联合国秘书长潘基文2013年世界水日致辞

联合国秘书长潘基文2013年世界水日致辞

Secretary-General’s Message on World Water Day

秘书长世界水日致辞

New York, 22 March 2013

2013年3月21日 纽约

Water holds the key to sustainable development. We need it for health, food security and economic progress. Yet, each year brings new pressures. One in three people already lives in a country with moderate to high water stress, and by 2030 nearly half the global population could be facing water scarcity, with demand outstripping supply by 40 per cent. Competition is growing among farmers and herders; industry and agriculture; town and country; upstream and downstream; and across borders. Climate change and the needs of populations growing in size and prosperity mean we must work together to protect and manage this fragile, finite resource.

水是可持续发展的关键所在。我们的健康、粮食安全和经济发展都需要水。然而，每年都面临新的压力。三分之一的人民已经生活在中度到高度缺水的国家，全球近一半的人口到2030年可能面临水资源匮乏，需求量将比供应量高出40%。农民和牧民、工业和农业、城镇和乡村、上游和下游以及各国之间对水资源的争夺日趋激烈。气候变化、不断扩大的人民需求以及富裕繁荣要求我们必须共同致力于保护和管理这一脆弱和有限的资源。

This is the International Year of Water Cooperation, and World Water Day 2013

is dedicated to highlighting the joint efforts necessary to ensuring a fair share for people and planet. The United Nations system, through UN-Water and its 30 UN members and 25 international partners, is fostering collaboration from the global level to the grassroots. For example, the UN Development Programme’s Shared Waters Partnership is supporting political agreement on shared waters, such as in the Nile Basin. UNESCO is supporting the equitable management of transboundary water resources to avoid conflict, while the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes will soon be available to all UN Member States. I urge countries outside the UNECE region to join the Convention and further develop it.

今年是国际水合作年，2013年―世界水日‖旨在强调需要共同努力，确保人民和地球能够公平分享水资源。联合国系统，通过联合国水机制及30个联合国会员国和25个国际伙伴，正在促进全球一级乃至基层的协作。例如，联合国开发计划署推出的―共享水资源伙伴关系‖正在尼罗河流域等地支持签署关于共享水资源的政治协议。联合国教科文组织正为避免冲突而支助跨界水资源的公平管理，而联合国欧洲经济委员会的《跨界水道和国际湖泊保护和利用公约》将在近期分发给所有联合国会员国。我敦促欧洲经委会区域以外的国家加入《公约》，并进一步将其发扬光大。

Agriculture is by far the largest user of freshwater, and there is growing urgency to reconcile its demands with the needs of domestic and industrial uses, especially energy production. Climate change also presents a growing threat to agricultural productivity and food security. My Zero Hunger Challenge promotes sustainable agriculture by sharing best practices and harnessing the

most appropriate technologies so small farmers and industrial giants alike can get more crop per drop.

农业迄今为止使用的淡水量最大，在农业与居民和工业(特别是能源生产)的用水需求之间进行协调变得日益迫切。气候变化也日益威胁到农业生产力和粮食安全。我提出的―零饥饿挑战‖可通过分享最佳做法及利用最适当技术，帮助小农户和产业巨头提高单位用水的作物产量，从而促进可持续农业发展。

No message on water should pass without mentioning sanitation. While the Millennium Development Goal target for providing access to improved water sources has been reached, we are woefully short on sanitation. Some 2.5 billion people lack access to the dignity and health afforded by access to a toilet and protection from untreated waste. We count the cost in lives— 4,500 young children a day – and economic productivity. Yet we know that every dollar spent on sanitation can bring a five-fold return. That is why the Deputy Secretary-General has this week launched a global call to action to accelerate work towards the MDG on sanitation. Investment in sanitation is a down-payment on a sustainable future.

关于水资源的致辞必须提到环境卫生问题。虽然千年发展目标中关于提供改良水源的具体目标已经实现，但环境卫生方面仍然存在巨大差距。约25亿人无法通过使用厕所获得尊严和健康，也无法在未经处理的废物面前得到保护。我们可以盘点生命成本——每天有4 500名幼儿死亡——以及经济生产率成本。然而，我们知道用于环境卫生的每一美元可带来五倍回报。因此，副秘书长本周已发起一项全球呼吁，要求采取行动以加快实现环境卫生领域的千年发展目标。环境卫生投资是建设可持续未来的首期付款。

There are little more than 1,000 days left before the MDG deadline, but with renewed effort we can finish the job started at the beginning of the Millennium. But 2015 is not a finishing line, merely a milestone in a long and challenging journey. As we develop the post-2015 development agenda, our aim is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, and to create an equitable world of opportunity for all. To do that, we need to give equal consideration to the environmental dimension of sustainable development. We cannot prosper without clean, plentiful freshwater. On this World Water Day, I appeal for heightened cooperation. Water is a common resource. Let us use it more intelligently and waste less so all get a fair share.

距离千年发展目标的最后期限只剩1 000多天的时间，但只要再接再厉，我们就能够完成千年发展目标推出时启动的工作。但2015年并非终点线，只不过是漫长而艰巨旅程中的一个里程碑。在制定2015年后的发展议程时，我们的目标是消除极端贫穷和饥饿，创造人人享有机会的公平世界。为此，我们需要对可持续发展的环境层面给予同等考虑。离开清洁和充足的淡水，我们无法实现繁荣。值此世界水日，我呼吁加强合作。水是一种公共资源。为了人人获得公平份额，让我们更明智地利用水资源并减少浪费。