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2022 年 3 月 23 日
 
各位同仁，下午好！  
在进入正题之前，我对前美国国务卿和前美国驻联合国大使马德琳·奥尔布赖特 (Madeleine Albright) 的去世深表悲痛。奥尔布赖特在担任国务卿期间，既是我的导师，也是我的上司；我曾在乔治敦 (Georgetown) 与她一起共事。她是我的同事，也是我几十年的朋友。她是一位开拓者和杰出人士，也是第一位担任国务卿的女性。她在全世界和联合国都留下了不可磨灭的印记。我们的国家和我们的联合国因为她的服务而更加强大。我总是说——她经常谈到她佩戴的胸针——而我将永远把她铭记在心。
在当前的乌克兰危机之际，她的人生故事——一个在童年时代逃离捷克斯洛伐克的难民成为一位美国政府高层领导人的故事——一直在我脑海中回荡。我希望今天能够在此表达对她的怀念。我肯定，在未来的日子里我们会有机会来缅怀国务卿奥尔布赖特，并纪念她所做出的许多贡献。但是今天，我为一位朋友的逝去而感到悲痛，并向她的家人表示慰唁。
谢谢您，主席先生。
明天是俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰一个月。这是无休止炮击的一个月。这是对幼儿园、孤儿院、公寓楼、产科病房进行野蛮袭击的一个月。这是通过残酷攻击摧毁基础设施，使数百万乌克兰人失去可靠的清洁用水供给、供热和供电的一个月。这是饥饿、流离失所和痛苦创伤日益恶化的一个月。这是普京总统 (President Putin) 发起一场毫无目的、毫无理性的暴力行径的一个月，不顾会有多少乌克兰人和俄罗斯人的生命在这个过程中被扼杀。
我们只需要看看马里乌波尔市 (Mariupol) 人民的苦难，就可以了解普京总统所施加的残酷暴行。马里乌波尔市曾经是近 50 万人口的家园，但数周以来一直没有食物、用水、供电或煤气。在这期间，俄罗斯轰炸了马里乌波尔的一家儿童和妇产医院，目击者告诉联合国官员说，在被击中时，医院“正在运行，并有清晰可辨的识别标志”。 
据媒体和平民报道，俄罗斯军队持续轰炸人道主义走廊，阻止重要救生物资运到马里乌波尔。尽管俄罗斯宣布为平民的撤离而停火，但我们继续看到俄罗斯的坦克炮击住宅楼、学校甚至一个大剧院，该剧院用俄语标有“儿童”字样，硕大的字母可以从空中看到。
我们听到一些令人不安的报道：数千名马里乌波尔居民被强迫送往俄罗斯的拘留营；新闻记者和当地活动人士被绑架；平民遭到狂轰滥炸和袭击。地方当局报告说，自俄罗斯发动攻击以来，仅在乌克兰这一座城市就至少有 2400 名平民丧生。而且他们知道，等到硝烟散去，伤亡人数还会高得多。
本周，联合国秘书长 (UN Secretary-General) 谈到了马里乌波尔和哈尔科夫 (Kharkiv) 遭受的惨重破坏，要求进行“彻底调查并追究责任”。我们对此表示赞同并完全同意。俄罗斯在马里乌波尔的行径将受到彻底调查，而且重要的是，让全世界都知道这是俄罗斯暴行的一个标志，与阿勒颇 (Aleppo) 和格罗兹尼 (Grozny) 一样。
就在刚才，美国国务卿布林肯 (Secretary of State Blinken) 宣布，美国政府根据目前掌握的信息判断：俄罗斯军队在乌克兰犯下了战争罪行。  
全世界都可以为此作证。
就在昨天，《纽约时报》(New York Times) 发布了一个俄罗斯军队在赫尔松镇 (Kherson) 向平民抗议者开枪的视频。我们最近获悉，俄罗斯对哈尔科夫的炮击，杀害了一名 96 岁的纳粹大屠杀幸存者。而且正如最近几天美国政府一再警告的，我们认为俄罗斯可能正在计划使用化学武器或生物武器。
还必须指出的是，我们看到一些有关侵略军，包括被征召入伍的年轻士兵在内，遭受重大伤亡的令人震惊的报道。在普京总统发动战争的过程中，他还对自己的人民施以不公正待遇，尤其是对那些被迫为他的自负和野心而牺牲生命的俄罗斯青年们。
在一个月的时间里，俄罗斯在全球造成了以最快速度肆虐的人道主义灾难之一。根据联合国统计，超过 1000 万人——约占乌克兰战前人口的四分之一——现已在这场冲突中流离失所。1200 万人需要援助。560万儿童无法继续上学，整整一代乌克兰儿童都受到影响。仅在战争开始的头几天里，联合国就要求为乌克兰和该地区提供 17 亿美元的援助。毗邻国家已向超过 360 万难民开放边境，而且人数还在持续增加。
俄罗斯对乌克兰发动的战争已经扰乱了对全球粮食安全来说至关重要的商品供应。食品价格加速飙升、食品短缺以及与此相应的不安全状况有可能进一步破坏脆弱社会的稳定、增加饥民，并加剧迁移。而这一危机发生在全球人道主义系统已经比以往任何时候都更加紧张之际——世界粮食计划署 (World Food Program) 正在为 80 多个国家的 1.38 亿人提供粮食。  
面对这一造成人道主义重大损失的丧尽天良的暴力行径，今天是全世界团结起来的一个重要时刻。摆在我们面前的是乌克兰提出的一项应对这场人道主义灾难的决议。这是一项由多个跨区域国家集团协商制定的文本，并且已由近 90 个成员国共同发起。该文本非常明确：它的第一句话就重申了《联合国宪章》中所阐明的使后代免遭战祸的决心。
这是一个关于保护所有平民尤其是最脆弱平民的文本，是一个为那些向难民慷慨开放边境的邻国提供支持的文本；而且更重要的是，这是一个关于支持联合国及其人道主义伙伴努力拯救生命的文本。它要求一视同仁地为那些逃离武装冲突和暴力的平民提供保护，包括外国国民在内。它要求为他们提供自愿、安全和不受阻碍的通道。
它呼吁我们所有人都来减轻这场冲突在加剧全球粮食短缺方面造成的影响，尤其是在那些最不发达国家，因为全世界有数百万人面临饥荒或饥荒的即时风险。它不仅呼吁为联合国协调的在乌克兰境内及周边地区进行的人道主义救援行动提供资金，而且实实在在地表达了对整个全球人道主义需求格局的关切。
面对俄罗斯的暴行，弃权是不可接受的。俄罗斯必须对其造成的人道主义危机负责，这就是为什么在本机构 141 名成员支持的 3 月 2 日决议的基础上，该文本要求结束这场战争，并向一个人发出呼吁，向那个有能力制止这一暴力的人，就是弗拉基米尔·普京。
投票支持这项决议，就是投票支持结束战争，尊重和保护人道主义和医务人员，以及确保人道主义援助不受阻碍；就是投票支持让平民安全地逃离暴力，其中包括许多你们本国在乌克兰工作、生活和学习的公民。
投票支持这项决议，就是表示支持人道主义工作人员以公正和中立的方式提供援助的英勇工作，以及支持联合国为他们的工作提供资金所发出的紧急呼吁。  
投票支持这项决议，就是表明你们看到这场冲突已经对包括你们本国在内的整个世界产生了影响：由于乌克兰的田地休耕，满载粮食的船只滞留港口，造成粮食短缺加剧。
投票支持这项决议，就是选择支持尊重国际人道主义法规和国际人权法以及《联合国宪章》所阐明的主权、领土完整以及禁止使用武力的原则。
我们必须有勇气在这里说出真相。这场战争的发生是有原因的。这一人道主义危机并非自然灾害；它是人为的。任何想要认真解决乌克兰人道主义紧急状况的国家都必须清楚造成这一紧急状况的原因。不这样做就会让侵略者含糊其辞地来掩盖自己，然后声称它实际上是在试图提供帮助。
俄罗斯挑起这场战争的责任应受到追究。全世界将继续追究俄罗斯对乌克兰人民的所作所为的责任。
非常感谢大家。  
 
欲查看原稿内容: https://usun.usmission.gov/remarks-by-ambassador-linda-thomas-greenfield-at-the-un-general-assembly-emergency-special-session-on-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 the UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine

Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New York
March 23, 2022
AS DELIVERED
Good afternoon, colleagues.
Before I begin, I want to express my great sorrow at learning that former Secretary of State and former USUN Ambassador Madeleine Albright has passed away. Secretary Albright was a mentor. She was my boss, both as Secretary of State; I worked with her in Georgetown. She was a colleague, and she was a friend over several decades. She was a trailblazer and a luminary, and she was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State. She left an indelible mark on the world and on the United Nations. Our country and our United Nations are stronger for her service. I always would say – she used to talk about the pins she wore – I always wore her on my shoulder.
Her story – a story of fleeing Czechoslovakia as a refugee at a young age and rising in the highest levels of the U.S. government – has echoed in my mind amid the current crisis in Ukraine. I hope to do justice for her memory today. I’m sure that we will have an opportunity to remember Secretary Albright and honor her many contributions in the days ahead. But today, I grieve her as my friend and extend my condolences to her family.
So, thank you, Mr. President.
Tomorrow marks one month since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. One month of endless shelling. One month of brutal assaults on kindergartens, orphanages, apartment buildings, maternity wards. One month of relentless attacks that have destroyed infrastructure and left millions of Ukrainians without reliable access to clean water, heat, electricity. One month of spiraling levels of hunger, displacement, and trauma. One month of a purposeless, senseless violence initiated by President Putin, without regard for how many Ukrainian – and Russian – lives would be destroyed in the process.
We need only to look at the plight of people in Mariupol to understand the brutality President Putin has inflicted. Mariupol, once home to nearly a half million people, has been without food, water, electricity, or gas for weeks. In that time, Russia has bombed a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol, which witnesses told UN officials was “operational and clearly identifiable” when it was hit.
Media and civilians report that Russian forces went on to bomb a humanitarian corridor, blocking critical, lifesaving supplies from reaching Mariupol. Despite Russia declaring a ceasefire for the evacuation of civilians, we continued to see images of Russian tanks shelling residential buildings, schools, and even a large theater marked in Russian with the word “children” in letters large enough to be visible from the air.
We have heard disturbing reports that several thousand Mariupol residents have been unwillingly transported into camps in Russia, of journalists and local activists being abducted, of widespread shelling and attacks on civilians. Local authorities reported at least 2,400 civilians have been killed – in this one Ukrainian city alone – by Russia since its attacks began. But they know once the fog has cleared, the toll will be much higher.
This week, the UN Secretary-General spoke about the devastation of Mariupol and Kharkiv, and demanded “a thorough investigation and accountability.” We concur and agree fully. Russia’s actions in Mariupol will be investigated thoroughly, and importantly, known by the world as a symbol of Russian brutality, alongside those in Aleppo and Grozny.
A short time ago, Secretary of State Blinken announced that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
And the world is bearing witness.
Just yesterday, the New York Times published videos of Russia’s forces in the town of Kherson firing on civilian protesters. We recently learned that Russian shelling killed a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor in Kharkiv. And as the United States has repeatedly warned in recent days, we believe Russia may be planning to use chemical or biological weapons.
It must also be said that we are seeing devastating reports about extraordinary casualties suffered by the invading forces, including of young conscript soldiers. Over the course of his war, President Putin has also inflicted deep injustice against his own people, particularly against these young Russians who were forced to sacrifice their lives for his ego and ambition.
In one month, Russia caused one of the fastest-growing humanitarian catastrophes in the world. According to the UN, over 10 million people – about a quarter of Ukraine’s pre-war population – have now been displaced by this conflict. Twelve million need aid. Five point six million children unable to continue schooling – an entire generation of Ukrainian children affected. In the first few days of the war alone, the UN asked for $1.7 billion for Ukraine and the region. Neighboring countries have opened their borders to more than 3.6 million refugees and counting.
Russia’s war on Ukraine is already disrupting the supply of commodities critical to global food security. The accelerating spike of food prices, food shortages, and corresponding insecurity threatens to further destabilize fragile societies, increase hunger, and drive migration. And this comes at a time when the global humanitarian system was already stretched more than ever before – a time when the World Food Program is feeding more than 138 million people in over 80 countries.
Today is an important moment for the world to stand together in the face of unconscionable violence that has taken a grave humanitarian toll. In front of us, we have a resolution proposed by Ukraine that has a response to this humanitarian catastrophe. It is a text that was negotiated by a diverse cross-regional group of states and is already co-sponsored by over – nearly 90 Member States. The text is clear: In its very first sentence, it reaffirms the UN Charter’s determination to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
It is a text about the protection of all civilians, especially those most vulnerable, about support to the neighboring countries that have so generously opened their borders to refugees, and importantly, about supporting the UN and their humanitarian partners’ lifesaving work. It demands the protection of civilians fleeing armed conflict and violence – including foreign nationals – without discrimination. And it demands their voluntary, safe, and unhindered passage.
It calls on all of us to mitigate the conflict’s impact on increased food insecurity globally, especially in Least Developed Countries, as millions of people are facing famine or the immediate risk of famine around the world. It not only calls to fund the UN-coordinated humanitarian response in and around Ukraine, but indeed expresses concern with the entire global humanitarian needs landscape.
An abstention in the face of Russia’s atrocities is unacceptable. Russia must be held accountable for the humanitarian crisis it is creating, which is why, building on the March 2 resolution supported by 141 members of this body, this text demands an end to this war and makes that appeal to the one person – to the one person – with the ability to stop the violence, and that’s Vladimir Putin.
By voting for this resolution, you are voting for an end to the war, respect for and protection of humanitarian and medical personnel, and unhindered humanitarian access. You are voting for civilians to be allowed to safely flee the violence – including many of your own citizens who are working, living, and studying in Ukraine.
By voting for this resolution, you signal your support for the heroic work of humanitarian personnel providing aid in an impartial and neutral way – and of the UN’s flash appeal to fund their work.
By voting for this resolution, you are demonstrating that you see the impact this conflict is already having on the entire world – on your own countries – by exacerbating food insecurity as Ukraine’s fields lay fallow and ships loaded with grain sit in the port.
By voting for this resolution, you choose to support respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and prohibition on use of force enshrined in the UN Charter.
We must have the courage to speak the truth here. This war did not appear out of thin air. This humanitarian crisis was not a natural disaster; it was man-made. Any country that wants to make a serious effort to address the humanitarian emergency in Ukraine must be clear about what is causing that emergency. To do less is to allow the aggressor to obscure itself with vague language and later claim it was actually trying to help.
Russia is to blame for instigating this war. And the world will continue to hold Russia accountable for what they are doing to the people of Ukraine.
Thank you very much.
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