WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:19.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:01:04.680 the show about the government, Policy and human rights. Three. Welcome back 3 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.239 to Policy. He writes here in Depictions Media Radio, I'm your host, 4 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:14.200 Michael Cloggs. In that segment, we're going to be hearing about what is 5 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:22.599 going on in Sudan, different factions and the UN Security Council trying to broker 6 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:27.319 a cease fire, trying to bring everybody to the table to an agreement that 7 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:33.879 will bring peace to the region. Along with it, there are going there 8 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:38.799 has been a problem in this in the Sudan. Of course, it is 9 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:53.519 one of the hot spots for sexual violence and gender base sexual violence in that 10 00:01:53.680 --> 00:02:02.560 area where the different factions you rape as a tool to get people to submit 11 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:10.039 to what it is that they want, and of course that that is under 12 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:21.919 u N directives and a to be considered to be war crimes. And with 13 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:25.599 Sudan being one of the hot spots for for the fighting, and of course 14 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:30.039 they're going to talk about things that happen in the d r C as they're 15 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:42.319 also talking about how to stop the the violence against women and children in armed 16 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:53.000 conflicts. So we're gonna hear hear those those segments, and we also hearing 17 00:02:53.039 --> 00:03:00.879 some other segments about what is happening with humanitarian efforts from the UN floor in 18 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:08.560 Gaza, how there is During the press conference, there seemed to be some 19 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:19.960 confusion about if commercial trucks are allowed a different routing into Gaza than the humanitarian 20 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.800 trucks, if there's a different protocol, or we're havy for them, and 21 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:29.400 it turned out that other trucks, of course have to take the same route 22 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:38.199 and they face the same dangers. Is part of the security for the U 23 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:44.599 and humanitarian efforts, especially when they're bringing truckloads of medical supplies and food. 24 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:53.479 It's trying to keep people believing that this isn't the last truck forever. And 25 00:03:54.800 --> 00:04:01.080 the state of hopelessness that is actually in Gaza at this time, it's reasonable 26 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:08.680 for people to think that I better get mine now because this could be the 27 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:15.839 last truck forever and they're less stranded, and that isn't exactly true, but 28 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:23.959 how do you get people to realize And that is one of the reasons why 29 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:33.560 the World Food Program trucks and other humanitarian effort trucks needs so much security so 30 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:42.399 that they can keep people calm while they deliver the services that are needed. 31 00:04:44.279 --> 00:05:01.639 So, and let's move on to other updates in Okay, So, Vladimir 32 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:11.519 Putin is making a visit to North Korea as he deepens the anti West bond 33 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:21.240 with leader Kim Jung un. It is Putin's first trip to the country in 34 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:30.240 more than two decades and the first time another world leader has been invited into 35 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:43.800 the isolated capital of North Korea since the COVID nineteen pandemic. The US, 36 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:49.360 South Korea, and other countries have accused North Korea of providing substantial military aid 37 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:57.959 to Russia's war effort in Ukraine, while observers have raised concerns that Moscow may 38 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:12.399 be violent the international sanction to aid Korea's development of its nascent military satellite program. 39 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:20.000 It also comes as tensions remain high on North Korea on the Korean peninsula 40 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:31.959 after Kim Jong un scrapped a long standing policy of seeking peaceful reunification with South 41 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:44.199 Korea. Moving forward with updates from CNN, the Biden administration announced an executive 42 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:53.040 action that will shield certain undocumented spouses and children of United States citizens from deportation. 43 00:06:53.560 --> 00:07:02.519 The policy will provide legal status and protections for nearly five hundred thousand American 44 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:12.240 families and roughly fifty thousand nonsensen children of immigrants under the age of twenty one 45 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:21.399 whose parent is married to a US citizen, and A senior Administration official said 46 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:33.879 the move amounts to one of the federal government's biggest relief programs for undocumented immigrants 47 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:44.360 since the DACA program was announced in twenty twelve. The action is aimed at 48 00:07:44.480 --> 00:07:55.959 appealing to key Latino constituents in the battleground states including Arizona, Nevada, and 49 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:07.439 Georgia. And moving forward to the summer heat From CNN, about two hundred 50 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:15.319 and seventy million people in the US could see temperatures at or above ninety degrees 51 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:22.000 this week as an intense heat wave ushers the start of the summer. On 52 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:30.079 Thursday, parts of the Midwest to the Northeast could endure the longest heat wave 53 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:37.360 they've seen in decades. The National Weather Service Predictions said temperatures on Wednesday and 54 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:45.600 Thursday will be the hottest days of the week for several metropolitan cities. And 55 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:58.559 moving on to LGP LGBTQ plus Rights, Thailand announced Thailand will be the first 56 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:07.159 nation in out the East Asia to legalize same sex marriage after the Kingdom's Senate 57 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:18.519 approved a marriage equality bill, with supporters calling it a momental step forward for 58 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:28.440 LGBTQ plus rights. The Thailand's Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of passing the bill, 59 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:35.360 with one hundred and thirty lawmakers supporting the measure for and for opposing it. 60 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:46.120 So updates for today from CNN and why don't we move forward with statements 61 00:09:46.440 --> 00:10:01.039 that were made about Sudan and eliminating sexual engender based crimes from being used as 62 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:09.679 war tactics to control people? And we will move forward with that and other 63 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:26.200 statements from the United Nations and the UN Security Council. I now give you 64 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:37.240 the flaw to Miss Martha Poibee, Mister President. Distinguished Members of the Security 65 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:43.440 Council, thank you for convening today's meeting on the situation in the Sudan, 66 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:52.480 a situation which continues to dangerously deteriorate. The persistent engagement of the Security Council 67 00:10:52.639 --> 00:11:00.559 is crucio. The warring parties do take note when we act collectively, and 68 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:07.120 we must do more. Despite efforts by the United Nations, its member states 69 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:13.440 and the regional organizations, we have not succeeded in preventing the escalation of violence 70 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:20.360 in the country, and notably in Elfashia. We are deeply worried that the 71 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:26.399 fighting in and around El Fashia could lead to more mass suffering by the civilian 72 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:33.399 population. There are atrocities along ethnic lines, and we witness the severe consequences 73 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:41.679 of relentless shelling and aerial bombardments in densely populated areas. From sixteenth April to 74 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:48.279 ninth June, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights documented at least 75 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:56.399 one hundred and ninety two civilian deaths in Elfashia. Since then, dozens more 76 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:03.600 civilians, including women and children, have report waterly being killed. Civilians are 77 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:09.840 in the line of fire, nowhere is safe for them. We strongly condemn 78 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:16.240 the attack on the South Hospital in Elfascia carried out reportedly by the Rapid Support 79 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:24.080 Forces on eighth June, depriving hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the city 80 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:33.279 of one of their last remaining lifelines. Mister President, a ceasefire in Elfashier 81 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:41.679 is needed now to prevent further atrocities, protect critical infrastructure, and alleviate civilian 82 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:48.080 suffering. It could and should also pave the way for a broader scale cessation 83 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:56.039 of hostilities. The adoption of Resolution twenty seven thirty six last week is an 84 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:03.000 important signal from this Council that the escalation of the military confrontation must stop and 85 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.600 put an end to its deep negative impact on the lives of the people of 86 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:16.240 Sudan. The resolution underlies the well established responsibility of the warring parties and reiterates 87 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:22.360 the pressing need for them to abide by international humanitarian law. The parties are 88 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:30.000 called to immediately de escalate the situation in Alfascia and protect civilians throughout the Sudan 89 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:35.879 territory. The parties must heed this call without delay. As requested by the 90 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:45.039 Security Council, the Secretary General will actively develop recommendations to more effectively strengthen the 91 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:50.879 protection of civilians, Mister President, As the Security Council meets to closely follow 92 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:56.399 the developments on the ground, the fighting between the warrant parties continues to rage 93 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:03.600 and is in fact escalating in several other parts of Sudan, including Greater Hatoon, 94 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:11.840 the Kordofan Regions, and Gazeira State. On fifth June, a horrific 95 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:16.600 attack carried out in the village of Wad al Nura, Gazerra State, allegedly 96 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:24.399 by the rapid support forces reportedly killed over one hundred civilians. Violence against civilians 97 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:33.759 must stop now. No operational justification and even miscalculation would give reason for aiming 98 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:43.080 at civilians under any circumstances. Without swift action, Sudan risks becoming engulfed in 99 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:50.559 more ethnic violence and fragment even further. The risk of a conflict SPILOV remains 100 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:58.039 high as the flow of sophisticated weapons continues to fuel the war. All concerned 101 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:05.080 external players should and act responsibly and use their leverage over the warring parties to 102 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:11.879 advance peace efforts. Their positive engagement could make a difference to the trajectory of 103 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:18.679 this war and on the magnitude of its human tool. Mister President, the 104 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:26.600 human rights situation remains appalling. Serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights 105 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:33.840 law continue to be committed at a large scale. This includes summary executions of 106 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:41.840 civilians and arrest and detention incomunicado of hundreds of individuals in poor conditions, as 107 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:50.360 well as widespread conflict related sexual violence predominantly perpetrated by their rapid support forces. 108 00:15:50.600 --> 00:16:00.759 We urgently need meaningful actions towards ensuring accountability for these violations. The victims deserve 109 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:07.759 justice, Mister President. So far, mediation efforts have not secured a cease 110 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:14.399 fire nor a sustained direct dialogue between the parties. Regrettably, there is no 111 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:21.600 indication that the important discussions held in the context of the Jedder platform will resume 112 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:26.639 soon. We call on the parties to embrace dialog, desist from destructive blame 113 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:33.480 games, and seek every opportunity for peace. Mister President, we cannot afford 114 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:40.759 to be passive. By standards, A negotiated solution remains the only way out 115 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:45.799 of this conflict. The Personal Envoy of the Secretary General, Mister Rampton Lamamra, 116 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:52.879 visited the region in May and early June. He held discussions with General 117 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:59.039 Bohan and other senior commanders of the Sudanese Armed Forces and members of the Sudan's 118 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:03.640 Sovereign Council in Port Sudan, as well as with the senior delegation sent to 119 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:11.160 Nairobi by the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, General Dagano. He urged 120 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:17.000 them to spare civilians during all military operations, whether via land or from the 121 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:22.880 air. He urged them to agree on a local ceasefire in El Fashia, 122 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:30.079 highlighting it is essential to ensure the safety of civilians. He also conveyed the 123 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:37.599 need for an action oriented meeting of the Humanitarian Forum chaired by the UN Humanitarian 124 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:45.160 Coordinator, Miss Clementine in Querta Salami, to concretely discuss and eliminate impediments to 125 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:52.279 humanitarian access. Meeting with them, the Personal Envoy registered the commitment of both 126 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:57.960 the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to the Jedder Declaration of Commitment 127 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:07.319 to Protect Civis Bvillians signed on eleventh May twenty twenty three. Some fundamental differences 128 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:12.640 between the party's styllsists on how to advance the implementation of these commitments. We 129 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:21.160 call on them to display a constructive attitude in charting a way forward, Mister 130 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:26.799 President, Mister Lamamar continues to work on advancing a coordinated mediation endeavor, working 131 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:34.000 alongside member states and regional partners including the African Union, the inter Governmental Authority 132 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:41.759 on Development and the League of Arab States to advance peace efforts. We welcome 133 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:47.880 the Cairo Communicy resulting from the consultative meeting convened by the League of Arab States 134 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:52.720 on twelfth June. The commitment to form a technical working group of the regional 135 00:18:52.799 --> 00:19:00.240 and international organizations is an important state. It will facilitate the exchange of views 136 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:07.279 and coordination of diplomatic initiatives. We also extend our gratitude to Jibouti for offering 137 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:15.200 to host next month a retreat for international mediators to be jointly corresponsored by the 138 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:23.720 concerned multilateral organizations. This retreat will be crucial to revitalize coherent and coordinated peace 139 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:32.440 efforts. It provides the opportunity to agree on shared responsibilities and a unified approach 140 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:40.319 to peace in Sudan. We are also encouraged by the decision of the leadership 141 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:45.880 of the African Union to launch a preparatory process for the convening of a Sudanese 142 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:53.480 civilian political dialog. The United Nations stands ready to facilitate the provision of a 143 00:19:53.599 --> 00:20:02.440 United Nations appropriate contribution. It is critical that civilian voices, especially those of 144 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:07.799 women and youth, are heard. Upholding the promise of the transitional period for 145 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:15.079 a fully credible democratic government remains crucial. We look forward to continuing our work 146 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:22.799 with the African Union High Level Panel in leading these important efforts, whether support 147 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:30.839 and contribution of the other consented multilateral organizations. Mister President, it is high 148 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:37.839 time for the warring parties to spare the Sudanese people from further suffering and come 149 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:42.680 to the negotiating table to discussing good faith. We encourage the parties to fully 150 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:49.400 take advantage of the good officers of personal and voila Mamra to promote constructive interactions 151 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:56.720 which could help them take steps towards the horizon of peace. The plight of 152 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:04.559 the Sudanese people demands our urgent attention and decisive action. The warring parties have 153 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:11.640 the responsibilities to fulfill the aspirations of the people of Sudan and make decisions of 154 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:18.319 historic nature and scope. The people of Sudan deserve no less thank you for 155 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:27.200 you. We we the Security Council Signatories of the share the commitments on women, 156 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:34.680 peace and security WPS, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Japan, Bolta, 157 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:41.680 Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States 158 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:48.359 of America and my own country, the Republic of Korea, have gathered here 159 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:55.319 today to voice our concerns on the dire situation for women and girls in Sudan. 160 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:02.920 The prolonged conflict in Sudan has created one of the world's largest humanitarian crisis, 161 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:11.640 with millions facing famine and lacking essential health services. The crisis has catastrophic 162 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:18.359 impacts on lives, dignity and human rights of women and girls. We reiterate 163 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:22.799 the call for an immediate ceasfire across Sudan and the full compliance with the arms 164 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:30.440 in Babble in accordance with relevant Security Council resolutions. All warring parties should ensure 165 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:37.480 the protection of civilians and the full safe, rapid and unhindered the humanitarian access 166 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:42.960 as called for, including the International Humanitarian Conference held in Paris last April. 167 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:49.240 In light of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on 168 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:56.960 the nineteenth of June, we express our strongest condemnation of sexual violence, including 169 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:02.480 when used as a tactic of war, and here by we affirm our commitment 170 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:10.640 to supporting survivors and empowering women's participation in peace and security processes. First, 171 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:15.640 we demand that all parties immediately seize all acts of sexual and gender based violence, 172 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:22.119 including rape as a tactical war and the targeting women and girls based on 173 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:30.680 ethnicity, and fully commit to preventing and addressing such acts. We welcome the 174 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:36.640 prioritization of these are trustees by the International Criminal Court and the UN Fact Finding 175 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:44.519 Mission. We reiterate that those commit violations of international humanitarian law or human rights 176 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:49.640 law or other trustees are to be held accountable and may be subject to targeted 177 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:57.160 sanctions measures in accordance with Skilled Council Resolution fifteen ninety one. Second, we 178 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:06.160 are committed to supporting a comprehensive survivor centered approach. We urge international partners to 179 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:14.240 direct funds to local women led organizations and programs that assist survivors. We trust 180 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:21.799 importance of full access of life saving services, including sexual and reproductive health services, 181 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:29.559 and all attacks on medical workers and facilities must be stopped. Also, 182 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:37.000 we condemn any threat or attacks against women human rights defenders and activists and urge 183 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:42.160 the removal of any restrictions on their work. Finally, we are deepily concerned 184 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:49.680 that despite numerous courts, Sudanese women have been excluded from multiple talks and negotiations 185 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:56.960 since hostilities escalated in April twenty twenty three. We demand the full, equal, 186 00:24:57.359 --> 00:25:03.799 meaningful and safe particip vasion of Sudanese women and women's organizations in all political 187 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:11.880 processes, including humanitarian and accountability efforts. We encourage the Secuitary General as a 188 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:18.240 personal envoy, and the major regional actors including the African Union, to support 189 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:23.400 the inclusion of women in peace talks and prioritize gender perspectives in their endeavors. 190 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:32.319 Thank you the RF and have not listened to your demand for a localized cease 191 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:37.440 fire and al fashion. By all accounts, the city could fall quickly imminently. 192 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:40.279 What are the next steps? How long are you going to wait? 193 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:47.319 To act strongly in the light of this catastrophic situation in Sudan. The Security 194 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:55.039 Council remains of this important matter and close to the monitor how things develop on 195 00:25:55.079 --> 00:26:02.759 the ground and engage in serious discussions and appropriate action if necessary. Thank you, 196 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:19.119 Thank you for your cooperation. I have something to say regarding the Security 197 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:26.880 Council twenty seven thirty six, which for the first time has set at least 198 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:32.400 a benchmark, which is a mild benchmark, regarding the denunciation of the RSF, 199 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:38.319 the militia that is destructively launching a war against the Sudanese armed forces, 200 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:48.000 Sudanese people, the elderly, and we have delivered many times evidences, pictures, 201 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:53.039 images, satellite imagery regarding the involvement of the United Arab Emirates in this 202 00:26:53.279 --> 00:27:03.559 ague war and the vicious attacks against the Sudanese villians as the RASF is actually 203 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:10.920 and abusively attacking the civilians at the area of production with a view to augmenting 204 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:15.480 the food gap into a full blown famine. This is in concert with other 205 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:25.960 international regional actors. Number two, we have found recently the Intelligence managed to 206 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:33.480 restore around six passports of United Arab Emirates citizens that has been retrieved in Hartung. 207 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:40.200 They were are aiding the elements of the RSF. We have submitted new 208 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:45.480 evidence with these passports to the existing current President of the Security Council and we 209 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:51.079 ask him to publicize it and we see up until now it has not been 210 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:57.519 done. And now today as I mentioned and updated the story and the violations 211 00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:10.319 of the RSF, who are receiving regularly massive you know, mercenaries from southern 212 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:18.119 Libya across Chad and car to support them. Now they are threatening to attack 213 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:26.440 again Al Fasher, respective of the security Council Operative paragraph and in the same 214 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:33.279 time the Sudanese authorities and the Stan government will cooperate as we have ascertain will 215 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:44.160 facilitate the passage and the unencumbered delivery of the humanitarian assistance to all the needy 216 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:52.680 across the Sudan. And we also updated the situation that if the Security Council 217 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:57.680 walk the walk this time by naming and shaming the RSF, they have to 218 00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:03.519 walk the extra mile by ami and shaving United Arab Emirates, because it is 219 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:08.960 well known across the world nationwide, across the war that this drama, this 220 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:17.519 is the continuous assistance that is giving aid supplies, arms, shipments to the 221 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:22.079 RSF and the mercenaries to fight Sudan in order to destroy the current state with 222 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:30.480 a view to replacing it by their proxies local surrogates. The RSF the RSEF 223 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:36.200 cannot make a body of government. And as much as they are having a 224 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:44.000 kind of developing a kind of new racial terrorism attacking Sudanese civilians wherever they had 225 00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:51.680 gone or attacked specific cities and towns and villages in in Sudan, so I 226 00:29:51.799 --> 00:30:03.200 denounce the role of the UAE in supporting viciously continuously the RASF military operations against 227 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:11.039 the Sudanese people, and we will refer this file to the ICC to investigating 228 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:17.359 this. We have set up lots of or the Sudanese people themselves, lawyers, 229 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:22.759 judges have set up many forums of legal forums in order to give help 230 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:29.799 a legal aid to the Sudanese and to the victims of the atrocities committed by 231 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:33.839 the RSF, and they will submit as well a file to the ICC. 232 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:42.599 Sudan government have set up also local legal committees to monitor the crimes committed against 233 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:52.400 humanity from the RSF site. And I am here again to say we are 234 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:59.599 not dealing in lice. We have waited ten months before we address the Security 235 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:04.400 Council with our file of complaint. During these ten months, the Sudanese authorities 236 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:17.000 and the Sudanese leadership have regularly contacted regional mediators and mediators in the Middle East 237 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:22.720 and beyond in order to inform the UAE authorities to refrain from going on with 238 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:30.200 supplying their lethal and sophisticated arms, including American arms they have been provided to 239 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:37.559 the RSF. It means either the provider or the supplier has breached the mutual 240 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:45.839 agreement of this armed contract. So this is in a nutural we say UAE 241 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:52.319 continues to support OURSEF. They are their mentor, regional mentor, and Sudan 242 00:31:52.400 --> 00:32:00.279 government is aware of all these vicious machinations and we will can continue. We 243 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:12.680 will continue without any kind of hesitance to try to provide the media with any 244 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:17.480 update in disrespect. Thank you very much for your continuous cooperation. A couple 245 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:23.680 of follow up questions. Could you give us a little situational update from al 246 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:28.160 Fasher? We didn't hear too much in your statement about it. And what 247 00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:32.640 is the situation of the ESSAYF currently your sixth Infantry Division that's in Fasher. 248 00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:37.319 You know, since the last six months or before before, the RSF are 249 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:45.119 in circuit encircled inside Alfashion with the Sudanese cities in trap there. So it 250 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:50.559 is just lies when you say the Sudanese or staff has bombarded citizens. Why 251 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:57.640 they are in circuled within and the encirclement is actually affected by the RSF including 252 00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:02.680 their armament and their what do you call it, the mercenaries coming from Chad, 253 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:07.720 southern Libya and beyond even in the Sile from the Stile. So the 254 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:15.279 situation now. Even in the second day on Friday, the RASF has attacked 255 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:23.480 Al Fasher and has killed many citizens in Al Fasher, has destroyed yesterday the 256 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:31.240 Southern Hospital in Alfashier and Sudan government will cooperate with the Security Council vis a 257 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:37.599 vis their duties in trying to protect the civilians. They will allow they are 258 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:44.079 not actually holding any citizen from leaving the town or the city because they are 259 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:49.200 actually diseased and in circled. But they will escort anybody who wanted to go 260 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:57.680 out from Al Fasher. But actually it will not decease from defending the city. 261 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:02.440 It will not decast from defending the city until the last soldier, because 262 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:07.559 this is a Sudanese to reign, a Sudanese territory and we have duty constitutionally 263 00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:16.840 to defend al Fashia. Because the RSF wanted again to commit racial cleansing or 264 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:22.000 an ethnic cleansing. They are targeting specific people from the Zagawa tribe. I 265 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:28.199 have named them and they have committed it before, they are repeating it again 266 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:34.519 in an ugly scenario. So Sudanese armed forces will defend al Fashion to the 267 00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:38.760 last soldier. Can I just ask you. At the end of your remarks, 268 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:44.519 you said that US weapons are being used. You're saying that the UA 269 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:49.199 weapons the UAE has purchased. Yeah, because actually we delivered this evidence. 270 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:57.440 We delivered this evidence. I said, there are two missiles of an American 271 00:34:57.480 --> 00:35:00.760 med This is not an accusation to the US. Of course, it has 272 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:07.880 been found and we I think we informed the US authorities about it in this 273 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:14.880 respect. In even in the last week when I submitted my supplement to the 274 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:22.320 Security Council, we also placed them images regarding all weapons that we have found 275 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:30.199 or seized from all different make including Europeans, including beyond, including other countries 276 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:37.400 in the EU and other Asian countries. We have a list of them. 277 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:43.719 But when I say that there are the military with no specific weapons that is 278 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:47.119 lethal, how come? How did how did they find their way to the 279 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:54.880 cardoon? So this is when the Wall Street Journal and New York Times have 280 00:35:55.039 --> 00:36:00.760 said it that they unleashed their investigation anything. You are United Arab every time 281 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:07.880 they name it. So when the what do you call it? The pr 282 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:10.440 of the UE. He's attacking me now, he said, I'm telling the 283 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:16.840 Council lies. I have corroboration I'm a lawyer. I don't dealer trading lines. 284 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:22.760 We have corroboration from other actors. We have corroboration from human rights, 285 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:31.000 investigative journalism and the Congress members who wrote a letter to the UEE authorities and 286 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:38.000 beyond. So we are dead Shua that we have a case. We have 287 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:45.320 a good case. We have substantiated it legally, and we will ask the 288 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.920 Security Council just to walk the walk and try to name and shame the UEE 289 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:53.360 and to lay pressure. I need to stop supplying arms to the RSF. 290 00:36:54.800 --> 00:37:02.960 There one more. The u AM kept referring to you as the saf representative, 291 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:07.920 yes, as opposed to the Ambassador of Sudan one kind yes, Yes. 292 00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:10.840 What is your reaction to that? Yes? I think this is a 293 00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:20.880 ludicrous kind of characterization. I am I am recognized here by the Secretary General, 294 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:23.760 the representative of the government of Sudan, not the representative of staff. 295 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:28.639 I am not a military person. I'm a lawyer. I'm a civilian and 296 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:37.519 actually in Sudan there is no military regime. This regime the military elements have 297 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:44.079 been chosen after the revolution together with the civilian sectors who made the government. 298 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:49.639 In the post revolution, the civilian government resigned and they came again and they 299 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:57.159 agreed with the military components, and then the prime minister resigned and his government 300 00:37:57.199 --> 00:38:01.840 resigned accordingly. So we did not they were not dismissed. So we have 301 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:08.119 never seen in the classic coups or the Man and the Horse, when a 302 00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:13.719 person makes a coup against himself. Number two, there is no motherling of 303 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:19.199 the press. Sudanese people used to shout down to go to take to the 304 00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:23.719 streets to demonstrate willingly, and there is no modeling of the press. There 305 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:30.039 is freedom of assembly is being guaranteed even after the war, until the war 306 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:35.960 went even further after that, maybe said of emergency have been declared when when 307 00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:42.920 the RSF attacked the cities in areas and the residracial areas so that they displaced 308 00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:49.639 the citizens for good reason they wanted because they get other people from the sah 309 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:54.639 and who are now occupying village I mean the towns, I mean the residents 310 00:38:54.880 --> 00:39:01.280 and avoids citizens abodes in on facilities in Hardon and in So this is one 311 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:07.440 of the things that we said, if the r SF wanted to make peace, 312 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:13.440 they have to remove their occupants, foreign occupants who are occupying the Sudanese 313 00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:22.920 houses and abudes. So calling me as a self representative does not augur well. 314 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:27.280 In as much as he is he is an r ASF mentor, he's 315 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:34.960 a vicious r ASF mentor because RSF is no longer a governmental body but a 316 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:40.320 killer. So the machine killer of the RSF is being supported by the RSF, 317 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:46.679 by the representative, by the pr himself states with due respect. So 318 00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:51.920 I'm not worried by whatever he calls me. I can. I can defend 319 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:55.199 myself well, and I don't feel ashamed to serve my country at this difficult 320 00:39:55.199 --> 00:40:01.840 time and this tragedy being you know, by attacking Sudanese, not all the 321 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:07.239 Sudanese government or his army, attacking even the cities is on the vulnerables. 322 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:12.159 So I have the honor to serve my Sudan in this difficult time, and 323 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:16.519 I don't give it down for whatever the pr uee said of depicting me of 324 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:34.480 representative of this or that I am here the representative here as is normal following 325 00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:37.559 a three day weekend, I'll have a bunch of notes, so bear with 326 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:43.960 me. You have a bunch of questions. Okay, that's a fair deal. 327 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:49.960 Okay, good afternoon everyone. This morning is Zumi Nakamitsu, the head 328 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.639 of our Office for Disarmament Affairs, delivered remarks on behalf of the Secretary General 329 00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:59.400 at the fourth Conference to review the implementation of the Program of Action on Small 330 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:02.760 Arms and Light Weapons. In the remarks, the Secretary General said the conference 331 00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:08.199 arrives at a difficult and dangerous moment for humanity, with global military expenditures on 332 00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:14.679 the rise, yet that there's nothing small or light about the damage these weapons 333 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:20.079 cause. The New Agenda for Peace recognizes the vital importance of small arms control 334 00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:24.000 in preventing conflict and sustaining peace, and makes a number of recommendations to strengthen 335 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:29.880 national, regional, and global arms control efforts on both the supply and demand 336 00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:35.559 side. This fourth Review Conference is a critical opportunity to ensure that these instruments 337 00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:40.000 continue to adapt to changing circumstances. The Secretary General calls for bold and action 338 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:45.880 oriented recommendations that can strengthen this framework, particularly around new and emerging technologies, 339 00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:52.840 weapons diversion, gender and international cooperation and assistance. And tomorrow at nine am 340 00:41:52.920 --> 00:42:00.199 there will be a briefing here by Under Secretary General Nakamisu along with ambassadori Sa 341 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:06.880 Chan Valverde, President Designate of Revcon four and Ivor Fung, Chief of the 342 00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:10.000 Conventional Arms Branch in the UN Office for Disarmaoned Affairs, and they will brief 343 00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:16.519 you on the fourth Review Conference that is under way. Turning to the situation 344 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:22.400 in Gaza, the Office where the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that displaced families 345 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:28.280 continue to face dire conditions and significant challenges in accessing basic services. Additionally, 346 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:31.119 according to recent assessments led by OCHA and Humanitian partners on the seventh of June, 347 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:37.440 critically low access to water was reported as a key concern. The World 348 00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:42.039 Health Organization says that it remains concerned about the escalating health crisis in the occupied 349 00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:45.920 Palestinian territory, including the West Bank, where attacks on health infrastructure and increased 350 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:52.639 restrictions on movement are obstructing access to healthcare. As of the twentieth of May, 351 00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.719 WHO has documented four hundred and eighty attacks on healthcare in the West Bank 352 00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:01.360 since the seventh of October two, twenty twenty three. These include at tax 353 00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:07.519 on health infrastructure, ambulances, detention of health workers and patients, obstruction of 354 00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:10.599 their access to health facilities, use of force on health workers, and militarized 355 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:16.880 searches of ambulances and staff. Meanwhile, also in the West Bank, the 356 00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:22.920 closure of checkpoints, arbitrary obstructions and attentions of health workers, rising and security, 357 00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:28.039 as well as the siege enclosure of entire towns and communities has made movement 358 00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:35.199 within the West Bank increasingly restricted, impeding access to health facilities and A preliminary 359 00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:39.039 assessment released by the UN Environment Program finds that the environmental impacts of the war 360 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:45.400 in Gaza are unprecedented, exposing the community rapidly growing soil, water and air 361 00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:52.000 pollution, and risks of irreversible damage to its natural ecosystems. Unit reiterates the 362 00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:55.880 call for an immediacya spire to protect lives and eventually help mitigate the conflict's environmental 363 00:43:55.920 --> 00:44:01.440 impacts. The authors find that resolving immediate and chronic environmental challenges in Gaza is 364 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:07.079 key for its people's health and must be integrated into recovery and reconstruction plans. 365 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:14.079 This morning, briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Sudan. In 366 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:17.920 Sudan, Martha Poby, the Assistant Secretary General for Africa said that we are 367 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:22.400 deeply worried that the fighting in and around El Fasher could lead to more mass 368 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:27.599 suffering by the civilian population, warning that there are atrocities along ethnic lines. 369 00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:31.039 She stressed that the ceasefire in El Fasher is needed now to prevent further atrocities, 370 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:37.000 protect critical infrastructure, and alleviate civilian suffering, adding that it could and 371 00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:43.039 should also pave the way for a broader scale cessation of hostilities. Also briefing 372 00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:46.280 Council members, Edemusornu, the Director of Operations and Advocacy in the Office for 373 00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:51.320 the Coordination of Humancheeran Affairs, said that fourteen months of conflict have created a 374 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.000 nightmare for civilians in Sudan, with the people of El Fasher at the epicenter 375 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:59.960 today amid unrelenting violence and suffering, she warned, the lives of eight hundred 376 00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:04.880 thousand people hang in the balance. Miss Wosorno warned that in addition to the 377 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:08.360 direct toll on civilians, the conflict is also deepening humangeerian needs across the country. 378 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:13.880 She said that almost five million people face emergency levels of food insecurity and 379 00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:17.280 over two million people in forty one hunger hotspots are at high risk of slipping 380 00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:22.800 into catastrophic hunger in the coming weeks. Women report having to watch their children 381 00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:25.800 starve because they cannot feed them. Both remarks have been shared with you. 382 00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:31.679 Our peacekeeping colleagues and the Democratic Republic of the Congo report that over the weekend, 383 00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:36.960 suspected members of a Mai May armed group attacked to UN patrol dispatched near 384 00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:42.440 Buttembo in the North Kivu Province, leaving one peacekeeper wounded. The injured peacekeeper 385 00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:46.440 was evacuated to Goma for medical treatment and is reportedly in stable condition. The 386 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:52.000 patrol was dispatched in response to recent attacks on civilians by Allied Democratic forces late 387 00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:57.079 last week, in which at least forty two civilians were killed. Meanwhile, 388 00:45:57.079 --> 00:46:00.079 in response to recent clashes between them twenty three and the Congolese Armed Forces in 389 00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:06.039 Kanyabayongo, also in North Kivu, MONUSCO is continuing joining patrols with the Congolese 390 00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:10.159 Armed Forces to protect the population. These patrols are contributing to restoring a sense 391 00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:15.679 of safety, encouraging a small number of residents to cautiously return to the area. 392 00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:21.039 Turning to Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs tells US 393 00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:24.559 that attacks on hostilities over the last four days across the country continued to cause 394 00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:30.239 multiple civilian casualties, including among children. The regions of Donyetsk, Kharkiv and 395 00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:34.719 Pultava in the east and the center of the country were particularly affected, with 396 00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:38.039 homes and civilian facilities having been damaged, as well as disruptions to the power 397 00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:44.320 supply. That's according to the authorities and partners on the ground. Following attack 398 00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:49.880 in the Poltava region, humanitarian partners provided psychological support and delivered repair materials, 399 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:54.320 reaching more than two hundred people. AID workers also distributed construction materials for emergency 400 00:46:54.360 --> 00:47:00.320 repairs to the affected families in the Donyetsk, Kharkiv and Nepro regions whose homes 401 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:05.079 were damaged by recent attacks. We have a humanity and update from Haiti. 402 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:08.079 Yesterday, two cargo flights organized through the World Food Program land in the capitol 403 00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:13.440 of Porte Prints, carrying fifty five tons of medicine, shelter and hygiene materials. 404 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:16.239 These supplies will be used to assist displaced people and to prepare for the 405 00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:22.760 hurricane season. WFP's school Meals program has now distributed some thirty million meals across 406 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:27.800 the country since the start of the current school year. Of these, nearly 407 00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:32.320 seventeen million meals have been provided through its program that supports local farmers. As 408 00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:37.719 we previously said, the education sector has been severely impacted by the recent violence, 409 00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:40.480 with more than two hundred thousand children and four thousand teachers affected in the 410 00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:46.360 West and octopudiate departments across the capital. Thirty nine schools have also been transformed 411 00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:52.559 into displacement sites and have therefore stopped functioning as schools. Since the eighth of 412 00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:57.840 June, UNICEF and the Haitian Education Ministry have started running classes and courses to 413 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:01.039 compensate for missed classes over the past few months across thirty centres in fort A 414 00:48:01.119 --> 00:48:07.519 Prince. The Deputy Secretary General Mina Muhammed is in Paris today. Yesterday, 415 00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:13.960 she spoke at the first Transforming Education Summit stock take. The Deputy Secretary General 416 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:16.960 said that whiles in progress has been made since the Transforming Education Summit in September 417 00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:22.079 twenty twenty two, much more work was needed to address inequalities and provide quality 418 00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:25.920 and relevant education for all. She added that there was still an urgent need 419 00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:32.119 for increased investments to achieve the fourth Sustainable Development Goal on quality education, and 420 00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:37.480 she stressed the importance of prop prioritizing education. Meetings with ministers, civil society 421 00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:43.840 leaders and other partners. Ms Mohammad also held meetings with SDG finance stakeholders, 422 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:49.360 including on issues relating related to the reform of the International Financial Architecture. She 423 00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:53.599 will return to New York tonight during the eth holiday. The UN Special Coordinator 424 00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:58.440 for Lebanon, Janin Hennes Bleischert, and the UNIFILL Force Commander, Lieutenant General 425 00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:01.639 Adol de Lazo jointly called for all actors along the Blue Line to put down 426 00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:06.239 their weapons and commit to a path of peace. Since October, they said, 427 00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:08.800 we have seen too many lives lost, families uprooted, and neighborhoods destroyed. 428 00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:13.719 The express concern about the latest escalation and said that the danger of miscalculation 429 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:17.239 leading to a sudden and wider conflict is very real and it is with great 430 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:21.719 sadness that we learn of the passing of General Claudio Graziano, who had served 431 00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:24.400 as UNIFIL's Head of Mission and Force Commander from two thousand and seven to twenty 432 00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:29.679 ten. Are sincere condolences to his family and to the government of Italy. 433 00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:35.000 The World Food Program is ramping up its food and nutrition assistance program in West 434 00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:38.119 and Central Africa, targeting seven point three million people during the ongoing June to 435 00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:44.159 August lean season. The program supports national government's lean season response plants in Burkina 436 00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:47.840 Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Martigna, 437 00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:53.599 Nicher and Nigeria. WFP s as the number of people targeted as part of 438 00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:58.880 the program could expand to twelve million people if adequate funding allows, but they 439 00:49:58.960 --> 00:50:05.000 say dwindling resource available for human charan operations means that despite near record level needs, 440 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:12.159 WFP has been forced to says fewer people than originally planned. Nearly fifty 441 00:50:12.159 --> 00:50:15.559 five million people in the region are projected to face acute hunger between now and 442 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:20.920 August, that is four times more than five years ago. Malnutrition has also 443 00:50:20.920 --> 00:50:24.559 reached very high levels, with an estimated seventeen million children under five acutely malnourished. 444 00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:30.679 You can find more information online. Earlier today, in Geneva, the 445 00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:34.400 UN High Commission for Human Rights Wulkur Turk opened the fifty six session of the 446 00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:38.039 Human Rights Council presenting his global update if the High Commissioner voiced his dismay at 447 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:43.480 the extent to which warring parties have pushed beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable 448 00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:47.360 and legal on many fronts, trampling human rights at their core. We urgently 449 00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:51.079 need to find our way back to peace in line with the UN Charter and 450 00:50:51.159 --> 00:50:53.960 international law, mister Turk stressed. Later in the day, he also presented 451 00:50:53.960 --> 00:51:00.360 his update on the human rights situation in Yanmar. Both statements are online. 452 00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:02.960 We have an update from the Development Coordination Office. The Secretary General has appointed 453 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:07.519 new Resident Coordinators to Georgia and the Gambia, following followed by the respective host 454 00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:14.159 government's approval. Dide Trebuk from France started his new function over the weekend as 455 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:17.199 the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Georgia. He brings more than twenty four years 456 00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:22.719 of experience in sustainable development, climate change, social cohesion, crisis prevention, 457 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:27.639 in humanitarian action with the United Nations and international organizations. He previously served as 458 00:51:27.639 --> 00:51:30.920 the UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States, covering ten countries 459 00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:36.760 and territories. Carl Frederick Bull of Haiti is now the Resident Coordinator in the 460 00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:39.840 Gambia. He brings twenty years of extensive experience in development and humanitarian work, 461 00:51:40.159 --> 00:51:45.440 having held leadership roles within NGOs across Africa and Latin America. Before joining the 462 00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:49.800 UN, he was the Resident Representative for Plan International in Burkina, Faso and 463 00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:52.880 Binan. He also served as Country director for Care in Haiti. Their full 464 00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:59.239 bios are online. Ahead of World Refugee Day this Thursday, the UN Refugee 465 00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:01.840 Agency would like to invite you to two exhibits at the UN which highlight the 466 00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:07.480 skills and talents that refugees bring to the communities that welcome them. The first 467 00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:10.960 is an art exhibit entitled Interwoven Refugee Murals Across Borders, which is at the 468 00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:15.480 UN Visitor's Lobby as of today through the end of July. This exhibition presents 469 00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:20.960 a collection of murals created through a collaborative process, traveling from different locations in 470 00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:25.639 refugee camps, where refugees and host communities contributed to their creation. The second 471 00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:30.400 exhibit is the MAD fifty one exhibit, which showcases refugee craftsmanship from home decor 472 00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:34.880 to accessories and jewelry. You can go see it by the curved wall in 473 00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:38.119 the UN Conference Building and that will be there until Thursday. And staying on 474 00:52:38.159 --> 00:52:43.119 the same topic, UNSCR today announced the appointment of the British actor Theo James 475 00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:46.599 as his new Global Goodwill Ambassador. Mister James is a producer and star of 476 00:52:46.719 --> 00:52:50.960 dramas like The Gentleman and The White Lotus and he has been supporting the work 477 00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:54.760 of UNHCR since twenty sixteen. He has traveled to meet asylum seekers and refugees 478 00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:59.800 in Greece, France and Jordan and has helped raise awareness of the importance of 479 00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:06.000 stars securing access to mental health services for refugees and we wish him the best 480 00:53:06.079 --> 00:53:10.920 of luck. Today is the International Day for Countering Hate Speech. In a 481 00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:15.000 message, the Secretary General knows that hate speech is a marker of discrimination, 482 00:53:15.599 --> 00:53:20.199 abuse, violence, conflict and even crimes against humanity and we have seen this 483 00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:23.639 play out from Nazi Germany to Rwanda, Bosnia and beyond. He stressed that 484 00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:28.480 there's no acceptable level of hate speech. We must all work to eradicate it 485 00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:34.639 completely. And today's also Sustainable Gastronomy Day, and last the Secretary General was 486 00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:37.480 saddened to learn of the death of Beru Sadri, who served as a valued 487 00:53:37.599 --> 00:53:43.199 United Nations senior leader for decades. Mister Sadri was the Secretary General's Deputy Special 488 00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:46.559 Representative in five peacekeeping missions from the nineteen eighties through the early two thousands, 489 00:53:46.840 --> 00:53:52.440 including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Angola, Mozambique, 490 00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:57.039 and Cambodia. For more than four decades. He was a trusted colleague and 491 00:53:57.119 --> 00:54:00.519 crucial part of you and peacekeeping operations, both at YOU and HAD quarters and 492 00:54:00.599 --> 00:54:05.760 in the field. We extend our condolences to his family. Okay, Edie, 493 00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:12.360 thank you and apologies if I miss this, if this was the first 494 00:54:12.400 --> 00:54:22.559 thing you talked about, But on the pause that the Israelis have announced on 495 00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:35.880 the road from Karam Shoalam to deliver aid, has any aid actually been going 496 00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:43.000 on that road? If so, how much and has it actually gotten to 497 00:54:44.559 --> 00:54:49.920 any Palestinians in need? Okay, well, first of all, I'd like 498 00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:52.440 to say that we do welcome this announcement, but this has yet to translate 499 00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:58.320 into more aid reaching people in need. Regarding the road itself, the area 500 00:54:58.320 --> 00:55:02.079 between Karam Shalom and the Sala at the en road is very dangerous for humanitarian 501 00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:07.079 workers to move goods there. Fighting is not the only reason for being unable 502 00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:08.639 to pick up aid. By the way, the lack of any police or 503 00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:13.079 rule of law in the area makes it very dangerous to move goods there. 504 00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:17.519 But we are ready to engage with all parties to ensure that AID reaches people 505 00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:24.480 in Gaza, and we'll continue to work with the authorities and with security forces 506 00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:29.440 trying to see what can be done to have security conditions. We do hope 507 00:55:29.639 --> 00:55:34.480 that this announcement leads to further concrete measures by Israel to address long standing issues 508 00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:40.320 preventing a meaningful humanitarian response in Gaza. A couple of follow ups, whose 509 00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:49.360 responsibility is it to police that area? And are there discussions going on right 510 00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:54.679 now there are? I mean, obviously we'd have to see whether there's arrangements 511 00:55:54.719 --> 00:56:00.679 that could be made with local authorities on the ground to ensure security. A 512 00:56:00.719 --> 00:56:04.920 lot of our security also depends on coordination with the communities. One of the 513 00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:07.599 problems, as we've been pointing out in recent weeks, is when aid gets 514 00:56:07.639 --> 00:56:12.760 to a place people are starving and they're worried that this may be the last 515 00:56:12.800 --> 00:56:15.840 food that they see. They have to be assured that there's going to be 516 00:56:15.840 --> 00:56:20.519 a regular flow of goods so that there's not a panic when we get to 517 00:56:20.559 --> 00:56:25.840 the area. So just to make clear, there actually has been no aid 518 00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:32.920 going on that road since the Israeli announcement. I'm not aware of any aid 519 00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:37.239 traveling on that road so far. We are working to get it realized and 520 00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:39.239 we'll try to get moving as soon as we can. Yes, Emily, 521 00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:50.280 Thanks Fahan. I have a question on Afghanistan. Over the weekend that Saliban 522 00:56:50.400 --> 00:56:55.480 said that they will participate to the next Doha meeting at the end of June. 523 00:56:57.760 --> 00:57:04.800 Can you confirm that they officially accepted the invitation and did they ask for 524 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:09.400 any condition because we heard that there will not be any session with them with 525 00:57:09.639 --> 00:57:15.280 the Afghan Civil Society and can you confirm the SG is not going and who 526 00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:21.440 will be representing the UN. Then at this stage, the arrangements for the 527 00:57:21.480 --> 00:57:25.119 conference are still ongoing, so I don't have the full details to provided the 528 00:57:25.199 --> 00:57:30.880 stage. You've seen that we had announced the invitation to the Taliban and we're 529 00:57:30.920 --> 00:57:35.480 continuing to work with the various parties, but closer to the date we'll try 530 00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:39.239 to get details about the various arrangements. Mariam, thank you for han. 531 00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:46.360 You mentioned the Human Rights Council. As you know, today the Special Operteur 532 00:57:46.440 --> 00:57:52.199 for Afghanistan submitted has report on human rights in Afghanistan. Has this she seen 533 00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:59.079 that report and what does he think? And also a second question Richard Bennett 534 00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:06.880 and his speech is stressed that the U N and the World the other countries 535 00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:13.480 who are participating in third Doha Meeting should not treat the Taliban as a legitimate 536 00:58:13.679 --> 00:58:21.199 government. And also he is stressed that the World body should support gender apartheid 537 00:58:21.199 --> 00:58:29.239 to be recognized as crimes crime against humanity. Will the Secretary General take his 538 00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:37.480 advice into account regarding a third Doha meeting? And overall what the Secretary General 539 00:58:37.519 --> 00:58:44.000 thinks of gender apartheid campaign that is going on. Regarding the question of gender 540 00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:47.559 apartheid, you'll have seen what the Secretary General, the Deputy Secretary General who 541 00:58:47.639 --> 00:58:52.599 visited Afghanistan last year and others have said. This is a key concern and 542 00:58:52.599 --> 00:58:59.880 we want to make sure that the rightful role of women in society is respected 543 00:58:59.880 --> 00:59:06.480 in in Afghanistan as it needs to be everywhere in the world. Regarding the 544 00:59:06.559 --> 00:59:10.119 question of the reports, these are reports that are reviewed by the Human Rights 545 00:59:10.159 --> 00:59:14.239 Council, so we will leave the matter in the hands of the Human Rights 546 00:59:14.239 --> 00:59:22.719 Council. Yep, you shouldn't treat the Taliban as a legitimate government. Is 547 00:59:22.760 --> 00:59:25.880 the Secretary General gonna take that advice from there? Well, I just want 548 00:59:27.239 --> 00:59:30.360 to underscore that we treat them as the day factor authorities on the ground. 549 00:59:30.400 --> 00:59:37.079 They are not treated as the recognized government of Afghanistan. Yes, thank you 550 00:59:37.119 --> 00:59:42.440 for han my question on refugees. There was a report, an investigative report 551 00:59:42.559 --> 00:59:54.400 yesterday on the BBC regarding Greek coast guards throwing refugees off board was zip Tide. 552 00:59:55.239 --> 01:00:00.960 This is not the first time that such matter, and earlier in the 553 01:00:01.039 --> 01:00:08.119 year there were also rumors about collusion between Greece and Italy with regard to sinking 554 01:00:08.199 --> 01:00:21.920 refugee ships coming late after SOS messages or calls from smugglers vote. Since Greece 555 01:00:22.199 --> 01:00:30.599 is an member electing Security Council, will the Sexually General be willing to authorize 556 01:00:31.000 --> 01:00:37.639 a thorough investigation about these allegations, especially that this time we have still live 557 01:00:37.960 --> 01:00:45.280 witnesses for such misbehavior. Thank you well. On this, I'd like to 558 01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:50.079 point out that the UN Refuge Agency UNCR has monitored the situation at Greece's borders 559 01:00:50.079 --> 01:00:54.079 over the years, they have received numerous reports of incidents of summary force returns, 560 01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:59.559 some of which have reportedly resulted in the loss of human lives. The 561 01:00:59.639 --> 01:01:02.079 agency brought a number of these reports to the tension of the Greek authorities and 562 01:01:02.159 --> 01:01:09.280 asked for a full investigative, a full and effective investigation. UNCC understands that 563 01:01:09.280 --> 01:01:15.320 a number of investigations have been initiated by the Greek authorities, but UNSCR has 564 01:01:15.559 --> 01:01:21.360 received little information about their progress or outcome, and so UNSCR has been formally 565 01:01:21.400 --> 01:01:27.199 asked to submit information pertaining to number of these investigations, and the refuge Agency 566 01:01:27.239 --> 01:01:32.559 continues to stress them points of independent and conclusive investigations with results clearly communicated so 567 01:01:32.599 --> 01:01:38.400 that any allegations involving human rights violations are thoroughly probed and accountability is established. 568 01:01:39.400 --> 01:01:47.360 Desji yes a follow up on the Kaza humanitarian very situation. Cocat co got 569 01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:54.440 reported that yesterday there are there were sixty two commercial trucks entered Gaza. Can 570 01:01:54.760 --> 01:02:00.119 the un confirm that there's commercial trucks because that's that's you have has been caught 571 01:02:00.920 --> 01:02:06.599 for a long time we wanted commercial trucks to come in. Obviously, what 572 01:02:06.679 --> 01:02:12.119 we need and what World Food Program has been asking for is greater progress and 573 01:02:12.199 --> 01:02:16.199 greater travel by commercial trucks because the problem, particularly in northern Gaza, is 574 01:02:16.239 --> 01:02:21.559 although there has now been some commercial traffic coming in, there's not enough so 575 01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:28.480 that commercial goods are available at affordable prices. So my curiosity here is if 576 01:02:28.519 --> 01:02:35.239 the commercial trucks can even enter Gazo, what is the difference between the commercial 577 01:02:35.239 --> 01:02:38.000 trucks and the un operated trucks. Well, I mean there are un operator 578 01:02:38.000 --> 01:02:42.159 trucks coming in from certain places. But what I can say in terms of 579 01:02:42.159 --> 01:02:45.320 crossing points as of today, this is the information for the World Food Program, 580 01:02:45.400 --> 01:02:51.719 is that the Rafa opening is closed. Karam Shalom or Karam Abusilam, 581 01:02:52.000 --> 01:02:57.320 as you may say, is operating with limited functionality, including because of fighting 582 01:02:57.360 --> 01:03:01.280 in the area. The Ares crossing is non functional and that's also due to 583 01:03:01.280 --> 01:03:06.679 an escalation of fighting the area. Meanwhile, the West Areas crossing and the 584 01:03:06.800 --> 01:03:10.719 kim Uh that that area is operational and so goods are coming in that way. 585 01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:17.880 Okay, two follow ups. First, on the US peer, do 586 01:03:17.920 --> 01:03:22.519 you have any conclusion of the assessment of the security. Now, no, 587 01:03:23.119 --> 01:03:29.119 what what exactly does this situation of the security that you're I mean, the 588 01:03:29.280 --> 01:03:34.360 WFP is analysis. Well, it's an analysis by the World Food Program and 589 01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:37.199 also by our security people. And the idea is to make sure that there's 590 01:03:37.199 --> 01:03:42.119 secure conditions for humaniti workers to go about their work. From from which from 591 01:03:42.159 --> 01:03:46.880 from the self distribution part or from that location the shore and and the beach 592 01:03:47.000 --> 01:03:52.920 might be used as military operations. Which part the question is concerns that arose 593 01:03:52.079 --> 01:03:59.519 over the over the recent weeks about the neutrality and the partiality in particular of 594 01:03:59.679 --> 01:04:03.599 human chair workers and how that affects their safety. Okay, yes, Yvonne 595 01:04:03.760 --> 01:04:10.320 and then Stefano. Thanksvahan. Going back to your comments about age deliveries, 596 01:04:10.679 --> 01:04:13.639 you mentioned that when the aid gets to some of these communities, they are 597 01:04:13.679 --> 01:04:16.880 starving and they need to be reassured that this isn't the last aid delivery they 598 01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:23.320 will receive. But presumably that reassurance is impossible to give in the current context. 599 01:04:23.400 --> 01:04:28.119 Is that my understanding, Correctly, it's difficult to give. I mean, 600 01:04:28.199 --> 01:04:30.159 ultimately, we need to make sure that there's a more regular flow of 601 01:04:30.159 --> 01:04:34.360 aid and more regular flow of aid to all areas. There were times when 602 01:04:34.360 --> 01:04:39.880 there were a few weeks ago when you had a more aid going into the 603 01:04:39.920 --> 01:04:43.519 southern part of Gaza, but not to the north. In recent weeks you've 604 01:04:43.519 --> 01:04:46.519 had an improvement in the north, but a drastic deterioration in the south. 605 01:04:47.119 --> 01:04:51.880 And so that that is why in different areas you see different forms of panic. 606 01:04:53.360 --> 01:04:58.320 And it's very reasonable and rational that this is happening if you had had 607 01:04:59.519 --> 01:05:02.719 a low level but regular level of food coming in and suddenly it stops. 608 01:05:03.519 --> 01:05:09.320 So it needs it needs to be something that can happen everywhere. Meanwhile, 609 01:05:09.880 --> 01:05:15.079 basic commodities are available in markets and southern and central Gaza, but as I 610 01:05:15.119 --> 01:05:17.800 was pointing out, it's unaffordable for many people, and so we need a 611 01:05:17.880 --> 01:05:24.800 greater about commercial goods coming in so that food can be sold in the affordable 612 01:05:24.840 --> 01:05:30.360 price. Stefano, thank you, Thank you for an Italian foreign Minister Taiani 613 01:05:30.400 --> 01:05:35.639 today in the Parliament during a question he said that the situation in Lebanon with 614 01:05:35.840 --> 01:05:43.760 UNIFIL is getting worse every day, and these said that the Italian government asks 615 01:05:44.360 --> 01:05:49.760 the Yuan, even very recently, guarantees from the Yuan for the Italian over 616 01:05:49.840 --> 01:06:00.880 one thousand soldiers that are there can you confirm that the Italian government very recently 617 01:06:00.280 --> 01:06:04.599 ask kind of guarantees. I don't know what this, what this means and 618 01:06:04.280 --> 01:06:10.719 it and what it would be the answer if Italy is very very concerned about 619 01:06:10.800 --> 01:06:15.000 it solely in the border there no All I can confirm is that we remain 620 01:06:15.199 --> 01:06:19.000 in regular dialogue with all of our troop contributing countries, including with Italy, 621 01:06:19.400 --> 01:06:25.360 to reassure them about the basic conditions on the ground. And this is part 622 01:06:25.360 --> 01:06:30.840 of a regular dialogue that is part and parcel of the process with which we 623 01:06:30.880 --> 01:06:34.960 interact with all of the member states. Uh, if the car and then 624 01:06:34.960 --> 01:06:48.920 back to eating if the car? Okay, d thank you for just to 625 01:06:49.039 --> 01:07:04.519 follow up on Deshi's question. This is what Why would commercial trucks feel confident 626 01:07:04.639 --> 01:07:12.239 that they could go in using that route and the UN is not confident. 627 01:07:12.920 --> 01:07:15.559 Oh, I'm not talking about that route about I'm talking about the crossings that 628 01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:19.239 are safe. We need more crossing points to be safe. We need RAFA 629 01:07:19.239 --> 01:07:28.960 to reopen, We need much better conditions at Karam Aboushalom. Hopefully, if 630 01:07:29.000 --> 01:07:32.920 the fighting subsides, the area's crossing can can be restored back to the situation 631 01:07:33.159 --> 01:07:38.880 was in a few days ago, but right now there's a reduction overall of 632 01:07:38.920 --> 01:07:45.320 crossing points that are usable Desji. So what you mean is the commercial trucks 633 01:07:45.360 --> 01:07:49.920 are not entering Gaza at the same border crossing as the un operated our deliveries. 634 01:07:50.679 --> 01:07:54.480 No, I mean the crossings that are safe to use for us are 635 01:07:54.480 --> 01:07:58.360 safe to use for them. Well. Sorry, the crossings that we use, 636 01:07:59.559 --> 01:08:04.320 for example, there's a gim crossing are safe for the for the commercial 637 01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:09.719 trucks as well. The commercial you know, the ones that are unsafe for 638 01:08:09.840 --> 01:08:13.519 US are unsafe for all trucks. Yeah, so so they didn't enter with 639 01:08:13.519 --> 01:08:16.560 with the truck. You you you're you're you're trying to enter Gaza. Well 640 01:08:16.600 --> 01:08:20.520 exactly, for example, the rough crossing is close period for everyone. Okay, 641 01:08:21.239 --> 01:08:25.239 A couple of couple of other questions. Well, first, we know 642 01:08:25.319 --> 01:08:30.520 that the last weekend the Prime Minister in Tail who dissolved the cabinets. Is 643 01:08:30.560 --> 01:08:34.720 there any problem for this move for for the U and to communicate with the 644 01:08:34.880 --> 01:08:41.159 all levels in Israeli government. Uh. We continue to be touched with our 645 01:08:41.560 --> 01:08:45.319 Israelian interlocutors. Uh. So, so our work goes on. You know, 646 01:08:45.439 --> 01:08:48.520 as you know, it doesn't have to do with the internal logic of 647 01:08:48.640 --> 01:08:55.279 a government. So and also another thing is primeister who also on the video 648 01:08:55.399 --> 01:09:00.319 said in the video said that that mister Blincoln told him that the US will 649 01:09:00.319 --> 01:09:05.199 remove its limitation on weapon deliveries. Do you're worried that would even put the 650 01:09:05.840 --> 01:09:12.239 conflict up well, let's say in Gaza as well as in northern border even 651 01:09:12.439 --> 01:09:17.960 worse. Our concern about all armed activities is on the record and that continues. 652 01:09:18.039 --> 01:09:23.439 But we wouldn't have any specific comment about dialogue between the US and Israel. 653 01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:34.720 And with that I wish you could have Okay, final thoughts. Word 654 01:09:34.800 --> 01:09:42.199 of itself is bad enough. The one thing that we don't need to see 655 01:09:42.319 --> 01:09:51.520 continually happening is rape and gender based violence. That is it rather aim to 656 01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:58.399 control people or not. We need to put an end to such types of 657 01:09:58.520 --> 01:10:04.079 violence. It owns all based in hate, and we need to relieve the 658 01:10:04.199 --> 01:10:12.560 hate from our human society so that we can move forward as a species and 659 01:10:13.079 --> 01:10:18.199 find a way of doing so in loving and carrying ways, finding ways to 660 01:10:18.720 --> 01:10:30.760 end conflicts without violence, and find ways of setting aside greed and taking up 661 01:10:30.079 --> 01:10:42.359 real security that does not involve thinking that if I don't take it from him, 662 01:10:42.760 --> 01:10:46.960 he will take it from me. So thank you for listening to that. 663 01:10:47.079 --> 01:10:50.800 You've been listening to Policy Rights your in Depictions Media Radio. I have 664 01:10:50.880 --> 01:10:58.600 been your host, Michael Clogges, and please subscribe and support us as we 665 01:10:58.720 --> 01:11:03.560 try to spread a lot loving message about human rights and the policies they go 666 01:11:03.640 --> 01:11:45.439 along with them. 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