外交政策杂志常驻联合国记者林奇(Colum Lynch)在题为“联合国内幕”的博客中写到,事情发生在上个星期,地点在奥地利的一个旅游胜地(Alpbach),当时联合国的一些高级官员正在举行晚宴。负责经济和社会事务的联合国副秘书长沙xx在给潘基文敬酒时说:“秘书长先生,我知道您从来就不喜欢我,不过呢,我也一直不喜欢你。”("I know you never liked me Mr. Secretary-General -- well, I never liked you, either.")沙xx还说:“我知道你一直想把我挤走,你随时可以这么做,请便吧。”("You"ve been trying to get rid of me. You can fire me anytime, you can fire me today.")
沙xx席间还表示,他一直也没想到纽约联合国总部来。不过,他说,现在感觉很热爱联合国,而且潘基文秘书长所做的一些事,也很让他敬佩。("I didn"t want to come to New York. It was the last thing I wanted to do. But I"ve come to love the U.N. and I"m coming to admire some things about you.")