弱者守る防災対策を　東日本大震災１０年で国連総長

　【ニューヨーク時事】グテレス国連事務総長は１０日（日本時間１１日）、東日本大震災から１０年となるのに合わせてビデオメッセージを公表した。地震やパンデミック（世界的大流行）、異常気象など世界が直面するリスクへの対応について、「災害時に誰も取り残されないよう、包括的でなければならない」と述べ、弱者を守る対策を呼び掛けた。
　グテレス氏は、１１日を震災の死者・行方不明者を「記憶する厳粛な日」と強調。遺族に哀悼の意をささげるとともに、原発事故で依然避難生活を送る被災者にも思いを寄せた。また、より安全な復興に向けて取り組んでいる日本を「未来のためになる教訓の共有に貢献してきた」と評価した。（2021/03/11-00:10）

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the need for an inclusive approach to risk management, in a video message released Wednesday for the 10th anniversary Thursday for the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
   "To manage the many risks that face us today--from earthquakes to biological hazards, from pandemics to extreme weather events--we must be inclusive, so nobody is left behind when disaster strikes," he said in the message.
   For disaster prevention and management, countries "need to plan, invest, give early warnings and provide education on what to do," and "must prioritize the most vulnerable, such as the elderly and disabled," he added.
   The U.N. chief called Thursday a "solemn day of remembrance" for the people who died or went missing in the March 11 disaster. Guterres expressed his condolences to people who "continue to grieve the loss of loved ones." The disaster struck mainly northeastern regions of Japan.
   He also said that "I think of" those who remain displaced due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, damaged heavily in the natural disaster.