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By Peter Heinlein
United Nations
12 September 2006
 




Sheika Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (file photo)
Sheika Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (file photo)
 
 


 
 
 



The U.N. General Assembly has opened its 61st session and for the first time a Muslim woman is in the president's chair. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's Peter Heinlein has more on Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa of Bahrain.


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With a sharp rap of the gavel, Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa brought the General Assembly to order Tuesday. "I declare open the 61st session of the General Assembly."


The first order of business was a moment of silence for the ruler of the Pacific island nation of Tonga.The 88-year old King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV died this week.


Al-Khalifa comes to the United Nations after achieving prominence 1 as one of Bahrain's first female lawyers, and as an advocate for women's rights under Sharia law. She has also served as Bahrain's ambassador to France, and as a delegate to the U.N. Education and Scientific Organization, UNESCO.


She is the first woman to serve as General Assembly president since 1969, when Angie Brooks 2 of Liberia completed her term.


At a meeting with reporters after the opening session, the Assembly president was asked if she, as a Muslim woman, had any special perspective on the challenges facing the world body. "It does not matter if I am a Muslim or a Christian 3 or Jewish, we are human beings and we have same worries and the same problems, and I think as a woman, I have also to face this fact of life, that the woman's position all over the world is not as expected [is not as it should be], and in many countries and civilizations, they consider woman a lesser 4 human being. Maybe I can do something to improve the situation of women, I will do it, I will be very happy to do it," she said.


Moments later, Al-Khalifa reacted with surprise when a European journalist asked her if, as a Muslim, she thought there was any cause that would justify 5 the killing 6 of civilians 7. "We are all human beings, and nobody can accept that killing of somebody else is acceptable. It is not my opinion, it is the legal system all over the world, and anybody [who] says something different, it is not correct," she said.


The annual General Assembly debate is set to begin next Tuesday, featuring a number of heads of state and government from around the world. The first day's list of scheduled speakers includes President Bush, along with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, French President Jacques Chirac, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.



n.突出;显著;杰出;重要
  • He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy.他在意大利的世界杯赛中声名鹊起。
  • This young fashion designer is rising to prominence.这位年轻的时装设计师的声望越来越高。
n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )
  • Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时,狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了,今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地
  • Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
  • She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及,但程度较轻。
vt.证明…正当(或有理),为…辩护
  • He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
  • Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗?
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
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absolute conic
aircraft engines
angular dissymmetry
arbitrating
area files
ASDD
attentivenesses
bekend
betweenities
break a habit
calcium cyananide
candona parasinuosa
capacity to enjoy rights and assuming obligations
Cassiopeia's chair
categorizings
chantalite
civil lawsuits
come to grapples with
congenital lip sinus
controlled reprisal
copilia mediterranea
crs color tv system
cruisetour
cuticular crest
deastin
desaturated color
dex-
dual prime ideal
epania brevipennis
faikes
fanslation
final-lock mechanism
gangtoks
gastrointestinal infection
gather information
gaying
glycosialia
good control
graphite points
Grimstone
haplostromatic
heavy cutting
heptachlorobiphenyls
Home Gardens
horizontal parity bit
industrial-gases
infrared compensation
ionic acidity
juvenile amaurotic idiocies
land hydrology
large scale retailing
lattice expansion
lilium cordifolium thunb.
Lippia mexicana
lowflation
lycoclavanol
material-handling
medaite
medium weight nucleus
methanization
Milam County
Misgab
mobile device fragmentation
nucleolar vacuole
obstruction of pharynx
oil cooled transformator
oligoubiquitination
open-well-type bain-marie
packages
pahute mesa
pelisson
phosphoribose
pinched
pine of calf
Pirara
polygonise
pyromangite
reconnectors
resin powder
salpingometric rupture
self-sustaining reactor
shat ya
skidi
snapper sea bream
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software escrow
standard weathering hour
state equivalence
static buffer
stress buffer
structural plain
suggested (retail) price
syndrome of yang deficiency and qi stagnation
tighs
to overload
transcendental philosophies
trapezium bucket
tray dynamic
versage
vis-
welding rectifier
woolly alder aphid