Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

Scourge of war which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to men kind to unite our strength to maintain and National Peace and security there all of the United Nations and standing for our shared values throughout the Peace Process is absolutely critical and we tank the United Nations for their support so far 2 of this are due us crosses we thank the u. N. For their call for a global ceasefire. That all of the way and our International Partners and allies will continue to be extremely important as our negotiating team sits across from the taliban in doing it those stocks that one people have a clear in urging a cease fire an urgent end of the violence will more than anything goes give us a chance to progress i would like to keep this up the need to call on every member of the General Assembly. And the permanent members of the Security Council to help us achieve that instate of a sovereign united in democratic of once that it peace with itself in the region capable of preserving expanding the gains of the last 19 years a democratically stable and prosperous of ones will be an example of how our collective will can overcome the turmoil in that certainty that defines our world today thank you youre listening there to ashraf ghani the president of afghanistan at the u. N. General assembly or at least addressing the u. N. General assembly remotely and he outlined there the various. The what is described as unprecedented turmoil at the era he talked about the code 19 pandemic the effect that that has had he also talked about violence and warfare thats affecting afghanistan and also Climate Change in the context of warfare he mentioned the peace talks and he said that are happening at the moment in doha with the taliban he said he made the hard decision to start peace talks with the taliban and he was hoping for and he made said the urgent priority was a ceasefire on that front does bring in omar samad hes a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council joins us now via skype from washington d. C. Thanks for being with us so on that issue of the peace talks and talked about the urgent priority for a cease fire how likely is that to come in the short term in those 2 in the talks with the taliban. Our apologies we dont seem to have a sound there from washington lets see if we can get that back in iraq we can hear you now sorry about that i was just going to if we can start that answer again because we were talking about the the priority is as a shotgun to put it if the urgent priority of a cease fire and i ask you how likely that that is in the short term. Well i dont think that it is likely that we will see a permanent cease fire as some are calling for especially the michigan his government. You know from the way the talks have started in doha it seems that the or bogged down with procedural matters in their day or the Agenda Setting the agenda so i think this. Is an issue that will mark later on when ever the 2 sides agree to bring it up and meanwhile it seems like theres fighting going on on all sides there are casualties markets now one of the things he mentioned he used the word democratic for the vision of the future democratic afghanistan he talked about democratically stable very much that the emphasis on on democracy and he also lead to the un declaration of human rights is that a kind of a challenge to the taliban if you like or in the past have sort of wont be that keen on the idea of democracy. Yes well in this case mr ghani obviously is giving you his vision of what the future should look like or what the instated as he calls it should look like where sovereignty is one issue. Hopelessly the issue of democracy and human rights and all of those those values that the afghan side the afghan republican side for the past 19 years has been working on now we need to hear what the taliban have to see from here are we just hear how do taleban define democracy how do they find human rights and we need to argue and discuss in our exchanges in hopefully come to an agreement so this is going to be tough difficult and challenging. But as long as there is a reduction in violence in my opinion i think its important to keep in mind that all sides need to make every effort to make sure the civilians at least are not harmed while the talks are going on thank you very much indeed jeff you what i thank you. On to the us now where a Police Officer has been indicted over a raid which led to the death of a black woman in her home but has not been charged over her death Brianna Taylor was shot dead in march after officers entered her home without warning after months of angry protests and demands for justice a grand jury has decided to charge the officer with wanton endangerment for shooting into neighboring apartment but not for the fatal shot taylors death along with that of george floyd sparked a wave of demonstrations over racism and Police Brutality throughout the country the city of louisville has put in place a curfew where protesters have gathered. Its going out now to John Hendrick whos in an evil kentucky how with those challenges received. Well in a couple of words not well you know everyone we have talked to out here of course these are largely protesters have said this is not justice for brown and taylor im just going to give you a little look at what has happened in reaction to this ruling police and city officials have put these trucks here in the Central Square of this town at Jefferson Park that is city hall youre looking at behind those trucks which city officials want to protect and over my other shoulder is the hall of justice its a courthouse for Jefferson County and then just beyond that is a memorial for Briana Taylor thats where weve been talking to people who have been telling us that this is not just this is not just this in part because nobody who fired a shot the officer fired the fatal shots that killed Briana Taylor is not charged at all the officer who was charged is being charged with 3 counts of Reckless Endangerment for firing into the neighboring apartment where a white family of 3 lives so people here are upset there will still be federal in a federal investigation here that means there could potentially be charges by the federal government as opposed to the local government here but people are not happy and what has happened then is weve seen police lines and there have been protesters arrested confronting those Police Officers and thats not unusual here weve had over 100 days of protests in louisville but many people expect things to get difficult tonight after the curfew ends at 9 oclock and that is in just about 4 hours. And general talk us through the kind of the Decision Making on how they used to look a few and what sort of level of security they bring in. Misspoken the curfew starts at 9 oclock and 4 hours in the thinking this is being in a city really under siege for days this week there have been emergency declarations that have asked businesses to shut down that have asked people to remain in their homes for the next tonight and the next couple of nights while this decision came out the mayor said he didnt know what was going to happen with that ruling it was a grand jury that came out with that decision and you may be able to hear helicopters above me we have a National Guard out here so really another city under siege but just like weve seen in minneapolis in can yoshua wisconsin where africanamericans who come into contact with police and have been killed or wounded have caused an uproar and its happened here too and thats why the city has decided to shut down here there is concern that things could really kick off tonight the charges have not seemed to satisfy the grounds on the street john thank you very much indeed. Coming up on just there this news out what people in malaysia as Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim hands to oust the new Prime Minister just months after he came to power. 3 days of mourning begins for the late respect against the Supreme Court justice who championed womens rights. And sports football transfer news including a move that barcelona striker luis suarez. The European Union is seeking to overhaul its broken migration and asylum rules it wants to end years of bitterness and infighting over the fate of the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing poverty and war in the middle east and africa the changes would abandon the idea of mandatory refugee quotas replacing them with a compulsory so. Darity mechanism as well as taking a rivals countries can sponsor returns or provide Operational Support that we have faster asylum border process involving decisions within 12 weeks and swift returns of failed applicants those countries that do take in refugees or Asylum Seekers rescued in the mediterranean or be offered more than 11000. 00 per person but to appease eastern nations including poland and hungary no country will be obliged to take anyone in well even for migrants whove been granted asylum the journey remains incredibly difficult those whove made it to the greek island of less boss are confused and worried even if theyre allowed to remain in Europe Stephanie decker reports no one we asked here was aware of the use announcement of a new policy nor mohamed from afghanistan whos been granted asylum but remains stuck on the island on lockdown for Asylum Seekers due to the coronavirus he reminds us how he and thousands of others suffered to make it this far must help him suffer the journey of refugees and migrants the illegal way is really really difficult you know many people get hurt some get stuck along the way its a horrible journey europe has recently reignited the discussion on its migration policies prompted by the burning down of moriah camp europes biggest here and as was island over 2 weeks ago this package reflects a fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among Member States we all share the benefits we all share the burden. This package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach but it seems the new policy is more focused on tightening border controls and on sending back those with failed to successfully claim asylum rather than streamline the process for those already here a steadiest kind of us is a greek lawyer providing free legal aid to the Asylum Seekers its a messy and complicated process if its not a direction then they have the right to appeal only staves they have the right cause obligation to provide free legal aid not of support of them to a draft. Appeal however there is a lot of legal of the provision of legal aid to the Asylum Seekers who have an addictive visit judicial the lack of information provided to the refugees about the process means many cannot access the legal avenues the technically should be provided for them many remain here not knowing how to appeal others are faced multiple rejections but have not been deported. For those like mohammed who have been granted what is seen as the ultimate dream when everyone here wants lawyers tell us his hardships a far from over in fact they could get even worse there is hardly any help once theyre cut off from any aid you to their asylum status and there is a lack of Integration Programs to help them adjust to a new society after months and months if not years of languishing in these camps. 100 percent im worried im worried how to integrate myself into the society are more about finding a job how to find work and stand on my own feet and to make my life again the e. U. Says it needs to share the burden of the refugee and migration crisis greece and the residents here say they are tired of doing it alone for mohamed who is left everything behind in search of a safer and better life and for the 10s of thousands of others like him waiting for answers in the camps of europes border states the burden and the feeling of doing it alone is far too familiar Stephanie Decker aljazeera less was island greece. Or flow of migrants to europes shores can is continuing with a boat currently heading across the mediterranean a crew from the german aid group c. I. Rescued more 100 people who waters off libya on saturday but the charity says malta italy and germany have refused to accept them the boat is now heading to the french port of mass say the group says its not certain french authorities will let the ship dock. Speak to such b. S. Ing whos chief executive of charity the joint council for the welfare of immigrants he joins us via skype from london thanks very much indeed for being with us so what you meant make of the the attempts by the you to break the deadlock over asylum and migrant policy in the. Well the policy framework that we have right now clearly isnt working weve got tens of thousands of people in camps across the mediterranean that the tragic incident of a camp bearing down in greece and you know over 10000 people being displaced as a result of that but what we see from these proposals is that unfortunately the political will just is not there in europe right now to address the problems of people fleeing persecution people who are already in europe who need to be resettled who need to be integrated and were seeing this continued emphasis on speedy returns which is if you like a sort of way for brussels to appease rather than confront hardliners populists and nationalists and so on and on the on the matter of returns that you mention no the e. U. Commission of a home affairs said recently that most arrivals are not refugees 2 thirds of irregular arrivals will have a negative decision would would you accept that estimate of at the fact that shes basic suggestion and that 2 thirds of the people who arrive are economic migrants rather than Asylum Seekers was 2 really important things to going town and im sure that she will know these things when she spoke the 1st is that many of those who are not successful on their 1st application will have only suffered that outcome because there is chronic underinvestment in our asylum systems across europe and so on appeal the vast majority of people will actually find that their asylum claims that held and that theyre found to be rightfully fleeing persecution or conflict and the 2nd i would ask really anybody who points to the difference between somebody fleeing conflict and persecution and somebody fleeing famine all the drying up of their soil go hungry for a week dont eat food for a week wonder where the rain is going to come from and how its going to feed your children and then come back and tell us that there is really a substantial difference between fleeing from family and fleeing from conflict i think there is a real. All sort of artificially ality around that distinction and we see a lot of famine and conflict induced famine and climate induced conflict in a lot of places well that means that those distinctions are all blurry than wed like to think they are on just one other thing i want to ask you about the the business of money for for for rescue or putting a kind of a at a monetary figure on peoples on refugees and so on how do you think thats going to work and is is there a problem with that model. Well its good that the commission that europe is is recognizing that support needs to be given to Member States who are you know doing their bit stepping up to the plate and resettling people its good that those resources are there because it will speed up the process of integration people can access language the corkery coaching housing and all the rest of it but something that is really troubling about these proposals is that there is so much flexibility about what states can do so there is no obligation anymore to take the obligation of of hosting and resettling refugees so the state could for example say you know were not going to host anybody but were just going to pay a relatively small amount of money to a central part so we could find ourselves in the situation in which and with that boat that you just covered crossing the mediterranean people are essentially being passed from one state to another with nobody nobody really willing to step up and on of their commitments and just on to go back to the issue of lesbo us do you think that any of the measures that weve seen announced they will make a difference in the short term to the people who are stuck there. Its unclear at the moment again the proposals that been brought forward today are mostly about dealing with feature flows of people its not clear how they will address the situation that the many many thousands of thousands of people who are already in europe. Facing sort of risks like they are on the you know the islands of. That remains to be seen in more detail needs to be seen as have been a thing thank you very much indeed for taking time to talk to us pressure to thank you the protests have broken out in the better russian capital after Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for a 6th term as president Security Forces use water cannon to disperse crowds opposition activists are calling for an immediate campaign of civil disobedience because shanker has been under mounting pressure to resign after last months disputed election and several countries say they wont recognize his presidency has called his inauguration a victory didnt dollars this president the day of assuming the post of the president in or gratian day is the day of our victory convincing and faithful we were not just electing the president of the country we were defending our values our peaceful life our sovereignty and our independence and in this regard there is a lot to be done. Opposition leaders for atlanta taken a skier lead to lift the un year following last months disputed election she says the ceremony was a farce the badness of aman the rats are going this socalled inauguration is obviously a farce in reality has just retired today it means his orders to military and Security Services arent legitimate anymore and can no longer be executed i am the only leader elected by the belorussian people our task now is to build a new bellerose together. Khatib in order is a non resident fellow at the center for european policy analysis she says the question has inauguration when change the dynamics in the country. Law lukashenko was still so supposed to be the president on some of the 5th of november but since hes inaugurated himself that means that hes no longer a legitimate president because obviously did not win this election and therefore he just put further pressure on the particular European Union to go how but the sanctions it does not change are really the dynamic as far as the opposition is concerned it were talking just about the next curation but the 7 weeks of protest obviously does show the strength of the opposition we can say that the opposition is now basically a whole society. Because we have seen that hundreds of thousands of people protesting and not only in the capital of but also in many other towns and even small villages across the country well his next move is to try to quell the protests you might. As well dissipates. In the winter hes next obviously would be to try to boost the morale of his the region of those officials who are steel within him because the great authorities. Clearly seen some defections within the leads and particular recently there have been so really country defections from the Security Forces on there whose loyalty he has to rely on his courage problem is really to try to make to present his case that case still strong and hes still in power even though we can see that its slowly starting to crumble rational position to an extent avani has been discharged from a german hospital where he was being treated for poisoning the kremlin critic says he has a long way havent taken ahead experts believe he was poisoned with a nerve agent novacek his team says it was on the orders of president Vladimir Putin but the russian government strongly denies involvement dominic cain reports from ban it. A gaunt looking at nice sits in a german park his fight against navi chop poisoning has now entered a new phase compare how he looks right now with how he looked when he fell ill last month back then many wondered if he might die he himself wondered if hed ever be fit to leave hospital saying on social media the 1st time they took me to the mirror after 24 days in intensive care of which 16 were in a coma a character from the movie lord of the rings looked at me from the mirror and believe me was not an elf at all i was terribly upset i thought i would never be discharged but perseverance and dedicated medical care won out meaning he would indeed be discharged when the news emerged the German Government reacted quickly yes the nz students like the German Government is extremely relieved that mr valley has made such a good physical recovery as he has been able to end his inpatient treatment this is very encouraging and we wish him the continued path to recovery ministers here maintain their demand that whoever carried out the poisoning must be brought to justice the navi intellects in our dannys system targeted the motor neuron functions of his body interfering with the way his Central Nervous system operates which explains why for him now the next steps are clear the plans are still simple a physiotherapist every day possibly a Rehabilitation Center stand on one leg take back control of your fingers completely keep balance all sorts of things showed up for example i can throw a ball with my left hand i can catch but not throw the brain just doesnt want to make this movement this affair has damaged the already rocky relationship between russia and germany the 2 governments do not see eye to eye over the ongoing situation in ukraine germany led the drive for the existing e. U. Sanctions against russia over its an exception of crimea but knows that not every european partner wants to see Vladimir Putins government punished further the sanctions have. To be renewed every 6 months and i know from german diplomats that it cost them a lot of political investment to maintain where we are right now so introducing new sanctions i think is even beyond the capacities and the capabilities of the German Government but at least to maintain where we are is maybe the strongest we can expect from the German Government right now because there is another factor to be considered russian natural gas supplies around a 3rd of germanys energy the controversial multibillion dollar nord stream to pipeline between the 2 states is almost complete and although many senior politicians here on now demanding it be shelved so far ministers disagree but for alex in our valley right now what matters most is getting his health back dominic kane aljazeera but in the coffin carrying the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has been placed in the u. S. Supreme court at the start of 3 days of mourning hundreds of people filed past the coffin of the countrys top court where it will remain for 2 days before moving to the u. S. Capitol should become the 1st woman to receive that honor Justice Ginsburg died last week at the age of 87. 00 after a fight against pancreatic cancer President Donald Trump is expected to pay his respects on thursday if to fill her seat on the Supreme Court before the election next month despite outrage from the democrats in jordan has more from washington d. C. It is quite unusual Supreme Court justices have died in recent years but they did not receive the 3 days of public mourning that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is receiving not only will the public have the chance to pay its respects to her as her coffin lies at the steps of the Supreme Court building behind me but on friday she will then lie in state in statuary hall inside the u. S. Capitol and she will be not only the 1st woman to lie in state but she will be the 2nd Supreme Court justice to have received that on or the other was William Howard taft the former u. S. President who then joined the Supreme Court in his later years its very very unusual but there has been a very steady stream of public outpouring since news of her death came in on friday evening an impromptu memorials set up on the steps of the Supreme Court and today a never ending line of people stopping in to was say their farewell to the justice after donald trump the u. S. President comes to the Supreme Court on thursday to pay his respects to Justice Ginsburg on saturday evening he is expected to announce at the white house his choice to replace Justice Ginsburg on the highest court in the u. S. This is expected to be a quite intense confirmation battle i think that might be the appropriate word to use and thats because even before her death there was much speculation about whether the trumpet ministration which wide replace her with someone much more conservative and certainly that is something which doll trump campaigned on back in 2016. Still to come on aljazeera the. Warning is that new Legal Protections for british troops could mean defacto immunity for soldiers serving overseas. Stranded in Shallow Water at least 380 whales die in one of the worst mass speech ings australia has ever seen. In sport action from the n. B. A. Playoffs as the nuggets attempt to get a not a comeback. A loss of west some windy weather sweeping in across northwest europe now you can see this by and the cloud rolling across the British Isles is going to sink its way for the south which is a switch as we go on for the next couple days the best of the sunshine remains for the race to temperatures in moscow getting up to 23 celsius a good deal will be the next in athens at around 30 celsius be coming to those central areas will possibly get heavy showers longer spells of rain scandinavia also joining the makes all the way over towards the Baltic States 16 celsius in london and then paris go on into friday coldest still temperatures know how to run 14 or 15 with a key normally way that really will feel quite bitter along the north sea coasts here some lesser weather started to push his way down towards the low countries lots of very heavy rain just around the balkans central and southern parts of italy too could even see a little bit of snow there into the alps for good measure across the net there is more in the way of sunshine here but still some of those showers a lot of sunshine to across northern parts of africa out of africa central areas same big downpours some areas of nigeria cameroon seeing some lively showers over the next couple of days showers pushing all the way up towards senegal and easing out into the open waters by friday. 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State of kentucky has not charged a white Police Officer over the death of a black woman on a child it was shot dead during a mistaken raid on her apartment in march. The European Union has put forward new plans for migration and asylum rules ending mandatory quotas its hoped a move to a voluntary system could end years of division. Purchase of again broken out in baton rouge softer Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as the countrys president water cannon has been used with some demonstrators detained by the authorities. In asia could be set for more political upheaval just months after a new Prime Minister came to power Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim says hes gathered enough support in parliament to oust Prime Minister essien and form a new government it would cap years of political turmoil which is seen imprisoned for marjorie reports from kuala lumpur. A bold pronouncement by malaysias Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim whose reformist government was removed from power 7 months ago called. We have. A straw poll for me to vote majority a lot of the book by 6 im talking. Much more that his next move and possibly hurdle is to meet the king and convince the royal ruler that he commands the confidence of the majority in parliament and should be appointed Prime Minister. Says hes been granted an audience with the king but the meeting had to be postponed because the monarch is in hospital. And was alliance of Hope Coalition was elected in 2018 defeating the governing alliance known as paris on the us you know the had been in power for more than 60 years he was in prison for sort of me at the time on what he says were trumped up charges he was pardoned days after the election the premiership went to Mahathir Mohamad a former Prime Minister who had returned from retirement to defeat. On the understanding that he would hand over power within 2 years but before that could happen the government collapsed in trying to take power on what is using a tactic Prime Minister used in february and his supporters left the then governing coalition and joined forces with politicians defeated in the 2018 election including former leader. Who was convicted of corruption a few months ago in response Prime Minister in issued a statement unless claims remain just that until he can prove otherwise and that he remains the rightful Prime Minister we didnt had a televised speech on the pandemic appeared to address announcement indirectly. By pill to your brothers and sisters to reject the blind actions of some politicians deliberately want to affect the political stability of the countrys economic Recovery Plan which is being implemented well at the moment analysts say the current scenario could develop in several ways the Prime Minister could ask for parliament to be dissolved triggering stopped elections but victory for him and his allies is far from a shirt there was a statement made by one of his component parties the former leading party in malaysia control of government over 60 years on no maybe indicated a very sort of mixed signals i think theyre pushing for to salute. And lets take you straight back to the General Assembly were about to hear from the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro lets listen in. John i thank you thank you very much mr president you know. We call you on behalf of the bolivarian republic of venezuela i am honored to introduce. The president of the bolivarian republican venezuela Nicolas Maduro morris thank you very much mr president. Distinguished president of the General Assembly of open doors karen the distinguished secretary general and tony would share this heads of state heads of government leaders participating in this 75th session of the un General Assembly. But you know me i should like to begin by apologizing for removing my mask which is necessary during this pandemic. When i extend my greetings to all of you throughout the world who are watching us and listening to us i congratulate you mr president in the call to do on behalf of the league the Constitutional Government of venezuela and the people of our poll a variant. On your assumption of the presidency at this 75th session of the General Assembly and i know it is a great occasion. And i mean an occasion of great importance given the extraordinary circumstances mankind is facing. Due to this global emergency. Caused by covert 19. I say this is an extraordinary opportunity to completely. No. But on earth which you know in addition to being a very complex and difficult time for the planet it is also an opportunity when you give further thought to changing the apparent paradigm which mankind has established in particular for the vast majority of people afflicted by poverty and exclusion i mean what they hope for change from us from the global leaders. At this same General Assembly in 2001 our eternal commander hugo chavez said and i quote we have come here without fear weve come here with a great deal of good faith with a great deal of optimism in life in brotherhood in unity and in the supreme possibility that today we the leaders of the worlds countries. We can seek out and find Genuine Solutions to real problems and that we can seek justice and peace. In venezuela we believe that the world needs to be completely revised and we need to put it under a magnifying glass as commander charge this would say a very strong magnifying glass because the world is suffering it is suffering from mistakes that have been piled up on top of other mistakes that was commander charges charges appealed in 2001 you know. As he called for reforging of the United Nations. And here we are in 2020. Insisting on the need to renew these paradigms you know venezuela recognizes that the United Nations over the past 75 years has made major contributions to mankind however we need more good will and efforts to preserve these advances to. Meet new goals and we insist on the need to strengthen South South Cooperation and to create alternative financial mechanisms and provide Technical Support which will underpin initiatives and priorities defined by our people so that we can achieve the s. T. G. s. This is a timely task one we cannot defer every day counts. The south is also thinking about these issues the south is also important the south also exists as a poet benedetti and i would have said we are all working to save our planet. We. Are calling for the greatest political commitment to combat Climate Change which is a reality. But you know you know combat Climate Change is an urgent priority therefore we recognize the importance of strengthening our mitigation and adaptation measures in accordance with the u. N. Framework convention on Climate Change on the Paris Agreement refuge in my mind what we did for reaffirm the importance of particular by implementation measures so that developing countries can carry out their Climate Action was powerful noam chomsky warned us quite recently we do not have much time left mr president for the United Nations and mankind we are all facing a profound and complex crisis we have the covert 19 pandemic wiley and added to that be my local challenges of Climate Change and Sustainable Development by no drama with this disturbing backdrop but we also have no less alarming desire of the great powers to bring mankind to. The brink of military confrontation perhaps that would be the last confrontation for our species the United States of america rather than taking a positive or forward looking leadership role is erratic clearly working under the guidance of a an intransigent and hostile government i mean its hostile to diplomacy and it shows open contempt for multilateralism or any type of preexisting global rules covert 19 has changed the realities in priorities for everyone because the victim pact on human life through the pandemic has shed light on the inequalities in this world and made them worse regrettably. Some short term measures to deal with the pandemic have increased the social and economic gaps within countries and that is why the International Community as a whole must provide a global and coordinated response. Assistance must be provided to all nations in need so that conditions can be established to build stronger economies and more inclusive societies. Even before the covert 19 pandemic. The collapse of the International Geo economic and geopolitical order it was already taking place and yet this emergency has. But it made us more aware of the contradictions of capitalism and its inability to tackle this crisis in many cases states have been reduced to a minimalist expression and. Neo liberalism that has been imposed on them has stifled public institutions. Health has become a luxury today we hear people. Crying out in the streets people who feel abandoned and have been left unprotected health the health and well being of the population are not commodities the market can not. Continue to regulate the destiny of mankind venezuela believes the role of the w. H. O. Must be an example of multilateralism that whatever we must reinforce the World Health Organization must be an organization which acts and speaks. Honestly without giving in to pressure or extortion in a political or attacks from the powerful it must reaffirm its moral authority its scientific passageway and cooperation based on solidarity not of we welcome the enormous scientific efforts of sister nations such as russia china and cuba. To come up with an effective and safe vaccine we against covert 19. And we trust that such discoveries will be deemed a Global Public goods. By each of our nations with free access for all peoples of the World Without discrimination. In the bolivarian republic of venezuela we propose the creation of a revolving fund. Public purchasing in the un system to guarantee access to food and to Health Care Products this would be financed through me Public Resources it would make it possible you should tackle discrimination. And overcome economic embargo against countries and make it possible for governments to acquire necessary goods and services we call for a bolster rain of federal policies and Financial Funding for development to promote local production change and promote new economic actors and we also call for the creation of a bank of technology for training for the level of the bolivarian republic of venezuela that calls for the adoption of an International Legally Binding Instrument on the development and the right to development which will bolster. Peoples efforts to overcome poverty and social inequalities and to fight for social justice. Our reelection. As a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council through sovereign majority vote of the countries represented in the un system. Despite tireless attacks by the us empire and its supporters has further reaffirmed our commitment to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of every individual without any distinction at all and to do so in a just and fair manner i mean we firmly support any initiative to combat discrimination based on ethnicity gender or nationality or any other related form of intolerance with you we are committed to defending the principles of universality of impartiality. Objectivity. And non politicize a shiny and nonselective nature. Of implementing these principles we are committed to International Intercultural constructive dialogue to promote and protect all human rights. Of course this includes the right to peoples to comprehensive Development Reporting only what do you mr president the bolivarian republic of venezuela reaffirms its commitment to a peaceful solution of dissolute in accordance with the principle stablished in the un charter. Your enough to not and with regard to the territorial just ski butte over. Venezuela reiterate its strict compliance with the geneva agreement of 966. 00 in particular we underscore the purposely object and the soundness. This geneva agreement which. Clearly is mandated to find a practical satisfactory to acceptable solution for both parties. But maybe through successive mechanisms to be provided for in article 33 of the un charter and i think it is through political and diplomatic negotiation. Mutual agreement that we will find a solution to this. Just bute which stems from imperial colonialism of. Mr president the world has continued to face many injustices affecting innocent people exterminated threatening them with their very lives and these actions by state their actions by states which are unjustifiable inadmissible and which are shameful to mankind once again we express our solidarity and support to the arab people of palestine and we call for respect of the historically established territories in 1967 by this organization we endorsed the United Nations appeal to bring an end to the shameful criminal embargo that has lasted from all 60 years against the brotherly people of cuba and we reaffirm. The appeal to the government of the United States to put an immediate end to this economic commercial and financial embargoed against the sister nation mr president the politics and republic of venezuela reiterate its commitment to the need. To promote and strengthen dialogue and cooperation by building bridges among peoples respecting cultural and religious differences. Preventing conflicts. Promoting reconciliation and building peace. The nonaligned movement. Promotes these initiatives and these policies and these values by holding the International Day of multilateralism and diplomacy for peace and we have joined the un group of friends for the alliance of civilizations in the United Nations as we raise the flag of pluralism and everybody much remains to be done and we will do it. Mr president. As you know back then as well as under constant attack but our beloved homeland is victim to a multipronged attack by the United States company in the media. In the political arena. Economically. I mean we have even been threatened with direct military aggression and. We need a lateral measures imposed by the Us Government and. We have been aimed at bringing venezuelans to their knees and yet our people along with the Constitutional Government have heroically resisted this indignity this money that illegal action and this in humanity shown by the samurai which today represents the most serious threat facing our multipolar in multicenter world today we stand we are the dignified people sons of the glories of our liberator simon believe and we can tell the supremacy of government of the United States that the world is looking at them that in the 21st century there are millions of eyes that see behind the media networks. Its time to. Bring International Law back into play it is time to the time has come to end this global loss of credibility as a result of the whims and arrogance you have heaped upon the worlds conscience but if you. Really. To continue to violate the United Nations charter will lead to isolation and to discredit and condemn the history of peoples including your own people the people the United States and bring them out into the streets to protest Racism Police brutality and abuse. These unilateral coercive measures have made people not just rise up against this global dictatorship. Which attempts. To impose National Initiatives and impose them on us human. A lot better than. I dont bring our National Industry has been persecuted this is obviously not a reality kind of the way the real venezuela these are the real venezuelans in flesh and blood. I can tell you today excellence is not about that there is a revolution ongoing in our homeland a revolution for innovation a new offensive to. Create a virtuous circle of opportunities and to counter these attempts to make our nation collapse we have made extraordinary efforts with our own hands in addition to the solidarity and cooperation we have received from friendly countries in the un system to deal with the fallout of the covert 19 pandemic weve avoided the worst we thought of the last despite but on the other plans. Just by projections and catastrophic desires against us neither an illegal embargo or aggression against our government have taken us off our path to protect the lives of our people today i can say. That weve provided some 1900000 free tests to our people through the averages. 62489 tests for water a 1000000 inhabitants we are latin american and caribbean country but the one that is provided the most to cope with tests to its people. We do this with a great deal of humility military and a desire to help neighboring countries. Countries who whose governments frequently express aggression to us. You will not hear about this in traditional media nor on social networks or in the internet where you live but i wanted to stop here and share this experience with you because i think we can save lives elsewhere on the planet because. We have gone through this experience with china cuba and russia and our. Social and Health Care Protection system meant that we were able to go from house to house and find positive cases and attend to suspected or potential cases we have sent medical mission was and we have automated Protection Systems known as our homeland system we have a list of more than 20000000 citizens elderly out of a population of 30000000 inhabitants this you will see that represents 2 thirds of our population. Weve been able to reach every Single Community in our country we have our own model it was designed based on the principle that we need to prioritize life above Everything Else and thanks to these efforts. Weve been able. To combine social distancing with productive activity in the country weve done this with our 7 plus 7 scheme and we offer it modestly to other nations for 7 days there it is a one week stay in place order strict quarantine and then 7 days later we have a. More open general economic. Work week. This is enabled us to work towards a new normal and help us overcome this pandemic our government is ready to meet the challenges of this pandemic along with our people our people have become increasingly aware of. The need to combat the pandemic and this is shown the effectiveness of our Public Health care system me best. We were able to control the initial outbreaks of this pandemic which impacted the world and that bought us time so that we could improve all of our protocols for prevention treatment and protection for our people. Then as well as one of the few countries which provides free and differentiated treatment for detective cases and that is all cases asymptomatic slightly symptomatic moderately symptomatic and seriously symptomatic of our policy for prevention and care means that we hospitalize all the positive case patients even if they do not present symptoms and that has helped keep a lid on the spread of this illness mr president. Yes. But more than 30000000. 00 of the bolivarian republic of venezuela been seized frozen and held in Bank Accounts in the United States and europe but in addition to that they go after any. Business or government which trades any goods or services with our country be it food medicine fuel. Adage is needed to produce the gasoline which our people need etc etc. And that is why we reaffirm to the world that venezuela is prepared to resist and we are resisting this criminal. Inhuman aggression. But then as well has been prepared to win out but maybe over this no embargo imposed by the Us Government we are fighting for peace for our homeland for our region for humanity. Our heroic venezuelan p. People in the past have shoulder the responsibility of their historic role. As we have faced the disgraces of the most dangerous empire in the history of the world this empire is now writing some of the most horrific chapters of inhumanity and criminal behavior the worlds must know that we are prepared to fight against this with the force of our history of our spirit of our reason and with the support of International Law i mean once again when i express our deepest thanks. To the secretary general and the high commissioner for human rights michelle bash allay some who have called for an immediate lifting. Of unilateral criminal coercive measures