Name: 【TED】朱利葉斯-馬達履歷。塞拉利昂未來的願景(塞拉利昂未來的願景|朱利葉斯-馬達履歷) (【TED】Julius Maada Bio: A vision for the future of Sierra Leone (A vision for the future of Sierra Leone | Julius Maada Bio))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:22:08.000Z
Duration: 16 min 14 s

I walked into the office of the president

as head of state of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

走進獅子山共和國總統辦公室。

I was one of 30 heavily armed military officers,

我是三十位全副武裝的軍官之一，

to overthrow a corrupt, repressive and single-party dictatorship

that had kept itself in power for over 25 years.

But in the end, it wasn't a violent coup.

霸占國家超過二十五年的獨裁政權。

After we fired a few shots and seized the radio station,

最終整場政變並無預期的暴力。

hundreds of thousands of citizens jumped onto the streets

在我們開了幾槍、攻佔電台後，

If you are thinking this seems like a movie script, I'm with you.

I was part of the ruling military government,

如果你覺得聽起來很像 電影劇本，我深有同感。

Our goal was always to return the country to democratic civilian rule.

我們的目標一直都是 讓國家重回民主民治。

those multiparty democratic elections had still not happened.

Citizens were beginning to lose faith in our promise.

多黨派民主選舉仍是紙上空談。

人民開始對我們的承諾失去信心。

Some of my comrades and I staged another military coup,

and this time, against our own head of state and commander.

我和一些同志策劃了 另一次軍事政變，

這一次，是對抗我們 自己的元首和指揮官。

That is how I became the new military head of state

我手下有數千名武裝人員和飛機，

But my obligations to my nation were always superior.

Millions of fellow citizens were either displaced

但我對國家的責任始終排在最前面。

or fleeing the violence and pillage of war.

So I engaged in a series of diplomatic activities

所以我在各個被反叛軍瓜分的地區

and convinced the reclusive rebel leader to initiate peace talks

終於說服藏匿的反抗軍領導人 開啟和平對談，

I also called a national consultative conference

of civil society organizations and stakeholders

邀請公民社會組織和相關人士，

並向他們請益國家未來的走向。

無論是和平會談還是諮詢大會，

that Sierra Leone is bigger than all of us,

我都和與會者分享 我始終不變的信念：

and that Sierra Leone must be a secure, peaceful and just society

獅子山必須要是一個安全、 和平、公正的社會，

And so, I initiated peace talks with the rebels.

I organized the first multiparty democratic elections in nearly 30 years.

因此，我與反抗軍展開和平對談。

我安排了近三十年來 第一次的多黨派民主選舉。

and I left my country for the United States of America

然後我離開我的國家，來到美國，

所有這一切都在三個月內發生。

I wondered how we could get it right again as a nation.

我思考如何才能讓 我們的國家步上正軌。

This time I have been democratically elected.

my three-year-old daughter, Amina, was in my arm.

She insisted on holding on to my ballot paper with me.

當我們共同握著選票那一瞬間，

I fully understood the one priority for me

我了解到如果我當選 獅子山共和國的總統

if I was elected president of the Republic of Sierra Leone;

that is: How could I make the lives of Amina

and millions of other young girls and boys

我要如何改善阿米娜還有國內 幾百萬孩子的生活品質。

我堅信領導者是要 給所有人民創造機會，

See, I believe that leadership is about creating possibilities that everyone,

以及他們願意積極爭取保護的機會。

and which they can actively fight to protect.

更可能是充斥了 看似沒有答案的有趣問題：

but more often, with funny questions that may seemingly defy answers:

我應該如何面對擺在 獅子山共和國眼前的挑戰？

How does one take on the unique challenges of a country like Sierra Leone?

我們開採礦產資源已有一百多年了，

We had mined mineral resources for over a hundred years,

我們接受外援 58 年了， 但我們仍然很窮。

We had collected foreign aid for 58 years, but we are still poor.

但經濟發展的祕訣 藏在大自然的最佳資源裡：

The secret to economic development is in nature's best resource:

擁有技術、體力及生產力的人類。

skilled, healthy and productive human beings.

改變我們國家的關鍵在於開發和支持

The secret to changing our country lay in enhancing and supporting

the limitless potential of the next generation

將改變國家的重責大任交付給他們。

【TED】朱利葉斯-馬達履歷。塞拉利昂未來的願景(塞拉利昂未來的願景|朱利葉斯-馬達履歷) (【TED】Julius Maada Bio: A vision for the future of Sierra Leone (A vision for the future of Sierra Leone | Julius Maada Bio))

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