On Tuesday, at the annual gathering of world leaders, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres delivered his final address in that capacity, earnestly appealing for the construction of "a world founded on interdependence."
联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯于周二在一年一度的世界领导人聚会上发表其任内最后一次讲话,恳切呼吁构建"一个以相互依存为基础的世界"。
This gathering confronted a daunting array of challenges—encompassing climate change and war, as well as inequality and artificial intelligence.
此番会议直面一系列严峻挑战——涵盖气候变化与战争,乃至不平等与人工智能。
For a long time, this UN leader has spared no effort in urging world leaders not to abandon cooperation and collective decision-making against the backdrop of ever-intensifying global challenges and increasingly heated rivalry among major powers.
长期以来,这位联合国领导人始终不遗余力地敦促各国领导人,在全球挑战愈演愈烈、大国博弈日趋白热化的大背景下,切勿摒弃合作与共同决策。
His address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday carried a particularly urgent tone, given that he is set to step down at the end of this year.
周二他在联合国大会上的发言尤显迫在眉睫,盖因其将于今年年底卸任。
"The fractures in our world are widening," he said, citing rampant wars, rising temperatures, and artificial intelligence, among other issues.
"我们世界的裂痕正在扩大,"他说,并列举了肆虐的战争、不断上升的气温和人工智能等问题。
He called for building "a world grounded in interdependence — bound together by a dense web of economic, political, social, and technological ties," rather than allowing the future to keep sliding into an abyss of fragmentation, transactionalism, and mutual distrust.
他呼吁建立"一个以相互依存为基础的世界——由经济、政治、社会和技术联系的密集网络所维系",而非任由未来继续滑向碎片化、交易主义和互不信任的深渊。
His address set the stage for the main agenda of the year's largest diplomatic gathering.
他的致辞为本年度全球规模最大的外交会议之主体议程揭开了帷幕。
Leaders from the 193 member states of the United Nations conferred with one another and unburdened themselves to the international community of their respective aspirations, blueprints, and grievances.
来自联合国193个成员国的领导人彼此交流,并向国际社会倾诉各自的期许、蓝图与不满。
Guterres also repudiated the paradigm of "might makes right," cautioning superpowers that they must recognize that "their might is not so super."
古特雷斯亦对“强权即公理”这一思维范式予以驳斥,告诫超级大国须认识到“他们的力量并没有那么超级”。
He declared that what has become abundantly clear in recent years is that "military power alone cannot secure peace."
他宣称,近年来已然昭然若揭的是,“仅靠军事力量无法确保和平”。
"While others were still placing their faith in strength, I harnessed it to elevate America to the ranks of the world's foremost powers," Trump declared, extolling the nation's influence across the economic, technological, and military domains.
"当旁人犹以力量相许之时,我已藉之使美国跻身寰宇至强之列,"特朗普如是说,并盛赞美国于经济、科技与军事诸领域之影响力。
He reaffirmed his position that the United Nations harbors "enormous potential," yet he excoriated it for "imposing a far-left agenda of globalist bureaucrats."
他重申了自己的立场,即联合国蕴藏着"巨大潜力",但对其"强加全球主义官僚的极左议程"予以抨击。
He then turned his fire on institutions such as the International Criminal Court—of which the United States is not a state party.
他继而将矛头指向国际刑事法院等机构——美国并非该法院的缔约国。
The annual high-level gathering of the United Nations General Assembly will be dominated by the wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo, and Myanmar, along with a nagging question: can world leaders actually do anything to bring these wars to an end?
联合国大会年度高级别聚会将被伊朗、加沙、乌克兰、苏丹、刚果和缅甸的战争所主导,此外还有一个挥之不去的问题:各国领导人究竟能否采取任何行动来终结这些战争?
Confronted with the grave predicament of ever-intensifying global warming that imperils the planet's future, with the quandary of ever-widening wealth disparities both within and between nations, and with the shock to the global economy wrought by disruptions to shipping routes and supply chains that drive up the cost of living, what, after all, can they possibly do?
面对全球变暖之势愈演愈烈、危及地球未来这一严峻命题,面对各国内部及国与国之间贫富分化日趋悬殊的困局,以及航运路线与供应链受阻抬升生活成本、进而对全球经济造成的冲击,他们究竟还能有何作为?
The future of the United Nations itself will likewise be placed on the agenda.
联合国自身的未来亦将被提上议事日程。
Eighty-one years have elapsed since the United Nations came into being, yet its authority remains firmly vested in the hands of the victorious powers of the Second World War rather than in those of the twenty-first century's principal global players.
联合国自成立迄今已历八十一载,其权柄却仍牢牢执掌于二战战胜国手中,而非握于21世纪的主要全球参与者之手。
Member states have reached a consensus on a broad package of reforms, encompassing the renewal of such pivotal bodies as the United Nations Security Council.
成员国已就一揽子广泛的改革方案达成共识,其中包括更新联合国安全理事会等关键机构。
Within the Security Council, the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France wield a disproportionately preponderant influence by virtue of their veto power.
在安理会中,美国、俄罗斯、中国、英国和法国凭借其否决权而享有过于举足轻重的影响力。
Yet when it comes to reform, it is far easier said than done.
然而,改革之事,言之易而行之难。
Behind the scenes, speculation is bound to swirl over who will take the helm as the next leader of the United Nations.
在幕后,各方势将揣测谁将接掌联合国下一任领导人。
Guterres's second five-year term will expire on December 31, yet a clear successor has thus far been conspicuously absent.
古特雷斯的第二个五年任期将于12月31日届满,而明确的继任者迄今仍付之阙如。
Toward the end of his speech, Guterres acknowledged that he was about to step down and vowed that he would "never, ever give up" on the values the United Nations stands for.
古特雷斯在演讲尾声坦承自己即将卸任,并誓言"永远不会、绝对不会放弃"联合国所代表的价值观。
"Wherever I may find myself, and whatever I may do, I will remain unwavering in championing the conviction that peace is possible," he declared, before stepping down from the podium amid a prolonged standing ovation from the entire hall.
“无论我置身何地,无论我从事何事,我都将矢志不渝地倡导和平乃可能之事这一信念,”他如是说道,随后在全场经久不息的起立鼓掌中步离讲台。
He placed his hand over his heart.
他将手置于胸前。
There can be no doubt that the United Nations remains an indispensable and vital meeting platform for its member states and their leaders.
毋庸置疑,联合国依旧是其成员国及其领导人不可或缺的重要会晤平台。
It is anticipated that approximately 130 heads of state and government will deliver addresses at the United Nations General Assembly, with dozens of ministers also in attendance.
预计约130位国家元首与政府首脑将于联合国大会上发表演说,另有数十位部长出席。
Among the figures commanding particular attention are Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, the latter of whom is likewise slated to address the assembly on Tuesday; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, meanwhile, are scheduled to speak on Wednesday.
备受瞩目的人物包括特朗普与法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙,后者亦将于周二发表讲话;乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基和伊朗总统马苏德·佩泽希齐扬则定于周三发言。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address the assembly on Thursday.
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡定于周四在大会上发表讲话。
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at one point sought to have Netanyahu arrested over his treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, only to discover that he had no such authority.
纽约市长佐兰·马姆达尼曾一度欲以內塔尼亚胡对加沙巴勒斯坦人所施之待遇为由将其逮捕,嗣后方知自身并无此等权限。
For the second consecutive year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be absent from the United Nations, owing to the United States' refusal to grant him a visa.
连续第二年,巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯将缺席联合国,缘由在于美国拒予其签证。
Nevertheless, he will still address the assembly by video on the same day.
尽管如此,他仍将于同日经由视频向大会发表讲话。
Equally worthy of scrutiny is the list of absentees among the attendees.
同样值得审视的是与会者的缺席名单。
China's President Xi Jinping, who is scheduled to meet Trump in Washington on Wednesday, did not grace this United Nations gathering—a move some diplomats interpreted as a snub—and instead dispatched a vice-president to attend on his behalf.
中国国家主席习近平定于周三在华盛顿与特朗普会晤,却未莅临联合国此次聚会——一些外交官将此解读为一种怠慢——而是派遣了一位副主席代为出席。
Russia's President Vladimir Putin was likewise absent, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also withdrawn.
俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京亦未现身,印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪 likewise 已退出。
On the eve of the conference, Jérôme Bonnafont, France's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, declared that heads of state's staunch support for the UN as the gathering place of the world's nations was "crucial"—all the more so at a time of unprecedented polarization.
法国常驻联合国代表热罗姆·博纳丰于会议前夕宣称,各国元首对联合国作为寰球诸国汇聚之所的鼎力支持“至关重要”——值此空前两极分化之世,尤显如是。
Undeniably, this has been a gruelling year for the United Nations.
毋庸置疑,对联合国而言,这是荆棘载途的一年。
In fulfilling its core mandate of ensuring international peace and security and striving to bring an end to the major conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, the UN has been pushed to the margins.
在确保国际和平与安全、力图终结中东与乌克兰重大冲突这一核心职责上,联合国已被逼至边缘。
The United States' failure to pay billions of dollars in arrears has left the organisation's finances in a precarious state.
美国未能偿付数十亿美元欠款,令该组织的财政状况岌岌可危。
The future of artificial intelligence has ascended to the very forefront of shared global concern; its meteoric development, coupled with a dawning worldwide recognition that this technology harbours both manifold benefits and no small measure of drawbacks and unknowns, has unfolded in the utter absence of any industry-level governance, let alone global safeguards.
人工智能之前景已跻身全球共同关切之最前沿;其突飞猛进的发展,加之世人渐次认识到此项技术既蕴藏诸多裨益,亦不乏诸多弊端与未知之数,却全然缺乏任何行业层面的管控,遑论全球性的防护举措。
On the eve of a global summit, the heads of three leading artificial intelligence companies issued a joint warning that the technology was slipping ever further beyond human control, and urged a pause in the pace of development; yet Trump dismissed their concerns with a scoff as a "hoax," insisting instead on pressing ahead at full tilt to secure America's lead over China.
值此全球峰会召开前夕,三家领军人工智能企业的掌舵人联袂发出警示,指该技术正渐次脱离人类掌控,并敦促暂缓研发步伐;然而,特朗普却将他们的忧虑嗤之为"骗局",并力主继续高歌猛进,以确保美国对中国的领先优势。
On Wednesday afternoon, the United Nations Security Council added an item concerning artificial intelligence to its agenda, a move that both underscored the mounting apprehension and brought into relief the imperative of addressing the issue.
联合国安理会于周三下午将一项关乎人工智能的议题纳入其议程,此举既彰显了与日俱增的忧虑,亦凸显了应对该问题的必要性。
The Security Council had originally been scheduled to hold a high-level meeting with Zelensky on Wednesday morning regarding the situation in Ukraine.
安理会原定于周三上午与泽连斯基就乌克兰局势举行高级别会议。