Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace

Джереми Гилли: Один день мира.

Переводчик: Pavel Semenov Редактор: Dmitry Yahns

I was basically concerned about what was going on in the world.

Меня всегда беспокоило, что происходит в мире.

I couldn't understand

Я не мог найти объяснения

the starvation, the destruction,

ни голоду, ни разрухе,

the killing of innocent people.

ни гибели ни в чём не повинных людей.

Making sense of those things

Найти смысл во всём этом

is a very difficult thing to do.

довольно сложно.

And when I was 12, I became an actor.

В 12 лет я стал актером.

I was bottom of the class. I haven't got any qualifications.

Оценки у меня были низкие, специальность я не получил.

I was told I was dyslexic.

Мне сказали, что у меня дислексия.

In fact, I have got qualifications.

Вообще-то, у меня есть специальность.

I got a D in pottery, which was the one thing that I did get --

Я получил 3 с минусом по гончарному делу, и это моя единственная квалификация,

which was useful, obviously.

что было очень кстати, конечно.

And so concern

В общем, причиной всему

is where all of this comes from.

была озабоченность.

And then, being an actor, I was doing these different kinds of things,

Далее, став актером, я пробовал себя в разных вещах,

and I felt the content of the work that I was involved in

но чувствовал, что это всё не для меня,

really wasn't cutting it, that there surely had to be more.

и что наверняка должно быть что-то ещё.

And at that point, I read a book by Frank Barnaby,

В тот момент мне попалась книга Фрэнка Барнаби,

this wonderful nuclear physicist,

удивительного физика-ядерщика,

and he said that media had a responsibility,

и он заявил, что СМИ несут ответственность,

that all sectors of society had a responsibility

всё общество несёт ответственность за то,

to try and progress things and move things forward.

чтобы было движение вперёд.

And that fascinated me,

Меня восхитила эта мысль,

because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life.

поскольку почти всю жизнь я пробовал что-то снимать.

And then I thought, well maybe I could do something.

Я подумал, может у меня получится.

Maybe I could become a filmmaker.

Может, мне стать режиссером,

Maybe I can use the form of film constructively

и, используя кинематограф созидательно,

to in some way make a difference.

я смогу внести свой вклад.

Maybe there's a little change I can get involved in.

Может, это и будет моим участием в переменах.

So I started thinking about peace,

Так я стал размышлять о мире,

and I was obviously, as I said to you,

и, конечно же, как я уже говорил,

very much moved by these images,

я был взволнован такими кадрами,

trying to make sense of that.

пытался их как-то осмыслить.

Could I go and speak to older and wiser people

Может, люди, которые старше и мудрее меня,

who would tell me how they made sense

могли бы поделиться со мной своим взглядом

of the things that are going on?

на эти проблемы?

Because it's obviously incredibly frightening.

Потому что всё это, конечно, ужасно.

But I realized that,

И я понял,

having been messing around with structure as an actor,

имея дело с похожими вещами в качестве актёра,

that a series of sound bites in itself wasn't enough,

что одной серии громких высказываний недостаточно,

that there needed to be a mountain to climb,

что должна быть гора, на которую нужно подняться,

there needed to be a journey that I had to take.

должен быть путь, который нужно пройти.

And if I took that journey,

И если бы я прошёл этот путь,

no matter whether it failed or succeeded, it would be completely irrelevant.

Было бы неважно - добился я чего-то или нет.

The point was that I would have something

Главное – у меня были бы основания

to hook the questions of -- is humankind fundamentally evil?

спросить, является ли человечество в своей основе злом?

Is the destruction of the world inevitable? Should I have children?

Будет ли мир неизбежно уничтожен? Стоит ли мне заводить детей?

Is that a responsible thing to do? Etc., etc.

Насколько это ответственный поступок? И т.д.

So I was thinking about peace,

Так что, размышляя о мире,

and then I was thinking, well where's the starting point for peace?

я задался вопросом, есть ли отправная точка для мира?

And that was when I had the idea.

И мне пришла в голову мысль.

There was no starting point for peace.

Не было такой отправной точки.

There was no day of global unity.

Не существовало дня всемирного единства.

There was no day of intercultural cooperation.

Не существовало дня межкультурного сотрудничества.

There was no day when humanity came together,

Не было дня, когда человечество собралось,

separate in all of those things

все со своими отдельными проблемами,

and just shared it together --

и просто разделили их друг с другом,

that we're in this together,

потому что это всех нас касается,

and that if we united and we interculturally cooperated,

и если бы разные культуры могли сотрудничать как одно целое,

then that might be the key to humanity's survival.

то это могло бы быть ключом к выживанию человечества.

That might shift the level of consciousness

Это могло бы изменить уровень сознания

around the fundamental issues that humanity faces --

по фундаментальным проблемам человечества,

if we did it just for a day.

если бы мы объединились хотя бы на один день.

So obviously we didn't have any money.

Конечно, у нас не было денег.

I was living at my mom's place.

Я жил у мамы.

And we started writing letters to everybody.

И мы стали всем писать письма.

You very quickly work out what is it that you've got to do

Выработать план действий

to fathom that out.

было не так уж и трудно.

How do you create a day voted by every single head of state in the world

Как заручиться поддержкой глав государств

to create the first ever Ceasefire Nonviolence Day,

и учредить первый в истории День перемирия и отказа от насилия

the 21st of September?

21 сентября?

And I wanted it to be the 21st of September

Я хотел, чтобы это было 21 сентября,

because it was my granddad's favorite number.

поскольку это было любимое число моего деда.

He was a prisoner of war.

Он был военнопленным.

He saw the bomb go off at Nagasaki.

Он видел бомбардировку Нагасаки.

It poisoned his blood. He died when I was 11.

Это привело к заболеванию крови. Он умер, когда мне было 11.

So he was like my hero.

Я им очень гордился.

And the reason why 21 was the number is

А почему именно число 21, -

700 men left, 23 came back,

Потому что 700 человек ушло, 23 вернулось,

two died on the boat and 21 hit the ground.

двое умерли на лодке и 21 высадились на берег.

And that's why we wanted it to be the 21st of September as the date of peace.

Поэтому мы хотели сделать днём мира именно 21 сентября.

So we began this journey,

Встав на этот путь,

and we launched it in 1999.

мы стартовали в 1999 году.

And we wrote to heads of state, their ambassadors,

Мы писали главам государств, их послам,

Nobel Peace laureates, NGOs, faiths,

лауреатам Нобелевской премии мира, неправительственным организациям, концессиям,

various organizations -- literally wrote to everybody.

различным организациям - в буквальном смысле всем.

And very quickly, some letters started coming back.

И очень скоро стали приходить ответы.

And we started to build this case.

Мы начали набирать материал.

And I remember the first letter.

Я помню первое письмо.

One of the first letters was from the Dalai Lama.

Одно из первых писем было от Далай-Ламы.

And of course we didn't have the money; we were playing guitars

Конечно, у нас не было денег. Мы играли на гитарах,

and getting the money for the stamps that we were sending out all of [this mail].

чтобы заработать на марки для всех этих писем.

A letter came through from the Dalai Lama saying,

В письме Далай-лама сказал:

"This is an amazing thing. Come and see me.

«Это потрясающе. Приезжайте.

I'd love to talk to you about the first ever day of peace."

Я бы с удовольствием обсудил первый в истории день мира».

And we didn't have money for the flight.

А у нас не было денег на авиабилеты.

And I rang Sir Bob Ayling, who was CEO of BA at the time,

Я позвонил Бобу Эйлингу, генеральному директору British Airways в то время,

and said, "Mate, we've got this invitation.

и сказал: "Приятель, у нас есть приглашение.

Could you give me a flight? Because we're going to go see him."

Мы собираемся встретиться с ним. Ты не поможешь с перелётом?"

And of course, we went and saw him and it was amazing.

Конечно, мы встретились, и это было потрясающе.

And then Dr. Oscar Arias came forward.

Потом откликнулся Оскар Ариас.

And actually, let me go back to that slide,

Позвольте, я вернусь к этому слайду,

because when we launched it in 1999 --

потому что, когда в 1999 году мы начали развивать эту идею -

this idea to create the first ever day of ceasefire and non-violence --

учредить первый в истории день прекращения огня и отказа от насилия -

we invited thousands of people.

мы пригласили тысячи людей.

Well not thousands -- hundreds of people, lots of people --

Может, не тысячи, но сотни, - кучу народа.

all the press, because we were going to try and create

И прессу, ведь мы собирались учредить

the first ever World Peace Day, a peace day.

первый в истории Международный День Мира.

And we invited everybody,

Мы пригласили всех,

and no press showed up.

но журналисты не пришли.

There were 114 people there -- they were mostly my friends and family.

Собралось 114 человек - в основном мои друзья и родственники.

And that was kind of like the launch of this thing.

Это было что-то вроде старта.

But it didn't matter because we were documenting, and that was the thing.

Но это не имело значения, потому что мы сами всё задокументировали.

For me, it was really about the process.

Для меня важен был процесс,

It wasn't about the end result.

а не конечный результат.

And that's the beautiful thing about the camera.

И в этом вся прелесть съёмки.

They used to say the pen is mightier than the sword. I think the camera is.

Говорят, перо сильнее меча. Я думаю, камера ещё сильнее.

And just staying in the moment with it was a beautiful thing

Эти моменты прекрасны сами по себе,

and really empowering actually.

и были для нас источником вдохновения.

So anyway, we began the journey.

Так или иначе, мы взялись за это.

And here you see people like Mary Robinson, I went to see in Geneva.

Здесь вы видите таких людей, как Мэри Робинсон, я ездил к ней в Женеву.

I'm cutting my hair, it's getting short and long,

Тут я постриг волосы, они то короткие, то длинные,

because every time I saw Kofi Annan,

потому что каждый раз, когда мы встречались с Кофи Аннаном,

I was so worried that he thought I was a hippie that I cut it,

я волновался, что он подумает, что я хиппи, поэтому я стриг их покороче.

and that was kind of what was going on.

Примерно так это всё происходило.

(Laughter)

(Смех)

Yeah, I'm not worried about it now.

Да, сейчас меня это уже не беспокоит.

So Mary Robinson,

Так вот, Мэри Робинсон

she said to me, "Listen, this is an idea whose time has come. This must be created."

сказала мне: "Время для этой идеи пришло. Нужно это реализовать".

Kofi Annan said, "This will be beneficial to my troops on the ground."

Кофи Аннан сказал: "Это поможет нашим миротворческим миссиям".

The OAU at the time, led by Salim Ahmed Salim,

Салим Ахмед Салим, председатель Организации Африканского Единства в тот момент,

said, "I must get the African countries involved."

сказал: "Я должен добиться участия африканских стран".

Dr. Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace laureate,

Д-р Оскар Ариас, лауреат Нобелевской премии мира,

president now of Costa Rica,

нынче президент Коста-Рики,

said, "I'll do everything that I can."

сказал: "Я сделаю всё, что смогу".

So I went and saw Amr Moussa at the League of Arab States.

Я встречался с Амиром Мусой, генеральным секретарём Лиги Арабских Государств.

I met Mandela at the Arusha peace talks,

Я встречался с Манделой на мирных переговорах в Аруше.

and so on and so on and so on --

И так далее, и так далее –

while I was building the case

одновременно набирая материал,

to prove whether this idea

чтобы убедиться, что в этой затее

would make sense.

есть смысл.

And then we were listening to the people. We were documenting everywhere.

Мы слушали, что говорят люди. И везде документировали.

76 countries in the last 12 years, I've visited.

За последние 12 лет я посетил 76 стран.

And I've always spoken to women and children wherever I've gone.

Где бы я не был, я всегда беседовал с женщинами и детьми.

I've recorded 44,000 young people.

Я записал на плёнку 44000 молодых людей,

I've recorded about 900 hours of their thoughts.

около 900 часов их мыслей.

I'm really clear about how young people feel

Я чётко представляю себе, что молодые люди чувствуют,

when you talk to them about this idea

когда вы обсуждаете с ними

of having a starting point for their actions for a more peaceful world

эту отправную точку их действий во благо мира во всём мире

through their poetry, their art, their literature,

с помощью их поэзии, искусства, литературы,

their music, their sport, whatever it might be.

их музыки, спорта или чего угодно ещё.

And we were listening to everybody.

И мы слушали всех.

And it was an incredibly thing, working with the U.N.

Это было невероятно, - работать совместно с ООН

and working with NGOs and building this case.

и неправительственными организациями над этим проектом.

I felt that I was presenting a case

У меня было ощущение, что я действую

on behalf of the global community

от имени всего мирового сообщества,

to try and create this day.

пытаясь учредить этот день.

And the stronger the case and the more detailed it was,

И чем больше у нас становилось материала,

the better chance we had of creating this day.

тем выше были наши шансы учредить этот день.

And it was this stuff, this,

И получилось так,

where I actually was in the beginning

что в начале я думал,

kind of thinking no matter what happened, it didn't actually matter.

независимо от того, что произойдёт,

It didn't matter if it didn't create a day of peace.

неважно, приведёт ли это ко дню мира.

The fact is that, if I tried and it didn't work,

Что, если бы я попытался, и ничего не вышло,

then I could make a statement

то тогда я бы мог заявить,

about how unwilling the global community is to unite --

что мировое сообщество не готово объединиться.

until, it was in Somalia, picking up that young girl.

Пока однажды, в Сомали, я не взял на руки маленькую девочку,

And this young child

ребёнка,

who'd taken about an inch and a half out of her leg with no antiseptic,

которому ампутировали 4см ноги без обезболивающего.

and that young boy who was a child soldier,

А другой мальчишка, он был солдатом,

who told me he'd killed people -- he was about 12 --

рассказал мне, что убивал людей, - ему было около 12.

these things made me realize

После этого я понял,

that this was not a film that I could just stop.

что я не могу просто прекратить снимать это фильм.

And that actually, at that moment something happened to me,

В тот момент со мной что-то произошло,

which obviously made me go, "I'm going to document.

и я решил, что буду снимать.

If this is the only film that I ever make,

Пусть это будет мой единственный фильм,

I'm going to document until this becomes a reality."

Но я буду работать над ним, пока он не станет реальностью.

Because we've got to stop, we've got to do something

Потому что это надо прекратить, мы должны сделать что-то,

where we unite --

что объединит нас

separate from all the politics and religion

вне политики и религии,

that, as a young person, is confusing me.

которые мне, молодому человеку, не понятны.

I don't know how to get involved in that process.

Я не знаю, как принять в них участие.

And then on the seventh of September, I was invited to New York.

Затем, на 7 сентября я был приглашён в Нью-Йорк.

The Costa Rican government and the British government

Правительства Коста-Рики и Великобритании

had put forward to the United Nations General Assembly,

выдвинули на Генеральной Ассамблее ООН,

with 54 co-sponsors,

при поддержке 54 членов,

the idea of the first ever Ceasefire Nonviolence Day,

идею первого в истории Дня прекращении огня и отказа от насилия

the 21st of September, as a fixed calendar date,

с конкретной датой, 21 сентября,

and it was unanimously adopted by every head of state in the world.

и он был единогласно принят всеми главами государств в мире.

(Applause)

(Аплодисменты)

Yeah, but there were hundreds of individuals, obviously, who made that a reality.

Конечно же, это результат усилий сотен людей.

And thank you to all of them.

Всем им огромное спасибо.

That was an incredible moment.

Это было невероятно.

I was at the top of the General Assembly just looking down into it and seeing it happen.

Я сидел сверху на Генеральной Ассамблее и наблюдал, как это всё происходит.

And as I mentioned, when it started,

Я уже упоминал, что, когда это всё начиналось,

we were at the Globe, and there was no press.

пресса проигнорировала наше мероприятие.

And now I was thinking, "Well, the press it really going to hear this story."

И теперь я думал: "Ну, теперь пресса должна услышать об этом".

And suddenly, we started to institutionalize this day.

Этот день начал приобретать официальный статус.

Kofi Annan invited me on the morning of September the 11th

Кофи Аннан пригласил меня утром 11 сентября

to do a press conference.

дать пресс-конференцию.

And it was 8:00 AM when I stood there.

Я был там 8:00 утра,

And I was waiting for him to come down, and I knew that he was on his way.

и ждал, когда он спустится, я знал, что он идет.

And obviously he never came down. The statement was never made.

И, конечно, он не пришёл. Пресс-конференция не состоялась.

The world was never told there was a day of global ceasefire and nonviolence.

Мир так и не узнал о дне глобального прекращения огня и отказа от насилия.

And it was obviously a tragic moment

Это был трагический момент

for the thousands of people who lost their lives,

для тысяч людей, потерявших жизнь

there and then subsequently all over the world.

в тот день в Нью-Йорке и впоследствии во всём мире.

It never happened.

Не судьба.

And I remember thinking,

И я помню, что подумал тогда:

"This is exactly why, actually,

«Именно поэтому

we have to work even harder.

мы должны приложить ещё больше усилий,

And we have to make this day work.

чтобы этот день стал реальностью.

It's been created; nobody knows.

Он учреждён, но никто об этом не знает.

But we have to continue this journey,

Значит, мы должны продолжать работу,

and we have to tell people,

должны рассказывать людям,

and we have to prove it can work."

должны доказать, что всё получится».

And I left New York freaked,

Я уехал из Нью-Йорка шокированный,

but actually empowered.

но в то же время воодушевлённый.

And I felt inspired

Меня вдохновляла мысль, что,

by the possibilities

если бы такой день уже действовал,

that if it did, then maybe we wouldn't see things like that.

всего этого могло и не произойти.

I remember putting that film out and going to cynics.

Я опубликовал свои материалы и отправился по циникам.

I was showing the film,

Я демонстрировал фильм,

and I remember being in Israel and getting it absolutely slaughtered

и помню, как в Израиле его очень жёстко раскритиковала

by some guys having watched the film --

часть зрителей,

that it's just a day of peace, it doesn't mean anything.

заявив, что это всего лишь один день мира, и он ничего не значит.

It's not going to work; you're not going to stop the fighting in Afghanistan;

Что ничего не выйдет, боевые действия в Афганистане не прекратятся,

the Taliban won't listen, etc., etc.

талибы не станут даже слушать, и т.д.

It's just symbolism.

Что это всего лишь символическая дата.

And that was even worse

И это было ещё хуже,

than actually what had just happened in many ways,

чем то, что только что произошло,

because it couldn't not work.

потому что это не могло не сработать.

I'd spoken in Somalia, Burundi, Gaza, the West Bank,

Я был в Сомали, Бурунди, Газе, на Западном берегу,

India, Sri Lanka, Congo, wherever it was,

Индии, Шри-Ланка, Конго, где только не был,

and they'd all tell me, "If you can create a window of opportunity,

и везде мне говорили: «Если бы вы создали для нас удобный момент,

we can move aid, we can vaccinate children.

мы бы доставили гуманитарную помощь, поставили бы детям прививки.

Children can lead their projects.

Дети сами могут вести свои проекты.

They can unite. They can come together. If people would stop, lives will be saved."

Они умеют объединиться и действовать сообща. Если люди остановятся, столько жизней будет спасено».

That's what I'd heard.

Вот, что я слышал.

And I'd heard that from the people who really understood what conflict was about.

И слышал я это от людей, которые понимают суть этих конфликтов.

And so I went back to the United Nations.

Я снова отправился в ООН.

I decided that I'd continue filming and make another movie.

Я решил, что продолжу съёмки и сделаю еще один фильм.

And I went back to the U.N. for another couple of years.

И я вернулся в ООН ещё на пару лет.

We started moving around the corridors of the U.N. system,

Мы стали ходить по кабинетам ООН,

governments and NGOs,

правительств и неправительственных организаций,

trying desperately to find somebody

отчаянно пытаясь найти кого-нибудь,

to come forward and have a go at it,

кто вызвался бы сделать что-то

see if we could make it possible.

для осуществления этого.

And after lots and lots of meetings obviously,

И после множества встреч,

I'm delighted that this man, Ahmad Fawzi,

к счастью, Ахмед Фаузи,

one of my heroes and mentors really,

мой пример и наставник,

he managed to get UNICEF involved.

сумел привлечь ЮНИСЕФ.

And UNICEF, God bless them, they said, "Okay, we'll have a go."

И ЮНИСЕФ, благослови их Господь, сказал: "Хорошо, мы попробуем".

And then UNAMA became involved in Afghanistan.

Потом подключилась Миссия ООН в Афганистане.

It was historical. Could it work in Afghanistan

Это стало историческим событием. Получится ли добиться чего-то в Афганистане

with UNAMA and WHO

с участием МООНСА, ВОЗ,

and civil society, etc., etc., etc.?

гражданского общества и т.д.?

And I was getting it all on film and I was recording it,

И я снимал всё это на плёнку

and I was thinking, "This is it. This is the possibility of it maybe working.

и думал: «Это может сработать.

But even if it doesn't, at least the door is open

Но даже если этого не произойдет, по крайней мере, дверь открыта,

and there's a chance."

и всегда есть шанс».

And so I went back to London,

Я вернулся в Лондон

and I went and saw this chap, Jude Law.

и встретился с Джудом Лоу.

And I saw him because he was an actor, I was an actor,

Я знал его, потому что он был актёром, и я был актёром.

I had a connection to him,

because we needed to get to the press, we needed this attraction,

we needed the media to be involved.

Because if we start pumping it up a bit maybe more people would listen

and there'd be more --

when we got into certain areas,

maybe there would be more people interested.

And maybe we'd be helped financially a little bit more,

which had been desperately difficult.

I won't go into that.

So Jude said, "Okay, I'll do some statements for you."

While I was filming these statements, he said to me, "Where are you going next?"

I said, "I'm going to go to Afghanistan." He said, "Really?"

And I could sort of see a little look in his eye of interest.

So I said to him, "Do you want to come with me?

It'd be really interesting if you came.

It would help and bring attention.

And that attention

would help leverage the situation,

as well as all of the other sides of it."

I think there's a number of pillars to success.

One is you've got to have a great idea.

The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance,

and you've got to be able to raise awareness.

And actually I could never raise awareness by myself, no matter what I'd achieved.

So these guys were absolutely crucial.

So he said yes,

and we found ourselves in Afghanistan.

It was a really incredible thing that when we landed there,

I was talking to various people, and they were saying to me,

"You've got to get everybody involved here.

You can't just expect it to work. You have to get out and work."

And we did, and we traveled around,

and we spoke to elders, we spoke to doctors, we spoke to nurses,

we held press conferences, we went out with soldiers,

we sat down with ISAF, we sat down with NATO,

we sat down with the U.K. government.

I mean, we basically sat down with everybody --

in and out of schools with ministers of education,

holding these press conferences,

which of course, now were loaded with press, everybody was there.

There was an interest in what was going on.

This amazing woman, Fatima Gailani, was absolutely instrumental in what went on

as she was the spokesperson for the resistance against the Russians.

And her Afghan network

was just absolutely everywhere.

And she was really crucial in getting the message in.

And then we went home. We'd sort of done it.

We had to wait now and see what happened.

And I got home,

and I remember one of the team bringing in a letter to me

from the Taliban.

And that letter basically said, "We'll observe this day.

We will observe this day.

We see it as a window of opportunity.

And we will not engage. We're not going to engage."

And that meant that humanitarian workers

wouldn't be kidnapped or killed.

And then suddenly, I obviously knew at this point, there was a chance.

And days later,

1.6 million children were vaccinated against polio

as a consequence of everybody stopping.

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And like the General Assembly,

obviously the most wonderful, wonderful moment.

And so then we wrapped the film up and we put it together

because we had to go back.

We put it into Dari and Pashto. We put it in the local dialects.

We went back to Afghanistan,

because the next year was coming, and we wanted to support.

But more importantly, we wanted to go back,

because these people in Afghanistan were the heroes.

They were the people who believed in peace

and the possibilities of it, etc., etc. -- and they made it real.

And we wanted to go back and show them the film

and say, "Look, you guys made this possible. And thank you very much."

And we gave the film over.

Obviously it was shown, and it was amazing.

And then that year, that year, 2008,

this ISAF statement from Kabul, Afghanistan, September 17th:

"General Stanley McChrystal,

commander of international security assistance forces in Afghanistan,

announced today ISAF will not conduct offensive military operations

on the 21st of September."

They were saying they would stop.

And then there was this other statement

that came out from the U.N. Department of Security and Safety

saying that, in Afghanistan,

because of this work,

the violence was down by 70 percent.

70 percent reduction in violence on this day at least.

And that completely blew my mind

almost more than anything.

And I remember being stuck in New York, this time because of the volcano,

which was obviously much less harmful.

And I was there thinking about what was going on.

And I kept thinking about this 70 percent.

70 percent reduction in violence --

in what everyone said was completely impossible

and you couldn't do.

And that made me think that, if we can get 70 percent in Afghanistan,

then surely we can get 70 percent reduction everywhere.

We have to go for a global truce.

We have to utilize this day of ceasefire and nonviolence

and go for a global truce,

go for the largest recorded cessation of hostilities,

both domestically and internationally, ever recorded.

That's exactly what we must do.

And on the 21st of September this year,

we're going to launch that campaign at the O2 Arena

to go for that process,

to try and create the largest recorded cessation of hostilities.

And we will utilize all kinds of things --

have a dance and social media

and visiting on Facebook and visit the website, sign the petition.

And it's in the six official languages of the United Nations.

And we'll globally link with government, inter-government,

non-government, education, unions, sports.

And you can see the education box there.

We've got resources at the moment in 174 countries

trying to get young people to be the driving force

behind the vision of that global truce.

And obviously the life-saving is increased, the concepts help.

Linking up with the Olympics --

I went and saw Seb Coe. I said, "London 2012 is about truce.

Ultimately, that's what it's about."

Why don't we all team up? Why don't we bring truce to life?

Why don't you support the process of the largest ever global truce?

We'll make a new film about this process.

We'll utilize sport and football.

On the Day of Peace, there's thousands of football matches all played,

from the favelas of Brazil to wherever it might be.

So, utilizing all of these ways

to inspire individual action.

And ultimately, we have to try that.

We have to work together.

And when I stand here in front of all of you,

and the people who will watch these things,

I'm excited, on behalf of everybody I've met,

that there is a possibility that our world could unite,

that we could come together as one,

that we could lift the level of consciousness around the fundamental issues,

brought about by individuals.

I was with Brahimi, Ambassador Brahimi.

I think he's one of the most incredible men

in relation to international politics -- in Afghanistan, in Iraq.

He's an amazing man.

And I sat with him a few weeks ago.

And I said to him, "Mr. Brahimi, is this nuts, going for a global truce?

Is this possible? Is it really possible that we could do this?"

He said, "It's absolutely possible."

I said, "What would you do?

Would you go to governments and lobby and use the system?"

He said, "No, I'd talk to the individuals."

It's all about the individuals.

It's all about you and me.

It's all about partnerships.

It's about your constituencies; it's about your businesses.

Because together, by working together,

I seriously think we can start to change things.

And there's a wonderful man sitting in this audience, and I don't know where he is,

who said to me a few days ago -- because I did a little rehearsal --

and he said, "I've been thinking about this day

and imagining it as a square

with 365 squares,

and one of them is white."

And it then made me think about a glass of water, which is clear.

If you put one drop,

one drop of something, in that water,

it'll change it forever.

By working together, we can create peace one day.

Thank you TED. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thanks a lot.

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Thank you very much. Thank you.