00:00What an incredible honor it is for me to stand here in front of you today in this incredible room
00:10here at the United Nations.
00:12I walked in the door a few minutes ago. I was wearing a suit and a tie and I was
00:18wanting to make a very formal speech.
00:22And then I was taken over by the joy and the happiness of all of you, of all these fantastic
00:29children, of all of you ladies and gentlemen.
00:33And of course I took off my tie, I took off my jacket and I'm wearing now the t-shirt
00:38that the referees are wearing when they have their free time after and before matches.
00:46Because as your president of the General Assembly said so rightfully, well we need rules, we need laws and we
00:53need somebody that makes that these rules are respected.
00:58And in football as in life it is exactly the same and we try to do this and we try
01:04to do it in the best possible way at FIFA.
01:09So my message today actually is very, very simple. Football is about happiness, it is about hope and it is
01:21about unity.
01:23So we have to remember these three things. Let's remember to be happy, let's remember to give hope and let's
01:36remember that we have to unite.
01:39And we have to unite the world and we try to unite the world.
01:42And we have to define the world.
01:42No doubt.
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