第五名候選人加入角逐世界衛生組織總幹事，提名截止

日內瓦，9月25日（路透社）——該機構網站顯示，隨著提名期限在夜間截止，第五名候選人已加入角逐世界衛生組織（WHO）總幹事。GENEVA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A fifth candidate has entered the race to lead the World Health Organization, the agency's website showed as the deadline for nominees closed overnight.

WHO網站顯示，西班牙的瑪麗亞・奈拉（Maria Neira）在9月24日提交申請的最後一天加入競爭。Spain's Maria Neira joined the competition on the last day for submissions on September 24, the WHO website showed.

• 來自五國的候選人已提交申請，競逐接替衣索比亞籍的譚德塞（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）擔任WHO總幹事• Candidates from five countries have submitted applications to replace Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as director-general of the WHO

• 他們分別是卡達的哈南・穆罕默德・庫瓦里（Hanan Mohammed Al-Kuwari）、沙烏地阿拉伯的哈南・巴爾希（Hanan Balkhy）、比利時的漢斯・克魯格（Hans Kluge）、西班牙的奈拉，以及印尼的布迪・古納迪・薩迪金（Budi Gunadi Sadikin）• They are Qatar's Hanan Mohammed Al-Kuwari, Saudi Arabia's Hanan Balkhy, Belgium's Hans Kluge, Spain's Neira and Indonesia's Budi Gunadi Sadikin

• 庫瓦里是前衛生部長；巴爾希是醫師，現任WHO東地中海區域辦事處主任；克魯格是醫師，也是WHO歐洲區域主任；奈拉是醫師、流行病學家及WHO前主任；布迪是印尼衛生部長• Al-Kuwari is a former health minister; Balkhy is a physician who heads the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean office; Kluge is a physician and WHO's regional director for Europe; Neira is a physician and epidemiologist and former WHO director; Budi is Indonesia's health minister

• 候選人論壇將於11月舉行，WHO執行委員會將於2027年1月從候選人中至多篩選出三人列入決選名單• A candidates' forum will take place in November and WHO's Executive Board will shortlist up to three of the candidates in January 2027

• 譚德塞自2017年起領導這個全球衛生機構，督導其因應COVID-19疫情，以及伊波拉、M痘等其他疫情• Tedros has led the global health agency since 2017, overseeing its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other outbreaks including Ebola and mpox

• 在他任內，美國於2025年下令退出，使該機構失去最大捐助國；美國總統唐納・川普（Donald Trump）指控WHO處理COVID不當，但該組織否認此說法• During his tenure, the agency lost its top donor when the US ordered a withdrawal in 2025, with President Donald Trump accusing the WHO of mishandling COVID, a claim the organisation denies

（艾瑪・法奇（Emma Farge）報導；柯絲蒂・克諾勒（Kirsti Knolle）與馬克・波特（Mark Potter）編輯）(Reporting by Emma Farge. Editing by Kirsti Knolle and Mark Potter)