stage. >> thank you very much governor brown. on behalf of the congress of the united states it is my prev lgbt to bring greetings and congratulation tooz all you gathered here on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the united nationsism many more of my colleagues would be here but at the moment they are accomp 19 president obama to charleston sourth carolina to be there and morn the loss suffered this last week in that community. we do that sitting here in this city hall, a place that has been the scene of a hate crime too, over 37 years ago and that is why it makes a supreme court decision today

all the more moments and spectacular for us here. as martin luther king said, the ark of justice bends slowly, but it bends toward justicefelt what a great morning we had to erase some of the sorrow we had been carrying. i am very honored to welcome the secretary general to join in welcomeing the secretary general to san francisco and this city hall. i'm pleased to do so with mayor lee and say we had the conference of mayors last week and mayor lee is in the for front with in all issues are championing at the un. the mayor gave their award

and established their priority-working for people in a planet friendly way. thank you mayor lee for your leadership in so many ways. and to be introduced by jerry brown is a great honor. this is ravisionary when he was governor the first time. he was saying things people are only now saying today about climate and environment. a visionary then, building on that now, a leader in the world on the subject of climate and human rights and environmental justice as they all go together. i want to acknowledge the presence of cathy calvin the president of the united nations foundation, thank you for your leadership. i want to say of willy brown, yes he had the dream, the civic pride but came to the the congress to the money to get city hall done so we all take

pride in this. thank you for your leadership willy. i want to acknowledge how proud we are of our ambassador to the united nations. the secretary general honors us with his presence but he honors us doublely by having mrs. ban being here with him. thank you so much mrs. ban. to all your honored ambarsders representives and general, thank you for being here today we are gathered in commemoration and celebration of one of the great moments of history. a great moment of histfry the world, a grite moment fl history of our country, a great moment for our city. 70 years ago as yous heard the delegates of 50 nations gathered in san

francisco opera house to open a new era for humanity. here in san francisco the hope of president wilson and vision of president roges velt and congratulations of president truman were fulfilled and when president rose velt was here said if you want to do something right, do it in san francisco. here in san francisco diplomats of countries found they way to [inaudible] poetic dream to a distant century a battle flag [inaudible] by a prominent of men, the federation of the world. on this date 1945 the satey on the golden gate the word went forward, we the people of the united nation come together in a new union to

promote freedom and advance human dignity to confront the plague ofz disease, hunger and poverty and reap the world in the olive branches of peace. how proud they would be secretary general ban ki-moon. i'm going to depart for a moment of personal privilege because i lurd the secretary general reference a meeting he had with preddant kennedy and i want to tell you my connection tothe un. when i was a teenager in the 50's my father was the mayor of baltimore, i was in high school and a member of something called united nations youth and president-not president, center kennedy who was hoping to be president came to baltimore to speak to a

dinner, the united nations association of maryland honoring jacob [inaudible] my mother said she was sick, but he said you can take my place at the dinner knowing how much i admired center kennedy so i had the privilege of sitting next to him, he was the featured speaker at the dinner, sitting next to him and hearing his words of encouragement to view the world globally and encouraging young people to do that. it is something of course i'll never forget and this is the best place i could tell that storo of so many years ago. it wasn't long after that that he became president and at the un before the un general assembly he spoke for the need of global perspective and action mptd he

said plague and pestulence, plundsing and pollution the hazards of nature and hunger of children are the fous of every nation. the earth, sea and air can be the concern of every nation and science technology and education can be the alley of every nation. the trooth of president kendies words speaks across the generation, true today. they are the thoughts conveyed every day by our secretary general. saerfb decades after the founding the united nations and the ideals that guide it continue to inspire and challenge the member nation tooz answer our responsibility to fellow human beings, under the leadership of ban ki-moon with entrepreneur spirit and fresh eyes a strong un made for a better world in so many areneas the united

nation played a leadership role. thank you for your leadership in promotion of peace and eleaveiation of poverty and elimination of disease. thank you for driving immobilization of hiv and aids. advancing human rightss and empowering women and girls, he has been a leader. in recognizing the scale and urgency of the climate crisis we have seen first hand his determination he has given passionate leadership to the cause. it is now my great pleasure to introduce the leader of this great gathering, a man dedicated to advances peace, promoted sustainability and upholding ideals of the leaders who came together in san francisco. honored guest

please welcome me the 8th [inaudible] of the united nations, ban ki-moon. >> thank you. please take a seat. honorable nancy pelosi, congress woman and democratic leader of the united states house of representative thank you for your kind introduction and thank you for your great leadership. the united nations is very much grateful for your continuing support. we need your support from the congress.

the honorable jerry brown, the gevner of california, again i thank you for your participation and for your strong support for the united nations and change on sustainable development and i look forward working closely with you. thank you for your leadership. the honorable edwin lee, mayor of san francisco, thank you for organizing great and historic opportunities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing this great united nations charter and thank you for recognition of the united nations role by honoring me with this key of

san francisco. i'll keep it on behalf of all the united nations staff for working day and night for all the peace and security. thank you again for your recognition for this great meeting today. thank you. and i would like to thank and recognize particularly the mrs. shultz. she has worked as the chief protocol of the great city. since i was [inaudible] when i came with my friends of foreign minister, she has always been there and as secretary of general i have been helped by you and thank you very much. thank you. and i would like to thank colleague

ambassadors that came all the way from new york. thank you for your participation and strong commitment. thank you very much. thank you. and honorable general and members of depmatic and [inaudible] distinguished guest [inaudible] i don't know where she--thank

you [inaudible] for your continuing commitment. continued commitment. she may be young, she may be very young, but she has given such a strong sense of hope to many girls around the world who had been ignoreed and discriminated and she campaigned this cause with [inaudible] what terrorist fear most is girls who can read and go to school and she has given such a great message to our world and thank you again [inaudible] ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us to celebrate the founding of the united nations,

the indispensable [inaudible] i'm honored and proud to serve. i would like to tell you i regret his ex lensy [inaudible] who is president of the [inaudible] could not be with us today to represent the members states of the united nations who make up the united nations, but i welcome again, the many ambassadors who are representing the united nations today and thank you very much again. and again i would like to express my special gratitude to governor and mayor of san francisco and this great state of california. the center of diversity and innovation. in

fact, san francisco isn't just about the [inaudible] of the united nations. for me personally, it was the place where my passion as a young boy to be a global citizen, my passion was born here in san francisco in 1962. more than half a century ago, 1962, i came to the united states as a part of a young student group, international student sponsored by the american red cross society. i was just 18 years old at the time. our trip began right here in san francisco in the bay area. it was my first ever foreign trip. you may understand, it was my

eye opening to the world, greater world. i was hosted by very kind [inaudible] a wonderful family in nuvauto. [inaudible] is here with us. she's now 97 years old. what a admireable lady. thank you very much. she is my american mom. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, the drafting of the charter was a glorious gamble. delegates from dozens of countries [inaudible] on humanity. so much faith was

lost in the trenches and gas chambers of 2 world wars in the space of just one generation, but they dared to believe in something bigger than person or country. for 2 months they turned san francisco's war memorial into a peace palace. more than 3 thousand women and men took part in the negotiation. won of them was mrs. elen [inaudible] a high school senior at that time. she was a spanish translator and had everyone speak the universal language of peace and [inaudible] she was the first un staff who is still here with us, mrs. newman, thank you very much for joining us today. the

delegations, they worked against the backdrop on a monumental [inaudible] liberation of [inaudible] the victory in europe, but victory in san francisco was never assured. today we take the ideal of the united nations for granted, but bringing it to life required huge [inaudible] of state [inaudible] to breach differences among the delegations. intensive noination, the delegates realized their dream. they anyhow knew you do not just

rebuilt broken societies with brick and mortar, but with ideas and values for human [inaudible] with the adoption of the united nation charter, a world in rebal found a path to renewal. ladies and gentlemen, i was born just a month before the united nations was born, but it did not take long for it to change my world for good. when the korean war ravaged my country, i lost my home, my village, my school, everything was destroyed and burned, but help came bring thg united nations flag. that was a beacon for all the korean people. help came from unisef, sacks of grain and textbooks from [inaudible] and many young

soldierss from 16 member states and 5 more who sent their young soldierss and 5 more countries who sent their medical teams. the representatives of those countries are participating in this and i thank you for your sacrifice and support at that time. i would not have been able tostand as a secretary general of the united nations now without the help of the united nations. that was the first peace keep ing mission of the united nations sense the birth of the united nations. the united nations showed that we were not alone. today when

i travel to refue gee camps and [inaudible] around the world, i tell young people refue gees and displaced persons saying that don't dispair. you are not alone. the united nations stands with you. i myself made it and you can to. the united nations will support you. this is what i'm sending messages to. many helpless z unfortunate young people and refue gees around the world and believe that is my mission and our mission of the united nations. every day the united nations feeds the hungry, shelters refue gees, 60 million refue gees now and vaccines-more than 60 percent of children we vaccine against

deadly disease. every day we represent human rights for all regardless of race, gender, religion, nationalalty and sexual orientation. in that regard, i welcome the decision of the supreme court of the united states that paves the way of gay and les biian americans to have their relationship legally recognized no matter what part of the united states they are living in. this is a great step forward for human rights in the united states and i join the lgbt community and there is a million of allies in celebrating this historic decision. ladies and

gentlemen, the united nations led the charge in dismantleing colonialism, bringing feedm to millions of people. we mobilize td the world to [inaudible] our peace keepers are on the front lines of war. our mediators bring various to the table of peace. yet, tragied has also been with us every step of the way. genocide, war and a thousand daily indignities and abuse plague far too many people, especially women. conflict forced more people to flee their homes today than any time

since the second world war. forces of division are on the march [inaudible] the first promise of isolation in ever more independent world. the planet itself is at risk. ladies and gentlemen, 70 years ago mrs. elen newman was a young student. today we are honored again to be joined by another [inaudible] you are a daughter of the united nations and a toch bearer for young generations. thank you for reminding us of that. anniversary is about the future. we have a big road ahead. ladies and gentlemen, i tell you why we have a big walk

ahead. in september world leaders including president obama will come to united nation special summit session and adopt a inspiring new development agenda to end a global poverty. in december international community has committed to reach a bold climate change agreement to place the world on more sustainable footing. these are once in a generation opportunities. this is our san francisco moment. let us walk to make these things happen. e

gets on the podium and ladies and gentlemen of in signing the charter [inaudible] achieved what many thought was impossible. the first was to help achieve the charters course to unit or strength and to use their creation, the united nations for the common good. the united nations is the hope and home of all human kind. the charter is our compass. less us never relent on the journey to a better world for we the peoples and i thank you for your strong commitment. lets 's work together to make this bet frr all the people. thank you very much.

>> ladies and gentlemen, the secretary general will now present the united nations charters to the delegation from the future. 3 young dults from the bear yeahia, renay jur ard, an elise, you cowa and dens man dujo. the un charter essential 7 years ago today and 70 years from now. please welcome them.

>> thank you mr. secretary general for gracing us on this wonderful occasion in san francisco and around the word of the 70th anniversary of the united nations. we are all i'm sure hoping for peace and praying for peace around the world so we welcome you here today and look forward to you being here on the 75 anniversary of the united nation charter signed in our beautiful san francisco. thank you very much for being here.