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Hello New York!�� Hello global citizens!��

What an amazing crowd!����

And what an amazing day.��

I know it’s going to be really easy to be miserable in today’s world.������

And it’s easy to create chaos and tear things down.��

But when I look at this crowd today, I see hope.������

And I know that you all know that the statistics that you’ve heard today, they’re not numbers.������
They’re people.������

Real people with lives in a world that wants to survive and to thrive.

And we’re acting here today by building lasting change.������

And that’s how we go from saving one child to creating health systems that save every child.������

That’s how we go from feeding one girl to building food systems so that no child goes to bed hungry.��

And that’s how we go from picking up one piece of trash to creating a whole city, cleaning city and coast line.

And this’s how we go from global citizen to an unstoppable movement for change.������

That is what I see in you tonight.

This week at the 51�Թ�, world leaders adopted a Pact for the Future.��

To keep the Global Goals alive.��

To make artificial intelligence a force for good.����

And to build a world of peace.��

To see that countries have money so that they can invest in people’s lives.

To Take these messages – take the energy – take the enthusiasm -- of tonight.��

And keep speaking out for the whole world to hear.������

Are we ready to act?����

New York, I can’t hear you, ‘are we ready to act?’.��

Are we ready to Defeat Poverty?��

Are we ready to Defend Our Planet?��

Are we ready to Demand equity?��

A great man, Nelson Mandela once said: “It’s always seems impossible until it is done”.����

So let’s get it done.

Thank you.��
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