For seven years, the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy, Mr. Baker, had held extensive consultations with all the parties concerned, injecting pragmatism and political courage into the search for new ways to resolve the dispute.
20. 在7年中，秘书长的个人特使贝克先生同各有关方进行了深入磋商，在对解决分歧的新方法的探索中，既从实际出发，又充满政治勇气。