International development and deputy secretarygeneral of United Nations to talk about global progress on economic, social and environmental issues. This is liev coverage on cspan3. Sustainable development who took time out of their busy schedule to be with us today. We are very honored by your prepares and your participation. The launch of the center is a historic moment for the Global Program and brookings. At a time of massive dislocation in the Global Economy the need for improved policies to build back better, more inclusive and sustainable economies have never been greater. Policymakers and all other stakeholders around the world will have in this center its scholars in brookings leaders on various aspects of Sustainable Development. We are grateful to all of our partners whose support has been instrumental to the inception of the center. A special thank you to richard who supports through brookings highpolicy roundtables and Sustainable Development for years has inspired creation
Never before has that enduring promise of protection stability and opportunity mean more important than it is today allow me to explain why. First europe must come to new to protect lives and livelihoods this is all the more important in the middle of a pandemic that shows no sign of running out of steam or intensity we know how quickly numbers can spiral out of control so we must continue to handle this fantastic pandemic with extreme care responsibility and unity in the last 6 months. Our Health Systems and workers have produced miracles every country has worked to do its best for its citizens. And europe has done more to gether than ever before. When the Member States closed borders we created green lanes for goods when more than 600000 european citizens were stranded all over the world the e. U. Brought them back home when some countries introduced export bands for critical medical goods we stopped that and ensure that critical medical goods should go where it was needed we worked
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With former whites will make fun of or lost their land in the ne 2003 years before. Also coming up on the program. Military or civilian all maybe a technocrat millions of still did need to lead the Transitional Team after yet another country transition to a stable civilian group. I. Your welcome to the program we start of in zimbabwe where im citee is growing among blacks they are worried about losing land that was on the catered to them by former president during his law before or during the time thousands of white farmers were forced of the lads in an effort to redress colonial era. Fast forward to earlier this year zimbabwean governments are now as there will be 3500000000. 00 in compensation to local white farmers but some black farmers see the move trucking on a policy that politicians have repeatedly meant was irreversible. Norman cheering has been anxious ever since the government announced it will return land that was taken from former white farmers during the land reform in th
Live from moscow thanks for joining us today on r. T. International im Daniel Hawkins were you tuning in from today welcome to the program. The e. U. Is the pulling additional security to border with turkey as masses of refugees make their way towards greece this comes after ankara following an intensification of the fighting in syria said it would no longer prevent people from attempting to enter europe and greece has reacted angrily to the turkish move its now turning away anyone attempting to enter the country illegally and has suspended a side of up occasions thats a decision that the Un Refugee Agency has said it lacks any legal basis the process has left thousands of refugees stranded at europes borders others are searching for alternative routes into the e. U. Including via the mediterranean short of the risky as the latest. Well im here in the greek border town of cast in the areas where you can see the Border Crossing is essentially calm at the moment but weve been told by the