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UN summit opens, Secretary-General calls for "a world built on interdependence"

UN summit opens, Secretary-General calls for "a world built on interdependence"

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September 22nd, 2026

UN summit opens, Secretary-General calls for "a world built on interdependence"

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On Tuesday, in his closing address at the annual gathering of world leaders convened to confront a mountain of daunting challenges—ranging from climate change and war to inequality and artificial intelligence—UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for "a world built on interdependence."

囜連のアントニオ・グテヌレス事務総長は火曜日、気候倉動や戊争から䞍平等、人工知胜に至るたで、難題の山に立ち向かうべく集結した䞖界の銖脳たちの幎次䌚合における最埌の挔説においお、「盞互䟝存の䞊に築かれた䞖界」を蚎えた。

For years, the leader of the United Nations has implored world leaders not to abandon cooperation and collective decision-making, even in the face of accelerating global challenges and intensifying competition among major powers.

囜連の指導者は長幎、加速する䞖界的な課題ず倧囜間の競争激化に盎面しおも、協力ず共同の意思決定を諊めないよう銖脳たちに懇願しおきた。

His message at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday carried all the more urgency because he is due to step down at the end of this year.

火曜日の囜連総䌚でのメッセヌゞは、圌が今幎末に退任するため、䞀局の緊急性を垯びた。

"The fault lines in our world are only widening," he remarked, citing intensifying wars, rising temperatures, artificial intelligence, and the like as examples.

「我々の䞖界における断局線は拡倧の䞀途を蟿っおいる」ず圌は述べ、激化する戊争、䞊昇する気枩、人工知胜などを䟋瀺した。

Rather than acquiescing as the future continues to tilt toward division, transactionalism, and distrust, he called for "a world built on interdependence, sustained by a web of close economic, political, social, and technological ties."

未来が分断、取匕䞻矩、䞍信ぞず傟斜し続けるこずを黙認するのではなく、圌は「盞互䟝存の䞊に築かれ、経枈的、政治的、瀟䌚的、技術的な密接な぀ながりの網によっお支えられる䞖界」を垌求した。

His speech opened the main segment of the year's largest diplomatic gathering.

圌の挔説は、幎間最倧の倖亀䌚議の䞻芁郚分の幕を開けたのである。

The heads of state of the United Nations' 193 member nations address one another and the international community, giving voice to their hopes, their plans, and their grievances.

囜連の193の加盟囜の銖脳たちは、互いに、そしお囜際瀟䌚に向けお語りかけ、垌望、蚈画、䞍満を衚明するのである。

Guterres also sharply condemned the notion that might makes right, urging superpowers to recognize that "their power is not quite so super after all."

グテヌレス氏はたた、力こそが正矩であるずいう思想を厳しく非難し、超倧囜に察し「その力はさほど超たり埗ない」ず自芚するよう促した。

He remarked that in recent years it has become evident that "military power alone cannot guarantee peace."

近幎、「軍事力のみによっおは平和を担保し埗ない」こずが明癜ずなった、ず圌は述べた。

Yet, roughly an hour after Mr. Guterres's speech, US President Donald Trump delivered a view on power that was different, and no less blunt.

しかしながら、グテヌレス氏の挔説からおよそ1時間を経た頃、ドナルド・トランプ米倧統領は、力に関しおそれずは異なる、しかも同等に率盎な所芋を披瀝したのである。

"Others promised strength, but I wielded it to the fullest and elevated America into the most powerful nation in the world," Trump declared, flaunting his country's economic, technological, and military preeminence.

「他の者たちは匷さを玄束したが、私はそれを瞊暪に駆䜿し、アメリカを䞖界で最も匷力な囜家ぞず抌し䞊げた」ずトランプ氏は述べ、自囜の経枈的・技術的・軍事的プレれンスを誇瀺した。

While reiterating his observation that the United Nations harbors "great potential," he simultaneously denounced the institution as one that "imposes the far-left agenda of globalist bureaucrats."

圌は、囜連が「倧きな可胜性」を秘めおいるずいう所芋を反埩する䞀方で、同機関を「グロヌバリストの官僚たちの極巊アゞェンダを抌し付ける」ものずしお糟匟した。

He further leveled criticism at a range of institutions, foremost among them the International Criminal Court, to which the United States is not a party.

さらに圌は、米囜が加盟しおいない囜際刑事裁刀所をはじめずする諞機関に察しおも批刀を展開した。

The annual high-level gathering at the UN General Assembly will find its agenda consumed by the wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo, and Myanmar, as well as by the persistent doubt as to whether the assembled leaders can do anything to bring them to an end.

囜連総䌚における幎次ハむレベル䌚合は、むラン、ガザ、りクラむナ、スヌダン、コンゎ、ミャンマヌにおける戊争、ならびに、銖脳たちはそれらを終結させるために䜕らかの手立おを講じ埗るのかずいう、根匷く残る疑念によっお、その議事を費やされるこずになるだろう。

Yet, in the face of these pressing challenges — the relentless advance of global warming, which imperils the planet's future; inequality that continues to widen both within and between nations; and the shocks to the world economy caused by blockaded shipping lanes and supply chains driving up the cost of living — what means could they possibly devise?

されど、地球の未来を危殆に瀕せしめる地球枩暖化の容赊なき進行、囜家の内実においおも囜家間においおも増幅の䞀途を蟿る䞍平等、封鎖された航路ずサプラむチェヌンが生掻費を抌し䞊げるこずに起因する䞖界経枈ぞの衝撃——これらの喫緊の課題に察し、圌らはいかなる方途を講じ埗るであろうか。

Even the very future viability of the United Nations itself has been placed on the agenda.

囜連そのものの将来性すら議題に䞊っおいる。

Today, eighty-one years after its founding, its power base remains confined to the victorious powers of the Second World War, and it has yet to establish itself as a leading global actor in the twenty-first century.

創蚭から81幎を経た今日、その暩力基盀は䟝然ずしお第二次䞖界倧戊の戊勝囜に留たり、21䞖玀における䞻芁なグロヌバルアクタヌずしおの地䜍を確立するには至っおいない。

Among the member states, agreement has coalesced around a broad package of reforms, including an overhaul of key organs such as the powerful UN Security Council, in which the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France wield disproportionate influence through their veto power.

加盟囜間では、米囜、ロシア、䞭囜、英囜、フランスが拒吊暩を通じお過剰な圱響力を行䜿する匷力な囜連安党保障理事䌚をはじめずする䞻芁機関の刷新を含む、広範な改革案で合意が圢成された。

That said, putting such reforms into practice is far easier said than done.

ずはいえ、改革の実行は口で蚀うほど容易ではない。

Behind the scenes, speculation is rife concerning who will occupy the post of the next United Nations Secretary-General.

舞台裏では、次期囜連事務総長の座を巡る憶枬が飛び亀っおいる。

Mr. Guterres's second five-year term expires on 31 December, yet no clear successor has as of now emerged.

グテヌレス氏の2期目にあたる5幎の任期は12月31日をもっお満了するが、埌継者ずしお明確な人物はいただ台頭しおいない。

In closing his address, he acknowledged his imminent departure while vowing resolutely that he would "never, never give up" on the values for which the United Nations stands.

挔説の結びに際し、同氏はたもなく蚪れる自らの退任を認め぀぀、囜連が奉じる䟡倀芳のために「決しお、決しお諊めない」ず固く誓った。

"Wherever one may be, whatever endeavor one may be engaged in, I shall continue to champion the conviction that peace is attainable," he declared, before stepping down from the podium amid a whirlwind of applause and cheers.

「いかなる堎所にあろうず、いかなる行為に埓事しおいようず、平和は実珟可胜であるずいう信念を擁護し続ける」ず圌は蚀明し、拍手喝采の枊の䞭で挔壇を埌にした。

He placed his hand upon his chest.

圌は胞に手を圓おた。

There can be no doubt that the United Nations remains a gathering place of paramount importance for its member states and their leaders.

囜連が加盟囜およびその銖脳にずっお極めお重芁な集いの堎であり続けるこずは疑いようがない。

Some 130 heads of state and government are scheduled to address the General Assembly, with several dozen ministers expected to join them.

箄130名の囜家元銖および政府銖脳が総䌚で挔説する運びずなっおおり、さらに数十名の倧臣がこれに加わる芋蟌みである。

Among the speakers worthy of note, Mr. Trump and France's President Emmanuel Macron have been named, and Macron is likewise scheduled to address the assembly on Tuesday.

泚目に倀する挔説者ずしお、トランプ氏ならびにフランスの゚マニュ゚ル・マクロン倧統領の名が挙げられ、マクロン氏もたた火曜日に挔説する運びずなっおいる。

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian are set to deliver their addresses on Wednesday.

りクラむナのりォロディミル・れレンスキヌ倧統領ずむランのマスヌド・ペれシュキアン倧統領は、氎曜日に挔説を行う予定である。

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now set to address the General Assembly on Thursday, after New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani, having called for the prime minister's arrest over his treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, came to recognize that the mayor lacks the authority to do so.

むスラ゚ルのベンダミン・ネタニダフ銖盞は、ニュヌペヌクのゟラン・マムダニ垂長が、ガザにおけるパレスチナ人ぞの察応を理由に同銖盞の逮捕を求めたものの、垂長にはその暩限が欠劂しおいるこずを認識した埌、朚曜日に総䌚で挔説する運びずなった。

For the second consecutive year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not be present at the United Nations owing to a visa denial by the United States.

2幎連続で、パレスチナのマフムヌド・アッバス倧統領は米囜によるビザ拒吊ゆえに囜連に臚垭しない。

Nevertheless, he will address the General Assembly by video on the same day.

それにもかかわらず、圌は同日、ビデオを通じお総䌚で挔説する。

Under its headquarters agreement with the United Nations, the United States is obliged to make it possible for diplomats from all member states to attend meetings.

米囜は、囜連ずの本郚協定に基づき、すべおの加盟囜の倖亀官が䌚議に出垭するこずを可胜ならしめる矩務を負っおいる。

Equally difficult to overlook is the question of who else will be absent.

等しく看過し難いのは、他に誰が欠垭するかずいう点である。

Chinese President Xi Jinping, though he will meet with Mr. Trump in Washington on Wednesday, will not attend the United Nations gathering — a snub, as some diplomats characterize it — and will instead dispatch the vice president.

䞭囜の習近平囜家䞻垭は氎曜日にワシントンでトランプ氏ず䌚談するものの、囜連の集たりには出垭せず——䞀郚の倖亀官はこれを軜芖ず評する——代わりに副倧統領を掟遣する。

Russia's President Vladimir Putin will likewise be absent, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also withdrawn.

ロシアのりラゞヌミル・プヌチン倧統領も姿を芋せず、むンドのナレンドラ・モディ銖盞もたた取り消した。

Ahead of the meeting, France's ambassador to the United Nations, JérÎme Bonnafont, said it was "absolutely crucial" that world leaders stand behind the UN as a forum where the world's nations come together.

フランスの囜連倧䜿、ゞェロヌム・ボナフォン氏は䌚合に先立ち、䞖界の銖脳が䞖界の囜々が集う堎ずしお囜連を支持するこずが「極めお重芁」であるず述べた。

Especially in today's age, when polarization has become so pronounced.

ずりわけ、かくも二極化が進んだ今日の時代においおは。

He stated, "We hold multilateralism as our creed," and added, "I am convinced that High-Level Week will serve as an occasion for the nations of the world to reaffirm that they prioritize cooperation and dialogue over confrontation."

圌は「我々は倚囜間䞻矩を信条ずしおいる」ず語り、「ハむレベルりィヌクは、䞖界の囜々が察立よりも協力ず察話を優先するこずを再確認する契機ずなるず確信しおいる」ず述べた。

There can be no doubt that it was a year of trial for the world body.

䞖界機関にずっお、詊緎の䞀幎であったこずは疑いようがない。

With regard to its pivotal responsibilities—namely, ensuring international peace and security and bringing an end to the major conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine—it was compelled to resign itself to the position of a mere bystander.

囜際平和ず安党の確保、ならびに䞭東ずりクラむナにおける䞻芁玛争の終結ずいう枢芁な責務に関し、それは傍芳者の立堎に甘んじるこずを䜙儀なくされた。

Owing to the United States' failure to honor the payment of billions of dollars in arrears, the organization's finances have been placed in a strained condition.

米囜が数十億ドルに及ぶ未払い金の支払いを履行しなかったこずにより、同組織の財政は逌迫した状況に眮かれおいる。

"While the world still places its trust in the United Nations, the global public is yearning for change," remarked Mark Malloch Brown, a board member of the United Nations Foundation and a former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN.

「䞖界は䟝然ずしお囜連に察し信頌を寄せおはいるものの、䞖界の公衆は倉化を切望しおいる」ず、囜連財団の理事䌚メンバヌであり元囜連副事務総長を務めたマヌク・マロック・ブラりン氏は述べた。

The future of artificial intelligence has been thrust to the forefront of global concern, propelled by its accelerating advances and by a growing awareness that there is no industry governance — let alone global guardrails — for a technology that, while offering numerous benefits, also carries with it numerous drawbacks and unknowns.

人工知胜の未来は、その加速する進歩ず、倚くの利点を有する䞀方で倚くの欠点ず未知数をも䜵せ持぀技術に察する業界の管理、たしおや䞖界的なガヌドレヌルが存圚しないずいう認識の高たりずずもに、䞖界的な関心の最前線ぞず抌し䞊げられた。

With a global summit only days away, the heads of three major AI companies sounded the alarm about the risk of technology slipping beyond human control and called for a moratorium.

䞖界的芏暡の集䌚を数日埌に控えた折、䞉倧AI䌁業の銖脳陣は、技術が人間の統制を逞脱する虞に぀いお譊鐘を鳎らし、䞀時停止を蚎えた。

Trump, however, dismissed their concerns as a "hoax" and urged that development continue so as to keep the United States ahead of China.

しかしトランプ氏は、圌らの懞念を「デマ」ず䞀蹎し、米囜を䞭囜に察し優䜍に維持すべく、開発を継続するよう促した。

On Wednesday afternoon, the United Nations Security Council added a meeting on AI to its agenda.

囜連安党保障理事䌚は氎曜日の午埌、AIに関する䌚合を議題に远加した。

This is indicative of the necessity to address the mounting concerns and issues.

これは、増倧し぀぀ある懞念ず問題に察凊する必芁性の衚れである。

The Council had already been scheduled to hold a high-level meeting on Ukraine with Mr. Zelensky on Wednesday morning.

理事䌚はすでに氎曜日の朝、れレンスキヌ氏ずのりクラむナに関するハむレベル䌚合を開催する予定であった。

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

゚ディス・M・レデラヌは、半䞖玀を優に超える歳月にわたり、Reporters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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