑闻不大，而且这些来路不明的款项内情复杂，至今尚无定论，却也足以提选民：权力集中字一个政党手中过长就会产生腐败。
注：a whiff of scandal,一个小小的丑闻；imbroglio，情节复杂、难下结论的事情。
11.A group of pragmatists are reorienting Iranian politics as the revolution fades into history.革命正在成为历史，一批实用主义者正在为伊朗重新确定政策方向。
注：reorient的意思是“为……重新规定方向“；fade into history直译是”淡入历史“。
12.Legally, most experts agree, the case has some holes.多数专家认为，从法律的角度来讲，这个案子有漏洞。
13.The newspaper story was quickly overrun by the White House spin machine [ public relations team].报纸上的这条新闻很快就被白宫“说谎机器“（即白宫宣传机构）的编造淹没了。
注：spin的原意是纺织，在美国俚语中引申为“编造谎言“；public relations的意思是”公关“，但是在资本主义国家，公司、政府等公关机构等于我国的”宣传部“，这同我国一般群众理解的”公关“不尽相同，为了照顾中国人对”公关“的理解，此处将public relations译为”宣传“。
14.He blamed leaks for breakdown in the negotiations.他把谈判失败归罪于泄密。
注：blame…for…,把……归罪于。
15.The negotiators struggled to finalize a deal.谈判参加者努力做成一笔交易。
16.Arabs and Jews alike are increasingly at risk in a climate of steadily rising tensions.在紧张局势不断加剧这样一种（政治）气候中，无论是阿拉伯人还是犹太人都在冒越来越大的风险。
注：climate原意为“气候“，此处应制”政治气候“。
17.Her husband could be freed on bail within months.她的丈夫有可能在几个月内交保释放。
注：bail还可以用作动词，如：She was bailed out of prison.（她被取保释放）
18.Harassment of minorities remains endemic in some quarters.在某些地方，骚扰少数民族的现象依旧司空见惯。
注：minorities,少数民族。我国正式文件中把“少数民族“译为”Minority ethnic groups”,如：The Uygurs are one of China’s minority ethnic groups.（维吾尔族是中国少数民族之一）
19.The setting up of a credible oversight authority has curbed police brutality.由于建立了一个可信任的监督机构，警察暴行受到了遏制。
注：oversight,监督，监管。
20.The number of complains is down simply because abused citizens have given up.投诉减少，只是因为受害公民放弃投诉。
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