It was a brave effort that came too soon. The Northern industrial world was not yet ready to recognize the new weight of the emerging powers and the need to strike a new balance between North and South, East and West.
2005年联合国五十周年纪念日的时候，科菲·安南曾试图调整我们这个世界的多边体制，以使其适应新的现实。这是个勇敢的举动，只可惜生不逢时。北方工业国还没有认识到新兴国家的力量，也没有意识到在南北、东西间达成新平衡格局的重要性。