Dear friends,
As we celebrate the arrival of a new year, I extend to all of you warm greetings and my sincere best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023.
For the world at large, the past year was filled with huge challenges, some enduring and some shockingly unexpected. The convergence of crises brought into sharp relief fundamental questions: How can humanity avoid a climate catastrophe? What can restore the international order for peace? Where are solutions to stop our societies from drifting apart? Our common task for 2023 is to answer these questions. World peace, our prosperity and, ultimately, the future of humankind are in the balance.
Yet let us begin the new year with hope and in the spirit of resilient optimism. Billions of people around the world who follow the Chinese calendar will welcome the Year of the Rabbit later this month. In this tradition, rabbits are quiet but at the same time smart, agile, confident and strong. Regardless of adverse circumstances, they…
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