U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
Being detained and now tons of people inside also witnesses have told us there are things inside the Detention Centers there are relatives here crying out they are calling the police shame on you and also really emotional scenes here because they have no idea where their relatives are they also are shouting their names hoping that someone will will reply we spoke to a 17 year old boy who was detained. He was just sitting on a bench with a friend and then the police came started beating him had really serious bruises on his back he was taken to the force to be on his knees for 7 hours and he was only released because he was under age this is now a much different situation i mean a mass protest this size and also a Police Crackdown this size has never happened before and balor people are kind of skeptical about the European Response so far they think europe is acting length and also weak of course is a very delicate geopolitical balance here between europe on the one side and russia on t
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