值此一九九三年岁末之际，我愿在接向我有幸负责的国防部的全体军职和文职人员发表讲话。我要感谢你们在整整一年中作出的全部努力。我们大家一起成功地接受了至少是两次重大的挑战：我指的是使我们的军队适应冷战后的时期的持续的努力以及在联合国的旗帜下在国外进行的维持和 On the occasion of the end of 1993, I would like to address all the military and civilian personnel who have the honor to take charge of the Ministry of Defense. I want to thank you for all your efforts throughout the year. We have all along successfully managed to accept at least two major challenges: I am referring to the sustained effort to adapt our army to the post-cold-war era and to the maintenance and repatriation of foreign troops under the United Nations flag