polish ngos who are involved. but also, i would like to thank the u.s. organizations. a big number of them is already present in poland, and a lot of them sends assistance to our country. and in this context, i'm so much grateful to you, mr. president, for your support. but also, i would like to ask you to convey my personal words of thanks to the first lady of the united states, to mrs. jill biden your spouse, mr. president. and please convey very heartfelt greetings from my wife to your wife. both ladies had a conversation a couple of days ago. my wife gave an account of the situation in poland. both ladies exchanged their views on the possibilities of help. then my wife paid a visit to the united states. and from the united states, she brought in order to support ukraine, in order to support ukraine hospitals and also centers here in poland, which treats children from ukraine, also wounded children from ukraine she brought from the united states a number of medical equipment and medicines from the united states

so much need there, need for ngos to support ukraine peep and he will help with this horrible crisis. >> carley: dakota, how is the effort going to get people out? there are logistical challenges, checkpoints, traffic stops and as the war progresss, it is getting harder to get people to the west to lviv and poland. how are things going for you? >> yeah, the commrekity of this situation cannot be underestimated. the complexity of it being logistical aspect, have you two sovereign nations going against each other, and the aspect of understanding they are running out of fuel soon, once power gets shut off, you have people who can't get out because the roads are torn down. trying to get supplies to them, people are getting ready to start starving, out of food, no supply, nothing going in, other than ngos trying to sustain the logistical aspect to keep people fighting, in return, in the best interest of not only the u.s., but the world to be able to help sustain ukrainians to continue to hold ground and continue to empower them to be able to go on fighting so that we don't have to come in

ngo committee in new york as an example of this, where p.r.c. has really worked to make international cooperation i would say less effective by preventing the valuable contributions of civil society, activists, human rights defenders, academics, private-sector forces. we will continue to push back against this practice and to really make sure that we all benefit from these and voices. thank you so much. rep. jacobs: thank you. my time has expired. chair castro: thank you, vice chair. we are going to do a second round for whoever has questions on the second round. don't feel like you have to ask a question, but if you do, we will do a second round in a second. i see congress member issa is on but his video is not. i wanted to make sure -- there he is. rep. issa: hopefully i am unmuted, can be seen and heard. chair castro: no worries. rep. issa: madam ambassador, since your long and varied career includes time in lebanon, sadly in a better time, but it also includes the investigation on syria, had already been well underway before you were ambassa

we need help from ngos like bali focus to empower people. yuyun: i have concerns that the future for my children and the future generations, they might not enjoy the same beautiful nature we have today. robert: to safeguard the future, yuyun succeeded in adding language to indonesia's first national waste management law that included banning the practice of incineration. internationally, she now consults key organizations on sustainable sanitation and waste management programs. [man singing] wanze: our whole life is centered around the forest. it's where we get our food. where we get our medicines. that's why the land mea so much to us. robert: on the northern coast of south america is suriname, a former dutch colony. the immense tropical rain forests are home to the saramaka maroons, descendents of african slaves who escaped into the forest. now their lifestyle is being threatened, and they are fighting for their land once again. hugo: in the 90s, the government decided to allow chinese companies to come to do logging on the land of this sa

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we are absolutely committed to promoting ngo participation in the work of the u.n. and i personally as the new assistant secretary for io want to hear from civil society. i was grateful at the number of u.s. ngos and civil society groups including human rights defenders who were brought in to meet with me so i could hear firsthand about their priorities and have that contact early in my tenure. we want to make sure that we are welcoming civil society into discussions in new york, in geneva, and across the u.n. system. we see that some other countries, and here i'm speaking about prc again, have made efforts to block legitimate ngos from participating in the u.n. and to bring that voice, to bring the people's voice into these important discussions. we look at the u.n. ngo committee in new york where prc has worked to make international cooperation i would say less effective by preventing the valuable conclusions of civil society activists and human rights defenders, of academics, of private sector voices. so we're going to continue to push back against this practice

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it is very difficult for ngos. it is very difficult for the united nations to work safely, particularly in besieged cities. we discussing with a number of ngos, civil society and churches to find ways to fill the gap. >> reporter: it's beyond imagination how hard it is to work there and live there in ukraine. so what kind of support do you need from the international community now? >> well, nlear when this conflict will end, but what is clear is that one month of fighting has resulted in massive destruction, devastation and damage to ukraine. the next season, the farmers are supposed to be planting now. all we ask for now is a humanitarian pause. or even a complete cessation of hostility. all the international community will kindly appeal to them to dig deeper, we will need resources in order to sustain these activities as they scale up in the week and months to reach more people in need. >> reporter: well, thank you very much for talking with us today. and ease, stay se. thank you. >>> a little over a week after c

and in the initial stations there were control, there were ngos coming to help. potentially others who are not ngos who were having a good night and those in the process. >> we keep hearing about. i'm sorry yes? >> i said the full scope of this issue will be seen later on, not necessarily now. now there are reports here in there, but this is happening. and this is as the secretary general had a real issue in terms of conflict and war. where people come into exploits the most vulnerable women and children. >> well if we don't get the full scope until later on, later on will be too late! i realize we're in wartime, but are these different countries, poland, romania, ukraine. are the governments working to address this? >> there needs to be more unity across -- the. most of them are arguing to creates comprehensive child protection systems. as well as protective systems for vulnerable populations, women, and children. in terms -- of, they set up a system for unaccompanied minors. and who they have the honor of visiting. and the mayor themself is controlling who can

we are seeing a load ngos and communities using -- a a lot of ngos communities using us for transportation. we are just trying to help out. emily: how are you supporting these businesses who have this flood of requests at this time? >> several different ways, one, as a company, we provide customer service for people to coordinate on our platforms. this is not just business, it is just as much people try to help out. it is about 2 million refugees have come into europe. a a lot of people are trying to help out in different ways and ordinate as quickly as possible. we launched our own fund, to help out so our employees are trying to help out. i am trying to organize other technology founders to come together and all of us use our knowledge, companies, to lend a hand in this situation. emily: this ngo fund you mentioned, what is your hope about how this will help? >> the fund is -- we are looking to deploy the capital in the next two years. right now, it is needed as much as ever. i think a more broadly, what we are trying to do is stand up. it is important for founders and ceos to step up, t

alie: we were the first ngo on-site in the park when the animals were slaughtered. the evidence gathered in the cameroon case was linked to sudanese militia, i.e. the janjaweed. we had some very specific links: the use of weaponry, the use of ammunition that was coming out, the satellite imagery that showed these folks coming in on horseback in the park, slaughtering these animals, and then making their way back out. [shouting orders] narrator: the janjaweed, called devils on horseback, are a notorious militia backed by the government of sudan. insurgents for hire, they are associated with the genocide in darfur that claimed almost half a million lives and displaced more than a million people. ruggiero: they've been raping and pillaging, killing elephants, being bgands on horseback for 150 or 200 years or maybe longer. as long as there is recorded history in the area, they've been doing this. kalron: there's an obvious link to the fact that they are able to ride thousands of kilometers and pass countries, obviously having some sort of local support in some way, eith

even inviting lgbtqi+ activists and civil society to ngo consultations. we have our embassies around the world. >> represented jacobs we are live again. i will ask represented castro to begin his questions. in the thank you jessica for your time today and your work on these very important issues. underth current state department alosi described as quote neither for nor against u.s. embassies have been instructed to remain neutral on marriage equality campaigns in other countries even those engage in acts of public discourse. last to where sent a letter that called for the state policies to allow u.s. embassies to speak up in favor of same-sex marriage equality is a human right and that our country recognizes supports for this letter was signed by 60 members of congress in response to my letter was told the state department's conduct in your review of this policy. can you tell us where that review stands now and when will the policy review be completed and made public? in the thank you for your question representatives cast her and i appreciate the pink be

translation: fake ngo workers approached me. | they looked at us sleazily. they told us to get in a van _ with other women and said they would take us to switzerland. they got angry when i asked for their ids, so i grabbed . my children and ran. human rights groups warn sex and organ traffickers are already active here. this is a region where there are well—established trafficking networks in place. at a time of growing numbers of women and children arriving, the risks are on the rise. organised crime isn't the only menace. some refugees are forced to work for free. others to have sex in exchange for lodgings. the displaced and the vulnerable need our protection. katya adler, bbc news, on the polish—ukrainian border. let's get some other news now. amid the war in ukraine the government is expected to set out a new energy strategy this week including making the uk less reliant on imports of gas. at the same time millions of gas and electricity bills will increase as a new energy price cap — covering households in england, wales and scotland — comes in

city that really quickly after the start of the war, got together its municipal authorities, lots of ngos, lots and lots of volunteers coming together, and also businesses as well to bring together a whole army of people to help those refugees. and what is very unique about lublin is that they've already started employing ukrainian refugees who were working as teachers back in ukraine just a month ago. as teachers here now really, really quick. the organisers say that this is unique in poland, and they even stress is possibly unique across the whole of europe. so let's meet one of those teachers whose first day it is today. tatiana, welcome your first day. you are a teacher in ukraine. you had to leave your first day here now. how does it feel? well, i'm here. i am at this school, and i should say that i can see the kids that are smiling. they're waving their hands, they're happy. and it's very well because our ukrainian kids are the same. they want to to live in peace and they want to be happy and want to smile, too. what else can i say? why am i at this school? my son registered me to t

we bring a now the founder of the ngo, we are not weapons of war. good evening to you. what is your reactn to this case? it is extremely alarming. celine: it is, and i think it is not the only one. this is just the first time the general prosecutor of ukraine is opening a case. so it has to be investigated of course and confirmed. but i'm not surprised by it. we have warned about that since the beginning. each time there is an armed conflict, soon follows reports on rape. weave seen that so many times before. mark: how widespread is it? do we know at this stage how often this is happening? celine: if we talk about ukraine , that is the big thing. because it is very difficult to check. there is also a lot of propaganda, as younow, in this conflict. from both sides. so we have to be extremely careful with that. that is why my ngo is deploying a tool that would enable women, for any victim, to alert themselves because they need a secure way to be able to speak. we all know when it comes to rape, stigmatization and shame and all of these prevent people from talking. mark: i

you go after civil society and destroy ngos. eventually go after free churches which we think will be one of the last areas. that is pretty clear. i think where, you know, the analogy is not quite as precise is, again, i don't think you are going to have chinese troops -- well, we do have some in djibouti and other places -- but let's take cambodia or let the when you, for example. cambodia is a better example because i think you are seeing -- they say, who do i call for help if not the chinese? we have seen the, no coincidence, strongmen work with the strongmen from beijing. it is no coincidence the free media in cambodia is finished, right? i don't think it is any coincidence the chinese are selling internet and other, you know, mobile telecoms technologies to africa, often working through corrupt elites. by the way, our friend has written about this for businessweek. working with local elites to sell high-priced equipment which can also be used for surveillance and enriches the elites who will then, i think, do beijing's bidd

. >> right now, ngos are paying the price. i can manage i don't know -- i can give safe aid to 1,000 people per day. we have like 120,000 people right now. so, i cannot create the systemment i'm not a prime minister of or president of european union. i'm just a small ngo here. >> you have firefighters other people employed by the city out here working. volunteering. but when we talked to people and what we have seen. the at the border and here is that a lot of the aid efforts they largely seem to be ad hoc volunteer left efforts. you heard if tr that guy, some point when the ngos are trying to help, they can't handle this massive influx. there's real concern that that if there isn't more of an organized approach from the very top, there could be this kind of second larger crisis that comes. where people need help and basic resources. they can't get them and also the polish people struggle to get access to basic services as well. the entire system is overwhelmed. >> your population swell by one million people in ten days. thank

and that's something we're working with local ngos. it's vital to engage the ukrainian community inside as well as supporting those who fled outside. >> you mention mariupol, the u.n. human rights team said there's new information on mask raids outside mariupol and deportations but we've not been able to independently confirm but that's what local officials are telling us. >> i think it's very important that you raise all those aspects because we've heard reports of humanitarian corridors, so-called, people being taken effectively into detention, targeted and then you've been reporting on the new news or allegations that 300 died in the well-marked civilian theater where people were hiding. accountability for these acts of impunity is a fundamental principal of humanitarian law and of the u.n. charter that civilians caught up in fighting are able to receive aid. we can't do it if our people are being targeted. and that's why calls for accountability are so important, along side the determination to make sure aid dollars reach those in

they have made commitments, for example, to ngo's. those are now being followed through at local levels. i think recognizing the multiplicity of power centers that exist is important. the u.s. has been negotiating and continues to negotiate with representatives of the taliban movement, taliban government now. but there are also other players who are powerful forces inside the country. i think graham's answer rightly recognizes that. >> thank you very much. mr. smith, this is a difficult circle to square, in terms of where the aid would go if it was released from the u.s. federal reserve bank. could you maybe just compartmentalize short-term, medium-term, long-term what the impact would be in terms of meeting the needs of the people in afghanistan? understanding that everything would have to be calibrated to elicit specific, narrow responses from the taliban, how optimistic would you be that we could create this? mr. smith: that is a good question. i don't pretend to have all the answers. but what my organization has recommended is pha

translation: fake ngo workers approached me. | translation: fake ngo - workers approached me. workers approached me and my children. they looked at us sleazily. they told us to get in a van and said they would - take us to switzerland. they got angry when i asked for their ids, so i grabbed . my children and ran. human rights groups warn sex and organ traffickers are already active here. this is a region where there are well—established trafficking networks in place. at a time of growing numbers of women and children arriving, the risks are on the rise. organised crime isn't the only menace. some refugees are forced to work for free. to work for free, others to have sex in exchange for lodgings. the displaced and the vulnerable need our protection. katya adler, bbc news, on the polish—ukrainian border. and there's lots more on this story for you on our website, including this analysis from our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher, who's looked at what president biden said in that speech that's caused so much controversy — and how the remarks may well have some rather ser

ngos, including human rights, and defenders to meet with me virtually so i could hear firsthand from them on their priorities and have that initial exchange so early on in my tenure. so we want to make sure that we are welcoming civil society into the discussion in new york, in geneva and across the un system. we see that some other countries and hear him speaking about prc again, have made efforts to block legitimate ngos from participating. from participating in the un and bring that voice, to bring the peoples voice into these important discussions. we look at the the un ecosoc committee in new york, where prc has looked to make it less effective -- and the human rights defenders and activists, and academics from the private sector voices, and we're going to continue to push back against this practice and to really make sure that we all benefit from the important voices. thank you so much. >> thank you my time has expired mister chair i yield back. >> thank you vice chair. >> okay we're going to do a second round for whoever has questions on the second round, so don't feel like yo

i am joined now by a member of an ngo who is arranging support for those at the border. how does this work? it is all done by social media, isn't it? yes, exactl . by social media, isn't it? yes, exactly- we — by social media, isn't it? yes, exactly. we have _ by social media, isn't it? yes, exactly. we have volunteers l by social media, isn't it? yes, i exactly. we have volunteers who are helping with housing as well as transport. we also have a lot of people who want to help with employment. so you advertise what _ help with employment. so you advertise what is _ help with employment. so you advertise what is available - advertise what is available from people in your country. that then goes out what on facebook? people say yes, we want to come. we haven't got transport, we need help and then how do you put the people together? then how do you put the people touether? ~ ., , ., ., together? well actually one of our volunteers _ together? well actually one of our volunteers at _ together? well actually one of our volunteers at the - together? well actually one of| our

translation: fake ngo workers approached me. | they looked at us sleazily. they told us to get in a van and said they would take i us to switzerland. they got angry when i asked for their ids, so i grabbed i my children and ran. human rights groups warn sex and organ traffickers are already active here. this is a region where there are well—established trafficking networks in place at a time of growing numbers of women and children arriving, the risks are on the rise. organised crime isn't the only menace. some refugees are forced to work for free. others to have sex in exchange for lodgings. the displaced and the vulnerable need our protection. katya adler, bbc news, on the polish—ukrainian border. let's bring you some breaking news from israel. two suspected arab gunmenwounded two police officers in the israeli city of hadera on sunday and were then shot dead. that's according to the local police. israel's kan television, showedfootage of two men, armed with rifles, opening fire on a mainstreet in hadera, about 50 km north of tel aviv. china has announ

scale at the moment, through a network of shops and supermarkets in mariupol in collaboration with ngos. there is training for trauma surgeons and support for the people in that city. it is bringing in thousands —— the unhcr is bringing thousands —— the unhcr is bringing thousands of blankets and non—food items are from poland. thank you to poland, and shipping them to transit centres. we are going to hear, and i look forward to hearing a lot more about the expense of children from cathy from the vital work of unicef and its partners. the ukrainian red cross has distributed humanitarian assistance to thousands of via its emergency stockpiles. including hygiene and food kits, warm clothing and medicine. iwould hygiene and food kits, warm clothing and medicine. i would like to take the chance here to salute any more than 4000 ukraine red cross volunteers across the country used to conflict, of course, the community workers also have local ngos, the truck drivers carrying basic necessities into these areas. these are people all in harms way who had no hesitation in carrying out t

one thing that we heard from an ngo we were speaking to is that they want to help but they feel like there is a lack of organization from the top down, from the polish federal government, once people are coming through the border checkpoints. there's sort of immediate help along the border, food, blankets, donations, transportation to the big cities, but then after that, they feel like it sort of stops or at least it is this ad hoc, very minute-by-minute volunteer-led approach that is not sustainable. one thing that an ngo we spoke to in krakow was talking about was other countries outside of the european union stepping up and offering relocation assistance to people if they want to leave the country. this is not a big city. this is not a very big country. they are overnight just being overwhelmed by people. 1.5 million people have fled to poland alone and there are a lot of concerns in the cities about what help looks like in two, three, four weeks and whether or not they can really give people the help they need unless other countries, other nations start to step up a little bit mo

at the moment, nurses in health clinics who are paid by ngos get paid. but if they're employees of the ministry of public health, they can't be paid. that doesn't make any sense at all given the danger of malnutrition and starvation crisis. also, water engineers. we've got nurses being supported in health clinics where there's no proper water or fuel to run the heating systems. that makes no sense at all. when it comes to the longer term, however, if we can get through this crisis, if we can relieve the economic pressure and get through to may, june, july, then i think there is a discussion to be had about the amount of support that the u.s. government is going to release and offer, which i think will be on a declining trend from the amounts of last year or suddenly the pre-august level. but there's a real trade-off here. the tougher and tighter you are on the release of assets to support the economy, the greater the danger that you'll end up with more humanitarian aid being needed. and the u.n. hasn't just launched an appeal for $4 billion of humanitari

angola finally legalized relationships last year and botswana from 2019 to the work of tireless ngos. at the same time we've seen so many moving backwards like hungary where next month they will have a new law that would ban any discussion of lgbtqi+ people in schools. familiar to what the parents, students and teachers are facing. protecting against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and identity and found that covid has led to an increase in violence to lgbtqi+ couples and the community has had less active healthcare that we have used the scapegoats to condemn it. in the crisis we have seen a surge of violence against the lgbtqi+ community around the world and here in the united states. for all these reasons, the special envoy to advance the lgbtqi+ persons have a big job ahead and i'm thrilled president biden has appointed the special envoy stearns to this role at usaid. as the former director, she has deep relationships with the groups working in many of the countries struggling with lgbtqi+ violence and discrimination. she also had extensive experience in the

there are ngos on the ground helping out. you can also get some medical attention. the donations would not be collected by volunteers and ngos. a lot of groups there pitching in. but it seems that there is not a lot of traffic here right now. this is day two of the numbers having gone down. they have gone down by threefold. at the moment this is a much needed rest for some volunteers. we spoke to the infrastructure here on the ground. sooner or later, the situation could change if the russian military makes significant gains in ukraine. this could mean a lot more people could come. >> the polish prime minister has said the european union needs to crush russia with sanctions. poland has floated the idea of a nato peacekeeping in -- force in ukraine. is there a sense that poland is not fully satisfied? >> we heard strong words from the polish government. let's not forget that poland is a frontline country. there is a war raging on their doorstep. everything that happens in ukraine in terms of the war will be felt here. people fleeing from ukraine come to poland. polan

showing 300 illegals being released into the city of eagle pass in an ngo here. this ngo has been taking in several hundred migrants every day, mass released by the federal government. these mass releases happening all over del rio sector. earlier today, the chief of the u.s. border patrol said at a forum in san antonio that we are on track any day now to already hit one million migrant encounters in just the last six months. listen. >> i'm going to be hitting some record numbers myself probably in the next two or three days we'll hit over a million encounters or apprehensions along the southwest border. it's not just the southwest border. i have coastal sectors under attack and on the northern border we still have a threat up there. >> neil, keep in mind, last year 2021 set the all time record at the border with 1.7 million encounters. here we are halfway into fiscal year 2022, we're at 1 million. says it all right there. that doesn't account forgot-aways and the busiest months are still ahead of us. back to you. >> neil: incredible, bill. hats off to you. you w

ngos and international donors for some kind of bad scenario. we didn't know for weeks scenario. this is the worst scenario possible. but we were preparing. the other thing is of course the situation couldn't go on for a long time like this for much longer, because it was already going on for eight years. something had to happen. either a very bad scenario like this, or, you know, easing up and maybe, maybe rejoining the country. so really i think something like this had to happen. but i'm very, very, very sorry it had to happen in such a scale and right now and for these people. >> yeah, it is truly heartbreaking. thank you so much for what you and your organization are doing for the people who do cross into poland. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> all right. for more on how you can help the people of ukraine, go to cnn.com/impact. plenty of resources and information there. much more from ukraine coming up. but first, let's go back to atlanta and rosemary church. rosemary? >> thank you, michael. >>> u.s. president joe biden wil

greenpeace hungary and 37 other ngos organizing this demonstration. greenpeace condemning the war, quote, launched by president putin, demanding an immediate end to the fighting and the withdrawal of russian troops from this country. thanks for your company, spending part of your day with me. from here in lviv in ukraine, i'm michael holmes. more on russia's invasion of ukraine ahead with isa soares. first, we leave you with music from the kyiv classic symphony performing in the city's maidan square. ♪ ♪ your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-dai pill can dramatally improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, and q rinvoq helps tame pain, can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin cancer; death, hear

and yeah, i think we're gonna we're gonna see that increasingly and you know, they'll start with ngos and you know, then they'll go to more sensitive political, you know other political sites and then they'll go to news sites. and yeah, it'll be like being in beijing and i guess companies somehow figure out ways to work around it, but your work you're just you're in a fundamentally different business cultural political social environment and you were 10 years ago. you're you're like beijing or i would argue, you know in some respects. you're worse in beijing right now still better because the firewall is is, you know, not really, you know fully enforced but i i think it's inevitable that it will be. and you think that will play just follow up on that that will lead to more media companies having more challenges. so to speak there and perhaps doing what the new york times has done by moving. well, they move their asia headquarters to just yeah, it's just so look you'll have correspondence there. i mean it would be interesting, you know, it'd be interesting to know if i you know somebod

some are getting help from local government institutions, from ngos and individuals, those thousands of brave volunteers. of course, after the first day or two, they start thinking about, okay, what's next. should they stay here or continue westward, or should they think about continuing my life in poland and thinking about going back to ukraine when the war is over. there are a million scenarios, and different on a case-by-case basis. >> sebastian, poland compared nazi forces to russia, and now we're seeing these stark aerial images of mariupol. it looked like warsaw in 1944 after the germans bombed houses and killed civilians with no mercy at all. i know you sent a letter to president biden earlier this month saying please consider additional steps to support ukraine's struggle to defend itself. we hear the white house is going to announce additional sanctions on russia today and tomorrow. i wonder what you believe is most necessary from the u.s. right now. >> it's actually a strengthening of the sanctions and making sure that these sanctions are all-compensating. we need also thos

this is from a ukrainian ngo. what more do we know about this particular attack? >> look, this, i mean, it is a situation where by the both the russian and ukrainian forces have been battling it out around irpin since the beginning of this war. it appears that either all or most of irpin is back in the hands of the ukrainians which is how come this ngo was able to take these pictures and our crews and colleagues have gone and are going to go again tomorrow to check it out for themselves, but yes, the devastation is terrible. the death toll is mounting. it affects women, children, men. not combatants as well as combatants. again, it has the entirely unfortunate, familiar hallmark of what russia does and that is pound civilian targets. we have seen it over and again not just in this war, but since 2008 in georgia, in grosney, in chechnya and aleppo. who knows how this is going to end now. they seem to be very far apart at the negotiating table, even despite what they say after these meetings. >> you said who knows how it's going to end. the question is really becaus

ngo's report russia has detained nearly 13,000 antiwar protesters since late last month. the u.s. acting in concert with our g7 partners today took further steps to hold russia to account. we announced additional actions against wealthy russian elites to ensure the government of russia pays a severe economic and diplomatic price for its invasion of ukraine, including actions against individuals that sit on the boards of major russian financial institutions. we are also designating 12 members of the russian dumont that led the effort to recognize people's republic's as well as the lives in adult children of spokesman dmitry peskov. we will ensure those propagating this word of choice cannot enjoy or benefit from these u.s. products. we have also imposed an import ban on russian alcohol, seafood, and nonindustrial diamonds. and we are working with congress to revoke russia's normal trade relations comically -- commonly referred to as favored nation status. our commitment to supporting ukraine and countering russian disinformation is steadfast. we will not waver in our clear support

we are working this week with civil society and ngos, in orderto working this week with civil society and ngos, in order to ensure we can expedite phase two as quickly as possible, we will update the house in real time over the next few days. the second point about safeguarding, we are working with the home office, we are working with the home office, we don't believe we need to have full dbs checks to make sure someone is an appropriate sponsor, it will often be the case that light—touch criminal checks will be sufficient in their local authorities can be supported to make sure that people are safe when lined with the questions from the opposition, points which were made much more sharply of course. if you are moving house, something which i have had to do recently, we will do everything possible to facilitate the support. thank you, mr speaker. i think in principle there will be some general support for a scheme that allows individuals to welcome refugees into their home. i think in principle thatis their home. i think in principle that is certainly accepted. he accepted that ther