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 --> 00:01:00.000 the show about government policy and human rights. Welcome about the Policy and Rights 3 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.640 here in Depictions Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. As you 4 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:15.879 know, as a company and as as journalists that we on Hold, we 5 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:23.159 stand against hate, and a lot of our messaging outside of just trying to 6 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:27.760 report, we try to add commentary about how we can spread the love around 7 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:34.760 the planet and how our human race needs to spread that love in order for 8 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:46.200 us to survive. That by celebrating our diversity and our differences, that we're 9 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:53.400 going to create a stronger, more durable human race. There are those that 10 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.159 that that do not agree with that, and there are those that believe that 11 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:08.680 suppression, depression is the way to go that by going to war with other 12 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:19.840 people and suppressing the ideas that oppose yours is the way to act and the 13 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:30.120 way to control the world. So we have a statement from Switzerland in Japan 14 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:39.680 and the ICC CO focal points in the UN Security Council on behalf of other 15 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:52.000 members. They're making a statement about how the ICC needs to move into Libya 16 00:02:52.199 --> 00:03:02.439 and prosecute those who have committed crimes more specifically hate crimes, gender based crimes, 17 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:12.919 and war crimes. So hear that in a second, But let's move 18 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:20.199 on and we're going to have eventually have a speaker from Chad focused on gender 19 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:30.199 based crimes and how it is being dealt with. And the gender based crimes 20 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:36.560 do not necessarily mean that it's all against women. It could be turned against 21 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:42.560 a man because of his sexuality, how he dresses, things like that, 22 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:53.319 and the problems behind trying to report such acts against men as well as the 23 00:03:53.439 --> 00:04:01.039 problems of trying to get reports on what's happening against women, because we also 24 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:10.039 know that in many African states that they believe in female circumcision, which actually 25 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:18.959 mutilates the female anatomy and can cause problems later on not only with sexual activity, 26 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:26.720 but also child bearing. That there This has also been one of the 27 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:36.240 missions of trying to spread healthcare through the education systems in Africa that has now 28 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:43.519 been limited to take to taking in many areas taking women or girls back out 29 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:48.600 of the school system. So there are issues around that as far as gender 30 00:04:48.639 --> 00:05:00.519 base aggression is concerned. So we're gonna hear more about that, and that 31 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:05.240 may be one of our main focuses today about gender based crime and how it's 32 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:14.920 affected chat, especially because the United Nations had a specific spokesperson come and talk 33 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:23.240 about that. But let's go back to Canada. There was an environmental report 34 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:30.720 released and it was too let's say, grade how the Liberal government is handling 35 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:44.480 climate change an environmental based of issues. Well, the Liberal government didn't do 36 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:53.600 so well. But what you're going to hear is the Minister of the Environment 37 00:05:54.319 --> 00:06:01.040 for the for the Canadian Liberal government, tried to spend it as Hey, 38 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:06.399 we're the heroes and we're doing a great job. But basically in the report 39 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:13.720 it said that they weren't doing a good job, that they weren't being transparent 40 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.720 about all of their numbers, their pitfalls, their failings, that they're trying 41 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:27.800 to cover them over, that there are shirtcomings in their programs. I'm going 42 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:34.480 to propose this when I remember way back when I was in school that if 43 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:40.879 I got a failing grade, I had to come up with a plan to 44 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:46.000 shore up my shirtcomings, the areas that I was weak. I had to 45 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:55.560 strengthen them and not try to just simply brush them under the rug. It 46 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.199 would seem that the Liberal government is not taking this idea to heart. That 47 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.720 they're trying to sweep their weaknesses under the rug so that no one can see 48 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:15.040 them, and they don't want to deal with the things that are a problem 49 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:24.399 within their environmental plan. It would seem that we need to well, let's 50 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.480 put this way. In Canada, we have a we have a simple problem 51 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:34.160 that the only party that really wants to deal with environmental issues and and deal 52 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:42.439 with with with climate change, regardless of profit or not, is the Green 53 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:48.680 Party. Well, the Green Party is extremely small right now. I believe 54 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:59.360 that that they may have two at best two members of parliament in here in 55 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.680 a British columber where we're broadcasting from that there is a handful of members that 56 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:15.399 managed to be elected as members of legislation. Well, it's time to wake 57 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:20.759 up that the NDP is going to side with the oil companies, to side 58 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:30.759 with with the big industries, the corporations which want to keep polluting, as 59 00:08:30.839 --> 00:08:33.799 well as the Conservatives still want to still want wanted to lie in bed with 60 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:39.240 these these same polluting companies. And on top of which, the liberal plan 61 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:45.960 of carbon taxing only managed to raise the prices for the average consumer, making 62 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:54.000 it hard for most of us to live affordably. We need to look for 63 00:08:54.039 --> 00:09:00.960 a different solution. The Liberals, the Conservatives and NDP they all subscribe to 64 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:07.639 the same exact solution of let's do what the corporations want so they can keep 65 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:13.399 making profits. Only one party wants to throw the profits to the wind and 66 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:26.960 actually deal with the environmental changes that are coming from our planet. So we 67 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:33.559 have we basically have choices of the same of the same, the same old, 68 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.919 same old, just with a different sticker on it, or we can 69 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.919 actually go out there and try to find a different way, a different path. 70 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:48.759 Then it's going to be at first a lot rockier, but hey, 71 00:09:50.720 --> 00:10:00.840 when our great grandchildren are are thriving in a new environment, I worth it. 72 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:05.639 So when we start there, we're going to start with the with the 73 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:11.960 environmental report card as headed to the liberal government and what they have to actually 74 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:18.240 say about the great that they got and how they try to spend it so 75 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:22.159 that it looks like, hey, we're doing a great job. Guys, 76 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:37.679 whenever were they not? 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We're here to respond to the report by the Missioner of Environment and 96 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:05.639 Sustainable Development in twenty twenty three. If you're a political party and you hope 97 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:09.639 to form a government and you have no plan to fight climate change, after 98 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.840 we've gone through the worst summer in the history of our country in terms of 99 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.279 climate impacts, We've seen the worst force fires, We've seen some of the 100 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:24.600 worst droughts, floodings, the worst tropical storm last year, Fiona, if 101 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.320 you don't have a plan to fight climate change, you don't have a plan 102 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.799 for the economy, and you don't have a plan to keep people safe in 103 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.759 this country as well as around the world. Since we presented our emissions reduction 104 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:37.960 plan last year, our government has put in place a number of new measures. 105 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:43.080 I'll name a few. We've tabled draft regulations for the zero emission vehicle 106 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:50.039 mandate. We've tabled draft regulations for the Clean Electricity Regulation to have a net 107 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:54.519 zero grid by twenty thirty five. We have eliminated fossil fuel subsidies. We're 108 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:58.039 the only country in the G twenty to have done that, and we've done 109 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.200 so two years in advance of that. On top of that, we have 110 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.200 a number of measures that are coming in the coming weeks, the final regulations 111 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:09.879 on the z F mandate. We will have new methane regulations so that the 112 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:13.840 oil and gas sector will have to reduce their methane emission by at least seventy 113 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:18.159 percent by twenty thirty and we will have the framework for the cap on the 114 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.679 oil and gas emissions. That being said, the report we tabled to the 115 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:26.039 UN last December show that we're at thirty four percent towards achieving our forty percent 116 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:30.679 emission reduction target by by twenty thirty. So I agree with the commissioner. 117 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.000 We need to do more, we need to do it faster, and that's 118 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:37.480 exactly what our government is doing. And having no plan to fight climate change 119 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.000 and not even be willing to recognize that you want to do something about climate 120 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:48.039 change or even adhere to the Paris Agreement target is frankly immoral by the leader 121 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:58.480 of the opposition, Mexiku. So first of all, I just want to 122 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:03.120 start by saying that we welcome the Commissioner's report and thank him for the work 123 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:07.639 that he and his office have done. Le ben nou vesier le commisser ad 124 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:18.799 que news Revois veble good news pu de mi ch and uh. And so 125 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.399 that's good news, and I think the Commission's report underline that we are on 126 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.360 track. He made a number of recommendations, of which with which I agree 127 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:31.799 with all of them. A number of the recommendations he's made we've actually been 128 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:37.879 working on for some time, including things like ensuring a broader distribution of electric 129 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.679 vehicle charging across the country. We have seen great progress, particularly in British 130 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:46.480 Columbia, in Quebec and a few other regions in the country. That is 131 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:52.200 in part because the provinces there have actually stepped up to help us to invest 132 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:56.960 in the development of electric vehicle infrastructure. He also made some recommendations with respect 133 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:58.879 to the reliability of the infrastructure. That is very important. That is something 134 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.159 we have been discussing with the Department now for some time, and there need 135 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.799 to be improvements in that regard and so I have no disagreement with what he 136 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:10.879 said. The last thing I would say, perhaps following on with what Minister 137 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:15.039 Bilbo says, is electric vehicles and the infrastructure obviously an important part of climate 138 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:21.440 and addressing the climate crisis. Transportation is the second largest source of emissions in 139 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:26.399 Canada, and so it is an important component of reducing in line with what 140 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.879 we have committed to the world that we will do. I have to say, 141 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:37.039 watching mister Poliav's event yesterday where he essentially refused to commit to working towards 142 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:42.159 achieving climate targets is pretty shocking. We'll put Canada back on a path to 143 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.240 becoming the dinosaur in the room that we used to be under Stephen Harper. 144 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.399 And to be honest with you, it is both reckless and it is taking 145 00:16:51.559 --> 00:17:02.240 a terrible risk with the future of our children. 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As in your past us to 153 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:06.680 traj anti media and politic desurans de pas and it is small the pred million 154 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:15.119 de la sur sa MILLIAI sweet combine fine small sweet in a two contrib collect 155 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:25.720 fable a parton excessive so rely prese the post terminas as Suri camp continued and 156 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:40.759 collaboration the Commissari contin the page maritime commercial polish. Thank you. The Environment 157 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:45.279 Commissioner said many times in his report that that your emissions reductions plan is not 158 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:47.920 getting you where you need to go. It's not transparent enough, and it's 159 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:51.359 based on a lot of rosy assumptions. You seem to think the third or 160 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:53.440 suggests the thirty four percent is a good start and even though you have to 161 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:56.799 do more. But he seems to think that that this report almost isn't worth 162 00:18:56.799 --> 00:19:00.400 the weight of the paper it's printed on. I believe he said it's the 163 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:06.519 best plan that we've ever seen in Canada as well. So I think, 164 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:11.440 as as the end said, better is always possible. And for example, 165 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:18.039 he did talk about modeling. We've just finished a modeling exercise with independent stakeholders 166 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.240 to help us and to make some proposal to the Department of Environment and Climate 167 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:26.319 Change in terms of how we can be more transparent when it comes to presenting 168 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:33.720 modeling information that we use to prepare the emissions reduction plan or the updates that 169 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:36.240 will be that will be tabled in the House of Commons by the end of 170 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:41.599 the year target. He raised a lot of questions about the modeling that that 171 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.799 puts the existing measures towards thirty four percent, So he still stand by that 172 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.000 and stand by this plan is something that could incredibly get us to even that 173 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:52.000 shortt follow the target. As I said, I think we can always do 174 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.079 better. But if you're to believe the modeling when it's said we wouldn't get 175 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:00.640 there, then if the modeling is saying the same modeling is saying getting there, 176 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.960 then I don't see why we shouldn't believe it. You can't have it 177 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:06.480 both ways. You can't only believe the modeling when it says you're not getting 178 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.759 there, and when it says we're actually getting there, then oh no, 179 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:11.960 we don't believe in the modeling anymore. That being said, that that thing 180 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:14.799 he's he's the one is saying it. That's what I'm said. That being 181 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:23.000 said, we we are working to improve that PAS com comiss remain a nique 182 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:30.400 mayor plank if you don't need to peace one minutes killer this sila commisser development 183 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:42.920 the very plan or no plan. The planking. 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Yeah? Well so, 196 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:48.720 as I said that the commissioner based his analysis on on last year's a mission 197 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:52.519 Reduction report, there's a number of new things that have been presented since. 198 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:55.680 No, no, no, that's not what I'm saying, but we will 199 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.519 be. We will be tabling by the end of the year in the House 200 00:22:57.559 --> 00:23:02.720 of Common the progress were on the emission reduction plan that was that was presented 201 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:06.519 last year, and we will have some good news to tell Canadians on that. 202 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:10.640 We're fine, we're finalizing it. So I can't go further than that 203 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.559 at this point. But in terms of new measures clean buildings, Minister Wilkinson 204 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.440 and I are working on on on a greening building strategy as well as a 205 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:23.319 new building code for Canada. The cap on the mission of the oil and 206 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:30.119 gas sector, finalizing the zero mission vehicle regulations, new methane regulations. So 207 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.759 these are these are all new elements that the that the Commissioner could not have 208 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:37.839 have looked at because we haven't been we haven't finalized him. But we are 209 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.799 in the process of doing that. So we're we're confident that we can get 210 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:45.160 there. There's still seven years before twenty thirty. But we can't. We 211 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:49.000 can't. We can't go back. We can't do like Piopo llev say and 212 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:52.480 show up here to this microphone and say I have no plan to work on 213 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:59.720 climate change. I won't even commit to respecting the Paris Agreement. I and 214 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:02.680 you and lie to you to say that there's no price on productrian for for 215 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:07.000 larger meters in Canada, which we all know is not true. So we 216 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:10.119 can't do that. We in order to meet our targets, we need to 217 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:14.720 keep moving and keep working hard every day to ensure that we get there. 218 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:51.559 Who's that for? Who's absolutely Montre Mont Croissance Economic Augmunt, Thank you so 219 00:24:51.680 --> 00:25:03.359 much. Next up, a brief statement from in Japan and ICC about what 220 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:21.759 has been happening in the briefings about Libya and the International Court Art. Good 221 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:25.839 morning. We would like to make this statement on behalf of the following members 222 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:30.079 of the Security Council, as well as incoming members that are states parties to 223 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:37.160 the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Albania, Ecuador, Friend Gabonu, 224 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:42.079 Ghana, Guyana, Malta, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, 225 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:48.759 United Kingdom and our own countries, Japan and Switzerland. We thank the 226 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:52.799 ICC Prosecutor Mister Karim Khan, together with his team, for presenting the twenty 227 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:59.519 sixth report of his office United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Libya in 228 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:06.279 a court with the mandate provided by Security Council Resolution nineteen seventeen. We recognize 229 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:11.480 the efforts made by the Prosecutor's Office to advance the implementation of the renewed Strategy 230 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:15.480 for Action on the Situation in Libya submitted in April of twenty twenty two. 231 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:22.279 In particular, we welcome the significant progress made in the four lines of inquiry 232 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:26.599 identified in the strategy and note that the Office anticipates to be in a position 233 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:33.839 to outline a potential roadmap for the completion of its activities and Resolution nineteen seventy 234 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:38.680 in its next report. We also welcome that the office's continuous presence in the 235 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:45.359 region has enabled it to further intensify contact with victims, victims associations, and 236 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:52.880 civil society organizations, thus enriching its investigations and providing access to key potential evidence. 237 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:59.880 Moreover, we recognize the support provided to the Prosecutor's Office by the United 238 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:07.400 Nations Support Mission in Libya, and welcome the coordinated investigative activities and international cooperation 239 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:12.839 with third states and international agencies. We note the recent positive engagement by the 240 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:19.400 Libyan authorities and express our hope for continued cooperation, including on visa issuance, 241 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:26.519 access to documents, engagement with relevant technical authorities, and responses to requests for 242 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:33.000 assistance. We take note of efforts to this end, including towards establishing a 243 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:37.559 liaison office in Tripoli. We retrait that we will continue to comply with our 244 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:45.119 cooperation obligations under their Rome Statute and encourage all states to fully support the Court 245 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:49.400 in carrying out its important mandate of enjuring justice for the victims of the most 246 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:56.920 serious crimes under international law. Finally, we reconfirm our unwavoring support for the 247 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:03.319 Court as an independent and impartial judicial Institution of last Resort. We reiterate our 248 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:08.279 commitment to uphold and defend the principles and values and shrined in the Room Statute, 249 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:14.799 and to preserve its integrity, undeterred by any threats or measures against the 250 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:19.200 Court, its officials, and those cooperating with it. And we renew our 251 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:27.319 resolve to stand united against impunity. Thank you very much. Violence of itself 252 00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:36.200 is a problem, and usually it is targeted, no matter how we want 253 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:41.960 to spin it, but it usually is targeted. And we're going to hear 254 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:52.880 from a spokesperson from the United Nations about gender based violence, and what that 255 00:28:53.440 --> 00:29:07.480 really boils down to is that the violence is targeted because of gender or a 256 00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:15.960 sexual diversity. It doesn't necessarily stop at rape. It may not always include 257 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:23.920 rape, but it does include a act that is based on the fact that, 258 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:32.160 Hey, I don't want you to feel strong because you are the person 259 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:37.839 that you are, because I want to have power over you because I'm not 260 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:48.119 secure in my gender or sexual identity. So why don't we listen to what 261 00:29:48.640 --> 00:30:00.519 doctor Natalia Kanem has to say. She's the director of the United Nations Population 262 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:07.440 Fund or the un FPA, and we're going to hear about her recent findings 263 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:25.039 from a visit to Chad. Good afternoon. We are delighted to be joined 264 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:29.359 by doctor Natali Kanam, who is the executive director of the UN Population Fund, 265 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.359 who has just returned from Chad and who is here to brief you. 266 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:37.880 Please welcome and you have the floor, and then we'll take some questions. 267 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:44.079 Thank you Stefan for the invitation to speak today. It's true. I'm just 268 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:52.440 back from Chad and there I met with President Mohammad Idris Debbi and the Prime 269 00:30:52.519 --> 00:31:00.240 Minister Sally Kabzabo. We discussed progress on the sustainable development goals and the very 270 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:07.720 real challenges facing women and girls in that country and why Chad. I went 271 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:12.240 there because it risks becoming a forgotten priority and we shouldn't let that happen. 272 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:23.440 Chad today faces multiple challenges and a humanitarian emergency, instability, violence in neighboring 273 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:30.200 countries, and the disproportionate impact of a climate crisis not of its own making, 274 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:36.240 not to mention socioeconomic and other development challenges. Despite being one of the 275 00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:42.039 poorest countries in the world, Chad now hosts more than a million refugees, 276 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:49.640 including newly some half a million who fled the conflict in Sudan over the past 277 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:57.720 six months. Most women and children, more than forty percent of the population 278 00:31:57.880 --> 00:32:04.480 around seven point six million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. And yet, 279 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:13.440 however, the nine hundred and twenty one million dollars appeal for humanitarian operations 280 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:19.759 to respond to identified needs has met only with a quarter response. Only twenty 281 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:25.599 six percent has been met, so more support is urgently needed for essential needs. 282 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:31.960 Today, around one in seventeen people in Chad is a refugee according to 283 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:37.440 the United Nations Refugee Agency, and with women and children in need of urgent 284 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.440 aid, the government of Chad, with support from the international community, is 285 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:46.720 doing its best to provide the basics of support. Pertinent to UNFPA, many 286 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:54.039 of the women are victims of gender based violence in the countries that they fled 287 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.240 and or in the camps where they're now living. In my visit to a 288 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:07.720 UNFPA run one stop center for violence survivors in Mundu in the south of Chad 289 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:17.680 on Friday, i spoke to girls and young women who shared heartbreaking stories of 290 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:22.480 pain and suffering, and in particular, a thirteen year old girl told me 291 00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:29.000 about the assault that she suffered at the hands of a neighbor. Luckily, 292 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:32.319 her parents believed her and took her to this center, which is one of 293 00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:38.519 eight in the country. There, she and other survivors are receiving medical and 294 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:46.000 psychosocial support, as well as referrals for legal services and dignity kids, and 295 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:52.240 of course a safe space where they can feel supported and protected. And it's 296 00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:57.960 all in a complex under one roof. And since we opened that center in 297 00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:02.240 June, already we've treed. We did more than thirty cases of gender based 298 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:08.159 violence, including physical and intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and rape. 299 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:13.679 And tragically, one of the counselors told me that now they see that it's 300 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:19.920 the youngest girls who are reporting the instances of rape, and my own experience 301 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:24.360 as a doctor tells me that these cases represent the tip of the iceberg because 302 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:30.320 typically people will not come forward and report. So UNFPA, as the lead 303 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:37.440 agency for the coordination of gender based violence response in emergencies, is working to 304 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:43.760 prevent violence and also, if it happens, to restore agency and power to 305 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:49.719 survivors. And we do this through effective, integrated and coordinated programming and life 306 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:54.679 saving services and again and again everywhere in the world. We are seeing women 307 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:59.599 and girls forced to confront the worst of wars that they did not start, 308 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:06.679 and what they need is peace in their homes and communities. Events such as 309 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:09.679 in the Middle East over the past month and again Soudan, which is at 310 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:15.440 the six month mark of that conflict, are showing us just how fragile peace 311 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:21.760 is, how easily it can be shattered, and how devastating this is for 312 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:25.800 the most vulnerable, particularly women and children. So stopping the cycle of conflict, 313 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:30.079 of course, is possible, and that will be hastened when women have 314 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:36.400 a voice and a choice, when women are economically empowered, and when women 315 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:42.360 and young people participate in security and justice systems. So I'll end by informing 316 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:46.360 you that during my visit, in meeting with women leaders who are deeply committed, 317 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:52.000 who are trying to strengthen the participation of women in these peace and prosperity 318 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:58.480 processes towards building a better future for Chad, they tell me that they want 319 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:02.719 to leave a path for their daughters to follow. And at this fraught moment 320 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:10.280 in human history, it is clear that the fate of humanity does not belong 321 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:16.320 in the hands of men wielding bombs. Indeed, it rests with women and 322 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:23.079 allies standing together waging peace. I left that country with a sense of what's 323 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:30.880 possible for UNFPA programs assisting government to improve quality of life, resilience and even 324 00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:35.719 in the face of adversity. I saw our personnel, those midwives, the 325 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:42.119 noble midwives, the doctors, the nurses, the psychosocial counselors, other health 326 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:47.239 workers, the civil society trying to change the fate for women and girls. 327 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:55.239 And I felt very touched in speaking to that thirteen year old who did manage 328 00:36:55.280 --> 00:37:01.079 a small smile at the end of our conversation over fifteen or twenty minutes when 329 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:06.599 I asked her about school, and she said yes, that she's determined to 330 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:10.719 continue her education and she wants to keep working so that she can have a 331 00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:20.159 better future. I call on the international community to increase financial and humanitarian support 332 00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:24.559 to this country and others in the region, and to respond not just to 333 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:31.599 immediate events, but also to lay the foundations for sustainable development so that the 334 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:37.840 women and girls and all the people in Chad can reach their full potential. 335 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:43.800 Thank you stef Thank you to Tyllia Edie. Thank you very much. Doctor 336 00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:52.880 Cunyn from on behalf of the United Nations Correspondents Association for doing this briefing Edith 337 00:37:53.039 --> 00:38:00.039 Letterer from the Associated Press. Three follow ups to what you said, why 338 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:08.320 do you think it's young women who are reporting sexual violence and not older women? 339 00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:21.559 And what are these refugees from Darforth saying about the situation in Darforth? 340 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:30.440 And I assume they're still flooding across the water the border because it hasn't ended 341 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:37.239 yet. And what did the President and the Prime ministers say to you about 342 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:43.159 what they're doing? Thank you well, thank you very much, indeed good 343 00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:49.360 to see you. The answer to the question of why younger women versus older 344 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:53.719 women we don't have the best handle on I will hazard a guess that for 345 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:59.519 one thing, and the example I gave. Some of the work that we've 346 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:02.800 done over the course of the months and years are making it easier for people 347 00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:08.440 who can be stigmatized to believe their daughters and to bring them for care. 348 00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:14.360 A lot of what we try to do on the prevention side is human rights 349 00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:19.239 oriented, to say that this is not something that we overlook and sweep under 350 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:24.280 the rug that everyone has rights. But I believe that we would actually have 351 00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:30.840 to go and look at the incidents in order to understand maybe there is more 352 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:36.119 attacks on younger girls who can be vulnerable as they're going to get the firewood, 353 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.480 or as they're walking around the community, or if they're going out to 354 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:43.679 the latrine at night. So these are factors which I think we need to 355 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:51.639 look at in order to understand for the issue of darfour. It has been 356 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:58.920 absolutely horrendous to know that as traumatic as it's been in that region of Sudan 357 00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:05.400 over the years, right now we are seeing that women indeed are reporting appalling 358 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:15.800 instances of sexualized gender based violence and the protection is really flimsy because of the 359 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:22.679 nature of the conflict, so as they pour across the borders. UNFPA working 360 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:27.840 as part of the IASC and we're actually meeting across the street right now ed 361 00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:35.679 UNFPA has deployed specialists on GBV on the Chadian side of that Sudan border and 362 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:42.679 working with the International NGO Humanitarian sector. We're taking report, we're doing clinical 363 00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:49.039 management services the medical side, but we're also trying to proceed on the impunity 364 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:54.559 side so that there will be eventual accountability for this perpetual issue of women being 365 00:40:54.679 --> 00:41:00.239 victimized in Sudan, and I might say the same thing about DRC. Both 366 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:07.000 the President and the Prime Minister of Chad express two things. One is that 367 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:16.519 they're doing more than their share in terms of keeping the borders open and accepting 368 00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:22.079 people who were crossing. But they did express the fatigue, the sense that 369 00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:30.400 as a host government they have enough problems trying to cater to their own population, 370 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:34.360 as you know, high maternal mortality, as you know, the nutrition 371 00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:42.320 issues with the desert coming closer, etc. And so while expressing a willingness 372 00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:46.800 to be hospitable neighbors, they were also frankly challenging me as an official of 373 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:52.360 the UN, how can we increase the resources that are given to the host 374 00:41:52.519 --> 00:42:00.159 country population alongside our appeals for the refugees in the South of Sudan. I'm 375 00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:06.920 sorry in the south of Chad where I was, it's an area where Central 376 00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:13.559 African Republic, Cameroon and other countries in the neighborhood are also contributing to the 377 00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:22.119 refugee and IDP issues. Thank you, thank you, really thank you. 378 00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:28.719 Amili Boutonier from AFP News Agency. You mentioned a number of casey that were 379 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:31.519 handled by your support center in Chad, but do you have any kind of 380 00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:38.760 idea how widespread these attacks against women are in Chad and whether it's more important 381 00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:45.280 in the refugee population or in the common I mean, the Chadian population, 382 00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:53.000 Thank you very much. The cases that I'm speaking of are both within Chad 383 00:42:53.239 --> 00:43:00.599 and also in refugee populations who have come across borders. Even as recent as 384 00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:08.199 last week, this issue of perpetrators of sexual violence as almost becoming routine in 385 00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:15.039 conflict was the subject of a meeting in Comoros where Ellen Johnson's SURLEIF and her 386 00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:22.599 initiative on Positive Masculinities as the African Union is calling It was a subject of 387 00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:32.519 discussion because of the high levels of incidences that we see for the background issues. 388 00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:43.119 It's clear that conflict aggravates gender based violence, rape, instances of sexual 389 00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:46.719 assault. As you know, even during COVID, any stressor on the family 390 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:55.599 tends to aggravate and in flame what is probably a baseline level of disrespect for 391 00:43:55.760 --> 00:44:00.800 the bodily autonomy of women. And as a humanity Carrian sector, we're also 392 00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:09.920 insisting that this must now be prioritized. The problem with GBV gender based violence 393 00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:17.719 is that when it goes unpunished and becomes derrigure. The acts get so heinous 394 00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:25.079 and so widespread that the ability to cope of the individual, of course, 395 00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:30.119 but also of the system gets destroyed. This is a human rights violation and 396 00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:35.079 we want it to be taken seriously, and we want prevention measures, but 397 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:40.559 also for measures of amelioration. It's a PTSD type syndrome that's going to affect 398 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:46.719 this woman or this child for the rest of her life. Parenthetically, men 399 00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:52.400 too can be subject to sexual violence and assault, and there it's an even 400 00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:57.719 tougher problem to come forward. But we have to bear in mind that bodily 401 00:44:57.800 --> 00:45:02.360 autonomy is sacrisact and the this should not be exploited in a time of community 402 00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:08.559 conflict. Thank you, thank you, and I'll deserve English. Thank you 403 00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:13.000 so much. I actually have a follow up question on Amilie's initial question. 404 00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:16.480 You mentioned that their eight gender based violence centers in the country. Can you 405 00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:20.880 tell me a little bit about their geographical distribution. I think what I'm trying 406 00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:24.760 to figure out is their proximity to refugee camps, refugee communities. How accessible 407 00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:29.960 are these eight centers? Well, thank you very much, and we can 408 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:34.519 get you the details because I'm not really so aware of the exact locations, 409 00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:38.360 but the purpose of the centers of which I spoke was actually initially to serve 410 00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:44.960 the chatty and population, and this is a strategy that UNFPA uses in concert 411 00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:52.079 with local communities, typically with an NGO and with the Midwiffrey community which is 412 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:55.320 very close to the ground, and a lot of our staff, our local 413 00:45:55.440 --> 00:46:01.079 staff are drawn from those communities. So in the particular one where I went 414 00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:05.159 to visit, which was new, and that was I think one of the 415 00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:09.440 reasons that they chose for me to go and see this inaugural center, the 416 00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:15.440 government cooperation and the local governor there, who actually is thirty six years old, 417 00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:20.320 one of the youngest governors in the country, have made it a center 418 00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:24.000 which not only works on what I've explained, but there's also a bona fide 419 00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:31.599 Fistula hospital that does pretty advanced repairs when the uterus is torn during prolonged labor. 420 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:36.639 This is an issue usually for a woman who is not a woman, 421 00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:39.679 she's a child who was too young to be pregnant to begin with, or 422 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:45.400 a woman who's already on her seventh, eighth, ninth child and the musculature 423 00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:52.119 of the womb is weak. So because fistula, which I believe you're aware, 424 00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:59.440 is also an embarrassing condition for many women, especially in an environment where 425 00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:04.039 being un clean does not allow you to participate in society. You're leaking urine 426 00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:10.599 VCS. Lord knows it's a pretty debilitating condition. So the ability of this 427 00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:17.360 magnificent surgeon who spends a lot of his time in doing these complex repairs on 428 00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:27.480 site, has really transformed the ability to repair damage once done. I hasten 429 00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:32.000 to say that UNFPA's goal is to assure that people know about the dangers of 430 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:36.960 prolonged labor. Usually this is after you've been in labor for two three days 431 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:42.159 when the universe will rupture, and that the basic services of prenatal care are 432 00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:49.000 accessible to people. Chad has a very high fertility rate, so contraception is 433 00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:52.480 also important in terms of spacing children. This is something women are aware of 434 00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:58.760 and we're doing our best to bring those resources of contraception to their doorstep. 435 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:04.440 But again takes resources, it takes planning, and I believe it also takes 436 00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:09.800 women and girls knowing their rights from a very early age. Thank you Eva, 437 00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:20.960 Thank you Evelyn Leopold. Is good to see you again. And FGM 438 00:48:21.480 --> 00:48:28.199 what is the trend? Is it staying the same or is it rising in 439 00:48:28.360 --> 00:48:32.400 some areas. You know, I'm really happy that you're asking about female genital 440 00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:38.239 mutilation because this is something that we can all do something about, quote unquote 441 00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:43.719 in our lifetimes. Changing culture may be difficult, but it can be done. 442 00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:47.280 And it's been wonderful to see the resolve of so many countries. And 443 00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:52.760 we add to the list each and every year where UNISEF and UNFPA jointly work 444 00:48:53.039 --> 00:49:01.199 on ending female genital mutilation. The trend was going pretty well COVID disrupted the 445 00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:07.679 education system and kept girls at home. So we're anxiously looking at the data 446 00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:14.079 now and disaggregating it to see if, as we suspect, the fact that 447 00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:21.079 girls were not at school meant that they were home and available for FGM to 448 00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:25.840 be performed. Yet, and still, this is one where governments and in 449 00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:32.360 particular women led organizations have declared the end of FGM. We have a whole 450 00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:38.159 host of traditional leaders who have signed up to say that this is not only 451 00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:45.000 not required by religion by practice, but that it is indeed harmful. And 452 00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:51.599 so I think the movement against FGM is picking up steam and as part of 453 00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:55.920 the thirtieth anniversary of Cairo ICPD next year. This is going to be one 454 00:49:55.960 --> 00:50:02.920 of the top ambitions that we have as a sexual and reproductive health sector worldwide. 455 00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:09.239 Thank you. Any more questions, yes, Margaret is shir I will 456 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:13.280 just ask you one on Gaza. Since we're at the end, I can't 457 00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:15.760 let you leave the room without asking you about all the pregnant women who are 458 00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:22.559 in Gaza and many do to give birth this month. What's U NFPA doing 459 00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:27.800 to try and get birthing kits to them and assistants to them, even just 460 00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:35.239 I guess educational assistance on the basics of midwiffree specifically on Gaza, And thank 461 00:50:35.280 --> 00:50:38.320 you for that question. Yes, we have assessed that there are fifty thousand 462 00:50:38.440 --> 00:50:45.599 pregnant women in Gaza, none able to access regular maternal health care at this 463 00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:51.639 moment, and fifty five hundred newborns were born during the course of the last 464 00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:57.239 month. I have to stress, as I just have in the meeting we're 465 00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:01.159 having of the humanitarian sector across the street, that if you have one hundred 466 00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:07.599 and eighty women giving birth every day under these conditions, food, water, 467 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:15.559 medicines, the access to cesarean sections and to care for the newborn depend on 468 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:21.480 fuel. If you are a pregnant woman, you actually need double the amount 469 00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:25.639 of fluid and water than the regular person, and if you're a lactating mother 470 00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:32.880 it's triple. So UNFPA joins the rest of the un in the concern about 471 00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:38.079 the quality of the water. Brackish water is not a solution and so for 472 00:51:38.239 --> 00:51:44.760 these deceel plants to operate, fuel is essential, and I believe you would 473 00:51:44.760 --> 00:51:51.320 have seen that we had a joint statement from the humanitarian sector a day ago. 474 00:51:52.480 --> 00:52:00.800 I also feel that while we have had some supplies enter over the last 475 00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:04.000 couple of days, it's a drop in the bucket, and I think our 476 00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:10.119 Secretary General has spoken to having the flows of relief at the scale that's required 477 00:52:10.199 --> 00:52:15.400 when you literally have two point two million people in need and women and children 478 00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:22.559 bearing the brunt of the situation. While we've had truckloads two truckloads of reproductive 479 00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:30.559 health kits arriving in Gaza, with the clean delivery kits and the medications and 480 00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:39.199 the emergency obstetric care supplies, again this is minuscule compared to the need, 481 00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:45.400 and so we're very eager to see those entry points open and for the humanitarian 482 00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:52.519 pause cease fire. The semantics don't matter. The conflict must stop so that 483 00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:55.599 people can access aid. Thank you very much. Could I just ask you 484 00:52:55.719 --> 00:53:01.239 on that one follow up on you say there's been two trucks with maternal supplies, 485 00:53:02.280 --> 00:53:07.199 how many would you normally send or how many are needed? How much 486 00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:10.199 do you have waiting at Alriche for instance. I mean, just give us 487 00:53:10.199 --> 00:53:15.159 a little bit of a context. Well, in fact, let me get 488 00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:20.519 back to you on what's in the pipeline, because we do participate in a 489 00:53:20.679 --> 00:53:27.159 joint convoy that's waiting in that line on the Egyptian border. However, I 490 00:53:27.360 --> 00:53:32.880 have to stress that for my UNFPA colleagues and you know for whom I'm responsible, 491 00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:38.079 who are in Gaza, some of them have lost multiple members of their 492 00:53:38.440 --> 00:53:47.079 families in one day. Civilians and hospitals should never be targets. So while 493 00:53:47.159 --> 00:53:51.760 we've had the two truckloads, and of course you know, something is always 494 00:53:51.800 --> 00:54:00.599 better than nothing, my anxiety is that these supply save lives. They're vital 495 00:54:00.440 --> 00:54:06.159 and the fact is that life goes on even during conflict, and we do 496 00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:14.800 owe it to these women to be there for them during the time of pregnancy 497 00:54:15.079 --> 00:54:22.880 and childbirth. So when I hear from my staff that they're sitting at home 498 00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:27.880 and having breakfast and the house gets bombed and the rubble is there, and 499 00:54:28.440 --> 00:54:35.119 you know, in this particular instance, the pregnant woman survived, as did 500 00:54:35.199 --> 00:54:39.840 the newborn. But it's very, very harrowing to know that it's in our 501 00:54:39.920 --> 00:54:44.320 hands to be able to change that dynamic, and I do hope that all 502 00:54:44.400 --> 00:54:49.840 efforts will succeed to change that. And immediately, thank you very much. 503 00:54:49.920 --> 00:54:57.360 Definitely, Okay, thank you. One follow up on that, you said 504 00:54:57.920 --> 00:55:05.400 that about a hun and eighty women are giving births every day. Do you 505 00:55:05.599 --> 00:55:16.960 have any indication of the survival of those women and their babies since October seventh? 506 00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:25.199 The truth is that it is impossible to be able to assess what happens 507 00:55:25.320 --> 00:55:31.119 to these nearly two hundred pregnancies on a daily basis. For the ones who 508 00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:37.280 are delivering at home and where our midwives have access. The reports are coming 509 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:40.719 in, but you know the level of disruption that's taken place there. So 510 00:55:42.079 --> 00:55:46.280 I wouldn't say that we have trustworthy data beyond the estimates that we made at 511 00:55:46.320 --> 00:55:51.559 the beginning of the period. Certainly we know that for those who are in 512 00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:59.639 the hospital. We have seen losses of life, and we also understand that 513 00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:05.280 if you are a premature newborn, and we would expect that the levels of 514 00:56:05.400 --> 00:56:10.519 prematurity rise when stressors rise, you need your incubator. You're a little baby 515 00:56:10.639 --> 00:56:16.519 who has to have oxygen. All of this depends on fuel supply. So 516 00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:22.840 I think this is part of our very sincere plea that civilian life must be 517 00:56:22.039 --> 00:56:30.159 protected and for us as UNFPA, the road to peace really depends on opening 518 00:56:30.239 --> 00:56:38.039 these avenues of compassion and following humanitarian and international law. Thank you, thank 519 00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:49.840 you so much. 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