您現在的位置: > Language Tips > Audio & Video > Special Speed News  
     





     
    Mandela forms 'Elders' to work on world problems
    [ 2007-07-25 08:30 ]

            

            Download

     

    This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

    Former South African president Nelson Mandela celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday last week by launching "the Elders." This is a group of men and women with almost 1000 years of collective experience to deal with world issues. Among them are former president Jimmy Carter and former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan.

    Former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be the chairman. Other members include Indian social activist Ela Bhatt, former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and former Irish president Mary Robinson. Bangladeshi economist and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus and former Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing are also Elders.

    Nelson Mandela presented the group at a news conference in Johannesburg with his wife, Graca Machel, a children's rights activist. One chair was empty. It represented the final Elder: Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader under house arrest in Burma.

    The idea for the group came from British businessman Richard Branson and musician Peter Gabriel. They proposed the idea to Mister Mandela and his wife several years ago. Mister Branson, along with the U.N. Foundation and private donors, has helped finance the group.

    The Elders say their work will not be in conflict with the United Nations or other international groups. Instead, they say they hope to work alongside such organizations.

    Mister Mandela says the Elders will use their skills and collective wisdom to look for solutions to problems such as AIDS, climate change and longtime conflicts. The idea is that they can talk to anyone they please or get involved in any issue they wish because they do not represent governments.

    The group plans to hold videoconferences and also to meet in person two times a year.

    Some people may wonder how much a group of mostly retired leaders can influence world issues. Nelson Mandela himself has said he plans to take retirement seriously. He left office in 1999 and announced his retirement from public life in two thousand four.

    His involvement on the council is expected to be largely ceremonial. But he says he believes in the Elders because each member is fiercely independent. They are free, he says, to put the needs of the world's people first.

    And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill Moss. For more development news, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Steve Ember.

    點擊進入更多VOA慢速

    (來源:VOA  英語點津姍姍編輯)

     
     
    相關文章 Related Stories
     
    US first lady begins Africa tour in Senegal 'Rwanda Rising' gives hopeful outlook for Africa
    South Africa 南非
             
     
     
     
     
     
             

     

     

     
     

    48小時內最熱門

         

    本頻道最新推薦

         
      Rice to miss ASEAN forum
      《欲望城市》(精講之十)
      U2《等你》:With or without you
      'Hairspray' takes you back to the 1960s
      Blair in effort to reactivate peace process in ME

    論壇熱貼

         
      音像店的地道譯法
      親戚中的大,小,二等等怎么翻譯啊?
      如何用英語表達“逼平”?
      how to say "豬瘟"?
      “不服” 怎么翻譯!
      請問肥水不留外人田怎么翻譯?






    天堂Aⅴ无码一区二区三区| 精品无码三级在线观看视频 | 久久亚洲av无码精品浪潮| 久久精品中文无码资源站| 人妻丰满熟妇AV无码区乱| 免费无码H肉动漫在线观看麻豆| 久久亚洲AV无码西西人体| 人妻无码一区二区三区免费| 合区精品中文字幕| 一本一道AV无码中文字幕| 精品久久久久久无码中文字幕一区 | 最好看更新中文字幕| 久久伊人中文无码| 国产精品无码a∨精品| 精品人妻系列无码一区二区三区| 亚洲精品乱码久久久久久中文字幕 | 亚洲AV永久无码天堂影院| 无码人妻精品一区二区三区久久久| 日韩亚洲欧美中文高清在线| 亚洲AV中文无码乱人伦| 国产亚洲美日韩AV中文字幕无码成人| 亚洲国产精品无码专区| 国产成人无码一区二区在线观看| 91天日语中文字幕在线观看 | 最近中文字幕大全免费版在线 | 国产精品无码久久四虎| 无码人妻AV免费一区二区三区| 精品日韩亚洲AV无码一区二区三区| 无码毛片一区二区三区中文字幕| 中文字幕在线最新在线不卡| 2022中文字字幕久亚洲| 中文有码vs无码人妻| 亚洲中文精品久久久久久不卡| 亚洲中文字幕无码一去台湾| 中文字幕无码久久久| 亚洲精品无码久久毛片 | 色综合久久中文综合网| 精品人妻中文av一区二区三区 | 日本中文字幕在线不卡高清| 99高清中文字幕在线 | 免费a级毛片无码a∨免费软件 |