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Provincial and territorial leaders speak with reporters at the conclusion of the annual conference of western premiers. British Columbia Premier David Eby hosted this year’s conference in Whistler. He is joined by Danielle Smith (Alberta), Scott Moe (Saskatchewan), Heather Stefanson (Manitoba), Ranj Pillai (Yukon), Caroline Cochrane (Northwest Territories), and P.J. Akeeagok (Nunavut). Key issues such as strengthening infrastructure and trade corridors, addressing energy security both domestically and internationally, and preserving Canada's Arctic sovereignty were discussed at the conference. The premiers respond to questions from reporters on topics ranging from infrastructure funding, climate action, interprovincial trade barriers, and labour shortages.

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Defence Minister Anita Anand holds a news conference in London with her British counterpart, Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace. Minister Anand is visiting the U.K. from June 27-29 to meet with British officials and to visit a military base where Canadian Armed Forces personnel are training Ukrainian soldiers. The defence minister announces that Canada will deploy two ships to join a NATO mine-clearing mission as part of Operation Reassurance in Northern Europe. (June 29, 2023)

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Briefing journalists today (27 June) in New York on the annual report on children and armed conflict, published earlier today, Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), said, “This reinforces the importance to work on the prevention of grave violations and the provision of holistic reintegration support for all children affected by conflict.”

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India's Prime Minister speak to US Congress about the benefits of working with India

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States around the world have been devoting increased resources to the critical task of managing violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) to preventing further radicalisation to violence while also supporting disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration. As an emerging field of practice, there is a need for policymakers, practitioners, as well as experts in civil society, academia and others, to share good practices and lessons learned.
Drawing from recent national and international initiatives and projects aimed at preventing violent extremism in both custodial and non-custodial settings, the side event will focus on potential ways to balance security needs while maintaining respect for international human rights standards. The event will feature a panel discussion composed of experts and practitioners with extensive experience in addressing these issues.

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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino faces questions from reporters on Parliament Hill over revelations concerning his staff’s knowledge of Paul Bernardo's transfer to a medium-security prison. The minister was speaking with the media after his appearance at the Procedure and House Affairs committee as it continues its study of the Chinese government’s alleged attempts to intimidate Conservative Michael Chong and other MPs.

Informal remarks by Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Permanent Mission to the United Nations on the situation in Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines

Unite Secretarty General
We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open”, he said. “It’s time to wake up and step up.”

Mr. Guterres was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters following a meeting with civil society climate leaders from across the world.
He said limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible but will require a 45 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.

However, current policies will lead to a 2.8°C temperature rise by the end of the century, which “spells catastrophe”.

He called for immediate global action toward net-zero emissions, which “must start with the polluted heart of the climate crisis: the fossil fuel industry.

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Ukraine, where the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam has caused widespread devastation and human suffering, leading to severe flooding, displacement of communities and significant infrastructure and environmental damage.

The impact on the region’s water supply, sanitation systems and public health services cannot be underestimated.

WHO has rushed in to support the authorities and health care workers in preventive measures against waterborne diseases and to improve disease surveillance.

Our team is in the field, continuously reviewing health needs to support those affected.

In the coming days, WHO will

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The war in Ukraine has become more dangerous than ever. Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station was damaged in an attack. Kyiv and Moscow are trading blames and the people in the region are sitting in the middle of a disaster that may change their lives forever. Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station is a critical civilian site that supplies power to farmland and supplies cool water to a nearby nuclear power plant. Attacking like this is a severe act and may be seen as a type of war crime. While the governments around the world a setting pointing fingers at you ever pull the trigger on the attack the people of the region are in need of aid and are being evacuated because of dangerous toxins in the water. The people of Ukraine and Russia need their governments to find a peaceful way to resolve the differences. It is the normal everyday people that are suffering while our leadership sits and debates. The military is not what is needed these people need the fighting to stop and the war to end. It is the average person who lives in fear of the next bomb to fall. 
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Canada's Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) met on Tuesday to discuss the intimidation campaign by China against several members of Parliament.

Special Rapporteur David Johnston, who recommended against a public inquiry citing the sensitivity of the intelligence involved when he presented his initial report, took questions from MPs.

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Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, speaks with reporters at the Red River College Polytech research centre in Winnipeg. She is introduced by college president Fred Meier. The minister faces questions about unemployment and labour shortages in Canada.

The Secretary-General, Anotion Guterres, briefed Member States on three of his policy briefs under Our Common Agenda. The three briefs deal with the topics of: reform of the international financial architecture, moving beyond Gross Domestic Product and the Global Digital Compact.
The Secretary-General said the three briefs provide ideas on how we can revitalize the multilateral system; accelerate efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; and keep global temperature rise to the 1.5 degree limit of the Paris Agreement.
He stressed that the briefs are meant to serve as inspiration for deliberations and decisions which are in the hands of Member States, as they prepare for the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in September and the Summit of the Future next year.
“What matters is that we take action to tackle new and emerging challenges in a way that delivers for all, restoring trust in international cooperation and each other,” Mr. Guterres added.

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