Jin Jiyong, Karackattu Joe Thomas
School of Public Administration, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2011 Jun;9(2):181-7. doi: 10.1089/bsp.2010.0045.
The threat posed by infectious diseases has been increasingly framed as a security issue. The UN Security Council's Resolution 1308, which designated HIV/AIDS as a threat to international security, evidenced the securitization process. Using securitization theory as a theoretical tool, this article explores the securitization of infectious diseases in the World Health Organization (WHO). While WHO has tended to securitize infectious diseases since 2000, it has encountered a dilemma in the process because of the inherent asymmetry of interest between developed and developing countries. The act of securitization in WHO currently remains mostly a rhetorical device, since WHO's norms emblematic of securitization have not been backed by operational measures for verification or enforcement due to these asymmetric interests.
传染病构成的威胁越来越多地被界定为一个安全问题。联合国安理会第1308号决议将艾滋病毒/艾滋病指定为对国际安全的威胁，这证明了安全化进程。本文以安全化理论为理论工具，探讨世界卫生组织（WHO）中传染病的安全化问题。自2000年以来，世卫组织倾向于将传染病安全化，但由于发达国家和发展中国家之间固有的利益不对称，它在这一过程中遇到了困境。世卫组织目前的安全化行为大多仍只是一种修辞手段，因为由于这些不对称利益，世卫组织象征安全化的规范并未得到核查或执行的行动措施的支持。
