We meet today at a critical point at our world at a time when global solidarity is more important than ever. As countries continue to struggle from the devastating effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. as the climate crisis upends lives and livelihoods.
As conflicts rage and as poverty, displacement, hunger, and inequalities destroy the very foundation of the more just world that we have fought for for such a long time. And as we all know, all is not well with our world. But these crises did not happen by chance.
But they can be fixed with a plan. We have that plan, the UN sustainable development goals, a to-do list for the world. These goals were created hand in hand with people around the world in 2015.
Together, we have an extra ordinary opportunity to change the world that we live in. We owe it to our people. We owe it to our planet.
