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华盛顿特区
2022年5月24日
今天，我们——澳大利亚总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯、印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪、日本首相岸田文雄和美国总统乔·拜登——在东京举行会谈，重申我们对一个具有包容性和复原力的自由与开放的印太地区的坚定承诺。
在一年多以前，各位领导人首次举行会晤。今天在东京，我们举行第四次会谈，也是我们的第二次面对面会谈，以显示四方伙伴关系（Quad）在一个面临重大的全球性挑战的时刻是一种益行的力量，致力于给本地区带来切实的惠益。在我们合作的第一年，我们确立了四方伙伴关系专注于一个积极的、切实可行的议程；在第二年期间，我们致力于兑现这一承诺，让本地区在21世纪更具复原力。
在新冠疫情仍在给世界各地的人民和经济造成痛苦、国家之间存在着采取单边行动的势头以及一场惨痛的冲突正在乌克兰肆虐的情况下，我们坚定不移。我们坚定地支持各项自由原则，法治，民主价值观，主权及领土完整，和平解决争端而不诉诸威胁或使用武力或任何企图改变现状的单边行为，以及航行和飞越的自由，所有这些都对印太地区及整个世界的和平、稳定和繁荣至关重要。我们继续在本地区及其他地区共同果断地采取行动以推动这些原则。我们重申捍卫基于规则的国际秩序的决心，让各国均免受任何形式的军事、经济和政治胁迫。
和平与稳定
我们商讨了各自对乌克兰的冲突以及当前惨重的人道主义危机的应对，并评估了这对印太地区的影响。四方领导人重申了我们对维护该地区的和平与稳定的坚定决心。我们明确地强调指出国际秩序的核心是国际法，其中包括联合国宪章，以及对所有国家的主权和领土完整的尊重。我们还强调，所有国家都必须遵照国际法寻求和平解决争端。
四方致力于同本地区拥有对一个自由与开放的印太地区的共同愿景的伙伴合作。我们重申我们对东盟的团结性和中心性以及切实执行对印太地区的《东盟展望》（ASEAN Outlook）的毫不动摇的支持。我们欢迎欧盟于2021年9月宣布的《关于欧盟印太合作战略的联合通讯文件》（Joint Communication on the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific），它增强了欧洲在印太地区的参与。我们将倡导遵守国际法，特别是体现在《联合国海洋法公约》（UN Convention on the Law of the Sea）之中的法规，以及维护航行和飞越自由，以应对基于规则的海事秩序所面临的挑战，包括在东中国海和南中国海。我们坚决反对任何寻求在本地区改变现状并加剧紧张的胁迫、挑衅或单边行动，例如使有争议的地貌军事化、使用海警船及海上民兵的危险方式，以及干扰其他国家的近海资源开采活动的行为。
我们将通过各自及集体的努力，进一步增强我们同太平洋岛屿国家的合作，增进他们的经济福祉，强化卫生基础设施及环境抗御力，改善他们的海事安全并维持他们的渔场，提供可持续性基础设施，增强教育机会，减缓并因应气候变化的影响，因为气候变化对该地区构成了尤为严重的挑战。我们致力于共同努力解决太平洋岛国合作伙伴的需求。我们重申了我们对太平洋岛国论坛（Pacific Islands Forum）的团结一致以及对太平洋地区安全框架的支持。
我们将在我们之间并同我们的合作伙伴深化我们在多边机构中的合作，其中包括在联合国，在那里强化我们共同的改革要务并增强这个多边系统自身的复原力。我们将通过各自及集体的努力，应对我们这个时代的种种挑战，以确保本地区保持包容及开放，并遵守普世规则和规范。
我们重申我们致力于根据联合国安理会各项决议实现朝鲜半岛全面去核化，并重申立即解决日本被绑架人员的问题的必要性。我们还谴责朝鲜发展及发射弹道导弹的破坏稳定的活动，其中包括违反了联合国安理会有关决议的多次洲际弹道导弹试验，并呼吁国际社会全面执行这些决议。我们敦促朝鲜遵守其根据联合国安理会有关决议所承担的一切义务，避免采取挑衅行径，并参与实质性对话。
我们继续对缅甸危机表示深重关切，它造成了惨痛的人道苦难并对地区稳定构成了挑战。我们继续敦促立即在缅甸停止暴力，释放包括外国人在内的所有政治犯，参与建设性对话，开辟人道主义通道，并迅速恢复民主。我们重申我们对东盟主导的在缅甸寻求解决方案的努力的支持，并对东盟主席特使（Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair）的作用表示欢迎。我们进一步敦促刻不容缓地执行东盟五点共识（ASEAN Five Point Consensus）。
我们毫不含糊地谴责一切形式及表现的恐怖主义及暴力极端主义，并重申不能以任何理由为恐怖行径开脱。我们谴责使用恐怖主义代理人，并强调不让恐怖主义团伙得到任何可被用来发动或谋划包括跨境袭击在内的恐怖袭击的物流、金融或军事支持的重要性。我们重申我们对恐怖主义袭击的谴责，其中包括11月26日孟买袭击事件以及帕坦科特袭击事件。我们还重申了联合国安理会第2593号决议（2021年），该决议规定阿富汗领土绝不应再被用来威胁或攻击任何国家，或藏匿或训练恐怖主义分子，亦或谋划恐怖主义袭击或为它提供资金。我们强调根据金融行动特别工作组（FATF）的建议，所有国家都维护反洗钱的国际标准并打击恐怖主义筹资的重要性。我们重申在我们抗击全球恐怖主义的斗争中，我们将采取一致行动打击所有恐怖主义团伙，其中包括那些根据联合国安理会第1267号决议（1999年）被列入名单的个人和实体。
新冠疫情和全球卫生安全
两年多以来，全世界都在努力应对新冠疫情给我们的社区、公民、医护人员和体系以及经济造成的极其严重的影响。四国已经主导并将继续主导全球应对新冠疫情的努力，力争建设改善卫生安全并增强卫生体系。我们致力于调整我们的集体方针，以便走在病毒的前面，着重于防范新的变异病毒，并将疫苗、检测、治疗和其他医药品送达那些风险最高的人群。
迄今为止，四方合作伙伴已集体承诺为新冠疫苗全球获取机制预先市场承诺机制（COVAX AMC）捐助大约52亿美元，总捐助额的大约40%来自政府捐助。我们自豪地发送了超过6.7亿剂疫苗，其中至少2.65亿剂疫苗发送到了印太地区。我们注意到全球新冠疫苗供给的重大扩展，并将继续在需要之时同需要之地分享安全、有效、负担得起而且有质量保证的新冠疫苗。
我们对于在四方疫苗伙伴关系（Quad Vaccine Partnership）下，扩大J&J疫苗在印度的Biological E设施的生产所取得的进展表示欢迎，可持续的生产能力将在抗击新冠疫情及未来的大流行病的斗争中产生长期惠益。在这方面，我们期待着世卫组织紧急使用清单（EUL）对于前面提到的在印度的疫苗的批准。我们彰显四方向柬埔寨和泰国捐助的获得世卫组织批准的在印度生产的疫苗，加之四方成员提供的其他与疫苗有关的支持，都是我们的协作所取得的切实成果的范例。
我们将继续应对新冠疫情并防范今后的卫生威胁。我们将通过最后阶段的支持加速接种疫苗，我们四个国家已经为此在全球超过115个国家提供了超过20亿美元，并将通过四方于本周在世界卫生大会（World Health Assembly）上举办的活动解决对疫苗接种存在迟疑的问题。我们将通过新冠疫情增强参与优先全球行动计划（COVID-19 Prioritized Global Action Plan for Enhanced Engagement）以及COVAX疫苗发送伙伴关系（COVAX Vaccine Delivery Partnership）等协调我们的努力。我们欢迎由美国共同主持并有四方成员参与的成功举行的第二届全球新冠疫情峰会，它大力促成了32亿美元的金融和政策承诺。我们将增强在印太地区对经济和社会振兴的支持。
从长远来看，我们将增强全球卫生体系结构以及疫情预防、准备和应对（PPR），以建设更完善的卫生安全，其中包括强化融资和卫生协调，以及增强正在展开的科学技术合作，通过临床试验和基因组监测等方式。我们将在现有的四方协作的基础上，增强我们的能力以改善早期检测，监测有可能发展成大流行病的新出现的新型病原体，并努力增强对传染病和流行病的抗御力。为了开发预防及遏制传染病的新型疫苗，四方伙伴总计承诺提供5.24亿美元，用于流行病防范创新联盟（CEPI）下一阶段的工作，在全部公共投资方中占比大约50%。
我们承诺，作为全民健康覆盖之友小组（Group of Friends of UHC）的成员，发挥全球领导作用，以便在有关全民健康覆盖问题的联合国高级别会议（UN High Level Meeting）定于2023年召开之前进一步增强并改革全球卫生体系结构，以强化预防、准备和应对并提倡全民健康覆盖。
基础设施
我们重申共同致力于深化基础设施合作，这对推动印太地区的生产力和繁荣至关重要。我们也共同致力于解决许多国家因疫情而加重的债务问题。
四方合作伙伴汇集几十年里的技能和经验，大力促进在基础设施方面给这一地区带来成果。我们致力于与伙伴和地区开展密切合作，推动公共和私人投资，弥补差距。为实现这个目标，四方合作伙伴力求在今后五年内展开500亿美元印太地区基础设施援助和投资。
我们将根据《G20共同框架》（G20 Common Framework），努力为有应对债务需要的国家加强能力，并与相关国家的金融当局合作——包括通过包含多种双边和多边能力建设援助手段的四方债务管理资源门户网站（Quad Debt Management Resource Portal），提倡债务的可持续性和透明性。
我们也欢迎我们四国的发展金融机构和部门在四方领导人会议（Quad Leaders’ Meeting）期间举行会议。我们正在与专家、本地区以及与彼此密切合作，使我们的工具和专长相互衔接，在印太地区增进互联。
我们将进一步深化在所确定的领域中的合作并开展相辅相成的行动——这些领域包括地区和数字互联，清洁能源，气候抵御能力，包括能源相关设施抗灾能力，它们体现地区优先重点，包括关于印太地区的《东盟展望》，旨在为这一地区的可持续和包容性发展作出贡献。
气候
由于认识到应对气候变化的需要迫在眉睫——这在政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）的最新报告中得到强调，我们将坚定不移地实施《巴黎协议》（Paris Agreement），兑现第26届联合国气候变化大会（COP26）的成果，加速努力提高全球目标，包括主动联系印太地区关键的利益相关方，支持、加强和增进本地区合作伙伴的气候行动，包括通过调动公共和私人气候资金，以及协助研究、开发和运用创新技术。
今天，我们启动“四方因应和减缓气候变化方案”（Quad Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Package ，简称Q-CHAMP），“减缓”和“因应”是它的两个主题。Q-CHAMP包含的四方气候工作组正在进行的活动包括：绿色航运和港口，旨在基于四方各个国家的贡献，形成一个共有绿色通道框架；开展针对天然气行业清洁氢与甲烷排放的清洁能源合作；加强清洁能源供应链，欢迎悉尼能源论坛（Sydney Energy Forum）的贡献；提供气候信息服务，发展与太平洋岛国的互动战略；以及减少灾难风险，包括建设具有灾难和气候抵御能力的基础设施，如通过抗灾基础设施联盟（Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure）进行的努力。它所涵盖的范围包括在清洁氨燃料领域的合作，碳捕获、利用和封存/碳循环（CCUS/Carbon Recycling），支持合作与能力建设，推进《巴黎协议》第六条中的碳市场高度一体化，气候智能型农业，分享次国家级气候行动知识，以及基于生态系统的应对方式。为将Q-CHAMP具体化，我们致力于扩大我们的项目，支持我们四国之间以及印太地区的气候行动。我们认识到气候变化对太平洋岛国构成的巨大挑战。
我们欢迎澳大利亚新政府承诺针对气候变化采取更有力的行动，包括通过立法实现2050年净零排放和对“各国自主贡献”（Nationally Determined Contribution）提出一项新的雄心计划。
网络安全
我们认识到，在存在复杂网络威胁的日益数字化的世界里，迫切需要集体共同加强网络安全。为实现四方领导人提出的自由与开放的印太地区愿景，我们承诺采取一系列举措，加强对国家关键基础设施的保护，包括交换威胁信息，识别和评估对数字化产品和服务的供应链的潜在风险，协调政府采购的软件安全基线标准，利用我们集体的采购实力改进更广大的软件开发生态系统，从而让所有用户受益。四方伙伴将基于四方网络安全合作关系（Quad Cybersecurity Partnership），协调在印太地区的能力建设，并首次定立“四方网络安全日”（Quad Cybersecurity Day），以帮助我们各国、印太地区和更广大范围内的互联网个体用户更好地保护自己不受网络威胁。
关键和新兴技术
四方继续注重通过采用关键和新兴技术增进地区的繁荣与安全。在5G和更前沿领域，在欢迎《关于电信通讯供应商多样化的布拉格提案》（Prague Proposals on Telecommunications Supplier Diversity）的同时，我们将通过《关于5G供应商多样化和开放式无线接入网的合作备忘录》（Memorandum of Cooperation on 5G Supplier Diversification and Open RAN），加强互操作能力和安全性。我们也正在深化与产业的互动，包括开展开放式无线接入网1.5轨（Open RAN Track 1.5）活动，同时为在这一地区采用开放和安全的电讯技术探索合作的途径。
我们明确了四方在全球半导体供应链中的实力和薄弱点，并决定更好地利用我们的互补优势，形成多样化和富有竞争性的半导体市场。在本次峰会上发布的《关于关键技术供应链原则的共同声明》（Common Statement of Principles on Critical Technology Supply Chains），将推进我们在半导体和其他关键技术方面的合作，为增强我们抵御这一地区面临的各种风险的能力提供了合作基础。我们在国际标准化机构中的合作，如国际电信联盟电信标准化局（Telecommunication Standardization Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union），取得了极大进展，我们期待通过新的国际标准合作网（International Standards Cooperation Network）加强这种合作。这一合作将有助于确保这一地区的技术发展受到我们共同的民主价值观引导。继对生物技术的更深入讨论之后，我们通过映像和相应1.5轨继续加强前景扫描合作，并在未来聚焦量子技术。我们将举办一个商务和投资论坛，与产业伙伴发展关系，为关键和新兴技术带来更多资本。
四方奖学金项目交流
我们认识到民间纽带是四方伙伴关系的基石，并欢迎正式启动四方奖学金项目（Quad Fellowship），从现在开始接受申请。四方奖学金交流项目每年将从我们国家送100名学生到美国，攻读科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业的研究生学位，项目将由施密特未来（Schmidt Futures）机构管理。第一期四方学员将从2023年第三季度开始，我们期待共同培养新一代STEM人才，使他们成为我们各国进行先进研究和发明的带头人。
太空
与太空有关的应用和技术也可以为应对共同挑战发挥作用，如气候变化，灾难预防与应对，对海洋和海洋资源的可持续使用等。每一个四方成员都将为扩大公众获取和应用地球观察卫星资讯的机会而努力。我们将共同努力建立一个以地球观察为基础的监测和可持续发展框架。我们将为分享以太空为基础的民用地球观察数据而努力，并设立一个“四方卫星数据门户网”（Quad Satellite Data Portal），汇集我们各国国家卫星数据资源链接。我们将共同努力发展空间应用，包括在地球观察领域，并向这一地区国家提供能力建设支持，包括结成运用空间能力应对极端降水事件的伙伴关系。我们还将就对空间进行可持续利用的规则、标准、指导方针和原则进行磋商，通过举办联合讲习班向这一地区国家提供支持，包括与联合国和平利用外层空间委员会《外层空间活动的长期可持续性准则》（UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities）相关的内容。
海域意识和人道援助与救灾
我们欢迎新建的海域意识倡议—— “印太海域意识伙伴关系”（Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness ，简称IPMDA），旨在与地区伙伴共同合作，应对人道和自然灾难，打击非法捕捞。IPMDA将通过提供技术和培训，支持并与印太地区国家和印度洋、东南亚以及太平洋岛国的地区信息汇集中心开展协商努力，支持加强共同的海域意识，促进我们的海上和大洋稳定与繁荣。IPMDA体现了四方关系的宗旨：促进为取得具体成果而共同努力，从而使这个地区更加稳定和繁荣。
为兑现我们在2022年3月3日视频会议后作出的承诺，我们今天宣布，建立“印太地区人道主义援助和救灾四方合作关系”（Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific）。它将进一步加强我们的合作，有效应对这一地区发生的灾难。
结束语
今天，展望对自由和开放的印太地区的共同愿景，我们再次强调基本价值观和原则的重要意义，并承诺为给这个地区带来实际成果而进行不懈努力。为此，我们将把四方活动常规化，包括定期举行领导人和外长会议。我们同意于2023年在澳大利亚举行下一次面对面峰会。
 
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Quad Joint Leaders’ Statement

MAY 24, 2022•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
Today, we – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, and President Joe Biden of the United States – convene in Tokyo to renew our steadfast commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient.
Just over one year ago, Leaders met for the first time. Today in Tokyo, we convene for our fourth meeting, and our second in person, to demonstrate, at a time of profound global challenge, that the Quad is a force for good, committed to bringing tangible benefits to the region. In our first year of cooperation, we established the Quad’s dedication to a positive and practical agenda; in our second year, we are committed to deliver on this promise, making the region more resilient for the 21st century.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still inflicting human and economic pain around the world, tendencies for unilateral actions among states and a tragic conflict raging in Ukraine, we are steadfast. We strongly support the principles of freedom, rule of law, democratic values, sovereignty and territorial integrity, peaceful settlement of disputes without resorting to threat or use of force, any unilateral attempt to change the status quo, and freedom of navigation and overflight, all of which are essential to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region and to the world. We will continue to act decisively together to advance these principles in the region and beyond. We reaffirm our resolve to uphold the international rules-based order where countries are free from all forms of military, economic and political coercion.
Peace and StabilityWe discussed our respective responses to the conflict in Ukraine and the ongoing tragic humanitarian crisis, and assessed its implications for the Indo-Pacific. Quad Leaders reiterated our strong resolve to maintain the peace and stability in the region. We underscored unequivocally that the centerpiece of the international order is international law, including the UN Charter, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states. We also emphasized that all countries must seek peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with international law.
The Quad is committed to cooperation with partners in the region who share the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific. We reaffirm our unwavering support for ASEAN unity and centrality and for the practical implementation of ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. We welcome the EU’s Joint Communication on the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific which was announced in September 2021 and increased European engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. We will champion adherence to international law, particularly as reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the maintenance of freedom of navigation and overflight, to meet challenges to the maritime rules-based order, including in the East and South China Seas. We strongly oppose any coercive, provocative or unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo and increase tensions in the area, such as the militarization of disputed features, the dangerous use of coast guard vessels and maritime militia, and efforts to disrupt other countries’ offshore resource exploitation activities.
Individually and collectively, we will further strengthen our cooperation with Pacific island countries, to enhance their economic well being, strengthen health infrastructure and environmental resilience, to improve their maritime security and sustain their fisheries, to provide sustainable infrastructure, to bolster educational opportunities, and to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, which pose especially serious challenges for this region. We are committed to working together to address the needs of Pacific island partners. We reaffirmed our support for Pacific Islands Forum unity and for Pacific regional security frameworks.
Among ourselves and with our partners, we will deepen our cooperation in multilateral institutions, including at the United Nations, where reinforcing our shared priorities to reform and enhance the resilience of the multilateral system itself. Individually and together, we will respond to the challenges of our time, ensuring that the region remains inclusive, open, and governed by universal rules and norms.
We reaffirm our commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and also reconfirm the necessity of immediate resolution of the issue of Japanese abductees. We also condemn North Korea’s destabilizing ballistic missile development and launches, including multiple intercontinental ballistic missile tests, in violation of UNSCRs, and call on the international community to fully implement these resolutions. We urge North Korea to abide by all of its obligations under the UNSCRs, refrain from provocations, and engage in substantive dialogue.
We remain deeply concerned by the crisis in Myanmar, which has caused grave humanitarian suffering and posed challenges to regional stability. We continue to call for the immediate end to violence in Myanmar, the release of all political detainees, including foreigners, engagement in constructive dialogue, humanitarian access, and the swift restoration of democracy. We reaffirm our support for ASEAN-led efforts to seek a solution in Myanmar and welcome the role of Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair. We further call for the urgent implementation of the ASEAN Five Point Consensus.
We condemn unequivocally terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations and   reiterate that there can be no justification for acts of terror on any grounds whatsoever. We denounce the use of terrorist proxies and emphasize the importance of denying any logistical, financial or military support to terrorist groups which could be used to launch or plan terror attacks, including cross-border attacks. We reiterate our condemnation of terrorist attacks, including 26/11 Mumbai and Pathankot attacks. We also reaffirm UNSC Resolution 2593 (2021), which demands that Afghan territory must never again be used to threaten or attack any country or to shelter or train terrorists, or to plan or finance terrorist attacks. We emphasize the importance of upholding international standards on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism by all countries, consistent with FATF recommendations. We reaffirm that in our fight against global terrorism, we will take concerted action against all terrorist groups, including those individuals and entities designated pursuant to the UNSC Resolution 1267(1999).
COVID-19 and Global Health SecurityFor more than two years, the world has grappled with the devastating impacts of COVID-19 – on our communities, citizens, health workers and systems and economies. The Quad countries have led and will continue to lead global efforts for COVID-19 response, with a view to building better health security and strengthening health systems. We commit to adapt our collective approaches to get ahead of the virus with a focus on preparing for new variants, and getting vaccines, tests, treatments, and other medical products to those at highest risk.
To date, the Quad partners have collectively pledged approximately USD $ 5.2 billion to the COVAX AMC, approximately 40 percent of the total contributions from government donors. We are proud to have delivered over 670 million doses, including at least 265 million doses to Indo-Pacific. Noting significant expansion in the global supply of COVID-19 vaccines, we will continue to share safe, effective, affordable and quality-assured COVID-19 vaccines where and when they are needed.
We welcome the progress on the expansion of J&J vaccine production at the Biological E facility in India under the Quad Vaccine Partnership– sustainable manufacturing capacity will yield long-term benefit in the fight against COVID-19 and future pandemics. In this regard, we look forward to the grant of WHO’s EUL approvals regarding the aforementioned vaccines in India. We celebrate the donation by the Quad to Cambodia and Thailand of WHO approved Made in India vaccines, together with Quad members’ other vaccine related support, as an example of tangible achievement of our collaboration.
We will continue to address both the COVID-19 response and preparedness against future health threats. We will accelerate getting shots in arms through last mile support of which over 2 billion USD has been provided in more than 115 countries globally by our four countries, and will also address vaccine hesitancy through a Quad-convened event this week at the World Health Assembly. We will coordinate our efforts including through the “COVID-19 Prioritized Global Action Plan for Enhanced Engagement (GAP),” and COVAX Vaccine Delivery Partnership.  We welcome the successful 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit co-hosted by the United States, and joined by the Quad members, which galvanized $3.2 billion in financial and policy commitments. We will strengthen support for economic and social revitalization in the Indo-Pacific region.
In the long term, we will strengthen the global health architecture and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) to build better health security, including by enhancing finance and health coordination and bolstering on-going science and technology cooperation, such as through clinical trials and genomic surveillance. Building on existing Quad collaboration, we will enhance our capacity to improve early detection and monitor new and emerging pathogens with pandemic potential, and work to increase resilience to epidemics and pandemics. For the development of new vaccines to prevent and contain infectious diseases, Quad partners have collectively committed $524 million to the next phase of CEPI’s work, accounting for about 50 percent of the total public investors.
We commit, as members of the Group of Friends of UHC, to take global leadership to further strengthen　and reform the global health architecture for enhancing PPR and promoting UHC in the lead up to the UN High Level Meeting on UHC to be held in 2023.
InfrastructureWe reaffirmed our shared commitment to deepen cooperation on infrastructure, which is critical to driving productivity and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. We also share a commitment to addressing debt issues, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic in many countries.
Quad partners bring decades of skills and experience together to catalyse infrastructure delivery to the region. We are committed to working closely with partners and the region to drive public and private investment to bridge gaps. To achieve this, Quad will seek to extend more than 50 billion USD of infrastructure assistance and investment in the Indo-Pacific, over the next five years.
We will work to strengthen capacities of the countries in need to cope with debt issues under the G20 Common Framework and by promoting debt sustainability and transparency in close collaboration with finance authorities of relevant countries, including  through the  “Quad Debt Management Resource Portal,” which consists of multiple bilateral and multilateral capacity building assistance.
We also welcome the meeting of the development finance institutions and agencies of the four countries in the margins of the Quad Leaders’ Meeting. We are working closely with experts, our region and each other to link our toolkits and expertise to better connect the Indo-Pacific.
We will further deepen collaboration and pursue complementary actions in identified areas, such as regional and digital connectivity, clean energy, and climate resilience including disaster resilience in energy related facilities that reflect the region’s priorities including ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, to contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth in the region.
ClimateRecognizing the urgent need to address climate change as emphasized in the latest IPCC reports, we will steadfastly implement the Paris Agreement and deliver on the outcomes of COP26, accelerating our efforts to raise global ambition, including reaching out to key stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific region and supporting, strengthening, and enhancing climate actions by partners in the region including through mobilizing climate finance, both public and private, and facilitating the research, development, and deployment of innovative technology.
Today, we launch the “Quad Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Package (Q-CHAMP)” with “mitigation” and “adaptation” as its two themes. Q-CHAMP includes ongoing activities under the Quad Climate Working Group on: green shipping and ports aiming for a shared green corridor framework building on  each Quad country’s input; clean energy cooperation in clean hydrogen and methane emissions from the natural gas sector; strengthening clean energy supply chains, welcoming the contribution of the Sydney Energy Forum; climate information services for developing an engagement strategy with Pacific island countries; and disaster risk reduction, including disaster and climate resilient infrastructure such as the efforts through the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). Its coverage includes new cooperation in clean fuel ammonia, CCUS/Carbon Recycling, cooperation and capacity building support to advance high integrity carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, climate-smart agriculture, knowledge sharing on subnational climate actions, and ecosystem-based adaptation. To make Q-CHAMP tangible, we are committed to expanding our programs, in support of climate actions between our four countries as well as in the Indo-Pacific region. We recognize the immense challenges posed by climate change to the island nations of the Pacific.
We welcome the new Australian Government’s commitment to stronger action on climate change, including through passing legislation to achieve net zero by 2050 and lodging a new, ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution.
CybersecurityIn an increasingly digital world with sophisticated cyber threats we recognize an urgent need to take a collective approach to enhancing cybersecurity. To deliver on the Quad Leaders’ vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, we commit to improving the defense of our nations’ critical infrastructure by sharing threat information, identifying and evaluating potential risks in supply chains for digitally enabled products and services, and aligning baseline software security standards for government procurement, leveraging our collective purchasing power to improve the broader software development ecosystem so that all users can benefit. The Quad partners will coordinate capacity building programs in the Indo-Pacific region under the Quad Cybersecurity Partnership, and will initiate the first-ever Quad Cybersecurity Day to help individual internet users across our nations, the Indo-Pacific region, and beyond to better protect themselves from cyber threats.
Critical & Emerging TechnologiesThe Quad remains focused on harnessing critical and emerging technologies to enhance the prosperity and security of the region. In the area of 5G and beyond 5G, while welcoming the Prague Proposals on Telecommunications Supplier Diversity, we will advance interoperability and security through the signature of a new Memorandum of Cooperation on 5G Supplier Diversification and Open RAN. We are also deepening our engagement with industry, including through Open RAN Track 1.5 events, and exploring ways to collaborate on the deployment of open and secure telecommunications technologies in the region.
We have mapped the Quad’s capacity and vulnerabilities in global semiconductor supply chains and have decided to better leverage our complementary strengths to realize a diverse and competitive market for semiconductors. The Common Statement of Principles on Critical Technology Supply Chains, launched on the occasion of this Summit, advances our cooperation on semiconductors and other critical technologies, providing a cooperative foundation for enhancing our resilience against various risks to the region.  Our cooperation in the international standardization organizations, such as the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union, has made great progress, and we expect to strengthen such cooperation through the new International Standards Cooperation Network (ISCN). This cooperation will help ensure technology development in the region is guided by our shared democratic values. We continue to strengthen our horizon scanning cooperation following our deepened discussions in biotechnology through our efforts on mapping and a corresponding Track 1.5 and a future focus on quantum technologies. We will convene a business and investment forum for networking with industry partners to expand capital for critical and emerging technologies.
Quad FellowshipWe recognize that people to people ties are the bedrock of the Quad and welcome the official launch of the Quad Fellowship, which is now open for application. The Quad Fellowship will bring 100 students from our countries to the United States each year to pursue graduate degrees in STEM fields, and is administered by Schmidt Futures.  The first class of Quad Fellows will begin their studies in the third quarter of 2023, and we look forward to building together a talented cohort of next-generation STEM minds who will lead our countries in cutting-edge research and innovation.
Space                                                                                                                                                     Space-related applications and technologies can also contribute to addressing common challenges such as climate change, disaster preparedness and response, and sustainable uses of oceans and marine resources. Each Quad partner will endeavor to improve public access to Earth observation satellite data and applications. We will work together to create an Earth observation-based monitoring and sustainable development framework.  We will endeavor to share space-based civil Earth observation data, along with providing a “Quad Satellite Data Portal” that aggregates links to our respective national satellite data resources. We will work together to develop space applications, including in the area of Earth observations, and provide capacity building support to countries in the region, including with regards to partnering on using space capabilities to respond to extreme precipitation events. We will also consult on rules, norms, guidelines and principles for the sustainable use of space, and extend support to countries in the region through joint workshops including in relation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities.
Maritime Domain Awareness and HADRWe welcome a new maritime domain awareness initiative, the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA), designed to work with regional partners to respond to humanitarian and natural disasters, and combat illegal fishing. IPMDA will support and work in consultation with Indo-Pacific nations and regional information fusion centers in the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands by providing technology and training to support enhanced, shared maritime domain awareness to promote stability and prosperity in our seas and oceans. IPMDA embodies what the Quad stands for: catalyzing our joint efforts towards concrete results that help to make the region more stable and prosperous.
Delivering on our commitment following our virtual meeting on 3 March 2022, we announce today the establishment of the “Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific”. This Partnership will further strengthen our collaboration to effectively respond to disasters in the region.
ClosingToday, with a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, we once again emphasize the importance of fundamental values and principles, and commit to work tirelessly to deliver tangible results to the region. In doing so, we will regularize the Quad activities, including regular meetings by the Leaders and Foreign Ministers. We agree to hold our next in-person summit in 2023 hosted by Australia.
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