He wanted to thank Australia for the very significant role our country had played in sustaining the pressure for change, particularly under Bob Hawke’s government, and in leading the global charge for financial sanctions on the apartheid regime. So, sitting face to face across the Zambian president’s dining table, it was just the two of us, for an hour or more, chatting away comfortably about everything from United Nations sanctions to the end of the Cold War to our children’s careers.
其实，曼德拉想和我谈话的心情也同样迫切。他想感谢澳大利亚在变革中的重要作用，尤其是霍克政府主导的对种族隔离政权的全球金融制裁。于是，我俩面对面坐在赞比亚总统的餐桌两侧谈了一个多小时，轻松地从联合国制裁、冷战结束一直聊到子女未来。