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Speaker 2: Joys come back.
Speaker 3: Good, that's right, good afternoon. We the UK, Denmark, France,
Speaker 3: Greece and Slovenia called for today's urgent meeting of the
Speaker 3: Security Council on the situation in Gaza. First, we want
Speaker 3: to welcome the release of Idan Alexander yesterday and reiterate
Speaker 3: our call for all of the remaining hostages who have
Speaker 3: been cruelly held by Hamas for over eighteen months to
Speaker 3: be released immediately. Their suffering must end. The Security Council
Speaker 3: has been consistent and clear on this since the brutal
Speaker 3: terror attack on the seventh of October. Hamas must have
Speaker 3: no future role in Gaza or be in a position
Speaker 3: to threaten Israel. Israel has now fully blocked AID entering
Speaker 3: Gaza for over two months. Blocking AID as a pressure
Speaker 3: lever is unacceptable, and last week the Israeli Security Cabinet
Speaker 3: approved plans to expand its military operations in Gaza. We
Speaker 3: strongly oppose both these actions, which will add to Palestinian
Speaker 3: suffering while doing nothing to serve the long term interests
Speaker 3: of peace and security in the region, nor to secure
Speaker 3: the safe return of the hostages. Any attempt by Israel
Speaker 3: to annex land in Gaza would be unacceptable and violate
Speaker 3: international law. Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected
Speaker 3: to any demographic change. On the humanitarian situation, the World
Speaker 3: Food Program have told us they already have no food left.
Speaker 3: Palestinian civilians, including children, face starvation as a result. Just yesterday,
Speaker 3: the IPC released a report warning that Gaza's entire population
Speaker 3: is already at critical risk of famine without an urgent
Speaker 3: lifting of the aid bloc. More Palestinians are at risk
Speaker 3: of dying deaths that could easily be avoided. Humanitarian aid
Speaker 3: must never be used as a political tool or a
Speaker 3: military tactic. We're also deeply concerned at proposals to establish
Speaker 3: a new mechanism for the delivery of aid, which the
Speaker 3: UN has said would not meet humanitarian purposes principles. International
Speaker 3: law requires Israel to allow and facilitate the safe, rapid
Speaker 3: and unimpeded passage of humanitarian aid and ensure that basic
Speaker 3: services are provided for all Ghazan civilians. This applies to
Speaker 3: all armed conflicts around the world. Gaza is not an exception.
Speaker 3: We have two clear messages for the government of Israel.
Speaker 3: Lift the block on aid entering Gaza now and enable
Speaker 3: the UN and all humanitarians to save lives. Any model
Speaker 3: for distributing humanitarian aid must be independent, impartial and neutral
Speaker 3: and in line with international humanitarian law and principles. We
Speaker 3: cannot support any model that places political or military objectives
Speaker 3: above the needs of civilian or that undermines the UN
Speaker 3: and other partner's ability to operate independently. We are also
Speaker 3: outraged by the killing of Palestinian Red Crescent workers and
Speaker 3: the hit on a UN compound on the nineteenth of March.
Speaker 3: Humanitarian aid workers and UN premises must be protected. We
Speaker 3: call on Israel to complete and release the findings of
Speaker 3: its investigation into the UN compound incident and take concrete
Speaker 3: action to ensure this can never happen again. At least
Speaker 3: four hundred and eighteen AID workers have been killed in
Speaker 3: Gaza since the conflict began. That is at least four
Speaker 3: hundred and eighteen too many. We urge Israel to investigate
Speaker 3: all incidents transparently, to be clear on the steps taken
Speaker 3: to hold those responsible to account, and reinstate an infective
Speaker 3: deconfliction system. The only way to end the suffering of
Speaker 3: both Palestinians and Israelis is for an immediate return to
Speaker 3: a ceasefire, the release of all the hostages, and to
Speaker 3: urgently advance efforts to achieve a two state solution. This
Speaker 3: is the only way to achieve long term peace and
Speaker 3: security for both Palestinians and Israelis. And we welcome France
Speaker 3: and Saudi Arabia's leadership in sharing an international conference on
Speaker 3: the two state solution here in New York in June. I.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
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Speaker 6: The earlier for free and fair elections and see.
Speaker 2: The truth.
Speaker 3: So the purpose of the Security Council meeting today, when
Speaker 3: we'll have briefings from CHER and the World Food Program,
Speaker 3: is to talk about the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Speaker 3: We'll move on to other considerations, but today's focus is
Speaker 3: the humanitarian situation.
Speaker 6: When you express concerning your statement about the AID mechanism,
Speaker 6: are you referring specifically to the aid mechanism that's been
Speaker 6: put forward by the United States The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Speaker 3: So this is the aid mechanism that is currently being discussed,
Speaker 3: was put forward, i think, initially by Israel and is
Speaker 3: now being considered by the United States, and the UN
Speaker 3: is concerned that it won't do the work.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much.
Speaker 7: Atment, do you expect strong actions from the Security Council today?
Speaker 3: We're going to the situation and we.
Speaker 1: Will, of course, Keith, all right, welcome back to policy
Speaker 1: and write to your depictions Media Radio. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: Michael Kloggs. Let's have a simple discussion about some of
Speaker 1: the wars that are happening in our world today, because
Speaker 1: these are awards over sovereignty. Well, Russia versus Ukraine. Ukraine
Speaker 1: UH claims that claims to the territories of Dundas and
Speaker 1: and of course Crimea, which okay, let's look at this
Speaker 1: a little bit closer, because Vladimir Putin went back as
Speaker 1: far as the Romanovs with Crimea and Dundas, and if
Speaker 1: you look at the Romanovs, well, they managed to take
Speaker 1: control over these two areas by way of force, in
Speaker 1: which case they defeated them in battle, simply, but they
Speaker 1: defeated him in battle and then took their sovereignty away
Speaker 1: and made them part of Russia, which the Romanovs didn't
Speaker 1: really manage to do with Ukraine. They did not defeat
Speaker 1: them in battle and then become make them become part of.
Speaker 5: Russia.
Speaker 1: But the Soviet Union did took over Ukraine. Okay, they
Speaker 1: managed to uh to defeat them. It was it wasn't
Speaker 1: so much in battle as much as it was an
Speaker 1: economic thing that they managed to gain control of Ukraine
Speaker 1: as the Soviet Union. So mister Putin only wants to
Speaker 1: go back that far. Mister Zelenski wants to go back
Speaker 1: as far as where well Crimea was handed over as
Speaker 1: a peace offering offering to Ukraine because for whatever the
Speaker 1: political reasons were at the time it happened, which Crimea
Speaker 1: wasn't really Russia to give away. If we look at
Speaker 1: complete sovereignty.
Speaker 2: That.
Speaker 1: Crimea before the Romanovs was a sovereign state. So you
Speaker 1: go back to the seventeen hundreds, back far enough, and
Speaker 1: we find that Chrimea and both done to us were
Speaker 1: actually their own states. Familiar theme, very familiar theme of
Speaker 1: how colonialism and imperialism takes over because the Romanos, remember
Speaker 1: the Romanos were also related to the crown back in England.
Speaker 1: But we're not going to go too far with that
Speaker 1: because there's other places where sovereignty is being affected. If
Speaker 1: we look at there is has been fighting happening between
Speaker 1: India and Pakistan, and it's at a ceasefire right now
Speaker 1: after it would be just a few days. But in
Speaker 1: comparison to some of the other conflicts that have happened,
Speaker 1: but the ongoing struggle has been years over what is
Speaker 1: called Kashmir. And most people in North America Kashmir. That's
Speaker 1: a sweater, well not Kashmir starting with a C. Kashmir
Speaker 1: starting with a K. Should be is what should be
Speaker 1: its own sovereign country, which has been that sovereignty has
Speaker 1: been once again interrupted and by colonialism and is now
Speaker 1: being fought over between India and Pakistan. That's what the
Speaker 1: fight was about. Who gets to control Kashmir. And it's
Speaker 1: not really that big of a piece of land, but
Speaker 1: its land, and they want control over it. They want
Speaker 1: control over the people. So that and this is the
Speaker 1: whole point of colonialism, is to be able to tax
Speaker 1: the people so that you can get what you want
Speaker 1: out of them, simply put okay, So let's move on
Speaker 1: to Palestine. In Israel, now, there are some things about
Speaker 1: Israel in any of its name which quite literally, if
Speaker 1: you go back through time, you find out that Israel,
Speaker 1: simply put means one who struggles with God. Now there
Speaker 1: are some spiritual and religious things with that that not
Speaker 1: for this show. One who struggles with God also means
Speaker 1: having a conversation with God. And if we look at
Speaker 1: the prophets, all of them had a conversation with God,
Speaker 1: and they struggled with God because they were trying to
Speaker 1: do what God wanted with them. They didn't struggle against God.
Speaker 1: They struggled with him because he gave them a task
Speaker 1: and God was trying to help them complete that task
Speaker 1: in a worldly fashion. But the struggle was I'm a
Speaker 1: human being and here are my limitations. Again, that not
Speaker 1: for this conversation. It's a religious conversation about the struggles
Speaker 1: between our body versus our spiritual being. But with that
Speaker 1: being said, that Palestine, while may have been the territory
Speaker 1: that David, King David from the Bible actually held, and
Speaker 1: the and then for the most part, a lot of
Speaker 1: that territory have been taken over. And the reason why
Speaker 1: it's called Palestine is because of the Roman Empire. Thus
Speaker 1: the first level of colonialism enters, and with that the
Speaker 1: Romans named the territory Palestine, which means that as we
Speaker 1: push forward through history with with with the Roman Empire,
Speaker 1: that Jesus Christ may have been quote unquote a Palestinian
Speaker 1: because it was a jew it was to the Roman Empire,
Speaker 1: it was a Jewish state. I know there's a lot
Speaker 1: of people out there that they're screaming in their heads
Speaker 1: right now, but it's kind of there. If you look
Speaker 1: look at the history, it is there. Okay. Eventually, what
Speaker 1: happens is is that after the crucifix crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
Speaker 1: that a lot of Jews decided to leave the area
Speaker 1: and for fear of persecution because of what happened to
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ these around the world. And they also hey
Speaker 1: gained more Jewish people in Europe. A lot of those
Speaker 1: by way of genetics or blood, however you want to
Speaker 1: put it. A lot of the Zionists Jews that are
Speaker 1: currently in Palestine or Israel what is Israel today after
Speaker 1: World War Two, are not even genetically members of the
Speaker 1: Twelve Tribes of Israel anyway, The Twelve Tribes of Israel,
Speaker 1: meaning that they were the sons and daughters of those
Speaker 1: who struggle with God to begin with, meaning that they
Speaker 1: worked with God, they had a conversation with God. Okay.
Speaker 1: So that leads us to thinking that is the fight
Speaker 1: in Palestine and Gaza about putting the Jewish people who
Speaker 1: genetically belong there back in place? Or is it about
Speaker 1: taking control over another group of people, the Palestinians, because
Speaker 1: we wanted to colonize the area and of course rapid
Speaker 1: of whatever resources it has, because that's what colonialism does.
Speaker 1: And I haven't even begun to talk about North America
Speaker 1: with the lack of sovereignty that is going on right now.
Speaker 1: We're only going to talk about this, okay. So here's
Speaker 1: the thing that there is a struggle for sovereignty, and
Speaker 1: that then that there are groups of people who are
Speaker 1: struggling with regaining their sovereignty and they should have it
Speaker 1: that that sovereignty should lead back to the land of
Speaker 1: their ancestors. Yes, that sovereignty should also mean that we
Speaker 1: should all be able to have a dialogue together, work together,
Speaker 1: build commerce together. That's what we will. We should all
Speaker 1: be able to join together in a conversation so that
Speaker 1: we can share the riches that this planet has, and
Speaker 1: that's the whole purpose of sovereignty, is that we get
Speaker 1: to share equally and offer at an equal table what
Speaker 1: our land has to offer. And there's a threat to that,
Speaker 1: and there has been a threat for that for hundreds
Speaker 1: of years now. Okay, so on to more current conversations.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from Mark Carney as he is well,
Speaker 1: more or less, he's been sworn in as Prime Minister,
Speaker 1: his cabinet has been sworn in, and hey, they're ready
Speaker 1: to begin the letter towards the Crown so that they
Speaker 1: can open up Parliament.
Speaker 5: Yay.
Speaker 1: That means that Canada will move forward with business, with
Speaker 1: the business of hand. And the Canada should also make
Speaker 1: ensure that when they are writing this letter to the
Speaker 1: Crown that it includes a plan of how they want
Speaker 1: to end the conflicts that are happening around the world
Speaker 1: and enter in conversations that promote peace, that promote cultural
Speaker 1: sovereignty and that allows people to be who they're supposed
Speaker 1: to be. That will include human rights to be what
Speaker 1: and who you want to be. All right, and we're
Speaker 1: gonna hear some counter arguments from Pierre Paulviev and we're
Speaker 1: going to hear some other news from the United Nations
Speaker 1: as they also are talking about sovereignty and ending conflicts
Speaker 1: around the world, so that on this what they are
Speaker 1: also talking about is how because of lack of sovereignty,
Speaker 1: because of conflict, because of people violating human rights in general,
Speaker 1: there are people now starving in areas of the Sudan,
Speaker 1: in Palestine darfour where hey, the cost of staples is well,
Speaker 1: no one can happen. Not only are we talking about famine,
Speaker 1: but we're also talking about the cost of things just
Speaker 1: being so ridiculous, and that getting aid into certain areas
Speaker 1: in order to help people just live just to keep
Speaker 1: breathing and not starved to death is astronomical and ridiculous.
Speaker 1: So why don't we listen to as we start with
Speaker 1: mister Pobev and that and move forward from their ending
Speaker 1: with the United Nations, and we're going to hear as
Speaker 1: I should say, at the beginning of this, we actually
Speaker 1: heard from a stakeout with the representative from the United
Speaker 1: Kingdom as they talked about again more global issues and
Speaker 1: what the You and Security Council is proposing to do
Speaker 1: about it.
Speaker 8: Cabinet then sadly for Canadians. Nothing is going to change,
Speaker 8: and the role of the Conservative Party will be more
Speaker 8: important than ever. Conservatives will continue to push real solutions.
Speaker 8: We'll put forward constructive ideas to reverse the housing crisis,
Speaker 8: make food affordable, and grow our paychecks. Can these sorts
Speaker 8: of things cannot be solved with more bureaucracy and liberal laws.
Speaker 8: We need common say results, and that's why Conservatives will
Speaker 8: continue to push for less spending, less taxes, less inflation.
Speaker 8: To lock up criminals, remove bureaucracy, speed up home building
Speaker 8: and resource production. We need to put forward real solutions
Speaker 8: on crime, for example, to tough enough penalties for repeat
Speaker 8: violent offenders and the revolving door of broken bail. We
Speaker 8: will also demand the government actually impose a real cap
Speaker 8: on immigration so that we can stop the uncontrolled population
Speaker 8: growth that has over had put too much pressure on
Speaker 8: our housing, job, and healthcare systems. Finally, and most importantly,
Speaker 8: the only way we get out of this deep economic
Speaker 8: trouble the liberals have got us into is by unleashing
Speaker 8: economic growth, and that means repealing anti development laws C
Speaker 8: sixty nine, the energy cap, the industrial carbon tax, the
Speaker 8: offshore shipping ban. All of these things need to be
Speaker 8: reversed that we can unleash the incredible power of our resources.
Speaker 8: We need a pro growth, free enterprise agenda to take
Speaker 8: us from the worst in the G seven to the
Speaker 8: best in the G seven. We should be the richest
Speaker 8: country in the world with our resources and our brilliant people,
Speaker 8: and Conservatives will continue to propose real solutions to make
Speaker 8: that happen. It's our constitutional duty to hold the government
Speaker 8: to account, and.
Speaker 5: We will do that.
Speaker 8: We'll give a voice to all the voiceless, those who
Speaker 8: have been cast aside, ignored, kick to the curb, the decent,
Speaker 8: honorable people whose lives have been turned upside down in
Speaker 8: the last decade, that feel like they've had until recently
Speaker 8: that they've had no voice. They've asked me to continue
Speaker 8: to fight for them, and Conservatives are going to be
Speaker 8: their voice on the floor of the House of Commons.
Speaker 8: We're proud that we brought together the biggest co coalition
Speaker 8: of conservatives in history.
Speaker 5: They will all work.
Speaker 8: We want to make sure that every single person who
Speaker 8: have vested their hopes in us sees us fighting for
Speaker 8: them every day, even though the final result did not
Speaker 8: go how we want them. We want to see dramatic changes,
Speaker 8: not soft assurances, and we also have an offer to
Speaker 8: make the Liberals. My message to mister Carney steal my ideas.
Speaker 8: We've got great ideas and we've been leading the charge
Speaker 8: on the debate over carbon taxes, inflation, housing prices, crime, drugs,
Speaker 8: resource development. And I note the Liberals even lifted a
Speaker 8: few of those ideas and put them in their platform
Speaker 8: to get reelective. We want to make sure that they
Speaker 8: were sincere about that, and we're going to continue to
Speaker 8: put forward solid ideas to make people's lives better every day,
Speaker 8: because our purpose is to bring home the promise of
Speaker 8: Canada that everyone who works hard gets a great life,
Speaker 8: that anyone from anywhere can do anything where you get
Speaker 8: a nice, affordable home on a safe street. Every day
Speaker 8: and every day every way. We will fight for our
Speaker 8: people and our country to put people back in charge
Speaker 8: of their lives with bigger paychecks, abundant affordable energy, home ownership,
Speaker 8: low taxes, safe streets, and a strong military in the
Speaker 8: country that we know and love Canada.
Speaker 2: Thank you, I feel great, fantastic, thank you.
Speaker 9: Hellod good afternoon everyone.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 9: It is with great honor and greater humility that I
Speaker 9: have accepted the Governor General's request to form a new government,
Speaker 9: and I share this responsibility with the members of Canada's
Speaker 9: new federal cabinet.
Speaker 5: I'm going to applaud them.
Speaker 9: I'm going to applaud Canadians elected this new government with
Speaker 9: a strong mandate to define a new economic and security
Speaker 9: relationship with the United States and to build a stronger
Speaker 9: economy for all Canadians. Canadians also sent a clear message
Speaker 9: that their cost of living must come down and that our.
Speaker 2: Communities must be safe.
Speaker 9: The swearing in of this cabinet is amongst the fastest
Speaker 9: following an election, and the beginning of the new parliament
Speaker 9: will be one of the most rapid following election in
Speaker 9: Canadian history. We are starting as we aim to go on.
Speaker 9: Our government will deliver its mandate for change with urgency
Speaker 9: and determination. We're going to deliver that mandate with a
Speaker 9: new team, purpose built for this hinge moment in Canada's history.
Speaker 9: This cabinet is smaller and more focused than those of
Speaker 9: previous governments. It will operate with a commitment to true
Speaker 9: cabinet government, with everyone expected and empowered to show leadership,
Speaker 9: to bring new ideas, to have a clear focus, and
Speaker 9: to take decisive actions to accomplish their work. In return
Speaker 9: to more traditional cabinet government, our cabinet will be supported
Speaker 9: by ten Secretaries of State who will lead on key
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Speaker 9: will be critical to Canada's future. Our new government's core
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Speaker 9: Our new government will be a strong and reliable partner
Speaker 9: to the provinces, the territories and to indigenous peoples. We
Speaker 9: will reinforce bridges across labor, business and civil society, and
Speaker 9: together we will advance the nation building investments that will
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Speaker 9: of national significance, projects that will connect Canada, deepen our
Speaker 9: ties with the world, and grow our economy for generations.
Speaker 9: That work will be the primary focus of the first
Speaker 9: Ministers Meeting the Student take place on the second of
Speaker 9: June in Saskatoon. My government will also take immediate action
Speaker 9: with immediately out of thirteen. In everything, we will be
Speaker 9: guided by our conviction that our economy is only strong
Speaker 9: when it serves everyone. That means bringing down costs for
Speaker 9: all Canadians, means making life more affordable and helping everyone
Speaker 9: to get ahead to those ends. My last government's first
Speaker 9: act was to cancel the consumer carbon tax. In this
Speaker 9: new parliament, our new government will put more money in
Speaker 9: Canadian's pockets with a middle class tax cut that will
Speaker 9: take effect by Canada Day, saving two income families up
Speaker 9: to eight hundred and twenty five dollars a year. We
Speaker 9: will also cut the GST on homes under one million
Speaker 9: dollars for first time home buyers and lower the GST
Speaker 9: on homes between one million and one and a half million,
Speaker 9: helping to promote the goal of affordable home ownership. But
Speaker 9: that goal can only truly be achieved by doubling the
Speaker 9: rate of home building in this country. So we will
Speaker 9: build homes faster at lower costs, with the smaller environmental
Speaker 9: footprint in construction, and greater efficiency once families move in,
Speaker 9: and in that process, we will create an entirely new
Speaker 9: Canadian housing industry and modular and prefab housing using Canadian technology,
Speaker 9: Canadian skilled workers, and Canadian lumber. My government will work
Speaker 9: relentlessly to keep Canada secure as a sovereign nation and
Speaker 9: to keep Canadians safe in their communities. We will build
Speaker 9: a stronger Canadian armed forces to defend every inch of
Speaker 9: our territory through unprecedented investments in land, air, sea, and cyberspace.
Speaker 9: We will strengthen Canadian law enforcement and border security, including
Speaker 9: with a thousand new RCMP personnel and a thousand new
Speaker 9: border security officers. And we will toughen the criminal code
Speaker 9: for those threatening the safety of Canadians, including making bail
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Speaker 9: In this past election, more than nineteen hundred people put
Speaker 9: their names on a ballot, and more than nineteen million
Speaker 9: Canadians marked those ballots with their choice, and every vote counted. So,
Speaker 9: whether you voted for this government or not, we are
Speaker 9: in your service, in the service of building a stronger,
Speaker 9: more united Canada. We will build and we will govern
Speaker 9: for all Canadians. Build big, build bold, build Now, thank
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Speaker 9: The point is that Madame Jelie and all the members
Speaker 9: of the cabinet, particularly the most experienced members of the cabinet,
Speaker 9: have many talents and very much experience and can play
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Speaker 9: is on the Canadian economy, and we are at the
Speaker 9: start of an industrial transformation, a transformation of this economy,
Speaker 9: and Madame Jolie, as a Minister of Industry, is going
Speaker 9: to help lead that in in concert with the other
Speaker 9: members of the cabinet and and myself.
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Speaker 10: Your two seats shy of one. But should Canadians expect
Speaker 10: you to govern like you have a majority?
Speaker 2: What?
Speaker 11: What?
Speaker 5: Thank you for the question?
Speaker 9: You know, we ran a very clear campaign on our priorities, uh,
Speaker 9: standing up to the US, getting the best possible relationship
Speaker 9: security and economic relationship. But then at the core building
Speaker 9: uh the strongest economy in the G seven economy that
Speaker 9: works for everyone. I enumerated just now some of those
Speaker 9: Uh what that translates into specific priorities. You'll hear more
Speaker 9: of those translations in the speech from the Throne, but
Speaker 9: you will be able to guess what they are. Having
Speaker 9: followed the campaign and what Canadians voted for. I'll remind
Speaker 9: not you you'll know this, but those watching we receive
Speaker 9: more votes than anyone else in any election. We are
Speaker 9: in a position where we have cabinet members from all
Speaker 9: the provinces. I'm very proud of that, and and a
Speaker 9: cabinet member from a full cabinet member from the territories.
Speaker 9: So we're governing for all Canadians, all regions with a
Speaker 9: strong and clear mandate that came out of the election,
Speaker 9: and that's how we will govern.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 10: And so what does tangible progress look like for you
Speaker 10: when it comes to addressing cost of living concerns in
Speaker 10: this country? And will there be a barometer such as
Speaker 10: public mandate letters for Canadians to hold you accountable to well?
Speaker 9: I think the way Canadians will hold account by their
Speaker 9: experience at the grocery store, at when they're paying their
Speaker 9: electricity bill, when they're when they or their children are
Speaker 9: looking for a place to live. So we will be there.
Speaker 9: Experience is how they will hold it. They will form
Speaker 9: those judgments and then of course accountability comes at the
Speaker 9: ballot box. Mandate letters, cabinets, cabinet discussions, legislation, regulation, these
Speaker 9: are just steps to accomplish those ultimate goals. And it's
Speaker 9: what the experiences of Canadians, Canadian families, that's how that's
Speaker 9: how they will judge cost of living. I will say
Speaker 9: one other thing, but there are two elements to cost
Speaker 9: of thing. One is the actual cost of things and
Speaker 9: the other is are people's salaries growing, is their take
Speaker 9: home pay increasing? Can they find jobs readily? And those
Speaker 9: last ass We have to focus on those aspects as well.
Speaker 9: We can act most quickly, most immediately with the middle
Speaker 9: class tax cut, which is, as I said in my remarks,
Speaker 9: we will act by Canada day. Parliament has to approve it.
Speaker 9: We'll have to find two extra votes in order to
Speaker 9: get that, but we clearly campaigned on that and we'll
Speaker 9: put that forth. But more broadly, what we need to
Speaker 9: do is build this economy, create great jobs for Canadians.
Speaker 9: At the same time costs are held under control. But
Speaker 9: it's really about jobs and growth and incomes that will
Speaker 9: help all Canadians get ahead.
Speaker 2: The next question.
Speaker 11: Sarah Ritchie with the Canadian Press, given what you just
Speaker 11: said about trying to find two extra votes in Parliament,
Speaker 11: what efforts are you and your team making to sort
Speaker 11: of more permanently find those two extra votes from other caucuses.
Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, I maybe I didn't say it quite
Speaker 9: as explicitly, but I will now, which is that we
Speaker 9: have We campaigned hard, We campaigned clearly. We had more
Speaker 9: than one hundred events. We answered media questions at all
Speaker 9: our events and gave a very clear platform. So we
Speaker 9: have a strong mandate. We're going to focus on the
Speaker 9: issues that are at the core of that mandate. Of course,
Speaker 9: we'll work with parliamentarians and we'll work with the provinces
Speaker 9: to move things forward. But we've been a lot to
Speaker 9: do a job. We intend to do it quickly, uh
Speaker 9: and forcefully. In other words, we're we have to address
Speaker 9: this crisis with the Americans, and we have to address
Speaker 9: the very real challenges in our economy. And we will
Speaker 9: we will, we will do that.
Speaker 11: Who will be your key members of your team that
Speaker 11: help you lead that Canada US relations file.
Speaker 12: Uh.
Speaker 9: Well, obviously in my role I take ultimate responsibility for it,
Speaker 9: but the Minister of Foreign Affairs will play a role,
Speaker 9: the Minister of Finance, the Minister Micheur LeBlanc in his
Speaker 9: role specifically with respect specifically designated with respect to Canada
Speaker 9: US trade, as will the Minister of Defense and the
Speaker 9: Minister of Public Safety. Because there are aspects, and I
Speaker 9: will say, without going into great detail, that it was
Speaker 9: only was a week ago, I guess when I met
Speaker 9: with a number of US met with President Trump and
Speaker 9: his team. Uh. And in the broader discussions outside of
Speaker 9: the Oval Office, in the Roosevelt room. We touched on
Speaker 9: all those issues public safety, defense, as well as all
Speaker 9: aspects of economics and trade, and so it is a
Speaker 9: real team effort. And I remiss in that I hadn't mentioned,
Speaker 9: and I will now obviously our ambassador in Washington, who
Speaker 9: plays a very important role.
Speaker 13: Missing next question, Good afternoon, Prime Minister Jillian Piper with
Speaker 13: Global News. Interim NDP leader Don Davies told Global News
Speaker 13: that your government was reaching out and calling NDP individuals
Speaker 13: about trying to poach them to join your party. Are
Speaker 13: you trying to poach ndpmps to join the Liberals?
Speaker 9: Look, we, as I said a moment ago, we have
Speaker 9: a clear mandate. We'll we'll work towards that clear mandate.
Speaker 9: We're always interested in working with parliamentarians from any any
Speaker 9: of any of the opposition parties to h to support
Speaker 9: the support that mandate. Obviously that those discussions will intensify
Speaker 9: as Parliament returns in the course of the next world
Speaker 9: It's less than two weeks, so clear mandate focus on
Speaker 9: those speech in the Throne will be quite clear in
Speaker 9: terms of our priorities.
Speaker 5: We'll work with parliament, all right, Good afternoon.
Speaker 14: Earlier today, the Secretary General, who is you know is
Speaker 14: in Berlin, spoke at the opening ceremony of the UN
Speaker 14: Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting. He reasserted that in trouble spots around
Speaker 14: the world, our blue helmets can mean the difference between
Speaker 14: life and death, adding that they were a clear demonstration
Speaker 14: of the power of multilateral action to maintain, to achieve
Speaker 14: and to sustain peace. Mister Guteris spoke about the challenges
Speaker 14: that we are now facing, including having the highest number
Speaker 14: of conflicts since the foundation of this organization. On top
Speaker 14: of that, we faced dramatic financial constraints across the board.
Speaker 14: You all received his remarks during his speech in honor
Speaker 14: of the four thousand, four hundred peacekeepers who have died
Speaker 14: in the line of duty since the start of UN Peacekeeping,
Speaker 14: Mister Guteris asked the attendees at the meeting to join
Speaker 14: him in a moment of silence. Also in Berlin, the
Speaker 14: Secretary General met separately with Germany's foreign Minister of Foreign
Speaker 14: Affairs Johann Vuadefool, as well as the Minister of Defense
Speaker 14: Boris Pistorius. Among other topics, they discussed the importance of
Speaker 14: Germany's role in peacekeeping and is just a flag and
Speaker 14: as a sign of the importance of this meeting, we
Speaker 14: have more than one hundred and thirty delegations in Berlin
Speaker 14: at this peacekeeping conference. On the sidelines of the ministerial meeting,
Speaker 14: the Secretary General also had bilateral meetings with ministers and
Speaker 14: officials from other countries, including Italy, Finland and China. He
Speaker 14: is ending the day with a visit to an exhibit
Speaker 14: on UN Peacekeeper Being in Action, which is being held
Speaker 14: at the Germany's Ministry of Defense in Berlin. The event
Speaker 14: features displays on mine action, women in Peacekeeping, renewable energy
Speaker 14: and United Nations Police. And tomorrow he will meet with
Speaker 14: Heidrich Kmertz, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, and he will
Speaker 14: also have a couple of press engagements. Will keep you
Speaker 14: updated on all of that. Turning to the situation in
Speaker 14: the Occupied Palestine territory, notably in Gaza, our colleagues at
Speaker 14: the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs remind us
Speaker 14: that no aid or commercial supplies have entered Gaza now
Speaker 14: for more than seventy days. The ongoing full scale blockade
Speaker 14: of the strip is taking disastrous toll on the population. Meanwhile,
Speaker 14: hospitals continue to come under attack. Today in Khan Yunis,
Speaker 14: Israeli forces hit the surgical department of NASA Medical Complex
Speaker 14: and several casualties were reported. The complex is one of
Speaker 14: only eight public hospitals that are still partially operating across Gaza.
Speaker 14: Following the attack, the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza, Susanna
Speaker 14: to Collets, together with an OCHA team, visited the hospital
Speaker 14: where she spoke with staff and a team of international
Speaker 14: doctors that are there. She said she was appalled by
Speaker 14: yet another attack on this hospital, which is the fourth
Speaker 14: since the beginning of this conflict. Mister Collets stressed that
Speaker 14: these attacks are unacceptable and must stop, adding that health
Speaker 14: care facilities and those serving them must always be protected
Speaker 14: or Humanitarian partners on the ground report that only five
Speaker 14: hospitals across the Gaza Strip are still providing maternity care.
Speaker 14: Midwives lack medical supplies, they lack equipment, but with our
Speaker 14: partners reporting that now some seventeen thousand pregnant and breastfeeding
Speaker 14: mothers of suffering from malnutrition and need urgent support. OUTRA
Speaker 14: reports that Israeli authorities continued to deny and impede attempts
Speaker 14: by humanitarians to carry out critical missions in Gaza.
Speaker 5: Okay today.
Speaker 14: Out of eleven requests by the United Nations for coordinating
Speaker 14: humanitarian movements, five were denied outright, including one planned mission
Speaker 14: to retrieve fuel from Rafa to supply hospitals, ambulances, and water,
Speaker 14: sanitation and hygiene facilities. The other six missions, which including
Speaker 14: the rotation of staff, were facilitated with both supplies and
Speaker 14: time running out. OCHA says that principal humanitarian assistance and
Speaker 14: other essential supplies must be allowed into Gaza to save
Speaker 14: lives and humanitarians work to reach people across the strip
Speaker 14: must be facilitated. Israeli, as the occupying power, must abide
Speaker 14: by international humanitarian law and facilitate aid for people in need,
Speaker 14: ever they are.
Speaker 5: And at three pm this.
Speaker 14: Afternoon, Tom Fletcher, our Emergency Relief Coordinator, will brief the
Speaker 14: Security Council on the situation in Gaza. We will share
Speaker 14: those remarks with you ahead of time. Turning to Sudan,
Speaker 14: which is another dire humanitarian situation, our humanitarian colleagues warned
Speaker 14: that humanitarian needs continue to rise amid continued conflict and
Speaker 14: displacement across multiple regions of Sudan. The International Organization for
Speaker 14: Migration says that more than thirty six thousand people were
Speaker 14: displaced from Al Kiwi and Ad Nuhoud in West Cortifon
Speaker 14: due to heightened insecurity. Many had already been internally displaced
Speaker 14: and are now having to flee for a second time,
Speaker 14: seeking shelter in locations across West and North Cortafan.
Speaker 5: In North Darfur.
Speaker 14: IOM also reports that more than two thousand people were
Speaker 14: newly displaced from Abushukan and parts of El Fasher this week,
Speaker 14: also due to the ongoing insecurity situation. Most remained within
Speaker 14: El Fasher locality while others fled to Tauila. Whereas we
Speaker 14: told you yesterday, we and our partners have been scaling
Speaker 14: up support for the newly arrived people. These movements followed
Speaker 14: the displacement of nearly four hundred thousand people from sam
Speaker 14: Zam camp last month. Our humanitarian colleagues warned that food
Speaker 14: insecurity and situation in Sudan remains deeply concerning. Prices of
Speaker 14: key staples foods are alarmingly high, while sorghum prices decline
Speaker 14: slightly in April, millet prices rose. Both remained more than
Speaker 14: four times the price prior to the conflict which started
Speaker 14: this phase of the conflict starting March twenty twenty three.
Speaker 14: That's what the UN Food and Agricultural Organization is telling us.
Speaker 14: Sorghum and millet are staples for most of the population
Speaker 14: in central and eastern parts of Sudan.
Speaker 5: And a reminder that more.
Speaker 14: Than half of the population in Sudan, that's twenty four
Speaker 14: point six million human beings are facing acute hunger, with
Speaker 14: approximately six hundred and thirty eight thousand individuals experiencing actual famine.
Speaker 14: And that's what the latest update from the IPC is
Speaker 14: telling us, and that was released, as you know, late
Speaker 14: last year and covers a period through this may Otra
Speaker 14: stresses that without urgent assistance and unfettered access to reach
Speaker 14: people in need wherever they are, the situation would worsen,
Speaker 14: could worsen during the upcoming lean season, which is from
Speaker 14: June to September. We once again call in all parties
Speaker 14: to immediately seee hostilities and uphold their obligations under international
Speaker 14: humanitarian law to protect civilians, to protect civilian infrastructure, and
Speaker 14: to ensure the safe, the sustained and unhindered humanitarian access
Speaker 14: to reach those people who need help.
Speaker 5: We also urged the.
Speaker 14: International community to step up support for the Sudan humanitarian
Speaker 14: response to prevent further loss of life and worsening catastrophe
Speaker 14: in South Sudan. Our peacekeeping colleagues tell us that air
Speaker 14: strikes and ground attacks continuing john Lay in Uppernule States.
Speaker 14: This includes reports of clashes yesterday in Newfangak, jong Lay
Speaker 14: and Jongley which have allegedly led to civilian deaths as
Speaker 14: well as injuries. In response to escalating violence, the Peacekeeping
Speaker 14: Mission there UNMISS has strengthened its protection efforts within its capacities.
Speaker 14: This includes intensifying patrols and deploying peacekeepers to temporary bases
Speaker 14: in conflict hotspots.
Speaker 5: As the results on.
Speaker 14: Sunday, peacekeepers stationed temporarily in Mapa and Lake States were
Speaker 14: able to deploy swiftly when cattle raid in the area
Speaker 14: led to multiple casualties. They prevented further conflict and provide
Speaker 14: emergency medical care to those wounded. On the broader political
Speaker 14: and security front, the Mission is engaging with national and
Speaker 14: local authorities to reduce tension and reiterate that the parties
Speaker 14: must seize hostilities resume dialogue to address the grievances and
Speaker 14: make progress on the full implementation of revitalized peace Agreement
Speaker 14: and a Tchwana flagg that our colleagues at the UN
Speaker 14: Support Mission in Libya tell us their alarm by the
Speaker 14: unfolding security situation in the capital Tripoli, with intense fighting
Speaker 14: with heavy weaponry intensely populated civilian areas. The mission calls
Speaker 14: on all parties to immediately cease fighting and restore calm,
Speaker 14: and it reminds all parties of their obligations to protect
Speaker 14: civilians at all times. Attacks on civilians and attack on
Speaker 14: civilian objects may amount to war crimes.
Speaker 5: Unsmill fully supports.
Speaker 14: The effect of the efforts of elders and community leaders
Speaker 14: to try to de escalate the current tensions. And I
Speaker 14: want to flag a report by UN Women which was
Speaker 14: recently released today. In March, the agency conducted a global
Speaker 14: survey to understand how funding reductions are impacting local women
Speaker 14: led groups in crisis settings. The survey reached over four
Speaker 14: hundred organizations in forty four countries and the results, as
Speaker 14: you can expect, are alarming. The overwhelming majority ninety percent
Speaker 14: of them said their operations were financially impacted and nearly
Speaker 14: half of them expect to shut down within six months.
Speaker 14: Most have already reduced staff and suspended key services. Our
Speaker 14: colleagues say that women and girls cannot afford to lose
Speaker 14: lifelines that women's organization are providing. They're calling for more
Speaker 14: support and more resources. Lastly, we have a new member state.
Speaker 5: Sorry, wow, Sorry that woke you up.
Speaker 14: We have new members state that has actually paid its dues,
Speaker 14: and it is home to a lake which is the
Speaker 14: third lowest point in terms of in terms of elevation
Speaker 14: in the world, after the Dead Sea and the Sea
Speaker 14: of Galilee.
Speaker 5: No, no, slow down, You're all wrong.
Speaker 14: The name of this lake is Lake Assal and is
Speaker 14: one hundred and fifty five meters below sea level. Do
Speaker 14: we know where Lake Assal is? Sorry, it's close U
Speaker 14: Djibouti Jibouti, Chris.
Speaker 1: I mean you know, yeah, I know.
Speaker 5: The man's got a vision. Yeah.
Speaker 14: All right, all right, I'm done your turn.
Speaker 7: Eat, Thank you, Steph.
Speaker 15: Does the Secretary General have any comment on the announcement
Speaker 15: that the US President Donald Trump will meet serious leader.
Speaker 14: No, I mean I think it's listen, it's not for
Speaker 14: us to comment. I think we have been supportive of
Speaker 14: the efforts of the interim authorities to rebuild their country
Speaker 14: in line with the ideals found in Resolution twenty two
Speaker 14: fifty four, and for Syria to resume its place amongst nations.
Speaker 15: And on a different subject, does the Secretary General agree
Speaker 15: with the head of Unlocked, Philipps Lazarini that Israel denying
Speaker 15: food to Gaza is quote, a weapon of war.
Speaker 14: I think we've been very clear, and he's been very
Speaker 14: clear in what we have seen as violations of international
Speaker 14: humanitarian law in terms of what's going on in Gaza.
Speaker 5: Now you all know my ring for the boss.
Speaker 7: Sorry he called from Berlin.
Speaker 14: Yeah, exactly, really Okay.
Speaker 7: Since since we talked talked for days about the financial
Speaker 7: restraint of the United Nations, do you happen to have
Speaker 7: the figure how much US owns the UN so far?
Speaker 14: I don't have that figure on the top of my head,
Speaker 14: but we can see.
Speaker 5: If we can get that.
Speaker 7: Okay. Another topic today, is there any combinant proves West
Speaker 7: Bank land registration process to what they call strengthen Jewish settlement.
Speaker 7: Any reaction from the Secret General on this?
Speaker 14: I mean, we think it's a it's a dangerous movement
Speaker 14: in terms of legitimizing the occupation.
Speaker 5: We believe that.
Speaker 14: The West Bank is part of the occupied Palestinian territory,
Speaker 14: and I think anything that would move toward wwards annexation
Speaker 14: would be to put it mildly counter to international law
Speaker 14: and not encounter to our efforts in the peace process.
Speaker 7: From zero to ten, what would be the score for
Speaker 7: you to what would be the score of the possibility
Speaker 7: to implement Tuesday solutions so far?
Speaker 14: I'm not going to play the numbers game, but I
Speaker 14: think it's very clear, and the Secretary journal has been
Speaker 14: very clear that we're moving in the right in the
Speaker 14: wrong direction and we need to reverse course.
Speaker 5: Gabriel then Abdamid.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 16: Stef You mentioned Israel's attack on Naser Hospital, but I
Speaker 16: just wanted to get a little more detail of the
Speaker 16: Secretary's reaction to. One of the people that was killed
Speaker 16: in the hospital was a journalist that was in the
Speaker 16: hospital recovering after he was targeted the month before while
Speaker 16: in a tent that was home to journalists. He was killed.
Speaker 16: Now the number of journalists killed in Gaza over two hundred.
Speaker 16: The Secretary General's reaction to despite his continued pleas for
Speaker 16: Israel to stop killing journalists, Israel continues to do it.
Speaker 14: What we have seen in Gaza is the continuing suffering
Speaker 14: of the Palestinian people that have been bombed in places
Speaker 14: where they should be safe, whether it is hospitals, whether
Speaker 14: it is our or informal settlement camps where they've been
Speaker 14: told to go. And just another reason why we need
Speaker 14: to return to a ceasefire, to see humanitarian aid, go
Speaker 14: back in, to see civilians in Gaza be safer, and
Speaker 14: to see hostages released. Abdelhamid, then, Michelle, thank you.
Speaker 17: Step In the West Bank, the village of Sinjil, not
Speaker 17: far from Ramallah, has been walled off completely with one
Speaker 17: entrance only. And this is becoming a phenomena by Israel
Speaker 17: off some villages leaving one in which is actually it
Speaker 17: is humans of the whole time.
Speaker 14: Are you following, I'm not, I'm not familiar with this
Speaker 14: particular h this particular case, but I think we've been
Speaker 14: very clear at expressing our grave concern, to put it mildly,
Speaker 14: at the continued deterioration of everyday life for Palestinians in
Speaker 14: the occupied West Bank.
Speaker 17: Another question on Gaza, probably we heard that hundreds of times,
Speaker 17: calling on Israel not to attack, medical centers, medical facilities, schools, universities.
Speaker 17: You keep repeating that again and again and again, and
Speaker 17: this supposedly member of state is not listening, is not
Speaker 17: really hitting record. What else you and can do?
Speaker 2: You know?
Speaker 14: I think I I I answered this question in different
Speaker 14: ways yesterday or did it was posed to me in
Speaker 14: a different way yesterday?
Speaker 5: Members?
Speaker 14: Every Member state has a responsibility to uphold international law,
Speaker 14: which they've all signed on to, but there are also
Speaker 14: other voices that need to speak up in the international community,
Speaker 14: and we all need to make sure we're all speaking
Speaker 14: up based on the same principles that the Secretary Journal
Speaker 14: has been very clear about. Michelle.
Speaker 18: Thanks Sef. Follow up to Eightie's question on Syria. President
Speaker 18: Trump has just announced that he's going to lift all
Speaker 18: US sanctions on Syria. This is something the UN has
Speaker 18: been pushing for. Can you give us your response and
Speaker 18: just remind us why the UN was pushing for these sanctions.
Speaker 14: Well, I think it was important for us to see
Speaker 14: relief on sanctions on Syria to help the reconstruction of Syria,
Speaker 14: to help the Syrian people recover from more than a
Speaker 14: decade of conflict, a decade of under investment and We
Speaker 14: continue to support the reconstruction, whether it's physical or psychological,
Speaker 14: of Syria, for it to be a country where all
Speaker 14: Syrians of all faiths, of all ethnicities and minorities feel
Speaker 14: safe and represented.
Speaker 5: Dennis, just a quick follow up, so what's your particular
Speaker 5: reaction on Trump's promise to remove sections on Syria. Well,
Speaker 5: it is a welcome move.
Speaker 14: In addition to everything that I told Michelle, which I
Speaker 14: don't need to repeat.
Speaker 19: Uh, thanks so much, step Russia grank talks on Thursday
Speaker 19: in Eastan will still no updates whether the United Nations
Speaker 19: will be presented.
Speaker 14: There no uh, nothing to share with you at this time. Yes, please,
Speaker 14: thanks Steph.
Speaker 20: This is Munira from CNN. Parents and doctors in Gaza
Speaker 20: told CNN that starving mothers have been unable to produce
Speaker 20: enough milk to feed their babies, and parents have been
Speaker 20: scrambling to keep their children alive. Today, you mentioned only
Speaker 20: five hospitals across the Strip are offering maternity services. Given this,
Speaker 20: can you speak to whether there is equitable access to
Speaker 20: health care for expecting new mothers in Gaza and how
Speaker 20: has the ongoing blockade and severe lack of medical services
Speaker 20: affected maternal and newborn health well, I.
Speaker 14: Mean no, there's not been equitable access how it's affected.
Speaker 14: I mean one can only mean one doesn't have to
Speaker 14: imagine because one knows that when hospitals are bombed, when
Speaker 14: critical care services in hospitals are are attacked and not
Speaker 14: one drop of humanitarian aid or commercial goods have been
Speaker 14: allowed into an area for seventy days, when the food
Speaker 14: levels are what we explained yesterday catastrophic level, the impact
Speaker 14: on mothers and mothers who are trying to feed their
Speaker 14: children is devastating to say the least. Yes, sir, please.
Speaker 12: Slabdoro from an adult agency. My question sort of has
Speaker 12: been asked, but let me follow up regarding May fifteenth
Speaker 12: direct peace talk in is Stumbul. Turkia Yun had a
Speaker 12: successful initiation back in July twenty twenty two regarding Lexia
Speaker 12: Grain initiative. What's the difference at the time this time,
Speaker 12: this upcoming meeting. Should we expect any statement from you
Speaker 12: or any involvement any it will be you know, I.
Speaker 14: Think we always appreciate the role that Turkya has played
Speaker 14: in trying to bring an end to this conflict. Our
Speaker 14: position has remained the same that we want to see
Speaker 14: an end to the conflict in line with the revenue
Speaker 14: and resolutions, in line with international law, and we remain
Speaker 14: supportive of any and all efforts to that end. I
Speaker 14: think once we have a bit more clarity on what
Speaker 14: will happen in Istanbul, I will have more to say. Okay, yes, Abdelhamid.
Speaker 17: Yesterday Prime Minister of India Moodi, gave a very strong
Speaker 17: rhetoric speech that indicate that the ceasefire is very fragile
Speaker 17: and there is a statement from Pakistan to reject this,
Speaker 17: this kind of tone by Indian Prime minister. Are you
Speaker 17: following the situation? How do you estimate how how do
Speaker 17: you think that the cease fire is holding?
Speaker 14: And I mean the cease fire is holding. I think
Speaker 14: we have seen uh, we're in a better place than
Speaker 14: we were before. We hope that the cease fire will
Speaker 14: continue to u to hold, and we hope that the
Speaker 14: parties will use this to deal with a lot of
Speaker 14: the outstanding issues between them.
Speaker 16: Gabriel, thank you, Steph. I just want to follow up
Speaker 16: on US lifting sanctions on Syria. I know you answered
Speaker 16: the question already, but with the US, with the UN
Speaker 16: ramping up in the last several months, humanitarian aid to Syria,
Speaker 16: Political aid Syria. How will the lifting of these sanctions
Speaker 16: affect the work of the United Nations Syria?
Speaker 14: The lifting of sanctions, it's uh will make it. It
Speaker 14: is more of a focus on economic development, right on
Speaker 14: private businesses, on investment. Obviously it makes us work it
Speaker 14: a little easier. But these kind of unilateral sanctions, the
Speaker 14: lifting of these kinds of unilisle sanctions is a positive
Speaker 14: development in inviting kind of a broader investment in Syria.
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