巴巴多斯加入多国倡议 呼吁设立处理全球不平等问题的国际小组
据路透社10月14日报道，巴巴多斯加入一个多国倡议，呼吁设立一个处理全球不平等问题的国际小组，背景是地缘政治紧张、气候变化与技术快速进步可能进一步拉大富国与穷国之间的差距。
巴巴多斯总理米娅·莫特利10月14日星期三在泰国曼谷举行的国际货币基金组织与世界银行年会上表示，解决不平等是消除贫困、创造就业与所有权机会、应对全球冲突增多的基础；她说，气候危机与人工智能的兴起使这项任务对人类更加紧迫。
报道称，该倡议的目标是在明年夏季之前推动联合国大会通过决议，正式设立这一小组。支持者包括西班牙、巴西、南非、挪威、德国、墨西哥、冰岛、日本与孟加拉国。挪威国际发展部长奥斯蒙·奥克鲁斯特在曼谷对记者表示，已有15个国家加入，预计10月16日星期五在曼谷的会议上还会有更多国家表态支持。他说，不平等程度最高的国家，其民主也更为脆弱；不平等并非天生，而是政治决定造成的，因此也能由政治决定解决。
在年会另一场活动中，国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯塔利娜·格奥尔基耶娃警告，当前经济发展与人工智能的快速推进可能加深发达经济体与发展中经济体之间的鸿沟，尤其是在发展援助大幅下降的背景下。报道称，发展中经济体的政策制定者正对不断加重的债务负担、上涨的食品与燃料成本，以及在人工智能投资热潮中掉队的风险日益警觉。
Barbados Joins Push for International Panel to Tackle Global Inequality
Reuters reported on October 14 that Barbados is joining a group of countries calling for the establishment of an international panel to address inequality, as heightened geopolitical tensions, climate change and rapid technological advances threaten to widen the divide between wealthy and poorer nations.
Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Wednesday, October 14, at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, that addressing inequality is fundamental to ending poverty, creating opportunities for jobs and ownership, and addressing the growing number of conflicts around the world. She said the climate crisis and the rise of artificial intelligence make the task even more urgent for humanity.
The group aims to reach a resolution with the United Nations General Assembly for the formal establishment of the panel before next summer. Supporters of the plan include Spain, Brazil, South Africa, Norway, Germany, Mexico, Iceland, Japan and Bangladesh. Norway's Minister of International Development, Asmund Aukrust, told reporters in Bangkok that fifteen countries have signed up and that more are expected to pledge support at a meeting on Friday, October 16, in Bangkok. He said countries with the highest inequality were also countries where democracy was more vulnerable, and that inequality is made by political decisions and can therefore be solved by political decisions.
At a separate event, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that current economic developments and the rapid advance of AI threaten to deepen the gulf between advanced and developing economies, especially given steep drops in development assistance. Policymakers from developing economies are increasingly sounding the alarm over mounting debt burdens, rising food and fuel costs, and the risk of being left behind in the AI investment boom, Reuters said.
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