STATEMENT BY SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
Continuing U.S. Leadership in the Global COVID-19 Response through Additional U.S. Foreign Assistance
美国国务院
发言人办公室
华盛顿哥伦比亚特区（Washington, D.C.）
2020年4月8日
国务卿迈克尔·蓬佩奥（MICHAEL R. POMPEO）发表声明
美国追加对外援款，继续引领全球抗击COVID-19冠状病毒疾病的行动
由于美国人民发扬了无可比拟的乐于助人的精神以及美国政府进行的努力，美国继续引领全世界抗击COVID-19疫情的公共卫生和人道主义行动。我们正再接再厉发挥引领作用，为卫生、人道主义和经济援助追加2.25亿美元援款，进一步促进全世界抗击疫情的努力。
这笔新的援款属于美国政府为抗击COVID-19疫情已经提供的近2.74亿美元以外追加的款项。这笔援款还建立在过去20年美国单独为全球提供总额1,400多亿美元卫生援助的基础上。美国毫无疑问是为世界各地提供卫生和人道主义援助的事业中引领国际的国家。
我们为抗击COVID-19疫情提供援助的重点是，通过诊断降低病毒传播，预防和控制卫生设施的传染，完备和加强紧急卫生系统，改善实验室设施，训练护理人员等，目的都在于控制疫情发展，进一步缓解对海外美国人员的影响，同时防止跨越我国边境的输入性传播，更好地保护美国国内人员。
疫情并不受国际边界的限制。鉴于数十年来美国一贯在卫生和人道主义援助领域发挥引领作用，我们认识到明智和战略性的投入已证明是保护国土的关键因素。历史已经证明，我们可以在国内抗击疫情的同时帮助其他国家制止病毒向境外传播。
最重要的问题是，美国有能力为我们的海外伙伴提供可发挥重大影响的援助，不会影响美国人民获得关键物资的供应。我们将保障美国所有关键医疗用品的供应，直至国内需求得到满足为止。
美国政府各团队，不仅是国务院，而且包括美国国际发展署（United States Agency for International Development）、卫生与人类服务部（Department of Health and Human Services）的疾病控制与预防中心（Centers for Disease Control and Prevention）、美国发展金融公司（U.S. Development Finance Corporation）等机构协同努力并与我国的7国集团（G7）伙伴和其他多边机构合作，权衡对各类项目和国家的安排，优先考虑最急需援助的地区和如何才能发挥最大的影响。
美国人民不仅通过政府渠道提供援助。美国人民还通过民营企业、非营利组织和信仰团体齐心协力为世界各地受COVID-19疫情影响的人口慷慨捐助了超过15亿美元的援款。我知道，今后几个星期和几个月，我们将作为全世界贡献最大的人道主义国家继续努力。

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
April 8, 2020
Thanks to the unmatched generosity of the American people and the efforts of the U.S. government, the United States has continued to lead the world’s public health and humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are building on that leadership, with another $225 million in health, humanitarian, and economic assistance to further boost response efforts worldwide.
This new assistance follows the nearly $274 million in aid already deployed by the U.S. government against COVID-19. It also builds upon the more than $140 billion in total U.S. health assistance alone provided globally over the last 20 years. The United States is the undisputed leader in the provision of health and humanitarian aid, around the world.
Our COVID-19 aid is focused on helping to reduce transmission of the virus through diagnosis, the prevention and control of infections in health facilities, preparing and bolstering emergency health systems, improving laboratories, training healthcare workers and more – all in an effort to respond to additional outbreaks to mitigate further impact to Americans overseas and better protect Americans at home from further transmission across our borders.
Pandemics do not respect national borders. Through decades of U.S. global leadership in health and humanitarian assistance, we know that smart and strategic investments have proven critical to protecting the homeland. As history proves, we can fight pandemics at home and help other nations contain their spread abroad.
Most importantly of all, the United States is able to provide impactful assistance to our partners overseas without diverting critical supplies away from the American people. We will keep all critical medical items in the United States until the demand at home is met.
Teams across the U.S. government — including not only the Department of State, but also the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, and more — are working together and with our partners in the G7 and other multilateral institutions to prioritize programs and countries where assistance is most needed, and will have the greatest impact.
Americans don’t just provide aid through government means. Together, Americans have generously donated more than $1.5 billion to populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic around the world through private businesses, nonprofit groups, and faith-based organizations.  And I know we will continue to do so in the weeks and months ahead, as the world’s greatest humanitarians.