Le correspondant permanent de WalFadjri à Genève, El Hadji Gorgui Wade Ndoye, est nommé par ses confrères francophones Observateur pour l’utilisation du français dans les organisations internationales. Ce journaliste au siège des Nations unies revient dans cet entretien, accordé au magazine Un Spécial, sur sa carrière au sein de l’organisation onusienne.

Gordon Martin (O.B.E), Officer of the Order of the British Empire, permanent correspondent at the United Nations in Geneva.

I know that many witty things have been said about birthdays, and old age.

An eighty year old lady called Nancy Astor, said: “I used to dread getting older, because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do. But now that I am older, I find that I don’t want to do them.” The American actor Bob Hope said: “I don’t feel 80. In fact I don’t feel anything till noon. Then it’s time for my nap.” And he added: “You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”