詹妮弗·佩尔茨（纽约）——在新冠疫情迫使联合国大会首次将年度全球领导人峰会改为线上形式六年后，如今全球性疫情已不再是该会议的主要讨论焦点。战争、自然灾害、地缘政治分歧，以及今年备受关注的人工智能问题，成为了人们关注的焦点。
JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK — Six years after COVID-19 forced the U.N. General Assembly ‘s annual meeting of world leaders to go virtual for the first time ever , pandemics no longer dominate the conversation at the global gathering. Wars, natural disasters, geopolitical polarization and this year’s hot-button worry — artificial intelligence — have seized attention.
然而，联合国大会主席和卫生官员们仍希望确保“再次发生全球性公共卫生危机”的可能性能够继续被列入会议议程。
But the General Assembly’s leader and health officials sought Friday to make sure that the lurking possibility of another worldwide disease emergency stays on the agenda.
“新冠疫情有时就像一场噩梦”——封锁措施、医院不堪重负、学校关闭、经济动荡、个人悲剧，还有通过视频会议（如Zoom）进行交流……”联合国大会主席哈利卢尔·拉赫曼在主持这场关于疫情准备、预防和应对措施的会议时说道。他回忆起自己在危机期间，作为医生的女儿夜以继日地救治新冠患者的日子：“有时候，人们宁愿假装这一切从未发生过……”但他强调：“我们无法将新冠疫情从记忆中抹去。相反，我们必须认真反思那段经历，总结我们的成功与失败。”他特别指出，在刚果正在爆发史上最严重的埃博拉疫情的情况下，这一点尤为重要。
COVID—19 sometimes “feels like a fever dream” of lockdowns, overwhelmed hospitals, shuttered schools, economic disruption, personal tragedies and Zoom calls, General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman said as he opened a day-long meeting on pandemic preparedness, prevention and response. He recalled his own sleepless nights when his daughter, a physician, treated coronavirus patients during the crisis. “Sometimes it is easier to pretend that it never happened,” Rahman said, but “we cannot erase COVID-19 from our memories. Quite the opposite. We have to take a hard look at that period, at where we succeeded and where we failed.” It’s all the more important at a time when history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading in Congo , he noted.
自新冠疫情爆发以来，国际社会成立了众多新的国际基金、合作组织及科学项目，以更有效地应对疫情威胁。然而，在如何应对这些挑战的问题上，各国之间存在明显的分歧；周五的会议中，各国未能就一份旨在规范此次特别会议的宣言达成共识。
Since the depths of the coronavirus pandemic, various new international funds, collaboratives, scientific programs and agreements have arisen to tackle pandemic threats better. But the international community is navigating divides about the issue — and they were clear Friday, when countries couldn’t reach consensus on a declaration that was intended to cap the special pandemic meeting.
拉赫曼表示，联合国大会成员们将在未来进一步审议这份宣言草案。据美联社获得的这份草案显示，该宣言重申了各国应加强疫情应对准备，并提升国内及国际间的协调能力的决心。
Rahman said General Assembly members would consider the document in future. The draft declaration, obtained by The Associated Press, reiterates an intent to scale up preparedness and improve coordination within countries and among them.
该文件呼吁加强资金投入、提升实验室检测能力，并促进更多人能够获得药品和疫苗。文件中的其他条款还提出要努力消除人们对接种疫苗的顾虑以及与健康相关的错误信息，确保所有政策在性别方面具有平等性，并力争到2030年实现人人都能获得计划生育和性健康服务。
The document calls for enhancing financing, boosting lab capacity and promoting increased medication and vaccine access. Other provisions of the wide-ranging draft endorse trying to counter vaccine hesitancy and health-related misinformation, making all policies gender-equal and ensuring universal access to family planning and sexual health services by 2030.
支持者表示，这份提案将有助于改善当前亟需的合作机制、加强风险监测，并提高各国应对这一跨国性威胁的能力（因为这种威胁不会局限于任何一个国家的边界）。
Proponents said the proposed document would improve much-needed collaboration, risk monitoring and preparedness for a threat that doesn’t stop at any one country’s borders.
“这份宣言有助于推动世界向前发展，”新西兰前总理海伦·克拉克说道。她同时也是“疫情准备与应对独立小组”的联合主席，该小组是在新冠疫情爆发后成立的。世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞在新闻发布会上表示，这份文件“包含了针对现有差距所需采取的具体、可衡量且紧迫的行动承诺”。从韩国到佛得角、再到危地马拉，多个国家都表示支持这份宣言，亚美尼亚和卢旺达在推动该宣言的通过过程中发挥了重要作用。
“That declaration can help the world move forward,” said former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, co-chair of Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, a group created after COVID-19 emerged. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news conference that the document “includes important commitments to concrete, measurable and urgent action to address gaps.” Countries from South Korea to Cape Verde to Guatemala expressed support for the declaration, facilitated by Armenia and Rwanda.
“这是国际社会团结与合作的表现，”布隆迪外交部长爱德华·比齐马纳代表一些非洲国家表示；加勒比国家联盟也对该宣言表示支持。
It’s “an expression of solidarity and international cooperation,” said Burundian Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana, speaking on behalf of a group of African nations. A Caribbean countries’ association also backed the document.
然而，这份宣言并未得到所有国家的认同。在周五举行的多国会议上，欧盟指出该文件在促进资金使用的透明度和效率方面做得还不够；德国则呼吁应更加重视疫情预防工作。美国则对文件中提到的“分裂性意识形态”以及各国之间可能存在的单独协议（即各国通过共享病毒样本来获取检测结果、药品和疫苗的安排）表示反对。
But it fell flat with some other nations. In statements during Friday’s multi-part meeting, the European Union said that the document didn’t do enough to foster financing accountability and efficiency, among other complaints. Germany called for a stronger focus on prevention. The U.S. objected to mentions of “divisive ideologies” and of a prospective separate arrangement for countries to share virus samples and in turn get tests, medicines and vaccines.
这笔潜在的交易正在谈判中，它是去年世界卫生组织（WHO）成员国通过的“疫情应对协议”的后续举措。美国已经退出了世界卫生组织，因此没有参与该协议的最终制定过程。
That potential deal is under negotiations as a follow-on to a pandemic agreement that WHO member countries approved last year. The United States has withdrawn from the World Health Organization and wasn’t part of finalizing the pandemic treaty.