A new term as president in the capital city minsk the ceremony was held and announced just before a number of children supporters on the streets thousands are calling for fresh elections with. The women of belarus have become the face of the current protests their voices are growing louder enough is enough thats their message after 26 years they want a new leader for their country and a Better Future for their Children Women and sophia who go out to protests week after week these 2 courageous women refused to be intimidated by the authorities. The womens march had barely begun when the police started making their 1st arrests over the past weeks belo rose has ramped up its crackdown on protesters but despite it all these women come back each saturday to make sure their voices heard it was like everything was quiet then suddenly those henchmen showed up and dragged these young women into their bastards what did they ever do to that were not scared for our own safety but worried about our
As a cio strategic hours but several Foreign Policy disputes are currently dividing the e. U. Different members are blocking progress posing the question is the unionists really able to exert united influence on a global level while lets find out our chief in your correspondence alexander phenomena is in brussels for you alexander good to see you know there have been now over 7 weeks of protests and the worst why has cyprus particularly been so determined to block sanctions. Well cyprus is saying they are not against sanctions on belarus officials for the violence that we have seen on the streets and minsk and other cities per se but there are saying if the European Union is willing to impose sanctions on belarus it also has to impose sanctions on turkey for what cyprus is calling the illegal exploitation for gas in its territorial waters cyprus is saying we cannot operate on a double standard here if we are willing to take a version in a crisis outside of the European Union and we als
Phone number. Id like to welcome members of the public and staff who are watching us live on sfgovtv. Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair sesay thank you, i appreciate that. Secretary thank you. Directors, the next item, item 3, is communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the published number, 18552826330, and enter access code, 126 729
Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair sesay thank you, i appreciate that. Secretary thank you. Directors, the next item, item 3, is communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the published number, 18552826330, and enter access code, 126 729 5295. Then pound and pound again and listen to the meeting. As they wait for Public Comment to be anno
Welcome, everybody. Today, i will our select subcommittee is focusing on hearing were some members will appear in person and others may appear remotely via webex. Since members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Guids attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. Wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. Let me also make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. For those appearing in person who will be able to see members appear remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor, you will see all the members appearing remotely in once, in what is known webex as view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person when they are speaking, including other members appearing remotely. You can also see each other, each person speaking, during the hearing, whether they