潘基文秘书长在荷兰莱顿大学英语演讲稿
Thank you for your warm welcome.It is a privilege and honour to be invited to addressthis prestigious academicinstitution. I would also like to thank the other co-hosts, the City ofLeidenand the Leiden University Medical Center.
Leiden University is aninternationally renowned hub of learning and research with ahistory thatstretches back many centuries.
Indeed, one of the pioneers ofinternational law and the principles that guide the UnitedNations began hisstudies here more than 400 years ago, the legendary jurist Hugo Grotius.
Many distinguished scholars havefollowed. Today, each of you is carrying forward thatproud tradition.
I thank you for your commitmentand want to single out for special praise your University’sglobal focus andapproach to education.
Ladies and gentlemen,
We are here to talk aboutfreedom. I can think of no better time or place.
Leiden is synonymous with freedom.
Leiden University’s credo is“Bastion of Liberty”, and the city itself carries the motto “for thesake offreedom”.
This is also a very special day.Earlier today, I took part in events marking the 100thanniversary of the PeacePalace in The Hague. And on this date fifty years ago, Dr. Martin LutherKing,Jr. delivered his monumental “I Have a Dream” speech.
Dr. King spoke of the “riches offreedom and the security of justice”. He reminded theworld that the rights ofany minority should be the cause of all.
As he said, “their freedom isinextricably bound to our freedom”.
In other words, we share a commonfuture with shared responsibilities.
That understanding is even truertoday.
Our freedom … our possibilities…. our perils … are linked like never before.
The United Nations Charter speaksto our shared fate – and highlights the need “topromote social progress andbetter standards of life in larger freedom”.
The word “freedom” suffuses theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights.
Our work to deepen the meaning offreedom is built on three pillars: development -- orfreedom from want; peaceand security -- or freedom from fear; and human rights -- or simplythe freedomto enjoy and exercise the full body of human rights.
These pillars are interdependentand mutually reinforcing.
There can be no peace withoutdevelopment … no development without peace …and neithercan be achieved withoutfull respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Today I would like to addressthose three dimensions of freedom.
Let me begin with freedom fromwant.
At the dawn of this newmillennium, the international community set out on anunprecedented journey totackle freedom from want around the world.
The Millennium Development Goalsare our touchstone for this effort. The eight goals andassociated targets makeup our blueprint to fight poverty and hunger, expand education andhealth,empower women and girls, and ensure environmental sustainability.
Thanks to combined efforts fromgovernments to the grassroots, we have made importantprogress.
The proportion of people livingin extreme poverty has been halved. Fewer children arelosing their lives tomalaria and tuberculosis. And more than 2.1 billion people gained accesstoimproved sources of drinking water – a challenge on which the Netherlands andKing Willem-Alexander have been global leaders.
But there is much unfinishedbusiness.
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