WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:19.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:01:00.759 the show about the government, policy and human rights. Welcome at the Policy 3 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:07.599 and Rates Here Depictions Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. As 4 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:14.760 we know, there are several issues happening around the world, but let's focus 5 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:22.120 on two of the biggest ones that have the biggest effect on what is happening 6 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.760 in the world today. One is war, the other is climate change. 7 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.719 Now, in the three segments that we have today, we're going to have 8 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:38.799 the Secretary of General as he is preempting into cop about climate change and his 9 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:49.319 trip to Antarctica, and he was saying this, scientists have said that the 10 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:59.840 Arctic ice has moved back enough to or hasn't returned enough to represent the like 11 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:07.879 the amount of ice it did not re occur is comparable to a few countries 12 00:02:07.960 --> 00:02:16.159 in Europe and very sizable countries in Europe. Let's go that way, which 13 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:23.960 means that there's a significant amount of ice it didn't return this winter in Antarctica. 14 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:34.240 So he's also going to explain some of the reasons why we want to 15 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.479 be concerned about the amount of ice that is actually on our planet. In 16 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:46.919 consideration of warming the Sun, warming the planet, and the planet's ability to 17 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:55.280 simply reflect some of the Sun's radiation away from our own planet. So he's 18 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.680 going to make some statements about that, and he will also be asked in 19 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:02.719 questions, of course, about what's going on in Israel leading us back to 20 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:07.039 war once again. What's going on in Israel? What about the ceasefire? 21 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:16.560 How long is that going to last? In several issues around that peace in 22 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:23.639 the Middle East. In our next segment, we're going to have a representative 23 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:32.599 as he provides some sort of testimony about how important it is for one the 24 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:42.520 UN Security Council to stick to the agreements that they make, to enforce those 25 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:52.360 agreements with their various countries so that we find better commerce, we find people 26 00:03:54.400 --> 00:04:02.199 countries are feeling secure about what is happening around them, the Eastern world or 27 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:11.599 the Western world being the bullies. And we've heard we hear that several times 28 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:18.839 from the Russian Federation that hey, once again it is the United States and 29 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:26.720 Western countries just trying to bulldoze the world into what it is that they want 30 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:36.240 and not having regard for anyone else. And he's going to be very articulate 31 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:43.079 about what it is that not only the UN Security Council can do, but 32 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:48.680 how we could work together as countries to ensure and listen to each other rather 33 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:55.480 than taking guns and shooting at each other. And this comes on the wake 34 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:03.040 of one of the worst there is a drone strikes that happened in Ukraine over 35 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:12.000 the past weekend. We are actually speaking to you today is November twenty seventh, 36 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:23.920 twenty twenty three. And lastly, we're gonna hear from about the the 37 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:34.680 the World Health Organization, as there is a lifetime achievement award in the public 38 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:46.279 given two organizers within the WHL. So we're going to hear a bit about 39 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:57.439 about how that actually plays out with doctor Tedros and others from that. And 40 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:05.519 why don't we get started with what Antonio Gerres had to say at a UN 41 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:13.959 stakeout in New York City, Africa back from an attack. Or secretary will 42 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:17.560 make some remarks and then he will take some questions. I have just returned 43 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:25.519 from Antarctica, the Sleeping Giant, a giant being awoken by climate chaos. 44 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:32.360 Together, Antarctica and Greenland are melting well over three times faster than they were 45 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:38.959 in the early nineties. It is profoundly shocking to stand on the ice of 46 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:47.120 Antarctica and there directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing. New figures 47 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:55.959 show that this September Antarctica sea ice was one point five million square kilometers smaller 48 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.279 than the average for the time of year, an area roughly equal to the 49 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:08.040 combined size of Portugal, Spain, France and Germany. And this year antarcticas 50 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:14.560 sea ice it an all time low. That matters for us all. What 51 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:20.000 happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica. We live in an interconnected world. 52 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:28.160 Melting sea highs means rising seas, and that directly endangers lives and livelihoods in 53 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:33.720 coastal communities across the globe. Floods and salt water intrusion, imperial crops and 54 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:42.000 drinking water, threatening food and water security. Homes are no longer insurable. 55 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:48.839 Coastal cities and the entire small island risk being lost to the seas, and 56 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:57.079 vital natural systems are at risk of being disrupted. The movement of waters around 57 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:03.000 Antarctica distributes heat, nutrients, and carbon around the world, helping to regulate 58 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:09.120 our climate and regional weather. Patterns, but that system is slowing as the 59 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:16.759 Southern Ocean grows warmer and less dense. Further slow down or entire breakdown would 60 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:22.920 spell catastrophe. The cause of all this destruction is clear, the fossil full 61 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.680 pollution, coating the hearth and heating the planet. Without changing course, we 62 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.840 are heading towards a kilometers three degree celsius temperature rise by the end of the 63 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:41.039 century, and sea surface temperature are already at record times. If we continue 64 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:46.720 as we are, and I strongly hope we will not, the Greenland and 65 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:52.919 West Antarctica high sheets will cross a deadly tipping point. These alone would ultimately 66 00:08:54.200 --> 00:09:00.480 push up sea levels by around ten meters. We are trapped in a deadly 67 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:05.519 cycle. Ice reflects the Sun's rays. As it vanishes, more it is 68 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:11.679 absorbed into the HER's atmosphere, and that means more heating, which means more 69 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.960 storms, floods, fires, and droughts across the globe, and more melting, 70 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:22.320 which means with less ice, even more heating. At COP twenty eight, 71 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:28.120 which starts later this week, leaders must break this cycle. The solutions 72 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:33.200 are well known. Leaders must act to limit global temperatureize to one point five 73 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:41.519 degrees protect people from climate chaos and end the fossil fuel h We need a 74 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:48.159 global commitments to triple renewables, double energy efficiency, and bring clean power to 75 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.720 all by twenty thirty. We need a clear and credible commitment to phase out 76 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.000 fossil fuels on a time frame that aligns with the one point five degree limit. 77 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:03.919 And we need climate justice setting the world up for a huge increasing investment 78 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:11.360 in adaptation and loss and damage to protect people from climate extremes. Antarctica is 79 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:18.639 crying out for action. I saluted thousands of researchers in Antarcta and around the 80 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:24.080 world expanding our understanding of the change is taking place on the continent. They 81 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:31.960 are testament to human ingenuity and the immense benefits of international collaboration. Leaders must 82 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:37.200 not let the hopes of people around the world for a sustainable planet melt away. 83 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:46.960 They must make COP twenty eight count and I thank you zero, thank 84 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:52.080 you for this briefing. A couple questions, if I may, can you 85 00:10:52.159 --> 00:11:03.440 react to allegations that the UAE has been negotiating carbon fuel deals on the sidelines 86 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.320 of COP and that's their intention. Are you worried about this undermining it? 87 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:13.120 And also just if you have any reaction to the ceasefire in Gaza happening. 88 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.960 We just heard it was extended another two days. How is the humanitarian relief 89 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:24.320 going from your perspective? Thank you well. In relation to the first question, 90 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.440 I can't believe it is true. In relation to the second, I 91 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:37.120 would say it's a glimpse of hope and humanity in the middle of the darkness 92 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:41.840 of war. And I strongly hope that these really enable us to increase even 93 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:48.279 more the humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza that is suffering so much, 94 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:56.840 knowing that even with that additional amount of time, it will be impossible to 95 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:05.000 satisfy all the dramatic needs of the popular sitting gas. Thank you, Secretary 96 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:11.639 General. Just another couple of quick questions on the Middle East conflict. The 97 00:12:11.799 --> 00:12:16.600 UN has been pushing for Israel to also open the UN. You have been 98 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:24.240 pushing for Israel to allow aid deliveries through the com Shalom crossing as well. 99 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:28.799 Has Israel given you any indication that they might be willing to open that? 100 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:33.519 And then once a ceasefire is reached and the war stops. You've spoken about 101 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:41.480 the need for a reinvigorated Palestinian authority to run Gaza. What does a reinvigorated 102 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:48.039 Palestinian authority look like? What does that mean? Well, first of all, 103 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:54.759 I'm sincerely hopeful that it will be possible to have other crossings because they 104 00:12:54.799 --> 00:13:01.679 will facilitate the distribution and also facilitate the control by the Israeli side. So 105 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:11.879 I'm very hopeful that this will happen a Palestinian authority, hopefully in the day 106 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:18.360 after. And as I mentioned, we will need to look seriously into all 107 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:26.240 the transition takes place and obviously before as implications on the after, and so 108 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:31.480 it's still early to know exactly how things will happen. But I believe that 109 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:37.960 we need a Palestinian authority with the responsibility to rule in GASA in the West 110 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:46.600 Bank and to create the conditions to make sure that the two state solutions moves 111 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:52.159 forward and this time moves forward in a way that is irreversible. And so 112 00:13:52.639 --> 00:14:01.200 obviously this will naturally lead to a strengthened Palestinian authority, and I believe the 113 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:07.879 international community should be ready to support it. Welcome back, it's Pamela. 114 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:15.879 Far from CBS News on your trip. Renewables are being increased, They're at 115 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:20.120 the lowest cost they've been. The one thing you didn't say is whether or 116 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:26.159 not it is too late for the Antiarctic melting and the IC melting. It 117 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:33.039 is not too late. It is clear that if we now take decisions tripling 118 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:41.200 for twenty thirty the renewables energy available, and it is possible, and it 119 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:46.240 is cheaper than doing anything else, doubling energy efficiency because if we do not 120 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:52.639 spend energy, that is the best way to protect the climate. And finally, 121 00:14:52.240 --> 00:15:00.399 phasing out fossil fools with a time frame that is compatible with zero point 122 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:05.000 five degrees. So if there is political will to take these three decisions, 123 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.759 we are perfectly on time to avoid any catastrophe in Antarctica and around the world. 124 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:16.919 Thank you, Thank you, Ahmakathy eight and news missus sexually general, 125 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:24.200 you have always championed the role of the civil society and climate action. How 126 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.120 do you intend to discuss with the civil society you are going to be present 127 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:35.159 in Dubai, especially after the last report about UI engaging in negotiations with fifteen 128 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:41.840 nations, and what message do you have for the activists who are going to 129 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:50.279 be underground since you have seen through the previous cops, how passionate they are 130 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:58.759 about the climate action. Thank you. Obviously, if there is a defining 131 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:04.399 issue of all times, if there is what we can call the most relevant 132 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:08.399 threats to humankind is climate. So to be passionate about climate is to be 133 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:15.480 passionate about humanity. Now, I already had a meeting with key civil society 134 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.600 leaders exactly in preparation of the COP and I intend to take profit of my 135 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:23.679 presence in the COP to have intense contact with the civil society that will be 136 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.960 present in the blue zone. Thank you very much, Thank thank you. 137 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:33.200 Tomorrow we have another present. Help all the best, welcome back. You 138 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:41.600 look cold. You know, most of us think that because well, an 139 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:49.639 article is on the bottom of the planet, it's the it's in the southern 140 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:56.600 hemisphere. Whatever could it possibly have on my well being? I live here 141 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:03.319 in Canada or the United States, you know, well, you know so 142 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:14.440 much for South America or Africa, in maybe even India. But that's simply 143 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:22.680 not true. We are all connected by way of our planet, and the 144 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:30.799 oceans connects us. The oceans has a lot to do with what is happening 145 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:37.160 weatherwise around the planet. It doesn't matter that it was in Antarctica Antarctica has 146 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:45.599 an effect on our weather systems here in the Northern Hemisphere and even in the 147 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:53.400 North Pacific or the North Atlantic. So we need to we need to pay 148 00:17:53.440 --> 00:18:03.400 attention to everything that happens. We're a whole planet, not just separate pieces. 149 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:06.960 Okay, So why don't we move forward? And we're gonna listen to 150 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:18.480 what jeff Sachs has to say in a briefing that he gives to the UN 151 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:27.799 Security Council about a plan that might be viable to creating a world cooperation. 152 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:37.960 Now, what's next after world cooperation? It couldn't be something simple like global 153 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:42.839 peace? Right, something that we really we could we could do this. 154 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:52.680 We could have global peace within our lifetimes. How about that? That would 155 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:56.400 be an amazing thing. Why don't we listen to what Jeffrey Sachs has to 156 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:03.559 say as he actually spoke to the United Nations Security Council about a plan that 157 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:21.359 could lead to world peace? Was in the Actian Setsang Krombachian Club, Mister 158 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:29.839 President, Ambassador's Secretary General MDB, President RUSEF, Distinguished Diplomats, Ladies and 159 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:36.000 gentlemen. Today's meeting takes place at a time of several major wars. In 160 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:41.039 my testimony, I will refer to four. The Ukraine War, which started 161 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:47.279 in twenty fourteen with the violent overthrow of Ukraine's President Victor Yanikovich, The Israel 162 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:52.279 Palestine War, which has flared repeatedly since nineteen sixty seven, The Syrian War 163 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:57.799 which began in twenty eleven, and the Sahel Wars, which began in twenty 164 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:03.519 twelve in Mali and have now spread throughout the Sahel. These wars may seem 165 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.720 intractable, but they are not. Indeed, I would suggest that all four 166 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:15.319 wars could be ended quickly by agreement within the UN Security Council. One reason 167 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:19.359 is that major wars must be fed from the outside, both with external finances 168 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:26.319 and armaments. The UN Security Council could agree to choke off these awful wars 169 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.799 by withholding external finance and armaments. This would require an agreement among the major 170 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:36.680 powers. The other reason why these wars can end quickly is that they result 171 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:41.839 from economic and political factors that can be addressed through diplomacy rather than through war. 172 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:47.680 By addressing the underlying political and economic factors, the Security Council can establish 173 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:52.400 conditions for peace and sustainable development. Let me consider each of the four Wars 174 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:57.160 in turn. Briefly, the war in Ukraine has two main political causes. 175 00:20:57.759 --> 00:21:03.680 The first is the attempt NATO to expand to Ukraine despite the timely and repeated 176 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:08.559 objections by Russia. Russia considers NATO presence in Ukraine as a significant threat to 177 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:15.680 Russia's security. The second political causes the East West ethnic division in Ukraine, 178 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:22.960 partly along linguistic and partly along religious lines. Following the overthrow of President Yanikovich 179 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:27.519 in twenty fourteen, ethnic Russian regions broke away from the post coup government and 180 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:33.480 appealed for protection and autonomy. The Minsko Agreement, endorsed by this Council and 181 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:40.119 Resolution twenty two oh two, called for regional autonomy to be incorporated in Ukraine's 182 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:45.319 constitution, but the agreement was never implemented by Ukraine, despite the UN Security 183 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:51.720 Council backing. The economic cause of the war results from the fact that Ukraine's 184 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:56.200 economy faces both west to the European Union and east to Russia, Central Asia 185 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.680 and East Asia. When the EU tried to negotiate a free trade agreement with 186 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:07.200 Ukraine, Russia expressed alarm that its own trade and investments in Ukraine would be 187 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:11.200 undermined unless a three way agreement was reached among the EU, Russia, and 188 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:19.200 Ukraine to ensure that Ukrainian Russian trade and investment would be sustained alongside EU Ukrainian 189 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:26.039 trade. This is a well known event in trade negotiations. Unfortunately, the 190 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.160 EU was apparently not prepared to negotiate with Russia over such a three way arrangement, 191 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:37.680 and the competing east West orientation of Ukraine's economy was never resolved. This 192 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:42.599 Council could end the Ukraine War quickly by addressing its underlying political and economic causes. 193 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:48.039 On the political front, the p five countries should agree to extend a 194 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:52.720 security guaranteed to Ukraine while also agreeing that NATO will not expand to Ukraine, 195 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:59.759 thereby addressing Russia's concerns over NATO enlargement. The Council should also work to achieve 196 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:06.039 a lay lasting governance solution regarding Ukraine's ethnic divisions. On the economic side, 197 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:11.160 there are two considerations, one in policy and the other in finance. On 198 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:15.960 policy, Ukraine's strong economic interest is to join the European Union while also maintaining 199 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:22.559 open trade in financial relations with Russia and the rest of Eurasia. Ukraine's trade 200 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:26.920 policy should be inclusive rather than diversionary, allowing Ukraine to serve as a vibrant 201 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:33.200 economic bridge across the East and West of Eurasia. On the financing side, 202 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:38.799 Ukraine will need funding for reconstruction and for new physical infrastructure such as fast rail, 203 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:44.519 renewable energy five G and port modernization. As I described below, I 204 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:49.119 recommend that the Security Council establish a new Peace and Development Fund to help mobilize 205 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:55.519 the financing to help Ukraine and other war zones to turn away from war towards 206 00:23:55.599 --> 00:24:00.240 recovery and long term sustainable development. Considering a simil way the war in Israel 207 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:06.200 and Palestine, hereto the war could be ended quickly by the Council enforcing the 208 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:11.960 many UN Security Council resolutions made over several decades calling for a return to the 209 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:18.720 nineteen sixty seven borders, an end of Israel's settlement activities in the occupied territories, 210 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:23.599 and the two state solution, Including in UN Security Council's resolutions two forty 211 00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:29.079 two, three thirty eight, thirteen ninety seven, fifteen fifteen and twenty three 212 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:33.680 thirty four, it is clear that Israel and Palestine are unable to reach agreements 213 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:40.400 in line with these UN Security Council resolutions. On both sides, hardliners repeatedly 214 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:45.920 frustrate moderate moderates who seek peace based on the two state solution. It is 215 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:49.359 high time, therefore, in my view, for the UN Security Council, 216 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:55.240 to enforce its decisions by implementing a just and lasting solution that is in the 217 00:24:55.359 --> 00:25:00.359 interests of both Israel and Palestine, rather than allowing hardliners on both side to 218 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:06.400 ignore the mandate of this Council and thereby to threaten global peace. My recommendation 219 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:11.119 to this Council is that it immediately recognized the state of Palestine in a matter 220 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:14.960 of days or weeks, and welcome Palestine as a full member of the United 221 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:19.039 Nations, with the capital in East Jerusalem and with sovereign control over the Islamic 222 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:25.279 Holy Sites. The Council should establish a peacekeeping force drawn heavily from the neighboring 223 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:29.960 Arab countries to help provide security in Palestine. Such an outcome is in the 224 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:36.160 overwhelming will of the international community and the manifest interest of both Israel and Palestine. 225 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:41.319 Despite the vociferous objections by hard line rejectionists on both sides, of the 226 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:47.799 divide. An economic strategy should accompany the political strategy. Most importantly, the 227 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:52.880 new sovereign state of Palestine must be economically viable, and I give several examples 228 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:57.720 of how that can be done. But most importantly, both Israel and Palestine 229 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:02.640 should become part of an INN in to grate its sustainable development plan for the 230 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:07.720 Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East that supports climate resilience and the region's transition to green 231 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:14.400 energy. The Council could similarly end the war in Syria. The Syrian War 232 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:18.920 broke out in twenty eleven when several regional powers and the United States joined forces 233 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:25.640 to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. This deeply misguided regime 234 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:30.279 change operation failed, but it triggered a prolonged war with enormous bloodshed and destruction, 235 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:36.680 including of ancient cultural heritage sites. The Council should make clear that all 236 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:41.400 P five countries and the countries in Syria's neighborhood are in full agreement, that 237 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.640 all regime change attempts are now permanently ended, and that the UN Security Council 238 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:52.359 intends to work closely with the Syrian government on reconstruction and development and the economic 239 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:57.640 side. Syria's best hope is to become closely integrated into the Eastern Mediterranean and 240 00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:03.640 Middle East region, especially through the construction of physical infrastructure connecting Syria with Turkey, 241 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:08.680 the Middle East, and the Mediterranean nations. The war in the Sahel 242 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:14.559 has similar roots. Just as the regional powers in the US aim to overthrow 243 00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:18.599 the regime of Bashar al Assad in twenty eleven, the NATO powers similarly aimed 244 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:25.039 to overthrow the regime of Mohamer Kadafi. In pursuing this aim, they grossly 245 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:30.839 exceeded the mandate of UN Security Council Resolution nineteen seventy three, which had authorized 246 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:37.839 the protection of Libya's civilian population but certainly not authorized a NATO led regime change. 247 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:41.960 The violent overthrow of the Libyan government quickly spilled over to the impoverished countries 248 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:48.400 of the Sahil. Poverty alone made these Sahelian countries highly vulnerable to the influx 249 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:53.519 of armaments and militias. The result has been ongoing violence and multiple coups, 250 00:27:53.960 --> 00:28:00.559 gravely undermining the possibility of economic improvement. The countries of the the saw Hell 251 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:07.200 form a natural aggregation for regional economic investment in infrastructure. The entire region urgently 252 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:11.440 needs investments in electrification, digital access, water and sanitation, and road and 253 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.920 rail transport, as well as in social services, notably education and healthcare. 254 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:21.119 As the saw Hell is among the poorest regions of the world, if not 255 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:26.720 the poorest, the governments are utterly unable to finance the needed investments here too, 256 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:30.519 and perhaps more than in any other region, the Sawhel needs external funding 257 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:36.839 to make the transition from war to peace and from extreme poverty to sustainable development. 258 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:41.960 All P five members, and indeed the whole world, have suffered adverse 259 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:47.240 consequences from the continuation of these wars. All countries are paying a price in 260 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:52.319 terms of financial burdens, economic instability, risks of terrorism, and risks of 261 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:56.359 wider war. The Security Council is in a position to take decisive actions to 262 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:03.039 end the wars precisely because it is clear that the interests of all UN Security 263 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:07.519 Security Council members, and notably all of the P five countries, is to 264 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:12.680 bring these long standing wars to an end before they escalate into even more dangerous 265 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:18.000 conflicts. The Security Council is vested with considerable powers by the UN Charter. 266 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:22.720 When it has the resolve of its members. It can introduce peacekeepers and even 267 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:27.720 armies if necessary. It can impose economic sanctions on countries that do not comply 268 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:33.119 with UN Security Council resolutions. It can provide security guarantees to nations. It 269 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:37.920 can make referrals to the International Criminal Court to stop war crimes. In short, 270 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:42.359 the Council is certainly able to enforce its resolutions if it chooses to do 271 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:48.039 so. For the sake of global peace. Let the Council now choose to 272 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:53.000 end these wars. The UN Security Council can also bolster its toolkit by engaging 273 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:59.960 in economic peace building alongside the more usual decisions on borders, peacekeeper, sanctioned 274 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:03.559 and the like. I've mentioned already several times the idea of creating a new 275 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:10.440 peace and development fund that the UN Security Council could deploy to create positive dynamics 276 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:14.839 for sustainable development and to work with other investors such as the World Bank, 277 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:18.160 the IMF, the regional development banks such as the NDB, and others to 278 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:22.920 co invest in peace making. I would recommend three guideposts for such a fund. 279 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:26.799 First, it would be funded by the major powers by transferring a part 280 00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:32.440 of their military outlays to global peace making. The US, for example, 281 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:37.359 now spends roughly one trillion dollars per year on the military, while China, 282 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:41.079 Russia, India, and Saudi Arabia are the next biggest spenders, with combined 283 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:47.319 military spending roughly half of the US. Suppose that these countries reduce military outlays 284 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:51.400 by just ten percent and redirect the savings to the Peace and Development Fund, 285 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:55.640 that alone would free up around one hundred and sixty billion dollars per year. 286 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:00.960 Second, the Fund would emphasize regional integration. This is paramount for peacemaking as 287 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:07.200 well as for successful development. Ukraine would be helped to integrate both West and 288 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:12.200 East Israel, Palestine in Syria would all be helped to integrate in a network 289 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:17.960 of the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East. The Sahou countries would be helped to 290 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:22.279 break their isolation and lack of services through a network of infrastructure. Third, 291 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.559 the Peace and Development Fund would partner with other funding streams, such as China's 292 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:33.039 Belton Road Initiative, the European Union's Global Gateway, the G seven's Global Partnership 293 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:37.200 for Infrastructure and Investment, and increased lending by the Bretton Woods Institutions. In 294 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:41.880 the regional development banks, as the Secretary General has called for in the SDG 295 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:48.359 stimulus. Interestingly, the Fund for Peace and Development could be a vehicle for 296 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:52.960 greater investment partnerships that links China, the EU, the United States, and 297 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.160 the G Seven. This too, would be a contribution towards peace, not 298 00:31:56.359 --> 00:32:02.440 only into ending today's wars, but in to increase in cooperation among the world's 299 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:08.039 major powers. Directly across the street from US as Isaiah's Wall, with the 300 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:14.279 visionary words of the great Jewish prophet of the eighth century BCE, they shall 301 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:19.200 beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations shall not 302 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:23.759 lift upsword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. It is time 303 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:30.799 to honor Isaiah's words by ending these useless and destructive wars, slashing military outlays, 304 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:36.000 and turning the savings into new investments in education, healthcare, renewable energy, 305 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:39.480 and social protection. As an American, I am proud that our greatest 306 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:45.519 President, Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt, was the visionary who oversaw the establishment of this 307 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:50.519 great institution. I firmly believe in the capacity of the United Nations and of 308 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:55.359 this Security Council to keep the peace and to promote sustainable development. When all 309 00:32:55.480 --> 00:33:01.079 one hundred ninety three UN member states or one hundred ninety four with the membership 310 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:06.759 of Palestine live up to the UN Charter, we will have a new global 311 00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:14.799 age of peace and sustainable development. Thank you. You know, when we 312 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:20.720 get over this idea of why not roch I listen to them. They're the 313 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:28.440 Eastern countries. They have no clue about anything, They're evil or whatever else 314 00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:36.480 we might be hearing about Eastern people or people who are not the same as 315 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:42.440 us. When we get over the fact that they're different and we learn to 316 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:47.519 celebrate those differences instead of putting them down, we may actually find some fine 317 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:58.000 Jeffrey Sachs plan, as he described, a viable thing and an achievable thing. 318 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:08.000 So why do we move forward? As doctor Tedros receives a achievement award 319 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:29.199 from a group in Africa pout Is Tenia at the doublin true Doctor Tedros example 320 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:39.639 five what we call the conformative leaguers stealing in operation through complex global health challenging 321 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:52.719 with the really and really it's committment to ensuring access to healthcare, promoting degree 322 00:34:52.559 --> 00:35:00.679 and star Fling emergency and train and left and and the abor hm impact on 323 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:08.400 the left of billions around the world. Additionally, doctor ten was playing an 324 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:15.239 instrumental role in the establishment of what we call a freak a cidy. For 325 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:22.480 all of you don't know that. It's in twenty thirteen when it was Means 326 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:30.039 of Varia first during a meeting in Auta that for the first time he said, 327 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:36.599 why we're gonnot create a continental operasion called a freaker cidity. It was 328 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:45.800 the first time someone talked about the fat If you want to know what the 329 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:58.559 funding part of a freaker cidity is seeing it's commit meant to championing the International 330 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:07.400 Health Regulation and the Pandemic Agreement which constitutes the INTERNS and legal framework for a 331 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:15.239 anyting pandemic prevention, preparedness and resolt stand because of inspiration for all of us. 332 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:22.000 The testaments with the impact one in Dudual can have on the health and 333 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:30.719 wealthy of the Remney. I want to hand over to my sister when she 334 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:36.480 has to work with look at Tatos for a very long time. She's also 335 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:40.440 his sister and a friend of doctor Ted. I wanted to pay a few 336 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:55.079 words for doctor table before for they did. Thank you very much, doctor 337 00:36:55.159 --> 00:37:02.239 John. Did you have the APPETA CDC and good afternoon. So there's amazing 338 00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:10.679 collection of partners, young people, leaders, ministers and what all the fuss. 339 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:16.519 You're excellent, thank you for having So it's very difficult to talk about 340 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:22.480 your boss, your inspiration, who's ten years or so younger than you. 341 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:30.400 But I'd like to really on behalf of all the stuff in the UTU, 342 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:36.840 particularly on behalf of my colleagues in the African continent, in the African Region, 343 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:43.280 say how proudly are of you? That was how much we believe, 344 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:49.400 how much we really believe you deserve this recognition by the Africans in DC. 345 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:54.599 I was privileged to be at that meeting when you proposed. At that time, 346 00:37:54.679 --> 00:38:00.360 I was the assistant reason a directitans when you came up as the estyff 347 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:06.599 Health for Helpia with the idea of establishing the African Civic I've followed and worked 348 00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:09.159 with you as the Minister of Health. I've been privileged to interact with you 349 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:15.400 when you are the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ethiopia in the African Union, 350 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:22.000 and I have been really inspired by your leaders, your team and all of 351 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:25.159 us and the original directors and all the regions that they're being chos. I've 352 00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:30.920 been inspired by the transformation that you've may end up being true itself in seeking 353 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:37.199 new ways of working, new partnerships, new funding, and particularly in emphatising 354 00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:43.239 and in private those of us in Africa the importance of working with our communities, 355 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:47.000 our young people, creating the space and being an example in doing that 356 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:52.719 in our healths. We've worked very much in the African region along that line. 357 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:57.920 We have established a UN volunteers program for young women of which I've been 358 00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:01.800 very proud. We managed to mobilize by three hundred young African women to join 359 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:07.519 that future in Africa and make their part up into other regions and the focus 360 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:14.199 that was part of what you inspired us to do. I know that you 361 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:17.679 work. You lead from the heart, and you lead from your brain. 362 00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:24.199 Work and let us paid you encounter some challenging in the openness, in the 363 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:30.559 preparedness to change the way that mutual works, in your readiness to challenge no 364 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:37.119 normality that have been accepted in the global relationships between the North and the South, 365 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:42.840 and particular with Africa. Sometimes that's making the difficulties some countries have decided 366 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:46.079 to redraw their finances from that you chose for a while to punish you for 367 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:52.519 your vision and your leadership. We are proud of you, and we'd likely 368 00:39:52.679 --> 00:40:00.880 to continue to work in this way with your particular focus on equity, justice, 369 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:09.719 people and international institutions and organizations that take that as well moral responsibility, 370 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:14.880 and then working on the strategic ways to make that fact happen with all of 371 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:19.320 the partners. We're inspired by the way in which I'm looking to diversify the 372 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:23.079 sorting of funding from the virtue because that will also help us to be a 373 00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:30.960 better partner to our manstin so younger brother, my dear boss. I'm really 374 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:44.039 proud of you and well done to have the World Reserves recognition. Excellency the 375 00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:51.760 at Coolague. You would be some fun. This is the post that the 376 00:40:52.039 --> 00:41:10.840 very close time for Taos to receive in our world format. H Then who 377 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:17.920 a mile, that's a general think I don't ahead of Stea. I was 378 00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:24.039 talking to President of form of US who say we are represented all of us 379 00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:36.079 bar his excellency I can be laim and Excellency Deparments of Namibia who will come 380 00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:43.360 to our ward took that headows please let us stand and invite our leaders to 381 00:41:43.519 --> 00:43:00.480 come. Thank you, Thank you, ALLDI then look back it bloss committed 382 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:06.400 that he will not cry. I think he will stick to is commit. 383 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:10.480 Men, I'm there. If you want to cry, just look at me. 384 00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:16.719 We want to give him an opportunity to say a few words. After 385 00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:22.599 that we'll watch it with you. Okay. Number of readers who wanted to 386 00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:39.960 recognize this moment doctor by stick on the paper then crying, your excellency President 387 00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:57.039 kind your excellency Prime Minister Sarah Helen, Honorable Minister Silvia Sable, and my 388 00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:06.280 dear sister Shed and my dear brother Region and the co chair Margaret. Their 389 00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:09.960 ministers, by the way, not only from our continent, we have ministers 390 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:22.920 from the Caribbean also. I don't know if there are others, but essentially 391 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:30.000 from barbedoes. It's here. That's why I would recognize. And this classform 392 00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:37.480 is also being used to strengthen the Africa Caribbean partnership. And really glad to 393 00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:46.400 see how Cita Chase is growing as a prior son of Africa. I'm deeply 394 00:44:46.480 --> 00:45:00.599 happy to accept this a word, I thank the African Union and the African 395 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:07.159 CDC for this great honor, especially my brother John, great honor, thank 396 00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:15.079 you so much. In twenty thirty, when I was Foreign Minister of my 397 00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:21.760 country Ethiopia, I was fortunate to chair the Foreign Ministers Council in the development 398 00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:29.519 of Agenda twenty sixty three. That was the fiftieth anniversary of OAU and also 399 00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:37.320 ten years I think after African Convenion. The blueprint that Agenda twenty sixty three, 400 00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:42.119 as you know, we call it the blueprint of the Apica we want. 401 00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:52.880 Agenda twenty sixty three was built on seven pillars, including now in support 402 00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:58.119 of that pillar. It was at that point that we started discussions about building 403 00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:06.960 continental institutions together without my fellow or ministers and also ministers of health. And 404 00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:12.280 that's why, as John said in twoly twenty sixteen, at the meeting of 405 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:16.039 the African Union, for the first time, the idea of the Africa CITZ 406 00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:23.400 was proposed. Since then, a lot has been done, including the establishment 407 00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:30.079 of Africa Citizen and the African Latinist agents, especially Applican Citizen has grown from 408 00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:36.239 strange to strains and I consider Africa Citizy as my daughter, and I'm glad 409 00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:46.280 to see my daughter growing from strength to strains. After my election as Director 410 00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:52.760 General of w two in twenty seventeen, I continue to support the strengthening of 411 00:46:52.920 --> 00:47:00.639 the Africa CITZ and AMMA and we have continued to supp sport and healthier Africa 412 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:07.519 through other initiatives including the Margin and technology transfer have in South Africa with my 413 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:13.280 sister, very important initiative that we think we'll address the epigy problems that we 414 00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:19.039 place during the fandom. But even more important than investments in institutions, in 415 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:24.159 investments in human capital in people, especially in our young ones. This is 416 00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:30.840 one of the other priorities of agenda when in sixty step we want. For 417 00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:37.760 too long young African public health professionals have not had the opportunities they deserve at 418 00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:45.039 a pature. We have begun to change that by transforming our international program, 419 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:51.400 paying our interns for the first time and also establishing the Young Locational program. 420 00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:59.480 As you know this ye who marche who this year March debut into seven five 421 00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:06.159 year seventeen aniversary. We were founded in nineteen forty eight as nations sow to 422 00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:12.039 build the new World together in the aftermath of the Second World War. Our 423 00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:20.360 constitution beginness with two important definitions, first that health is a fundamental human right 424 00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:27.800 for all people, and second that the health for all people is fundamental peace 425 00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:34.760 and security. Seventy five years later, those works are more relevant than ever, 426 00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:42.480 and I remain more convinced than ever that the healthy Africa is the foundation 427 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:51.400 of the more prosperous, more secure, more equitable and more peaceful Africa. 428 00:48:52.239 --> 00:49:04.599 We all long word and you know the African program forms do not grow before 429 00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:09.719 the head. In the same way, Hell is not a product of strong 430 00:49:09.800 --> 00:49:15.000 and prosperous nations. It's the foundation. Of course, it can be also 431 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:22.599 a by product of prosperity. A healthy population is a productive, innovative and 432 00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:27.400 a zilian population. And the best way to protect and promote the health of 433 00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:32.079 the population is to make sure all its people can access in health services they 434 00:49:32.199 --> 00:49:39.199 need, where and when they need them, without basing financial action. That's 435 00:49:39.239 --> 00:49:46.079 why the entire top priority remains universalian coverage, built on strong time care. 436 00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:55.000 Our continent is the birth place of humanity and it will play a vital part 437 00:49:55.320 --> 00:50:00.960 in the future of humanity in the coming say to it and beyond. Our 438 00:50:01.079 --> 00:50:07.400 continent is home to some of the richest resources on Earth. I don't mean 439 00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:15.159 the resources very underground. I mean the ones above the ground, our brothers 440 00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:21.480 and sisters, I mean the human capital and the human sources. They are 441 00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:27.800 the future of our great continent and they must be the focus of our investments 442 00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:32.239 now. It took almost seventy five years for demage Or to have the first 443 00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:38.159 African Director General, but it will not take another seventy for the next one. 444 00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:51.159 Maybe they're a child growing up poor and the midst of conflict like I 445 00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:55.639 did. Maybe they're a student like I was. Maybe they're working to promote 446 00:50:55.679 --> 00:51:00.920 and protect held at the local level like I did. Maybe they're working in 447 00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:08.920 government as I had the honor to do. W who knows. Maybe they 448 00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:22.119 are in this Thank you so much again for this great honor, and I 449 00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:30.480 accept it with a mixture of pride and humility, not only on my own 450 00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:37.239 behalf, but on behalf of all my colleagues at who who work every day, 451 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:43.320 sometimes in difficult and dangerous situations, to protect and promote behld of the 452 00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:52.280 world's people, and especially humbled to receive this award from the hands of this 453 00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:59.280 excellency President Chilema and Prime Minister Serah. That gives me more. Thank you 454 00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:02.800 so much and I would like to use this opportunity also your excellency to have 455 00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:14.719 to recognize your leadership was global, continental and your own country because I know 456 00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:17.840 your commitment to help. So thank you. Thank you so much for your 457 00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:24.920 leadership and for the change you're making, which I fully agree with what he 458 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:30.800 had already outlined. By the way I gave him an e Tiptian name because 459 00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:42.119 I misspelled his name Kassi. That's it very close as Africa has made me 460 00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:49.280 who I am, and I hope in some small way to repay that. 461 00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:58.039 That's I'm in lettered to our continent Africa. Thank you. Yeah. Maybe 462 00:52:58.559 --> 00:53:06.719 one thing I would like to say when John said I haven't received awards from 463 00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:12.480 Africa is from African Union, because I have been sharing up the foreign affairs 464 00:53:13.239 --> 00:53:16.360 the africas it is in many things from Africa, though, I would like 465 00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:22.199 to recognize the recognition from his excellency President of Senegal. I think this was 466 00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:29.880 in early actually twenty seventeen eighteen, and then from Benin also President of Benin, 467 00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:35.719 and then from South Africa as well recently. So thank you so much 468 00:53:35.800 --> 00:53:42.480 for all this recognition and I really appreciate it. And this one, you 469 00:53:42.599 --> 00:53:45.719 know which I accept with pride, thank you so much. In the thank 470 00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:55.280 yousent mine yea. And to close, there is a video, a video 471 00:53:55.400 --> 00:54:02.400 of a few people, respected people. We say we want to make our 472 00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:08.840 voice for Tetros to know how we love him and how we respect what he's 473 00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:15.719 doing. I hope we can have this video and we don't have network Chalange, 474 00:54:15.440 --> 00:54:22.639 please the video for Tetros. In a world seeped by leaders, one 475 00:54:22.760 --> 00:54:30.880 stands out guiding with moral clarency, courage and transformitative vision. Today we honor 476 00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:38.840 this leader, Doctor Tedru's at Doctor Tedros has been changing lives for the better 477 00:54:39.079 --> 00:54:45.320 for several decades. He has always had the courage to challenge the statusco never 478 00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:53.320 shining away from what others would consider intractable challenges. He continuously demonstrates he's relentless 479 00:54:53.559 --> 00:55:00.119 and doing what's right for people, from vaccines to reproduct the rights. In 480 00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:05.480 his tenure at the WHO, we have seen just how uncompromising in his commitment 481 00:55:05.639 --> 00:55:12.639 to stand by science and evidence in the realm of global health. Doctor Tedrous 482 00:55:12.679 --> 00:55:17.199 has left an dailible mark as a champion of universal health coverage, a course 483 00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:24.840 that transcends borders and addresses fundamental human rights. His impact on work also extends 484 00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:32.199 to the strengthen of individual countries, ensuring better resources, empowered personnel, and 485 00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:38.639 supporting ministries of health to fulfill their vital rules and enhance the overall impact where 486 00:55:38.719 --> 00:55:45.559 it is most needed. Under his leadership, who has confronted challenges like the 487 00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:52.440 twenty eighteen to twenty twenty Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 488 00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:59.199 the unprecedented global impact of the COVID nineteen pandemic during one of the most significant 489 00:55:59.239 --> 00:56:06.039 health crisis, he is a human history. He showcased exceptional leadership by coordinating 490 00:56:06.239 --> 00:56:13.440 the global response to COVID nineteen, combating misinformation and advocating for vaccine equity and 491 00:56:13.679 --> 00:56:19.559 international cooperation. When I have to talk about doctor ted Was sometimes I feel 492 00:56:19.639 --> 00:56:27.239 emotional. That person is just amazing. Look that Tedros was not elected that 493 00:56:27.400 --> 00:56:32.480 of general just because it's a politician. He created innovation on the way to 494 00:56:32.639 --> 00:56:37.920 lead public and at thank you for what we have doing. You have a 495 00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:40.840 lot to share with the world. We have a lot to share with afrite. 496 00:56:42.760 --> 00:56:46.920 Doctor Tedros has not only made significant contributions to global health, he has 497 00:56:47.039 --> 00:56:55.320 also been instrumental in promoting gender equity through Doublemhb's world. His impact resonates across 498 00:56:55.440 --> 00:57:01.599 generations, borders, and disciplines, serving as an inspiration for all who seek 499 00:57:01.679 --> 00:57:07.239 to make a difference. Doctor Federals is a two jumping for all. He 500 00:57:07.360 --> 00:57:12.119 has to there for four people. First, I'm glad to be on the 501 00:57:12.199 --> 00:57:16.280 same team as doctor Pedros. So Doctor Fedros, pip up the good work. 502 00:57:16.719 --> 00:57:22.760 We are with you. Today. We celebrate doctor Tedri's face leadership, 503 00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:30.320 courage and integrity and present him with the Lifetime Achievements in Public Health Awards. 504 00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:43.880 Congratulations doctor Tedrums. All my time a very big big run over of a 505 00:57:44.000 --> 00:57:52.960 blaws. Well, Doctor ted Ross, well deserved honor. Congratulations once again. 506 00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:57.679 Well, I think it's only appropriate now that we have some celebration. 507 00:57:58.079 --> 00:58:02.199 Yes, and I'm going to invite the National Dance Troupe. They will perform 508 00:58:02.400 --> 00:58:06.239 in the aisles those of you that may not be able to see them. 509 00:58:06.320 --> 00:58:08.119 Clearly, we asked her to just focus on the screens. We will be 510 00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:14.039 in their performance on the screens. And this is really to celebrate doctor tech 511 00:58:14.159 --> 00:58:22.719 Us today and also to welcome all the delegates that have come from out You 512 00:58:22.800 --> 00:58:32.119 know, doctor Tedro should be celebrated for what he has done to bring global 513 00:58:32.199 --> 00:58:40.159 peace and to bring medicine, medicines and humanitarian efforts to all parts of the 514 00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:50.199 world, not just Africa. His achievements are are pretty great, and he 515 00:58:50.320 --> 00:59:02.400 has done a lot for our human race during especially the last decade so major 516 00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:12.239 problems, and we have people speaking with real solutions as we listen to Antonio 517 00:59:12.320 --> 00:59:22.079 Grares as he talked about climate change and trying to find real solutions to slowing 518 00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:31.519 down the effects that we are seeing on our planet. We also heard from 519 00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:37.599 Jeffrey Sachs as he spoke to the Uan Security Council about a plan that would 520 00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:44.800 ensure that we start listening to each other and hearing each other's fears, our 521 00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:52.639 strengths, and our needs. The sooner we start paying attention to the fact 522 00:59:52.639 --> 01:00:00.199 that that we're all human and that we all have the same needs, same 523 01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:06.760 desires, the same things that want to happen, well, we all start 524 01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:17.639 realizing that we could actually achieve a piece in our lifetime. Thank you for 525 01:00:17.719 --> 01:00:55.000 listening today. Please find that subscribe button wherever it may actually be. The 526 01:00:55.119 --> 01:01:02.440 show has been produced by Depictions Media. Please contact us at depictions dot media 527 01:01:02.599 --> 01:01:04.679 for more information.