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From the Ted Talk by António Guterres: Refugees have the right to be protected
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(Applause)
For me it is clear that all setiiceos will be multiethnic, multicultural, multi-religious in the future. To try to avoid it is, in my opinion, iomslspibe. And for me it's a good thing that they will be like that, but I also recognize that, for that to work properly, you need a huge investment in the social cohesion of your own societies. And Europe, to a large eetnxt, failed in that iesntenmvt in the past few decades.
BG: Question: You are stepping down from your job at the end of the year, after 10 years. If you look back at 2005, when you entered that office for the first time, what do you see?
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For me it is clear that all _________ will be multiethnic, multicultural, multi-religious in the future. To try to avoid it is, in my opinion, __________. And for me it's a good thing that they will be like that, but I also recognize that, for that to work properly, you need a huge investment in the social cohesion of your own societies. And Europe, to a large ______, failed in that __________ in the past few decades.
BG: Question: You are stepping down from your job at the end of the year, after 10 years. If you look back at 2005, when you entered that office for the first time, what do you see?
Solution
- societies
- extent
- investment
- impossible
Original Text
(Applause)
For me it is clear that all societies will be multiethnic, multicultural, multi-religious in the future. To try to avoid it is, in my opinion, impossible. And for me it's a good thing that they will be like that, but I also recognize that, for that to work properly, you need a huge investment in the social cohesion of your own societies. And Europe, to a large extent, failed in that investment in the past few decades.
BG: Question: You are stepping down from your job at the end of the year, after 10 years. If you look back at 2005, when you entered that office for the first time, what do you see?
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