联合国秘书长潘基文在出席广岛欢迎仪式上的讲话（英文版）

I have come to Hiroshima on a pilgrimage for peace. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Every world leader should join us along this path.

Disarmament is among the most important, most noble, goals of the United Nations.

And I would like to say, as well, that it is a goal to which I have devoted much of my life.

We are neighbors, Korea and Japan. We, too, know what it is to live under the nuclear shadow.

That is why I feel especially honored to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to join you here for the Peace Memorial Ceremony.

Hiroshima is a city of legend? both ancient and modern, a symbol as well as an inspiration.

It is one thing to read and hear your history from afar, another see it, to experience it, to share in it with you.

You, the people of Hiroshima, know better than most the darkness of war.

You also know, better than most, the light of hope, the unquenchable spirit of humankind at its finest.

You have done more than rebuild your city. You are building a better world for our children.

After the horror of that dark day, 65 years ago, you might have retreated into anguish, into anger or despair.

Instead, you sent a different message to the world.

You have told the stories that only you can tell: stories of watching your families and loved ones suffer, seeing your beautiful city disappear, living with the fear of sickness and the after-effects on your children? for years, even generations.

You have spoken to us, eloquently and truthfully, about the human cost of nuclear weapons.

You have urged us to never forget.

Above all, you have called on us to act.

In doing so, you have become more than citizens of Hiroshima.

You have become citizens of the world, delivering a call that resounds around the world:

No more Hiroshimas.

No more Nagasakis.

Never again.

Ladies and gentlemen:

Like you, I bring a clear message.

That message is hope. Hope for peace, hope for a lifting of the nuclear shadow.

Everywhere, momentum is building.

Everywhere, the name of Hiroshima echoes.

It is a summons, a global call to action, from ground zero to Global Zero ? a world free of nuclear weapons.

We see encouraging new commitments by the world's nuclear powers:

A new START treaty between Russia and the United States;

Important progress at the Washington Summit on Nuclear Security, to be followed by a summit in Korea in 2012;

Advances at the recent review of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations;

Above all, a rising chorus of conscience from civil society.

From leaders such as Mayor Akiba, Mayor Taue of Nagasaki and the Mayors for Peace movement.

From representatives of the world's religions, lawyers, doctors, environmentalists, labor leaders, women, human rights activists, parliamentarians.

Even former military officials are speaking out: statesmen once responsible for nuclear weapons policies.

Yes, I know. There are doubters, still.

Disarmament, they say, is a dream ? utopian, premature, impractical, unrealistic.

In fact, these terms more accurately apply to the alternative.

Yet what is this alternative: an endless reliance on nuclear deterrence, a constant arms race, unbridled military spending and a waste of taxpayer dollars.

We must call these for what they are: illusions -- delusions of security.

Let us live in the real world.

There are more than twenty-thousand nuclear weapons in the world today.

The nuclear weapons capability of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea poses a serious security threat to the region and beyond. I urge the DPRK to take concrete actions towards verifiable de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

There are serious concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program. I repeat my call for the government to fully comply with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and provide the fullest cooperation to the IAEA to resolve any concerns over its nuclear programs.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Around the world, we live under the risk of nuclear proliferation ? of terrorists seeking to acquire nuclear weapons ? of some catastrophic accident or, worse, war.

Only by eliminating nuclear weapons can we eliminate these risks.

That is why I say: Abolishing nuclear weapons is more than our common dream; it is common sense policy.

And that is why, two years ago, I offered a five-point plan on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation.

First, disarmament must enhance security.

I urged the Security Council to strengthen its disarmament work and offer greater protection for non-nuclear-weapon states.

Second, disarmament must be reliably verified.

I proposed that negotiations begin on a nuclear weapons convention.

Third, disarmament must be rooted in legal obligations.

That means universal membership in multilateral treaties and regional nuclear-weapon-free zones.

Fourth, disarmament must be visible.

That is why I have called on countries with nuclear weapons to share more about what they are doing to fulfill their disarmament commitments.

Fifth and finally, disarmament must address dangers from other weapons.

I have pushed for progress in eliminating all weapons of mass destruction and limiting missiles, space weapons and conventional arms.