to make a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something
New Secretary-GeneralPledgesStronger UN Role in Stopping Wars, Keeping Peace
mediation:調停
Mr. Ban told the 15-member Council that the demand for U.N. peacekeeping andmediationservices is at an all-time high.
streamline:[transitive] 無駄をなくして合理化する、能率的にする to make something such as a business, organization etc work more simply and effectively
He said he would work tostreamlineU.N. efforts to enforce peace and strengthen post-conflict societies.
・streamline U.N. efforts 国連の努力を能率的にする
revelation:[countable] a surprising fact about someone or something that was previously secret and is now made known
Speaking days after freshrevelationsabout sexual abuse among U.N. peacekeepers, Mr. Ban said the world body would have to find ways to do better.
・fresh revelations 新事実の発覚
responsible for the effects of your actions and willing to explain or be criticized for them
live up to something: phrasal verb (主義・信念)に従って行動する if something or someone lives up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc:
"To meet the growing demands of globalized operations, we must identify ways and means to build a staff which is truly mobile, multi-functional andaccountable- and whichlives up tothe highest ethical and professional standards," he said.
account 銀行口座のイメージが強すぎて・・・
stay on:phrasal verb 居続ける、留任する to continue to do a job or to study after the usual or expected time for leaving
The current undersecretary-general for peacekeeping, Frenchman Jean-Marie Guehenno, is expected tostay on.