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Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's provincial health officer, for an update on COVID-19.

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Selina Robinson, Minister of Finance; George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy; and Nathan Cullen, Minister of Municipal Affairs, on increasing investments to help B.C. secure a low-carbon future.

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General Assembly: Eleventh Emergency Special Session (Ukraine) - AM Session

Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly
Minute of silent prayer or meditation
Credentials of representatives to the eleventh emergency special session of the General Assembly:

Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee
Report of the Credentials Committee

Adoption of the agenda (A/ES-11/2)
Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) - Item 5
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Requested by the United Nations Security Council, the General Assembly held on Monday a rare emergency special session on Ukraine.

Prior to the start of the meeting, delegates in the General Assembly observed a minute of silence for the victims of the conflict.

Opening the session, Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly, said the the organ, with its 193 Member States, "represents the collective conscience of humanity."

Shahid said, "The strength of this Assembly is rooted in its moral authority. Let’s demonstrate that moral courage and use today’s debate not to whip up war rhetoric, but to give peace a chance. Let’s ignite the fire of love, humanity, and compassion. Guns are better off when knotted. Let peace prevail."

On his turn, Secretary-General António Guterres said that the last few days were "a tragedy for Ukraine", but also "a major regional crisis with potentially disastrous implications for us all."

Guterres said, "Yesterday, Russian nuclear forces were put on high alert. This is a chilling development. The mere idea of a nuclear conflict is simply inconceivable. Nothing can justify the use of nuclear weapons."

The Secretary-General added that "the guns are talking now, but the path of dialogue must always remain open."

For Guterres, "It is never too late to engage in good-faith negotiations and to address all issues peacefully."

"I hope that the direct talks now taking place between Ukrainian and Russian delegations will produce not only an immediate halt to the fighting, but also a path towards a diplomatic solution", the UN chief said.

Guterres argued that "humanity cannot afford to be locked in a mindset that dredges up the worst of past centuries."

The Secretary-General stressed the need to "focus on solving problems, not making them worse."

Guterres also said that, in cities around the world, people are taking to the streets and demanding an end to war.

"People in Ukraine want and need peace. I believe people in the Russian Federation do, too. We need peace now," he added.

Addressing the Member States, Ukrainian ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya noted that, "for the first time since the United Nations was born, there is a full-fledged war in the center of Europe."

Kyslytsya said, "Everyone in this world knows that Russia, and Russia alone, started this invasion, now facilitated by Belarus. This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone who is now sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person who sat in the bunker in Berlin in May 1945."

Asking representatives to visualize the magnitude of the tragedy, the ambassador told them to imagine, next to each of them, more than 30 souls of killed Russian soldiers.

"Next to every name of every single country in this Assembly. 30 plus killed Russian soldiers. Hundreds of killed Ukrainians, dozens of killed children, and it goes on, and on, and on", he said.

Russian ambassador Vasily Nebenzya argued that "the root of the current crisis lies in the actions of Ukraine itself."

Nebenzya said, "For many years, [Ukraine] has sabotaged and flouted its direct obligations under the Minsk Package of Measures. Very recently, there was hope that in Kyiv they would reconsider and would indeed comply to what they signed on to back in 2015. For that, first and foremost what was necessary was direct dialogue with Donetsk and Lugansk."

The Permanent Representative assured that "occupation of Ukraine is not part of this plan."

Nebenzya said, "The goal of this special operation is to protect the people who for eight years suffered with torment and genocide by the Kyiv regime and there is a need to demilitarize and denasify Ukraine. We further will strive to hold accountable those who carried out countless brutal crimes against the residents, including residents of the Russian Federation."

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Russian forces attacked far beyond the conflict-ridden zones of eastern Ukraine, where Moscow-backed separatists run areas recently recognised by the Kremlin as independent, with air attacks hitting apartment blocks in Kharkiv and beyond.

By night, as Ukrainians fled to escape their country, thousands in Russia, where protests are tightly restricted, rallied in solidarity.

While East-West frictions grew over Russia’s military build-up at the Ukrainian border these past few months, dissent in the world’s largest nation was limited to a handful of one-person pickets.

Few here believed the standoff would actually lead to war.

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Budget 2022 provides more than $2.1 billion to help people recover from the devastating floods and wildfires of last year and to better protect communities against future climate disasters.

In response to the challenges that recent fires, flood and extreme heat have caused in British Columbia, the Province is working to build back better and make sure people and communities throughout B.C. are protected from future disasters.
Listen to Selina Robinson, Minister of Finance; Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General; Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; and George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, as they discuss budget 2022 and investments to fight climate change.

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At a news conference on Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that the federal government will revoke its declaration of a public-order emergency. He is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as well as ministers David Lametti (justice), Marco Mendicino (public safety) and Bill Blair (emergency preparedness). The government invoked the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, as part of an effort to resolve ongoing blockades and protests in several parts of the country. A motion to confirm the declaration of an emergency was adopted by the House of Commons on February 21. Debate on a similar motion in the Senate was still underway but has now been terminated in light of the prime minister's announcement.

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In a virtual news conference, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh reaffirms that his party will support the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act when MPs vote in the House of Commons. Singh warns that the NDP is prepared to withdraw support once the party feels that the measure is no longer necessary. The government invoked the Emergencies Act on February 14, as part of an effort to resolve ongoing blockades and protests in several parts of the country.

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Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to enter the Russian-controlled areas of southeast Ukraine following a decision to recognise the territories as independent states.

The decision to dispatch his troops to perform “peacekeeping duties” will be viewed in Ukraine and by other western allies as an occupation of the region and likely trigger tough sanctions and a Ukrainian military response.

The deployment was revealed in the text of two treaty documents that Putin signed with the leaders of the separatist republics on Tuesday.

The third article of the treaties provided for the “implementation of peacekeeping functions by the armed forces of the Russian Federation” in the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, which Ukraine and most of the world views at its sovereign territory

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Join Ravi Kavlon, BC’s Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation; and Katrina Chen, BC’s Minister of State for Child Care, as they announce supports for early childhood educators and the StrongerBC economic plan.

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Join Premier John Horgan; Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation; Andrew Mercier, Parliamentary Secretary for Skills Training; and Kathy Kinloch, president, British Columbia Institute of Technology for an announcement about B.C.'s Economic Plan and investments in training for the jobs of the future.

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