国际组织在2010年世界教师日的联合致辞.doc

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO 联合国教科文组织总干事 伊琳娜·博科娃 Juan Somavia, Director-General of ILO（International Labor Organization）；（United Nations Development Program）（United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund）Recovery Begins with Teachers --Message from the heads of UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, ILO and Education International on the occasion of the World Teachers’Day 2010 5 October 2010 复兴始于教师 ——国际组织在2010年世界教师日的联合致辞 2010年10月5日 Today, on World Teachers’Day, we pay homage to all teachers for their pivotal role in shaping children’s lives and for their critical contribution to the social, economic and intellectual development of nations. Teachers are change agents, providing the impetus for the emergence of educated communities. 今天是世界教师日，值此之际，我们向所有教师致以崇高敬意，感谢他们在改变儿童的命运中发挥的关键作用，以及对各国社会、经济和智力发展做出的重要贡献。教师是变革的动因，他们推动了有教养社会的形成。 Many teachers work in extremely challenging circumstances, serving in communities with high rates of poverty, coping with violence within and outside the classroom, or confronting the demoralizing impact of HIV and AIDS on colleagues, students and families. There are those who are seeking to ensure the right to education of 18.5 million refugee children throughout the world. In countries affected by conflict, teachers are instrumental to reconstruction and peace-building. 许多教师在极具挑战性的环境下工作，供职于贫困发生率很高的社区，要与校内校外的暴力作斗争，抵抗艾滋病毒和艾滋病给同仁、学生和家庭造成的意志消沉。有些教师正在想方设法保证世界各地1,850 万难民儿童的受教育权。在受到冲突影响的国家，教师们在协助重建国家、建设和平。 We take this opportunity to commend the efforts of teachers, especially female teachers, who accept to serve in high risk, deprived and disadvantaged areas, reaching out to the excluded, and bringing them the prospect of a better life through education. Teachers are also crucial to sustainable recovery and growth in post-conflict and emergency situations. In Haiti, the devastating earthquake that struck last January claimed the lives of some 38,000 pupils and 1,300 teachers and education personnel. In Pakistan, according to UN estimates, half of