Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, December 26 (Reporter Wang Jiangang) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Sigrid Kaag, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of the Netherlands, as Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for the Gaza Strip.
新华社联合国12月26日电(记者王建刚)联合国秘书长古特雷斯26日宣布,任命荷兰副首相兼财政大臣西格丽德·卡格为加沙地带高级人道主义和重建协调员。
In accordance with Security Council Resolution 2720, Kaag will be responsible for facilitating, coordinating, monitoring and verifying the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and establishing a UN mechanism to expedite the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through non-conflict channels. In doing so, Kaag will be supported by the United Nations Office for Project Services. She will assume her duties on January 8, 2024.
根据安理会22日通过的第2720号决议,卡格将负责推动、协调、监测及核查向加沙地带提供的人道主义救援物资,并建立一个联合国机制,以加快通过非冲突方向加沙地带运送人道主义救援物资。在此过程中,卡格将获得联合国项目事务厅的支持。她将于2024年1月8日开始履职。
Kaag served as Minister of Trade and Development Cooperation and then Foreign Minister of the Netherlands. She has also held a number of senior positions at the United Nations, including Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Programme, and UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. She speaks Dutch, German, French, English, Spanish and Arabic.
卡格曾先后出任荷兰贸易与发展合作大臣及外交大臣。她还在联合国担任过一系列高级职位,包括联合国驻黎巴嫩特别协调员、联合国开发计划署助理秘书长以及联合国儿童基金会中东和北非区域主任等。她会讲荷兰语、德语、法语、英语、西班牙语和阿拉伯语。
On Friday, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution, demanding immediate delivery of humanitarian assistance directly to Palestinian civilians throughout the Gaza Strip.
周五,联合国安理会通过了一项决议,要求立即向加沙地带的巴勒斯坦平民直接提供人道主义援助。