I can attest to the gathering momentum towards peace, having just returned from Palestine, where I led a nearly five-week mission of European Union observers, the largest ever put in place by the EU. The mission was 260-strong on the day of the election and the counting of the vote, while 40 of us had been there for the whole five-week period.
我亲身体验了这一不断向好的和平进程。我刚从巴勒斯坦返回。我领导着欧盟有史以来最大的一支观察员使团在那里待了近五周。在大选和选票统计的当天，使团的总人数超过了260人，而我们中的40人在整整五周的时间里都待在巴勒斯坦。