Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, is a former managing director at the World Bank, finance minister of Nigeria, board chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and African Union special envoy on COVID-19. She is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Global Public Leader at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
日内瓦—乌克兰战争正在造成巨大的令人心碎的人道主义灾难。作为基于法治、以帮助缔造和平为宗旨的世界贸易组织,我们认为暴力与我们的基本原则严重相悖。我们响应联合国秘书长古特雷斯的呼吁,流血必须停止,我们也祈愿迅速和平地解决这场冲突。
但即便我们震惊于受到攻击的乌克兰城市的悲剧景象,即便我们承诺竭尽个人和集体之力帮助乌克兰人民,很显然这场战争的经济和人道主义影响绝不会只限于欧洲。我们也有责任未雨绸缪,降低冲突后果。
哪怕是在战争爆发前,粮食和能源价格的上涨也已领许多小国和穷国家庭和政府预算捉襟见肘,这些经济体也是新冠疫情复苏最缓慢的经济体。东欧冲突引发的新价格暴涨极有可能造成贫困和粮食不安全加剧。在这样的环境下,世贸组织,以及贸易的作用,特别是对于粮食净进口国来说,是预防饥饿的最重要的要素。
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