2022年3月29日 东部夏令时间 晚上6:49
温迪·谢尔曼，常务副国务卿
非常感谢，谢谢你今天给我这次机会，非常感谢，主席女士。我觉得我必须要说四个要点。
首先，我要明确表示，乌克兰人民正在遭受的这场冲突不是俄罗斯联邦与西方的对抗。一百四十个国家，就在上周，表示支持结束这场冲突并需要结束这场人道主义危机。一百四十一个国家支持在联合国大会的最初决议，表示俄罗斯发动的这场入侵应当停止。
所以，恕我直言，大使先生，这不是关于俄罗斯与西方的对抗。这是关于支持《联合国宪章》与主权、领土完整的原则以及所有国家——所有国家——选择其政治方向和外交政策的权利。
其次，我本人与俄罗斯对口官员曾直接接触，以找到一条和平的前行方式应对俄罗斯联邦的关切。我坐在俄罗斯对口官员的对面，提出了应对这些关切的很多选项。我们和北约都提供了一份文件，其中有非常具体的方式，我们可以通过这些方式对等和相互地应对安全关切。普京总统选择了入侵，而不是外交。
第三，恕我直言，大使先生，作为一名犹太裔美国人，我不得不说这与乌克兰的纳粹无关。上周，美国前国务卿、前常驻安理会代表、我最珍视的私人朋友之一马德琳·奥尔布赖特去世。她喜欢在这里代表美国。她会对今天俄罗斯联邦的言论感到愤怒。 
后来，她得知，因为家人是犹太人，父母为了保护她免受纳粹的迫害而将她作为天主教徒抚养长大。她得知自己的祖父母辈中有三人在集中营中死于纳粹之手。她知道乌克兰的犹太裔总统肯定不是纳粹。被屠杀和正在挨饿、没有食物和药品的乌克兰公民，以及今天这场人道主义对话的主题，不是也从来不是纳粹。 
最后，今天的对话是关于乌克兰平民的人道主义需求和世界各地人民的人道主义需求，正如戴维•比斯利雄辩地指出的那样，“他们从给饥饿的儿童提供食物，到给快饿死了的儿童提供食物”。正如他所说，这是关于“从粮仓变成排队领救济”。
当然，我们都必须尽我们所能来制止战争。但这里有一个简单的选择。这是普京总统今天在伊斯坦布尔可以做出的选择，那就是停止战争。因此，让我们所有人，全世界140多个国家的人，继续与乌克兰站在一起。
谢谢。

Remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Response to Russia at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Humanitarian Impact of Russia’s War Against Ukraine

REMARKS
WENDY R. SHERMAN, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE
MARCH 29, 2022
Thank you very much and thank you for giving me this opportunity today. Much appreciated, Madam President. I feel that I must make four critical points.
First, I want to be clear that the conflict that is being suffered by the Ukrainian people is not about the Russian Federation versus the West. One hundred and forty countries, just last week, spoke in support of ending this conflict and the need to end this humanitarian crisis. A hundred and forty-one countries supported the initial resolution in the UN General Assembly, to say that this invasion by Russia should stop.
So, with all due respect, Mr. Ambassador, this is not about Russia versus the West. This is about the support of the UN Charter and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the right of all countries – all countries – to choose their political orientation and their foreign policy.
Second, I myself was engaged directly with Russian counterparts to find a peaceful way forward to meet the concerns of the Russian Federation. I sat opposite Russian counterparts and put on the table many options to address the concerns. We provided, as does NATO, a paper of very specific ways in which we could address, reciprocally and mutually, security concerns. President Putin chose an invasion, not diplomacy.
Third, with all due respect, Mr. Ambassador, as a Jewish American, I cannot help but say this is not about Nazis in Ukraine. Last week, former U.S. Secretary of State, and former Permanent Representative to this Council, and one of my most cherished personal friends, Madeleine Albright died. She loved representing the United States here. She would have been outraged by the words of the Russian Federation today.
Later in her life, she learned that her parents raised her as Catholic to protect her from the Nazis because her family was Jewish. She learned that three of her grandparents died at the hands of the Nazis, while in concentration camps. She knew that the Jewish President of Ukraine was certainly not a Nazi. And that the citizens of Ukraine being slaughtered and starving, and without food and medicine, and the subject of this humanitarian dialogue today, are not and never were Nazis.
And finally, this dialogue today is about the humanitarian needs of Ukrainian civilians and humanitarian needs of people around the world, who as David Beasley said so eloquently, “feeding hungry children, to feeding starving children.” It’s about, as he said, “going from a breadbasket to a breadline.”
We must all do whatever we can, of course, to stop war. But there is an easy choice here. And it is a choice that can be made today in Istanbul, by President Putin, and that is to stop the war. So let us all, over 140 countries around the world, continue to stand with Ukraine.
Thank you.