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By Peter Heinlein
United Nations
05 January 2007


U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has named Tanzania's Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro as his deputy.  As VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from the U.N. Mr. Ban is also asking 60 top officials to turn in their resignations.






New UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives a news conference at UN headquarters, 2 Jan 2007


New UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives a news conference at UN headquarters, 2 Jan 2007



Secretary-General Ban signaled Friday that he will move swiftly to revamp the U.N. bureaucracy. He sent letters to 60 senior officials holding the title of assistant secretary-general or undersecretary-general, calling on them to submit letters of resignation.


He also chose Tanzania's Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro to be deputy secretary-general.  In her new post, Migiro will be responsible for much of the management and administrative 1 restructuring of the U.N.


The Migiro, 50, is a former law lecturer.  Before becoming foreign minister last year, she served five years as Tanzania' minister of community development, gender 2 and children's issues.


Mr. Ban released a statement calling Migiro a highly-respected leader who has championed the cause of developing countries over the years.


Secretary-General Ban indicated earlier he would name a woman from the developing world as his deputy. But U.N. spokesman Michele Montas says neither gender nor geography was the deciding factor.


"The secretary-general underlined to me that he has worked with her, and he underlined the fact that she was not named because she's an African or because she's a woman, but essentially 3 because of her qualifications," he said.


African Union Secretary-General and fellow Tanzanian Salim Ahmed Salim, welcomed the appointment. He called Migiro a skilled and articulate diplomat 4. "She's been one of those who's been an activist 5 in the political situation in Tanzania, and an activist basically in the struggle for human rights in the continent," he noted 6.  "So certainly I welcome her appointment, not simply because I'm a Tanzanian like her, but because I know she can do the job."


Officials say Migiro was in Lesotho chairing a conference Friday when she received Mr. Ban's call offering her the world body's number two job.


She is expected to arrive in New York later this month at a time of upheaval 7 in the U.N. senior management structure. Spokesman Michele Montas says many of those Secretary-General Ban asked to submit resignations may later be asked to stay on.


"This would allow the secretary-general the flexibility 8 he needs in forming his new team," he added.  "He will review the offers of resignation, and may decide to retain the services of some senior officials to assist him in the discharge of his responsibilities."


Montas also announced Friday that Secretary-General Ban will make public a full disclosure of his finances.  All senior U.N. staff are required to submit financial disclosure statements, but the secretary-general is not considered a member of the staff, and former chief Kofi Annan had caused a stir when he refused to make his disclosure public.



adj.行政的,管理的
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
n.(生理上的)性,(名词、代词等的)性
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.胀起,(地壳)的隆起;剧变,动乱
  • It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
  • The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。
n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性
  • Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
  • The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
学英语单词
abdominal quadrant
Alderson disks
american labor parties
Angelina Jolie
Anxious B.
arteriae supraorbitalis
asphyxiate
attogrammes
average coefficient of sliding friction
azenberg
barbiturism
BCG vaccination
benign glycosuria
beresofite (beresowite)
bibliopolic
Biodiversityrelated Conventions
blabbity
black atlantic
busy report
calabarine
Callitriche oryzetorum
carnallite
charge number
cleansing
colo(u)r saturation
contra-indicated
countryfied
criminal bankrupt
cutinized layer
Cysticercus multilocularis
darkcolo(u)red mineral
die hardening
dioxolan
direct gap semiconductor
e. colis
electrode wrench
Equisetum robustum
Fog B.
foliolae
formation of morality
gemmule
gottis
grande seconde
gynogenesis technique
gyro effect
hickory trees
how'll
Huerto
hydroelectrization
Hyland
ice jigger
incipient break
information-rich
integral density of states
jolla
kinmond
laminated film used in preservation packaging
Mani, Pulau
Mikhaylovskiy, Mys
misstarts
model-test
monocode structure system
muciphage
mulch laying machine
mungbean
NCUA
o-hydroxyphenyl ethyl ketone
occupational image
OTEC power plant
overriding royalty interest
owosso
P/V
parachute accident
Pentanamidase
Perutz reaction
policy year experience
polyinfection
premsmmary abscess
proudlings
quasi-phase space
racial segregation
rectal tuberculosis
relative instantaneous centre
satin liberty
short sight
single chamber liquid rocket engine
sphinx
starting programme unit
stellarite structure
symmetric blading
Syntrichietum
tactical trainer center
tendinous center
thermodynamic laws
thin film switch
transfusions
twindom
unglamoured
upon a thought
violatory
wrestle with in prayer
Zanzibar copal