Chinese selected to lead UN peacekeeping force

时间：2007-08-30 01:06:54

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 28 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed Major-General Zhao Jingmin as the new Force Commander for the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

 

Maj.-Gen. Zhao succeeds Gen. Kurt Mosgaard of Denmark, who will complete his tour of duty as Force Commander Monday, UN spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters.

 

It is the first time that the world body has had a Chinese national to head one of its missions.

 

Born in 1954, Maj.-Gen. Zhao has held senior posts in the Office of Peacekeeping Affairs in China's National Defence Ministry1 since October 2003, and he has previously2 served in MINURSO as a military observer from September 1991 to June 1992.

 

In 1996-97 he also served as a liaison3 officer with the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM).

 

MINURSO has been in place since September 1991 to monitor the ceasefire between Morocco and the Frente Polisario, which contest Western Sahara. In an April resolution, the Security Council called on the parties to enter into negotiations4 "without preconditions in good faith."

 
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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 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。
3 liaison C3lyE     
n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通
参考例句：
  • She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
  • She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。
4 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
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  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

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