WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:32.039 Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio. Welcome to Policy Rights, the 2 00:00:32.119 --> 00:01:06.879 show about government policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy and Rights here 3 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:12.359 in Depictions Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Clogs. And we heard 4 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:21.439 that Bill C eighteen in Canada has passed and some of us may be actually 5 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.680 wondering what this really does mean and why is it the Facebook or the owners 6 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:34.120 of Facebook Meta is backing away from news stories and news news content. One 7 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:41.159 of the reasons could be that and and I wanted a lot of these reasons 8 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:49.040 could actually be hurting independent media sources such as us here at Depictions Media, 9 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:57.120 meaning that our content would no longer be found in Canada unless we were to 10 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:02.280 pay a fee to ensure that it is found. More than that we could 11 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:08.639 actually happen is it is that you have to pay a subscription in order to 12 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:15.599 get the news stories to begin with. And some of those news stories that 13 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:22.560 we actually comment on our well, simply put, we get them via the 14 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:28.159 Internet and in some cases we're invited in and in other cases that we find 15 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:34.280 something that you the public need to know about, but we can't. We 16 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:43.680 weren't invited into the room, so we recorded from off of a YouTube feed 17 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:50.800 or a source like that in order to be able to record the meeting or 18 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:59.439 the comments that were made and report them to you, our loyal listeners. 19 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:07.400 So there's a lot going on with Bill C eighteen that there's causing some underlying 20 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:17.039 currents, meaning that one independent news sources or independent commentary on news sources that 21 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:25.479 may be contrary to what the public opinion, what the government wants the public 22 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:30.840 opinion to be, or what the corporate entities want the public entity to the 23 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:39.719 public opinion to be. So we have to caution ourselves before we say yay 24 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:50.000 to oh news sources in Canada are protected and that they can cash in on 25 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:59.360 in another way on the content that they build. It also may actually eliminate 26 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:03.919 a lot of independent voices that are just trying to get people to know what 27 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:12.639 is happening. There is a middle ground on a lot of news sources that 28 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:17.720 like us, we're very moderate. We don't want to go too far towards 29 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:23.720 a conspiracy, but at the same time we want to inspire our listeners to 30 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:31.000 think. And it's sources like us that maybe really caught in the middle of 31 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:41.480 a crossfire between the two extremes who the corporate that go totally towards the corporate 32 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:47.399 rhetoric to those who well, they're pretty out there with the conspiracy thinking also. 33 00:04:48.279 --> 00:05:00.480 So the bottom line is let's look at SEE eighteen with open eye and 34 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:08.600 think about what we may actually be losing and what are we truly gaining. 35 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:16.759 So from there, UM, why don't we look at UM. This is 36 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:24.800 a news source that we did we actually get invited into UM the United Nations, 37 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:33.959 as the ambassador of from Palestine is speaking about some of the hate and 38 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:42.199 some of the some of the extremists on the Israeli side, and he actually 39 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:49.160 does call some of them terrorists in his in his own speaking, and it's 40 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:55.040 one of the things that we need to need to think about also is who 41 00:05:55.120 --> 00:06:02.800 are the extremist and who is truly trying to hijack our government's wishes, our 42 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:11.839 wishes and twist them into something that is hateful and designed only to hurt people. 43 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:20.120 When we start talking about car bombings and killing people simply because of hatred, 44 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:29.920 we start to run into problems, and we start to run into those 45 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:38.600 those who will have extreme beliefs and have no room for anyone else but those 46 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:46.560 who think exactly like they do that me and probably isn't very good for our 47 00:06:46.600 --> 00:07:05.199 society overall, the Arab countries, Arab ambassadors. I just finished a very 48 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:14.920 constructive meeting with the President of the Security Council, Her Excellency lan and Sebe, 49 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:19.879 in which I put her in the picture of the latest developments in the 50 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:31.399 occupied Palestinian territory and the dangerous escalation by the Israeli occupying forces and the terrorist 51 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:40.040 settler gangs who have attacked, you know, again similar to what they did 52 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:48.720 in Huarat or Massaiah, North, Flipban and Centil and adjacent villages, causing 53 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:59.720 havoc, torching thirty houses, torching sixty cars, killing a Palestinian man from 54 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:11.600 Messiah, and injuring dozens of Palestinians. This escalation and this situation protected by 55 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:20.560 the current Israeli government and giving a green light to the extremist terrorist settlers to 56 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:24.079 do what they have been doing, is something that we all condemn in the 57 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:33.519 strongest possible terms. Our leadership condemns this aggression against our people and the terrorism 58 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:41.279 of the settlers. We came to the Security Council through the President, seeking 59 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.320 the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility in the maintenance of international peace and security, 60 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.679 to put an end immediate end to this aggression against our people, To 61 00:08:54.679 --> 00:09:03.279 act on resolutions adopted by the Security Council, particularly Resolution nine oh four calling 62 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:09.960 for protection to the civilian population. As you remember, Resolution nine or four 63 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:20.039 stipulates that weapons from the settlers should be taken away and international temporary presence to 64 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:26.919 be put in place in the occupied territory to protect the civilian population from such 65 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:37.120 terrorist attacks. The other issue that we dealt with and is related to accountability. 66 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:41.000 It doesn't make sense that those who are responsible for these crimes to get 67 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:48.679 away with it without the international community saying those who executed these terrorist crimes, 68 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:56.559 those who planned, those who were who shielded and protected the terrorists, should 69 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:01.360 get away from facing accountability and justice. And finally, we dealt with the 70 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:09.360 issue of punishment of the Palestinian people by expanding the illegal enterprise of settlements. 71 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:16.480 We wanted the implementation of Resolution two three three four, which will be discussed. 72 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:24.440 The implementation and the report, the second quarterly Report will be discussed in 73 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:30.840 the session of the twenty seventh of this month. We wanted all these things 74 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:35.480 to be put in place in order to give assurances and protection to the Palestinian 75 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:43.799 people from this massive aggression from the Israeli occupying authority. And we also discussed, 76 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:50.919 you know, the effort called by you know us and the number of 77 00:10:50.039 --> 00:11:00.360 members of the Security Council to have consultation by the Security Council so that the 78 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:05.279 President can breathe them on the meeting and the letters that we send yesterday and 79 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:13.039 the day before and during the weeks before about the situation of our people facing 80 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:18.399 this continuous aggression by the Israeli occupying authorities, and to see that the Security 81 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:26.279 Council to elevate itself to where it should be and to act responsibly and you 82 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:31.080 know, to provide the Palestinian people with protection and to stop the illegal settlements, 83 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:37.279 as the call in Resolution two three three four is reflected. Let me 84 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.200 just say a few things in Arabic and then I will give my colleagues, 85 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:46.879 especially the President of the Council to say what she wants to say. Eat 86 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:56.519 alima is Mahammud Abbas mah sadded a Safira lan and saber ra is at Maglada 87 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:20.000 shah Danna Absuramaka Fastini, while Amiamin Kamaka Fibelda Turbosa Libi was Moha Bhima Shahidan 88 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:31.600 Menelaos while ash ideas about what Ama hark Telatina Betan was. Tina Saara Fia 89 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:48.799 amelen Aara rob Hella Furiam and a hammel Masulia Leanna hu Hua Alia. We 90 00:12:48.919 --> 00:13:09.679 have the silmid Watu film semi Arba Ali Medoni in the lcal Carl Lisa Babina 91 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:54.240 Militia Rabia Withstini fear Elahin in her Watu Ala one Moi Kama Palabatan were ten 92 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:20.000 feet had cart anaso Ala and uh and Tama La men Agile and Masulia too. 93 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:41.559 He had a m Ladina issue men can la in jazz in head and 94 00:14:43.080 --> 00:15:07.720 Colam Well nail a Ham could see Sharif and Ladi Dale Carrara. We also 95 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:18.960 a Mea al Haram could see Chiff billmo arbarb Donum Moraba hemon lel muslim in 96 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:45.120 Alio Marsu Rodinia Fihaile Massa Al could see Chif well American Islamia medinaa Juana Baja 97 00:15:46.440 --> 00:16:17.519 disasamable for Astadelin as the head he harl Ilia just a few words from me 98 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:22.840 just to confirm as his excellency Ambassador Monsooria said, the Palestinian ambassador and the 99 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:29.919 delegation came to see the Presidency to update us of the recent developments and escalations 100 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.279 and the occupied Palestinian territory, which the UAE and its national capacity has also 101 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:40.480 condemned strongly. Building on the Council's work in February and the presidential statement that 102 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.519 was adopted, I think we have a very clear framework in terms of expectations 103 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.480 from the Council to continue to be updated of these worrying developments, to continue 104 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:53.879 to call for de escalation and dialogue between the parties and with the support of 105 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:59.360 the international community, and to call for the end of settlement activity and the 106 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.480 expansion of settlement activity. This is the position of the Council as expressed in 107 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:07.880 the presidential statement. But the updates from the ground that the Palestinian ambassador shared 108 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:12.319 with the Presidency are of course alarming, and in our national capacity we have 109 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:17.160 condemned them, and I think we are looking at different options for Council meetings 110 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.759 for the full Council to be appraised of these developments. So just wanted to 111 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:30.920 give you all that update. Thank you very much. James. Please ask 112 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:38.079 the Palestinian ambassador question the Security Council members have now received the Secretary General's annual 113 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:44.400 report on Children an Armed Conflict. It finds that Israel was responsible for the 114 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.039 death of forty two children in twenty twenty two and Israeli settlers responsible for the 115 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:53.039 death of one child. And yet despite this, the Secretary General saying he's 116 00:17:53.079 --> 00:18:00.599 extremely alarmed, once again, Israel is not on the blacklist. Your reaction, 117 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.920 thank you for asking me this question. I know that this report was 118 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:11.599 sent not published yet two members of the Security Council, But as we all 119 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:17.079 know, if two individuals in the United Nations have a copy of a document, 120 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:22.000 then the whole world would have copies of it, so including James, 121 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:30.680 including myself. Although you know I don't know claim that I was given from 122 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.920 the Secretariat a copy of the report. Nevertheless, I was able to see 123 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:41.720 that. Let me just say that we express our regret for the fact that 124 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:49.720 the Secretary General did not list Israel on the list of countries that meet all 125 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:57.319 of the criterias set by the international community with regard to harming children and a 126 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:04.079 conflict. I personally believe that the Secretary General made a big mistake in not 127 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:11.200 listing this current Israeli government. This is the most extreme government, loaded with 128 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:17.119 fascist elements. If you do not list this government, now, when will 129 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:23.079 you list the Israeli government. It's very unfortunate that he selected not to list 130 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:30.799 them. We were hopeful that when he last year said that if they continue 131 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:37.039 with this tradition and this path, I warned them that they will be considered 132 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:41.559 to be listed. They continued on the same path. They killed more children 133 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:47.359 than last year, but yet he did not list them. It is very 134 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:52.200 disappointing to the Palestinian people and to the Palestinian children that he did not list 135 00:19:52.240 --> 00:20:00.000 them. Anyone want to say anything other than solidarity and are grateful. We 136 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:04.440 thank you very much for being with us, and we thank the media for 137 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:15.000 being with us. We will keep you informed. Thank you. In this 138 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:22.160 next segment, we're going to listen to Prime Minister Modi of India speaking to 139 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:30.279 the US Congress about how, why, and what the results could be of 140 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:37.440 India working with a North American country, How it can help because of the 141 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:45.720 increase in commerce, because India is the largest country in the world today, 142 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:53.279 that their population growth has succeeded that of China, and that they want to 143 00:20:53.400 --> 00:21:00.880 work with Western entities in order to build a better world. That they want 144 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:07.880 to see certain levels of technology grow, and that they have the resources to 145 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:19.119 help create a better lifestyle, better sciences, and like for our communities to 146 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:32.640 be more comfortable and follow some of the things that we actually value in our 147 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:37.119 homes and our own lifestyles. So why don't we listen to what Prime Minister 148 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:52.200 Modi had to say to the US Congress floor to you, his Excellency Narenda 149 00:21:52.400 --> 00:22:25.400 Modi, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India. Kay, mister speaker, 150 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:38.680 but I'm Vice President, distinguished members of the US Congress, Ladies and 151 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:59.200 gentlemen, No Scott, it is always a great honor to address the United 152 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:18.519 States Congress. It is an exceptional privilege to do so twice. For this 153 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:30.920 honor, I extend my deepest gratitude on behalf of the one point four billion 154 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:49.759 people of India. I see that nearly half of you were here in twenty 155 00:23:49.920 --> 00:24:03.720 sixteen. I feel you're warm as old friends. I can also see the 156 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:18.680 enthusiasm of a new friends in the other half. I remember Senator Harry Reid, 157 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:38.079 Senator John mckinn, Senator or in Hatch Elijah Cummings, Elsie Hastings, 158 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:49.599 and others who I met here in twenty sixty and who are sadly no longer 159 00:24:49.720 --> 00:25:03.039 with us. Mister speaker, standing here seven Junes ago, that is the 160 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:18.119 June when Hamilton swept all the hours, I said that the agitations of history 161 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:29.839 were behind us. Now when our era it is a cross is at a 162 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:49.079 crossroads. I'm here to speak about our calling for this century. Through the 163 00:25:49.240 --> 00:26:00.039 long and widening road that we have traveled, we have made the test of 164 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:10.319 friendship. A lot has changed since I came here seven summers ago, but 165 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:18.839 a lot has remained the same, like our commitment to depend the friendship between 166 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:33.880 India and the United States. In the past few years, there have been 167 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:47.279 many advances in AI artificial intelligence. At the same time, there have been 168 00:26:48.279 --> 00:27:19.000 even more momentous development in another AI, America and India. Kay us a 169 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:30.400 speaker and distinguished members. The beauty of democracy in the constant connect with the 170 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:41.680 people, to listen to them and feel the pulse. And I know this 171 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:51.720 takes a lot of time, energy, effort, and travel. It is 172 00:27:51.759 --> 00:28:02.519 your Thursday Thursday afternoon. I fly out there for some of you, So 173 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:11.240 I'm grateful for your time. I also know how busy you have been this 174 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:22.640 last month, being a citizen of a vibrant democracy. Myself, I can 175 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:41.079 admit one thing, mister speaker. You have a tough job. I can 176 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:52.599 relate to the battles of patient persuation and policy. I can understand the debate 177 00:28:52.960 --> 00:29:03.319 of ideas and ideology. But I'm delighted to see you come together today to 178 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:14.000 celebrate the bond between worlds two great democracies, India and the United States. 179 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:44.799 Kay, I'm happy to help out. I'm happy to help out. Whenever 180 00:29:44.960 --> 00:30:03.359 you need a strong bipartisan consensus, there will be and there must be a 181 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:15.839 context of ideas at home. But we must also come together as one when 182 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:34.400 we speak forever nation, and you have shown that you can do it. 183 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:53.839 Congratulations, mister speaker. The foundation of America while inspired by the vision of 184 00:30:55.519 --> 00:31:06.240 a nation of equal people, m throughout your history, you embrace people from 185 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:15.559 around the world, and you have made them equal partners in the American Dricken 186 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:32.920 Dream. There are millions here who have roots in India. Some of them 187 00:31:33.039 --> 00:32:07.640 seek proudly in this chamber. And there is one behind me who who had 188 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:19.559 made history. I'm told that the Samosa cockers and now the flavor of the 189 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:30.960 house. I hope it grows and brings the full diversity of Indian cuisine here. 190 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:49.039 Over two centuries, we have inspired each other through the lives of great 191 00:32:49.200 --> 00:33:00.279 Americans and Indians. BPA tribute to Mathma Gandhi and Martin Luther King jew Idea. 192 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:28.279 Okay. We also remember many others who work for liberty, equality and 193 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:42.759 justice today I also wish to pay heartfelt tribute to one of them, Congressman 194 00:33:43.920 --> 00:34:09.920 John Lewis h H. Mister Speaker. Democracy is one of our sacred and 195 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:22.199 shared values. It has evolved over a long time and taken various forms of 196 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:37.440 systems throughout history. However, one thing has been clear. Democracy is the 197 00:34:37.599 --> 00:35:00.440 spirit that supports equality and dignity. Democracy is the idea that welcomes debate and 198 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:15.719 discourse. Democracy is the culture that gives wings to thought and expression. India 199 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:25.320 is plased to have such values from times immemorial in the evolution of the democratic 200 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:44.360 spirit. India is the mother of democracy millennia ago. Our oldest scriptures say 201 00:35:45.280 --> 00:36:00.719 he comes sut Vipra bahdhadi. It means the truth is born, but the 202 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:10.079 wise express it in a different ways. Now the US is the oldest and 203 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:19.440 India the largest democracy. Of a partner. Sy augurs well for the future 204 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:34.480 of democracy. Together, we shall give a better future to the world and 205 00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:50.880 a better world to the future, mister speaker. Last year, India celebrated 206 00:36:52.480 --> 00:37:02.079 seventy five years of its independence. Every milestone important, but this one was 207 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:14.039 a special. We celebrated a remarkable journey of our seventy five years of freedom 208 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:22.719 after a thousand years of foreign rule in one form or another. This was 209 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:30.039 not just the celebration of democracy, but also of diversity, not just a 210 00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:36.760 constitution, but also of its spirits, of a social empowerment, not just 211 00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:45.159 of our competitiveness and cooperative federalism, but also of our essential unity and integrity. 212 00:37:52.079 --> 00:38:06.199 We have our two thousand, five hundred political parties, Yes you had 213 00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:19.719 that right, two thousand, five hundred. About twenty different parties govern various 214 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:34.800 states of India. We have twenty two official languages and thousands of dialects, 215 00:38:35.000 --> 00:39:00.199 and yet we speak in one voice. Every hundred miles. Our using changes 216 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:15.360 from Dosa to Aluparaha and from second to Sundays. We enjoy all of these. 217 00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:24.519 We are home to all faiths in the world. And we celebrate all 218 00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:53.559 of that in India. Diversity, it's a natural way of life. Today, 219 00:39:55.000 --> 00:40:00.679 the world wants to know more and more about India. I see that 220 00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:13.280 curiosity in this House two. We were honored to receive over one hundred members 221 00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:25.840 of the US Congress in India over the last decade. Everyone wants to understand 222 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:35.159 India's development, democracy and diversity. Everyone wants to know what India is doing 223 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:46.480 right and how Among close friends. I'm happy to share the same, mister 224 00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:57.599 speaker. When I first visited the US as a primister, India but the 225 00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:10.159 tenth largest economy in the world. Ten Today India in the fifth largest economy 226 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:54.119 okay and and India will be the third largest economy soon. We are not 227 00:41:54.480 --> 00:42:04.280 only growing bigger, but we are also growing faster. When India grows, 228 00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:20.000 the whole world grows. After all, we are one sixth of the world's 229 00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:31.679 population. In the last century, when India won its freedom, it inspired 230 00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:47.280 many other countries to free themselves from colonial rule. In this century, when 231 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:57.280 India says benchmark in growth, it will inspire many of her countries to do 232 00:42:57.480 --> 00:43:15.719 the same. Our vision is subcasca, subcravicars subcraviscars, subcapriyars. It means 233 00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:29.440 together for everyone's growth, with everyone's trust and everyone's efforts. Let me share 234 00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:37.159 with you how this vision is translating into action with speed and scale. We 235 00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:51.840 are focusing on infrastructure development. We have given nearly forty million homes to provide 236 00:43:52.000 --> 00:44:07.719 shelter to our hundred and fifty million people. That is nearly six times the 237 00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:25.400 population of Australia. We run a national health insurance program that ensures free medical 238 00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:43.920 treatment for about five hundred million people. Five hundred million people that is greater 239 00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:52.159 than the population of South America. We took banking to the unbanked with the 240 00:44:52.280 --> 00:45:02.960 world's largest financial inclusion drive. Nearly five hund million people benefited. This is 241 00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:13.280 close to the population of North America. We have worked and building digital India. 242 00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:24.840 Today there are more than eight hundred and fifty million smartphones and Internet users 243 00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:42.639 in the country. This is more than the population of Europe. We protected 244 00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:57.239 our people with two point two billion doses of made in India COVID vaccines and 245 00:45:57.519 --> 00:46:09.480 that two free costs m I may be running out of continent soon, so 246 00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:20.480 I will stop here. Distinguished members, The Vedas are one of the world's 247 00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:32.079 oldest scriptures. They are a great treasure of humanity composed thousands of years ago. 248 00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:45.239 Back then, women sayes compose many verses in the and today in modern 249 00:46:45.400 --> 00:47:02.159 India, women are leading us to a better future. India Art vision is 250 00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:13.079 not just of development which benefits women. It is of women lead development, 251 00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:28.199 where women lead the journey of progress. A woman has reason from a humble 252 00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:47.280 tribal background to be our head of states. Nearly one point five million one 253 00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:59.400 point five million elected women leaders at various levels and that is of local governments. 254 00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:09.800 Today, women serve our country in the army, Navy and air force. 255 00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:22.199 India also had the highest highest persons of women airline pilots in the world 256 00:48:29.639 --> 00:48:42.280 and they have also put us on Mars by leading our Mars mission. I 257 00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:54.679 believe that investigating in a girl's child lifts up the entire family, empowering women 258 00:48:55.800 --> 00:49:10.119 transform the nation, mister speaker, India is an ancient nation with a youthful 259 00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:19.480 population. India known for its traditions, but the younger generation is also making 260 00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:28.400 a hub of technology, be it creative reals on insta our real time payments, 261 00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:39.320 coding, or quantum computing, machine learning, our mobile apps think that 262 00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:49.079 our data science. The youth of India are a great example of how a 263 00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:59.440 society and embrace latest technology. In India, technology is not about innovation but 264 00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:12.039 also about inclusion. Today, digital performance are empowering the rights and dignity of 265 00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:21.360 people while protecting protecting privacy. In the last nine years, or a billion 266 00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:31.679 people got a unique digital biometric identity connected with that bank accounts and mobile phones. 267 00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:45.920 This digital public infrastructor helps us these citizens within seconds with financial assistance. 268 00:50:47.119 --> 00:51:01.519 Eight hundred and fifty million people receive direct benefit financial transfers into their counts three 269 00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:09.360 times a year. Over one hundred million farmers received assistance in their bank accounts 270 00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:19.639 at the clique of her button. The value of such transfer has crossed three 271 00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:30.679 hundred and twenty billion dollars and we have served over twenty five billion dollars in 272 00:51:30.800 --> 00:51:39.840 the process. If you visit India, you will see everyone is using phones 273 00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:50.280 for payments, including street vendors. Last year, out of every hundred real 274 00:51:50.440 --> 00:52:04.639 time digital payments in the world, forty six happened in India. Nearly four 275 00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:16.000 hundred thousand miles of political fiber optical fiber optical fiber cables and cheap data have 276 00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:30.079 a shared in a revolution of opportunities. Farmers check bather updates, the elderly 277 00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:42.000 gates, social security payments, Students access scholarships, Doctors delivers telemedicine, fishermen 278 00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:49.159 check fishing grounds, and small businesses get loans with just a tap on their 279 00:52:49.280 --> 00:53:02.199 phones. Mister Speaker, a spirit of democracy, inclusion and sustainability defines us. 280 00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:12.840 It also shapes our outlook to the world. India growth while being responsible 281 00:53:13.039 --> 00:53:23.519 about our planet. We believe Martha Bohi put through. This means the earth 282 00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:34.559 is our mother and we are her children. Indian culture deeply respect the environment 283 00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:54.400 and our planet. While becoming the fastest growing economy, we grew our solar 284 00:53:54.599 --> 00:54:06.519 capacity by two thousand three, Yes you heard right, two thousand three. 285 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:22.559 Hus We became the only only G twenty country to meet its parish commitment. 286 00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:39.519 We made renewables account for over forty percent of our energy sources, nine years 287 00:54:39.639 --> 00:54:50.320 ahead of the target of twenty thirty. But we did not stop there. 288 00:54:52.440 --> 00:55:05.119 At the Glasgow Summits, I propose mission Life lifestyle for environment. This is 289 00:55:05.199 --> 00:55:16.920 a way to make sustainable sustainability a true people's movements to leave it to be 290 00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:28.079 the job of governments alone. By being mindful in making choices, every individual 291 00:55:29.440 --> 00:55:37.840 can make a positive impact. Making sustainability a mass movement beheld the world reach 292 00:55:39.159 --> 00:55:50.480 the net zero target faster. Our vision is pro planet progress. Our vision 293 00:55:50.719 --> 00:56:07.480 is pro planet prosperity. Our vision is pro planet people. Mister speaker, 294 00:56:08.360 --> 00:56:16.880 believe by the motive of what would have you could come or. The World 295 00:56:17.239 --> 00:56:34.760 is One family. Our engagement with the world for everyone's benefits. The One 296 00:56:34.880 --> 00:56:45.440 Son, One World, one grade, seek to join us all is connecting 297 00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:58.800 the world with clean energy. One or One Health is a vision for global 298 00:56:58.920 --> 00:57:14.079 action to bring quality healthcare to everyone, including animals and plants. The same 299 00:57:14.320 --> 00:57:22.480 spirit is also seen in the theme van we chair the g twenty one Earth, 300 00:57:22.920 --> 00:57:35.400 One Family, One Future. We advanced the spirit of unity through yoga 301 00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:43.239 as well. Just yesterday, the whole world came together to celebrate the Internest 302 00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:57.400 Sturday of Yoga. Just last week, all nations join our proposal at the 303 00:57:57.519 --> 00:58:12.119 UN end to build a memorial ball to honor the peacekeepers and Vizier. The 304 00:58:12.320 --> 00:58:24.719 whole world is celebrating the International Year of Millets to promote sustainable agriculture and nutrition 305 00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:35.559 alike. During COVID, we deliver vaccines and medicines to our one hundred and 306 00:58:35.800 --> 00:58:45.440 fifty counties. We reach out to others being disasters at first respondent, as 307 00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:55.840 we do for our own. We share our modest resources with those who need 308 00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:13.880 them the most. We built capabilities, not dependencies. Mister speaker, When 309 00:59:13.960 --> 00:59:21.199 I speak about India's approach to the world, the United States occupied a special 310 00:59:21.440 --> 00:59:28.559 place. I know our relations are of great importance to all of you. 311 00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:36.039 Every member of this Congress has a deep interest in it. When depends and 312 00:59:36.519 --> 00:59:45.280 aerospace in India, growth industries in State of Washington, Arizona, Georgia, 313 00:59:46.400 --> 01:00:04.119 Alabama, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania thrived when American companies grow the the research 314 01:00:04.199 --> 01:00:10.440 and development centers in India. Five. When Indians fly more, a single 315 01:00:10.880 --> 01:00:19.599 order of aircraft creates more than a million jobs in forty four straits in America. 316 01:00:27.119 --> 01:00:36.679 When an American phonemakers invens in India, it creates an entirely ecastream of 317 01:00:36.920 --> 01:00:45.760 jobs and opportunities in both countries. When India and US work together on semiconductors 318 01:00:46.320 --> 01:00:55.360 and critical minerals, it helps the ball in making supply change more diverse, 319 01:00:57.239 --> 01:01:14.199 regigion and reliable. Indeed, misrus speaker, beaverse strangers in defense cooperation at 320 01:01:14.239 --> 01:01:22.039 the Town of Century. Now the United States has become one of our most 321 01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:49.320 important defense partner. Okay, m Today India and the US are working together 322 01:01:50.960 --> 01:02:00.119 in space and in the seas, in science and in semiconductors, in startups 323 01:02:01.159 --> 01:02:12.599 and sustainability, intact and in trade, in farming and finals, in art 324 01:02:13.199 --> 01:02:21.159 and artificial intelligence, in energy and education, in healthcare and humanitarian efforts. 325 01:02:22.840 --> 01:02:28.719 I can go on and go on, but to summit why, I would 326 01:02:28.800 --> 01:02:36.719 say the scope of our cooperation is anadless, the potential of our energy is 327 01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:50.840 limitless, and the cameras in our relations is effortless. In all this, 328 01:02:52.079 --> 01:03:08.320 Indian Americans have played a big role. They are brilliant in every field, 329 01:03:09.960 --> 01:03:29.840 not just in spelling b With their hearts and minds, talent and skills and 330 01:03:30.039 --> 01:03:37.360 the love for America and India, they have connected us. They have unlocked 331 01:03:37.440 --> 01:03:47.119 doors. They have shown the potential of our partnership. Mister speaker, distinguished 332 01:03:47.199 --> 01:03:55.800 members, every Indian Prime Minister and American presidenter of the path had taken our 333 01:03:55.920 --> 01:04:05.840 relationship further. But our generation has to honor of taking it greater heights. 334 01:04:14.400 --> 01:04:28.639 I agree with President Baden that this is a defining partnership of this country because 335 01:04:30.119 --> 01:04:41.159 it serves a larger purpose. Democracy, demography and destiny give us the purpose. 336 01:04:43.159 --> 01:04:51.280 One consequence is the globalization had been to cover over concentration of supply change. 337 01:04:54.239 --> 01:05:02.159 We will work together to diversify, decentralize, and democratize supply change. 338 01:05:12.880 --> 01:05:23.199 Technology will determine the security, prosperity and leadership in the twenty first century. 339 01:05:24.880 --> 01:05:35.159 That is why our two countries established a new initiative for critical and emerging technologies. 340 01:05:38.079 --> 01:05:46.760 Our knowledge partnership build sir humanity and seek solutions to the global challenges of 341 01:05:47.039 --> 01:05:57.599 climate change, hunger and health. Mister Speaker and distinguished members, the last 342 01:05:57.639 --> 01:06:09.039 few words have seen deeply disruptive developments with the Ukraine conflict. War has written 343 01:06:09.159 --> 01:06:17.719 to Europe. It is causing great pain in the region. Sentin involves major 344 01:06:17.840 --> 01:06:29.280 powers. The outcomes are severe. Countries of the Global South have been particularly 345 01:06:29.400 --> 01:06:38.280 affected. The global order is based on the respect for the principle of the 346 01:06:38.679 --> 01:06:47.480 UN Charter, peaceful resolution of disputes and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity. 347 01:07:00.519 --> 01:07:15.400 Kay and I will say directly and publicly, this is not an era of 348 01:07:15.639 --> 01:07:33.480 war, but it is one of dialogue and diplomacy, and we all must 349 01:07:33.559 --> 01:07:59.320 do what we can to stop the blood shape and humans suffering. Mister Speaker, 350 01:08:00.639 --> 01:08:13.039 the dark clouds of coversion and confrontation are casting their shadow in the Indo 351 01:08:13.119 --> 01:08:20.600 Pacific. The stability of the region has become one of the central concerns about 352 01:08:20.640 --> 01:08:28.399 a partnership. We share a vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo, 353 01:08:28.479 --> 01:08:59.560 passibly connected by secure cys defined by international law, free from domination and 354 01:08:59.760 --> 01:09:15.319 an anchor in Russian centrality. A region where all nations small and large are 355 01:09:15.520 --> 01:09:24.920 free and fearless in their choices, where progress is not suffer suffocated by an 356 01:09:25.079 --> 01:09:39.840 impossible burdance of date, where connectivity it not leverage for strategic purposes, where 357 01:09:39.880 --> 01:09:48.720 all nations are lifted by the high tide of shid prosperity. Our resion does 358 01:09:48.880 --> 01:10:00.079 not seek to contraint for exclude, but to build a cooperative region, a 359 01:10:00.239 --> 01:10:10.880 peace and prosperity. We've worked through regional institutions and with our partners from within 360 01:10:11.039 --> 01:10:20.479 the region and beyond. Of this Fourhead emerged as a major force of good 361 01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:38.199 for the region, Missus Speaker. More than two decades after nine eleven and 362 01:10:38.479 --> 01:10:48.399 more than a decade after twenty six eleven in Mumbai, radicalism and tourism still 363 01:10:48.720 --> 01:11:03.359 remain impressing danger for the whole world. These ideologies keep taking new identity and 364 01:11:03.680 --> 01:11:15.279 pomps, but the intentions are the same. Terrorism as an enemy of humanity 365 01:11:15.560 --> 01:11:28.960 and that can be no ips and birds in dealing with it. We must 366 01:11:29.119 --> 01:11:47.680 overcome all such forces sponsoring and exporting terror. Mister Speaker Covin nineteenth's biggest impact 367 01:11:47.720 --> 01:12:00.079 about the human laws and suffering it cause. I wish to remember Congressman round 368 01:12:00.239 --> 01:12:09.800 Rights and the staff members who lost their lives to coved. As we emerge 369 01:12:11.399 --> 01:12:15.600 out of the pandemic, we must give shape to a new world order. 370 01:12:18.359 --> 01:12:29.279 Consideration, care and concern are the need of power. Giving a voice to 371 01:12:29.399 --> 01:12:39.000 the global South is the way forward. That is why I firmly believe that 372 01:12:39.159 --> 01:12:48.079 the African Union be given poe in membership of G twenty. Okay, okay, 373 01:12:51.800 --> 01:13:12.159 okay. We must revive multilateralism and reform multilateral institutions with better resources and 374 01:13:12.520 --> 01:13:21.119 representation. That applies to all our global institutions of governance, especially the United 375 01:13:21.319 --> 01:13:36.960 Nations. When the world had changed, our institutions too must change or risks 376 01:13:38.119 --> 01:13:47.840 getting replaced by a world of rivalries without rules. In working for a world 377 01:13:50.119 --> 01:13:58.960 new world order based on international law, our two countries will be at the 378 01:13:59.079 --> 01:14:17.079 forefront as partners, business speaker and distinguished members. Today we stand at the 379 01:14:17.199 --> 01:14:27.199 new down in our relationship that will not only shape the destiny of our town 380 01:14:27.279 --> 01:14:38.640 distance but also that of the world. At the young American point amount of 381 01:14:38.840 --> 01:14:50.079 government expressed when they comes. We stepped out of the shade, a plam 382 01:14:50.319 --> 01:15:00.239 and unpraade. The new down blooms as we free eat, For there is 383 01:15:00.319 --> 01:15:17.119 always lights, if only we are brave with up to see it right our 384 01:15:17.279 --> 01:15:26.960 trust trade partner, see our trust trade partner. See It's like the sun 385 01:15:27.880 --> 01:15:43.159 in this new dawn that we sprayed light all around. I'm reminded of a 386 01:15:43.399 --> 01:15:55.199 poem that I once wrote. Ask one Sirut Harker, ask mon may Sirut 387 01:15:55.239 --> 01:16:15.800 Harker ganey bad look cheerker Roshanika suncle play abiito, abitho sauga, Then shake 388 01:16:16.199 --> 01:16:43.399 satchelker saker her mustilko Parker, go and go and abioga. If I were 389 01:16:43.479 --> 01:16:51.399 to say it in English, it would be rising its head in the skies, 390 01:16:54.399 --> 01:17:01.680 piercing through the dense trouts with the promise of fly. The sun had 391 01:17:01.760 --> 01:17:13.760 just reasoned. Armed with a deep resolve, overcoming all the arts to dispel 392 01:17:14.720 --> 01:17:29.840 the forces of darkness. The Sun had just revision. Missus Speaker and distinguished 393 01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:40.359 Members. We come from different circumstances and history, but we are united by 394 01:17:40.399 --> 01:17:50.920 a common vision and by a common destiny. Whenever partnership progress, economic resilience 395 01:17:51.359 --> 01:18:04.119 increases, innovation grows, science flourishous knowledge advances, humanity benefits, our seage 396 01:18:04.199 --> 01:18:13.880 and skies are safer, Democracy will sign brighter and the world will be better 397 01:18:14.000 --> 01:18:18.720 placed. That is the mission of our partnership. That is our calling for 398 01:18:18.880 --> 01:18:26.760 this centuary with a Speaker and distinguished members. Even by the high standards of 399 01:18:26.920 --> 01:18:34.479 our partnership, this visit is one of the great positive transformation. Together we 400 01:18:34.600 --> 01:19:08.359 shall demonstrate that democracies better and democrats is delivered. Oct I count on your 401 01:19:08.479 --> 01:19:15.079 continued support to the India US partner seat. When I was here in twenty 402 01:19:15.159 --> 01:19:25.800 sixteen, I said that our relationship relationship be prime for a momentous future. 403 01:19:28.760 --> 01:19:53.520 That future is today. Okay, thank you once again, Missus Speaker, 404 01:19:54.640 --> 01:20:03.520 Manum Vice President and the discingest members of this honor. God blessed America. 405 01:20:05.199 --> 01:20:29.479 Jahan, long lived in your years, Francy, thank you, thank you 406 01:20:29.560 --> 01:20:35.520 for listening today. And one of the things that we really really want to 407 01:20:35.600 --> 01:20:41.680 push back on UM when we talked about Bill C eighteen and what it could 408 01:20:41.720 --> 01:20:46.800 actually mean for Canada and how it could create. Well, on one hand, 409 01:20:46.960 --> 01:20:51.279 it could create a which isn't necessarily a bad thing, a bunch of 410 01:20:51.680 --> 01:21:02.079 new paid for services in new services that in respects it could actually help some 411 01:21:02.359 --> 01:21:09.920 media sources. At the same time, it is a double ledged sword and 412 01:21:10.319 --> 01:21:17.319 it could potentially lock out some very moderate and dependent media sources from actually being 413 01:21:17.399 --> 01:21:25.039 able to gather content and produce thought inspiring content just so people can learn what 414 01:21:25.279 --> 01:21:29.840 is happening in our community, so they can learn what is they agree with 415 01:21:30.039 --> 01:21:36.960 and what it is that they want to have more of in our society and 416 01:21:38.399 --> 01:21:45.199 maybe what we don't really want as much of. Without all the information and 417 01:21:45.399 --> 01:21:51.600 with a lot of rhetoric filters, then our society gets help back, it 418 01:21:51.680 --> 01:21:59.359 gets stymied because we don't have everything that is available, all the information available. 419 01:22:00.520 --> 01:22:05.720 It's kind of like the scientific method that we need to know and be 420 01:22:05.880 --> 01:22:12.640 able to question everything that is put on the information plate in front of US 421 01:22:14.640 --> 01:22:24.640 Bill C eighteen may limit what can hit our information plate so that we never 422 01:22:24.800 --> 01:22:30.960 know what could be happening in the background. We also heard of from Palestine 423 01:22:31.079 --> 01:22:36.359 and one of the things that we want to ensure that people know that we 424 01:22:36.560 --> 01:22:43.800 need to stand against hatred, hate, crimes and terrorism. They are not 425 01:22:43.920 --> 01:22:46.600 the breeding ground for the kind of world that if you're listening to us, 426 01:22:46.680 --> 01:22:54.720 did you really want? You want a more loving place, and we want 427 01:22:54.760 --> 01:23:04.000 a place that is inclusive to everyone, to all cultures and thoughts, and 428 01:23:04.159 --> 01:23:11.119 that may not be what is happening in the in between Israel and Palestine right 429 01:23:11.199 --> 01:23:18.279 now. And how do we bridge that so that both Palestine and Israel can 430 01:23:18.359 --> 01:23:25.960 work together, and how colonialism in the area can be limited and yet allow 431 01:23:26.119 --> 01:23:34.439 people to live freely. Also heard from Prime Minister Modi as he speaks about 432 01:23:34.920 --> 01:23:43.359 how great India is and what a power it can be, a positive power 433 01:23:43.479 --> 01:23:49.520 it can be to work with in the global marketplace. 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