WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:22.559 Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio. Welcome to 2 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:28.879 Policy and Rights, the show about welcoming policy and human rights. 3 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:58.600 Welcome back to Policy and right here in Depictions Media Radio, 4 00:00:58.640 --> 00:00:59.960 I'm your host, Michael Clogs. 5 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:02.600 Well, the. 6 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:09.840 You in General Assembly meetings and debates have have started 7 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:15.879 and there's a lot of on the agenda to discuss, 8 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:24.239 but let's focus on uh something else right now. Of course, 9 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:28.959 in the United States, Donald Trump is still making statements 10 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:36.000 uh to rattle uh Kamela Harris's cage and and hopes 11 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:43.200 that that her campaign will fail. And of course I 12 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:48.000 like there is still the a reasonable amount of mudslinging 13 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:56.959 coming from Camela how Harris's campaign. One thing it needs 14 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:03.799 to be said, though, we have a more visible track 15 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:08.120 record of the really good things that Ms Harris has 16 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:13.199 done for the United States, whereas with Donald Trump when 17 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.240 he was in the president's seat the last time, he 18 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:21.759 pulled the United States out of a lot of global things. 19 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:30.719 And it's not a I'm not gonna say it's a 20 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:32.560 good thing or a bad thing, but it's a different 21 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:39.479 thing to uh. To remember that the United States started 22 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:50.560 withdrawing from global programs, in global initiatives, if if if 23 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:54.439 you think that that's a good thing, then it's a 24 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:57.759 good thing. If you think it's a bad thing, I 25 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:01.000 personally don't think it is a wise thing to for 26 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:07.159 any particular country at this particular point in time to 27 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:11.759 consider pulling away from global initiatives. Matter of fact, you 28 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:14.639 should be trying, probably trying to join in as many 29 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:18.560 as possible with everything that is actually going on. The 30 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:23.080 more connected to your country could be, the better off 31 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:30.280 your citizens might actually be. So just something to consider 32 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:34.360 as we draw it closer to the vote that is 33 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:42.800 happening in November in British Columbia. You've probably heard listen 34 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.599 to a couple other episodes that were in British Columbia 35 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:54.599 that there did while the political campaign is ramping up 36 00:03:54.639 --> 00:04:00.560 for the new premiere of and government set up for 37 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:06.199 British Columbia. As David eb is defending his seat along 38 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:14.400 with his fellow NDP party members, that one of the 39 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:21.879 hot topic buttons is sexual orientation and gender identity or 40 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:30.560 otherwise known as SOGI. Well, there's a lot of controversy 41 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.199 going on around a lot of misinformation. But what I'm 42 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:38.319 going to do is I'm going to invite everybody who 43 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:43.000 hears this to simply go to the British Columbia website 44 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:48.319 and search up Soji yourself, and what you're going to 45 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:54.360 find is that it is a list of explanations to 46 00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:00.480 policy that leads to anti bullying. In other words, that 47 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.800 they're trying to prevent people from being bullied because they 48 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:08.560 identify a certain way or to have a certain sexual orientation. 49 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:16.000 That it is a list of things from workers to 50 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:23.160 teachers to students, they're all in the system of appropriate 51 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:28.199 ways of addressing each other so that everyone feels warm 52 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:34.759 and welcome, whatever their gender identity is or their sexual orientation, 53 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:39.800 which isn't necessarily a bad thing. There is really no 54 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:45.560 mention of any particular type of curriculum being taught in 55 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:54.759 the schools. There is no mention of trying to convert 56 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:01.279 students into animals that has been such tested by certain people, 57 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:06.680 And it is kind of a neutral stance. To those 58 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:08.560 who are on the opposite side of the coin, you 59 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.279 want to see the government take more of a stance 60 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:16.879 and force more things on to people. That it is 61 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:21.000 a neutral stance that we should all be respectful of 62 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:28.160 each other and treat each other with some semblance of respect, 63 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.120 not necessarily a bad thing. A matter of fact, I 64 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.959 would say that that's a good thing. So before you 65 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:44.279 jump on either bandwagon about SOGI, if you're in British Columbia, 66 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:49.600 check out the website and see what the government is 67 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.120 actually saying and not what the rhetoric is that is 68 00:06:53.160 --> 00:07:00.199 being spread around. Now, with that being said, that the 69 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:06.680 politicians themselves should not allow this topic to become politicized 70 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:12.879 because when we start politicizing things that when we'll missed miraculously, 71 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:22.600 we start losing freedoms. That policies are created where we 72 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:30.279 don't need policies, and government officials appear where they weren't before, 73 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:36.600 limiting what we might be able to say or do. Okay, 74 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:45.319 so let's move to the Middle East, because we are 75 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:53.399 getting reports from mass media resources saying that they hes 76 00:07:53.480 --> 00:08:00.600 beloved the and is Israel could be ramping up towards 77 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:07.680 a full scale war, that they've been firing periodic rockets. 78 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:15.639 We've heard about the Patriot incident where the IDF managed 79 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.639 to be able to distribute a number of devices that 80 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:27.720 actually had some sort of explosive effect, and it is 81 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:35.000 report they're reporting that tensions are mounting. So it's one 82 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:42.440 of the hot button things in in our world right 83 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:47.519 now that we could be looking at more and more conflict, 84 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:53.240 and it's something that we don't need, and it is 85 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:58.399 something that of course is being addressed in the United 86 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:04.559 Nations General Assembly as their meeting and debating things right now. 87 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:11.399 And of course also I don't like putting it this way, 88 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:18.120 but the Palestinian question, because the people of Palestine do 89 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:21.919 deserve to have a safe place that they can call home, 90 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:27.159 and that maybe the United Nations at the end of 91 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:34.399 World War two might have made a mistake and shuffling 92 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:38.919 a number of Palestinians out so that it could be 93 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:49.600 resettled by into a new state called Israel. So a 94 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:55.200 lot is happening in our world, a lot that some 95 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.879 of it's going to be eventually coming to vote, depending 96 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:04.039 on where you are in the world. And that is 97 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:08.000 the bottom line. If we want to see change, we 98 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:13.519 have to get the people who are representing us in 99 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:21.840 different offices and in different organizations to learn to come 100 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:29.039 to a table and negotiate as opposed to firing weapons 101 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:36.039 at each other. That when weapons are fired at from 102 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:44.240 soldier to soldier, combatant to combatant, that they are aimed 103 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:54.879 appropriately at combatant to combatant, and not aimed at civilians, 104 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:59.360 aimed at those people who are not part of the 105 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:04.879 political system and they're just trying to build a home 106 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:21.679 and a community. There is a we should we need 107 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:25.559 to actually put people in office that want to stop 108 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:30.720 the hatred so that we could promote a better life 109 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:39.399 for human beings overall. So let's listen to some of 110 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:44.080 the recordings and debates that we have from the you 111 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:50.960 in General Assembly. As a debate in the u n 112 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.679 GA seventy. 113 00:11:53.360 --> 00:12:05.000 Nine seventh Plaiary Meeting of the General Assembly is called 114 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:21.879 to order, non moving, Okay. Before proceeding to the general debate, 115 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:27.000 the General Assembly will hear an introduction by the Sector 116 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:32.120 General of his annual Report on the work of the Organization, 117 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:40.240 issued as Document A SLY seventy nine slash one under 118 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:46.639 Agenda Item one hundred and eleven, in accordance with Resolution 119 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:52.519 fifty one SLY two forty one, I now give the 120 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.519 floor to the Sector General of the United Nations, his 121 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.480 Excellency Antonio Guitarist. 122 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:17.399 Mister President of the General Assembly. 123 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:25.679 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, our world is in a whirlwind. 124 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:32.000 We are in an era of epic transformation, facing challenges 125 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:38.639 unlike any we have ever seen, challenges that demand global solutions. 126 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:48.320 Yet geopolitical divisions keep deepening, the planet keeps hitting, wars 127 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:53.240 rage with no clue how they will end, and nuclear 128 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.720 posturing and new. 129 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.759 Weapons cast a dark shadow. 130 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:02.360 We are edging towards the animal imaginable, a power keg 131 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:09.240 that risks engulfing the world. Meanwhile, twenty twenty four is 132 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.519 the year that alpha humanity goes to the polls, and 133 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:19.919 alpha humanity will be affected. I stand before you in 134 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.600 these weirre winds, convinced of two overriving truth. First, the 135 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:30.320 state of our world is unsustainable. We can't go on 136 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:36.919 like these. And second, the challenges we face are solvable. 137 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:42.360 But that requires us to make sure the mechanisms of 138 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:48.840 international problem solving actually solve problems. The Summit of the 139 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.960 Future was a first step, but we have a long 140 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:58.080 way to go, and getting there requires confronting three major 141 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:05.679 drivers of unsustainability. A world of impunity, where violations and 142 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:10.720 abuses threatened the very foundation of international law and event Charter. 143 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:17.799 A world of inequality, where injustices and grievances threatened to 144 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:22.840 undermine countries or even push them over the edge and 145 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:27.320 the world of uncertainty, where and managed global risks threaten 146 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:35.039 our future in unknowable ways. These worlds of impunity, inequality, 147 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:39.559 and uncertainty are connected and colliming. 148 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:41.919 Excellencies. 149 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:49.000 The level of impunity in the world is politically indefensible. 150 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:50.639 And morally intolerable. 151 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:59.480 Today, a growing number of governments and others feel in 152 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:03.960 tight to get out of jail free cards. They can 153 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:11.159 trample international law. They can violate United Nations Charter. They 154 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:15.399 can turn a blind eye to international human rights conventions 155 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.799 or the decisions of international courts. They can thumb their 156 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:24.720 nose at international humanitarian law. They can invade another country, 157 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:30.440 lay waste to whole societies, or utterly disregard the welfare 158 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.679 of their own. 159 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.480 People, and nothing will happen. 160 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:40.159 We see this age of impunity everywhere in the Middle East, 161 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.159 in the heart of Europe, in the horror of Africa, 162 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:48.200 and beyond. The war in Ukraine is spreading with no 163 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:53.360 signs of letting up. Civilians are paying the price in 164 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:59.200 raising deathtalls and shattered lives and communities. It is time 165 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.320 for a just This is based on the END Charter, 166 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:09.480 on international law and on U end resolutions Meanwhile, Gaza 167 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:13.880 is a NonStop nightmare that threatens to take the entire 168 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:18.160 region with it. Look no further than Lebanon. We should 169 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:23.400 all be alarmed by the escalation. Lebanon is at the brink. 170 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:27.279 The people of Lebanon, the people of Israel, and the 171 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:33.400 people of the world cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza. 172 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:38.880 Let's be clear, Nahing can justify the abhorrent acts of 173 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:42.720 terror committed by a mass or October seventh, or the 174 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:47.279 taking of hostages, both of which I have repeatedly condemned, 175 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:54.680 and NASI can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. 176 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:12.000 The speed and scale of the speed and scale of 177 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:17.519 the killing and destruction in Gaza are unlike anything in 178 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:22.119 my years as Secretary General. More than two hundreds of 179 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:26.920 our own staff have been killed, many with their families, 180 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.480 and yet the women and men of United Nations continue 181 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:36.240 to deliver humanitarian aid. And I know you join me 182 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.960 in paying a special tribute to NUA and to all 183 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:57.279 humanitarians in Gaza. The international community must mobilize for an 184 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:01.920 immediate ceasefire, the immediate and then conditional reas of hostages, 185 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:07.160 and the beginning of an irreversible process towards a two 186 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:12.359 state solution. For those who go on and they're mining 187 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:17.759 that goal with more settlements, more land, grabs more incitement, 188 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:23.039 I ask what is the alternative? How could the world 189 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:28.799 accept a wed state in which a large number of 190 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:35.519 Palestinians would be included without any freedom, any rights or dignity. 191 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:42.160 In Sudan, a brutal power struggle as a leish hoorific violence, 192 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:48.960 including widespread rape and sexual assaults. A humanitarian catastrophe is 193 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:55.559 unfolding as famine spreads, yet outside powers continue to interfere 194 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.880 with no unified approach to finding peace in the Sahelle. 195 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:06.319 The dramatic and rapid expansion of the terrorist threats requires 196 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:11.440 a joint approach rooted in solidarity, but regional and international 197 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:17.240 cooperation have broken down. From Jenmar to the Democratic Republic 198 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:19.920 of the Congo to eighty two YM and and beyond, 199 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:24.279 we continue to see appalling levels of violence and human 200 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:31.480 suffering in the face of a chronic failure to find solutions. Meanwhile, 201 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:35.640 our peacekeeping missions are too often operating in areas where 202 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.720 simply there is no peace to keep. 203 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.000 Instability in many. 204 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:45.000 Places around the world is a by product of instability 205 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:51.279 in power relations and geopolitical divides. For all its sperials, 206 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:56.480 the Cold War and rules, there were hot lines, red 207 00:20:56.519 --> 00:21:01.119 lines and guard rails. It can feels though we don't 208 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:05.160 have that today, and nor do we have a unipolar world. 209 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.559 We are moving to a multi polar world, but we 210 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:12.279 are not yet there yet. We are in a purgatory 211 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:16.920 of polarity. And in this purgatory, more and more countries 212 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:22.039 are filling the spaces of geopolitical divides, doing whatever they 213 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:27.119 want with no accountability. That is why it is more 214 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:32.119 important than ever to reaffirm the Charter, to respect international law, 215 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:37.160 to support and implement decisions of international courts, and to 216 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:43.319 reinforce human rights in the world anywhere and everywhere. 217 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:57.440 Excellences, ladies and gentlemen, Rising and equalities are a second 218 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:02.920 driver of unsustainability and a stain on our collective conscience. 219 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:10.240 Inequality is not a technical or bureaucratic issue. At its heart, 220 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:15.480 inequality is a question of power with historic roots. Conflict, 221 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:21.200 climate upheaval, and the cost of living crisis are pushing 222 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:28.880 those routes even deeper. At the same time, the world 223 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:33.599 has not recovered from the surge in inequalities caused by 224 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:41.880 the pandemic of the world's poorest seventy five countries, one 225 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:46.720 third are worse off to day than they were five 226 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:52.880 years ago. During that same period, the five richest men 227 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:59.720 in the world have more than doubled their wealth, and 228 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:03.839 top one percent of people on earth own forty three 229 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:10.599 percent of all global financial assets. At the national level, 230 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:16.839 some governments are supercharging inequalities by doling out massive tax 231 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:21.599 giveaways to corporations and the ultra rich, while short changing 232 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:27.480 investments in health, education, and social protection. No one is 233 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:31.839 being more short changed than the world's women and girls excellencies. 234 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:39.319 Rampant gender based discrimination and abuse are the most prevalent 235 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:44.799 inequality across all societies. Every day it seems that we 236 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:50.079 are confronted by yet more sickening cases of femicide, gender 237 00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:54.440 based violence, and mass rape, both in peace time and 238 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:59.599 as a weapon of war. In some countries, laws are 239 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:04.000 being us use to threaten reproductive health and rights, and 240 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:08.200 in Afghanistan, laws are being used to lock in the 241 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:13.519 systematic oppression of women and girls. And I am sorry 242 00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:20.279 to observe that despite years of talk, gender inequality is 243 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:24.160 on full display. Please please forgive me, It's on full 244 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:29.240 display in this hall as well. Less than ten percent 245 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:35.039 of speakers during this week's General Debate are women. This 246 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:40.920 is unacceptable, especially when we know that gender equality delivers 247 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:46.160 for peace, sustainable development, climate action, and much more. 248 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.039 That is. 249 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:59.839 That is precisely why we took targeted measures to a 250 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:09.319 chief gender parity among the United Nations senior leadership. This 251 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:12.119 is a goal that we have already achieved. It's doable. 252 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:19.480 I call on male dominated political and economic establishments around 253 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:24.759 the world to do it as well. Excellencies, Global inequalities 254 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:29.960 are reflected and reinforced even in our own global institutions. 255 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:35.480 The United Nations Security Council was designed by the victors 256 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:40.200 of the Second World War. At the time, most of 257 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:46.160 the African continent was still under colonial domination. To this day, 258 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:50.880 Africa has no permanent seat on the world's pre eminent 259 00:25:51.200 --> 00:26:06.359 Council of Peace. This must change, so must the global 260 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:13.119 financial architecture set up eighty years ago. I commend the 261 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:16.559 leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund 262 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:21.640 for taking the important steps that they have, But, as 263 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:27.200 the Pact for the Future emphasizes, tackling inequalities requires accelerating 264 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:35.279 reform of the international financial architecture. Over the past eight decades, 265 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:41.000 the global economy has grown and transformed, the Breton Woods 266 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:46.319 institutions have not kept pace. They can no longer provide 267 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:53.000 a global safety net or offer developing countries the level 268 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:59.720 of support that they need. In the world's poorest countries, 269 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:04.960 the interest payments now costs more on average than investments 270 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:11.640 in education, health and infrastructure combined. And around the world, 271 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:16.960 more than eighty percent of Sustainable Development Goal targets are 272 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:24.839 off track. Excellencies, getting back on track requires a search 273 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:29.559 of financing for the twenty thirty Agenda and the Paris Agreement. 274 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:35.279 That means that G twenty countries need to lead on 275 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:41.200 an SDG stimulus of five hundred billion dollars a year. 276 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:47.319 It means reforms to substantially increase the lending capacity of 277 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:53.200 multilateral development banks and to enable them to massively scale 278 00:27:53.319 --> 00:28:01.960 up affordable long term climate and development finance, expanding contingency 279 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:08.519 financing through recycling of special drawing rights. And it means 280 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:16.160 promoting long term debt restructuring. Excellencies, I have no illusions 281 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:21.960 about the obstacles to reform of the multilateral system. Those 282 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:26.640 with political and economic power, or those who believe they 283 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:31.559 have that power are always reluctant to change, but the 284 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:37.079 status quo is already draining their power. Without reform, fragmentation 285 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:43.400 is inevitable, and global institutions will become less legitimate, less credible, 286 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.720 and less effective. 287 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:51.680 Excellencies, The surve driver of our unsustainable world is uncertainty. 288 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:54.680 The ground is shifting and that our feet. 289 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.519 Anxiety levels are off the charts, and the young people 290 00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:04.519 in particular are counting on us and seeking solutions. And 291 00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:09.519 certainty is compounded by two existential threats, the climate crisis 292 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:17.400 and the rapid advance of technology, in particular artificial intelligence. Excellencies. 293 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:25.039 We are in a climate meltdown. Extreme temperatures, raising fires, droughts, 294 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:30.839 and epic floods are not natural disasters. They are human disasters, 295 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.359 increasingly fueled. 296 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.400 By fossil fuels. 297 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:47.880 No country is spared, but the poorest and most vulnerable 298 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.839 are hardest itat. Climate hazards are blowing a hole through 299 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:56.519 the budgets of many African countries, costing up to five 300 00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.160 percent of GDP every year and these this. 301 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.160 Is just the start. 302 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:04.680 We are on course to care in past the global 303 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.839 limit of a one point five degree temperature rise. But 304 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:14.680 as the problem gets worse, solutions are getting better. Renewal 305 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:20.079 prices are plummeting, rollout is accelerating, and lives are being 306 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:27.119 transformed by affordable, accessible, clean energy. Renewables don't just generate power, 307 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:31.400 They generate jobs, wealth, energy security, and the pass out 308 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:36.559 of poverty for millions. But developing countries cannot be plundered 309 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:41.359 in that journey. Our Panel on Critical Minerals as recommended 310 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:45.920 fair and sustainable ways to meet global demand for these resources, 311 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:52.559 which are essential to the renewables revolution. Excellencies, a future 312 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:57.839 without fossil fuel is certain, a fair and fast. 313 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:02.359 Transition is not. That is in your hands. 314 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:07.559 By next year, every country must produce an ambitious new 315 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:13.119 national Climate Action Plan or national determined contributions, and these 316 00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:18.880 must bring national energy strategies, sustainable development priorities, and climate 317 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:23.960 ambitions together. They must align with one point five degree limits, 318 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:27.920 cover the whole economy, and contribute to every one of 319 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:33.200 the top twenty eight energy transition targets. An International Energy 320 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:39.559 Agency report released today breaks this down. By twenty thirty five, 321 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:45.599 on average, advanced economies must slash energy emissions eighty percent 322 00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:51.400 and the emerging markets sixty five percent. The G twenty 323 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:54.480 is responsible for eighty percent of total emissions. 324 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.319 They must lead the charge. 325 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:01.200 Keeping with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and 326 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:06.759 respective capabilities in the light of different national circumstances. But 327 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:12.039 these must be done with a joint effort, pulling resources, 328 00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:18.240 scientific capacities, and proven and affordable technology technologies for all 329 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:23.359 to be able to reach those targets. I'm honored to 330 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:27.160 be working closely with President Lula of Brazil with both 331 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:31.759 G twenty share and COP thirty hosts to secure maximum ambition, 332 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:34.160 acceleration and cooperation. 333 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.640 We just met. 334 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:41.400 For that purpose, finance is essential. COP twenty nine is 335 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:45.720 around the corner. It must deliver a significant new finance goal, 336 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.839 and we also need a loss and damage fund that 337 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:53.119 meets the scale of the challenge and developed countries meeting 338 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:58.480 their adaptation finance promises. And we must finally flip the 339 00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:03.640 script on a crazy situation. We continue to reward polluters 340 00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:07.960 to recall planet. The fossil ful industry continues to pocket 341 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:12.599 massive profits and subsidies, while everyday people bear the costs 342 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:18.079 of climate catastrophe, from rising insurance premiums to lost livelihoods. 343 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:21.960 I call on G twenty countries to shift money from 344 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:27.200 fossil ful subsidies and investments, to adjust energy transition to 345 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:30.720 put an effective price on carbon, and to implement new 346 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:35.799 and innovative sources of financing, including solidarity levels on fossil 347 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:42.519 ful extraction through legally binding, transparent mechanisms, all. 348 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.440 By next year. And this. 349 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:52.039 Taking into account that those who shoulder the blame must 350 00:33:52.079 --> 00:34:05.279 foot the bill, polluters must pay excellencies, The rapid rise 351 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:11.480 of new technologies poses another and predictable existential risk. Artificial 352 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:16.119 intelligence will change virtually everything we know, from work, education 353 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:20.840 and communication, to culture and politics. We know AI is 354 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:25.440 rapidly advancing, but where is it taking us to more 355 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:31.960 freedom or more conflict, to more sustainable worlds, or greater inequality? 356 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:37.679 To being better informed or easier to manipulate? And full 357 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:41.880 of companies and even individuals have already amassed the enormous 358 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:46.880 power over the development of AI, with little accountability or 359 00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:52.360 oversight for the moment. Without a global approach to its management, 360 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:57.480 artificial intelligence could lead to artificial divisions across the board, 361 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:02.599 a great fracture with two internets, two markets to economies, 362 00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:06.480 with every country forced to pick a scythe and enormous 363 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:11.760 consequences for all. The United Nations is the universal platform 364 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:16.760 for dialogue and consensus. It is uniquely placed to promote 365 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:20.800 cooperation and AI by place to promote cooperation and AI 366 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:24.840 based on the values of the Charter and international law, 367 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:29.599 or it does not happen, and I welcome important first steps. 368 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.559 Two resolutions in the General Assembly, the Global Digital Compact 369 00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:39.159 and the recommendations of dial Digital Compact and the recommendations 370 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:42.960 of that level body on AI can lay the foundations 371 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:47.840 for inclusive governance of AI. Let's move forward together to 372 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:54.400 make AI a force for goods. Excellencies, Nazi lasts forever, 373 00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:59.000 but the future of human life is that it appears otherwise. 374 00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:03.960 The current order always feels fixed until it is not. 375 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:10.480 Across human history, we see empires rising and falling. All 376 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:16.559 certainty is crumbling, tectonic shifts in global affairs. Today, our 377 00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:20.960 course is unsustainable. It is in all our interests to 378 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:26.039 manage the epic transformations under way, to choose the future 379 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.440 we want and. 380 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:29.320 To guide our world towards it. 381 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:34.880 Many have said that the divisions and differences today are 382 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:38.199 just too great that it is impossible for us to 383 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:43.159 come together for the common goods. You proved that is 384 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:47.400 not true. The Summit of the Future showed that with 385 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:51.679 a spirit of dialogue and compromise, we can join forces 386 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:56.000 to steer our world to a more sustainable pass. It 387 00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:59.639 is not the end, It is the start of a journey, 388 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:02.400 a compass in the whirlwinds. 389 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.519 Let's keep going. 390 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:09.480 Let's move our world towards less impunity and more accountability, 391 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:15.840 less inequality and more justice, less uncertainty and more opportunity. 392 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:19.119 The people of the world are looking to us, and 393 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:23.599 succeeding generations will look back on us. Let them find 394 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:27.000 us on the side of the United Nations Charter, on 395 00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:31.119 the side of our shared values and principles, and on 396 00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:33.159 the right side of history. 397 00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.320 And I think you. 398 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:54.360 They assembly with he an address by his Excellency, Reserve 399 00:37:54.480 --> 00:38:00.920 type Er Dogan, President of the Republic of Tokiye. I 400 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:05.960 request brought the court to caught his excellency and invite 401 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.320