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Speaker 1: I'm your Michael Clogg's Okay. So this coming weekend, where
Speaker 1: it will be June fifteenth through June seventeenth, the G
Speaker 1: seven Summit will be happening in Alberta, Canada to be
Speaker 1: exact kind of Ascus, Alberta. And the big question is
Speaker 1: should Donald Trump be banned from this summit. He is
Speaker 1: the biggest disruptor he in the world. He doesn't want
Speaker 1: to play with others nicely at all. In fact, he
Speaker 1: wants things to be his way or no way at all.
Speaker 1: He has ambushed Zelensky, He has tried to ambush Mark Carney,
Speaker 1: the Prime Minister of Canada. He has attempted to ambush
Speaker 1: the President of South Africa, who was actually waiting for
Speaker 1: him to try to ambush him and was able to
Speaker 1: evade his attack, saying that he is committing genocide on
Speaker 1: the africaanners. He has put forth white supremacy policies, and
Speaker 1: he is unjustly and without due process removing people from
Speaker 1: the United States and sending them to some encampment in
Speaker 1: Al Salvador, unlawful confinement, in kidnapping policies being used by
Speaker 1: people with masks who are just snatching people off the street.
Speaker 1: This is what is happening because of his leadership as president.
Speaker 1: He has parked the National Guarden the Marines in California
Speaker 1: and an attempt with scare tactics to stop them from
Speaker 1: protesting what he is doing, because what he is doing
Speaker 1: is breaking the constitution. If any one of those particular
Speaker 1: members of the armed forces opens fires on a citizen
Speaker 1: in California, they're breaking the constitution that they were sworn
Speaker 1: to protect. They in fact, if they don't ignore the
Speaker 1: executive order to attack US citizens, they're helping Donald Trump
Speaker 1: to break the constitution that he has no respect for.
Speaker 1: He has no respect for global happenings. He said. It
Speaker 1: says to to India and Pakistan over the ideas of
Speaker 1: who gets to control Kashmir. Let's go make some money together.
Speaker 1: We'll do some trade and that that'll solve the problem.
Speaker 1: He is attempting to rape the land of of Ukraine
Speaker 1: of of their rare earth mineral minerals so that they
Speaker 1: give up their sovereignty to Vladimir Putin, is this the
Speaker 1: kind of person who truly represents what the G seven
Speaker 1: is about? And should the this person be allowed to
Speaker 1: be at this summit and an attempt to disrupt it,
Speaker 1: because that's probably what his bottom line idea is, is
Speaker 1: to disrupt the G seven so that he can control
Speaker 1: more of what the world is actually doing. In this
Speaker 1: particular recording, you're gonna hear Charlie Angus, and he has
Speaker 1: some very valid points about what is why he thinks
Speaker 1: that Donald Trump should be banned from the G seven.
Speaker 1: It's like he's why he he should shouldn't be allowed
Speaker 1: to participate and in any of the talks. He has
Speaker 1: some very valid points. We're going to hear those, okay.
Speaker 1: And also while we're listening today's record, we're gonna hear
Speaker 1: from the United Nations as Iraq is trying to regain
Speaker 1: their sovereignty and hold elections and reform a a viable
Speaker 1: government for the for the people so that they can
Speaker 1: return to the global table with trade and commerce. They
Speaker 1: have a lot of valuable things to offer people culturally
Speaker 1: as well as things that are that are actually said
Speaker 1: on their land. With that being said, that there, of
Speaker 1: course is treasures that they between Kuwait and Iraq during
Speaker 1: during the the war that happened a couple of decades ago.
Speaker 1: That their treasures that they're still trying to find and
Speaker 1: they are in search of, and those treasures, those are
Speaker 1: pieces of art, those pieces of history should be returned
Speaker 1: to Iraq and to Kuwait where they rightfully belong, so
Speaker 1: that we all can share in the culture that brought
Speaker 1: us to some of where we are today. As you
Speaker 1: know that, of course Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran were all
Speaker 1: once part of the Persian Empire, and that Persian Empire
Speaker 1: also also brought about things to do with Samaria and
Speaker 1: other things that have brought greatness to our history as
Speaker 1: human beings, and those treasures that represent that should be
Speaker 1: returned to their rightful places. So why don't we listen
Speaker 1: in and we're going to start off with Turnlie Angus
Speaker 1: as he discusses why he thinks that Donald Trump should
Speaker 1: be banned from the G seven.
Speaker 2: Good morning. I am here in the press gallery of
Speaker 2: the Parliament of Canada, the heart of our democratic engagement
Speaker 2: with people, and this morning I offer my deep concern,
Speaker 2: solidarity and prayers with the people of California who are
Speaker 2: out in the streets on armed defending the rule of
Speaker 2: law against illegal kidnapping and deportation, and they're being faced
Speaker 2: down by the military might of the United States Marines.
Speaker 2: We're not talking about creeping fascism here. This is full
Speaker 2: on police state tyranny from the gangster President Donald Trump.
Speaker 2: And this is the man who will soon be crossing
Speaker 2: our border to attend the G seven meetings in Canada.
Speaker 2: I have received hundreds of messages of concern and outrage
Speaker 2: from Canadians that a convicted felon sexual predator and a
Speaker 2: man who's threatened our nation's sovereignty is being allowed into
Speaker 2: our country. I understand the Prime Minister Carney's reluctance to
Speaker 2: escalate the situation with the mega President, but we have
Speaker 2: to stop kidding ourselves and we have to be very
Speaker 2: honest about what we are being asked to engage with.
Speaker 2: Donald Trump poses a clear threat to American democracy, to
Speaker 2: Canadian sovereignty, and to the international rule of law. And
Speaker 2: this morning I will lay out a straightforward indictment of
Speaker 2: Donald Trump's threats, not just to his own people and
Speaker 2: not just to Canada, but to the international rule of law.
Speaker 2: Since November twenty twenty four, Donald Trump has made over
Speaker 2: one hundred attacks on Canada, and yet when it comes
Speaker 2: to the war criminal of Vladimir Putin, Trump has said
Speaker 2: almost nothing except to defend, to explain, to write off
Speaker 2: the crimes of the Putin regime. He is doing this
Speaker 2: at the clear expense of the American people and the
Speaker 2: Western allies. He continually promotes Vladimir Putin while attacking President Zelenski,
Speaker 2: the people of Ukraine and the people of Canada. We
Speaker 2: remember that when Vladimir Putin launched his murderous invasion of Ukraine,
Speaker 2: Donald Trump declared mister Putin a savvy genius, and he
Speaker 2: said that the arbitrary seizure of Ukrainian territory was quote wonderful.
Speaker 2: Trump refuses to denounce the murderous bombing of the cities
Speaker 2: of Ukraine, and he has falsely accused President Zelenski of
Speaker 2: having started the word. Trump has put the security of
Speaker 2: our European allies at risk to the benefit of Russia.
Speaker 2: He continually, as well, undermines American domestic security. When Russia
Speaker 2: launched cyber attacks in the United States, Trump downplayed the
Speaker 2: threat and put the blame on the quote lamestream media.
Speaker 2: Russia interfered with the United States election, which may have
Speaker 2: helped Trump get elected in twenty sixteen. And yet Trump
Speaker 2: has blocked investigations into the foreign interference. And yet Donald
Speaker 2: Trump has been more than willing to vilify Canadians. Earlier
Speaker 2: this year, Pete Navarro pushed to have Canada kicked out
Speaker 2: of the Five Eyes intelligence network. Canada plays a key
Speaker 2: role in the Five Eyes helping keep Americans safe. It's
Speaker 2: a job that we do as an ally and a neighbor.
Speaker 2: But MAGA has turned Canada into their number one enemy
Speaker 2: with recent bogus claims from cash to tell about terrorists
Speaker 2: from Canada flooding over the border. So let's compare those
Speaker 2: falsehoods with how Trump deals with the threats from Russia.
Speaker 2: This past March, the United States ordered the US Cyber
Speaker 2: Command to suspend operations against Russia. The United States shut
Speaker 2: down efforts to counter Russian sabotage. Attorney General Pam Bondi
Speaker 2: blocked the FBI's Foreign Interference Task Force, which leaves the
Speaker 2: United States wide open to secret influence campaigns by Russia,
Speaker 2: China and other dark actors. You got to ask yourself,
Speaker 2: is Donald Trump loyal to the people of the United
Speaker 2: States who elected him, or to Vladimir Putin's undermining of
Speaker 2: the international rule of law. Just this past February, President
Speaker 2: Trump said he wanted Russia reinstated into the G seven,
Speaker 2: and he falsely blamed Canada for having Russia been kicked out.
Speaker 2: Russia was expelled from the G eight then for illegally
Speaker 2: invading Ukrainian territory. In February, Trump opposed a European resolution
Speaker 2: condemning Moscow's actions against Ukraine. In opposing this vote on
Speaker 2: defending Ukraine's territorial sovereignty, the United States voted with the
Speaker 2: gangster regimes of Russia, Belarus, and North Korea. Trump rejected
Speaker 2: Canada's proposal on tackling Russian shadow fleet of oil tankers
Speaker 2: that are being used to undermine sanctions. In February of
Speaker 2: the United States vetoed Canada's proposal to establish a task
Speaker 2: force to monitor sanctioned breaches by Russia. The Attorney General
Speaker 2: has disbanded the program aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs.
Speaker 2: Now we know that Donald Trump, who is a convicted criminal,
Speaker 2: has been more than willing to aid and abet international
Speaker 2: war criminals. Vladimir Putin, like Benjamin Netanyah, who is bombed hospitals,
Speaker 2: Vladimir Putin, like Netanyahu, has targeted schools. Trump has said
Speaker 2: nothing about this. Vladimir Putin has kidnapped over nineteen thousand
Speaker 2: Ukrainian children, and in March twenty twenty three, the International
Speaker 2: Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over
Speaker 2: the unlawful deportation and transfer of children. And yet as
Speaker 2: soon as he came to power, Donald Trump cut funding
Speaker 2: for the Yale program that was tracking Ukrainian children who've
Speaker 2: been kidnapped from their families and forced into Russia. In
Speaker 2: March twenty twenty five, Russian lawmaker andre Kartapaulov called for
Speaker 2: the United States to stop sharing Ukraine with intelligence and
Speaker 2: following that, Donald Trump obediently cut intelligence sharing that led
Speaker 2: to a series of Russian strikes in Ukrainian cities. And
Speaker 2: Trump has defended Putin's attacks on Ukrainian civilians, and he
Speaker 2: says that Putin is easier to deal with than the
Speaker 2: people of Ukraine. Let's just talk for a minute about
Speaker 2: the tariff war. Trump has launched massive tariffs against Canada, Mexico,
Speaker 2: and Europe his key allies. He has claimed that his
Speaker 2: tariff war in Canada will force US as an nation
Speaker 2: to break and beg to be his vassal state. On
Speaker 2: top of that, he's targeted one hundred and fifty countries,
Speaker 2: including countries as small as Madagascar, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Liechtenstein, Senegal,
Speaker 2: and yet he's not imposed any sanctions or tariffs on Russia.
Speaker 2: He falsely claims there is no trade with Russian In fact,
Speaker 2: there's three point five billion dollars in Russian trade that
Speaker 2: has been exempted from tariffs, and Trump says he wants
Speaker 2: more trade with Russia. He says this as he attacks
Speaker 2: Canada's manufacturing, steel, agricultural, entertainment industries. Canada can no longer
Speaker 2: view the United States as an ally. We know that
Speaker 2: Donald Trump doesn't believe in liberal democracy, he doesn't believe
Speaker 2: in the rule of law. Canada is an open and
Speaker 2: inclusive society. Little wonder that Donald Trump has denounced our
Speaker 2: nation as one of the nastiest countries he's ever had
Speaker 2: to deal with. And we'd be fools to pretend that
Speaker 2: is threat to quote get rid of the border by
Speaker 2: using economic force is somehow abated we can't kid ourselves
Speaker 2: about the threat that's being posed by Donald Trump. Prime
Speaker 2: Minister Mark Karney is not inviting our nearest neighbor and
Speaker 2: friendly ally to join us in the G seven. Prime
Speaker 2: Minister Karney is not inviting the leader of the Free
Speaker 2: world to Canada. He is welcoming in Vladimir Putin's sock puppet,
Speaker 2: who will have the best seat in the key negotiations
Speaker 2: with the G six. Donald Trump will be there as
Speaker 2: we attempt to negotiate a deal in a dark new world,
Speaker 2: and we know that Donald Trump is there to undermine
Speaker 2: us at every step of the way. Canada must be
Speaker 2: focused on containing this clear and present danger to our
Speaker 2: nation and the rule of law. We must stand with
Speaker 2: the people of Ukraine and our allies who believe in
Speaker 2: the democratic order. The Prime Minister must stay boldly that
Speaker 2: he will stand up against any attempts to interfere in
Speaker 2: Canada and to undermine through academia or through American corporations
Speaker 2: that are in Canada, any DEI measures that are in Canada.
Speaker 2: Because Canada is a nation of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Speaker 2: This is what makes Canada a light in this new
Speaker 2: dark age of gangster regimes and Trump is the gangster.
Speaker 2: I urge Canadians to keep the boycott strong. I urge
Speaker 2: the Prime Minister to work with us, and work with
Speaker 2: our allies and send a very clear message that we
Speaker 2: will not support in any way the rise of an
Speaker 2: authoritarian regime south of the border that is using the
Speaker 2: military against its own people. Canada at this point is
Speaker 2: holding the line, but we must remain true, North, strong
Speaker 2: and free. Thank you.
Speaker 3: So are you calling for Prime Mister Karney to disinvite
Speaker 3: President Trump to the G seven meeting?
Speaker 2: Then I think it's a really fair question. This man
Speaker 2: is threatening us now. As again I said, I recognize
Speaker 2: that Prime Minister Carney probably doesn't want to escalate the
Speaker 2: situation with Donald Trump, but I think we need to
Speaker 2: be sending a message somehow that we will contain this threat.
Speaker 2: And we need to make sure that we are not
Speaker 2: giving Donald Trump all access in our negotiations at the
Speaker 2: G seven because he does not have our interests at heart.
Speaker 4: Do you think the.
Speaker 3: Government's currents actions with more defense spending and the one
Speaker 3: Canada Economy bill or Economy bill are enough to I
Speaker 3: guess sort of pat us from the threat of America.
Speaker 2: I think we are partly on the road. I think
Speaker 2: that there have been some good initiatives. We have to
Speaker 2: become independent militarily, we have to become much more independent economically.
Speaker 2: We do need our premiers to step up. Some of
Speaker 2: them are stepping up at this time. But I think
Speaker 2: we have to also not kid ourselves about the threat
Speaker 2: that Donald Trump is posing to us, the idea from
Speaker 2: his mega ambassador Pete Hookstraw. Well, listen, you know Americans
Speaker 2: got hurt too. Pete Hookstraw was in the Netherlands undermining
Speaker 2: the people of the Netherlands and supporting extremist parties while
Speaker 2: being ambassador there. We have to contain this threat just
Speaker 2: like we would contain a threat from Vladimir Putin. We
Speaker 2: have to stop pretending that Donald Trump is just being Trump.
Speaker 5: Click.
Speaker 2: Well, this is a very fluid situation we're dealing with,
Speaker 2: and so I again I recognize that the Prime Minister
Speaker 2: is going to have to be more careful than me.
Speaker 2: But we need to be really framing this discussion as
Speaker 2: a threat from an authoritarian regime that's on the rise.
Speaker 2: When Governor Knewsom talks about this being an open threat
Speaker 2: to democracy at this moment, our nearest neighbor is no
Speaker 2: longer a democratic nation, So Canada has to be very
Speaker 2: super vigilant and now is not the time to drop
Speaker 2: our guard.
Speaker 6: Sudden, some premiers aren't stepping up. Which premiers and yeah,
Speaker 6: what's that point?
Speaker 2: Well, clearly we see with Daniel Smith and Premier Moe
Speaker 2: breaking the boycott inviting American alcohol back into the stores.
Speaker 2: I mean, what's that about. Just after again, Pete Hoopstress
Speaker 2: said that the tariffs are going to remain in place.
Speaker 2: They are now inviting American product back onto the shelf.
Speaker 2: The boycott has been a non precedented success. The boycott
Speaker 2: of Canadian products has forced a ninety percent drop in
Speaker 2: American wine exports. America is dependent on Canadian wine exports.
Speaker 2: It has affected Kentucky through the boycott. The boycott and
Speaker 2: travel is threatening twelve billion dollars in trade. The reason
Speaker 2: the boycott is so important is because it keeps pressure
Speaker 2: at the state level and state governors to actually put
Speaker 2: pressure on if we drop our guard, there is no
Speaker 2: way that they will ever drop those tariffs. So Daniel
Speaker 2: Smith needs to stop threatening to break up our country
Speaker 2: and she needs to start standing with the rest of
Speaker 2: Canada and saying We're going to hold the line because
Speaker 2: Canadian jobs are Canadian jobs, whether they're in Alberta or
Speaker 2: whether they're in Oshawa on Windsor. Governor Newsom said there's
Speaker 2: no working with Trump, there's only working for Trump. How
Speaker 2: do you view Carney's relationship with Trump so far. I
Speaker 2: one of the reasons I decided to come here is
Speaker 2: I think when we hear from the governor California that
Speaker 2: Donald Trump is such a threat that there is no
Speaker 2: working with him, we have to remind ourselves in Canada
Speaker 2: we can't become complacent and think, oh, the threat's over.
Speaker 2: There is no working with an authoritarian. Trump has stated
Speaker 2: he believes that the world is under three you know,
Speaker 2: great powers, Russia, China, in the United States. That means
Speaker 2: he sees Canada as a vassal state. So I recognize
Speaker 2: that Prime Minister Carney is going to have to be
Speaker 2: super careful, but we have to recognize that we're not
Speaker 2: working with him. We're not going to cut deals. Whatever
Speaker 2: promises he makes today he will break tomorrow. We have
Speaker 2: to recognize that this is now a clear and present
Speaker 2: danger on our border.
Speaker 6: Are you planning on joining any protests in Calgary or
Speaker 6: traveling to Calgary at all ahead of the G seven
Speaker 6: or during the G seven.
Speaker 2: I can't get to Calgary before the G seven. I
Speaker 2: know that we are having many protests just as well,
Speaker 2: supporting the American Allies, the grassroots resistance on June fourteenth.
Speaker 2: But what I've seen, and I've been touring the country
Speaker 2: is this is a unique moment for Canada because what's
Speaker 2: leading the resistance are ordinary people. I get this very
Speaker 2: clearly wherever I go in Canada. Ordinary people understand that
Speaker 2: we are under a threat that we haven't seen since
Speaker 2: the nineteen thirties. Ordinary Canadians need to hear from their
Speaker 2: leaders that they share those concerns, and this is why
Speaker 2: I'm here today.
Speaker 7: How do you feel about Modi and Svetron Prince being
Speaker 7: advised to the G seven.
Speaker 2: I think the decision to invite mister Mody is very concerning.
Speaker 2: I think one of the things we're realizing now is
Speaker 2: that we are certainly in the age of as Graham
Speaker 2: she would say, monsters and monster regimes, and Canada is
Speaker 2: now having to find its way in the midst of
Speaker 2: the monsters. Modi has, you know, certainly undermined Canada. Some
Speaker 2: of his actions have been very concerning. We have now
Speaker 2: Donald Trump there. I'm not going to second guess the
Speaker 2: Prime Minister at this point, even though I spent my
Speaker 2: whole life in opposition. I want to say though, that
Speaker 2: we have to be very wary of who we are
Speaker 2: making deals with. But I would certainly encourage Canada to
Speaker 2: focus on Europe, focus on Asia, focus on allies that
Speaker 2: we can trust and share our values.
Speaker 3: I haven't heard you speak to this yet since the election.
Speaker 1: Maybe you have, but can I.
Speaker 2: Just get your general sense of your thoughts and where
Speaker 2: the current state of the NDP is right now?
Speaker 3: Brutal results in the last election that I'm just.
Speaker 7: Wondering, what do you feel about the kind of soul
Speaker 7: Thurgeon Party needs to do and where it's at.
Speaker 2: The election was a disaster, unmitigated disaster for the New
Speaker 2: Democratic Party. What I felt from my and I've been
Speaker 2: heavily touring across the country during the campaign and I'm
Speaker 2: at rallies and meetings all the time. I feel two things.
Speaker 2: One is that people feel that the party lost touch,
Speaker 2: becoming very much a leader focused group as opposed to
Speaker 2: the New Democratic Party of Canada. But I also have
Speaker 2: a sense that people are really understand the need to
Speaker 2: have a three party system in Canada, and we need
Speaker 2: to rebuild the New Democratic Party. So when you have
Speaker 2: bills like C two come in, there needs to be
Speaker 2: a progressive left wing party at the committee hearings, bringing witnesses,
Speaker 2: making sure that this is going to be in the
Speaker 2: nation's interests, and right now we've lost that ability. So
Speaker 2: I think that this is this issue of renewal of
Speaker 2: the party is super important. But we have to understand
Speaker 2: that if we are a social democratic party, we have
Speaker 2: to be a democrat at a party from the grassroots.
Speaker 2: We have to re engage with people we lost touch
Speaker 2: and we have to be honest about that.
Speaker 3: Sore be interested in the conversation.
Speaker 7: So the conversation that you're having isn't that different than
Speaker 7: a lot of people are having on the ground, but
Speaker 7: there's a big disconnect, as you know, at the national
Speaker 7: political level. So saying that, is that something that you
Speaker 7: would support and somebody coming forward to lead the New
Speaker 7: Democratic Party, or that something that would be a little
Speaker 7: more challenging to the status quo in terms of how
Speaker 7: Trump has approached things like that. And also, I know
Speaker 7: you've been asked this before, but you've declined, but it
Speaker 7: is have you fully ruled out getting back involved in
Speaker 7: politics or maybe running even.
Speaker 2: For the leadership. I will not be running for the leadership.
Speaker 2: I felt ever since Donald Trump came to power that
Speaker 2: I need to focus on Canada, and I will continue
Speaker 2: to focus full out. I'm working more than full time
Speaker 2: than I've ever worked before on this threat. I do
Speaker 2: believe that there is a disconnect in Canada that you know.
Speaker 2: I think one of the problems and one of the
Speaker 2: realities is, and I'm just trying to be fair here,
Speaker 2: is that you know, we know what we know, and
Speaker 2: our comms people know what they know, and our polsters
Speaker 2: know what they know, and they're good at what they know,
Speaker 2: and our talking heads are good at what they know.
Speaker 2: But we're dealing in completely uncharted territory. We're dealing with
Speaker 2: the rise of authoritarianism. None of us were there back
Speaker 2: in the nineteen thirties, so we don't have anything to
Speaker 2: compare to. I think we have not really framed the
Speaker 2: threat as clearly as we need to, and I think
Speaker 2: that that puts a danger to our political leadership to
Speaker 2: be more worried on just the day to day rather
Speaker 2: than the big picture. We need a very strong new
Speaker 2: Democratic Party and we need a strong renewal, so I'm
Speaker 2: interested in seeing who comes forward.
Speaker 6: We haven't seen a response yet from the federal government
Speaker 6: in terms of Trump doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Speaker 2: Have you been talking to anyone behind the scenes regarding
Speaker 2: this of year? What do you think that they're used
Speaker 2: to do in response to the double enough stealing illuminum tariffs.
Speaker 2: I think maybe the best thing that Prime Minister Trudeau
Speaker 2: ever did was when he said that we would go
Speaker 2: dollar for dollar in response, because we saw some of
Speaker 2: our other allies not step up, and I think it
Speaker 2: in boldened Trump, and we saw that Trump did back off.
Speaker 2: The threats to steal an aluminum are not just to us.
Speaker 2: They're a serious threat to American industry, their threat to
Speaker 2: the auto sector. We are an integrated economy in terms
Speaker 2: of trade, and I feel that not going back full
Speaker 2: on is not in the best interests of Canada. I
Speaker 2: think it's better that we take this fight on and
Speaker 2: force a response, rather than suffer a slow bleed off
Speaker 2: of jobs, which is what we're going to be stuck
Speaker 2: with if we don't respond very firmly.
Speaker 6: What do you think of Bill C five, specifically the
Speaker 6: second part that deals with getting big projects built. As
Speaker 6: you probably know, it's sort of once it's listed, it's
Speaker 6: conditionally approved, and then the regulatory processes play out with
Speaker 6: a focus on how a project can be built as
Speaker 6: opposed to whether it can. Yeah, what do you think
Speaker 6: about that? You spent so long as that real resources correct?
Speaker 2: Well, you know they have said that Canada is three
Speaker 2: monopolies in a trench coat, and I certainly hope that
Speaker 2: those three giant monopolies don't get their way again. If
Speaker 2: it is in the national interest, then let's make sure
Speaker 2: that it's in the national interest and not just in
Speaker 2: the interest of pushing forward Again. We've spent thirty four
Speaker 2: billion dollars on the TMX pipeline. We're never going to
Speaker 2: see that money again. We're subsidizing every barrel of bitchmen
Speaker 2: going down the TMX pipeline by about fifty cents on
Speaker 2: the barrel. Well, if there was an economic case, why
Speaker 2: aren't they paying the full freight. So the idea that
Speaker 2: we're going to fast track projects when we see the
Speaker 2: doug Ford is now exempting projects from environmental review and
Speaker 2: causing major resistance in indigenous communities. This is not how
Speaker 2: it's done. We have many projects ready to go right
Speaker 2: now that have been gone through the process of good
Speaker 2: consultation and have gone through the process of a fair process.
Speaker 2: So the government can't undermine that because what it does
Speaker 2: is it creates conflict. And when you create conflict, you
Speaker 2: don't get projects built.
Speaker 1: And are you concerned at.
Speaker 6: All about the quite broad powers that this legislation would
Speaker 6: give the government with regards to approving projects. You know,
Speaker 6: there's some clauses in there about being able to delete
Speaker 6: or amend portions of specific acts as it relates to
Speaker 6: a given project. Yeah, thoughts on that.
Speaker 2: Well, the reason that we have the legislation in the
Speaker 2: first place is because we've seen so many disasters. I
Speaker 2: live in Cobalt, Ontario. My backyard is an abandoned mind
Speaker 2: sight down the street for me, there's lakes that are
Speaker 2: full of arsenic and cadmium that'll be there contaminated for
Speaker 2: hundreds of years. We put rules in so that we
Speaker 2: do it right in Canada, certainly in the mining sector,
Speaker 2: we have some of the highest standards in the world
Speaker 2: and we do it right. I don't see why we
Speaker 2: suddenly now have to say we're not going to do
Speaker 2: it right. The government has the power already on working
Speaker 2: with the provinces in terms of environmental assessment about making
Speaker 2: sure the projects sometimes don't have to go through two
Speaker 2: or three different overviews to make things happen. But I'll
Speaker 2: tell you, when you have first nation buy in projects
Speaker 2: move forward. So I would be focused on making sure
Speaker 2: we have first nation buying by having good projects, and
Speaker 2: those nation building projects will happen. Have you spoken to
Speaker 2: Sing since he lost a See, I haven't spoken to
Speaker 2: drug Meat Sing since the election. No, I would like
Speaker 2: to see you as the next NDP leader. A mama
Speaker 2: angus didn't raise her boy to speculate. Well, number one,
Speaker 2: you've got to be able to win. I think number
Speaker 2: two is recognizing you know the strength of the Social
Speaker 2: democratic movement was it was the Social Democratic movement. Number one.
Speaker 2: I would kill zoom everything. I see what the party
Speaker 2: is on zoom and nothing again zoom. We had to
Speaker 2: do it during COVID, but you know, we used to
Speaker 2: be a party that was really rooted in at the
Speaker 2: writing level, the writings, you know, the big debates on
Speaker 2: who we're going to be delegates at convention, who are
Speaker 2: going to regional forms. We used to hold pub nights.
Speaker 2: We used to hold bean dinners. Of God, we had
Speaker 2: bean dinners. We'd all go right like. I mean, it
Speaker 2: was a hassle and you never made any money, but
Speaker 2: it was about bringing people in and making them feel
Speaker 2: like they belonged. We became a party that was very
Speaker 2: focused on TikTok likes. I'm sure that helps, but TikTok
Speaker 2: didn't get us elected. We became focused on data. Data
Speaker 2: is very important, but to be a social democratic movement
Speaker 2: you need to go back to reinvigorating the writing association.
Speaker 2: So I want a leader that isn't less worried about
Speaker 2: big ideas. We got boxes of big ideas, as new
Speaker 2: Democrats are got big ideas going back to the nineteen sixties,
Speaker 2: we're still waiting to enact. What we need is to
Speaker 2: make a party again that people feel like they belong to.
Speaker 7: And announced an interim leader and then clearly three of
Speaker 7: the MP's at least that spoke publicly didn't even know
Speaker 7: about that. Does that what's going on there? That's a breakdown,
Speaker 7: isn't it? Of what's happening the party?
Speaker 2: I don't know what happened there. I mean, obviously this
Speaker 2: ship hit the rocks in a dramatic way. I think
Speaker 2: Don Davies is to me an obvious choice for an
Speaker 2: interim leader. He's a great negotiator. The reason we have
Speaker 2: National Dental Care is because of Don Davies. He made
Speaker 2: that happen. I think that there was some kind of disconnect,
Speaker 2: But I think that the important thing is for my
Speaker 2: colleagues is they got to have each other's back because
Speaker 2: this is going to be a rough four years. But
Speaker 2: and I came out of the election feeling pretty burned
Speaker 2: at what happened. But I've been out on the ground
Speaker 2: and I'm meeting lots of people who are actually about rebuilding.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's the thing about us New Democrats. We're
Speaker 2: like goddamn dandelions. It's like, once we're on your line,
Speaker 2: you can't seem to get rid of it. So the
Speaker 2: dandelions are coming up again and saying, okay, let's do something.
Speaker 2: So I you know, I think we're going to get
Speaker 2: through these these We will get through this period.
Speaker 5: Yes, Madame President, Distinguished Representative of Council Members, allow me
Speaker 5: to begin by expressing my joy to see in a
Speaker 5: dear friend and a colleague preside over the work of
Speaker 5: the Security Council. Let me express my profound appreciation to
Speaker 5: members of this esteemed Council for their attention, support and guidance.
Speaker 5: I'm so delighted to see the distinguished representative of Iraq
Speaker 5: and Kuwait participate in today's session. Award of gratitude must
Speaker 5: be given to the Secretary General of the United Nations
Speaker 5: for his continued engagement in the Middle East, including his
Speaker 5: recent visit to Bardad for the Arab Senate. Madame President,
Speaker 5: Distinguished Representatives. Between my last report six months ago and now,
Speaker 5: so many things have happened in Iraq which I would
Speaker 5: not list here. However, with your permission, I would like
Speaker 5: to mention the most notable developments at the forefront, of
Speaker 5: which is iraq drive towards more stability, more prosperity and
Speaker 5: closer regional integration. My profound appreciation goes to the Government
Speaker 5: of Iraq for the humanitarian aid it has provided to
Speaker 5: the people of Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria, not to
Speaker 5: mention its support to the new peace initiative between Tekya
Speaker 5: and the Kurdestan Workers' Party, which, if implemented in good
Speaker 5: faith would bring peace, security and stability to the region
Speaker 5: at large, Madame President, Distinguished Representatives. Iraq is well on
Speaker 5: its way to another national parliamentary election set for eleventh
Speaker 5: November this year. Iraq's independent High Electoral Commission with Yunami
Speaker 5: technical support, are making notable progress in preparing for this election.
Speaker 5: Voter registration is set to conclude in the coming days
Speaker 5: and nearly three quarters of total voters have completed biometric
Speaker 5: registration so far. Yes, there are challenges, including logistical concerns,
Speaker 5: but i HECK is committed to doing its best towards
Speaker 5: a free, fair and transparent election with the participation of
Speaker 5: all Iraqis without fear and intimidation. In Army will spare
Speaker 5: no effort in providing the most professional technical support towards
Speaker 5: this end, including efforts to promote the widest participation of women,
Speaker 5: youth and minorities. Meanwhile, six months after the successful parliamentary
Speaker 5: election in Kurdistan Region of Iraq last October, the formation
Speaker 5: of a regional government is still bending. Needless to say,
Speaker 5: a spirit of compromise focusing on shared objectives rather than
Speaker 5: partisan partisan division is the key to overcome this protracted impasse.
Speaker 5: There is no doubt in my mind that the concerned
Speaker 5: parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will be able
Speaker 5: to form a competent government that will serve the interest
Speaker 5: of the people of Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Iraq
Speaker 5: at large. Here I would further like to emphasize that
Speaker 5: the Bardad Rebealed relationship is a partnership that necessitates ongoing
Speaker 5: dialog and collaboration grounded in the Constitution of Iraq to
Speaker 5: effectively address and resolve any outstanding issues between the two sides.
Speaker 5: And then President distinguished colleagues. More than eight hundred Iraqis
Speaker 5: return ten days ago from Al Hul Camp in Northeast
Speaker 5: Syria to Al Amal Center in Iraq, showing the governments
Speaker 5: of Iraq's commitment to accelerating the return process of its
Speaker 5: citizens with the supports of the United Nations. It is
Speaker 5: nevertheless essential that adequate resources are invested in supporting a
Speaker 5: dignified reintegration of returning families and in ensuring affair judicial
Speaker 5: process for the detainees who are being repatriated. And while
Speaker 5: Iraq continues to make important strides in addressing returns from
Speaker 5: Northeast Syria, the situation of Iraq's internally displaced persons continue
Speaker 5: to demand urgent to attention. Hundreds of thousands individuals remain
Speaker 5: displaced in Iraq, including one hundred thousand primarily the Yazidis
Speaker 5: from Sanjar, who live in id camps and informal settlements
Speaker 5: throughout Iraq under precarious conditions. Yes, the government of iraq
Speaker 5: recent recognition of Yazid's land rights with over one thousand,
Speaker 5: three hundred ownership letders and nearly one hundred titles deeds
Speaker 5: distributed this year was a significant manstone. The Iraqi government
Speaker 5: has also been proactive in offering compensation to Yazid survivors
Speaker 5: and other minorities. However, creating sustainable conditions for the returns
Speaker 5: require more coherent political, administrative, and security measures. In addition
Speaker 5: to significant investment in job creation and local services. The
Speaker 5: Government of Iraq needs to accelerate the adoption of a
Speaker 5: comprehensive national plan for durable solution. The return process cannot
Speaker 5: just be physical radiocation. It needs to be a meaningful
Speaker 5: process that rebuilds life, lives, livelihoods and hope for the future.
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Speaker 5: President distinguished representative. Commitments to human rights is at the
Speaker 5: is at the heart of iraq stability and development. In January,
Speaker 5: Iraq was reviewed by the Human Rights Council under the
Speaker 5: Universal Periodic Review, a process designed to support and expand
Speaker 5: the promotion and protection of human rights in in every country.
Speaker 5: A total of two hundred sixty three recommendations are currently
Speaker 5: being considered by Iraq for adoption at the next session
Speaker 5: of Human Rights Council. Progress is also being made on
Speaker 5: a draft law on minority rights and towards the adoption
Speaker 5: of a national strategy to counter hate speeches. The United
Speaker 5: Nations is ready to continue supporting these and other human
Speaker 5: rights initiatives and engage with the government of Iraq, our
Speaker 5: partner and the partner to the Inn Nations, and exploring
Speaker 5: options for continuing such support after Yunami's departure. I'll speak
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Speaker 5: the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals, I
Speaker 5: welcome the increase in field missions and the use of
Speaker 5: advanced technologies to identify national burial sites. However, there is
Speaker 5: a need to redouble these efforts, strengthen cooperation and coordination,
Speaker 5: including in the search of witnesses towards finding the remains
Speaker 5: of three hundred Kuwaiti missing persons and provide long overdue
Speaker 5: answer to their families. I also rhiterate the importance to
Speaker 5: expedite the search to locate and return missing property, including
Speaker 5: the national archives of Kuwait, especially after the recent welcome
Speaker 5: decision to reactivate the Iraq Kuwait Joint Committee on Missing
Speaker 5: Kuwaiti Property. One other outstanding issues between Iraq and Kuwait,
Speaker 5: the resumption of meetings of the Iraq Kuwait Joint Technical
Speaker 5: and Legal Committees concerned with the delimitation of the maritime
Speaker 5: border beyond Marker one sixty two is a welcome development.
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Speaker 5: Distinguished Representatives. With just over six months remaining before Unami's
Speaker 5: mandate ends, I would like to assure members of the
Speaker 5: Council that the Mission continues to pursue a structured transition
Speaker 5: according to schedule and in close cooperation with the Government
Speaker 5: of Iraq, whom I would like to warmly thank for
Speaker 5: their help assistance and coordination. I would also like to
Speaker 5: report to the Esteem Council that we have closed Unami
Speaker 5: offices in Musil, al Ma, Moosel, Belal Arabia and Karkuk,
Speaker 5: and we are gradually reducing our staff in levels, seeking
Speaker 5: to balance the mission draw downs with our continuing, continuing
Speaker 5: mandated task. And this, as you are aware, in a
Speaker 5: context of serious financial constraints impacting the United Nations as
Speaker 5: a whole. I wish to reiterate my confidence in the
Speaker 5: resilience of the Iraqi people and the determination of their leaders.
Speaker 5: Iraq is a nation of profound history, strength, potential and pride.
Speaker 5: By working together, Iraqis can continue to make meaningful strikes
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Speaker 8: All right, good afternoon everyone. The Secretary General delivered remarks
Speaker 8: this morning at the opening of the UN Ocean Conference
Speaker 8: in Nice, which is co hosted by France and Costa Rica.
Speaker 8: In his remarks, the Secretary General said that although the
Speaker 8: sea that has sustained life from millennia, we are Although
Speaker 8: the sea has sustained life for millennia, we are failing
Speaker 8: to protect the ocean thanks to overfishing, plastic pollution and
Speaker 8: rising temperatures. He urged all countries that have not yet
Speaker 8: ratified the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond
Speaker 8: national jurisdiction to do so. He also issued a strong
Speaker 8: call to all countries to agree on an ambitious and
Speaker 8: legally binding treaty on plastic pollution this year. Underscoring his
Speaker 8: support for the work of the International Seabed Authority, the
Speaker 8: Secretary General said the deep sea cannot become the wild West.
Speaker 8: Mister Kuteresch urged member states to advance progress on Sustainable
Speaker 8: Development Goal fourteen, which is unfortunately one of the least
Speaker 8: funded SDGs. He encouraged the conference participants to be bold
Speaker 8: in all their efforts, saying the ocean of our ancestors,
Speaker 8: teeming with life and diversity, can be more than legend,
Speaker 8: It can be our legacy. In the afternoon, the Secretary
Speaker 8: General spoke at the Africa for the Ocean event co
Speaker 8: hosted by Morocco and France. In his remarks, the Secretary
Speaker 8: General said that with over thirty thousand kilometers of coastline
Speaker 8: and thirty eight coastal states, Africa is a maritime powerhouse.
Speaker 8: Its futures also written in the water, as, he said,
Speaker 8: adding that this blue wealth is too often undervalued and overexploited.
Speaker 8: He said that investments of too often bypassed Africa, even
Speaker 8: as its marine resources were exploited by others. Also this afternoon,
Speaker 8: the Secretary General had a productive meeting with civil society
Speaker 8: representatives from around the world active in ocean action. He
Speaker 8: highlighted the current paradox. Despite major breakthroughs such as the
Speaker 8: Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Agreement on Marine
Speaker 8: Biological Diversity of Areas beyond national jurisdiction, the crisis facing
Speaker 8: the oceans is worsening. The Secretary General noted similar dynamics
Speaker 8: and climate action while renewable energy is expanding rapidly, emissions
Speaker 8: continue to rise. The ocean climate connection, he warned, is deteriorating,
Speaker 8: marked by rising temperatures, accelerating sea level rise, glacier melt,
Speaker 8: coral bleaching, and growing plastic pollution. He also pointed to
Speaker 8: the threat of mass displacement from vulnerable river deltas. He
Speaker 8: emphasized the importance of civil society perspectives, momentum and insights
Speaker 8: to accelerate progress and increase global attention on ocean climate
Speaker 8: and biodiversity action. On the sidelines of the conference, the
Speaker 8: Secretary General held a number of bilateral meetings. We shared
Speaker 8: the readouts of those meetings with you. Turning to the
Speaker 8: worsening emergency in Gaza, the Office for the Coordination of
Speaker 8: Humanitarian Affairs says that the crisis has reached unprecedented levels
Speaker 8: of despair as people continue to go hungry across Gaza.
Speaker 8: Many are forced to risk their lives in search of food,
Speaker 8: as we receive more reports of people being killed and
Speaker 8: injured near non un distribution sites. According to the International
Speaker 8: Committee of the Red Cross, just this morning, twenty nine
Speaker 8: casualties arrived at the ICRC Field Hospital in West Ruffa,
Speaker 8: eight of whom were dead. Almost all had explosive trauma wounds,
Speaker 8: with two others admitted with gunshot wounds. The UN REID
Speaker 8: rates that civilians must always be protected. No person anywhere
Speaker 8: should be forced to choose between risking one's life and
Speaker 8: feeding one's family. Fuel stocks in Gaza are critically low,
Speaker 8: putting further strain on critical services and humanitarian operations. Over
Speaker 8: the weekend, some two hundred and sixty thousand liters of
Speaker 8: fuel were looted in northern Gaza. Prior to this, the
Speaker 8: UN had repeatedly attempted to reach these stocks to retrieve them,
Speaker 8: but these attempts were denied by Israeli authorities. Since the
Speaker 8: fifteenth of May, the missions to retrieve this fuel were
Speaker 8: denied by Disraeli authorities fourteen times. Our attempts to reach
Speaker 8: fuel supplies in Ruffa and the south of Gaza also
Speaker 8: continue to be denied. The UN warrants that unless a
Speaker 8: solution is found in the coming days, the entire aid
Speaker 8: operation could come to a standstill. Since the Israeli authorities
Speaker 8: allowed limited amounts of aid to enter Gaza on nineteenth
Speaker 8: of May, the UN and our partners have only been
Speaker 8: able to collect about four thousand, six hundred metric tons
Speaker 8: of wheat flour from the Karrem Shalom crossing. Most of
Speaker 8: it was taken by desperate, starving people before the supplies
Speaker 8: reached their destinations. In some cases, the supplies were looted
Speaker 8: by armed gangs. We reiterate that Israel, as the occupying power,
Speaker 8: bears responsibility with regards to public order and safety in Gaza.
Speaker 8: That should include letting in far more essential supplies through
Speaker 8: multiple crossings and routes to meet humanitarian needs and help
Speaker 8: reduce looting. Our partners working on food security in Gaza
Speaker 8: estimate that between eight thousand and ten thousand metric tons
Speaker 8: of wheat flour is required to reach all families across
Speaker 8: the strip with at least a single bag of flour
Speaker 8: to ease the pressure on markets and reduce the saspiration
Speaker 8: alongside other diverse food supplies. Beyond this, the sustained and
Speaker 8: unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza must resume as soon
Speaker 8: as possible. Over the weekend, there were no missions to
Speaker 8: collect supplies from the Cream Shalom crossing. The Israeli authorities
Speaker 8: informed us that the crossing would remain closed on Friday
Speaker 8: and Saturday. We also continue to face major impediments that
Speaker 8: hamper our ability to conduct these operations. These impediments include
Speaker 8: unacceptably dangerous routes, a severe shortage of vetted drivers, and delays,
Speaker 8: with our teams having to wait often for hours for
Speaker 8: military activities to pause. Today, the UN is leading a
Speaker 8: mission to deliver supplies that entered via Krem Shalom to
Speaker 8: Gaza City. That movement is still ongoing, so we won't
Speaker 8: have more to share before tomorrow. Meanwhile, in the West Bank,
Speaker 8: operations by the Israeli forces in the north have continued
Speaker 8: over the past week, destroying roads and disrupting Palestinian's access
Speaker 8: to central services. Dun and our Humaniteian partners continued to respond,
Speaker 8: including by providing water, sanitation and hygiene assistance to tens
Speaker 8: of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the northern West Bank.
Speaker 8: Turning to Lebanon, the Office for the Coronation of Humanchean
Speaker 8: Affairs remains gravely concerned by the humanitarian impact of ongoing
Speaker 8: military activities on civilians, including at the wake of Israel's
Speaker 8: air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs late last Thursday, just
Speaker 8: ahead of Idealaza. Additional strikes were recorded in the southern
Speaker 8: village of Ainicana that same night. Thousands of residents from
Speaker 8: the densely populated neighborhoods targeted by the Israeli air strikes
Speaker 8: on June fifth fled their homes following displacement orders. This
Speaker 8: marks the fourth such strike on Beirut Since the cessation
Speaker 8: of hostilities came into effect in November twenty twenty four.
Speaker 8: Civilians in Lebanon continued to be affected by Israeli military operations,
Speaker 8: exacerbating protection concerns, impeding the safe return of displaced people,
Speaker 8: hindering humanitarian access, and further driving needs along the Blue Line.
Speaker 8: Hostilities of prison on a near daily basis, including artillery, shelling, demolitions,
Speaker 8: and air strikes, particularly in areas where the Israeli Army
Speaker 8: maintains a military presence and has erected physical barricades and
Speaker 8: warning signage. Preliminary official estimates by the Beirut Area Reconstruction
Speaker 8: Committee indicate extensive damage from the airstrikes, including to a
Speaker 8: school for people with disabilities. Nine residential buildings were completely destroyed,
Speaker 8: while more than seventy sustained partial damage. Some one hundred
Speaker 8: and fifteen housing units were destroyed, reportedly resulting in the
Speaker 8: displacement of about three hundred families who have been hosted
Speaker 8: by relatives. Continued military operations by Israel in Lebanon remain
Speaker 8: a driver of humanitarian needs, particularly in the south. According
Speaker 8: to the International Organization for Migration, more than eighty two
Speaker 8: thousand people remained displaced across the country, while over nine
Speaker 8: hundred and eighty one thousand people have returned to their
Speaker 8: communities of origin. This morning, the head of our Office
Speaker 8: for Central Africa, Yunoka Abdu Abari, spoke by video conference
Speaker 8: to the Security Council. He first highlighted progress accomplished in
Speaker 8: the past months, including in Chad, which concluded its political
Speaker 8: transition and in Gabon where progress towards full restoration of
Speaker 8: the constitutional order was achieved. But against this backdrop, he
Speaker 8: also highlighted the impact of budgetary constraints on humanitarian operations,
Speaker 8: notably in Chad, with the twenty twenty five Humanitarian Response
Speaker 8: Plan is currently funded at only nine point three percent,
Speaker 8: compared with nineteen point five percent at the same time
Speaker 8: last year. Turning to the work of his office, mister
Speaker 8: Abari said the current financial situation is impacting his office
Speaker 8: and forcing him and his team to rethink their plans
Speaker 8: and working methods in a context where several electoral processes
Speaker 8: are planned in the region this year and in twenty
Speaker 8: twenty six, Mister Abarri said the countries of the region
Speaker 8: are resolutely committed to the principles and values of the
Speaker 8: United Nations as well as to the Pact for the Future.
Speaker 8: He called on Security Council member for their continued support,
Speaker 8: particularly at this critical time and turning to Northeast Nigeria,
Speaker 8: Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has released six million dollars
Speaker 8: from the Central Emergency Response Fund or SERF to respond
Speaker 8: to the worst malnutrition crisis to hit the region in
Speaker 8: five years. Mister Fletcher stress that we need to get
Speaker 8: food to those in ursient need and get systems in
Speaker 8: place to reduce the risk of future crises. Our colleagues
Speaker 8: from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitaing Affairs are
Speaker 8: deeply concerned about the impact of escalating food insecurity in Borno,
Speaker 8: Ademawa and Yobe states in the northeast of the country.
Speaker 8: During the lean season between June and August this year,
Speaker 8: one million children under five in these areas are at
Speaker 8: risk of severe acute malnutrition. That's double last year's figure
Speaker 8: and the highest number in at least five years. The
Speaker 8: new funding from SERF will help partners meet the most
Speaker 8: urgent nutrition and health needs of vulnerable people in Northeast Nigeria,
Speaker 8: particularly women and children. Our humanitarian colleagues note that it
Speaker 8: comes at a critical time, as brutal funding cuts by
Speaker 8: key donors disrupt humanitarian response efforts in Borno, Adamawa, and
Speaker 8: Yoba states. These cuts mean humanitarians no longer have the
Speaker 8: capacity to prevent a further worsening of the situation. Just
Speaker 8: over a month ago, the UN and the Government of
Speaker 8: Nigeria launched a plan for the lean season that seeks
Speaker 8: one hundred and sixty million dollars for two million people
Speaker 8: with life saving assistance. That's it for me. Do we
Speaker 8: have any questions, yes, Deji.
Speaker 9: Actually several questions. Last before last weekend, it's been reported
Speaker 9: by New York Times and multiple outsource that Israeli Prime
Speaker 9: Minister Nitan Yahoo said Israel is arming the opposition in
Speaker 9: Gaza against Hamas. Would that solve the problem of the
Speaker 9: situation in Gaza? To give more guns in.
Speaker 8: There It's clear that what Gaza needs leased is more
Speaker 8: our ammunition. What we need, and we've said this over
Speaker 8: and over again, is a lasting ceasefire, the release of
Speaker 8: all hostages and unimpeded humanitarian assistance. Having more guns, having
Speaker 8: more armed parties increases the risk to the population.
Speaker 9: And follow up another question, Greg Thumberg and the ship,
Speaker 9: the charity ship has been detained by Israeli authority. I
Speaker 9: don't know what's the position of the securucior general on
Speaker 9: this incident.
Speaker 8: Well, you're aware that prior to the flotilla traveling into
Speaker 8: the area, our main concern was about the safety of
Speaker 8: those on board the ship. As far as we're aware,
Speaker 8: the people on board the Madeline appeared to have been
Speaker 8: unharmed and we hope that that continues. Obviously, we'll continue
Speaker 8: to monitor this situation. Yes, Adler.
Speaker 4: For HUNDA. Reports circulating in Israeli media that the US
Speaker 4: is thinking of pulling its support from UNIFOL. Have you
Speaker 4: heard anything, Does n have any comment, Well.
Speaker 8: We haven't actually heard anything about this. I mean, we're
Speaker 8: aware of the media reports, but as you know, the
Speaker 8: mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, and indeed
Speaker 8: of all un missions is in the hands of the
Speaker 8: Security Council, and we'll leave it to the members of
Speaker 8: the Security Council to determine the future of the mission. Obviously,
Speaker 8: the work that UNIFIL has done since the nineteen seventies
Speaker 8: speaks for itself, has been a very crucial component to
Speaker 8: the safety and the stability of southern Lebanon. You saw
Speaker 8: from the note I just read that in fact, the
Speaker 8: unrest and activity across the Blue Line continues even now,
Speaker 8: so the situation has not returned to a position of stability.
Speaker 8: But having said that, the current mandate goes till the
Speaker 8: end of August, and we'll have to see what discussions
Speaker 8: the Security Council has. Yes, please, based on.
Speaker 10: Just a follow up on the flotilla, So Honesty International
Speaker 10: has described the interception of the flotilla as illegal and
Speaker 10: that the Israel has basically flaunted ic j rulings by
Speaker 10: intercepting it and also its obligations as the occupying power.
Speaker 10: Is this a position that the UN shares well.
Speaker 8: I just talked about what Israel's position as an occupying
Speaker 8: power entails. I mean to reiterate, it's it's very clear
Speaker 8: that it bears responsibility for the safety of the population.
Speaker 8: It bears responsibility to making sure that essential supplies get
Speaker 8: in to meet you manage an AID and so we
Speaker 8: will hold them to that. Above and beyond that. What
Speaker 8: we have made clear and the Secretary General has said
Speaker 8: this repeatedly, is that humanitarian aid must be able to
Speaker 8: enter Gaza swiftly and its scale to reach all people
Speaker 8: in need, wherever they are in the strip. That is
Speaker 8: something that the activists on the Madeline we're also talking about,
Speaker 8: and this is something that deserves to be at the
Speaker 8: forefront of international attention. There's two million people and we've
Speaker 8: said that the entire population of Gaza is at risk
Speaker 8: of hunger. That's an overwhelming amount of humanitarian need and
Speaker 8: we need to have this dealt with as soon as possible.
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