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译者点评:2004年1月1日,原荷兰外交失臣夏侯雅伯将接替2003年底卸任的罗伯逊,担任北约新的秘书长。也许他眼下在国际上的知名度还不大,但随着他走马上任北约这一要职,我们会越来越多地在荧屏上看到他的身影,听到他的声音。这就是我们向读者介绍这一新闻人物的考虑。北约最高决策机构北大西洋理事会是2003年9月22日召开紧急会议决定任命夏侯雅伯为新秘书长和北大西洋理事会主席的。北约秘书长人选一般由成员国私下协商并达成一致后由北大西洋理事会任命。作为北约“盟主”的美国在这一过程中起了重要的作用。分析家认为,荷兰在重要国际事务,尤其是伊拉克战争中的亲美立场使得夏侯雅伯能获胜。根据北约成员固的内部协议,北约秘书长一职由美国以外的其他成员国的人担任,而北约欧洲盟军最高司令则由美国一位将军担任。自1949年成立以来,北约已有10位秘书长,夏侯雅伯是担任此职的第三位荷兰人。
Translator Comments: On January 1, 2004, the former Dutch diplomatic nephew, Jaap de Jabour, will replace Robertson who left office at the end of 2003 as the new NATO secretary general. Perhaps his current international reputation is not great, but as he takes up his post as NATO, we will increasingly see him on the screen and hear his voice. This is why we introduce this reader to the reader’s consideration. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s highest decision-making body, the North Atlantic Council, decided to call on the emergency meeting at Sept. 22, 2003 to appoint Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as the new secretary-general and president of the North Atlantic Council. The appointment of the NATO Secretary-General is generally appointed by the North Atlantic Council following private consultations and agreement by the member states. The United States, which is NATO’s “owner,” has played an important role in this process. Analysts believe that the Netherlands’ pro-American position in important international affairs, especially the Iraq war, enabled Jaap de Jae to win. According to the internal agreement of NATO’s members, NATO’s secretary-general served as a member of a non-U.S. member country, while the supreme commander of the NATO’s European allied forces was served by a general U.S. general. Since its establishment in 1949, NATO has had 10 secretary-generals, and Jaap Jacobs is the third Dutch person to hold this post.