Chinese, American get top UN posts

时间：2007-02-12 00:46:36

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Feb. 10 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed on Friday diplomats1 from China, the United States, Japan and Egypt as new under-secretaries-general, and accepted meanwhile resignations of 17 senior officials as a step forward for his long-waited administration.

 

Sha Zukang, permanent representative of China to the UN office at Geneva, was named as under-secretary-general for the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over his 37 years of diplomatic career, his portfolios2 cover a wide range of fields including security, economy, social affairs, human rights and humanitarian3 affairs.

 

B. Lynn Pascoe, US ambassador to Indonesia since November 2004, was appointed as under-secretary-general for the UN Department of Political Affairs. Pascoe, 64, previously4 served as US ambassador to Malaysia before he took up duties as deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs at the US State Department. He has also been posted to Moscow, Hong Kong, and Bangkok, as well as to Beijing twice.

 

Meantime, Ban named Kiyotaka Akasaka of Japan, currently deputy secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, as undersecretary-general for public information, and Egyptian Ambassador Muhammad Shaaban, a personal assistant to Egypt's foreign minister, as undersecretary-general for General Assembly and conference management.

 

Vijay Nambiar, Ban's chief of staff who announced Friday's appointments, said "in making these decisions, the secretary- general has taken into account various factors, among others the need to apply change with continuity, ongoing5 discussions on restructuring plans and the need to promote mobility6 at all levels. "

 

He said the secretary-general "is conscious that he needs to take advantage and in a sense leverage7 the experience that is there; he is also conscious of the need to build new talent and experience," adding that there will be other appointments for senior officials in the near future through a consultative process.

 

Nambiar also informed the reporters that Ban accepted resignations of several under-secretaries-general, including Chen Jian of China, who are now in charge of General Assembly and conference management, Shashi Tharoor of India for public information, Ibrahim Gambari of Nigeria for political affairs, Nobuaki Tanaka of Japan for disarmament, and Jose Antonio Ocampo of Colombia for economic and social affairs.

 

However, Ban decided8 to leave some senior UN officials in their jobs, including Jean-Marie Guehenno of France as head of peacekeeping, David Veness of Britain as head of safety and security, and Nicholas Michel of Switzerland as legal counsel.

 

Ban required all the senior UN officials to voluntarily offer their resignation days after he took the office on January 1 so as to pave the way for his own team.

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1 diplomats ccde388e31f0f3bd6f4704d76a1c3319     
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
参考例句：
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 portfolios e8f0c85d58b4bbb32ca8f22222a8ee54     
n.投资组合( portfolio的名词复数 )；（保险）业务量；（公司或机构提供的）系列产品；纸夹
参考例句：
  • Price risk arises in non-trading portfolios, as well as in trading portfolios. 价格风险中出现的非贸易投资，以及在贸易投资组合。 来自互联网
  • How do we fatten our portfolios and stay financially healthy? 我们怎样育肥我们的投资结构和维持财政健康呢？ 来自互联网
3 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
4 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
5 ongoing 6RvzT     
adj.进行中的，前进的
参考例句：
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
6 mobility H6rzu     
n.可动性，变动性，情感不定
参考例句：
  • The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
  • Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。
7 leverage 03gyC     
n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量
参考例句：
  • We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
  • He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。
8 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

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