安南 趣事

Kofi Annan:" I laugh inside and outside!"
Secretary-General remarks to the staff of the United Nations on the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Award
联合国秘书长安南就诺贝尔和平奖向全体联合国职员发表评论
Editor's Note
Since 1901, the prize has been awarded to those who have made major contributions in the struggle for world peace. This year the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan were awarded Nobel Peace Prize for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.
从1901年来,诺贝尔和平奖一直颁发给为世界和平做出贡献的人.今年,联合国和其秘书长共同获得了诺贝尔和平奖,肯定了他们为营造一个和平,有秩序的世界所做出的努力.
I believe as we listened to the [Nobel] Citation『表彰;传令嘉奖』 we also realized the challenge, the challenge thrown to us by the Nobel Committee. I am sure we will rise up to the challenge.

When I was reappointed Secretary-General, one of our colleagues, Ibrahima Fall, was travelling through Africa, and he met an old man, an old man he didn't know. The old man said to him, I have a message for the Sec