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“一切照旧就是死亡”：联合国不顾美国反对通过道路安全承诺
周二，联合国大会闭幕了首届道路安全高级别会议，通过了一项全面的新宣言，旨在到 2030 年将道路死亡人数减少一半——尽管美国唯一反对。阅读全文，“‘一切照旧就是死亡之事’：联合国不顾美国反对，通过了道路安全承诺”，参见 globalissues.org →
来源:全球问题《进展宣言》以 162 票赞成、1 票反对、0 票弃权的记录投票结果获得通过。
It commits governments to strengthen national road safety systems, upgrade vehicle and infrastructure standards, and adopt the ‘Safe System’ approach, which designs roads and vehicles to survive the mistakes drivers inevitably make.
华盛顿哭泣任务蔓延
The US representative accused the declaration of “mandate creep that has eroded the credibility of this institution,” objecting to provisions linking road safety with climate and environmental policy.
“Road safety is a practical matter of engineering, sober driving and personal responsibility,” he said.It “should not be used as a backdoor vehicle to enforce global climate pacts and top-down environmental restrictions on freedom of mobility.”
其他国家对这一声明表示支持，但也提出了自己的保留意见。
Argentina stressed its sovereign right to implement it according to national law, while separately reserving its position on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) role.Paraguay underlined that the follow-up process, like the declaration itself, is voluntary and non-binding.
‘超过直接冲突中丧生的人数’
Opening the meeting,General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock addressed the question she said many people ask: why does the UN spend its time on road safety when wars and crises dominate the agenda?
她说，答案是规模。 Road crashes kill more than 1.2 million people a year and injure some 50 million more – more, she noted, than are killed in direct conflict, murdered, or die of malaria.
“自从我开始讲话以来，”她告诉代表们，更多的家庭已经收到了将永远改变他们生活的消息。
She asked delegates to think of the everyday journeys that bring people to work, school or home – “whether you came by car, by bike or simply walked” to UN Headquarters, all had taken part in “the complex choreography of New York’s traffic system.”