斡旋中东局势布莱尔访美在乔治布什总统图书馆发表演讲(5)

We can't decide this dispute. Only they can. But again we should stand ready to help. And again it will require sustained focus， effort and engagement.
I could say the same also of the Democratic Republic of Congo， Sudan and Angola. You will say： but how can we do it all？ The answer is it doesn't need the same people or the same intensity all the time. But it's amazing how much can be done when the world turns its gaze on to a problem， focuses and decides to help， even if the gaze then moves on.
Which brings me to the fourth point. Prevention is better than cure. The reason it would be crazy for us to clear out of Afghanistan once we had finished militarily， is that if it drifts back into instability， the same old problems will re-emerge. Stick at it and we can show， eventually， as in the Balkans， the unstable starts to become stable.
The G8 Summit in June in Canada gives us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help Africa out of its disastrous decline. A child dies there of disease， famine or conflict every three seconds. In the Great Lakes region alone， in the past few years， three million men， women and children have died. To bring hope to Africa we have constructed the idea of a partnership between the developed world and Africa.
Not the old “aid” in a passive donor-recipient relationship. But a partnership in which， in return for African countries applying rules of good governance， anti-corruption， proper legal and commercial systems； we offer assistance for good governance， action on education and health， access to markets， help with conflict resolution which blights so much of the continent.
I want to pick out the issue of trade. We're all moving on it but we could move further. I want the WTO round started in Qatar last December to be a success. And it's time we took on the anti-globalisation protestors who seek to disrupt the meetings international leaders have on these issues. What the poor world needs is not less globalisation but more. Their injustice is not globalisation but being excluded from it. Free enterprise is not their enemy； but their friend. 　In all these areas， we seek one integrated， international community， sharing the same values， working to the same goals.
There is one other thought I have， which may seem slightly off-centre. We should also - at least the US and the EU - think collaboratively about some of the key scientific and technological challenges we face. I know our companies will always compete. Of course they will. And on some things， like Kyoto， and climate change， there will be disagreement between us. But let me single out two areas where we could pool thoughts. One is science， where genetics and biotech will transform our lives yet again， as if the IT revolution hadn't transformed them enough already； and there is a lot of mis-information and misunderstanding about the science and its possibilities. We do work together in some parts of research but we could do more and should.

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