他指出，当国际社会面临显而易见的局面，需要使用武力保护人民不受本国政府伤害，但联合国安理会又无法形成统一意见时 ， “ 合法性与合理性之间的关系就会成为阻碍因素。 ”
As he put it, when the international community confronts a clear case for the use of force to protect a population from its own government, but the Security Council is divided, “the relationship between legality and legitimacy will continue to be awkward.”