It is indefensible that many women in nongovernmental organizations who wished to participate in this conference have not been able to attend -- or have been prohibited from fully taking part.来源：考试大

　　Let me be clear. Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize and debate openly. It means respecting the views of those who may disagree with the views of their governments. It means not taking citizens away from their loved ones and jailing they, mistreating them, or denying them their freedom or dignity because of the peaceful expression of their ideas and opinions.来源：考试大

　　In my country, we recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage. It took 150 years after the signing of our Declaration of Independence for women to win the right to vote.来源：考试大

　　It took 72 years of organized struggle on the part of many courageous women and men. It was one of America's most divisive philosophical wars. But it was also a bloodless war. Suffrage was achieved without a shot being fired.

　　We have also been reminded, in V-J Day observances last weekend, of the good that comes when men and women join together to combat the forces of tyranny and build a better world.

　　We have seen peace prevail in most places for a half century. We have avoided another world war.来源：考试大

　　But we have not solved older, deeply-rooted problems that continue to diminish the potential of half the world's population.来源：考试大

　　Now it is time to act on behalf of women everywhere.来源：考试大

　　If we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families too.来源：考试大

　　Families rely on mothers and wives for emotional support and care; families rely on women for labor in the home; and increasingly, families rely on women for income needed to raise healthy children and care for other relatives.

　　As long as discrimination and inequities remain so commonplace around the world -- as long as girls and women are valued less, red less, fed last, overworked, underpaid, not schooled and subjected to violence in and out of their homes -- the potential of the human family to create a peaceful, prosperous world will not be realized.

　　Let this Conference be our -- and the world's -- call to action.来源：考试大

　　And let us heed the call so that we can create a world in which every woman is treated with respect and dignity, every boy and girl is loved and cared for equally, and every family has the hope of a strong and stable future.

　　Thank you very much.来源：考试大

　　May God bless you, your work and all who will benefit from it.