Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

This quote is saying that in the past few years, there has been a lot of trouble caused by confrontation, including people being killed, things being destroyed, and fear being spread. But the worst consequences have been a loss of hope. The best thing people can do in the upcoming weeks is find ways to bring hope back by actually making changes in their lives and in the world.