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Thank you for listening to Pictures Media
Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights,

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the show about the government policy and
human rights. And welcome back to Policy

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and Writes Your Depictions Media Radio.
I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. We

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got a number of things to go
over today. The first our hearts go

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out to the folks in Texas,
in Harrison County that have been hit by

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flooding, storming and tornadoes. I
have a friend down there who is going

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to take a look and see how
the county is actually assessing the damage.

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She does a lot of business in
that particular area, and she is looking

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forward to their recovery and wants to
help the people find their way back on

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their feet again. So with that, we also want to let's start with

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Iran. The iron President Ibrahim Rasiti
died in helicopter crash at the age of

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sixty three. The government has confirmed
and nine people were on board the aircraft,

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including the country's a foreign minister.
No survivors were found after hours of

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long search operations in heavy fog and
adding to the weather. They could have

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played a key role in the crash
itself. Razizi's death comes at a front

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movement in the Middle East with war
raging and gozam. It has also come

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weeks after the Iran launch of a
drone missile attack on Israel in response to

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a des deadly strike on a diplomatic
compound in Damascus. And of course we

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can talk more about the Trump trial. According to CNN reports, Donald Trump,

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Donald Trump's ex attorney Michael Cohen,
will be back in court today to

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face another round of cross examination in
the former president's criminal hush money trial.

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Cohen was on the stand for three
days last week where he implicated Trump in

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reimbursement payment to an adult film stars
of course, Stormy Daniels, which mister

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Trump denies having sex, having had
a sexual affair with her, even if

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it was a one night stand,
who is at the heart of the Manhattan

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Prosecutor's case. The prosecutors alleged Trump
broke the law by falsifying financial records to

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cover up the payment. This,
they argue, was to deceive voters in

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twenty sixteen, in an early example
of an election of election interference. Trump

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denies having had the affair with Ms
Daniels and has pleaded not guilty. Cohen

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is likely to be the last substantive
witness to the stand for the prosecution,

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and then it will be the defense
turn to make Trump's case. Of course,

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again with Trump saying he's not guilty. The Baltimore Bridge. Of course,

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there's a bit of controversy around the
Baltimore Bridge because the President Biden was

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very adamant in the fact that they
should use federal funds to get the bridge

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started and figure out blame later on, because the bridge is a vital to

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the infrastructure and the economic stability of
the city of Baltimore. According to the

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CNN report, the ill fated cargo
Dolly is set to be moved today from

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the site of its catastrophic collision with
the Franciscott Key Bridge. Nearly eight weeks

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have passed since the vessel lost power, veered off course and slammed into the

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Baltimore Bridge on March twenty six,
killing six construction workers, and the removal

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of the ship brings officials one step
closer to reopening the Port of Baltimore,

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which has been incapacitated since the incident. Wreckage has clogged a major shipping channel

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for sugar and automotive industries, and
has crippled a major city thoroughfare more than

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thirty thousand commuters rely on the bridge
every day. According to the Maryland Governor

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wesmore So, as I said,
the Baltimore the Francis Scott Key Bridge is

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a key piece of infrastructure for the
city of Baltimore, and that looks like

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all the updates that we should have, of substance that we should have.

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So we're going to hear today from
of course, from the UN Press floor,

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and more importantly, we're going to
hear some clips from the UN Security

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Council as they talk about the war
between Russia and Ukraine. And one of

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the clips that we're going to hear
says that Russia's Russia quotes that only seventeen

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percent of the voters in Ukraine actually
want to keep the government the way it

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is. They want something else,
and this is what inspired, of course,

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they're the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
The of course, the Ukrainian government

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is claiming that Russia's invasion was completely
illegal, violated numerous Geneva Conventions and and

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other international legal documents, and claims
that Russia is also trying to interfere in

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their elections. So why don't we
start with what happened on the Unpression Floor

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and then we'll hear some clips from
the UN Security Council after that. Well

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it's a sunny here. What can
I tell you? All Right, good

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morning, good afternoon. All just
a programming note Torow final thoughts and policy

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Walters communications for the International Organization.
And we need to find a way to

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put the fire and put all these
wars out that we have going on around

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our world. I have a statement
to fighting this morning. Speaking Iran.

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The Secretary General is saddened by the
death in sid president. If people saw

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I'm just trying to say, fighting
there is a simple people who don't make

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Republic of Iran as well as he
just has lived their lives after accident and

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yesterday on May nine, he caught
up. The Secretary General expresses, since

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you look at the found this war
deceased, they want to be free of

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the Islamic Republican. The depression in
the Gaza. Colleagues from the US,

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the U N Office for the Coredation
of the Palace Affairs and tell us that

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Israeli continue to be reported families thrived
Gaza as well as ground incursions and heavy

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fighting especially. We're going to apply
a lot of that same things two more

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than note the folks thousand, men, women and children which you courted the

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of the one hundred thousand just which
is forty stipulation have been dissed over the

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past eight weeks in the politics,
as we're seeing his causes off more than

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one hundred over others in northern we
want to address. I want to address

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to date, more than seventy five
percent of the Gaza strip is trying to

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where kilometers is under evacuation orders and
formally a dictator ability that under the national

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humanitarian laws we create, there's no
need to soviet. But I will remind

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you he wants to civilians with all
they must back under whether they're in Gaza,

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the Soviets including food show flag.
Again this time it wouldn't be Communists,

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it would be as the large battle
civilians and Gaza continues his friend of

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election, experiencing extremely poor living conditions, that we intimidate people to vote shelter

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the way we want people to go
to report that there are no tents and

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very few shows we should be allowed
to vote. Just cast your boat place.

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How shall we believe Unita any open
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aress roads and agricultural lands damaged that
have not facing maybe structurally a vote coming

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up in the United States. Meanwhile, according to powder S, hygiene support

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in Gaza doesn't matter. Biden hygiene
kits and water containers, Republican Democrat vote.

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According to heaven to what is going
to bring your family? People move

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to areas lacking basic necessities such as
water and food. So thank you again,

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fighting and in northern bringing stories to us

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that we according to our colleagues working
the schools and RAFA the food try to

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inspire our young pieces be the partners
of the World Food Programs have lost access

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to more than one hundred distribution points
for malnutrition prevention activities. I have a

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senior personnel appointment to share with you
today. The Secretary General is appointing Janine

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Hennis Plashert of the Netherlands as his
new Special Coordinator for Lebanon. Miss Hennimplaster

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succeeds Joanna Warnetka of Poland, to
whom the Secretary General is grateful for the

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commitment and leadership of the UN Office
for the Special Coordinator for Lebanon, currently

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serving as the Special Representative of the
Secretary General for Iraq and Head of the

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UN Political Mission in Iraqi. Nami
Miss Hennis Plashert brings to her to this

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position over twenty five years of experience
in diplomacy, international security and Middle East

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affairs. Prior to that, as
you will recall, she was the Minister

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of Defense of the Netherlands from twenty
twelve to twenty seventeen and she was the

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first woman to hold that position.
For biography is available to you. Our

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Deputy Secretary General Miana Mohammad is in
Barbados to open the inaugural Global Supply Chain

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Form alongside Prime Minister Mia Motley and
Rebecca Greenspan, the Secretary General of UN

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Trade and Development. The forum brings
together industry leaders, policymakers and experts to

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discuss policies that can support the global
supply chain management in the face of increasingly

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frequent supply chain shocks and the future
of global trade. While in Barbados,

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the Deputy Secretary General will also discuss
the reform of the international financial architecture with

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Prime Minister Motley, including the Prime
Minister's bridgetown initiative. The Deputy Secretary General

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will return to New York tomorrow evening
and also on travel. Our Undersecretary General

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for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, is in Doha in

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Qatar to hold talks with senior government
officials on ways to bolster the partnership between

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Qatar and the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs. He is also there

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to discuss ways to ensure the humanitarian
system is better prepared to address crises,

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and there are quite a few of
those. Today mister Griffiths spoke at the

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Global Security Forum, where he noted
that strategic competition has been hidden and not

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so hidden hand behind the outbreak of
seemingly endless conflicts, but he said that

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he has hope because of the fiercest
conflicts, humanitarian diplomacy has appealed to the

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common goods, such as with the
Black Sea Grain initiative. Humanity will outlive

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the decisions of bad leaders, mister
Griffith said, turning to the situation on

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the ground in Ukraine, our humanitarian
colleagues in Ukraine are telling us that today

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over the weekend, escalating hostilities in
the Kharkiv region have continued to cause multiple

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civilian casualties, including among children,
first responders, and health personnel. That's

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what local authorities are telling us.
Meanwhile, attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine

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over the weekend caused scores of civilian
casualties and damage to homes in civilian infrastructure.

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Again, that's what authorities and humanitarian
workers are telling us. Miss In

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the Kharkiv region, aid organizations have
registered nearly eight five hundred people of the

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Transit Center in Kharkiv City, where
they are now receiving humanitarian assistants including food,

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clothes, hygiene items, and health
services. Aid workers are also providing

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support in other parts of Ukraine that
are impacted by the hostilities. And this

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morning, the High Representative for Disarmament
Izumi Nakamitsu, briefed the Security Council and

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an open meeting on threats to international
peace and security. She said that over

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the last months, transfer of arms
and ammunitions to the Ukrainian Armed Forces have

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continued. On the other side,
they've own also been reports of states transferring

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or planning to transfer weapons to the
Russian Armed Forces and that these weapons have

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been used in Ukraine. She warned
that the large scale influx of arms and

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ammunition to any armed conflict raises significant
concerns for peace and security, including as

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a result of diversion and proliferation even
after the conflict has ended. And just

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to flag that this afternoon there will
be an open meeting the Security Council on

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the situation in Rafa. They will
be brief members will be brief by the

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Special Coordinator towards Venislan. He will
do that via video conference and also by

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ocha's Director of Operations and Advocacy,
Adam Wasornu. We will try to get

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and share those remarks beforehand with you
and on me and more. I can

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tell you that we're continuing to follow
very closely the situation in Rakkin State,

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which is worsening the vulnerabilities of all
community in one of the country's poorest regions.

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Our team on the ground is deeply
alarmed by the latest reports of further

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escalating violence and destruction taking place in
Bhutidong and Mongodau townships in the capital of

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Rakhain State. That is the town
of Sitway. That town also remains concerning.

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The situation in that town also remains
concerning with reports of food shortages,

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unavailability of cash, soaring market prices, water scarcity, and the spread of

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water borne diseases. Humanitarian assistance and
essential services have been heavily interrupted across the

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States over the weekend. The High
commission for Refugee Felippo Grandi and the High

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Commissioner for Human Rights Vulcar Turk both
called on all parties to pause the fighting,

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protect civilians and allow immediate and unhindered
humanitarian access. They also appeal to

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neighboring countries to extend protection and to
allow safe access to refugees fleeing their lot

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for their lives. Call on military
and political leaders, as well as community

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influencers to do their part to de
escalate and diffuse attempts to reignite intercommunal tensions,

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particularly between ethnic Rakine and Rohinga,
and to avoid the repetition of past

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human rights atrocities that we have seen
in Rakine State. And some good news

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from our peacekeeping mission in Abbie Peacekeepers
our peacekeeping colleagues are telling us that over

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the weekend, the Angok Dinka and
the Missiraea communities signed an agreement on a

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post migration at a post migration conference
in central Abbie to foster peaceful farming and

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peaceful farming and grazing and improve intercommunal
communal relations. The gathering was a follow

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on to the successful pre migration conference
held in Noung, which is located west

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of Abier in December of last year, and follows a welcome decline in clashes

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between the two communities during the migration
season. More than an undred and forty

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community leaders and members from both communities, including forty one women, attended the

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four day conference, facilitated by the
UN Peacekeeping Mission and other UN and non

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UN organizations. We have a new
resident coordinator to share with you. The

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Secretary Generals of Porte Cristelle Units of
Lebanon as the UN Resident Coordinator in Guinea.

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With the host government's approval, she
started today. Ms Unis brings more

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than twenty years of experience in humanitarian, human rights and development work in international

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organizations as well as academia. She
previously serves as Director of Human Rights and

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Humanitarian Policy Concentration at Columbia's Universities Graduate
School of International Public Affairs in New York.

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Her work experience has been in Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, the Democratic

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Republic of the Congo, Bosnia,
the Middle East, lots more online.

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We congratulate her big international day today
with a bit of a buzz in the

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air, may say so a bees. It is the International the World Day

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of Bees. These and other pollinators
such as butterflies and hummingbirds, have a

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fundamental role to play in the survival
of our ecosystem. Unfortunately, they are

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increasingly under threat from activities by US
humans. We are the culprits as usual,

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dam sole me, thank you,
SEV. A couple questions, but

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first you mentioned RAFA and military activity
there. Can you give a little more

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detail on the extent of the operations
that are happening in Rafa now? Is

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it ground troops, is it constant
fighting? Is it just bombardment? Is

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it back and forth? Listen,
the operations are ongoing in different in different

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forms. They don't seem that limited
to us. People are forced to flee,

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to seek safety, to seek shelter
in a This has been a constant,

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especially in the last in the last
months, where they're seeking safety where

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nowhere is safe, and then they're
being then they're being told to move again.

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It's having a disastrous impact obviously,
on the civilians. It's having an

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extremely complicated impact on our humanitarian operations. I mean, nothing has come through

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RAFA, So would you call it
a full scale invasion. It's I can't

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it's not for me to qualify it, but it's it's these military activities are

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ongoing. On the International Criminal Court, I know it is not a United

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Nations body, and however it has
been criticized of late of being political not

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impartial. I'm wondering if the Secretary
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International Criminal Court and what it does, and how can you characterize his feelings

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about it in its rule And therefore, as you said in your preamble,

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it is a separate organization from the
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an agreement on how to we operate
with each other, and that's a public

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document that was issued back in twenty
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the request by the prosecutor to a
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but they're separate institutions. He has
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run, on how the prosecutor does
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to comment on it. Does he
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reaction to it at all, He's
a air of it. Yes. Has

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the Secretary General had any contact or
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helicopter crash. Yes, he spoke
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of Iran this morning to express the
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to express the feelings that are in
the in the statement. That's that's the

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Secret General concerned this would impact the
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Look, I think that's that's the
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I mean we've been informed that,
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been named in accordance with with the
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at that. Another separate issue,
China's Thailand region was seeking for participate in

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the WHA. Can you remind us
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issue. Well, it's up for
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decide for themselves. As you know, the World Health Organization is a specialized

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agency. It is a it is
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which is the World Health Assembly,
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the relevant General Assembly resolutions that you
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A question about Rosemary de Carlo's trip
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information on that trip and what has
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are some statements coming out from the
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they should be recognized as the solo
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participate in the third Doha meeting with
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of her meetings, but I will
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it the purpose of the trip?
Do you have that? I don't have

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anything for you at this point,
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Suicide. Yeah, please if you
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on the Special Envoy for Afghanistan and
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Secretary General decided? Is he in
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coming up? No updates Strike two
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Thanks Stevan. On May twenty.
In twenty nineteen, Vladimir Zelenski became a

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president. So according to the Constitution
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day of his five year tenure at
this position. So there are no elections.

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There is no any equipment from the
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So my question is does the U
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and when Russia and Ukraine start to
resume their negotiations peace negotiations, UH,

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does the UN find Zolenski UH consider
him reliable enough to be a signatory to

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this possible document? UH? Those
are internal issues to Ukraine that will need

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to be dealt with through Ukrainian processes, UH. President President Zelenski continues,

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I mean, is for us UH
the head of state in Ukraine UH and

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the person that the Secretary General speaks
with when he needs to speak UH to

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the Ukrainian UH leader, Thank you, Stephan. My question is about UNAMI.

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You mentioned that the head of UNAMI, Miss Janine Hennis's leading cod position,

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and I wonder do we know who
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under way we hope to announce,
to announce her successor shortly, Mike,

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I don't want this question to sound
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widely recognized as being responsible for brutal
executions of thousands, possibly tens of thousands

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of dissidents. He let a brutal
crackdown of protesters at home women's rights went

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by the wayside. What exactly is
the Secretary General saddened about? Look,

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we have the Secretary General, through
his reports on human rights in Iran,

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through the words that he has said
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has never been shy about expressing his
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notably on the issues of women.
I mean, those words are very

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clear, They're in black and white, and they stand. It does not

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stop him from expressing condolences when the
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this organization and a foreign minister with
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in New York a few weeks ago, dies in a helicopter crash, condolences,

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I understand. It seems like he's
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to the well, that's I mean, that's exactly it. But I think

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those to be saddened by the death
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that he doesn't stand by what everything
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in Iran. Second question for you, there have been a lot of discussions

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here lately about the statistics about fatalities
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When all is said and done,
does the UN have any intention,

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any mechanism of separating civilian casualties from
combatant casualties in Gaza. We've been very

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clear as to the source of the
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and I think we've always been transparent
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we're able to physically verify the number
of debts or have direct access, we

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do so, and we we we
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English speaker, inasmuch as we we
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is conflict still going on in Gaza, we're not able uh to do that.

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But I think we're very transparent on
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Have you has the UN asked for
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not being are not being shared,
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Stefan. One is a follow up
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was exactly the last time that the
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of Iran, specifically on what you
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the human rights and especially the right
last time I think the last time he

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saw him, which I can check
the dates, but I tell you those

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issues have been regularly raised. You
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on issues of human rights in Iran
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Rights, which I think is extremely
extremely clear and direct. So in one

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phrase, how would you how the
Secretary General will have considered what I would

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have said to the President of Iran
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he's raised I mean read the readouts
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but you can he has raised his
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the issue of human rights. We
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foreign minister. So I said that
the Secretary General has regularly met with right,

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regularly spoken to died killed in a
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General's sentiments is expressed or human,
but that's the Secretary General, I hope.

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Okay, then I have another question
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I c C. That to clarify
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to be accepted this warrant. By
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need to look at the procedures.
But let's say, if this is going

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to going far, does the the
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the Prime Minister of Israel if the
on Israel. It's a hypothetical question.

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Let me finish is a hypothetical question, because no war have been Other people

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have been issued warrants, and there
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UN officials can do, and it's
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with you given it's a public document. In our guidelines, they set out

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policy on the contacts between you AN
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warrants or summonses from the ICC.
In essence, contacts between UN officials

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and such individuals should be limited to
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essential un mandated activities. So there's
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warrants. There is a policy which
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just yet, monsieur, then,
Madam, thank you Step follow up on

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the ICC application for arrest warrants for
Hamazon Israeli leaders. Does this sexually generally

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perceive this as an indictment or it's
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the court. Yes, I mean
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the procedures of the ICC. Talk
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not a lawyer. I don't pretend
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I know there's a difference between issuing
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thank you Step. This is in
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you could give us a little update
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activities in Gaza given the conflict,
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How many people are staying at the
facilities that kind of I don't have the

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good question. I can get an
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people staying that hy is sheltering in
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which is it's huge, and who
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to alleviate the suffering of the civilians
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before is non existent, right.
Uh, they are trying to help children

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overcome the trauma that they're suffering every
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haphazard. Uh and it's not sustainable
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of microphone a little closer, please
and thank you. In terms of aid

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delivery, can you just clarify what
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now in terms of physically delivering.
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people, They're trying, they're helping, they're providing healthcare. They're trying to

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fulfill their mandate in the middle of
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Thanks Stefan. I have a question
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Kenyan policemen are expected this week in
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us on the financing of the mission, and there were some issues about the

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Kenyan policemen being paid upfront. I
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you, which may have been given
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have twenty one million dollars deposited in
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pain, I feel your frustration about
trying to get answers. But we're not

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managing this mission. And I know
it's not easy for you to figure out

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who to call. The only person
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because we You have to speak to
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speak to the US. But we
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in the minutia of the logistics here. All right, you can you can

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call me if it's not about Haiti. Yeah. On the ICC, if

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an arrest warrant is issued, can
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person if they want to come to
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that the United States isn't a party
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what would that person be welcome here? Would that person be arrested here?

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What would how would do you respond? It's uh at this point, it's

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it's a question I can't answer with
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it would require visa issue for wherever
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it has to be uh necessary in
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and then Madam, two questions.
First, does the Sexual General feel disappointed

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that both President Olynski and President Putin
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We we we want to see an
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that we've always UH said, General
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We very much hope that an end
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and we've always UH supported UH an
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the ICC application. Just now,
President Biden said that the application is outrageous.

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I mean a year ago, President
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putting was justified and make a very
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it's a pure double standard? And
would that be the double standard from the

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most powerful country in the world would
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caught many times. We are as
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number of time, Disgi, I'm
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other people said. What I do
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and the Secretary of General I think
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of international law always need to be
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So when you say equally across the
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outcry about the State of Israel being
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which some countries view as a terrorist
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because they're both being brought up in
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on the details of what the prosecutor
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have been very clear in condemning violations
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whether those comes from member states or
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have any reaction to legislators in this
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requires. We've seen a lot of
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it, Stephan, knowing that we'll
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he has suffered. That's the Secretary
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Tayau after the criticism criticized that he
had suffered from the beginning. The Secretary

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General, every Secretary General suffered from
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the last day. Abdelhmid, thank
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questions too. I start with the
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the Gaza shores. Can you update
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mean, there is nothing new.
There's nothing new today. I think Fahan

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updated you over the Friday night and
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There was no the World Food Programs
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not take take in any trucks today. My second question, you mentioned about

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the displacement, about nine hundred thousand
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the people of Gaza, they're being
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them six times. Displacement is illegal
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no safe place to go, as
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call it as it is it's a
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the symptoms, but rather give it
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Abdelhamid, I understand your frustration.
I think we've been very clear and

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describing the situation, and I think
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issue of genocide. Uhila question go
ahead on the ICC. I mean there

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were two Israelis were involved. I
mean they mentioned by name the Prime Minister

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and the Defense Minister on the other
side, the three where or to be

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indicted? Maybe does that make it
a mo ockerry of the i c C

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when when all the crimes is very
committed in Gaza and being in the ICE.

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I think with respect, you need
to ask that question of Kareem Khan,

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the prosecutor, Nobile and then Dennis. No Bill, Dennis, when

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you fill the gap, Okay,
go ahead, Nobil, go ahead,

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Yeah, on i c C.
On the ic C. Also, are

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you concerned that the prosecutor may have
difficulties in getting a visa maybe to visit

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the U N headquarters. Uh?
Do you have a position on his ability

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to attend meetings in New York and
the headquarters? Well, I you know

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that that's a hypothet, but I
can tell you that we've always called on

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any members state that is host to
a UN meeting or to UN headquarters to

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facilitate the travels of anyone who is
coming to attend a meeting, either at

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headquarters or at a UN sponsor conference. And that is our principal position and

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not going to change. Dennis,
just wanting to have an update. Does

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Secretary General plans to go to Ukraine
Peace Conference in Switzerland. It's no update

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for you on who would represent the
UN at that conference. As soon as

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I have something, I will share
that with you. Do you want to

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stand between me and lunch? It's
a dangerous place to place yourself between a

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Frenchman and his lunch ahead. But
did you just say that the UN would

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request to allow someone with a warrant
with an ICC. Weren't even if they

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had a warrant you would request Note
he was talking about he was talking about

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if I understood Nebil's question about Kareem
Khan about threats against people from the ICC

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not being delivered. Jesus okay.
But also on the pier in the trucks

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you said there was no new trucks
today. Does that include the weekend as

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well? There were trucks on Friday
and Saturday and nothing on Sunday and nothing

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today. And I think Mike has
a question, what are you having for

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lunch? I brought my lunch from
home, curry chicken tever. On that

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note, goodbye. The nine thousand, six hundred and twenty ninth committing of

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a Discidity Council is called towards at
the outset of the meeting, I should

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like, at the request of the
delegations of the Russian Federation, China and

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Algeria, and on behalf of the
members of the Security Council, to ask

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that all those present now stand and
join in observing a minute of silence in

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remembrance of the loss of life in
my head after crash of the present of

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the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraim
Rayisi, the Minus of Foreign Affairs of

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the Islamic Republic of Iran or s
amirab dolla Ian and all passengers, and

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to present its condolences and sympathy to
their families and the people of the Islamic

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Republic of Iran. I thank you. The provisional agenda for this meeting is

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threat to international peace and security.
The agenda is adopted in accordance with the

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Rule thirty seven of the Council's Provisional
Rules of Procedure. I invite the Representative

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of Ukraine to participate in this meeting. It is so decided in accordance with

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the Rule thirty nine of the Council's
Provisional Rules of Procedure. I invited the

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following briefers to participate in this meeting, Zumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament

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Affairs, and Miss Margaret Kimberly,
Activist and the civil Representative Civil Society Representative.

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It is so decided the Security Council
will now begin it's consideration of Item

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two of the agenda, and now
give the floor for Miss Izumi Nakamitsu.

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Thank you, Mister President, Mister
President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council,

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Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Before
I start, I like to extend

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my conces to the families of and
the people of Iran following the passing of

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President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein
Amir abdu Lahin and other passengers in a

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tragic helicopter crush yesterday. Almost twenty
seven months have passed since the Russian Federation

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launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine
in violation of the Yuan chart. That

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represents over eight hundred days of death, destruction, widespread devastation and immense suffering

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for the Ukrainian people. Regretably,
the security situation continues to deteriorate. The

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escalating attacks on Ukrainian villages, towns
and cities, including in particular in the

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Kharkiv region, have led to more
civilian deaths and injuries, as well as

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massively st of civilian infrastructure. Strikes
have also been reported inside the Russian Federation,

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reportedly also resulting in civilian casualties and
damage to civilian infrastructure. They continued

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and intensified attacks against civilians and civilian
infrastructure are unacceptable. All parties to any

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armed conflict have an obligation to protect
civilians in armed conflict and to ensure compliance

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with applicable international law, including international
humanitarian law. Let me say it again,

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Deliberate and direct attacks against civilians and
civilian infrastructure and indiscriminate attacks, including

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disproportional attacks, are prohibited under international
humanitarian law. All such attacks must stop

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immediately. Attention it will also be
given to the environmental damage as as well

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as the impact on human health and
ecosystems resulting from the use of weapons.

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Turning now to the subject of this
briefing. Over the last months, the

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provision of military assistance and transfers of
arms and ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces

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have continued. Much of the information
from governments about their transfers of weapon systems

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and ammunitions to Ukraine is available through
open sources. These transfers have reportedly included

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heavy conventional weapons such as battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, combat aircraft,

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helicopters, large caliber arterior systems,
missile systems, and uncrewed combat aerial vehicles,

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as well as remotely operated munitions,
small arms and light weapons and their

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ammunition. There have also been reports
of states transferring or planning to transfer weapons

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such as uncrude area vehicles, ballistic
missiles and ammunition to the Russian Armed Forces,

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and that these weapons have been used
in Ukraine. I ratreate that any

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transfer of weapons and ammunition must take
place within the applicable international legal framework,

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including of course, relevant Security Council
resolutions. Reports related to the transfer and

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use of anti personnel minds and cluss
ammunitions in Ukraine are deeply concerning. There

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must be an immediate end to the
use of these inherently indiscriminate weapons, which

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have a devastating and long lasting humanitarian
impact on civilians. Ukraine is now one

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of the world's most heavily mined contaminated
countries, and it will require decades of

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clearance efforts with the support of international
community to make sure communities are safe from

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the threat of minds. Mister President, the large scale influx of arms and

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ammunition into any armed conflict raises significant
concerns for peace and security, including as

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a result of diversion and proliferation even
after the conflict has ended. Importing,

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transit, producing, and exporting states
must act responsibly at every step along the

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arms and ammunition transfer chain to prevent
diversion, iniciit trafficking, and misuse.

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Pre transfer risk assessments, marking and
record keeping practices, as well as tracing

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capabilities are of utmost importance to prevent
a diversion of conventional arms and regulate the

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international arms traite. States have established
a number of arms controlled treaties and instruments.

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This includes the Arm Straight Treaty,
the Firearms Protocol, the Program of

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Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons
and its International Tracing Instrument, and the

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Global Framework for Through Life Conventional Ammunition
Management, Universal Participation indevelopment treaties, as

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well as full and effective implementation of
these treaties and instruments must remain a priority,

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Mister President. From twenty fourth of
February twenty twenty two to sixteenth of

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May twenty twenty four, the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human

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Rights has verified that conflict related diamonds
as killed at least eleven seventeen civilians and

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injured twenty one four hundred and forty
five in Ukraine. It is very concerning

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that the number of injured civilians has
increased significantly for the second month in Row.

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As in past months, the vast
majority of civilian casualties are a result

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of the use of exclusive weapons with
wide area effect in populated areas. The

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Sector General has consistently and unequiotically urged
all sizes to avoid the use of explosive

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weapons in populated areas, and such
use is highly likely to result in an

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indiscriminate, direct and long term harm
and to ultimately take combat out of urban

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areas altogether. I take this opportunity
to refer to the Political Declaration on Strength

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Thing the Protection of Civilians from the
humanitarian consequences arising from the use of explosive

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weapons in populated Areas, adopted in
November of twenty twenty two. Regretably,

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the use of armed uncrude area vehicles
and missiles continues to cause civilian deaths and

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injuries, as well as damage to
civilian infrastructure. Just like any other weapons

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or weapons systems, armed uncrude aerial
vehicles and missiles must not be used in

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a manner inconsistent with international humanity law. Mister President, distinguished Members of the

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Security Council, I wish to retreate
the United Nations commitment to support all meaningful

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efforts to bring a just and sustainable
peace in Ukraine, guided by the United

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Nations Charter and international law, including
relevant General Assembly resolutions. It is time

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to put an end to this war. I thank you very much for your

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attention. I thank Miss Nakamisu for
our important briefing. I now give the

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floor to Miss Margaret Kimberly. Thank
you very much, Mister President. Thank

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you all for this opportunity to address
the Security Council and to provide a briefing

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on the issue of peace as it
relates to Ukraine and its connections with people

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in this country and all over the
world. As a journalist, executive editor

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of Black Agenda Report, and a
member of the Black Alliance for Peace and

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the United National Anti War Coalition,
and as a citizen of the United States,

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the nation taking a lead role in
continuing the crisis. I'm eager to

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speak to this issue. As of
now, the US has allocated nearly one

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hundred seventy five billion dollars for the
Ukrainian war effort and to support the workings

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of Ukraine's civilian government. For the
last two years, we've seen a terrible

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war which would end if this country's
and if this country and others would stop

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providing arms and instead seek peace.
There were opportunities for that to happen in

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March and April of twenty twenty two, when the government of Turkia hosted peace

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talks between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The possibility of peace was lost when

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my country and others subverted these talks
by promising the government of Ukraine that it

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would receive an endless supply of weapons
with which to achieve a military victory.

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Not only has that victory been elusive, but thousands of Ukrainians, the people

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this country claims to care so much
about, have lost their lives, and

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of course many Russians have also perished. The goal should be for the death

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toll to end for both nations.
We don't have to guess why this huge

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sum of money has been spent.
We need only recall what the President of

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the United States and his foreign policy
team have said publicly. The Secretary of

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Defense famously said in a rare moment
of candor, that the US wanted to

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quote see Russia weakened unquote. This
is a dangerous goal for the United States

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to have at all. The world
needs cooperation. It's the only way to

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avoid escalation and disastrous outcomes between the
major powers. The US shouldn't be attempting

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to weaken any nation, but should
be continuously engaged in finding ways to prevent

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and to end conflict. Not only
is the Secretary's confession dangerous, but it

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has surely failed. President Biden himself
said that US imposed sanctions against Russia would

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quote turn the ruble to rubble unquote. No such thing has happened, and

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other nations have suffered economically from the
futile effort to keep Russian oil off of

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world markets. Global South nations in
particular, were most impacted by what turned

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out to be a failed effort.
More developed nations, those in Europe,

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have been deprived of affordable gas supplies
they reliably received from Russia for decades.

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There have been other serious consequences,
and some of them have fallen on people

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in this country. The one most
responsible for continuing the crisis. Project Ukraine,

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as it is called, is a
bipartisan effort, with both Republicans and

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Democrats supporting the continued infusion of huge
sums of money to the defense industry,

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the military industrial complex, and to
projects to dubious projects in Ukraine itself.

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This funding is not just spent on
the military, but is literally supplying many

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domestic government functions within that country.
Most Americans are unaware, for example,

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that small businesses in Ukraine are being
supported with their public funds, with at

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least twenty five billion dollars in non
military aid being spent. It isn't as

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if people in this country don't need
help. Money for weapons continues thanks to

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consensus among the political class, While
needy people here are being removed from the

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Medicaid program, which pays for health
care for low income people, as well

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as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program.
Students take on thousands of dollars in debt

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to attend universities. The same administration, which is committed to spending money on

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weapons, has never presented a plan
to help the estimated half million people in

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the US who are unhoused. There
are constant calls to cut or end these

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programs altogether, but the funding stream
for war remains untouched. Democracy itself is

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in crisis because of these endless conflict
conflicts. War is not the only indicator

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of violence in the world, and
peace is not just the absence of conflict.

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War making leads to a miseration,
which is antithetical to the concept of

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peace. The US public do not
have the unanimity of opinion on Ukraine that

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one would expect, considering that billions
of dollars have been allocated. Even those

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who say they support this effort also
say they would like to see negotiations too.

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A recent poll indicated that seventy one
percent of people in this country would

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like to see a negotiated settlement instead
of ongoing conflict. But the millions of

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Americans who want an end to the
conflict have been deprived of the representation we

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are supposed to have. Not only
does the administration refuse to reconsider its position,

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but there are reports that President Biden
wants to prevent future presidents from playing

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a different role. According to President
Zelenski, he's working with the US and

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other NATO nations on a ten year
plan to provide weapons. Joe Biden can

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only serve for a maximum of four
and a half more years, meaning that

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he wants to make a commitment that
a future president cannot change, and so

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doing, he invalidates the concerns of
voters in this country and of the people

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who are supposed to represent them.
As a citizen of the United States,

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I'm shocked by the lengths this country
will go to in order to pursue a

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dangerous plan that's doomed to fail.
The most recent tranch of US weapons funding

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is dependent upon Ukraine mobilizing men.
Approximately five hundred thousand several million Ukrainians fled

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to nearby states in twenty twenty two, but now they are told they cannot

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renew their passports abroad. They must
return to Ukraine, where we see videos

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of men literally being press ganged into
service, dragged off the street, and

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forced to join the military. The
freedom that is allegedly being fought for seems

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to require a lack of freedom for
Ukrainians who face the risk of death in

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the battlefield. This corruption requires a
steady stream of indoctrination and propaganda to keep

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the US policy population from asking questions
are actively opposing the war. I suppose

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that is why Secretary of State Anthony
Blincoln thought it wise to perform with the

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Ukrainian band on his last visit to
Kiev. Not only that, but neither

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the Secretary nor his handlers were aware
that the song he performed, Rockin' in

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the Free World, is a lament
about poverty and hopelessness in a supposedly free

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world which isn't truly free. The
administration is so divorced from reality they thought

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it wise for Secretary Blincoln to play
this song as men are rounded up to

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be cannon fodder. I want to
add that this conflict didn't begin in February

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twenty twenty two. It began years
earlier with the US plan to have Ukraine

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join NATO. In two thousand and
eight, William Burns, then and US

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Ambassador to Russia, revealed in a
cable known to US because of the work

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of Wikiliks, that doing so would
cross a Russian red line and potentially lead

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to quote a major split involving violence
or at worst civil war unquote. As

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we all know, Wikilik's publisher,
Julian nissanj languishes in a UK prison facing

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extradition to the country that has made
an example of him because he has revealed

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secrets such as this cable. I
retrate that there have been peace proposals in

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the past two years, with the
most recent effort being made by the People's

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Republic of China, which has developed
a comprehensive twelve point plan that could mean

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the end of destruction and suffering if
it's given serious consideration. Lastly, I

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would make a plea to the United
Nations to use its power to investigate a

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catastrophic event that is tied to the
Ukraine conflict. On September twenty six,

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twenty twenty two, the North Stream
pipelines were destroyed in an explosion which also

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sent fifteen million tons of CO two
into the atmosphere, thus contributing to global

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warming. Investigations have been closed without
conclusion, and at least one internationally known

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investigative journalist has provided evidence of US
involvement. Sadly, no one in a

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position to investigate in this country has
demanded that it is imperative that the United

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Nations undertake an independent investigation of its
own. This is only possible if fantasies

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about domination are finally and firmly rejected. Doing so would free nations to be

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honest with one another, to struggle
over issues, but to resolve them without

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death or expenditures of money that are
better used for human needs. I thank

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you all profusely for this opportunity and
for the work of the Security Calcil in

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upholding the United Nations Charter on behalf
of the people of the world. Thank

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you very much. I will now
give the foot to the Representative of Ukraine.

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Well, thank you, miss present. Distinguished members of the Security Council.

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I express my appreciation of the briefing
by High Representative Nakamitsum. I also

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recognize putting Sinvoy in the permanent seat
of the Soviet Union. There is nothing

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remarkable about Miss Kimberley's participation in today's
meeting other than her wonderful choice of Ukrainian

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flag colors yellow and blue, and
that is about it. We have already

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highlighted the detrimental impact of such Russian
propaganda shows on the credibility and entirety of

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the Security Council. It is a
mockery of the Council's mandate. When the

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aggressor demands that the council address complains
about the victim of aggression still having weapons

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to defend itself. It is a
mockery of common sense when the aggressor makes

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such a demands such demands after opening
a new front and thus significantly expanding the

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area of hostilities, human suffering and
destruction. The north of Kharki region,

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particularly the town of Chansk, is
now suffering the same fate as other hotspots

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of the Russian war against My country. Settlements are being raised to the ground,

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people are fleeing their homes. Those
who cannot evacuate are subject subjected to

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inhumane treatment by Russian soldiers. Unfortunately, there have already been reports of executions

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of local residents by Russian soldiers in
the northern part of the town of Ovchansk.

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In particular, the Harky Prosecutor's office
is investigating the murder of a disabled

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person in a wheelchair near the local
hospital, committed by Russian forces. This

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was discovered through footage filmed by Ukrainian
reconnaissance drone. On May the seventeenth,

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yesterday, Russian air strikes killed twelve
civilians, including a pregnant woman, in

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the village of Tcherkaska, Lazava,
nov Asinov and of Shradivka in the Harky

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region, as Russian terrorists once again
resorted to the tactics of double strike.

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Two paramedics were among the victims.
Russian guided aerial bombs, ballistic and cruise

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missiles, shells and mines continue to
destroy Ukrainian infrastructure, kill Ukrainian people,

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and poison the natural environment of Ukraine. We are alarmed that Russian troops flagrantly

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violate the Chemical Weapons Convention by resorting
to artillery shelling with chemically hazardous substances.

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In April alone, four hundred and
forty four cases of use by Russia of

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ammunition containing hazardous chemicals were recorded,
that is seventy one cases more than in

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March. We remain concerned about Russia's
on going attempts to exploit the occupation of

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this Uparisia NPP. As a part
of its military strategy. Russia continues to

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use its territory to launch drones and
train drone pilots, taken advantage of the

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fact that the defense forces of Ukraine
cannot return fire in the one point five

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five kilometer zone around the plant.
Russia's obsession obsessive inclination to request Council meetings

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on weapons supplies is in fact a
manifestation of their desire to expand such a

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no return fire zone to the entire
Ukraine. For Ukraine, however, this

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is a matter of survival. We
are therefore grateful to our allies who continue

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to support our fight. Air defense
systems will help protect Ukrainian infrastructure. Fighter

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Jazz will help push back the Russian
aircraft that currently launch guided aerial bombs from

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deep within their territory. Armor and
artillery will help move the front line away

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and restore normal life in the territories
occupied by Russia. Ukraine will continue to

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exercise its inherent right to sell defense
under the Article fifty one of the UN

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Charter until threats to its people and
its sovereignty are removed and the Russian aggression

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is stopped, Mister President. Since
the beginning of the Russian aggression, illegitimacy

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narratives have been the backbone of Russian
propaganda to justify its aggression. In twenty

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fourteen, Russia made claims about a
so called koup dita in Ukraine to justify

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Russia's invasion in February twenty twenty two, putting openly called for the Ukrainian Army

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to topple the Ukrainian government, labeling
it illegitimate to justify it's a unbillainist to

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end the war. Russia keeps repeating
its illegitimacy narrative like a broken record,

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this time by misinterpreting or come completely
ignoring the provisions of the Ukrainian Constitution and

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Ukrainian laws regarding the term of authority
of the President of Ukraine. Let me

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clear the Russian mess and set the
record straight so that there is at least

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some use of these massive misuse of
the Council by the Russian delegation. In

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accordance with the Article one hundred three
of the Constitution of Ukraine, the President

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of Ukraine is elected by the citizens
of Ukraine for a five year term on

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the basis of universal, equal and
direct suffrage by secret ballot, something possibly

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naturally known in Russia until now.
Paragraph one of Articles one hundred and eight

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stipulates that the President of Ukraine exercises
his or her powers until the assumption of

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office by the newly elected President of
Ukraine. This constitutional provision enshrines the fundamental

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principle of institutional continuity of presidential power. Paragraph six of Article one hundred three

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stipulates that the procedure for conducting elections
of the President of Ukraine is established by

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law and the law in its turn
is very clear. In accordance with Article

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nineteen of the Law of Ukraine on
the Legal Regime of marchial Law. During

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martial law, it is prohibited to
hold elections of the President of Ukraine as

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well as parliamentary and local elections in
according to with Article twenty of the Election

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Code of Ukraine and i quote,
in the event of martial law or state

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of emergency being imposed in Ukraine or
its separate territories, the election process of

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national elections and all local elections held
in these territories or their parts shall be

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terminated from the date of entry into
force of the respective decree of the President

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of Ukraine and of Article eleven of
the Law of Ukraine on the Legal regime

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of martial law stipulates that in the
event of the term of power of the

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President of Ukraine expiring during a state
of martial law, the President's powers are

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extended until the new President of Ukraine
elected after the abolition of martial law assumes

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office. Marchia law in Ukraine was
announced by the Decree of the President of

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Ukraine on an imposition of marchial law
in Ukraine of twenty four February twenty twenty

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two, the day that Russia started
its invasion. According to the Constitution of

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Ukraine. This decree has been endorsed
by the Ukrainian Parliament. It remains effective

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today because Russia continues its war of
attrition. The broad area of active combat,

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as well as Russia's regular missile and
drone strikes across the entire territory of

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Ukraine make it impossible to ensure adherents
to international standards and commitments on the right

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of democratic elections, including proper election
administration, a safe environment for campaigning,

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international monitoring and voting. After determination
of abolition of martial law or state of

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emergency, the electoral process which has
been suspended in this connection shall begin again.

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The Election Code of Ukraine in visages
that the decision on calling elections,

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the electoral process of which was suspended
or did not begin due to the imposition

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of martial law or state of emergency, should be adopted by the subject of

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their appointment not later than one months
from the date of termination or abolition of

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martial law or state of emergency.
And if the law does not require a

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separate decision on the appointment for holding
the elections, this Central Election Commission should

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announce the start of the election process
no later than one months from the date

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of termination or abolition or martial law
or state of emergency. In November three

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representatives of groups and factions of the
Ukrainian Parliament, both ruling KA and opposition

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met within the framework of Jean Manette
Dialects for Peace and Democracy and signed conclusions

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on reaching an agreement that elections will
be held after the end of the war

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and abolition of martial law. They
also agreed to elaborate a special law regulating

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these specifics of the first post war
elections. This is plain and simple.

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If Putting's envoy is genuinely concerned about
Ukrainian elections, he should, instead of

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requesting Security Council meetings, recommend his
master in the Kremlin stop the aggression and

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withdraw the troops from the territory of
Ukraine. As you know, on May

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the seventh, Russia held a ceremony
to install la Dimer Puttin in office.

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In this way, the Russian authorities
are attempting to give the entire world and

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its own citizens the illusion of legality
for the nearly lifelong stay in power of

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the person who has turned the Russian
Federation into aggressive state and the ruling regime

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into a dictatorship. During the so
called March elections, the Russian Federation violated

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numerous international documents that served as a
foundation for the modern system of international relations,

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in particular the UN Charter, the
Declaration of the Principles of International Law,

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the Geneva Convention on the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War,

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the Final Act of the Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe, and dozens

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of UN General Assembly resolutions. The
illegal organization of another so called electoral process

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in the sovereign territories of Ukraine temporarily
occupied by the Russian Federation parts of the

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Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaparisia and his
Son Regions, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

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and the City of Sevastopol, accompanied
by threats, blackmail and corrosion of millions

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of Ukrainian citizens who live in the
temporarily occupied territories or were forcibly relocated to

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the territory of the Russian Federation,
constituted a brutal violation of the generally recognized

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norms and principles of international law.
Despite warnings from authoritative international institutions, the

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Russian Federation's actions once again demonstrated that
its leadership did not recognize its responsibility and

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is unwilling to end the illegal,
unprovoked and unjustified full scale aggression against Ukraine,

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which has lasted more than two years
and resulted in numerous human cash and

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destruction. The Kremlin regime, through
propaganda and manipulation, uses voter participation and

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voting results to justify its military invasion
of Ukraine and aggressive policies towards other countries.

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Based on the foregoing and the international
criminal course active ares warrant for Vladimir

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Putin, it is a fact that
there is no legal basis for recognizing him

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as a democratically elected and legitimate president
of the Russian Federation. Recent resolution of

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the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe dated April seventeenth and the European Parliament

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dated April twenty five confirm the ineligibility
of holding so called elections in Ukraine's temporarily

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occupied territories, the undemocratic nature in
Russia's in Russia itself, and in fact

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refute the legitimacy of their results.
We call on foreign countries, international organizations,

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and the public to follow suit by
not recognizing the results of these pseudo

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elections or Russian dictator who they are
put in as a legitimate president, to

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resist the demolition of the system of
the rule of law and universally recognized democratic

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values, as well as to continue
effectively supporting Ukraine in this fight against Russian

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aggression, which pooses a threat to
European and world security, peace and stability.

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Until such steps are taking, strong
international solidarity remains the most effective response

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to both Russian aggression and propaganda.
Solidarity with Ukraine saves the lives of Ukrainian

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soldiers and civilians. It also undermines
the aggressor's potential to spread violence to other

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countries. Finally, solidary with Ukraine
will bolster out our efforts to achieve a

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comprehensive, just and lasting peace on
the basis of the UN Charter. And

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I think, I think the representative
of Ukraine for they are important Statementsian Federation,

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Russian Federation. I'll ask for the
floor to make a further statement,

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and I grantee, thank you,
mister President. I am not going to

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lengthen our discussion, but I just
want to illustrate the reliability of the information

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that the representative of the ky regime
has said, only seventeen percent, according

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to the recent survey of the Ukrainian
population, believes in the legitimacy of their

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presidency. In particular, the Ukrainian
government has not taken this issue to the

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Constitutional Court because it is worried it's
not going to get the response that it

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wants. The irrespective of the legitimacy
of the illegitimacy of missus Olenski has no

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impact whatsoever anyway on our special military
operation. Thank you, I think the

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