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The UN—bringing everyone closer together
聯合國——把每個人更緊密地連在一起
I am pleased to have this chance today to talk to you about the United Nations, or the UN, as it is more often referred to.
我很高興今天有機會同大家談談聯合國的情況，聯合國在英文里常被稱為UN。
The UN is an international organization made up of countries that want to promote world peace.
聯合國是一個由很多國家組成的國際組織，為了促進世界和平。
I am very happy to have been chosen to be a Goodwill Ambassador for them.
我很高興被選為他們的親善大使。
Being a Goodwill Ambassador means that I visit countries where the UN operates programmes to help people.
親善大使意味著我要訪問那些由聯合國安排了項目來幫助人們的國家。
I feel very honoured to have been able to take on this role.
能夠擔當這個角色，我感到很榮幸。
Later I shall tell you about some of the work I have done.
稍后我將告訴你們一些我所做的工作。
First I should give you a short description of the UN.
首先我將簡單地講述有關聯合國的一些情況。
So when was the United Nations set up?
那么聯合國是什么時候成立的？
It was set up just after the Second World War, in October 1945 by 51 countries.
它是1945年10月第二次世界大戰剛結束后由51個國家成立的。
Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN—192 countries altogether.
今天，幾乎世界上的每個國家都加入了總共擁有192個成員國的聯合國。
The UN has four main functions:
聯合國有四個主要作用：
to keep international peace;
維護國際和平；
to develop friendly relationships among nations;
發展國家間的友好關系；
to work together in solving international political conflicts and in promoting respect for human rights;
協同解決國際政治沖突和促進對人權的尊重；
and to be a centre for organizing the actions or work of different nations.
成為各國間組織行動和開展工作的中心。
As you know, the UN touches the lives of people everywhere.
如你所知，聯合國與世界各地的人們的生活都有聯系。
The organization is helping end some of the world's most horrible conflicts.
這個組織正幫助制止一些世界上最可怕的沖突。
The UN does not have its own army. Instead, it borrows soldiers from different countries that belong to the UN.
聯合國沒有自己的軍隊。而是從隸屬于聯合國的各個國家借兵。
With the help of these armies and other worthy organizations, the UN assists the victims of wars and disasters.
在這些軍隊和其他可敬的組織的協助下，聯合國為戰爭及災難的受害者提供援助。
In addition, the UN helps protect human rights and works to improve international laws,
此外，聯合國還幫助保護人權，并致力于國際法的改善，
for example, those on child labour and on equal rights for minorities and women.
比如那些有關童工的法律和少數民族和婦女的平等權利。
