Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights,
the show about the government, policy and human rights. Mhm hm Welcome back
to Policy and Rights here and Depictures Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael
Cloggs. As we have heard the UH the update on Hunter Biden and his
trial. He has been found guilty of the gun charges, and first off,
President Joe Biden says that he is going to stand stand by the guilty
verdict and UH abide by the the outcomes of of that verdict. So UH
jury found Hunter Biden guilty Tuesday on all three federal fell on the gun charges
he faced, concluding that he violated law meant to prevent drug addicts from owning
firearms. The conviction marks the first time a president's immediate family member has been
found guilty of a crime during the father's term in office through his crimes.
Joe tenure as president, in a statement to Hunter Biden, said he was
disappointed by the guilty verdict but grateful his family for his family's love. President
Joe Biden expressed support for his son's son in a statement and said he would
respect the judicial process. Hunter Biden could face up to twenty five years in
prison and up to three quarters of a million dollars in fines as part of
his sentencing. It is expected that Hunter Biden will not get the maximum because
it was the first time offense. But the important thing is also to remember
how this is going to reflect on President Joe Biden's campaign as he is running
for his next term as President of the United States. Okay. Also from
the CNN, Gaza protests formed new encampments on UCLA campus demanding the end to
the Israel Hamas war. At least twenty five people were arrested after setting multiple
pro Palestinian areas at the university that the police said were unlawful. While protests
spread at the college campus this spring denouncing Israel's handling of the conflict. U
c l A campus turned into a scene of brutality. In April, wind
violent counter protests attacked Palestinian demonstrators. Meanwhile, a us BacT is Raeli proposal
for ceasefire and hostage deal appears to be in limbo. Okay, So the
the limbo is that there are still holdouts to the agreements as part of the
deal. It is said that by mister Blincoln that certain factors of the Hamas
are still holding out, and there is still a question of if the Parliament
of of Israel is going to back the the agreement that mister Blincoln and President
Joe Biden helped put together. While while that that all is true, the
UN Security Council voted yesterday two back such an agreement as saying that they that
they liked what was what was in there. The only holdout was Russia,
and while they abstained from the vote itself, they did use any veto rights
to block it. Okay, So have you ever come across a teenager with
their head buried into their phone and kind of a they look kind of oblivious
to whatever else is going around on their focused on the screen, they have
the earbuds in and something don't appear to be paying attention to anything else that
is happening around them. A BBC project looking at teenagers with smartphone habits asked
ten college students to swap their beloved devices for basic phones for five days.
That meant no social media, but also some of the services that make their
life easier, such as navigation apps. And the question is how did all
that go on? And I'm going to invite you to check this out on
the BBC. We will put a link on the Depictions Dot Media news blog
and two this particular article. But as an update from Christian Johnson from the
BBC News, Will regularly spends more than eight hours a day staring at a
smartphone when he's younger. When he was younger, he used a used to
love riding his bike. He's fifteen now and spends more time most of his
free time for college scrolling through TikTok videos. I'm worried how he'll cope,
he says, and he'll have to be sociable with his parents. Ruby sixteen,
often ignores her parents while scrolling through TikTok, and midway through the experiment,
I visited her family and Ruby acknowledges that she is having a break from
her smartphone and has opened up more conversations with her parents and her mom,
Emma agrees that detox has been a positive impact on her daughter's behavior. Again,
we will put a link to that on our news blog at Depictionstop Media.
So we're going to hear from the United Nations about the Democratic Republic.
It's to say the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and human rights violations or human
rights questions about some of the things that are happening. We're going to hear
from one side of it with a report to the UN Security Council about what
is happening there, and we're going to hear from a stakeout ahead of the
report given to the UN Security Council from the representative from the Bolivian Republic of
Venezuela as he talks about how the UN Security Council may be becoming more politicized
than what its mandate allows and overstepping some of the mandates and how maybe it
needs to be real back into into place because of how they're going after human
race violations with the Northern Koreans when they are doing an excellent job of feeding
people and they have praises for the North Korean government. So we're gonna hear
about that and other things that of course ugo ongoing process with of course Gaza,
and how that could actually shape out if everybody agrees to the cease fire.
So why don't we start with the statement made ahead of the Human Security
Council meeting on the Northern Korean government and human rights violations. Broyas colleagues,
good morning, and please and honor to deliver this a special community in connection
with the convening of a meeting of the Security Council on the so called human
rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korean. The communicat rates as follows.
The Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations expresses
its serious concerns at the current and growing threats to the Charter of the United
Nations, including those resulting from the continued and ever increasing encroachment by the Security
Council on issues that fall beyond its mandate as clearly defined in the founding Charter
of the United Nations. The member states of the Group of Friends in Defense
of the Charter of the United Nations attach utmost importance to the promotion and protection
of all human rights, and also consider that their promotion and protection are strengthened
on the basis of dialogue and cooperation. The Group of Friends in Defense of
the Charter of the United Nations therefore rejects the convening of meetings for addressing country
specific human rights situations, as such a practice goes against the principles of impartiality,
objectivity, transparency, non selectivity, non politicization, and non confrontation,
but also against the very spirit of the Charter of the United Nations, while
undermining, among others, the development of friendly relations amongst nations and the achievement
of international cooperation on the field of human rights. The member states of the
Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations recall that human
rights shall not be weaponized or used to either advance political agendas or to meddle
in the internal affairs of another state. They stress that such double standards undermine
the true spirit of promoting and defending human rights, while both preventing a harmonious
environment and progress in this field, and also weakening human rights institutions. The
Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations considers that the
Universal Periodic Review the UPR is a non discriminatory platform that provides an opportunity to
all Member states to advance towards the full and effective realization of the human rights
in a fair and constructive manner, on the basis of dialogue and cooperation,
in terms of mutual respect and in adherence to the timeless principles enshrine in the
Charter of the United Nations, particularly those refer to the sovereign equality of states,
they inable right to sell, the termination of peoples, and the non
interference in the internal affairs of states. The member states of the Group of
Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations command the efforts of the
Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in many fields, including on human
rights, with the purpose of ensuring the well being and prosperity of its people.
We call on the continuation of such efforts, as well as on the
need to ensure that they are nationally own, while stressing the primary role of
the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and its institutions in this regard.
The Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations calls
for an end to the ongoing practice of the Security Council of dealing with issues
and situations beyond its mandate, including by addressing human rights issues in pursuit of
certain states political objectives. The continuation of this practice infringes upon the spirit that
must guide the higher ideals in favor of the genuine promotion and protection of human
rights. New York twelfth June twenty twenty four. I thank you very much.
I now give the flaw to mister Vorkochurk, Mister President, Distinguished members
of the Council, thank you for this invitation. I welcome the attention that
the Council pays to the precarious human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea and to working through the interconnections between human rights, peace and security as
well as development. The protracted nature of this situation is trapping people in unmitigated
suffering. It is also a factor behind instability with wider regional ramifications. It
is not possible to divorce the state of human rights in the DPRK from considerations
around peace and security in the peninsula, including increasing militarization on the part of
the DPRK. Today, the DPRK is a country sealed off from the world
claustrophrobic environment where life is a daily struggle, devoid of hope. And I'm
asserting this against the backdrop of a number of factors that we have observed of
late. First, deepening repression of the right to freedom of movement. Recent
months have seen a very partial reopening of the border, allowing limited movement,
some citizens returning home, a small number of incoming diplomats, and some traveled
by government, government delegations and sports teams. The brutal reality, though for
the population at large, remains one of strengthened border controls. It is now
almost impossible for people to leave unless they have the permission of the government.
Extremely few people secure this, but leaving your own country is not a crime
on them. It is a human right recognized by international law. Last year,
around two hundred escape pees from the DPRK arrived in the Republic of Korea,
less than one fifth fifth of pre COVID arrivals. Of those who arrived,
only a small percentage had actually left the DPRK after the COVID border closures
in early twenty twenty, the majority having been in third countries. In short,
we are witnessing a situation where people can no longer leave, even when
they are in the most desperate of circumstances or at peril of persecution. One
consequences that divided families are even more divided. No departures means no reunification with
families abroad, even the briefest of meetings between separated relatives. No longer occur
as official efforts on this front have stalled years, and phoning or sending money
to family in the DPRK is now almost practically impossible. Yet that's exactly what
would build some sense of confidence and hope. This arbitrary interference in family life
causes deep anguish I urge the DPRK to reopen possibilities for families to connect and
ultimately to be together. Second, repression of freedom of expression has worsened,
particularly as a result of enforcement of three laws. One is with the consumption
of foreign media, which are deemed to be an a quote reactionary thought.
Another criminalizes the use of language not in line with the Pian young dialogue,
while a third focuses on forcing youth and I quote to conform to a socialist
lifestyle. All of these impose harsh punishments for the exercise of fundamental human rights
protracted protected by international law, including the right to freedom of expression and right
to access and impart information, going so far as to punished parents for the
actions of their children. Article seven of the Reactionary Sort and Cultured Denunciation Law
is a particularly chilling example, authorizing severe sanctions, including capital punishment, for
the offense of introducing, viewing, or disseminating so called reactionary culture. Put
simply, people in the DPRK are at risk of death for merely watching or
sharing a foreign television series. This law squarely violates freedom of opinion, freedom
of expression, and the right to take part in cultural life, putting the
DPRK in clear breach of its obligations under international law. I urge country to
repeal these oppressive laws and to institute a moratorium on the use of the death
penalty throughout its legal system, with a view to its abolition. As is
the overwhelming global trend. Third, the socioeconomic conditions of life in the Deep
er K have become unbearably harsh. Un particularly troubled about the lack of access
to food. Every single person interviewed by my office has mentioned this in one
form or another. In the words of one, it's very easy to become
fragile and malnourished because there is nothing to eat. While the government seems to
be making some efforts to address food security, it is at the same time
shutting down the majority of small scale markets, the jang Madan and restricting what
vendors can sell in the rest This increasingly centralized food production and distribution are undermining
access to food. Reports indicate almost half of the population as food insecure in
recent years, with child wasting on the rise in some provinces. I call
on the government to fulfill the right to food of all of its citizens without
discrimination, and to take advantage of offers of international cooperation to this end.
Force forced labor persists in many forms inside the Deep Ark. The government also
exerts a high level of control on workers center abroad, many of whom have
been interviewed by my office. They describe a life of terrible hardship, work
that is often physically dangerous, a scarcity of food and healthcare, extreme levels
of surveillance, physical violence, and the confiscation of up to ninety percent of
their wages by the state. Moreover, arbitrary detention, torture and ill treatment,
as well as a lack of fair trials, are ongoing tactics of repression.
I've also consistently raised the tragic issue of enforced disappearance, both inside the
DPRK and of citizens of other countries, notably the Republic of Korea and Japan,
perpetrated over the past seventy years painfully. The full truth as to the
fate of these people, which we estimate to be over one hundred thousand,
remains unknown to this day. I again call on the DPRK to comply with
its international obligations to return these individuals to their long suffering families or reveal their
fate and return remains to loved ones. Accountability for these long standing, serious
and widespread violations need to be a priority. Ten years ago, the UN
Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK called on the Council to the
situation to the International Criminal Court, which I endorse. In addition, I
urge states to explore avenues for judicial accountability that may be at their disposal,
including under accepted principles of extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction in accordance with international law.
As for non judicial roots, these must remain part of our collective effort to
bring redress to victims. Truth telling, memorialization, the reparations issue, and
guarantees of non recurrence all must be advanced. And I recognize the enormous contribution
of civil society and consistently documenting violations and supporting victims. I will be providing,
at the requests of the Human Rights Council, a comprehensive report on the
human rights situation over the last ten years next year in twenty five. Given
the precarious human rights situation the DPK, there are compelling reasons for recognizing international
protection needs of those seeking it outside of the country. It is essential that
the principle of Noli Ulmont is scrupulously observed. We have received troubling reports of
people being deported back to the DPK in clear violation of international law. Our
monitoring confirms that individuals forced back in this manner are subjected to torture, arbitrary
detention, or other serious human rights violations. Mister President, it is important
that the international community continues to pay those attention to this most troubling human rights
situation. This Council is uniquely placed to address the growing isolation of the country,
which is a driver of both human rights violations and regional instability. It
is really critical for the international community to be creative in finding ways to revive
dialogue. We have seen some positive signs recently from DPIK in their engagement with
the international rights system, which is welcome. The upcoming Universal Periodic review Session
is November and the twenty twenty five review process of the Committee on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities each provide an opportunity to be grasped. The landscape of
misery, repression, fear, hunger and hopelessness in the DPRK is profoundly alarming.
All paths out of this start with making a u turn from the dead
end of the self imposed isolation, opening the country, re engaging with the
international community, enabling people to people contact, in praising international cooperation, and
focusing on the well being of all people. I urged the government of the
DPK to flip the orthodoxies and overcome its isolationist mindset, which only breeds deeper
and deeper district setting off a never ending spiral of groupthink at the expense of
a more prosperous and secure future for its people. Human rights in all the
dimensions offer a solution and a way forward. Thank you, I think,
mister Turk, good afternoon everyone. Today in Geneva, the Secretary General opened
the celebrations marking the sixtieth anniversary of the United of the UN Conference on Trade
and Development, now known as UN Trade and Development or UNCTAD for short.
He said that UNCTAD has a proud and long standing record of contributing to discussions
on reforming the international financial architecture. It has been a powerful force for change
at the global level, shaping narratives, influencing international negotiations and advancing the call
of multilateralism. He then spoke to the press in Geneva in advance of his
attendance at the forthcoming G seven meeting in Italy. He said that we face
profound global challenges on multiple fronts and that G seven leaders have a particular responsibility.
First, on climate, he said the G seven needs to commit to
end coal power by twenty thirty. He added that they need to act on
the international financial architecture, which he said is outdated, dysfunctional and unfair.
The richer over represented, the poor are underserved, and we must act urgently
on artificial intelligence, another of the items for the G seven, a central
question of governance today. Regarding Gaza, mister Guterre said that he welcomed President
Biden's recent peace initiative and urged all parties to seize the opportunity for a ceasefire
and release of the hostages and prepare the ground for a two state solution.
He added that we must also keep working for peace in Ukraine, a just
piece based on the United Nations Charter and international law. We will share his
remarks and he recently delivered remarks at the International Telecommunication Union, which we have
shared with you. Ahead of the Group of Seven summits starting tomorrow, the
Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, is appealing to G seven leaders
to use their influence to prevent man made famine. In a statement issued earlier
today, he warned that conflict is fueling hunger in too many corners of the
world, from Mali to mianmar But he said nowhere is the choice between inaction
and oblivion so clear as in Gaza and Sudan. In Gaza, half of
the population more than a million people could face death and starvation by the middle
of July. In Sudan, at least five million people are also teetering on
the brink of starvation, including in war torn parts of a Jesuia, Darfur,
Khartum and Cortefan. Mister Griffith said that waiting for an official declaration of
famine before acting would be a death sentence for hundreds of thousands of people and
a moral outrage. He called on g seven countries to bring their substantial political
leverage and financial resources to bear so that aid organizations can reach all people in
need. Turning to the situation in Gaza, UNICEF warns that nearly three thousand
children in southern Gaza have been cut off from treatment for moderate and severe acute
malnutrition, putting them at risk of death. The agency is also concerned that
malnutrition cases could continue to rise when treatment services are collapsing. Only two of
three stabilization centers that treat seriously malnourised children in Gaza are still functioning. UNICEF
says that plans for the opening of new centers have been delayed due to ongoing
military operations across the Strip. According to the Office where the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, escalating hostilities across Gaza continue to pose significant barriers to accessing healthcare.
Despite these challenges, our human Chayann partners are currently reaching some two hundred and
eighty thousand people per week in Gaza with health services. Meanwhile, a shortage
of cooking gas and the absence of a public power supply is hindering efforts to
keep community kitchens and bakeries running. Efforts to distribute food remain constrained by the
active fighting, damaged roads, limited number of entry points into Gaza, suboptimal
operating hours at crossings and checkpoints, and the limited number of trucks allowed access.
Meanwhile, OJI says that the situation in the West Bank including East Jerusalem
continues to escalate amid ongoing violence by Israeli forces and settlers. Since the seventh
of October, more than five hundred and twenty Palestinians, nearly a quarter of
them children, have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Almost three quarters of those fatalities occurred during operations by Israeli forces. During the
same period, more than five thousand, two hundred Palestinians were injured in those
areas ochisas the violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers is also on theirrise, with
more than nine hundred and sixty such attacks reported in the West Bank, including
East Jerusalem since the seventh of October. This morning, Vulgar Turk, the
High Commissioner for Human Rights, brief Security Council members on the situation in the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Mister Turk said that the situation in the country
is trapping people in unmitigated suffering as also a factor behind instability with wider regional
ramifications. Mister Turk underscored that it is not possible to deforce the state of
human rights in the DPRK from considerations around peace and security the peninsula, including
the increasing militarization on the part of the DPRK. He pointed to several factors
that are contributing to the dire human rights situation. These include the deepening repression
of the right of freedom of movement, the repression of freedom of expression,
the harsh socioeconomic conditions, and the persistence of forced labor. Accountability for these
long standing, serious and widespread violations needs to be a priority in mister Turk
said. His full statement is online. Turning now to sau Sudan, the
humanitarian community is working to support the most urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of
people, including those fleeing the conflict in neighboring Sudan and host communities. Yesterday,
the Humanitarian Coordinator in Sausudan, Anita Kiki Goebezo, released twenty million dollars
from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund to provide life saving assistance to some two hundred
and ninety thousand of the most vulnerable people in four locations near the border with
Sudan. Some seven hundred thousand people have crossed into sau Sudan since April twenty
twenty three when conflict erupted in Sudan. The first allocation of the year and
comes at a critical time to prevent the hunger situation in sauth Sudan from worsening.
With the current lean situation expected to increase levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.
Miss Gbeho said that despite generous contributions from donors, additional funding is needed.
Five months into the year, the twenty twenty four humanitarian response plan for
Sausudan is less than twenty percent funded, with three hundred and twenty seven million
dollars received of the one point eight billion dollars required. Our peacekeeping colleagues in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo have dispatched a patrol to protect civilians in response
to clashes between members of the Zayir and Codeco armed groups at a mining site
about forty kilo kilometers from Bunya in Uturi province. Several civilian casualties were reported.
A team comprising civilian and military staff also conducted a mission to the Bikimai
area, about sixty five kilometers southwest of Bunya, to engage with community members
and display civilians impacted by attacks by the ADF. Over seven hundred families fled
their homes due to EIGHTYF attacks in March and April, and since the twenty
fifth of May, more than one hundred civilians have been killed following a series
of EIGHTF attacks in Aturi and North Kivu. Our peacekeeping colleagues in the Central
African Republic continued to support the government and strengthening the rule of law and es
central criminal justice services to prevent conflict and lay the foundations for sustainable peace.
As part of these efforts, the UN mission conducted risk assessment training for fifty
four prison officers, including twelve women, who work in prisons in Bangi and
seven other cities. The training focused on enhancing the security and measurement of penitentiary
facilities while improving the reintegration of detainees. Separately, peacekeepers in the country's west
are conducting patrols in many areas to prevent armed elements infiltration. This morning,
representing the Secretary General at the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which is taking place in
Berlin, the UN Development program Administrator Achim Steiner said that where the security situation
allows, the UN has significantly scaled up its recovery efforts, implementing one point
one billion dollars of recovery and development programming in twenty twenty two, in twenty
twenty three and expecting to invest another one billion dollars in twenty twenty four.
He said that this is promoting a gender responsive, inclusive and green recovery.
On the ground, the UN team today said that it is ramped up are
recovery efforts across the country in the first months of twenty twenty four. Our
team said that activities include mine action campaigns that reach more than three hundred thousand
children and caregivers in March and April alone, as well as support to the
energy sector. And we've been asked about our representation at the conference on Ukraine
taking place in Switzerland. I can say that, at the invitation of the
President of the Swiss Confederation, the Unine Nations will be represented as an observer
at the Senior level in the forthcoming summit taking place in Bergenstock, Switzerland on
the fifteenth and sixteenth of June. This is consistent with previous UN participation in
discussions related to peace in Ukraine. The Unine Nations reiterates its support for just
and sustainable peace in Ukraine, in line with the UN Charter and international law
and relevant General Assembly resolutions. I have a statement on the death of Vice
President Saulos Chilimbo Chilima of the Republic of Malawi. The Secretary General is deeply
saddened by the tragic death of his excellency, Doctor Saulos Klaus Chilima, vice
President of the Republic of Malawi, and nine others in an airplane crash on
the tenth of June in the Chikangawa Forest in Malawi. The Secretary General conveys
his sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Malawi for the loss of
Vice President Chilima. He also extends his condolences to the families and loved ones
of the deceased. The Unite Nations stands in solidarity with Malawians in this difficult
period. A new report released today by the UN and partners says that the
world remains off course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal seven for energy by two
thousand thirty. The joint report by the International Renewable Energy Agency, the United
Nation Statistics Division, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the
International Energy Agency warrst that the global energy access gap is worsening as population growth
outpaces new connections. Six hundred and eighty five million people were living without electricity
in twenty twenty two, and two point one billion people continue to rely on
damaging cooking fuels globally. However, the report also says that renewable energy has
seen robust growth over the past two years, and energy efficiency improvements are gradually
improving after a drop off during the pandemic. The full report is online.
Today's the World Day Against Child Labor, and this year's theme is less Act
on Our Commitments and Child Labor. The International Labor Organization points out that while
much progress has been made in reducing child labor over the years, recent years
have seen global trends reverse. According to the ILO, almost one in ten
children worldwide are in child labor, and for briefings tomorrow at ten am,
the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba
will be here in this room to brief YOUEW on the latest Children an Armed
Conflict Report. Are there any questions for me before we turn to Monica?
Yes, Gabriel, thank you for han. Do you have any update on
the World Food Program pause of using the US built peers in Gaza and what
are the results of the security review? The security review is ongoing. I
don't have any progress to tell you. So the World Food Program, in
its capacity as the the head of logistics for these arrangements, is continuing with
its pause. Can I ask a follow up on the Human Rights Council.
The report of the Independent International Commission on the Inquiry of the opt in Israel
released excuse me their report overnight our time as a Secretary General has seen it
and what's his reaction to it? Well, this is a report by the
Commission of Inquiry. They spent a lot of work on it and it's a
very serious document. It will be now reviewed by the Human Rights Council,
so we are for it now are leaving the matter in their hands. But
obviously there are many different reports involving human rights and the rights of different groups
that have been focusing on the conflict in Gaza and the situation on October seventh,
and all of those reports need to be looked at seriously. Deshi.
Yes, a follow up on the report by COI. What does this report
mean? If the Human Rights Council passed, adopted, or taken any actions
on this report, can it be an evidence for both Hamas and Israel that
committed war crime. Ultimately, it's up to the judicial bodies looking into questions
about what sort of evidence they will use. We don't know what follow up
bodies there will be on the ground, but as you know, both the
International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice have been looking at the various
situations and it's up to them to determine what kind of information they will use
as evidence. So, the Permanent Representative Israel to the United Nations said in
a quote, the COI has once again proven that its actions are all in
the service of a narrow led political agenda against Israel. What's the response from
the Sex General on this comment. I wouldn't respond to any of the comments
by the ambassador. I would stand up for the professionalism of the work done
by the various bodies, including the Commission of Inquiry. Okay, a totally
different topic on Ukraine. Can we get any information on who will be who
will participate the peace summit in Switzerland represented the United Nations. I'll be able
to tell you that in a couple of days. Okay. So, and
today the US is arguing that they might push a policy to offer loans of
five I think five fifty billions to Ukraine using the profits from the frozen assets
of Russian Central Bank. What's the position of UN on this this policy?
Do you think that's technically speaking legal? I we I don't have any thing
to say about the legality of this. This is uh This is a bilateral
effort between the United States and Ukraine, and so so you'll need to follow
up with with those respective governments about how they're following how they're pursuing this.
Stefano, thank you for an about the G seven and what General said just
said in Geneva before he's arriving in UH for arriving in Italy speak, speech
to the journalist is concentrated on on climate change. But in the G seven,
if in the agenda that you seven, it looks like this is not
anymore a point you know at the top. Actually even Ai he's before this,
So how that crittery general is going to convince those big powers. And
it's not only that you seven that there is Hinya Brazil and so on that
actually, like he said that the museum last week, at the Natural History
Museum, this is the most important issue at the moment. Well, i'd
refer you to what he said in the press conference today where he laid out
the case for the seriousness of this issue. But of course it's not just
that. You'll have seen the reports we've put out. You saw what he
had to say at the American Museum of Natural History a week ago. We
are in a moment where if we do not act, there will be a
crisis. And what he is saying is that the nations of the world,
and particularly the G seven, need to move now to avoid a catastrophe down
the line. He will be giving some remarks while he is at different side
panels at the G seven talks, and we'll share with you what he says
then as well. Just a quick follow up, But isn't it worry about
the recent election in Europe? You know, the Green parties or usually Europe,
it's been very sensitive to the issue. Instead, who won are all
the parties they are not so sensitive about this issue. It really is not
an issue so much who is in the governments. All governments need to take
this seriously because the data shows how serious the situation is. Whether we're talking
about catastrophic weather events, whether we're talking about ongoing desertification, whether we're talking
about the melting of polar ice, there's any kind any number of different problems
the world will have to face collectively, and we need to deal with this
collectively now, Bescine, I just wanted to follow up on the reports over
the weekend that Israelis had Israeli forces had used an AID truck to infiltratet camp
and I mean the Palestinian Red Cross and put out a statement yesterday saying that
they did and that they had warned from such a scenario. I understand there's
an investigation. If you have an update on this and if more information has
been gathered since well, there's no update to say on this beyond our principal
position, which is that humanitarian aid must not be used and must not be
perceived as taking any side in a conflict. The safety of our humanitarian workers
depends on all sides and the communities on the ground trusting their impartiality, and
that is something we will always try to re in force. And with that,
Monica Villela Greiley will now speak to you, mister Turk for thank you
so much for han and the good afternoon. Everyone is good to see you
again. I will start with the trip that the PJ is undertaken to South
Sudan. The President of the General Assembly, Mister Dennis Francis, arrived earlier
today in Juba, capital of South Sudan, for anofficial visit. The PJ
was welcomed by the country's deput Foreign Minister, His Excellency Mister Monday Samaya Kumba,
Miss keikey In Geble, the UN President Coordinator in South Sudan, in
the Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations, Her Excellency Cecilia A.
M Adeng. President Francis expressed his interest in connecting with the people and
the government of South Sudan will also take the opportunity to further strengthen and foster
cooperation between the Republic of South Sudan and the United Nations. And to demonstrate
his full support and that of the General Assembly for the ongoing efforts to consolidate
peace security development in the country, the Horn of Africa, as well as
in the entire African region. While in Juba, mister Francis will pay a
courte is a call on the President of South Sudan, his Excellency Mister Salvakir
Mayarditt and holds separate bilateral meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,
his Excellency Mister Ramadan Abdalah gok Ayu, as well as other cabinet members.
The PJA plans to engage with representatives of civil society organizations, university students,
fe mail peacekeepers and children during a radio show. Mister Francis and his
his delegation arrives in South Sudan following an official visit to Tajikistan where he attended
the third High level International Conference on the International Decade for Action Water for Sustainable
Development. The President of the General Assembly issued a post on his ex social
media account expressing his deepest condolences to the government and people of Malawi on the
tragic laws of the country's Vice president. His Excellency Mister Saulos Klaus Chilima,
as well as nine other members of the Vice President's delegation during a plane crash
on Monday in the north of Malawi. PJ Dnis Francis said that his thoughts
and he prayed and his prayers are with the families and loved ones during this
difficult time. The PJ has appointed two co facilitators to conduct the intergovernmental consultations
on a brief, concise, action oriented declaration as part of the High Level
twenty twenty five You and Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development GO fourteen
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, sees and marine resources for sustainable development.
The coll facilitators will be Her Excellency Missus Tania Serafin Ivoni Humuaudu, Permanent Representative
of the Republic of Kabu Virji to the UN, and His Excellency Mister James
Martin Larson, Permanent REPRESENTATHIP of Australia to the United Nations. And the declaration
is to be concluded by first May twenty twenty five next year and adopted by
consensus at the High Level tw NTEW twenty five UN Conference. On this matter
looking forward, President Denis Transis has recorded a video message to mark the third
International Day for Countering Hate Speech on eighteenth June. The pja's video will be
showed during the high level events to celebrate the International Day, which this year
focuses on investing in the power of youth for countering and addressing hate speech.
According to the VENT, the world has one point two billion young people aged
fifteen to twenty four years, which represents sixteen percent of the global population.
Mister Francis believes that hate's speech has become one of the most virulent methods used
to spread divisive rhetoric and ideologies. Its pernicious impacts amplified by new communications and
social media technologists that relentlessly torment its targets. The event is co organized by
the Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations and the Office of
the Special Device on the Prevention of General Side. The meeting will take place
from eleven am to one pm on eighteen June at the Aquassaic Chamber for Your
Diaries and tomorrow thirteen June, the GA will hold informal consultations on the Summit
of the Future in the afternoon. You know by now, Member States will
also hold informal consultations on the High Level Meeting on Anti microbial resistance tomorrow morning
and on Friday, Friday, fourtunenth June. Also Friday morning, there will
be an informal consultation or I should say informal consultations blural to discuss the High
Level Meeting on addressing the sustential threats posed by sea level rise. On nineteen
June, the General Assembly will hold a planary meeting on the implementation of the
Declaration of Commitment on HIV AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV AIDS. And
for all of you interested in the Security Council reform. On Thursday and Friday
next week, the GA will hold an informal meeting on the plenary of the
inter Governmental Negotiations on the question of actuval, representation on and increase in the
membership of the Security Council and other matters. So why am I giving okay,
thank you for listening. In some final thoughts, we need to actually
have an open mind about what is happening in other governments, in other countries.
We cannot expect there to be a one size fits all sort of government.
People need to be able to make up their minds about how they want
to live and what is acceptable from their government. At the same time that
people should be free to live. And if a government in this case,
the Democratic Republic of the People of Korea, are restricting people from being able
to experience other cultures, then maybe that is a question that needs to be
answered by their governments. In global situations, should a government be allowed to
completely restrict the outside world from being able to enter their world. So we
need to face things with an open mind and open heart so that we all
can live a full, in abundant life and spread the love around our world.
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