Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace

Translator: Ereblir Kadriu Reviewer: Liridon Shala

I was basically concerned about what was going on in the world.

Ne parim une isha i shqetesuar cka ishte duke ndodhur ne bote.

I couldn't understand

Nuk mundja ta kuptoj

the starvation, the destruction,

vdekjen nga uria, shkaterrimin,

the killing of innocent people.

vrasja e njerezve te pa fajshem.

Making sense of those things

Te kuptohen keto gjera

is a very difficult thing to do.

eshte nje gjer shume e veshtire te behet.

And when I was 12, I became an actor.

Dhe kur isha 12, une u bera aktor.

I was bottom of the class. I haven't got any qualifications.

Une isha ne fund te klases. Une nuk kisha asnje kulaifikim.

I was told I was dyslexic.

Me kishin thene qe une isha disleksise.

In fact, I have got qualifications.

Ne fakt, une kam kualifikime.

I got a D in pottery, which was the one thing that I did get --

Une morra D ne poezi, e cila ishte e vetmja gje qe une e morra--

which was useful, obviously.

e cila ishte e dobishme, me sa duket.

And so concern

Dhe keshtu shqetsimi

is where all of this comes from.

eshte nga vije e gjithe kjo gje.

And then, being an actor, I was doing these different kinds of things,

Dhe pastaj, te qenurit nje aktor, une isha duke i bere gjera te ndryshme,

and I felt the content of the work that I was involved in

dhe une ndjeva pergjegjsine e punes ne te cilen isha i involvuar

really wasn't cutting it, that there surely had to be more.

ne te vertete nuk ishte duke pritur, se atje sigurisht duhej te ishte me shume.

And at that point, I read a book by Frank Barnaby,

Dhe ne ate pike, une lexova nje liber nga Frank Barnaby,

this wonderful nuclear physicist,

ky fizikant nuklear i mrekullushem,

and he said that media had a responsibility,

dhe ai tha se media kishte nje pergjegjesi,

that all sectors of society had a responsibility

se te gjithe sektoret e shoqerise kishin nje pergjegjesi

to try and progress things and move things forward.

te perpiqemi dhe te perparojme gjera dhe te levizimim gjerat perpara.

And that fascinated me,

Dhe kjo me fascinoj mua,

because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life.

sepse isha duke u ngaterruar me nje kamere gjithe jeten time.

And then I thought, well maybe I could do something.

Dhe pastaj mendova, mire ndoshta une mund te beja dicka.

Maybe I could become a filmmaker.

Ndoshta une mund te behem nje prodhues filmash.

Maybe I can use the form of film constructively

Ndoshta une mund te perdor formen konstutkive te filmit

to in some way make a difference.

per te bere nje ndryshim.

Maybe there's a little change I can get involved in.

Ndoshta eshte nje ndryshim i vogel ne te cilin mund te perfshihem.

So I started thinking about peace,

Keshtu fillova te mendoj per paqen,

and I was obviously, as I said to you,

dhe une isha i qarte, sic ju thash,

very much moved by these images,

shume i prekur nga keto imazhe,

trying to make sense of that.

duke provuar te kete kuptim ne kete.

Could I go and speak to older and wiser people

A mund te shkoj dhe te flas me njerez me te vjeter dhe me te menqur

who would tell me how they made sense

kush mund te me tregoj si kane kuptim

of the things that are going on?

gjerat qe jane duke ndodhur?

Because it's obviously incredibly frightening.

Sepse kjo eshte padyshim teper e frikeshme.

But I realized that,

Por une kuptova se,

having been messing around with structure as an actor,

duke u ngaterruar me kete strukture si aktor,

that a series of sound bites in itself wasn't enough,

se nje çike ze nuk ishte e mjaftushem,

that there needed to be a mountain to climb,

se atje duhej te ishte nje mal per ta kaluar,

there needed to be a journey that I had to take.

atje duhej te ishte nje udhetim qe une duhej ta merrja.

And if I took that journey,

Dhe nese une morra ate udhetim,

no matter whether it failed or succeeded, it would be completely irrelevant.

pa marre parasysh nese deshton apo ka sukses, do te ishte krejtsisht e pa rendsishme.

The point was that I would have something

Qellimi ishte se une do te kisha dicka

to hook the questions of -- is humankind fundamentally evil?

per te bashkuar pyetjet--

Is the destruction of the world inevitable? Should I have children?

A eshte shkaterrimi i botes i pa evitueshem? A duhet te kem femije?

Is that a responsible thing to do? Etc., etc.

A eshte gje me pergjegjesi? Etj., etj.

So I was thinking about peace,

Pra une po mendoja per paqe,

and then I was thinking, well where's the starting point for peace?

dhe pastaj po mendoja, mire kur eshte pike startuese e paqes?

And that was when I had the idea.

Dhe kjo ishte kur me erdhi kjo ide.

There was no starting point for peace.

Nuk kishte pike stratuse per paqe.

There was no day of global unity.

Nuk kishte dite te unitetit global.

There was no day of intercultural cooperation.

Nuke kishte dite te bashkepunimit nderkulturor.

There was no day when humanity came together,

Nuk kishte dite ku humanizmi u bashkua,

separate in all of those things

i ndare ne gjithe ato gjera

and just shared it together --

dhe vetem shperndau ate--

that we're in this together,

dhe ne jemi sebashku ketu,

and that if we united and we interculturally cooperated,

dhe nese ne te bashkuar dhe ne bashkepunojme nderkulturorisht,

then that might be the key to humanity's survival.

pasataj kjo mund te jete qelsi i mbijeteses se humanizmit.

That might shift the level of consciousness

Kjo mund te ndrroj nivelin e vetdijes

around the fundamental issues that humanity faces --

rreth ceshtjeve thelbsore qe humanizmi i perballon--

if we did it just for a day.

nese ne e kemi bere ate vetem per nje dite.

So obviously we didn't have any money.

Ishte e qarte qe ne nuk kishim para.

I was living at my mom's place.

Une isha duke jetuar tek nena ime.

And we started writing letters to everybody.

Dhe ne filluam te shkruani letera per te gjithe.

You very quickly work out what is it that you've got to do

Ju shume shpejte punoni cka eshte ajo qe ju duhet te beni

to fathom that out.

per te kuptuar.

How do you create a day voted by every single head of state in the world

Si krijoni nje dite e cila votohet nga cdo koke banori te shtetit ne bote

to create the first ever Ceasefire Nonviolence Day,

per te krijuar diten e pare te Ceasefire Nonviolence,

the 21st of September?

21 Shtatori?

And I wanted it to be the 21st of September

Dhe une doja te sihte 21 Shtator

because it was my granddad's favorite number.

sepse ishte numri i preferuar i gjyshit tim.

He was a prisoner of war.

Ai ishte i burgosur i luftes.

He saw the bomb go off at Nagasaki.

Ai pa bomben qe shpertheu ne Nagasaki.

It poisoned his blood. He died when I was 11.

I'a helmoj gjakun. Ai vdiq kur une isha 11.

So he was like my hero.

Pra ai ishte si hero per mua.

And the reason why 21 was the number is

Dhe arsyeja se pse 21 ishte numri eshte

700 men left, 23 came back,

700 burra u larguan, 23 u kthyen,

two died on the boat and 21 hit the ground.

dy vdiqen ne anije dhe 21 rane ne pertoke.

And that's why we wanted it to be the 21st of September as the date of peace.

Dhe kjo eshte arsyeja pse ne deshiruam te ishte 21 Shtatori si date e paqes.

So we began this journey,

Keshtu ne filluam kete udhetim,

and we launched it in 1999.

dhe ne e lancuam ate ne 1999.

And we wrote to heads of state, their ambassadors,

Dhe ne shkurjatem dy kreret e shtetit, ambasadoret e tyre,

Nobel Peace laureates, NGOs, faiths,

laueratet e Nobelit te Paqes, OJT-te, besimet,

various organizations -- literally wrote to everybody.

organizata te ndryshme-- me fjale te tjera shkruam te gjitheve.

And very quickly, some letters started coming back.

Dhe shume shpejet, disa letra u kthyen.

And we started to build this case.

Dhe ne filluam te ndertojme kete rast.

And I remember the first letter.

Dhe une kujtoj letren e pare.

One of the first letters was from the Dalai Lama.

Nje nder letrat e pare ishte nga Dalai Lama.

And of course we didn't have the money; we were playing guitars

Dhe natyrisht ne nuk i kishim parat; ne luanim ne gitare

and getting the money for the stamps that we were sending out all of [this mail].

dhe duke marre para nga pullat postale me te cilat i dergonim te gjitha keto dergesa.

A letter came through from the Dalai Lama saying,

Nje leter erdhi nga Dalai Lama qe thoshte,

"This is an amazing thing. Come and see me.

" Kjo eshte nje gje e mrekullushme. Ejani dhe me takoni mua.

I'd love to talk to you about the first ever day of peace."

Do te doja te flisja rreth dites se pare te paqes."

And we didn't have money for the flight.

Dhe ne nuk kishim para per fluturimin.

And I rang Sir Bob Ayling, who was CEO of BA at the time,

Une e thirra Zoteri Bob Ayling, i cili ishte CEO i BA ne ate kohe,

and said, "Mate, we've got this invitation.

dhe tha, " Shoki, ne e morrem kete ftese.

Could you give me a flight? Because we're going to go see him."

A mundeni te na jepni nje bilete per fluturim? Sepse ne do te shkojme ta shohim ate."

And of course, we went and saw him and it was amazing.

Dhe sigurisht, ne shkuam dhe e pame ate dhe ishte mahnitese.

And then Dr. Oscar Arias came forward.

Dhe pastaj Dr.Oscar erdhi.

And actually, let me go back to that slide,

Dhe, me lerni te kthehem perseri tek ai sllajd,

because when we launched it in 1999 --

sepse kur ne e lancuam ate ne 1999--

this idea to create the first ever day of ceasefire and non-violence --

kjo ide per te krijuar diten e pare te arme pushimit dhe jo-dhunes--

we invited thousands of people.

ne ftuam mijera njerez.

Well not thousands -- hundreds of people, lots of people --

Mire jo me mijera-- qindra njerez, shume njerez--

all the press, because we were going to try and create

i gjithe shtypi, sepse ne do te provonim dhe krijonim

the first ever World Peace Day, a peace day.

Diten e Pare te Paqes, nje dite paqeje.

And we invited everybody,

Dhe ne ftuam te gjithe,

and no press showed up.

asnje shtyp nuk erdhi.

There were 114 people there -- they were mostly my friends and family.

Ishin 114 njerez aty-- shumcia prej tyre ishin shoqeri dhe familja ime.

And that was kind of like the launch of this thing.

Dhe kjo ishte si niefare nisme e kesaj gjeje.

But it didn't matter because we were documenting, and that was the thing.

Por kjo nuk ishte me rendesi, ne po dokumentonim.

For me, it was really about the process.

Per mua, ishte me te vertete rreth pocesit.

It wasn't about the end result.

Nuk kishte te bente me rezultatin final.

And that's the beautiful thing about the camera.

Dhe kjo eshte gjeja e bukur e kameres.

They used to say the pen is mightier than the sword. I think the camera is.

Ata kane thene se lapsi eshte me i forte se shpata. Une mendoj se eshte kamera.

And just staying in the moment with it was a beautiful thing

Vetem qendrimi me te ishte nje gje e bukur

and really empowering actually.

dhe shume e fuqishme faktikisht.

So anyway, we began the journey.

Pra sidoqofte, ne filluam udhtimin.

And here you see people like Mary Robinson, I went to see in Geneva.

Dhe ketu shihni njerez sikur Mary Robinson, shkova ti takoj ne Gjeneve.

I'm cutting my hair, it's getting short and long,

Jam duke i prere floket,

because every time I saw Kofi Annan,

sepse sa here qe e shihja Kofi Annan,

I was so worried that he thought I was a hippie that I cut it,

isha shume i merakosur se mos po mendonte qe une isha hipi keshtu qe i preva,

and that was kind of what was going on.

dhe kjo ishte ajo cka po ndodhte.

(Laughter)

(Buzeqeshje)

Yeah, I'm not worried about it now.

Po, une nuk jam i merakosur per kete tani.

So Mary Robinson,

Pra Mary Robinson,

she said to me, "Listen, this is an idea whose time has come. This must be created."

me tha mua, " Degjo, kjo eshte nje ide koha e se ciles ka ardhur. Kjo duhet te krijohet."

Kofi Annan said, "This will be beneficial to my troops on the ground."

Kofi Annan tha, " Kjo do te jete e dobishme per trupat e mi ne toke."

The OAU at the time, led by Salim Ahmed Salim,

OAU ne ate kohe, i udhehequr nga Salim Ahmed Salim,

said, "I must get the African countries involved."

tha," Une duhet te perfshije vendet Afrikane."

Dr. Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace laureate,

Dr. Oscar Arias, laeurat i Nobelit te Paqes,

president now of Costa Rica,

tani president i Costa Rica-as,

said, "I'll do everything that I can."

tha, " Une do te beje gjithcka qe mundem."

So I went and saw Amr Moussa at the League of Arab States.

Keshtu shkova ta takoj Amr Moussa Bashkimi i Shteteve Arabe.

I met Mandela at the Arusha peace talks,

Takova Mandelen tek Arusha fjalime per paqe,

and so on and so on and so on --

dhe keshtu me rradhe dhe keshtu me rradhe--

while I was building the case

perderisa une isha duke ndertuar ceshtjen

to prove whether this idea

per te vertetuar nese kjo ide

would make sense.

do te kishte kuptim.

And then we were listening to the people. We were documenting everywhere.

Dhe pastaj ne po degjonim njerezit. Ne po demonstronim kudo.

76 countries in the last 12 years, I've visited.

Kam vizituar 76 vende ne 12 vitet e fundit.

And I've always spoken to women and children wherever I've gone.

Dhe une gjithmone kam folur me gra dhe femije kudo qe kam shkuar.

I've recorded 44,000 young people.

Kam reegjistuar 44,000 njerez te rinje.

I've recorded about 900 hours of their thoughts.

Kam regjistruar rreth 900 ore te mendimeve te tyre.

I'm really clear about how young people feel

Une jam shume i qarte rreth asaj se si ndihen njerezit

when you talk to them about this idea

kur ju flisni me ata per kete ide

of having a starting point for their actions for a more peaceful world

per te pasuar nje pikenisje te veprimeve te tyre per nje bote me paqesore

through their poetry, their art, their literature,

permes poezise se tyre, artit te tyre, letersise,

their music, their sport, whatever it might be.

muzikes tyre, sportit, cka do qe mund te jete.

And we were listening to everybody.

Dhe ne po degjonim te gjithe.

And it was an incredibly thing, working with the U.N.

Dhe ishte nje gje e jashtezakonshme, puna me U.N.

and working with NGOs and building this case.

dhe puna me OJQ-te dhe perpilimi i rastit.

I felt that I was presenting a case

U ndjeva sikur une po prezantoj nje rast

on behalf of the global community

ne emer te komunitetit boteror

to try and create this day.

per te provuar dhe krijuar kete dite.

And the stronger the case and the more detailed it was,

Dhe sa me i fuqishem dhe me i detajizuar ishte rasti,

the better chance we had of creating this day.

shance me te mira ne kishim per te krijuar kete dite.

And it was this stuff, this,

Dhe ishte kjo gje, kjo,

where I actually was in the beginning

ku une faktikisht isha ne fillim

kind of thinking no matter what happened, it didn't actually matter.

duke menduar cka do qe te ndodh, s'kishte rendesi.

It didn't matter if it didn't create a day of peace.

Nuk kishte rendesi nese nuk u krijua nje dite e paqes.

The fact is that, if I tried and it didn't work,

Ne fakt, ne qofte provoj dhe nuk funksionoj,

then I could make a statement

pastaj une mund te beje nje deklarim

about how unwilling the global community is to unite --

se sa jo i gatshem eshte komunitetit boterore per bashkim--

until, it was in Somalia, picking up that young girl.

derisa, ishte ne Somali, per te marre ate vajze te vogel.

And this young child

Dhe ky femije i ri

who'd taken about an inch and a half out of her leg with no antiseptic,

te cils i eshte marre nje inç e gjysem prej kembes saj pa antiseptik,

and that young boy who was a child soldier,

dhe ai djale i ri i cili ishte nje ushtar,

who told me he'd killed people -- he was about 12 --

me tregoi mua qe kishte vrare njerez -- ai ishte rreth 12 vjec--

these things made me realize

keto gjera me bene te kuptoja

that this was not a film that I could just stop.

se kjo nuk kishte nje film qe thjeshte mund ta ndalja.

And that actually, at that moment something happened to me,

Dhe ne te vertete, ne ate moment dicka me ndodhi mua,

which obviously made me go, "I'm going to document.

gje qe me beri te, " Te dokumentoj.

If this is the only film that I ever make,

Nese ky eshte i vetmi film qe une e beje

I'm going to document until this becomes a reality."

une do te regjsitroj derisa kjo te behet realitet."

Because we've got to stop, we've got to do something

Sepse ne duhet te ndalemi, ne duhet te bejme dicka

where we unite --

ku ne bashkohemi--

separate from all the politics and religion

te vecnuar nga politika dhe feja

that, as a young person, is confusing me.

qe, si nje person i ri, po me bene konfuz.

I don't know how to get involved in that process.

Une nuk e di si te perfshiem ne ate proces.

And then on the seventh of September, I was invited to New York.

Dhe pastaj me shtate Shtator, une isha ftuar ne New York.

The Costa Rican government and the British government

Qeverisa Kosta Rikes dhe qeveria Britanike

had put forward to the United Nations General Assembly,

kishte vene ne funksion Asemblene e Pergjithshme te Kombeve te Bashkuara,

with 54 co-sponsors,

me 54 bashke-sponzor,

the idea of the first ever Ceasefire Nonviolence Day,

idea e Dites se pare te jo dhunes,

the 21st of September, as a fixed calendar date,

21 Shtatori, si nje date e caktuar ne kalendar,

and it was unanimously adopted by every head of state in the world.

dhe u miratua unanimisht nga çdo kryetar shteti në botë.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

Yeah, but there were hundreds of individuals, obviously, who made that a reality.

Po, por aty ishin qindra individ, qe e bene kete nje realitet.

And thank you to all of them.

Dhe faleminderit per te gjithe ata.

That was an incredible moment.

Ky ishite nje moment i jashtezakonshem.

I was at the top of the General Assembly just looking down into it and seeing it happen.

Une isha ne krye te Asamblese se Pergjithshme vetem duke shikuar gjera si po ndodhnin.

And as I mentioned, when it started,

Dhe sic e ceka, kur filloj,

we were at the Globe, and there was no press.

ne kishim tek Glob, dhe nuk kishte shtyp.

And now I was thinking, "Well, the press it really going to hear this story."

Dhe tani une po mendoja, " Mire, shtypi me te vertete do te degjoj kete histori."

And suddenly, we started to institutionalize this day.

Dhe papritmas, ene filluam ta institucionalizojme keta dite.

Kofi Annan invited me on the morning of September the 11th

Kofi Annan me ftoi mua ne mengjesin e 11 Shtatorit

to do a press conference.

per te bere nje konference per shtyp.

And it was 8:00 AM when I stood there.

Dhe ishte ora 8;00 para dreke kur une qendrova aty.

And I was waiting for him to come down, and I knew that he was on his way.

Dhe une po prisja ate qe te vinte pojste, dhe e dija qe ai ishte rruges duke ardhur.

And obviously he never came down. The statement was never made.

Dhe sic duket ai kurre nuk erdhi. Deklarta kur nuk u be.

The world was never told there was a day of global ceasefire and nonviolence.

Botes kurre nuk i eshte thene qe ishte dita boterore e armepushimit dhe e jo dhunes.

And it was obviously a tragic moment

Dhe sigurisht qe ishte nje moment tragjik

for the thousands of people who lost their lives,

per mijera njerez qe kane humbur jeten e tyre,

there and then subsequently all over the world.

atje dhe pastaj me pas ne tere boten.

It never happened.

Kurre nuk ka ndodhut.

And I remember thinking,

Une une mbaj mend,

"This is exactly why, actually,

" Kjo eshte saktisht pse, faktikisht

we have to work even harder.

ne duhet te punojme edhe me shume.

And we have to make this day work.

Dhe duhet te bejme kjo dite te funksionoj.

It's been created; nobody knows.

Eshte krijuar; askush nuk e di.

But we have to continue this journey,

Por ne duhet te vazhdojme kete udhetim,

and we have to tell people,

dhe ne duhet te ju tregojme njerezve,

and we have to prove it can work."

dhe ne duhet te deshmoje qe mund te funksjonoj."

And I left New York freaked,

Dhe une u largova nga New York i friksuar

but actually empowered.

por aktulaisht i forcuar.

And I felt inspired

Dhe u ndjeva i inspiruar

by the possibilities

nga mundesite

that if it did, then maybe we wouldn't see things like that.

se në qoftë se eshte bërë, atëherë ndoshta ne nuk do të shohim gjëra si të tilla.

I remember putting that film out and going to cynics.

Me kujtohet

I was showing the film,

Une isha duke e treguar filmin,

and I remember being in Israel and getting it absolutely slaughtered

dhe une kujtoj se kam qene ne Izrael dhe duke u masakryar

by some guys having watched the film --

nga disa djem te cilet kishin shikuar filmin--

that it's just a day of peace, it doesn't mean anything.

kjo eshte vetem nje dite e paqes, nuk ka kurrfare kuptimi.

It's not going to work; you're not going to stop the fighting in Afghanistan;

Nuk do te funksionoj; ju nuk do ta ndalin luften ne Afganistan;

the Taliban won't listen, etc., etc.

Talibanet nuk do te ndegjojne, etj., etj.

It's just symbolism.

Eshte vetem simbolizem.

And that was even worse

Dhe kjo eshte edhe me keq

than actually what had just happened in many ways,

se faktikisht cka ka ndodhur nder vite,

because it couldn't not work.

sepse nuk mund te funksiononte.

I'd spoken in Somalia, Burundi, Gaza, the West Bank,

Une kam folur ne Somali, Burundi, Gaza, West Bank,

India, Sri Lanka, Congo, wherever it was,

Inidia, Sri Lanka, Congo, kurdo qe ka qene,

and they'd all tell me, "If you can create a window of opportunity,

dhe ata do te me tregojne mua," Nese mund te krijoni mundesi te reja,

we can move aid, we can vaccinate children.

ne mund te ndihmojme, ne mund te vaksinojme femijet.

Children can lead their projects.

Femijet mund te udheheqin projektet e tyre.

They can unite. They can come together. If people would stop, lives will be saved."

Ata mund te bashkohen. Ata mund te vine se bashku. Nese njerezit do te ndalen, jeterat do te shpetohen."

That's what I'd heard.

Kjo eshte cka kame ndegjuar.

And I'd heard that from the people who really understood what conflict was about.

Dhe une kam degjuar ate nga njerezit te cilet me te vertete kuptuan se per cka ishte konflikti.

And so I went back to the United Nations.

Keshtu qe une u ktheva tek Kombet e Bashkuara.

I decided that I'd continue filming and make another movie.

Vendosa se une do te vazhdoj filmimin dhe te bejme nje film tjter,.

And I went back to the U.N. for another couple of years.

Dhe une u ktheva perseri ne U.N. per disa vite tjera.

We started moving around the corridors of the U.N. system,

Ne filluam te leviznim neper korridoret e U.N,,

governments and NGOs,

qeverive dhe OJQ-ve,

trying desperately to find somebody

duke provuar te gjenim dike

to come forward and have a go at it,

per te dale perpara,

see if we could make it possible.

te shohim nese mund ta bejme te mundshme.

And after lots and lots of meetings obviously,

Dhe pas shume e shume takimeve,

I'm delighted that this man, Ahmad Fawzi,

Une jame i kenaqur se ky njeri, Ahmad Fawzi,

one of my heroes and mentors really,

njeri nder heronjet dhe mentoret e mi,

he managed to get UNICEF involved.

ai u perkujdes qe te perfshij UNICEF-in.

And UNICEF, God bless them, they said, "Okay, we'll have a go."

Dhe UNICEF, Zoti ti bekoj, ata thane, " Ne rregull, do te provojme."

And then UNAMA became involved in Afghanistan.

Dhe pastaj UNAMA u perfshije ne Afganistan.

It was historical. Could it work in Afghanistan

Ishte historike. A mund te funksiononte ne Afganistan

with UNAMA and WHO

me UNAMA dhe WHO

and civil society, etc., etc., etc.?

dhe shoqerine civile, etj., etj., etj.?

And I was getting it all on film and I was recording it,

Dhe une isha duke i filmuar dhe regjistruar te gji tha,

and I was thinking, "This is it. This is the possibility of it maybe working.

dhe po mendoja, " Kjo eshte e gjitha. Kjo eshte mundesia se ndoshta punon.

But even if it doesn't, at least the door is open

Por edhe nese se ben, te pakten dera eshte e hapur

and there's a chance."

dhe ka mundesi."

And so I went back to London,

Dhe keshtu une u ktheva ne Londer,

and I went and saw this chap, Jude Law.

dhe shkova ta takoj kete çun, Jude Law.

And I saw him because he was an actor, I was an actor,

Dhe une e pash ate sepse ai ishte nje aktor, une isha nje aktor,

I had a connection to him,

Une kisha nje lidhje me te,

because we needed to get to the press, we needed this attraction,

sepse ne kishim nevoje te mbrrin tek shtypi, ne kishim nevoje per kete terheqje,

we needed the media to be involved.

ne kishim nevoje qe media te perfshihej.

Because if we start pumping it up a bit maybe more people would listen

Sepse nese ne fillojme te shtyjme ate pak ndoshta disa njerez do te degjojne

and there'd be more --

dhe do te kete me shume--

when we got into certain areas,

kur ne mbrrim ne zona te caktuara,

maybe there would be more people interested.

ndoshta atje do te kishte me shume njerez te interesuar.

And maybe we'd be helped financially a little bit more,

Dhe ndoshta do te ndihmoheshim financiarisht sado pak,

which had been desperately difficult.

gje qe ka qene shume e veshtire.

I won't go into that.

Une nuk do te shkoj ne te.

So Jude said, "Okay, I'll do some statements for you."

Keshtu Jude tha, " Ne rregull, une do te beje disa deklarata per ju."

While I was filming these statements, he said to me, "Where are you going next?"

Derisa po i filmoja keto deklarata, ai me tha mua, " Ku do te shkosh me pas?"

I said, "I'm going to go to Afghanistan." He said, "Really?"

Une thash, "Une do te shkoj ne Afganistan." Ai tha, "Me te vertete?"

And I could sort of see a little look in his eye of interest.

Dhe une mund te shihja nje interesim te vogel ne syte e tij.

So I said to him, "Do you want to come with me?

Keshtu qe i thash atij, " Deshiron te vish me mua?

It'd be really interesting if you came.

Do te ishte shume interesant nese do te vinit.

It would help and bring attention.

Do te ndihmonte dhe te sillni vemnedje.

And that attention

Dhe ajo vemendje

would help leverage the situation,

do te na ndihmoj te siguroj situaten,

as well as all of the other sides of it."

gjithashtu edhe te gjitha pjeset e bukura te saj."

I think there's a number of pillars to success.

Une mendoj qe ka nje numer te shytllave te suksesit.

One is you've got to have a great idea.

Njera eshte se ju duhet te keni nje ide te shkelqyshme.

The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance,

Tjetra eshte se ju duhet te keni nje zgjedhje, ju duhet te keni financa,

and you've got to be able to raise awareness.

dhe ju duhet te jeni ne gjendje te rrisni vetdijesimin.

And actually I could never raise awareness by myself, no matter what I'd achieved.

Dhe faktikisht une kurre nuk mund rris vetedijesimin vetem, pamarre parasysh cka une kam mberritur.

So these guys were absolutely crucial.

Pra, keta djem apsulotisht ishin vendimtar.

So he said yes,

Keshtu ai tha po,

and we found ourselves in Afghanistan.

dhe pame veten tone ne Afganistan.

It was a really incredible thing that when we landed there,

Ishte me te vertete nje gje e pabesushme kur ne zbritem atje,

I was talking to various people, and they were saying to me,

Une po flisja me njerez te ndryshem, dhe ata po me thoshin mua,

"You've got to get everybody involved here.

Ju duhet te perfshini te gjithe ketu.

You can't just expect it to work. You have to get out and work."

Ju nuk mund vetem te prisini qe kjo gje te funksinoj. Ju duhet t'i pervisheni punes."

And we did, and we traveled around,

Dhe ne e beme, dhe udhetuam per rreth,

and we spoke to elders, we spoke to doctors, we spoke to nurses,

dhe ne folem me me te vjeterit, folem me doktoret, folem me infermieret,

we held press conferences, we went out with soldiers,

ne majtem konfernca per shtyp, ne dolem me ushtare,

we sat down with ISAF, we sat down with NATO,

ne u ulem me ISAF, u ulem me NATO,

we sat down with the U.K. government.

u ulem me qeverine U.K.

I mean, we basically sat down with everybody --

Mendoj, ne faktikisht diskutuam me te gjithe--

in and out of schools with ministers of education,

brenda dhe jashte shkollave me mintstra te edukimit,

holding these press conferences,

duke mbajtur keto konferenca per shtyp,

which of course, now were loaded with press, everybody was there.

te cilat sigurisht, ishin ngarkuar me shtyp,

There was an interest in what was going on.

Kishte interesim se cka po ndoshte.

This amazing woman, Fatima Gailani, was absolutely instrumental in what went on

Kjo grua e mahnitshme Fatima Gailano, ishte absoultisht e rendesishme ne ate qe ishte duke ndodhur

as she was the spokesperson for the resistance against the Russians.

pasiqe ajo ishte zedhenese e rezistences kunder Ruseve.

And her Afghan network

Dhe rrejti i saj Afgan

was just absolutely everywhere.

ishte absolutisht kudo.

And she was really crucial in getting the message in.

Dhe ajo ishte me te vertete vendimtare ne marrjen e mesazhit.

And then we went home. We'd sort of done it.

Dhe pastaj ne shkuam ne shtepi. Ne gati se e beme ate.

We had to wait now and see what happened.

Ne duhej te prisnim tani dhe ta shihnim si do te ndodhnin gjerat.

And I got home,

Dhe shkova ne shtepi,

and I remember one of the team bringing in a letter to me

dhe me kujtohet njera nga sukadrat duke me sjellur letren mua

from the Taliban.

nga Talibani.

And that letter basically said, "We'll observe this day.

Dhe ajo leter thoshte, " Ne do te mbikqyrim kete dite.

We will observe this day.

Ne do te mbikqyrim kete dite.

We see it as a window of opportunity.

Ne e shohim kete si nje mundesi.

And we will not engage. We're not going to engage."

Dhe ne nuk do te angazhohemi. Ne nuk do te angazhohemi."

And that meant that humanitarian workers

Dhe kjo do te thote se punetoret humanitar

wouldn't be kidnapped or killed.

nuk do te kisnapoheshin ose vriteshin.

And then suddenly, I obviously knew at this point, there was a chance.

Dhe paparitmas, une e dita se ne kete pike, ishte nje shans.

And days later,

Dhe dite me vone,

1.6 million children were vaccinated against polio

1.6 milion femije u vaksinuan kunder polio

as a consequence of everybody stopping.

si pasoj e ndalimit te te gjithve.

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And like the General Assembly,

Dhe sikur Asamblea e Pergjithshme,

obviously the most wonderful, wonderful moment.

sigurisht se momenti me i mire.

And so then we wrapped the film up and we put it together

Dhe keshtu ne perfunduam filmin dhe e beme se bashku

because we had to go back.

sepse ne duhet te kthehshim.

We put it into Dari and Pashto. We put it in the local dialects.

Ne e vendosem ne Dari dhe Pashto.Ne e beme ne dialtektet lokale.

We went back to Afghanistan,

Ne shkuam perseri ne Afganistan,

because the next year was coming, and we wanted to support.

sepse viti i ardhshem pi vinte, dhe ne donim te mbeshtetje.

But more importantly, we wanted to go back,

Por me e rendesishmja, ne deshironim te kthehemi,

because these people in Afghanistan were the heroes.

sepse keta njerez ne Afganistan ishin heronjet.

They were the people who believed in peace

Ata ishin njerezit te cilet besuan ne paqe

and the possibilities of it, etc., etc. -- and they made it real.

dhe mundesite e saj , etj., eyj.-- dhe ata e bene ate realitet.

And we wanted to go back and show them the film

Ne deshironim te ktheheshim dhe te ju tregojme atyre filmin

and say, "Look, you guys made this possible. And thank you very much."

dhe te themi, " Shikoni, ju e bete kete gje te mundur. Dhe faleminderit shume."

And we gave the film over.

Dhe ne i dhame fund filmit.

Obviously it was shown, and it was amazing.

Me sa duket u demonstrua, dhe ishte e mahnitshme.

And then that year, that year, 2008,

Dhe pastaj ate vit, ate vit, 2008,

this ISAF statement from Kabul, Afghanistan, September 17th:

kjo deklarate e ISAF nga Kabul, Afganistan, 17 Shtator:

"General Stanley McChrystal,

" Gjenerali Stanley McChrystal,

commander of international security assistance forces in Afghanistan,

komandanti i forcave ndërkombëtare të ndihmës të sigurisë në Afganistan,

announced today ISAF will not conduct offensive military operations

ISAF njoftoi sot nuk do të kryejë operacione ofensive ushtarake

on the 21st of September."

me 21 Shtator."

They were saying they would stop.

Ata po thonim qe duhet te ndalonin.

And then there was this other statement

Dhe pastaj doli kjo deklarate tjter

that came out from the U.N. Department of Security and Safety

qe edhi nga U.N. Departamenti i Mbrojtjes dhe Sigurise

saying that, in Afghanistan,

qe thoshte se, ne Afganistan,

because of this work,

per shkak te kesaj pune,

the violence was down by 70 percent.

dhuna eshte ulur per 70 perqind.

70 percent reduction in violence on this day at least.

70 perqind ulje e dhunes te pakten ne kete dite.

And that completely blew my mind

Dhe kjo krejtsisht me ra ne mendje

almost more than anything.

gati me shume se asgje.

And I remember being stuck in New York, this time because of the volcano,

Dhe me kujtohet qe une mbeta ne New York, si pasoje e vullkanit,

which was obviously much less harmful.

i cili padyshim ishte me pak i demshem.

And I was there thinking about what was going on.

Dhe une isha atje duke menduar per gjerat qe po ndodhnin.

And I kept thinking about this 70 percent.

Dhe vazhdoja te mendoja per kete 70 perqind.

70 percent reduction in violence --

70 perqind reduktim ne dhune--

in what everyone said was completely impossible

per te cilen te gjithe thane ishte krjetsisht e pa mundur

and you couldn't do.

dhe se ti nuk mund ta besh.

And that made me think that, if we can get 70 percent in Afghanistan,

Dhe kjo me beri te mendoj se, nese ne mund te marrim 70 perqind ne Afganistan,

then surely we can get 70 percent reduction everywhere.

pastaj sigurisht qe ne mund te marrim 70 perqind zvogelim kudo.

We have to go for a global truce.

Ne duhet te bejme nje armepushim global.

We have to utilize this day of ceasefire and nonviolence

Ne duhet te shfrytezojme kete dite te armepushimit dhe jo dhunes

and go for a global truce,

dhe te bejme armepushim global,

go for the largest recorded cessation of hostilities,

te bejme regjistrimin me te madh te nderprehjes se vperimeve ushtarake,

both domestically and internationally, ever recorded.

si mbrenda edhe jashte vendit.

That's exactly what we must do.

Kjo eshte saktsisht ajo cka duhet te bejme.

And on the 21st of September this year,

Dhe me 21 Shtator te ketij viti,

we're going to launch that campaign at the O2 Arena

ne do te lansojme ate kampanje tek Arena O2

to go for that process,

per te shkuar per kete proces,

to try and create the largest recorded cessation of hostilities.

per te provuar dhe krijuar regjistrimin me te madh te nderprehjes se veprimeve luftarke.

And we will utilize all kinds of things --

Dhe do te shfrytezojme te gjitha llojet e gjerave--

have a dance and social media

te kercejme dhe mediat shoqerore

and visiting on Facebook and visit the website, sign the petition.

te vizitojme Facebook-u te vzitojme website, te nenshkruajme peticiom/

And it's in the six official languages of the United Nations.

Dhe eshte ne gjashte gjuhet zyrtare ne Kombeve te Bashkuara.

And we'll globally link with government, inter-government,

Ne ne globaslisht do te lidhemi me qenderine, nder-qeverisjen,

non-government, education, unions, sports.

jo-qeveritarem edukimi, sindikatat, sportet.

And you can see the education box there.

Dje ju mund ta shihini kutine e arsimit atje.

We've got resources at the moment in 174 countries

Ne per momentin kemi burime ne 174 shtete

trying to get young people to be the driving force

duke u munduar qe te fusim rinine ne force levizese

behind the vision of that global truce.

pas vizionit te armepushimit global.

And obviously the life-saving is increased, the concepts help.

Dhe natyrisht sigurimi i jetes eshte rritur, konceptet ndihmojne.

Linking up with the Olympics --

Lidhja me Olimpiaden--

I went and saw Seb Coe. I said, "London 2012 is about truce.

Une shkova ta takoj Seb Coe. I thash, " Londra 2012 eshte drejt armepushimit.

Ultimately, that's what it's about."

Ne fund te fundit, kjo e gjitha."

Why don't we all team up? Why don't we bring truce to life?

Pse nuk po bashkohemi te gjithe? Pse nuk e sjellim armepushimin ne funksion?

Why don't you support the process of the largest ever global truce?

Pse ju nuk mbeshteni procesin e armepushimit me te madhe global?

We'll make a new film about this process.

Ne do te bejme nje film te ri rreth ketij procesi.

We'll utilize sport and football.

Ne do te perdorim sportin dhe futbollin.

On the Day of Peace, there's thousands of football matches all played,

Ne diten e Paqes, ka me mijera ndeshje futbolli qe luhen,

from the favelas of Brazil to wherever it might be.

nga djelmoshat e Brazilit.

So, utilizing all of these ways

Pra, perdorimi i te gjithe ketyre menyrave

to inspire individual action.

per te inspiruar veprimin individual.

And ultimately, we have to try that.

Dhe natyrisht se ne do te provojme ate.

We have to work together.

Ne duhet te punojme bashke.

And when I stand here in front of all of you,

Dhe kur qendroj perballe juve ,

and the people who will watch these things,

dhe njerezit te cilet do te shikojne keto gjera,

I'm excited, on behalf of everybody I've met,

Une jam shume i lumtur, ne emer te gjitheve atyre qe kam takuar,

that there is a possibility that our world could unite,

se eshte nje mundesi qe bota jone mund te bashkohet,

that we could come together as one,

se ne mund te behemi sebashku si nje,

that we could lift the level of consciousness around the fundamental issues,

ne mund te rrisim nivelin e ndergjegjsimit rreth ceshtjeve thelbsore,

brought about by individuals.

te cilat jane sjell nga individ.

I was with Brahimi, Ambassador Brahimi.

Une isha me Brahimi, Amasador Brahimi.

I think he's one of the most incredible men

Une mendoj se ai eshte njeriu me i jashtezakonshem

in relation to international politics -- in Afghanistan, in Iraq.

ne lidhje me politikat internacionale-- ne Afganistan, ne Irak.

He's an amazing man.

Ai eshte nje njeri i mrekullushem.

And I sat with him a few weeks ago.

Dhe bisedova me te disa jave me pare.

And I said to him, "Mr. Brahimi, is this nuts, going for a global truce?

Dhe i thash atij, " Z. Brahimi, ky i krisur a eshte duke bere armepushim?

Is this possible? Is it really possible that we could do this?"

A eshte kjo e mundur? A eshte me te vertete e mundur qe ne mund ta bejme kete?"

He said, "It's absolutely possible."

Ai tha, " Eshte apsolutisht e mundur."

I said, "What would you do?

Une thash, " Cka do te benit ju?

Would you go to governments and lobby and use the system?"

A do te shkonit ne qeveri dhe te ndikoni ne perodrimin e sistemir?"

He said, "No, I'd talk to the individuals."

Ai tha, ' Jo, une do te flas me individ."

It's all about the individuals.

Te gjitha jane rreth individeve.

It's all about you and me.

Eshte e gjitha per mua dhe ty.

It's all about partnerships.

Eshte e gjitha rreth partneritetit.

It's about your constituencies; it's about your businesses.

Eshte e ggjitha rreth zoneve elektorale; rreth biznesit tuaj.

Because together, by working together,

Sepse sebashku, duke punuar sebashku,

I seriously think we can start to change things.

Une me te vertete mendoj se ne mund te fillojme te ndryshojme gjera.

And there's a wonderful man sitting in this audience, and I don't know where he is,

Dhe eshte nje njeri i mrekullushem i ulur ne audience, dhe nuk e di se ku eshte ai,

who said to me a few days ago -- because I did a little rehearsal --

i cili me tha mua disa dite me pare-- sepse une bera pak perseritje--

and he said, "I've been thinking about this day

dhe ai tha, " Une kam qene duke menduar per kete dite

and imagining it as a square

dhe duke e imagjinaur ate si nje katror

with 365 squares,

me 365 katrore,

and one of them is white."

dhe njera nga to eshte e bardhe."

And it then made me think about a glass of water, which is clear.

Dhe ajo gje me beri te mendoj per nje gote me uje, e cila eshte e paster.

If you put one drop,

Nese e vendosni nje pike,

one drop of something, in that water,

nje pike te dickaje, ne ate uje,

it'll change it forever.

do ta ndryshoj ate pergjithmone.

By working together, we can create peace one day.

Duke punuar sebashku, ne mund te krijojme paqe ne nje dite.

Thank you TED. Thank you.

Faleminderit TED. Faleminderit.

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Thank you.

Faleminderit.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

Thanks a lot.

Faleminderit shume.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Faleminderit shume. Faleminderit.