I have learned from long experience that to be optimistic about almost anything in international affairs is to run the risk of being thought ignorant or naïve, if not demented. But, on the issue of mass-atrocity crimes – where the international community has long had good reason for shame – real optimism is now justified.
长期积累的经验告诉我对任何国际事务问题保持乐观就会被人看作无知或者天真，甚至是精神错乱。但在国际社会早就应该引以为耻的大规模暴力犯罪的问题上，现在却有理由抱有真正的乐观态度。这的确是非常好的消息。