Many lives would have been saved in Africa, for example, if the international community could have acted decisively and quickly. The events in Iraq also have demonstrated that the key issue for world security is really the relationship of the big powers to the UN Security Council.
衡量人类进步的标尺是：我们生活的世纪不容许采取单纯基于武力的单边军事行动，但和平理想为人们所广泛认可并不意味着威胁安全的因素已经消失。有些情况下，采取防范措施是非常必要的。比如，如果国际社会果断迅速地采取行动，本可以拯救非洲众多的生命。伊拉克事件也向世界表明：大国和联合国安理会的关系实际是世界安全的关键所在。