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One must believe in it. And it isn\u2019t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And therefore,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excellencies, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ladies and Gentlemen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This International Day of Peace may be more important than ever.<\/p>\n<p>With this year\u2019s theme \u201cAct Now for a Peaceful World\u201d we affirm that we not only believe in peace but will act to uphold it.<\/p>\n<p>We will work harder to bring the most vital of all things\u2014the word with five letters, peace\u2014to every corner of the globe: to Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, and especially the most forgotten conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Haiti, in Myanmar, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>I thank the Permanent Mission of Japan not only for their support in organizing this annual gathering but also for reminding us, on this day of peace, that we also mark eighty years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<\/p>\n<p>And with that, we are reminded that nuclear proliferation remains an additional danger to peace, and thereby to humanity.<\/p>\n<p>To all of us.<\/p>\n<p>When I visited Nagasaki, I learned from schoolgirls how the horrors of the bombings 80 years ago still linger because they have been passed down from generation to generation.<\/p>\n<p>Making them, the granddaughters of the victims of Nagasaki and Hiroshima some of the strongest advocates for peace today.<\/p>\n<p>And it is more than symbolic that we are joined, again as I have learned, by the schoolchildren: the students of the Tarumi Violin Program.<\/p>\n<p>Drawn from across New York\u2019s diverse communities, these young musicians carry a message of love and harmony to global audiences and have been called musical ambassadors of peace.<\/p>\n<p>So with every ring of the Peace Bell, and also in the presence of the daughter and &#8211; as we have learned just a couple of minutes ago \u2013 grandson of the person who donated the bell to us, let us be reminded that peace is not only a simple word of five letters\u2014it is our 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