| Soon after his appointment as
secretary-general of the United Nations in 1997, Kofi Annan lamented that he was
being accused of failing to reform the world body in six weeks. "But what are
you complaining about" asked the Russian ambassador: "You’ve had more time than
God." Ah, Mr. Annan quipped back, "but God had one big advantage. He worked
alone without a General Assembly, a Security Council and [all] the
committees." Recounting that anecdote to journalists in New York this week, Mr. Annan sought to explain why a draft declaration on UN reform and tackling world poverty, due to be endorsed by some 150 heads of state and government at a world summit in the city on September 14th- 16th, had turned into such a pale shadow of the proposals that he himself had put forward in March. "With 191 member states", he sighed, "it’s not easy to A. it took much time to have a UN document B. it was a piece of cake to reach an agreement with approximately 200 member states C. few nations were resented at American diplomatic activities D. only developing countries came up with last-minute changes 我来回答: 提交
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