Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great honor for me to be here today. I would like to talk to you about a subject that is at the heart of the United Nations -- the pursuit of peace in an imperfect world. 主席先生、秘书长先生、各位代表、女士们先生们：今天我非常荣幸能站在这里。我想与大家谈一谈一个处于联合国核心位置的议题——在不完美的世界中追求和平。
War and conflict have been with us since the beginning of civilizations. But in the first part of the 20th century, the advance of modern weaponry led to death on a staggering scale. It was this killing that compelled the founders of this body to build an institution that was focused not just on ending one war, but on averting others; a union of sovereign states that would seek to prevent conflict, while also addressing its causes. 战争与冲突自文明诞生之初便伴随着人类。但在二十世纪上半叶，现代武器的进步导致了令人震惊的大规模死亡。正是这种杀戮迫使本机构的缔造者们建立一个不仅着眼于终结一场战争、更致力于防止其他战争的机构——一个致力于防止冲突、同时解决冲突根源的主权国家联盟。
No American did more to pursue this objective than President Franklin Roosevelt. He knew that a victory in war was not enough. As he said at one of the very first meetings on the founding of the United Nations, “We have got to make, not merely peace, but a peace that will last.” 在追求这一目标方面，没有哪位美国人比富兰克林·罗斯福总统做得更多。他深知战争的胜利远远不够。正如他在联合国创建的最早几次会议之一上所说："我们必须缔造的不仅是和平，而是持久的和平。"
The men and women who built this institution understood that peace is more than just the absence of war. A lasting peace -- for nations and for individuals -- depends on a sense of justice and opportunity, of dignity and freedom. It depends on struggle and sacrifice, on compromise, and on a sense of common humanity. 建立这一机构的男男女女深知，和平远不仅仅是战争的不存在。持久的和平——无论对国家还是对个人——取决于正义感与机遇感，取决于尊严与自由。它依赖于奋斗与牺牲、妥协，以及对共同人性的体认。
One delegate to the San Francisco Conference that led to the creation of the United Nations put it well: “Many people,” she said, “have talked as if all that has to be done to get peace was to say loudly and frequently that we loved peace and we hated war. Now we have learned that no matter how much we love peace and hate war, we cannot avoid having war brought upon us if there are convulsions in other parts of the world.” 一位出席了促成联合国创建的旧金山会议的代表说得好："许多人，"她说，"谈论起来仿佛只要大声地、频繁地说我们热爱和平、憎恶战争，就能获得和平。现在我们认识到，无论我们多么热爱和平、多么憎恶战争，如果世界其他地方发生剧变，我们就无法避免被卷入战争。"
The fact is peace is hard. But our people demand it. Over nearly seven decades, even as the United Nations helped avert a third world war, we still live in a world scarred by conflict and plagued by poverty. Even as we proclaim our love for peace and our hatred of war, there are still convulsions in our world that endanger us all. 事实是，和平来之不易。但我们的人民渴求和平。在近七十年的时间里，尽管联合国帮助避免了第三次世界大战，我们仍生活在一个被冲突蹂躏、被贫困困扰的世界。即便我们宣称热爱和平、憎恶战争，我们的世界依然存在危及我们所有人的剧变。
I took office at a time of two wars for the United States. Moreover, the violent extremists who drew us into war in the first place -- Osama bin Laden, and his al Qaeda organization -- remained at large. Today, we've set a new direction. 我就任时，美国正处在两场战争之中。此外，最初将我们拖入战争的暴力极端分子——奥萨马·本·拉登及其"基地"组织——仍然逍遥法外。如今，我们已经确立了新的方向。
At the end of this year, America’s military operation in Iraq will be over. We will have a normal relationship with a sovereign nation that is a member of the community of nations. That equal partnership will be strengthened by our support for Iraq -- for its government and for its security forces, for its people and for their aspirations. 到今年年底，美国在伊拉克的军事行动将告结束。我们将与一个主权国家——国际社会的一员——建立正常关系。这种平等的伙伴关系将通过我们对伊拉克的支持而得到加强——支持其政府、支持其安全部队，支持其人民、支持他们的抱负。
As we end the war in Iraq, the United States and our coalition partners have begun a transition in Afghanistan. Between now and 2014, an increasingly capable Afghan government and security forces will step forward to take responsibility for the future of their country. As they do, we are drawing down our own forces, while building an enduring partnership with the Afghan people. 随着伊拉克战争的结束，美国及我们的盟友伙伴已在阿富汗开始了过渡。从现在到2014年，日益成熟的阿富汗政府和安全部队将逐步承担起对本国未来的责任。与此同时，我们正在撤减自身兵力，同时与阿富汗人民建立持久的伙伴关系。
So let there be no doubt: The tide of war is receding. When I took office, roughly 180,000 Americans were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. By the end of this year, that number will be cut in half, and it will continue to decline. This is critical for the sovereignty of Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s also critical to the strength of the United States as we build our nation at home. 因此，不要有任何怀疑：战争的浪潮正在退去。我就任时，约有十八万美国人在伊拉克和阿富汗服役。到今年年底，这一数字将被削减一半，并将继续下降。这对伊拉克和阿富汗的主权至关重要，对美国在本土建设国家的能力也同样关键。
Moreover, we are poised to end these wars from a position of strength. Ten years ago, there was an open wound and twisted steel, a broken heart in the center of this city. Today, as a new tower is rising at Ground Zero, it symbolizes New York’s renewal, even as al Qaeda is under more pressure than ever before. Its leadership has been degraded. And Osama bin Laden, a man who murdered thousands of people from dozens of countries, will never endanger the peace of the world again. 此外，我们正处于以实力地位结束这些战争的有利位置。十年前，这座城市中心有一道未愈的伤口和扭曲的钢筋，一颗破碎的心。如今，随着新塔在世贸中心遗址拔地而起，它象征着纽约的重生，与此同时"基地"组织正承受着前所未有的压力。其领导层已被削弱。而奥萨马·本·拉登，这个谋杀了来自几十个国家数千人的恶魔，将永远无法再危及世界和平。
So, yes, this has been a difficult decade. But today, we stand at a crossroads of history with the chance to move decisively in the direction of peace. To do so, we must return to the wisdom of those who created this institution. 是的，这是艰难的十年。但今天，我们站在历史的十字路口，拥有果断迈向和平方向的机会。要做到这一点，我们必须回归缔造本机构者的智慧。
The United Nations’ Founding Charter calls upon us, "to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security." And Article 1 of this General Assembly’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights reminds us that, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and in rights." Those bedrock beliefs -- in the responsibility of states, and the rights of men and women -- must be our guide. 联合国创始宪章号召我们"团结力量，维护国际和平与安全"。本届大会的《世界人权宣言》第一条提醒我们："人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等。"这些根本信念——对国家责任的信念，对男女权利的信念——必须成为我们的指引。
And in that effort, we have reason to hope. This year has been a time of extraordinary transformation. More nations have stepped forward to maintain international peace and security. And more individuals are claiming their universal right to live in freedom and dignity. 在这项努力中，我们有理由怀抱希望。今年是非同寻常的变革之年。更多的国家站出来维护国际和平与安全。更多的个人正在主张其自由与尊严生活的普遍权利。
Think about it: One year ago, when we met here in New York, the prospect of a successful referendum in South Sudan was in doubt. But the international community overcame old divisions to support the agreement that had been negotiated to give South Sudan self-determination. And last summer, as a new flag went up in Juba, former soldiers laid down their arms, men and women wept with joy, and children finally knew the promise of looking to a future that they will shape. 想一想：一年前，当我们在纽约相聚时，南苏丹成功举行公投的前景仍充满不确定性。但国际社会克服了旧有的分歧，支持了此前谈判达成的协议，给予南苏丹自决权。去年夏天，当一面新国旗在朱巴升起时，曾经的军人放下了武器，男女老少喜极而泣，孩子们终于看到了一个由他们自己塑造的未来的希望。
One year ago, the people of Côte D’Ivoire approached a landmark election. And when the incumbent lost, and refused to respect the results, the world refused to look the other way. U.N. peacekeepers were harassed, but they did not leave their posts. The Security Council, led by the United States and Nigeria and France, came together to support the will of the people. And Côte D’Ivoire is now governed by the man who was elected to lead. 一年前，科特迪瓦人民迎来了一场具有里程碑意义的选举。当在任者败选后拒绝尊重结果时，世界拒绝视而不见。联合国维和人员遭到骚扰，但他们没有离开岗位。由美国、尼日利亚和法国主导的安理会团结一致，支持了人民的意愿。如今科特迪瓦由当选的领导人执政。
One year ago, the hopes of the people of Tunisia were suppressed. But they chose the dignity of peaceful protest over the rule of an iron fist. A vendor lit a spark that took his own life, but he ignited a movement. In a face of a crackdown, students spelled out the word, "freedom." The balance of fear shifted from the ruler to those that he ruled. And now the people of Tunisia are preparing for elections that will move them one step closer to the democracy that they deserve. 一年前，突尼斯人民的希望被压制。但他们选择了和平抗议的尊严，而非铁腕统治。一位小贩点燃了火花，虽付出了自己的生命，却引发了一场运动。在镇压面前，学生们拼出了"自由"这个词。恐惧的平衡从统治者转移到了被统治者一方。如今突尼斯人民正在筹备选举，这将使他们向应得的民主迈进。
One year ago, Egypt had known one President for nearly 30 years. But for 18 days, the eyes of the world were glued to Tahrir Square, where Egyptians from all walks of life -- men and women, young and old, Muslim and Christian -- demanded their universal rights. We saw in those protesters the moral force of non-violence that has lit the world from Delhi to Warsaw, from Selma to South Africa -- and we knew that change had come to Egypt and to the Arab world. 一年前，埃及在近三十年间只认识一位总统。但在十八天里，全世界的目光紧盯着解放广场，来自各行各业的埃及人——男女老少、穆斯林和基督徒——在那里要求他们的普遍权利。我们在抗议者身上看到了非暴力的道德力量，这种力量曾照亮了从德里到华沙、从塞尔玛到南非的世界——我们知道，变革已经来到埃及，来到阿拉伯世界。
One year ago, the people of Libya were ruled by the world’s longest-serving dictator. But faced with bullets and bombs and a dictator who threatened to hunt them down like rats, they showed relentless bravery. We will never forget the words of the Libyan who stood up in those early days of the revolution and said, “Our words are free now.” It’s a feeling you can’t explain. Day after day, in the face of bullets and bombs, the Libyan people refused to give back that freedom. 一年前，利比亚人民还处于世界上执政时间最长的独裁者统治之下。但面对子弹和炸弹，面对一个威胁要把他们像老鼠一样追杀的独裁者，他们展现了不屈的勇气。我们永远不会忘记那位利比亚人在革命早期站出来说的话："现在我们的话是自由的了。"那种感觉无法用言语解释。日复一日，面对子弹和炸弹，利比亚人民拒绝交出那份自由。
And when they were threatened by the kind of mass atrocity that often went unchallenged in the last century, the United Nations lived up to its charter. The Security Council authorized all necessary measures to prevent a massacre. The Arab League called for this effort; Arab nations joined a NATO-led coalition that halted Qaddafi’s forces in their tracks. 当他们面临那种在上个世纪常常无人挑战的大规模暴行威胁时，联合国履行了其宪章的承诺。安理会授权采取一切必要措施以防止屠杀。阿拉伯联盟呼吁展开这一行动；阿拉伯国家加入了北约领导的联盟，将卡扎菲的部队阻挡在前进的道路上。
In the months that followed, the will of the coalition proved unbreakable, and the will of the Libyan people could not be denied. Forty-two years of tyranny was ended in six months. From Tripoli to Misurata to Benghazi -- today, Libya is free. Yesterday, the leaders of a new Libya took their rightful place beside us, and this week, the United States is reopening our embassy in Tripoli. 在随后的数月里，联盟的意志坚不可摧，利比亚人民的意志不可阻挡。四十二年的暴政在六个月内终结。从的黎波里到米苏拉塔到班加西——今天，利比亚是自由的。昨天，新利比亚的领导人在我们身旁就座，本周美国正在的黎波里重开大使馆。
This is how the international community is supposed to work -- nations standing together for the sake of peace and security, and individuals claiming their rights. Now, all of us have a responsibility to support the new Libya -- the new Libyan government as they confront the challenge of turning this moment of promise into a just and lasting peace for all Libyans. 这正是国际社会应有的运作方式——各国为和平与安全并肩而立，个人主张其权利。现在，我们所有人都有责任支持新利比亚——支持新利比亚政府面对挑战，将这一充满希望的时刻转化为所有利比亚人公正而持久的和平。
So this has been a remarkable year. The Qaddafi regime is over. Gbagbo, Ben Ali, Mubarak are no longer in power. Osama bin Laden is gone, and the idea that change could only come through violence has been buried with him. Something is happening in our world. The way things have been is not the way that they will be. The humiliating grip of corruption and tyranny is being pried open. Dictators are on notice. Technology is putting power into the hands of the people. 因此，这是非凡的一年。卡扎菲政权覆灭了。巴博、本·阿里、穆巴拉克不再执政。奥萨马·本·拉登已死，变革只能通过暴力实现的理念随他一同被埋葬。我们的世界正在发生某种变化。事物的现状不会是事物的未来。腐败与专政的屈辱枷锁正在被撬开。独裁者们已被警告。技术正在将力量交到人民手中。
The youth are delivering a powerful rebuke to dictatorship, and rejecting the lie that some races, some peoples, some religions, some ethnicities do not desire democracy. The promise written down on paper -- "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights" -- is closer at hand. 青年正在对独裁发出有力的谴责，并拒绝接受某些种族、某些民族、某些宗教、某些族群不渴望民主的谎言。写在纸上的承诺——"人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等"——正日益接近实现。
But let us remember: Peace is hard. Peace is hard. Progress can be reversed. Prosperity comes slowly. Societies can split apart. The measure of our success must be whether people can live in sustained freedom, dignity, and security. And the United Nations and its member states must do their part to support those basic aspirations. And we have more work to do. 但让我们记住：和平来之不易。和平来之不易。进步可以被逆转。繁荣来得缓慢。社会可能分裂。衡量我们成功的标准必须是人们能否生活在持久的自由、尊严和安全之中。联合国及其成员国必须尽自己的一份力量来支持这些基本愿望。我们还有更多工作要做。
In Iran, we've seen a government that refuses to recognize the rights of its own people. As we meet here today, men and women and children are being tortured, detained and murdered by the Syrian regime. Thousands have been killed, many during the holy time of Ramadan. Thousands more have poured across Syria’s borders. The Syrian people have shown dignity and courage in their pursuit of justice -- protesting peacefully, standing silently in the streets, dying for the same values that this institution is supposed to stand for. 在伊朗，我们看到了一个拒绝承认本国人民权利的政府。当我们今天在这里开会时，叙利亚政权正在拷打、拘留和杀害男女和儿童。数千人已被杀害，其中许多人在斋月这一神圣时期。还有数千人涌入叙利亚边境之外。叙利亚人民在追求正义的过程中展现了尊严和勇气——和平抗议，在街头默默伫立，为本机构理应捍卫的同一价值观而献身。
And the question for us is clear: Will we stand with the Syrian people, or with their oppressors? 摆在我们面前的问题很明确：我们究竟是站在叙利亚人民一边，还是站在他们的压迫者一边？
Already, the United States has imposed strong sanctions on Syria’s leaders. We supported a transfer of power that is responsive to the Syrian people. And many of our allies have joined in this effort. But for the sake of Syria -- and the peace and security of the world -- we must speak with one voice. There's no excuse for inaction. Now is the time for the United Nations Security Council to sanction the Syrian regime, and to stand with the Syrian people. 美国已经对叙利亚领导人实施了严厉制裁。我们支持响应叙利亚人民愿望的权力交接。我们的许多盟友也加入了这一努力。但为了叙利亚——以及世界的和平与安全——我们必须用同一个声音说话。不作为没有任何借口。现在是联合国安理会对叙利亚政权实施制裁、站在叙利亚人民一边的时候了。
Throughout the region, we will have to respond to the calls for change. In Yemen, men, women and children gather by the thousands in towns and city squares every day with the hope that their determination and spilled blood will prevail over a corrupt system. America supports those aspirations. We must work with Yemen’s neighbors and our partners around the world to seek a path that allows for a peaceful transition of power from President Saleh, and a movement to free and fair elections as soon as possible. 在整个地区，我们必须回应变革的呼声。在也门，男女老少每天成千上万地聚集在城镇和城市广场，希望他们的决心和洒下的鲜血能战胜一个腐败的体制。美国支持这些愿望。我们必须与也门的邻国以及我们在世界各地的伙伴合作，寻求一条允许萨利赫总统和平移交权力的道路，并尽快走向自由公正的选举。
In Bahrain, steps have been taken toward reform and accountability. We’re pleased with that, but more is required. America is a close friend of Bahrain, and we will continue to call on the government and the main opposition bloc -- the Wifaq -- to pursue a meaningful dialogue that brings peaceful change that is responsive to the people. We believe the patriotism that binds Bahrainis together must be more powerful than the sectarian forces that would tear them apart. It will be hard, but it is possible. 在巴林，已朝着改革和问责迈出了步伐。我们对此感到欣慰，但仍需更多努力。美国是巴林的密友，我们将继续呼吁政府和主要反对派阵营——维法克——开展有意义的对话，推动回应人民愿望的和平变革。我们相信，凝聚巴林人的爱国之心必须比撕裂他们的宗派力量更加强大。这很艰难，但并非不可能。
We believe that each nation must chart its own course to fulfill the aspirations of its people, and America does not expect to agree with every party or person who expresses themselves politically. But we will always stand up for the universal rights that were embraced by this Assembly. Those rights depend on elections that are free and fair; on governance that is transparent and accountable; respect for the rights of women and minorities; justice that is equal and fair. That is what our people deserve. Those are the elements of peace that can last. 我们相信，每个国家都必须规划自己的道路来实现本国人民的愿望，美国并不期望认同每一个在政治上表达自己的政党或个人。但我们将始终捍卫本届大会所采纳的普遍权利。这些权利取决于自由公正的选举；取决于透明和可问责的治理；取决于对妇女和少数群体权利的尊重；取决于平等公正的司法。这就是我们人民应得的。这些才是持久和平的要素。
Moreover, the United States will continue to support those nations that transition to democracy -- with greater trade and investment -- so that freedom is followed by opportunity. We will pursue a deeper engagement with governments, but also with civil society -- students and entrepreneurs, political parties and the press. We have banned those who abuse human rights from traveling to our country. And we’ve sanctioned those who trample on human rights abroad. And we will always serve as a voice for those who've been silenced. 此外，美国将继续支持那些向民主过渡的国家——以更大的贸易和投资——使自由之后紧随的是机遇。我们将与政府深化接触，同时也与公民社会——学生和企业家、政党和媒体——深化接触。我们已禁止那些侵犯人权者进入我国。我们制裁了那些在海外践踏人权的人。我们将始终为被噤声者发声。
Now, I know, particularly this week, that for many in this hall, there's one issue that stands as a test for these principles and a test for American foreign policy, and that is the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. 现在，我知道，尤其是这一周，对于本厅中的许多人来说，有一个议题是对这些原则的考验，也是对美国外交政策的考验，那就是以色列人与巴勒斯坦人之间的冲突。
One year ago, I stood at this podium and I called for an independent Palestine. I believed then, and I believe now, that the Palestinian people deserve a state of their own. But what I also said is that a genuine peace can only be realized between the Israelis and the Palestinians themselves. One year later, despite extensive efforts by America and others, the parties have not bridged their differences. Faced with this stalemate, I put forward a new basis for negotiations in May of this year. That basis is clear. It’s well known to all of us here. 一年前，我站在这讲台上，呼吁建立一个独立的巴勒斯坦。我当时相信、现在依然相信，巴勒斯坦人民应该拥有自己的国家。但我同样说过，真正的和平只能在以色列人和巴勒斯坦人之间实现。一年之后，尽管美国和其他各方付出了巨大努力，双方仍未弥合分歧。面对这一僵局，我在今年五月提出了一个新的谈判基础。这一基础是明确的。我们所有在座的人都很清楚。
Israelis must know that any agreement provides assurances for their security. Palestinians deserve to know the territorial basis of their state. 以色列人必须知道，任何协议都为其安全提供保障。巴勒斯坦人有权知道他们国家的领土基础。
Now, I know that many are frustrated by the lack of progress. I assure you, so am I. But the question isn’t the goal that we seek -- the question is how do we reach that goal. And I am convinced that there is no short cut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. Peace is hard work. Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the United Nations -- if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. Ultimately, it is the Israelis and the Palestinians who must live side by side. 我知道，许多人对缺乏进展感到沮丧。我向你们保证，我也是如此。但问题不在于我们寻求的目标——而在于如何达到这一目标。我深信，终结一场持续了数十年的冲突没有任何捷径。和平是艰苦的工作。和平不会通过联合国的声明和决议而来——如果那么容易，早就实现了。最终，是以色列人和巴勒斯坦人必须比邻而居。
Ultimately, it is the Israelis and the Palestinians -- not us -- who must reach agreement on the issues that divide them: on borders and on security, on refugees and Jerusalem. 最终，是以色列人和巴勒斯坦人——不是我们——必须就分裂他们的议题达成协议：边界和安全，难民和耶路撒冷。
Ultimately, peace depends upon compromise among people who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied. That’s the lesson of Northern Ireland, where ancient antagonists bridged their differences. That’s the lesson of Sudan, where a negotiated settlement led to an independent state. And that is and will be the path to a Palestinian state -- negotiations between the parties. 归根结底，和平取决于那些在演讲结束、投票统计完毕后仍须共同生活的人们之间的妥协。这就是北爱尔兰的教训，昔日的对手弥合了分歧。这就是苏丹的教训，谈判达成的解决方案带来了一个独立国家。这也是通往巴勒斯坦国的道路——双方之间的谈判。
We seek a future where Palestinians live in a sovereign state of their own, with no limit to what they can achieve. There’s no question that the Palestinians have seen that vision delayed for too long. It is precisely because we believe so strongly in the aspirations of the Palestinian people that America has invested so much time and so much effort in the building of a Palestinian state, and the negotiations that can deliver a Palestinian state. 我们寻求这样一个未来：巴勒斯坦人生活在自己的主权国家中，他们能够成就的一切没有上限。巴勒斯坦人确已看到这一愿景被耽搁了太久。正是因为我们对巴勒斯坦人民的愿望如此坚信不疑，美国才投入了如此多的时间和精力来推动建立巴勒斯坦国，推动能够实现巴勒斯坦国的谈判。
But understand this as well: America’s commitment to Israel’s security is unshakeable. Our friendship with Israel is deep and enduring. And so we believe that any lasting peace must acknowledge the very real security concerns that Israel faces every single day. 但也请理解：美国对以色列安全的承诺是不可动摇的。我们与以色列的友谊深厚而持久。因此我们相信，任何持久的和平都必须承认以色列每天都在面对的非常真实的安全关切。
Let us be honest with ourselves: Israel is surrounded by neighbors that have waged repeated wars against it. Israel’s citizens have been killed by rockets fired at their houses and suicide bombs on their buses. Israel’s children come of age knowing that throughout the region, other children are taught to hate them. Israel, a small country of less than eight million people, look out at a world where leaders of much larger nations threaten to wipe it off of the map. 让我们坦诚面对自己：以色列被那些曾多次对其发动战争的邻国所环绕。以色列的公民被射向他们房屋的火箭弹和炸毁公共汽车的自杀式炸弹所杀害。以色列的孩子在成长过程中知道，在整个地区，其他孩子被教导去仇恨他们。以色列，一个不到八百万人口的小国，放眼望去，世界上一些大国的领导人威胁要把它从地图上抹去。
The Jewish people carry the burden of centuries of exile and persecution, and fresh memories of knowing that six million people were killed simply because of who they are. Those are facts. They cannot be denied. 犹太民族承载着数百年流亡和迫害的重担，还有六百万人仅因他们的身份而被杀害的鲜活记忆。这些是事实。不容否认。
The Jewish people have forged a successful state in their historic homeland. Israel deserves recognition. It deserves normal relations with its neighbors. And friends of the Palestinians do them no favors by ignoring this truth, just as friends of Israel must recognize the need to pursue a two-state solution with a secure Israel next to an independent Palestine. 犹太人在其历史故土上建立了一个成功的国家。以色列理应得到承认。它理应与邻国建立正常关系。巴勒斯坦的朋友无视这一真相并不能帮助他们，正如以色列的朋友必须认识到，需要追求两国方案——一个安全的以色列与一个独立的巴勒斯坦比邻而居。
That is the truth -- each side has legitimate aspirations -- and that’s part of what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken when each side learns to stand in the other’s shoes; each side can see the world through the other’s eyes. That’s what we should be encouraging. That’s what we should be promoting. 这就是真相——双方都有合理的愿望——这也是和平如此艰难的部分原因。僵局只有在每一方学会设身处地站在对方的立场上时才能被打破；每一方都能通过对方的眼睛看世界。这才是我们应该鼓励的。这才是我们应该推动的。
This body -- founded, as it was, out of the ashes of war and genocide, dedicated, as it is, to the dignity of every single person -- must recognize the reality that is lived by both the Palestinians and the Israelis. The measure of our actions must always be whether they advance the right of Israeli and Palestinian children to live lives of peace and security and dignity and opportunity. And we will only succeed in that effort if we can encourage the parties to sit down, to listen to each other, and to understand each other’s hopes and each other’s fears. 本机构——诞生于战争和种族灭绝的灰烬之中，致力于每一个人的尊严——必须承认巴勒斯坦人和以色列人双方所经历的现实。衡量我们行动的标准必须永远是：它们是否增进了以色列和巴勒斯坦儿童生活在和平、安全、尊严和机遇中的权利。只有当我们能鼓励双方坐下来、倾听彼此、理解彼此的希望与彼此的恐惧时，我们才能在这项努力中取得成功。
That is the project to which America is committed. There are no shortcuts. And that is what the United Nations should be focused on in the weeks and months to come. 这是美国致力于推进的事业。没有捷径。这也是联合国在未来几周和几个月里应该关注的重点。
Now, even as we confront these challenges of conflict and revolution, we must also recognize -- we must also remind ourselves -- that peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends on creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of humanity: nuclear weapons and poverty, ignorance and disease. These forces corrode the possibility of lasting peace and together we're called upon to confront them. 现在，即便我们面对冲突与革命的挑战，我们也必须认识到——也必须提醒自己——和平不仅仅是战争的不存在。真正的和平取决于创造使生活值得一过的机会。为此，我们必须对抗人类共同的敌人：核武器与贫困、无知与疾病。这些力量侵蚀着持久和平的可能性，我们共同肩负着对抗它们的使命。
To lift the specter of mass destruction, we must come together to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Over the last two years, we've begun to walk down that path. Since our Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, nearly 50 nations have taken steps to secure nuclear materials from terrorists and smugglers. Next March, a summit in Seoul will advance our efforts to lock down all of them. 为消除大规模毁灭的阴霾，我们必须携手追求无核武器世界的和平与安全。在过去两年中，我们已开始沿着这条道路前行。自华盛顿核安全峰会以来，近五十个国家已采取措施，确保核材料不被恐怖分子和走私者获取。明年三月，首尔峰会将进一步推动我们锁定所有核材料的努力。
The New START Treaty between the United States and Russia will cut our deployed arsenals to the lowest level in half a century, and our nations are pursuing talks on how to achieve even deeper reductions. America will continue to work for a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons and the production of fissile material needed to make them. 美国与俄罗斯之间的新《削减战略武器条约》将把我们部署的核武库削减至半个世纪以来的最低水平，两国正在就如何实现更深度削减进行谈判。美国将继续致力于推动禁止核试验和禁止生产制造核武器所需的裂变材料。
And so we have begun to move in the right direction. And the United States is committed to meeting our obligations. But even as we meet our obligations, we’ve strengthened the treaties and institutions that help stop the spread of these weapons. And to do so, we must continue to hold accountable those nations that flout them. 我们已经开始朝着正确的方向前进。美国承诺履行我们的义务。但即便在履行义务的同时，我们加强了有助于阻止这些武器扩散的条约和机构。为此，我们必须继续追究那些无视这些条约的国家的责任。
The Iranian government cannot demonstrate that its program is peaceful. It has not met its obligations and it rejects offers that would provide it with peaceful nuclear power. North Korea has yet to take concrete steps towards abandoning its weapons and continues belligerent action against the South. There's a future of greater opportunity for the people of these nations if their governments meet their international obligations. But if they continue down a path that is outside international law, they must be met with greater pressure and isolation. 伊朗政府无法证明其核计划是和平的。它没有履行其义务，也拒绝了向其提供和平核能的方案。朝鲜尚未采取具体步骤放弃其核武器，并继续对南方采取敌对行动。如果这些国家的政府履行其国际义务，这些国家的人民将迎来更大机遇的未来。但如果它们继续走违反国际法的道路，它们必将面临更大的压力和孤立。
That is what our commitment to peace and security demands. 这就是我们对和平与安全的承诺所要求的。
To bring prosperity to our people, we must promote the growth that creates opportunity. In this effort, let us not forget that we’ve made enormous progress over the last several decades. Closed societies gave way to open markets. Innovation and entrepreneurship has transformed the way we live and the things that we do. Emerging economies from Asia to the Americas have lifted hundreds of millions of people from poverty. It’s an extraordinary achievement. And yet, three years ago, we were confronted with the worst financial crisis in eight decades. 为了给我们的人民带来繁荣，我们必须促进创造机遇的增长。在这项努力中，让我们不要忘记，过去几十年我们取得了巨大进步。封闭的社会让位于开放的市场。创新和创业改变了我们生活的方式和我们做的事情。从亚洲到美洲的新兴经济体使数亿人摆脱了贫困。这是一项非凡的成就。然而三年前，我们遭遇了八十年来最严重的金融危机。
And that crisis proved a fact that has become clearer with each passing year -- our fates are interconnected. In a global economy, nations will rise, or fall, together. 那场危机证明了一个每年都愈发清晰的事实——我们的命运是相互关联的。在全球经济中，各国将一起崛起，或者一起衰落。
And today, we confront the challenges that have followed on the heels of that crisis. Around the world recovery is still fragile. Markets remain volatile. Too many people are out of work. Too many others are struggling just to get by. We acted together to avert a depression in 2009. We must take urgent and coordinated action once more. Here in the United States, I've announced a plan to put Americans back to work and jumpstart our economy, at the same time as I’m committed to substantially reducing our deficits over time. 而今天，我们面对那场危机接踵而来的挑战。全球各地复苏依然脆弱。市场依然动荡。太多的人没有工作。太多的人在勉强度日。2009年我们共同行动，避免了一场经济萧条。我们必须再次采取紧急协调的行动。在美国，我已宣布一项让美国人重返工作岗位、提振经济的计划，同时我承诺随时间大幅削减我们的赤字。
We stand with our European allies as they reshape their institutions and address their own fiscal challenges. For other countries, leaders face a different challenge as they shift their economy towards more self-reliance, boosting domestic demand while slowing inflation. So we will work with emerging economies that have rebounded strongly, so that rising standards of living create new markets that promote global growth. That’s what our commitment to prosperity demands. 我们与欧洲盟友站在一起，支持他们重塑机构、应对自身财政挑战。对其他国家而言，领导人们面临着不同的挑战，他们需要将经济转向更加自力更生，在抑制通胀的同时提振内需。因此，我们将与强劲反弹的新兴经济体合作，使生活水平的提高创造出促进全球增长的新市场。这就是我们对繁荣的承诺所要求的。
To combat the poverty that punishes our children, we must act on the belief that freedom from want is a basic human right. The United States has made it a focus of our engagement abroad to help people to feed themselves. And today, as drought and conflict have brought famine to the Horn of Africa, our conscience calls on us to act. Together, we must continue to provide assistance, and support organizations that can reach those in need. And together, we must insist on unrestricted humanitarian access so that we can save the lives of thousands of men and women and children. 为战胜惩罚我们儿童的贫困，我们必须基于这样的信念行动：免于匮乏是一项基本人权。美国已将帮助人们自食其力作为我们对外接触的重点。今天，干旱和冲突使非洲之角陷入饥荒，我们的良知呼唤我们采取行动。我们必须共同继续提供援助，支持能够触及需要之人的组织。我们必须共同坚持不受限制的人道主义准入，以拯救数以千计的男女和儿童的生命。
Our common humanity is at stake. Let us show that the life of a child in Somalia is as precious as any other. That is what our commitment to our fellow human beings demand. 我们共同的人性岌岌可危。让我们证明索马里一个孩子的生命与其他任何生命一样珍贵。这就是我们对同胞的承诺所要求的。
To stop disease that spreads across borders, we must strengthen our system of public health. We will continue the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. We will focus on the health of mothers and of children. And we must come together to prevent, and detect, and fight every kind of biological danger -- whether it’s a pandemic like H1N1, or a terrorist threat, or a treatable disease. 为阻止跨越国界传播的疾病，我们必须加强公共卫生体系。我们将继续抗击艾滋病毒与艾滋病、结核病和疟疾。我们将关注母亲和儿童的健康。我们必须团结一致，预防、发现和对抗各种生物威胁——无论是H1N1那样的流行病，还是恐怖主义威胁，或可治愈的疾病。
This week, America signed an agreement with the World Health Organization to affirm our commitment to meet this challenge. And today, I urge all nations to join us in meeting the HWO’s [sic] goal of making sure all nations have core capacities to address public health emergencies in place by 2012. That is what our commitment to the health of our people demands. 本周，美国与世界卫生组织签署了一项协议，以确认我们应对这一挑战的承诺。今天，我敦促所有国家加入我们，实现世卫组织的目标——确保所有国家在2012年前具备应对公共卫生突发事件的核心能力。这就是我们对人民健康的承诺所要求的。
To preserve our planet, we must not put off action that climate change demands. We have to tap the power of science to save those resources that are scarce. And together, we must continue our work to build on the progress made in Copenhagen and Cancun, so that all the major economies here today follow through on the commitments that were made. Together, we must work to transform the energy that powers our economies, and support others as they move down that path. That is what our commitment to the next generation demands. 为保护我们的星球，我们不可推迟气候变化所要求的行动。我们必须借助科学的力量来拯救那些稀缺的资源。我们必须在哥本哈根和坎昆所取得进展的基础上继续努力，确保今天在座的所有主要经济体履行所做出的承诺。我们必须共同努力，转变驱动经济的能源，并在其他国家沿着这条路前行时提供支持。这就是我们对下一代的承诺所要求的。
And to make sure our societies reach their potential, we must allow our citizens to reach theirs. No country can afford the corruption that plagues the world like a cancer. Together, we must harness the power of open societies and open economies. That’s why we’ve partnered with countries from across the globe to launch a new partnership on open government that helps ensure accountability and helps to empower citizens. 为确保我们的社会发挥其潜力，我们必须让我们的公民发挥其潜力。没有任何国家能够承受像癌症一样折磨世界的腐败。我们必须共同利用开放社会和开放经济的威力。正因如此，我们与全球各国合作，启动了一项关于开放政府的新伙伴关系，帮助确保问责并赋权公民。
No country should deny people their rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but also no country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere. 任何国家都不应剥夺人民的言论自由和宗教自由权利，但任何国家也不应因人民所爱之人而剥夺其权利，正因如此，我们必须为各地的男女同性恋者和双性恋者的权利挺身而出。
And no country can realize its potential if half its population cannot reach theirs. This week, the United States signed a new Declaration on Women’s Participation. Next year, we should each announce the steps we are taking to break down the economic and political barriers that stand in the way of women and girls. This is what our commitment to human progress demands. 任何国家如果其半数人口无法实现自身潜力，就不可能发挥其潜力。本周，美国签署了一项关于《妇女参与的新宣言》。明年，我们每个国家都应宣布我们正在采取的步骤，以打破阻碍妇女和女孩的经济和政治障碍。这就是我们对人类进步的承诺所要求的。
I know there’s no straight line to that progress, no single path to success. We come from different cultures, and carry with us different histories. But let us never forget that even as we gather here as heads of different governments, we represent citizens who share the same basic aspirations -- to live with dignity and freedom; to get an education and pursue opportunity; to love our families, and love and worship our God; to live in the kind of peace that makes life worth living. 我知道进步没有直线，也没有通往成功的单一道路。我们来自不同文化，带着不同的历史。但让我们永远不要忘记，即使我们作为不同政府的首脑相聚于此，我们代表的公民拥有相同的基本愿望——有尊严和自由地生活；接受教育并追求机遇；爱护我们的家庭，爱和崇拜我们的上帝；生活在使生命值得一过的和平之中。
It is the nature of our imperfect world that we are forced to learn these lessons over and over again. Conflict and repression will endure so long as some people refuse to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Yet that is precisely why we have built institutions like this -- to bind our fates together, to help us recognize ourselves in each other -- because those who came before us believed that peace is preferable to war, and freedom is preferable to suppression, and prosperity is preferable to poverty. 在我们这个不完美的世界里，我们被迫一遍又一遍地汲取这些教训。冲突和压迫将持续存在，只要有人拒绝以我们希望他人对待我们的方式对待他人。然而这正是我们建立此类机构的原因——将我们的命运联系在一起，帮助我们在彼此身上看到自己——因为在我们之前的人们相信，和平胜于战争，自由胜于压制，繁荣胜于贫困。
That’s the message that comes not from capitals, but from citizens, from our people. 那不是来自各国首都的信息，而是来自公民、来自我们人民的信息。
And when the cornerstone of this very building was put in place, President Truman came here to New York and said, "The United Nations is essentially an expression of the moral nature of man’s aspirations." The moral nature of man’s aspirations. As we live in a world that is changing at a breathtaking pace, that’s a lesson that we must never forget. 当这座建筑的基石奠基时，杜鲁门总统来到纽约说："联合国本质上体现了人类愿望的道德本质。"人类愿望的道德本质。在我们生活于一个以惊人速度变化的世界中，这是一课我们永远不能忘记的。
Peace is hard, but we know that it is possible. So, together, let us be resolved to see that it is defined by our hopes and not by our fears. Together, let us make peace, but a peace, most importantly, that will last. 和平来之不易，但我们知道它是可能的。因此，让我们共同下定决心，以希望而非恐惧来定义和平。让我们共同缔造和平，但最重要的是，缔造持久的和平。
Thank you very much. 非常感谢。