Justin Trudeau, UN speech

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"As we meet here in New York at the UN General Assembly for this Summit of the Future, we're at a global inflection point. Faced with escalating instability undermining the very foundations of the international order beset by the increasingly dire costs of climate change, contending with rising inequality that is leaving the most vulnerable behind, plagued by the erosion of women's rights, LGBT-plus rights, and Indigenous rights, and grappling with dire humanitarian crises perpetuating record levels of displacement, we have a choice.
On the one hand, we can bury our heads in the sand, eschewing multilateralism in favour of short-sighted self-interest. Or we can recognise that collectively we have a responsibility to set our differences aside, to confront the serious global challenges, and to deliver on a pact for the future that builds a more peaceful world, but also one where everyone, every generation, has a real and fair shot."

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