Heads of State and Government, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,

I stand before you today to relinquish the office and responsibilities charged to me by United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/135/41 thirty years ago. The target has been reached. Phase I of the Restoration is complete.

You and the 80,000,000 people you represent are the One in a Thousand, the survivors of the Cull. You are the future. The continuing work of the Restoration is for you and your descendants to complete. Honor the countless multitude who were sacrificed so that humanity could escape the world of perpetual misery and hunger that we unwittingly crafted for ourselves over the past centuries.

I have abhorred every single god-damned day of the past thirty years. Every order that I signed, every report that crossed my desk, damned me to the perpetual hatred of mankind. I am irredeemable and my death will be the last of the Cull. I welcome it.

Today is your first day in this new world. Make us proud.