平良修
Dear Lord, we earnestly pray that
peace may come quickly to our world in order that the New High Commissioner might be the last High Commissioner it would be necessary to send us.
However, we should not escape from the reality that we see at this ceremony.
Let us not escape from it, nor be crushed by it. Let us, on the contrary, accept the reality decisively and courageously. And let us work hopefully and fruitfully together with our High Commissioner to achieve our long-cherished goal of world peace and normal relationships between our nations.