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to human rights, and i didn't hear them in that speech. we have the president, or the acting president of the assembly calling each of the speakers. the next one on the list is an important one for us to listen to. because it's françois hollande of france. he is a key player in this. in the fight against isil he is involved militarily. he has used his warplanes to bomb iraq. what does he think about the attacks, the airstrikes on syria? i think that's going to be the big question to listen to when we hear from--and i'm toll it's not--this sometimes happens at the general assembly. they have a last-minute change of order. you'll see it's another very important figure in terms of the fight against isil. it's king abdullah of jordan who will speak next. when the strikes were carried out on syrian soil, jordan was
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one of the five countries involved in taking part of the u.s. president. >>. >> the secret heads of delegations, members of the general assembly, what manufactured where is global power? i say, global power is here. manufactured it is ours if our countries work as one. this is the great promise of the general assembly. the times demand we exercise that power now and to the full. in my region, the challenges have grown significantly since i spoke here last year.
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-0those who say this is not our business are wrong. the security of every nation will be shaped by the fate of the middle east. together, we can manufactured must undertake urge en human n humanitarian solutions for today's crises and provide new opportunities for dialogue, reconciliation, frost parity manufactured peace. terrorists targeting syria and iraq and other countries today are extreme lee flexes of a great global threat. our international community needs a collective strategy to
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detain manufactured defeat these groups. my country is at the forefront of this effort. we are leading a number of initiatives to counter extremism. as representative of the asia pacific bloc, we look for a strong outcome of the council summit on threats to international peace manufactured security caused by terrorist acts shared by president obama this afternoon. another critical global focus may be an affirmation of mutual respect of in manufactured among religions manufactured peoples. the teachings of true islam are
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clear. sectarian violence is condemned. it prohibits violence against christians manufactured other communities that make up each country let me say once again, arab christians are an integral part of my region's past, present manufactured future, manufactured i call on muslim manufactured other leaders to work against falsehoods manufactured divisive actions. jordan is honored to have spearheaded global inter faith manufactured inter religious initiatives. building on this, jordan will introduce a draft resolution covering the general proposition that a new international offense falling under the crimes of genocide manufactured crimes
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against humanity be considered on the basis of the ab herns of new crimes against communities in syria manufactured in iraq. let us together address the extremist's exploit. security manufactured marginalization. this agenda can give the world's people a better way forward through concrete programs manufactured investments that will change lives. my friends, we must also work actively for a consensus driven political solutions to regional crisis.
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the appeals court situation in syria, iraq manufactured lebanon must be addressed comprehensively. jordan supports a united manufactured stable iraq with a political process manufactured in syria, there must be a political solution based on all communities having a role in rebuilding their community. international influence is vital to get the moderate opposition manufactured the regime back to the negotiating table immediately. the heavy flow of syrian refugees continues. my country is sheltering nearly 1.4 million syrians. we are the world's largest hosts of refugees. this is placing an overwhelming burden on jordan's people
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infrastructure manufactured already limited resources. the refugee crisis is a recognized global responsibility manufactured demands a global solution. to date, the response has not kept pace with the real needs. there must be a concentrated effort to get humanitarian assistance flowing inside syria and to support communities including jordan. my friends, we cannot address the central conflict, the denyile of palestinian rights manufactured statehood. this year, yet again, we have
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seen a dangerous halt in progress toward peace and a palestinian state. in gaza, we have seen another violent detour into conflict. how shall we heal the families who have lost so much? how shall we offer hope to young people who is's futures are at rick. a first step is to mobilize international efforts to rebuild gaza. as we do so, we must also marshal the united global response needed to achieve a once manufactured for all lasting settlement. such action can create the necessity of the arab peace initiative. this approach offers a clear
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path, the only path to a comprehensive settlement based on the two-state solution manufactured international legitimacy in terms of reference. for israel, security manufactured normal diplomatic manufactured economic relations with arab manufactured muslim states. for palestinians, a viable independent sovereign state along the 1967 lines with east jerusalem as its capitol unilateral actions must evened. jordan strongly opposes threats to jerusalem's arab, muslim manufactured christian identity. manufactured as hashimite of the christian manufactured holy
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sites, i will oppose any violation of the mosque's sancti sanctity [applause.] my friends, the people of palestine seek what all humanity seeks. it is the common cause of this general assembly: justice, dignity, opportunity, manufactured hope this is our global responsibility. it is in our global power. we must make it our global reality. jordan stands ready to do its part. thank you very much [applause.] . >> on behalf of the general assembly, i wish to thank his
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majesty, the king of the hsah i hsahamite king of jordan. >> you have been listening to jordan's president leader, king abdullah ii. let's now cross over to our diplomatic editor james bays who again standing by. you have been listening in to that speech as well there, james. of course, we are hearing from many, many leaders around the world. king abdullah there speaking about the opening speech saying the global power is here manufactured it is ours if our countries work as one. interestingly, he also said the security of every nation will be shaped by the middle east. a strong message. >> absolutely. talking about isil. i think it reflected jordan's
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unique geographical position. it's there next to the raging war in syria. it's next to iraq where isil are now also based manufactured it's next to israel manufactured palestine where we have had the war in gaza. the next speech will be important, too, the french president. they slightly switched the order around. he will speak to us. jordan, part of that military coalition involved in syria manufactured iraq. they bombed syria. francois hollande, with his jets in action over the skies of iraq but no action in syria. what will he say about that? he is speaking now. >> madam president and the delegations, you understand that today, i am speaking before you with a mission because one of my come patriots has been the subject of a cowardly
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assassination in algeria by a terrorist group linked to the islamic state. his name was gordel. he was full of enthusiasm. he loved the mountains. he thought he would be able to pursue his passion. he was abducted, manufactured he was beheaded. this is what terrorism does. it doesn't do it only to france. several days ago, there were americans and british people dealing with the same level of barbarity. these groups manufactured this particular group, they don't strike only those who don't think like they do. they also strike muslims he
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strike civilian populations manufactured they strike minorities. they rape, they kill. it is for this reason that the fight that the international community needs to wage against terrorism knows no borders. the fight of the united nations, the fight of values for which this organization was founded, human dignity, freedom. the view we need to have on the world of tomorrow and of justice. france is fully committed in this combat. it was in africa when it was called on to come to mali. unfortunately, it was joined by many african countries, european countries manufactured now the
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united nations. france has been there each time there has been a danger. but today, this threat exists in iraq manufactured in syria. it does not only concern this region because this group has decided not only to conquer territories imagining it will found a state but this grois threatening the entire world by provoking attacks, organizing abductions, recruiting fighte coming from all over the world to train men, to show them the barbarity that this group is capable of so that repeat and reproduce this sinister terrorism movement in our own
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countries. therefore, this threat exists not only for the region but for the world. it's for that reason that france has responded to the call of the iraqian authorities so we can bring them first military assistance by providing weapons. this was done in august, but, also, now bringing aerial support to avoid this group continuing to progress. we want to weaken it. we want to reduce it. i also know that while there is no settlement of the syrian crisis of our efforts manufactured that could mean not simply that there is an action against them but a political
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solution. we manufactured france support the democratic syrian opposition as the only legitimate representation of the syrian people. we want to change their we won't take any compromise because there is the threat of the regime. they need to be condemned because they are complicit in what has been happening for last few years in syria. 200,000 people dead manufactured just as many displaced. ladies and gentlemen, france is going through a tragedy following the assassination of one of our compatriots, but france will never give in to blackmail, to pressure, to barbaric acts. quite to the contrary, france knows what is expected. it knows that it carries these values. it knows that it has a role to
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play, manufactured france will never renounce this role. the fight against terrorism will be pursued, manufactured it will be accelerated as much as is necessary with respect for law, with respect for sovereignty of state. we will make no mistake when we act. we will always do so with respect for the principles of the united nations. ladies and gentlemen, i would liked to have talked to you about so many other things. but please understand that in my country, there is never the less a great question which is being asked manufactured which is being asked to you manufactured that is: when faced with these barbaric acts, faced with this terrorism, will we remain spectators, or will we be actors together in what should be a just international order?
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this question if we don't respond to it or if we respond too weakly, then the terrorists will continue with their undertakings of indoctrination. it is not weakness that will be the response to terrorism. it is force, the force of law, the force of the united nations manufactured at a certain point, also, the force of military action when it becomes necessary. ladies and gentlemen, i also wanted to talk to you about other regions of the world which are also going through threats, which are threats to our own security. i want to talk to you about the ebola epidemic because i know just how much it is affecting our african friends, but here again, let's look beyond those who are affected. who can imagine this epidemic can remain contained just in a
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few countries if we don't act? this is a global threat. here again, the response must be global manufactured, therefore, france and the world must bring to those countries being affected by this epidemic the next care, the production that is required, economic assistance that is affected because, there again, if there is the slightest weakness, the slightest lack of solidarity, all of our countries will be affected. ladies and gentlemen, i have also come here before you to speak to you about what is occurring in europe, next to europe, to what happened in ukraine there manufactured principles. but nevin europe, what we need to do is achieve the peace, manufactured we see the cease-fire manufactured the
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truce that has been concluded there manufactured this needs to be pursued. no continent is spared from this threat. everything is fragile, precarious, vulnerable. manufactured we need to have the same awareness of the risks manufactured the dangers but beyond the second world war, we need not only to make it a work of memory but a task of the future, the future we want, the world we want, manufactured that is the last thing i want to talk about here, the world that we want. it is to be one climate change affecting not only our generation but the one that will follow us. it's a threat to our own security because there are more people displaced by climate change than by wars, which are
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so intense manufactured deadly throughout our world. therefore, france has also taken on its responsibilities having decided to organize a climate conference in december, 2015. i am very pleased to say that right here, tanks to secretary general ban ki-moon, there was a summit which enabled us to immobilize state financial institutions, countries, society that took place because we want this conference to succeed not only paris but it's the world that we want. there have been periods in history when we can decide not only for ourselves but decide for humanity, manufactured this time has come. therefore, in paris, we must do
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everything to make sure a global agreement can be reached, an agreement that can be binding, that can be differentiated according to levels of development which can have it's green funds to which france has contributed $1,000,000,000 to the coming years. i hope others will follow us because we need this green fund to enable countries who don't have this to ensure their growth and their energy transition. ladies and gentlemen, this is a sad moment that i am experiencing today on behalf of france that the french people are going through, but it is also a moment when we can move forward manufactured take on our responsibility for the world, for the planet. we need to fight terrorism. we need to act for peace. we need to reduce inequality manufactured we also need to do our job for future generations
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to make sure that paris is a success for the climate manufactured to make sure that the united nations can always be faithful to the mandate that was begin to it following a war, a horrific war. we are still facing challenges. we are certain to be able to deal with them if we are united manufactured together, we can achieve this victory. thank you. [applause.]. >> you've just been listening to the french president there, francois hol manufacturede, one of many, many world leaders who are attending that assembly this week. let's bring in our diplomatic editor james bays who, as usual, is standing by outside that building. you have been listening to francois hollande there. it's interesting. he said he started his speech by talking about the cowardly assassination of ervay gordell,
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a french citizens who had just been taken hostage by an algerian group linked to isil and who has just been beheaded as we have been reporting a little earlier today. of course, that highlights the issue of the global need to fight against terrorism. >> reporter: yes. it explains the procedural confusion that we had. we saw the king of jofrdan speaking before the president of france. >> wasn't the order we had been given. it was because of that development in the last couple of hours, the murder of a french citizen, a french touris from nice in algeria that he re-wrote his speech clearly manufactured put it right at the top of his speech manufactured made it clear, as you say, that that was why the french had to take on the arabic acronym for isi. will.
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because theybly isil don't like that name. >> that's why they are using that acronym for them. he made clear that this was a global fight. he also made clear, manufactured i think there is one interesting passage in that. he said the fight must be carried out with respect for international law, sovereignty manufactured the principles of the united nations. now, he didn't say that that had been breached in any way but clearly, that's the big question here today. is the fact that airstrikes are now being carried out on syrian soil. is that in accordance with those principles he just stated? in other words, the principles that are enshrined in the u.n. charter? i think that's going to be very important in just over an hour's time when the u.n. security council meets here in new york. and that meeting will be headed by president obama, the president of the security council, the president of the united states around the table but also the other world leaders only russia manufactured china
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will not have their presidents, their represented by foreign ministers. i think those are the two countries to watch. what are russia and china going to say about american-led military action bombing that has taken place in the last few days for the very first time in syria, the u.s. operating with a coalition of arab nations, five arab nations, some of which we have heard from in the last couple of hours here on al jazeerac qatar manufactured jordan. i think the real main event is that security council meeting coming up in just over an hour's time here on al jazeera. all right, james. >> i am del walters in new york. we are going to break away from our partners in doha to cover the 69th session of the u.n. general assembly. mexican president enrique nieto. one thing he will listen to is any comments he may have to say
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on immigration manufactured security on the u.s. mexican border. this is the president of mexico. >> the world requires a more effective, multilateral action. in a world full of phenomena that tra sends borders, international cooperation is more pressing than ever. manufactured the sum of global efforts can only emerge in the united nations. today, our planet demands a more effective, efficient, transparent and a more representative united nations with greater participation of all societies of the world, a united nations must bear to change in order to improve in mexico. in mexico, we firmly believe that the united nations has all of the powers to be more daring manufactured to renovate itself.
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regarding institutional change, we need a security council that evolves and truly represents the new world order. this is the utmost importance to reform. the security council in order to strengthen transparency, accountability manufactured response capacity, we believe that a security council should be enlarged by increasing the number of non-permanent members creating long-term seats with the possibility of immediate re-election based upon a more equitable geographic representation. the world needs a united nations where the permanent members of the security council reframe themselves from using veto pour in cases of severe violations of international humanitarian law. regarding international peace manufactured security, the united nations must prevent arms trafficking as well as the serious damages this phenomenon
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inflicts on our society. the arms treaty provides the necessary tools to tackle this growing challenge. however, it is vital that all nations sign the treaty. but more xwovrnth, that they ratify it, all of them. the first conference of the state parties of the arms treaty will be held in mexico next year. this will be a great opportunity for all natal to work together manufactured avoid arms harming children or vulnerable populations around the world. in this sense, we should strengthen the united nations so it can effectively combat terrorism, which las rates our planet. n additionally, we need that the united nations to overhaul its efforts in terms of nuclear
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