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[00:00:00] LOOKING AT A CNN ARTICLE.
[00:00:08] IT SAYS TALARICO'S 12-DAY ABSENCE FROM THE TRAIL BECOMES FODDER FOR G.O.P. IN TEXAS
[00:00:10] SENATE RACE.
[00:00:16] HE SAID THAT HE HAD THE FLU, BUT HOW DOES HIS ABSENCE AND THE RUMORS THAT HAVE SURROUNDED
[00:00:19] ABOUT WHERE HE WAS EVEN THOUGH
[00:00:20] HIS CAMPAIGN HAS SAID HE HAD THE
[00:00:27] FLU, HOW DOES HIS ABSENCE IMPACT HIS STANDING?
[00:00:30] GUEST: THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES FROM MAGA,
[00:00:35] SOCIAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEM.
[00:00:38] IN ORDER FOR A DEMOCRAT TO WIN IN TEXAS, YOU NEED TO PITCH A
[00:00:42] PERFECT GAME. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN WORKING HIS WAY SO FAR. HE'S GOT THE FUNDRAISING
[00:00:45] ADVANTAGE. HE'S GOT THE OPPONENT HE WOULD WANT.
[00:00:49] NOW I THINK HE NEEDS TO GO OUT
[00:00:50] AND DO, IF I WORK JAMES
[00:00:54] -- IF I WERE JAMES TALARICO, I WOULD DO A BIG BARNSTORMING EFFORT ALL OVER TEXAS, BE AS
[00:00:57] PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE, BE OUT THERE, DEMAND TO DEBATE, DO
[00:00:59] EVERY TV INTERVIEW, DO EVERY
[00:01:01] STATE FAIR, HAVE PICTURES OF HIM
[00:01:04] RIDING EVERY RIDE AT THE TEXAS STATE FAIR RIGHT NOW AT THE
[00:01:08] COTTON BOWL.
[00:01:11] GO BE AS PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THIS IS A MAKE OR BREAK WEEK FOR HIM.
[00:01:14] HOST: THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, PEOPLE FELT LIKE
[00:01:17] TALARICO'S CAMPAIGN WAS NOT AS
[00:01:19] TRANSPARENT ON WHERE HE WAS IN
[00:01:22] HIS SICKNESS AS THEY HAD PERHAPS
[00:01:24] HOPED HIM TO BE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE MITCH MCCONNELL OF IT
[00:01:27] ALL.
[00:01:32] HOW MUCH ARE YOU SEEING AGE OR HEALTH BE AN ISSUE?
[00:01:36] GUEST: I THINK IT IS AN INCREASING CONVERSATION. WE GO BACK TO MAYBE EVEN
[00:01:38] PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE
[00:01:42] PAST, ABOUT FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEING MORE OPEN ABOUT SOME OF THEIR
[00:01:45] MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, AND
[00:01:48] FOLKS STRUGGLING TO SQUARE THEM.
[00:01:51] IF YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE LIKE JOHN FETTERMAN, WHO A FEW YEARS AGO
[00:01:54] WAS FACING A LOT OF SCRUTINY FOR HOW HE WAS RECOVERING FROM A
[00:01:58] STROKE DURING HIS SENATE RACE, TOO.
[00:02:01] I THINK THERE IS A BAD TASTE IN DEMOCRATS' MOUTH WITH A LITTLE
[00:02:05] BUYER'S REMORSE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEEN
[00:02:07] THROUGHOUT THIS CYCLE IS
[00:02:12] INCREASED SCRUTINY ON CANDIDATES' AGE. YOU HAVE A 14-POINT LOSS THIS
[00:02:15] CYCLE. WE CAN POINT TO THREE OR FOUR OF
[00:02:18] THEM ESPECIALLY IN THE
[00:02:21] DEMOCRATIC SIDE WHERE AGE WAS THE ISSUE, RIGHT?
[00:02:24] THINK ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE LARSEN IN CONNECTICUT, WHO THE
[00:02:28] DEMOCRAT WHO BEAT HIM THERE WAS RUNNING A CHANGE PLATFORM, SAME IN DENVER, COLORADO.
[00:02:31] THE POLICIES ARE THE SAME COMMIT
[00:02:35] . IT IS JUST HOW EFFICIENT YOU CAN BE WHEN YOU ARE 70 YEARS OLD, 80
[00:02:38] YEARS OLD. I THINK THAT WILL PLAY OUT IN 2028 AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE
[00:02:40] DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
[00:02:45] HOST: LET'S GET TO SOME CALLS, PAUL IN MASSACHUSETTS. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:02:48] AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[00:02:51] ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS ELECTION, WE TALK ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO IMPROVE
[00:02:55] THE ECONOMY. ANYBODY THAT THINKS THE DEMOCRATS WILL IMPROVE THE ECONOMY HAVE ROCKS IN THEIR
[00:02:59] HEAD. THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THE
[00:03:03] DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT SUGGESTS THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING TO
[00:03:06] IMPROVE THE ECONOMY, AND THAT IS THE ISSUE IN THE POLITICS RIGHT
[00:03:10] NOW.
[00:03:12] THAT IS THE GREAT MYTH IN POLITICS RIGHT NOW.
[00:03:16] GUEST: I THINK PAUL KIND OF HIT ON THE HEAD THERE, WHAT, HOW
[00:03:18] CRAZY THIS CYCLE HAS BEEN, WHEN
[00:03:23] REPUBLICANS HAVE TRADITIONALLY POLLED MUCH MORE STRONGLY ON THE ECONOMY.
[00:03:26] WHEN YOU ASK WHICH PARTY DO YOU TRUST ON THE ECONOMY,
[00:03:32] FOR MANY YEARS IT HAS BEEN REPUBLICANS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT GALLUP, PEW, WHEN VOTERS ARE ASKED, WHO DO
[00:03:35] YOU TRUST ON THE ECONOMY,
[00:03:37] DEMOCRATS, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A
[00:03:40] SLIGHT EDGE, THEY ARE AT LEAST MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THEY WERE IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF
[00:03:43] THE POLL. I THINK THAT HAS DONE A LOT OF
[00:03:52] TO DO WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. VOTERS ARE LOSING A LOT OF TRUST
[00:03:56] THAT WAS BUILT IN WITH REPUBLICANS ON THE ECONOMY.
[00:03:59] THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THEY THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A PLAN TO GET US OUT OF THIS TOUGHER ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RIGHT
[00:04:02] NOW, BUT THEY KNOW REPUBLICANS,
[00:04:06] WHEN THEY HAVE KEYS TO THE CAR,
[00:04:08] THEY ARE SWERVING ALL OVER THE ROAD. HOST: EARL FROM WASHINGTON, A
[00:04:11] DEMOCRAT.
[00:04:21] CALLER: WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, WITH ALL OF THE HATE, WITH ALL
[00:04:23] OF THE NEGATIVITY THAT IS GOING
[00:04:25] ON IN THE PUBLIC ARENA TO DATE,
[00:04:29] LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING WITH
[00:04:31] HOMELAND SECURITY, WITH ALL OF
[00:04:35] THE INDICATORS THAT THE COUNTRY
[00:04:38] IS GOING OFF THE RAILS, HOW DO
[00:04:43] REPUBLICANS JUSTIFY ANY EFFORT
[00:04:45] TO HELP THIS GUY?
[00:04:52] GUEST: I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION REPUBLICANS ARE
[00:04:54] STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. HOW MUCH TO RUN WITH THE
[00:04:57] PRESIDENT VERSUS HOW MUCH TO PUT DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THEM RIGHT NOW.
[00:04:59] THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER HAVE
[00:05:02] THEIR NATIONAL SURVEY OUT THIS
[00:05:04] WEEK THAT SHOWS TRUMP AT THE
[00:05:08] LOWEST APPROVAL RATING OF HIS SECOND TERM AT 30%.
[00:05:12] I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE
[00:05:15] SEE OTHER POSTERS GET BELOW THAT 30% MARK AS WELL. THE PRESIDENT IS INCREDIBLY UNPOPULAR, AND VOTERS WANT A
[00:05:19] CHANGE. MIDTERM ELECTIONS YEARS, THE
[00:05:25] REFERENDUM ON THE PARTY IN POWER. THIS ELECTION IN PARTICULAR IS A
[00:05:28] REFERENDUM ON THE MAN IN POWER, AND VOTERS ARE UPSET WITH TRUMP. HOST: FRANK, AN INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
[00:05:31] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:05:34] SO, YOUR TONE, SIR, SEEMS TO BE,
[00:05:37] IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT, YOU
[00:05:40] KNOW, DEMOCRATS ARE DOING PRETTY
[00:05:42] GOOD IN THE POLLING.
[00:05:44] YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN TRUST THE
[00:05:47] POLLING ANYMORE.
[00:05:51] WE SAW BACK IN 2016, NOBODY
[00:05:56] THOUGHT TRUMP WOULD WIN, AND HE DID.
[00:05:59] I VOTED THE FIRST TIME IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 1976,
[00:06:03] SO I HAVE BEEN AROUND A WHILE. [LAUGHS]
[00:06:06] AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED TIMES WE ARE
[00:06:09] LIVING IN RIGHT NOW, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, IF I MAY.
[00:06:13] SO YOU HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS OF AUTHORITATIVE TRUMP,
[00:06:17] TOUGH GUY, RIGHT-WING STUFF ALL
[00:06:19] OVER THE WORLD, REALLY.
[00:06:25] I JUST READ ABOUT IN GERMANY,
[00:06:31] YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTO THIS
[00:06:33] MATURE ATTENTIVE -- AUTHORITATIVE THING.
[00:06:38] ONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY THAT WAS NEVER THERE IS AI. THAT IS HUGE.
[00:06:41] AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE LIKE ELON MUSK AND PETER THIEL, WHO I HAVE
[00:06:44] NO TRUST IN THEM WHATSOEVER FOR
[00:06:46] WHAT THEY CAN DO IS BEYOND IMAGINATION.
[00:06:49] THEN YOU'VE GOT THE MIDDLE EAST
[00:06:50] SITUATION, WHICH IS VERY
[00:06:56] STRANGE, BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN VERY PRO-ISRAEL, AND NOW NOT SO MUCH SO.
[00:07:00] IN FACT, I'VE BEEN READING SO MANY REPUBLICAN-BASED, FOX NEWS
[00:07:05] STUFF WHERE REPUBLICANS SEEM TO
[00:07:10] BE SO PRO-ISRAEL, WHICH IS TO BE ALMOST LIKE A JOKE IN A WAY. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE
[00:07:14] NEVER THAT PRO-ISRAEL.
[00:07:18] HOST: ALL RIGHT, I WILL SEE IF
[00:07:23] YOU CAN GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS FOR KIRK. CALLER: WELL, MY QUESTION IS,
[00:07:29] ALL THE RESEARCH THIS GENTLEMAN HAS DONE, AND HE IS SAYING THE
[00:07:31] POLL IS INDICATING DEMOCRATS. BUT I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE
[00:07:34] PUBLIC -- MY QUESTION IS, I
[00:07:36] THINK THE PUBLIC IS SO CONFUSED,
[00:07:39] AND I'M WONDERING IF WE, YOU KNOW, CAN HAVE ANY FAITH IN ANY
[00:07:42] KIND OF POLLS.
[00:07:46] I GUESS THAT IS MY QUESTION. GUEST: FAITH IN THE POLLS HAS
[00:07:50] BEEN A MAJOR QUESTION EVER SINCE
[00:07:54] I STARTED COVERING POLITICS OVER
[00:07:58] 10 YEARS AGO NOW. I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING THIS
[00:08:03] TIME IS IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO
[00:08:07] MODEL A PRESIDENTIAL OUTCOME WITH TRUMP ON THE BALLOT, BECAUSE HE ACTIVATES VOTERS THAT ARE NOT IN THE TRADITIONAL
[00:08:11] POLLING NET HERE. WHAT I LIKE TO SEE WHAT I'M
[00:08:14] LOOKING AT HOLES HERE IS ONLY
[00:08:18] CERTAIN ONES ARE THE GOLD STANDARDS CNN, PEW RESEARCH, THE , BIPARTISAN FOX NEWS POLL, THE
[00:08:21] AARP POLL, THE NBC POLLING, THE BIPARTISAN ONE.
[00:08:24] AND I THINK THOSE HAVE UPDATED
[00:08:29] THEIR METHODOLOGIES TO CAPTURE THIS ELECTORATE HERE A LOT BETTER. YOU HAVE A LOT OF JUNK POLLS OUT
[00:08:32] HERE THAT ARE A DIME A DOZEN, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY PAY MUCH
[00:08:34] ATTENTION TO OVER AT "HOTLINE," BUT ALL OF THESE GOLDSTAR
[00:08:37] POLLSTERS ARE POINTING AT THE
[00:08:40] SAME DIRECTION RIGHT NOW, AND
[00:08:43] THAT IS TOWARDS DEMOCRATS. AM I SAYING THERE'S NOT ANY
[00:08:47] ERROR? OF COURSE THERE IS.
[00:08:48] BUT I DON'T THING THE MAGNITUDE
[00:08:52] WILL BE ON A 2016 LEVEL, FOR A
[00:08:53] NUMBER OF FACTORS.
[00:08:58] HOST: I WANT TO POINT TO, SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TEXAS, FOR A DEMOCRAT TO WIN IN TEXAS,
[00:09:00] TEXAS HAS TO BECOME NEW JERSEY. NOT HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON.
[00:09:04] BUT THIS RACE IS CAUSING ANXIETY
[00:09:06] FOR REPUBLICANS. HOW MUCH ANXIETY?
[00:09:10] GUEST: IT ABSOLUTELY IS. THEY ARE INVESTING OVER $200 MILLION IN THIS RACE, NOT
[00:09:14] BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK IT WILL BE COMPETITIVE. YOU DON'T PUT ALMOST A QUARTER
[00:09:18] BILLION DOLLARS INTO A RACE BECAUSE YOU THINK IT IS SAFE AND
[00:09:21] SOUND.
[00:09:24] IT IS INTERESTING THEY ARE COMPARING THAT TO NEW JERSEY, BECAUSE NEW JERSEY AT THE
[00:09:29] PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL IN 2024 SAW ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINGS TOWARD TRUMP AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL. THAT WAS IN PART BECAUSE OF THE
[00:09:33] LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION IN NEW
[00:09:34] JERSEY.
[00:09:38] THAT WAS THE SWING VOTERS IN THAT ELECTION.
[00:09:43] YOU SAW THE SAME TYPE OF DRIFT OVER IN TEXAS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS, THE LAREDO AREA, THE RIO GRANDE
[00:09:46] VALLEY OVER THERE.
[00:09:49] BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW
[00:09:55] IN SURVEYS AND REPORTING ON THE
[00:09:58] GROUND IS THAT THOSE SAME HISPANIC VOTERS WHO CAUSED THAT GREAT SWING IN NEW JERSEY,
[00:10:02] CAUSED THAT BIG SWING IN TEXAS, THEY ARE REALLY SOURING ON THE PRESIDENT. THEY ARE THE ONES HIT HARDEST BY
[00:10:06] HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES, AND THEY ARE EITHER NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM, OR THEY ARE GOING TO CROSS THE AISLE AND VOTE FOR
[00:10:10] DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE THEY WANT SOME SORT OF CHANGE RIGHT NOW. HISPANIC VOTERS ARE THE SWING
[00:10:15] VOTERS THIS CYCLE. HOST: IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE ANDY 63 ON TWITTER SAYS, "I JUST
[00:10:18] DON'T SEE ANY REPUBLICAN NOT VOTING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. THEY MAY SAY THEY ARE NOT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION DAY,
[00:10:22] THEY WILL PULL THE LEVER FOR THE PERSON WITH THE R BEHIND THEIR
[00:10:25] NAME. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT FLAWS.
[00:10:27] IT IS ALL ABOUT THE R, PERIOD."
[00:10:30] BUT HISPANIC VOTERS IN A 2024
[00:10:35] ELECTION SHOWED THEMSELVES TO BE SWING VOTERS.
[00:10:38] GUEST: THEY DID VOTE FOR
[00:10:40] REPUBLICANS, THEY DID PULL THE
[00:10:43] REPUBLICAN LEVER, BUT THESE ARE
[00:10:46] NOT DYED IN THE WOOL REPUBLICANS
[00:10:51] , YOUR BUSH, ROMNEY, MCCAIN, TRUMP VOTERS HERE. THEY ARE THE SWING VOTERS, THEY
[00:10:54] ARE THE ONES MOST DIRECTLY
[00:10:56] IMPACTED BY TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES, IMPACTED BY TRUMP'S
[00:10:59] ECONOMIC POLICIES. WHEN YOU ARE IN SOMEWHERE LIKE
[00:11:02] FLORIDA, FOR EXAMPLE,
[00:11:05] THERE IS A CONGRESSIONAL
[00:11:08] DISTRICT IN AND AROUND MIAMI FOR
[00:11:09] MARIA SALAZAR, WHO SHE JUST CUT
[00:11:15] AN AD OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, DIRECT TO CAMERA, TALKING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, SAYING THAT YOUR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT METHODS ARE TOO HARSH.
[00:11:19] YOU ARE SWEEPING UP INNOCENT FAMILIES IN THIS DRAGNET IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, AND MY
[00:11:22] CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED.
[00:11:27] THIS IS A REPUBLICAN IN A SEAT THAT TRUMP CARRIED BY OVER 15 POINTS GOING DIRECT TO CAMERA SAYING "TRUMP HAS GONE TOO FAR."
[00:11:30] THAT IS KIND OF THE BATTLEFIELD WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
[00:11:33] HIS POLICIES HAVE AFFECTED
[00:11:36] HISPANIC SWING VOTERS SO MUCH THAT A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN HAS TO PLEAD WITH TRUMP ON
[00:11:40] CAMERA TO TONE IT DOWN.
[00:11:45] HOST: I WANT TO GET TO ONE OF THESE RACES WHERE I THINK THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, BUT
[00:11:48] FIRST, I WANT TO INVITE OUR CALLERS TO JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION.
[00:11:51] KIRK BADO FROM THE NATIONAL JOURNAL "HOTLINE" IS HERE,
[00:11:54] ANSWERING ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS
[00:11:56] ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
[00:12:00] HE IS A GURU AND WE CAN GO
[00:12:04] DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, SO START CALLING IN. I WILL REPEAT YOUR PHONE LINES.
[00:12:07] REPUBLICANS, (202) 748-8001.
[00:12:09] DEMOCRATS, (202) 748-8000. AND FOR INDEPENDENTS, (202)
[00:12:11] 748-8002.
[00:12:15] START CALLING IN NOW. WE WILL TURN BACK TO YOUR CALLS
[00:12:17] IN ONE SECOND.
[00:12:20] BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TEXAS
[00:12:26] HOUSE DISTRICT 35, TWO LATINO CANDIDATES, JOHNNY GARCIA AND
[00:12:29] CARLOS DE LA CRUZ IN THE NEWLY REDISTRICTING MAP.
[00:12:31] ONE, ARE YOU SEEING THE SAME
[00:12:35] THEMES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
[00:12:38] SWING VOTERS THAT ARE HISPANIC,
[00:12:41] THE IMPACT ON IMMIGRATION, THE ECONOMY, ARE THEY ALL PLAYING
[00:12:44] OUT IN THIS IMPORTANT DISTRICT RIGHT NOW?
[00:12:49] >> NOW TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
[00:12:53] MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST AMID
[00:12:54] ONGOING MILITARY OPERATIONS.
[00:12:59] >> I INVITE THE FOLLOWING TO
[00:13:05] PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING.
[00:13:07] MR. CLAUDIO CORDONE FOR SYRIA.
[00:13:15] THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL
[00:13:18] FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND
[00:13:22] DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR.
[00:13:24] THE FOUNDER OF SYRIAN YOUTH
[00:13:27] EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE.
[00:13:31] AND THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF
[00:13:33] MIDDLE EAST, EASTERN, AND SOUTHERN AFRICA PLAN
[00:13:37] INTERNATIONAL. IT IS SO DECIDED.
[00:13:42] THE SECURITY COUNCIL WILL NOW
[00:13:45] BEGIN ITS CONSIDERATION OF ITEM TWO OF THE AGENDA.
[00:13:50] I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR.
[00:13:54] CLAUDIO CORDONE.
[00:13:55] >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
[00:14:00] I AM GREETING YOU FROM DAMASCUS
[00:14:08] WITH HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS INCLUDING WITH THE SECRETARY GENERAL WHO WELCOME SAID HE
[00:14:12] PROGRESS IN SYRIA AND REAFFIRMED
[00:14:15] THE U.N.'S READINESS TO SUPPORT
[00:14:17] SYRIA'S TRANSITION, ECONOMIC
[00:14:20] RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION.
[00:14:23] THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IS ONE OF
[00:14:27] THE KEYS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE TRANSITION IN SYRIA.
[00:14:35] AVAILABILITY OF GOODS, INVESTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND RENEWED FINANCIAL CONNECTIONS ARE ENCOURAGING.
[00:14:40] BUT SUCCESS WILL ULTIMATELY BE MEASURED BY TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN PEOPLE'S DAILY
[00:14:45] LIVES BENEFITING ALL SYRIANS.
[00:14:49] FOR MANY, ESSENTIALS HAVE BECOME HARDER TO AFFORD.
[00:14:54] RECENT PRICE INCREASES HAVE DRIVEN UP TRANSPORT AND
[00:14:56] REDUCTION COSTS, COMPOUNDING
[00:15:00] CURRENCY DEPRECIATION, FURTHER ERODING PURCHASING POWER.
[00:15:04] FOOD PRICES ROSE BY AN AVERAGE OF AROUND 30% FOLLOWING THE INCREASES.
[00:15:08] IN RESPONSE TO DEMONSTRATIONS
[00:15:11] ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED MEASURES
[00:15:15] TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT INCLUDING REDUCED PRICES.
[00:15:20] ECONOMIC PRESSURES ARE ALSO
[00:15:23] AFFECTING ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
[00:15:27] HAS HIGHLIGHTED SHORTAGES OF
[00:15:30] MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
[00:15:34] TEACHERS HAVE PROTESTED OVER SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS
[00:15:36] WHILE DISRUPTIONS TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES HAVE COMPOUNDED DAILY
[00:15:40] HARDSHIPS. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, SANCTIONS
[00:15:43] RELIEF HAS OPENED OPPORTUNITIES
[00:15:46] FOR INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL COOPERATION.
[00:15:53] THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS OUTLINED REFORMS TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
[00:15:57] THE EUROPEAN UNION ANNOUNCED
[00:16:03] SUPPORT AND THE WORLD BANK HAS
[00:16:05] APPROVED $175 MILLION IN AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS.
[00:16:10] SYRIA WILL ALSO BE WELL REPRESENTED AT THIS WEEK'S
[00:16:13] ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK AND IMF TAKING PLACE IN BANGKOK.
[00:16:22] THE TASK NOW IS TO TRANSLATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES INTO SUSTAINED REPORT FOR SYRIA'S RECOVERY.
[00:16:27] SYRIANS EXPECT INTERNATIONAL
[00:16:29] POLITICAL GOODWILL TO TURN INTO
[00:16:33] FINANCING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND PROJECTS THAT DELIVER
[00:16:36] TANGIBLE BENEFITS TO COMMUNITIES.
[00:16:40] REFORMS TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONS, TRANSPARENCY, AND
[00:16:44] EQUITABLE GROWTH ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
[00:16:49] FOLLOWING ON FROM THE MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, WE
[00:16:52] ARE EXPLORING WITH THE GOVERNMENT THE POSSIBILITY OF
[00:16:56] SUPPORTING AN INTERNATIONAL
[00:16:58] RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE GROUNDED IN SYRIA'S
[00:17:02] PRIORITIES.
[00:17:03] MR. PRESIDENT, RECOVERY ALSO
[00:17:06] DEMANDS INVESTMENT IN SYRIA'S HUMAN CAPITAL.
[00:17:11] AN ESTIMATED 2 MILLION CHILDREN ARE STILL OUT OF SCHOOL.
[00:17:15] DAMAGED FACILITIES, TEACHER SHORTAGES, AND ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
[00:17:18] CONTINUE TO IMPEDE ACCESS.
[00:17:24] I WELCOME EFFORTS TO
[00:17:28] REHABILITATE SCHOOLS AND
[00:17:33] REINSTATE TEACHERS. AT THE SAME TIME, UNIVERSITY
[00:17:38] GUIDANCE HAVE CAUSED ALARM
[00:17:41] REGARDING ACCESS TO CERTAIN FIELDS OF STUDY INCLUDING
[00:17:45] DEGREES IN SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONS TO MALE OR FEMALE STUDENTS, A
[00:17:50] PROHIBITION ON ORGANIZATIONS AS
[00:17:53] A PROOF ECOSYSTEM OF ENROLLMENT,
[00:17:56] AND RESTRICTIONS FACED BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
[00:17:59] I URGE THE AUTHORITIES TO REVIEW THESE GUIDELINES IN CONSULTATION
[00:18:01] WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION
[00:18:06] FREE FROM DIRECT OR INDIRECT
[00:18:09] DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER, DISABILITY, OR POLITICAL AFFILIATION.
[00:18:14] MR. PRESIDENT, RECENT INCIDENTS
[00:18:17] OF VIOLENCE OR A REMINDER OF THE
[00:18:21] SCALE OF GRIEVANCES THAT
[00:18:24] CONTRIBUTE TO THE FRAGILITY OF SYRIA'S TRANSITION.
[00:18:29] ON SEPTEMBER 3, SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND FOUR INJURED
[00:18:30] WHEN GUNMEN ATTACKED A BUS.
[00:18:34] THE VICTIMS WERE REPORTEDLY OUR
[00:18:38] WHITES -- ALOWITES.
[00:18:42] I WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN INVESTIGATION.
[00:18:47] IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO
[00:18:49] REASSURE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
[00:18:52] AND AVOID COLLECTIVE BLAME.
[00:18:57] CONCERNS OVER COMMUNAL SECURITY
[00:19:00] HAVE BEEN HEIGHTENED ELSEWHERE.
[00:19:05] ON OCTOBER THREE, UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS ON MOTORCYCLES REPORTEDLY ENTERED AND OPENED
[00:19:10] FIRE AT SHOPS AND CIVILIANS
[00:19:17] TRIGGERING A SECURITY RESPONSE.
[00:19:21] THERE ARE UNRESOLVED TENSIONS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE TOWN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
[00:19:25] ADDITIONALLY, TENSIONS ROSE IN
[00:19:29] THE PREDOMINANTLY SHIITE TOWN FOLLOWING REPORTS OF A
[00:19:31] KIDNAPPING THE AUTHORITIES SUBSEQUENTLY SAID WAS FABRICATED.
[00:19:36] ONCE AGAIN, SUCH INCIDENTS ILLUSTRATE HOW QUICKLY LOCAL
[00:19:39] DISPUTES AND RUMORS CAN ACQUIRE
[00:19:43] A SECTARIAN DIMENSION.
[00:19:47] IT IS IMPORTANT TO RESPOND
[00:19:49] PROMPTLY AND ADDRESS GRIEVANCES, PREVENT INCITEMENT, AND REBUILD TRUST.
[00:19:53] IN THIS CONTEXT, I COMMEND THE
[00:19:57] INITIATIVE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL
[00:19:59] ACTION PLAN AGAINST HATE SPEECH
[00:20:02] WHICH REMAINS A SERIOUS CONCERN ACROSS SYRIAN SOCIETY.
[00:20:06] IT MUST BE CONFRONTED AND
[00:20:08] PREVENTED FROM ESCALATING INTO
[00:20:11] INCITEMENT TO DISCRIMINATION, HOSTILITY, OR VIOLENCE WHILE
[00:20:15] RESPECTING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL
[00:20:19] LAW.
[00:20:20] YESTERDAY, MY OFFICE FACILITATED
[00:20:24] A WORKSHOP HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MINISTRY OF
[00:20:28] FOREIGN AU PAIRS AND EXPATRIATES
[00:20:29] -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND EXPATRIATES TO BEGIN SUCH A
[00:20:33] PROCESS. YOU AND WILL CONTINUE TO
[00:20:36] COOPERATE IN THIS REGARD
[00:20:38] INCLUDING BY SUPPORTING INCLUSIVE CONSULTATIONS.
[00:20:44] MR. PRESIDENT, SYRIA CONTINUES
[00:20:47] TO CONFRONT ATTACKS LIKE THE ONE
[00:20:51] ON SEPTEMBER 17 RESULTING IN THE KILLING OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES.
[00:20:56] GAS PIPELINES WERE ALSO REPORTED
[00:20:59] AS SABOTAGED ON SEPTEMBER 28 AND
[00:21:03] HOMES ON OCTOBER 7.
[00:21:04] I WELCOME TO NATIONAL PLEDGES
[00:21:07] THIS MONTH IN ROME OF MORE THAN
[00:21:09] $75 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF CARET
[00:21:12] CARET -- COUNTERTERRORIST EFFORTS IN SYRIA.
[00:21:16] MR. PRESIDENT, THE ACTIVITIES
[00:21:23] CONTINUE ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY INCLUDE EXPANDING ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
[00:21:27] WORKS, CHECKPOINTS, SEARCHES, DETENTIONS, AND SHOOTINGS.
[00:21:32] I ECHO THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED LAST WEEK OF THE HIGH
[00:21:35] COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON
[00:21:37] THE CONTINUED IMPACT ON
[00:21:41] CIVILIANS OF SUCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE KILLING ON OCTOBER
[00:21:43] 5 OF A MAN NEAR THE IDF MILITARY POSITION.
[00:21:47] THERE WERE OTHER INCIDENTS IDF SHOOTING OF CIVILIANS AND
[00:21:51] DETENTIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 49 INDIVIDUALS REPORTEDLY REMAINING
[00:21:54] IN ISRAELI CUSTODY.
[00:21:57] ON SEPTEMBER 23, 14 MEMBERS
[00:22:03] CROSSED THE LINE BEFORE ISRAELI FORCES COULD [INDISCERNIBLE]
[00:22:08] I REITERATE THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S CALL FOR AN
[00:22:12] END TO THE AGREEMENT AND FULL
[00:22:16] RESPECT FOR SYRIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
[00:22:21] DIPLOMACY IS THE ONLY WAY TO REACH AN AGREEMENT CONSISTENT
[00:22:25] WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW.
[00:22:27] MR. PRESIDENT, THERE WERE FEWER
[00:22:32] VIOLENT INCIDENTS THIS MONTH.
[00:22:36] MOVEMENT ALONG THE DAMASCUS HIGHWAY IMPROVED. BUT THE POLITICAL STALEMATE
[00:22:40] CONTINUES.
[00:22:42] TENSIONS PERSIST AMONG FACTIONS
[00:22:46] OVER THE FUTURE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH DAMASCUS.
[00:22:54] ON OCTOBER 7, AT A DEMONSTRATION, SOME PARTICIPANTS
[00:22:58] DISPLAYED ISRAELI FLAGS, ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WIDER
[00:23:01] JEWISH COMMUNITY.
[00:23:04] BEYOND THE POLITICAL DIVISIONS,
[00:23:06] SYRIA'S HUMANITARIAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS REMAIN
[00:23:09] UNRESOLVED. THEY INCLUDE THE EDUCATIONAL
[00:23:13] FUTURE OF OVER 14,000 STUDENTS,
[00:23:17] DETAINEES AND MISSING PERSONS,
[00:23:21] AND THE RETURN OF DISPLACED
[00:23:24] FAMILIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE COMPOUNDING MISTRUST BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.
[00:23:31] ACCOUNTABILITY IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO REBUILDING TRUST. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO
[00:23:36] VIOLENCE, TO VIOLATIONS COMMITTED DURING LAST YEAR'S
[00:23:39] JULY VIOLENCE, HAVE COMMENCED. SENTENCES HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN A
[00:23:43] NUMBER OF CASES INVOLVING ALL PARTIES. I WELCOME THESE STEPS.
[00:23:50] NEVERTHELESS, CONTINUED ATTENTION TO FAIR TRIAL
[00:23:53] SAFEGUARDS INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEFENSE REMAIN IMPORTANT TO
[00:23:59] STRENGTHEN CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.
[00:24:03] ULTIMATELY, AND DESPITE FOREIGN INTERFERENCE, A DURABLE SOLUTION
[00:24:08] REQUIRES SYRIAN DIALOGUE TO
[00:24:10] ADDRESS LOCAL CONCERNS WITHIN
[00:24:12] THE FRAMEWORK OF SYRIA'S
[00:24:16] SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. MY OFFICE STANDS READY TO
[00:24:19] SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REVIVE THE
[00:24:22] SEPTEMBER 2025 ROADMAP,
[00:24:26] RESTORING STATE AUTHORITY, WHILE ADDRESSING LEGITIMATE COMMUNITY
[00:24:30] GRIEVANCES.
[00:24:34] ON THE NORTHEAST, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
[00:24:37] CONTINUES INCLUDING THE
[00:24:41] INTEGRATION OF FORMER PERSONNEL
[00:24:44] IN STATE INSTITUTIONS ANY
[00:24:46] TRANSFER OF SALARY PAYMENTS TO DAMASCUS.
[00:24:50] CHALLENGES REMAIN REGARDING A
[00:24:53] NUMBER AND THE END RESULT STATUS
[00:24:56] OF THE WOMEN'S PROTECTION UNITS.
[00:25:00] THE RECOGNITION OF SCHOOL CERTIFICATES ARE STILL UNDER
[00:25:03] DISCUSSION WHILE HOUSING, LAND,
[00:25:05] AND PROPERTY DISPUTES AWAIT RETURNS.
[00:25:10] DEMONSTRATIONS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSERT ITS
[00:25:13] SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH CONTRASTING
[00:25:17] REACTIONS FROM COMMUNITIES
[00:25:19] UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCING INTEGRATION THROUGH
[00:25:23] DIALOGUE AND NOT CONFRONTATION.
[00:25:26] MR. PRESIDENT, INSTITUTIONAL
[00:25:29] REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF SYRIA'S TRANSITION.
[00:25:35] ON SEPTEMBER 16, THE PEOPLE'S
[00:25:38] ASSEMBLY PASSED LEGISLATION ABOLISHING THE COUNTERTERRORISM
[00:25:43] COURT NULLIFYING ITS RULINGS IN
[00:25:45] ESTABLISHING MECHANISMS FOR RESTITUTION.
[00:25:50] IN HEARINGS ON EDUCATION AND
[00:25:53] ENERGY, WERE EARLY EXAMPLES OF THE OVERSIGHT RULE.
[00:25:58] WORK IS ALSO CONTINUING ON DRAFTING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
[00:26:02] LEGISLATION.
[00:26:04] IT WILL BE VITAL TO ASSURE
[00:26:11] ACCOUNTABILITY ADDRESSING INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY REGARDLESS OF THE VICTIMS OR PERPETRATORS AND RESPECT OF DUE
[00:26:15] PROCESS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
[00:26:18] SUBMISSION OF THE DRAFT FOR LAWFUL DEBATE AND ADOPTION BY THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY.
[00:26:23] THE U.N. STANDS READY TO ADVISE ON THIS AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE
[00:26:27] DRAFTS IN FULL RESPECT OF SYRIA
[00:26:31] LEADERSHIP AND OWNERSHIP.
[00:26:31] I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE
[00:26:36] STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN SYRIAN INSTITUTIONS AND
[00:26:38] INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS SUPPORTING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.
[00:26:42] LOOKING AHEAD, MY OFFICE CONTINUES TO ENGAGE WITH THE
[00:26:47] AUTHORITIES IN DISCUSSIONS ON THEIR PLANS FOR FUTURE ELECTORAL
[00:26:52] EVENTS AND U.N. SUPPORT.
[00:26:56] YOU WILL ALSO RECALL THE CONSTITUTION ENVISIONS THE
[00:27:00] DRAFTING AND ADOPTION OF A PERMANENT CONSTITUTION DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
[00:27:06] WE CONTINUE TO UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EARLY START ON
[00:27:08] SUCH A PROCESS, ENSURING IT IS
[00:27:12] INCLUSIVE, TRANSPARENT, AND
[00:27:14] PARTICIPATORY, AND WE ARE READY TO SUPPORT IT.
[00:27:16] IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN AFFIRMING THE EQUAL RIGHTS OF
[00:27:20] WOMEN AND SYRIA'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
[00:27:24] MR. PRESIDENT, ON OCTOBER 5, THE
[00:27:28] AUTHORITIES PUBLISHED A DRAFT
[00:27:30] LAW GOVERNING A NUMBER OF
[00:27:34] ORGANIZATIONS PERFORMING
[00:27:35] CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 1000 CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES WHICH IS
[00:27:39] WELCOME. I ENCOURAGE THE AUTHORITIES TO MAXIMIZE FURTHER MEANINGFUL
[00:27:43] CONSULTATION AND ENSURE THAT THE
[00:27:47] LEGISLATION ALLOWS THEM TO
[00:27:52] OPERATE FREELY.
[00:27:53] CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE CONTINUED TO CALL FOR
[00:27:57] STRONGER PRESENTATION OF WOMEN
[00:27:59] IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING FOR A TARGET OF 30%.
[00:28:04] THE RECENT GRADUATION OF 150
[00:28:07] FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS IS A WELCOME STEP TOWARDS GREATER
[00:28:12] PARTICIPATION IN THE SECURITY SECTOR.
[00:28:14] WE ENCOURAGE BROADER EFFORTS TO
[00:28:17] ENSURE WOMEN ARE MEANINGFULLY
[00:28:22] REPRESENTED IN DECISION-MAKING AND PLAYFUL ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE.
[00:28:24] MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME CONCLUDE
[00:28:27] BY REITERATING MY OFFICE'S
[00:28:31] READINESS TO DEVELOP OUR COOPERATION WITH THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT.
[00:28:36] WORKING FROM INSIDE SYRIA, SEEKING TO CONNECT EFFECTIVELY,
[00:28:40] SYRIAN AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF A
[00:28:43] SYRIAN-LED AND OWNED TRANSITION. THANK YOU.
[00:28:46] >> I THINK MR. CORDONE -- I
[00:28:53] THANK MR. CORDONE FOR HIS BRIEFING.
[00:28:58] I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO YOU.
[00:28:59] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK THE
[00:29:04] DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY CORDONE FOR
[00:29:08] HIS ENGAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA.
[00:29:12] SYRIA IS AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE. SINCE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN
[00:29:16] IMPORTANT SIGNS OF PROGRESS.
[00:29:19] MOST RETURNING HOME, RECOVERY
[00:29:23] ISRAEL, ACROSS THE COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO BELIEVE
[00:29:27] THEY CAN BUILD THEIR LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SHATTERED BY YEARS OF CONFLICT.
[00:29:32] SINCE DECEMBER OF 2024, MORE
[00:29:35] THAN 1.8 MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES
[00:29:40] HAVE RETURNED AND DISPLACED
[00:29:43] PEOPLE HAVE ALSO RETURNED TO THE AREAS OF ORIGIN.
[00:29:49] THIS FLEXIBLE TERMINATION OF SYRIANS TO SHAPE THEIR OWN FUTURE.
[00:29:54] -- THIS REFLECTS THE
[00:30:01] DETERMINATION OF SYRIANS TO SHAPE THEIR OWN FUTURE. FOR MANY FAMILIES, THIS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW STRUGGLE.
[00:30:05] POEMS ARE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. JOBS ARE SCARCE.
[00:30:10] SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, WATER
[00:30:12] SYSTEMS, AND PUBLIC WORKS NEED REPAIR.
[00:30:16] MANY RETURNEES STILL DEPEND ON
[00:30:21] HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AS THEY REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
[00:30:23] MADAM PRESIDENT, ACROSS IDP, THE
[00:30:30] RISKS REMAIN HIGH. THIS INCLUDES GENDER-BASED
[00:30:35] VIOLENCE, DISPUTES OVER HOUSING,
[00:30:37] LAND, AND PROPERTY LINES, AND THE LACK OF CIVIL DOCUMENTS.
[00:30:43] WHERE THE BY .5 MILLION PEOPLE REMAIN DISPLACED INSIDE SYRIA --
[00:30:47] MORE THAN 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE REMAIN DISPLACED INSIDE SYRIA.
[00:30:52] MANY PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN CAMPS.
[00:30:56] THREE QUARTERS ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
[00:31:00] NEARLY 30,000 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FACE SERIOUS
[00:31:03] BARRIERS TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL
[00:31:05] SERVICES, MOBILITY SUPPORT, AND LASTING SOLUTIONS.
[00:31:10] AS WE MOVE TO SUPPORT THE
[00:31:14] TRANSITION TO RECOVERY, WE MUST
[00:31:16] NOT LOSE SIGHT OF FAMILIES AND
[00:31:18] INDIVIDUALS WHO REMAIN AT RISK AND ARE IN NEED FOR SUPPORT.
[00:31:31] WINTER IS MAKING THE REALITIES WORSE.
[00:31:34] DISPLACEMENT SITES ARE
[00:31:37] ESPECIALLY EXPOSED TO HARSH WEATHER.
[00:31:39] TENTS AND INADEQUATE HEATING
[00:31:43] PUTS CHILDREN'S HEALTH AT PARTICULAR RISK WITH THE START OF WINTER.
[00:31:47] THE U.N. AND OUR HUMANITARIAN
[00:31:51] PARTNERS ARE FINALIZING A WINTER PLAN TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE.
[00:31:58] WITHOUT TIMELY FUNDING, THEY WILL FACE ANOTHER SEVERE WINTER WITHOUT LIFESAVING SUPPORT.
[00:32:03] MADAM PRESIDENT, MINES AND
[00:32:11] EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE STAND DIRECTLY IN THE WAY OF RETURN AND RECOVERY.
[00:32:14] SINCE THIS COUNCIL LAST MET ON
[00:32:16] SYRIA, AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE HAVE
[00:32:19] BEEN KILLED AND 41 INJURED AN EXPLOSIVE INCIDENTS.
[00:32:25] AS OF DECEMBER 2024, 2500
[00:32:31] CASUALTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED INCLUDING OVER 900 PEOPLE
[00:32:35] KILLED.
[00:32:38] CHILDREN ACCOUNT FOR ONE IN EVERY THREE DEATHS FROM
[00:32:41] EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE.
[00:32:45] WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS TAKE PLACE IN AREAS OF
[00:32:49] HIGH RETURN AND AGRICULTURAL GRAZING LANDS. THE REALITY IS SIMPLE.
[00:32:54] FAMILIES RETURNING HOME ARE EXPOSED TO RISKS OF DEATH AND
[00:32:58] INJURY. FARMERS CANNOT SAFELY WORK THEIR
[00:33:03] LAND. CHILDREN CANNOT SAFELY TRAVEL TO SCHOOL.
[00:33:06] COMMUNITIES CANNOT REBUILD.
[00:33:09] THE NO MINE INITIATIVE IS NOT
[00:33:12] SIMPLY A SAFETY MEASURE, IT IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BUILDING
[00:33:16] SERIOUS FUTURE.
[00:33:17] -- FOR BUILDING SYRIA'S FUTURE.
[00:33:23] EMERGENCY AID IS NOT ENOUGH. WE MUST ALSO INVEST IN LASTING SOLUTIONS.
[00:33:26] AS WAS HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE
[00:33:29] RECENT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON
[00:33:32] SYRIA, THE INITIATIVE MEANS MORE
[00:33:39] THAN ESTABLISHING CAMPS, IT
[00:33:45] MEANS ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO SUSTAINABLY RETURN.
[00:33:50] FAMILIES NEED SAFE HOMES,
[00:33:53] SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, JOBS,
[00:33:56] LIVELIHOODS, DEMINING, AND PROTECTION SERVICES.
[00:34:01] CRUCIALLY, HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL
[00:34:05] PARTNERS MUST WORK TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE BASIC
[00:34:10] REQUIREMENTS AND TRANSITION OUT
[00:34:15] OF HUMANITARIAN NEED POSSIBLE. THE GOAL MUST NOT SIMPLY BE TO
[00:34:18] HELP FAMILIES RETURN BUT TO COMPLETELY HELP THEM STAY AND TO
[00:34:21] BUILD THEIR LIVES.
[00:34:23] MADAM PRESIDENT, THE 2026
[00:34:29] HUMANITARIAN NEED AND RESPONSE PLAN IS ONLY 32% FUNDED.
[00:34:34] IT SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISING HOW
[00:34:36] THIS IMPACTS ACTION AND
[00:34:40] HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT.
[00:34:43] DESPITE SEVERE FINANCIAL
[00:34:47] SHORTAGES, HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO DELIVER ACROSS SYRIA.
[00:34:52] SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE
[00:34:54] HAVE RECEIVED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
[00:34:59] EACH MONTH, INCLUDING FOOD, MEDICINE, CLEAN WATER,
[00:35:02] PROTECTION SERVICES, NUTRITION, AND EMERGENCY SHELTER.
[00:35:05] SYRIAN ORGANIZATIONS ARE AT THE HEART OF THESE EFFORTS.
[00:35:09] THEY MAKE NEARLY 50% OF OUR PARTNERS ON THE GROUND.
[00:35:14] THE OPPORTUNITY IN SYRIA IS REAL.
[00:35:19] BUT WITHOUT INVESTMENT, IT RISKS BECOMING A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
[00:35:23] MADAM PRESIDENT, MY ASKS ARE
[00:35:27] STRAIGHTFORWARD. ONE, SUSTAINED HUMANITARIAN
[00:35:32] FUNDING AND SUPPORT THE MOST VULNERABLE.
[00:35:35] MILLIONS STILL DEPEND ON LIFESAVING ASSISTANCE.
[00:35:39] AND WINTER IS APPROACHING FAST.
[00:35:41] SECOND, INVEST IN SYRIAN PEOPLE,
[00:35:47] IN LASTING SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING
[00:35:51] THE NO-MINES INITIATIVES.
[00:36:00] INVEST IN AN ECONOMY THAT CAN OFFER SYRIA MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
[00:36:05] FINALLY, PROTECT SYRIA FROM
[00:36:07] RENEWED INSTABILITY AND SAFEGUARD THE PROGRESS ALREADY MADE.
[00:36:12] THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA DESERVE A
[00:36:15] CHANCE NOT ONLY TO SURVIVE BUT TO REBUILD AND TO PROSPER.
[00:36:18] WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SLIP AWAY.
[00:36:22] THANK YOU.
[00:36:23] >> I THANK HIM FOR HIS BRIEFING.
[00:36:31] I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO YOU.
[00:36:37] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FREDDIE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
[00:36:50] OUR ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY STUDENTS AND REFUGEES.
[00:36:56] EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY A PERSONAL OPPORTUNITY, IT IS ONE OF THE
[00:36:59] FOUNDATIONS OF A PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS, AND SELF-RELIANT SYRIA.
[00:37:03] WITH THE SUPPORT OF HUNDREDS OF MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS, SYRIANS
[00:37:07] AND NON-SYRIANS, WE HAVE HELPED MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS ACCESS
[00:37:11] HIGHER EDUCATION. TOGETHER, WE HAVE HELPED
[00:37:14] GENERATE MORE THAN $90 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS AT LEADING UNIVERSITIES IN 12 COUNTRIES
[00:37:18] INCLUDING HARVARD, MIT, CAMBRIDGE, CORNELL, AND MANY OTHERS.
[00:37:24] THESE STUDENTS ARE NOT SIMPLY SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS.
[00:37:28] THEY ARE FUTURE DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS.
[00:37:32] THEY ARE PART OF THE GENERATION THAT WILL HELP REBUILD SYRIA.
[00:37:35] FOR MORE THAN 14 YEARS, THE SYRIAN PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED WAR,
[00:37:39] DISPLACEMENT, DESTRUCTION, AND IMMENSE LOSS.
[00:37:42] THE REGIME DEVASTATED OUR COMMUNITIES DAMAGED EDUCATION
[00:37:45] INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF
[00:37:48] THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND FORCED MILLIONS OF SYRIANS LIKE ME TO SEEK REFUGE AROUND THE WORLD.
[00:37:55] IT DID NOT DESTROY THE DETERMINATION OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE.
[00:37:59] IT DID NOT DESTROY OUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. IT DID NOT ERASE SYRIA'S HISTORY
[00:38:02] OR DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD.
[00:38:06] I'M PROUD TO SPEAK TO YOU FROM DAMASCUS, TO SPEAK FREELY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.
[00:38:11] AFTER 14 LONG YEARS AWAY FROM MY FAMILY, MY HOMETOWN, AND MY
[00:38:15] PEOPLE.
[00:38:18] I WOULD ARGUE THIS MOST HOPEFUL
[00:38:22] AND EXCITING PLACE ON EARTH AT THE MOMENT.
[00:38:24] THERE IS A POWERFUL ENERGY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[00:38:27] PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR OPPORTUNITY, GROWTH, ECONOMIC
[00:38:31] DEVELOPMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE THE CHANCE TO REBUILD OUR COUNTRY.
[00:38:36] WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO RENEW THE
[00:38:39] MEANING OF BEING SYRIA AND A SHARED IDENTITY GROUNDED IN
[00:38:42] DIGNITY, RESPONSIBILITY, CREATIVITY, AND HOPE.
[00:38:46] THIS MOMENT PRESENTS AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. BUT THE CHALLENGES REMAIN ENORMOUS.
[00:38:51] AFTER MORE THAN 14 YEARS OF WAR,
[00:38:55] APPROXIMATELY 2.7 MILLION SYRIAN CHILDREN REMAIN OUT OF SCHOOL.
[00:38:59] AROUND 8000 SCHOOLS ARE NONFUNCTIONING. MANY OTHER SCHOOLS ARE
[00:39:04] OVERCROWDED, BLACK BASIC WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES, OR ARE
[00:39:07] BEING USED AS SHELTERS BY DISPLACED FAMILIES.
[00:39:11] MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE GROWING
[00:39:14] UP WITHOUT CONSISTENT ACCESS TO SAFE AND QUALITY LEARNING.
[00:39:19] EVERY YEAR OUTSIDE SCHOOL INCREASES THE RISK OF CHILD LABOR, EARLY MARRIAGE,
[00:39:23] EXPLOITATION, RECRUITMENT AND PERMANENT EXCLUSION FROM
[00:39:26] EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
[00:39:29] CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALREADY LEFT YEARS OF LEARNING NEED MORE THAN A SCHOOL BUILDING.
[00:39:32] THEY NEED ACCELERATED LEARNING,
[00:39:34] PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT, TRAINED
[00:39:38] TEACHERS, SAFE TRANSPORTATION, LEARNING MATERIALS, AND A REALISTIC PASSED AWAY TO THE
[00:39:42] EDUCATION SYSTEM -- REALISTIC
[00:39:45] PATHWAY BACK TO THE EDUCATION STUDENT.
[00:39:48] CAMPUSES AND STUDENT HOUSING HAVE BEEN ATTACKED OR REPURPOSED. INSECURITY AT CHECKPOINTS HAVE
[00:39:52] MADE TRAVEL DANGEROUS FOR
[00:39:55] STUDENTS AND STAFF. A LARGE NUMBER OF ACADEMICS AND
[00:39:59] STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED OR FORCED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
[00:40:04] THE LOSS OF LIBRARIES, EQUIPMENT, AND ELECTRICITY HAVE
[00:40:07] FURTHER REDUCED ACADEMIC
[00:40:11] CAPACITY, ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AND
[00:40:14] DECLINE IN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HAVE MADE UNIVERSITY ATTENDANCE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.
[00:40:19] MANY YOUNG SYRIANS HAVE BEEN
[00:40:21] UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREES
[00:40:24] WHILE SYRIA HAS LOST MUCH OF THE SKILLED WORKFORCE NEEDED TO REBUILD.
[00:40:28] PROTECTING AND REBUILDING UNIVERSITIES IS NOT ONLY AN EDUCATION PRIORITY.
[00:40:32] IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RESTORING
[00:40:33] SYRIA'S HEALTH, ENGINEERING,
[00:40:38] LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND PUBLIC SERVICE INSTITUTIONS. THE CHALLENGES ARE IMMENSE.
[00:40:41] BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE
[00:40:44] IMPORTANT TIME TO'S -- TIME TO
[00:40:47] INVEST IN SYRIA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. PEOPLE ARE READY.
[00:40:53] GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS ARE WORKING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
[00:40:56] ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO RESPOND TO URGENT NEEDS AND PLAN FOR RECOVERY.
[00:41:00] WHAT SYRIA NEEDS NOW IS PARTNERSHIP.
[00:41:03] INVESTMENT THAT IS COORDINATED, TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE, AND FOCUSED ON LONG-TERM CAPACITY.
[00:41:08] NOT ONLY EMERGENCY RELIEF. I URGE MEMBER STATES,
[00:41:12] INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
[00:41:14] INSTITUTIONS, UNIVERSITIES, PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND
[00:41:17] THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SUPPORT FIVE PRIORITIES.
[00:41:21] FIRST, INVEST IN REPAIRING AND REOPENING SCHOOLS AND
[00:41:24] UNIVERSITIES INCLUDING LABS, LIGHT BREEZE, STUDENT HOUSING,
[00:41:26] WATER SYSTEMS, ELECTRICITY, AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
[00:41:31] TWO, SUPPORT TEACHERS,
[00:41:32] ADMINISTRATORS, AND RESEARCHERS
[00:41:36] THROUGH TRAINING, AND
[00:41:39] OPPORTUNITIES TO RECONNECT WITH THE GLOBAL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY.
[00:41:41] THREE, EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS,
[00:41:44] DISTANCE LEARNING, AND DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAMS FOR SYRIAN STUDENTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SYRIA.
[00:41:52] FOUR, RECOGNIZE THE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF SYRIANS WHO
[00:41:55] STUDIED DURING DISPLACEMENT AND CREATE PATHWAYS FOR REFUGEES AND
[00:41:58] MEMBERS OF THE THE ESPN APP WHO WANT TO RETURN AND CONTRIBUTE --
[00:42:02] OF THE DIASPORA WHO WANT TO RETURN AND CONTRIBUTE.
[00:42:07] MAKE SURE IT IS INCLUSIVE FOR
[00:42:11] STUDENTS WHO HAVE MISSED SEVERAL YEARS OF SCHOOL. EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE FEW
[00:42:16] INVESTMENTS THAT TRANSCENDS EVERY OTHER SECTOR AT THE SAME TIME.
[00:42:20] IT INCLUDES HEALTH OUTCOMES,
[00:42:22] CREATES EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTS ACCOUNTABLE INSTITUTIONS,
[00:42:26] STRENGTHENS SOCIAL COHESION, AND GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE A REASON TO BUILD THEIR FUTURE AT HOME.
[00:42:32] SYRIA CAN BECOME A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW SOCIETY REBUILT AFTER WAR.
[00:42:37] NOT BY FORGETTING ITS WOUNDS, BUT BY TRANSFORMING THEM INTO
[00:42:41] COMMITMENT TO OPPORTUNITY, DIGNITY, AND PEACE.
[00:42:44] I HAVE SEEN WHAT SYRIAN STUDENTS CAN ACHIEVE AND ARE CAPABLE OF
[00:42:47] WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN ACCESS, MENTORSHIP, AND BELIEF.
[00:42:51] THE SAME POTENTIAL EXISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[00:42:55] SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR SYRIA TO BECOME FULLY REBUILT BEFORE INVESTING IN ITS PEOPLE.
[00:43:01] INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IS HOW REBUILDING BEGINS. I URGE YOU TO INVEST IN SYRIA.
[00:43:06] SUPPORT ITS GROWTH AND STAND WITH ITS EFFORTS TO RESTORE ITS
[00:43:09] EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN CAPACITY.
[00:43:12] THE SYRIAN PEOPLE HAVE PRESERVED THEIR WILL TO LEARN, CREATE, AND
[00:43:16] REBUILD. AND WITH MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP,
[00:43:20] WE CAN HELP BUILD NOT ONLY A
[00:43:23] STRONGER SYRIA BUT A MORE PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS REGION.
[00:43:27] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[00:43:29] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRIEFING.
[00:43:34] I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO.
[00:43:39] >> MADAM PRESIDENT,
[00:43:43] EXCELLENCIES, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS.
[00:43:45] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF THE COUNCIL TODAY.
[00:43:50] I AM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PLAN
[00:43:54] INTERNATIONAL, HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION WORKING IN 80 COUNTRIES INCLUDING SYRIA.
[00:43:58] TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW THE
[00:44:01] COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO EDUCATION
[00:44:04] IN SYRIA AND WHAT IS AT STAKE
[00:44:06] FOR CHILDREN AT THIS PIVOTAL
[00:44:09] MOMENT IN THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE.
[00:44:12] SYRIA STANDS AT A CRITICAL MOMENT OF TRANSITION.
[00:44:17] AS FAMILIES BEGIN TO RETURN
[00:44:20] COMMUNITIES SEEK TO REBUILD AFTER YEARS OF CONFLICT,
[00:44:24] EDUCATION MUST BE ORGANIZED AS ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RECOVERY.
[00:44:30] THE CHOICES MADE NOW WILL
[00:44:33] DETERMINE WHETHER A GENERATION
[00:44:37] OF SYRIAN CHILDREN CAN REBUILD THEIR LIVES OR WHETHER YEARS OF
[00:44:41] LOST LEARNING WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN INEQUALITY,
[00:44:46] VULNERABILITY, AND INSTABILITY.
[00:44:51] DURING MY RECENT VISIT TO SYRIA, I MET PARENTS WHO ARE DOING
[00:44:54] EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN LEARNING EVEN
[00:44:58] WHEN THAT MEANT SENDING THEM TO
[00:45:02] DAMAGED SCHOOLS WITH FEW RESOURCES AND INADEQUATE FACILITIES.
[00:45:07] YET WHAT STRUCK ME WAS NOT THE DEVASTATION BUT THE
[00:45:11] DETERMINATION OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE. I SAW CHILDREN SITTING ON THE
[00:45:15] GROUND UNDER THE SCORCHING SUN SINGING SCHOOL SONGS WITH HOPE
[00:45:19] AND RESILIENCE.
[00:45:21] I WITNESSED THE SAME
[00:45:25] DETERMINATION AMONG SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN IN JORDAN WHO
[00:45:29] DREAM OF RETURNING HOME BUT FEAR
[00:45:35] THEIR EDUCATION MAY BE INTERRUPTED OR LOST ALTOGETHER.
[00:45:38] I ALSO MET SYRIAN OFFICIALS
[00:45:43] DEVELOPING A NATIONAL YOUTH
[00:45:44] STRATEGY WITH A SIMPLE BUT VITAL
[00:45:49] TRUTH THAT EDUCATION MUST GO BEYOND CLASSROOM LEARNING TO EQUIP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE
[00:45:53] SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR
[00:45:57] COUNTRY'S FUTURE.
[00:46:01] FEES EXPERIENCES REINFORCE ONE
[00:46:03] CLEAR MESSAGE -- THESE EXPERIENCES REINFORCE ONE CLEAR MESSAGE.
[00:46:08] EDUCATION MUST BE AT THE CENTER
[00:46:08] OF SYRIA'S RECOVERY AND PEACE
[00:46:12] BUILDING AGENDA.
[00:46:14] THIS IS PARTICULARLY URGENT AS
[00:46:19] DISPLACED SYRIANS AND REFUGEES
[00:46:20] RETURN TO COMMUNITIES WHERE
[00:46:24] EDUCATION SERVICES ARE ALREADY UNDER IMMENSE STRAIN. FAMILIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO
[00:46:26] RETURN AND REMAIN WHEN CHILDREN
[00:46:31] CAN HAVE SAFE EDUCATION.
[00:46:31] FOR MANY, THE PRESENCE OF A
[00:46:35] FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL, QUALIFIED
[00:46:38] TEACHERS, AND ORGANIZED PATHWAYS
[00:46:40] BACK INTO FORMAL LEARNING IS A
[00:46:42] DECISIVE FACTOR IN WHETHER
[00:46:46] RETURN IS SUSTAINABLE.
[00:46:49] EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS IN PEACE AND STABILITY.
[00:46:53] COMMUNITIES ARE MORE RESILIENT
[00:46:55] WHEN CHILDREN ARE LEARNING RATHER THAN BEING EXPOSED TO
[00:46:58] CHILD LABOR, EXPLOITATION,
[00:47:01] RECRUITMENT, OR EARLY MARRIAGE.
[00:47:06] EDUCATION BUILDS SOCIAL COHESION, STRENGTHENS RESILIENCE, AND LAYS THE
[00:47:10] FOUNDATION FOR RECOVERY AND LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT.
[00:47:14] FOR THIS REASON, THE COUNCIL
[00:47:16] SHOULD ACT ON ITS COMMITMENT AND
[00:47:20] RESOLUTION 2601 WHICH REAFFIRMS
[00:47:23] THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND ITS
[00:47:27] CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE PEACE AND SECURITY BY INCREASING
[00:47:32] ACCESS TO EDUCATION AT THE CENTER OF ITS ENGAGEMENT ON SYRIA.
[00:47:36] WE MUST PLACE THE MOST
[00:47:40] VULNERABLE CHILDREN AT THE HEART OF THE RESPONSE, PARTICULARLY
[00:47:43] GIRLS, RETURNING CHILDREN,
[00:47:47] CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AND THOSE WHO HAVE LOST YEARS OF LEARNING DUE TO CONFLICT.
[00:47:54] TODAY, AROUND 2.7 MILLION CHILDREN REMAIN OUT OF SCHOOL
[00:47:58] WHILE NEARLY A THOUSAND SCHOOLS
[00:48:00] ARE NONFUNCTIONAL OR REQUIRE URGENT REHABILITATIONS.
[00:48:06] MILLIONS REMAIN OUT OF SCHOOL
[00:48:07] BECAUSE OF PROTECTION CONCERNS,
[00:48:11] ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS, AND INABILITY TO AFFORD SCHOOLING.
[00:48:16] RETURNING CHILDREN OFTEN FACE ADDITIONAL BERRIES RELATED TO
[00:48:20] DOCUMENTATION -- ADDITIONAL BARRIERS RELATED TO
[00:48:25] DOCUMENTATION AND A LONG PERIOD OUTSIDE FORMAL EDUCATION.
[00:48:30] REMOVING THESE BARRIERS AND ENSURING EVERY CHILD CAN LEARN
[00:48:34] WITH DIGNITY MUST BE OUR
[00:48:38] PRIORITY.
[00:48:41] WE MUST ALSO INVEST IN SAFE,
[00:48:44] PROTECTIVE, AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
[00:48:49] SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN PLACES OF LEARNING.
[00:48:51] THEY ARE SPACES OF PROTECTION,
[00:48:55] HEALING, AND HOPE.
[00:48:57] DURING MY VISIT TO RURAL DAMASCUS, I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW
[00:49:01] SCHOOLS CAN PROVIDE PSYCHOSOCIAL
[00:49:05] SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS, AND A SENSE OF NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN
[00:49:08] RECOVERING FROM YEARS OF CONFLICT.
[00:49:13] ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN TO PREVENTING VIOLENCE,
[00:49:18] DISCRIMINATION, AND EXCLUSION
[00:49:20] WHILE ENSURING THAT CHILDREN AND
[00:49:22] PARTICULARLY GIRLS CAN CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION WITHOUT
[00:49:26] INTERRUPTION.
[00:49:31] IT MUST GO BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES.
[00:49:44] REBUILDING SYRIA'S EDUCATION
[00:49:47] SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE FAR MORE
[00:49:51] THAN REPAIRING DAMAGED CLASSROOMS. IT WILL REQUIRE INVESTMENT IN
[00:49:55] TEACHERS, INSTITUTIONS, LEARNING
[00:49:59] EQUALITY, ACCELERATED AND CATCH
[00:50:00] UP LEARNING PROGRAMS, AND
[00:50:04] PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE EDUCATION HAS BEEN DISRUPTED.
[00:50:10] WITHOUT THESE INVESTMENTS, AN
[00:50:13] ENTIRE GENERATION RISKS BEING
[00:50:15] LEFT BEHIND EVEN IF SCHOOL
[00:50:19] BUILDINGS ARE REBUILT.
[00:50:21] CRITICALLY, SYRIA'S SUSTAINED
[00:50:28] FINANCES, DESPITE OVERWHELMING
[00:50:31] EVIDENCE THAT EDUCATION
[00:50:34] STRENGTHENS SOCIAL COHESION,
[00:50:35] SUPPORTS RECOVERY, AND
[00:50:38] CONTRIBUTES TO STABILITY, THE EDUCATION SECTOR REMAINS
[00:50:41] SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED.
[00:50:43] AT PRESENT, ONLY 16.5% OF THE
[00:50:48] U.N. RESPONSE PLAN EDUCATION
[00:50:52] REQUIREMENT OF THREE HUNTER $37
[00:50:54] MILLION HAS BEEN FUNDED -- $337
[00:50:58] MILLION HAS BEEN FUNDED.
[00:51:03] THAT IS A MODEST INVESTMENT WITH GUARANTEED TRANSFORMATIVE RETURNS.
[00:51:08] THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST
[00:51:10] VIEW EDUCATION AS A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN PEACE.
[00:51:15] THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO
[00:51:18] ENCOURAGE SUSTAINED SUPPORT FOR
[00:51:20] INTEGRATED PROGRAMS THAT LINK EDUCATION WITH CHILD PROTECTION,
[00:51:23] MENTAL HEALTH, PSYCHOSOCIAL
[00:51:26] SUPPORT, LIVELIHOODS, AND COMMUNITY RECOVERY.
[00:51:31] IT SHOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE
[00:51:34] INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL
[00:51:36] EDUCATION CAPACITY FOR THE
[00:51:39] SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
[00:51:41] ULTIMATELY, THE SUCCESS OF STUDENT RECOVERY WILL BE
[00:51:46] MEASURED BY THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
[00:51:49] SUSTAINABLE PEACE WILL DEPEND ON
[00:51:53] WHETHER THEY CAN ACCESS QUALITY EDUCATION, DEVELOP THE SKILLS
[00:51:56] NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE, AND PLAY A MEANINGFUL ROLE REBUILDING
[00:52:00] THEIR COMMUNITIES. MY MESSAGE TO THIS COUNSEL IS A
[00:52:04] CALL TO ACTION.
[00:52:08] EDUCATION IS A PEACE BUILDING,
[00:52:12] PROTECTION IMPERATIVE.
[00:52:15] AS SYRIA REBUILD, EDUCATION MUST
[00:52:19] BE LINKED TO SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, PSYCHOSOCIAL
[00:52:22] WELL-BEING, SPORTS, AND A
[00:52:26] PATHWAY TO DISTANT WORK. IT MUST REMAIN ACCESSIBLE TO
[00:52:30] CHILDREN WHEREVER THEY ARE ON
[00:52:31] THEIR JOURNEY, WHETHER
[00:52:34] DISPLACED, RETURNING HOME, OR REBUILDING THEIR LIVES IN
[00:52:38] COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY YEARS OF CONFLICT.
[00:52:43] INVESTING IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY IS ONE OF THE MOST
[00:52:47] EFFECTIVE ACTIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN TAKE
[00:52:50] TO SECURE SERIOUS LONG-TERM
[00:52:54] STABILITY, RECOVERY, AND PEACE. I THANK YOU.
[00:52:56] >> THANK YOU.
[00:53:01] I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THOSE
[00:53:04] COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO MAKE STATEMENTS.
[00:53:08] I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES.
[00:53:10] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[00:53:14] THANK YOU TO TODAY'S BRIEFERS.
[00:53:17] THE UNITED STATES WELCOMES THE ONGOING PROGRESS THE SYRIAN
[00:53:20] AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO MAKE ON
[00:53:23] POLITICAL, HUMANITARIAN, AND SECURITY PRIORITIES.
[00:53:25] WE WELCOMED THE PRESIDENT AND
[00:53:31] SYRIAN DELEGATION BACK TO WASHINGTON WHEN SYRIA JOINED
[00:53:35] OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS IN A
[00:53:38] MEETING THAT INCLUDED DISCUSSION OF SHARED EFFORTS TO COUNTER
[00:53:42] IRAN'S INFLUENCE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
[00:53:46] JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MISSING AMERICANS REMAINS A TOP
[00:53:49] U.S. PRIORITY. THE UNITED STATES AND SYRIA
[00:53:53] CO-HOSTED AN EVENT HIGHLIGHTING THE VOICES OF FAMILIES OF THE
[00:53:58] MISSING, THEIR ONGOING NEED FOR ANSWERS AND CLOSURE, AND THE
[00:54:02] CRITICAL NEEDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WERE ALSO PLEASED TO
[00:54:06] PARTICIPATE IN THE REPATRIATION
[00:54:07] OF 36 STOLEN SYRIAN ANTIQUITIES
[00:54:11] TO THE SYRIAN PEOPLE.
[00:54:16] WE ENCOURAGE MEMBER STATES TO COOPERATE WITH SYRIA TO PREVENT AND INTERDICT ANTIQUITIES
[00:54:20] TRAFFICKING, NOT ONLY TO
[00:54:21] SAFEGUARD SYRIA'S HERITAGE BUT
[00:54:25] ALSO TO DENY TERRORISTS AND CRIMINALS A SOURCE OF FINANCING.
[00:54:28] THE UNITED STATES WAS PROUD TO
[00:54:31] CO-CHAIR ALONGSIDE ITALY AN AD
[00:54:34] HOC MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH
[00:54:37] OF THE COALITION INCLUDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF SYRIA. THIS MEETING PROVIDED THE
[00:54:41] OPPORTUNITY TO MARK THE END OF
[00:54:44] OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE IN
[00:54:48] IRAQ AND TO THANK SYRIA FOR PROGRESS INTEGRATING ISIS.
[00:54:51] OIR HAS ACHIEVED ITS CENTRAL MILITARY PURPOSE.
[00:54:56] ISIS NO LONGER CONTROLS
[00:54:57] TERRITORY IN IRAQ OR SYRIA AND
[00:55:01] ITS RANKS HAVE BEEN DECIMATED IN BOTH COUNTRIES.
[00:55:04] WE CELEBRATE THE COALITION
[00:55:06] HAVING A PARTNER IN DAMASCUS THAT RECOGNIZES THE ISIS THREAT
[00:55:10] AND IS DETERMINED TO WORK WITH THE COALITION TO DIMINISH IT.
[00:55:15] LASTING SECURITY IN SYRIA DEPENDS ON STRENGTHENING
[00:55:19] INCLUSIVE SOVEREIGN STATE INSTITUTIONS CAPABLE OF REPRESENTING AND PROTECTING ALL
[00:55:23] COMMUNITIES WHO CAN EQUALLY PARTAKE IN THEIR COUNTRY'S FUTURE.
[00:55:28] LAST WEEK, WE WELCOME SYRIA'S
[00:55:31] MINISTER OF FINANCE AND GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK TO NEW YORK
[00:55:35] FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S. FINANCIAL SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES
[00:55:39] ON CRITICAL STEPS SYRIA HAS TAKEN TO REINTEGRATE THE SYRIAN
[00:55:42] FINANCIAL SYSTEM INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
[00:55:46] IN SUETA, WE REINFORCE OUR
[00:55:52] SUPPORT FOR THE TRILATERAL ROADMAP ANNOUNCED BY THE UNITED STATES, SYRIA, AND JORDAN.
[00:55:56] WE URGE ALL PARTIES TO EXERCISE
[00:55:58] RESTRAINT AND CONTINUE
[00:56:00] LIMITATION OF THE ROADMAP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY, SECURITY,
[00:56:05] RECONCILIATION, AND THE SAFE
[00:56:06] RETURN OF DISPLACED SYRIANS.
[00:56:11] WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE ISRAEL AND SYRIA TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT
[00:56:15] AND PURSUIT DE-ESCALATION --
[00:56:19] PURSUE DE-ESCALATION. THE UNITED STATES REMAINS
[00:56:22] ENGAGED WITH BOTH COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE AND PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU.
[00:56:26] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
[00:56:32] THE UNITED STATES FOR THE STATEMENT. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[00:56:36] REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
[00:56:38] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, WE THANK THE
[00:56:44] DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL
[00:56:47] CORDONE AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR
[00:56:51] HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS FOR THE
[00:56:54] COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFINGS ON THE SITUATION IN THE SYRIAN REPUBLIC.
[00:56:58] WE LISTENED CAREFULLY TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY.
[00:57:02] AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST
[00:57:04] UNDERSCORE THAT SUCH CIVIL
[00:57:08] SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE
[00:57:11] SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.
[00:57:15] OTHER ISSUES SHOULD BE DISCUSSED
[00:57:16] IN DETAIL IN SPECIALIZED U.N.
[00:57:21] FORMAT. WE NOTED THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE
[00:57:25] SYRIAN AUTHORITIES TO OVERCOME THE NUMEROUS CHALLENGES OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
[00:57:29] DURING THE NEARLY TWO YEARS WE
[00:57:31] HAVE SEEN THEM ACHIEVE CERTAIN SUCCESS.
[00:57:37] OVERALL, THE SITUATION THE COUNTRY REMAINS DIFFICULT.
[00:57:40] STILL, LARGE-SCALE TASKS OF
[00:57:46] STRENGTHENING STATE INSTITUTIONS AND RESTORING THE ECONOMY DESTROYED DURING THE CRISIS
[00:57:50] REMAIN ACUTE.
[00:57:51] ALL OF THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE
[00:57:54] FACT OF AGGRESSIVE EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE BY ISRAEL.
[00:57:58] WE WOULD LIKE TO DWELL ON THIS POINT IN MORE DETAIL.
[00:58:01] WE THINK IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
[00:58:05] IMPORTANT THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE STATE BUILDING PROCESS
[00:58:08] LAUNCHED BY THE LEADERSHIP OF SYRIA IN THE INTEREST OF ALL
[00:58:12] ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS OF SYRIA BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
[00:58:15] WE SUPPORT THE AUTHORITIES
[00:58:19] STATED COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ALL CITIZENS WITHOUT EXCEPTION, WHETHER IT IS
[00:58:23] A POPULATION OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE OR THE TRANS EUPHRATES
[00:58:29] REGION.
[00:58:31] WE ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING
[00:58:36] THE REINTEGRATION OF THE NORTHEAST WITH THE LAW
[00:58:41] ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS ON ISSUES OF EDUCATION.
[00:58:45] WE EXPECT THE GOOD-FAITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT
[00:58:48] BETWEEN DAMASCUS AND FORMER
[00:58:53] SYRIAN FORCES WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM
[00:58:57] STABILIZATION IN THE REGION EAST OF THE EUPHRATES AND PREVENT
[00:59:01] CLASHES WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
[00:59:03] OBSERVING WITH CONCERN SINCE SEPTEMBER.
[00:59:11] WHAT DESERVES ABSOLUTE SUPPORT IS THE COUNTERTERRORISM CAMPAIGN BY DAMASCUS.
[00:59:14] WE CANNOT FAIL TO NOTE THE
[00:59:17] OPERATION TO DETAIN ONE OF THE
[00:59:18] LEADERS OF ISIL IN THE DAMASCUS
[00:59:23] AREA INVOLVED IN THE BLOODY TERRORIST ATTACK ON HOMS.
[00:59:28] THE DISCOVERY OF NEW TERRORIST CELLS AND THE SAD STATISTICS OF
[00:59:31] THEIR ATTACKS CONFIRM ISIL
[00:59:34] MEMBER STILL RETAIN THE ABILITY.
[00:59:45] WE HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE STEPS TO ELIMINATE THE UNDERGROUND INCLUDING FOREIGN FIGHTERS.
[00:59:49] MADAM PRESIDENT, SINCE THE LAST
[00:59:51] SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
[00:59:55] SYRIA, UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
[00:59:58] HAVE NOT RECORDED DETERIORATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY.
[01:00:02] BUT THE ABSENCE OF THAT NEWS DOES NOT INDICATE A POSITIVE TREND.
[01:00:06] SYRIA STILL NEEDS ASSISTANCE TO
[01:00:08] RESTORE KEY SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS.
[01:00:12] MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE BEFORE
[01:00:14] THE PEOPLE CAN RETURN TO A TRULY PEACEFUL LIFE.
[01:00:18] IT IS OUR ASSUMPTION
[01:00:22] OF THE RELEVANT YOU IN AGENCIES
[01:00:26] AND SPECIALIZE INSTITUTIONS WILL PROVE EFFECTIVE HERE AS WELL.
[01:00:30] WE ARE FOLLOWING WITH CAUTIOUS
[01:00:31] OPTIMISM THE RETURN OF SYRIANS TO THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN.
[01:00:35] THIS PROCESS REQUIRES RESTORING
[01:00:39] INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING STOCK WHICH IS NOT EASY FOR COUNTRY
[01:00:42] WHICH FOR MANY YEARS WAS UNDER THE BURDEN OF ILLEGAL SANCTIONS
[01:00:46] AND HAD NO OPPORTUNITY EVEN TO IMPORT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.
[01:00:49] WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SITUATION
[01:00:53] CANNOT BE RECTIFIED OVERNIGHT AND IN THIS REGARD, THE
[01:00:56] PRIORITIES SHOULD REMAIN STABLE
[01:00:59] AND PREDICTABLE TRANSITION FROM PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN
[01:01:02] ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN
[01:01:06] ADVOCATING FOR A LONG TIME.
[01:01:09] WE HOPE THE NO CAMPS AND NO
[01:01:14] INITIATIVE THAT WAS MENTIONED TODAY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ALONG THESE LINES.
[01:01:18] WE SHARE THE CONCERNS REGARDING
[01:01:20] THE CONTINUING CONTAMINATION BY
[01:01:23] MINES INCLUDING IN THE CONTEXT OF ENSURING FOOD SECURITY.
[01:01:28] CURRENTLY FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE PREPARING FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL SEASON.
[01:01:34] HOWEVER, RESTORING EVERY QUOTE
[01:01:37] -- AGRICULTURE, REVOLVING BILGES AND HAVING FARMERS RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE ARE ALL IMPOSSIBLE
[01:01:41] WHEN TRACES OF WAR REMAIN ON THE GROUND.
[01:01:46] UNDER CONDITIONS OF DROUGHT, FROM WHICH THE COUNTRY SUFFERED
[01:01:49] THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, IT IS
[01:01:50] INEXCUSABLE THAT PART OF THE
[01:01:54] FIELDS REMAINS INACCESSIBLE TO FARMERS, FOR SYRIA TO REGAIN HIS
[01:01:58] FORMER ROLE AS THE BREADBASKET
[01:01:59] OF THE MIDDLE EAST, IDENTIFYING
[01:02:04] AND DESTROYING UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND MINDS REMAINS A KEY TASK.
[01:02:09] IMPROVING THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IS SOMETHING THAT
[01:02:13] REQUIRES SUFFICIENT AND PREDICTABLE FUNDING.
[01:02:16] I WOULD CALL FOR RESOURCES TO BE
[01:02:17] ALLOCATED ON THE BASIS OF THE
[01:02:22] PRIORITY NEEDS OF SYRIANS AND FOR OPERATIONS TO BE CLOSELY
[01:02:24] COORDINATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC. ONLY IN THIS WAY WILL IT BE
[01:02:28] POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE
[01:02:32] ALIGNMENT BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE COUNTRY.
[01:02:35] MADAM PRESIDENT, IT IS OBVIOUS
[01:02:39] THAT THE BROAD RANGE OF HUMANITARIAN AND MILITARY AND
[01:02:42] POLITICAL CHALLENGES REQUIRES
[01:02:43] THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION,
[01:02:46] INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT, AND THE ABSENCE OF EXTERNAL IRRITANTS.
[01:02:54] THIS WOULD SEEM OBVIOUS AND SELF-EVIDENT. HOWEVER, SOME COUNTRIES
[01:02:57] DELIBERATELY PREFER TO IGNORE IT.
[01:03:00] WE ARE REFERRING HERE TO THE CONFRONTATIONAL COURSE TAKEN BY
[01:03:03] ISRAEL, WHOSE UNLAWFUL
[01:03:07] ACTIVITIES IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC
[01:03:09] IS BECOMING SYNCED -- INCREASINGLY SYSTEMATIC AND
[01:03:13] ENTRENCHED PERMIT EVERY METHOD OF A COERCIVE PRESSURE IS BEING
[01:03:15] USED, INCLUDING THE CURRENT
[01:03:18] OCCUPATION OF SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, REGULAR INCURSIONS
[01:03:22] INTO SYRIAN TERRITORY, RESULTING
[01:03:24] IN THE DEATHS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS
[01:03:29] , AND WE INSISTENTLY CALL UPON RESTER WRIST TO CEASE
[01:03:33] UNDERMINING THE SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE
[01:03:37] SYRIAN AIR REPUBLIC TO IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE OCCUPIED AREAS INCLUDING THE GOLAN
[01:03:40] HEIGHTS AND REFRAIN FROM PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTS
[01:03:44] THREATENING TO EXPAND THE OCCUPATION ZONE.
[01:03:49] WEST ARE ISLAM HAS SPECIFIC
[01:03:51] OBLIGATIONS BOTH UNDER THE 1974
[01:03:55] DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES AGREEMENT AND UNDER THE RELEVANT
[01:03:58] SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND THESE OBLIGATIONS MUST BE CARRIED OUT.
[01:04:04] WE RECALL HERE THAT THE COMMON POSITION OF COUNCILMEMBERS ON
[01:04:06] THIS MATTER WAS REAFFIRMED FOLLOWING THE CONSULTATIONS WE
[01:04:11] HELD ON THE EIGHTH OF OCTOBER.
[01:04:13] WE HOPE THE ISRAELI SIDE WILL HEED THE UNITED VOICE OF THE
[01:04:17] PARTY WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL
[01:04:19] PEACE AND SECURITY AS WELL AS
[01:04:23] APPEALS VOICED IN THIS CHAMBER FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH ITS NEIGHBORS.
[01:04:28] I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
[01:04:28] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
[01:04:32] THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK.
[01:04:36] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:04:40] I ALSO THANK THE SPECIAL ENVOY,
[01:04:44] ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE BRIEFINGS.
[01:04:52] MADAM PRESIDENT, NINE MONTHS
[01:04:54] INTO 2026, THE SECURITY SITUATION WITH IN SYRIA REMAINS
[01:04:58] FRAGILE. AS WE WERE REMINDED ON SEPTEMBER 30, WERE SEVEN PEOPLE WERE
[01:05:01] KILLED IN AN ATTACK AT A MOSQUE
[01:05:05] IN HOMS.
[01:05:11] ENTER SECTARIAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE. WE COMMENCE HE REPORTS EFFORTS
[01:05:15] TO COMBAT TERRORISM INCLUDING
[01:05:16] PLANS TO STOP PLANNED ATTACKS ON
[01:05:20] PLACES OF WORSHIP JUST LAST WEEK.
[01:05:21] WE ARE FURTHER ENCOURAGED BY THE DEMOCRATIC FORCES IN THE SYRIAN ARMY.
[01:05:28] WE HAVE CONTINUE TO CALL FOR ANY -- INCLUSIVE SECURITY SECTOR
[01:05:32] REFORM AND THE FORWARD TO HEARING UPDATES ABOUT HOW THIS REFORM PROCESS WILL PROCEED.
[01:05:36] MADAM PRESIDENT, AND INCLUSIVE
[01:05:41] POLITICAL PROCESS ENCOMPASSING ALL COMPONENTS OF SYRIAN SOCIETY IS FUNDAMENTAL TO ACHIEVING
[01:05:45] LASTING PEACE.
[01:05:48] AND SUPPORT SERIOUS EFFORTS TOWARD A POLITICAL TRANSITION
[01:05:51] AND A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESS IN LINE WITH
[01:05:54] INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
[01:05:55] THIS CAN BE INTIMATED WITH A
[01:06:00] CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ROADMAP
[01:06:02] ALONG WITH SOUND INSTITUTIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES.
[01:06:06] PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, MINORITIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND CIVIL SOCIETY RAINS ESSENTIAL.
[01:06:10] IN PARALLEL WITH HIS POLITICAL TRANSITION, THERE'S AN URGENT
[01:06:14] NEED FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION.
[01:06:16] AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF WAR, WE RECOGNIZE SEEM AND OF THESE
[01:06:20] NEEDS AND WE ECHO THE PRESIDENT
[01:06:24] CALL IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR SERIOUS
[01:06:28] PARTNERS TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
[01:06:30] WITH THANK EVERYONE TODAY FOR
[01:06:35] UNDERSCORING THE EDUCATION
[01:06:36] ESSENTIAL TO SYRIA'S FUTURE
[01:06:41] EDUCATION RECOVERY WILL NOT SUCCEED UNLESS IT IS REVERSED.
[01:06:52] WE URGE SUSTAIN PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN, SAFE AND EQUAL ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE WHOLE
[01:06:56] COUNTRY AND THE FUNDING AND
[01:06:57] SUPPORT NEEDED TO REBUILD THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AT ALL LEVELS.
[01:07:03] IN MARK AND THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR OUR PART ARE ALREADY STEPPING UP.
[01:07:05] JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY USE
[01:07:09] HIGH REPRESENTATIVE VISITED SYRIAN VOICE DRIPPED SUPPORT FOR
[01:07:12] RECOVERY EFFORTS AS A FOUNDATION
[01:07:15] FOR DIGNIFIED RETURNS.
[01:07:16] SHE STRESSED THAT SUCCESSFUL
[01:07:21] TRANSITION DEPENDS ON RECONCILIATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. IN ADDITION TO THE EUROPEAN
[01:07:24] UNION'S COMPREHENSIVE ASSISTANCE
[01:07:27] , DENMARK SUPPORTS SERIOUS RECOVERY BILATERALLY. IN 2026 ALONG, DENMARK IS FIXED
[01:07:31] TO COMMIT $76 MILLION U.S. DRUG,
[01:07:35] NATION OF EARLY RECOVERY,
[01:07:37] STABILIZATION, HUMANITARIAN AND MIGRATION ACTIVITIES.
[01:07:43] MADAM PRESIDENT, THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF MINES AND UNEXPLODED
[01:07:45] REMNANTS OF WAR REMAIN A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO RECOVERY, AS WE JUST
[01:07:50] HEARD FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL.
[01:07:54] DENMARK IS PROUD TO SUPPORT
[01:07:55] VARIOUS INITIATIVES ON
[01:07:59] HUMANITARIAN MINE CLEARING AND ASSISTING THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES WITH MINE CLEARING ABILITIES AND
[01:08:03] TRAINING. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE SYRIAN
[01:08:07] AUTHORITIES, NO TENSE INITIATIVE THROUGH OUR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS
[01:08:10] AND RECOVERY SUPPORT. MADAM PRESIDENT, ENCLOSING,
[01:08:14] SYRIA REMAINS ON ENCOURAGING
[01:08:19] TRAJECTORY, IN SPITE OF THE MANY INTERNAL CHALLENGES. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[01:08:23] SHOULD DO WHATEVER POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION SUCCEED.
[01:08:27] HOWEVER, MAJOR EXTERNAL CHALLENGES REMAIN AND CONTINUE
[01:08:31] TO THREATEN THE FRAGILE PROCESS.
[01:08:37] THERE IS AN IMMINENT RISK TO
[01:08:40] DISABILITY OF SYRIA AS WELL AS TO THE REGION. RECALL IN ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW
[01:08:44] FROM SYRIAN TERRITORY AND COMPLY FULLY WITH ITS OBLIGATION UNDER
[01:08:48] THE 1974 DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES AGREEMENT.
[01:08:52] DENMARK ONCE AGAIN REITERATES ITS FULL SUPPORT SERIOUS
[01:08:55] SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
[01:09:00] WE REAFFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE SECURITY OF SOUTH SYRIA AND
[01:09:03] HOPE FOR THE SWIFT RESUMPTION OF
[01:09:06] THE SYRIA-ISRAEL TALKS TO THIS IN. I THANK YOU.
[01:09:10] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK FOR THE STATEMENT.
[01:09:14] I NOW GET THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN.
[01:09:17] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:09:21] WE THANK THE DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THEIR BRIEFINGS.
[01:09:27] WE ALSO TAKE NOTE OF THE REMARKS
[01:09:32] AND WELCOME PARTICIPATION OF
[01:09:33] SYRIA AND INDIA IN TODAY'S
[01:09:38] BRIEFING. MADAM PRESIDENT, TODAY AMID THE CHALLENGES OF RECOVERY AND
[01:09:42] RECONSTRUCTION, THERE IS A RENEWED SENSE OF HOPE IN SYRIA.
[01:09:46] A COUNTRY THAT HAS WITNESSED
[01:09:47] YEARS OF CONFLICT, IS STEADILY
[01:09:50] RECLAIMING ITS RIGHT PLACE IN THE REGION AND THE WIDER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
[01:09:55] BETWEEN DIPLOMATIC AND GRADING
[01:09:57] -- ENGAGEMENT AND THE GRADUATE
[01:10:02] -- GRADUAL REVIVAL OF ECONOMIC
[01:10:08] IMPROVEMENT, PAKISTAN SHARES IN THIS OPTIMISM.
[01:10:13] OUR TIES WITH SYRIA CONTINUE TO GROW. THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR TWO
[01:10:16] COUNTRIES RECENTLY MET AT A HIGH
[01:10:20] LEVEL, REAFFIRMING OUR SHARED
[01:10:21] COMMITMENT FOR THE STRENGTH OF RELATIONS.
[01:10:25] ALLOW ME TO EMPHASIZE FOUR
[01:10:28] THINGS PER VERSE, PAKISTAN WELCOMES THESE SYRIAN
[01:10:32] GOVERNMENTS EFFORTS TO WORK TOWARD RECONCILIATION AND
[01:10:36] ADVANCEMENT OF THE POLITICAL TRANSITION.
[01:10:37] SERIOUS UNITY AND DIVERSITY ARE
[01:10:42] MUTUALLY REINFORCING. IN THIS CONTEXT WE WELCOME THE PROGRESS ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT
[01:10:45] STF AND HOPE THAT OUTSTANDING CHALLENGES INCLUDING THE
[01:10:50] SITUATION WILL BE ADDRESSED ARE
[01:10:55] DIALOGUE, ACCOMMODATION AND
[01:10:56] PEACEFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL
[01:11:01] INTEGRITY. SECOND, SERIOUS RECONSTRUCTION
[01:11:04] AND ECONOMIC REVIVAL DESERVES SUSTAIN INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
[01:11:08] AND THE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES AND THE
[01:11:11] EUROPEAN UNION, TOGETHER WITH
[01:11:14] EXPANDING INVESTMENTS AND ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS,
[01:11:19] PARTICULARLY IN THE REGION ARE
[01:11:22] EUROPEAN PARTNERS WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT EMPHASIS FOR
[01:11:25] RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, ASSISTANCE
[01:11:29] REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO ADDRESSING
[01:11:30] THE NEEDS OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE.
[01:11:34] THIRD, THE CONTINUING THREAT POSED BY TERRORIST GROUPS
[01:11:37] INCLUDING FOREIGN TERRORISTS REQUIRE SUSTAINED VIGILANCE.
[01:11:41] WITH SUPPORT SERIOUS EFFORTS TO
[01:11:43] COUNTER TERRORISM AND STRENGTHEN NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
[01:11:49] FOURTH, IT IS DEEPLY REGRETTABLE
[01:11:51] THAT EVEN AS SYRIA PURSUES
[01:11:53] ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THERE ARE
[01:11:57] EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THESE EFFORTS. THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT ONLY
[01:12:01] FRAGRANT BLILEY NATIONS OF
[01:12:01] INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SERIOUS
[01:12:06] SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. THEY ARE PROFOUNDLY
[01:12:10] COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR REGION IN INSTABILITY.
[01:12:15] SUCH VIOLATIONS SERVE ONLY TO
[01:12:18] CREATE FURTHER INSTABILITY AND MUST CEASE.
[01:12:21] WE CALL FOR ISRAEL'S DRAW FROM
[01:12:25] ALL OCCUPIED SYRIAN TERRITORY
[01:12:26] AND FULL RESPECT FOR THE 1974 FORCES AGREEMENT.
[01:12:33] REMAIN SYRIAN TERRITORY UNDER
[01:12:34] INTERNATIONAL LAW INCLUDING
[01:12:40] RESOLUTIONS. MEN PRESENT, WE APPRECIATE THE CONSTRUCTION -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND
[01:12:44] MEASURED ENGAGEMENT WITH
[01:12:49] COUNTRIES CHALLENGES AMID A COMPLEX SITUATION.
[01:12:52] PAKISTAN WILL REMAIN A STEADFAST FRIEND AND PARTNER WITH SYRIA.
[01:12:55] OUR FRATERNAL RELATIONS WILL ENSURE CULTURAL BONDS AND MUTUAL
[01:13:00] RESPECT AND WILL CONTINUE TO
[01:13:04] DEEPEN AND FOREST. THE PEOPLE PAKISTAN WILL CONTINUE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY
[01:13:07] AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THEIR SYRIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I GET.
[01:13:09] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
[01:13:13] PAKISTAN FOR THE STATEMENT AND I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:13:16] REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE.
[01:13:18] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:13:22] I LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE
[01:13:24] DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY, ASSISTANT
[01:13:28] SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HIM AND A
[01:13:29] TERRIEN AFFAIRS AND OTHERS FOR THEIR BRIEFINGS.
[01:13:34] SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THE
[01:13:37] HIGH-LEVEL WEEK MARKED A NEW STAGE IN SYRIA UPON RETURN TO
[01:13:40] THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS.
[01:13:44] FROM THE PODIUM OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT
[01:13:48] ANNOUNCED THE END OF HIS
[01:13:52] COUNTRIES DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION
[01:13:54] ONCE AGAIN AND COMMITTED TO BE
[01:13:57] AN ACTIVE PARTNER -- PART OF THE
[01:14:00] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. SYRIAN
[01:14:07] NUCLEAR FILE WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH ACCELERATED COOPERATION
[01:14:10] WITH THEIAEA, CONFIRMING THAT
[01:14:14] THE POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO SHOWING SPECIFICALLY IN SYRIA
[01:14:17] WITH REGARD TO DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS.
[01:14:20] OVER THE LAST YEAR SYRIA HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND WE
[01:14:22] WELCOME THIS PRIVY DOMESTICALLY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR NEW SYRIAN
[01:14:26] STATE HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH THE FORMATION OF THE PEOPLE'S
[01:14:29] ASSEMBLY AND THE LAUNCH OF WORK ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.
[01:14:37] INTERNATIONALLY, SYRIA HAS FOUR STRATEGIC RELATIONS WITH NUMEROUS STATES AND IS SOUGHT TO EASE RELATIONS WITH ITS
[01:14:42] NEIGHBORS. IT CONTINUES TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN THE FACE OF
[01:14:45] REGIONAL ESCALATION AND IS
[01:14:46] POSITIONING ITSELF AS A PILLAR OF STABILITY IN THE REGION.
[01:14:51] THIS PROGRESS MUST LEAD TO AN
[01:14:56] INCLUSIVE, PROTECTIVE AND SECURE
[01:14:58] TRANSITION WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR COUNSEL TO SUPPORT.
[01:15:05] AMONGST THESE POLITICAL AND
[01:15:07] ECONOMIC PRIORITIES WE WELCOME
[01:15:10] THE EFFORTS OF THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES TO FIGHT TERRORISM,
[01:15:13] INCLUDING WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST
[01:15:17] DAESH, ALTHOUGH THE THREAT IS
[01:15:21] STILL A LOT, FRANCE CONDEMNS THE ATTACK CARRIED OUT ON THE 30TH
[01:15:24] OF SEPTEMBER AGAINST THE BUS TRANSLATING -- TRANSPORTING
[01:15:28] CIVILIANS IN THE HOMS REGION.
[01:15:32] THIS ATTACK REMINDS US OF THE NEED TO CONTINUE CONSOLIDATING A UNITED AND PER LISTING STATE
[01:15:36] THAT RESPECTS ALL OF ITS COMMUNITIES.
[01:15:39] THE SO WEDO SITUATION AS WELL AFTER A ROADMAP HAVING BEEN
[01:15:44] ESTABLISHED IS UNTENABLE,
[01:15:47] PARTICULARLY FOR THE DRUSE COMMUNITY.
[01:15:50] THEN THE FULL INCLUSION OF WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF THE COUNTRY.
[01:15:54] FRANCE IS CONCERNED BY THE
[01:15:56] DECISION TO EXCLUDE FEMALE
[01:15:59] STUDENTS FROM CERTAIN COURSES
[01:16:02] PRIVETTE WILL CALL UPON THE AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE THAT GIRLS AND WOMEN HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO
[01:16:07] EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT AND ALSO PUBLIC LIFE.
[01:16:15] AND THEN THE ABILITY OF ALL
[01:16:17] INHABITANTS TO ENJOY FUNDAMENTAL
[01:16:21] FREEDOMS IN SYRIA. THIS IS INDISPENSABLE AND
[01:16:23] ESSENTIAL THAT LINGUISTIC AND
[01:16:26] CULTURAL RIGHTS OF THE KURDS BE
[01:16:30] MAINTAINED. AND FINALLY, THE ISSUE OF RECONSTRUCTION.
[01:16:33] 2 MILLION REFUGEES HAVE NOW TURNED HOME ANY MINUTE CHAIRING
[01:16:37] ACTION I'M A PARTICULARLY DEMANDING EFFORTS, REMAIN IN
[01:16:41] INDISPENSABLE REQUISITE FOR RECOVERY.
[01:16:47] AND THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE
[01:16:50] RECONSTRUCTION OF SYRIA DESIRED
[01:16:54] BY THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ORDINATE
[01:16:58] WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND MORE GENERALLY WITH SUPPORT OR REITERATE OUR SUPPORT TO THE
[01:17:02] UNITED NATIONS WHICH WILL
[01:17:03] MOBILIZE TO ASSIST SYRIA AND
[01:17:08] BOTH POLITICAL AND HUMANITARIAN TERMS. IT IS INDISPENSABLE THAT THE
[01:17:10] SEEKER TO COUNSEL FULLY ASSUME
[01:17:13] ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO ENSURE FULL RESPECT FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY
[01:17:16] OF SYRIA.
[01:17:18] ATTEMPTS TO DESTABILIZE SYRIA
[01:17:21] ARE AFFECTING THE EFFORTS OF THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES AND THREATENING STABILITY IN THE WHOLE REGION.
[01:17:25] WE CALL UPON ISRAEL TO CEASE ITS
[01:17:29] INCURSIONS ON SYRIAN SOIL AND TO
[01:17:31] WITHDRAW FROM POSITIONS OCCUPIED
[01:17:36] SINCE 2004 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1970 FOUR AGREEMENT. A STABLE SYRIA INTEGRATED INTO
[01:17:40] ITS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTS A BEST ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SECURITY OF BOTH PARTIES.
[01:17:45] FRANCE WILL REMAIN COMMITTED ALONGSIDE THE SYRIAN PEOPLE IN
[01:17:48] SUPPORTING THIS PATH TOWARD A
[01:17:50] SOVEREIGN, PLURALISTIC, PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS SYRIA.
[01:17:53] >> I THINK THE REPRESENTATIVE UP
[01:17:57] FRANCE FOR THE STATEMENT. I NOW GET THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:18:00] REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA.
[01:18:02] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:18:07] WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE RIVERS,
[01:18:12] THE DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY TO
[01:18:14] SYRIA, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR
[01:18:17] HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, THE
[01:18:20] COFOUNDER OF THE SYRIAN YOUTH
[01:18:21] EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE, AND THE
[01:18:26] REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE
[01:18:28] EAST EASTERN AFRICA IN SOUTHERN
[01:18:32] AFRICA PLAN INTERNATIONAL INC.
[01:18:39] WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SYRIAN
[01:18:43] ARAB REPUBLIC, TURKEY AND LIBYA WHO HONOR US WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION TODAY.
[01:18:47] ON THE EIGHTH OF OCTOBER, THIS
[01:18:50] COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS STRONG
[01:18:55] COMMITMENT TO SYRIA'S
[01:19:01] SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, UNITY, AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
[01:19:04] AND URGED ALL PARTIES TO RESPECT
[01:19:07] AND FULLY IMPLEMENT THE 1974
[01:19:10] DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
[01:19:16] PANAMA FIRMLY ALIGNS ITSELF WITH
[01:19:19] THIS POSITION.
[01:19:22] REITERATES THE IMPORTANCE OF FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT AND RESPECT FOR THE
[01:19:27] MANDATE.
[01:19:30] AFTER YEARS OF CONFLICT, SYRIA
[01:19:34] NEEDS TO SORT THE POLITICAL SPACE AND ALL AVAILABLE
[01:19:36] RESOURCES FOR ITS RECOVERY.
[01:19:39] INTERREGIONAL CONTEXTS MARKED BY
[01:19:41] GROWING ESCALATION, WE CONSIDER
[01:19:43] IT ESSENTIAL TO KEEP THE COUNTRY
[01:19:48] REMOVED FROM ALL REGIONAL CONFLICTS.
[01:19:52] SYRIA'S STABILITY CANNOT BE ASSESSED SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF
[01:19:56] REDUCED HOSTILITIES, BUT ALSO ON
[01:19:59] THE STATE'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF ITS POPULATION.
[01:20:08] IN THIS REGARD, ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS AN INDISPENSABLE
[01:20:11] COMPONENT FOR CONSOLIDATING THE
[01:20:13] COUNTRIES STABILITY. THE REHABILITATION OF
[01:20:17] INFRASTRUCTURE, RESTORATION OF BASIC SERVICES, AND THE CREATION
[01:20:20] OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ARE
[01:20:23] ESSENTIAL TO PROVING -- IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVING
[01:20:27] CONDITIONS. AND TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A
[01:20:31] SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY. LIKEWISE, THEY COMMANDED TERRIEN
[01:20:35] RESPONSE AND CREATION OF
[01:20:37] CONDITIONS FOR THE VOLUNTARY, SAY, AND DIGNIFIED RETURN OF
[01:20:42] REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS ARE FUNDAMENTAL PRIORITIES.
[01:20:46] AT THE SAME TIME, THE ARRIVAL OF
[01:20:49] WINTER WILL WORSEN THE NEEDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
[01:20:54] THOSE WHO REMAIN IN PRECARIOUS CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO
[01:20:58] SHELTER, HEATING, AND SANITATION.
[01:21:01] IT IS ESSENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN WINTER ASSISTANCE AND ENSURE
[01:21:05] SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO RESPOND
[01:21:08] TO HUMANITARIAN NEEDS WHICH
[01:21:11] CONTINUES TO FAR EXCEED THE FUNDING AVAILABLE.
[01:21:17] SYRIA'S UNITY MUST ALSO BE BUILT
[01:21:23] REGARDLESS OF THEIR ORIGIN, COMMUNITY, OR PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
[01:21:30] EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL DIMENSION OF THAT EFFORT.
[01:21:38] TENSIONS HAVE AFFECTED STUDENTS ACCESS TO EXAMINATIONS AND
[01:21:41] EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY.
[01:21:44] ACCORDING TO RECENT INFORMATION
[01:21:47] OF THE PROXIMALLY 13,007 HUNDRED STUDENTS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE
[01:21:51] THEIR EXAMS IN 2026, ONLY 150
[01:21:55] WERE ABLE TO DO SO.
[01:22:00] BECOME IN THE UNITED NATIONS FOR ITS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE
[01:22:03] SITUATION AND WE URGE ALL PARTIES TO IMPLEMENT THE 2025 SO
[01:22:07] WEDO ROADMAP AND TO PRIORITIZE
[01:22:10] THE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AND
[01:22:12] ENSURE CONTINUITY OF EDUCATION THROUGH INCLUSIVE SOLUTIONS.
[01:22:18] AT THE SAME TIME IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS
[01:22:22] EDUCATIONAL NEEDS BE FRAMED
[01:22:26] WITHIN A BROADER NATIONAL VISION.
[01:22:28] THE RECOVERY OF SYRIA'S
[01:22:31] EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MUST BENEFIT
[01:22:36] ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THOSE WHO
[01:22:40] WERE FORCED TO SEEK REFUGE IN OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF THE
[01:22:43] CONFLICT, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO REMAIN IN COMMUNITIES AFFECTED
[01:22:47] BY DISPLACEMENT AND THE DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
[01:22:51] MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR THE SYRIAN
[01:22:54] PEOPLE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MODERN, INCLUSIVE STATE GOVERNED
[01:22:57] BY THE RULE OF LAW REPRESENTS AN
[01:22:59] ASPIRATION FORGED THROUGH DECADES OF SACRIFICE.
[01:23:04] HONORING THAT LEGACY REQUIRES A
[01:23:09] TRANSITION THAT GUARANTEES JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS AND LAYS THE
[01:23:12] FOUNDATION FOR A STATE THAT
[01:23:14] PROTECTS ALL ITS CITIZENS,
[01:23:19] BEFORE WHICH NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[01:23:21] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
[01:23:25] PANAMA FOR THE STATEMENT. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:23:29] REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT
[01:23:33] AND I THINK THE ASSISTANT
[01:23:36] SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE OTHERS
[01:23:40] FOR THEIR BRIEFINGS. THE UNITED KINGDOM WELCOMES THE PROGRESS SYRIA HAS MADE IN
[01:23:44] RECENT MONTHS.
[01:23:47] THE PRESIDENT'S PARTICIPATION DURING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S
[01:23:50] HIGH-LEVEL WEEK WAS AN IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION OF SYRIA'S CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH
[01:23:53] INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS PRIVETTE AS IT WORKS FOR A MORE PEACEFUL,
[01:23:58] STABLE AND PROGRESSIVE FUTURE. I WILL MAKE THREE POINTS.
[01:24:02] ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS ESSENTIAL
[01:24:07] TO SYRIA'S FUTURE. MANY SYRIANS CONTINUE TO FACE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP,
[01:24:11] INCLUDING RISING LIVING COSTS
[01:24:12] AND PRESSURE ON HOUSEHOLD INCOMES.
[01:24:16] POLITICAL PROGRESS MUST INCREASINGLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
[01:24:22] WE THEREFORE WELCOME THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO ATTRACT
[01:24:26] INVESTMENT, STRENGTHEN REGIONAL ECONOMIC TIES AND SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION AND LIVELIHOODS.
[01:24:29] THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[01:24:31] CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MEASURES THAT RESTORE ECONOMIC
[01:24:35] OPPORTUNITY AND CREATE BASIC SERVICES AND CREATE CONDITIONS
[01:24:39] FOR SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY, INCLUDING HELPING DISPLAY
[01:24:42] SYRIANS TO RETURN HOME. FOR OUR PART, THE UNITED KINGDOM IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING
[01:24:46] SYRIA'S RECOVERY.
[01:24:48] WE'VE ALLOCATED $90 MILLION THIS FINANCIAL YEAR INCLUDING SUPPORT
[01:24:52] FOR EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
[01:24:57] AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AND LIVELIHOODS. THIS WILL HELP CREATE JOBS AND
[01:25:00] DRESS CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND BILL CONFIDENCE IN SYRIA'S FUTURE.
[01:25:07] SECOND, RECENT REPORTS OF SECTARIAN TENSIONS AND VIOLENCE UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF
[01:25:10] ENSURING THAT SYRIA'S POLITICAL PROGRESS REMAINS INCLUSIVE.
[01:25:16] LESS INSTABILITY DEPENDS ON ALL SYRIANS HAVING CONFIDENCE AND
[01:25:20] THEIR RIGHT SINCE GERTIE BEING PROTECTED AND THAT THEY HAVE A STAKE IN THAT COUNTRY'S FUTURE.
[01:25:25] THE UNITED KINGDOM THEREFORE CONTINUES TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSIVE
[01:25:28] GOVERNANCE, MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION BY ALL COMMUNITIES
[01:25:31] INCREDIBLE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.
[01:25:35] ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUAL PROTECTION ARE ESSENTIAL TO BUILDING TRUST AND PREVENTING RENEWED INSTABILITY.
[01:25:42] THIRD, RESPECT FOR SYRIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO
[01:25:46] LONG-TERM STABILITY, POLITICAL
[01:25:49] PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY. IN THAT REGARD, REAFFIRMED THE
[01:25:53] UNITED KINGDOM'S LONG-STANDING POSITION THAT WE CONSIDER THE
[01:25:55] GOLAN HEIGHTS TO BE OCCUPIED AND SYRIAN TERRITORY.
[01:25:59] THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED SO FAR ISRAEL BUT IT IS NOT YET SECURE.
[01:26:04] THE TASK NOW IS TO TRANSLATE POLITICAL PROGRESS INTO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, INCLUSIVE
[01:26:09] GOVERNANCE AND LASTING STABILITY FOR ALL SYRIANS.
[01:26:13] THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL CONTINUE THIS SUPPORT.
[01:26:16] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
[01:26:20] THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE STATEMENT. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:26:23] REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHRAIN.
[01:26:26] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I WISH TO
[01:26:30] THANK THE DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY
[01:26:35] OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR
[01:26:37] SYRIA, THE DEPUTY EMERGENCY
[01:26:46] RELIEF COORDINATOR OF THE OFFICE OF COORDINATION OF THE
[01:26:50] HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS FOR THEIR IMPORTANT BRIEFINGS.
[01:26:54] WE HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF THE
[01:26:56] INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE
[01:26:59] CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES.
[01:27:07] WE WELCOME THE PARTICIPATION OF
[01:27:08] THE REPRESENTATIVES OF SYRIA AND
[01:27:12] LIBYA IN OUR SESSION. WE REITERATE OUR STEADFAST
[01:27:16] POSITION IN SUPPORT OF THE
[01:27:18] SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE,
[01:27:21] TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND UNITY OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC.
[01:27:25] THIS IS A CORNERSTONE FOR
[01:27:28] SECURITY AND STABILITY AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
[01:27:33] ENVIRONMENT INCLUSIVE FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE STATE AND THE
[01:27:35] RESTORATION OF ITS ROLE AT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
[01:27:39] LEVELS. IN THIS REGARD WE REITERATE OUR
[01:27:42] STEADFAST POSITION VIS-A-VIS
[01:27:44] ISRAEL ASK OF AGGRESSION AND INCURSIONS INTO SYRIAN
[01:27:48] TERRITORIES.
[01:27:51] THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND UNITY OF THE
[01:27:55] SYRIAN REPUBLIC AND A BREACH OF
[01:27:57] THE RULES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
[01:27:59] AND THE U.N. CHARTER INCLUDING THE LATEST ACTS ALONG THE
[01:28:03] SO-CALLED 50'S RELYING. WE UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF
[01:28:08] AVOIDING ANY STEPS THAT MAY
[01:28:11] STOKE TENSION OR IMPOSE A NEW
[01:28:13] REALITY ON THE GROUND PRIVETTE
[01:28:16] WE REITERATE THE NEED FOR ISRAEL
[01:28:18] TO WITHDRAW FROM OCCUPIED SYRIAN
[01:28:21] TERRITORIES INCLUDING THE
[01:28:23] OCCUPIED SYRIAN AND GOLAN
[01:28:29] REITERATE THE NEED TO ABIDE BY
[01:28:30] THE 1974 DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT
[01:28:35] AND RESOLUTIONS INCLUDING 497 AND ALSO UNDERLINE THE NEED TO
[01:28:38] PURSUE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS FOR
[01:28:40] THE -- DE-ESCALATION TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY AND
[01:28:44] STABILITY IN THE REGION.
[01:28:46] THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN COMMENCED
[01:28:49] THE ROLE UNDERTAKEN BY THE U.N. DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE.
[01:28:56] WE REITERATE THE NEED TO ENSURE
[01:28:59] THE SAFETY AND FREEDOM OF
[01:29:02] MOVEMENT OF ITS PERSONNEL SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO FULFILL THEIR MANDATE.
[01:29:06] >> YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING THIS
[01:29:11] PROGRAM IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, C-SPAN.ORG NOW TO REMARKS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
[01:29:15] PRES. TRUMP: I THINK SHE'S A
[01:29:19] TERRIBLE PERSON, SHE COMES FROM
[01:29:20] A COUNTRY, A NON-COUNTRY AND
[01:29:23] THEN SHE COMES OVER HERE AND COMPLAINS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
[01:29:27] I THINK SHE IS A TERRIBLE PERSON .
[01:29:32] >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH --
[01:29:36] PRES. TRUMP: I HAVE. [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:29:46] >> DOES IT AFFECT YOUR DECISION ON IRAN?
[01:29:50] PRES. TRUMP: NO. THERE IS NO IMPASSE.
[01:30:00] I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT AND WE WILL TAKE A LOOK. ALL I KNOW IS THAT ZELENSKYY AND
[01:30:05] PUTIN HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE DONE METICULOUS WORK.
[01:30:08] THIS MONTH THEY LOST 32,000
[01:30:10] PEOPLE IN THAT WAR AND IT'S RIDICULOUS. THEY HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND
[01:30:14] GET IT DONE.
[01:30:18] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:30:19] PRES. TRUMP: THE HOUTHI
[01:30:25] S ARE MISBEHAVING VERY BADLY.
[01:30:29] NO GOOD.
[01:30:33] THAT WILL BE EXCITING.
[01:30:36] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:30:39] PRES. TRUMP: WE ARE LOOKING AT IT.
[01:30:43] WE ARE NOT HAPPY.
[01:30:44] >> BOTH SIDES SAY THEY HAVE NOT
[01:30:50] AGREED TO A CEASE-FIRE. PRES. TRUMP: YOU KNOW WHY?
[01:30:54] BECAUSE I SAID YOU AGREED. SO THEY AGREED BECAUSE I SAID THEY AGREED.
[01:30:59] THAT WAR IS A DISASTER. DID YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THAT
[01:31:03] JUST CAME OUT THIS MONTH?
[01:31:06] 32,000 MOSTLY SOLDIERS WERE KILLED PRETTY YOUNG PEOPLE. 32,000 KILL.
[01:31:11] THAT WAR HAS TO BE OVER WITH.
[01:31:13] >> -- THAT RUSSIA VIOLATED THE
[01:31:20] CEASE-FIRE. PRES. TRUMP: I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN
[01:31:24] VIOLATIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
[01:31:28] I DON'T KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS THE ELECTION. I DON'T TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
[01:31:32] I JUST KNOW THAT RAN DOES NOT
[01:31:35] HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THAT HAS NOW HAPPEN. THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO HAVE A
[01:31:39] NUCLEAR WEAPON. BUT THE HOUTHI
[01:31:41] S -- H THEOUTHIS ARE
[01:31:48] MISBEHAVING. I THINK THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL
[01:31:50] BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT WE WILL GET THEM TO MAKE A DEAL.
[01:31:55] THE NUMBERS JUST CAME OUT. THEY LOST 32,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY
[01:31:58] YOUNG SOLDIERS.
[01:32:01] THAT'S THIS MONTH, THIS LAST MONTH.
[01:32:04] AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DEAL.
[01:32:07] WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
[01:32:09] >> HOW DO YOU THINK THE MIDTERMS ARE GOING TO TURN OUT?
[01:32:13] PRES. TRUMP: RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO OHIO.
[01:32:18] I THINK THE RALLIES HAVE HAD A MASSIVE EFFECT. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS GO UP EVERY
[01:32:22] TIME I HAVE A RALLY. AND IT'S BEYOND THE AREA, TOO.
[01:32:27] EVERYONE OF THEM SOLD OUT. EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD THOUSANDS
[01:32:30] OF PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE. WE GETTING THE JUMBOTRON TO GO
[01:32:34] ON THE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
[01:32:38] WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET IN.
[01:32:42] THE RALLIES ARE HAVING A TREMENDOUSLY POSITIVE IMPACT AND
[01:32:46] EFFECT ON THE REPUBLICANS.
[01:32:47] >> IS IT YOUR EXPECTATION THAT
[01:32:51] THE REPUBLICANS WILL WIN THE HOUSE? PRES. TRUMP: WE ARE GOING TO DO WELL.
[01:32:58] WE HAVE HAD A GREAT PRESIDENCY.
[01:33:05] WE SET ANOTHER RECORD TODAY, I THINK IT'S 84.
[01:33:08] 84 TIMES, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
[01:33:12] TIME, WE'VE HAD THE BEST STOCK MARKET IN HISTORY.
[01:33:15] WE HAVE THE BEST 401(K)S BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
[01:33:20] EVERYBODY'S 401(K) IS UP ALMOST
[01:33:23] $50,000 SINCE THIS PRESIDENCY PRIVETTE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU
[01:33:27] CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. AND PRICES ARE COMING DOWN.
[01:33:29] AS SOON AS THE WAR ENDS, WHICH
[01:33:31] WILL BE VERY SOON WITH THE RON,
[01:33:36] AND IS GOING TO IN VERY SOON.
[01:33:41] >> [INDISCERNIBLE] PRES. TRUMP: THERE'S PLENTY OF ACTION.
[01:33:49] THEY HAVE NO NAVY, THEY HAVE NO
[01:33:50] AIR FORCE, INFLATION NOW IS
[01:33:55] 301%.
[01:33:59] >> [INDISCERNIBLE] THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
[01:34:03] WERE INDICTED. WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM THAT?
[01:34:05] PRES. TRUMP: HE DID SOME VERY BAD THINGS.
[01:34:11] VENEZUELA WAS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
[01:34:16] >> [INDISCERNIBLE]
[01:34:18] PRES. TRUMP: I THINK IT WAS A
[01:34:23] REPUBLICAN WHO SAID YOU CAN'T REALLY BE SERIOUS.
[01:34:26] WE COULD DO A RESTRICTION IN OIL
[01:34:28] BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD WOULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED IF WE DO THAT.
[01:34:33] THEN WE CAN DO A CAP AND KEEP IT
[01:34:38] OFF HERSELF AND THAT WOULD HAVE A VERY BIG IMPACT.
[01:34:40] IT'S NOT REALLY A DEAL WITH ME, IT'S A DEAL WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
[01:34:44] ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS, I LIKE.
[01:34:51] I THINK THE FOCUS IS ON MAKING A DEAL.
[01:34:53] >> HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE PUT
[01:34:57] AN ABIDE BY THE CEASE-FIRE?
[01:34:57] PRES. TRUMP: WHAT IS HAPPENING
[01:35:01] IS HE WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL, AND WE HAVE TO GET SOLESKY TO WANT TO MAKE A DEAL.
[01:35:10] YOU KNOW I ENDORSED HIM AND HE WON, YOU KNOW THAT.
[01:35:15] >> WHERE YOU SEE HIS WILLINGNESS
[01:35:19] TO MAKE A DEAL WHEN HE IS STRIKING UKRAINE?
[01:35:22] PRES. TRUMP: I THINK ACTUALLY
[01:35:25] WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL MORE THAN
[01:35:28] PUTIN -- PUTIN WANTS TO MAKE A
[01:35:32] DEAL MORE THAN ZELENSKYY.
[01:35:34] >> -- TO LIFT THE TERROR OF
[01:35:39] PRES. TRUMP: PRES. TRUMP:.
[01:35:41] THE COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND HE IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF MINE.
[01:35:45] THAT'S WHY HE WON. I ENDORSED HIM AND HE WON.
[01:35:47] HE CAME FROM 10TH PLACE AND HE
[01:35:51] WON BY A LANDSLIDE.
[01:35:53] EL TIGRE, HE IS MY FRIEND.
[01:36:00] >> LIVE COVERAGE.
[01:36:04] WE RETURN NOW TO OUR SCHEDULE PROGRAM AND WE JOIN IT IN PROGRESS.
[01:36:09] >> NAMELY THE DEMOCRATIC
[01:36:12] REPUBLIC OF CONGO, LIBERIA, AND
[01:36:15] MY OWN COUNTRY, SOMALIA.
[01:36:20] WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFINGS.
[01:36:24] A CAREFULLY TO THE TESTIMONY.
[01:36:29] WE WELCOME THE PARTICIPATION OF
[01:36:32] THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYRIAN
[01:36:34] REPUBLIC, LIBYA, AND TURKEY INTO THIS MEETING.
[01:36:41] OUR PRESIDENT WELCOMES THE
[01:36:42] POSITIVE MOMENTUM IN SYRIA,
[01:36:46] DESPITE PERSISTENT CHALLENGES THE SAME -- SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
[01:36:48] HAS DEMONSTRATED IN RESPONDING
[01:36:55] TO THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE. SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO THIS
[01:37:00] PROGRESS AND ENSURE SERIOUS TRANSITION IN EFFORTS TO LASTING
[01:37:04] PEACE, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL SYRIANS.
[01:37:08] IN THIS CONTEXT, I WILL
[01:37:12] HIGHLIGHT THE FOLLOWING POINTS. FIRST, WE WELCOME THE GOVERNMENTS EFFORTS TO
[01:37:17] CONSOLIDATE AND STRENGTHEN
[01:37:19] NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND WILL
[01:37:22] TAKE NOTE OF ITS ENGAGEMENT IN
[01:37:24] THE UNITED NATIONS ON
[01:37:27] PREPARATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS,
[01:37:31] INCLUDING POSSIBLE U.N. ASSISTANCE.
[01:37:35] WE ENCOURAGE CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARD INCLUSIVE SYRIA AND
[01:37:40] LEBANON, SYRIA KNOWN POLITICAL PROCESS WITH MEANINGFUL
[01:37:44] PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, YOUTH,
[01:37:45] CIVIL SOCIETY, AND SECURITY
[01:37:52] COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2250 FOUR REMAINS ESSENTIAL FRAMEWORK OF THIS PROCESS. WE ENCOURAGE THE PROMPT
[01:37:57] CONCLUSION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
[01:38:00] ENABLING THE OFFICE OF THE
[01:38:04] SPECIAL ENVOY, SECOND WE BELIEVE
[01:38:09] HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE MUST REMAIN UNINTERRUPTED FOR AS LONG
[01:38:13] AS THE MAN NEEDS OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE PERSIST.
[01:38:16] AT THE SAME TIME, SYRIA REQUIRES
[01:38:21] A CAREFULLY CORE NATIVE SHIFT
[01:38:24] TOWARD CONSTRUCTION AND LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT.
[01:38:28] WE CALL FOR ENHANCED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN
[01:38:31] REPARATIONS AND CLOSER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNITED
[01:38:35] NATIONS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, DONORS AND THE
[01:38:39] SYRIAN COMMUNITY. THIS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[01:38:42] MUST EXPLORE PRACTICAL OPTIONS
[01:38:45] TO HELP SYRIA RECONNECT WITH INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM,
[01:38:48] RESORT -- RESTORE ESSENTIAL
[01:38:51] INFRASTRUCTURE AND REBUILD ITS ECONOMY.
[01:38:56] RECOVERY EFFORTS GIVE SYRIANS
[01:39:00] THE MEANS TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
[01:39:05] THIRD, WE WELCOME SYRIA'S COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL
[01:39:08] DISARMAMENT AND REUNIFICATION,
[01:39:13] IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN
[01:39:17] RESOLVING OUTSTANDING ISSUES. WE ALSO NOTE SERIOUS COOPERATION
[01:39:21] WITH INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
[01:39:27] AND REDEVELOPMENT SITES. WE ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNMENT TO
[01:39:30] REPEAT THIS POSITIVE MOMENTUM THROUGH CONTINUED TRANSPARENCY
[01:39:34] AND COOPERATION WITH THE IAEA.
[01:39:40] FOURTH, WE DEPLORE VIOLATIONS OF
[01:39:45] SERIOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
[01:39:48] SUCH ACTIONS THREATEN CIVILIANS
[01:39:49] AND RISK WIDER REGIONAL ESCALATIONS.
[01:39:53] WE REAFFIRM THAT THE OCCUPIED
[01:39:56] SYRIAN GOLAN REMAINS AN INTEGRAL
[01:40:00] PART OF SYRIAN TERRITORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE YOU AND
[01:40:05] COUNSEL OF 1981.
[01:40:08] CALL FOR THE WITHDRAWAL FROM ALL
[01:40:11] SYRIAN TERRITORIES AND FULL
[01:40:13] RESPECT FOR THE 1974 DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES AGREEMENT.
[01:40:18] FIFTH, MY LAST POINT, THE
[01:40:21] SITUATION UNDERSCORES THE
[01:40:22] PORTENTS OF DIALOGUE AND
[01:40:27] COHESION.
[01:40:27] WE SUPPORT THE SEPTEMBER 2025
[01:40:33] AND HOPE TO BUILD CONFIDENCE
[01:40:36] WITH THE DRUSE COMMUNITIES.
[01:40:42] WE ALSO COMMEND THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO CONFRONT
[01:40:46] ISIL AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS
[01:40:49] WHILE STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE
[01:40:52] OF ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY SECTOR REFORM AND RESPECT FOR
[01:40:54] INTERNATIONAL LAW.
[01:40:57] IN THIS REGARD INTERNATIONAL
[01:40:59] COMMUNITY HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO
[01:41:01] STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH SYRIA AGAINST THIS SHARED THREAT.
[01:41:10] TO ENSURE LONG-TERM STABILITY IN
[01:41:13] THE REGION DEMAND STRONG COOPERATION AND CONTINUED
[01:41:16] SUPPORT, SYRIA NOW HAS AN
[01:41:19] OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ONLY A FEW
[01:41:23] YEARS AGO.
[01:41:26] WE WERE FIRM COMMITMENT TO SERIOUS SOVEREIGNTY,
[01:41:29] INDEPENDENCE, UNITY AND INTEGRITY.
[01:41:34] THE SYRIAN PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED IMMENSE SUFFERING, THE --
[01:41:37] DISPLACEMENT HARDSHIP OVER MANY YEARS.
[01:41:43] WE REMAIN UNITED IN SUPPORTING THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN
[01:41:45] PEOPLE IN BUILDING A PEACEFUL, STABLE, UNITED AND PROSPEROUS
[01:41:50] FUTURE. I THANK YOU.
[01:41:51] >> I THANK THE RAPSODO DEV OF
[01:41:55] SOME I'LL GO FOR THE STATEMENT. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:41:58] REPRESENTATIVE OF LATVIA.
[01:42:00] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:42:04] MY THANKS TO THE SPECIAL ENVOY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL
[01:42:08] FOR THEIR INFORMATIVE BRIEFINGS
[01:42:10] AND I ALSO THANK THE OTHERS FOR
[01:42:15] SHARING THEIR INSIGHTS.
[01:42:17] MADAM PRESIDENT, IN HIS SPEECH I
[01:42:20] THINK U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE
[01:42:25] PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THAT SYRIA HAS TRANSFORMED FROM A CRISIS
[01:42:29] INTO AN OPPORTUNITY.
[01:42:31] WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND WELCOME THIS MILESTONE WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT
[01:42:35] FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR SYRIA BUT ALSO REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT
[01:42:39] TURNING POINT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE SYRIAN
[01:42:43] GOVERNMENT AS IT CONTINUES TO
[01:42:45] ADVANCE A COUNTRY'S POLITICAL
[01:42:49] POSITION TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY KEEPS THE ASPIRATIONS OF ITS
[01:42:52] PEOPLE AT THE CORE OF ITS ENDEAVORS.
[01:42:55] IN THIS REGARD THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY IS OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE.
[01:43:00] THE DRAFTING OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION STRENGTHENING ITS
[01:43:03] THE RULE OF LAW AND ACCOUNTABLE
[01:43:05] INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS ADOPT.
[01:43:13] THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE SYRIAN
[01:43:15] CIVIL SOCIETY, MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN
[01:43:19] POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION OF
[01:43:24] ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING MORE
[01:43:26] STABLE AND UNITED SYRIA.
[01:43:30] OVER THE COURSE OF NEARLY TWO YEARS, SYRIA HAS MADE
[01:43:33] SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE GROWING
[01:43:35] NUMBER OF SYRIANS RETURNING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[01:43:42] SYRIA GAINES'S PLACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE AND FURTHER BENEFITS FROM THE LIFTING OF
[01:43:46] SANCTIONS, ITS ECONOMY IS GREATLY COVERING. HOWEVER, WE SYRIANS HAVE YET TO
[01:43:51] FEEL TANGIBLE ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR DAILY
[01:43:55] LIVES.
[01:44:01] 15.6 MOON PEOPLE STILL REQUIRE ASSISTANCE.
[01:44:07] WE NEED ASSESSMENT FOR 2027, THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE
[01:44:11] IMPORTANT IN ENSURING THAT THE
[01:44:15] SYRIA WITHOUT CAMPS POLICY CONTINUES ON THE BASIS OF
[01:44:17] COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF
[01:44:20] NEEDS AND VULNERABILITIES AND THE REINTEGRATION AND RETURN OF
[01:44:23] FAMILIES WITH ADEQUATE ACCESS TO
[01:44:27] BASIC SERVICES, SAFE ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING AND LIVELIHOODS.
[01:44:30] OUR WORK MUST CONTINUE TO BRING
[01:44:33] THE PROXIMALLY 2 MILLION CHILDREN BACK INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
[01:44:37] PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL TO ADDRESS THE
[01:44:40] IMPACT OF YEARS OF WAR ON
[01:44:43] CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROVIDE SERIOUSNESS GENERATION WITH THE FOUNDATION TO SHARE THE
[01:44:47] COUNTRY'S FUTURE. WE WELCOME THE INCREASINGLY
[01:44:52] ACTIVE COOPERATION DEVELOPING BETWEEN SYRIA AND THE YOU IN AND
[01:44:56] ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO HARNESS THE FULL POTENTIAL OF ITS
[01:44:59] COOPERATION TO IMPLEMENT CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES.
[01:45:03] WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO
[01:45:04] STRENGTHENING THE EUROPEAN
[01:45:08] UNION'S PARTNERSHIP WITH SYRIA.
[01:45:09] THE RECENT VISIT TO DAMASCUS
[01:45:15] CONFIRMED COMMITMENT TO FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO SERIOUS
[01:45:18] SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND
[01:45:23] PROMOTION OF RECONCILIATION AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.
[01:45:26] SECURITY AND PEACE WITHIN SYRIA AND ALONG ITS BORDERS ARE
[01:45:30] ESSENTIAL TO FOSTER INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE
[01:45:33] COUNTRY AND THE REGION.
[01:45:35] THE RECENT ATTACK AT HOMS
[01:45:40] REMINDED US THAT THE INTERNAL SITUATION SYRIA REMAINS FRAGILE.
[01:45:43] ALSO THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND PERVADING THE RESURGENCE OF
[01:45:47] ISIS IS CRUCIAL IN TERMS OF SECURITY.
[01:45:54] AMID THE ONGOING TURMOIL IN THE
[01:45:57] WIDER MIDDLE EAST, SYRIA'S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO PURSUE PRAGMATIC
[01:46:01] ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIONAL COUNTRIES AND ITS NEIGHBORS AND
[01:46:05] WELCOME THE RESTRAINT SHOWN BY SYRIA TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS
[01:46:09] AIMED AT REDUCING TENSIONS AND
[01:46:11] ACHIEVING A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SECURITY ARRANGEMENT WITH ISRAEL
[01:46:15] PRIVETTE WILL CALL ON ISRAEL TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY, WERE --
[01:46:21] ABIDE BY SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND ACCEPT THE TERMS
[01:46:24] OF THE 1974 DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES. MENTOR PRESIDENT, AFTER DECADES
[01:46:29] OF DEVASTATION AND SUFFERING, THE SYRIAN PEOPLE'S EFFORTS TO
[01:46:33] BUILD A STABLE, DIGNIFIED AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE DESERVE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
[01:46:37] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. LATVIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE
[01:46:41] SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, UNITY AND ENDEAVORS OF SYRIA AND
[01:46:44] SUPPORTS INCLUSIVE SEVERELY AND
[01:46:48] TRANSITION PROCESS -- SYRIAN
[01:46:53] TRANSITION PROCESSES OR SOCIOECONOMIC RECOVERY AND
[01:46:58] PROVIDING A FUTURE FOR SERIOUS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
[01:47:00] >> I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:47:06] REPRESENTATIVE OF COLUMBIA.
[01:47:07] >> THANK YOU YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:47:11] LIKE TO THANK THE DEPUTY SPECIAL
[01:47:14] ENVOY FOR SYRIA, THE ASSISTANT
[01:47:19] SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND THE
[01:47:24] OTHERS FOR THE INFORMATION THEY SHARED WITH US AND I WELCOME THE PRESENCE OF THE DELEGATIONS
[01:47:27] JOINING US TODAY. COLUMBIA IS TAKING THE FOR TODAY
[01:47:31] TO EXPRESS THANKS, THE SYRIAN
[01:47:37] FILE CAME TO THIS COUNCIL AS AN OPEN CONFLICT AND TODAY IT'S NOT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
[01:47:41] WE ARE BEING CALLED UPON TO ASSIST THE TRANSITION WITH
[01:47:44] VERIFIABLE RESULTS, RECOGNIZING
[01:47:47] THESE CONDITIONS IS ESSENTIAL TO
[01:47:49] MAKE PROGRESS GOVERNMENT HAS
[01:47:53] ANNOUNCED IN ELECTION PROCESS.
[01:47:57] THESE SOVEREIGN DECISIONS ADOPTED UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS
[01:48:01] AND THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ASKING THIS FOR SOME TIME, BUT WE STILL
[01:48:05] HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY. COLUMBIA WOULD LIKE TO STRESS
[01:48:09] THE EFFORTS PARTICULARLY TO
[01:48:13] COUNTERTERRORISM, THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS ASSUMED THE CUSTODY OF THE
[01:48:18] NORTHEAST, BUT THERE IS STILL A
[01:48:25] THREAT TO STABILITY IN THE REGION. THESE ARE MEASURES THAT WILL
[01:48:27] BENEFIT THE REGION, NOT JUST
[01:48:31] NATIONALLY. COLUMBIA ALSO RECOGNIZES THE
[01:48:33] TRANSITION HAS INCLUDED INCLUSION IN THOSE EFFORTS ARE
[01:48:37] NOW BEING INTEGRATED INTO
[01:48:41] INSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
[01:48:43] THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE AND
[01:48:45] THE CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREME COURT
[01:48:48] ALREADY HAVE THE PRESENCE OF WOMEN.
[01:48:51] THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CONTINUE.
[01:48:54] COLUMBIA WELCOMES THESE EFFORTS
[01:48:56] AND WE CALL FOR FURTHER EFFORTS
[01:48:59] TO EXTEND WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION
[01:49:02] IN ALL TRANSITIONAL BODIES AND COMMUNITY SO THAT INCLUSION
[01:49:06] CONTINUES TO BE THE WAY THE
[01:49:10] TRANSITION CAN MOVE FORWARD.
[01:49:11] MATTER PRESIDENT, THOSE
[01:49:16] DISPLACED ARE RETURNING AND THEREFORE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED AND MUST BE
[01:49:20] SUSTAINABLE.
[01:49:24] 39,000 RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN
[01:49:25] JULY AND AUGUST AND OBVIOUSLY
[01:49:31] THEY HAVE FOUND THERE ARE LACK
[01:49:38] OF SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT.
[01:49:39] THESE MOVE -- THESE MOVEMENT
[01:49:42] SHOULD BE MADE TO RE-CREATE
[01:49:47] WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND BASIC SERVICES. THIS IS A RESPONSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PURSUED.
[01:49:54] ABOUT 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE RECEIVE ASSISTANCE EVERY MONTH IN THE
[01:49:57] HEALTH AREA.
[01:50:02] IT IS OPERATING AT HALF CAPACITY.
[01:50:04] VERY MANY OF THE HOSPITALS AND
[01:50:07] PRIMARY CARE CENTERS, ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE FUNCTIONING.
[01:50:18] COLUMBIA CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND FLEXIBLE FUNDING THAT WILL
[01:50:22] MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR RESOURCES
[01:50:24] TO BE PROVIDED TO THOSE THAT ARE
[01:50:27] DISPLACED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
[01:50:31] FOSTER COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE U.N. AND ITS PARTNERS BASED ON
[01:50:34] NATIONAL PRIORITIES FOLLOWING HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES.
[01:50:39] COLUMBIA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR
[01:50:40] AN INCLUSIVE POLITICAL PROCESS
[01:50:43] UNDER SYRIAN LEADERSHIP WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
[01:50:46] TO HELP SYRIA IN THIS PROCESS.
[01:50:51] THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR SECURITY OF THE REGION AND FOR THE NEEDS
[01:50:55] OF THE PEOPLE.
[01:51:01] THE COUNTRY NEEDS CONSTANT INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. THAT IS THE CONSTANT. THANK YOU.
[01:51:05] >> I SHALL NOW MAKE A STATEMENT
[01:51:08] IN MY CAPACITY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF GREECE.
[01:51:12] I WISH TO THANK THE DEPUTY
[01:51:14] SPECIAL ENVOY AND THE OTHERS FOR
[01:51:21] THE BRIEFINGS.
[01:51:28] I WISH TO THANK PLAN INTERNATIONAL FOR PUTTING THE
[01:51:31] SPOTLIGHT OF OUR BRIEFING ON EDUCATION AND THE PROTECTION OF
[01:51:35] CHILDREN. COLLEAGUES, EDUCATION MUST LIE
[01:51:39] AT THE CORE OF SYRIA'S RECOVERY. AS THE GREAT PRIME MINISTER SAID
[01:51:42] IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LAST MONTH,
[01:51:47] SYRIA IS KEY TO THE REGION AND
[01:51:51] LASTING STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST REQUIRES A STABLE AND PEACEFUL SYRIA.
[01:51:56] A SYRIA THAT IS INCLUSIVE, FREE
[01:52:00] FROM FOREIGN INTERFERENCE AND REGIONAL RIVALRIES AND WHERE
[01:52:02] EVERY CITIZEN CAN AND SHOULD FEEL SECURE.
[01:52:06] THE NEW SYRIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION.
[01:52:10] YET FURTHER PROGRESS MUST BE HIM
[01:52:14] AND SHREDDED. PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS AND
[01:52:18] SECURITY OF ALL RELIGIOUS AND
[01:52:23] ETHNIC COMMUNITIES.
[01:52:24] THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN HOMS IS A
[01:52:29] TROUBLING REMINDER OF THE
[01:52:30] FRAGILITY OF SOCIAL COERCION AND
[01:52:35] CONTINUED SECURITY CONCERNS FACING SERIOUS COMMUNITIES.
[01:52:37] IN THIS CONTEXT, WE HAVE ALSO SEEN REPORTS OF RENEWED VIOLENCE
[01:52:42] AFFECTING THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
[01:52:44] COMMUNITY FOLLOWING EVENTS THIS
[01:52:49] YEAR. THIS DEVELOPMENT UNDERSCORES THE
[01:52:53] POINT CONSISTENTLY MADE IN THIS COUNCIL.
[01:52:54] ALL SYRIANS MUST FEEL GENERALLY
[01:52:58] REPRESENTED, PROTECTED AND INCLUDING IN THE TRANSITION PROCESS. SYRIA'S RECOVERY CANNOT BE
[01:53:03] SUSTAINABLE UNLESS EVERY
[01:53:05] COMMUNITY, WHETHER RELIGIOUS OR
[01:53:08] ETHNIC HAS CONFIDENCE IN SECURITY RIGHTS AND IDENTITY ARE
[01:53:12] FULLY RESPECTED. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT
[01:53:16] WHEN WE CONSIDER SYRIA'S CHILDREN.
[01:53:19] AFTER YEARS OF CONFLICT, MILLIONS OF SYRIAN CHILDREN HAVE
[01:53:24] LOST PRECIOUS YEARS OF EDUCATION .
[01:53:28] SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
[01:53:32] TEACHERS AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
[01:53:35] UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE CONTINUES
[01:53:38] TO THREATEN CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
[01:53:42] THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN MUST THEREFORE REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR EFFORTS.
[01:53:48] WE WELCOME THE COMMITMENT OF THE SYRIAN AUTHORITIES TO ENGAGE
[01:53:50] WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ON A
[01:53:53] PLAN TO PREVENT GRAVE VIOLATIONS
[01:53:57] AGAINST CHILDREN AND CALL FOR SWIFT ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION.
[01:54:02] EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT IN
[01:54:05] SYRIA'S SOCIAL COHESION, RESILIENCE, AND LONG-TERM
[01:54:09] STABILITY. A GENERATION DEPRIVED OF
[01:54:11] EDUCATION RISKS PERPETUATING THE
[01:54:14] WOUNDS AND DIVISIONS OF THE CONFLICT.
[01:54:18] SYRIA CANNOT AFFORD A LOST GENERATION OF CHILDREN.
[01:54:22] INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IS THEREFORE AN INVESTMENT IN
[01:54:24] SYRIA'S FUTURE AND ITS YOUTH.
[01:54:30] SYRIA'S RECOVERY WILL ULTIMATELY BE MEASURED BY THE KIND OF
[01:54:33] FUTURE IT OFFERS TO SYRIAN
[01:54:35] CHILDREN, BOYS AND GIRLS.
[01:54:38] THEY MUST HAVE SCHOOLS TO ATTEND, TEACHERS TO GUIDE THEM,
[01:54:42] COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY FEEL SAFE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO
[01:54:45] GROW UP WITHOUT INHERITING THE
[01:54:49] DIVISIONS OF THE PAST.
[01:54:52] WE ECHOED THE CALL OF THE DRC FOR THE AUTHORITIES TO REVIEW
[01:54:55] RECENT GUIDELINES AND ASSURE
[01:54:58] EQUAL ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION , FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION.
[01:55:04] AS A CONSISTENT ADVOCATE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN ARMED
[01:55:08] CONFLICT DURING IT SECURITY
[01:55:10] COUNCIL TENURE, RECENT COMMENTS
[01:55:13] TO SECURING THE SECURING PEOPLE AND WORKING WITH YOU AND TOWARD
[01:55:17] A PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS AND INCLUSIVE SYRIA WITH FULL
[01:55:20] RESPECT OF ITS SOVEREIGNTY,
[01:55:23] UNITY, AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND WITH THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
[01:55:27] OF ALL ITS CITIZENS FULLY SAFEGUARDED. I THANK YOU.
[01:55:33] I RESUME MY FUNCTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL.
[01:55:43] SORRY ABOUT THAT. I NOW GET THE FLOOR TO THE
[01:55:46] REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYRIAN
[01:55:51] ARAB REPUBLIC. >> THANK.
[01:55:55] >> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[01:56:00] AT THE OUTSET I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR MANAGING THE WORK OF THE
[01:56:04] SECURITY COUNCIL DURING THIS MONTH AND I THANK YOUR COUNTRY
[01:56:06] FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT TO NEW
[01:56:09] SYRIAN FOR FOCUSING TODAY ON
[01:56:12] EDUCATION, AS IT IS THE MAIN
[01:56:14] PILLAR FOR PEACE, SECURITY AND STABILITY IN SYRIA. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
[01:56:19] REFERRERS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THEIR VALUABLE
[01:56:22] BRIEFINGS AND FOR STARTING THEIR BRIEFINGS BY FOCUSING ON THE
[01:56:26] ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN SIDES
[01:56:28] AS WELL -- AS THEY ARE ESSENTIAL
[01:56:31] FOR STABILITY IN THIS PERIOD.
[01:56:33] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE
[01:56:40] FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE EDUCATION SECTOR. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST
[01:56:44] SEVERELY AFFECTED SECTORS DURING YEARS OF WAR WE WISH FOR IT TODAY TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF
[01:56:48] RECOVERY.
[01:56:52] MR. GEORGE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETURN TO SYRIA AFTER YEARS
[01:56:55] OF DISPLACEMENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SYRIA OR
[01:56:59] WITNESSING THE RETURN OF YOU AND OTHER SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
[01:57:03] THIS IS THE FREE SYRIA, THE NEW SYRIA.
[01:57:08] MADAM PRESIDENT, BEFORE I BEGIN
[01:57:12] MY STATEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES
[01:57:16] TO THE FAMILY AND LOVED ONES OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE
[01:57:21] PAST PERIOD. ALTHOUGH SUPERB -- PERPETRATED
[01:57:24] CRIMES AGAINST THE SYRIAN PEOPLE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
[01:57:28] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONVEY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND
[01:57:31] LOVED ONES OF THE YOUNG CIVILIAN
[01:57:35] KILLED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION
[01:57:37] FORCES A FEW DAYS AGO, TO OUR
[01:57:43] BRAVE CITIZENS, THOSE WHO ARE
[01:57:45] FACING INCURSIONS, REST AND
[01:57:50] ATTACKS, TO THE HEROIC JOURNALISTS WHO CAME UNDER FIRE
[01:57:52] FROM THE OCCUPATION FORCES AS THEY WERE DOCUMENTING REPORTING
[01:57:55] ON THE TRUTH, I SAY TO THEM, NEW
[01:58:00] SYRIA WILL NOT FORGET ITS PEOPLE AND WILL NOT COMPROMISE ON THE
[01:58:02] RIGHTS OF CITIZENS AND WILL NOT
[01:58:05] IGNORE THEIR NATIONAL ISSUES AND THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL
[01:58:09] PLATFORM. AS FOR THOSE OPENING FIRE ON
[01:58:11] CIVILIANS AND JOURNALISTS, I SAY, THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BE
[01:58:15] SEARCHING FOR SECURITY SHOULD NOT BE KILLING SYRIAN CITIZENS
[01:58:19] WITHIN SYRIAN TERRITORY. THEY SHOULD NOT RAID THEIR
[01:58:21] HOMES, REST YOUR SONS AND ENFORCE THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.
[01:58:25] THEY SHOULD KNOW VERY WELL THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PATH TOWARD
[01:58:29] SECURITY, WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY AND THE RESOLUTIONS
[01:58:32] OF YOUR AUGUST COUNCIL, WHICH YOU HAVE REAFFIRMED ONCE AGAIN
[01:58:37] IN THE PRESS ELEMENTS ISSUED BY THE COUNCIL A FEW DAYS AGO.
[01:58:42] COLLEAGUES, THE PARADOX HIGHLIGHTED BY ISRAEL THROUGH
[01:58:45] ITS ATTACKS HAS BECOME EVIDENT
[01:58:46] BEFORE EVERYONE, EVERY TIME THEY
[01:58:49] OPEN FIRE ON SYRIA, THEY ARE, AS
[01:58:52] THE WORLD HAS WITNESSED, AT THE SAME TIME OPENING FIRE ON
[01:58:56] ITSELF, LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
[01:59:02] MADAM PRESIDENT, A YEAR AGO, SYRIA CAME TO NEW YORK TO ANNOUNCE ITS RETURN TO THE
[01:59:06] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AFTER
[01:59:08] DECADES OF ABSENCE AND ISOLATION .
[01:59:10] HOWEVER, THIS YEAR AS YOU HAVE SEEN AND WITNESSED, SYRIA CAME
[01:59:14] TO THE 81ST SESSION OF THE
[01:59:15] GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO SAY THIS RETURN HAS BECOME AN UNDENIABLE TRUTH.
[01:59:22] TODAY, SYRIA IS THAT RESPONSIBLE AND ACTIVE STATE, A PARTNER IN
[01:59:26] THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE REGION. LAST YEAR, THE SYRIAN
[01:59:30] PRESIDENTIAL PARTICIPATION PAVED
[01:59:31] THE WAY TOWARD OUR RETURN TO THE
[01:59:34] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, SYRIA'S PARTICIPATION
[01:59:38] THIS YEAR PAVED THE WAY FOR A
[01:59:38] NEW ERA OF RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT.
[01:59:43] SYRIA IS NO LONGER A COMPLICATED FILE OR AN IMPOSSIBLE CRISIS AS
[01:59:47] IT WAS IN THE PAST. IT IS NOW A PARTNER THAT CREATES
[01:59:51] SOLUTIONS AND CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.
[01:59:54] AS WE HAVE SUCCEEDED DURING THE 80TH SESSION TO CONVEY THE
[01:59:58] SYRIAN DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL SUCCESS TO THE WORLD AND ENHANCE
[02:00:02] INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO NEW SYRIA, THE THEME FOR THIS SESSION FOR US IN NEW YORK WILL
[02:00:05] BE MOVING FORWARD, AND THE PATH
[02:00:09] OF SYRIAN RECOVERY AND
[02:00:11] DEVELOPMENT IN COOPERATION WITH MEMBER STATES, THE UNITED
[02:00:14] NATIONS, AND SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.
[02:00:21] MADAM PRESIDENT, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR VISION TO MOVE FROM
[02:00:25] MANAGING TO ENDING
[02:00:30] DISPLACEMENT, FROM FUNDING CAMPS TO FUNDING RETURN AND RECOVERY,
[02:00:33] THROUGH SYRIA'S INITIATIVE NO
[02:00:37] CAMPS, WHERE WE REAFFIRMED THERE IS NO SENSE IN EXITING CAMPS IF
[02:00:40] FAMILIES CANNOT FIND A HOME, IF THEY CANNOT FIND A SCHOOL FOR
[02:00:43] THE CHILDREN, HEALTH CARE FOR
[02:00:46] THEIR HEALTH NEEDS, AND WORK TO
[02:00:49] PROTECT THEIR DIGNITY COULD GENUINE RETURN IS NOT LIMITED TO
[02:00:51] LEAVING THE CAMPS IT GOES
[02:00:54] BEYOND THAT, TO LIVING IN A
[02:00:56] SECURITY, DIGNITY, AND STABILITY.
[02:00:59] AS YOU KNOW AND AS OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, THIS
[02:01:03] VISION HAS STARTED TO TURN INTO A REALITY, WITH THE RETURN OF
[02:01:06] NEW FAMILIES TO THEIR HOMES TO
[02:01:11] ONGOING EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE RECEIVING COMMUNITIES.
[02:01:16] MADAM PRESIDENT,
[02:01:19] INTERNALLY, STATE INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT THEIR
[02:01:22] FUNCTIONS TO PROTECT SYRIANS AND
[02:01:26] PROTECT THEIR STABILITY. WE HAVE DISMANTLED CELLS
[02:01:29] AFFILIATED WITH DAESH, WE HAVE A
[02:01:34] FOIL THE TOURIST PLANS, WE HAVE
[02:01:35] PROSECUTED DRUG SMUGGLING--FOIL
[02:01:38] THE TERRORIST PLANS, WE HAVE PROSECUTED DRUG SMUGGLING NETWORKS.
[02:01:43] AT THE SAME TIME, AND AFTER
[02:01:46] DECADES OF THE ABSENCE OF THE RULE OF LAW, THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY CONTINUES TO CARRY OUT
[02:01:51] ITS SUPERVISORY FUNCTIONS TO
[02:01:52] STRENGTHEN IN SYRIA THE STATE OF
[02:01:55] INSTITUTIONS AND LAW, A STATE
[02:01:58] THAT CREATES ITS DECISIONS
[02:02:00] WITHIN ITS INSTITUTION AND WITHIN THE LAW.
[02:02:05] COLLEAGUES, SYRIA DID WHAT IS NECESSARY.
[02:02:08] IT HAS BECOME A POSITIVE MODEL
[02:02:11] TO BE FOLLOWED AND REFERRED TO. AND IT IS NOW UP TO THE
[02:02:15] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WHOM
[02:02:16] SYRIAN MEN AND WOMEN LOOK UP TO,
[02:02:19] TO MOVE FROM POLITICAL SUPPORT
[02:02:24] TO GENTLEMEN PARTNERSHIP, FROM ANNOUNCING SUPPORT IMPLEMENTING SUPPORT.
[02:02:28] IT IS TIME TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC
[02:02:31] RECOVERY, PROVIDE INVESTMENTS, AND CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES
[02:02:34] TO STORE DESK TO SUPPORT
[02:02:37] RECONSTRUCTION, TO REHABILITATE SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS, WATER AND
[02:02:40] ELECTRICITY NETWORKS, TO PROVIDE RESOURCES, EQUIPMENT, AND
[02:02:44] EXPERTISE TO DEMINE TO REMOVE
[02:02:49] UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE AND THE REMNANTS OF WAR. AS COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED,
[02:02:53] THE NUMBER OF MARTYRS AND WOUNDED FROM THE REMNANTS OF WAR
[02:02:56] IN SYRIA AFTER THE LIBERATION
[02:02:59] HAVE EXCEEDED 2500 PEOPLE, ONE
[02:03:05] OF THE HIGHEST FIGURES OF THE VICTIMS OF MINES AND REMNANTS AROUND THE WORLD.
[02:03:10] THESE ARE NOT MERELY FIGURES. THESE ARE LIVES LOST, CHILDREN
[02:03:14] INJURED, FAMILIES PREVENTED FROM
[02:03:17] GOING BACK HOME, FARMLANDS WHERE
[02:03:22] PEOPLE STAY AWAY FOR FEAR OF DEATH HEAD AND UNDER THE SOIL.
[02:03:26] REMOVING MINES IS NOT A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
[02:03:30] IT IS TO PROTECT CIVILIANS, IT
[02:03:33] IS A PREREQUISITE FOR RETURN, IT IS A GATEWAY FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND EVOLVEMENT.
[02:03:37] THE RECOVERY OF SYRIA WILL NOT SERVE SYRIA ALONE. IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE
[02:03:41] SECURITY OF THE REGION AND PREVENTING THE RETURN OF
[02:03:42] TERRORISM, DRUGS, DISPLACEMENT,
[02:03:48] INSTABILITY. IN CONCLUSION, LAST YEAR WE ASK
[02:03:52] THE WILL TO BELIEVE IN SYRIA'S CAPACITY TO RETURN.
[02:03:56] TODAY, SYRIA BEFORE HE WAS
[02:03:59] HONORING THE RESULTS OF WHAT IT IS ACHIEVED. WE ARE NO LONGER ASKING FOR AN
[02:04:02] OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OURSELVES. WE ARE NO LONGER ASKING FOR YOUR
[02:04:05] POLITICAL SUPPORT, FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN THAT SUPPORT. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FROM YOU
[02:04:09] TODAY'S TO TURN THIS SUPPORT INTO A JUST PARTNERSHIP THAT
[02:04:13] WOULD HELP SYRIANS TO RESUME CONSTRUCTION TO PROTECT THEIR
[02:04:18] RETURN AND PREVENT THE REMNANTS
[02:04:20] OF WAR, TERRORISM, AND ISRAELI
[02:04:24] ATTACKS FROM WHAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED.
[02:04:28] SYRIAN MEN AND WOMEN CHOSE TO REBUILD AFTER YEARS OF DESTRUCTION.
[02:04:32] WE ARE EXPECTING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT JUST TO WATCH THIS RIGHT, BUT TO BE A
[02:04:35] GENUINE PARTNER IN THIS RISE. I THINK YOU.
[02:04:39] --I THANK YOU.
[02:04:40] >> I THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE
[02:04:44] FROM THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC FOR THE STATEMENT. AND NOW I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE
[02:04:48] REPRESENTATIVE TO TURKIYE.
[02:04:56] >> MADAM PRESIDENT--THANK YOU,
[02:05:01] MADAM PRESIDENT. I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS DURING YOUR TERM.
[02:05:04] I ALSO THANK THE ASSISTANT
[02:05:07] SECRETARY GENERAL AND OTHERS FOR
[02:05:15] COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFINGS.
[02:05:17] MADAM PRESIDENT, THE DECISIONS
[02:05:19] SHOWN BY THE SYRIAN PEOPLE
[02:05:23] FOLLOWING YEARS OF CONFLICT
[02:05:26] GIVES US HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. DESPITE THE SCALE OF CHALLENGES,
[02:05:32] SYRIA CONTINUES TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
[02:05:36] GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE
[02:05:37] PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY AND A FULLY
[02:05:41] FUNCTIONING LEGISLATIVE BODY WOULD HELP CONSOLIDATE THE
[02:05:44] COUNTRY'S NORMALIZATION PROCESS.
[02:05:49] APPROVAL OF THE BILL TO ABOLISH
[02:05:51] THE TERMS AND COURT IS A WELCOME
[02:05:55] STEP IN THIS DIRECTION. THE SOLUTION OF THE SO-CALLED
[02:05:59] SDF HAS OPENED A NEW CHAPTER IN THE INTEGRATION PROCESS.
[02:06:06] IT SHOULD BE FINALIZED AND FULLY IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT DELAY IN A
[02:06:09] MANNER THAT REINFORCES SYRIA'S
[02:06:14] UNITY AND SOCIAL COHESION.
[02:06:16] AS CONFIRMED IN THE LATEST OPCW
[02:06:20] REPORT, VERIFY DESTRUCTION OF AERIAL BOMBS MARKS AN IMPORTANT
[02:06:24] STEP IN ADDRESSING SYRIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
[02:06:28] TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE
[02:06:32] WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
[02:06:35] SYRIA'S COOPERATION WITH THE OPCW.
[02:06:38] MADAM PRESIDENT, SIGNIFICANT
[02:06:42] SECURITY CHALLENGES NEVERTHELESS REMAIN. THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IS A
[02:06:46] CRITICAL PRIORITY. WE WELCOME THE SYRIAN
[02:06:49] GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION DEMONSTRATED THROUGH HIS EFFORTS
[02:06:53] AND COOPERATION IN THE GLOBAL COALITION TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FOR THE
[02:06:58] ENDURING DEFEAT OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
[02:07:02] WE WELCOME THE COALITION'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING SERIOUS
[02:07:06] COUNTERTERRORISM NEEDS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE
[02:07:10] TO THESE EFFORTS.
[02:07:11] AS DAESH ADOPTS ITS STRATEGY TO
[02:07:16] NEW REALITIES ON THE GROUND, SYRIA NEEDS STRONG VESSELS TO
[02:07:19] GIVE THE
[02:07:23] INSTITUTIONS CAPABLE OF COUNTERING THIS THREAT.
[02:07:25] CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL.
[02:07:29] THE GROWING THREAT OF DRUG
[02:07:32] TRAFFICKING AND THE WIDESPREAD
[02:07:34] PRESENCE OF MINES AND EXPLOSIVE
[02:07:39] REMNANTS OF WAR ALSO DEMANDED AND NATIONAL --DEMANDS
[02:07:42] INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. TURKIYE STANDS READY TO SUPPORT
[02:07:45] SYRIA INCLUDING THROUGH COOPERATION WITH THE U.N. OFFICE
[02:07:48] ON DRUGS AND CRIME AND THE U.N. MINE ACTION SERVICE.
[02:07:53] MANNER PRESIDENT,--MADAM
[02:07:56] PRESIDENT, ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND
[02:07:59] SECURE HE MUST ADVANCE HAND IN HAND. LASTING STABILITY IS ESSENTIAL
[02:08:03] FOR SYRIA TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT
[02:08:06] AND PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL ENERGY AND CONNECTIVITY
[02:08:10] PROJECTS.
[02:08:12] INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD
[02:08:18] PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FOR THE ECONOMIC EVOLVEMENT.
[02:08:19] FOR THEIR PART, SYRIAN
[02:08:23] AUTHORITIES SHOULD STRENGTHEN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND CREATE CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO
[02:08:27] FACILITATE BUSINESS AND ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT, INCLUDING
[02:08:29] FROM THEIR OWN DIES FOR A.
[02:08:33] -PROGRESS-- OWN DIASPORA.
[02:08:37] PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS WOULD
[02:08:39] ADDRESS WHAT CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS SEEK TO EXPLOIT.
[02:08:44] MADAM PRESIDENT, ISRAEL'S
[02:08:47] CONTINUED VIOLATIONS OF SYRIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL
[02:08:50] INTEGRITY UNDERMINE THESE
[02:08:52] PROSPECTS AND SHOW DISREGARD FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW.
[02:08:58] THE SITUATION IS PARTICULARLY ALARMING IN SOUTHERN SYRIA, WHERE CONTINUE MILITARY
[02:09:01] INCURSIONS AND EXPANSIONIST ACTIONS ARE GETTING OUT OF
[02:09:05] CONTROL. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATUS
[02:09:08] REPORT PROVIDES A DISTURBING
[02:09:13] ACCOUNT OF THE VIOLATIONS.
[02:09:17] ISRAEL'S MORE RECENT RESUMPTION
[02:09:18] OF ACTIVITIES REPRESENT AN
[02:09:25] ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE THE 1964
[02:09:29] DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND
[02:09:31] CREATE A NEW FAIT ACCOMPLI ON
[02:09:35] THE GROUND. THESE ACTS MUST STOP.
[02:09:39] ISRAEL MUST COMPLY WITH THE 1974 AGREEMENT AND THE U.N. SECURITY
[02:09:42] COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS,
[02:09:46] PARTICULARLY 497, AND WITHDRAW FROM OCCUPIED SYRIA.
[02:09:51] A STABLE, SOVEREIGN, AND UNIFIED
[02:09:55] SYRIA CAPABLE OF SECURING ITS BORDERS, DEFEATING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, AND CONTRIBUTING
[02:09:59] TO REGIONAL PEAE AND
[02:10:02] INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION,
[02:10:04] SERVES THE INTERESTS OF ALL, INCLUDING ISRAEL.
[02:10:08] THIS HAS BEEN THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
[02:10:09] APPROACHED BY TURKIYE BEFORE THE START OF THE CONFLICT, DURING
[02:10:13] THE CONFLICT, AND POST-CONFLICT.
[02:10:17] TURKIYE REMAINS FIRMLY COMMITTED
[02:10:19] TO SYRIA'S SOVEREIGNTY,
[02:10:22] POLITICAL UNITY, AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
[02:10:26] WE WORK WITH REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TOWARDS A
[02:10:30] STABLE, SECURE, AND PROSPEROUS
[02:10:34] SYRIA.
[02:10:35] MADAM PRESIDENT, LET ME BRIEFLY
[02:10:42] INFORM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS
[02:10:46] FROM MY COUNTRY.
[02:10:47] AT ONE POINT, SYRIANS UNDER
[02:10:52] TEMPORARY PROTECTION IN SYRIA
[02:10:56] MORE THAN FOUR MILLIONS.
[02:10:57] TODAY IT IS 2.2 MILLIONS.
[02:11:02] THE RETURN IS GRADUAL FOR
[02:11:05] UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS, MAINLY
[02:11:07] ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, SECURITY
[02:11:10] CONCERNS IN GENERAL, ISRAELI
[02:11:14] INCURSIONS. ALSO, THE CONNECTIONS OF FAMILIES TO EDUCATIONAL
[02:11:19] INSTITUTIONS IN TURKIYE WHERE CHILDREN ARE REGISTERED.
[02:11:23] WE HOPE THAT CONDITIONS
[02:11:26] DEVELOPED WITHIN SYRIA FOR A
[02:11:31] DIGNIFIED RETURN OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU.
[02:11:36] >> I THINK THE REP--I THANK THE
[02:11:44] REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKIYE FOR THE STATEMENT.
[02:11:46] I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBYA.
[02:11:49] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, PLEASE ALLOW
[02:11:52] ME AT THE OUTSET TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR RESUMPTION OF THE
[02:11:56] SIGRID COUNSEL THIS MONTH AND WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS--SECURITY
[02:11:59] COUNCIL THIS MONTH AND WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO MAKE THE
[02:12:03] STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE ERIC GRIPP. --ARAB GROUP.
[02:12:06] MANNER PRESIDENT,--MADAM
[02:12:10] PRESIDENT, OUR MEETING TODAY COMES AT A CRITICAL KIND THAT
[02:12:12] REQUIRES US TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS
[02:12:15] AND COORDINATE OUR VISIONS TO SUPPORT THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
[02:12:18] AND ITS PATH TOWARDS
[02:12:21] CONSOLIDATING THE FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNAL SECURITY AND STABILITY.
[02:12:25] AT A TIME WHEN THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO TAKE SERIOUS STEPS TO PRESERVE THE
[02:12:29] SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY AND PRESERVE THE RESOURCES OF ITS
[02:12:32] BROTHERLY PEOPLE AND REGIONAL
[02:12:36] ENVIRONMENT, WHICH HAS MULTIPLE
[02:12:38] CHALLENGES, THE ARAB GROUP THINKS THAT THESE EFFORTS NEED
[02:12:41] TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONSTRUCTIVE INTERNATIONAL
[02:12:44] POSITION WHICH SUPPORTS GENERAL
[02:12:47] RECOVERY AND PROTECTS SYRIA FROM ANY ATTEMPT TO TAMPER WITH ITS
[02:12:50] SECURITY OR EXPLOIT ITS TRANSITIONAL CONDITIONS.
[02:12:54] IN THIS REGARD, THE ARAB GROUP WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE
[02:12:58] FOLLOWING FOUR POINTS.
[02:13:02] FIRST, THE ARAB GROUP REITERATES ITS PRINCIPAL AND FIRM POSITION
[02:13:04] OF FULL COMMITMENT TO THE
[02:13:07] SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, UNITY
[02:13:12] , AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC. WE REJECT ALL FORMS OF EXTERNAL
[02:13:16] INTERFERENCE IN ITS INTERNAL
[02:13:19] AFFAIRS OR ANY PRACTICES THAT
[02:13:23] COULD UNDERMINE ITS SECURITY. WE COMMITTED TO THE COMMITMENT
[02:13:26] OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PRACTICAL STEPS THEY TOOK TO
[02:13:29] MAINTAIN STABILITY, CONSOLIDATE
[02:13:31] SECURITY, AND STEER THE COUNTRY
[02:13:34] AWAY FROM THE FURNACE OF
[02:13:40] ACCELERATED REGIONAL ESCALATION. THE GROUP THINKS THAT THE STABILITY AND UNITY OF SYRIA
[02:13:44] CONSTITUTE THE CORNERSTONE OF THE SECURITY OF THE ENTIRE REGION.
[02:13:49] WE THEREFORE CALL FOR THE PROVISION OF CONCRETE
[02:13:51] INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THAT SYRIAN STATE INSTITUTIONS, IN
[02:13:54] PARTICULAR DURING THIS CRITICAL
[02:13:58] PERIOD, AND RECALL CALL FOR THE
[02:13:59] REMOVAL OF ALL REMAINING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL OBSTACLES
[02:14:03] AND CONSTRAINTS WHICH STAND IN THE WAY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
[02:14:08] RECOVERY AND A NATURAL INTEGRATION OF SYRIA INTO ITS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
[02:14:12] ENVIRONMENT. SECOND, THE ARAB GROUP CONDEMNS
[02:14:16] IN THE STRONGEST TERMS THE MILITARY AGGRESSIONS AND
[02:14:20] AIRSTRIKES CARRIED OUT BY THE
[02:14:23] ISRAELI OCCUPYING FORCES ON SYRIAN TERRITORY.
[02:14:26] IN PARTICULAR, THE TARGETING OF
[02:14:29] THE MILITARY AIRPORT AND THE
[02:14:32] VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS
[02:14:36] FIELDED INCURSIONS AND THE ILLEGAL ENTRY OF THE ISRAELI
[02:14:39] OFFICIALS INTO SYRIAN TERRITORY.
[02:14:41] THESE HOSTILE PRACTICES ARE
[02:14:45] FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF SYRIA'S
[02:14:48] SOVEREIGNTY, VIOLATION OF THEIR CHARTER AND INTERNATIONAL LAW,
[02:14:51] AND A CLEAR ATTEMPT TO STOKE
[02:14:54] STRIFE AND UNDERMINE EFFORTS TO
[02:14:57] RESTORE RECOVERY AND SECURITY. WE CALL UPON THE SECURITY
[02:15:00] COUNCIL TO FULLY SHOULDER
[02:15:04] RESPONSIBILITIES TO COMPEL ISRAEL TO PUT AN END TO ITS
[02:15:07] AGGRESSION, TO FULLY UPHOLD THE 1974 DISENGAGEMENT OF FORCES
[02:15:12] AGREEMENTS. WE CALL ON ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW
[02:15:15] COMPLETELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY FROM ALL SYRIAN TERRITORIES, AND
[02:15:20] TO COMPLETELY WITHDRAW FROM THE
[02:15:23] OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN BACK TO
[02:15:25] THE LINE OF 4 JUNE, 1967.
[02:15:32] WE REITERATE OUR PRINCIPAL
[02:15:33] AFFIRMATION TO WHICH GOLAN IS
[02:15:37] OCCUPIED SYRIAN ARAB TERRITORY, AND ANY DECISIONS OR ACTIONS
[02:15:40] TAKEN BY THE OCCUPATION ARE NULL AND VOID.
[02:15:43] AND HAVE NO LEGAL EFFECT.
[02:15:47] AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL
[02:15:52] LEGITIMACY, FOR AMONG THEM
[02:15:53] RESOLUTION 497, PASSED IN 1981.
[02:15:56] THIRD POINT, THE ERIC GRIPP
[02:16:00] WELCOMES THE CONCRETE AND INCREASING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT, UNITED
[02:16:03] NATIONS, NAD IT-- AND ITS
[02:16:08] VARIOUS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES. ITHIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE HIGH-LEVEL VISITS OF THE
[02:16:11] SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.
[02:16:16] WE HAVE ALSO SEEN CONTINUOUS
[02:16:16] COORDINATION WITH IAA AND OPCW.
[02:16:24] THE GROUP ONCE AGAIN CALLS FOR SUPPORT TO THE EFFORTS OF THE
[02:16:27] SYRIAN STATE IN THEIR FIGHT
[02:16:29] AGAINST TERRORISM, IN ERADICATING THE REMNANTS OF
[02:16:32] DAESH AND OTHER ARMED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
[02:16:36] WE NEED TO CREATE CONDITIONS TO
[02:16:39] PREVENT THEIR RETURN OR THEIR
[02:16:44] EXPLOITATION OF THE SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. SYRIA SHOULD NOT BE A STARTING
[02:16:47] POINT FOR ANY THREAT TO THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE
[02:16:52] COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.
[02:16:53] AT THE SAME TIME, WE APPRECIATE
[02:16:56] THE NATIONAL MEASURES TAKEN IN THE AREAS OF TRANSITIONAL
[02:17:00] JUSTICE, ON THE MISSING PERSONS
[02:17:04] FILE, AND THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
[02:17:07] ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONSOLIDATE CIVIL PEACE AND STRENGTHEN THE RULE OF LAW.
[02:17:10] FOUR POINT, THE ARAB GROUP STRESSES THAT A SUSTAINABLE
[02:17:14] TRANSITION FROM DEPENDING ON
[02:17:19] HUMANITARIAN DEPENDENCE TO A PHASE OF RECOVERY AND
[02:17:23] RECONSTRUCTION IS IMPERATIVE. AND IN LIGHT OF RECENT INDICATORS, ACCORDING TO WHICH
[02:17:27] THERE WERE ABOUT 1.8 MILLION
[02:17:30] SYRIAN REFUGEES WHO RETURNED
[02:17:32] FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AND
[02:17:35] MORE THAN 2 MILLION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS HAVE RETURNED
[02:17:37] TO THEIR ORIGIN, THERE IS AN
[02:17:39] URGENT NEED TO INJECT
[02:17:41] INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND DIRECT FINANCING FOR
[02:17:45] INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, REHABILITATE BASIC SERVICES, AND
[02:17:48] TO INTENSIFY DEMINING TO ENSURE
[02:17:52] VOLUNTARY, SAFE, AND A DIGNIFIED RETURN.
[02:17:54] IN THIS CONTEXT, THE ARAB GROUP
[02:17:57] EXPRESSES ITS DEEP APPRECIATION
[02:18:01] FOR THE SIGNIFICANT HUMANITARIAN ROLE PLAYED BY STATES HOSTING
[02:18:04] SYRIAN REFUGEES.
[02:18:08] THESE STATES SHOULD NOT BE LEFT TO SHOULDER THESE BURDENS ALONE,
[02:18:11] AND WE CALL ON THE INTERNATIONAL
[02:18:13] COMMUNITY AND DONORS TO EXPAND
[02:18:18] THIS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DIRECTED TO THEM IN RESPONSE TO
[02:18:22] INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY-SHARING OBLIGATIONS.
[02:18:25] IN CONCLUSION, MADAM PRESIDENT,
[02:18:27] THE ARAB GROUP REAFFIRMS ITS
[02:18:30] FIRM AND CONTINUOUS COMMITMENT
[02:18:33] TO THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC AND
[02:18:36] PEOPLE AT THIS CRUCIAL JUNCTURE, AND CALL ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL
[02:18:39] TO ADOPT A BALANCED AND
[02:18:42] CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH BASED ON RESPECT FOR NATIONAL
[02:18:45] SOVEREIGNTY, SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN RECOVERY OPTIONS, AND THE
[02:18:48] CONSOLIDATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS
[02:18:51] OF A STATE OF INSTITUTIONS, A LAW THAT GUARANTEES JUSTICE AND
[02:18:54] EQUALITY AND PROTECTS THE RIGHT
[02:18:58] OF ALL SYRIAN PEOPLE WITHOUT EXCEPTION IN A MANNER THAT ENHANCES THE SECURITY AND SAFETY
[02:19:02] IN THE REGION. I THANK YOU. >> I THINK THE REPRESENTED-- I
[02:19:06] THANK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBYA FOR THE STATEMENT.
[02:19:10] THERE ARE NO MORE NAMES ON THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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[02:19:22] >> RIGHT AROUND SUNRISE THIS
[02:19:25] MORNING, FEDERAL AGENTS
[02:19:28] DESCENDED ON DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN JOHAN
[02:19:30] OMA' -- ILHAN OMAR'S WASHINGTON,
[02:19:36] D.C., HOME, PART OF AN ONGOING
[02:19:41] FEDERAL INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL IN NATURE. BUT SPECIFICS OF THE INVESTIGATION HAVE NOT BEEN MADE CLEAR.
[02:19:45] THE PROBE, ACCORDING TO AN NBC
[02:19:48] STORY, INCLUDES WHISTLEBLOWERS AND DOCUMENTS AND WITNESS
[02:19:52] TESTIMONY, DEALING PARTIALLY WITH IMMIGRATION AND FRAUD, BUT GOES BEYOND THOSE THINGS.
[02:19:55] SO FAR, NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
[02:19:57] IN A POST ON X, THE CONGRESSWOMAN RESPONDED TO THE
[02:20:01] RADIO SAYING "I'M OK.
[02:20:02] MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS AN
[02:20:06] ATTEMPT TO TARGET POLITICAL ENEMIES AND WEAPONIZE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
[02:20:08] FOR 10 YEARS, COMPASS TARGETED ME WITH BASELESS LIES AND SMEAR
[02:20:14] CAMPAIGNS. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST ESCALATION IN HIS CAMPAIGN OF POLITICAL INTIMIDATION. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED."
[02:20:19] THE CONGRESSWOMAN WAS BORN IN SOMALIA AND FLED TO THE UNITED STATES AS A TEENAGER AND LATER
[02:20:23] GAIN HER CITIZENSHIP. SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO
[02:20:25] CONGRESS IN 2018 AND HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE TRUMP
[02:20:30] ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS TO REVEAL HER FINANCES. WE WILL UPDATE THIS STORY AS WE
[02:20:33] GET FURTHER DETAILS.
[02:20:36] >> LATER TODAY, UTAH'S
[02:20:41] REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SPENCER COX SITS DOWN FOR A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER OBAMA SENIOR ADVISER DAVID AXELROD.
[02:20:45] THE DISCUSSION, WHICH WILL
[02:20:47] PROMOTE CIVIL DISAGREEMENT, WILL FOCUS ON THE POLITICAL CULTURE
[02:20:50] IN POST-TRUMP AMERICA.
[02:20:53] WATCH LIVE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AT 6:30 P.M. EASTERN
[02:20:55] ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, OUR FREE
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[02:21:04] >> AS WE CONTINUE ON THE
[02:21:09] CAMPAIGN 2026 TRAIL, WE HEAD TO
[02:21:13] TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, FOR A DEBATE WITH U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES CAN INCOME IN CORY
[02:21:17] BOOKER, AND IS REPUBLICAN
[02:21:20] OPPONENT, JUSTIN MURPHY, FACING
[02:21:24] OFF IN A DEBATE HOSTED BY THE NEW JERSEY GLOBE.
[02:21:27] >> WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OPENING STATEMENTS, 90 SECONDS.
[02:21:31] MR. MURPHY, START WITH YOU.
[02:21:33] MR. MURPHY: GOOD EVENING.
[02:21:36] DAVID, MICAH, THANK YOU.
[02:21:38] SENATOR BOOKER, THANK YOU FOR
[02:21:41] COMING, RIDER UNIVERSITY, AND
[02:21:45] THE STAFF WHO HAS PUT TOGETHER A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR US TONIGHT.
[02:21:47] WE ARE BOTH COMPETING FOR A U.S. SENATE SEAT IN WHAT I BELIEVE I
[02:21:51] THE MOST IMPORTANT MIDTERM ELECTIONS FACING AMERICA IN MY GENERATION.
[02:21:57] THERE IS AN AMERICAN OUT THERE THAT WE ALL CAN BUILD TOGETHER AND BELIEVE IN AND WORK TOGETHER
[02:22:00] AND FILL TOGETHER.
[02:22:04] IT'S WHAT'S REPRESENTED BY MY CAMPAIGN. I AM HONORED TO BE THE
[02:22:06] REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NOMINEE.
[02:22:09] I'M ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING
[02:22:10] YOU HAVE NOT DONE SINCE 1972, SEND A REPUBLICAN TO SERVE IN
[02:22:14] THE UNITED STATES SENATE. IT'S BEEN TOO LONG, IN MY OPINION.
[02:22:18] SOME OF YOU MAY THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING, AND I'M SURE CORY DOES.
[02:22:22] BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE. I THINK WE NEED FRESH AIR.
[02:22:25] AMERICA DESPERATELY NEEDS A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS SERVING
[02:22:29] IN WASHINGTON. NEW JERSEY NEEDS A NEW DAY IN ITS POLITICS.
[02:22:33] AND THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES OF NEW JERSEY NEED A NEW
[02:22:36] VOICE IN WASHINGTON, AND THAT IS WHAT MY CAMPAIGN AND CANDIDACY
[02:22:40] IS BASED ON AND REPRESENTS. AS A YOUNG MAN, I WAS RAISED BY
[02:22:42] SINGLE MOTHER, RAISED CATHOLIC,
[02:22:45] AND AGE 79 LISTED IN THE U.S.
[02:22:46] NAVY -- 17 I ENLISTED IN
[02:22:50] THE U.S. NAVY. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LAY OUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR
[02:22:54] THIS COUNTRY. YOU WILL TAKE INTO THE VOTING BOOTH WITH YOU A GRAVE
[02:22:58] RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WHAT TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE IN AMERICA IS DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON HOW YOU
[02:23:02] VOTE THIS NOVEMBER 3. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
[02:23:05] >> THANK YOU. SENATOR BOOKER.
[02:23:09] SEN. BOOKER: SO I WANT TO THANK
[02:23:12] THE NEW JERSEY GLOBE AND RIDER UNIVERSITY.
[02:23:15] I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF MY
[02:23:19] STANDARD STAFF, WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC--SENATE
[02:23:24] STAFF, WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT TO WAKE UP EVERYDAY FOR NOT GREAT PAY.
[02:23:27] I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE.
[02:23:30] IT'S EXTRAORDINARY SHE IS HERE, AND SHE HAS TRANSFORMED MY LIFE, AND I'M GRATEFUL.
[02:23:34] MOSTLY I WANT TO THANK NEW JERSEY.
[02:23:37] THIS IS THE END OF MY SIX-YEAR
[02:23:40] TERM, MY LAST SIX-YEAR TERM AS YOUR SENATOR.
[02:23:44] IT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE TO BE NEW
[02:23:47] JERSEY'S REPRESENTATIVE IN WASHINGTON AND AROUND OUR STATE. THIS LAST SIX-YEAR TEST HAS SET
[02:23:51] A RECORD FOR NEW JERSEY. NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A SIX-YEAR
[02:23:55] PERIOD WHERE A SENATOR DURING THE TERM IS BROUGHT MORE MONEY
[02:23:58] BACK TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 250 YEARS, WE SET THE RECORD.
[02:24:03] AND IT'S BECAUSE I WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE AND DELIVER FOR THE
[02:24:07] STATE. BUT THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
[02:24:10] WE HAVE A RECKLESS PRESIDENT WHO'S OUT OF CONTROL.
[02:24:14] A PRESIDENT WHO IS CHAOTIC AND
[02:24:17] CRUEL AND HAS ATTACKED OUR STATE, FROM THROWING HUNDREDS OF
[02:24:21] THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OFF THEIR HEALTH CARE TO THE TARIFFS THAT
[02:24:25] HAVE DRIVEN UP OUR COSTS IN A WAR IN IRAN THAT HAS MADE OUR
[02:24:28] NATION PAY AT THE PUMP, AS WELL
[02:24:31] AS THE PRICE OF THE LIVES OF OUR SOLDIERS.
[02:24:34] WE ARE IN A CRISIS RIGHT NOW OF AFFORDABILITY, AND BETWEEN $4000
[02:24:39] AND $5,000 HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE
[02:24:41] AVERAGE NEW JERSEYAN'S COST-OF-LIVING.
[02:24:45] WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS PRESIDENT, NOT HAVE
[02:24:47] REPUBLICAN PARTY CONTINUE ENABLING HIM IN WHAT HE IS DOING. >> THANK YOU.
[02:24:52] WE ARE GOING TO START RIGHT WITH THE QUESTIONS. SENATOR BOOKER, FIRST ONE IS FOR
[02:24:56] YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY DIRECTLY TO
[02:24:59] DONALD TRUMP ABOUT HIS PROMISE
[02:25:02] TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE?
[02:25:05] AND HAVE ANY OF HIS DECISIONS MADE NEW JERSEY MORE AFFORDABLE?
[02:25:08] SEN. BOOKER: WELL, THE PRESIDENT
[02:25:10] HAS LIED, AND I'VE SAID THAT TO HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
[02:25:14] HE PROMISED HE WOULDN'T GET US INTO FOREIGN WARS. WE ARE IN A FOREIGN WAR RIGHT
[02:25:18] NOW WITH NO STRATEGY, IN AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL MANNER.
[02:25:24] HE SAID HE WOULD BRING DOWN COSTS. WELL, COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD
[02:25:26] HAVE GONE UP, BETWEEN $4000 AND
[02:25:30] $5,000 FOR THE AVERAGE FAMILY, BUT OTHER FAMILIES HAVE SEEN HEALTH-CARE COSTS GO UP AND
[02:25:34] SKYROCKET. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON THE
[02:25:37] COSTS BEING OUT OF FUEL, THEY ARE PAYING HIGHER AND HIGHER PRICES.
[02:25:42] THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT HAS LIED TO US EVEN ON IMMIGRATION
[02:25:46] POLICIES, WHERE HE SAID HE WOULD GO AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST. INSTEAD, WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING
[02:25:50] IS HE HAS BEEN ROUNDING UP PEOPLE IN OUR STATE, AROUND OUR
[02:25:54] SCHOOLS, AROUND OUR CHURCHES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED NO
[02:25:57] CRIMES AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR
[02:26:00] DECADES, HAVE AMERICAN FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND EVEN GRAND CHILDREN.
[02:26:05] PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT KEPT HIS PROMISES, AND THAT IS WHY HIS APPROVAL RATING IS IN THE TRASH HERE.
[02:26:09] WHAT'S WORSE, WHAT'S WORSE IS MY
[02:26:12] REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ENABLED HIM TO DO THESE THINGS,
[02:26:14] WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDING
[02:26:18] CHECKS OR BALANCES, HAVE NOT BEEN DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY.
[02:26:21] THE IRONY FOR ME, WHO HAS
[02:26:23] FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE, IS IN PRIVATE MY REPUBLICAN SENATE
[02:26:27] COLLEGE WILL CRITICIZE EVERYTHING FROM HIS BALLROOMS TO THIS DISASTROUS WAR.
[02:26:30] BUT THEY ARE NOT STEPPING UP TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
[02:26:34] WE DON'T NEED TO ADD TO THE PARTY THAT IS FAILING AND
[02:26:36] ENABLING THIS PRESIDENT TO HURT OUR STATE.
[02:26:40] WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO WILL GO UP THERE AND STAND UP TO HIM AND FIGHT HIM TO END THE SUFFERING
[02:26:43] OF NEW JERSEYANS. >> THANK YOU.
[02:26:47] MR. MURPHY. [APPLAUSE]
[02:26:48] MR. MURPHY: ON AFFORDABILITY, IT
[02:26:54] WAS NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT YOU PAID FIVE DOLLARS FOR A GALLON OF GASOLINE IN 2022. TODAY THAT IS ALMOST A DOLLAR
[02:26:57] CHEAPER, AND FALLING. JOE BIDEN GAVE US 8% INTEREST
[02:27:02] RATES, CHOKING OFF THE HOMEOWNERSHIP DREAMS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. TODAY THAT INTEREST RATE IS DOWN
[02:27:06] A FULL POINT, BETWEEN 6% AND 7%.
[02:27:09] IN AMERICA TODAY, WE HAVE THE
[02:27:12] HIGHEST MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WE HAVE A SECURE BORDER.
[02:27:15] WE HAVE DECLINING CRIME RATES ACROSS AMERICA.
[02:27:17] WE HAVE DECLINING FENTANYL DEATH RATES ACROSS AMERICA.
[02:27:20] WE HAVE A MANUFACTURING
[02:27:22] RESURGENCE ACROSS AMERICA, AND A
[02:27:25] PRODUCTIVITY AND INVESTMENT BOOM
[02:27:27] THAT FUELS AND MATCHES THAT MANUFACTURING RESURGENCE.
[02:27:31] WE HAVE A STOCK MARKET THAT HAS SET RECORD HIGHS ON 82 SEPARATE DAYS THIS YEAR.
[02:27:35] AND THAT'S GREAT FOR WALL STREET, BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER FOR
[02:27:38] MAIN STREET, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT HAVE
[02:27:41] A MORE FINANCIALLY SECURE
[02:27:43] RETIREMENT BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THEIR 401(K).
[02:27:48] YOU HAD A 9% INTEREST RATE UNDER JOE BIDEN. TODAY IT IS DOWN TO 3.4 AND
[02:27:52] FALLING. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OFFERING
[02:27:54] A BETTER VISION OF TOMORROW, ONE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM WILL BE THERE
[02:27:58] FOR THEM. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING FOR TODAY
[02:28:02] --LIVING THROUGH IT TODAY. EVERYTHING I MENTIONED IS HAPPENING TODAY.
[02:28:07] DECLINING CRIME RATES,, A SECURE
[02:28:11] BORDER NO ILLEGAL CROSSINGS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WE HAVE THE LOWEST POVERTY RATE
[02:28:13] IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE LOWEST CHILD POVERTY RATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
[02:28:18] FOLKS, YOU DON'T DO THAT IF YOU ARE INEPT AND CLUELESS. WE HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE WORKING.
[02:28:22] THE MANUFACTURING RESURGENCE,
[02:28:25] ALL OF THESE STATISTICS,
[02:28:28] SOMEONE'S MIDDLE CLASS DREAM, SOMEONE'S AMERICAN DREAM.
[02:28:32] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MR. MURPHY, YOU HAVE MANAGED
[02:28:35] TO RAISE 1/10 OF A PERCENT OF
[02:28:39] YOUR OPPONENT'S CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST.
[02:28:43] WHAT DOES THAT SAY, IF ANYTHING, ABOUT THE WAY WE FINANCE
[02:28:47] CAMPAIGNS, AND IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, IN YOUR ESTIMATION?
[02:28:50] MR. MURPHY: A COUPLE THINGS.
[02:28:54] THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR GOD HAS MADE CURRENCY ALLERGIC TO ME BECAUSE IT HAS AVOIDED
[02:28:59] ME EVERYTHING I DO WHEN I. [LAUGHTER]
[02:29:00] I DON'T BEGRUDGE CORY FOR HAVING
[02:29:04] $35 MILLION. I JUST ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY IT WHERE IT CAME FROM.
[02:29:09] I'VE RAISED VERY LITTLE MONEY -- NO, I'M SERIOUS.
[02:29:13] STARTING FROM THE? I TOLD MY
[02:29:17] TEAM--STARTING FROM THE GET-GO, I TOLD MY TEAM AND STAFF WE ARE NOT GOING TO ANDRES CORY BOOKER.
[02:29:21] WE WILL OUTWORK HIM, BUT WE WILL NOT RAISE HIM.
[02:29:24] WE ALWAYS TRY TO RAISE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
[02:29:28] I THINK I'VE TAKEN MONEY FROM ONE OR TWO PAC'S.
[02:29:32] FIND A PRO-LIFE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE. AND I HAVE PAC FROM THE NEW
[02:29:36] JERSEY PUBLIC AND WOMEN. I LOVE THOSE GIRLS.
[02:29:39] OTHER THAN THAT, ALL SMALL DONOR.
[02:29:42] WE ARE OUTNUMBERED IN THE STATE. THERE IS 900,000 MORE REGISTERED
[02:29:46] DEMOCRATS THAN REPUBLICANS. BUT I KNOW I CAN STILL WIN,
[02:29:50] BECAUSE NEW JERSEY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ALIVE AND STRONG AND
[02:29:53] GROWING. WE WILL TAKE INTO THE NOVEMBER 3
[02:29:57] ELECTION 1.7 MILLION REGISTERED REPUBLICANS, THE MOST IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE, HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
[02:30:04] DONALD TRUMP TAKING ALMOST 2 MILLION VOTES OUT OF HERE IN 2024, THE MOST ANY REPUBLICAN
[02:30:08] PRESIDENT OR CANDIDATE HAS TAKEN OUT OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
[02:30:11] IT IS ABOUT PASSION, VISION, IDEAS.
[02:30:14] I WILL NOT BE OUTWORKED, AND I
[02:30:16] DO NOT BEGRUDGE CORY FOR BEING AN AGGRESSIVE FUNDRAISER.
[02:30:20] WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM AND HOW MUCH OF IT CAME ABOUT THAT NEW JERSEY IS WHAT I WANT
[02:30:23] TO KNOW --FROM OUTSIDE NEW
[02:30:27] JERSEY IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. >>
[02:30:30] >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS USED
[02:30:33] TAXPAYER MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDING.
[02:30:39] IS THIS SOMETHING CONGRESS NEEDS TO ADDRESS? IF SO HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT
[02:30:43] BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WOULD PRESUMABLY VETO.
[02:30:44] SEN. BOOKER: WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
[02:30:48] THAT HAS BEEN ABUSING AND DRIFTING OFF OF HIS OFFICE AND
[02:30:51] AWAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, MADE OVER $2 BILLION SINCE HE
[02:30:55] HAS BEEN IN OFFICE AND RAISED UNGODLY AMOUNTS OF MONEY BY
[02:30:58] DOING THINGS LIKE SELLING