major regions of afghanistan, after the countries worst, earthquake in 20 years. at least 1500 people have been killed. the taliban government made an urgent appeal for international help. the un security council received a special briefing on the situation in the country, and gabriel alexander has more from the un headquarters in new york. the humanitarian situation in afghanistan, his grave, that was the key message from top un officials to security council members in what was a regularly scheduled meeting to discuss the overall situation in the country. but given the recent devastating earthquake, the immediate humanitarian conditions obviously were front and center, search and rescue operations remain ongoing. that it is expected that the number of casualties will probably be on the coming days along the number of communities. i m sure you ll agree that yesterday s earthquake was here and i m a tragic reminder. media dangers which are facing some people at this time. the
bavaria for a 3 day summit. the war in ukraine is at the top of the agenda along with soaring inflation and a global food crisis. earlier you as president joe biden praised germany s chancellor for his efforts to maintain pressure on washing president for a lot of me letting me person. yeah. first. well sure. we have this also study to kill, you know, we continue working on economic jones when we get to this emotional, how diplomatic ed is a james base has more from the summer about what s out for discussion. we ve got this rising inflation, rising food prices, a global energy crisis, and a food crisis that affecting countries all around the world. so these will be the sort of things i ll be thinking about. and of course, this is directly linked back to the war in the ukraine, which overshadows all of this event. the g 7 meets every year, but actually they had an emergency meeting back in march just one month after the invasion, very soon after the initial shock of the invasi
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And id like to begin by asking you what comes to mind when you think of that word . College. Fraternities. Initiation. Okay. All right. So it didnt take long for some images to pop into your head. And, thank you. And youre like many others who think about some common images as they relate to hazing. And one is young men in college fraternities, beating each other, passing out or even dying tragically from alcohol poisoning because of hazing. Also people think about professional athletes like last years headlines of the rookie Jonathan Martin of the Miami Dolphins and more recently people think sometimes about marching bands with the tragic death of drum major robert champion down at florida a m university. And now more recently over the past month weve heard news of a sexually harassing culture and hazing in the ohio state universitys marching band prompting them to fire the band director. While these images and headlines reflect realities of hazing, they only paint a partial picture.
And to all of you who have participated, thank you so much. This is the final portion of the National Bullying prevention summit focusing on the issue of cyberbullying. According to a 2011 study, 16 of High School Students experience bullying 0 online each year. The annual bullying prevention summit is part of an effort by the federal government to create a National Strategy to address the problem. This is about 50 minutes. Hi, everyone, thank you so much, sarah. I am codirector of connect safely. Org in san jose, california. And im, im longtime blogger, since before they were blogs, on youth and technology at netfamilynews. Org. So im in awe of those young people, im sure you are, too, but what really struck me about them and what struck me about the youth advisory board, of the born this Way Foundation when we heard their stories, too, is the courage to heal others while youre hearing yourself. And were not linear any more these days. So thats kind of a remarkable act of courage, i f