我们将纪念国际关系和裁军的两个里程碑——联合国成立75周年和《不扩散核武器条约》（不扩散条约）生效50周年。两个周年庆都清楚证明国际关系中多边主义可为和平与稳定带来的巨大好处，它直接影响每个会员国及其公民的和平与安全。尽管如此，我们都充分意识到，我们正在经历一个受多重紧张局势影响的困难时期，全球安全环境正在逐渐恶化。我们每个人都有责任努力确保像委员会这样的论坛能够继续履行这些基本职能，成为我们大家都能够为此目的而努力的聚集地。半个多世纪来，这些论坛帮助我们克服了分歧。
We are about to commemorate two milestones in international relations and disarmament — the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, and the fiftieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Both occasions clearly attest to the great benefits that multilateralism can achieve in the area of peace and stability in international relations, directly affecting the peace and security of every Member State and its citizens. We are all nevertheless fully aware that we are going through a difficult time, affected by multiple tensions in which the global security climate is gradually deteriorating. It is the responsibility of every one of us to work to ensure that forums such as this one, which have helped us overcome our differences for more than half a century, can continue to fulfil those essential functions and to be a meeting place where we can all work to that end.