35 Burst results for "Matt Wells"
The Charlie Kirk Show
Is Twitter a Crime Scene? Matt Gaetz Shares His Thoughts
"Later on, I want to talk to you about the House leadership kind of contest and race and where we agree and where we might not agree. But we'll do that in a second. I first want to talk about Twitter. You were specifically named by the degenerate boy king Yoel Roth, pushing internally to ban you. Following January 6th, your reaction, Matt. Well, it's no surprise that the woke tops that want to define the very nature of the truth itself didn't like something I said. And what's interesting about the reference to me is that there was no violation of Twitter policies. And so they were trying to use this awesome power that Twitter has to really shape the discussion that we have throughout the world. And in this country, and they wanted to ban me despite any violation of those rules. And when we see that through the context of what they did to you, basically just trying to suppress your reach because you're effective, you see a common thread. If you were an effective conservative voice on Twitter, they were first identifying you as the problem and then subsequently trying to figure out how to torture their own set of rules to try to constrain that. I believe that this evidence unlocks a ton of litigation opportunity for state attorneys general to go after Twitter for violating their own terms of service and engaging in fraud on the consumers.
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is the news in brief from the United Nations, the UN and partners on Monday released their latest global poverty index which shows around 1.2 billion people in a 111 developing countries are living in acute multidimensional poverty. That's nearly double those classified as poor based on the definition of having to survive on less than $1 90 per day, and it doesn't take into account the current cost of living crisis or effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the new index finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new poverty profiles that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to reduce its said the UN development program UNDP. The analysis looks beyond income to understand how people experience poverty in different aspects of their daily lives from access to education and health to living standards such as housing, drinking, water, sanitation, and electricity access. The new UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk took office on Monday in Geneva, vowing to champion a global human rights system that speaks to every human being. He said his office, so it's CHR would be guided first and foremost by the impact our work has on the people that we serve. There's no one size fits all approach to every situation he added. Mister Turk said the mandate for the high commissioner encompasses deep engagement with everyone, including governments, human rights defenders, civil society as well as very clearly speaking out when it's necessary. He said he would not be bound by any agenda beyond the founding charter of the UN, adding that he did not see engagement in public advocacy as incompatible, but rather mutually reinforcing. And finally, above average rainfall and devastating flooding across west and Central Africa has affected 5 million people in 19 countries across the region, claiming hundreds of lives, the World Food Program said on Monday. Tens of thousands have been displaced and over a million hectares of cropland have been lost in a region already in the grips of an unprecedented hunger crisis. This climate related disaster is one of the deadliest reasons seen in years and is likely to deepen the already worrisome hunger situation for millions. These floods act as a misery multiplier and are the final straw for communities already struggling to keep their heads above water, said Chris nikoi, WFP's regional director for western Africa. He said the agency was on the ground, helping flood hit families get back on their feet by providing an immediate response package. Matt wells, UN news
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news. Well, it's been 5 years since the bloody crackdown in Myanmar that forced nearly 1 million members of the minority Rohingya community to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh, joining scores of others who'd fled previous ways of violence. Nicholas cum Jian heads the international investigative mechanism for Myanmar, established by the UN Human Rights Council to document crimes committed in the country, including in the wake of the February 2021 military coup. During a recent visit to UN headquarters, mister kunjan spoke to Diane Penn about the mechanisms work, its outreach to Burmese citizens and the challenges facing its staff.
The Charlie Kirk Show
New Founding's Matt Peterson on Justice Alito, Christian Nationalism
"With us right now is a great American patriot cofounder and general partner of new founding and also the president of American firebrand super PAC and friend of the show. Matt Peterson Matt, welcome back to the program. Hey, it's great to be here, Charlie. So Matt, I want to get through a couple news items here. But first, I want to play a piece of tape here from justice Alito's speech. I think he gave it in Rome, which is super scary 'cause that's where the Catholic Church is headquartered and not allowed to do that. And I want to play cut 94 here. And the way the media has responded is a new line of attack that you can see in kind of the smart coordinated circles, the people that are considered to be smarter than not. However, they are all kind of coordinating their attacks around Christian nationalism, play cut 94. Over the last few weeks, since I had the honor, this term of writing, I think, the only Supreme Court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a cold string of foreign leaders. Who felt perfectly fine commenting on American law. One of these was former prime minister Boris Johnson. But he paid the price, Matt kind of mocking Boris Johnson there, Sam Alito, who I think is the best thing George W. Bush ever gave us, probably my favorite member of the court. They're attacking him as being a Christian nationalist. What do they mean by that, Matt? Well, in their minds, of course, they think Christian nationalism is a smear. They think both of those words are bad. And if you put them together, it's too bad things. And that's one big bad thing, and it's a scary monster, which I think in their minds means something like handmaid's tale and enforced Christian religion. They think it's racist too, somehow they seem to only regard whites as Christians, interesting. But white people who are Christian controlling the country and shoving their views down everyone else's throat is what they mean by it. And the hilarious thing here is that neither of those words are bad and when you put them together, you actually get what I think millions of people throughout the country think is normal.
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news in New York. Ocean health is at a critical stage and radical changes need to be made by people everywhere to allow sustainable management and development, knowing that women continue to be underrepresented in the field of ocean protection, particularly in decision making roles, experts at the UN ocean conference in Lisbon, are calling for an action plan to change that. And a kamo who is at the conference for UN news in the Portuguese capital spoke to Maria de manaki founder of leading women for the ocean. I think that we need an action plan and an action plan can start from, let's say, four points. First, we need to have a good knowledge of what is happening. We need an open access data platform about the situation of women at sea. And then we need the survey to prove that they can bring some added value to the sector. Then we need to work with all institutions to have regulation and legislation that can be gendered neutral. And then we need action plans to improve the situation because we need to empower women to go on this action plans have to be concrete with KPIs, keep performance indicators, resources, and also some support. So to move on. And then, of course, we need to follow up on them. So we need good legislation and an action plan. What does this conference mean specifically for women and for the blue economy? What is important is to see women as a part of the blue economy and the see them everywhere, to mainstream their participation because without their participation and leadership they are going to lose a lot and not only women, but also humanity as a whole. And what about the coastal communities and the small islands? Things are very difficult in small cost communities and less developing developed countries for everybody in both women and men. But sometimes sometimes the women have to face more challenges and difficulties because they have to reconcile the difficult roles of being a mother working for the community working for your family. I had some personal experience a long time ago, but I can not see any real improvements since then. So I think we have to focus more on that.
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news, UN humanitarians raised the alarm on Tuesday over frightening levels of child hunger in northeast Nigeria that are linked to more than a decade of violence by non state armed groups in the three states where needs are greatest, Borno, adamawa and yobi more than 1.7 million children under 5 are already at risk of serious malnutrition, with more here's the UN's resident and humanitarian coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias schmale talking to UN users Daniel Johnson. I am in Geneva with colleagues from the UN and NGO sector to raise the alarm bell over the situation in northeast Nigeria. We've appealed as per what we call the humanitarian response plan for $1.1 billion to support 5 and a half million people that was the ask at the beginning of the year. This appeal is so far only 20% funded. And we are really worried that if we don't get further funds soon and we need a priority 350 million soon to avoid a much worse crisis later in the year. And by what's worse, I mean, for example, that there are currently already 1.7 million children under 5 at risk of serious malnutrition. If we don't reach and support them soon, 300,000 of them may be at risk of dying because of serious malnutrition. So we are ringing the alarm bell. We need money now to avoid the crisis becoming even worse. We haven't spoken about to northeast Nigeria for a while, so maybe we should go into that in addition to that staggering number of children who are already acutely managed and risk severe acute malnutrition. There are many areas you can't actually get to. I think that's one thing that people want to know about. How many people are affected in those inaccessible hard to reach areas? Who is stopping you from getting in? So I think indeed it is important that we recall that the humanitarian needs are caused by a protracted non international armed conflict. The group that is known to be behind this is called Boko Haram..
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news, two and a half years into the COVID-19 pandemic. It may be tempting to think that for many of us, the worst is over. The reality is that the fallout from the coronavirus could last a decade and not only in the health sector scientists have said in a new UN backed report to ensure that we're better prepared for the next global shock, governments everywhere need to take stock of the vulnerabilities that have been exposed nationally and internationally by the pandemic as UN news Daniel Johnson hears now from mummy mitsui head of the UN office of disaster risk reduction, sumiya Swami Nathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization, and first, Peter gluckman, whose president of the international science council..
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Chris Farrell and Sebastian Discuss the Deep State
"Now there's a double whammy here because in the beginning, it would be big enough challenge for legacy national security architectures like the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, to suddenly switch targets and say, okay, it's not the Soviet Union, but we have to deal with cultural marxists who are American in America trying to undermine America. That would be hard enough because that's like trying to get a, you know, an ocean liner to become a catamaran. But then there's the double difficulty when these institutions are captured by those self same neo Marxist next gen leftists, clearly, or at least when people like Mark milley or Christopher at the FBI parrot, the verbiage for people. Correct. And this is going to sound almost too personal, but I mean, so I'm going to say it anyway. There are two stupid to know the difference. They are so intellectually unpack that. That's really important. That's really important. And you have to know enough to be able to ask the question. And so when you choke down wholesale, the garbage put out by the 1619 Project. That white rage in America is founded on racism. And so the starting point is, yes, that's the starting point. Matt, well, what are you talking about? What does the foundation for what you're let me unwind your argument and really prove or disprove? And when you have Howard zinn of all people and his history book is probably the de facto go to history book in three quarters of the country's high school. The people's history, the Marxist lensed people's history of America. So that's your starting point. And you've brainwashed these people into believing, oh, I'll give you another great example. This is very superficial, but it's impactful. Since when are Republicans read that a vest is a bugbear for me. So let's unpack that. If you go back to Reagan's landslide victory and you look at all the news reporting, you show that they show the entire country blue, except for Wisconsin. I think it's Wisconsin. Yeah. Which is red because mondale wins his home state. But the red is always the color of the left. Every country of the globe.
The Doug Collins Podcast
Former Acting Atty Gen Matt Whitaker on the Durham Investigation
"Now that Durham has sort of revealed how fusion GPS, how Perkins cooey, how the Clinton campaign, how it all worked and exactly kind of how they were pulling this DNS server information, somehow intercepting it from the Trump Tower and essentially they saw spam emails going from Trump org, which essentially is marketing their winery, their golf clubs and whatever. And going to alpha bank and then saying that that was a back door for communications. I mean, the whole thing is farcical. And I think those that the intelligence community knew better. And so this to me is, you know, there are several people that need to be held to account. And explain, knowing that this was created, that this rumor, these facts were created by the Democrat committee, how was this allowed to turn into a criminal investigation of the president of the United States? I got there too late and there's going to be people that hear me say that and say, well, that's just an excuse, Matt. Well, I mean, so you're running the Department of Justice and the Mueller investigation is already going and you're trying to get it landed. You know, this kind of this original sin is so far away and there's people that know it and nobody is telling you the truth. And maybe you're not asking the right questions, but my God, you know, how do you get to the right question to ask the right person when there's just so much muck to dig through?
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Revisiting President Bush's 2005 soTU Speech
"Me conclude our time by talking about the horribleness animals. Horribly, and is 2005. And that is the year of George W. Bush beginning his State of the Union. This isn't in the book, but I just want your reaction to it. Mister speaker, vice president Cheney members of Congress, fellow citizens, as a new Congress gathers, all of us in the elected branches of government share great privilege. We've been placed in office by the votes of people we serve. And tonight, that is a privilege we share with the newly elected leaders of Afghanistan, the Palestinian territories, Ukraine, and a free and sovereign Iraq. Your reaction to how George Bush began 2005 before I tell you the rest of it, Matt. Well, and even before that State of the Union was his second inaugural, where he proclaimed that the policy of the United States would seek the end of tyranny in our world. He began it with huge ambitions here. He was going not only to pursue the freedom agenda globally, but he was also going to introduce national accounts into social security. He was going to warrant immigration. And those grand ambitions, I think that nemesis pretty quickly after that State of the Union address.
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news, repeated warnings of the effects of the war in Ukraine on developing countries reached a new pitch on the 13th of April, when UN humanitarian agencies said that millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle amid a lack of sufficient funds, meaning more that 70% of refugees in need do not receive enough to eat, and that same day the secretary general Antonio Guterres launched a report detailing the disastrous consequences of the Ukraine war for those who rely on grain supplies sourced from the country. Joyce and Sue, the UN's deputy emergency relief chief joined us in our UN new studio and told Connor Lennon that she'd noticed back in 2021 that the hunger crisis was growing. Well before the Russian invasion began. I sort of got a sense of the crisis when I was living in Nairobi Kenya, I just moved to New York on February 18th. And I remember vividly after Christmas how the food prices went up. Largely then were driven by drought, climate change impact I was working for unip..
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news, a new low in the war in Ukraine has made headlines around the world this week with the discovery that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the city of butcher in areas previously controlled by Russian troops. Early testimonies from survivors indicate that the victims were directly targeted and killed, according to the UN rights office, responding to claims from Russia that the incidents nothing more than fake news here spokesperson Liz throttle talking to UN uses Daniel Johnson. It is indeed very important that UN leaders and others are calling for investigations. This is something that, indeed, the high commissioner has highlighted what we have seen emerging from places like butcher are serious concerns about possible war crimes, great breaches of international humanitarian law and human rights law. So I think in order to ensure accountability in order to pursue truth and justice, it is really and clearly important that they're being investigations into what happened in butcher and of course in other locations. Now you've indicated that the events at butcher just outside Kyiv, mark a turning point in the case for war crimes. What do you mean by that exactly? The pictures, the footage that have emerged from butcher are truly horrific and I think a shocked so many indeed the high commissioner herself spoke about how horrifying these images were. We're talking about possible war crimes. Now what is interesting is that the high commissioner last week spoke about possible war crimes committed both by Russian and Ukrainian forces. Now that was in the context of heavy bombardment of urban areas, the destruction of civilian houses, building schools, hospitals. Those may be possible war crimes, but of course these could be taking place in a military context. What we've seen in butcher is of course dead bodies in the street. People with their hands tied behind their back, we've seen bodies of partially close women that have been burned..
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news, well the 6 month long 2020 Dubai expo came to an end this week, marking the end also of the United Nations hub there, which aimed to explain to attendees the central and diverse role the organization plays at the heart of world events, as the first expo to be held in the Middle East, the mega event was forced to delay its opening due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but ultimately it attracted 23 million visits. Maher NASA, director of the outreach division and UN commissioner general at expo 2020, spoke to UN news and Shu Sharma, who was in Dubai for the closing day. He described its impact and the legacy that it is providing years into the future. The United Nations has been participating in world expos since the early 1950s and every expo organizer invites the United Nations officially to participate. This started in 2018. I was appointed as the commissioner of the UN in early 2019. And this has been the first expo that I work on and visit, let alone participate. Our presence here is, of course, a natural part of our role as department of global communications as the United Nations. We go where the people are. And event, which was projected to receive 25 million visits and actually received 23 million in spite of the pandemic, is a place where we see opportunities to engage with the visitors with the organizers with the host country. And with the participating governments organizations, private sector companies and others. So what have been the key takeaways from this year this year? I think expo has been a process, not an event. It goes over 6 months. And I think I hope that we have succeeded in touching many people's lives and in planting the seeds of sustainability, interest in sustainability, interest in the sustainable development goals. We have seen a wide appetite by the visitors to learn more about the sustainable development goals. We have seen that many, if not even most, of the pavilions, reflecting their own government's decisions and aligning with a request I made to them when I first was appointed to streamline the sustainability and sustainability as a concept inside all the pavilions. And expo and expo world leadership has been amazing in really being the champions of the SDGs, the global goals across the thematic pavilions, and the site itself. Particularly with the global goals week from 15 to 22nd January. So how does it evolve over the years and what have been the lessons learned? So far. This expo was impacted by, of course, the pandemic. It was postponed by a full year. And with the opening, the pandemic was still raging. And there were concerns about it becoming a point of further infections. However, the UAE was and still is probably the country with the highest number of percentage of vaccinations. The measures that were introduced to manage people working here, visitors, the frequent testing, the masking, the sanitation, and the social distancing. We're very strict. And I think they can be very proud in having an event that hosted 23 million visits in 6 months. Without becoming a major point of a super spreader event. Even during omicron. So that's really an important lesson that even with a pandemic. If you follow the science, if you adopt the proper public health measures, you can do things that previously were seen as undoable. It has also been a lesson in the power of the will of people and across the world to come together. People want to come and see other countries if you can't travel to visit a 192 countries. At expo you can. Because every pavilion is a shop window into that country. And I have been really blessed with the opportunity to visit every single pavilion. And see how proud young people are to talk about their country, to talk about their nature, to talk about their culture, to talk about their industry. There are tourism, potential. And inviting us to go there. As not me, the UN, but every visitor that is coming there. So in a way, every pavilion was different in what it contained. But it was also very similar because it was all about sharing humanity and the pride in where they come from. And that is what unites us. So you discover that what really brings us together is much more than what divides us. In terms of advocacy and communication, what have been the activities this year that you undertake in the union house. I mean, we have, of course, by our presence here, we have hosted multiple exhibits by UN different agencies once a program, the UN hub became a focal point for the UN country team that is in the UAE to showcase and to also organize events about what they are doing in this country and in the region. We have observed 17 international days from world food day to most recently World War today to women's day to thematic weeks. That have really brought the cross sector of the three areas of the three pillars of the UN's work, peace and security, sustainable development and human rights into either events or activities or exhibits or panel discussions to expo. Does the plans for the future or should I say what are the plans for the next 17 years? How it's going to be different this year? Well, this expo site there's a legacy project that 80% of the buildings and the infrastructure will continue to exist, but will be repurposed. This will be a new district of Dubai district 2020. Today, we had the celebration of the BIE, which is the bureau internationalist expose the body that organizes expo. It was their honor day today. So they're already everybody is planning for the next world expo, which is going to be in Osaka in Japan. And April to October 2025..
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news. Well, this week saw the UN launch an ambitious bid to stop the spread of common mosquito borne diseases known as arboviruses which threaten more than half the world's population. The main target of the initiative is four of the most common arboviruses dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika. Here's the World Health Organization's doctor Maria van kerkhove now, telling UN users Daniel Johnson all about how the global arbovirus initiative plans to share expertise on bug busting across continents. Thanks so much for having me. It is a pleasure to talk about something other than COVID. Yesterday we launched the WHO global arbovirus initiative. And these are arthropod borne viruses that are transmitted by mosquitos. Mosquitos that are all over the planet. And we're focusing mainly on one particular type of mosquito right now, the 80s born viruses and dengue chikungunya yellow fever Zika. But as you said, there's hundreds of these types of pathogens that are out there. What we're trying to do with this launch is to raise awareness of the threat of these types of pathogens beyond respiratory pathogens that the world is focused on right now because as an organization and as a global interconnected society, we have to prepare for other future threats. And with mosquitos so prevalent around the world, for these four pathogens, 4 billion people are at risk. Just remind Megan, which four pathogens we are worried about in particular..
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news. Well, stunning images of a just discovered deep sea coral reef near Tahiti traveled across the world on Thursday, the result of a UNESCO supported scientific mission to map the oceans. For dive team member, letitia adwan from France's national center of scientific research, it was an exciting chance to examine how living coral can adapt to our warming seas, as she told you and users Daniel Johnson. What we discovered, we discovered a reef in deity. It was like an amazing news for us..
The Audible with Feldman And Mandel
"matt wells" Discussed on The Audible with Feldman And Mandel
"Well, as I said at a minute ago, I do think Billy April and Sonny dikes are on with Babcock the AD's radar. I have no idea if they would look at Brent venables, the D.C. a Clemson, you know, we've talked a ton about Brent, how good he is at what he does. Jamie chadwell from coastal Carolina. Keeps doing an amazing job really unique offensive system. He's from not that far away. You know, I would think he would be a guy people would look at and say, yeah, that would be an interesting mix. And if I was an arrival ACC school, I don't want Jamie chatta will come into Virginia tech. I think I feel like Jamie chatwell could be there, Dave clausen. Somebody who has a very unique system and would be very hard to prepare for and obviously would have the ability to I mean look that coastal Carolina team has got a lot of good athletes. So but obviously you would think of being a Virginia tech you have access to even better talent. Yeah, I think those would be the three names that would jump out at me of the two sunbelt guys and maybe sunny maybe depending on what else comes open. But to me, those are the ones that I think they would really give a long look at. And finally, where do we think things stand at Miami? I think if he hadn't, if Manny Diaz if they hadn't pulled out that game against NC state, a lot of people think he would have been fired this week. Yeah, I'm not sure exactly what it does for Miami to fire many Diaz at this point of the season. What does it do for any of, you know, what does it do for Texas tech to fire Matt wells when they did, you know? It's a little you know what in the hindsight? What did it do for LSU to fire oser on and then have them keep coaching? These mid season firing. I get the clay out more. That was more of a if we don't do this, nobody's going to come back to the games. Some of these others just feel like, yeah, we want to get a head start on finding our next coach, but there's only so much you can do. I think it's a good question. I think if you look at the example of at LSU, what was your unjust beat Florida with half a team? If somehow, they go on a roll, because look, I asked him these specific questions before the Florida game. What happens if you, you know, you beat old miss and then you beat, you know, this team and go 5 and won the last 6 games. It's like, you know, are they gonna fire somebody going 8 and four at that point where you're two years removed? It's like, but you can fire somebody. It's probably easier to fire them at four and three, and then all of a sudden it's like, you know, the mentality of the team. It's kind of even unplugged things. In the case of Texas tech, Matt well is almost got fired last year there. It was not after a long amount of time, obviously. He was a very successful coach at Utah state. I think what didn't sit well with some of the people around the program was he had taken a bunch of transfers and obviously his max had written about their product. There was a little bit of a disconnect compared to the state of Texas, but you look at the schedule they have left. It is a loaded last month with Oklahoma and I Baylor and Oklahoma state. These are some of the best teams in the big 12. If Matt wells had gone three in one down the stretch, it's a long shot, but if he had, you know, you're sitting there at 8 and four. I don't know how they'd fire them. You know, I think this was like, let's fire him before he has a chance to save his job. I really feel like that's how it came down to. And of course, which begs the question if he did get to aim for? Why would you need to fire? Cliff Kingsbury is having trouble getting to 8 and four. I don't know, Texas tech, to me, I'm not saying I'm not close enough to it to know. I mean, for all indications, Matt wells that they just considered him to be a bad fit from the beginning. So I'm not saying they shouldn't have fired him. But I do wonder if this is one of those expectations or a little out of whack situations. Mike leech, maybe spoiled them a little bit. A little a lot. A lot with the success he had. I mean, the fact that cliff only had one good season there. And now is the head coach of the first place team in the whole NFL. At some point, you might want to ask yourself at the time, it was like, oh my gosh, why do the Arizona Cardinals think? That guy who was frankly a mediocre college coach can run an NFL team. Now I'm thinking maybe it wasn't him, maybe it was the school he had Pat Mahomes as a quarterback and he still couldn't win. Maybe it's more case of it's just really, really hard to get, especially great defensive players to come to Lubbock, Texas. I think that thing for cliff in retrospect was, I don't think he was ready to be a power 5 head coach, and I was learning on the fly. He had that really young staff of a lot of them were his buddies. And I think they got better over time. They definitely got better on defense because they were so awful for much of that time, but they started to make some improvement. I think that was the hardest thing. Because you remember cliff was not a coordinator for very long. And when he was a Texas a and M, it was like managing Johnny was the big part of it whereas, you know, some other coordinators typically are more involved in other aspects of the program. And he really wasn't at that point at a and M so it's like you kind of have this rockstar guy coming back. It was really smart and is very conscientious. But I think he's learning on the fly on that. And so, you know, I don't know if it would have been much different if you gave him two more years, maybe? I don't know. But at the end, the thing I take away is like, I don't know like Matt wells is what you like is what you hire. I don't, you know, you hired a guy who was from who was coaching at Utah state is a good coach, but it's not like you didn't hire a guy who's deep in the root of Texas. This is kind of what you hire. So I'm surprised and then he didn't get much time. I mean, this is this is year three.
The Drive with Paul Swann
"matt wells" Discussed on The Drive with Paul Swann
"Line open now as well. Three zero four five two three two seven five. We got a lot to get into. There was a huge info dump on friday. We're sort of in a holding pattern now as far as where marshall might end up and conference realignment. We're gonna talk about all of that later on. Get your text in. All i know is friday was fun and we should have a lot of carry over. The weekend was fun. I don't know about you but the weekend was fun. Cincinnati bengals rolled the baltimore. Ravens forty one seventeen yesterday. Bengals five into this is their best. Start since two thousand and fifteen joe borough. He's the number one draft pick for a reason career-best four hundred sixteen yards three touchdowns. Jomar chase your rookie receiver. Season-high two hundred and one receiving yards. And he had a touchdown as well. He is definitely changed. The landscape for the cincinnati bengals. This might be a combination for years to come. So i'm here for the bingles announcing to the rest of the division that they are a threat at five and two. They're looking really good so with the nfl. Season rolling on the bengals things. Not looking so good for the cleveland. Browns as quarterback baker mayfield remains out with a left shoulder. Injury could sideline him for the game against the steelers this week. I mean that's a game. You don't wanna miss. If you're cleveland quarterback or cleveland player. You talking about. Maybe the bengals dismay for the pittsburgh steelers. It's cleveland and pittsburgh that's the that's the hate. That's the rivalry there. I mean sure the bengals and steelers have gone at it for a long time. But if you're a steelers fan you hate the browns. If you're a browns hate the steelers. And so one of the oldest hate rivalries in the nfl and baker. Mayfield not on the practice field during the portuguese. Monday's practice open reporter so he might miss that game. Ouch as august says out for the cleveland browns. They were kind of projected to be a little bit better than what they are. The steelers this could be a golden opportunity for the steelers so at least call the claw their way back up a little bit. Best way to describe that so. That's some interesting news today for the browns and of course college football. We're keeping an eye on usually everything that happens and realize kind of taken up most of that. The texas tack officially announcing the firing of coach matt wells. The red raiders. They weren't watching. Had a touchdown halftime lead home against kansas state below that so you blow that and texas tech has not been good not been relevant really in a long while and so midseason you get rid of your coach matt wells. He really just couldn't do anything with that program. I think it has more to do with texas tech than matt wells but still texas. Tech's going to be a tough situation here. You lose your coach..
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is Matt wells at UN news more than 1 million people in southern Madagascar are going hungry in what the World Food Program WFP believes could become the first ever famine brought on by climate change. Successive years of drought have forced people in rural communities to eat locusts fruit and cactus leaves because they've been unable to plant or harvest sweet potatoes tomatoes and other crops. Alice ramune, WFP communications officer in the capital, Antananarivo, was in the region recently. She said families have been selling prized assets such as cattle, farmland, and even homes to survive. Ramune spoke to dian Penn about the UN agency's support to some 700,000 people with plans to reach more and hopes for the cop 26 climate change conference which opens later this month in Glasgow, Scotland. It's been several years now that Madagascar and especially south of Madagascar is aided by a very civil growth that's people and without any ways to feed themselves. Because with a job and especially with no rain, they are not able to harvest anything because it can plant. They can't always do anything. So they don't have anything to eat right now. And we can say that there is more than 1 million people in search of Madagascar or suffering from hangar right now. Thank you so much Alice. And tell us about that region. What's it like? Because, of course, a lot of people, myself included have never been to southern Madagascar. It's a very rural area. With small villages and many people are living from their fields and from their field prediction. So if there is nothing growing anymore, so you don't have anything to feed themselves and to sell at the market. So now, in some harrier, you can find villages surrounded by fields, but fails out to tell you nothing can rest and sometimes. When some of them are little hope so some seeds and try to irrigate more or less and so something is growing, but it's just a few weeks after because there is no rain. It just drying. So it's quite impressing to see tomato plants, also aren't completely yellow or even brown because they are just dying because of the lack of water. And now WFP are saying that this could be the world's first climate change induced famine. Can you explain why and how? First of all, Madagascar as many countries as buyers seasons are usually there is a price season, rainy season, and so on. But now, the climate is really changing and farmers are really dependent from the climate from the season. They don't really understand its operating, because as for example, more and more wins, stronger win that cover feels from sands and so on. As there is, of course, less rain. So when there is the first rain, they can maybe have hope and so some seeds, but one little rain is not a proper rainy season. So if the first leader rain is not fall out by a second rain and several weeks of rain, it's not enough to have a proper air rest. And everything is dying. Because of the lack of rain. What we can say is that the impact of climate change are really stronger and stronger. People can grow animal. So fails constantly. And so people don't have anything to harvest and.
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"matt wells" Discussed on Talk Radio 1190 KFXR
"Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday, October 30th register for a chance to win at Red Raiders contest dot com for two game tickets, airfare and hotel accommodations in Norman. Don't miss out on this opportunity and go to Red Raiders contest dot com Now to sign up today, thanks to Texas Farm Bureau insurance for their support of Texas Tech football. How did all that fiber Max cotton grow so strong? Well, it's been a season sleeping on a bit of rocks, breathing dust and suck can win. It hung out in blistering heat while fighting all posses a vicious pest and diseases. Yes, sir. That bounty of cotton grew so strong by being just as tough as you are. Fiber Max Cotton from BSF always read and follow label directions. Red Raider football's home opener for 2021 comes up this Saturday inside Jones AT and T Stadium. Six o'clock is the kickoff and head coach Matt Wells says he can't wait big game for us around here home opener and protecting the Jones I encourage everybody to come out. Hopefully weekend we can pack the Jones and I know that there's been a lot of efforts around town certainly appreciate those from our marketing people, but also Um, our boosters, donors and alumni to get this thing packed out and get this thing back to to what it used to be around here, and that's a crowd that's extremely passionate about the Red Raiders. We certainly know that we have a you know a role to play in that piece as well to play well in front of our home crowd. Our guys are looking forward to doing that. Saturday night again Kick off his six o'clock, You can listen on the Texas Tech sports network from Leer Fear. Don't forget your smart device to play talk radio.
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is matt wells at. Us news well as preparations gear up for this november's cop twenty six climate summit in glasgow the leading scientific body responsible for assessing the latest evidence on climate change said on monday. That human activity is indisputably to blame. Well it's perhaps little comfort for the many millions affected by weather disasters today. Johnson lynch spokesperson for the intergovernmental panel on climate change or ipcc told you and uses daniel johnson as a chance that by limiting greenhouse gas emissions..
UN News
Climate Change Affects Everyone, But We Can Stop Global Warming
"This is matt wells at. Us news well as preparations gear up for this november's cop twenty six climate summit in glasgow the leading scientific body responsible for assessing the latest evidence on climate change said on monday. That human activity is indisputably to blame. Well it's perhaps little comfort for the many millions affected by weather disasters today. Johnson lynch spokesperson for the intergovernmental panel on climate change or ipcc told you and uses daniel johnson as a chance that by limiting greenhouse gas emissions. We can slow down sea level rise and significantly slow global warming. So what's this report about on. Was the latest science telling us about climate change. And how does this relate to all the extreme weather. We've been seeing around the world in recent weeks and months. Well we've known for decades that world is warming and recent changes in the climate are widespread rapid intensifying and their unprecedented over thousands of years. Now this report shows the scientists who works on that. I've established that it's indisputable that human activities are causing climate change and human influence is making extreme time at events including heatwaves heavy rainfall and droughts more frequent and severe
College Football Live
"matt wells" Discussed on College Football Live
"A little bit. It says. Kansas said what the future holds for the jayhawks in both lawrenson kansas city. The tweet also mentions a new airport terminal looks to be ready by twenty twenty three and then how about this from texas tech matt wells on their situation into great brand academically research institution. All of our athletic programs will land in a good spot. Harry i mean it almost sounds like hey look at us. You know. these are the things we're good at. These are the things we have going forth. Is this the first maneuver to try to find a new place. In case we don't have a big twelve. Perhaps i kinda can't help but feel bad for these guys because it's like man you really not even just like have to sell yourself cruise but it feels like they're just trying to sell themselves to everybody. I think if you're the remaining schools in the big twelve the one common thread that you all had in terms of this whole texas and oklahoma going to the sec thing is that you didn't like that you weren't on the same page with it until it was too late right. I think all of them the best thing. Moving forward is getting together and being like. Hey what's it gonna be. Are we going to try to keep lee together an ad teams or are we all going and that way. Everybody can do what they need to do. Kansas can go sell itself so whoever they want to west virginia and everybody keeps bringing up the acc. But i think the one thing that all these programs can agree on and should do is get together. Decide what is going to be. Yeah i totally agree with you and the music is gonna stop at some point in. Somebody's going to be left without a chair. If they're not proactive. In all of this. I think the difference between conference realignment back in two thousand and ten and two thousand eleven. And what we have. Now it's going to be about who your top revenue producers as far as athletic departments. Who has the bayer alumni basis who has more importantly in matt wells at texas tech senate who is building and has a sustainable brand. I think that consumers are gonna start gaining their content from different mediums different ways. It's not just going to be a cable box. It's not just going to be a satellite dish. So why are you more attractive to one institution than another for perspective conference. That's looking to add teams. And if you're not thinking that way. I think you're making a mistake. You've got to prepare yourself an exit strategy so you land on your feet get used to. The idea of this thing is really changing right before our eyes. well well. it is guys.
UN News
"matt wells" Discussed on UN News
"This is matt wells that un news conflict in afghanistan is worsening and increasingly pitting afghans against afghans as most international forces. Pull out of the country with nearly eight. Hundred civilians killed and more than sixteen hundred wounded in may and june alone this latest data from the un assistance mission in afghanistan. You norma reflects the highest casualty numbers over any two month period..
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
Sarasota attorney resigns state job to protest Rebekah Jones raid
"Our next guest resigned his position on the florida government. Because of what you're about to see. We showed you this video last night. When rebecca johns the florida health department whistle blower. Who was fired for refusing to manipulate covid. Nineteen data joined us here to describe what it was like. When florida state police officers entered her home at eight. Thirty am on monday. Searching for computer evidence about a possible text that should not have been sent. They entered her home with guns drawn. And aiming those guns upstairs in her home at her husband and her two children ages two and eleven outside in the house relaxing. She'll all the children off all down missy. Jones come down the stairs now. Police come down. Fear is what rebecca jones said about that last night on this program. I thought i was being arrested. I had no idea what four. But i have honestly been expecting to santa's to send people after me for six months. I didn't know they search word for the house until they start healing warrant inside and tell me. Tell me husband and two children to come downstairs. Which was confusing. Because i had no idea why. And they're standing at the top of the stairs and the my husband is holding our two year old daughter in my eleven year. Old son is behind him in there pointing their guns at him at the end of that discussion last night. I reported the breaking news. That attorney ron philip. Kofsky resigned in protest from his position on judicial nominating commission after he saw that video of the police guns drawn in rebecca jones home and after he studied the search warrant that was issued by a judge who appointed by florida governor rhonda santa's in his resignation letter from the post. That governor disentis appointed him to attorney ron. Philip kofsky said i have been increasingly alarmed. By the governor's response to the covid nineteen pandemic. I believe the policy of this state toward cova is reckless and irresponsible. I have followed the events of miss jones and reviewed the search warrant that led to her home being raided. Based on. What i've seen and read i find these actions unconscionable even if the facts alleged are true i would still call her a hero. I no longer wish to serve. The current government of florida in any capacity joining us now is landfill kaczynski. The former vice chair of the twelfth circuit judicial nominating commission in florida. He's also a former general counsel to the sarasota republican party. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. Mr full custody. We really appreciate it up. Tell me how you came to your decision. Did you see the video first. And then read the search warrant and an assemble your thoughts from those two things. Yes i i saw. The video in obviously was pretty shocking. Outrage like everybody else. And then i posted something on twitter about i reaction to that in actually. A trump supporter sent me a link to the search warrant From the miami herald website said. Well you know before you say anything. You'd better read the war and see what terrible thing she's done. I did that and it just made me more matt well. I'm gonna read from the warrant because it's all about a text. They're in there with grow with guns drawn because a text was sent to florida of workers in the florida health department maybe to twelve hundred people and the text said. This was a group text and it said this. It's in the warrant. It said it's time to speak up before another seventeen thousand people are dead. You know this is wrong. You don't have to be part of this. Be a hero. Speak out before it's too late. That was the crime that was being investigated with guns drawn in rebecca johns home yet. It's outrage said not And the fact that a a search warrant was signed which was so broad which encompassed them seizing all of her electron devices with no minimization or limits. On what they could do once they receive. Those devices led me to believe that really their primary. The primary target of this warrant is not necessarily rebecca jones in the primary purpose of the war is not to make a criminal case against rebecca jones. The primary purpose of all of this is to find out the identities of the people inside the state government core talking to her. And what they're telling her. And i think that's really what they're after. Yes and she said that she has had some confidential sources in there who've been trying to give her a good information about covid and she worries now that with the seizure of electronic devices the identities of those people could well be obtained by the state. Police who's boss is the governor of the state of florida. And and i you make the point that those police officers knew exactly who this woman is that she's kind of famous in florida now. Yeah absolutely. there's there's just no. I know that. The governor's office is denying that he had any knowledge whatsoever about this investigation. Or this warrant. I mean this is a law enforcement agency. That reports directly to the governor's office it. It doesn't report to a state. Attorney's office locally. So this is. A nemesis of governor descends us and has been for six months and outspoken critic high profile. So the idea that his own law enforcement agency would execute a search warrant like this on such a high profile critic and they wouldn't clear through him. Or as general counsel i that just strains all credibility to me rod filled kofsky. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. And also thank you for taking your oath as lawyer seriously and your position as an officer of the court seriously when you see something like this say something about it the way you have. We really appreciate that. Thank you
UN News
UN vital for peace and cooperation says Economic and Social Council head
"This is matt wells at un news. In a world facing famine major migration and conflict exacerbated by covid nineteen the un including its foundational body the economic and social council nanak is vital to promote global peace and cooperation. That's according to mugniyah cram pakistan's ambassador to the un who was elected ecosoc president in july. He said that urgent action needs to be taken out to meet the needs of developing countries. Otherwise we'll have a humanitarian disaster. On our hands he told you and uses lists graffiti but began the interview by explaining kazakhs overall role. The economic and social council is one of the three Principal organs are mentioned in the un charter. The general assembly the security council and the economic and social council. These are three made charter bodies and the concept of creating the economic and social council at the time of the birth of the united nations. Was that on the one side. The security council was conceived as an organ. Which would promote collective security and enforce peace in the world the economic and social council on the other hand was designed to promote peace through international economic cooperation. One of the framers of t. Un charter was the president of the united states. Mr roosevelt and his conception which voiced at the time was that economic instability was a disease and that if one country had it than others would be affected and that was the concept behind the creation of economic and social council to promote peace through international development cooperation so the charter says very clearly that the objective of the economic and social council is to promote better standards of living in larger freedoms. That is a quote from the un charter. And it's supposed to do that personally by addressing policy issues and secondly by promoting international cooperation and coordination among all international economic organizations that's the mandate and it's a mandate. Which is i believe. Just as important as the mandate of the un security comes. Can you share some examples. Cossacks work in new york that has had a global impact. Yes over the years. The economic and social council has been a place where the whole concept of development cooperation of helping developing countries to make progress and grow was conceived. So it was at the economic and social council that the first report which is called the pearson report on development cooperation was discussed and the whole idea of promoting economic and social development through mutual support between rich and poor countries was born here. Kazakh was the place where we conceive of what was then called the international development strategy. It is the place where the concept of official development assistance amounting to zero point. Seven percent of the gdp of developed countries to be provided to developing countries was born. It was an echo saw the concept of linking the creation of special drawing rights in the imf the quotas to link those quotas with development. Assistance these were all major ideas that were born india-kazakh and are now activist in major financial in international economic institutions. So it has been a central body for forward thinking and these are just some examples of what has been achieved in kazakh in the post.
UN News
UN Libya envoy reports on significant achievements towards peace
"This is matt well as you're news. Following a decade of political instability and conflict libyans are on the path to peace and the international community needs to do its part which includes respecting an arms embargo. Top official there said in an exclusive interview with our un news. Aerobic team stephanie. Williams acting special representative of the secretary general commended. The first round of political talks between the government of national accord in libyan national army held last week and she initiate ms williams spoke to my yakub about ongoing developments in libya. Since the signing of historic ceasefire agreed last month under the auspices of the un mission in the country. Un's mil which she had. A ceasefire agreement itself was really greeted of rate of ause across the via. Withings were so relieved to see more officers. Come together with very great sense of national responsibility and to reach across the table. Shake hands and really for the sake of libya start to take steps to To unify institutions to ease the conditions for average le'veon's and to really pave the way for the resumption of the political process. You have just concluded the first first-round of critical dialogue forum. Are you happy with the results. In how are the preparation for the second round going preparations for the second round or underway. I am very pleased with what happened here in tunis. Last week seventy five participants came the sach talk for some of them really the first time that they have come together since the revolutions twenty eleven over these long years of crisis and division and they to gingrich national responsibility an desire for reconciliation and desire to put the country on the right on the libyan to restore rabin decision making in socrates. They're very intensive day. They accomplished a lot. They decided that national elections should be held on december fourth. Twenty twenty one which marks seventieth anniversary of libya's independence. So what better day. For libyan's to come together to renew their institutions through credible inclusive and fair elections. They also agreed a national roadmap for a preparatory period leading up to elections they renamed. The perogatives are reformed presidency council and a separate premiership in unity government in. They also agreed the eligibility criteria for candidates to these positions. I am really pleased to say that of the seventy five participants. The women's participants really stood out. They came together as a block fairly early on in the process started working on a statement issued outline really a series of principles recommendation. She improving women's participation in the political process and governance. They demanded that remains should account for no west thirty percent of the leadership positions in the recently formed executive authority and that was also echoed in the roadmap which was consensually agreed by having participants. On the last day miss williams. You just mentioned the election. What will will on smell. In how how would smell facilitated so are we support of the higher national elections commission. Which is the national sovereign body in libya that is charged with organizing elections. We also work directly with the authorities in the government of national board to ensure that they support the h. neck through expanding. Its operations and i'm pleased to say that. The government of national forest has announced that they will on begin this much needed financing of the h neck. So we will stand with the libyan stand with the elections commission as they undertake the challenging. Work ahead to organize these much desired national elections. You also spoke about women. What is awesome The wing to ensure the representation and participation of libyan women the election. But also andy libyan seen in general so. We made sure that arabian women were strongly represented in the political dialogue. They are also were paraded in economic dialogue. And in terms of what we're doing you know we are facilitate Gender sensitive gender inclusive legislation to be taken out by the the libyan parliament. And that will we believe. Better enable access. Stir women candidates to office. And those who will no doubt be running. In the parliaments
UN News
How the COVID-19 shock could bring us cleaner, safer, more sustainable cities
"This is Matt Wells, the news once the COVID. Nineteen pandemic behind this wind occasions are that cities are going to be greener cleaner, quieter safer and more secure. That's the strong belief of iconic international architect Norman Foster who's been sharing this sustainable view with mayors from dozens of cities, a U N Economic Commission for Europe Event in Geneva. In a wide-ranging interview with you and uses Daniel Johnson Lord. Foster begins by discussing how cities of emerge stronger from disaster in the past and how they will like look in the future. Historically cities have been through crises and in the long arc of history, there's crises have improved the quality of life of the city's effectively transformed them. So the question about the covid nineteen is that going to see cities change a flight from the city I would suggest that it has magnified accelerated trends which were already apparent among can go through those trends there about mobility either about working patterns there about the role of industry and culture in the city, and really if you develop this theme and You apply the lessons of history. Then all the indications are that the city is going to be greener cleaner, quieter, safer more secure, but it does need some rethinking. The thing that is new is the attitude as a result of the pandemic having seen. Some of the spontaneous things that have happened pedestrianisation is not new for example, but normally, it would take years to achieve that we're seeing that happen overnight in cities. We're seeing street widening in Soho London entire roads given over to terraces to strolling so. In a way, the dense European city which is by Qabail. walkable. Alternately more sustainable than cities that
UN News
Dont forget to let activists know their work counts, urgesyouth climate adviser
"This is Matt, Wells. At U. N. news well, with high level meetings own going to address the climate and Biodiversity Crisis Center stage you and headquarters one of the Secretary General's Youth Advisory Group members urging world leaders to make sure their decisions get back to the people that helped shape policy on the ground, and this Gibson is co Coordinator Three Fifty Fiji regional use lead climate change network in the Pacific driven by young climate leaders and he. Told Julia Dean, of our UN Country Team Australia was important to let groups like his know they've made a difference for me. There are three reasons why we should be continuing to engage young people and the first reason is around young people are the only demographic that has the opportunity, the agency and the capability to be able to respond really quickly and effectively situations that need a response in the Pacific. We Sierra really clear example when it. Comes to responding to natural natural disaster. You look at any cyclone that we've had over the last ten years any development sector agency that's worth. Their salt will tell you that young people have been at the forefront of driving the transformative change to ensure that the response to the crises was done effectively ethically and quickly, and so that's the first reason is the reason we engage young people because without founding biased, we get the job done but. The second reason I think is perhaps more important is because young people have the most vested interest in the way in which the future will pan out. We are in a unique sort of next this position where we have the ability to see the learnings from generations before us, but we also the generation that will be guiding in creating the next generation through the next thirty five to fifty years. So our interest is not just our own. But also the interest of ensuring that our children have a life that is something that is worthwhile and something that we would like for ourselves and fraud Johnson, and then of course, the third reason is because you've will be the population that drives future innovation. So the reason that we work with youth now is not because we want them to feel cool and fancy and like social influences. Now, the reason we work with youth now is to. Ensure that we're laying down the foundations so that humanity and society is going forward are fighting trump because at the end of the day, the leaders that we have. Now that you know pushing retirement age won't be there twenty five years from now to see their plans to fruition. So we need to be able to instill enough Dr Anne, capacity and young people to ensure that the future that we have is not just one that we. Wants, but it's a, it's a reality
The Tennis Podcast
The Serena Slam Begins
"Tenth Edition of Roland Garros Relieved here with you on the tennis podcast, and it features all Williams. Sisters final from two thousand and two Venus Against Serena and we have just watched it, and it was the start of Serena Williams dominating and. It was it's been fascinating. We've watched little moments from all of their next three Grand Slam finals that would follow straight away as well, and it's just one of the great stories of tennis. The there's ever happened. Really the the Williams Sisters Story and it never ceases to intrigue me just to watch how they try to deal with the moments how to deal with the situation that they're in. And we're here to relive it with you on the tennis podcast Katherine how you doing I'm. Okay the same thanks David. In the same spot out there's. Nothing changes. In the same position as well. I'm so glad I bought my new office chair before. Episodes basically been here for. Ten straight days and Now. Beds right next door to it. Yes I two thousand and two. In two thousand two. What were you doing in two thousand and two things picks up on the family photo album front, Catherine O. F T. Year and I remember study leave coinciding exactly with the French Open. Which? Recouping Great. To treat. Filed for juggled manage that Juggling Act potentially better than you did in the lost years. I'm saying I didn't want to repeat any of my qualifications exactly ten years on from when from what I completely failed mine at. Two, thousand and two, you were six. Yeah, not too much to report really. Just getting on with it properties. Getting on. Roy David vs your this must have been your first years of freelance. Yeah left the ATP by this time, and I was going off to tournaments on my Just trying to wet for anybody you'd have me and yes I remember covering Rome shortly before this French. Open that. We're talking about right now. member covering Serena in interviewing hair and yeah is it was an interesting time? To be covering the sports in that way. And I. What's My I in that year for BBC Radio Five Live? So yeah, it was the start of a very different chapter. For me! And Yeah. There's so much going on in the tennis world. There was this crossover Rivera's, wasn't it? Because we we we still saying these head to head rivalries, but this one became more and more prevalent with every passing tournaments, and just to give you an idea of what else was going on in the world at that time in two thousand to the Queen Mother died. The all spoons premiered on MTV. Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. Government signed ceasefire ending nineteen years of civil war. And fifty percent of the UK population by now have Internet access. That one's for you Catherine thirty. Keep it partridge. What would I need to save for it? NOT TO BE PARTRIDGE? I was just thinking before you said the Internet thing always thinking Oh. This is on tricky today. Of taking a step up. and. Go my favorite bit. Getting used to it. So tennis wise. At this point, we have moved on a year from yesterday. Show when Jennifer Capriati when the French Open title, the rest of that year was dominated by Venus Williams. Who Won Wimbledon and the US Open beating Serena in the final? What has happened so far in two thousand and two Matt Well Jennifer kept `priority has defended her Australian Open title a tournament which Serena had to miss through injury and Venus Williams loss of the first ever to Monica salish. still whenever I see that Monica was still going strong in two thousand and two. That always kind of amazes me. Yes? Then they get on the hull courts and Serena really starts dominating. She doesn't actually she doesn't actually lose. A match competed national hard court in two thousand and two to start the season both sisters. Boycott Indian Wells for the first time following the racists incident in two thousand and one. That's a boycott that would go on until Twenty fifteen for Serena Twenty sixteen for Venus. And, then Serena gets her first tore level where against Venus in the Miami semifinals, six two six two and then announces a South was one of the favorites full the French, open by winning Rome beating Justyna non Jennifer Cat `priority so. That definitely you know. Venus is obviously dominated the before Serena's now really becoming a force Worth I'm actually wrote that they were threatening to tiger is. I think that being in terms of what tiger woods was doing. Ingolf at that stage just become such a dominant force and they were the they were. They were the driving force in the game. They were the biggest stoves, the biggest stories getting the biggest crowds and actually align i. read his that. Talks of combining the tools though bit like we've been talking about recently with this with this merger idea, but it was very much. Kind of the pay and coaching the Women's tool to relocate Ponte Vedra where they had their head offices and. Thinking that, it made sense for the ATP. Jomo thumbs alliant. Is that boils down to this on AC- went be around for much longer, and no other male player comes close to the international stardom of the Williams sisters. Why not try to get in on the action?
UN News
UN health agency leads collaborative bid to get 135 countries ready for COVID-19
"This is Matt Wells at US News. Well if you're an avid follower of curve in nineteen developments you may have wondered what the phrase PCR equipment means. Well it stands for polymerase chain reaction which is the process that labs use to check with someone with cub in nineteen symptoms has the new current a virus after taking a medical swap usually from both nostrils in line with World Health Organization voice to countries to test as many cases of suspected. Infection is possible the race is on to find enough. Pc MACHINES FOR EVERYBODY. And that's where poll molinaro comes in. He's the cool calm collected head of the -gistically the WHO which with other EU partners is part of a major new initiative to help kit out one hundred and thirty five countries trying to see off the pandemic. He's been talking to you and uses Daniel Johnson. So right now. It's trying to get US access to products that are in extremely short supply because of very high demand and be able to get access to those markets collectively on behalf of lowering committing come countries a quiet financed by and move those things to a platform from which we can deliver via aircraft managed by. W and others to the countries where those things are needed. How many countries are we talking about so it depends on the type of on what product I think unless count where anywhere between one hundred twenty one hundred thirty five. We all know that. There's massive demand and not enough supply for face masks gloves. But what's the other equipment that you really trying to get hold of in? Massive numbers diagnostic tests different types of high throughput automated or manual. Pr Systems is critical then in biomedical. It's mainly around provisions of oxygen so oxygen concentrator 's oxygen manufacturing machines ventilators CPAP machines oxygen giving set any sort of mass. That go with it. So it's the PCP around the protection for the health workers lab workers. It's the diagnostics to be able to identify intest who is infected and then for those unfortunate enough to hit the clinical frontline. Is the equipment needed to treat them? And where exactly is it going to go first? How do you prioritize need well? It's difficult so we have developed a model based on epidemiology based on a number of inputs that we make for each country on the attack rate that they're currently facing how many cases they have and then from that we get an estimation of how many bed spaces they would need if they were moving to a clinical environment and that also putting in terms of what other percentages of mild severe severe critical cases that we're experiencing averaged out so it is a little bit of a and had to be done with modeling at the same time. We have a matrix. Who is issued an updates regularly on the various risks and vulnerabilities of countries? Of course we also compare that to current case count and the rate of spread in each country to try and get a sense of where we should be going. I and with numbers. And let's just talk about demand for second you were saying in an earlier press conference that demand is one hundred to two times above normal totally unprecedented stuff. So is this a significant enough measure bringing together enough you and agencies and Non Union partners to make a real difference. Well it's what we can do. So certainly we start off with bringing our partners into the shop and coordinating and working with them in terms of trying to bring together the volumes and the financing that we can collectively get hold off and then approach markets which we have. I mean different. Entities have different experience in different markets. So we try and use what we're strong collectively at. And that I think just gives us a more coordinated approach again beginning off on those elements we work closely with so assist the UN agencies and then some of our larger NGO partners which have long term standing relationship and organizations like the Global Fund and financing institutions like the World Bank like Bill Melinda Gates Foundation to be able to frontload or bridge financing for us to acquire some of these quantities. But with the best will in the world when border start closing and country start hanging onto the food end-equipment that they need to withstand this cove in nineteen new corona virus pandemic. How do you overcome those barriers? And the concern I have is that the World Food Program said that does delays at the borders yourself mentioned that to UNICEF macy's some difficulties in distributing vital vaccines so. What's the prognosis. Wants the outlet? It's difficult and it is a big challenge. Now what we do is we do have a long track. Record of being able to circumvent some of these bottlenecks where humanitarian and disaster. The districts professionals. It's not new to us. It's something we do as bread and butter and we'll continue to do so now with the infrastructure and assets we put in place managed by WFP. That's another partner that we've worked with a lot in the past to to reach areas that are difficult to reach and then around the difficulties with I mean. Who has country representation across the globe so does UNICEF so does the U N D peace within entire UNC system? There are ways that we can advocate within certain governments. And if you see some of these export restrictions doing clued generally provision for exemption for humanitarian and medical movement. It's not always easy to navigate the exemption and it takes persistence and you do have to jump through hoops but again. Persistence is something where we do. Where you sit and so we push forward that way now where we get availability we will. We'll address any issues we we don't face it in all the old country. We do get specific exemptions that negotiated and we do see movements it could be more and certainly will continue pushing for that again with access to a schedule sort of cargo facility provided by WIP and with the know how that collectively we have as you and agencies and NGOs. We can circumvent this. And I guess very last question to you. There's reports that air travel is going to cost fifty percent more now presumably. That will have the same sort of knock on impact on your work. So how will you manage to keep the show going if you like? Well I think when it comes to putting back the passenger networks online. Obviously they're not gonNA be able to fill their planes with people so certain even when we're planning for the WFP passenger service you know. They're not going to be able to have a complete fool plane. I mean especially not at the beginning that going to need to be distant so any airline company is going to have to factor that in now will that same price go onto the freight animal of that that goes underneath the plane. Maybe it will be cheaper. You're not actually loading many twenty or thirty kilos sets of luggage into the hold. Maybe frees up some capacity full cargo on some of these things. One never knows certainly when we were trying to find. F. Rate from China when Chinese manufacturing was down it was very cheap when Chinese manufacturing came back online. It becomes more expensive. It's just the nature of supply and demand over capacity and under-capacity so as these airlines come online maybe a freight we'll get cheaper on certain routes certain segments. Maybe it's going to get more expensive. So sometimes these things can be a bit hard to predict certainly living in a topsy turvy world at the beginning. When a lot of countries were sending support to China every into China was expensive. Now it's the other way round coming back gone up.
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Entrepreneurs of intolerance compound COVID-19 racist backlash
"I'm Matt Wells and for this special edition of our lives on podcast from you a news. My colleague from our Chinese service see when Sheehan temporarily based back home while Cova nineteen disrupts every aspect of our lives has been talking to these special reporter about how hidden. Prejudices have been exploited by nationalist politicians and others she describes as entrepreneurs of intolerance to create a frightening new social and political dimension to this pandemic suen spoke to Yale educated Professor Tschumi who was appointed by the Human Rights Council to her key job in November. Two thousand seventeen. In mid April as they su-nam even had rippled from Wuhan to Europe then striking the US with New York City home to UN headquarters the epicenter of the world's worst pandemic in a century Sutton nationalities ethnicities have become targets of racism and xenophobia tax. Maybe my question would be. Why did this happen precisely at the time when we should unite? You're right to say that it's counter intuitive that at a time when there is so much risk and uncertainty that they were also algorithm of certain groups and what seems like increases in intolerant and vegetate. But I think it has to do with the fact that in emergency situations like these underlying problems that exist I just exacerbated. Many of these groups are groups that already subject to latent intolerance and xenophobia and prejudice take the example of Asian Americans will people who are perceived to be of Asian descent in the US. Right now have been subject to xenophobic racist attacks in the wake of cove. Nineteen you can think about say Africans who are being subject to various measures in China right now also in response to the covert nineteen pandemic you can think about Roma who have been targeted in different European countries from being accused of spreading the virus and being subject to extreme measures. Benny members of those groups can tell you the long history of Racial Discrimination Xenophobia even prior to there being a pandemic groups that in general of vulnerable to racism xenophobia. So I would say we should understand these attacks. As naming Bay in many places prejudices and biases that are often latent and in this pan-demic they become even more pronounced and that combined with the fact that you actually have actors as you might think of as entrepreneurs of intolerance certain actors whether the politicians whether they media outlets actually took prophet and to exacerbate into enflame intolerance jumping into the fray and ham referring to political leaders who've been willing to come out the knicks statements that are explicitly implicitly phobic in my statement that you reference. I speak to this example here in the west of the president who keeps Lee referred to the virus as China virus. And you see this happening in different parts of the world as well this kind of statement at high levels of political office if you ask me. Signals in acceptability of stigmatization of specific regions of specific groups of people who come from those regions presumably these narratives actions are very harmful absolutely individuals. On the group's fourth subject racism and xenophobia because they all particularly mysterious. Akina race of the national origin. And sometimes it's because they presumed to be the of examples of Vietnamese people who being attacked and they are attacked sharing to them as Chinese. We're seeing examples in the US of bubble attacks of bushel stigmatization. So when you're walking down the street and let's say you are perceived to be of Asian descent people yes the social distancing but this also goes Glasgow and the kind of wide that speaks to something racial is taking place. There's been examples of spitting and then there's also just physical violence people who are being beaten up because they are presumed to be of Ns necessity or racial designation that is associated with having spread disease which we know this is not Hollywood. It's not salutes are more prone to the virus but this is what's happening in Europe. You have examples of people being denied access to goods and services and some of the examples that I've been looking at which published in the European Union's on the Mental Rights Agency. They just had a report out on cove. Nineteen and there's a section in the other talks about discrimination that talks about people of Asian descent to perceive to be of Asian descent. Being refused the right to rent an apartment people being refused access to healthcare. These are just examples. I'm not saying this is everywhere. Near these examples to highlight in the report they will talk about people at agent descend being denied access to best rants access to schools. This is before. Some of the measures were implemented and then in China Africans fleeing victims from their residents in long show people having multiple seized denial of access to restaurants so those are examples of the kinds of Homs that individuals in groups are experiencing also want to highlight the mental and emotional costs and the IAEA that these groups have to carry as a result of these attacks.
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Javier Prez de Cullar reaped diplomatic success perhaps without parallel in UN history
"The former secretary general heavier Perez Cueva. Who's died? Eight hundred was responsible for a series of diplomatic breakthroughs that were perhaps without parallel in the history of the United Nations. That's according to his most senior aide. Shift Cabinet Virendra dial in an interview on Thursday by phone from his home in Delhi. Mr Dial praised the inherent decency and integrity of the former U. N. Chief who served two terms that saw the end of the Cold War telling Your News Matt Wells that Mister Peres de. Quayle played a key role in the transition in an absolutely must be. Manna even of minden Nevada. He had a very conscious way about him and he had a great sense of decency in Texas possible to do this. Some extremely difficult does in terms of the sixty. I just remind us what the challenges were that he and the talented group of diplomats at he assembled around him had to deal with in the one thousand nine hundred thousand nine hundred ninety s where the first time was colored by the existence of the code will enrich the Security Council able to function envoys. Agents possible government. It's very difficult state of affairs indeed. He listens hosting contributions and and it was very difficult. But how stations. I need to pass the UN to the position to see. The benefits of change at the time was appropriate. You gotta you had to saying which often use. We shouldn't have to dive into Mt Poo if action of of the United Nations secretary. General's this time it's a disaster. So you visit to the right woman. Get a great sense of timing. He wasn't one to steal the limelight himself and he admitted that he wasn't the most exciting candidate for the top job when he took it up but but looking back he was extremely effective. Wasn't he at brokering peace especially in the second term? He's prepared view organization so the time when things will be possible see the second time was because nothing they thought his own preparedness but also GonNa Shelf Game Office and that was the Vatican change than the possibilities in front of the UN save. You actually had to mourn those changes and shape the way in which the changes what's happened and stole a degree of trust at increasing degree of tossed peasants council. That was that's thought his scale. So that the four in a sense the good will probably take over. He had begun to make possibilities within the US Corporation Wolf feasible and in that does this what happened in the second term and school since he you beat the string of successes invested. You and I think it has lessened the thing that he himself. What is your favorite memory of him? I think I have to say my him was his last day in office when I percents of the clock stopped at midnight to get the signatures of the bill. Cool fused with the hip of scully's. Hey this building. Without looking back. He left the building as a twitter chorus of angels. Everyone was so happy. And when we got to lift the soul to be didn't know if people standing members of the secretariat everybody found. This is himself sort of any people live off to get done and finally how would you sum up his his impact on the UN and the world at large? Tom Diction also school. In an absolute muster used every opportunity to that time so great achievement and I think in some ways in some ways because cooperation developed within the members of Security Council New York in a way that abusive to ending the code of all the United Nations. Became the forum in which the coach will manifested. This has s coming to an end. It's fascinating thing. There's one thing you say. As a postscript sometimes during the difficult here's you would meet them at the end of the day and we'd rather the the tribes of the day and he would be very sad because everything we've seen in the Colson Day was wiped out before the end of it. He would look at me and sometimes hold on. Wait and you know we do not have the next to be discussed so you would you would think they continue and continue day off the right time came and invest manifested themselves when I came into pieces to wait and wait for them and for them and then the food scheme was data.
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If cities don't develop sustainably, neither will the world
"The challenges facing cities in an age of climate change and technological innovation will be highlight his ads. The World Old Oven Forum held an Abu Dhabi between the eighth and thirteenth February before he left for the UN's annual conference on the urban environments. How young shoe director of the UN Development Programs Department of Policy and Program Support Sandstone with Matt Wells from a news? Mr Xu revealed that there's a growing mm trend of city leaders looking to the UN to help solve an increasingly complex set of problems. What were seen though? Is that cities and the governments are are coming to us. Increasingly was more and more complex asks for Hudd Hudd. Hudd you help. We work together. Put design a city strategy. To view is the impact of climate change. But that's a question needs to be answered from many different angles from infrastructure from covenants from investment and the from several delivery from many many different aspects so these are news new phenomena. We see can give me some examples of the kind of things that you would like. Politicians wins and others who leads cities to be doing more of are there. Are there common things every city can do. I think they're definitely a lot of issues. Turn ktar incoming in developing country citizen and what we would like to advocate for example is really a UH for local governments for municipal governments together with the national governments to think strategically sink long-term sink in a user new new tools that we can deploy to think strategically but in ACTA practically and acting quickly and a a our program interventions typically slew of support to local governance localization of the SDG's to so bring international goes to city level right. We work with a lot of cities are energy transition to increase the Chevron energy to improve the energy efficiency the buildings and the fog's will work with us to focus on local economic opportunities so that they can be part of this. You know develop in the process process if you're going to sort of offer tailored solutions to specific cities are there. Is that one particular kind of category of city lights that that needs the most help the similar that even counts kinds of cities some mega citizens cities with a percent a one million population the boy the hundreds of them under growing very fast but the majority of cities secondary and tertiary city. That has more with less resources and financial resources and the technical resources human under sources. And so what we're trying to do is really to work together because the we cannot pretend we know or the solutions for the problem cities face. That's right but the we have experienced you know from different countries that can source right so we can use network for the smaller cities a medium level cities to learn from each other and there are a lot of networks of cities seems word That exist a mayor city officials and so forth. So what can in a you make use of this networks to impart -nology so that Successful solutions in one place can be replicated elsewhere so we can do a lot support. The discount -nology no replication. Can you give me any kind of concrete examples of cities where you all already lending a hand so we have examples in Freetown Sergio and the Tannin in Vietnam for example. These are relatively sizeable cities. Both of them serious problems with solid. Waste Management Right in Donovan none for example The landfill is for twenty years ahead of the plan. Right so but This is not simple just to a waste issue. It has to do with as the economy right who is consumption assumption persons who is the how you know We plant a our economy not too so that the most circle circular for example right and it has to do with a lot of consequences over these health issues for example right and as The differently in a transportation system design insist that help reduce consumption of energy and so the complex and also the impact of climate also has is the problem with the issues. That city's Latino fiercely along coastal areas is impact of climate change right by twenty thirty. Some estimates say that eight million people hundred million people who live in coastal cities would be impacted by flooding and because sea level rise. Komo huge amount of people right. So so what we're trying to work with governments is Louie. We work together to To think through these questions okay then come come up with a systematic approach with short-term measures that we can take right and So many things that were doing for example with some secondary cities we're working on a municipal financing to help comes to raise funds right to invest in a sustainable infrastructure so that we build the so-called a sustainable inclusive and the resilient citizens. So that's what we're trying to do
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Quality education: Key to life
"This is Matt Wells that you a news. All societies are undermined without quality schooling for all said the president of the UN General Assembly in an interview just ahead of the International Day of education to Johnny Muhammad Bandai has convened a high-level meeting to mark the day on Friday and he firmly believes that among other benefits education helps strengthen self esteem. The leading Nigerian academic and diplomats told Louis Cathedral that nobody should be left without access to a quality education in the classroom. My background has helped me to appreciate better that causes. The kitchen is key to life. Education Health to transplant yourself as Tim. It gives an ability not to understand better other cultures. It gives an opportunity to learn a bit about history. Other people other places it also gives you a skill to have something to do post you. Formal Education and education is to be understood in the totality of what it does in the life of individuals in the import of it also has entrusted skills it gives to people compounds of the technologies that are created because of indication indication. I think central to life what would you say is the main obstacle to accessing in quality education many factors in some blessed. It may be whether you are male or female in other places could be able or disabled physically or mentally or in in any other way in some places it may be because you have no money to pay tuition and some blessed discuss are far away from your community. Many factors can be Indra to access to education. What factors I think? The unity has come around to understand that education is all right the Covenant on Human Rights is to begin with as well as many other human rights instruments are appreciated. That education is a human rights if you deny education individual you dummy to that maybe and and societies are affected if to be in large numbers. Do not have How would you rate the quality of education available in most countries no country or going wanted to have enough education? We just want to make sure that we constantly upgrade and improve education in terms of what is on top of the depth in of the way in which that you were able to teach so each country can improve on should improve on many aspects in relation to many elements of the rotation system. Whether it is curriculum could men with Ayuso embodiment with cool quality teachers policies of exclusion or access. All this limits of the system. A NEW UNICEF F- report shows that spending on education is heavily skewed towards wealthier households. How can more equitable financing be channeled in the connection between social glass an access to education around the world? And that's why a policy to have public support to ensure access by all human beings to education is key the UNICEF F- report also revealed that a third of adolescent girls from the poorest households have never been to school. Can you comment on. That is true more broadly. But it's even more mm also in relation to countries that are for to ensure the case we have to look at policies in those countries and also see what kinds of support other countries will to Afa the countries or organizations foundations to make sure that one reporters of households have the same opportunity. Public Education called duplication of the rest of let and to to ensure that nor social category is left out of indication whether they are women all of our differential but grants countries whether they're also disabled in terms of what kind of policies are in place to guarantee access to the to the biblically wanted. It's almost like a vicious cycle. People are uneducated so they can't get out of poverty that is true but when a condemned to continue to repeat the cycle because there's this dedicated advocacy around want in all countries to ensure quality education godless whether countries are in conflict are is understanding that even in conflict children should go to school. And that with this kind of push which you have to do more still there is arrive. I didn't proportion of individuals on Moore who have access to education hottest this factor into the sustainable development goals for us of an office of the presidency unassembled for session focusing on the connection between quality education and development goals on the premise. That hardly any goal can be reached reached the target without quality education therefore in a lot of pets complication at the center of Sustainable Development Goals. And that's why we are dealing with the goals but we are giving privilege to quality education among others key in practical terms. What are your aims? Contributing to the promotion of education would want to do is to continue to advocate advocate for access to quality education advocate of protocol means to exchange information on ds but beyond also to see whether through the were able to find in concrete support to countries that are left fighter behind whether it is in the provision of basic infrastructure to guarantee that people are able to go to school and to also oh key into what has been known as schools initiative to see that in London environment specific unsecure and we also have curricula that allows people to buy good education to allow allow them to adopt or to change. It should give you a sense of critical thinking and this is key to education. Do you feel that. The international community has a large role to play the education. All of talks on top of a cool us we should understand that when we talk of education wings is somebody who has a degree saying his regardless of country. There are certain things you assume. Deposits awesome should know as somebody trend to that level historians so there have tended that are more and more international. Anti of equivalence even though each occasional system is also cultural system may take and should tick naturally From his colors such but beyond this lesson versatility of knowledge which is key. And that's why because your systems may be critical of nations but they're also curricular at Guben nation could occasion truth universal so many children are not meeting the basic levels of reading and math. How can that be addressed arrest? We need to do upset in each case. 'cause in some things it may be because the quality of the teachers maybe not what we want in other maybe this question backgrounds of the -tudents Atlanta's in other cases that the renumeration of teachers is really so that people do not give their very best teachers. Nothing these are some of the issues. Oh has education impacted your own life for me. It's difficult to remove myself from the because I think els bon component. I still think I'm under par on it had been my life. Education is giving me an opportunity as a process to under others. Go to places onto with people around you and UNTER continued to learn every day so for me it is really to my life. Can you share any of your observations on how education that has helped others most people. I know who they are largely through. Do how the weather's on the WHO and how they also helps themselves having a qubit occasion as an educated yourself. How would you say education in your? Oh country Nigeria compares to that of other African nations. Modular indication compelled to that of any nation don't even took of Africa. Because December indication a had directly from Nigeria survived studies. In other places I think all countries have the standard that appreciable in terms of other cultures and individual factors trust each divisional system allows from others. What is your message about education to young people and their families listening to us now? Education is not a burden you should enjoy the process of land and you should value it. Prepares you to be a very active on meaningful number Buck Society but not just your society but the international community as well. Is there anything. So now she would like to add to just wish Alanis all over the world continue to enjoy an uncontested enjoy also teaching others of their also land it is. It is an exciting thing to be in education.
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We all have a role to play battling growing scourge of cybercrime
"In an era when a single cybercriminals can so chaos taking whole countries off line everybody in the world with a small phone in their pocket has a role to play in the fight against the growing scourge that's the view of Neil Walsh chief of the CYBERCRIME team which is part of the US fess on drugs and crime he says it's vital for all countries around the world to keep talking to each other about cybersecurity whether they are overtly or covertly engaged in their own national security operations online Matt Wells asked Mr Walsh to describe the state of the underground cybercrime industry worldwide today it's really really good way to describe it as an underground industry in fact we use a term of cybercrime as service where cybercriminals can advertise their wares can go onto a dark net and encrypted market on the internet or even openly and say if you want to take a government entity see a business a country offline here's how much it'll cost you to do it here's how you pay me with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to try and put some limit here and we've seen that happen in fact when we last year we saw a cybercriminals UK being arrested charged sent to prison for taking a country offline and I think that's what people have to understand this doesn't necessarily need to be the huge all seeing eye of a state based intelligence agency or military there individuals who can do this because they have the skill set they have the capability and they have the willingness to do so so the world is extremely vulnerable to cybercrime and getting more vulnerable it seems precisely each new technological development we see there are it's never out of the news if you look for where there has been a major breach of data of personal data it could be a large social network provider that's lost tons of data it can be credit card suppliers it can be anything and we all have a role to play in this we all have a role the week in play in keeping her so safe keeping our own data safe being digital natives who understand the power of that little black box that we carry in our hands or mobile phones that have actually become our conscience they know everything we do they know where we go to within a fraction of a meter they know what what we love what we hate what we fear and we need to know how to use these dudes safely and on a national level what are the sort of various threats suit are growing I think we see countries developing the ability to operate in cyberspace Sir some that will do it covertly some that will do it overtly and say they can do it we certainly see a number of countries with cybersecurity strategies and they say a how they will keep their own country safer they secure their own infrastructure but also that they have the ability to conduct Operations Offensive Cyber Operations in cyberspace lots of challenge within that and part of the role of the UN is to bring countries together to talk about this and actually that's what we've been doing recently at a thing called an open ended working in group has all the countries on earth present if they choose to be there to talk about these sorts of issues and what sort of conclusions have been reached already and how far is to go to come up with something which the effective within the UNC system as it were so conclusions and effective right there could be a really longer really short answer it's GonNa keep going I think the dialog in this space will continue to there is three different political processes in New York discussing cyber to insecurity one on chrome at Vienna where we're based in new UN office and Drugs and crime we have cybercrimes governmental working group bringing government and private sector together the key to me in this as to keep talking okay we whether or not we get down a path where there is a defined conclusion at the end that all member states will agree upon remains to be seen but what I think we can do what we must do we keep countries talking follow back a couple of years ago we saw national Bein can Bangaladeshi that subject to an attack lost over one hundred million dollars it could have been a billion dollars quite easily and seeing that money in that value diverted elsewhere are the programming that me and my staff to the capacity building that we give to cops and prosecutors and judges helps countries to defend against this sort of work together the evidence to some people to justice and I think that's a key point where it doesn't need to be necessarily a state on state issue we can look at the criminality behind it we can look at offenses that have been committed it and bring people to justice and we can only do that in my part of the business because we're funded by donor governments we are entirely extra-budgetary and that's one of the bits that keeps me up at night it absolutely I mean most countries don't want to talk about their own cyber espionage but that trend is perhaps changing now isn't it yeah I think the interesting dynamics in the room that we were in recently where there are some countries saying we have the ability to conduct operations online and we're actually going to say that we can do it that creates a different I think different dynamic in the room of not saying I'm pro or against up undecideds changed the dynamic of the conversation at this point and say that the that one of the country's has gone public with this is Australia yeah correct Australia has put it out in their national cybersecurity strategy they put a document on the UN website and they were very open. on webtv talking about they have these capabilities where that will bring the discussion and how member states get involved in that I'm really fascinated to see how that plays out but what I think all member states an area of agreement and area of consensus that we see continually is capability and capacity building so it is respective of what your national capabilities we know that the ability to defend to keep countries safe to protect their critical national infrastructure be that a power plant and airport a hotel tourism security chain safe is so important and on the crime side giving cops and prosecutors take twice densify these offenses and to bring people to justice is critical in in keeping the world a safer place Australia said that they are engaging in practice cyber operations I mean what what are the benefits of other countries following that need I mean they the Australians I believe the saying that you know that crucially sticking within humanitarian law as they do so yeah the best people to ask that would actually be the countries that are doing that and being open about it where I see some areas of risk in this is that you will have some countries have the key ability to do things online others will potentially higher that capability either by a another state or by asking criminal group to do it on their behalf and when you start doing things like that then that increases it muddies the waters rounded makes it quite difficult to understand who an actor behind things in this critical point for us in preventive diplomacy and keeping the world safe is having these forms where we all knew who to talk to so I don't think it's our role necessarily to try and make those judgments on what an independent sovereign state does but we do need to do and what we do I think very well we need to do more of is creating that space for countries get together and talk and discuss and to know which who who each other is and to form that those bonds that can de-escalate things so keep dowdell going but it's she's very difficult to prove criminality isn't it that's one of the key things if it's a ladder bedroom in England or a national government yeah it is not why a specially for some countries that don't have the capacity or the capability it's really it's really difficult for them to be able to gather that evidence and to bring people to justice that's why it seems to me that having capacity-building for policing