Thank you for listening to de Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights,
the show about government policy and human rights. Okay, welcome back to
Policy and Write here on Depictions Media Radio. I am your host Michael Cloggs.
Well, yesterday there was a agreement to a resolution to a ceasefire for
Palestine, and we're actually going to hear the stakeout that was done after after
that, uh, the vote, and we'll hear hear what was what was
said in that steakout in a little bit the day after. They're still debating
if the resolution is binding, and we're going to hear arguments about or questions
about it. The charter, the u N Charter, is is it a
binding agreement for all countries that are members? And is a really good question
is the resolutions that come out from the United Nations are they binding for countries
to follow? Do they have to follow them or risk consequences? And what
would those consequences actually be. So if Israel decides that they're not going to
stop the mass destruction, that they're not going to allow land openings into Gaza
so that humanitarian efforts can be distributed, because they believe that the Hamasa is
actually taking taking these h amountsnitarian efforts and distributing to their own people so that
they can they can stay well and not have to worry about and hide from
the Israeli defenses. Are they going to continue? Are they going to continue?
Or will they follow the resolution and stop the destruction and stop the fighting.
Will the Hamas turn over the hostages as well? So there's a lot
of questions behind that. Okay, So moving back to Canada, there are,
of course the government healthcare. There are a lot of different ways of
planning and because each province has their own set of problems, that each problem
these province is in charge of their healthcare system. Even though it is kind
of a universal thing. If you're visiting the province in your Canadian your of
course you'll get equal treatment. So the Federal Mintors Minister of Health Mark collin
he Is, was in New Brunswick and they were discussing a forty three million
dollar plan to upgrade a large number of systems and services that are available to
the residents of New Brunswick, which is not limited but definitely includes senior care
and mental health, two of the biggest issues that we see and to the
issues that are affecting loved ones in our society. Mental health, when you
look at the homeless populations and some of the addictions that it's the addiction becomes
a symptom of a much bigger mental health issue that that person may have and
what may have also led them to becoming homeless. To begin with, a
senior care where some things are just simply inadequate, the nursing home situation where
you see our seniors being abused. These are our grandparents and our parents who
care for us while we were children and they are left to abusive people or
people who don't have the passion for caring for the seniors and leave them neglected.
So it's good to see a large number of upgrades come to a province
and that will help care for the residents on many different levels. So mental
health and senior care are only two other things. There are many many more
things that they will be actually discussing and ensuring that people get the level of
care that they should have. That would make Canada healthcare system one of the
best and on our globe. So we'll hear from from New Brunswick about that.
We're also going to hear because there was a bridge collapse in Baltimore,
a tragic accident. A ship lost control and the Franciscot Key Bridge was struck
and after striking it collapsed. There were some vehicles. They managed to get
most of the vehicles off the bridge. There were a few left. And
you're gonna hear some statements from President Brighten about what the US federal government is
going to do about repairing the bridge, ensuring that families and their loved ones
are found. Apparently there were some unaccountable people on accounted for and there were
some injuries according to what President Biden said, But he made a promise that
the federal government would actually take care of the bill of replacing it and then
figure out later on the liability that might be due to the bridge being struck
by ship the company that owns the ship that later on they'll figure all that
part out, he said. The more immediate problem is to actually get the
bridge rebuilt and get the ports that are connected by that bridge and that are
on that river Inlet back in to action and back doing the job they're supposed
to do. So why don't we start off with the Baltimore Bridge and then
we'll move into new Brunswick and then the Palestinian ceasefire resolution. The reason good
afternoon. Before I leave for North Carolina some weber doing a few minutes,
I want to speak briefly about the terrible incident and accident that happened in Baltimore
this morning. At about one point thirty container ship struck the Francis Scott's Key
Bridge, which I've been over many many times commuting from the state of delaway
our trainer by car Ben in Baltimore Harbor many times, and the bridge collapsed,
sending several people on the vehicles into the water into the river, and
the multiple US Coast Guard units was are stationed very nearby. Thank god.
We're immediately deployed along with local emergency personnel and the Coast Guard is leading the
response to the port where representatives from the Federal Highway Administration, the FBI,
the Department Ination in the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as Maryland officials
in Baltimore Police and Fire, they're all working together to coordinate an emergency response.
Officials that the scene estimate eight people were an account for, still not
still we're on account for that number might change. Two have been rescued one
without injury, one and critical cognition, and the search and rescue operations continuing
for all those remaining as we speak. I spoke with Governor Moore this morning,
as well as the Mayor of Baltimore, the County Executive United to both
the United States Senators and the Congressman, and my Secretary Transportation is on the
scene. I told them we're going to send all the federal resources they need
as we respond to this emergency, and I mean all the federal resources,
and we're going to rebuild that port together. Everything so far indicates that this
was a terrible accident. At this time, we have no other indication,
no other reason to believe it is any intentional act to Personnel on board the
ship were able to alert the mayor Department of Transportation that they had lost control
of their vessel, as you all know, and reported. As a result,
local authorities were able to close the bridge of traffic before the bridge was
struck, which undoubtedly saved lives. And our prayers are with everyone involved in
this terrible accident and all the families, especially those waiting for the news of
their loved one right now. I know every minute in that circumstance feels like
a lifetime You just don't know. It's just terrible. We're incredibly grateful for
the brave rescuers who immediately rush to the scene and to the people of Baltimore
who want to say we're with you. We're going to stay with you as
long as it takes. And like Governor said, you're Maryland tough, You're
Baltimore strong, and we're gonna get through this together. And I promise we're
not leaving. Here's what's happening now. The search and rescue operation is our
top priority. Ship traffic and the Port of Baltimore has been suspended until further
notice, and we'll need to clear that channel before the ship traffic can resume.
The Army Corps Engineers is on the spot and is going to help lead
this effort to clear the channel. The Port of Baltimore is one of the
nation's largest shipping hubs, and I've been there a number of times as a
Senator and as a Vice president. It handles a record amount of cargo last
year. It's also the top port in America for both imports and exports of
automobiles and light trucks. Around eight hundred and fifty thousand vehicles go through that
port every single year, and we're going to get it up and running again
as soon as possible. Fifteen thousand jobs depend on that port, and we're
going to do everything we can to protect those jobs and help those workers.
The bridge is also critical for travel, not just for Baltimore, but for
the Northeast. Carter over thirty thousand vehicles across the Francis Scott Key Bridge on
a daily basis as virtually well. It's one of the most important elements for
the economy in the Northeast and the quality of life. My Transportation secretary is
there now. As I told Governor More, I've directed my team move heaven
and Earth to reopen the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible.
And we're gonna work hand in hand with the support of Maryland to support
Maryland whatever they ask for. We're gonna work with our partners in Congress to
make sure the state gets the support it needs. It's my intention that federal
government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect
the Congress to support my effort. It's gonna take some time, and the
people of Baltimore can count on us, so to stick with them at every
step of the way till the port is reopened and the bridge is rebuilt.
You know, we're not leaving until this job gets done, not leaving until
then. So I just want to say God bless everybody who are everyone harmed
this morning and their families, and may God bless the first responders. Many
of them are risk in their lives and I'm gonna reason. I'm not gonna
take a lot of questions. There's remaining issues that are open, and we're
gonna determine what's going to happen in terms of the rescue mission all like.
But I'm glad to go to both to be premier deputation that twicity usual mcmaquis
kode. Thank you so much for all of you for joining us today.
It's really great to be surrounded by many familiar faces in the crowd. Well
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be joined today. But my friends and colleague, first and foremost, the
Honorable Mark Holland, Minister of health Mark, thank you so much for being
with us today and Oci Dominique LeBlanc. Dominique. Dominique is like Chaer,
he doesn't really need the formal introduction. Just the first name kind of works.
So there we go. But Dominiqu always great to see you here today.
I'm also pleased to be here with Bruce Fitch, the Minister of Health,
provincial Minister of Health, and also at Kathy Bacchus, New Brunswick's Minister
for Seniors, and last but not least, Sherry Wilson, the Minister of
Mental Health and Addictions. So thank you so much for being here today.
You some devist de sti alexe ASCUSI two Poli Brunswick. Formerly, when I
was the Minister of Health, I had the privilege of working with my home
province to reach the first bilateral agreements supporting home and community care, mental health
and addictions. I was thrilled to be here then and I'm again thrilled to
be here today to see this collaboration continuing. Gemeno A key new Zobie could
usual to be Merciswick. Like many of you here, we all had family
and friends that have had to access the services here at the hospital, and
I just want to say thank you for the work that you do day in
and day out. Not always easy, but we certainly appreciate all that you
do. Ju alati AMusA de mon comunoti. So now let's get this show
on the road for the announcement. Before that I do the formal introduction of
our first speaker. I also wanted to advise the media that we will be
here afterwards for questions and scrums. So now it is my honor and privilege,
as I've indicated, to welcome my friend and colleague, the honorable Mark
Holland, Minister of Health. Mark was first elected as the Member of Parliament
for Ajax, Ontario back in twenty oh four, and as the Member of
Parliament he served as the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
He's also served as the Chief Government Whip and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Public Safety Emergency Preparedness. He's been a staunch advocate of helping marriage equality rights
and played a key role in helping to reform Canada's animal cruelty laws. In
both private and public roles, Minister Holland has backed health related initiatives. He
has served as the executive director of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's Ontario
mission and as well as the National director for Children and Youth. And I
have to say, having worked with Mark for the past ten years, he
is a strong advocate when it comes to mental health issues and all health related
issues. And Mark, we've seen you work tiresly over the past seven or
eight months and we're truly thrilled to have you here in Moncton. So without
further Ado, let's give Mark a warm welcome. Janettes then a mountain and
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mates, and dom would talk about his journey and about the extraordinary doctors and
nurses who came to his aid and his moment of darkness, and we know
he wouldn't be here without you. And we're going to talk today about the
challenges that exist in our healthcare system, but it's so important to take a
moment how lucky we are to have a system that whether or not you're a
minister of the crown or you're somebody who comes in without a penny in your
pocket, you're going to get the exact same care. The doctors and the
nurses here, the personal support care workers, what they did for Dominic.
Let me just first of all say, because my good friend is still with
us in serving this country, thank you. And you know I had my
own experience just two weeks ago. My son was in a terrible our accident
and I was very worried for his life and he was sent to Sunnybrook where
he received extraordinary care. And that care would have been provided to him whether
or not he was on his own again without a penny, or he was
the son of a health minister. So when we're having these incredible challenges.
It's important to remember we really do have the most extraordinary health system in the
world, and when it's there, and when it's there, a needed boy
to our doctors and nurses and personal support care workers show up. Cite in
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in family. It was a time of challenge and difficulty beyond all reasonable asking
uh, and yet healthcare workers in that moment all came together without without complaint,
with a singular focus on helping us get through that. I also want
to thank you for that. And you came out of that period and rightfully
expected you were going to get a break that you know that that view of
coming out of the pandemic and all of that hard work that you were going
to be given an opportunity to rest. But backlogs and burnout meant that actually
the challenge got bigger, not smaller, and a lot of the stresses that
already existed in our health system became more evident. The system De Sante met
Nan made the transfermacon On Thats why because it's that spirit to me that is
so remarkable and shows us what's possible. You know, in that brief moment
in the pandemic when everybody was pulling all in the same direction, when we
set aside jurisdiction and we set aside partisanship in difference, we were shown how
much could be accomplished in our health system by working together. And that's certainly
the spirit with which we are here today, and it shows us what's possible.
And so I want to say to you that this agreement is a starting
line, not a finish line, that the investments that we're about to announce
and talk about today are the start of what we need to do to transform
our health system, so that you on the front lines have been working tirelessly
through the pandemic and the days afterwards, can know that each day in front
of you is going to get better and that our public health system is going
to receive the support that it needs. That's why I'm so pleased to be
here today to announce two agreements that we'll see close to four hundred and thirty
million dollars flow into New Brunswick healthcare system. These agreements are tailored to meet
the unique needs and challenges of New Brunswick. Together, they represent and an
extremely important step forward The first of these agreements is worth more than three hundred
and thirteen million dollars. It will increase coordination and just to some examples,
increase coordination and access to primary and care, which includes investing in mobile X
ray programs for nursing home residents to help reduce the number of transfers and non
urgent visits the hospital. It will support recruitment, retention and training initiatives for
health workers. This will be done by implementing a practice readiness assessment program to
support the transition of up to ten international medical graduates into the workforce each year.
It will modernize healthcare systems with health data and digital tools by improving timely
access to both virtual and in person primary care. It will expand the delivery
of culturally appropriate mental health and substance use services. And I know that,
my colleague Dominica Leblong. We'll have more to say on that soon. We're
also announcing the Aging with Dickney Agreement, providing close to one hundred and seventeen
million dollars over the next five years. This funding will help people in the
province age closer to home. Abitan del Pence, a villere Pleur pre de
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home and community care systems and palliade of care, including opening new location for
patients and their families to access integrated residential hospital hospital services. Strengthening the long
term care workforce through improving training for staff across the entire long term care continuum,
Aligning quality and safety measures across the long term care sector to prevent premature
entry into nursing homes. Together, these two agreements represent an important step forward,
but mixed with our actions on pharmacare, on dental care, where we're
looking upstream, the work that we need to do together on interoperability, on
data on the Safe Long Term Care Act. I just want you all to
know that help is coming and that the force that you met the challenges of
those dark days during the pandemic inspires all of us to make sure that we
make the changes in our health system, to make sure that we have the
best health system possible. I appreciate the opportunity to be with you here today.
Thanks so much. And with that, it is my pleasure to introduce
Dominic Leblin, the Minister of Public Safety, National Security, Intergovernmental Affairs and
Democratic Institutions. It's got a few jobs there who Mark. It's for Geanette
and me to have our friend and colleague Mark come to Moncton on a Tuesday
morning with this important news and to do it here at the Jege Dumont University
Hospital Center. Mark means a great deal to me personally. But thank you
for your friendship and you develop a certain comrade. Reginette probably had the same
experience and house of commons. You share a desk, so you have a
seat mate. Right. You have one desk, two people, two chairs,
but one desk. So the people you share the desk with you spend
hours chatting away. There's votes that go late at night all night in some
cases. So you develop a cheerful and positive and fun relationship with the women
and men. You have a chance to share that little space and the House
of Commons with and Mark and I had a couple of years together at that
at that moment and market means a lot to me that you're here, thank
you very much. Just viso seem I was in Jeanette Petty, Pa Taylor
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As Mark noted, I have come to the George Dumont University Hospital, Uh
not only as a member of parliament or as a minister. Mark correctly noted
that I came here as a patient. I see some of the doctors who
were so kind in treating me. I tease doctor Remi Lebla and doctor lind
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aler pass extra dinire. So I'm happy to be here with my colleagues for
what is an important announcement we believe for the future of healthcare in our province.
In New Brunswick. I had an opportunity about a year and a half
ago with Mark's predecessor as Minister of Health, Jean Ivre Duclou, after the
Prime Minister had a meeting in Ottawa in February last year with all of the
premiers to talk about a long term funding agreement between the Government of Canada and
the thirteen provinces and territories. UH and then Jeanieva and I took to the
road. We saw thirteen per provincial premiers and health ministers in about eight days
across the country. And I remember that meeting Bruce we had in Saint John
with Premier Higgs right away, the Government of New Brunswick said they wanted to
be a partner with the Government of Canada. They wanted to work on a
shared action plan that I I'm sure our provincial colleagues will describe. But it
was an easy and constructive relationship with the Government of New Brunswick from those first
conversations. And I think it's important to say that it took some time to
work out the detailed agreement that Mark and Bruce are announcing today, but I
was proud as a New Brunswicker, and Jeanette and I spoke about this often
in terms of the desire for the Government of New Brunswick to work with the
Government of Canada, not simply to hassle about how much more money can the
Government of Canada send the provinces. That's always in our federation, a back
and forth discussion. I think Johnny McDonald convened the first meeting where the Prime
Minister met premiers to talk about funding of different programs. What I liked about
that conversation is you had governments across the country concerned about patients, about healthcare
workers, about a system, as Mark said, that was facing stresses from
the pandemic, but stresses that existed before the pandemic and have become, as
all of you know better than certainly I would in some cases more complicated coming
out of the pandemic. So the focus was on what can we do to
improve a world class healthcare system that's accessible to everybody in a way that's affordable
for the taxpayers that fund it, but with a focus on patient service and
on outcomes. And that was the conversation that we had across the country.
And that's the work that Mark has done in the last number of months.
Mark and I stayed up a bit too late at my house in town last
night, and this is the twelfth announcement that Mark has made in recent weeks
across the country. There's one more after Monkton today. But Mark, you
have on behalf of our government done a remarkable work in finalizing these agreements,
which we hope will be an important step, not the final step, as
you said, but an important step in improving a healthcare system that's so cherished
by Canadians in every part of our country. Al marc Uh, Jeanette La
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and I know, I know, I want to say thank you as well
to all the medical staff here at this hospital and right across the horizon and
vitality. And I sometimes mentioned that my parents were involved in the medical field.
My father was a doctor pediatrician and sometimes he would work out of the
Dumont Hospital, sometimes out of the Mountain Hospital, and during the summers he
would do uh do clinics up trackety Rushbukto. And the reason I mentioned that
is because I know the sacrifices that families make uh in order for their their
parents or siblings to be doctors and so so through that story, I want
to say thank you very much juvidibokp Doma system de Sante Sia Nouvo Brunswick,
pascue ton Ton Travai fet the system Emilia ju So so continue your good work.
Thank you for what you've done. And uh, I know, I
know many people are going to be coming and telling me how to spend this
money, and some will probably want me to spend it fourteen times over.
But that's the work we do. And it's great too. It's great to
have Minister Holland here in the Greater Monkin area. When, as Dominic said,
we started with the Minister Duclo a year or two ago, year and
a half, I guess in Saint John, and then the portfolio switched and
as you know, we have a Minister Holland here in New Brunswick. So
when I received the first invitation to talk on healthcare from m Minister M.
Holland, I picked up the phone and said, Mike, why are you
sending me this email and wanting to talk about And of course he freaked.
He freaked, he thought something was impersonating him. And as you know,
nobody can impersonate Mike Holland other than himself. So anyways, we got it
sorted and it was Minister Mark Holland. Anyways, so we met and we
became friends. He's a very personable fellow, much like our other two ministers
here today who do a great job in representing the Federation here in New Brunswick.
And Mark found this room. So if you can find this room,
then you can run the healthcare system in Canada for sure. But I lost
a lot of sleep last night because Dominic usually has a good singer for me
or in usually two or three during a ten minute speech. So I was
trying to come up with something and I had nothing. I had nothing,
so he didn't sing me today, So that's good. We're going to be
even Thanks Dominic. Great to see you, and thanks again, and you
know we are. We're pleased to see that the federal government has acknowledged the
maiden New Brunswick solutions here in the in the province. We've been working very
very hard to implement our health plan, which has again gone through a couple
of years, and I'm proud that we just unveiled one of the biggest budgets
for healthcare here in the province in Brunswick to the tune of about three point
eight billion dollars, and that's an increase of almost a billion dollars since twenty
eighteen, so there is a significant increase in the financial contribution and we appreciate
federal government helping us out there. In news of our failure progress considered about
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other day. We won't get into that. De de vois reste our long
list international serge raquel. So we made progress. Hip and knee surgeries.
The long lists that we're there are reducing every day because of the hard work
and the investment in healthcare in the problem in Brunswick. We've reduced the cataract
surgeries because of clinics that have opened up in Bathurst, Mayor Maachi, Fredericton,
and there'll be more to come so the people can see clear and have
a better quality of life and also reduce their chance of falling, which again
keeps them out of the hospital, keeps them out of the emergency room.
And the mobile X ray unit that was mentioned by Minister Holland, that mobile
X ray unit started as a pilot project again through an agreement federal and provincial,
and it prevented We started down in Lockwollman Villa and it prevented almost three
hundred and forty visits of seniors to the emergency room to get an X ray.
So with this unit you can just roll it up X ray the risk,
the hip, the back. It's very, very versatile. So we've
expanded that right across all the zones here in the Province of Brunswick. And
again that's part of the investments that's made here to make people's lives better.
So working together to improve healthcare for Canadians, this agreement is shared, is
centered around the four shared priorities, access to surgery, access to primary care,
long term care, and integrated connected healthcare system. I know we've had
a busy time over the last few months in putting together the agreement and it's
great that we're here today. Better healthcare is a priority for New Brunswickers,
Lemeli, re Sean Dee in prior Or Lobo runs of Coua. So we've
can We've interesting a couple of things. I'll just highlight. We've launched my
Health and B mobile phone app. If you don't have it, it's a
way I'm touching my phone. I'm not. It's right there because the apps
on your phone and you can get your you can get your blood results,
you can get all the results right there on your phone and you can check
it out. In Priorita met not through personnel Trava Dusk the professional Neuvau Nora
Province, and I had a text from one of our staff just I think
it was Tuesday night. They're down in the Philippines recruiting more people to come
here and work in the healthcare system. They were in Dubai earlier. And
again that's a great opportunity where people are looking to come to Canada and people
saying Canada is my dream country because they can come here, they can become
a citizen and they can work and help us in our healthcare system. So
I could go on and on, but I know that there's other people that
want to get to this podium. And so I will say on cottom for
Sibukum Minister Holland and is Zo Thram ministers one the media Domina engage in it.
It's a great to see you and let's keep up the good work.
I know. The next speaker is a friend who's been following me. She
was on Riverview Council and then became a provincial mL and now she's a minister.
And our offices are just a quote don la uh in the in the
Department of Health. So my and she's doing a great job mental health and
addictions. That's a tough portfolio. We know it stuff and she's working very
very so, without any further ado, please welcome Minister Shareles Well, good
morning everyone, bonjoura too, see pleasured Mercy Minster, Holland LeBlanc, a
Petapa Taylor Fitch, A Bacchus deter Ec. This is going to be great
news for New Brunswick. And really appreciate you all being here today. This
is a this is a great day. Indeed, since becoming Minister Responsible for
Addictions Mental Health Services, I've seen how much the Department of Health is doing
on addictions and mental health. One of the key pillars are Vintional health Care
plan is Addictions and Mental Health to address the very real struggles individual space.
Mental health and substance use disorders are a concern for the people who struggle with
them, for their loved ones, and for our communities. The Government of
New Brunswick is working to increase the availability of addiction and mental health services across
our province. We're making a progress on this plan. We've seen eight initiatives
of the Addiction and Mental Health Portfolio completed, while one is still in progress.
One of our jobs is to provide the resources to the people who need
it most, because that provides hope and where there is hope, there's a
chance to recover and that's where this funding comes in. We're working on projects
that will improve the health of New Brunswickers and it is so important that we
offer evidence based treatment and supports to these individuals who are working hard on a
journey to recovery. Beyond hope. We have tangible accomplishments to celebrate and more
to complete. We've launched the Planet Youth New Brunswick, a five year project
to assist communities and finding ways to reduce substant use amongst youth at foresites across
our province. This allows us to help them to be more resilient and reach
their full potential, while giving communities a framework to make long term changes to
create healthy communities. We've also partnered with philolophic organizations to provide young New Brunswickers
and their families easier access to mental health and addiction supports through integrated youth Wellness
hubs around the province. We've also launched new Addiction Centers Services Center in Cambilton.
The Center for Hope and Harmony, managed by the Vitality Health Network,
is now treating patients. It is part of a twenty four point five million
dollar effort to improve access to detox programs and concurrent disorder treatments for those struggling
with addiction. The center has added six bids for a total of twenty four.
With the increase in the number of bids here is excuse me here going
from eighteen to twenty four. This center will help improve access to care for
clients from across New Brunswick, Say projec, a initiative to plant provincial de
Sante. The Department has also introduced several resources to improve access, including open
access to one at a time therapy, which is now available at all community
addiction and mental health clinics. The Bridge the Gap website offers online resources designed
to support mental wellness. The New Brunswick Addiction and Mental Health Helpline is a
free, confidential, bilingual twenty four service twenty four hour service for citizens dealing
with various addiction and mental health concerns. As of August twenty twenty three,
Ridgewood Addiction Services has changed from twenty eight day rehab program to a concurrent disorder
live in treatment program. Four beds were also added to the Concurrent Live in
program. So we look forward to making further programs on delivering on initiatives outlies
and outlined in the plan. So thank you Mercy, and now I'd like
to turn the microphone over to my friend and Colleen Kathy Bacchus, who's men
doing incredible work as Minister for Seniors. I always tease they pick me as
Minister for Seniors because I have the most gray hair and need these. Oh
thank you Minister Wilson, and good morning everyone, bonjour. It was so
nice to meet you, Minister Holland, and to renew and say hello to
Minister LeBlanc and Minister Pettibaut Taylor. I'm so pleased to be part of this
announcement. What wonderful news for New Brunsicker's and New Brunswick seniors. As we
heard earlier, New Brunswick has the fastest growing population of seniors in the country.
Like our colleagues at the Department of Health, the Department of Social Development
has been working hard to prepare for this growth and meet the needs of seniors.
As Minister responsible for Seniors, I believe all seniors deserved the opportunity to
age with dignity and in comfort. Making this possible takes a collaborative effort.
In my role as Minister, I've had the honor of hearing from seniors from
around the province on what it is they want and need. I can't expect
to know that listening to somebody sitting in an office in Frederick, Dunner,
Audwar or wherever. The thing I hear the most is our seniors would like
to age at home and in their own communities. This is an important part
of the provincial health plan and we continue to work on a number of initiatives,
including the ongoing expansion of the very successful Nursing Home Without Walls program.
This program gives those aging at home the opportunity to utilize the various services provided
by nursing homes. And although we've been focusing on helping seniors age at home,
we are still making sure that those who reside in nursing homes have the
care they need and we are working hard to reduce assessment times or that long
term care. We need a stable workforce to ensure New Brunswickers receive the right
care at the right time, in the right place, and we've been working
close see with our partners to make this happen. To address staffing challenges in
the province, Social Development partners with a number of government departments, as well
as the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes, the Associated SORRY, the Association
of Special Care Homes, Individual Nursing Homes and other senior focused stakeholder groups.
Social Development continues to be a leader in supporting nursing home recruitment with the international
recruitment efforts. The departmental staff has been an integral part of hospital teams as
they work to find the right level of care for those waiting in hospital initiatives
in the bilateral agreement, like care coordination, will certainly aid in the effort
to ensure people receive the right level of care that meets their needs. Ensuring
long term care facilities have the tools to care for people is also important.
Ventilation upgrades, structural and condition assessments, and other items mentioned in the agreement
will help us ensure these vital facilities have what they need. I am very
excited about what is to come with this new partnership as we continue to work
on making sure this important network has the means to meet the needs of our
seniors. So let's get this agreement signed. I'd like to invite Minister Karva
Taylor back to the perpetrators abuse power, harm and traumatize victims and tear a
part of trust placed in us by the communities we serve, communities already experiencing
and told hardship. It is up to all of us we eradicate sexual exploitation
and abuse from our work, support victims, and all perpetrators and their enablers
to account. That means leaders taking a zero tonans approaches a priori. It
means colleagues reporting on and acting against any wrongdoing and it means member states probably
vetting and training their troops and policy officers, responding urgently and decisively to any
allegations, and rapidly resolving opporternity claims. Together, let's stand united under our
blue flag, readress wrongs and stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse for good.
Thank you, thank you very much for being with us. It is a
historic day today where for the first time, after almost six months, the
Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, and we in the
Arab Group from the first day of this aggression were united around three objectives.
The first objective was a media ceasefire to stop the aggression against our people.
Today is a significant step in that direction. The second objective was to have
humanitarian assistance up to the need of our people in the Gaza Strip. I
believe the ceasefire will open the door for the implementation of that second objective.
And the third objective was not to allow the crime against humanity from forcefully transferring
our people outside the Gaza Strip, although they have been internally forced to move
from the north to the center, to the south and then to other places
in the Gaza Strip. A ceasefire. Immediate ceasefire would allow our people to
return to the places where they were displaced from. So I am proud of
the unity of the Arab Group. I am proud that our representative in the
Security Council is Algeria working closely with us, reflecting the demands of the Arab
Group. And I think today we prevailed those who say that the Security Council
is not enforceable or not mandatory. Give us a break. We go to
the General Assembly, they say it is not enforced or binding. We come
to the Security Council, they tell us it is not binding. We do
not buy that Security Council resolutions are binding, and if Israel is not going
to implement it, then it is the duty of the Security Council to use
Chapter seven to take measures and punitive measures in order to make them obey the
resolution of the Security Council. We are not done. Salute our people in
Gaza and in all of Palestine, all of our people, all of their
leaders. We are one as Palestinians. We survived this ordeal. We will
rebuild Gaza. We are very proud and resilient people, and thank you for
covering our story during these five and a half months, and we are not
done. We will go back to the Security Council tomorrow. We will ask
them to defend the brave Secretary General who is with us today in refugee camps
of the Palestinians in Jordan. He is the one who went to Rafa twice.
He is the one who met with the leaders of Egypt, of Jordan,
of Palestine, of all the Arabs calling for a humanitarian ceasefire from early
after the aggression. And he today called from Jordan implement the Security Council resolution
that was audupted just a few minutes ago. We salute him, We will
defend him, We will defend the agencies of the United Nations, and we
will ask the Security Council tomorrow to issue a statement or a position defending the
Secretary General and the UN agencies. And we will not be done. We
will continue the march and we will start working on a draft resolution to make
sure that that Trafa will not be invaded. Raffa should be protected. We
should not create a horrific humanitarian situation or crimes in Rafa to push our people
outside Rafa in the direction of Egypt. So we are not done. We
will continue working. The unity of the Arab group is playing a tremendous role
in the unity in the Security Council, especially among the ten and we will
continue working and will will keep you informed. Palladi, you are first number
one. Thank you so much. What's your comment in what the American Ambassador
Linda Thomas Griefield said that any release, any cease fire, must be accompanied
by the release of all unconditional release of all hostages, knowing farewell by many
and they argue that of all hostages were released, there's nothing to stop Israel
from going the hallway. Well, Israel has to abide by its obligation and
the Charter, and it has to immediately stop the fighting. This is what
the resolution called immediate cease fire. Any member can interpret as they wish,
but the law is the law. The language of the resolution is crystal clear
an immediate cease fire. Therefore, an immediate cease fire has to be put
in place. Calls for unconditional, immediate release of hostages. Now that many
people in the Middle East say, what guarantees are once there hostages, all
hostages are released, what guarantees do we have that Israel will not go the
whole way to rough more disruptions. What stops Israel from doing that. I
understand the frustration of our people, and they have the right to be frustrated
from the international community that dragged its feet for five and a half months before
they agreed to a ceasefire. But the language of the resolution is crystal clear.
Operative paragraph one starts from demanding an immediate ceasefire the second part of the
sentence. It is not conditional upon the first part it says, and also
it calls for the other part. The other part was reflected in order resolutions
in the Security Council, adopted in the Security Council and the resolutions adopted in
the tenth Emergency Session twice in the General Assembly. All of us are saying
immediate seas fire, and in fact, our brothers and sisters Egypt Cutter are
negotiating with the United States and others and negotiating and mediating with our brothers Hamas
the release of the hostages and exchange of prisoners, So that principle is not
being rejected by all of us, provided that there is a release of the
Palestinian detenees, especially those who are serving life sentence. And I think that
that will happen, and we hope that it happens very soon. And we
are behind Egypt and Katter, who are playing a very important roll in the
mediation and the negotiation in order to have a deal. So that is not
something that is rejected by the Arabs or by you know, those who are
negotiating this agreement on that deal. You asked a lot of questions before.
But if there's a woman before you that wants to ask a question, would
have I don't see anything. Thank you, match or the last one.
Thank you Antics Tumor from Al Jazeera English. During the meeting Prime Minist niche
Now who indicated that he was going to cancel a visit to DC in reaction
to the Security Council adoption, what is your comment on the fact that it
seems the negotiations on the ground for a deal are going in the opposite direction
to not towards a deal in reaction to this resolution. I don't really know
what the negotiation on the ground entails. I'm not involved in it. My
job is to work at the UN, including the Security Council, to produce
resolutions like the one that we produce. That is my job now with regard
to the relationship between Nataniahu and the current administration in Washington, d C.
We leave it up to them to respond to his you know, disrespectful way
of behaving with the country that is responsible for the survival of Israel and arming
Israel and giving it, you know, a munition and giving it a billion
of billions of dollars to continue the atrocities against our people. They have to
end up and respond to him. That is not my job to respond to
that. It is their job. Thank you very much for being with us.
I understand. I understand that you go to the General Assembly and it's
not binding, that you come here and it's not binding. But we just
witness how two different ambassadors interpreted this resolution in two different ways. I think
that the interpretation is in the among lawyers and the legal experts over you know,
this issue. There are differences of opinions, but the law is the
law. The Charter demands from all member states to honor and respect and implement
Security Council resolutions. And my brother Mahmood is the legalist among us. But
let me also add just in case that a country rebel against Security Council resolution,
it makes then sense that the Security Council that has tools available to them
to resort to Chapter seven to take measures in order to force that rebel country
to comply with Security Council resolution. But my brother, Mamud, camera is
one. Thank you, I mean, the ambassador has summed it perfectly.
Article twenty five of the Charter says is clearly that the members of the United
Nations shall carry out the decisions of the Security Council. The language used in
OP one is demand language. It's a binding language which is based on Article
twenty five of the Charter. As such, it is a mandatory resolution that
has to be carried out. If you're talking about Chapter seven, Chapter seven.
When you use Chapter seven, it is for enforceable measure. If a
country violates international law in a matter that threats international peace and security, you
can use force or impose sanctions. This is what Chapter seven is about.
So that's that's that's the difference. Thank you much, thank you all.
Thank you no. When I see the wonderful work who is doing in these
schools, in these health centers, providing vital support to Palestine refugees, in
Jordan, in Syria, in Lebanon, and in the occupied policy and territories.
I feel that it's absolutely necessary to preserve this back bone, have the
international humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, and I can guarantee that will we
do everything and introduce all the necessarity forms to make sure that URA will be
an agency fully abiding by the UN principles and by the humanitarian principles, have
independence and film travity and impertiality. Their seats available. Okay, let's get
started. Good afternoon, everyone toward. Ven Island, the UN Special Coordinator
for the Middle East Peace Process, today briefed the Security Council by video teleconference
about the ongoing fighting in Gaza. He said that he was appalled by the
men's scale of death, destruction and human suffering wrought by Israel's military campaign in
Gaza, with civilian killings at a rate that is unprecedented, and he once
again condemned the horrific armed attack by Hamas and other groups on the seven October.
Nothing can justify these attacks of terror, he said. The remaining hostages
must be released immediately and unconditionally. Mister Venisland added that he's concerned over what
may be violations of international humanitarian law, including possible non compliance with the requirements
of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack. The Special Coordinator welcomed the opening
of a maritime corridor to deliver much needed additional humanitarian assistance by sea, but
reiterated that for aid deliveries at scale, there's no meaningful substitute to delivery by
land. Mister Venisland said that the enormity of the humanitarian, security and political
challenges we face requires a collective, creative and immediate response. He said that
we must urgently address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza. He regretted that despite
intensive diplomatic efforts, we have not seen an agreement on a ceasefire and the
release of hostages. We've shared his remarks further on the situation in Gaza,
the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the UN and its partners
continue to do everything possible, wherever and whenever we can to address surging needs,
despite tremendous obstacles to our aid operations. Over the weekend, the World
Health Organization and its partners evacuated two six year old patients and their caregivers from
camal Aduan Hospital in northern Gaza. One of the children has leukemia, while
the other hassistic fibrosis, and both will now receive treatment abroad. WHO Director
General, Doctor tedros adnom gibrie Issus once more appeals for sustained and safe medical
transfers in Gaza to ensure all children and sick patients in need of urgent care
have a chance to survive. To date, about three thousand, four hundred
patients have been evacuated out of Gaza. That's out of some nine thousand,
two hundred people who urgently require medical evacuation. Meanwhile, as hunger's sores in
Gaza, aid organizations continue to screen and treat children under the age of five
for acute malnutrition. The UN Relief and Works Agency UNRA is carrying out screenings
at shelters in there Albala and plans to expand into Alma Mawassi and shelters in
con units. Between mid January and mid March of this year, more than
twenty eight thousand children under the age of five had been screened for acute malnutrition.
The nearly two thousand children diagnosed with acute malnutrition are currently receiving the required
treatment. On Saturday, WHO delivered treatment kits for severe acute malnutrition as well
as therapeutic milk to the stabilization center at Kamal Adwan Hospitals. The Report of
the Secretary General on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse covering the
year twenty twenty three has been published today. As in previous years, the
report provides details on system wide efforts to strengthen our capacity to prevent and respond
to sexual exploitation and abuse, in line with the Secretary General Strategy. For
example, many UN agencies, funds and programs have introduced or updated their strategies
to institutionalize safeguards against all forms of sexual misconduct. However, despite this progress,
the report notes that the lack of adequate and sustained resources continues to impede
the effective implementation of initiatives across the UN system, particularly at the field level.
Our approach, which is centered on the rights and needs of victims,
continues. We are intensifying efforts to uphold the rights of victims and to end
impunity. This also includes engagement with member states to facilitate the resolution of paternity
claims. With an unprecedented rise in humanitarian crisis around the world, the report
states that there is an urgent necessity to recalibrate our approach to funding in this
area. The Secretary General's Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual
Exploitation and Abuse, Christian Saunders, has commissioned a comprehensive assessment to determine how
best to integrate the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in all UN activities and
programs. This assessment will propose a strategy to ensure sustainable, effective prevention work
across the UN system and options for predictable and adequate resourcing at headquarters and in
the field. And Today, in a video message, the Secretary General says,
sexual exploitation and abuse violate everything the United Nations stands for. It is
up to all of us to eradicate sexual exploitation and abuse from our work,
support victims, and hold perpetrators and their enablers to account. He added.
Both the video message and report are available online. We have a short update
for you on Haiti. The World Food Program says that yesterday, together with
local partners, they delivered hot meals to eighteen thousand, five hundred displaced people,
making it their largest distribution in March. However, access to people in
need remains sporadic. Between the twentieth and twenty second of March, VFP reported
that it was not able to reach some eighteen thousand people in need with food
due to roadblocks and insecurity. Since the twenty ninth of February, UNISEEFONIST partners
have distributed some one point seven million liters of water for more than fifteen thousand
people in Port de Prince. On the health front, the monitoring of disease
outbreaks continues in sites for displaced people across the capital. Our health colleagues warned
that the distribution of medicine and medical supplies, including supplies to respond to cholera,
remains a critical need, with insecurity hindering the replenishment of stocks. Meanwhile,
UNICEF's Executive Director Catherine Russell warned today that violence and instability have consequences far
beyond the risk of the violence itself, as the current context is creating a
child health and nutrition crisis that could cost the lives of countless children. Turning
to South Sudan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is concerned about
incidents that continue to impede the humanitarian response in the country. In a new
report, OSHA recorded more than thirty incidents curtailing humanitarian access in South Sudan last
month. Nearly half of these incidents involved violence against humanitarian staff and assets.
Are Humanitarian colleagues warned that this is causing delays in the movement of aid and
personnel in South Sudan and even the suspension of some programs. This comes at
a time when the country is grappling with an influx of returnees due to the
conflict in Sudan. These new arrivals are stretching response capacities and putting additional pressure
on host communities. Meanwhile, funding constraints are compounding the challenges that humanitarian organizations
are facing. This year's humanitarian needs and response planned for South Sudan has received
just three hundred and thirty five million dollars, less than twenty percent of the
one point eight billion dollars required. This funding level is much lower than last
year. In Ukraine, the Office for the Coronation of Humanitarian Affairs tells US
that attacks continued in the south in east of the country yesterday and today,
impacting civilians and critical infrastructure. Several people have been injured in the cities of
Odessa and Kharkiv. According to local authorities, hundreds of thousands of people remain
without power, mainly in Odessa and Kharkiv regions. Authorities estimate that restoring the
power to its full capacity will take months. Humanitarian organizations are on the ground
providing emergency aid to people affected. The UN Children's Fund UNICEF warns that nine
years into the conflict in Yemen, almost ten million children remain in urgent need
of humanitarian assistance. While the reduction in active conflicts in April twenty twenty two
has led to a decrease in civilian casualties and distress across communities, the situation
remains fragile without a sustainable political settlement. UNICEF says that's especially critical at a
time when more than half of the population eighteen point two million people, including
nine point eight million children, remain in need of life saving support. UNISF
notes the persistent malnutrition in the country, where over two point seven million children
are acutely malnourished and forty nine percent of children under five suffer from stunting or
chronic malnutrition. There's more in a press release from the agency. The International
Organization for Migration today released a report showing that in the last ten years,
more than sixty three thousand deaths and disappearances were documented during migration, and more
deaths were recorded in twenty twenty three than in any prior year. According to
the report, more than one thirdsed of deceased migrants whose countries of origin could
be identified come from countries in conflict or with large refugee populations, highlighting the
dangers faced by those attempting to flee conflict zones without safe pathways. The International
Organization for Migration says that these figures demonstrate the urgent need for strengthened search and
rescue capacities, facilitation of safe regular migration pathways, and evidence based action to
prevent further loss of life. IOM added that action should also include intensified international
cooperation against unscrupulous smuggling and trafficking networks. I have a programming note for tomorrow,
which is Wednesday. We shall be joined virtually by our guest Bintuketa,
the Special Representative of the Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC MAUNUSCO. She will brief
on the situation in the DRC following our participation in the Security Council meeting on
Munusco tomorrow morning and today we're delighted to thank our friends in Zagreb and Lima
for their nation's full contributions to the regular budget. The checks from Croatia and
Peru take us to ninety two fully paid up Member states. Are there any
questions for me? Yes, deji? Yeah, today it seems the Security
Council there are still the Member States are still discussing on the binding or not
binding on the Security Council resolution. Do you said the Security Council resolution is
international law, which means it's binding, right, yes or no? I
have well, well, first of all, for legal questions, I normally
defer to tell you to ask the lawyers. But for this, I mean
I would just prefer you to the United Nations Charter, which is a handy
document. That article the Member of the United Nations agreed to accept and carry
out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance to with the President of Chartercharter.
Yes, that is Article twenty five and that is where we stand,
yep, so, which means it's binding. I will leave you to do
your own interpretations. Okay, so now we know that the US they always
they said it's not binding, it's it's one of the founding members of this
very institution. Just now we heard members states that if this resolution as described
as not binding, it would be like a fundamental change in some of the
structure of this very institution. Do you worried that would set a very bad
precedent to the future future Security Council resolutions? Well, Jeshi, you've noticed
that this discussion is happening as we speak in the Security Council, and I
will let the members of the Council speak and debate for themselves. I think
there's some very powerful arguments being made, and I think the members of the
Council need to listen to each other. So Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield said it
is critical that we continue to stand together in support of the UN Charter,
that we continue to call for accountability for the atrocities. And that's what she
said on March fifteenth of twenty twenty four. So what do you think of
this kind of double standard? Now again that's your analysis. So I think,
what not a double stand But but we Ultimately, what we want to
focus on is that the Security Council, after many long months, worked out
and agreed on a resolution. Agreement in the Security Council is necessary, The
unity of the Security Council is necessary, and we hope that they can continue
to maintain their unity. After twenty two hours, after twenty four hours,
it seems this resolution is not implement not implemented right. The implementation of resolutions
is something that takes time. The enforcement of resolutions is something that is ultimately
up to the international community as a whole. But you just read out yourself
with Article twenty five states and that is the rules, one of the founding
rules of the United Nations Charter. Yes Eadie. On a related subject,
the Prime Minister of Israel said that adopt today, that adoption of the resolution
emboldened Hummas to yet a deal for a ceasefire and hostage release that was on
the table negotiated by the US, Qatar and Egypt. Does the Secretary General
have any comment on that. We believe that those are two separate issues and
they are not and they are not connected as far as I'm aware. Hamas's
declaration came hours before the adoption of the Security Council resolution, So it's not
as if one led to the other. But above and beyond that, we
believe that the negotiations should continue, and we're still pushing to make sure that
there will be a ceasefire and a release of hostages. So to the extent
that we have influenced with the various negotiators and mediators we've been using. That
a completely different topic in Venezuela, the main opposition coalition has been unable to
register a presidential candidate for their upcoming elections. Does the Secretary General have any
comment on this failure, which is second failure? Well, I mean,
for us, what's really important is that there is an environment in Venezuela that
is conducive to free and fair elections. We regret any development that could impede
electoral guarantees, and we recall the need to guarantee the right to vote and
to be elected through genuine, periodic elections. The Secretary General underscores importance that
the international community continues engaging with the parties towards a negotiated road map for elections,
and he re eraised his call for the implementation in good faith Venezuelan led
agreements, including the Barbados Agreement. Abily, thanks Faran. It's been reported
earlier this morning that many Palestinian people have been killed by air drop of aid,
drowning or trampled or crushed whatever I mean. I know that you've said
several times that the best way to get aid into Gaza is by road,
But do you think, considering the risk of the air drop, it should
be stopped. Well, certainly, we've said, and related to a similar
case just a couple of weeks ago, that there are many risks associated with
air drops, and that's something that the people who are at tempt the air
drops need to be cognizant of. They need to make sure that these air
drops can be done in as safe a way as possible. But again,
for us, the main point is exactly what you just pointed out, that
we believe that there needs to be much more aid coming in by road,
which is both safer but also much more efficient as a means of delivering aid.
Mike, a couple questions for you. Over the weekend, President Biden
signed into law a number of spending bills, one of which a State Department
Foreign Spending bill, would not only cut funding for unre for a calendar year,
but also prohibits funding for the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Israeli Palestinian
file. It withholds funds from the UN Human Rights Council. It also necessitates
the UN to assess and report on efforts to combat anti Semitism and anti Israel
bias within the system. Does the Secretary General have any plan, have any
concerns, have any course of action here to address those obvious concerns that have
been launched by a pretty wide bipartisan congressional caucus here on those issues. Well,
the UN and including the Secretary General, remain in regular contact with the
authorities in the United States government to make sure that any concerns they have about
our operations are addressed, and will continue to do that with the concerns expressed
in this latest legislation regarding the Relief and Works Agency. As you're aware,
we are working with now different procedures, including an investigation by the Office of
Internal Oversight Services and a look at the neutrality and the operations of UNRAW by
the team led by Catherine Kelowna, and we'll be sharing that information as well
and will continue to follow up to address any concerns. But for us,
it's vitally important, of course that UNRA, as the lead humanitarian agency in
the occupied territories, is able to go about its work with proper funding.
Can you give any specific examples, Like I know, mister Moratinos in the
Alliance of Civilization's office has been working in quite some time on a plan to
combat anti Semitism. It's still in the works from what I understand, Can
you give specific examples outside of the confines of UNRA where the un either is
making progress on this issue to the satisfaction of the US Congress or is planning
some additional measures to meet those requirements. Well, I don't know about what
specific steps will satisfy the requirements of the Congress. I mean those are things
that we will have to study and see what can be done to accommodate those
specific requests. But yes, both with regard to mister Martinez, but also
with regards to policies through the various agencies, we are trying to foster an
environment of inclusiveness in which any sorts of racism, any types of anti semitism,
is plamophobia, or other such prejudices and biases are are not are not
carrier, are not present in the work that is done of bloodemer Thank you
for Han. If there was a report about export of oil to North Korea
from Russia, we know that it's not allowed according to the Security Council resolution.
So the same question are these restrictions binding or not? The ones on
export of oil, yes to North Korea. That that's really a question for
the Security Council Sanctions Committee. Obviously there's sanctions on North Korea, and the
Security Council has its own sanctions committee that deals with the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea and determines anything that is a violation of the sanctions regime. Alan and
then Anade, Thank you Aaron. Today, the director of Russian Federal Security
Service, Alexander Bortnikov stated that the first data taken from the people detained after
the terrorist detecting Moscow show clearly the Ukrainian trace. What's your commentary regarding there?
Thank you. We have no information to verify or confirm that you have
seen what the Secretary General said in his statement on Friday, and that is
where we stand on this issue. Another thank you for Han. Can I
ask for a couple of clarifications on Haiti, you mentioned that yesterday the WF
was able to provide eighteen thousand hot meals. Is that only imported, Prince
or are they now providing hot meals outside the capitol as well. I believe
that is imported, Prince, but we can ask a WFP if they have
any more details on that. Okay, great? And then secondly, also
in Haiti, the Multi National Security falls. We haven't had an update on
the fund lately. Do you know how much is in the bank at the
moment? Yeah, it's ten point eight million dollars. It's a number I
have engraved in my heart. It has not changed in many many days.
Say thank you. AB doesn't need thank you for having I have a few
questions. First, I noticed that mister Thorg Winsland did not refer to the
resolution of the Security Council adopted yesterday. He did not mention it is there
any reason for this? Look this report by mister Venisland was his periodic report
to the Security Council on developments that happened in the occupied territories over the last
months. So that is what that's what he was referring to, not not
about the incident that happened right after second. Does any country large or small
have the right to decide what is binding or not binding by your own Security
Council resolutions? I doesn't mean you've heard the discussion I had with on this
again. You can look at the UN Charter for yourself. Yeah. President
of Israel, mister Hertzog said today that the war will continue until either mister
Senwar is killed or captured. Do you have any comment on that? I
do not. We are continuing our work to see what can be done on
getting a ceasefire and the release of hostages, and we'll continue on that on
that effort, Mike. And my last question, my last question, Yeah,
the Special Rapport Terror on the Human Rights and the Occupied Palestine and Territory
issued a long report under the title Anatomy of a Genocide over twenty five pages
or so. Are you aware of its The SG review this report. Do
you subscribe to the finding of missus Anthonie. Well, as you know,
the raperturs that report to the Human Rights Council are independent of us. We
don't comment on their work one way or another across the board, and it'll
be up to the Human Rights Council to valuate her work. Mister Wackenham,
thank you. In the wake of October seventh, the Secretary General made some
say controversial comments that the October seventh attacks did not happen in a vacuum.
Back on Friday, an internationally designated terror group attacked indiscriminately civilians. They claim
it's because the government of those civilians have been oppressing the constituency that that terror
group purports to represent. So I'll ask you, in parallel, does a
Secretary General feel that that terror attack in Moscow happened inside or outside of a
vacuum. These are separate incidents and so they need to be looked at separately.
But his standpoint across the board is that actions don't just erupt out of
nowhere, and ultimately, if we want to deal with problems, we have
to look at what was underlying how those problems came about. That would be
the case across the board, in Russia, in Israel and everywhere. So
should ICE's grievances be taken into account going forward. That's a bit of an
oversimplification of what I just said. I'm not analyzing, I'm asking no.
I mean what I said is all crises are the result of different factors.
Ultimately, if you want to prevent problems from arising, you have to look
at what contributes, whether it's uh socio economic factors on the ground, whether
it's how people have been educated, how militants have come into their mindset.
This is something we talk about in various different reports, including the reports we
deal with that come out from our counter terrorism office. All Right, have
a good afternoon everyone, and for for your for your enjoyment my commerce.
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