겸손은 조용한 결단력…아시아의 성공열쇠다 생글생글 128호에 실린 15회에 이어서 반기문 UN 사무총장의 취임사 중간 부분을 싣는다.
(1) Asia is also a region where modesty is a virtue.
But the modesty is about demeanor, not about vision and goals.
It does not mean the lack of commitment or leadership.
Rather, it is quiet determination in action to get things done without so much fanfare.
This may be the key to Asia's success, and to the UN's future. Indeed, our Organization is modest in its means, but not in its values.
We should be more modest in our words, but not in our performance.
The true measure of success for the UN is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
Given the enduring purposes and inspiring principles of our Organization, we need not shout its praises or preach its virtues.
We simply need to live them every day ; step by step, program by program, mandate by mandate.
(2) Madam President.
The surge in demand for UN services attests not only to the UN's abiding relevance but also to its central place in advancing human dignity.
The UN is needed now more than ever before.
The UN's core mission in the previous century was to keep countries from fighting each other.
In the new century, the defining mandate is to strengthen the inter－state system so that humanity may be better served amidst new challenges.
From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading to the ravaging of human rights and the abandonment of longstanding humanitarian principles.
We need competent and responsible states to meet the needs of "we the peoples" for whom the UN was created.
And the world's people will not be fully served unless peace, development and human rights, the three pillars of the UN, are advanced together with equal vigor.
