Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio.
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Speaker 3: I'm your host, my clogs and well, a lot going
Speaker 3: on in the world. Not only should we talk a
Speaker 3: little bit about what happened in Minneapolis and how well
Speaker 3: the agents involved shooting. There is no going to be
Speaker 3: no criminal investigation, There is no going not going to
Speaker 3: be any since the world sense of the word accountability
Speaker 3: help for the agent Jonathan who shot Rene Good, that
Speaker 3: they are that there is a warning issued out there
Speaker 3: about this situation that is Good actually had got herself
Speaker 3: put into.
Speaker 2: It was a trap and it is something that.
Speaker 3: Agents are taught literally taught not to do this because
Speaker 3: it is a trap that ends in the killing of
Speaker 3: the person that they're just simply maybe trying to question
Speaker 3: or gain information from. Because of how the whole thing
Speaker 3: comes about that one the agents, how they how they
Speaker 3: approached a car with conflicting information, causing a conflict because
Speaker 3: because the the victim here, Renee, didn't know who to
Speaker 3: actually whose orders to actually follow, she was totally confused.
Speaker 3: So her thing, as we saw in the video was
Speaker 3: to leave. The best thing to do is to is
Speaker 3: to leave that situation and get to a different situation
Speaker 3: where there.
Speaker 2: May have been a little more.
Speaker 3: Cohesion, and she's where she could figure out what what
Speaker 3: is that they were that these agents were asking from her.
Speaker 3: So that step one is they cause confusion. One of
Speaker 3: them steps in front of the car and in in
Speaker 3: in order to give the the vehicle and the driver
Speaker 3: a direction in which to go to because you're going
Speaker 3: to try to evade hitting the agent. And with that
Speaker 3: that it is seen that the agent has now put
Speaker 3: himself is now being placed in danger and now he
Speaker 3: has to defend himself from from being harmed. Thus the
Speaker 3: shooting begins and the person that is caught in the
Speaker 3: middle in this case Renee Good, is now dead.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 3: Some other people are out there are saying that that
Speaker 3: I guess this is agency terminology for like the FBI
Speaker 3: or something that they say that they now unlive the
Speaker 3: person softened the blow of hey, they killed her, and
Speaker 3: it becomes what could could be seen as a went
Speaker 3: through this scenario, it can become a just justifiable shooting.
Speaker 3: But they the agents themselves, clearly cause the situation at hand.
Speaker 2: And leaving.
Speaker 3: Renee no play to go and in the end they
Speaker 3: shot her and it was all caught on tape and
Speaker 3: the video recordings out there show how he how he
Speaker 3: actually may maneuvered a classic These men maneuvered her in
Speaker 3: a classic way so that they could actually be able
Speaker 3: to shoot her. Because of the video itself, I think
Speaker 3: that there should be enough evidence to at least take
Speaker 3: the gun and badge away from from from this these
Speaker 3: agents and until a review can happen. But again, the
Speaker 3: agency themselves and the federal oversight is saying that there
Speaker 3: is no reason for them to do a review of
Speaker 3: the situation and they're just stamping it as justifiable. So
Speaker 3: what can we do as citizens? My suggestion would be
Speaker 3: to write to Congress and representatives and get those who
Speaker 3: are in control to force.
Speaker 2: The agency to do a.
Speaker 3: Review and while review, suspend these agents from being able
Speaker 3: to be on the street in any way, shape or form,
Speaker 3: and until the a investigation, giving them due process in
Speaker 3: it uh so that they so that justice can be
Speaker 3: found for Renee and her family. For all of those
Speaker 3: celebrities and Quaniti celebrities have jumped in and pitched into
Speaker 3: help Renee Goods loved ones. That is an unbelievable act
Speaker 3: of kindness that so many people are jumping in to
Speaker 3: try to help this family get over.
Speaker 2: When it has happened.
Speaker 3: This is a true tragedy, and this is something that
Speaker 3: is not actually supposed to happen in.
Speaker 2: America, but nonetheless it actually did happen in the United.
Speaker 4: States in a very prominent city of Minneapolis, and it
Speaker 4: happened and would would have been a suburban neighborhood.
Speaker 3: In class America. There it is that they shot and
Speaker 3: killed a woman after causing mass confusion around the whole
Speaker 3: situation of what they were even doing in the neighborhood.
Speaker 3: So let's move on and we're going to discuss or
Speaker 3: we're going to hear from.
Speaker 2: UH NATO as UH. Well, Croatia is.
Speaker 3: Is up on deck with with NATO and in the
Speaker 3: years that Croatia has actually been a part of NATO,
Speaker 3: that they have worked with NATO to strengthen their their
Speaker 3: military and it helped them do things so that two
Speaker 3: percent of their GDP could be spent on defense and.
Speaker 2: Arming their UH their military.
Speaker 3: With with weapons through NATO itself. Thus, NATO is, NATO
Speaker 3: and Croatia are stepping up to the plate and talking
Speaker 3: about Ukraine and how they want to help the Ukrainian
Speaker 3: people maintain their sovereignty and to stop this war that
Speaker 3: has been going on for a number of years now
Speaker 3: between Russia and Ukraine. Now there's some back history to
Speaker 3: this that if you know anything at all about the
Speaker 3: back history between Ukraine and Russia, there's always been some
Speaker 3: sort of tension and it's with the acceptment of the
Speaker 3: years of the Soviet Union, So the two countries have
Speaker 3: always been kind of at odds. But recent year events
Speaker 3: over the past few years, we have seen Vladimir Putin
Speaker 3: actually physically attack Ukraine and has marched troops across their
Speaker 3: borders in attempt to gain control of the country. So
Speaker 3: Croatia is stepping up through NATO wanting to help secure
Speaker 3: Ukraine so that they can the Ukrainian people can maintain
Speaker 3: their sovereignty. So we're gonna hear hear from a NATO
Speaker 3: press conference on exactly that and how NATO is is
Speaker 3: attempting to help the Ukrainian people get through this time
Speaker 3: of war. Then we're going to hear from the United
Speaker 3: Nations with the Unit Nations press update as they're talking
Speaker 3: about one again Ukraine and to they there's a number
Speaker 3: of other things that they're going to be talking about
Speaker 3: in highlighting a papers insight is security in twenty twenty five,
Speaker 3: particularly regarding meetings and other activities including missions to the
Speaker 3: field and agenda items and topics that they're going to
Speaker 3: be talking about. That some new tools that that the
Speaker 3: UN Security Council is put in place for those who
Speaker 3: want to actually know more about what the Security Council
Speaker 3: is actually doing to help us live in a better world.
Speaker 3: And I said, UH, A lot of the focus UH
Speaker 3: is of course going to be on Ukraine and coordination
Speaker 3: of humanitarian affairs. They said over the week UH weekend
Speaker 3: and the early hours of Monday, UH, several servilles were
Speaker 3: killed and injured in the capital Kiev, uh In, in
Speaker 3: the turn of Dundas and Kirsen Kiev Odessa. And this
Speaker 3: is according to the authorities. To health workers were reportedly
Speaker 3: injured when their ambulance came under attack while on a
Speaker 3: call to in a border community. The thing of this
Speaker 3: is is attacking an ambulance that that is a vehicle
Speaker 3: that is off limits for military strikes because they're offering
Speaker 3: assistance and humanitarian aid to whoever the injured are. It
Speaker 3: isn't simply that oh, we're only going to pick up
Speaker 3: Ukrainian people and leave the Russian people who are who
Speaker 3: are injured on the ground behind. They actually will pick
Speaker 3: up all of the injured ends. And the hospitals have
Speaker 3: a directive directive a directive. It is an international thing
Speaker 3: to try to save all lives. It doesn't matter that
Speaker 3: some of those lives may be those of the quote
Speaker 3: unquote enemy. That the directive is to protect all lives
Speaker 3: and to save all lives that that ambulance would have
Speaker 3: picked up. So to open fire on the ambulance is
Speaker 3: a definite no go you we we won't. We just
Speaker 3: can't allow that, and yet it happens. So finally, our
Speaker 3: last recording, we're well, this particular show is about human
Speaker 3: rights and and of course government, and it's always going
Speaker 3: to be about that, but we're also trying to introduce
Speaker 3: something new, and that new thing would be uh, trying
Speaker 3: to introduce things about well, human kindness. We hear in
Speaker 3: in our news reports so much about the the violence,
Speaker 3: but just some simple acts of human kindness, and which
Speaker 3: you're gonna gonna be hearing in this particular act of
Speaker 3: kindness is that a gentleman just simply steps up and
Speaker 3: pays for another person's another lady's groceries, just simply because
Speaker 3: he can do that. It's a pay it forward sort
Speaker 3: of thing. And uh so, why don't we watch or
Speaker 3: if you're listening at the end of all of the
Speaker 3: commentary and the interviews, if you're listening to the the
Speaker 3: audio podcast version of this, you're gonna hear it. Hear
Speaker 3: that at at the very end of all of the
Speaker 3: other recordings, and just something to breaden up the mood
Speaker 3: and so that we know that there really is human
Speaker 3: kindness out there and there are so many people just
Speaker 3: trying to spread love around our planet. So why don't
Speaker 3: we get started with with recordings to him. We're going
Speaker 3: to hear from NATO and then from the United Nations.
Speaker 3: If you're listening to the podcasts, and if you're watching
Speaker 3: this on YouTube, you're going to see the act of
Speaker 3: human kindness.
Speaker 1: Next, ladies and gentlemen, Prime Minister Granko, which has met
Speaker 1: with mister Marcutter, Secretary General of DONATO, who is visiting Croatia.
Speaker 1: Following the meeting, which addressed the key security challenges strengthening
Speaker 1: European fans and the modernization of Croatian army. We are
Speaker 1: now having a press statement, so Prime Minister playing co
Speaker 1: which deploy is yours, Thank you, Good afternoon everyone. Once
Speaker 1: again warm welcome to my friend Mark Rutte, Secretary General
Speaker 1: of the NATO and the former Dutch Prime minister. He
Speaker 1: visited us two years ago that he was in a
Speaker 1: different position, and very happy to say to see him
Speaker 1: for the first time in Croatia at the Ester General.
Speaker 1: At the moment when the world and Europe are facing
Speaker 1: very demanding and challenging circumstances, this global insecurity is here.
Speaker 1: We are still witnessing brutal aggression of Russia against Ukraine
Speaker 1: in terms of complying with the International Blue and there
Speaker 1: are several other areas which are critical and it deserves
Speaker 1: our full attention, involvement and vigilance. So today's the meeting
Speaker 1: was an opportunity to inform General Secretary General with the
Speaker 1: activities that the Creation government has undertaken in order to
Speaker 1: meet the taken over obligations, obligations that have been taken
Speaker 1: over in the past several years. First of all to
Speaker 1: reach two percent of the GDP as defence spending and
Speaker 1: related activities which according to the NATO criteria are included
Speaker 1: in these expenses. I would like to thank to Minister
Speaker 1: anashitch Here and Minister girlich R Radman who have taken
Speaker 1: part in meetings. Thank you to the Chief of the
Speaker 1: General Staff General Quantity, thank you for all the information
Speaker 1: that you have contributed. Twenty twenty five ended in with
Speaker 1: two point eight percent of defense spending. In twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: It was above the Ministry of Defense a budget which
Speaker 1: exceeds billion and a half so in total billion and
Speaker 1: nine hundred thousand million budget which meets the criteria when
Speaker 1: it comes to the percentage related to modernization, so it
Speaker 1: is a minimum of twenty percent. Croatia is now almost
Speaker 1: at thirty four percent. We are particularly happy to say
Speaker 1: that these activities have been complemented with the purchase of
Speaker 1: new modern technologies such as Caesar self propelled and Leopard
Speaker 1: two eight of German and other equipment. Croatia in that
Speaker 1: regard has been using new instruments for defense, such as
Speaker 1: the safe instrument. We took one point seven billion euro
Speaker 1: loans to finance defense expenses in the years to come.
Speaker 1: Very importantly, Croatia is a responsible and serious member of
Speaker 1: the Alliance since two thousand and nine, and our forces
Speaker 1: participate in five missions with two hundred and seventy members
Speaker 1: of our army. We have been present in Koso for years,
Speaker 1: in Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and around ninety Croatian troops will
Speaker 1: be sent to Lithuania and smaller but significant symbolic presence
Speaker 1: in NATO's mission in Iraq. Today we also talked about
Speaker 1: our contribution to Ukraine, a friendly country, a victim of
Speaker 1: Russian aggression. Croatian government has in the past several years
Speaker 1: contributed with fifteen packages of military assistance, the last one
Speaker 1: in the last week's government session with decision was made,
Speaker 1: and we also contributed in the prioritized Ukraine requirement least
Speaker 1: the so called pearl that NATO is controlling and coordinating
Speaker 1: in order to acquire weapons that is only produced in
Speaker 1: the United States. And thus we have also contributed and
Speaker 1: helped Ukraine in its efforts to defend its freedom. Ukraine
Speaker 1: is not defending only its freedom, it is defending Europe's
Speaker 1: typocracy and freedom, and that's why the consequences of Russian
Speaker 1: and aggression have become more than evident in the entire continent.
Speaker 1: In Croatia energy situation, we have had energy crisis, economic pressure,
Speaker 1: social and invantory pressures. All this was and has been
Speaker 1: connected to the wider destabilization that we have gone through
Speaker 1: in the past period. We have also announced then in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven in spring, Croatia would host an informal
Speaker 1: meeting of a NATO Foreign Ministers and we want our
Speaker 1: participation as a country that is not that large in size,
Speaker 1: but we are serious responsible, a reliable partner in Ali
Speaker 1: that we have been so far. So today's visit of
Speaker 1: the Secretary General is very important and I'm happy to
Speaker 1: say that in the morning we went to a pleaso.
Speaker 1: The General Secretary had an opportunity to see croat combat
Speaker 1: aircraft Rafala, a black Hawk, helicopters and also unmanned aircraft
Speaker 1: by Raktar. The Secretary General got an insight into a
Speaker 1: very serious system and the process of replacing Eastern military
Speaker 1: technology with the Western one, the process that we have
Speaker 1: been undertaking for the past decade, and today we see
Speaker 1: that this system has serious capacities and capabilities which are
Speaker 1: compatible with our allies. And all of this has strengthened
Speaker 1: creation defense and its capabilities in the long term, and
Speaker 1: I also look forward to our afternoon. We will have
Speaker 1: a meeting with the Creation Defense Industry Cluster. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Minister of Defense. You have invited it practically all producers
Speaker 1: of all military equipment manufactured in Croatia, so that Secretary
Speaker 1: General can get an insight into what this part of
Speaker 1: our economy is doing. And it is doing very well.
Speaker 1: It is expert oriented. Of course. We also addressed a
Speaker 1: number of security challenges that relate to global environment, our region,
Speaker 1: and we have also talked about the situation post the
Speaker 1: Coalition of the Willing Paris meeting, and we will continue
Speaker 1: to talk about this after our lunch. Once again, Mark,
Speaker 1: welcome and I'm happy to see you here in Zagreb.
Speaker 5: Well, thank you very much, Prime Minister Blankovich, the Andrei
Speaker 5: that you also acknowledge the presence.
Speaker 6: Of the two ministers.
Speaker 5: Good that you're here in the Chief of Defense, and
Speaker 5: thank you for hosting me here in beautiful Saca.
Speaker 6: It's always a pleasure to be here.
Speaker 5: Since joining the Alliance in two thousand and nine, the
Speaker 5: Croatia has been a valued member of NATO. It contributes
Speaker 5: significantly to our collective security, not only all our eastern
Speaker 5: flank and in the Western Balkans, but of course the
Speaker 5: entire alliance. Just before the holidays, I met Croatian troops
Speaker 5: in Poland as part of NATO's Forward Land Forces in
Speaker 5: Baymo Wopitski, and I was inspiring to meet so many
Speaker 5: servicemen and women spending Christmas away from their families standing words.
Speaker 6: Keeping us all safe.
Speaker 5: Croatia also contributes personnel to our forward land forces in
Speaker 5: Bulgaria and Hungary, and I'll welcome your efforts to modernize
Speaker 5: the capabilities of the Croatian armed forces and the way
Speaker 5: Croatia's defense industry indeed is stepping up, particularly in driving
Speaker 5: innovation in the field of uncowed systems. I'm looking forward
Speaker 5: to the meeting. You already announced it this afternoon with
Speaker 5: representatives on the defense industry, and I was really impressed
Speaker 5: this morning to see how you have revamped Croatia's air
Speaker 5: force in just a couple of years. You are already
Speaker 5: spending more than two percent of GDP on defense and
Speaker 5: are working to reach the five percent benchmark by twenty
Speaker 5: thirty five, as All Allies agreed at a summit in
Speaker 5: the Hague, and they also welcome that as of the
Speaker 5: first of January this year, the Croatian Air Force officially
Speaker 5: assumed full responsibility for protecting Croatian airspace.
Speaker 6: Croatia is also making good.
Speaker 5: On the commitment allies made to sustain our unwavering support
Speaker 5: for Ukraine. Since the start of Russia has full scale
Speaker 5: invasion in twenty twenty two, Croatia has been a strong
Speaker 5: and reliable supporter of Ukraine. In addition to your recent
Speaker 5: fifty million euro contribution to indeed you already mentioned it
Speaker 5: he prioritized Ukraine requirement list Burl, Croatia has provided now
Speaker 5: over three hundred million euros in military eight Since twenty
Speaker 5: twenty two. You have supplied helicopters, transport aircraft, artillery system, ammunition,
Speaker 5: protective equipment and much more. Russia's brutal warre of aggression continues,
Speaker 5: and we saw just last week the use of the
Speaker 5: Rashnik missile on Leviv and continued attacks on civilian and
Speaker 5: energy infrastructure. Russia is trying to deter us from supporting Ukraine,
Speaker 5: but we will not be deterred. As Ukraine faces immense
Speaker 5: pleasure during the harsh winter, your support and the support
Speaker 5: of all NATO allies is more important than ever, Ukraine
Speaker 5: security is our security and on your leadership, Prime Minister Plankovich,
Speaker 5: Croatia has truly been a vital partner to our Ukrainian friends.
Speaker 5: Croatia also plays an important role in sustaining stability in
Speaker 5: the Western Balkans. You are a long standing contributor to
Speaker 5: KF With more than a halfdre and fifty troops on
Speaker 5: the ground in Kosovo, the Western Balkans remain high on
Speaker 5: Nature's agenda and our commitment to the regions that bbility
Speaker 5: iste fast. With your support, we will not allow a
Speaker 5: security evacive them to emerge, and NATO will continue to
Speaker 5: strengthen political dialogue and practical corporation across the region. Prime
Speaker 5: Minister Plankovic de Andre, thank you for your warm hospitality
Speaker 5: and again for croatia stead fast support to our alliance
Speaker 5: and everything we collectively stand for.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Zachal, thank you, Thank you, Prime Minister, Thank you,
Speaker 1: Secretary General. We have time for questions. Please respect time.
Speaker 1: We have time for only a few questions. Yes, Mina Kuzmanovich, Hello,
Speaker 1: question for Secretary General.
Speaker 7: H Good afternoon. So a group of European countries, led
Speaker 7: by the UK and Germany are apparently planning to increase
Speaker 7: actually to have some military presence on the Arctic, on Greenland.
Speaker 7: Could you tell us more about these plants? Would it
Speaker 7: be like the Baltic century of the last year initiative
Speaker 7: of how did it look and how far the plants
Speaker 7: have gone?
Speaker 6: Thank you, thank you, thank you very much for that question.
Speaker 5: And let me first of all stress that all allies
Speaker 5: agree on the importance of your Arctic and Arctic security,
Speaker 5: because we know that with sea lanes opening up there
Speaker 5: is a risk that Russians and the Chinese will be
Speaker 5: more active. And as you know, there are eight Arctic countries.
Speaker 5: Seven are within NATO, including the United States and Canada,
Speaker 5: and five countries in Europe including Denmark through Greenland and
Speaker 5: Iceland and Norway Fielands in Sweden. And then there's one
Speaker 5: Arctic country outside NATO, and that is Russia. But you
Speaker 5: could also argue that by now China has almost become
Speaker 5: a sort of Arctic country, and not geographically, but at
Speaker 5: least by the share amount of their activities and interest
Speaker 5: in the regions. So that has led this year, sorry
Speaker 5: last year already to some debates, very successful concluded debates
Speaker 5: in NATO on how as an alliance together with our
Speaker 5: seven Arctic allies, we have to work together to make
Speaker 5: sure that the Arctics stays safe, and currently we are
Speaker 5: discussing the next step to that, how to make sure
Speaker 5: that we give practical follow upon those discussions to make
Speaker 5: sure that as an alliance we do everything collectively and
Speaker 5: through our individual allies to make sure that the Arctic
Speaker 5: stays safe, as we all agree that that has to
Speaker 5: be a priority.
Speaker 1: Hi, I also a question for you, Secretory General.
Speaker 8: My name is Anabela Aikov from the Creation Radio, and
Speaker 8: you have repeatedly stated that Russia is the main threat
Speaker 8: to NATO and to Europe. Of course, understandably, we all
Speaker 8: understand why what is your comment approximation on the latest
Speaker 8: statements from Donald Trump who said that if necessary, he
Speaker 8: will take military action on Greenland and I'm just going
Speaker 8: to read it. Commissioner Quibilius from European Commission has said
Speaker 8: the team members are obliged to come to Denmark's assistance
Speaker 8: under EU treaty if for if faced the military aggression.
Speaker 8: And as we know, twenty three countries of you also
Speaker 8: members of NATO, the Blankovich, including Croatia.
Speaker 9: Yes, there's ony Plank concilways to Vash Commander Monument.
Speaker 5: Yes, well on that question, and there's a little bit
Speaker 5: I think repeating my previous reaction. Well, thank you very
Speaker 5: much for that for that important question. And I think
Speaker 5: what is at core here and to the course this question,
Speaker 5: is that we all make that same analysis and there
Speaker 5: is no debate or discussion about that. The analysis is
Speaker 5: sound and it is there that well, it comes behind
Speaker 5: north the article region. I was myself visiting Iceland only
Speaker 5: I think six or eight weeks ago, and we also
Speaker 5: extensively discussed this, and I was in Norway and visiting
Speaker 5: all our allies, discussing with the US and with Canada.
Speaker 5: I was with the Prime Minister Canyon last week in
Speaker 5: Paris discussing the importance of the Arctics so collectively as
Speaker 5: an alliance and particularly of course the seven countries who
Speaker 5: are bordering on the region. We do make this analysis
Speaker 5: that the collective defense is crucial. We all see that
Speaker 5: through changes in veteran patrons, that sea lanes are opening
Speaker 5: up and we have to make sure that we do
Speaker 5: everything to protect that region. It is a vital part
Speaker 5: of natal territory and that's exactly why we're in the past,
Speaker 5: NATO was not so much involved when it came to
Speaker 5: the Arctic. That since twenty twenty five, on the request
Speaker 5: by these seven High North allies who are bordering on
Speaker 5: the Arctic, that NATO has become more involved has led
Speaker 5: to a few, as I said, very successful discussions within
Speaker 5: the nature a NATO alliance. With our ambassadors in Brussels
Speaker 5: and our ministers, we discussed this importance and currently we
Speaker 5: are working on the next steps to make sure that
Speaker 5: indeed we collectively protect what is mistake.
Speaker 1: Here allow me to add a few words related to Greenland,
Speaker 1: Denmark and the signals that have been coming from the
Speaker 1: US administration. We have been communicating with the Danish government
Speaker 1: with Prime Minister Fredrickson. We were in Paris together last
Speaker 1: week and this week, according to announcement, there will be
Speaker 1: a meeting with the State Secretary Rubio. The message of
Speaker 1: all allies and all EU members is that allies have
Speaker 1: to respect each other, including the US as the large
Speaker 1: a NATO member. It is obvious what the Secretary General
Speaker 1: said that there is some concern for the area of Arctic,
Speaker 1: which includes Greenland. But I am confident that with discussion
Speaker 1: we can find the solution that will ensure security for
Speaker 1: the US and it will make sure that Greenland is
Speaker 1: a part of Denmark. Although it's not in the EU,
Speaker 1: but it is clear that it is within the authority
Speaker 1: of Denmark. That's why a high quality dialogue is necessary
Speaker 1: and it can definitely resolve the situation for the benefit
Speaker 1: of the global security.
Speaker 10: Markov each creation television for a Secretary General. So the
Speaker 10: new Peace Plan for Ukraine, the twenty point a peace
Speaker 10: Plan mentions security guarantees similar to Article five from NATAL.
Speaker 10: So my question is if those guarantees resemble Article five,
Speaker 10: why not give Ukraine the real deal, the real Article
Speaker 10: five and NATAL membership are the doors of NATO closed
Speaker 10: for Ukraine And as a premier Plankovica Stovikajh and a
Speaker 10: testic woman's negaranzie treble Ukraine Natal.
Speaker 5: When it comes to NATAL membership of Ukraine, there was
Speaker 5: a summat in Washington and twenty twenty four US was
Speaker 5: very clear and restated in the specific words of that
Speaker 5: summat statement the irreversible path of Ukraine into NATO. So
Speaker 5: that's a political commitment in twenty twenty four and that
Speaker 5: still stands. At the same time, we know that several allies,
Speaker 5: including Hungary in the United States and some others, are
Speaker 5: either against or very doubtful about full NATO membership for Ukraine.
Speaker 5: That is a given, that is a fact. And at
Speaker 5: the moment we have to deal with a situation in
Speaker 5: Ukraine between Ukraine and Russia, particularly since the brutal unprofoerked
Speaker 5: onslaught of Russia against you Grane starting in February twenty two.
Speaker 5: And what is being discussed now with the United States,
Speaker 5: with all NATO allies within the Coalition of the Willing
Speaker 5: led by and originally organized and that by the French
Speaker 5: and the Bridge is how after a full peace deal,
Speaker 5: slash a long term ceasefire, how to make sure that
Speaker 5: Russia will never ever attack again. And if it is
Speaker 5: then not NATO, what then? And that's exactly the debate
Speaker 5: which is now currently taking place the US is very
Speaker 5: important here. Steve Whitkoff and Geared Kushner are playing a
Speaker 5: very positive role here together as micro Rubio. Another guidance
Speaker 5: of President Trump who has broken the deadlock with put
Speaker 5: In by starting to dialogue with him. And he had
Speaker 5: to do it. He was the only one who could
Speaker 5: do this, and it was very happy he did. Starting
Speaker 5: in February last year and last week in Paris and
Speaker 5: we were both there. I think we made big progress
Speaker 5: on nailing as much as possible what those security to
Speaker 5: guarantee will be in three levels. Level one being the
Speaker 5: Ukrainian Armed Forces, Level of two a coalition of the
Speaker 5: willing organizing itself in such a way that it will
Speaker 5: help to build up the Ukrainian armed forces, but also
Speaker 5: functioning clearly collectively as in addition to the Ukrainian armed
Speaker 5: forces protecting at least preventing the Russians from getting into
Speaker 5: a position where they want to attack again, but also
Speaker 5: the US being heavily involved in various ways as we
Speaker 5: discussed like last week compared so we have these three
Speaker 5: layers that was very successful that's now being finalized, next
Speaker 5: to everything which is needed when it comes to the
Speaker 5: reconstruction of Ukraine. And obviously that still leaves the very
Speaker 5: sensitive issue of territory fair sense of view. In the end,
Speaker 5: it has to be the Ukrainian government taking the decisions
Speaker 5: on what they want to do, yes or no when
Speaker 5: it comes to territory, but they need to know that
Speaker 5: whenever that moment comes when they have to be signed
Speaker 5: on territory that they have to full backing not only
Speaker 5: of their own armed forces, but also of this Coalation
Speaker 5: of the Willing the United States to collectively make sure
Speaker 5: that indeed the Russians will not repeat what they did
Speaker 5: after twenty fourteen twenty fifteen with the Menisk agreement, which
Speaker 5: is attacking Ukraine again.
Speaker 6: Welcome home with other tip.
Speaker 1: Allow me to add a few words. This is a
Speaker 1: relevant topic and I myself participated in the Coalition of
Speaker 1: the Willing meeting in Paris. Allow me to explain what
Speaker 1: the position of Croatia is and what is really happening.
Speaker 1: So the United States have a strong desire to create
Speaker 1: preconditions for peace. This is the key message of President
Speaker 1: Trump and his administration, and it is a more than
Speaker 1: welcome message. It has been welcomed by everyone. In order
Speaker 1: to secure the peace, the other side has to agree
Speaker 1: to this piece, in this case Russia. Russia as the
Speaker 1: aggressor on the Ukrainian territory for the past four years.
Speaker 1: Now right now, the problem is the fact that Russia
Speaker 1: first wants to agree and then cease fire. Coalition of
Speaker 1: the Willing discussed in Paris proposed first ceasefire as the
Speaker 1: first step and then Peace Agreement as the following steps.
Speaker 1: We believe that on the basis of Croatian specific experience,
Speaker 1: Ukraine should never give up on its territory of the
Speaker 1: occupied territory. This is a topic that is very important
Speaker 1: because this would be a reward for the aggressor or
Speaker 1: it would be a concession that would be impossible to
Speaker 1: defend internally. So it is a very complex issue of
Speaker 1: giving up territory, and that's why international Peace Agreement it
Speaker 1: is quite demanding. Russia does not want to see things
Speaker 1: as they are today. Russia wants to re establish relations
Speaker 1: with the United States. It is the main goal, so
Speaker 1: Ukraine is just an instrument in how to achieve its goal.
Speaker 1: Then Russia wants to see the removal of the sanction
Speaker 1: and thirdly, Russia wants rehabilitation on the international scene. And
Speaker 1: these are the parallel processes which we see happening right now.
Speaker 1: Croatia's position is clear. We have said many times that
Speaker 1: the government is clear about how to participate in Ukrainian territory.
Speaker 1: When it comes to Croatian troops, it is not an
Speaker 1: option for us to participate to be there on the grounds,
Speaker 1: but like other members of the Coalition of the willing.
Speaker 1: We will find ways to help Ukraine as we have
Speaker 1: been helping so far, either terms of political support energy support.
Speaker 1: So last week the government agreed with the Creation Power
Speaker 1: Supply to have a part of our energy infrastructure which
Speaker 1: is not used, is donated to Ukraine. And the large
Speaker 1: chunk of Ukrainian infrastructure has been targeted in winter time
Speaker 1: and it was destroyed. Today people are living on minus
Speaker 1: twenty celsius degrees and they have no possibility to have
Speaker 1: the system functioning. Their experts recognize that our technology is
Speaker 1: compatible and that's why we decided to donate some of
Speaker 1: our technology that we are not using to Ukraine. And
Speaker 1: we also plan to continue with bilateral military aid packages
Speaker 1: because only strong Ukrainian army can in future prevent a
Speaker 1: new aggression on its territory. In twenty fourteen there was
Speaker 1: first aggression and then twenty two the second one in
Speaker 1: Ukraine and of course for Ukrainian people, the Memorandum of
Speaker 1: Budapest more than thirty years ago, they agreed to remove
Speaker 1: arsenal from its territory so that large powers can guarantee security. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: this has not been maintained for two and a half
Speaker 1: decades later. So that's why the entire perspective with security
Speaker 1: guarantees that are similar to Article five are very important.
Speaker 1: Right now, we don't have a consensus of allies about
Speaker 1: Ukraine membership, and this decision has to be unanimous. If
Speaker 1: some members disagree, then we do not have anything to
Speaker 1: talk about here. That's why we have other options providing
Speaker 1: security supports to Ukraine in these difficult times. The question
Speaker 1: four years ago a drone was shut down in zagre
Speaker 1: Bet went through three NATAL members. What is the level
Speaker 1: of security of NATO airspace?
Speaker 6: Well, that's a very good question.
Speaker 5: And by the way, let me first of all command
Speaker 5: Equatia for now taking over the control of his own
Speaker 5: airspace with the latest investments, and I was really impressed
Speaker 5: this morning to see with my own eyes the people
Speaker 5: operating that system, and of course the gar you have
Speaker 5: bought from the French and from the Turkey and from
Speaker 5: the US.
Speaker 6: To indeed for you to be able to control.
Speaker 5: The equation airspect but also to provide your help and
Speaker 5: when necessary in your support to other natural allies ever necessary,
Speaker 5: and where you can do that. When it comes to drones,
Speaker 5: we have seen, of course drone incursions last year in
Speaker 5: September in Poland, we have seen myth entering the airspace
Speaker 5: of Estonia a couple of weeks later in September, and
Speaker 5: whatever exactly it wasn't intentional or not, at least it
Speaker 5: was reckless.
Speaker 6: And this is too.
Speaker 5: Reason why our new relatively new he started in July
Speaker 5: but still relatively new, Supreme Alot Commander Alexis Krinkovich, the
Speaker 5: general who is now leading NATO's military site, has decided
Speaker 5: to start with full support of the rest of NATO
Speaker 5: and all the allies. Eastern Century and Eastern Center is
Speaker 5: making sure that we bring together when it comes to
Speaker 5: for example, drones and airspace incursions and protecting Allied territory
Speaker 5: brings together all our allies, all our capabilities from the
Speaker 5: Black Sea up to the High North, to make sure,
Speaker 5: mirroring what we have done with Baltic Century, making sure
Speaker 5: that we are much more effective to control our space,
Speaker 5: to protect our territory on land, c and air, but
Speaker 5: also to become better and better and better in implementing
Speaker 5: the latest drone technologies we are learning here. By the way,
Speaker 5: from Ukraine, we have a joint NATO Ukraine Activity Center
Speaker 5: in Poland JTECH where we analyze and train when it
Speaker 5: comes to all the insights from the war in Ukraine.
Speaker 5: And unfortunately, of course this is taking place in Ukraine,
Speaker 5: but Ukraine is.
Speaker 6: Helping us to learn.
Speaker 5: When in Copenhagen in October there were two big meetings
Speaker 5: taking place, the European Council informal and the European Political Community,
Speaker 5: and there were big worries about drones over Copenhagen. It
Speaker 5: was Ukraine, with support from Allies and NATO to help
Speaker 5: Denmark to be better in terms of understanding and also
Speaker 5: offending off these threats. So here we are learning from Ukraine,
Speaker 5: working with Ukraine also to become better ourselves when it
Speaker 5: comes to drones. And I was really impressed this morning
Speaker 5: when I saw what you were buying from Tchi in
Speaker 5: terms of technology, and of course you have your own
Speaker 5: when it comes to drones, your own industry here in Cuatia,
Speaker 5: which is recommendable, declared just a.
Speaker 1: Few words several years ago in twenty twenty two years
Speaker 1: a drone sell in Croatia. Right now we have a foul,
Speaker 1: We have a foul aircrafts which did not have mega
Speaker 1: aircrafts at that time. But now we have the reaction
Speaker 1: a fifteen minute reaction time of any kind of intelligence.
Speaker 1: So the entire cooperation that is on the natal level
Speaker 1: has been raised to a higher level, which means that
Speaker 1: the countries that any such drone might come from, their
Speaker 1: readiness is also much higher. So the recognition of the
Speaker 1: threats is at the much higher level. So with our
Speaker 1: European system which is in the new investment phase and
Speaker 1: increasing the capabilities and capacity, in a much better position
Speaker 1: now than four years ago. Do we know where did
Speaker 1: this drone come from? The one that fell four years
Speaker 1: ago in Croatia? Do you know where this drone came from?
Speaker 2: Here?
Speaker 1: We have information it came from Ukrainian territory and it
Speaker 1: flew over Hungary. We said it many times at that time.
Speaker 1: Hungarian services did not see it, did not identify it,
Speaker 1: and that's why we did not expect this drone in
Speaker 1: creation space.
Speaker 11: Last question, if I just made briefly follow up on
Speaker 11: my colleagues question, where exactly from in Ukraine and who
Speaker 11: was the one who shut the project? Do we know that? No,
Speaker 11: we don't want that, as my question goes to Secretarial General.
Speaker 11: But of course Prime Ministery, you are more than welcome
Speaker 11: to offer your perspective. Secretary General Ken, you recall a
Speaker 11: larger internal crisis that NATO has faced than the one
Speaker 11: the Alliance is facing now with Donald Trump saying we
Speaker 11: should go to Greenland and you know, take it or
Speaker 11: do you even see that as an internal crisis or
Speaker 11: is it not a crisis at all? And is the
Speaker 11: best way of communicating with mister Trump and trying to
Speaker 11: maybe smooth relationship is the way that you have been
Speaker 11: using communications so far, which was basically flooding him with
Speaker 11: compliments and calling him that thank you.
Speaker 5: If you start with challenge you a bit on the
Speaker 5: second part of your question. What I always do is
Speaker 5: when people are helpful for the Alliance and are doing
Speaker 5: good stuff. And I believe that Donald Trump is doing
Speaker 5: the right things for nature by encouraging us all to
Speaker 5: spend more to equalize this what the US is spending.
Speaker 5: We had a very successful summat in the Ach where
Speaker 5: we decided on the five percent defense spending, including three
Speaker 5: point five percent on core defense. I'm absolutely convinced without
Speaker 5: Donald Trump we would never have had that result at
Speaker 5: the summat in the Ache. We have now the hole
Speaker 5: of the Alliance on this famous two percent which we
Speaker 5: announced in twenty fourteen in Wills. I'm absolutely convinced without
Speaker 5: Donald Trump, we would not have the whole alliance at
Speaker 5: this moment on the two percent and now working towards
Speaker 5: the three point five percent. Incredible steps. So when I
Speaker 5: praise somebody, it is based on facts, and I believe
Speaker 5: the facts are there. We might disagree, but that is
Speaker 5: how I see this. As naty secondary general, this is
Speaker 5: my role to make sure that the whole of the
Speaker 5: alliance is as secure and safe as possible. And I
Speaker 5: have a lot of fact that our colleagues who are
Speaker 5: bordering on the Arctic have come together, have worked together,
Speaker 5: and have decided to get NATO more and more involved.
Speaker 5: This was the discussion in Brussels. I refer to in
Speaker 5: answering a few previous questions earlier last year in September
Speaker 5: and other moments last year, and the discuss the High North,
Speaker 5: and we are now building on that. You've seen some
Speaker 5: announcements by the Bridge in the Germans today. We are
Speaker 5: working now together to see how we can basically together
Speaker 5: as an alliance, including our seven members, our allies bordering
Speaker 5: on the High Norse on the Arctic, to work together
Speaker 5: to indeed build that next step, which is crucial that
Speaker 5: the United States, that's Canada, that's Iceland, Denmark and the
Speaker 5: other European countries boarding on the high nurse all seven,
Speaker 5: but of course with the whole of the alliance. By
Speaker 5: the way, as we speak, we see Denmark at the
Speaker 5: moment already speeding up their investments when it comes to defense,
Speaker 5: not only generally, but also when it comes to unique
Speaker 5: capabilities to revent territories like Greenland. So they're buying more
Speaker 5: thirty five, They're working on air to air refuel they
Speaker 5: have both the cph bowings, the long range drones. Billions
Speaker 5: invested there in American equipment necessary to defend Denmark, NATO,
Speaker 5: but also charities like Greena. So we are really working
Speaker 5: together here. And my only worry is how do we
Speaker 5: stay safe against the Russians, against any other adversary. Look
Speaker 5: at what China is doing in rapidly building up its
Speaker 5: own armed forces, but also North Koreans and others who
Speaker 5: might wish us ilk not well at least, and therefore
Speaker 5: that's my role, and I think we will get there.
Speaker 5: I know not at all, and I think we are
Speaker 5: really working in a right direction.
Speaker 6: To assume.
Speaker 1: Yes, So we are responsible NATO member, and we are
Speaker 1: very serious in taking all the commitments and meeting the commitments. Politically,
Speaker 1: we have already already commented on your question. So such
Speaker 1: a huge transformation that we are seeing is a step
Speaker 1: forward in terms of spending for defense. And this was
Speaker 1: unthinkable couple of years ago. A couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: some NATO members never imagined spending more than two percent.
Speaker 1: And now the situation is different because the circumstances have
Speaker 1: changed in the past several years, and we were complacent,
Speaker 1: too complacent, and we had to snap out of it.
Speaker 1: Today we have to rely on our own forces. We
Speaker 1: need to be interoperable. We need to create conditions with
Speaker 1: our allies to make sure that those who want to
Speaker 1: destabilize the world have the smallest possible maneuvering space.
Speaker 12: Thank you, excellencies, distinguish colleagues. On behalf of it Indonesia,
Speaker 12: I am deeply honored and grateful for the trust placed
Speaker 12: in me as the twentieth President of the Human Rights Council,
Speaker 12: which I take up both with pride and with humility.
Speaker 12: My sincere appreciation goes first to day Ja Pacific Group
Speaker 12: to which Indonesia belongs for its nomination and to the
Speaker 12: Council as a whole for its endorsement this morning. Indonesia
Speaker 12: has been a strong supporter of the Human Rights Council
Speaker 12: since its inception and prior to that of the Human
Speaker 12: Rights Commission. We have served multiple times as member and
Speaker 12: have consistently sought to act in a constructive manner and
Speaker 12: a bridge builder. Our decision to step forward is rooted
Speaker 12: in our nineteen forty five constitution and that aligns with
Speaker 12: the purposes and principles of the UVENT Charter, which mandates
Speaker 12: Indonesia to contribute to world peace based on independence, peace
Speaker 12: and social justice. This mandate was also reaffirmed by the
Speaker 12: President of the Republic of Indonesia, President Bravo Subianto at
Speaker 12: the blenary of the Atis Session of the UNNGA, stating,
Speaker 12: we must stand for multilateral order where peace, prosperity and
Speaker 12: progress are not the privilege of a few, but the
Speaker 12: right of all Excellencies, distinguish colleagues. I'm committed to carrying
Speaker 12: out this responsibility in full respect of the principles and
Speaker 12: integrity of the Council. As we mark the Council's twentieth anniversary,
Speaker 12: I reflected on its history as an important guide for
Speaker 12: charting our path forward.
Speaker 13: From the Council's establishment.
Speaker 12: Despite differing views, member states set aside divisions in recognition
Speaker 12: of the Council's promise to promote universal respect for the
Speaker 12: protection of all human rights. Important achievements have since been made.
Speaker 12: Not least is the Council's ability to deliberate and emerge
Speaker 12: united while breaching differences. We believe in all. We believe
Speaker 12: in and are fully committed to, like all all of you,
Speaker 12: Human Rights Council members to the core principles of universality, objectivity,
Speaker 12: and non selectivity in the consideration of human rights issues,
Speaker 12: treating all human rights, including the rights of development, in
Speaker 12: a fair and equal manner. Excellencies distinguish colleagues. Guided by
Speaker 12: the theme of Presidency for All, I will engage closely
Speaker 12: with all Member States, observers non member states, specialized institutions,
Speaker 12: national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, and regional organizations,
Speaker 12: recognizing their vital role in the human rights architecture. I
Speaker 12: wish to express my appreciation to my predecessor, Ambassador k. Lober,
Speaker 12: for his leadership. I intend to build upon his efforts,
Speaker 12: including an advancing rationalization and efficiency. I will strive to
Speaker 12: foster a respectful and inclusive space for all stakeholders, ensuring accessibility,
Speaker 12: prevention of discrimination, promotion of gender equality, and participation of
Speaker 12: LDCs and sids. As I conclude, let me raiterate my
Speaker 12: commitment to working closely with all of you, and I
Speaker 12: count on your continued cooperation and support as we together
Speaker 12: chart the way I had Thank you.
Speaker 13: We can just declare it to be Friday. Yeah, I
Speaker 13: think you wish more. We all wish just a little.
Speaker 13: I wanted to fly a little healthful tool that are
Speaker 13: esteem colleagues in the Security Council branch. Released on Friday
Speaker 13: and it's the twenty twenty five Highlights of Security Council Practice.
Speaker 13: The website features insights in the work of the Council
Speaker 13: in twenty twenty five. Lots of data, lots of cool graphics.
Speaker 13: It looks at the meetings, other activities on the agenda
Speaker 13: item and the work of the subsidiary bodies. A lot
Speaker 13: of data for all you Security Council officionados. Once the
Speaker 13: tenor is starting to sing, can't sit down this speaking
Speaker 13: of Security Council. At three pm this afternoon, there will
Speaker 13: be a Security Council meeting on a maintenance in Peace
Speaker 13: and Security and that will focus on Ukraine. Our Undersecretary
Speaker 13: General for Political and Peace Building Affairs, Rosemary de Carlo,
Speaker 13: will brief Council members. She is expected to underscore that
Speaker 13: the new year has brought no peace or even respite
Speaker 13: for Ukraine, but renewed fighting and devastation. Mister Carlo is
Speaker 13: expected to note the recent use of the so called
Speaker 13: her Ourashnik missile, the second time the potentially devastating weapon
Speaker 13: has been fired at Ukraine since twenty twenty four. Also
Speaker 13: briefing will be ramash Raja Singham from the Department of
Speaker 13: Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. He is expected to warn Council
Speaker 13: members about the impacts of the attacks on civilians, especially
Speaker 13: the strikes that impact energy facilities, cutting off power and
Speaker 13: heating for people enduring freezing temperatures in the midst of
Speaker 13: winter in Ukraine and on the ground. Our humanitarian colleagues
Speaker 13: tell us that over the weekend in the early hours
Speaker 13: of today, several civilians were killed and injured in the
Speaker 13: Ukrainian capital Kiev, as well as the air regions are Chernihev, Donets, Denipro, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kiev, Odisa,
Speaker 13: Odessa and Japparitza. This is what local authorities are telling
Speaker 13: our colleagues on the ground. Two health workers were reportedly
Speaker 13: injured in Chernihev region when their ambulance came under attack
Speaker 13: while on a call in a border community. As the
Speaker 13: weather conditions deteriorate, hundreds of thousands of households were left
Speaker 13: without electricity and heating across Ukraine, leaving entire communities without
Speaker 13: electricity heating with overnight temperatures down to nearly minus twenty
Speaker 13: degrees centigrade, and in Kiev, repairs are continuing to try
Speaker 13: to restore critical electricity and heating services to all those
Speaker 13: who need it. The water supply has been fully restored,
Speaker 13: while thousand multi story apartment blocks have been without heating
Speaker 13: since January ninth, and parts of the city have electricity
Speaker 13: only for several hours per day. That's what the authorities
Speaker 13: are telling us. Complementing the work of utility companies and
Speaker 13: national rescuers, AID workers provided hot meals, water and psychological support,
Speaker 13: and also deployed mobile warming centers where impacted people can
Speaker 13: warm up, charge their devices and receive essentral support. Turning
Speaker 13: to the front line areas on January ninth, and interagency
Speaker 13: convoy delivered medicine, hygiene shelter and solo lamps to Sciatorisk
Speaker 13: excuse Me community, one of the hardest hits in the
Speaker 13: Donets region, where humanitarian access remains limited due to the
Speaker 13: ongoing security concerns. And tomorrow we along with our humanitarian partners,
Speaker 13: will launcher prioritized humanitarian needs and Response Plan for twenty
Speaker 13: twenty six and that plan will call for continued solidarity
Speaker 13: with the most impacted and vulnerable people in Ukraine. UH
Speaker 13: you will have seen because you're reported on it that
Speaker 13: yesterday we issued a statement on Iran in which the
Speaker 13: Secretary General said he was shocked by the reports of
Speaker 13: violence and excessive use of force by the Iranian authorities
Speaker 13: against protesters in multiple locations across the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Speaker 13: This resulted in scores of debts and many more injuries
Speaker 13: to protesters. All Iranians must be able to express their
Speaker 13: grievances peacefully and without fear of repression. The rights to
Speaker 13: freedom of expression, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly,
Speaker 13: as enshrined in international law, must be respected and fully protected.
Speaker 13: The Secretary General Jersey Iranian authorities to exercise maximum restraint
Speaker 13: and to refrain from unnecessary or disproportionate use of force.
Speaker 13: He further urges steps to enable access to information in
Speaker 13: the country, including restoring communications links. You have been asking
Speaker 13: me a number of you about Sudan and notably the
Speaker 13: activities of the Secretary General's Personal Envoy, RAMTM Lamamra. I
Speaker 13: can tell you that mister Lamamare is currently in Cairo
Speaker 13: until January fifteenth, and that is to attend the fifth
Speaker 13: Sudan Consultative Group Meeting which is being hosted by Egypt.
Speaker 13: The meeting will provide an opportunity for renewed and coordinated
Speaker 13: international engagements to advance peacemaking efforts in Sudan. On the
Speaker 13: margins of the meeting, mister Lamamra will engage with key
Speaker 13: regional and international partners. We continue to work closely with
Speaker 13: all of these partners to support a coordinated approach to
Speaker 13: ending the conflict in Sudan. And on the ground, things
Speaker 13: are not getting better or Humanitarian colleagues warned that escalating
Speaker 13: insecurity in the Cortifon region is placing civilians under increasing strain,
Speaker 13: disrupting health services and triggering a new wave of displacements
Speaker 13: in the city of dilling in South Courtifon. State of
Speaker 13: Medical Association Sudan tells us that three major hospitals are
Speaker 13: now out of service amidst ongoing shelling and that four
Speaker 13: doctors have reportedly been killed. Continued insecurity and siegely conditions
Speaker 13: have severely restricted access to life saving assistance for civilians
Speaker 13: trapped in that city. We once again call on all
Speaker 13: parties to immediately stop attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Speaker 13: We call on them to respect international humanitarian law, and
Speaker 13: we call on them to ensure rapids safe and unhindered
Speaker 13: and sustained humanitarian access anywhere in Sudan to all those
Speaker 13: who need it and a lot needed. Violence continues to
Speaker 13: force families to fly. The International Organization for Migration is
Speaker 13: telling us that more than two thy two hundred people
Speaker 13: were displaced last week from the locality of Abbessia in
Speaker 13: the state capital Kadougli, and that's all in South Cordafon State.
Speaker 13: These people were moving towards White Nile State. Local partners
Speaker 13: further indicate that families displaced from North Cordafon State continues
Speaker 13: to arrive in Gadarif, in Khartoum and Rivernile State. These
Speaker 13: areas hosting the displaced families or reaching a breaking point
Speaker 13: Last week are Colleague Denise Brown, who as you know,
Speaker 13: is our humanitarian Resident Coordinator in Sudan, led an assessment
Speaker 13: mission to Alafat Camp in Northern State, where authorities report
Speaker 13: that the camp has reached its full capacity of three
Speaker 13: thousand households. Between sixty and eighty new families continued to
Speaker 13: arrive at the camp each day, and they arrive from
Speaker 13: Darfur and the Cordafon regions. Conditions in the camp, as
Speaker 13: you can imagine, are harsh. Sanitation capacities severely limited, with
Speaker 13: only about one hundred latrines available against an estimated need
Speaker 13: of eight hundred of these latrines. Local authorities further report
Speaker 13: that nearly eighty thousand displaced families have now hosted across
Speaker 13: Northern State, placing severe strain on food, health, water, education
Speaker 13: and sanitation services and exposing women, children and older people
Speaker 13: and persons with disabilities to heighten risk. OCHA urgently appeals
Speaker 13: for additional funding so our humanitarian partners can scale up
Speaker 13: life saving assistance and help avert an even deeper humanitarian
Speaker 13: catastrophe across Sudan in twenty twenty six. Our partners hope
Speaker 13: to help about twenty million people through the two point
Speaker 13: nine billion dollar Humanitarian Needs Fund and Response Plan. A
Speaker 13: quick update on the travels of our friend Jean Pierre Lacuad,
Speaker 13: the head of our Peace Operations Department. As you know,
Speaker 13: he's in the Middle East. He is today in Jordan.
Speaker 13: In Aman. He met there with jordinating authorities and discussed
Speaker 13: peacekeeping related issues, including the obviously the regional situation. Prior
Speaker 13: to being in Jordan, he concluded a visit to the
Speaker 13: Golan where he met members of the UN Disengagement Force
Speaker 13: to patrol the Golan and he was also briefed on
Speaker 13: the situation on the ground and the operational priorities of
Speaker 13: the force. Mister Laque also exchanged views with community members
Speaker 13: in Kunetra on how the UN mission can continue to
Speaker 13: support them in these very challenging times for civilians there.
Speaker 13: During his stop in Damascus, he met with Syrian authorities
Speaker 13: and reaffirmed the UN Peacekeeper's commitment to continuing to carry
Speaker 13: out their important mandate. Mister Lacroix is also going to Israel,
Speaker 13: where he will visit the headquarters of UNSO, the UN
Speaker 13: Truce and Supervision Organization, and I assume he will have
Speaker 13: other meetings. And in terms of Syria itself, You've been
Speaker 13: asking me, and I think it was you Edie, about
Speaker 13: our engagement in response in Aleppo, and I can confirm
Speaker 13: that we continue to follow the situation closely and remain
Speaker 13: engaged with all relevant parties. We are aware of the
Speaker 13: reports of casualties and injuries and underscore once again the
Speaker 13: imperative for protecting civilians as well as the infrastructure that
Speaker 13: they use. As of yesterday, our partners tell us that
Speaker 13: approximately one hundred and nineteen thousand people have been displayed
Speaker 13: since renewed hostilities in Aleppo City. UNHDR other partners on
Speaker 13: the ground are providing assistance to displace families in temporary
Speaker 13: shelters and host communities. Support includes the distribution of blankets, mattresses,
Speaker 13: and much needed winter clothing. We urge all parties to
Speaker 13: ensure the safety and the protection of civilians amidst the
Speaker 13: ongoing hostilities that we're seeing in Aleppo. Immediate measures are
Speaker 13: needed to prevent harm, guarantees safe passage for those fleeing,
Speaker 13: and uphold humanitarian principles and turning to Gaza. Our humanitarian
Speaker 13: colleagues tell us that the humanitarian situation they're mains dire
Speaker 13: as harsh weather conditions are jeopardizing the progress made by
Speaker 13: the humanitarian response to help address the immense shelter needs.
Speaker 13: During the past week, our partners delivered the supplies to
Speaker 13: twenty eight thousand families, including sixteen hundred tenths, sixteen thousand
Speaker 13: tarpaulins and twenty seven thousand blankets. They warned, however, that
Speaker 13: one point one million people still urgently need help as
Speaker 13: rainstorms continue to damage and destroy many existing shelters. Our
Speaker 13: partners stress that tents remain a temporary solution and more
Speaker 13: supplies are needed, including toolkits, ce meant and heavy machinery
Speaker 13: to clear debris, as well as sustained funding to transition
Speaker 13: from emergency to early recovery efforts. Children continued to be
Speaker 13: severely affected by the cold temperatures and the harsh weather
Speaker 13: since the start of the ceasefire in this year's end.
Speaker 13: At the end of this year, our partners were able
Speaker 13: to distribute more than three hundred and ten thousand children winters,
Speaker 13: clothing sets, and more than one hundred and twelve thousand
Speaker 13: pairs of shoes. As part of the winterization efforts. They
Speaker 13: also instilled one hundred and fifty specialized tents across Galza
Speaker 13: to be used as child friendly and safe spaces. Meanwhile,
Speaker 13: a partner's leading on addressing malnutrition and report that last
Speaker 13: month they screened seventy six thousand children and identified about
Speaker 13: four nine hundred cases of acute malnutrition, including more than
Speaker 13: eight hundred and twenty cases of severe acute malnutrition. This
Speaker 13: brings a total number of acute malnutrition cases identified in
Speaker 13: twenty twenty five totally nearly ninety five thousand. Our education
Speaker 13: partners continue to expand their presence, with eighteen additional temporary
Speaker 13: learning spaces opening their doors last week to about thirty
Speaker 13: five thousand students. The total number of operational temporary learning
Speaker 13: spaces is now four hundred and forty accommodated about two
Speaker 13: hundred and sixty eight thousand children. Our partners said that
Speaker 13: education supplies continued to be denied entry by the Israeli
Speaker 13: authorities on the grounds that education is not a critical
Speaker 13: activity during the first phase of the ceasefire. We do
Speaker 13: not believe We do believe that it is critical activity.
Speaker 13: OCHA continues to call for rapids, sustain and unimpeded access
Speaker 13: to allow ourselves and our partners to scale up assistance
Speaker 13: faster to prevent further deterioration and alleviate the suffering of
Speaker 13: people in Gaza. Quick update from Venezuela where a shipment
Speaker 13: of about forty metric tons of medical cargo arrived in
Speaker 13: Venezuela from the Government of Brazil or colleagues from the
Speaker 13: Pan American Health Organization which is you know as the
Speaker 13: Regional arm of who say. The delivery, which arrived late Friday,
Speaker 13: include a central medicine and dialysis material needed to maintain
Speaker 13: treatment for patients who need it. It's the first installment
Speaker 13: of a package totaling three up to three hundred metric tons,
Speaker 13: coordinated with Venezuela and health authorities. This follows the events
Speaker 13: on January third, when a warehouse used to store renal
Speaker 13: treatment stock was destroyed. The facility had held roughly three
Speaker 13: months worth of material for eight thousand patients, which is
Speaker 13: the equivalent of about one hundred thousand dialysis sessions per month.
Speaker 13: PAHO says in Venezuel's thank Brazilford support and indicated that
Speaker 13: the arrival of the shipment will help prevent treatment interruptions
Speaker 13: and while longer term replenishments planning continues, just want to
Speaker 13: note that today and Kenya. On his first official visit
Speaker 13: as the High Commissioner for Refugees, Baham Sale called for
Speaker 13: stronger global support to develop the solutions refugees need to
Speaker 13: rebuild their lives. Speaking in Nairobi after visiting Kakuma Municipality
Speaker 13: in northern Kenya, the High Commissioner acknowledged Kenya's decades long
Speaker 13: generosity in hosting refugees and far sighted policies that allow
Speaker 13: refugees to work and access health care and education, as
Speaker 13: well as financial services. Last year, less than a quarter
Speaker 13: of unhdr's base budget for Kenya was funded. Mister Sally
Speaker 13: warned that the funding crisis is threatening lives and risks
Speaker 13: reversing the hard won progress made quick note from our
Speaker 13: peace building colleagues. As part of the Secretariat's current efforts
Speaker 13: on efficiencies, a unified peace Building Peace Support Office under
Speaker 13: the Department Political and Peace Building Affairs and Peace Operations
Speaker 13: has been established and is operational as of today. The
Speaker 13: Peace Building and Peace Support Office, which the Secretary General
Speaker 13: said would be a center of excellence on prevention, peace
Speaker 13: building and peace support will ensure that security gains are
Speaker 13: reinforced by institutions and development. The General Assembly endorsed the
Speaker 13: proposal to integrate dppa's Peace Building Support Office with three
Speaker 13: offices from the former Office of Rule of Law Security
Speaker 13: Institutions under the Department Peace Operations. More information should you
Speaker 13: want it. New Resident coordinated to announce, our colleague, Vladanka
Speaker 13: Andreva of North Macedonia assumed her role as you and
Speaker 13: Resident Coordinator in Cambodia following the agreement from the government.
Speaker 13: She brings over twenty five years of experience in international development,
Speaker 13: humanitarian coordination, strategic advocacy and many other things. She was
Speaker 13: most recently the Humanitarian Coordinator in Azerbaijan, and we congratulate
Speaker 13: her on her new post. Finally, some cash is coming in,
Speaker 13: not to you, to me, I guess in a certain way.
Speaker 13: As you know, at the beginning of every year, the
Speaker 13: Secretary General sends out assessment letters to member states to
Speaker 13: remind them that they have dues to pay and they
Speaker 13: should pay them on time. And we're very happy to
Speaker 13: report that nine countries have made it to the honor
Speaker 13: roll for twenty twenty six. To be on this year's
Speaker 13: honor roll, member states must make their full contributions to
Speaker 13: the regular budget by February eighth, twenty twenty six. So
Speaker 13: I know all the permanent missions that are watching or
Speaker 13: taking their checkbooks out. Needless to say that give in
Speaker 13: the current financial situations, we strongly encourage all Member states
Speaker 13: to pay their full assessments in full and on time.
Speaker 13: And the top of the honorall today goes to Armenia,
Speaker 13: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Poland,
Speaker 13: Portugal and Ukraine. Congratulations to them for having reached for
Speaker 13: their wallets immediately. And I think that's it, Eadie.
Speaker 14: Thank you Steph. A couple of follow ups on Iran. First,
Speaker 14: has the Secretary General been talking to anyone in the
Speaker 14: senior leadership of Iran?
Speaker 13: No, he has not. As you know, communications are quite challenging. Now,
Speaker 13: as soon as I have something to report, I will
Speaker 13: share that with you.
Speaker 14: Does the United Nations have Steph in Iran? And if so,
Speaker 14: what's their status.
Speaker 13: Yeah, we have a country team. They are I think
Speaker 13: some of them are working from home, but everyone is
Speaker 13: safe and accounted for.
Speaker 14: And on a completely different subject, has the United States
Speaker 14: received any official notification from the United States about the withdrawals?
Speaker 6: No?
Speaker 13: Deji.
Speaker 15: Then Gabriel I follow up on EDI's question, since it's
Speaker 15: a little bit difficult for Secretary General to contact anybody
Speaker 15: so far with the high ranking Iranian officials, is he
Speaker 15: planning to do so or receive any request?
Speaker 13: Said, I will let you know as soon as there's
Speaker 13: something to report to you.
Speaker 15: We know that President Trump, he hinted, there might be
Speaker 15: some very strong options of military intervention on the situation
Speaker 15: in Iran. What is the Secretary General's response to this
Speaker 15: potential intervention?
Speaker 13: Look, I think the Secretary General has been very clear
Speaker 13: in the use of his language under what is actually
Speaker 13: going on in Iran and the repression and the killings
Speaker 13: of civilians that we're seeing, which is very concerning.
Speaker 6: To the least.
Speaker 13: At the same time, he's also been listening to the
Speaker 13: rhetoric that we've heard around the situation in Iran, which
Speaker 13: is concerning to him, and he encourages all to adopt
Speaker 13: a path of diplomacy and dialogue.
Speaker 15: Would foreign intervention help be helpful?
Speaker 13: I'm not, as you know, we push for dialogue. We
Speaker 13: want to see the Iranian Iranians who wish to protest
Speaker 13: peacefully to do so, and I think the charter is
Speaker 13: very clear on your question.
Speaker 15: I also have a very completely different issue here. According
Speaker 15: to New York Times recent a recent report that since
Speaker 15: the ceasefire deal after two months, Israel has been demolishing
Speaker 15: Gaza buildings more than two thousand and five hundred. Is
Speaker 15: the un familiar with the situation and.
Speaker 13: You're familiar with the situation in Gaza, given that we
Speaker 13: have not left the side of the Gazan people, what's
Speaker 13: the reaction of general. We just want to see a
Speaker 13: stop to the destruction of whatever remains in Gaza. We
Speaker 13: want to see the parties move towards Phase two to
Speaker 13: try to rebuild, whether it's physically or mentally, the situation
Speaker 13: in Gaza.
Speaker 16: Gabriel, thanks devil, excuse me, one on Gaza and one
Speaker 16: on Sudan. On Gaza, you noted that the Union your
Speaker 16: partners have four hundred, roughly four hundred and forty temporary
Speaker 16: learning sites open. However, Israel, if I heard you correctly,
Speaker 16: Israel is still denying educational supplies into Gaza.
Speaker 6: Is that correct?
Speaker 13: That's exactly what I said and.
Speaker 16: What exactly educational supplies do you mean?
Speaker 6: Gentry?
Speaker 13: My understanding is stuff you need to run a classroom,
Speaker 13: whether it's it's blackboards, if those things are still use
Speaker 13: and kits for students. You know, we have our colleagues
Speaker 13: a unise are well versed and other agencies in bringing
Speaker 13: kind of minimum kits to help to help students get
Speaker 13: back on track. But I can try to get you
Speaker 13: more detail.
Speaker 16: And the justification that you read out that Israel is
Speaker 16: giving that is you, guys, is that it doesn't qualify
Speaker 16: or is not necessary under the ceasefire agreement at this stage?
Speaker 16: Is it safe to assume the Secretary General disagrees with that?
Speaker 13: I hope he does disagree, because I just said that
Speaker 13: we disagree. So let's hope there's no daylight between myself
Speaker 13: and my boss. Yes, please go ahead.
Speaker 6: Thanks.
Speaker 16: Just on Sudan, the government announced that they've moved back
Speaker 16: to Khartoum over the weekend after for the last three
Speaker 16: years essentially running government operations out of Port Sudan. Does
Speaker 16: the Secretary of General have any comment on that and
Speaker 16: how will that potentially affect the humanitarian work there?
Speaker 13: Obviously we I mean it's not for us to comment.
Speaker 13: Khartoum is the capital. It's normal that the government want
Speaker 13: to move back its operation to its to its own capital.
Speaker 13: As you know, we have been going in and out
Speaker 13: of Khartoum to try to see if we can regain
Speaker 13: some of the property that was there to start to
Speaker 13: work there. As far as I know, MS Brown is
Speaker 13: still based in Port Sudan, but we have staff in Khartoum,
Speaker 13: and obviously, the sooner we can return to Khartum in
Speaker 13: a safe environment or less dangerous environment, we will do so. Sar,
Speaker 13: thank you.
Speaker 17: Stef Iron's Mission has sent a letter to the Secretary
Speaker 17: General and this you're the Council regarding foreign interference and
Speaker 17: threats by the US, especially President trump statement against Iran
Speaker 17: and incitement to violence. And today Iran's foreign minister also
Speaker 17: said that we have extensive documents and evidence indicating US
Speaker 17: and Israel involvement involvement in terrorist activities inside Iran. Do
Speaker 17: the threads by the US constitute a violation of the
Speaker 17: UN Charter? What is the secretarigieneral position on this matter?
Speaker 13: The letter not that would be circulated as requested, And
Speaker 13: I think, as I just told Dejhi, We're very concerned
Speaker 13: by the rhetoric, the warlike rhetoric that we've heard from
Speaker 13: various parties around the situation in Iran, and we call
Speaker 13: for a return to dialogue.
Speaker 6: Miriam.
Speaker 18: Two follow ups on around stuff. Given the Internet shut
Speaker 18: shut down and the lack of access, how the human
Speaker 18: is independently verifying reports of geelings and arrests And do.
Speaker 1: You believe the real numbers are.
Speaker 19: Much higher of the protesters who were killed by this?
Speaker 13: Our human rights colleagues have different ways of getting are
Speaker 13: getting information which they're using. We've been able to stay
Speaker 13: in touch with our own colleagues through electronic means. It's
Speaker 13: not been easy, and it's been off and on. We
Speaker 13: don't have a hard number that we can verify ourselves,
Speaker 13: but it is clear to us that a number of people,
Speaker 13: a number of civilians, have been killed.
Speaker 19: One more question, just to be clear, does the Secretary
Speaker 19: General consider the use of leth lether force against protesters
Speaker 19: in Iran is a violation of international human rights?
Speaker 13: It is. There is an inherent right for people to
Speaker 13: protest peacefully in law enforcement operations, and we've talked about
Speaker 13: this in various places around the world. Law enforcement needs
Speaker 13: to protect people who want to demonstrate peacefully. If there
Speaker 13: is violence, the use of force needs to be proportion
Speaker 13: which is not something that we have seen from what
Speaker 13: we see. David.
Speaker 6: Thanks stuff.
Speaker 20: Going back to Ukraine and today's Security Council meeting, I
Speaker 20: did not see and perhaps I missed it, a reaction
Speaker 20: from the Secretary General on the usage of the type
Speaker 20: of ballistic missiles nuclear ready missiles in Ukraine over the weekend.
Speaker 6: Could you please give up so?
Speaker 13: I mean, it's it's very it's a very concerning and
Speaker 13: worrying development. And as I mentioned, mister de Carlo will
Speaker 13: address that this afternoon in her Security Council briefing Islam.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Stephan.
Speaker 21: I have a two question, one on Gaza and one
Speaker 21: on Suria. On Gaza, local authorities stated that twenty one
Speaker 21: displaced Palestinians have died due to extreme called eighteen of
Speaker 21: ten children and the last one is one we called
Speaker 21: the infant. Do you get any restrictions still, especially getting
Speaker 21: winter supply to Gaza? And also second question related with this,
Speaker 21: Israel had announced banning private in geos close to the fifty.
Speaker 6: I believe the number.
Speaker 21: Does this also effect entering the winter supply to the Gas.
Speaker 13: Well, I mean the banning of international angeos, which we
Speaker 13: addressed in a statement but a bit more than a
Speaker 13: week ago, doesn't help our humanitarian operation. It makes things
Speaker 13: that much more difficult, whether it's in Gaza or in
Speaker 13: many other places around the world or the UN humanitarian
Speaker 13: machine relies heavily on our geopartners, both local and international,
Speaker 13: especially in terms of the sort of last mile delivery.
Speaker 13: So anything that hinders the ability for those international and
Speaker 13: geos to operate does not make our life any easier,
Speaker 13: and it makes life worse for the civilians in Gaza
Speaker 13: who need humanitarian help. As we've been saying, we've been
Speaker 13: able to get clothing in, we've been able to get
Speaker 13: tents in, or not as many as we can. There
Speaker 13: still remains a lot of hurdles which we'd like to
Speaker 13: see removed.
Speaker 21: And on Turia, Suria media reported that Israeli force US
Speaker 21: carry it out new granted incursion in the Turias as
Speaker 21: southern borders, southern countryside, actually right after the UN delegation
Speaker 21: visited the area. So how do you read this incursion?
Speaker 21: What's your reaction to Israelis?
Speaker 13: I will check with our colleagues and off because I
Speaker 13: haven't seen those reports, but we'll check Synn.
Speaker 22: Thank you, Steph. First thing first from spot press CoAP
Speaker 22: two questions if you don't mind. The first one is
Speaker 22: HDS forces affiliated with the mascos through the dead body
Speaker 22: of a Kurdish female fighter from a building. I'm sure
Speaker 22: you saw that footage. Does the second general view this
Speaker 22: as a war crime or as like a crime against humanity?
Speaker 13: What's his To be honest, I have not seen that
Speaker 13: report or that footage, but obviously what you tell me
Speaker 13: is very concerning.
Speaker 6: We'll look into I'll look into it.
Speaker 22: The second question, the HDS transitional government whatever you call,
Speaker 22: committed three massacres against the minorities. When we go back
Speaker 22: to the march, we saw a massacre against Allowhites and
Speaker 22: since then the fifty women have been kidnapped. I mean
Speaker 22: there's still no report on that. And then when we
Speaker 22: go to the South studio you see a massacred against
Speaker 22: Drew's and of the Kurts. So after all these things,
Speaker 22: does second'll have confidence in the inclusivity of Jolanese and
Speaker 22: his governments.
Speaker 13: As we've said, there still needs to be a lot
Speaker 13: of work done on inclusivity. We've heard the statements from
Speaker 13: from the Interim President uh calling for inclusivity, sending out
Speaker 13: inclusive messages. We will continue to work with the government, but
Speaker 13: our message is clear that all Syrians, whether Drew's Allowhites, Christians,
Speaker 13: Sunni Shiite or any other minority need to feel safe
Speaker 13: and need to be protected by their government and in
Speaker 13: Syria's any otherwhere else. If there are if crimes have
Speaker 13: been committed, there needs there will need to be accountability,
Speaker 13: and there are a number of UN mechanisms are working on.
Speaker 22: That last one. How concerned is Secretary General about the
Speaker 22: safety of minorities in Syria?
Speaker 4: What?
Speaker 13: We continue to be concerned because we're seeing the We're
Speaker 13: seeing the news every day.
Speaker 23: Yes, please, thank you, step Our question is also on Iran.
Speaker 23: You mentioned that the Security General expressed shock at the
Speaker 23: scale of the destruction and protests in Iran right now
Speaker 23: when the UN sanctions were reimposed through the snapback mechanism
Speaker 23: last September. Was the Secretaria aware that these measures eventually
Speaker 23: and inevitably would trigger the level of economic and social
Speaker 23: turmoil we are seeing right now or was this like
Speaker 23: an enforeseen consequence.
Speaker 13: Listen, whether it's you as a journalist or US at
Speaker 13: the UN I mean, we're aware of the situation. No
Speaker 13: one can predict what can happen. What we're seeing now
Speaker 13: is what we're expressing our opinion on the ground.
Speaker 23: Just a quick follow up is on the same topic,
Speaker 23: Goldman Sachs has worn that states like Iran can now
Speaker 23: adapt to sanctions through gold and duised trade, which gives
Speaker 23: the regime a financial backdoor that the ordinary people of
Speaker 23: Iran in this case don't have. Unfortunately, so is the
Speaker 23: un concern that it is enforcing an old sanctions model
Speaker 23: that can't keep up with what the state is doing.
Speaker 23: But unfortunately it's very destructive for the people.
Speaker 13: Look, we have always uh this has been gone for
Speaker 13: a while, expressed our concern about sanctions that tend to
Speaker 13: hurt more people than leaders anywhere around the world, and
Speaker 13: we expressed our concern about unilateral sanctions as well. What
Speaker 13: is important and every government has the responsibility to ensure
Speaker 13: the well being of their people, whether it's physically or
Speaker 13: economically pen and that we're going Thank you, Steph.
Speaker 24: You mentioned justin on that eight countries have paid dues
Speaker 24: to nations this year for twenty twenty six, and we
Speaker 24: have a number how many countries have not paid the
Speaker 24: dues for twenty twenty five under each countries. Thanks, thank you.
Speaker 13: Yes we can have we can share that list with you.
Speaker 13: It's publicly, yes, sir.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 9: On North Korea DeepArt Game mission late last night denounced
Speaker 9: the event s empt teams for the afternoon planned for
Speaker 9: this afternoon the UN. Do you have any response? They
Speaker 9: did not sanction monitoring teams emptiest event planned for this
Speaker 9: after night the U N.
Speaker 13: I don't know about the event. I can look into it, Alex.
Speaker 6: Thanks Steph.
Speaker 21: There have been some reports suggesting Venezuela's Machada will be
Speaker 21: in the States on Thursday. Is there any chance the
Speaker 21: Secretary General will meet with her.
Speaker 13: I have not seen anything on his schedule, but will
Speaker 13: We will inquire Secretary General. There is always open to people.
Speaker 13: Sonan than Islam.
Speaker 22: Thank you, Steph. Letting me ask you more questions. According
Speaker 22: to reports, there are those civilians in Alappo's Kurdish neighborhoods
Speaker 22: and some of them have been detained. I wonder if
Speaker 22: there is like a specific mechanism monitoring the situation when
Speaker 22: it comes to the safety of.
Speaker 13: The We have humanitarian teams on the ground trying to
Speaker 13: reach all those people who need it, and they're based
Speaker 13: in a lepos, so we'll see what information they and
Speaker 13: what we're trying to see, also what access they can
Speaker 13: actually have.
Speaker 22: The same for the detailed people to Sorry, there are
Speaker 22: also some civilians detained by the HDO.
Speaker 13: I don't know if they have the authority to check
Speaker 13: on the detainees, but they are looking at the overall
Speaker 13: humanitarian situation. This is the last one.
Speaker 22: I promise around two hundred.
Speaker 13: Give me promises you can't keep. Okay, we'll see.
Speaker 22: So around two hundred thousand people according to local resources
Speaker 22: about you said, one hundred and nineteen thousand people displaced.
Speaker 22: So does the second General view this as an attempt
Speaker 22: to change the demographics structure in the city in Harpach.
Speaker 13: I don't know what is motivating the situation. We do
Speaker 13: know is that there continues to be episodes during which
Speaker 13: ethnic minorities in Syria feel unsafe and are attacked, and
Speaker 13: that's what is very concerning to us Islam And then
Speaker 13: will go to lunch.
Speaker 21: British Prime Minister Clear Starmers has reported being asked to
Speaker 21: sit on the Board of Peace for Gaza.
Speaker 13: The question is.
Speaker 21: The UN ever being consulted regarding Board of Peace, as
Speaker 21: Trump explains that in.
Speaker 13: Terms of the composition of the Board of Peace, in
Speaker 13: terms of composition or any I mean the board of
Speaker 13: pieces you know was meant. The border piece was mentioned
Speaker 13: in the Security Council resolution relating to the ceasefire. As
Speaker 13: far as I know, we've not been consulted on the
Speaker 13: composition of that board. Okay, enjoy your day.
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