Good morning. Good morning, welcome to the society for International Developmentu. S. Chapters 2024 annual conference. Im kat repb, president of sidus. Its my pleasure to congress off what i know will be a remarkable day of connecting, sharing, and reflecting. This promises to be siduss largest conference ever. I know i say that every year, but every year we are, in fact, larger. We are expecting well over 1,200 people in person today. And another many, many hundreds of people online. You are coming in from all over the world. In person well welcome people from 30 states and 18 countries, and online you are coming in from everywhere. One of my favorite features of our virtual platform is the map under the participants tab that shows you where everyone is coming in from. So i hope everyone will take a look at that, including those of you in person. Hope youll get online late. We have more than 100 speakers, 96 sponsors, 12 inperson breakout panels, 13 virtual breakout, three learning la
democratic exercise. elections in a country of 1.4 billion people done and dusted. and here is everything you need to know about the results. the bjp one the most number of seats, 240, but it is still not the victory that narendra modi was hoping. he has 63 let s seats than what the bjp one in the last election in less than 272 thatis last election in less than 272 that is needed to have a majority. it means he is not the final word on politics or policy. he will have to rely on unpredictable rely alliance parties and establish a consensus. other things didn t go as anticipated. the state which was supposed to stand by the bjp didn t. 80 lawmakers come from uttar pradesh and thatis come from uttar pradesh and that is where they suffered the most losses. from 62 it is down to 33. the bjp alliance may be forming the government but the growth of the opposition was the real surprise. over two dozen parties came together to take on the bjp and that is clearly worked. the oppositio
Abbas the palestinian president is in the joint president s press conference with his french counterpart and they are talking about the u. N. General Assembly Vote of less than twenty four hours ago repercussions of what it means for the future lets continue to listen to the president on the occupied territory this is clearly stipulated in the folds geneva convention. To which israel must abide yet it is not. In addition to these violations israel the completion forces has been wreaking killing among our people seizing our land and i hear what led to the call to the end sit in of. Me me which has become a household name that has been illegally arrested by the Israeli Occupation forces and also. This. Activist who has been. Attesting in a peaceful demonstration and he was shot and killed by the Israeli Occupation forces this is not acceptable in the name of humanity of mr president. The recognition of. The state of palestine is through investment in peace and the middle east it is also
The whole robin youre watching the aljazeera news our live war headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes and it is also shown that the whole of europe supports International Law and justice that is very much sought after in the middle east the palestinian president thanks the u. N. For adopting the resolution rejecting Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. Exiled former counsel and president says hes ready to meet with Prime Minister mario monti on. Condition. Also apple is sued after the tech giant admits to using software that deliberately slow down some older model i phones and athens offers hope for some of the most vulnerable refugees in overcrowded camps on the greek islands. Welcome to the news our french president manuel mark rolls says the u. S. Has marginalized itself in the Israeli Palestinian conflict hes been holding talks with palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in paris a day after the u. N. General assembly overwhelmingly a
We do have a quorum. Item number two, general Public Comment. This item is to all members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Authority board on matters that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Authority Board and that do not appear on todays agenda. In addition to general Public Comments, Public Comment will be held during each item on the agenda. Members of the public may address the board for up to three minutes. You will hear a single chime when there are 30 seconds remaining. Prior to making your comments, please state your name and the o you are representing, if any, for the record. Is there anybody in the audience that would like add to dress the board on items that are not on the agenda . Ok. Seeing none. Item number three, report by Treasure Island director. Thank you, chair and members of the board. Id like to begin my report today by asking Sherry Williams come up and make an announcement. Good afternoon, commissioners. For the record, i am