Malala Yousafzai's Speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)

Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim.

In the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

Honorable UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Respected President General Assembly Vuk Jeremić, Honorable UN Envoy for Global Education Mr. Gordon Brown, Respected elders, and my dear brothers and sisters; As-Salaam-Alaikum .

Today, it is an honor for me to be speaking again after a long time.

Being here with such honorable people is a great moment in my life and it's an honor for me that today I'm wearing a shawl of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed.

I don't know where to begin my speech.

I don't know what people would be expecting me to say.

But first of all, thank you to God for whom we all are equal and thank you to every person who has prayed for my fast recovery and a new life.

I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.

I have received thousands of good wish cards and gifts from all over the world.