贵报社论《维克托·欧尔班，联合国秘书长？》（10月26日）承认反对他的理由，却说他竞选的最好之处在于，这会给联合国带来一位领导人，“低得就像海龟湾已经沉下去的那样低”。这是一个为了证明机构已经受损而进一步损害该机构的提议。
Your editorial “Viktor Orbán, U.N. Secretary-General?” (Oct. 26) concedes the case against him, then says the best thing that can be said about his candidacy is that it would give the United Nations a leader “as low as Turtle Bay has already sunk.”This is a proposal that would damage an institution further in order to prove that it is already damaged.
贵报的描写称华盛顿在推举欧尔班，莫斯科和北京据称表示支持。如果这三个政府共同推举他为候选人，仅此一点就会从一开始就让他的独立性受到质疑。《联合国宪章》第100条要求秘书长不接受任何政府的指示行事，并要求会员国尊重该职位的国际性质。
Your account describes Washington promoting Mr. Orbán, with Moscow and Beijing said to be supportive. If the three governments were advancing him as a joint candidate, that alone would put his independence in doubt from the outset. Article 100 of the U.N. Charter requires the secretary-general to act without instructions from any government and requires member states to respect the international character of the office.