联合国自成立50多年来,已产生了7位秘书长,即挪威人赖伊、瑞典人哈马舍尔德、缅甸人吴努、奥地利人瓦尔德海姆、秘鲁人德奎利亚尔、埃及人加利和现任的安南,他们都是男性,没有一位女性。但是近年来,随着女性地位提高,联合国内的女性工作人员明显增多尤其是在中下层的文秘、翻译和财会人员中,女性已占近一半, For over 50 years since the founding of the United Nations, seven secretaries-general have emerged: the Norwegian Rey, the Swede Hammarskjöld, the Burmese Wu Nu, the Austrian Waldheim, the Peruvians De Cuéllar, the Egyptian Ghali and current Annan, both men and no woman. However, in recent years, as the status of women has risen, there has been a marked increase in the number of female staff in the United Nations, especially in the lower and middle secretarial, translation and accounting professions, where women make up nearly half,