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0:11 solidarity is not an option it is a
0:13 duty this is one of President George
0:16 sampaio's most significant quotes one
0:19 that served as his guiding principle in
0:21 everything he strived to
0:24 achieve President George sampaio's
0:26 memory of Civic and political
0:29 achievements his profound humanity and
0:31 compassion will remain with the people
0:33 of Portugal and the International Community
0:35 Community [Music]
0:38 [Music]
0:41 forever president Zaya was a pillar of
0:43 democracy whose remarkable career spans
0:46 over three decades he became the leader
0:49 of Portugal Socialist Party from 1989 to
0:54 1992 then mayor of Lisbon from 1990 to
0:57 1995 before serving as Portugal's Head
1:01 of State for two terms from 199 6 to [Music]
1:10 2006 President George sampayo was also a
1:14 dedicated Global citizen in 2007 he was
1:16 appointed by then United Nations
1:20 Secretary General Kofi Anan as the very
1:22 first un special Envoy to stop
1:25 tuberculosis a position he held for 6
1:28 years president s Pao fought to raise
1:31 awareness about TB and advocated for
1:34 greater commitment and funding for TB
1:35 prevention treatment and
1:38 research he also worked to provide
1:40 critically needed drugs to the countries
1:47 disease president sampayo became the
1:49 very first High representative for the
1:52 United Nations Alliance of civilizations
1:55 a position he held from 2007 to
1:58 2012 he laid the groundwork for this
2:00 initiative's essential mission to build
2:03 bridges of dialogue and understanding
2:06 between cultures and religions unoc was
2:09 launched in 2005 in the aftermath of
2:11 9/11 and the chain of terrorist attacks
2:14 that followed around the world to forge
2:17 a collective political effort to address
2:19 the roots of polarization and design
2:22 results oriented approaches to resolve
2:28 it in our world marked by such profound
2:31 imbalances it is not just the planet
2:34 that is showing an advanced state of
2:39 degradation but also unfortunately human
2:41 atmosphere therefore ladies and
2:44 gentlemen the dialogue between
2:48 civilizations religions and cultures has
2:52 turned into a humanitarian urgency that
2:54 cannot be
2:57 postos under the Visionary leadership of
3:00 President s Pao unoc became more than
3:04 just a platform he viewed un AOC as a
3:08 new and complimentary un soft power tool
3:10 to strengthen the human foundations of
3:13 peace throughout the world and Foster
3:15 Intercultural dialogue and cooperation
3:19 among nations and peoples urgent action
3:24 is needed to stop really to stop further
3:27 degradation of human atmosphere let's
3:31 keep United let's let's understand
3:35 descent let's agree on how to disagree I
3:38 insist on this formula let's keep United
3:43 and firm in our conviction that in fact
3:46 we can contribute to change the world in
3:48 which we live in let's go back to our
3:53 work let's move forward because
3:57 emergencies really never went with that
3:59 Vision president sampayo established a
4:03 un AOC family comprised of governments
4:06 International organizations academics
4:09 the private sector the media and
4:12 youth he was the architect of the
4:15 organizational structure of unoc in its
4:19 early years since 2015 the alliance has
4:21 reaffirmed its status within the UN
4:24 system thanks to the support of the UN
4:26 member states who recognized its role in
4:29 promoting cultural diversity based on
4:31 respect for the human rights of all
4:34 individuals mutual respect and
4:37 understanding president sampayo strived
4:40 to develop and put into reality a new
4:42 agenda for living together aiming to
4:45 bring a transformational change he
4:47 engaged with stakeholders to take bold
4:50 actions do more better and faster to
4:54 achieve that goal building on that he
4:56 gave impetus to Regional and National
5:00 processes to implement the UN AOC goals
5:02 and Advance Intercultural and
5:05 interreligious dialogue among nations in
5:10 our one world let's share one dream made
5:14 of three wishes achieve better rights
5:18 for all give really peace a chance and
5:21 build a common hope for future
5:25 Generations during his tenure un AOC
5:27 developed projects that aimed to build
5:29 bridges of understanding and Innovative
5:32 way days drawing on existing efforts and
5:35 bringing together a broad spectrum of
5:37 actors President sampayo worked
5:39 tirelessly to create the globally
5:43 recognized initiative that unoc is [Music]
5:45 [Music]
5:48 today president sampaio's passion for
5:51 fighting for the right cause led him to
5:53 launching the global platform for Syrian
5:54 students in
5:58 2013 a nonprofit which provided a rare
6:01 Lifeline to 45 Syrian students to
6:03 continue their education in safe
6:06 countries under an emergency scholarship
6:09 program President George sampaio's
6:11 Legacy of service to humanity was
6:14 recognized in many ways in
6:18 2015 the UN General Assembly awarded him
6:21 together with Dr Helena andum of Namibia
6:24 with the first ever un Nelson Mandela
6:27 prize the honorary award was in
6:29 recognition of President s pao's
6:31 promotion of reconciliation social
6:34 cohesion and Community Development and
6:37 for his role as a consistent supporter
6:39 of Portuguese democracy I really do
6:42 believe that what our 21st century is
6:45 missing is this Vision this optimism
6:48 about humankind grounded in the
6:50 extraordinary power of the soul that
6:52 makes men and women capable of
6:56 compassion hope resilience pride and sacrifice
7:03 President George sampayo will always be
7:05 remembered not only as a Visionary
7:08 leader and a remarkable Statesman but
7:11 above all as an extraordinary human
7:13 being filled with compassion and humility
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