（2022年6月29日，联合国儿基会驻苏丹办事处）
尊敬的联合国儿童基金会驻苏丹办事处代表曼迪普·奥布莱恩女士，
尊敬的苏丹联邦卫生部国际司司长哈娜迪博士，
女士们、先生们：
大家好！很高兴出席今天的南南合作妇幼健康项目完结证书的签字仪式。首先，我代表中国政府向项目完成表示热烈祝贺！向联合国儿童基金会和苏丹联邦卫生部为项目成功执行所做努力和精诚合作表示衷心感谢！
妇女儿童健康是全人类健康的基石，是衡量社会文明进步的标尺，是人类可持续发展的基础和前提。本期南南合作妇幼健康项目是中苏两国与儿基会在公共卫生领域开展三方合作的重要成果。2020年1月1日至2021年12月30日，在中国政府设立的南南合作援助基金支持下，儿基会在苏丹成功实施“产妇、新生儿和儿童健康服务”的妇幼健康项目。两年间，儿基会的工作人员在西达尔富尔州的八个辖区推广卫生健康服务，传播与孕产妇和新生儿有关的健康知识，为59400名新生儿及其母亲提供早期基本和紧急护理服务，并为当地医生、护士和社区助产士开展孕产妇和新生儿护理培训，还向社区和卫生机构提供基础医疗设备和基本医疗用品，惠及7万多当地民众，有效改善了当地母婴群体的健康状况，为助力苏丹实现“良好健康与福祉”可持续发展目标做出积极贡献。
女士们、先生们，
医疗卫生事业维护着人类最基本的生命权，体现着最温暖的人文关怀，是一项无比崇高的事业。医疗卫生合作始终是中苏务实合作的一大亮点，也是两国长期友好的一个缩影，双方在公共卫生、传染病防控、医疗基础设施、医疗人员培训和能力建设等领域进行了卓有成效的合作。双方共建恩图曼、阿布欧舍、达马津三所中苏友谊医院，中国西安交通大学第一附属医院和恩图曼友谊医院还开创了“中苏对口合作医院机制”。中国援苏医疗队在苏丹力耕不辍51年，为820多万苏丹民众解除病痛，有力促进了苏丹医疗卫生事业发展和人民健康水平提高。今年中苏成功续签中国医疗队援苏议定书，为两国深化卫生合作开启了新篇章。
中国是当今世界最大的发展中国家，也是南南合作的坚定支持者、积极参与者和重要贡献者。中国政府与儿基会是长期的合作伙伴，双方在紧急人道主义援助、儿童保护、青少年成长等多个领域开展项目。中国和苏丹都坚定维护以联合国为核心的国际体系，坚定支持和践行多边主义。此次南南合作妇幼健康项目不仅是三方合作的重要行动，更体现了中国对联合国工作、对苏丹公共卫生领域发展的一贯支持，相信将进一步改善苏丹医疗卫生条件，为苏丹人民带来更大福祉。
各位朋友，
独行未必快，众行必定远。中国政府将一如既往秉持人类命运共同体理念，愿与苏方、儿基会等各方合作伙伴携起手来，加强交流、深化合作，充分发挥南南合作及三方合作潜力，加快落实《2030年议程》和可持续发展目标，为推进人类卫生健康事业发展不懈努力。
谢谢！
Work together to Ensure Maternal and Child Health and Foster Health Cooperation
--Remarks by Ambassador Ma Xinmin at the Signing Ceremony of the Certificate of Completion of the Maternal and Child Health Project under South-South Cooperation
(UNICEF Sudan Office，June 29th 2022)
Your Excellency UNICEF Representative for Republic of Sudan Ms. Mandeep O’Brien,
Dr. Hanadi, Director General of Global Health of Ministry of Health of Sudan,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Greetings to all. It is a great pleasure to join you today at the signing ceremony of the certificate of completion of the maternal and child health project under South-South Cooperation. To begin with, I wish to extend, on behalf of the Chinese government, warm congratulations to the successful completion of this project. I also want to express heartfelt thanks to the UNICEF and the Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan for their great efforts and sincere cooperation.
Maternal and child health is the cornerstone of the health of all mankind. It is also the yardstick to measure social progress and the foundation and precondition for sustainable development of human beings. The maternal and child health project under South-South Cooperation represents a major product of tripartite cooperation among China, Sudan and the UNICEF in the public health sector. From January 1, 2020 to December 30, 2021, supported by the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund (SSCAF) set up by the Chinese government, the UNICEF successfully carried out in Sudan the maternal and child health project that is part of the Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Program. Over the past two years, the UNICEF’s workers have promoted health care services in eight subdivisions of the West Darfur State. They spread maternal and newborn health knowledge, offered early-stage basic and urgent care services for 59,400 newborn babies and their mothers. In addition, they provided maternal and newborn care training for local doctors, nurses and community midwives and delivered essential medical equipment and basic medical supplies to communities and health agencies, benefiting over 70,000 local people. Their efforts were conducive to better health condition of local mothers and infants and made a positive contribution to helping Sudan achieve its sustainable development goal of Good Health and Wellbeing.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Healthcare development is a good cause, as health services are essential to human’s fundamental right to life and enable people to get the warmest humanistic care. Medical and health cooperation has always been a highlight of our practical cooperation and an emblem of our longstanding friendship. Our bilateral cooperation in public health, contagious disease prevention and control, medical infrastructure, medical staff training and capacity building have achieved remarkable results over the years. To be specific, we have jointly built three friendship hospitals in Omdurman, Abu Ushar and Damazin. The mechanism of pairing up Chinese and Sudanese hospitals was implemented between the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University and the Omdurman friendship hospital. Over the past 51 years, the Chinese medical team to Sudan has been committed to relieving illness and pain of more than 8.2 million local patients, boosting the development of local medical and health services and improving health care for the local people. The renewal of the Protocol of the Chinese Medical Team to Sudan earlier this year marked a new chapter of our joint efforts toward deeper health cooperation.
As the biggest developing country in the current world, China has always been a firm supporter, active participant and important contributor of South-South Cooperation. With a long-term partnership, the Chinese government and the UNICEF have jointly carried out projects in areas of urgent humanitarian assistance, child protection, growth of teenagers and others. China and Sudan firmly safeguard the international system with the UN at its core and support and practice multilateralism. This maternal and child health project is an important action of tripartite cooperation, and more importantly, attests to China’s consistent support for the UN’s mission and Sudan’s public health development. This project is expected to further improve health care in Sudan and deliver greater benefits to its people.
Dear friends,
One may not necessarily walk fast while walking alone but will surely walk far while walking together with others. Embracing the vision of mankind living in a community with a shared future, the Chinese government stands ready to join hands with the Sudanese side, the UNICEF and other partners to seek closer exchanges and deeper cooperation, fully tap the potential of South-South Cooperation and tripartite cooperation, and implement the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals at a faster pace. Together, we will make unremitting efforts to promote health care for mankind.
Thank you.
