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and distinguished guests,
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on behalf of the United Nations,
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please allow me to welcome you
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to this great occasion of hope and peace.
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Today we bear witness to
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an extraordinary act in one of the world's defining dramas.
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If you would allow me now
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just to offer a few private words to those of us
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that are fortunate enough to be here now.
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May we all pledge
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to make the spirit of this moment...
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a new chapter in the history of all nations.