as it were from this assembly on ukraine. yeah, so as you point out, jim, the russian foreign minister and the secretary of state tony blinken have been in the same place at the same time in multiple instances in recent months. in one of those instances, a secretary of state went after russia and said very bluntly, ukraine is not your country, and we expect that there is going to be more tense confrontation today. and the reason that today is different is because we do expect that both the secretary of state and the russian foreign minnist her lavrov are going to deliver remarks as part of this meeting on ukraine. and when it comes to blinken himself, we re told that he is very similar to president biden yesterday going to directly confront what we have seen as these recent developments over the last few days with president putin talking about the nuclear possibilities of this war. also, with those referendum that are planned in the ukrainian occupied territories in russia
the welcoming majority of u.n. member states are committed to working together on these issues and our actions show that. yet, while more than 100 countries have signed on to a road map to provide food aid to those who need it, and partners across, africa, asia and the europe are working together for the global food systems and russia for months blocked the export of ukraine grain to the world. and russia continues to bomb and seize ukraine farms and silos and lead its wheat fields with land mines and raising cost of food for people everywhere. and while governments around the world are teaming up with international organizations, with the private sector, with philanthropies to end this pandemic and make sure that we re better prepared for the next one, russia is spreading misinformation and disinformation about w.h.o. approved vaccines and fuelling vaccine hesitancy to puts people in all of our countries at greater risk. here is the reality. none of us chose this war. not th
on residents to donate blood. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination, marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers picked their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into a slightly more open space in my main bedroom and just co