联合国秘书长潘基文在华盛顿大学荣誉法学博士学位颁发仪式上的讲话.docVIP

Speech at University of Washington Special Convocation to Confer Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws Rights, responsibilities and renewed multilateralism Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Seattle, 26 October 2009 联合国秘书长潘基文在华盛顿大学荣誉法学博士学位颁发仪式上发表讲话 “权利、义务和新多边主义” 2009年10月26日，西雅图 Dr. Mark Emmert, President of the University of Washington, Hon. Mr. Gates Senior, Hon. Governor of the State of Washington, Chris Gregoire, Distinguished faculty members, staff and dear students, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, 尊敬的华盛顿大学校长马克·艾莫特博士， 尊敬的盖茨先生， 尊敬的华盛顿州州长克里斯汀·格雷戈勒女士， 尊敬的华盛顿大学教职员工，亲爱的同学们， 尊敬的来宾， 女士们，先生们： A great Seattle philosopher once said: Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. The philosopher was none other than Jimi Hendrix. I may be the first sitting UN Secretary-General to give a public address in Seattle. But, I am certainly the first to quote Hendrix. 一位伟大的西雅图哲学家曾经说过：“知识开口，智慧倾听”。这位“哲学家”不是旁人，他就是吉米·亨德里克斯 You know, I just had a grilling session by the student body. Fifty of your fellow students just quizzed me on the State of the World. I felt like a PhD student defending my thesis. ou may call this an honorary doctorate degree. But I think I just earned it. 当然，刚才学生会的同学轮番向我提问。五十名同学向我提出了关于世界局势的问题。我感觉自己像在参加论文答辩的博士生。可能你们将此称之为荣誉博士学位，但在我想我是通过刚才的答辩获得的此项殊荣。 Ladies and Gentlemen, 女士们，先生们！ I am not sure whether this is appropriate in this very solemn ceremony to say a few words of my personal reflection. People say that good things come to those who wait. And, I know that is true. I will tell you why. 我不知道在这样庄严的场合稍微谈一下我的个人经历是否合适。人们都说好事多磨。的确如此，现在我就来说一说为什么好事多磨。 Almost 40 years ago, when President Nixon of the United States had established a diplomatic relationship with the People’s Republic of China, there was a high expectation in the United States about how to improve their relationship with the People Republic of China, and they might have wanted to have some perspectives of an Asian person. 大约四十年前，尼克松总统在职期间，美国与中华人民共和国正式建交。当时，美国政府迫切期待加强美中关系，或许也想了解一下亚洲人。 I was a very junior, youn