美国国务院
发言人办公室
2022年9月13日
美国在太平洋诸岛的参与：2022年太平洋诸岛领导人会议
简报
[摘译。英文简报全文请见：https://www.state.gov/u-s-engagement-in-the-pacific-islands-2022-pacific-islands-conference-of-leaders/]
美国是一个自豪的太平洋国家，在太平洋地区拥有长长的海岸线、一个州和一些领地。我们与太平洋地区各国有着深厚而长期的联系：我们的邻国、盟国和友邦。太平洋诸岛是印太地区（Indo-Pacific）的重要组成部分。我们的历史和未来有着千丝万缕的联系，而且我们坚定地致力于该地区的安全与繁荣。正如我们曾共同面对历史挑战一样，我们也将共同应对当前和未来的挑战，包括加强我们共同的民主价值观以及发展我们的经济联系，以应对气候危机和新冠疫情的影响，并保护自由和开放的太平洋地区。
温迪·谢尔曼副国务卿（Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman）在今年由东西方中心（East-West Center）太平洋诸岛发展计划（Pacific Islands Development Program）在夏威夷檀香山（Honolulu）举办的太平洋诸岛领导人会议（Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders）上重申了美国对太平洋诸岛的承诺。副国务卿欣然率领一个美国高级别跨机构代表团，其中包括来自国家安全委员会（National Security Council）、美国国内资源部（U.S. Department of the Interior）、美国国防部（U.S. Department of Defense）、美国海岸警卫队（U.S. Coast Guard）和美国国际发展署（U.S. Agency for International Development）的代表。在太平洋诸岛领导人会议上，副国务卿强调了与太平洋诸岛正在展开的一系列合作领域，并宣布了几个将为治理、人民交流项目、气候复原力以及信息和通信技术提供帮助的新项目。乔·拜登总统将于本月晚些时候主持召开太平洋岛国（Pacific Island Country）峰会，以促进一个更健强的太平洋地区。
美国在过去十年中为太平洋诸岛提供了超过15亿美元。根据印太战略（Indo-Pacific Strategy），我们将继续扩大与太平洋岛国（Pacific Island Countries）及领土合作应对其最紧迫挑战的努力，其中包括经济和环境复原力、水和粮食安全、卫生安全、海域意识以及加强民主机构和良治。通过本届政府的全球基础设施和投资伙伴关系（Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment），我们还将扩大部署安全数字联通的努力；在该地区建设气候复原力并以此作为本届政府的基石性国际适应力倡议PREPARE的一部分；加强全球卫生系统和卫生安全；并促进性别平等和公平。这些计划和倡议即便在新冠疫情给在该地区旅行造成困难的情况下仍继续展开。
作为印太战略一部分的这一美国新援助以及在太平洋诸岛的持续参与包括：
促进自由和开放的印太地区
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在该地区内外建立联系
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推动印太地区的繁荣
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增强印太地区的安全
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建设该地区对21世纪种种跨国威胁的抗御力
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FACT SHEET
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The United States is a proud Pacific nation with a long coastline, a state, and territories in the Pacific.  We have deep and longstanding ties to the countries of the Pacific: our neighbors, allies, and friends.  The Pacific Islands are an essential part of the Indo-Pacific region.  Our histories and futures are inextricably linked, and we are deeply committed to the security and prosperity of the region.  Just as we faced historical challenges together, we will address current and future challenges together, including by strengthening our shared democratic values and developing our economic links to combat the climate crisis, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to protect the free and open Pacific.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the Pacific Islands at this year’s Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) convened by the East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program in Honolulu, Hawai’i.  The Deputy Secretary was pleased to lead a high-level U.S. interagency delegation, including representatives from the National Security Council, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  At the PICL, the Deputy Secretary highlighted a range of ongoing areas of cooperation with the Pacific Islands and announced several new programs that will provide assistance for governance, people-to-people programs, climate resilience, and information and communications technology. President Joe Biden will host the Pacific Island Country summit later this month to advance a more resilient pacific region.
The United States has provided over $1.5 billion for the Pacific Islands over the past decade.  Under the Indo-Pacific Strategy, we will continue to broaden our efforts to partner with Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and territories on their most pressing challenges, including economic and environmental resilience, water and food security, health security, maritime domain awareness, and strengthening democratic institutions and good governance.  Through the Administration’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, we will also expand our efforts to deploy secure digital connectivity; build climate resilience in the region as part of PREPARE, the Administration’s cornerstone international adaptation initiative; strengthen global health systems and health security; and advance gender equality and equity.  These programs and initiatives have continued even as the COVID-19 pandemic has made travel in the region difficult.
This new U.S. assistance and ongoing engagement with the Pacific Islands as part of the Indo-Pacific Strategy includes: