Thank you. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Never has an International Community raise so much money on a single day for a single crisis. Supporting syria and the region conference has been a great success. I would like to thank and highly command the Prime Minister and all sponsors in the chancellor and with germany than the Prime Minister of norway, for their leadership, engagement, and generous contributions. And many other countries very generous contributions. As of this moment just set by the Prime Minister more than 10 billion has been pledged, more than half, i think all the participants for their generosity and solidarity for the syrians who are experiencing horrendous conditions. We will continue region millions of people with lifesaving aid. The premises of long term funding and alone mean that humanitarian and Development Possibilities will be able to Work Together to get children back into school, design employment programs, the commitment of countries hosting large nu
Financial instrument to try to get others to do what we want. First thing i want to do is just ask you as, you know, since youve been involved in so many different policy positions over the recent decades, how much of a change do you feel there is in thinking about the effectiveness of these different instruments . And if sanctions are becoming more prominent as a tool for u. S. Foreign policy, does that change who the nature of the of the policy conversation since those who implement sanctions are different than those who implement the use of military force . Well, clearly sanctions are a kind of Foreign Policy tool of the month right now, and i dont mean that, you know, sarcastically. Its what i do. There is they have been seen as relatively successful in a number of cases, and they are a they are a tool of choice in situations like you like the one you mentioned. Where do you go from diplomatic pressure short of military force . And sanctions have been developed by the u. S. Policy
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SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said “common sense has prevailed” after a decision not to prosecute him for walking with the Bloody Sunday families to court.