Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
Parts as we have already said this is attempts number 3 the 1st on the 10th of october mediated by moscow collapsed fairly swiftly and the seconds just over a week ago last barely minutes so well have to wait and see what the future is for this ceasefire but of course a cease fire does not mean pace a cease fire is just. In the fighting. That gives the leaders of these countries a chance to perhaps sit down and hash out something more durable the is a very maximal position is that it wants to take back the entire city of nagornokarabakh and the surrounding areas that armenia controls that of course is not something that armenia will ever accept as long as it has the military ability to resist it armenia says well ok we would give back the areas around the corner karabakh but only if nagornokarabakh security ability to self determine is guaranteed and neither side seems willing to budge on those positions at the moment thousands of celebrated throughout the night in jail is the country
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Probably theres been a little bit but certainly expect for many years youve been officially at war with the know its not only to do it but its peace so thats official thats you know we have at least 5 that want to come in. And fish is at the white house with more eyes for donald trump but he seems to embrace the idea of making small deals across the middle east rather than previous answers trying to build one all compassing middle east deal he believes that this changes the reality on the ground he already got a deal signed between the United Arab Emirates and bahrain to recognize israel remember the Abraham Accords were signed here at the white house just in september just over a month ago and he believes that there are 5 other countries who are ready to sign up to this deal him organising hard to and with more on the impact on sudan. Lifting sudan out of the u. S. List of state sponsors of terror means an improvement incidentally economy maybe not immediately like be acting minister
A few days ago brazil the worst a country in the region has over 5000000 people infected with the coronavirus 157000 people there have died. Across the world theres been Something Like 42000000 people infected 10000000 of those are in latin america so its got around about a quarter of all the cases in the world and the number of deaths approaching the 400000 marks a grim picture right across the region very few bright spots to be had anywhere the numbers only seem to be going up every everywhere you look a year or so ago the world bank predicted that the whole region economies in the region would grow by 1. 8 percent theyve now revised that talking about a 7. 2 percent drop across the region and were already seeing the consequences of businesses closing tens of thousands of people losing their jobs and many many people moving having to move out onto the streets. U. S. President donald trump has cast an early ballot near his private resort in florida he went to a polling station in West