25 September 2015 – Speaking
at the United Nations General Assembly alongside 193 youth representatives from
the Organization’s 193 Member States, Pakistani education advocate Malala
Yousafzai today asked world leaders to promise that every child will have the
right to safe, free and quality primary and secondary education.
“World leaders sitting there,
look up because the future generation is raising their voice,” Ms. Yousafzai,
who was shot in 2012 by the Taliban for attending classes, told hundreds of
senior government officials in a stirring address delivered from the highest mezzanine of the
General Assembly Hall.
“Today, we are 193 young
people representing billions more. Each lantern we hold represents the hope we
have for our future because of the commitments you have made to the global
goals,” she added as each young person held up a blue light.
The 17 Global
Goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which
was adopted by the General Assembly just minutes after the youngest-ever Nobel
Laureate addressed the Hall.
They aim to build on the work
of the historic Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which in September 2000
rallied the world around a common 15-year agenda to tackle the
indignity of poverty.
“I’m hopeful that we all in
the UN will be united in the goal of education and peace, and that we will make
this world not just a better place, but the best place to live. Education is
hope, education is peace,” Ms. Yousafzai stressed.
“The world leaders need to take all these issues more seriously,” Ms. Yousafzai told reporters. “They need to give it full attention and they should think about their own children. No one leader would want their own daughter, their own son, to be neglected of education, to be neglected in society and not given full rights.”Meanwhile, at a press conference following the event, she was joined by four girl ambassadors from
“It’s really tragic what’s
happening to children around the world, especially in Syria , in Iraq
Ms. Yousafzai noted how
difficult it is for her to watch the news about those conflict-torn areas
because every time she does, it makes her cry that no one is taking action
while children die and girls continue to be sexually abused.
“I’m hopeful that when girls
like us come together and raise our voices, the voices of those girls will be
listened to because we speak on their behalf, we speak for their rights.”
The advocate’s first visit to
the United Nations was on 12 July, 2013, which coincided with her 16th
birthday. The date is now marked internationally as Malala Day.
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leaders to promise that every child will have the right to safe, free and
quality primary and secondary education
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Keywords：
1. advocate：提倡者
2. stir：激動
3. mezzanine：夾層
4. tackle：著手對付
5. indignity：侮辱
6. echo：回響
7. conflict-torn：被衝突分裂的
Though she is a 14-year-old child, she wasn't afraid of fighting for their rights to receiving education. The speech she gave was so inspiring and touching.
回覆刪除In my opinion, we have excessive education than those who have never accepted it.
Pens,books,and teachers are as important as weapons. Because they need that to contend against the vicious power.
Malala is a tough girl in my eyes. Although she is very young, she has overcome lots of difficulties. Besides, she still fights for the right of girls' education. And I enjoy her speech very much, she said that one child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. And another saying is let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. In her speech, I can feel she longs for the right that everyone can be educated. Therefore, she is a important people in the world and also she can change the world,
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