Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace

翻译人员: Angelia King 校对人员: Xu Jiang

I'm actually here

我真正来这

to make a challenge to people.

是要给大家一个挑战。

I know there have been many challenges made to people.

我也知道大家已经有很多挑战。

The one I'm going to make

我要讲的挑战

is that it is time for us to reclaim

是让我们大家重审

what peace really means.

和平的真正含义。

Peace is not "Kumbaya, my Lord."

和平不是“祈求上帝，让和平来到我这吧。”

Peace is not the dove and the rainbow --

和平也不是如这副图里的和平鸽和彩虹

as lovely as they are.

那么可爱。

When I see the symbols

当我看到

of the rainbow and the dove,

彩虹和和平鸽的象征，

I think of personal serenity.

我内心感到平静，

I think of meditation.

并沉思默想。

I do not think

关于和平，

about what I consider to be peace,

我认为

which is sustainable peace

不带有公正性和公平性的和平

with justice and equality.

不是持久的和平。

It is a sustainable peace

持久的和平

in which the majority of people

是要让多数的人们

on this planet

在这个星球上

have access to enough resources

能有机会获得足够多的资源

to live dignified lives,

来有尊严的活着，

where these people have enough access

他们也有权

to education

得到教育

and health care,

和医疗保健，

so that they can live in freedom from want

这样他们才可以摆脱贫困

and freedom from fear.

摆脱恐惧。

This is called human security.

这被称为人类的基本安全。

And I am not a complete pacifist

我并不是一个完全意义上的和平主义者

like some of my really, really heavy-duty,

比起我一些任务繁重，

non-violent friends,

倡导非暴力的朋友们，

like Mairead McGuire.

比如梅雷亚德·麦圭尔Mairead McGuire。

I understand that humans

我明白我们人类

are so "messed up" --

把事情弄砸了--

to use a nice word,

来用这个好听的词汇，

because I promised my mom

因为我向我妈许诺

I'd stop using the F-bomb in public.

我不会当众用F打头的词来咒骂。

And I'm trying harder and harder.

我尽量努力做到。

Mom, I'm really trying.

妈妈，我的确再努力。

We need a little bit of police;

我们需要很少的警力，

we need a little bit of military,

我们也需要很少的军事力量，

but for defense.

但这都是为了国防。

We need to redefine

我们要重新定义

what makes us secure

在这世上，什么会使我们

in this world.

感到安全。

It is not arming our country

安全不意味着让我们的国家

to the teeth.

全副武装。

It is not getting other countries

也不是让其他的国家

to arm themselves to the teeth

买我们生产的武器

with the weapons that we produce

来全副武装

and we sell them.

他们。

It is using that money more rationally

和平是指合理地花钱，

to make the countries of the world secure,

使得世界上的各个国家变得安全，

to make the people of the world secure.

世上的人民更加安全。

I was thinking about

我这就想到

the recent ongoings

最近

in Congress,

在国会的提案，

where the president is offering

总统要拨款

8.4 billion dollars

84亿美元

to try to get the START vote.

促成中俄新削减战略武器条约。

I certainly support the START vote.

我当然也支持中俄新削减战略武器条约。

But he's offering 84 billion dollars

但是他拨款840亿美元

for the modernizing

来使核武器

of nuclear weapons.

现代化。

Do you know the figure that the U.N. talks about

大家该知道联合国谈到

for fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals

要完成联合国千年发展目标

is 80 billion dollars?

需要800亿美元的这个数目？

Just that little bit of money,

就是这么点钱，

which to me, I wish it was in my bank account --

对我而言，我希望我银行账户有这么多钱，

it's not, but ...

但是我没有。

In global terms, it's a little bit of money.

在全球范围看，这数目是极少的钱。

But it's going to modernize weapons

但是有钱来搞现代化武器，

we do not need

我们并不需要武器，

and will not be gotten rid of in our lifetime,

在我们一生中我们也用不着武器，

unless we get up off our ...

除非我们站起来

and take action to make it happen,

采取行动，来改变；

unless we begin to believe

除非我们开始相信

that all of the things that we've been hearing about

我们所听到的

in these last two days

这最近两天所有的事

are elements of what come together

都是让我们大家一致

to make human security.

努力使得人类更安全。

It is saving the tigers.

和平也意味拯救濒危物种老虎。

It is stopping the tar sands.

它也指停止焦油砂的开采。

It is having access

它还指能运用

to medical equipment

医疗器械

that can actually tell who does have cancer.

尽可能地帮助癌症患者。

It is all of those things.

这所有的事都意味着安全和平。

It is using our money for all of those things.

我们要合理地在这所有方面花钱。

It is about action.

和平也是有关行动的。

I was in Hiroshima

几个星期前，

a couple of weeks ago,

我

and His Holiness --

和教皇陛下在广岛--

we're sitting there in front of thousands of people in the city,

当时我们，大概有8位诺贝尔奖得主，

and there were about eight of us Nobel laureates.

在那座城市面对着数千人。

And he's a bad guy. He's like a bad kid in church.

他是个坏人；就像个在教堂的坏孩子。

We're staring at everybody, waiting our turn to speak,

我们看着每个人，等着轮到我们的发言，

and he leans over to me, and he says,

他斜靠着我说道，

"Jody, I'm a Buddhist monk."

“茱迪，我是个信佛的和尚。”

I said, "Yes, Your Holiness.

我说，“是吗，教皇陛下？

Your robe gives it away."

你的教袍可不是这么说哦。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

He said, "You know

他说，“你知道

that I kind of like meditation, and I pray."

我喜欢冥想，然后祈祷。”

I said, "That's good. That's good.

我说，“那好呀。很棒。

We need that in the world.

我们这世界上正需要它。

I don't follow that, but that's cool."

我没有冥思祈祷过，但那很酷。”

And he says, "But I have become skeptical.

他说，“但我开始质疑了。

I do not believe

我不再相信

that meditation and prayer

冥思和祈祷

will change this world.

会改变这个世界。

I think what we need

我认为我们需要的

is action."

是行动。”

His Holiness, in his robes,

教皇陛下，在他的任期内，

is my new action hero.

变成我新的行动楷模。

I spoke with Aung Sun Suu Kyi

前几天，我和昂山素季讲过话

a couple of days ago.

通过话。

As most of you know,

大家大都知道，

she's a hero for democracy in her country, Burma.

她在缅甸是个民主英雄。

You probably also know

你大概也知道

that she has spent 15 of the last 20 years

她最近20年中有15年

imprisoned for her efforts

是被监禁，因为她致力于

to bring about democracy.

把民主带到她的国家。

She was just released a couple of weeks ago,

几个星期前她刚被释放，

and we're very concerned to see how long she will be free,

我们都非常关心她能自由多久，

because she is already out in the streets in Rangoon,

因为她已经能在仰光的街头自由行走，

agitating for change.

鼓动求变革。

She is already out in the streets, working with the party

她已经串行于街头，和党派组织一起

to try to rebuild it.

努力重建民主。

But I talked to her for a range of issues.

但我和她谈到一系列问题时，

But one thing that I want to say,

有一件事我想说，

because it's similar to what His Holiness said.

因为她和教皇陛下说得一模一样。

She said, "You know, we have a long road to go

她说，“你知道，要在我的国家

to finally get democracy in my country.

取得民主还有一段漫长的路要走。

But I don't believe in hope

但我相信

without endeavor.

只有艰苦卓绝的努力，才会有希望。

I don't believe in the hope of change,

我不相信变革有希望，

unless we take action

除非

to make it so."

我们采取行动。”

Here's another woman hero of mine.

这是另一位我眼中的女英雄。

She's my friend, Dr. Shirin Ebadi,

她是我的朋友，希林·伊巴迪博士，

the first Muslim woman

第一位获得了诺贝尔和平奖的

to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

穆斯林女性。

She has been in exile

她已经被流放

for the last year and a half.

了一年半。

You ask her where she lives -- where does she live in exile?

当你问她，她流放期间都住在哪？

She says the airports of the world.

她会说世界上的机场。

She is traveling because she was out of the country

她之所以到处旅行是因为

at the time of the elections.

她在大选期间被驱逐出她的国家。

And instead of going home,

相反要回家，

she conferred with all the other women that she works with,

她反而赋予跟她一起工作的其它女性一个任务，

who said to her, "Stay out. We need you out.

对她说，“呆在国外。我们需要你在外面代表我们。

We need to be able to talk to you out there,

我们需要同在外面的说话，

so that you can give the message

这样你能够知晓

of what's happening here."

这里发生的任何事。”

A year and a half --

一年半来，

she's out speaking

她到处发言

on behalf of the other women in her country.

代表着她本国其他女性的心声。

Wangari Maathai --

旺加里·马塔伊-

2004 Peace laureate.

2004年和平奖得主。

They call her the "Tree Lady,"

大家称她为种树女使者，

but she's more than the Tree Lady.

但她做了更多的事。

Working for peace

致力于和平工作

is very creative.

需要特别有创意。

It's hard work every day.

每一天都是艰苦卓绝的工作。

When she was planting those trees,

当她种下这些树时，

I don't think most people understand

我不清楚多数人是否理解，

that, at the same time,

在当时，

she was using the action

她得动员

of getting people together to plant those trees

人们一同行动来种下这些树，

to talk about how to overcome

谈论如何对付

the authoritarian government in her country.

她本国的独裁政府。

People could not gather

在政府的捣毁行为下，人们是没法聚集在一起，

without getting busted and taken to jail.

也会被送进监狱。

But if they were together planting trees for the environment,

但如果人们为环境保护共同种树，

it was okay --

那就是

creativity.

创新性的工作。

But it's not just iconic women

但和平不仅仅是指这些具有代表性的女性，

like Shirin,

如希林，

like Aung Sun Suu Kyi, like Wangari Maathai --

昂山素季和旺加里·马塔伊；

it is other women in the world

和平也是有关世界上的任何女性

who are also struggling together

她们也都在努力奋斗

to change this world.

改变这世界。

The Women's League of Burma,

缅甸妇女联盟-

11 individual organizations of Burmese women

一个由缅甸女性11个独立组织的组成的联盟

came together because there's strength in numbers.

她们聚在一起是因为数量上的力量。

Working together is what changes our world.

共同努力才会改变我们的世界。

The Million Signatures Campaign

在缅甸由妇女

of women inside Burma

发起的万人签名运动

working together to change human rights,

共同为了改善人权做努力，

to bring democracy to that country.

把民主带到她们的国家。

When one is arrested and taken to prison,

当一个人被逮捕进监狱，

another one comes out and joins the movement,

另一个人又站起来，加入这运动，

recognizing that if they work together,

她们意识到，只有她们协同一致地工作，

they will ultimately bring change

她们最终才会给她们的国家

in their own country.

带来改变。

Mairead McGuire in the middle,

这幅图中间的是梅雷亚德·麦圭尔，

Betty Williams on the right-hand side --

贝蒂·威廉斯在右手边，

bringing peace to Northern Ireland.

把和平带给北爱尔兰。

I'll tell you the quick story.

我要给大家将个简单的故事。

An IRA driver was shot,

一名爱尔兰共和军的驾驶员被打死了，

and his car plowed into people

他的汽车朝街边的行人们

on the side of the street.

撞去。

There was a mother and three children.

那里有一位母亲和3名儿童。

The children were killed on the spot.

3名儿童当场被撞死。

It was Mairead's sister.

这位母亲是梅雷亚德的姐姐。

Instead of giving in

与其在

to grief, depression, defeat

悲伤，绝望，悲痛中苦不堪言，

in the face of that violence,

还不如面对这场暴力，

Mairead hooked up with Betty --

梅雷亚德携手贝蒂一起

a staunch Protestant and a staunch Catholic --

联合坚定的新教派和坚定的天主教派人员，

and they took to the streets

他们走上街头

to say, "No more violence."

宣传“停止暴力。”

And they were able to get

她们号集了

tens of thousands of, primarily, women, some men,

数以万计的人们，主要是女性--还有一些男性--

in the streets to bring about change.

走上街头，要求改变。

And they have been

她们一直都

part of what brought peace to Northern Ireland,

致力于把和平带到北爱尔兰，

and they're still working on it,

她们还为此孜孜不倦地工作着，

because there's still a lot more to do.

因为还有很多工作要做。

This is Rigoberta Menchu Tum.

这位是瑞格博塔·梦珠·图姆Rigoberta Menchu Tum。

She also received the Peace Prize.

她也获得过和平奖。

She is now running for president.

她目前在竞选总统。

She is educating the indigenous people of her country

她在教育她国家的土著居民

about what it means to be a democracy,

民主意味着什么，

about how you bring democracy to the country,

大家怎样共同努力可以把民主带到当地，

about educating, about how to vote --

教育大家如何投票--

but that democracy is not just about voting;

但是这民主不仅仅是关于投票权，

it's about being an active citizen.

它更是让大家成为一名积极踊跃的公民。

That's what I got stuck doing --

然后这是我从事的工作-

the landmine campaign.

国际反地雷组织。

One of the things that made this campaign work

让这个运动成型的关键之一

is because we grew from two NGOs

是从2个非政府组织开始壮大

to thousands

到

in 90 countries around the world,

遍及世界上的90个国家的数以千计的人们

working together in common cause to ban landmines.

为了一个共同的事业“禁止地雷”努力。

Some of the people who worked in our campaign

为这项运动努力的一些人

could only work maybe an hour a month.

有可能每月仅能工作1小时。

They could maybe volunteer that much.

他们能志愿的时间只有这么多。

There were others, like myself,

也有像我一样的其他人，

who were full-time.

我们是全职工作。

But it was the actions, together, of all of us

但是这项运动是大家共同行动，

that brought about that change.

带来和平的改变。

In my view, what we need today

以我看，我们今天所需的

is people getting up

是让人们站起来，

and taking action

行动起来，

to reclaim the meaning of peace.

重新诠释和平的意义。

It's not a dirty word.

世界不应该是肮脏的。

It's hard work every single day.

每一天都要辛勤得工作。

And if each of us

假如我们中的每一个人

who cares about the different things we care about

都能关心我们所关心的不同之处

got up off our butts

并站出来，

and volunteered

尽我们所能，

as much time as we could,

做我们所能做的，

we would change this world,

我们就会改变这世界，

we would save this world.

我们就会拯救这世界。

And we can't wait for the other guy. We have to do it ourselves.

我们等不了其他人来做了，我们必须自己行动起来。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）