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Date:2021-3-2 13:43:43 Views:来源：联合国
联合国人权理事会第46次会议日前在日内瓦万国宫开幕。联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯以视频方式出席并发表致辞。
他敦促会员国重视将联合国“人权行动呼吁”付诸实施的紧迫感，尤其是要保障基本自由，维护性别平等，保护公民空间，确保数字技术成为行善的工具。
以下为中英对照版讲话全文。
秘书长人权理事会第46届会议致辞全文
Secretary-General's Message to the Opening of the 46th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council
尊敬的人权理事会主席，高级专员女士，
Distinguished President of the Human Rights Council,
Madam High Commissioner,
各位阁下，女士们、先生们，
Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen,
人权是我们的血脉；它们把我们平等地联系在一起。
Human rights are our bloodline; they connect us to one another, as equals.
人权是我们的生命线；它们是化解紧张局势和打造持久和平的必由之路。
Human rights are our lifeline; they are the pathway to resolving tensions and forging lasting peace.
人权就在前线；它们是人人皆享尊严和机会的世界之基石，却每天都在遭受攻击。
Human rights are on the frontline; they are the building blocks of a world of dignity and opportunity for all – and they are under fire every day.
人权理事会是应对各种人权挑战的全球中心。
The Human Rights Council is the global locus for tackling the full range of human rights challenges.
我感谢各位从事这项重要工作，并欢迎所有会员国和民间社会参与其中。
I thank you for that vital work — and welcome the engagement of Member States and civil society.
一年前，我向你们发出了“人权行动呼吁”。
One year ago, I came before you to launch a Call to Action for Human Rights.
我们借用《世界人权宣言》原文用语，将这个以价值观为基础、以尊严为驱动力的呼吁定名为“最高愿望”。
We named this values-based and dignity-driven appeal “The Highest Aspiration” — drawing from the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights itself.
这个短语提醒人们，确保人权既是必要之举，又是不断推进的持续性工作。
That phrase is a reminder that securing human rights is both essential and a constant work in progress.
已有的成果很容易付诸东流。
Gains can be easily undone.
四伏的危机有可能瞬间而至。
Perils can strike in any instant.
去年我们开会后不久，2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)疫情来势汹汹，席卷全球。
Soon after our gathering last year, COVID-19 hit the world without mercy.
这场大流行病昭示我们人类大家庭乃至所有人权，包括公民、文化、经济、政治和社会权利，皆相互关联，彼此相通。
The pandemic revealed the interconnectedness of our human family — and of the full spectrum of human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political and social.
冠状病毒病疫情既加深了原有分歧、脆弱性和不平等，又撕开了新的裂痕，包括造成人权方面的断层。
COVID-19 has deepened pre-existing divides, vulnerabilities and inequalities, as well as opened up new fractures, including fault-lines in human rights.
我们看到侵犯人权行为形成恶性循环。
We are seeing a vicious circle of violations.
数亿家庭的生活被严重搅乱，人们失去工作，负载累累，收入骤减。
The lives of hundreds of millions of families have been turned upside down — with lost jobs, mounting debt and steep falls in income.
疫情尤其给妇女、少数群体、残疾人、难民、老人、移民和土著人民造成严重损失。
The disease has taken a disproportionate toll on women, minorities, persons with disabilities, older persons, refugees, migrants and indigenous peoples.
性别平等方面取得的进步倒退了多年。
Progress on gender equality has been set back years.
极端贫困率几十年来首次上升。
Extreme poverty is rising for the first time in decades.
年轻人在苦苦挣扎，他们失去了学业，获得技术的机会往往也十分有限。
Young people are struggling, out of school and often with limited access to technology.
最近令人感到义愤的是，疫苗接种工作未能确保公平。
The latest moral outrage is the failure to ensure equity in vaccination efforts.
到目前为止，10个国家使用的冠状病毒病疫苗居然占了疫苗总数的75%。
Just ten countries have administered more than 75 per cent of all COVID-19 vaccines.
疫苗公平就是维护人权。疫苗民族主义就是罔顾人权。
Vaccine equity affirms human rights. Vaccine nationalism denies it.
疫苗必须成为全球公共产品，让所有人都用得上、用得起。
Vaccines must be a global public good, accessible and affordable for all.
冠状病毒还殃及政治权利和公民权利，进一步压缩了公民空间。
The virus is also infecting political and civil rights and further shrinking civic space.
一些国家当局以疫情为借口，采取高压安全对策和紧急措施镇压异己，将行使基本自由定为犯罪，压制独立报道，限制非政府组织的活动。
Using the pandemic as a pretext, authorities in some countries have deployed heavy-handed security responses and emergency measures to crush dissent, criminalize basic freedoms, silence independent reporting and curtail the activities of non-governmental organisations.
人权维护者、记者、律师、政治活动人士乃至专业医护人员因批评政府的抗疫举措或不作为而被拘留、起诉并受到恐吓和监视。
Human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, political activists — and even medical professionals — are being detained, prosecuted and subjected to intimidation and surveillance for criticizing government pandemic responses — or the lack thereof.
疫情相关限制被用来颠覆选举进程，削弱反对派的话语权和压制批评。
Pandemic-related restrictions are being used to subvert electoral processes, weaken opposition voices and suppress criticism.
冠状病毒病救命信息的获取渠道有时被某些人包括当权者隐瞒，而致命错误信息则被放大。
At times, access to life-saving COVID-19 information has been concealed— while deadly misinformation has been amplified — including by those in power.
冠状病毒病的“信息疫情”引发了人们对数字平台的覆盖范围不断扩大以及数据的使用和滥用情况更普遍的担忧。
The COVID-19 infodemic has raised alarms more generally about the growing reach of digital platforms and the use and abuse of data.
我们的大量个人信息被收集汇总，但我们却根本没有进入这个数据库的钥匙。
At times, access to life-saving COVID-19 information has been concealed— while deadly misinformation has been amplified — including by those in power.
我们不知道这些信息如何收集，由谁收集，也不知道收集的目的。
We don’t know how this information has been collected, by whom or for what purposes.
这些数据被用于商业用途，包括广告、营销和提高公司利润。
That data is being used commercially — for advertising, for marketing and for beefing up corporate bottom lines.
行为模式被作为商品，像期货合约一样出售。
Behavior patterns are being commodified and sold like futures contracts.
这造就了新的商业模式和全新行业，为财富日益集中和不平等推波助澜。
This has created new business models and entirely new industries that have contributed to an ever-greater concentration of wealth and inequality.