2006年3月,自费到波恩参加联合国组织的第三届灾害预警国际会议期间,本顾问收到的工作文件中包括《灾害预警系统全球调查—根据联合国秘书长的要求准备的报告》(Global Survey of Early Warning System – A report prepared at the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations),其中第13页有如下结论:
-- “地震预测的能力依然难以捉摸,然而,必须重申:地震的地点、震级与将发生的时间无法预测。”
-- “Prediction capability for earthquakes remains elusive, however, and it must be reiterated that the location magnitude and time of occurrence of earthquakes cannot be forecasted.”