2006年VOA标准英语-WHO to Speed Up Search for New Director General

By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
26 May 2006

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it wants to move quickly to appoint a new director general, following the death earlier this week of Lee Jong-wook.

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Lee Jong-wook  
  

The process of choosing a director-general normally takes about one year. But the acting¹ director-general of the World Health Organization, Anders Nordstrom, says the executive board can speed up the nominating process.

"What is needed is an executive board to review candidates, to make a nomination² to the World Health Assembly," he said.  "And the next World Health Assembly is, of course, not until a year's time.  But, it is absolutely possible for the board next week to decide to have an extraordinary World Health Assembly.  It could just be a day meeting to then de facto appoint a new director general." 

The previous Director-General Lee Jong-wook died Monday morning, just as the World Health Assembly was about to open its annual weeklong conference. His death, following brain surgery, shocked the delegates at the meeting and upset the normal process of work.

On Friday, WHO's 192 member-states unanimously adopted a resolution to voluntarily implement³ international health regulations relating to avian influenza⁴ and to the threat of a human influenza pandemic. 

Dr. Nordstrom says this decision will allow WHO to carry on with monitoring missions on the ground, provided the agency gets the resources it needs.

"The number of missions from WHO has gone up like this during the last year," he added.  "And we expect now, with this decision, which is more of a political commitment, that we will be able to accelerate even more.  Though, there is a need for people and money." 

Dr. Nordstrom says the assembly also agreed to intensify⁵ efforts to achieve the global eradication⁶ of polio by the end of 2007, and to put stronger measures in place to reduce the high mortality rate from malaria⁷, especially among children in Africa.

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

4 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。

5 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

6 eradication   

n.根除

参考例句：

• The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
• This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。

7 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。