巴巴多斯正加入一批国家的行列，呼吁设立一个国际小组以应对不平等问题，此时地缘政治紧张局势加剧、气候变化和技术快速发展威胁着拉大富裕国家与贫困国家之间的差距。
Barbados is joining a group of countries calling for the establishment of an international panel to address inequality, at a time when heightened geopolitical tensions, climate change and rapid technological advances threaten to widen the divide between wealthy and poorer nations.
发展中经济体的政策制定者们日益因债务负担加重、食品和燃料成本上升以及在人工智能投资热潮中被落下的风险而敲响警钟。
Policymakers from developing economies are increasingly sounding the alarm over the impact of mounting debt burdens, rising food and fuel costs, and the risk of being left behind in the AI investment boom.
“应对不平等是我们结束贫困、创造就业和所有权机会以及应对全球日益增加的冲突数量的基础，” 巴巴多斯总理米娅·莫特利周三在曼谷举行的国际货币基金组织和世界银行年会上表示。
"Addressing inequality is fundamental to our ability to end poverty, create opportunities for jobs and ownership, and address the growing number of conflicts around the world," Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Wednesday at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok.
“气候危机和人工智能的崛起使这项任务对人类来说更加紧迫。” 该小组旨在于明年夏天之前，通过联合国大会达成决议，正式成立该小组。该计划的支持者包括西班牙、巴西、南非、挪威、德国、墨西哥、冰岛、日本和孟加拉国。
"The climate crisis and the rise of artificial intelligence make this task even more urgent for humanity." The group is aiming to reach a resolution with the United Nations General Assembly for the formal establishment of the panel before next summer. Supporters of the plan include Spain, Brazil, South Africa, Norway, Germany, Mexico, Iceland, Japan and Bangladesh.
挪威国际发展部长阿斯蒙德·奥克鲁斯特告诉记者，预计将有更多国家在曼谷周五的会议上承诺支持。
Norway's Minister of International Development, Asmund Aukrust, told reporters that more countries are expected to pledge their support at a meeting on Friday in Bangkok.
“十五个国家已经签署，我可以说这当然是一个来自欧洲、非洲、南美洲和亚洲的混合群体，” 他表示。
"Fifteen countries have signed up, and I would say it's of course a mixed group from Europe, Africa, South America and Asia," he said.
在另一场活动中，国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯塔利娜·格奥尔基耶娃警告称，当前的经济发展和人工智能的快速进步威胁着加深发达经济体与发展中经济体之间的鸿沟，特别是在发展援助大幅下降的情况下。奥克鲁斯特表示，不平等程度最高的国家也是民主更脆弱的国家。
At a separate event, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that current economic developments and the rapid advance of AI threaten to deepen the gulf between advanced and developing economies, especially given steep drops in development assistance. Aukrust said countries with the highest inequality were also countries where democracy was more vulnerable.
“我们知道，不平等不是自然造成的，而是政治决策的结果，因此它也可能通过政治决策来解决。”}
"We know that inequality is not made by nature, it's made by political decisions, and therefore it could also be solved by political decisions."