Malala, who celebrated her 18th birthday in July in Lebanon by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls, said she would also highlight the plight of refugee children as Europe faces the largest wave of refugees and migrants since World War Two.
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“World leaders sitting there, look up because the future generation is raising their voice”, Ms Yousafzai told hundreds of senior government officials in a stirring address delivered from the highest mezzanine of the General Assembly Hall, reported UN News Centre.
The documentary, centers on Malala, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.
Pope Francis gave his backing to the new development agenda in an address to the United Nations General Assembly before the world body’s summit in New York to adopt the 17-point plan opened, calling it “an important sign of hope” at a very troubled time in the Middle East and Africa.
“I will continue to learn (from Malala) even though she’s probably more than 10 years younger than me”, she added.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI, Nobel Peace laureate, education activist: “Promise us that you will keep your commitments and invest in our future”.
‘The dreams (the world leaders) have for their own children, I’m hopeful they will have the same dreams for the rest of the world’s children…. “With the world focused on the new global goals there is a real opportunity to make that hope a reality”. “Education is hope, education is peace”, Ms Yousafzai stressed.
“It’s really tragic what’s happening to children around the world, especially in Syria, in Iraq, and how they’re suffering. I just want to see that house just once”, she says.
“One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world”.
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The head of Amnesty worldwide, Salil Shetty, used his speech to make an impassioned critique of mass surveillance, the arms trade, income inequality and human rights abuses. “It really is ending poverty in the world, and that’s what these SDGs are focused on”. But Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said on Thursday “we’d be doing very well to have anywhere near that amount of money available by 2030”.
