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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. Okay, so we're going to
Speaker 1: hear from Mark Karney today and hey, okay, this is
Speaker 1: the importance of Mark Karney speaking to the press from
Speaker 1: the Parliament Hill. He is speaking about mostly he is
Speaker 1: speaking about measures to protect Canadian steel and aluminum industries.
Speaker 1: As we know that Donald Trump has escalated the some
Speaker 1: ridiculous and illegal amount of tariff to be placed on
Speaker 1: Canadian steel products. He is also placing at the same
Speaker 1: time also aluminum products. Well, one of the issues is
Speaker 1: is that most of the North American aluminum mines exist
Speaker 1: in Canadian territories. So Donald Trump claims that he doesn't
Speaker 1: need aluminum from Canada, that America has its own aluminum.
Speaker 1: Well that's not exactly true. He does actually need Canadian
Speaker 1: aluminum and steel products. So mister Carney is announcing some
Speaker 1: measures to protect those products, to protect those industries from
Speaker 1: the tariffs and help the help keep all of those
Speaker 1: all of those workers with jobs, and help keep them
Speaker 1: keep the industry moving smoothly, Okay, So mister Kearney is
Speaker 1: also joined by the the Ministers of Finance and the
Speaker 1: Minister of Industry, as well as the Minister of Inter
Speaker 1: Government Governmental Affairs as he makes his announcement about him
Speaker 1: protecting the uh steel and aluminum for Canada. This is
Speaker 1: also coming just a couple of days after the end
Speaker 1: of the G seven summit in Alberta. If we also
Speaker 1: remember correctly when there were some announcements about Iran and
Speaker 1: Israel and mister Trump actually left the talks early before
Speaker 1: they mister Carney and him could actually have some serious
Speaker 1: considerations about what it is they're going to talk about
Speaker 1: to find a really good financial path and trade deal
Speaker 1: for both the United States and Canada. Mister Carney also
Speaker 1: said in a interview at the end of the g
Speaker 1: G seven summit that there was a active, invalid trade
Speaker 1: deal between the US and Canada with the U S
Speaker 1: m c A. So, so we're also going to hear
Speaker 1: today about Israel and Palestine. The there is a recording
Speaker 1: from the Human Rights Commission and the inquiries into what
Speaker 1: is actually going on with the let's put the judicial
Speaker 1: end of and holding people accountable for war crimes, and
Speaker 1: and for withdrawing humanitarian aid and trying to starve people
Speaker 1: until they die off, limitating and uh and stealing, stealing
Speaker 1: in destruction of cultural items that would help future generations
Speaker 1: identify with being Palestinian. All of these things are mounting
Speaker 1: up and and there there is a serious discussion about
Speaker 1: who is accountable and how not only units can be
Speaker 1: held accountable, mility where units can be held accountable, that
Speaker 1: individuals can also be held accountable for crimes against humanity
Speaker 1: and war crimes, for example. They are going to discuss
Speaker 1: this a little bit further, that the happening where Israeli
Speaker 1: citizens were held as hostages by the Hamas constitutes a
Speaker 1: war crime that and a crime against humanity, And with
Speaker 1: all that being said, they want to hold each individual
Speaker 1: person accountable for their crimes. They are also discussion about
Speaker 1: some of the people that have been arrested, and they
Speaker 1: don't even know how many people Israel is holding accountable
Speaker 1: for such crimes because there hasn't been any due process
Speaker 1: put forth to or trials to put put forth in
Speaker 1: order to figure out the evidence of each individual person.
Speaker 1: As they had a part in the holding of Israeli
Speaker 1: host citizens hostage UH during the during that time period
Speaker 1: UH from UH it was almost two years along with that.
Speaker 1: There they they have named individual units they could be
Speaker 1: held at military units that could be held accountable for
Speaker 1: the destruction of civilian sites in Gaza by the Israeli
Speaker 1: d UH defense forces there there. When they talk about accountability,
Speaker 1: they want to make sure that people understand that not
Speaker 1: only could your military unit be held responsible, but you
Speaker 1: personally can be held responsible in certain acts. And they
Speaker 1: want to make sure that for these war crimes, that
Speaker 1: people are held responsible and that they do suffer some
Speaker 1: uh some consequences and not just some military In some cases,
Speaker 1: some military tribunals have been held and Israel has swept
Speaker 1: the results of those under the rug rather than making
Speaker 1: it evident what the consequences were to soldiers who have
Speaker 1: committed such war crimes or that have done things violence
Speaker 1: against women and civilians, or with withdrawing of humanitarian aid
Speaker 1: such as food and clean water. They so this commission
Speaker 1: wants to make sure that that these these people who
Speaker 1: who commit these acts are treated and shown to be
Speaker 1: criminals in a humanitarian way. So we're gonna hear about
Speaker 1: that in the in this next episode and we're gonna
Speaker 1: also hear about from the United Nations Press UH floor
Speaker 1: about ongoing military actions between Iran and Israel, as well
Speaker 1: as some other things that have come up between Palace
Speaker 1: in Israel, I can more recent actions, and what the
Speaker 1: United Nations themselves are trying to do to push forward
Speaker 1: with humanitarian effort so that all parties have their rights
Speaker 1: supported and all parties are acting within the rules of
Speaker 1: international law. So with that, why don't we get started
Speaker 1: with here from mister Karney as he's trying to protect
Speaker 1: Canadian industry.
Speaker 2: Okay, good afternoon, everyone, bo to mont This week, Canada
Speaker 2: hosted the G seven Summit in Kanaanascus, Alberta and his
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Speaker 2: be defined not just by the strength of our values,
Speaker 2: but also by the value of our strength. The world
Speaker 2: wants to do much more, much more, and work much
Speaker 2: more closely with Canada, and we're ready now. On Monday morning,
Speaker 2: I with colleagues met with President Trump to discuss international
Speaker 2: priorities as part of the G seven, but also to
Speaker 2: further negotiate a new economic and security partnership between Canada
Speaker 2: and the United States. And as we've said repeatedly, we'll
Speaker 2: take all the time we need to get the best
Speaker 2: deal for Canada, but no longer. And seeing progress that's
Speaker 2: been made, President Trump and I agreed to pursue negotiations
Speaker 2: towards a deal within the coming thirty days. Will continue
Speaker 2: these negotiations, of course, in good faith. In parallel, we
Speaker 2: must reinforce our strength at home and safeguard Canadian workers
Speaker 2: and businesses from the unjust US tariffs that exist at present.
Speaker 2: And that's why we're announcing that Canada will be introducing
Speaker 2: a series of countermeasures to protect Canadian steel and aluminum
Speaker 2: workers and producers. And there's several and I'm going to listen. First,
Speaker 2: Canada will adjust its existing counter tariffs on US steel
Speaker 2: and aluminum products on the twenty first of July, at
Speaker 2: the end of that thirty day period. In other words,
Speaker 2: we're going to adjust them to levels consistent with the
Speaker 2: progress that's made at that point on the broader training
Speaker 2: arrangements with the United States. Secondly, we will implement reciprocal
Speaker 2: procurement rules ensuring that only Canadian producers and producers from
Speaker 2: trading partners that provide Canada with terra free reciprocal access
Speaker 2: through trade agreements can compete for federal government procurement of
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Speaker 2: its remission framework for automobiles to favor the use of
Speaker 2: Canadian steel and aluminum in Canadian made products. And finally,
Speaker 2: we're creating two government stakeholder task forces, one for steel
Speaker 2: one for aluminum to monitor trade and market trends and
Speaker 2: to better support government decision making and workers going forward.
Speaker 2: Remind that the ten billion dollar Large Enterprise Tariff Loan
Speaker 2: Facility remains open to help affected businesses access the liquidity
Speaker 2: they need and to return to financial resilience as the
Speaker 2: market stabilizes. In short, the government is responding to the
Speaker 2: impact of the unjust US tariffs with multiple tools. We
Speaker 2: will review our response as the negotiations progress. I'll be
Speaker 2: meeting with the premiers of the provinces and territories tomorrow
Speaker 2: to discuss this response and our broader coordination going forward.
Speaker 2: The next week, I will attend the Canada EU Summit
Speaker 2: as well as the NATO Summit, as part of Canada's
Speaker 2: new government's mission to strengthen and build security and economic
Speaker 2: partnerships with reliable partners. And this week in this House,
Speaker 2: the Parliament has the opportunity to pass the core of
Speaker 2: our domestic economic response, the One Canadian Economy Act, because
Speaker 2: together we as Canadians can give ourselves far more than
Speaker 2: the Americans can ever take away. Steel and aluminum workers
Speaker 2: are on the front line of this trade crisis. These
Speaker 2: are the workers who will help us build one strong
Speaker 2: Canadian economy, the strongest economy in the G seven. Hello,
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Speaker 2: the ministers and I will be happy to take your questions.
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Speaker 4: So we'll start with the first question.
Speaker 5: You do not release the Globe and Mail.
Speaker 6: Are you opposing anti dumping tariffs because the US asked
Speaker 6: you too as part of these negotiations over the thirty days.
Speaker 2: Short answer, No, there was not a request from the
Speaker 2: United States, but it's a consequence of the US actions.
Speaker 2: As you know, the US tariffs on steel and aluminum
Speaker 2: are global tariffs. They're not targeted specifically at Canada, but
Speaker 2: they of course affect our steel industries and our workers.
Speaker 2: And one of the consequences of that effect or perspective consequences,
Speaker 2: is that steel from other countries, from third countries, start
Speaker 2: to come into Canada if we don't protect our industries.
Speaker 2: So we're setting these quotas it's a long word tariff
Speaker 2: tariff right quotas, but a quota for the amount of
Speaker 2: steel that can come in from third countries to limit
Speaker 2: that amount, to stabilize the market. And to be clear,
Speaker 2: we will be reviewing the level of those teriffrey quotas
Speaker 2: as this progresses. It depends on what the United States does,
Speaker 2: first and foremost with Canada, whether we come to an
Speaker 2: agreement the next thirty days, but also what they do
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Speaker 6: And will the government be considered rolling out any additional
Speaker 6: support for the industry beyond the emergency loans that you mentioned,
Speaker 6: For example, would the government ever consider investing directly in
Speaker 6: a steel producer.
Speaker 2: Well, it's an important question, and I'll say this following
Speaker 2: first is that we're united in working on all forms
Speaker 2: of support for the industry, short term tariff measures. We're
Speaker 2: announcing today liquidity as necessary but also unnecessary, a restructuring
Speaker 2: of demand and the industry that will happen almost irrespective
Speaker 2: of what happens between Canada and the United States because
Speaker 2: of the global impact of the new US trade policy.
Speaker 2: So that starts with buying Canadian steel and aluminum for
Speaker 2: federal projects, working with the provinces to do the same,
Speaker 2: making sure that the enormous infrastructure bill that's about to
Speaker 2: happen in this country be if we get the One
Speaker 2: Canadian Economy Bill through parliament, the impact of these nation
Speaker 2: building projects, making sure that those are taking advantage of
Speaker 2: our industries. Same with autos, same with the new defense
Speaker 2: spending that will be considerable over the years, and what
Speaker 2: we're working together is on those policies to encourage the
Speaker 2: consumption of Canadian steel and aluminum, but also we will
Speaker 2: be looking at how to finance the bridge of a
Speaker 2: industry two industries that have been very very oriented north south,
Speaker 2: not exclusively, but very oriented north south, to be oriented
Speaker 2: towards Canada first and then globally with reliable partners. Thank you, thanks,
Speaker 2: question great with Global News.
Speaker 4: Are you willing to sign the security and economic agreement
Speaker 4: that you've been negotiating with mister Trump if any of
Speaker 4: the Trump's tariffs are still in place after that Deally signed.
Speaker 2: Well, we're willing to sign a security in economic or
Speaker 2: commercial agreement with the United States that's in Canada's best
Speaker 2: interests and only that. So that's the negotiation that there
Speaker 2: is still some room to travel, so to speak, before
Speaker 2: we get to that point, but we have a deadline
Speaker 2: in order to achieve that, and if it's in Canada's interests,
Speaker 2: we'll sign it. If it's not, we won't.
Speaker 4: So you're willing to sign a deal with Americans and
Speaker 4: still have some of the terriffs that Donald Trump is signed.
Speaker 2: Sorry, it's a negotiation right now. I was anticipating the
Speaker 2: offrancis sorry, but yeah, it's it's a negotiation.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 2: We start from a position where which is clear in
Speaker 2: terms of the tremendous contribution of Canadian workers Canadian companies
Speaker 2: first and foremost to jobs and livelihoods here in Canada,
Speaker 2: but to the competitiveness of the American for example, specifically
Speaker 2: in the auto sector where steel is so and aluminum
Speaker 2: is so tightly tied, and our auto companies are so
Speaker 2: tightly tight. We are part of the core that makes
Speaker 2: American automakers competitive. It is in the US interests as well.
Speaker 2: They have to fully see that. Thank you. I'm gonna say, uh,
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Speaker 8: Thanks.
Speaker 4: Question, how often are.
Speaker 9: You communicating with President Trump and to mister LeBlanc, what
Speaker 9: are your tasks during this next sturdy day negotiating here?
Speaker 2: Okay? So all answer no, no, oh no, I think
Speaker 2: I would like to hear from the Minister LeBlanc. I
Speaker 2: the President I communicate, I would say relatively frequently on
Speaker 2: on a range of issues from our perspective. Obviously this
Speaker 2: is a top of mine, but miserl LeBlanc true, So
Speaker 2: thank you, Prime Minister.
Speaker 10: I'm having ongoing conversations with Secretary Latnik, Ambassador Hillman and
Speaker 10: I met following the Prime Minister in the President's meeting
Speaker 10: in Kanadascas with Ambassador Greer and officials who are with
Speaker 10: the President in Kanadascas. We've agreed to have another meeting tomorrow,
Speaker 10: so I'm following up. As the Prime Minister said, conscious
Speaker 10: of the deadline that he and President Trump fixed. The
Speaker 10: fact that there's now a deadline set by the two leaders,
Speaker 10: I think has focused the conversation. So I'm optimistic over
Speaker 10: the next three and a half weeks that we can
Speaker 10: make some progress and I'll be reporting to the Prime
Speaker 10: Minister as that progress unfolded.
Speaker 11: Thank you and for the Prime Minister.
Speaker 9: What are Canada's goals during these thirty day talks.
Speaker 2: Well, I mean the high level is the best goal,
Speaker 2: the best result for Canadian workers and businesses first thing. Secondly,
Speaker 2: for that to be the case, we need to stabilize
Speaker 2: the trading relationship with the United States. We need to
Speaker 2: have ready access to US markets for Canadian companies and
Speaker 2: for Canadian companies, and not have our hands tied in
Speaker 2: terms of our dealing with the rest of the world.
Speaker 2: Because I'll go back to something I said at the
Speaker 2: start and heard in every single interaction in Canadascus. The
Speaker 2: world wants to work with Canada. The world wants to
Speaker 2: work with Canada. Minister Jolie was just in the aerospace
Speaker 2: with the aerospace industry in France a few days ago.
Speaker 2: Minister Champagne elsewhere like people want to work with Canada.
Speaker 2: We have major delegation visiting here and so access to
Speaker 2: the US for our mutual benefit, but very much an
Speaker 2: ability to trade with the rest of the world, which
Speaker 2: we intend to take advantage of regardless of the outcome
Speaker 2: of the discussions with US.
Speaker 9: Next question, I guess your new Prime Minister David Baxter.
Speaker 9: With the Canadian press so earlier you were talking about
Speaker 9: the importance of getting C five passed. Last time we
Speaker 9: were hearing that the way this bill is being handled
Speaker 9: is laying the table out for a potential idle no
Speaker 9: more two point zero. Are you prepared for a potential
Speaker 9: summer of protests and how do you properly address the
Speaker 9: concerns raise by a host of indigenous organizations at this point.
Speaker 2: I mean, the first thing is that at the heart
Speaker 2: of this legislation is Section thirty five of our Constitution.
Speaker 2: At the heart is not just respect for, but full
Speaker 2: embrace of free, prior and informed consent. It has to
Speaker 2: be seen as well in parallel with very major measures
Speaker 2: that this government is taking to not just support that
Speaker 2: those partnerships, but also to finance equity ownership in these
Speaker 2: nation building projects for indigenous people's, indigenous groups, indigenous right hols.
Speaker 2: That's the first point. The second is that this legislation
Speaker 2: is enabling legislation. It creates the possibility of these projects.
Speaker 2: Now there's lots of suggestions of what the actual projects
Speaker 2: could be, but it creates the possibility, but a very
Speaker 2: clear process which has at its heart consultation, full consultations
Speaker 2: with indigenous peoples to define what is a nation building project.
Speaker 2: And then if something is one of those projects, then
Speaker 2: what are the conditions in order for that project to
Speaker 2: move forward, including participation obviously, I would think in almost
Speaker 2: every case environmental, other conditions, and then only if those
Speaker 2: conditions are met with the project moveward. So consultation, cooperation, engagement.
Speaker 2: Participation is at the heart of C five and that
Speaker 2: is how you build a nation, and that's very much
Speaker 2: how we've designed it, how we believe it, and that's
Speaker 2: how we'll be moving forward.
Speaker 10: Yeah, just on.
Speaker 9: India, what's changed in the last eight or nine months
Speaker 9: or so, Bri Canada is ready to have Indian diplomats
Speaker 9: back in the country, including a high commissioner. And did
Speaker 9: a hearty thing the jar come up at all in
Speaker 9: your conversation with mister Modi.
Speaker 2: The Well, let me let me go back to a
Speaker 2: very basic level, because this is a basic, almost foundational,
Speaker 2: necessary first step for the relationship, which is to exchange
Speaker 2: high commissioners and re begin effectively diplomatic service, a consular
Speaker 2: service we have. I mean, there are very deep ongoing
Speaker 2: ties of people to people, not just certainly of Indo Canadians,
Speaker 2: but of Canadians the whole. With India. We don't have
Speaker 2: a high commissioner in India right now. We're not serving
Speaker 2: Canadians in India right now because of where we are.
Speaker 2: I mean, the same the reciprocal would would hold for
Speaker 2: the Indian government. So just having a basic level of
Speaker 2: engagement is in many respects a duty of the government.
Speaker 2: I'm glad that we we came to that agreement understanding.
Speaker 2: That agreement understanding also is based on several things, uh,
Speaker 2: the law enforcement operation which clears saying, understanding of issues
Speaker 2: of transnational repression, which we're discussed not just at the
Speaker 2: G seven but also in the in the discussions of
Speaker 2: the Prime Minister and I had look, I'd never make
Speaker 2: it a policy to give a line by line transcript
Speaker 2: readout of exactly what said in the media. And I'm
Speaker 2: not about to start now.
Speaker 11: Next question, Prime Minister, afternoon, very quickly with Market News.
Speaker 11: I have a document showing some of the fiscal plans
Speaker 11: for this.
Speaker 2: Year for that looks like it's written on a napkin. Greg,
Speaker 2: I don't know whose nappin is.
Speaker 11: It said there's a contingency boring authority.
Speaker 2: Is that the oppositions it's it's finances.
Speaker 11: It says there's a contingency or an option of Board
Speaker 11: ninety five.
Speaker 1: What kind of.
Speaker 2: Sorry, Greg, I'm sorry, I expect executive Okay, okay, start again.
Speaker 2: You have a document, I'm sorry, I sorry, treated with it.
Speaker 11: On Winns fiscal plans for this year and it mentions
Speaker 11: an option to borrow up to ninety five billion dollars.
Speaker 11: Excuse me to cover geopolitical risk. You know, we're in
Speaker 11: the middle of some delicate trade talks with the US.
Speaker 11: I just wondered, in these circumstances, why do we need
Speaker 11: to set aside that amount of money to get through this?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 2: As all in all seriousness, obviously by my response to
Speaker 2: your document, I haven't seen what you're talking about. So
Speaker 2: you're asking me to comment on something I haven't seen
Speaker 2: full stop, Then I'm going to tell you something you
Speaker 2: already know, which is that any responsible government makes contingency plants.
Speaker 2: The world is in a trade war. The world's in
Speaker 2: a trade war that is running a risk of a
Speaker 2: global recession. And if I would note, and you don't
Speaker 2: need to take it from me, I'll quote the chair
Speaker 2: of the Federal Reserve this week who highlighted the risks
Speaker 2: of stagflation, in other words, inflation in their judgment Federal Reserves,
Speaker 2: what do they know but what this is what they
Speaker 2: think that inflation's going up, then growth is going to
Speaker 2: slow in the United States. The world's in the middle
Speaker 2: of a trade war and several wars, actual wars, including
Speaker 2: wars that can have quite significant implication for commodity prices,
Speaker 2: global growth, aside from the human costs that comes with them.
Speaker 2: Any responsible government, any responsible organization, makes contingency plans for
Speaker 2: those circumstances.
Speaker 11: I'd like to turn to talk of making Canada and
Speaker 11: energy superpower.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Daniel Smith has said, you.
Speaker 11: Know, there could be a referendum next year and the
Speaker 11: legislation around that is one hundred and seventy thousand people
Speaker 11: can put that on the ballot.
Speaker 12: You know.
Speaker 11: Brian Molrooney once perhaps referred to rolling the dice with
Speaker 11: the future of Canada. Is it appropriate for that few
Speaker 11: people to put the state, the fate of a G
Speaker 11: seven nation in the balance.
Speaker 2: Well, I see what you're trying to do. And look
Speaker 2: the Province of Alberta. Provinces make determinations on the rules
Speaker 2: governing referenda, voter plebiscites, other factors, and they can make
Speaker 2: determination of how they come in the forest, determinations on
Speaker 2: broader issues a referenda a federal level and including supported
Speaker 2: by a Supreme Court decisions as governed by the Clarity
Speaker 2: I will refer to the Clarity Act. But look what
Speaker 2: we're interested in, what Cannas new Government's interested in, what Parliament.
Speaker 2: I think most parliamentarians are interested in. Is building this country,
Speaker 2: not breaking it apart. It's working together, working with indigenous peoples,
Speaker 2: working with provinces, working with labor, working with business. We
Speaker 2: have many you know, we have this threat, this realizing
Speaker 2: from the US that regardless of what outcome we get,
Speaker 2: I mean, it matters what agreement we get. But it's
Speaker 2: changing the world of trade. It is changing the outlook
Speaker 2: for the global economy in not just immediate but the
Speaker 2: medium term. We have to take more responsibility ourselves to
Speaker 2: move forward, which is what we're doing with the One
Speaker 2: Canadian Economy Act and what's underneath it, which very much
Speaker 2: includes and I'll finish on this, very much includes cooperation
Speaker 2: with the Province of Alberta, the promises sketch when promise
Speaker 2: of British come, all the promises and territories indigenous people
Speaker 2: for these nation building projects. And we're having constructions, i
Speaker 2: would say, very constructive discussions with Premier Smith and stakeholders
Speaker 2: in Alberta specifically, and we intend to convert those to
Speaker 2: actual actual projects, investment, jobs and a brighter future for
Speaker 2: the country.
Speaker 12: We'll have time for one last question. Nayak Gusim I,
Speaker 12: Minister Mike Loocutur with CTV News the whole Commission in
Speaker 12: Alassa supports is that India is one of the main
Speaker 12: perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage in Canada. I know
Speaker 12: you don't want to give a line by line conversation
Speaker 12: about what you had with Prime Minister Modi, but given
Speaker 12: how this does affect.
Speaker 2: Canadians very personally, what.
Speaker 12: Did you say to Prime Minister Motive about it and
Speaker 12: did you tell him to stop it?
Speaker 2: We've made our position very clear, including recently that UH
Speaker 2: we will not UH tolerate transnational repression UH in Canada
Speaker 2: from any source, any any source, geographic or UH institutional
Speaker 2: UH New UH New Montclair, UH could Devois the l
Speaker 2: UH Canada nip NIMPT institution.
Speaker 12: We're asking about the conflict in the the least and
Speaker 12: whether or not you support the US directly striking Iran
Speaker 12: in the goal of diminishing their nuclear capacity.
Speaker 2: Insaye. The following, which is that UH, the prospect in
Speaker 2: any sense of that word, of Iran having a nuclear
Speaker 2: weapon is fundamentally destabilizing to peace in the Middle East
Speaker 2: and broader peace and stability in the world. The we
Speaker 2: support at first point. Secondly, we absolutely support and stand
Speaker 2: by Israel and in its right to defend itself and
Speaker 2: protect protect itself. We join others in looking for a
Speaker 2: resolution of this crisis that ensures that there is not
Speaker 2: a nuclear weapon or nuclear capacity in Iran, that ensures
Speaker 2: the safety and stability of all countries Israel included in
Speaker 2: the region, and that leads to broader peace in UH
Speaker 2: or prospect of broader peace in the Middle East. And
Speaker 2: I'll draw attention to the G seven statement agreed biology
Speaker 2: seven leaders that the resolution of this crisis should be
Speaker 2: accompanied by a cease fire in Gaza. Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: This puts an.
Speaker 5: Change the angle a little bit. All right, good afternoon,
Speaker 5: it's early, it's only is all right, Just a couple
Speaker 5: of programming notes UH Today at three p m. In
Speaker 5: the ECOSOC Chamber, the U N Peace Building Commission will
Speaker 5: hold its annual session under Secretary General for Political and
Speaker 5: Peace Building Affairs where it was married to Carlo. We'll
Speaker 5: brief on behalf of the Secretary General and if you
Speaker 5: happen to be in the delegates area, peace building exhibit
Speaker 5: is being displayed along the curved wall in the its area.
Speaker 5: The exhibit will be up till the twenty seventh Tomorrow
Speaker 5: at ten point fifteen am, they will be a press
Speaker 5: conference here by Virginia Gamba, the Secretary General, Special Representative
Speaker 5: on Children Armed Conflict, on the Annual Report of Children
Speaker 5: and Armed Conflict in the Security Council. This morning, the
Speaker 5: Secretary General delivered remarks on the Council's meeting on Poverty,
Speaker 5: under Development and Conflict. That sustainable peace requires sustainable development.
Speaker 5: The flames of conflict are all too often lit and
Speaker 5: fed by persistent poverty and growing inequalities, he said, adding
Speaker 5: that it's no coincidence that nine of the ten countries
Speaker 5: with the lowest Human Development Index are currently in a
Speaker 5: state of conflict. Mister Gutera said that forty percent of
Speaker 5: the seven hundred million people living in extreme poverty live
Speaker 5: in conflict affected or fragile settings, and that the situation
Speaker 5: is only getting worse. Years after the adoption of the
Speaker 5: Sustainable Development Goals, he said, two thirds of the targets
Speaker 5: are lagging and the world is falling short by over
Speaker 5: four trillion United States dollars annually in the resources developing
Speaker 5: countries need to deliver on the promises of the twenty
Speaker 5: thirty agenda. The Secretary General said that the Fourth Conference
Speaker 5: on Financing for Development, starting next week, will be an
Speaker 5: important moment for the world to fix and strengthen this
Speaker 5: essential engine and Kanye Wignaradja, Assistant Secretary General for in
Speaker 5: the in UNDP, also brief Council members. She noted that
Speaker 5: climate change has been a crisis multiplier, forcing people to
Speaker 5: flee their homes around the world, from Nigeria to mianmar
Speaker 5: and beyond. Focusing now on the situation in Gaza, the
Speaker 5: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that widespread bombardment,
Speaker 5: shelling and shooting continues, resulting in reports of scores of
Speaker 5: fatalities even more injuries, including among those seeking aid, and
Speaker 5: we're seeing that today. Yesterday a team from the Medical
Speaker 5: Complex sorry, a UN team visited the Noser Medical Complex
Speaker 5: in han Junis, which, as you know and we've been
Speaker 5: telling you, is struggling to stay operational under relentless pressure
Speaker 5: and severe shortages of just about every item. Our collegues
Speaker 5: from WHO and OCHA were there following the arrival of
Speaker 5: hundreds of casualties, including many who were reportedly attack while
Speaker 5: waiting for food. Who's Director General doctor Tedro said the
Speaker 5: hospital was hosting twice as many patients as it can handle.
Speaker 5: Doctor Tedros aided that the hospital cannot expand its capacity
Speaker 5: because it lacks ventilators, it lacks monitors, it lacks beds
Speaker 5: as well as staff to oate to operate all of
Speaker 5: the hospital. Yesterday, who was able to deliver minimum amount
Speaker 5: of fuel to the hospital to power up its backup generators.
Speaker 5: OCHA reminds us that no fuel has entered the Gaza
Speaker 5: strip for one hundred and ten days. Yesterday we mentioned
Speaker 5: an attempt by our colleagues on the ground to retrieve
Speaker 5: fuel from the Altachhiriar station in Rafa. We can now
Speaker 5: confirm that the operation was indeed successful. About two hundred
Speaker 5: and eighty thousand leaders of fuel were retrieved and transferred
Speaker 5: to a more accessible location in the darrel Bala area.
Speaker 5: Ocha also tells us that while this buys a bit
Speaker 5: of time, it is far from enough to keep life
Speaker 5: saving operations going. Fuel purchased outside must be allowed to
Speaker 5: enter Gaza. Unless this happens very soon, hospitals, ambulances, worded
Speaker 5: desalination plants, phone networks and other critical services will grind
Speaker 5: to a halt. Meanwhile, OCHA also tells us that efforts
Speaker 5: to repair a fiber optic cable that was damaged are
Speaker 5: being hindered, causing a major telecomunity kitchens outage for the
Speaker 5: third day in a row today. Israeli authorities initially approved,
Speaker 5: but then impeded the movement of a team that was
Speaker 5: set to identify where this fiber optic line had been cut.
Speaker 5: As you'll recall, this cut is impacting central and southern Gaza,
Speaker 5: and until the issue is resolved, people are cut off
Speaker 5: from life saving information about where to find help. Our
Speaker 5: own humanitarian teams are unable to properly coordinate and move
Speaker 5: about safely in Gaza, which is you know, is a
Speaker 5: rather dangerous area. Meanwhile, you will recall that no shelter
Speaker 5: materials have entered Gaza since March firth first, before the
Speaker 5: Israeli authorities imposed a full blockade on aid and any
Speaker 5: other supplies for nearly eighty days. While some commodities have
Speaker 5: subsequently been allowed in small quantities, tense timber, tarpaulins and
Speaker 5: any other shelter islands remain prohibited. Almost everyone in Gaza
Speaker 5: has been displaced multiple times during this war, and shelter
Speaker 5: conditions are quickly deteriorating even further. Makeshift accommodations are concentrated
Speaker 5: and bombed out schools, public lots, and urban rubble, often
Speaker 5: far exceeding the site capacity and obviously without any basic infrastructure.
Speaker 5: We along with our partners, have some nine eighty thousand
Speaker 5: shelter items, including fifty thousand tents, ready for prioritization and
Speaker 5: dispatch as soon as access is granted. And turning to
Speaker 5: Haiti or h excuse me, our humanitarian country team in
Speaker 5: the country is sounding the alarm on the need for
Speaker 5: enhanced preparedness ahead of the Atlantic hurricane season. Amidst severe
Speaker 5: funding shortfalls, Contingency stocks are at their lowest level ever,
Speaker 5: despite forecast indicating an above average season. Haiti begins this
Speaker 5: hurricane season with no prepositioned food supplies and no available
Speaker 5: funding to launch a rapid response. This comes as five
Speaker 5: point seven million people in the country face severe food
Speaker 5: and security and more than two hundred and thirty thousand
Speaker 5: displaced human beings are living in makeshift shelters and those
Speaker 5: are as we've been telling you highly exposed to extreme whether.
Speaker 5: Our colleagues also remind us that the Haiti is one
Speaker 5: of the only five countries worldwide with people in famine
Speaker 5: like conditions. With support from national and international partners, our
Speaker 5: humanitarian partners have prepositioned some limited stocks of hygiene kits, tarpaulins,
Speaker 5: trauma supplies and nutrition support, and plan to deliver anticipatory
Speaker 5: cash transfers to vulnerable households. However, additional funding for relief
Speaker 5: efforts are urgently needed. Haiti's humanitarian response plan remains only
Speaker 5: eight percent funded, which just seventy five million dollars received
Speaker 5: of the nine hundred and eight million dollars required for
Speaker 5: this year. Meanwhile, OACHA has been leading missions with UN
Speaker 5: Agent Seas and other partners to see how aid operations
Speaker 5: can be resumed in areas of high need following the
Speaker 5: May twenty sixth suspension of operations due to insecurity. Missions
Speaker 5: have been carried out in a number of areas in
Speaker 5: the metropolitan Port of Prince A zone, with further deployments
Speaker 5: planned along the National First National Road, which connects the
Speaker 5: capital to the north of the country. These efforts aim
Speaker 5: to secure safety guarantees and enable the safe resumption of
Speaker 5: humanitarian operations in those zones. Turning to the situation in
Speaker 5: South Sudan, which is not any better. I can tell
Speaker 5: you that we are deeply concerned about an increase in
Speaker 5: acute malnutrition in cholera cases in the country. Our humanitarian
Speaker 5: colleagues are telling us that between the twenty fourth between
Speaker 5: July twenty twenty four and June of this year, the
Speaker 5: number of children under the age of five needing urgent
Speaker 5: treatment for acute malnutrition climb to ten percent. That is,
Speaker 5: from two point one million children to two point three
Speaker 5: million children suffering acute malnutrition. This is happening against the
Speaker 5: backdrop of the world's worst collar outbreak this year. Nearly
Speaker 5: seventy four thousand cases and at least three hundred and
Speaker 5: sixty two debts were reported across nine states as of
Speaker 5: June sixteenth. Despite access constraints, we and our humanitarian partners
Speaker 5: have scaled up the response and as of today, approximately
Speaker 5: six point nine million doses of oral color of vaccines
Speaker 5: have been administered. The twenty twenty five Humanitarian Needs and
Speaker 5: Response Plan for South Sudan is only twenty percent funded,
Speaker 5: with three hundred and thirty eight United States dollars in
Speaker 5: the bank out of one point seven billion dollars needed.
Speaker 5: This dire situation is yet another stark reminder that we
Speaker 5: need funding urgently to expand food assistant expand nutrition, and
Speaker 5: expand health services to those who needed the most. And
Speaker 5: speaking of humanitarian work, just a quick update for you
Speaker 5: on the Humanitarian Reset, which is you'll recall our good
Speaker 5: friend Tom Fletcher, the head of the Humanitarian Affairs Department,
Speaker 5: spoke to you about from this room about three months ago.
Speaker 5: Following a meeting this week of the Interagency Standing Committee,
Speaker 5: which brings together major UN humanitarian partners and international NGOs,
Speaker 5: mister Fletcher said that we are in a doom loop
Speaker 5: with a transactional, inward looking and less generous era, making
Speaker 5: a tough time to be a humanitarian. Meanwhile, political polarization,
Speaker 5: the climate crisis and conflictor on the rise, all driving
Speaker 5: humanitarian needs even higher. He stressed that the Humanitarian Reset,
Speaker 5: a bold global agenda to regroup and reform the aid system,
Speaker 5: is in its next phase, which includes the hyper prioritization
Speaker 5: of our appeals to support humanitarian work, which I think
Speaker 5: Fahan told you about a few days ago. This we
Speaker 5: will save many lives, as many lives as we can,
Speaker 5: he said, with the resources we have, stressing that we
Speaker 5: need just one percent of what the world spent on
Speaker 5: defense last year to reach millions of people in direct
Speaker 5: need around the work more information on the interweb. Tomorrow
Speaker 5: is World Refugee Day. And noting how too many individuals
Speaker 5: flee in conflict or persecution feel compelled to embark on
Speaker 5: dangerous journeys in many parts of the world, we are
Speaker 5: joining the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for
Speaker 5: Migration and remembering that a one shipwreck that took place
Speaker 5: just two years ago stands as stark memorial and illustration
Speaker 5: of the human cost of inaction on issues regarding refugees
Speaker 5: and migrants. Just about two years ago, one of the
Speaker 5: deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean recent memory claimed the lives
Speaker 5: of some six hundred and fifty refugees and migrants when
Speaker 5: a fishing trawler capsized off the coast of Pilos in Greece.
Speaker 5: Till this day, hundreds of people remain missing and their
Speaker 5: families are still awaiting answers. UNHCR and IOM stress that
Speaker 5: this tragedy and the profound pain it left behind must
Speaker 5: not be forgotten. The UN agencies point out that while
Speaker 5: arrivals in Europe have declined since twenty twenty four, the
Speaker 5: numbers of lives lost at sea remain high. At least
Speaker 5: three five hundred people were reported dead or missing on
Speaker 5: maritime routes to Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece and Cyprus last year.
Speaker 5: The real toll is likely to be much higher. When
Speaker 5: a flag of report from our friends at the UN
Speaker 5: Trade and Development otherwise known as UNGKTAD, they released a
Speaker 5: report showing off showing that global foreign direct investment fell
Speaker 5: by eleven percent, marking the second consecutive year of decline
Speaker 5: and confirming a deepening slowdown in productive capital flows. The
Speaker 5: World Investment Report twenty twenty five comes ahead of the
Speaker 5: fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, where
Speaker 5: global leaders will address the widening gap between capital flows
Speaker 5: and development needs. UN Trade and Development notes that the
Speaker 5: findings underscore the urgency of reshaping investment and finance systems
Speaker 5: to support inclusive and sustainable development. More on the web
Speaker 5: if you're interested. Today is the International Day of Elimination
Speaker 5: of Sexual Violence in Conflict. In his message, the Secretary
Speaker 5: General said sexual violence is a grotesque tactic of war,
Speaker 5: used to brutalize, use to torture, and use to repress
Speaker 5: and its scarring bodies, its scarring minds, and entire communities.
Speaker 5: The focus this year is the deep and lasting intergenerational
Speaker 5: wounds of conflict related sexual violence. To break the cycle,
Speaker 5: the Secretary General said, we must confront the horrors of
Speaker 5: the past, support the survivors of today, and protect future
Speaker 5: generations from the same fate. There was an event this
Speaker 5: morning to mark the day, co organized by her colleagues
Speaker 5: and the Office a Special Representative of Sexual Violence and
Speaker 5: Conflict and the Special Representative of Children in Armed Conflict,
Speaker 5: and also on a flag that our colleagues at the
Speaker 5: UN Development Coordination Office tells us that today run Atahav
Speaker 5: Jordan took up her new assignment as the UN Resident
Speaker 5: Coordinator in Tunisia with the host government's approval. She brings
Speaker 5: over twenty years of experience working for UN agencies, funds
Speaker 5: and programs, and UN peacekeeping and special political missions. Before that,
Speaker 5: she served as Team leader and Senior Peace and Development
Speaker 5: Advisor for the UN in Kenya. And we congratulate her
Speaker 5: and just sorry I should mention this with a note
Speaker 5: on refugees, but in honor of World Refugee Day, UNHCR
Speaker 5: is hosting a showcase of refugee made products in the
Speaker 5: General Assembly Lobby to spotlight the contributions of refugees make
Speaker 5: when they are included and given opportunity. Self reliance HDRS
Speaker 5: Made fifty one initiative connects refugees to the global marketplace,
Speaker 5: enabling them to earn income, preserve cultural heritage, share their
Speaker 5: skills around the world. They're also giving out a limited
Speaker 5: number of bracelets handmade by refugees women in South Sudan
Speaker 5: and Kenya. I've got one, but you can go buy stuff.
Speaker 5: My birthday's coming up and it's never too late to
Speaker 5: start Christmas shopping. Speaking of Christmas shopping, Eadie.
Speaker 13: Thank you, Steph. Does the Secretary General have any comment
Speaker 13: on tomorrow's meeting in Geneva between the Foreign ministers of
Speaker 13: the UK, France and Germany and Irand's Foreign minister And
Speaker 13: will the UN be monitoring or by participating.
Speaker 5: We will not be participated, will obviously be following it.
Speaker 5: I mean, as we said yesterday for the Secretary General
Speaker 5: for US, it remains clear that diplomacy is the only
Speaker 5: and best way forward. Let's see what comes out of
Speaker 5: this meeting. But the fact that there is a dialogue
Speaker 5: between Iran and those three European Union countries is positive
Speaker 5: in itself, but obviously we'll have to see what the
Speaker 5: outcome is Desji.
Speaker 14: The follow up yesterday, Obviously, multiple reports suggest that the
Speaker 14: US President Trump has already greenlighted the plan to strike Iran,
Speaker 14: but has not yet made the final decision. In such
Speaker 14: a circumstances, who has the secret General been contacted with
Speaker 14: and is there like a possibility that he could talk
Speaker 14: to the US interlocutors with him?
Speaker 5: What We've been in touch with the US mission here
Speaker 5: for the last few days and passed on the message
Speaker 5: privately that we have said publicly. I think, as we
Speaker 5: were very clear yesterday, we worry about any additional internationalization
Speaker 5: of the conflict.
Speaker 14: Did they listen? Did they listen?
Speaker 2: Well?
Speaker 5: I think we will leave it to journalists to analyze
Speaker 5: the situation.
Speaker 14: Okay, a total different topic about the UN eighty initiative.
Speaker 14: We know that last week happened to be the those
Speaker 14: entities that are submitting their plans. So is cutting staffs
Speaker 14: I mean twenty percent inevitable?
Speaker 15: Have you?
Speaker 1: I mean it is?
Speaker 5: This process is ongoing. It is across the board in
Speaker 5: the Secretariat and including in the Secretary Journal's own office.
Speaker 5: I think his own office is not exempt from it.
Speaker 5: I spoke to Guy Ryder yesterday and we hope to
Speaker 5: have him and other senior colleagues come and brief you in.
Speaker 14: Person in the spokesperson's office. Also included, I think.
Speaker 2: That you know there is no it is the.
Speaker 5: The need to reduce is across the board, and no
Speaker 5: office is exempt. Okay, abdel Hahmid.
Speaker 1: I thank you.
Speaker 16: Another twenty two Palestinians were killed while waiting for food,
Speaker 16: and again I didn't hear that number coming in the briefing.
Speaker 16: I will keep asking about number Palestinians are not only
Speaker 16: just scores or number Palestinians were killed.
Speaker 5: And I'm not debating that with you. I mean we
Speaker 5: In the note that I just read, talked about the
Speaker 5: fact that people continue to be wounded and continue to
Speaker 5: be killed while they're while doing what is the most
Speaker 5: basic human trying to get food, trying to get the
Speaker 5: most basic supplies. No, no human being should be killed
Speaker 5: trying to feed themselves or trying to feed their family.
Speaker 16: In Israel, the US Ambassador in Israel, Mike Okabe, he
Speaker 16: suggested to President Trump to bomb to bomb Iran with
Speaker 16: a nuclear bomb. Any comment.
Speaker 5: I haven't seen those particular comments, but I have seen
Speaker 5: a lot of unhelpful rhetoric around this conflict, including around
Speaker 5: use of nuclear weapons. I think the Secretary General has
Speaker 5: spoken out a lot in the last year about about
Speaker 5: the the the issue of dangerous rhetoric around around nuclear
Speaker 5: uh nuclear weapons uh as. We were very clear yesterday
Speaker 5: we do not want to see if further internationalization of
Speaker 5: this conflict. We want the military action to stop and
Speaker 5: we want to return to diplomacy.
Speaker 16: But does the secretarg see there is a rise of
Speaker 16: fascism and in the world of today.
Speaker 5: I think the Secretary General has spoken about the rise
Speaker 5: of extremism and xenophobia for quite some time, in fact,
Speaker 5: since the beginning of his tenure. Stephan or the mister
Speaker 5: Bass and then will go that way, thank you.
Speaker 7: What does the Secretary General respect from Berlin for their
Speaker 7: conference tomorrow on Libya? There is a conference tomorrow Libya.
Speaker 5: I think anything that would advance the cohesiveness of the
Speaker 5: Libyan political leadership and help move the political process forward
Speaker 5: would be welcome.
Speaker 2: Mister Bass.
Speaker 17: I've seen people fleeing Tehran. We've had lots of reports
Speaker 17: of people who are thinking of leaving Tehran. What is
Speaker 17: the UN monitoring population flows in and out of Iran?
Speaker 17: Are you seeing large numbers of people?
Speaker 8: And what are you.
Speaker 17: Preparing I mean particularly I mean of the country of
Speaker 17: the of the neighboring countries. I mean, the UN has
Speaker 17: a large footprint in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Are you
Speaker 17: making preparations?
Speaker 5: I mean, there are contingency plans being updated all the time.
Speaker 5: We're obviously concerned beyond the military action we're seeing on
Speaker 5: the regional impact that this conflict would have, it could,
Speaker 5: could can have, and including our mass movements of people
Speaker 5: into countries that some of them are better equipped than
Speaker 5: others in terms of receiving mass a large number.
Speaker 17: And do you have any figures of people?
Speaker 2: I do not.
Speaker 17: For example, afghan Is returned to Afghanists.
Speaker 2: I don't. We can try to get some of those, okay.
Speaker 17: And one final one from me, what's up with the escalators?
Speaker 5: Well, I was hoping you would.
Speaker 2: We were waiting for you with your toolkit.
Speaker 5: We've been waiting for you to start repairing them, James.
Speaker 17: Honestly, I mean they're old escalators. They're an iconic part
Speaker 17: of this building. But you should have that they go
Speaker 17: wrong a lot. You should have all the spare parts ready.
Speaker 17: What are you waiting for?
Speaker 14: Just a quick follow up?
Speaker 5: I will not entertain a follow up on an escalator question.
Speaker 5: I'll come back to you, Vladima. Please take me some.
Speaker 3: Good morning, everyone, or good afternoon everyone. Thank you for
Speaker 3: joining us at this press conference with the Independent International
Speaker 3: Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East
Speaker 3: Jerusalem and Israel. The Commission released its latest report on
Speaker 3: ten October, excuse me on ten June, and they presented
Speaker 3: the findings of that report to the Human Rights Council
Speaker 3: here in Geneva yesterday. Now they're ready to answer your
Speaker 3: questions about that report and the situation and the occupied territories.
Speaker 3: Will start today with an opening statement by the chair,
Speaker 3: Miss Navi Pile, followed by fellow Commissioner Chris's side ote,
Speaker 3: and then we'll open the floor to your questions.
Speaker 8: Thank you, good afternoon, and thank you everyone for being
Speaker 8: present here. It's always a pleasure to meet with the press,
Speaker 8: and that's when people at home know what I'm doing here.
Speaker 8: Otherwise they say you so oh, shouldn't you stop working?
Speaker 8: Where are you're going this time, So thank you for
Speaker 8: educating the world because of the importance of this commission.
Speaker 8: So as Stodd said, we delivered our report yesterday at
Speaker 8: the Human Rights Council, and there I said that this
Speaker 8: is the most ruthless, prolonged and widespread attack against the
Speaker 8: Palestinian people since nineteen forty eight. The goal of the
Speaker 8: Israeli government is abundantly clear as we continue witnessing the
Speaker 8: destruction of Gaza on our television screens and our newspapers
Speaker 8: in real time. As we said yesterday, an immediate ceasefire
Speaker 8: is the utmost priority and should pave the way for peace,
Speaker 8: justice and accountability for all victims. In our June twenty
Speaker 8: twenty four report to the Human Rights Council, exactly one
Speaker 8: year ago, we presented a comprehensive report and two conference
Speaker 8: room papers documenting some of the most egregious crimes and
Speaker 8: atrocities committed by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups on
Speaker 8: and since seventh October twenty twenty three, including killing, may maining,
Speaker 8: siege and starvation, forcible transfer, sexual and gender based violence,
Speaker 8: and attacks directed against civilian populations. To date, we are
Speaker 8: the only investigative view and body to have published findings
Speaker 8: on the crimes committed on seventh October twenty three. Our
Speaker 8: report to the Human Rights Council, which we presented yesterday,
Speaker 8: as I mentioned, examines attacks on educational facilities, religious and
Speaker 8: cultural cultural sites from seventh October twenty twenty three to
Speaker 8: January twenty twenty five. Our report concludes that Israel essentially
Speaker 8: obliterated the education system in Gaza. More than ninety percent
Speaker 8: of schools and university buildings in Gaza have been destroyed,
Speaker 8: whid or damaged, creating conditions where education for children has
Speaker 8: been made impossible. These attacks were part of a widespread
Speaker 8: and relentless assault against the Palestinian people in which Israeli
Speaker 8: forces have committed war crimes, including directing attacks against civilians
Speaker 8: and wilful killing, and the crime against humanity of extermination.
Speaker 8: Our report also concludes that Israeli forces have damaged more
Speaker 8: than half of all religious and cultural sites in the
Speaker 8: Gaza Strip. Israel also targeted, harmed and appropriated Palestinian religious
Speaker 8: and cultural sites in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Speaker 8: Israeli attacks in Gaza targeted religious sites that served as
Speaker 8: places of refuge, killing hundreds of people, including women and children.
Speaker 8: We emphasized that the damage to religious and cultural sites
Speaker 8: deeply affects intangible cultural elements such as religious and cultural practices,
Speaker 8: memories and history, undermining the identity of Palestinians as a people.
Speaker 8: We are grateful for the support expressed by multiple member
Speaker 8: states during the Council session, and we intend to continue
Speaker 8: pursuing the fulfillment of our mandate, including in relation to
Speaker 8: making recommendations, in particular on accountability measures with a view
Speaker 8: to avoiding and ending impunity and ensuring legal accountability, including individual,
Speaker 8: criminal and command responsibility. So with those brief remarks, christ
Speaker 8: and I are ready to expand further from with your questions.
Speaker 18: Thanks Todd. The report that our Commission presented to the
Speaker 18: Human Rights Council yesterday is the sixth report that we
Speaker 18: have produced in the last twelve months, reports that focused
Speaker 18: broadly within our mandate, but in particular on the events
Speaker 18: that occurred on and after the seventh of October twenty
Speaker 18: twenty three. In all of those reports, including the one
Speaker 18: presented yesterday, we have emphasized the question of accountability, and
Speaker 18: our Chair, in her comments to the Human Rights Council yesterday,
Speaker 18: again emphasized the importance of accountability. In my comments to
Speaker 18: start this press conference, I would like to look at
Speaker 18: what accountability means in the context of the work that
Speaker 18: we have done and the present situation, particularly in Gaza.
Speaker 18: Accountability certainly has collective elements, and that is that those
Speaker 18: in leadership positions, command positions bear responsibility for what those
Speaker 18: under their command do. But accountability also has individual elements,
Speaker 18: and I think it only fair that we emphasize to
Speaker 18: those individuals involved the nature of the responsibility that they
Speaker 18: bear and the accountability that may face them in the future.
Speaker 18: In relation to the events in Southern Israel on seven
Speaker 18: eight October twenty twenty three, our report last June found
Speaker 18: that there were war crimes committed on a widespread scale
Speaker 18: affecting Israeli and other residents of that area and those
Speaker 18: involved in the Day Ants party. Those war crimes were
Speaker 18: committed by individuals, and we had no doubt that the
Speaker 18: individuals in the militant Palestinian organizations are and we cited
Speaker 18: Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Ji Had amongst others, were and
Speaker 18: are individually accountable for what they did. The Israeli authorities
Speaker 18: now hold thousands of people from Gaza. We can only
Speaker 18: say thousands, because really we have no idea how many
Speaker 18: are actually being hurled. It may be that there are
Speaker 18: amongst those thousands persons who are involved in the commission
Speaker 18: of war crimes on the seventh and eighth of October.
Speaker 18: The responsibility of the Israeli authorities is to conduct proper
Speaker 18: investigations and ensure fair trials for those who may be
Speaker 18: accused of war crimes and for whom there is sufficient evidence.
Speaker 18: Fair trial means trial in civilian courts according to international
Speaker 18: standards of justice, in which those who are accused are
Speaker 18: entitled to legal representation and all evidence is available for examination,
Speaker 18: for challenge, and for determination by a duly constituted court.
Speaker 18: To date, so far as we are aware, there have
Speaker 18: been no proper trials conducted in relation to any of
Speaker 18: those held by the Israeli authorities. In relation to the
Speaker 18: events of seven eight October twenty twenty three, there is
Speaker 18: a need for accountability in that area. War crimes were
Speaker 18: committed and those responsible must be held accountable. Indeed, even
Speaker 18: before seven October twenty twenty three, our reports indicate that
Speaker 18: the indiscriminate firing of rockets from Gaza into civilian areas
Speaker 18: populated areas constituted a war crime, and those therefore responsible
Speaker 18: for the firing of those rockets should be held accountable
Speaker 18: for a war crime. And we said in our reports
Speaker 18: last June that the kidnapping and a holding of Israeli
Speaker 18: civilians as hostages and even Israeli soldiers as hostages constitutes
Speaker 18: a war crime, and those not only responsible for the kidnapping,
Speaker 18: but for the continuing holding and mistreatment of hostages should
Speaker 18: be held accountable. Our reports examined what has occurred in
Speaker 18: Gaza since seven October twenty twenty three, and the question
Speaker 18: of accountability again arises. We have found war crimes and
Speaker 18: crimes against humanity committed consistently throughout the Gaza Strip since
Speaker 18: the Israeli offensive began shortly after seven October. We have
Speaker 18: identified in our reports a number of specific incidents, and
Speaker 18: in relation to those incidents, we have identified in many
Speaker 18: cases the military units that were involved. Our report presented yesterday,
Speaker 18: for example, identify as the Javati Brigade, the eight one
Speaker 18: seven zero Combat Engineering Battalion of the two hundred and
Speaker 18: fifty second Division, the seven hundred and tenth Combat Engineering Battalion,
Speaker 18: the eight one to three zero Armored Battalion under the
Speaker 18: command of the ninety ninth Division, the one hundred and
Speaker 18: sixty second Division, the seven hundred and forty ninth Combat
Speaker 18: Engineering Battalion, the Rotem Battalion of the Javati Brigade, the
Speaker 18: two hundred and sixty first Reserve Brigade, and so on.
Speaker 18: We know many of the unit and it's responsible for
Speaker 18: the commission of war crimes, and therefore we know who
Speaker 18: those Israeli soldiers were individually responsible in many cases for
Speaker 18: the commission of war crimes. The situation in Gaza, however,
Speaker 18: is much broader than the commission of individual war crimes.
Speaker 18: In our report in June last year, we concluded the
Speaker 18: massive number of civilian casualties and the widespread destruction of
Speaker 18: civilian objects and crucial civilian infrastructure are the inevitable results
Speaker 18: of the Israeli strategy to use force during the hostilities
Speaker 18: undertaken with the intent to cause maximum damage, disregarding the
Speaker 18: principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution, and thus in violation
Speaker 18: of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Since
Speaker 18: we formed and reported that conclusion a year ago, the
Speaker 18: situation in Gaza has only got worse, the mass killings
Speaker 18: have continued, the orphaning of children, the making of widows,
Speaker 18: the destruction of infrastructure, as reported by our Commission Healthy Infrastructure,
Speaker 18: educational infrastructure, housing and residential complexes. Our finding that the
Speaker 18: basic military strategy used by the Israelis since seven October
Speaker 18: twenty twenty three leads to the inevitable conclusion that all
Speaker 18: those who have played a role in any way in
Speaker 18: the implementation of this strategy are suspected of the Commission
Speaker 18: of war crimes and crimes against humanity. That means the
Speaker 18: air crew in the bombers that are dropping the bombs
Speaker 18: and the rockets, the crews of ships off the coast
Speaker 18: that are shelling parts of Gaza, destroying fishing boats and
Speaker 18: the livelihood of fishers, the Palestinian people who depend on
Speaker 18: the sea, the soldiers on the ground who are implementing
Speaker 18: the strategy of destruction of infrastructure and killing of people
Speaker 18: in their thousands, those who are far away from Gaza,
Speaker 18: who are piloting and controlling the drones that are inflicting
Speaker 18: slaughter on the Gazan people. Those who man the checkpoints
Speaker 18: to implement a strategy of starvation against the Palestinian people,
Speaker 18: of Gaza. All of these people and their commanders are
Speaker 18: suspects in the commission of war crimes and crimes against
Speaker 18: humanity individually, and it's only fair that they know that,
Speaker 18: and that they know that they can be held accountable.
Speaker 18: First and foremost, the Israeli authorities are responsible for ensuring accountability,
Speaker 18: but we know that they never do it. They announce
Speaker 18: inquiries whose results are never made public. There are no
Speaker 18: trials in almost all cases, and in the few cases
Speaker 18: where there are trials, the penalties are minimal and generally
Speaker 18: are not implemented. So we have to rely on international
Speaker 18: accountability under the principles of universal jurisdiction. That means the
Speaker 18: International Criminal Court, but it also means courts in individual states.
Speaker 18: This is a responsibility of third states, not just off
Speaker 18: the International Criminal Court. Our commissions mandate includes accountable ability,
Speaker 18: and we are already sharing the information that we have
Speaker 18: collected about units and about individuals with proper judicial processes
Speaker 18: that have sought assistance from us the International Criminal Court,
Speaker 18: we have said repeatedly, but also national courts exercising universal jurisdiction,
Speaker 18: and these requests are becoming more frequent. So it's only
Speaker 18: fair that all of those who are involved in any
Speaker 18: way in what has happened in Gaza since the seventh
Speaker 18: of October twenty twenty three are aware of the fact
Speaker 18: that they can be held accountable anywhere in the world.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Thank you for those remarks. Now we open the floor
Speaker 3: to questions. We'll start on the right there, go ahead.
Speaker 15: Thank you, bezed Adam as from Anadolu, I just want
Speaker 15: to thank you for this briefing first and want to ask,
Speaker 15: as Chris said, the accountability is needed and more crimes
Speaker 15: and crimes against humanity is committed constantly in Gaza. I
Speaker 15: wanted to ask what is lacking exactly about accountability part
Speaker 15: because we already have some ICC decisions, we already have
Speaker 15: some ICJ opinions, but we never seen.
Speaker 19: Israel taking a step back.
Speaker 8: So what we are lacking and what should be done
Speaker 8: in that?
Speaker 19: And you also said we know Israeli soldiers individually who
Speaker 19: committed those crimes, and I wanted to ask, will you
Speaker 19: take any of those facts and names to the international courts?
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 18: International accountability is slow, that's a sad truth, but it
Speaker 18: is under way. You've mentioned the proceedings in the International
Speaker 18: Criminal Court, and as is generally known. International Criminal Court
Speaker 18: has issued arrest warrants in relation to two Israeli leaders,
Speaker 18: the Prime Minister Netanyahoo and the former Defense Minister Gland.
Speaker 18: It may be that the International Criminal Court has issued
Speaker 18: other arrest warrants. We don't know, but it's slow so
Speaker 18: far as universal jurisdiction in national courts are concerned. It
Speaker 18: requires the presence of the individual within the jurisdiction, and
Speaker 18: so we will see accountability occurring. We will see further
Speaker 18: investigations and prosecutions when courts are able to actually have
Speaker 18: the person before them and commence prosecutions. I won't go
Speaker 18: into our operational details. That's not appropriate, but I can
Speaker 18: say that we have received requests for information that we
Speaker 18: have and we are cooperating with those requests in relation
Speaker 18: to properly established tribunals, courts and tribunals.
Speaker 20: Yes, thank yous aacle for the Spanish news agency FM.
Speaker 8: Firtly you have said that.
Speaker 20: One of the things that is most needed is international accountability.
Speaker 20: What is your sentiment in the context of the sanctions
Speaker 20: imposed by the US two members of I see see
Speaker 20: how this accountability is threatened or challenged by this by
Speaker 20: positions like this, and secondly, what is the what from
Speaker 20: your point of view, is the way out of this
Speaker 20: conflict in the context of the continuous support by various
Speaker 20: and most of Western countries, even if this support is
Speaker 20: less strong than a few months ago, but is still there.
Speaker 8: Thank you, Thank you.
Speaker 1: Let me.
Speaker 8: Address your first question and say, this is why we
Speaker 8: emphasize in our report yesterday, and I address the members
Speaker 8: of the Human Rights Counsel all member states emphasizing that
Speaker 8: they have a positive obligation to implement international law and
Speaker 8: in this case for accountability to themselves exercise universal declaration. Now,
Speaker 8: they may have many reasons why they haven't done so,
Speaker 8: but the reason would not be that they haven't seen
Speaker 8: any evidence. At least we're doing that work and we
Speaker 8: will furnish evidence to whoever requests it. We've already done so,
Speaker 8: as Chris has said, and we have agreements, and we've
Speaker 8: been furnishing material to both the ICC and the ICJ
Speaker 8: that's public, but as I said, we will disclose it.
Speaker 8: Some of the material may be protected. So that's the
Speaker 8: use of having anation you and investigating mechanism gathering evidence,
Speaker 8: and I know that that was done in Cambojia for instance,
Speaker 8: where the people there waited more than twenty years to
Speaker 8: see the tribunal come up, but it did come up
Speaker 8: because the evidence was there and preserve the demand for accountability,
Speaker 8: the thirst for justice in order to rebuild that nation
Speaker 8: was eventually fulfilled. It I agree twenty years is a
Speaker 8: long time to wait, but these are the everyday questions
Speaker 8: we are getting from our research and investigations of victims
Speaker 8: on the ground, mainly the Palestinians. And this is why
Speaker 8: I conveyed to the Human Rights Council yesterday that they
Speaker 8: established us and after all we are in the position
Speaker 8: of messages, messengers taking the demands of ordinary people and
Speaker 8: victims back to the Human Rights Council to say there's
Speaker 8: a demand for justice and accountability. What the mechanism they
Speaker 8: set up here jointly is pretty good. That's the one aspect,
Speaker 8: and sorry, the second part of the question related to.
Speaker 20: But still on this first first one is what does
Speaker 20: it implies the conduct or behaviors of countries sanctioning members
Speaker 20: of an international uridictional body. This is one if to
Speaker 20: complete your answer, please.
Speaker 8: We were surprised and shocked too that sanctions have been imposed,
Speaker 8: for instance, against members of the Judiciary ICC who had
Speaker 8: given the judicial decision on indictments against those who violated
Speaker 8: international law in respect of Palestine, and I know that
Speaker 8: there was a huge reaction to that, condemning the sanctions
Speaker 8: because it goes totally against the basic principle of international
Speaker 8: law of justice and accountability and cooperation by all states.
Speaker 8: Every state has an obligation not only to prevent genocide,
Speaker 8: for instance, but to act to protect civilians in these crises.
Speaker 8: So it is a very shocking aspect of where non
Speaker 8: compliance with international law is getting and I feel this
Speaker 8: is why it's very very important that we sustain the
Speaker 8: investigation and make the information known to everybody. So individual
Speaker 8: states may or may not have condemned the sanctions and
Speaker 8: other actions, we ourselves are very alarmed about what will
Speaker 8: happened to us. We have to go into the United States,
Speaker 8: where the UN's headquarters are, and whether we will counter
Speaker 8: problems and opposition. But nevertheless, you can see that we
Speaker 8: have now planned our work, so we are dealing with
Speaker 8: in stages, a very focused look at the outcomes of attacks,
Speaker 8: what kind of attacks, who's doing the attacks, what's the
Speaker 8: short term and long term impact. And that is because
Speaker 8: like any judicial body. We don't begin with the label
Speaker 8: and say all right, we're going to say genocide took place.
Speaker 8: I'm addressing this because so many people on the street
Speaker 8: of Austesis, what they see on their television screens every
Speaker 8: day is a conflict in real time to which they
Speaker 8: are all witnesses. So they're really surprised why this commission
Speaker 8: has not gone further. We follow the evidence, and one
Speaker 8: of the ways in which way following the evidence is
Speaker 8: to be focused. And this is why you have a
Speaker 8: full investigatory report on the attacks on religious institutions, cultural institutions,
Speaker 8: and the last report was on hospitals, you may know.
Speaker 8: So we're gathering all this as we look at the facts.
Speaker 8: This is now something that could be just dismissed as
Speaker 8: collateral damage. You know that women were killed, Yes, the
Speaker 8: temple there, schools were destroyed. What we are, what we've
Speaker 8: tracked in this report is evidence of intentional, deliberate attacks
Speaker 8: on these institutions. Thank you.
Speaker 17: Was on what.
Speaker 20: What is the way out you see from this conflict?
Speaker 20: Given the continuous support of Western countries to Israel. Even
Speaker 20: if this is the support, this is less strong now
Speaker 20: than a few months ago.
Speaker 8: Well, we have made the calls very clear for a
Speaker 8: ceasefire and for compliance with international law, and we have
Speaker 8: laid a responsibility on every member state to do that.
Speaker 8: Beyond that, it's very difficult. I'm not equipped to decide
Speaker 8: what we should do with them. With those who are
Speaker 8: imposing sanctions against human rights activists, reporters, journalists and including us,
Speaker 8: our job, as we see it is to remind them
Speaker 8: of their international obligations, and we constantly look at not
Speaker 8: on the international law, but the decision of the International
Speaker 8: Court of Justice. An advisory opinion in response to a
Speaker 8: request from Member states very clearly sets out these obligations
Speaker 8: and clearly imposing sanctions against those who are drawing attention
Speaker 8: to violations and asking for compliance is not what the
Speaker 8: Court pointed out to They directed the institutions such as
Speaker 8: the Security Council and the General Assembly to take firm
Speaker 8: steps to end the unlawful occupation. Thank you, of course.
Speaker 8: Can I just add to that.
Speaker 18: The question of way out, it seems to me, is
Speaker 18: surrounded by a lot of anxiety and depression because the
Speaker 18: situation looks so hopeless. But the way out is clear
Speaker 18: and simple and well known.
Speaker 2: It is peace.
Speaker 18: It is mutual respect. It is justice and accountability and
Speaker 18: people's exercising their right to self determination to live in
Speaker 18: peace and security. It's not that we don't know the
Speaker 18: way out, it's just that there is no political commitment
Speaker 18: to get there.
Speaker 8: We do know what is not the way out.
Speaker 18: We know that wiping Hamas, even if it were possible,
Speaker 18: is not the way out. Killing another fifty thousand people
Speaker 18: in Gaza is not the way out. Firing rockets at
Speaker 18: Tel Aviv is not the way out. The way out
Speaker 18: is well known, and the attention the priority for all countries,
Speaker 18: including you've referred to Western countries. The priority has to
Speaker 18: be to do everything possible by placing pressure on all
Speaker 18: of the parties that are committed to violence to renounce
Speaker 18: violence and take the way out that has been so
Speaker 18: clear for so long.
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