联合国秘书长潘基文2010年8月4日在日本早稻田大学的演讲

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Minasan, konnichi wa! O-genki desu ka?  

Thank you for that kind introduction, and thank you all for coming today – particularly during your summer break.  

It is a special pleasure to speak at Waseda University, which has such a long and rich history.  

You have provided your country with six prime ministers already. Perhaps a seventh is in the audience.  

I made a special request to speak at Waseda. Whenever I travel, I like to meet university students. And I know Waseda is famous for its creativity - its innovative thinking.  

Many Japanese universities are setting up campuses abroad and starting foreign exchange programmes. You admitted your first foreign students more than 100 years ago.  

In globalization, as in so many other areas, Waseda leads from the front.  

I am pleased to welcome students from Meiji University and Chuo University, and members of the Model UN Society and the UN Association. Thank you for your support.

Distinguished professors,

Students,

Ladies and gentlemen,

In the past few months, I have met students in Istanbul, in Los Angeles, in Moscow, in Tashkent, and now in Tokyo.  

It is, perhaps, not surprising that young people around the world share many of the same goals.  

A safer, more peaceful world. 

A greener, more sustainable world.  

A world in which everyone has enough to eat.  

A world free from the nuclear threat.  

This is not an impossible dream. This is what the United Nations works for every day.  

Japan has always played an important part in this work.  

Madame Ogata and Ambassador Yasushi Akashi are just two of the many Japanese staff who have shown their dedication to the UN.  

I hope some of you will follow in their footsteps.  

The United Nations needs the unique qualities, the energy and creativity, of Japan's young people.  

From the Kyoto Protocol, to this year's Conference on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan is in the forefront on sustainability and the environment.  

Japanese people donate more to the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, than the citizens of any other country.  

Your government gave great support to Haiti earlier this year, when the earthquake struck. You sent money? And you also sent hundreds of engineers, to serve with our UN mission, MINUSTAH.  

You are putting billions of dollars into Afghanistan.  

Thank you for these tangible expressions of global solidarity, where it is most needed.  

Japan is a key pillar of our peacebuilding work, helping countries to overcome the trauma of war.  

You have led our work on human security. This approach is becoming increasingly important as we face multiple, linked threats, from financial instability to climate change.  

We are expanding our idea of security to accommodate all the factors that affect people's survival, livelihoods and dignity. I thank Japan for its engagement and look forward to further progress.  

Japan's role in UN peacekeeping missions is under review. We welcome Japan's increased participation, here and in every area of our work.  

Japanese development aid is generous, timely and welcome.  

I would ask your government leaders, despite the economic challenges brought on by the global economic downturn, to continue your commitment to developing countries. That is what the international community expects from a major economy such as Japan. 

Let me tell you something about how this money is spent.