00:00We've always been an outward-looking country. It's part of who we are. That's
00:05what the Westminster parties misunderstand when they say Scotland has
00:09no right to speak out on international events. That defending human rights and
00:14international law is somehow someone else's business. That Scotland should
00:20stay silent. Conference, let me be clear, that is not who we are. We will not stay
00:27silent while the world burns. We will raise our voices. We will call out for
00:33peace. Peace in Iran, in Gaza, in Ukraine. We will speak out against injustice and
00:41speak up for those who cannot. And with the SNP, Scotland's voice will never, ever be
00:48silenced.
01:00In an increasingly unstable world,
01:03we have to make sure our country is safe. But that is not achieved by wasting
01:08hundreds of billions of pounds on weapons of mass destruction. All whilst the UK's
01:14conventional forces are left exposed. While Westminster politicians prioritise the
01:20status symbol of Trident over our security. But the SNP is unequivocal. Scotland is unequivocal.
01:29We will never compromise on this. Weapons of mass destruction have no place in the world and
01:36trident nuclear weapons have no place in Scotland.
01:51Right now, once again, the world is watching as war rages in the Middle East. We all know
01:58the Iranian regime is brutal and illegitimate. It has brought untold suffering on its own citizens
02:04and on people across the region. But that does not justify what we are seeing on our television
02:10screens every night. Tehran in flames, whole streets on fire, schools bombed, thousands killed.
02:19The Iranian regime have terrorised their own population. Now those self-same civilians are
02:25dying at the hands of American and Israeli bombs. So let me be clear. The unjustifiable actions of the
02:33United States and Israel have no basis under international law, they must stop.
02:53For the sake of innocent children in Iran, for the sake of peace, our call is for diplomacy,
02:59for de-escalation and for an end to this war. Conference, we will always speak up for the
03:07protection of innocent civilians and international law. But if we were an independent country, we could
03:13do so much more. We will demonstrate, not just with words but with actions, how Scotland can be a voice
03:20for peace. We will use the powers of independence to enshrine into our constitution a legally binding ban on
03:29nuclear weapons on our soil and in our seas. And
03:41Conference, we will go further. With independence, we will ban any foreign military power engaged in
03:49illegal conflicts from our shores. Two statements will be written directly into the very foundational
04:01national document of our new nation. Not in our name, not in our country.
04:08Spectering, thank you, thank you.
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