美国驻联合国代表
琳达·托马斯-格林菲尔德大使
纽约州纽约市
2022 年 4 月 5 日
谢谢您，主席女士。首先，我也要感谢阿拉伯联合酋长国和努塞贝大使 (Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh) 在三月份成功担任了轮值主席。主席女士，在您开始担任安全理事会主席之际，我想就您所发挥的领导作用和组织今天关于乌克兰的重要讨论向英国致谢。我还要感谢联合国秘书长的发言，并向其他通报人表示感谢。我要向泽连斯基总统表示热烈欢迎。他最近对我们国会所发表的演讲让我非常感动。在他和乌克兰今天所面临的情况下，他能来出席对我们来说荣幸之至。
主席女士，我昨晚刚从摩尔多瓦和罗马尼亚返回。在那里，我亲眼目睹了俄罗斯发动这场丧尽天良的战争所造成的难民危机。我与一些难民们进行了交谈，他们表示希望返回家园。我们都在电视上看到了被炸毁的建筑物。但我们没有看到的是，在那些被毁坏的建筑物背后，是被摧毁的生命和被摧毁的家庭。我接触到了一些逃离乌克兰的妇女和儿童，他们被迫中断自己的生活，背着背包，离开了他们唯一的家园。那些对话发人深省。
一位与我交谈过的年轻女子与她 6 岁的弟弟在一起，她弟弟患有自闭症并且癌症缠身。他们的单身母亲为了保住他们的性命帮助他们逃出来，但俄罗斯的战争打断了她弟弟迫切需要的护理。
另一位与我交谈的妇女带着 8 岁的孩子从敖德萨逃出来。孩子的父亲留在了敖德萨，他告诉他们，当天晚上他们的公寓旁边遭到炮击。若不是他们已经离开的话，很可能都已经被炸死。
我遇到的第三位女士告诉我，她曾经非常喜欢旅行，但万万没想到这次旅行是为了逃命。当我问她从哪里来时，她欲言又止，然后含着泪水说：“对不起。我不知道我应该说我是住在基辅，还是以前住在基辅”。就在那一刻，她意识到，由于这场无情的战争，她的生活发生了天翻地覆的变化。
这是 1000多万人当中的三个故事——其中600 万人在国内流离失所，400 万人离开了乌克兰。400 万人依靠摩尔多瓦、罗马尼亚、波兰、斯洛伐克、匈牙利以及该地区和世界其它国家的慷慨友情，这些国家对所有离开乌克兰寻求安全的人予以欢迎和支持。在这次自二次世界大战以来欧洲最严重的难民危机中，乌克兰的邻国首当其冲。我希望这些国家知道：美国是它们坚定的合作伙伴。
这就是为什么美国最近宣布，我们准备提供超过 10 亿美元的新资金，为受俄罗斯战争影响的乌克兰人以及全世界受到这一战争严重影响的人提供人道援助。这就是为什么我们欢迎多达 10万名乌克兰人和其他逃离俄罗斯侵略的人来美国。我们将继续协助人道努力，为乌克兰人民和所有逃离普京暴力的人供帮助。
尽管我在摩尔多瓦和罗马尼亚听到的故事令人心碎，但有些人的故事我们永远都不会听到了：那些我们从来自布查 (Bucha) 的照片上看到的人的故事。我们都已看到那些令人毛骨悚然的照片。大街上尸体横陈，显然都是被就地处决的，他们的双手被反绑在背后。在我们对这些照片上所描绘的事件进行独立确认时，我要提醒安理会，根据目前已知的信息，美国的评估是俄罗斯部队在乌克兰犯下了战争罪行。
甚至在我们看到那些来自布查的照片之前，泽连斯基总统和该地区的一些其他人士就已经报告有儿童被绑架——我们今天听到他说到了这点。被绑架的还有市长、医生、宗教领袖、记者，以及所有敢于反抗俄罗斯侵略的人。根据可靠报告——包括马里乌波尔市议会的报告——其中有些人被关进所谓的“过滤营”(filtration camps)，有报道说，俄罗斯军队将成千上万的乌克兰公民从这些营地转移到了俄罗斯。
报告显示，俄罗斯联邦安全局 (Russian Federal Security) 的特工人员没收人们的护照和身份证，拿走手机，并将家人分开。我不需要详细说明这些所谓的“过滤营”会让人联想到什么。这令人不寒而栗，我们不能视而不见。
我们每天都看到俄罗斯是多么无视人权。这就是为什么我昨天宣布，美国将与乌克兰以及许多其它联合国成员国协调，寻求中止俄罗斯的联合国人权理事会 (UN Human Rights Council) 成员资格。
鉴于证据越来越多，俄罗斯不应该在一个旨在促进尊重人权的机构中拥有权威地位。这不仅是高度的虚伪，而且是危险的。俄罗斯将其在人权理事会的成员地位作为宣传平台，表示俄罗斯对人权有合理的关注。事实上，我知道，我们今天会在这里听到其中一些宣传，我不屑对这些谎言做任何回应——只是要说，我们从俄罗斯代表那里听到的每一个谎言，都只是更多的证据，表明他们不属于人权理事会。
一百四十个联合国会员国已投票谴责俄罗斯的无端战争及其对乌克兰人民造成的人道危机。我在此给大家的信息是：现在是让行动跟上言辞的时候了，向世界展示我们是认真负责的。我同意泽连斯基总统的观点，即：这是一个需要负责任的世界大国和全球领导人表现骨气的时刻，面对俄罗斯给乌克兰和全球带来的危险和无端威胁挺身而出。
联合国秘书长说，对抗这一威胁是安理会的职责。千真万确。这也是联合国领导人和世界各国领导人的责任——每一个成员国在联合国大会都有发言权。任何国家都不应成为俄罗斯侵略行径的挡箭牌。中止俄罗斯的人权理事会成员资格是我们作为集体有权在联合国大会上所做的事。我们的投票可以产生真正的影响。
俄罗斯在人权理事会的参与损害理事会的信誉。它有损整个联合国，也完全是错误的。让我们携手一起采取正确的行动——为乌克兰人民采取正确的行动。让我们迈出这一步，帮助他们开始重建生活。让我们向泽连斯基总统的勇气看齐，我们如此荣幸他今天与我们在一起。
泽连斯基总统，我想让您知道，在乌克兰人民勇敢抗击对你们的主权、民主和自由的这一野蛮攻击时，我们与你们站在一起。
谢谢。
 
欲查看原稿内容:  https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-by-ambassador-linda-thomas-greenfield-at-a-un-security-council-briefing-on-the-humanitarian-impact-of-russias-war-against-ukraine/
本译文仅供参考，只有英文原稿才可以被视为权威资料来源。

Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Humanitarian Impact of Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkApril 5, 2022
AS DELIVERED
Thank you, Madam President. Let me also start by thanking UAE and Ambassador Nussebeh for her successful presidency during the month of March. Madam President, as you begin your Security Council presidency, I want to thank the United Kingdom for your leadership and for organizing this vital discussion on Ukraine, today. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and the other briefers. And I’d like to extend a warm welcome to President Zelenskyy. I was so moved by the address he made recently to our Congress, and we are truly honored by his presence here under the circumstances that he and Ukraine face, today.
Madam President, last night, I returned from a trip to Moldova and Romania. I saw with my own eyes the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s unconscionable war. I spoke to refugees who indicated to me their desires to return to their home. And we’ve all seen the images on TV of the bombed-out buildings. But what we have not seen is that behind those destroyed buildings are destroyed lives and destroyed families. I met with women and children who had fled Ukraine, who stuffed their lives into backpacks and left the only home they had ever known. And these were sobering conversations.
One young woman I spoke to came with her six-year-old brother, who has autism and is struggling with cancer. Their single mother helped them escape to save their lives, but Russia’s war has interrupted the care her brother desperately needs.
Another woman I spoke to fled with her eight-year-old from Odesa. The father, who they had left behind, told them there was shelling right next to their apartment that very night – and they very well could have died had they not left.
A third woman I met told me that she used to love to travel – but never expected her next trip would be to flee for her life. When I asked her where she was from, she started to say, and then she stopped with tears in her eyes and said, “I’m sorry. I don’t know how to say it: whether I live in Kyiv, or whether I used to live in Kyiv.” She was realizing, in the moment, just how dramatically her life had changed because of this senseless war.
These are three stories of more than 10 million people – six million internally displaced, four million who have left Ukraine altogether. Four million people who have relied on the big-heartedness of countries like Moldova, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and others across the region and the world to welcome and support all those leaving Ukraine in search of safety. Ukraine’s neighbors are bearing the brunt of Europe’s most significant refugee crisis since World War II. And I want these countries to know that they have a committed partner in the United States.
And that is why the United States announced recently that we are prepared to provide more than $1 billion in new funding toward humanitarian assistance for those affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its severe impacts around the world. And it is why we are welcoming up to 100,000 Ukrainians and others fleeing Russia’s aggression to the United States. We will continue to assist humanitarian efforts to help the people of Ukraine and all those fleeing Putin’s violence.
But as heart-wrenching as the stories are that I heard in Moldova and Romania, there are some stories we will never get to hear: those of the people we saw in the images out of Bucha. We have all seen the gruesome photos. Lifeless bodies lying in the streets, apparently summarily executed, their hands tied behind their backs. As we work to independently confirm the events depicted in these images, I would remind this Council that based on the currently available information, the United States has assessed that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
And even before seeing the images from Bucha, President Zelenskyy, along with others in the region, were reporting that children were being abducted – and we heard him that today. Also abducted are mayors, and doctors, religious leaders, journalists, and all who dare defy Russia’s aggression. Some of them, according to credible reports – including by the Mariupol City Council – have been taken to so-called “filtration camps,” where Russian forces are reportedly making tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens relocate to Russia.
Reports indicate that Russian Federal Security agents are confiscating passports and IDs, taking away cellphones, and separating families from one another. I do not need to spell out what these so-called “filtration camps” are reminiscent of. It’s chilling and we cannot look away.
Every day, we see more and more how little Russia respects human rights. And that is why I announced yesterday that the United States, in coordination with Ukraine and many other UN Member States, will seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council.
Given the growing mountain of evidence, Russia should not have a position of authority in a body whose purpose – whose very purpose – is to promote respect for human rights. Not only is this the height of hypocrisy – it is dangerous. Russia is using its membership on the Human Rights Council as a platform for propaganda to suggest Russia has a legitimate concern for human rights. In fact, we will hear some of that propaganda here today, I know, and I will not dignify these lies with a response – only to say that every lie we hear from the Russian representative is more evidence that they do not belong on the Human Rights Council.
A hundred forty UN Member States voted to condemn Russia over its unprovoked war and the humanitarian crisis it has unleashed upon the people of Ukraine. Here is my message to all of you: Now is the time to match those words with action and show the world that we can work responsibly. And I share President Zelenskyy’s view that this moment requires responsible world powers and global leaders to show some backbone and stand up to Russia’s dangerous and unprovoked threat against Ukraine and the world.
The Secretary-General said that confronting this threat is the Security Council’s charge. It is. And it is also the responsibility of UN leaders and leaders around the world – every single Member State with a voice in the GA. No one can be a shield for Russia’s aggression. Suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council is something we, collectively, have the power to do in the General Assembly. Our votes can make real difference.
Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council hurts the Council’s credibility. It undermines the entire UN, and it is just plain wrong. Let us come together to do what is right – and do right by the Ukrainian people. Let us take this step to help them to start to rebuild their lives. And let us match the courage of President Zelenskyy, who we are so honored to have with us today.
President Zelenskyy, I want you to know that we stand with the people of Ukraine as you face down this brutal attack on your sovereignty, on your democracy, and on your freedom.
Thank you.
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