Distinguished President of the Human Rights Council,
President of the General Assembly,
High Commissioner,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Colleagues,
Friends,
It is a profound honour to address the Human Rights Council.
For 10 years, you may have known me as the “other” High Commissioner, just down the road.
And so it is a great privilege to be with you for the first time in my capacity as Secretary-General.
I am here in a spirit of gratitude. And I am here at a time of urgency.