时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月


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AS IT IS 2016-03-09 No Woman Has Been Top Role at UN 没有女性担任过联合国秘书长


International Women’s Day on Tuesday is all about better education and better jobs for women.


That includes one job in particular: Secretary-General of the United Nations. It is the UN’s top post and no woman has had that post.


The UN was founded in 1945, and has had eight male secretaries-general.


A woman secretary-general, says Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of New York, “would serve as a powerful symbol to the approximately 3.6 billion people in this world who are women.”


Ban Ki-moon of South Korea has said he will give up the secretary-general post at the end of the year. He has been secretary-general since 2007.


Among the candidates to replace Ban are three women, Irina Bokova, now director-general of the UN Organization for Education, Science and Culture; Natalia Gherman, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Moldova; and Vesna Pusic, first deputy prime minister of Croatia.


Male candidates include Danilo Turk, former president of Slovenia, and Kevin Rudd, Australia’s former prime minister.


The Financial Times recently wrote that German Chancellor 1 Angela Merkel might be a surprise candidate for secretary-general.


Jeane Krasno is chair of the group Campaign to Elect a Woman UN Secretary-General.


Krasno said she will observe International Women’s Day in New York. An event there will recognize important work women do for the UN. That includes providing food, housing and security for families during famines and armed conflicts.


“The argument has been in the past that there aren’t enough qualified 2 women to choose from,” Krasno told VOA. “That argument no longer holds water.”


She said her group has identified 38 women with “incredible experience, achievement and qualifications.”


The United Nations tends to select secretaries-general on a rotating basis to make sure each world region gets a person in the top UN job. For this election, the UN is said to be looking at an official from Eastern Europe, according to multiple news reports.


“If that argument is valid 3, what about representation for women who make up over half of the world’s population?,” Krasno asked.


Krasno teaches political science and international relations classes at Yale University, Columbia University and the City University of New York.


Words in This Story


particular – adj. used to show that one individual or thing is being described


symbol – n. an action, object or event that expresses or represents a particular idea or quality 


approximately – adv. almost correct or exact


incredible – adj. extremely good, great, or large


achievement – n. something that has been done through effort or hard work


qualification – n. special skills, experience or knowledge that makes someone able to complete a job or activity



n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
adj.合格的,有资格的,胜任的,有限制的
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
adj.有确实根据的;有效的;正当的,合法的
  • His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
  • Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗?
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