We are facing many crises – food, energy, recession, and pandemic flu – occurring all at once. If ever there were a time to act in a spirit of renewed multilateralism, a time to put the “united” back into the United Nations, it is now.
但今年的情况则有所不同。第64届联大开幕要求我们迎接一个特别的时刻。我们正面临多重危机的爆发——粮食、能源、经济衰退和流感。如果说我们要再次弘扬多边主义精神，将“联合”精神重新注入联合国的话，现在正是时候。