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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared on April 12 that the world's failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 created wide inequalities, and he called for urgent action including a wealth tax to help finance the global recovery from the coronavirus.

4月12日，联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯表示，由于全球未能团结一致应对新冠肺炎疫情，这造成了广泛的不平等。他呼吁采取紧急行动——包括征收财富税，以便为全球从新冠肺炎疫情中复苏提供资金。

The U.N. chief said latest reports indicate that “there has been a $5 trillion surge in the wealth of the world's richest in the past year” of the pandemic. He urged governments “to consider a solidarity or wealth tax on those who have profited during the pandemic, to reduce extreme inequalities.”

古特雷斯说，最新报告显示，在新冠肺炎疫情下的过去一年里，“世界上最富有人群的财富猛增了5万亿美元”。他敦促各国政府“考虑对在疫情期间获利的人征收团结税或财富税，以减少极端不平等”。

Guterres' call followed an appeal in October by U.N. World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley to the more than 2,000 billionaires in the world, with a combined net worth of $8 trillion, to open their bank accounts.

在古特雷斯发出这一呼吁之前，联合国世界粮食计划署执行干事戴维·比斯利曾于去年10月份呼吁全球2000多名亿万富翁（净资产总额共达8万亿美元）开放其银行账户。

wealth gap 贫富差距

community with shared future for mankind  人类命运共同体（请戳往期链接）

Collected and edited by Lv Yun

Source: Xinhua, AP via People's Daily

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