联合国预计星期四任命葡萄牙前总理古铁雷斯为下一任秘书长。
The United Nations is expected to appoint former Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Guterres as Secretary-General Thursday.
联合国大会主席彼得∙汤姆森在声明中说，他希望联合国193个成员国能一致通过古铁雷斯的任命。古铁雷斯是上星期由联合国安理会推荐的人选。
U.N. General Assembly President Peter Thompson said in a statement he hopes the 193-member body will unanimously approve Guterres’s nomination after the Security Council recommended the former prime minister last week.
如果任命通过，古铁雷斯2016年年底将接替自2006年以来担任联合国秘书长的潘基文。
Should Guterres be confirmed, he will replace current Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon of South Korea at the end of 2016. Ban has held the post since being appointed in 2006.
古铁雷斯今年67岁，1992年到2002年曾任葡萄牙总理，2005年到2015年还担任过联合国难民事务高级专员。
Guterres, 67, was Portugal's prime minister from 1992 to 2002. He led the U.N. refugee agency from 2005 to 2015.
联合国成员国普遍对古铁雷斯的提名表示赞扬，俄罗斯驻联合国大使丘尔金称古铁雷斯是“很好的选择”。潘基文也说古铁雷斯是联合国秘书长的“绝佳人选”。
Members of the United Nations widely praised the nomination of Guterres, with Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin calling him “a great choice.” Ban also called Guterres a “superb choice” for secretary-general.
古铁雷斯是争取联合国秘书长一职的13位候选人之一。
Guterres was one of 13 candidates who were in the running for the U.N.’s top job.