Dear friends and colleagues
Saying goodbye is never easy
I have spent most of my life waken with the United Nations
I feel it is my home
I can’t think of no other job in the world
That would have been so rewarding
And I have met wonderful people along the way
And made many friends around the world
It has been an extraordinary privilege
To set by secretary-general these last ten years
I believe we can all feel proud
Of what we have done together in that time
To address some of the well as most pressing challenges
Sometimes we have shared
The exhilaration of success
Such as winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001
At all this we have faced bitter trials
Especially the tragic lost 22 of our friends and colleagues in Baghdad in 2003
Without your support
I could not have achieved
Thank you once again
My dear friends and colleagues