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Speaker 1: Policy and Rights, the show about Welcoming Policy and human Rights.
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Speaker 1: I'm your host Michael Cloggs. In today's episode, let's just
Speaker 1: get ready to do the segments, because there's one segment
Speaker 1: from the United Nations General Assembly call for a deeper
Speaker 1: inter international cooperation to tackle global challenges, and this has
Speaker 1: remarks from Bill Yang, President of the seventy ninth Session
Speaker 1: of the United Nations General Assembly, and his opening remarks,
Speaker 1: he is calling for more global cooperation, fewer weapons, that
Speaker 1: we need to sit down and talk out our differences
Speaker 1: rather than taking up arms, as he put it. Lastly,
Speaker 1: we will address persuasive challenges of international terrorism, drug and
Speaker 1: human trafficking, and modern slavery. He stressed the need to
Speaker 1: uphold human dignity. As President of the General Assembly, he
Speaker 1: says he is committed to facilitating these discussions and harnessing
Speaker 1: our elective will and experience to deliver significant solutions. We
Speaker 1: need more of these sort of things happening. We need
Speaker 1: to have more collective solutions and agreements. We need fewer
Speaker 1: war We need less corporate control. We need our governments
Speaker 1: to stop saying yes to everything that the corporations are
Speaker 1: saying and start saying no to how we feel as
Speaker 1: the people as a collective. It simply put one of
Speaker 1: the things that we could do to help curb climate
Speaker 1: change as the people is simply buy less stuff. Fix
Speaker 1: the stuff that we have. Instead of racing out because
Speaker 1: oh my god, my gas engine is killing the environment,
Speaker 1: try fixing and servicing that gas engine. Don't run out
Speaker 1: and go buy a brand new electric Tesla because you've
Speaker 1: already it has the same exact footprint carbon footprint from
Speaker 1: manufacturing as the gas card that you have bought. So
Speaker 1: now you've now doubled over your carbon footprint because you've
Speaker 1: bought a new vehicle. Stop buying the latest and greatest
Speaker 1: cell phone just because the features look better. Just update
Speaker 1: and demand that a phone that's over say, seven years old,
Speaker 1: keep updating it from the manufacturers. We have to stop
Speaker 1: doing things to simply feed the bottom line to the
Speaker 1: CEOs who own these companies. Anyway, we're going to also
Speaker 1: hear from when we get back to Canada. We're gonna
Speaker 1: hear about a plan to sell, well sell more more
Speaker 1: weapons from the US and Canada to Israel. Okay, do
Speaker 1: we really need to sell more weapons to Israel? We're
Speaker 1: trying to get them to end the conflicts there, and
Speaker 1: we're going to continue supply them with weapons. When we
Speaker 1: supply weapons, we supply the means to have armed conflicts.
Speaker 1: We have to start limiting the weapons that are actually
Speaker 1: going out there. We have to stop supplying the means
Speaker 1: for the conflicts to happen. We can we need to
Speaker 1: speak up with that about that as the people of
Speaker 1: the world. What can we do to curb the conflicts
Speaker 1: that are happening as the people of the world.
Speaker 2: Up.
Speaker 1: That is also our soapbox for for today, how to
Speaker 1: curb these conflicts. And we'll hear again from the the
Speaker 1: President of the General Family a little bit later on
Speaker 1: okay and moving forward, okay and forward, we're going to
Speaker 1: hear from Metal Melanie Melanie Jolie as she is going
Speaker 1: to discuss some of the things the candidate doing to Okay,
Speaker 1: So so let's we're gonna hear from UH Minister Jolie
Speaker 1: as she speaks about a plan of US sale of
Speaker 1: Canadian made weapons to Israel. She's also going to make
Speaker 1: comments on Mark Corney's new position as chair of the
Speaker 1: Liberal Party's Task Force on Economic Growth. As we know
Speaker 1: the Canadian economy is struggling. I have amongst friends, I've
Speaker 1: heard other discussions about how what mister Trudeau did was
Speaker 1: he panted the ball down the road on the pandemic's
Speaker 1: economic decline that happened globally. He did things that made
Speaker 1: that decline appear in Canada later rather than sooner. So
Speaker 1: in either way, we're seeing things in Canada look pretty
Speaker 1: blame on the economic return. And I get part of
Speaker 1: this with the sale of Canadian made weapons to Israel
Speaker 1: that it does supply income to Canada. But I go
Speaker 1: back to my other point earlier that we should be
Speaker 1: sewing down the supply of weapons to armed conflicts and
Speaker 1: find more peaceful ways of actually handling our differences. Then
Speaker 1: we're also going to hear from representative from the Conservative government,
Speaker 1: as we're going to hear from Michelle Rinkey Garner as
Speaker 1: she announces the patty the party will table a new
Speaker 1: legislation to address online harms when Parliament returns. The Liberal
Speaker 1: Online Harms Bill Bill C sixty three was the second
Speaker 1: was at the second reading when the House of Commons adjourned,
Speaker 1: and the Conservatives want to push forward with h with
Speaker 1: that bill. My thing about all these bills curbing Internet
Speaker 1: harm and alike is that we are allowing the government
Speaker 1: to control what we're saying do on the Internet when
Speaker 1: we should be trying to trying to do this without
Speaker 1: the government being involved. That we should be trying to
Speaker 1: limit the number of haters that appear and allowing more
Speaker 1: and more positive messages. Because what we're going to wind
Speaker 1: up with is with the government control is more of
Speaker 1: what the corporation want and less of what we could
Speaker 1: possibly want. So it will be interesting to hear what
Speaker 1: more will happen with Bill h C sixty three, the
Speaker 1: Online Harms Bill. So why don't we move forward? And
Speaker 1: we're going to start on the United Nations press room
Speaker 1: and then we'll move into the other segments from the
Speaker 1: You and General Assembly to the with the Conservative Party
Speaker 1: is saying about the Online Harms Bill as well as
Speaker 1: the sale of you Canadian made weapons to Israel.
Speaker 3: All right, give me just a minute, U, All right,
Speaker 3: good afternoon. I will start off with a statement on Gaza.
Speaker 3: The Secretary General condemns the death of at least eighteen
Speaker 3: people including children, women, and six UNWASH staff in Israeli
Speaker 3: airstrikes that hit a school serving as a shelter in
Speaker 3: Nuserrat on September eleventh. This incident raises the number of
Speaker 3: Unwashed staff killed in this conflict to two hundred and twenty.
Speaker 3: The Israeli Defense forces have stated that they had targeted
Speaker 3: a commanding control center in the compound. This incident must
Speaker 3: be independently and thoroughly investigated to ensure accountability. The continued
Speaker 3: lack of effective protection for civilians in Gaza is unconscionable.
Speaker 3: Civilians and the infrastructure they rely on must be protected
Speaker 3: and it is the and meet the essential needs of
Speaker 3: the civilian population. The Secretary General calls upon all parties
Speaker 3: to refrain from using schools, from using shelters and areas
Speaker 3: around them for military purposes. All parties to the conflict
Speaker 3: have an obligation to comply with international humanitarian law at
Speaker 3: all times. The Secretary General reiterates this call for an
Speaker 3: immediate ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all
Speaker 3: hostages being held in Gaza.
Speaker 4: This horrific violence must stop.
Speaker 3: And just to update for you on the polio vaccination
Speaker 3: campaign which is continuing despite the numerous challenges we keep
Speaker 3: talking about on what tells us that as of yesterday,
Speaker 3: five hundred and thirty thousand children have now received the
Speaker 3: vaccine across the Gaza strip. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization
Speaker 3: and its partners, in collaboration with United Arab Emirates, organized
Speaker 3: yesterday the largest medical evacuation from Gaza since October twenty
Speaker 3: twenty three. Who tells us that ninety seven sick and
Speaker 3: severely injured patients and one hundred and fifty five with
Speaker 3: their companions will transport supported by the Green Shalom crossing
Speaker 3: to Ramona Airport in Israel for on war travel to
Speaker 3: Abu Dhabi for specialized.
Speaker 4: Care in the West Bank.
Speaker 3: We continue to follow the developments there with concern and
Speaker 3: been updating you about these for the last several days. Meanwhile,
Speaker 3: the economy in the Pastian territories has been heavily influenced
Speaker 3: by this ongoing conflict.
Speaker 4: A report by the.
Speaker 3: UN Conference on Trade and Development otherwise known as UN
Speaker 3: Trade and Development issued today we report that revealed that
Speaker 3: Gaza's gross domestic product plummeted by eighty one percent in
Speaker 3: the last.
Speaker 4: Court of twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3: Leading to a twenty two percent contraction for the entire year.
Speaker 3: By mid twenty twenty four, Gaza's economy is shrunk to
Speaker 3: less than one sixth of its.
Speaker 4: Twenty twenty two level.
Speaker 3: According to the report, the West Bank has been undergoing
Speaker 3: a rapid and alarming economic decline as well. More is
Speaker 3: online turning to Lebanon. As you well know, the situation
Speaker 3: on both sides of the Blue Line continues to be
Speaker 3: fragile and is taking its toll on civilians and particularly
Speaker 3: in children. Our colleagues at the Interim Force in a
Speaker 3: peacekeeping Force in Lebanon UNIFIL tell us that two children
Speaker 3: reportedly killed by a drone strike in southern Lebanon yesterday evening.
Speaker 3: UNIFIL reiterates the condemnation of any attacks on civilians, which
Speaker 3: must stop again. UNIPHIL calls on all parties to the
Speaker 3: conflict to cease the exchange of fire across the Blue
Speaker 3: line and.
Speaker 4: Return to a cessation of hostilities.
Speaker 3: UNIPHIL will continue all efforts to use its mandate to
Speaker 3: de escalate the situation and underscores that a diplomatic solution
Speaker 3: must be found. This morning, the Secretary General spoke at
Speaker 3: the Global Call on the Summit of the Future, which
Speaker 3: was organized by Namibia and by Germany, who, as you know,
Speaker 3: are the co facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations on the
Speaker 3: Pact of the Future. Member states are in the final
Speaker 3: negotiations for the three agreements to be adopted the Summit,
Speaker 3: the Pact of the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and
Speaker 3: the Declaration on Future Generations. In his remarks, the Secretary
Speaker 3: General urged countries to push hard for the deepest reforms
Speaker 3: and most meaningful actions possible.
Speaker 4: We need maximum ambition during.
Speaker 3: These final days of negotiations, he said, because the challenges
Speaker 3: we face are moving much faster than our ability to
Speaker 3: solve these challenges. The Secretary General added that the Summit
Speaker 3: of the Future is an opportunity for far reaching agreement
Speaker 3: on international collaboration for a safer, more sustainable, and more
Speaker 3: equitable world. He called on member states to act swiftly
Speaker 3: and with vision, and with courage and solidarity and in
Speaker 3: a spirit of compromise to get at the three draft
Speaker 3: agreements over the finish line, to make the most of
Speaker 3: this critical milestone on a road to a more networked,
Speaker 3: effective and inclusive multilateralism for the twenty first century. This morning,
Speaker 3: Special Envoy for Yemen, Hunts Gruenberg, spoke to Security Council
Speaker 3: members via video technology. He underscored that his primary objective
Speaker 3: remains the mediation of a sustainable and just resolution to
Speaker 3: the conflict in Yemen. He mentioned that his office is
Speaker 3: preparing for further consultation with political parties and civil society
Speaker 3: to promote a vision for an inclusive peace process in
Speaker 3: the country. For her part, our acting Under Secretary journal
Speaker 3: for Humanitarian Affairs, George Musuya, said that for the first
Speaker 3: time on record, three districts, two Inho Data and one
Speaker 3: in Tayis, are facing extremely critical levels of malnutrition. Four
Speaker 3: more districts are projected to reach that level by October,
Speaker 3: that is next month. By the end of twenty twenty four,
Speaker 3: she added, more than six hundred thousand children in the
Speaker 3: Government of Yemen controlled areas are estimated to be acutely malnourished.
Speaker 3: The Coordinated Humanitarian Appeal for Yemen is only twenty eight
Speaker 3: percent funded. In response to the serious of the serious
Speaker 3: lack of funding for this appeal, OCHA released twenty million
Speaker 3: dollars from the UNS Central Emergency Fund to help our
Speaker 3: work in Yemen and.
Speaker 4: Also I want to add that.
Speaker 3: Joyce Smithsuya said today that she is outraged that aid
Speaker 3: workers continue to be killed so soon after World Humanitarian Day,
Speaker 3: which was less than a month ago. In addition to
Speaker 3: the six hundred one staff who were killed in Gaza,
Speaker 3: three staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross
Speaker 3: were killed by shelling in Ukraine. Today, Miss Mesuyo said
Speaker 3: that like all civilians, aid workers must be protected and
Speaker 3: must never be a target in Ukraine or ICRC colleagues
Speaker 3: tell us that their staff were killed when a planned
Speaker 3: aid distribution site on the front lines of the Donets
Speaker 3: region the east of the country came under shelling. The
Speaker 3: two other staff were wounded when the organization's vehicle were hit.
Speaker 3: We stressed the need for respect of international humanitarian law,
Speaker 3: including taking every precaution to ensure that these engaged in
Speaker 3: humanitarian activities are not targeted or caught up in hostilities.
Speaker 3: We of course to extend our most heartfelt condolences to
Speaker 3: our colleagues at the International Committee for the Red Cross. Today,
Speaker 3: steadily attack and dornets come amidst growing hostilities in other
Speaker 3: parts of Ukraine. In the northeast of the country, aid
Speaker 3: workers are responding to an attack that struck the Subi
Speaker 3: region overnight. Authorities say civilians in the town of Kunotop
Speaker 3: were injured in homes in Civilian infrastructure also damaged.
Speaker 4: Leaving the town with no power no order.
Speaker 3: With our partners are continuing to reach people in need
Speaker 3: in the front lines parts of the Kharkiv region eastern Ukraine. Yesterday,
Speaker 3: a un LET convoy delivered a central hygiene supplies to
Speaker 3: vulnerable residents in one community there, including older people and
Speaker 3: people with disabilities. It was the seventh such convoy in
Speaker 3: twenty twenty four to the Kharkiv area. Some good news
Speaker 3: coming out of Libya. Our Political mission there tells us
Speaker 3: that progress was made regarding the crisis surrounding the Central
Speaker 3: Bank of Libya.
Speaker 4: In a meeting hosted by the.
Speaker 3: Mission today and yesterday, participants from the House of Representatives
Speaker 3: and the High Council of State on one hand, and
Speaker 3: the representatives of the Presidential Council on the other agreed
Speaker 3: on taking steps leading to the appartment of a new
Speaker 3: governor and a board of directors for the Central Bank.
Speaker 3: Just to note that our Under Secretary John for Political Affairs,
Speaker 3: Rosemary de Carlo, ended her visit to Libya yesterday in
Speaker 3: all her meetings there, she underlined our commitment to stand
Speaker 3: by the Libyan people in their efforts to overcome years
Speaker 3: of conflict and achieve durable and sustainable peace. Moving south
Speaker 3: to South Sudan, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Speaker 3: Affairs warns that hundreds of thousands of people in the
Speaker 3: country risk going without life saving support unless additional funding
Speaker 3: is received as soon as possible. This year's appeal to
Speaker 3: help some six million vulnerable people in South Sudan is
Speaker 3: only forty three percent funded, with seven hundred and seventy
Speaker 3: three million dollars received of the one point eight billion
Speaker 3: dollars that we need. The need for additional resource for
Speaker 3: response efforts especially critical given the flooding that has impacted
Speaker 3: some seven hundred thousand people in South Sudan Between now
Speaker 3: and December, about three point three million people are expected
Speaker 3: to be impacted. And turning to Nigeria, our humanitarian coordinator there,
Speaker 3: Mohammad Malik fal has condemned a deadly attack on civilians
Speaker 3: in Yobe State in the northeast. According to local authorities,
Speaker 3: at least one hundred and twenty eight men and boys
Speaker 3: were killed by non state armed groups in MafA Town
Speaker 3: on September first. Many others were injured in the attack,
Speaker 3: including women and children. Shelters and businesses were reportedly or
Speaker 3: burnt down, and improvised explosive devices were reportedly planted along
Speaker 3: roads leading to the town. We will be conducting a
Speaker 3: joint mission there in the coming days with the government
Speaker 3: and our standby to provide assistance as required. In twenty
Speaker 3: twenty three, more than four thousand, five hundred civilians were
Speaker 3: killed as a result of the conflict in Northeast Nigeria.
Speaker 3: That's according to our twenty our report on the Protection
Speaker 3: of Civilians in Armed Conflict and Quick Update from the
Speaker 3: Democratic Republic of the Congo and our efforts to fight
Speaker 3: empox outbreak. UNICEF said today we're stepping up their support
Speaker 3: to the government to protect the lives of children under fifteen,
Speaker 3: who account for about sixty percent of suspected cases of
Speaker 3: empox in eighty percent of cases of deaths this year.
Speaker 3: From the beginning of the year to the end of August,
Speaker 3: more than twenty one thousand suspected cases were recording the country,
Speaker 3: as well as seven hundred deaths. Over the past week,
Speaker 3: UNICEF has received the first shipment of empox vaccines totaling
Speaker 3: two hundred and fifteen thousand doses. More shipments are expected.
Speaker 3: UNSEF is also supporting the vaccine rollout through related supplies
Speaker 3: and logistics and the training of health workers in transportation, storage,
Speaker 3: and the administration of vaccines to patients. The agency has
Speaker 3: also enhanced community based surveillance, the training of health workers
Speaker 3: and community engagement teams. UNSEF says they need thirty five
Speaker 3: million dollars to reach over two point two million people,
Speaker 3: including one point three million children, over the next six months.
Speaker 3: UNICF has only received about twenty one percent of that
Speaker 3: needed amount and today is the day for South South
Speaker 3: cooperation and a message to the Secretary General said, today
Speaker 3: we celebrate the transformative power of unity and solidarity among
Speaker 3: developing countries.
Speaker 4: He underscored that South South.
Speaker 3: Cooperation does not reduce the responsibility of wealthier nations to
Speaker 3: help tackle global inequalities, but added that strong South South partnership,
Speaker 3: along with triangular cooperation, is crucial to building a better
Speaker 3: future for all. There's a panel discussion for those of
Speaker 3: your interests. It's going on right now. The discussion seeks
Speaker 3: to spotlight efforts made by member States, UN system and
Speaker 3: the private sector in civil society on South South cooperation.
Speaker 3: You can watch it on the web TV of the
Speaker 3: United Nations our friends in Geneva. The International Telecommunications Union
Speaker 3: release today the Global Cybersecurity Index twenty twenty four, which
Speaker 3: says that countries around the world are improving cybersecurity efforts,
Speaker 3: but stronger actions is needed to meet and evolving cyber threats.
Speaker 3: Threats to highlight it in the report include ransomware, tax
Speaker 3: targeting government services and other sectors, cyber breaches affecting industry,
Speaker 3: costly system outrages, breaches of privacy for individualanizations, spans Boden
Speaker 3: map to activities to other improvements to cybersecurity. Want to
Speaker 3: bring to your attention to a new statue, new piece
Speaker 3: of art in the Urine Garden.
Speaker 4: It's called the.
Speaker 3: Quibuka Flame of Hope and it's a gift from the
Speaker 3: Republic of Rwanda. It depicts the Quibuka Flame, which symbolizes
Speaker 3: the resilience and courage of Rwandan since the nineteen ninety
Speaker 3: four genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, when more than
Speaker 3: one million people were systematically killed. This is also a
Speaker 3: reminder of the need to speak out against hate speech.
Speaker 3: The flame was installed yesterday afternoon in the North Garden area.
Speaker 3: It can be seen from the Visitor's plaza and you
Speaker 3: will see it during the ga because the journalist centrance
Speaker 3: will take you right past it.
Speaker 4: Take a look at it.
Speaker 1: It's a.
Speaker 4: Moving monument.
Speaker 3: New Resident Coordinator Secretary Generals appointed. Mama Keita of Guinea
Speaker 3: is a new Resident coordinat humanitarian coordinator for NIZER. She
Speaker 3: started the November September ninth. Not that she has a
Speaker 3: government's approval. She brings over twenty years of experience in
Speaker 3: development economics. We congratulate her and welcome her. Speaking of
Speaker 3: welcoming tomorrow, I will be joined virtually from Aman by
Speaker 3: E Lailah Baker of the UN Population Fund. She is
Speaker 3: the Arab States Regional director who can just concluded a
Speaker 3: visit to Sudan, a forgotten crisis. She will share with
Speaker 3: you what she witnessed on the ground, the suffering of
Speaker 3: the Sudanese people, including especially women and girls, who struggle
Speaker 3: to obtain life saving sexual and reproductive health services and
Speaker 3: protection from all forms as sexual and gender based violence.
Speaker 3: No money, well sorry, veno, go ahead.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 5: A two questions. The first one is about the upcoming
Speaker 5: announcement by the United States that it will support two
Speaker 5: permanent seats for African the United Nations Security Council. However,
Speaker 5: they don't want the VITA rights to be expanded nor abolished.
Speaker 5: All in all, my question to you is what does
Speaker 5: the Secretary General think Can there be a credible Security
Speaker 5: Council reform without the reform of the VITA right.
Speaker 3: I think the announcement is an important one. It's a
Speaker 3: welcomed one, obviously. I think all of the details of
Speaker 3: how this will work will have to be decided by
Speaker 3: member states. But it goes along the lines the broad
Speaker 3: lines of what the Secretary General has said which has lamented,
Speaker 3: which is a lack of African representation on the permanent
Speaker 3: members of the Security Council.
Speaker 5: Then you mentioned the Summit of the Future. Already German
Speaker 5: Chancellors charts that there are difference to differences to bridge. Still,
Speaker 5: the SG wants the most ambitious reforms possible. Does he think, though,
Speaker 5: that there might be a chance that there will be
Speaker 5: no agreement on September twenty two.
Speaker 3: No, we are very we know is a short answer
Speaker 3: to your question. We believe they will be an agreement,
Speaker 3: and I think we're very thankful for the efforts of
Speaker 3: the Federal Republic of Germany for Namibia for co leading
Speaker 3: the negotiations on the pack.
Speaker 5: Okay, then let me follow up. I mean, like this,
Speaker 5: Geez says he wants a very ambitious paper. I've seen
Speaker 5: how ambitious it looks right now, and it does not
Speaker 5: that much. So would he say better a bad deal
Speaker 5: than no deal.
Speaker 4: No, he would not say that.
Speaker 3: I think he remains determined and he hopes that the
Speaker 3: Member States remain determined to find a way forward to
Speaker 3: bring the agreement across the finish line.
Speaker 4: Gabriel, than Benny.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Steph. Going to the UNRA school shelter attack
Speaker 6: by Israel. Israel has already targeted just in the last
Speaker 6: couple of weeks a UN convoy World Food Program this week,
Speaker 6: as you know, another un marked convoy, and now we
Speaker 6: have six unremployees, not to mention over a dozen civilians
Speaker 6: that are killed. Clearly, deconfliction isn't working. It hasn't worked.
Speaker 6: So what more can the Secretary General do to stop
Speaker 6: his staff members from being killed?
Speaker 3: Well, I think the question should also be directed at
Speaker 3: other parties in this conflict. We are working as hard
Speaker 3: as we can to keep that balance between keeping our
Speaker 3: staff safe and delivering the humanitarian aid that civilians so
Speaker 3: desperately need in Gaza, and we will continue to move
Speaker 3: forward on that.
Speaker 4: We've raised these.
Speaker 3: Issues at the highest levels of the Israeli government and
Speaker 3: we will continue to do so.
Speaker 6: Israel's coming out and again saying that several of the
Speaker 6: six UNRES staffed members were combatants, were fighters, were part
Speaker 6: of Hamas, do you have any evidence so that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we've We've heard what they said, and I referred
Speaker 3: it to to to it in the statement. We have
Speaker 3: no way of We're not in a position to confirm it,
Speaker 3: to deny it. Our focus is on humanitarian help. What
Speaker 3: is what what has been, What is clear to us
Speaker 3: is that no one in this conflict, and all parties,
Speaker 3: and I do mean all parties should never use civilian
Speaker 3: infrastructure as a place from which to launch attacks, to
Speaker 3: target attacks. The use of human shields is condemned, has
Speaker 3: been condemned, and we will continue in that direction.
Speaker 7: Benny, mister pint to you, Uh, two questions mister mister sorry,
Speaker 7: two questions about that well never forgotten conflict. Yeah, I
Speaker 7: understand that I understand, first of all, in your statement
Speaker 7: or the SG statement, your name the party that attacked
Speaker 7: that that school. Then you say urged all parties to
Speaker 7: refrain from using facilities.
Speaker 8: Which parties are those that.
Speaker 3: Would include the Palasian groups that are operating Gaza, whether
Speaker 3: it's Ramas or Balsian Slam. Secretary Journal Secretary Journal has
Speaker 3: has used that word very directly on a number of times.
Speaker 8: But not in this case.
Speaker 3: I'm using it now and he's used it in a
Speaker 3: number of times.
Speaker 7: All right, So the second question is Israel named nine
Speaker 7: Hamas operatives, names, ranks, and so on that were killed
Speaker 7: in that attack according to their information.
Speaker 8: They also say.
Speaker 7: That they asked Andra to give them the names of
Speaker 7: the ANRA workers who were targeted in that attack, who
Speaker 7: were hope they weren't killed in that and they say
Speaker 7: that ANRA is yet to give them the names.
Speaker 8: Do you have the names?
Speaker 3: I'm sure listen the whether it's the Foreign Ministry, colleague,
Speaker 3: the Foreign Ministry in Israel or or Kogat or the
Speaker 3: ide F.
Speaker 4: No, they have the it's they have.
Speaker 3: They have the phone numbers of of UH and and
Speaker 3: and the phone numbers. I'm sure that if they I'm
Speaker 3: sure they're speaking to each other. I don't have any
Speaker 3: information here. We're not we're also not releasing the names
Speaker 3: publicly of people who have been killed as an issue
Speaker 3: for the family members. But I'm sure that the Israel
Speaker 3: authorities and on what can have a constructive dialogue on
Speaker 3: this point.
Speaker 7: Well, your counterpart of the idea, they have a spokesman
Speaker 7: said that they requested names. They didn't say for.
Speaker 4: I don't know who did they request it of.
Speaker 8: I don't know.
Speaker 7: I mean so, I think people speak for you because
Speaker 7: you're you're a spokes my under sectard General and to
Speaker 7: the UN, which Andra.
Speaker 8: Is part of.
Speaker 7: I understand, And Andra, I'm asking you for a comment
Speaker 7: on my comment allegation.
Speaker 8: Wait, let me.
Speaker 7: Finish my question please, an allegation that was made by you,
Speaker 7: know as spokesman for the idea, who is involved in that.
Speaker 3: My comment is that AHA has been as cooperative as
Speaker 3: possible with the Israeli security forces when it comes to
Speaker 3: accusations that you and humanitarian workers are involved in activities
Speaker 3: outside of.
Speaker 4: Their humanitarian remit. Let me finish.
Speaker 3: We saw it back in January of this year. We
Speaker 3: have been as open as transparent as possible. I would
Speaker 3: encourage all those involved to pick up the phone and
Speaker 3: to do it directly, face to face. And as much
Speaker 3: as I hate to say it, I think solving these
Speaker 3: problems through spokespeople statements is probably not the best way.
Speaker 8: So you're not answering my question.
Speaker 4: I'm answering.
Speaker 3: No, I am answering your question to the best of
Speaker 3: my ability.
Speaker 8: It's a little more focused.
Speaker 7: Maybe there is Is there a list of the names
Speaker 7: of anra who were killed, and if so, was it
Speaker 7: conveyed to the Israeli authorities.
Speaker 4: And knows who was killed, if.
Speaker 3: Whether or not it was conveyed to the Israeli authorities,
Speaker 3: That's not a question I can answer from here.
Speaker 4: What I'm saying to you. If there are any issues.
Speaker 3: Between the Israeli security forces and they are built best
Speaker 3: dealt directly, well, there obviously are, Deji.
Speaker 9: I'll follow Benny. I'm sorry, so continue that that that
Speaker 9: the incident. Obviously there are conflicting information from Onwar, who
Speaker 9: said they are not aware of this request from Israel,
Speaker 9: but IDEAF said they have repeatedly requested the names of
Speaker 9: those people who got killed.
Speaker 8: There.
Speaker 9: Please please follow this up and if you've got any update,
Speaker 9: please share with us. Not the names, but whether you
Speaker 9: have already communicate with Israel on this.
Speaker 4: Go ahead, Okay, so my quest speak.
Speaker 9: Yeah, okay, good, sorry.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 9: My question is do you have any knowledge before this
Speaker 9: attack how many on war staff it was in that school?
Speaker 4: Large number.
Speaker 3: I don't have the exact number of how many. I mean,
Speaker 3: you could ask on what colleagues. I don't have that
Speaker 3: data with me.
Speaker 9: So according to the statement, it particularly said that it
Speaker 9: is that IDEAF stated that they had targeted the command
Speaker 9: and control center in this compound, and this incident must
Speaker 9: be independently and thoroughly invest gated to ensure accountability. If
Speaker 9: this is an on round school, why you is not
Speaker 9: in the position to tell whether this place has been
Speaker 9: used by Hamas as a commander in central UH control center.
Speaker 4: I think one, uh, I.
Speaker 9: Mean, I mean you can you can just say no,
Speaker 9: it's not it's not running as it is Hamas it is.
Speaker 3: If this is an unhush shelter run by ANAH, if
Speaker 3: anyone is misusing UH, they.
Speaker 4: Would know, we would know.
Speaker 3: But if it was people were visibly misusing it, we
Speaker 3: would know. And and I would refer you to the
Speaker 3: statement that we do not want any parties to this
Speaker 3: conflict to use u N run facility, civilian infrastructure to
Speaker 3: run military operations.
Speaker 9: But I still don't understand why why you cannot really
Speaker 9: make comments whether.
Speaker 4: This is our focus.
Speaker 9: I mean, I know what the focus of the u
Speaker 9: N is. But okay, like this is the aw school.
Speaker 4: I understand it's not one school.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so why it is run as it is a
Speaker 3: human it is a shelter, it is a humanitarian center.
Speaker 3: It is there to protect the lives of peace.
Speaker 9: So there is no visual Let me put this away.
Speaker 9: There's no visual evidence that this school has been used
Speaker 9: as a.
Speaker 4: Commander and we have no evidence.
Speaker 9: Okay, okay, so you said the Secretary General said, this
Speaker 9: isn't must be independently and thoroughly investigated by whom. I
Speaker 9: think if you if you don't, if you don't clarify yourself,
Speaker 9: I think we need.
Speaker 8: I think we need.
Speaker 3: First of all, one can imagine that it is difficult
Speaker 3: to investigate anything while this conflict is going on. Is
Speaker 3: I said, as I've said, once this conflict is over,
Speaker 3: they will need to be accountability. Okay, uh, Vladimir.
Speaker 10: I thank you, Steffan. In addition to the Russian exploits
Speaker 10: you mentioned, today Russians launched a Misseel attack in the
Speaker 10: Black Sea on a civilian ship and in grain from
Speaker 10: Ukraine to Egypt, just after the ship left Ukrainian territorial abats.
Speaker 10: Do you have any comments on these sections of put
Speaker 10: in Russian?
Speaker 3: What I can tell you is that the Secretary General
Speaker 3: condemns all attacks wherever they occur against civilians, against civilian infrastructure,
Speaker 3: and the latest the latest strikes. Sorry, this is yet
Speaker 3: another another example of the risk to the global economy,
Speaker 3: to to global trade that we've seen in in that.
Speaker 4: In that in that region.
Speaker 3: It's a stark reminder that vessels continue to face threats
Speaker 3: in the Black Sea. Ensuring the safety and sustainability of
Speaker 3: agricultural exports passing through the Black Sea remains a critical
Speaker 3: for supporting global food security and keeping global prices under control.
Speaker 11: D thank you.
Speaker 12: Steph on on Yemen and the Houti detentions of U
Speaker 12: N staff and so many others. Has the Secretary General
Speaker 12: reached out to the Hooti's leaders to actually try and get.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean his representative, mister Gruenberg has on a
Speaker 3: number of times, as well as the Resident Coordinator Julian Harness.
Speaker 4: But no No, the Secretary.
Speaker 3: General has had has not had any direct contact.
Speaker 13: Sorry, yeah, go ahead, yes, sir, Yes, question on Venezuela still,
Speaker 13: the US government has announced new sanctions against sixteen allies
Speaker 13: of President Manduru.
Speaker 4: How does that.
Speaker 13: Help the process of dialogue and what is your position
Speaker 13: on these things?
Speaker 3: I don't think it helps, or concern about respect for
Speaker 3: human rights and the way the lack of transparency on
Speaker 3: the election results remains unchanged, Gabriel, and then.
Speaker 8: Say thanks Steph.
Speaker 6: Going back to the UNRA shelter, we're told that there
Speaker 6: were about twelve thousand people sheltering in that facility.
Speaker 4: Does that sound right? That sounds just about right.
Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, And a simple question, but I'll ask it anyway.
Speaker 6: Does the killing of one fighter justify the killing of
Speaker 6: any civilians in any military action?
Speaker 3: I understand the simplicity of the question. The point is
Speaker 3: that everything must be done to protect civilian lives and
Speaker 3: protect civilian infrastructure.
Speaker 2: Yes, thank you, Steph. I have a question about Iran
Speaker 2: and Iraq. As you know, the president of Iran visited
Speaker 2: Curtician original for k and also about that, and the
Speaker 2: picture looks like really, I mean, both sides standing positive messages.
Speaker 2: The reason I'm asking this question is like the region
Speaker 2: has been very intense, especially in the Middle East, and
Speaker 2: both sides the actors of the region, some of them
Speaker 2: at least giving us some positive messages, and I wonder
Speaker 2: how sake the general views such a picture like positive pictures,
Speaker 2: and how he urges the other actors in the region
Speaker 2: for such.
Speaker 3: We hope to see in that part of the world
Speaker 3: an increase in dialogue and increase in instability as opposed
Speaker 3: to the other way around.
Speaker 4: Abdel Hahmid, thank.
Speaker 8: You, Stephan.
Speaker 14: Yes, already lost two hundred and twenty staff. Does that
Speaker 14: fall within the policy is right to target on all
Speaker 14: because it's accusing it of being a terrorist organization? So
Speaker 14: does not on all learn the lesson and see that
Speaker 14: it's staff are targeted by this ISRAELI onslaught.
Speaker 4: I'm not sure. I can't.
Speaker 3: I can't speak to I can't speak to the motivation.
Speaker 3: I can only speak to right now the results and
Speaker 3: the condemnation that we've we've expressed.
Speaker 14: And yesterday, Stephan, five Palastinians were killed and the refugee
Speaker 14: camp near the city of Tobas and the West Bank.
Speaker 14: I haven't heard anywhere coming from any and official about
Speaker 14: those who are targeted by air force.
Speaker 3: I have not seen any information on that. I will
Speaker 3: get back to if I.
Speaker 7: Do, Benny, Just to follow up on Gabriel's question the
Speaker 7: other day in a in a statement, the Secret General
Speaker 7: mentioned proportionality as part of the international law requ regarding wars.
Speaker 7: What is proportionality? Can you give us a little bit
Speaker 7: of explanation?
Speaker 3: I think, Benny, neither of I mean. I'll speak for myself.
Speaker 3: I'm not a native English speaker, but I think I
Speaker 3: know what the word proportion means.
Speaker 8: Uh, I believe it.
Speaker 3: I will leave it to those who will stand in
Speaker 3: judgment too on those who have the parties who've conducted
Speaker 3: this war.
Speaker 8: What does it mean?
Speaker 7: As far as the law of war, which is the
Speaker 7: context that work there was.
Speaker 3: The proportionality of force visa VI, what your your aims
Speaker 3: are and the cost the collateral costs.
Speaker 15: Thank you, Excellency mister Denis Francis, President of the General
Speaker 15: Assembly for the seventy eighth session. Excellency mister Antonio Guterius,
Speaker 15: Secretary General of the United Nations. Excellencies, distinguished Delegates, ladies
Speaker 15: and gentlemen. I am honored to stand before you as
Speaker 15: the President of the General Assembly for his seventy ninth session,
Speaker 15: and I am humbled and grateful that the membership has
Speaker 15: entrusted me with this immense responsibility. My sincere thanks also
Speaker 15: go to President Francis, under whose leadership the General Assembly
Speaker 15: navigated a year filled with great challenges and uncertainty, guided
Speaker 15: by his watchwords of peace, progress, prosperity and sustainability. I
Speaker 15: express my deep appreciation and gratitude to his excellency, mister
Speaker 15: Paul Bier, President of the Republic of Cameroon. I accept
Speaker 15: this distinctive honor as a testament of our shared aspirations
Speaker 15: for a better world. Our world faces numerous challenges. Climate
Speaker 15: change is devastating the plan and endangering countless lives and societies.
Speaker 15: Conflicts and armed violence rage on from Sudan to Haiti,
Speaker 15: from Ukraine to the Gaza Strip, leaving traits of death, destruction,
Speaker 15: and wanton misery. Worldwide, soffering caused by poverty and hunger
Speaker 15: continues to linger. Prejudice and hate, often amplify by new
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Speaker 15: fuel tensions and strife. The least expands, sowing doubt about
Speaker 15: our collective capacity to come together for the common good difference.
Speaker 15: We must meet these doubts with a clear call to action,
Speaker 15: draw inspiration from the Charter of the United Nations and
Speaker 15: the principles of international cooperation, we must demonstrate that international
Speaker 15: cooperation remains the most effective tool at our disposal for
Speaker 15: addressing the profound and borderless issues we confront. Cooperation among
Speaker 15: member states is what allows us to harness our collective
Speaker 15: resources and ingenuity to realize humanity's greatest aspirations, such as peace, justice,
Speaker 15: and sustainable development among them. The General Assembly, with this
Speaker 15: near universal membership of one ninety three member states, stands
Speaker 15: as our most powerful platform to fully cease its promise.
Speaker 15: Let us recommit to the eight billion people in every
Speaker 15: corner of the world that this August body can and
Speaker 15: ad meet their hopes for a brighter future. The opportunities
Speaker 15: to do so are immense, especially i meet the revolutions
Speaker 15: in technology equipping us with powerful new tools to accelerate progress.
Speaker 15: It is up to us to ensure that the benefits
Speaker 15: of international cooperation are shared regularly and equitably, leaving no
Speaker 15: one behind. Excellencies, as we get ready to seize the
Speaker 15: opportunities together, allow me to outlign the vision that will
Speaker 15: guide us through my tenure. The cornerstone of my presidency
Speaker 15: will be built on the principles of unity and diversity,
Speaker 15: fostering an environment wherever voice is not only heard but valued.
Speaker 15: We will pursue the advancement of peace, ensuring that our
Speaker 15: efforts towards conflict resolution are both proactive and enduring. So
Speaker 15: samil development will be a key for use as we
Speaker 15: strive to balance equitable economic growth with environmental governance, and
Speaker 15: underlying our efforts will be a thorough and uncompromising commitment
Speaker 15: to human dignity for everyone every where. Hailing from a
Speaker 15: country with more than two fifty national languages and two
Speaker 15: official languages, English and French, I am committed to prioritizing
Speaker 15: multilingualism in the General Assembly's work. I believe that the
Speaker 15: Assembly mirrors the richness of peoples and nations, and that
Speaker 15: linguistic diversity is part of our common language of equality,
Speaker 15: understanding and mutual respect. The same holds true for gender
Speaker 15: equality and women's empowerment, a fundamental expression of our commitment
Speaker 15: to human dignity and a nursery foundation for a peaceful,
Speaker 15: prosperous and sustainable world. All the data show that when
Speaker 15: women fully participate, societies win. Therefore, all my actions and
Speaker 15: efforts will incorporate a gender perspective and strive to achieve
Speaker 15: gender equality. I encourage Member states to not just likewise
Speaker 15: increase the number of women in their delegations to United Nations,
Speaker 15: but also mainstream a gender perspective in their policies and
Speaker 15: programs back home. With these principles, will pursue prior is
Speaker 15: extracted from meaningful discussions in Member states to deliver solutions
Speaker 15: across the work of the General Assembly. First, unsustainable economic growth.
Speaker 15: It is imperative that we explore strategies that foster growth
Speaker 15: wide insurance, sustainability, and equity. This includes championing innovation, supporting
Speaker 15: green economies, and ensuring that the benefits of economic development
Speaker 15: are accessible to all nations large and small. Second, peace
Speaker 15: and security will continue to be paramount of paramount importance.
Speaker 15: Prioritizing conflict prevention rather than resorting to weapons to settle
Speaker 15: our differences, will help you reducing the current high military
Speaker 15: expenditures which complicate the achievement of this stage development goals.
Speaker 15: We must invest in all efforts to decrease tensions and
Speaker 15: instead build trust around the world. The tensions and the
Speaker 15: continuing deficit of trust are minimizing our common sage for
Speaker 15: the best ways and means to eliminate nuclear weapons on
Speaker 15: the face of the Earth. We will thus seek to
Speaker 15: build and effective peace operations and conflict resolution strategies, emphasizing
Speaker 15: the need for a concerted and unified approach to resolving
Speaker 15: conflicts and preventing new ones. This is why I will
Speaker 15: urge the Assembly to intensify its determination to prioritize the
Speaker 15: resolution of conflicts, including the intractable ones in the Gaza, Strip,
Speaker 15: Haiti and Ukraine, as well as fine durable solutions to
Speaker 15: the situation in the Great Lake Region and elsewhere in Africa. Third,
Speaker 15: human rights will remain at the core of our gender.
Speaker 15: The General Assembly will continue to advocate for the protection
Speaker 15: and promotion of human rights, ensuring that the dignity of
Speaker 15: all individuals is upheld worldwide. We will also seek to
Speaker 15: enhance coordination of humanitarian efforts, ensuring that our response to
Speaker 15: crisis is timely and efficient and that aid reaches those
Speaker 15: most in need. Fourth, the strengthening of international law and
Speaker 15: Joseph frameworks will be a key topic of our deliberations
Speaker 15: in all fields relevant to the work of the Assembly.
Speaker 15: These discussions will aim to support the creation of safe
Speaker 15: environments and crucially, the upholding of international norms. Lastly, we
Speaker 15: will address the perversive challenges of international terrorism, drug and
Speaker 15: human trafficking, and modern slavery. We indeed intend to uphold
Speaker 15: human dignity in all its contours and manifestations by enhancing
Speaker 15: international cooperation and understanding of the underlying courses of these phenomena.
Speaker 15: We will aim to avoid strategies that promote global security
Speaker 15: and peace. As President of the General Assembly, I am
Speaker 15: committed to facilitating these discussions and harnessing our collective will
Speaker 15: and expertise to deliver significant solutions. Excellencies. To keep our
Speaker 15: focus sharp, we must build upon the momentum of the
Speaker 15: Summit of the Future and inject new vigor into achieving
Speaker 15: the twenty thirty Agenda for Sustainable Development, the cornerstone of
Speaker 15: our mission. As we work to safeguard the future of
Speaker 15: people and planet, special attention will be given to least
Speaker 15: developed countries, landlocked developing countries, and small island developing states,
Speaker 15: which face unique structural weaknesses that hamper their sustainable development. Additionally,
Speaker 15: our efforts will concentrate on Africa. We will continue to
Speaker 15: support Agenda twenty sixty three, spearheaded by the African Union,
Speaker 15: which envisions are transformed continent thriving through sustainable trade and development.
Speaker 15: THROUGHO I will prioritize initiatives to empower young people, including
Speaker 15: in Africa, who are by twenty thirty five, my young
Speaker 15: people will enter the workforce each year than in the
Speaker 15: rest of the world. Excellencies, rest assured, I remain committed
Speaker 15: to carrying out the mandays of this Assembly with determined
Speaker 15: focus on the following the reform of the Security Council,
Speaker 15: the revitalization of the General Assembly. The Socials submit twenty
Speaker 15: twenty five the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development,
Speaker 15: United Nations Conference in support of Sustainable Development Goal fourteen,
Speaker 15: the Fourth High Level Conference in Uncommunicable Diseases, and the
Speaker 15: implementation of the Pact of the Future, to be adopted soon.
Speaker 15: Letters advance these priorities with a call laborative spirit, ensuring
Speaker 15: that the United Nations continues to serve as a beacon
Speaker 15: of hope and a source of solutions for the global community. Excellencies,
Speaker 15: Ladies and gentlemen, My commitment to you and to all
Speaker 15: peoples represented within the General Assembly is to hold the
Speaker 15: highest standards of integrity and professionalism in every aspect of
Speaker 15: my duties. The oath I took to day is not
Speaker 15: a formality. It is a solemn vow to serve with honesty, impartiality,
Speaker 15: and an unshielding dedication to the Charter and principles of
Speaker 15: the United Nations. It is my arness hope that through
Speaker 15: unity we can innovate and implement strong, inclusive solutions that
Speaker 15: address the pressing issues facing our global community. By fostering
Speaker 15: an environment where diverse perspectives are acknowledged and integrated into
Speaker 15: our decision making, we set ourselves off for success in
Speaker 15: pursuing our shared goes. My approach will be collaborative and consultative.
Speaker 15: We deeply believe in the power of dialog and the
Speaker 15: necessity of listening to all voices, ensuring that every Member
Speaker 15: state is heard and valued. To this end, I will
Speaker 15: work tirelessly do not only fulfill the promise of our aspirations,
Speaker 15: but to exceed them. The challenges are complex, but shared
Speaker 15: commitment and mutual respect we can overcome them.
Speaker 11: Thank you, good morning.
Speaker 16: When Parliament resumes next week, Conservatives will do what the
Speaker 16: Liberals have not done, after nearly a decade in government,
Speaker 16: table a comprehensive piece of legislation to protect Canadians online
Speaker 16: while preserving their civil liberties. The need for this approach
Speaker 16: is clear and present. Imagine opening your email or direct
Speaker 16: messages to find explicit messages about how someone is going
Speaker 16: to kill you or rape you, or maybe it's a
Speaker 16: message threatening some sort of blackmail like releasing deep fake
Speaker 16: nude photos if you don't comply with.
Speaker 11: The abuser's demands.
Speaker 16: Then imagine the police telling you that there's not much
Speaker 16: that they can do to help you, and even if
Speaker 16: they do, living with the fear and constant anxiety of
Speaker 16: knowing that there's not much to stop the perpetrator from
Speaker 16: immediately beginning that pattern of harassment again. And then imagine
Speaker 16: this harassment escalating into physical violence or self harm. Now
Speaker 16: imagine this happening to a child. Unfortunately, imagining any of
Speaker 16: these situations shouldn't take much effort. Criminal level online abuse
Speaker 16: happens every day to countless Canadians from every walk of life,
Speaker 16: and little is being done to stop it. Last week,
Speaker 16: high profile journalist Mercedes Stevenson posted about how an online
Speaker 16: stalker had begun reabusing her despite police intervention. And I've
Speaker 16: experienced criminal, violent online threats too. But what hope do
Speaker 16: other Canadians have if the system struggles to protect people
Speaker 16: in positions of power and authority from criminal online abuse.
Speaker 16: After nine years of government, the federal Liberals have failed
Speaker 16: to answer that question. In twenty twenty one, former Liberal
Speaker 16: Justice Minister David Lametti tabled Bill CE thirty six, which
Speaker 16: failed after being roundly criticized by every political stripe for
Speaker 16: its incursions on freedom of speech, but also for failing
Speaker 16: to include updates to Canada's criminal Code that would make
Speaker 16: it easier for law enforcement officials to bring criminals to
Speaker 16: justice for committing crimes online that are already illegal in
Speaker 16: the physical world. And earlier this year, Prime Minister Justin
Speaker 16: Trudeau's new Justice minister a Referraani tabled Bill C sixty three,
Speaker 16: which is suffering the same fate as C thirty six
Speaker 16: and for the same reasons. For nearly a decade, the
Speaker 16: Liberals have presented Canadians with a false dichotomy that they
Speaker 16: should have to water down their civil liberties to be
Speaker 16: protected online.
Speaker 11: It doesn't have to be this way.
Speaker 16: New Conservative legislation will introduce protections in three areas of focus.
Speaker 16: Unlike previous Liberal bills, it will obtain these protections for
Speaker 16: Canadians without creating a government managed surveillance state or putting
Speaker 16: a chill on Charter protected speech.
Speaker 11: The new legislation will first.
Speaker 16: Seek to modernize the existing crime of criminal harassment to
Speaker 16: address the ease and particularly the anonymity of how it
Speaker 16: happened online. To be clear, this update won't criminalize something
Speaker 16: like two people disagreeing about policy online or other types
Speaker 16: of expression of opinion that is protected under the Charter. Specifically,
Speaker 16: the provision in our new Conservative legislation will be based
Speaker 16: on the existing definition of criminal harassment, applying specifically to
Speaker 16: those who repeatedly send unwanted harassing content that causes somebody
Speaker 16: to reasonably fear for their safety or well being. And
Speaker 16: as criminal harassment is largely already legally defined, there is
Speaker 16: an abundance of clear legal precedent to define what things
Speaker 16: like reasonable cure of safety means, so normal speech will
Speaker 16: unambiguously remain protected, and unlike Liberal Bill C sixty three,
Speaker 16: these provisions could be immediately and clearly defined and management
Speaker 16: by law enforcement and judicial officials rather than the rather
Speaker 16: than left vague and overseen by the type of expensive
Speaker 16: kangaroo court that the liberals in Bill C.
Speaker 11: Sixty three posed to create.
Speaker 16: So in this context, the new Conservative legislation will propose
Speaker 16: measures to enable victims of criminal harassment that happens online,
Speaker 16: who today have limited viable recours to quickly and permanently
Speaker 16: end their harassment, to apply to a judge to identify
Speaker 16: their harasser and the harassment, and impose a variety of
Speaker 16: conditions to stop the harassment as the judge see fits,
Speaker 16: including indefinite no contact orders, and particularly, the legislation will
Speaker 16: provide additional legal clarity for the scenarios and criminal thresholds
Speaker 16: under which online operators like social media platforms must disclose
Speaker 16: the identity of an alleged abuser. The new Conservative legislation
Speaker 16: will also propose an aggravating factor if a perpetrator repeatedly
Speaker 16: sends criminally harassing material anonymously, for example, repeatedly sending criminal
Speaker 16: harassment criminally harassing materials from multiple anonymous burner accounts. These
Speaker 16: measures are designed to make it easier and faster for
Speaker 16: victims of online harassment to interact with law enforcement and
Speaker 16: receive protections that actually work, and in turn for law
Speaker 16: enforcement to de escalate violence in a timely fashion.
Speaker 11: Bill C.
Speaker 16: Sixty three contains no provisions in this regard, a glaring
Speaker 16: oversight for a bill ostensibly designed to protect Canadians from
Speaker 16: online harm the sex.
Speaker 11: Seria area as the new con service line of.
Speaker 16: Legislation, wiprovide is mechanisms designed specifically to protect miners so
Speaker 16: children who are online. These measures recognize that miners are
Speaker 16: particularly vulnerable online and need specific measures to keep them safe,
Speaker 16: while providing their parents with tools to make decisions about
Speaker 16: their children's online activity.
Speaker 11: As opposed to C.
Speaker 16: Sixty three, which pushes setting specific rules for miner's use
Speaker 16: of online social media platforms and other online operators far
Speaker 16: far into the future and behind closed doors through an
Speaker 16: opaque regulatory process, our new conservative legislation will directly legislate
Speaker 16: a duty of care for miners that online operators, like
Speaker 16: social media platforms, must adhere to. The bill road require
Speaker 16: online operators to do things like the following, provide parents
Speaker 16: with safeguards, controls, and transparency to prevent harms to their
Speaker 16: kids when they are online, while providing adults with a
Speaker 16: clear and easy to use mechanism to opt out of
Speaker 16: any default parental controls, implement privacy preserving and trustworthy age
Speaker 16: verification methods, for example, computer algorithms that ensure reliable age
Speaker 16: verification to detect when a user is a miner, and
Speaker 16: restrict access to any content that is an appropriate inappropriate
Speaker 16: for miners to such users, while expressly prohibiting the use
Speaker 16: of a digital ID for these purposes. Ensure the appropriate
Speaker 16: enforcement of such measures through a system of administrative penalties
Speaker 16: and consequences by government agencies and bodies that already.
Speaker 11: Exist and which are already mandate.
Speaker 16: To ensure compliance with legislative authorities enactive by Parliament. Specifically,
Speaker 16: the legislation will require operators to act in the best
Speaker 16: interests of a user whom it knows or should reasonably know,
Speaker 16: is a miner by taking reasonable steps in the design
Speaker 16: and operation of its products and services to prevent or
Speaker 16: mitigate the effects of the following physical harm or incitement
Speaker 16: of such harm and online bullying and harassment of miners,
Speaker 16: online sexual violence against miners, including any contact directed at
Speaker 16: a minor online that constitutes an offense under the Criminal
Speaker 16: Code and is committed for a sexual purpose or unsolicited
Speaker 16: or one wanted sexual actions or commun or communications directed
Speaker 16: at a minor online. The creation or dissemination of imagery
Speaker 16: of a miner that is sexually exploitative, humiliates them, is
Speaker 16: harmful to their dignity, or invades their privacy. The promotion
Speaker 16: and marketing of products and services that.
Speaker 11: Are currently unlawful to minors.
Speaker 16: For miners, mental health disorders include anxiety, depression, loneliness, eating disorder,
Speaker 16: and substance use disorders, and the promotion of self harmed
Speaker 16: suicide and suicidal behaviors and patterns of use that indicate
Speaker 16: or encourage addiction like behaviors. The legislation will outline in
Speaker 16: detail how operators must comply with and operate under this
Speaker 16: duty of care, including reporting requirements, marketing prohibit prohibitions, and
Speaker 16: other items. Operators who don't comply with these provisions will
Speaker 16: face steep fines as well as a private right of action.
Speaker 16: And Finally, the new Conservative legislation will update Canada's existing
Speaker 16: laws on the non consensual distribution of intimate images to
Speaker 16: ensure that the non consensual distribution of highly realistic intimate
Speaker 16: images created by artificial intelligence, for example, deep nudes, is criminalized.
Speaker 16: While preserving the existing provisions in current.
Speaker 11: Law about fair use.
Speaker 16: The bill will also increase penalties for this offense and
Speaker 16: even more so for the following non consensual distribution of
Speaker 16: intimate images that depict sexual assault. This action will close
Speaker 16: a glaring loophole and Canadian criminal law that I have
Speaker 16: been calling for on behalf of victim's rights advocates for
Speaker 16: nearly a year now, in which Bill C sixty three
Speaker 16: did not address, and unlike Liberal Bill C sixty three,
Speaker 16: our conservative legislation will not seek to reinstate the former
Speaker 16: Section thirteen of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which even
Speaker 16: the Toronto Star has argued is unnecessary to protect Canadians
Speaker 16: from hate speech. If more evidence was needed to bolster
Speaker 16: their argument, the Liberals had it provided to them in
Speaker 16: spades this past summer. The debacle of attempting to appoint
Speaker 16: someone to arbitrate decisions under Liberal Bill C.
Speaker 11: Sixty three, who had.
Speaker 16: Argued that terror was not an irrational approach, underscored that
Speaker 16: an extra judicial system governed by overly vague definitions of
Speaker 16: what constitutes appropriate speech is putting it mildly, a flawed
Speaker 16: approach bound to result and vexatious com plaints and a
Speaker 16: child on protected speech. And then the cost of the
Speaker 16: new three armed extra judicial bureocracy that the Liberals proposed
Speaker 16: to administer their provisions in c. Sixty three was revealed
Speaker 16: by the Parliamentary Budget Officer to be a staggering two
Speaker 16: hundred million dollars that could be better used to bolster
Speaker 16: the capacity of existing regulators and law enforcement across the country.
Speaker 16: As the Toronto Star wrote, Canada already has laws and
Speaker 16: numerous legal decisions that interpret those laws to protect against
Speaker 16: hate speech. These laws applied to online hate speech as well.
Speaker 16: Existing laws regarding hate speech need to be enforced, something
Speaker 16: the Liberal government has been loathed to do. In addition
Speaker 16: to the measures the new Conservative legislation will provide, the
Speaker 16: Liberals could also, in their tenure have educated the public
Speaker 16: about Providence.
Speaker 17: Initiatives, which seeks to give online users more tools to
Speaker 17: ask appertaining the sources of information. As well, they could
Speaker 17: have educated the public on how information is present to
Speaker 17: them by online operators, rather than being myopically focused on
Speaker 17: finding ways to limit their right to speech at all.
Speaker 17: Because in a democracy, the way to address difficult speech
Speaker 17: that doesn't cross the line of criminality is more speech.
Speaker 11: Not less, so.
Speaker 16: Conservatives will call upon liberals to scrap Bill C. Sixty
Speaker 16: three and pursue our new approach instead. While Liberal Bill C.
Speaker 16: Sixty three includes one supportable measure strengthening mandatory reporting requirements
Speaker 16: of Internet child pornography by Internet operators, this component could
Speaker 16: be hived off and likely passed on unanimous consent while
Speaker 16: the measures of our new legislation are considered or put
Speaker 16: into a new bill should an election be called. Additionally,
Speaker 16: measures for measures to prevent online sex sex stortion provisions
Speaker 16: in bill Conservative Bill C three eight one could be revisited.
Speaker 16: Canadians are living in fear and anxiety and are dying
Speaker 16: because of criminal harassment, particularly because of the ease and
Speaker 16: anonymity with which it can incur online. They need common
Speaker 16: sense tools to protect them while protecting their civil liberties,
Speaker 16: not more in liberal and competence and foot dragging on
Speaker 16: this issue. The Liberals must adopt the common sense approach
Speaker 16: set forth in this new legislation, or given recent events,
Speaker 16: they must call an election and let Canadians tell them
Speaker 16: which approach they prefer. Immediate common sense protections for when
Speaker 16: they are online, or more costly censorship bureaucracy.
Speaker 11: Thank you.
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Speaker 19: You asked all of them to Mark Miller.
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Speaker 18: so in that sense, my job as Foreign Minister is
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Speaker 18: So first and foremost, our policy has been clear. Since
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Speaker 18: any existing permits of arms or parts of arms that
Speaker 18: could have been sent to Israel. Following that, I suspended
Speaker 18: this summer around thirty existing permits of Canadian companies, and
Speaker 18: we're asking questions to these companies. Meanwhile, as for the
Speaker 18: question regarding General Dynamics, our policy is clear. We will
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Speaker 19: Period.
Speaker 18: How they're being sent and where they're being sent is irrelevant.
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Speaker 18: You know, Marykay, what I heard this summer was Canadians
Speaker 18: don't want elections. They just want us to do the job.
Speaker 18: They just want us to govern. And that's what we're doing.
Speaker 19: We're governing. We're taking tough decisions. Why because.
Speaker 18: Times are tough and so wait wait, let me finish
Speaker 18: I'm speaking. So the reality is, like I said in French,
Speaker 18: is we know that cost of living is too expensive.
Speaker 19: That people are frustrated with it. So what do we do.
Speaker 18: We do everything to reduce the cost of things and services.
Speaker 18: So that's why we have dental care. That's why we're
Speaker 18: working on a medical a medic care plan. That's why
Speaker 18: we have also affordable housing, and that's also why we're
Speaker 18: really working on childcare. These are all things that the
Speaker 18: government are doing, and good news. We have new people
Speaker 18: now that will be there to help us to make
Speaker 18: sure that we have a very strong economy at the
Speaker 18: same time that the middle class is protected.
Speaker 19: Yes, still the island.
Speaker 1: You can.
Speaker 19: I'm convinced we will win.
Speaker 18: Sorry, sorry David. Yeah, well, well, I said, I know Marcarni.
Speaker 18: I've known him for some time now and we had
Speaker 18: a good conversation yesterday. I think it's good news that
Speaker 18: he's going to be there to help us with economic issues.
Speaker 19: She said, this is the only week. Wait you said to.
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Speaker 18: We're working and making sure that we get the confidence
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