第一财讯：国际货币基金组织(IMF)5月21日宣布，将于23日正式启动下任总裁候选人提名工作，遴选时将秉承开放、择优及透明原则，强调无地域偏见，并拟于6月30日公布最后人选。

　　IMF执行董事会主任沙阿兰(Shakour Shaalan)在一份声明中表示，执行董事会将负责总裁遴选工作。候选人提名时间是5月23日至6月10日，可由IMF官员或执行董事提名，候选人必须在高端经济决策方面有杰出表现，具备出色专业背景以及带领国际机构所需管理和外交才能。

　　声明表示，若被提名候选人数超过3人，IMF将对候选人名单保密，直至筛选出最出色的3位。届时执行董事会将在华盛顿对这三人进行面试，再投票决定最后人选。

　　IMF强调，投票结果将按IMF投票权重计算，不会有地域偏见，预期结果将于6月30日揭晓。

　　IMF前总裁卡恩因涉嫌性侵犯在纽约被诉，并于19日宣布辞职。

　　IMF声明原文：

　　IMF Executive Board Initiates Selection Process for Next IMF Managing Director

　　The Dean of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)， Mr. Shakour Shaalan， made the following statement today:

　　“I am very pleased to announce that the Fund's Executive Board has adopted a procedure that allows the selection of the next Managing Director to take place in an open， merit-based， and transparent manner. There was broad support in the Executive Board for this procedure.”

　　The Executive Board approves the decision on the selection of the next Managing Director as outlined below:

　　1. The successful candidate for the position of Managing Director will have a distinguished record in economic policymaking at senior levels. He or she will have an outstanding professional background， will have demonstrated the managerial and diplomatic skills needed to lead a global institution， and will be a national of any of the Fund's members. As chief of the Fund's staff and as Chairman of the Executive Board， (s)he will be capable of providing strategic vision for the work of a high quality， diverse， and dedicated staff; and will be firmly committed to advancing the goals of the Fund by building consensus on key policy and institutional issues， including through close collaboration with the Executive Board， under whose direction (s)he will fulfill his or her responsibilities. (S)he will have a proven understanding of the Fund and the policy challenges facing the Fund's diverse global membership. (S)he will have a firm commitment to， and an appreciation of， multilateral cooperation and will have a demonstrated capacity to be objective and impartial. (S)he will also be an effective communicator.

　　2. An individual may be nominated for the position of Managing Director by a Fund Governor or an Executive Director during a nomination period which shall commence on May 23， 2011 and will close on June 10， 2011. All nominations shall be communicated to the Fund's Secretary， who shall obtain confirmation from each nominee of his or her willingness to be considered as a candidate. The Fund's Secretary shall hold the names of the nominees in confidence until the end of the nomination period.

　　3. At the end of the nomination period， the Secretary shall disclose to the Executive Board the names of those nominees who have confirmed their desire to be candidates. If the number of candidates exceeds three， the Executive Board will keep the names of these nominees in confidence until it has drawn up a shortlist of three candidates， taking into account the above candidate profile without geographical preferences. The shortlisting process will be implemented through indications of which candidates receive the most support among Directors， taking into account the Fund's weighted voting system， with the objective of completing the shortlisting process within seven days following the disclosure to the Board of the candidates. Although the Executive Board may adopt a shortlist by a majority of the votes cast， the objective of the Executive Board is to adopt a shortlist by consensus. The shortlist shall be published by the Fund.

　　4. The Executive Board will meet with the shortlisted candidates (or all of the candidates if there were fewer than four) in Washington， D.C. Thereafter， the Executive Board will meet to discuss the strengths of the candidates and make a selection. Although the Executive Board may select a Managing Director by a majority of the votes cast， the objective of the Executive Board is to select the Managing Director by consensus with the objective of completing the selection process by June 30， 2011.