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{
"time": "2018-05-23 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Linda Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5430817\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, May 24 is International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament, a day when women legislators jointly express their deep concern about the existential threats to humanity and the environment from climate change, nuclear weapons, and unresolved international conflicts, in particular those between nuclear-reliant nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5430818\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tomorrow, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres will call on governments, parliaments, and civil society to take action to end the threat of nuclear war.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5430819\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have joined other women parliamentarians in expressing support for the UN General Assembly's decision for a high-level conference on disarmament to advance effective measures to build a framework for a nuclear weapon-free world. As women representatives, we are proud of our home countries and our national identities, but we also recognize a common humanity. We recognize the need to collaborate in building a peaceful, secure, sustainable, and just world.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5430820\" data-originallang=\"en\">I invite my fellow Canadian women legislators to join me in supporting this initiative for peace.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5430817\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 24 mai est la Journ\u00e9e internationale des femmes pour la paix et le d\u00e9sarmement, une journ\u00e9e o\u00f9 les l\u00e9gislatrices expriment ensemble leur crainte face aux menaces que repr\u00e9sentent pour l'avenir de l'humanit\u00e9 et l'environnement les changements climatiques, les armes nucl\u00e9aires et les conflits internationaux non r\u00e9solus, surtout ceux entre pays qui d\u00e9pendent du nucl\u00e9aire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5430818\" data-originallang=\"en\">Demain, le secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'ONU, Antonio Guterres, demandera aux gouvernements, aux Parlements et \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile de prendre des mesures pour mettre fin \u00e0 la menace d'une guerre nucl\u00e9aire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5430819\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me suis jointe \u00e0 d'autres femmes parlementaires pour exprimer mon soutien \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision de l'Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l'ONU de tenir une conf\u00e9rence de haut niveau sur le d\u00e9sarmement nucl\u00e9aire afin de faire avancer des mesures visant \u00e0 \u00e9laborer un cadre pour un monde exempt d'armes nucl\u00e9aires. Comme repr\u00e9sentantes, nous sommes fi\u00e8res de nos pays et de nos identit\u00e9s nationales, mais nous reconnaissons que nous faisons toutes partie de l'humanit\u00e9. Nous sommes conscientes de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d'unir nos efforts pour b\u00e2tir un monde pacifique, s\u00fbr, viable et juste.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5430820\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'invite les autres l\u00e9gislatrices canadiennes \u00e0 se joindre \u00e0 moi pour soutenir cette initiative pour la paix.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/5/23/linda-duncan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/linda-duncan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1029/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10142915",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Nuclear Disarmament",
"fr": "Le d\u00e9sarmement nucl\u00e9aire"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/5/23/",
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}
}