As a result, the WHO Executive Board decided to accelerate the process to elect a new Director-General.

因此，世卫组织执行委员会决定加快选举新总干事的程序。

youdao

Why is there a need to elect a new Director-General now?

为什么现在需要选举新总干事？

youdao

Q: The World Health Organization (WHO) will elect a new Director-General in November this year.

问：世界卫生组织(WHO)将于今年11月选举产生新任总干事。

youdao

In a letter last week, WaMu urged its shareholders to resist the unions' calls not to re-elect Pugh and another longtime director, James Stever, who is a retired U.S. West executive and a director at WaMu since 1991.

FORBES: WaMu And Friends

Sir Paul Nurse - director general of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Professor Gordon McVie - director general of the Cancer Research Campaign and Dr John Seffrin, president elect of the International Union Against Cancer, said action needed to be taken now to ensure all patients get the drugs they need wherever they live.

BBC: 'Cancer battle must go global'

But even for incumbents, the first re-election bid is usually the toughest, said Nick Demeter, political director for the National Women's Political Caucus, a non-partisan group that works to elect pro-choice women.

BBC: Democrat women running to stand still