as we gather here aroutbreak of ebola overwhelms public health systems in west africa and threatens to move rapidly across borders. russian aggression in europe recalls the days when large nations trampeled small ones in pursuit of territory ambition. brutality of terrorist in syria and iraq forces us to look into the heart of darkness. each of these problems demands urgent attention but they also are symptoms of a broader problem, the failure of our international system to keep pace with an inner connected world. we collectively have not invested adequately in the public health capacity of developing countries. too often we. [switching captioners] we reject fatalism or cynicism when it comes to human affairs. we choose to work for the world as it should be, as our children deserve it to be. there is much that must be done to meet the test of this moment, but today i would like to focus on two defining questions at the root of so many of our challenges -- whether the nations here today will be able to renew the purpose of the u.n.'s founding, and whether we will come together to reject