Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
防止戰爭和武裝沖突糟蹋環境國際日致辭

6 November 2011
2011年11月6日

Since the declaration, ten years ago, of the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, the UN family has made important progress in understanding the complex relationship between war and the environment, and the role that natural resources play in fuelling and financing instability and violence.

自十年前宣布防止戰爭和武裝沖突糟蹋環境國際日以來，聯合國大家庭更深刻理解了戰爭和環境之間的復雜關系以及自然資源在助長和資助動亂和暴力行為方面的作用。

From Sierra Leone to Timor-Leste, countries have been helped to mitigate the environmental risks to building peace and to harness the economic potential of using their natural resources sustainably. However, there is still major cause for concern. The environment continues to be among the casualties of warfare. At the same time, the demand for natural resources continues to grow to meet the needs of a rising global population. Fragile nations, including post-conflict countries, could face significant resource competition in the coming decades. This will only be exacerbated by the predicted consequences of climate change on water availability, food security, sea-level rise and population distribution.

從塞拉利昂到東帝汶，各國在緩解環境風險方面獲得了幫助，從而通過可持續使用自然資源，建設和平并發揮經濟潛能。但環境仍是引起人們關切的主要原因。環境也一直是戰爭諸多犧牲品之一。與此同時，對自然資源的需求繼續增加，以滿足不斷增長的全球人口的需求。今后幾十年里，包括沖突后國家在內的脆弱國家可能會面臨激烈的資源爭奪戰。而氣候變化對供水、糧食保障、海平面上升以及人口分布產生的可預測影響只會使這場爭奪戰愈演愈烈。

Strengthening national capacity for transparent, equitable and sustainable management of natural resources will continue to be an important part of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as well as our overall development support to Member States. Given their critical role in supporting countries emerging from conflict, United Nations peacekeeping operations are well-placed to positively influence how the environment is protected and natural resources are managed. This can start with minimizing the environmental footprint of our own operations.

加強各國透明、公平、可持續管理自然資源的能力，將依然是維持和平與建設和平以及我們向各會員國提供整體發展支持的重要組成部分。鑒于聯合國維持和平行動在為沖突后國家提供支助方面具有關鍵作用，因此，聯合國維持和平行動有著得天獨厚的條件，可在如何保護環境和管理自然資源方面發揮積極影響。首先第一步就是盡量減少我們自己行動的環境足跡。

As we mark this International Day, let us recognize the wide-ranging and long-term consequences of damaging the environment – both in peace and times of war. And let us reaffirm our commitment to the sustainable management of natural resources as a critical element of durable peace and security.

在我們紀念這一國際日之際，讓我們認識到，無論是在和平時期還是在戰爭時期，破壞環境都會造成廣泛而長期的后果。讓我們重申我們對自然資源進行可持續管理的承諾，這是持久和平與安全的一個關鍵要素。