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The Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday China's nomination of Dr Song Li as a candidate for director-general of the World Health Organization, marking Beijing's support for multilateralism and global health cooperation.
外交部周四确认，中国提名宋莉博士参选世界卫生组织总干事，此举体现中方对多边主义与全球卫生合作的支持。
Song, who has worked in the field of maternal and child health for over 20 years, currently serves as a member of the secretariat of All-China Women's Federation.
宋莉从事妇幼健康领域工作 20 余年，现任全国妇联书记处书记。
Earlier, she served as director-general of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at China's National Health Commission.
此前，她曾任国家卫生健康委员会妇幼健康司司长。
The nomination "reflects China's aspiration to work with all parties for a global community of health for all", Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a daily news conference in Beijing. It also "demonstrates China's firm support for multilateralism and the WHO", she added.
外交部发言人毛宁在北京例行记者会上表示，此次提名 “体现了中方愿同各方一道，推动构建人类卫生健康共同体的愿景”。她补充称，这也 “展现中国对多边主义和世界卫生组织的坚定支持”。
As of Thursday afternoon, a page on the WHO website revealed the names of six candidates proposed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Spain, Indonesia and Botswana. The WHO will release the complete list of nominees after final regional committee meetings, expected in early November, Reuters said.
路透社称，截至周四下午，世卫组织网站页面已公布卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯、比利时、西班牙、印度尼西亚、博茨瓦纳推荐的 6 名候选人名单。世卫组织将在各区域委员会最后会议结束后，预计于 11 月初发布完整候选人名单。
In November 2006, Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, a public health official from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was elected director-general of the WHO, going on to serve two five-year terms from 2007 to 2017.
2006 年 11 月，香港特别行政区公共卫生官员陈冯富珍当选世界卫生组织总干事，2007 至 2017 年任职，连任两届五年任期。
If Song is elected, she will become the second Chinese national to serve as the WHO chief.
若宋莉成功当选，她将成为第二位担任世卫组织总干事的中国籍人士。
An article, published by leading medical journal The Lancet in June 2021, described Song as the person "driving China's maternal and child health transformation".
权威医学期刊《柳叶刀》2021 年 6 月刊发文章，称宋莉是 “推动中国妇幼健康事业变革的核心人物”。
Mao said, "We believe that if Dr Song is elected WHO director-general, she will help the organization play a more active role in improving the health and well-being of all humanity."
毛宁表示：“我们相信，如果宋莉博士当选世卫组织总干事，她将助力该组织在增进全人类健康福祉方面发挥更加积极的作用。”
As the United Nations specialized agency for health, the WHO plays a leading and coordinating role in global public health governance, she noted.
她指出，世卫组织是联合国卫生领域专门机构，在全球公共卫生治理中发挥引领和协调作用。
"At present, multilateralism is facing severe challenges, and the development of global public health remains a long-term and arduous task," Mao said.
毛宁说：“当前，多边主义面临严峻挑战，全球公共卫生事业发展仍是一项长期艰巨的任务。”
"Amid the changing landscape and new circumstances, the director-general has a crucial role to play in ensuring the WHO's steady and sustained progress," she added.
她补充道：“形势环境不断变化，总干事对于保障世卫组织平稳可持续发展至关重要。”
nomination /ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃn/n. 提名；推荐
multilateralism /ˌmʌltiˈlætərəlɪzəm/n. 多边主义
maternal /məˈtɜːnl/adj. 母亲的；母性的
arduous /ˈɑːdjuəs/adj. 艰巨的；费力的
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