As I have already made a more extensive statement on the theme of dialogue among civilizations in the opening debate in 1998, I will restrict myself to a few observations stemming from the above observation.
因为我在1998年开始这场辩论时就对不同文明之间对话的主题作了更广泛的发言，我现在只针对秘书长的以上讲话谈几点意见。