WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:19.559 Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:01:02.920 the show about the government, Policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy 3 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:06.280 and Right here in Depictions Media Radio, I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. 4 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:15.159 Okay, So, first, when we actually do hear from the UN press 5 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:25.439 floor that there was a UN safety officer who was killed another was injured when 6 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:33.519 their vehicle was struck on what it is today, May thirteenth, twenty twenty 7 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:41.239 four. The of course, the United Nations condemns all attacks on any of 8 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:53.760 their workers, vehicles and such. There are no real details on that so 9 00:01:53.879 --> 00:02:02.959 far. Okay, So we do have a dates from the BBC on the 10 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:15.599 Trump hush money trial and uh, whilst Stormy Daniels did actually finish her testimony, 11 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:23.719 up was Michael Cohen, who was one of Donald Trump's fixers, and 12 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:32.000 he will be giving testimony on on the hush trial and give details about what 13 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:44.120 it is that he did of course for Donald Trump. Moving on, of 14 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:50.400 course, there's still trouble happening and brewing in Palestine and we've heard of more 15 00:02:51.840 --> 00:03:00.879 unrest of the The other problem is of course the border crossing into Rafa that 16 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:06.199 has been closed down to humanitarian efforts, in which case that means that aid 17 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:13.199 workers are already there are lacking in food, fuel and other supplies needed to 18 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:25.240 help the Palestinian people. So they are negotiating trying to get those aid trucks 19 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:30.479 across the border so that they can continue doing the life saving work that they 20 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:54.719 are attempting to do and moving forward from there. Okay, there's another update 21 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:06.599 from Russia with the new defense minister. Vladimir Putin has just started his fifth 22 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:15.800 term as the Russian president and he and his position at the Kremlin is not 23 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:21.120 under discussion, but the same can't be said for the member of its members 24 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:35.160 of his cabinet. Defense Minister Sergei Sergoi has been replaced by Andre Belosov, 25 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:45.759 a severine A economist who has been serving as the deputy Prime Minister after working 26 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:56.120 for several years as an aid to mister Putin. So some changes in the 27 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:15.879 Putin's staff, and they're still ongoing protest for for Palestine and the attempts to 28 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:24.680 make a public outcry for the ceasefire that is needed to so that people can 29 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:30.759 start to heal from what is happening in in that region. Uh, we're 30 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:44.639 also gonna hear updates from the Young UH floor of course about UH Palestine being 31 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:51.160 admitted as a full member into the United Nations. There's still a lot of 32 00:05:51.199 --> 00:06:06.199 debate going on, and of course supporters of Israel and Israel itself are opposing 33 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:14.279 such a such a thing from happening, claiming that well, the Palestinians are 34 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:20.560 nothing more than terrorists. So we'll hear a couple of arguments that we're discussed 35 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:28.680 on that, and why don't we get started with that you I pressed for, 36 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:35.519 and then we'll hear from what was said in different arguments for Palestine to 37 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:50.839 become full You and members, the fifty first Planarist Meeting of the Tennis Imagine 38 00:06:50.680 --> 00:07:02.480 Session of the General Assembly is called to order. The General Assembly will continue 39 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:12.959 its consideration of Agenda Item five entire told illegal Araiety actions in occupied is Jerusalem 40 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:23.600 and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory. And now give the floor to 41 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:45.600 the Representative of Nicaragua m h s. Mister President Nicaragua allignes itself of the 42 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:49.480 statements made by Ugando on behalf of Nam and by Venezuela on behalf of the 43 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:57.759 Group of Friends in defense of the UN Charter given the continued exceptionalist and obstructionist 44 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:05.120 policy by the United States and Security Council, furthering genocide and Israel's crimes in 45 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:11.120 the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories. The international Community and this General Assembly find 46 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:16.639 ourselves duty bound to take actions and find solutions for justice and for the rights 47 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.240 of the Palestinian people. For more than seventy five years, the Palestinian people 48 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:28.600 have been subjected to barbarous aggressions, to serious war crimes, and now for 49 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:33.799 more than two hundred consecutive days, to an unprecedented genocide which is left a 50 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:39.919 toll of more than thirty five thousand Palestinians dead and more than seventy eight thousand 51 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:46.000 injured. Children, women and men have been killed in their homes, in 52 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:50.600 the streets as they flee from the north to the south, in unrubbed refugee 53 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:56.080 camps, in hospitals, in schools, in mosques, and in churches. 54 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:03.639 As if there were not already sufficient evidence, recent attacks in Rafa are further 55 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:09.960 proof that we are witnessing an attempt to eradicate the Palestinian people. The government 56 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:16.080 and people of Nicaragua reiterate our firm solidarity with the State of Palestine, and 57 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:22.759 we energetically condemn these atrocities committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the West 58 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:30.399 Bank, Rafha, and throughout their historic and legitimate territories occupied and divided by 59 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:35.000 the government of Israel in violation of the UN Charter of International Law, of 60 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:41.399 International Humanitarian Law, and of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the 61 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:48.240 Crime of Genocide. Attacks and shellings of civilian populations must cease immediately. The 62 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:56.679 delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians is an urgent, vital necessity. The forced 63 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:05.480 displacement of the Palestinian people must also encir Mister President, Today history is being 64 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:09.080 made. The General Assembly has begun to hear the cry of the peoples of 65 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.799 the world in support of Palestine and rejecting this genocide. We can hear their 66 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:20.600 voices in the streets, the protests by students who have set up camps. 67 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.600 The power of reason is on their side. Millions and millions of people are 68 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:31.000 demanding a free Palestine, a cease fire, respect for life, and an 69 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:37.840 end to this genocide and to Israeli occupation of all occupied territories. On Friday 70 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:43.720 morning, an important step was taken in restoring the inalienable rights of the Palestinian 71 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:50.080 people. It became quite clear that a very small minority arbitrarily continue to obstruct 72 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:56.679 the creation of a Palestinian state. The world wants peace and a free Palestine. 73 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:03.000 The Security Council must respect and take on board this recently adopted resolution. 74 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:11.039 It must reconsider the request and accept Palestine as a free and independent state. 75 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:16.320 The United States cannot continue to deny the recognition of a Palestinian state in the 76 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:24.440 United Nations. It is unjustifiable and inappropriate. The full integration of Palestine into 77 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:30.240 our community of nations is a vital act of justice and freedom for the creation 78 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:35.919 of a Palestinian state and the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, 79 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:41.320 their freedom, their self determination, independence, and their right to live 80 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:48.720 in peace within the nineteen sixty seven borders with East Jerusalem as capital. Mister 81 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:56.240 President, More and more countries are recognizing the state of Palestine. We welcome 82 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:03.480 the recent announcement by Bahamas and Trinity Ad and Tobago officially recognizing Palestine as a 83 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.360 state. We are now one hundred and forty four states who have joined us 84 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:13.799 and have come together in recent days. Our Latin American and Korean region. 85 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:18.879 Our zone of peace has always stood firm against colonialism and in support of the 86 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:24.039 self determination of peoples. Thirty two of the thirty three states in our region 87 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:28.759 already recognize the State of Palestine, and we hope that very soon the one 88 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:33.600 remaining state will announce its recognition of the State of Palestine. The United States 89 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:41.240 and European countries have the moral and historic obligation to recognize and respect the free, 90 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:46.200 independent and sovereign state of Palestine. The governments and peoples of the region 91 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:52.360 and the world must call for shared safe coexistence, for all stability and peace 92 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:56.480 with the Palestinian State. As part of the United Nations, listen to the 93 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:01.759 voices of all of mankind who cry out peace, justice, for a free 94 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:07.480 Palestine, for an end to unjustifiable policies of denial and the exclusion of the 95 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:13.879 inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Nicaragua will stand steadfast in support of Palestine, 96 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:18.840 and together with the international community, we will continue with every effort and 97 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:26.639 initiative necessary to move forward the question of Palestine until Palestine is free, Free 98 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.480 so that life can flourish, free, so that peace can prevail. Thank 99 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:41.879 you, I think the distinguished Representative of Nicaragua. I now give the floor 100 00:13:43.039 --> 00:14:03.840 to the Distinguished Representative of Malaysia. Mister President. My delegation thanks you for 101 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:09.399 convening today's plenary meeting. Following the joint requests by the Arab Group, Non 102 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:16.039 Aligned Movement and the Organization of Islamic Corporation, Malaysia aligns itself with the Num 103 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:22.080 and Oic statements and adds the following remarks in its national capacity, Mister President. 104 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.799 After more than seven decades since the adoption of General Assembly Resolution one one 105 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:35.679 in nineteen forty seven, which partitioned Palestinians land into Arab and Jewish states, 106 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:43.200 Palestinians continued to be denied the right to statehood. In contrast, Israel was 107 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:48.360 accepted as a full member in nineteen forty nine. Since then, the world 108 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:54.799 has been witnessing turmoil and bloodshed in the Land of Palestine for seven decades. 109 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:03.480 Israel's illegal, brutal and inhumane occupation has dispossessed Palestinians of their lands, properties, 110 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:09.360 rights and dignity. It has taken the lives of countless numbers of innocent 111 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:15.039 men, women and children, and continue to do so to this day. 112 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:22.879 The current hostilities in Gaza are the latest episode in the already long history of 113 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:30.600 Palestinian struggle under Israeli occupation. After about seven months of relentless Israeli military onslaught, 114 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.840 more than thirty five thirty five thousand deaths have been recorded, about seventy 115 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:41.919 percent of whom are women and children. That is, nearly fifteen thousand children 116 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:46.320 and ten thousand women killed. The discoveries of mass graves in the compounds of 117 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:52.840 Al Shiva and Nazier hospitals are deeply concerning. The Numbers of death among humanitarian 118 00:15:52.879 --> 00:16:00.639 workers and media personnel have also reached new records. The level of destruct of 119 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:07.039 civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and un premises, is unprecedented. The 120 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:15.399 unrelenting destruction of Gaza and catastrophic humanitarian condition of its inhabitants are downright appalling, 121 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:23.799 and despite warnings of disastrous humanitarian consequences, Israel remains adamant to mount a ground 122 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:32.279 military assault of Rafah. The carnage in Gaza must stop. The international community 123 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:41.559 must demand proper accountability processes, starting with thorough, transparent and independent international investigations 124 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:47.759 on all bridges of international law, including possible acts of war crime and genocide 125 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:55.120 in Gaza. Mister President, the question of Palestine must be resolved once and 126 00:16:55.200 --> 00:17:02.320 for all. Israel's occupation must end. Justice must be restored. The self 127 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:08.400 determination of the Palestinian people must be upheld. The fully sovereign state of Palestine 128 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:15.240 must be recognized. For those of us who still remember the misery of life 129 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:22.920 under occupation or colonization, and the bitter struggle of our forefathers for independence and 130 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:29.519 statehood, it is our responsibility to support Palestinian statehood. It is our collective 131 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:34.400 moral duty to do everything we can to ensure that the State of Palestine take 132 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:42.119 its rightful place as our equal in this August Chamber. The fundamental United Nations 133 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:49.039 founding principle of equality among nations must be extended to the State of Palestine without 134 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:57.000 any discrimination nor further delay. Malaysia's support towards Palestinian statehood and its membership to 135 00:17:57.039 --> 00:18:02.400 the United Nations is long standing. We hold a view that the admission of 136 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:07.920 the State of Palestine as a full member should have happened when General Assembly Resolution 137 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:14.079 Wanted one was adopted and Israel was admitted seventy five years ago. The resolution 138 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:19.000 adopted by the Assembly last Friday, is a significant step forward. It is 139 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:26.039 a much needed positive development in the face of the Security Council's continued politicization and 140 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:33.599 paralysis. The adoption of the text by an overwhelming majority is a clear testament 141 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:41.680 of the enormous support for the Palestinian statehood within the international community. Malaysia shares 142 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:45.640 the view that the State of Palestine means the full criteria for statehood outlined in 143 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:52.559 the nineteen thirty three Montevideo Convention. We also firmly believe that the State of 144 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:59.519 Palestine fulfills the conditions for membership to the United Nations as laid out in Article 145 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:06.400 four of the Charter. Palestine has consistently demonstrated that it is committed to peace, 146 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:12.440 even as Israel persists with its brutal and oppressive occupation, continues to erode 147 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:19.400 its territorial integrity, and attempts to annihilate the Palestinian people. It is also 148 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:26.000 clear to us that Palestine highly values the opportunities to participate in you N processes, 149 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:30.880 and it is able and willing to carry out obligations and shrine in the 150 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:37.599 Charter. Palestine has beyond doubt proven itself worthy of membership of this organization. 151 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:45.319 In contrast, Israel continues to bridge international law, defy you and resolutions, 152 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:52.759 as well as vilify and malign the United Nations and its officials. Israel's actions, 153 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:57.759 which each passing day inevitably raise our doubts if it actually believes in the 154 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:06.039 UN system and values is membership in this organization. The offensive gimmick of shredding 155 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:11.480 the UN Charter we witnessed in this chamber last Friday, is just another example 156 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:19.640 of Israel's utter disrespect of the United Nations. Ironically, it is Israel's credibility 157 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:26.319 that is being shredded to pieces through the contempt for international law and norms. 158 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:33.000 No cheap theatrics will ever deny the resounding support for the resolution, as well 159 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:41.680 as the enduring relevance of the Charters, principles and aspirations. Mister President assertions 160 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.279 that the State of Palestine does not meet the criteria for membership set forth in 161 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:53.359 Article four after after UN Charter are observed and quite suspicious. Such allegations are 162 00:20:53.400 --> 00:21:00.880 blatant rejection of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions that have recognized Palace Steine as 163 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:06.359 a state to date. One hundred and forty four members of the United Nations 164 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:11.319 have recognized the State of Palestine, and several countries have announced their intention of 165 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:18.880 recognized Palestine in the very near future. We encourage those who have not officially 166 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:25.640 recognized Palestine to do so without further delay. Mister President, the question of 167 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:30.119 Palestine has remained an outstanding issue in this organization for more than seven decades. 168 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:36.720 It is high time that the you and deliver on its duty and responsibility and 169 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:41.400 produce a just, lusting and peaceful solution to the question of Palestine. This 170 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:48.319 should start with the recognition of the State of Palestine based on the pre nineteen 171 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:52.960 sixty seven bodies, with its Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the 172 00:21:53.079 --> 00:22:00.839 internationally recognized two state solution. We the independent and sovereign member states of the 173 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:06.880 United Nations, must not renect on our commitment to uphold the United Nations principle 174 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:12.240 of equality among nations. We must not fail our Palestinian brothers and sisters in 175 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:18.079 their struggle for self determination. We must not forget most of us here were 176 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:23.839 once in their shoes. Palestinians too deserve to live in peace, to develop, 177 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:30.359 and to prosper. We shall not and must not succumb to the pressure 178 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.839 of those who seek to undermine peace in the Middle East. We call on 179 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:40.359 all member states to be united and support efforts towards lasting peace in the Middle 180 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:45.640 East. The full membership of the State of Palestine of the United Nations is 181 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:51.400 a critical step towards this end. Malaysia stands ready to be part of and 182 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:57.880 support initiatives aimed at realizing the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to freedom and 183 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:07.680 self determination. I thank you, I thank the distinguished Representative of Malaysia. 184 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:27.640 I now give the floor the distinguished Representative of Bahraini. Mister President, allow 185 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:33.599 me to thank you for resuming the tent emergency special session of the General Assembly. 186 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:40.880 My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the UAE on behalf of 187 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:48.279 the Arab Group, Mauritania on behalf of the OIC, and Uganda on behalf 188 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:55.119 of the Non Aligned Movement. Mister President, we welcome the adoption by the 189 00:23:55.200 --> 00:24:03.279 General Assembly last Friday of Resolution A Stroke or e S Stroke ash TAN Stroke 190 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:11.599 twenty three, with one hundred and forty three states voting favorably on the eligibility 191 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:17.680 of the Palestinian State to be granted full membership at the United Nations, and 192 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:25.400 on recommending that the Security Council reconsider the matter favorably and grant a Palestine additional 193 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:30.519 privileges and rights regarding its participation in this international organization. We stress the need 194 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:37.279 for diplomatic and humanitarian efforts to support the legitimate historic rights of the Palestinian people 195 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:45.079 to self determination, freedom, justice, equality, independence and ending the occupation 196 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:53.599 in line with international law. We reaffirm that the full international acknowledgement of the 197 00:24:55.799 --> 00:25:00.279 full international recognition of the Palestinian State and its membership at United Nations is a 198 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:07.400 political and legal right. It is inalienable and illegitimate historic right of the Palestinian 199 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:11.559 people to establish their independent state on the borders of nineteen sixty seven with the 200 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:15.880 East Jerusalem as a capital, based on the two State Solutions, in line 201 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:22.519 with the resolutions of international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative, and this is 202 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:30.480 a major step to promote just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. 203 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:37.680 Mister President, we condemned the Israeli military operations on Rapha, the last 204 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:44.680 safe haven for more than one million Palestinian people. We condemned its control over 205 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:52.000 the Raffa land acrossing in southern Gaza. We warned against the dangerous repercussions of 206 00:25:52.039 --> 00:26:00.519 that on the on innocent civilians. We once again call upon the intern national 207 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:07.000 community and influential parties at the Security Council to immediately and urgently interfere to ensure 208 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:15.359 a humanitarian chrus and to stop any military expansion to protect peace and security regionally. 209 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:21.039 In conclusion, it is important to continue supporting the Palestinian people so that 210 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:26.160 they can be granted their legitimate national rights. It is important to support every 211 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:30.519 effort to ensure a ceies fire in Gaza, the delivery of humanitarian assistance to 212 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:40.319 civilians, and launching a serious and genuine political process to ensure sustainable and comprehensive 213 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:45.480 peace in the region, in order to establish an independent Palestinian state on the 214 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:48.799 borders of nineteen sixty seven with East Jerusalem as a capital, on the basis 215 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:55.799 of the two State Solutions and based on the resolutions of international legitimacy, the 216 00:26:55.880 --> 00:27:02.039 Arab Peace Initiative and granting Palestine full membership at the United Nations. Thank you, 217 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:10.559 I think the distinguished Representative of Bahrain I now give the flood to the 218 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:26.240 distinguished Representative of Turkey A Mister President, thank you for resuming the tenth Emergency 219 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:33.160 Special Session at the request of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Arablic and Non 220 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:40.880 Allied movement groups. This August body, the General Assembly, as the most 221 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:47.039 representative organ of the United Nations, has expressed the collective stance of the international 222 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:53.799 community by adapting the Resolution on Palistine's Admission as a Member to the United Nations 223 00:27:55.359 --> 00:28:03.119 with one hundred forty three positive votes. Turkey is prought to have cost sponsored 224 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:11.759 this historic resolution. The adoption of this resolution not only marks a significant milestone 225 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:19.039 in Palestine's percent of statehood, but also highlights the growing disparity between the Security 226 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:27.640 Council and the collective voice of the international community. Mister President, seven months 227 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:33.759 into the conflict, the dyed situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank 228 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:41.599 persists. The Palestinian people are brutally targeted with total disregard of the international law 229 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:49.279 and international menitarian law. The recent escalations, the recent attacks in Rapha as 230 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:56.440 well as the wider region are deeply worrying. The discovery of mass graves in 231 00:28:56.519 --> 00:29:04.480 Gaza underscored the severity of the situation. People in Gaza are facing catastrophic levels 232 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:11.400 of hunger. HONRUA, the backbone of the humanitarian operations in Gaza, is 233 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:18.960 under political and physical attack. Disrupting unrua's work would not only exacerbate the suffering, 234 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:29.759 but also stabilize the entire region. Despite this unprecedented humanitarian tragedy, the 235 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:37.240 inability to hold bloodshed and man made famine in Gaza is deplorable and shameful, 236 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:44.960 Mister President. Since the conflicts onset, the international community's demands have been clear 237 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:56.799 and immediate ceasefires, unimpeded humanitarian aid and and to forced displacement. Two resolutions 238 00:29:56.839 --> 00:30:00.359 adopted by this August body as the Secured, as well as the Security Council 239 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:07.960 Resolution two seven to two eight calling for a ceasfire have not been implemented yet. 240 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:17.920 The provisional measures by the International Court of Justice, Security Council resolutions on 241 00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:26.039 humanitarian aid and fundamental principles from international law are disregarded. The gravest violations of 242 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:33.759 the UN Charters is taking place before our own eyes in Ghaza. This has 243 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:38.079 been coupled with the attempts to insult to UN and its charters. Under this 244 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:45.559 roof, it is our duty as the international community to make sure that this 245 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:52.680 lawlessness and impunity comes to an end. We equal on the Security Council to 246 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:59.960 take serift action, starting with the immediate ceasefire. The brutality and the blood 247 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:04.680 which that in Gaza have persisted for too long. These must end now and 248 00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:11.799 its recurrence must be prevented through a durable two state solution. A two state 249 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:19.880 solution offers the sole prospect of breaking the cycle of violence. Mister President TURKEYA 250 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:26.720 supports the application of Palestine for its admission as a full member of the United 251 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:34.200 Nations. This step will enable Palestinians to achieve their aspirations for statehood, sovereignty 252 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:41.759 and independence. For string momentum for a two state solution, which is the 253 00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:48.079 only way to serve through justice, Palestine deserves to be a full member and 254 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:53.079 to be to read it as an equal member of the international community. Security 255 00:31:53.079 --> 00:32:00.559 Councilar resolutions and vision a region where two states Israel and Palestine lead side by 256 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:06.920 side within secure and recognized borders. The longer this vision is deferred, the 257 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:10.359 longer the region will be pushed into vicious circles of violence. And destruction. 258 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:17.000 With the adoption of this resolution, the Wider Membership has determined that the State 259 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:23.559 of Palestine is qualified for membership in the United Nations and recommended that the Security 260 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:30.640 Council reconsidered the matter favorably. The overwhelming majority in the Security Council is already 261 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:37.079 in favor. We urge the Security Council to take concrete steps towards realizing a 262 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:44.480 political solution based on the two State Vision and Pre sixty seven borders, with 263 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:52.160 East Jerusalem as the capital of an independent, Sourien and contiguous state of Palestine. 264 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:58.240 In conclusion, I welcome the Palestine Interlegation to participate in the words of 265 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:02.839 this Assembly. Thank you, mister President and all delegations voted for this resolution 266 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:12.640 and the distinguished Representative of Tokio. I now give the fraud to the distinguished 267 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:36.000 Representative of leban Mister President, I thank you for convening this session. Lebanon 268 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:43.119 aligns itself with the statement delivered by the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the 269 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:53.079 Arab Group. Mister President Lebanon welcomes the Child Assembly adoption of Resolution on Admission 270 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:59.680 of New Members today U n Through this long awaited resolution, the Child Assembly 271 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:06.359 has and right by Palestine by recognizing its right to take its rightful place among 272 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:14.159 nations, and concluded the discussion regarding its eligibiliberty eligibility for new and membership in 273 00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:20.559 accordance with Article four of the UN Charter. It is up now for the 274 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:28.280 Security Council to listen to this clear resolution by the General Assembly and to reconsider 275 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:37.199 Palestine's application positively and without delay. Seventy five years is a long time, 276 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:46.039 Mister President. The resolution calls for strengthening Palestine's participation inter sessions and works of 277 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:53.000 the General Assembly, international conferences that are convened under the auspices of the General 278 00:34:53.039 --> 00:35:00.360 Assembly or other organs of the u N. We see in thiseration by the 279 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:06.960 General Assembly that Palestine is capable to engage positively within the U and with the 280 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:15.800 Member States in the process of strengthening the principles and goals of DUN including tolerance, 281 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:22.719 living in peace, and good neighborly relations, and join its will will 282 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:28.599 with the international community to maintain international peace and security. We reiterate our deep 283 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:35.639 regret for the inability of the Council on the eighteenth of April to adopt a 284 00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:44.639 draft resolution tabled by Algeria recommending that granting of full membership to Palestine. We 285 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:51.159 urge the Council to reconsider its position as soon as possible. We see that 286 00:35:51.239 --> 00:36:00.760 this failure would only further prolong this conflict. We salute all states who recently 287 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:06.840 have recognized Palestine, joining more than one hundred and forty countries who have already 288 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:14.400 recognized Palestine. We urge more countries to follow suit this noble and principled step, 289 00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:20.599 which undoubtedly would support the efforts to realize peace and achieve the two state 290 00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:25.760 solution. The establishment of the Palestinian state is the key to all crises in 291 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:31.360 the region. It is the road to stability, paving the way to peace 292 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:37.400 and security for all peoples of the region. Mister President, it has been 293 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:44.320 seven long, painful and bloody months for the people in Gaza and southern Lebanon. 294 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:50.840 Therefore, we call for an immediate and sustainable cease fire without delay, 295 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:57.519 to avoid a spiraling of matters out of control and a spillover of the conflict 296 00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:02.639 regionally, to say the civilians who are being killed on a daily basis. 297 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:08.800 We reiterate the demand to comply with resolutions of the General Assembly and a security 298 00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:15.519 Council demanding a cease fire, the latest of which has been Resolution twenty seven 299 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:23.000 twenty eight. We call on focusing efforts on supporting a successful conclusion of mediation 300 00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:28.400 efforts by Katar and Egypt and that will accepted by Hamas. We call on 301 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:35.039 for exerting pressure on Israel to accepts mediation efforts without delay and refrain from the 302 00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:40.920 ground invasion of Rapha. Mister President, Lebanon reiterates yet again its full compliance 303 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:49.360 with Resolution seventeen oh one, exerting all political and diplomatic efforts to implement it 304 00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:54.519 and restore stability and come to its southern borders to allow the residents to go 305 00:37:54.679 --> 00:38:00.199 back to their villages and homes. We welcome the efforts of friendly countries, 306 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:07.880 particularly the US and France, for all the efforts to prevent a spillover of 307 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:15.159 the conflict and to contribute towards peaceful settlement of the situation. Mister President, 308 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:22.400 we call again for serious efforts to revive the political horizon of the two State 309 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:29.840 solutions to end the Israeli occupation and to recognize the independent Palestinian State. On 310 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:36.239 the fourth of June nineteen sixty seven, Boarders with its capital East Jerusalem, 311 00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:39.800 in line with the terms of reference, and find a just solution for the 312 00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:46.239 question of refugees and all final status issues in line with international resolutions and the 313 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:52.880 Arab Peace Initiative that was launched in Beirut in two thousand and two and Israi's 314 00:38:52.920 --> 00:39:04.440 withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories. Thank you, mister Chair. Deeply learn 315 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:08.679 of the death of a United Nations Department of Safety and Security staff member an 316 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:14.559 injury to another DSS staffer when their UN vehicle was struck as they traveled to 317 00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:20.679 the European Hospital in Ruffa this morning. The Secretary General condemns all attacks on 318 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:25.119 UN personnel and calls for a full investigation. He sends his condolences to the 319 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:30.400 family of the fallen staff member. With the conflict in Gaza continuing to take 320 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:36.639 a heavy toll not only on civilians, but also on humanitarian workers, the 321 00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:42.760 Secretary General reiterates his urgent appeal for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and for the release 322 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:49.039 of all hostages. That statement will be available to you shortly. Turning to 323 00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:52.639 the situation on the ground in Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian 324 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:58.480 Affairs says that ground incursions and heavy fighting continue to be reported in eastern Ruffa, 325 00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:02.840 as well as Gaza City and the Jibalia refugee camp. The UN Relief 326 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:07.880 and Works Agency UNRA reports that nearly three hundred and sixty thousand people have fled 327 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:13.639 Rougha since the first evacuation order a week ago. Many of them have already 328 00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:20.199 been displaced multiple times over the past seven months. Meanwhile, evacuation orders issued 329 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:25.039 on Saturday for northern Gaza amid ongoing Israelian bombardment there have resulted in the displacement 330 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:30.239 of some one hundred thousand people so far. We remain deeply concerned about the 331 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:36.639 lack of protection for civilians and the lack of safety for humanitarian operations. Civilians 332 00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:39.760 must be protected and have their basic needs met, whether they move or stay. 333 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:44.679 Those who leave must have enough time to do so, as well as 334 00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:49.480 a safe route and a safe place to go. The UN continues to advocate 335 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:54.480 for concrete assurances and actionable measures to facilitate the safe and secure movement of humanitarian 336 00:40:54.480 --> 00:41:01.440 cargo via all routes into and throughout the Gaza Strip. The Office for the 337 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:07.400 Coronation of Humanitarian Affairs reports that as of today, the Rafa crossing remains closed 338 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:13.320 and there is a continued lack of safe and logistically viable access to the Kurim 339 00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:19.480 Shalom crossing. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization reports that the incursion into Ruffa 340 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:22.480 has jeopardized the provision of health services, access to health care, and the 341 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:29.079 delivery of life saving supplies. WHO says that fuel shortages are also threatening the 342 00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:32.800 continuity of humanitarian efforts, saying that partners working on healthcare and Gaza require a 343 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:37.400 minimum of forty six thousand liters of fuel every day just for their operations. 344 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:44.599 In case of an expanded military operation in Rufa, WHO warns that there would 345 00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:49.519 be a heightened demand for fuel further on Gaza, The Assistant Secretary General for 346 00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:53.840 Humanchean Affairs, Joisimsuya, warned yesterday that the military offensive in Rauffa spells further 347 00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:59.039 catastrophe for more than a million people would be displaced to the city to escape 348 00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:05.400 fighting disease and hunger elsewhere. Missus Musuya was speaking at an AID conference on 349 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:12.320 Gaza hosted by Kuwait over the weekend and yesterday. In Kuwait, the Secretary 350 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:15.119 General met with Sheik Michal A Lamad al Jabra al Saba, Amir of the 351 00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:20.039 State of Kuwait. Through the Amir, the Secretary General thanked Kuwait for its 352 00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:23.599 constructive and consistent role in promoting dialog in the region and its contribution to hu 353 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:29.719 manage here and efforts, including about the situation in Gaza. The Secretary General 354 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:32.719 also met with the newly appointed Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Amada ab Da 355 00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:37.440 llah Lama dal Saba. The Secretary General and the Prime Minister discussed issues of 356 00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:43.239 mutual interest, including the situation in Gaza and Sudan. The Secretary General thanked 357 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.760 Kuwait for its support to the United Nations and contributions to peace in the region. 358 00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:50.639 Later in the day, the Secretary General was hosted for a working launch 359 00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:55.400 with the Foreign Minister of Kuwait, Abdallah Ali al Yaya. While in Kuwait, 360 00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:59.800 the Secretary General also met with a special Adviser, doctor abdu llaal Matuk, 361 00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:02.960 who had just taken part in the United Nations ninth Conference for Effective Partnership 362 00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:08.760 and Information Exchange for Better Humanitarian Action. They discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza, 363 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:15.519 and the Secretary General left for Oman on Monday afternoon he should be arriving 364 00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:21.239 there in the coming hours. The Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed is in London 365 00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:23.480 today where she is taking part in the Google Zeitgeist event as a special guest 366 00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:29.000 speaker. In remarks, she emphasized the importance of collaboration between the public and 367 00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:32.880 private sector to scale up innovative and scalable solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals. 368 00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:38.079 She also met with various stakeholders on the actions needed to accelerate the SDGs. 369 00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:45.119 The Deputy Secretary General will return to New York tonight. This morning. Our 370 00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:47.840 Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grunberg, briefed the Security Council members on the 371 00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:53.039 situation in Yemen. Speaking from Aden, where he had discussions with various interlocutors, 372 00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:58.559 Mister Greenberg said he is encouraged by the constructive environment in which these discussions 373 00:43:58.559 --> 00:44:01.880 were conducted. He added that despite the challenges, he still believes that a 374 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:07.119 peaceful and just solution remains possible. For his part, the Undersecretary General for 375 00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:12.639 Humaniteian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, spoke about the worsening Humanteeran situation in Yemen. 376 00:44:13.239 --> 00:44:16.239 He expressed concern over the cholera outbreak. The majority of cases are in Huti 377 00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:21.320 controlled areas, where hundred of hundreds of new cases are reported every day. 378 00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:24.880 He underscored that we and our partners are taking urgent action to stem the spread 379 00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:30.480 of disease. Turning to Ukraine, the Office where the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 380 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:36.079 tells us that due to the quickly deteriorating security situation in the Kharkiv region, 381 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:39.639 local authorities, with the support of the UN and aid organizations, have evacuated 382 00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:45.440 nearly six thousand people from the border area with the Russian Federation. The Kharkiv 383 00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:49.760 region has experienced several ways of attacks in recent days, which have led to 384 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:53.119 more civilian deaths and injuries, including children. There's also been massive destruction of 385 00:44:53.159 --> 00:45:00.360 civilian infrastructure. Thus, also according to local authorities, our humanitarian partners provided 386 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:05.239 support and transportation to people being evacuated, complementing the efforts of national rescue and 387 00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:10.239 municipal services. They distributed food, water and hygiene kits es, central family 388 00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:16.960 supplies, arranged accommodation, and provided the health and psychological support. Meanwhile, 389 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:21.480 people in Donyezk and Sumi regions in the east and the north of the country 390 00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:27.920 also experienced attacks over the weekend and today. Local authorities and humanitarian partners on 391 00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:32.079 the ground said that homes and civilian infrastructure were damaged during the attacks. In 392 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:37.599 April alone, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine documented more than seven 393 00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:45.760 hundred civilian casualties and forty seven attacks on energy and infrastructure across Ukraine. Turning 394 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:47.960 to Afghanistan, you will have seen a statement we issued over the weekend in 395 00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:52.159 which the Secretary General said that he was saddened by the loss of life in 396 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:57.199 flash floods and Bugland province in the northeast of Afghanistan. On the humanitarian side, 397 00:45:57.199 --> 00:46:00.920 our human charian colleagues tell us that search and rescue operations continue with the 398 00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:06.719 support of the Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority. Casualty figures are expected to rise. 399 00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:10.400 Bag Lan, Badakshan and Thakar provinces are most affected, with bug Lan 400 00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:15.960 accounting for eighty percent of the recorded deaths. Civilian infrastructure and agricultural land have 401 00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:21.239 also been damaged. We, along with our partners, are coordinating with the 402 00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:25.079 de facto authorities on the response. Fourteen joint assessment teams have been deployed and 403 00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:30.960 humanitarian partners have identified available emergency stocks in the region. On the health front, 404 00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:35.800 unic F, the UN Population Fund, the World Health Organization, the 405 00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:40.360 International Organization for Migration and our Partners deployed twenty seven mobile teams in Buglan, 406 00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:47.880 Badakshan and in Thakar provinces to support the response, who dispatched seven tons of 407 00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:53.679 medicine and medical supplies, including trauma and primary healthcare kits. Health Partners also 408 00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:59.880 provided dozens of kits for pneumonia, acute watery diarrhea, malnutrition and trauma. 409 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:05.320 The World Food Program dispatched more than fifty thousand tons of food in Bugland Province. 410 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:10.079 Turning to Sudan, the Undersecretary General for Humancheeran Affairs, Martin Griffiths, 411 00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:15.440 warned that Sudan is at a tipping point amid more alarming reports from El Facher, 412 00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:19.280 the capital of North Darfur. In post on social media, mister Griffith 413 00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:22.360 said that the Office for the Coordination of humanchaer Affairs has told the parties how 414 00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:27.480 they should protect civilians from this carnage and the UN now expects them to do 415 00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:32.000 with the world and international humanitarian law expect He warned that countless lives are at 416 00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:37.559 stake in Elfacher, which is home to some eight hundred thousand civilians. Healthcare 417 00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:40.760 in the city is already coming under threat and medical supplies are running dangerously low 418 00:47:40.920 --> 00:47:46.079 in the Southern Hospital. In the Central African Republic, a conference is being 419 00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:51.679 held today in the capital Bangi to find sustainable solutions to reduce the insecurity and 420 00:47:51.760 --> 00:47:55.519 violence associated with the seasonal by migration of cattle and people, also known as 421 00:47:55.559 --> 00:48:00.920 trans suments. The conference is organized at the Central African Authorities in partnership with 422 00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:07.119 Our Peacekeeping Mission MANUSCA andcludes representatives from the government, un colleagues as well as 423 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:10.320 local leaders from the prefectures where the seasonal migration takes place. The head of 424 00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:15.599 our Peacekeeping Mission, Valentine Ruguagbisa, recalled that this topic is one of the 425 00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:20.079 five specific issues set out in the peace Agreement, which underlined the need for 426 00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:23.599 an efficient and equitable management system for trans sumonts to make it a secure, 427 00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:30.679 peaceful and prosperous activity. In Haiti, the Office where the coordination of Humanchean 428 00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:36.679 Affairs warns that people in some neighborhoods of the capital of Porta Prince are extremely 429 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:42.199 vulnerable, with armed groups continuing to perpetrate coordinated attacks. Last Friday, the 430 00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:45.840 commune of Grecier, south of Portaprince was attacked and several houses were set on 431 00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:51.199 fire. According to local authorities, an unknown number of residents were forced to 432 00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:55.639 flee. Our partners are conducting assessments both in Grecier and in neighbour in nearby 433 00:48:55.719 --> 00:49:00.800 areas where people fled. There are current one hundred and sixty two thousand internally 434 00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:05.320 displaced people, half of them children, in the country, with one hundred 435 00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:08.760 and sixty thousand of them in the metropolitan area of Porto Prince. According to 436 00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:13.239 the International Organization for Migration, between the eighth of March and the ninth of 437 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:16.559 April, some ninety five thousand people fled the capital, sixty percent of them 438 00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:22.079 to the southern departments. Despite the volatile situation, humanitarian organizations continue to provide 439 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:28.280 emergency assistance to thousands of people in the capital and other areas of the country. 440 00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:31.639 Since the first of March, the World Food Program has helped more than 441 00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:36.679 eight hundred thousand people across the country through its school feeding, emergency and resilience 442 00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:39.920 programs. The agency has distributed more than eight hundred and twenty five thousand meals 443 00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:47.719 to over ninety five thousand displaced people in the Portobronce metropolitan zone. The UN 444 00:49:47.760 --> 00:49:53.159 Office on Drugs and Crime today released the third edition of its World Wildlife Crime 445 00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:59.000 Report, which says that wildlife trafficking has not been substantially reduced despite two decades 446 00:49:59.000 --> 00:50:02.400 of concerted action. According to the report, seizures during the period between twenty 447 00:50:02.440 --> 00:50:07.440 fifteen and twenty twenty one indicated the legal trade in one hundred and sixty two 448 00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:13.000 countries and territories, affecting around four thousand plant and animal species. Wildlife crime 449 00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:17.159 is interconnected with the activities of large and powerful organized crime groups operating in some 450 00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:22.519 of the world's most fragile and diverse ecosystems, from the Amazon to the Golden 451 00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:28.480 Triangle. UNODC said that to tackle wildlife crime, more consistent enforcement to tackle 452 00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:34.599 both supply and demand, effective implementation of legislation, and stronger monitoring and research 453 00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:38.079 are needed. The full report is online and do we have any questions? 454 00:50:38.239 --> 00:50:44.000 Yes, Edie, thank you for Hahn. A couple of follow ups on 455 00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:57.320 the incident with the Department of Safety and Security employees. First was do we 456 00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:07.239 know how serious the injuries are of the man who was injured. We're hopeful 457 00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:13.760 for recovery. And second, do we know country? At this point, 458 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:17.679 we are in the process of informing uh, you know, the relevant governments 459 00:51:17.719 --> 00:51:22.159 and the relevant family members, So I wouldn't share any names or nationalities. 460 00:51:22.199 --> 00:51:28.039 And is there any indication of I think you said they were heading to a 461 00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:35.400 hospital. Do we know why they were heading to a hospital? Well, 462 00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:39.599 as part of the regular work they go to different locations to to assess security 463 00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:44.880 conditions, and this was the European Hospital in Ruffa. Yes, Emily, 464 00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:52.480 still follow up on that. What you said means that they are not Partisanians. 465 00:51:54.800 --> 00:52:00.000 I believe that they are international staff. But again I I'm not I 466 00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:05.360 don't have the nationality structure. Do you I mean you said their vehicle was 467 00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:07.880 struck? To you by what I mean? What happened? No, this 468 00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:13.960 happened fairly recently. We're still accumulating details. We expect to get reports, 469 00:52:14.360 --> 00:52:20.360 including from the relevant authorities. And last last one, do you have with 470 00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:25.559 this new casualty the laterst toll of the number of un personal killed in Gaza 471 00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:31.920 since the seventh of October, Well, this adds one more person. As 472 00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:39.159 it is, we have I believe close to around one hundred and ninety UN 473 00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:45.199 personnel who have been casualties, most of them national staff of the UN Relief 474 00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:50.000 and Works Agency Honra. Yeah, surein Faran. What is the UN doing 475 00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:52.760 to seek justice for the almost two hundred YU and staff that were killed in 476 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:57.599 the war. What is the process that UN now follows staff members been killed 477 00:52:57.599 --> 00:53:02.039 by a striking gaza? How do you seek justice for your staff member in 478 00:53:02.360 --> 00:53:08.000 all cases? We are going to set up measures for accountability. A lot 479 00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:12.920 of that, as you know, requires ultimately for an end to the conflict 480 00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:15.920 so that we can work these out. But we will be in working with 481 00:53:16.320 --> 00:53:21.320 the authorities on the ground to get a restitution for all of those who have 482 00:53:21.360 --> 00:53:30.400 been killed. Yes, abdelamit, thank you for Hahn. I have a 483 00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:44.000 few questions. First, issued a statement about being accused of hiding hostages and 484 00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:46.880 this said, I think the word they use is absurd or crazy or something. 485 00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:52.960 Are you aware of this a new Israeli accusation against Honor. Yes, 486 00:53:53.320 --> 00:54:00.679 And and again what the UN Relief and Works Agency says is something we support. 487 00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:07.400 Obviously, they are doing their work professionally under extremely arduous circumstances, and 488 00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:12.800 we need to appreciate the work that they're doing. And the main office in 489 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:17.679 Jerusalem has been set on fire twice. Is the undoing anything? And you 490 00:54:17.719 --> 00:54:22.320 know, Les Arenia decided to close the office. So what is the next 491 00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:27.679 step. Well, you'll have seen what we said last Friday about this incident. 492 00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:35.280 Certainly this was something that was outrageous and mister Lasarni took the decision to 493 00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:43.239 close the compound until our security can be insured. And this is something we 494 00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:47.079 stand firm on. Obviously, the security of UN staff as they go about 495 00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:52.239 their work has to be insured by all host countries everywhere. Can I have 496 00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:54.280 more? One more? Yes, one more, and then we'll go around. 497 00:54:54.320 --> 00:55:00.360 Okay, Yeah, The number of bodies recovered from those graves now reached 498 00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:06.880 five hundred and twenty five new massic graves had been discovered also in the Shifa 499 00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:12.599 compound. And I've been asking again and again and you, as she said, 500 00:55:12.639 --> 00:55:16.239 should be investigating. Yeah, where we go from here? I mean, 501 00:55:16.280 --> 00:55:21.920 we keep calling for investigation. Who to investigate? The Israeli will investigate 502 00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:29.880 themselves. We have insisted on a credible investigation obviously, as the Secretary General 503 00:55:30.039 --> 00:55:34.199 himself has said that would need to be independent. And we need to see 504 00:55:34.239 --> 00:55:39.280 what format that will take Benna. Thank you. A few more follow ups 505 00:55:39.280 --> 00:55:45.440 to the incident in Gaza. Were these two people part of the larger convoy. 506 00:55:47.760 --> 00:55:52.960 I don't have the full details of whether this was part of a large 507 00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:59.079 convoy or not. I believe it was in a convoy that was moving and 508 00:55:59.119 --> 00:56:01.559 this was the DSS vehicle that was his okay? And can you tell me 509 00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:07.280 was the car they moved in marked with the U N Yeah, all all 510 00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:12.800 vehicles were un marked vehicles. Yes, yes, please thank you for han. 511 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:21.639 With regard to the WHO statement, and they say that the current situation 512 00:56:21.800 --> 00:56:28.159 impacts the delivery of healthcare service, et cetera. In previous statements, WHO 513 00:56:28.320 --> 00:56:34.679 said that the medical infrastructure Inza is totally destroyed. In addition to other reports 514 00:56:35.280 --> 00:56:40.280 about epidemics, a fear of epidemics such as cholera, and even somebody went 515 00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:46.559 even to the stage of fears of plague. Can we have doctor Tedros from 516 00:56:46.599 --> 00:56:52.280 the WHO to have a briefing with us, whether virtually or in person, 517 00:56:52.119 --> 00:57:00.519 to clarify and given exact and precise evaluation of his organization to the medical and 518 00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:05.519 health situation in Gaza. Well, I don't know whether it will be doctor 519 00:57:05.559 --> 00:57:10.639 Tendras himself. But we'll ask the World Health Organization whether one of their senior 520 00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:14.840 people dealing with Gaza can do a briefing with you. So we'll try to 521 00:57:14.840 --> 00:57:19.960 set that up. Yes, Gabriel. Thanks Varhan. There's some reporting that's 522 00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:24.320 come out that says, quote, the UN has half halved the number of 523 00:57:24.599 --> 00:57:30.840 casualties has It's a hard word to say, you know what I'm talking about. 524 00:57:30.119 --> 00:57:32.480 Yes, I do know. Cut in half, cut in half. 525 00:57:32.480 --> 00:57:39.400 Thank you. The casualties from Gaza. Is that true? It's not quite 526 00:57:39.440 --> 00:57:45.119 the case. No. What I can tell you is this the overall number 527 00:57:45.159 --> 00:57:49.039 of fatalities that's been tallied by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is 528 00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:54.519 our counterpart on dealing with the death tolls. That number remains unchanged and it's 529 00:57:54.559 --> 00:58:00.280 at more than thirty five thousand people since October seventh. What's changed is the 530 00:58:00.320 --> 00:58:05.920 Ministry of Health and Gaza has updated the breakdown of fatalities for whom full details 531 00:58:05.960 --> 00:58:13.880 have been documented. So what they recently published was that they gave figures for 532 00:58:14.000 --> 00:58:17.519 twenty four thousand, six hundred and eighty six out of three hundred out of 533 00:58:17.679 --> 00:58:22.320 thirty four thousand, six hundred and twenty two overall fatalities recorded in Gaza, 534 00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:27.559 and those twenty four thousand, six hundred and eighty six people are the ones 535 00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:30.519 for whom full details have been documented, in other words, people who have 536 00:58:30.559 --> 00:58:37.760 been fully identified those. Out of those, then out of that smaller number, 537 00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:42.800 that subset of identified bodies, you have seven seven hundred and ninety seven 538 00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:47.519 children, four thousand, nine hundred and fifty nine women, nine hundred and 539 00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:53.239 twenty four elderly and ten thousand and six men, And the Ministry of Health 540 00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:59.960 says that the documentation process of fully identifying details of the casualties is ongoing. 541 00:59:00.840 --> 00:59:04.719 Meanwhile, as you can see if you do the math, that there's about 542 00:59:04.960 --> 00:59:09.400 another ten thousand plus bodies who still have to be fully identified, and so 543 00:59:09.559 --> 00:59:14.119 then the details of those, which of those are children, which of those 544 00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:19.800 are women, that will be re established once the full identification process is complete. 545 00:59:19.880 --> 00:59:25.320 We are teams in Gaza are unable to identify, unindependently verify these figures 546 00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:29.960 given the situation on the ground and the continuing combat and the sheer number of 547 00:59:29.960 --> 00:59:35.000 fatalities, and so we cite the Ministry of Health as the source for our 548 00:59:35.039 --> 00:59:37.719 figures. And do you have any reason to believe that the Ministry of Health 549 00:59:37.800 --> 00:59:40.000 numbers are incorrect based on the years that the UN has worked with the Ministry 550 00:59:40.039 --> 00:59:45.800 of Health of Gaza. Unfortunately, we have the sad experience of coordinating with 551 00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:52.639 the Ministry of Health on casualty figures every few years for large mass casualty incidents 552 00:59:52.679 --> 00:59:59.599 in Gaza, and in past past times their figures have proven to be generally 553 00:59:59.639 --> 01:00:05.280 accurate. Yes, Deshi, Yeah, follow up on the on the incident 554 01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:10.440 happened in the on the convoy. You said it's a one death of international 555 01:00:10.519 --> 01:00:19.960 stuff. Uh, how how many international staff of the UN were killed after 556 01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:27.639 seventh of October in Gaza. I'm he's not the first one. I'm not 557 01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:32.519 I'm not aware of a previous I'm not aware of a previous international so that 558 01:00:34.119 --> 01:00:37.760 the first of the UN. As you know, there were international casualties involving 559 01:00:37.840 --> 01:00:43.000 workers for the World Central Kitchen. Yes, but but of UN staff. 560 01:00:43.039 --> 01:00:46.840 I believe I've not been previously aware that this could be the first international staff 561 01:00:46.880 --> 01:00:50.440 as far as I'm aware. I mean, my colleagues can correct me if 562 01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:53.320 if I've missed one, Okay, I have. I have a couple of 563 01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:58.719 other questions. Last week we talked. We're talking a lot about the the 564 01:00:58.920 --> 01:01:04.559 eight convoy, the difficulties in the to border crossings and the third one eras, 565 01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:09.440 do you have any update? Does the UN have any new humanitarian deliveries 566 01:01:09.559 --> 01:01:15.360 in Takaza through the all three crossings, including fuels. Uh? Yeah, 567 01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:20.400 As I mentioned at the start of this briefing, Uh, there's still no 568 01:01:21.159 --> 01:01:27.039 traffic of humanitarian goods going through the Rapa crossing which is closed, and there's 569 01:01:27.039 --> 01:01:30.480 still a lack of safe and logistically viable access to the Currem Shalom crossing. 570 01:01:30.599 --> 01:01:36.320 So we're trying to get things, including through the Areas crossing, but the 571 01:01:36.360 --> 01:01:42.039 amount of stuff traveling has been very small in recent days. The wild is 572 01:01:42.079 --> 01:01:46.199 the situation of the fuel for for for UN agencies in Sadgasa at this stage 573 01:01:46.199 --> 01:01:50.079 where we're rationing fuel. I believe that there was a small amount of fuel 574 01:01:50.079 --> 01:01:53.280 that was able to arrive over the weekend. So we're not we're not in 575 01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:59.280 a shutdown mode, but but we are we are very low on fuel. 576 01:01:59.679 --> 01:02:01.639 Yes, behind that doesn't meet please, yes, you you haven't had a 577 01:02:01.679 --> 01:02:06.840 chance. It's Georgia from Athens and Cypros Agency. Thank you for hand. 578 01:02:07.000 --> 01:02:10.639 Thanks are there any updates in the wake of missus oligin visit to Cyprus. 579 01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:15.639 What will the next steps be? She said that she will compile a report 580 01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:19.480 on the results of your contacts with the two side. So what will this 581 01:02:19.639 --> 01:02:23.599 report can take? Thank you? Yeah, Well, as you know the 582 01:02:23.599 --> 01:02:30.599 the special envoyment, Miss Wilgin will will also brief the Council and keep them 583 01:02:30.639 --> 01:02:36.719 informed about her work. So that will be the next update you'll get about 584 01:02:36.960 --> 01:02:43.199 the visits that she's had, Pam, thanks Arhan. On the Brazil front 585 01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:50.519 on the floods, there's been an increase, particularly in the south as of 586 01:02:50.679 --> 01:02:54.800 this morning. How much has the UN been able to get in and what 587 01:02:54.840 --> 01:03:00.679 are the efforts to help? Thank you. I believe we gave an update 588 01:03:01.880 --> 01:03:07.079 last Friday about our efforts and so we are coordinating and we have been doing 589 01:03:07.079 --> 01:03:12.840 some efforts on the ground in conjunction with the Brazilian authorities. I'll see whether 590 01:03:12.880 --> 01:03:16.199 we can get a further update this week. Yes, please. According to 591 01:03:16.440 --> 01:03:22.920 some news stories, the Iraq's Prime Minister, mister Studni, has requested UN 592 01:03:22.000 --> 01:03:28.840 Secretary General to permanently and the mandate of the United Nation assistance for Iraq by 593 01:03:29.000 --> 01:03:34.280 end of twenty twenty five. So the question is has Secretary General received such 594 01:03:34.280 --> 01:03:38.800 a letter and if yes, what he thinks about this request? Thank you. 595 01:03:39.119 --> 01:03:43.119 Yeah, we in fact did receive a letter from the Prime Minister of 596 01:03:43.119 --> 01:03:49.159 Iraq last Thursday about the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, and 597 01:03:49.199 --> 01:03:52.519 we've transmitted that letter to the President of the Security Council. Ultimately, as 598 01:03:52.559 --> 01:03:55.679 you know, our mandates are set by the Security Council and it will be 599 01:03:55.679 --> 01:04:01.760 the decision of the Security Council to to determine the future of the mission. 600 01:04:03.320 --> 01:04:12.320 Now, we have been doing work in Iraq since two thousand and three and 601 01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:16.159 as you know, last year we were requested by the Security Council to conduct 602 01:04:16.559 --> 01:04:24.800 an independent strategic review of UNAMI, and on the twenty fourth of March of 603 01:04:24.840 --> 01:04:29.239 this year, the Secretary General reported back to the Council on the outcome of 604 01:04:29.280 --> 01:04:33.559 the independent strategic review. So the Council can take into account the results of 605 01:04:33.599 --> 01:04:41.039 the strategic review as it determines the next mandate of UNAMI. The current mandate, 606 01:04:41.079 --> 01:04:44.039 as you know, expires at the end of this month, and will 607 01:04:44.440 --> 01:04:48.159 see how they proceed. But we trust that Council members and the Rocky government 608 01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:53.960 will now find the best way forward and as they do that that they'll take 609 01:04:53.960 --> 01:05:00.639 into a consideration the recommendations by the Independent Strategic Review in the back. Thank 610 01:05:00.679 --> 01:05:05.559 you, mister Farahan. I'm Camellia from the Independent Persion, mister Varahan. 611 01:05:05.679 --> 01:05:12.800 Yesterday Secretary Office State Antony Belincoln told the ABC which is Royal's attack on Rapha 612 01:05:12.960 --> 01:05:17.119 will not destroy Hamas. Based on this comment, what is the United Nations 613 01:05:17.159 --> 01:05:20.880 position? And I would love to know when was the last time the Secretary 614 01:05:20.960 --> 01:05:28.039 General who spoke with President Biden? Thank you, He has spoken with him 615 01:05:28.039 --> 01:05:30.440 intimidately. I don't have the last time, but we've been in touch with 616 01:05:30.480 --> 01:05:35.360 our US counterparts on a very regular basis, including by the way through the 617 01:05:35.519 --> 01:05:42.000 US mission here at the United Nations, and so we remain in close contact 618 01:05:42.159 --> 01:05:49.079 with the US. Sorry, and Secretary of Lincoln's comment about Rapha. Our 619 01:05:49.199 --> 01:05:54.880 comments on RAFA, as you know, are are unchanged, and we've warned 620 01:05:54.920 --> 01:06:01.719 against any offensive in Rapha and and so we appreciate efforts by other countries to 621 01:06:01.840 --> 01:06:08.960 also warn about the adverse impact of an operation on Refa. Okay, Dan 622 01:06:09.119 --> 01:06:16.559 Abdelhamide, again, thank you for two follow ups. First on the Strategic 623 01:06:16.960 --> 01:06:25.679 Review on Iraq. Can we get any details on what the review actually found 624 01:06:25.800 --> 01:06:30.679 or is recommending? And then I have one more course. Yeah, I 625 01:06:30.679 --> 01:06:35.519 mean, obviously the US, the United Nations doesn't intend to stay in countries 626 01:06:35.559 --> 01:06:41.599 indefinitely. So what we try to do is devise ways that are essentially conditions 627 01:06:41.679 --> 01:06:47.079 backed plans to withdraw our presence. And so this is what the Strategic Review 628 01:06:47.239 --> 01:06:56.320 was working on. So this was a report that the Secretary General sent back 629 01:06:56.360 --> 01:07:00.760 to the Security Council on the twenty fourth of March, and so now they're 630 01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:05.480 they're evaluating it. We'll see whether the chair of that Strategy Strategic Review, 631 01:07:05.519 --> 01:07:11.119 our old friend, Vulgar Perthes, is willing to talk at some point to 632 01:07:11.119 --> 01:07:15.920 the press about it. And going back to what you said about the Secretary 633 01:07:15.000 --> 01:07:26.000 General's meeting and meetings and Kuwait you talked about an AID conference that he attended. 634 01:07:26.880 --> 01:07:30.280 Was I believe he did not attend that conference. He delivered a video 635 01:07:30.280 --> 01:07:34.360 message to the conference. That's why I just told you about his meetings with 636 01:07:34.440 --> 01:07:38.559 Kuwaiti officials. So that's what he was doing at the time. What was 637 01:07:39.480 --> 01:07:45.639 who were they raising money for? And do we know how much money was 638 01:07:45.800 --> 01:07:49.559 raised? Well, it was Kuwait who organized that conference, And I believe 639 01:07:49.559 --> 01:07:55.599 they can tell you about the figures. But we had sent as I pointed 640 01:07:55.599 --> 01:08:00.840 out, our Assistant Secretary General for Ocha, Joycemsuiya, and she was there. 641 01:08:00.440 --> 01:08:04.280 We quoted her here and like I said, the Secretary General also contributed 642 01:08:04.320 --> 01:08:10.559 a video message to that. Yes. Absolutely, follow up to this question, 643 01:08:10.840 --> 01:08:16.279 did the Secretary journal discuss the financial crisis of Honora with the Kuwaiti officials 644 01:08:16.319 --> 01:08:20.920 and on many officials as well. He's been discussing the needs of the UN 645 01:08:21.000 --> 01:08:26.399 Relief and Works Agency with a wide number of interlocutors, so he does this 646 01:08:26.439 --> 01:08:31.600 as a regular feature of his meetings with different leaders. My second question today, 647 01:08:31.760 --> 01:08:36.199 Adnan Abhasna, the media adviser of Honora and GUS, said the following 648 01:08:36.760 --> 01:08:42.239 that within twenty four hours were run out of fuel and within seventy two hours 649 01:08:42.279 --> 01:08:47.079 were run out of food. If Rafah crossing continues to be closed, so 650 01:08:47.119 --> 01:08:53.880 what is the We are in touch under our counterparts, we're trying, including 651 01:08:53.920 --> 01:08:57.159 our Israeli counterparts, and we're trying to get fuel in. We've made it 652 01:08:57.279 --> 01:09:00.720 very clear the need for fuel for our basic operations. No one should be 653 01:09:00.760 --> 01:09:04.960 surprised if because of a lack of fuel, we have to shut things down 654 01:09:05.079 --> 01:09:08.720 and we want to avoid getting to that point, and we've made that very 655 01:09:08.720 --> 01:09:13.119 clear. By the way, I have the confirmation this is in fact the 656 01:09:13.159 --> 01:09:18.640 first international UN casualty say, and I wanted to ask you if you have 657 01:09:18.680 --> 01:09:24.800 a comment on the videos that are depicting settlers in the West Bank attacking aid 658 01:09:24.880 --> 01:09:30.960 convoys and emptying out the aid materials that are heading to Kaza. Well, 659 01:09:30.000 --> 01:09:35.079 this is this is appalling. Obviously there should be no attacks on humanitarian convoys 660 01:09:35.119 --> 01:09:39.079 anywhere, and we stand firmly against them, and of course you know our 661 01:09:39.119 --> 01:09:43.800 position on settlements. I believe online we actually have a question from if the 662 01:09:43.840 --> 01:09:55.920 Car Thank you for Ron. Do you have an update on the figures then? 663 01:09:56.760 --> 01:10:02.600 And the mission has result the situation? We don't. Yeah, we 664 01:10:02.600 --> 01:10:10.439 haven't been tracking the figures in Afghanistan, those who were provided by the authorities, 665 01:10:10.479 --> 01:10:15.880 the relevant authorities in Afghanistan. We believe that there have been several hundreds, 666 01:10:16.960 --> 01:10:21.079 several hundreds of people reported dead in the floods so far, but we 667 01:10:21.119 --> 01:10:30.119 will get that information from our Afghanissan counterparts. Thank you, Gabriel, Thank 668 01:10:30.119 --> 01:10:34.960 you for hun There's video circulating on social media purporting to show the UN vehicle 669 01:10:35.359 --> 01:10:40.079 there was attacked in this incident. Do you know of this video that's circulating 670 01:10:40.119 --> 01:10:43.800 and can you confirm that that's the incident. I wouldn't be able to confirm 671 01:10:43.840 --> 01:10:48.800 that at this stage where we're getting information and trying to get reports, including 672 01:10:48.800 --> 01:10:54.239 from the parties on the ground to see what their own actions have been, 673 01:10:54.279 --> 01:10:58.840 so I wouldn't have a narrative ready at this stage. Amily I mean sorry, 674 01:10:58.920 --> 01:11:00.640 just a phototow up on that again. And at the beginning you said 675 01:11:00.680 --> 01:11:05.600 you believe they are international staff. Now you say it is the first international 676 01:11:05.640 --> 01:11:09.880 staff, So yes, there they are sure they are inter national staff. 677 01:11:09.960 --> 01:11:14.399 They are international, there are international casualties. Yes, they are international staff. 678 01:11:14.840 --> 01:11:17.399 I don't have nationalities to share with you, but they're not Palestinian. 679 01:11:17.800 --> 01:11:23.119 Yes, And just to double check, because we talked about the wording that 680 01:11:23.199 --> 01:11:28.520 you said it was struck, is it fair to characterize this as an attack? 681 01:11:29.760 --> 01:11:33.720 Yes? Uh? And if we're and if that's it, then I 682 01:11:33.760 --> 01:12:09.760 shall see you all tomorrow. Have a good afternoon. The show has been 683 01:12:09.800 --> 01:12:16.399 produced by Depictions Media. Please contact us at depictions dot media for more information.