In addition to the long-term challenges of poverty, the environment, nuclear proliferation, and UN reform, the new Secretary-General will inherit a long list of hotspots: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Myanmar, Sudan, North Korea, and others. Recent attempts to influence developments in these countries through threats and sanctions, and sometimes war, have failed.
新任秘书长不仅要面对贫穷、环境、核不扩散及联合国改革等一系列挑战，而且要解决伊拉克、伊朗、阿富汗、巴勒斯坦、黎巴嫩、索马里、缅甸、苏丹、北朝鲜等一系列热点问题。就在不久前，通过威胁和制裁、甚至是战争来影响这些国家局势发展的企图都遭到了失败，多数国家的境遇比5年之前更加糟糕。显而易见，我们需要采取新的对策。