00:00Third day of the general debate at the 18th session of the United Nations General Assembly
00:06took place on Thursday at the organization's headquarters in New York.
00:11More on the day's addresses with our correspondent Jorge Gestoso.
00:16Luis Arce, during his final address as president of Bolivia,
00:22delivered a very strong message at the United Nations General Assembly here in New York.
00:27I think the risk of a third world war is very near if the UN doesn't react on time.
00:38And President Arce mentioned that the US is seeking to regain control of Latin America.
00:44The threat of death is covering Latin America and the Caribbean.
00:52Beyond violations of international law, this provocative action of imperialism has two intentions.
01:00To intervene into our kindred Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
01:05which possesses considerable natural resources, particularly in oil,
01:10which the North wishes to appropriate and claim.
01:14Secondly, to try to reconquer the Latin America and the Caribbean on the basis of it undermining liberal democracy,
01:25to impose militarization and to use other colonialist practices that we should call out.
01:32Arce also called the US claim that this military operation is meant to, quote,
01:37fight drug trafficking and combat organized crime, unquote,
01:42a fallacy, arguing that if they were true, they would begin tackling both problems in their own country.
01:50And on the regional situation, in addition to military actions,
01:56Luis Arce referred to the economic blockade against Cuba and the billions in losses
02:02called by the unilateral measure from Washington against the Caribbean nation,
02:08spanning six decades due to, quote,
02:11the empire's rejection of the region's first socialist revolution.
02:17In his virtual address to the General Assembly today,
02:22because he was denied entrance to the United States,
02:26Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
02:29forcefully condemned Israel's campaign in Gaza
02:32as constituting genocide and crimes against humanity.
02:38By the Israeli occupation forces,
02:41in which they killed and injured more than 220,000 Palestinians,
02:47the majority of whom are unarmed children, women and the elderly.
02:54Abbas affirmed that the Palestinian Authority
02:57is prepared to assume full responsibility for security and governance in Gaza,
03:03insisting that Palestinians would not abandon their land or identity.
03:09Haiti's representative Laurent Sancir declared that, quote,
03:14Haiti is at war, unquote,
03:17emphasizing daily terror, bullets, fire and fear,
03:21the destruction of neighborhoods,
03:24displacement over a million people,
03:27hospitals burned and vandalized,
03:30and a looming risk that the country's crisis will spill regionally.
03:36It is critical to listen to the voice of the Haitian people
03:38to try new solutions that are stronger and more adapted to the realities on the ground.
03:44Sancir said, quote,
03:46I'm ashamed on behalf of the world that we cannot find it in ourselves to be more compassionate,
03:54to recognize what people in Haiti are going through.
03:58Mexico's foreign minister, Juan Ramón de la Fuente,
04:01reaffirmed Mexico's call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and its opposition to genocide.
04:09The wars in Gaza, in Ukraine, and in all the other places that they're taking place must end now.
04:19While also emphasizing that Mexico seeks a respectful, cooperative partnership with the U.S.,
04:27one based on mutual sovereignty,
04:30shared interests like immigration, trade, security,
04:34and clear expectations rather than subordination.
04:39And Ecuador's president, Daniel Novoa,
04:42used his address to highlight Ecuador's challenges with crime and security,
04:47advocate for constitutional and institutional reforms,
04:51and appeal for international cooperation and investments to bolter development and stability.
04:59And at the end of this third day of debate here at the United Nations in New York,
05:07there's something more and more clear.
05:10The crisis needs unity.
05:13Indeed.
05:13Hmm.
05:13Oops.
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