Thank you very much, Lord Mayor. And thank all of you.
Tonight is a night filled with hope and peace.
And for those of us gathered here throughout Northern Ireland and around the world, often it is our children who offer us the clearest and purest reasons why peace and why this peace process is so important. In a national competition, asking students to share their hopes for a peaceful Northern Ireland in letters to my husband, two students whom you see here tonight, Cathy Harte and Mark Lennox won the top prize. We will be privilege to have them in America at summer camp this coming summer. Tonight, it is my privilege to read excerpts from their letters. I live in Belfast in Northern Ireland, and I love it here.