What is going on guys, welcome back to the channel and I appreciate you being here. Today I've been giving you a load of new information on Forsaken Story, The Last Wish, Forsaken Raid and a few other things. Now this info I have been sitting on for over a week, waiting for any part of it to be confirmed and I can say for a fact now that a lot of this has been confirmed.  Also guys if you do enjoy the video, leaving a thumbs up truly helps me out and I do appreciate that support for sure. Also stay tuned until the end of the video to find out about my controller giveaway. Ok so this info, like I said, I've been sitting on for about a week now, waiting for something to be confirmed and that has been done. Actually a few points in this leak have been mentioned of a leak which we have now known to be confirmed factual, so let's get into it. The leak by the way you can find a leak within the video description, it was posted on 4chan.org where a lot of early soft surfaces. So he starts the leak stating the raid is called The Last Wish, this was confirmed by Bungie in a twat last Thursday. Within this week at Bungie they are confirmed to be called The Last Wish and it will be coming out 10 days after the 4 second releases on September 14th.  We also have Curia Blade Transform, Verotaph the Perfect Raven, Corvus the Binding Corruption, Primus Corg, Might of Savathun and Cal-Kista Forgotten Cal. So we have some meaty sounding buses for sure and Bungie did state it's the biggest raid ever with a lot of buses so that's great. Within the raid you start off with him keeping voices up on the dreamy city and bench it into the realm known as Elya C Nagli that's pronounced Sans Epic. I cannot wait to get going in this raid, I really can't especially if the final bus is indeed a Ahamkara that is going to be so great. Moving on towards the end of the campaign, we know according to a gamer from a mid battle with Audrey and he is called to the dreamy city, or the leak suggests he is killed by a giant creature upon opening the gates to the dreamy city. This leak states he is significantly injured by the Dull Incara but not killed. Fiku then drives the dragon off and transmits him houseware. If you are unsure who Fiku is, he is the leader of the scorned barons. The eight barons we have to chase throughout the campaign with the Forsaken. Now this is the first we have seen a Dull Incara called a dragon so that's super cool. Nelit then states the final mission sees us taking down Fiku and finishing off Ulljan both whom have become ascendant and empowered by taking energy in this final mission.  Now listen to this, Dull Incara is a Taken Ahamkara formerly known as Riven and is the last surviving member of her race. Now we saw datamined warlock armor 100% confirmed to be in the game and part of this armor's lore actually mentions Riven, though with Rudorn Bonn lore states and Riven she used to see in the shade of those wings laugh at the ruddles that rumbled in that mercurial throat. The creature is all teeth and broken promises transformed by the expectations of another Shaming secretive sister. So the lore to this new Forsaken with Rudorn armor also mentions Riven the last Ahamkara so that's cool. Nelit then states she has corrupted the dreamy city and we hunt her down after finishing off Ulljan. Ulljan according to this leak is trying to rescue Maru-Sav his sister the queen who has been imprisoned by Savathun in the guise of Techie and Lin. Savathun and Lin flee at the end of the story and the queen is rescued. Forsaken's ending features Savathun conversing with an unknown entity regarding the traveler and the light. This all gets to be the darkness and probably will set up the next major expansion for sure. The Forsaken has 11 story missions with 4 new strikes, this we know. There are additional side missions and a dungeon activity known as the Shattered Throne. This we have seen mentioned in many of the recent leaks too. The leak then ends stating Toland is present in the Forsaken expansion. This again has been mentioned in other leaks. And that guys is the end of this leak. Damn that was major, learning a lot about what happened and what is going on. Also known as Rayboss is a dragon, a Taken Ahamkara known as Duin Kauru, absolutely great. And a 5 of a bosses sound cool too. People I cannot wait to dive in. I also look forward to seeing Ulljan getting torn apart but not killed leaving another left of him for us to punish the nasty Bassidvar for killing our beloved Kaida. But yeah guys, I'm not know what I am at. Tell me what you think about this leak down below in the comments section. 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It's no lie that being a data scientist is probably one of the coolest jobs out there at the moment, particularly with the rise of AI last year. In this video, I want to detail my journey into how I became a data scientist and offer advice for how you become one in 2024. It's important to mention that not everyone's journey is the same, but hopefully this video will strike some inspiration or some general guidance on how you can become a data scientist. We'll start with covering my background, how I discovered data science, how I learned data science, how I got my first job and general advice for you looking to break into the field. So let's get into it. I come from quite a heavy maths background. My mum has a maths degree, both my grandparents studied physics and my great granddad was even engineer. So I was always naturally inclined and pushed into that direction of STEM subjects. I remember when I was 12 years old, it's already got me into physics. I was watching the Big Bang Theory and they were talking about things such as quantum blue gravity, general relativity. And these topics were really interesting, so I went and googled all about them. Obviously, I didn't know much of anything at that point, but they were still very interesting to me and that's when I decided to pursue physics. For my GCSEs, I got 4A stars, 3As and 5Bs, which was not bad at all. However, it wasn't exactly genius level. And at that time, I thought I was much smarter than I was and my work ethic was really poor. My 4A stars were in maths, physics, further maths, and chemistry, so those were the four subjects I took to A level. At A level, nothing much changed. I was still being quite lazy and wasn't working too hard because in reality, I thought I was smarter than I was. I was quite delusional at the time and I thought I could get into the best universities, even though, like I said, I wasn't working very hard. So in the UK, UK had a choice of five universities that you can apply to. So my five choices were Oxford, Imperial, Nottingham, Manchester, and Southampton. Now obviously, both Oxford and Imperial both rejected me as they are the top institutions in the world. At that point in time, my grades and work ethic, like I said, went very good. However, Manchester, Southampton, and Nottingham all gave me offers. I firmed choice Manchester, which required me to get A star, A star, A. And my insurance choice was Southampton where I needed 3As. So results date comes around for my A level results and let's just say I didn't do too well as I was expecting. I got A star in maths and being further maths by C in physics. So for someone who wants to study physics at university, that's not great. And Manchester and Southampton both rejected me. In the UK, we have something called clearing. Now clearing is where on results day, universities may have some space on certain courses and people who didn't get into their firm or insurance choice can apply to those universities. And luckily, the University of Surrey offered me a place to study physics for astronomy come September 2017. At Surrey's, where I really learned that there is no substitute for hard work. I know it's a cliche, but it's true. In my first two years, I had a much better work ethic than I did in my school days. And in my first year, I got a first and in my second year, I also got a first. At the end of my second year, I got accepted onto the master's programme. As part of the master's programme, you have to do a year of research. It's kind of like a mini PhD. And my year was done at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, or MPL for short. And my thesis was on measuring air temperature gradients using acoustic thermometer. During this year, I enjoyed it. However, physics research from that small snippet I had wasn't quite I envisioned it being like. And in reality, I found things to move a lot slower than I would have liked. And that wasn't quite for me. And I kind of fell out of love of physics. I still remember to this day exactly how I discovered data science. After coming back from a day of work at MPL, a video appeared on my YouTube homepage, and it was DeepMind's AlphaGo documentary on where they trained an AI bot to be the Go World Champion at least at all. After watching that documentary, I became fascinated about how they train this AI, like what algorithms did they use and what kind of process did they take. I was looking into reinforcement learning, deep learning, Markov chains, all these things. Obviously, at that point in time, I didn't understand everything, but I found it also interesting. So I looked online of basically opportunities and what kind of people or what kind of professions use machine learning. And that's how I stumbled across data science. Like most people, I had the age old question, how do I learn data science? Data science cuts and intersects into so many fields, maths, statistics, computer science, that it seems overwhelming. However, if you break down your learning to small chunks, it's very doable. Coming from a physics background, I pretty much had all the prerequisite knowledge I needed. I knew linear algebra, I knew calculus, and I knew statistics. So that means I could jump straight into the machine learning and understanding how the algorithms work. The first course I took was Andrew Nyg's course called the Machine Learning Specialization. I took this course back in 2020, and this is when it was still the 2012 version, and all the exercises were an octave or mat lab. It's been revamped and it's got more cutting edge algorithms in there, such as reinforcement learning, recommended systems, and it's also taught in Python. At this point in time, I only had experience in one programming language, and that was FORTRAN. So we got taught FORTRAN in my first two years of university, and for those of you who don't know what FORTRAN is, it's probably one of the oldest high-level programming languages out there. It was written in the 1950s. With it being my first programming language, it made me not really like coding that much, because everything was manual, hard, there's not many packages available for FORTRAN. Reflecting on it, learning FORTRAN was kind of a blessing in disguise, because it really got me to really think programmatically, and like I said, everything had to be done from scratch, and so when I went about learning Python, it was so much easier for me. The way I learned Python was by simply contacting one of the lecturers at my university who taught a computational physics course. Basically, I asked them for the course notes, and it was just an introduction to Python. In reality, any intro to Python course would have been sufficient. I also took the tutorial sprint Python course, and it basically told me all the things that was in those lecture notes. The main things I learned were Python syntax, functions, loops, classes, all kind of the regular things you need to know behind a programming language to design or build anything. I then went to learn a bit more of the data science specific packages, NumPy, Pandas, LaptopLib, and also Scikit-learn. These were done on the Kaggle courses, and these are very useful. These are kind of the main packages you would use day-to-day as a data scientist. After Python, it was then to learn the other language of data science, which is SQL. The way I learned SQL was that, again, I took the tutorial sprint online course to SQL. It took me around a few days, and to be honest, that course literally covers everything I use now in my day-to-day job. It teaches you all the basics and more some that you'll likely use in any interview and also in most jobs nowadays when you're a data scientist. After upskilling in machine learning, Python and SQL, I then basically started building some really simple projects. What I did is that I will get some data set from Kaggle, and I'll just randomly apply just loads of machine learning models to these datasets. I will link in the description below a lot of these projects, but comparing them to my abilities now, they weren't very good, but they allowed me to get my hands dirty and just try out a load of models. I built linear regression, logistic regression, decision trees, just a range of algorithms, and it really taught me how they work and how to apply them to a real life problem. The hardest part by far is securing the first job. You dedicate a lot of time to learning all these skills with the hope that you'll land that first role. I'm not joking when I said I applied to over 300 roles in my final year of university trying to get this first data science job. So when it comes to your first role, I honestly believe it's purely a numbers game. You really just have to put yourself out there, have practice in interviews, have practice in these takeover assessments to land that first role. I got my first role at an insurance company like on mid-level sites in the UK. It wasn't some fancy Fang or Quant Hedge Fund, like I said, it was just a regular firm that was really good and now worked with some amazing people. You don't need to work at one of these top companies, particularly at the start, because in reality, in some of these smaller companies, you may learn more because you may be asked to do more things, be more hands-on of a lot of the infrastructure. Like anything in life, it's really up to you to excel and put in effort. You can not grow at all in big companies, and you can grow a lot in small companies. The final thing I want to discuss is how you can stand out as a data scientist. In my opinion, these three things are very simple to do, and they give you so much more rewards than the effort you put into them. The first one is make sure you have a GitHub profile and populate it. On the screen is what mine looks like. Again, mine's not that fancy, but it does have some, you know, it looks good and it has some nice things added to it, what languages I know, what I do, and some basic repos on my past projects. You can do the same easily. In fact, just copy my template and add some basic repos of you basically learning Python. It does need to be too complicated, but I promise you, most people applying for entry-level jobs won't even have this. The second one is write a blog post. I'm still amazed at why people think this is so much harder than it really is. The goal of writing a blog post, particularly if you're just trying to land a job, you're not trying to make the post go viral. It's more just to showcase your learning and show that you're interested in your curious and willing to document your work. The simplest way you can write a blog post is, for example, say you learn how to implement functions in Python. Write a blog post about how you implement functions in Python. It really is how simple. Don't ever complicate it. The final one, which is a bit more tricky, and that is enter a Kaggle competition and do reasonably well. Now, what Kaggle will show to the employer is that you're able to break down a business problem into code in a data science way, and that's really useful because your job as a data scientist is to unify business with data and to solve that problem. The thing I want to stress is that there is no one best way to become a data scientist, but my journey hopefully gives you some inspiration or some guidance or even some tips on how you can tailor your learning or the steps you can take to become one in 2024. I highly recommend you action on the three key things I mentioned at the end of the video, that is, get a profile, write a simple blog post, and maybe we'll enter a Kaggle competition. These three things will set you apart from pretty much every other candidate, particularly for entry level jobs. So I really, really recommend you try them. If you enjoyed this video and want to learn more about data science and how to break into data science, then make sure you click the like and subscribe button, and I'll see you in the next video.


rperson, Malawi being a host to migrants from different countries. Text note that the budget provides for planned initiatives, including the reintegration assistance to retainees, host communities, and other displaced populations through the sharing of information on a return-related stability in countries like Burundi. Malawi notes that there is a dwindling funding globally and they recognize that this is posing a great risk to the displaced person in a country which has challenges in fulfilling its budgetary commitments for its population. Malawi therefore makes a call to IOM to extend this assistance to her, considering that the country still host to Burundians, most of whom have expressed an interest to retain home. My delegation takes note of the fact that the funding available to the IOM falls short of its needs to adequately deliver its mandate and we are grateful for the allocation to supporting health promotion and assistance for migrants in Malawi within the Sadaqa region. We also take note of IOM's strategy two, three, five, and 11, which targets migration management in Southern Africa aimed at improving migration management through evidence-based management strategies and policies to address mixed migration challenges, including improving protection frameworks for migrants in situations of vulnerability. It is along this vein that we ask the DG to strengthen the capacity of the Sub-Region office in Pretoria to be able to effectively support member states on migration issues. Chairperson, Malawi like most African countries has a large youth population which is creating pressure on the labor market. Malawi desires to benefit from the labor migration program, labor employment and mobility action in Africa so that its governance and integration of labor, migration and mobility is strengthened with the view of achieving decent employment for the youth. Technical assistant from IOM or labor export therefore would be ideal. Chairperson, Malawi is a disaster prone country with common hazards such as frauds, cyclones, prolonged dry spoils and droughts just to mention but a few. The frequency and magnitude of these disasters and extreme weather have been on the increase in recent years, resulting in migration and increased internal displacement over the population. These frequent extreme weather events and disasters have resulted in a huge cost for recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction forcing the country to relocate the limited budgetary resources from other development needs. Earlier this year as we may call in 2023 in March, Malawi experienced one of its worst disaster. Over 2,267,458 people of home, 1,110,639 male and 1,156,819 females were affected following the impact of Tropical Cyclone Freddy. 659,278 people of home, 336,252 are females and 323 and 26 males are displaced. Over 56% of the affected are children and 7.2 are persons living with a disability. The disaster caused over 679 deaths and 2,178 injuries with more than 537 people missing and these are big numbers for countries small like Malawi. Chairperson, given the increased trend of extreme weather events at the continental and regional levels resulting in illegal migration and internal displacement and they needed to facilitate safer migration and provision of assistance to internally dispersed persons, Malawi would like to join the important initiative on the global call for solutions. Malawi notes among others the important role of global continental and regional integration in dealing with these issues in the work of climate change, environmental degradation, conflict and economic shocks. Malawi also notes the need for comprehensive legal and policy frameworks to facilitate issues of migration and internal displacement. This should be coupled with capacity building and institutional strengthening of the national structures that deal with migration and displacement. Furthermore, Malawi joins all member states on the need for strengthening the information sharing and management at national, regional, continental and global levels. Migration and displacement tracking information is vital for informed policy formulation in decision making as well as interventions. My delegation welcomes the IOMS Migration Environment Climate Change and Risk Reduction cluster in the program and budget for 2024 whose aim under the strengthened leadership of human mobility in Southern Africa is to assist member states like Malawi on the impact of climate change in human mobility through closer collaboration with other stakeholders. Indeed, we hope that this will ensure that human mobility induced by climate change is considered in policy, registration and programming. Malawi, as one of the champion countries is committed to continue taking a leading role in rendering its voice in ensuring that in the face of climate change, the utmost efforts to preserve and protect the rights, welfare and the security of migrants and people on the move are done. And other member states to join us in this shared commitment. Chairperson allow me to conclude by stating that Malawi is grateful for the technical and financial support landed by the International Organization for Migration to the government of Malawi in areas of capacity building, provision of assistance to migrants and the internally displaced person and mind others. I thank you, Chair. Thanks. Norway, please. Chair, Director General, Excellencies Distinguished Elegates. Norway is proud to be a committed partner to the IOM, an organization with increased rich influence and importance to migrants all over the world. At this first council session since our election, let me first congratulate Amy Pope on assuming her role. We have full confidence in your leadership and believe that under your guidance, the IOM will continue to excel in its mission. We look forward to the appointments of the deputies in the months to come. It's evident to us that the coming years will be demanding. The deplorable situation in Gaza being only one of our many challenges. There will be escalating humanitarian needs stemming from climate change, food insecurity and conflict and many often compound drivers. We have taken note of IOM's record high budget for next year. While this is a reflection of the growing humanitarian needs around the world, it is also at the same time a demonstration how the IOM has become and is increasingly an agile, efficient, capable humanitarian partner to your donors. Norway remains committed to provide a near marked support to the IOM to provide continuity, predictability and flexibility. This is crucial. We are also particularly dedicated to our partnership in the humanitarian field. This year we have provided substantial humanitarian support to protracted displacement situations such as in Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa or Yemen. We have supported work for durable solutions for IDPs in Iraq and responded to many new crises such as the earthquake in Turkey or the Kakov-Gaddam destruction in Ukraine. Thanking the director general for her update, we would like to highlight a few priorities for Norway. We appreciate the IOM's involvement in the action agenda on internal displacement. IDPs being a particular priority also for Norway. We salute the continued effort to strengthen alignment and cooperation with your sister UN organizations. In particular, the UNHCR in the field. Norway appreciates your focus on evidence-based policy development, not least the strengthening of the Global Data Center and the GenMIG initiative. Norway recognizes our obligation under the Global Compact for Migration to facilitate legal pathways and of the inclusion of migrants into our society. At the same time, we have an imperative to practice effective return policies in order to deter irregular migration, which undermines the positive movements we like to see. Norway shares in the fight against deploring practices of trafficking. Our government has initiated programs which integrate humanitarian and development support for displaced populations, migrants, and host communities, believing that we can build resilience and sustainable livelihoods together in turn, contributing to durable solutions. Norway hopes to be able to be a partner to the IOM in the years to come in decreasing the forced displacement globally, increasing the regular positive human mobility for our shared prosperity. Thank you. Thank you. The floor, please to the representative of Ghana. Thank you, Vice Chairperson, for giving me the floor. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, my delegation joins earlier speakers in congratulating her Excellency, Dr. Katharina Stasch of Germany on her election as Chairperson of the Bureau, as well as all the elected members of the Bureau to steer the affairs of the Council onto the next regular session. My delegation is confident that with their professional qualities and worth of experience in IOM matters, they will execute their mandate effectively and guide our collective efforts. Be assured of Ghana's support. Our sincere appreciation also goes out to the outgoing Chairperson, his Excellency, Dr. Lansani Berry of Sierra Leone for the tremendous work he carried out during his tenure, particularly overseeing the successful process and election of the first female director general of the IOM, Ms. Amy Pope, to lead the organization after almost 72 years of its existence. We are keen about this new trajectory and we look forward to delivering on the promise of migration together. Ghana aligned itself with the statement delivered on Monday by the Republic of Rwanda on behalf of the African group, which clearly articulated the various initiatives being carried out by IOM, such as saving lives and protecting people on the move, driving solutions to displacement, climate action, and facilitating regular migration pathways. We will treat the need for greater collective collaboration and implementation of these initiatives. Vice Chairperson, this year has been an impactful year on Ghana's migration calendar. As a country that strongly supports the global compact of migration, Ghana engaged in several activities to advance the objectives of the compact. Another leadership of Ghana's presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum and with the immense support of the IOM, a priority area was identified to expand the support for climate change migrants and displaced persons and leverage migrants and diaspora communities to play a positive role in the fight against climate change. This priority area led to the launch of the Migrants for Climate Initiative, which considers shaping a new positive narrative on migration where migrants, their communities, as well as the diaspora, play a positive role in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation through local sustainable development projects or initiatives. The Migrants for Climate Initiative is aligned to objective two and 19 of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. One of the activities under this initiative is the Migrants for Climate Award, which identifies an award through a competitive process, innovative and dynamic initiatives led by migrants and diasporas towards climate action based on their direct experience of environmental impact of climate change. I'm pleased to inform that with the splendid support of the fans' chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, the made in addition of the award has recently concluded. The winning initiative was route the Lajasant Doe from Benin, which showcase collaboration between local communities, migrant returnees and diasporas who develop the collection of water hyacinth, which are obstacles to water circulation and proliferate algae and transform them into eco-products such as hats, compost and renewable energy. The activity created green jobs and ecotourism thereby reducing greenhouse emissions, flood risk, improvement in the quality of water and land regeneration. The award is expected to be further explored and replicated in the coming years and we urge all member states to get involved when the next call for nominations is launched. Vice Chair, Ghana has made tremendous progress in strengthening its relationship with the Ghana diaspora. With the assistance of the IOM country office in Ghana, a diaspora engagement policy, the first of such in the history of the country was developed and has been recently approved by the government of Ghana to provide the necessary framework within which the Ghana diaspora can be constructively engaged in political, social, economic and cultural discourse towards the effective mobilization and coordination of their contributions to the national development process. The recent launch of the IOM study on diaspora and transnational identities showcased that migrants and diaspora communities play a pivotal role in enhancing global interconnectedness by fostering international ties and knowledge transfer, driving this development on various fronts. According to the World Bank, migrants are estimated to generate 9.4% of the global GDP. Combined formal and informal remittance transfer could amount to one trillion US dollars annually. A figure which clearly indicates that migration is not a problem but an opportunity. My delegation therefore welcomes IOM's efforts to develop digital solutions to give prospective migrants access to more efficient and economical pathways to migration. This would greatly reduce incidence of human trafficking and migrant smuggling and ultimately protect people on the move to promote development, prosperity and progress. I thank you. Thank you. Please, South Sudan. By a chairperson, South Sudan aligned itself with the African group statements delivered by Zimbabwe and Rwanda respectively. South Sudan congratulates Mrs. Amy Pope for her elections as Director General of IOM, making history to be the first woman DGU of IOM. While we assure her of our unwebering support and cooperation, we wish her and her able team ever a success in fulfilling her new vision in delivering on the mandate of the IOM. We further extend our congratulations to the new chair and her office and the outgoing chair for his able leadership. My delegations under scores and highly comments, various crisis responses, IOM has been implementing in South Sudan through its efficient office in South Sudan. My country, as my country, has been ranked the second most vulnerable country globally impacted by conflict and climate change. Although the war in South Sudan formally ended with a peace agreement in 2018, climate shocks in form of unusually intense rains, floods, droughts have continued to contribute in significant forced mobility of people. More than 7.8 million people in South Sudan are projected to fall short of their minimum food needs by this year, 2023. This is a substantial increase from the 6.3 million people who face food insecurity in 2022. The floods and droughts highlight a constant threat to a country lacking the infrastructure to respond, adapt, and mitigate. Over 2 million people have been internally displaced due to flooding and drought alone. You had the opportunity, Madame Digi, to stand on the situation on the ground in South Sudan when you visited my country. The ongoing war in Sudan has already impacted the situation in South Sudan as I alluded to during the panel on Monday. Those who have crossed to South Sudan coming to an already fragile situation need urgent support in terms of food, medicine, water, shelter, which the government of South Sudan cannot afford to provide alone. Climate factors have further significant implications for peace and security in South Sudan, increasing competition between post-release and farmers, forcing many populations to migrate to highlands, resulting in the risk of catarading, causing communal conflict, displacement, and formation of armed groups between newcomers and the indigenous of the highlands. By sheer passion, South Sudan need technical assistance and capacity-building, lifting of imposed sanctions which have further hindered the capacity and ability of our government to enable it respond as a host, origin, and transit country for migrants, refugees, IDPs, retainees, as well as to take informed scientific-based decisions on climate shocks and emergencies. We appeal to the IOM and international partners to continue making funds available for the countries facing climate shocks, hosting refugees, migrants, IDPs, and retainees, including South Sudan, and support member states, particular sending state to put in place mechanisms that address factors forcing people to migrate. South Sudan encourages IOM to explore new avenues to fill the current financial gaps. We believe that humanitarian assistance should not be seen in isolation of development as the two are interrelated. One of the main factors for migration is under development. We further appeal that humanitarian assistance should not be subjected to any conditionalities, airmarked or politicized, and the already existing crisis should not be forgotten. Previous commitment should be honoured and fulfilled. In conclusion, South Sudan thanks and appreciates IOM and international partners for the support they have rendered and continue to render to migrant and to all affected population in South Sudan and across the globe. I thank you, Vice President. Thank you, Colombia, please. Muchas gracias, señor presidente y apreciado embajador Luis Chukibuara. Colombia se suma a la declaración regional del grulac pronunciada por el embajador Federico Villegas el primer día del consejo. Señora directora Amy Pope, como líderes en materia de política exterior feminista, permítame reiterar las felicitaciones por su designación como la primera mujer directora de la OIM. Tenemos la certeza de que su compromiso se traducirá en que la organización tendrá una base sólida y de pleno respeto a las políticas de igualdad de género y estaremos a su disposición para apoyarla alcanzar este fin. Colombia está profundamente agradecida con la OIM por su constante respaldo para enfrentar los múltiples desafíos para el manejo de los flujos migratorios, así como para el fortalecimiento de políticas públicas que contribuyan a materializar nuestra aspiración de paz total. Por eso, resaltamos y agradecemos que en el presupuesto para el año 2024, la OIM le haya dado un enfoque especial al fortalecimiento institucional para apoyar a las víctimas del conflicto armado en Colombia, que permitirá fomentar la reconciliación y la no-repetición del conflicto protegiendo los derechos de las víctimas, sosteniendo procesos integrales de memoria, verdad y justicia, y promoviendo la confianza y la cohesión social entre los individuos, las comunidades y los agentes de los sectores público y privado. Aprovecho la oportunidad para agradecer a los diferentes países que a través de sus contribuciones permitirán el desarrollo de este proyecto. Señora directora, en esta línea, permítame agradecer el énfasis que usted hizo en su presentación de primer día, donde señaló la importancia que la OIM le asignará al desplazamiento interno que nuestro país afecta acerca de cinco millones de personas. Al igual que ustedes, nuestra misión seguirá trabajando de manera conjunta con el asesor especial para soluciones duraderas para el desplazamiento interno, señor Robert Piper. Estamos adelantando importantes actividades junto con nuestra unidad de víctimas. Y en ese sentido, permítame compartir con ustedes que recientemente el secretario general de la Naciones Unidas Antonio Guterres reconoció el liderazgo de Colombia en su copresidencia del grupo de amigos para soluciones al desplazamiento interno que ejercemos de manera conjunta con Canadá. El secretario general también resaltó que el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2022-2026 se oriente a garantizar que dos millones de personas víctimas de desplazamiento forzado interno superen su vulnerabilidad actual, lo cual refleja el compromiso del país con la búsqueda de soluciones duraderas. Señora directora, usted conoce de cerca los múltiples desafíos de Colombia. Lo escuchamos el día de ayer en la intervención de la vice-ministra de Asuntos Multiraterales que participó en el segmento de alto nivel sobre migración y cambio climático. Y lo escuchamos también esta mañana de usted sobre los flujos migratorios en el tapón del Darien. Seguimos comprometidos con la OIM y esperamos seguir contando con su apoyo y el de la comunidad internacional para continuar nuestra política de recepción, integración y penos respeto de manera decidida a los derechos humanos de los migrantes que llegan a nuestro país. Muchas gracias. Gracias, embajador. Please define the comments of our director general. First of all, permit me to make some final comments recognizing we might actually lose our interpreters in the midst of them, but if I could just acknowledge the impact, the work that you all are doing and your importance to us. I'll start with Austria, who has been a founding partner of IOM and continues to provide an essential support for us to operate around the world. We appreciate that and we recognize that you're bringing a comprehensive, roots-based approach to migration and we commend you for your leadership on that issue. Mongolia, I'd recognize the tremendous work that you're doing to counter the trafficking of persons and to bring a rights-based approach to border management. The work you're doing on data collection for migrants who are coming through and engaging your diaspora is work that we are stand ready to continue to support recognizing its importance. The United Kingdom, well, I wish I could personally acknowledge the athletic efforts of the esteemed representative from the United Kingdom. I'll note it in absentia and recommend the UK for its continued support of IOM's work around the world, particularly on international development and to note that we're very grateful for the recent analysis and assessment done by the FCDO on IOM's structure and use of its resources and note that we will very closely follow the recommendations that were received therein. Namibia, I'd acknowledge the tremendous work that you are doing to advocate on behalf of especially vulnerable communities already impacted by climate change and note that that is tremendously important in the region as a whole, not just in your own country that you've acknowledged. I want to congratulate you on the achievement of your own national migration policy and for drafting your national diaspora policy, both of which are issues that we are quite eager to work with you on. For Sudan, I want to start by offering our condolences for the thousands of lives that have been lost in the conflict in Sudan to note the millions of people who are displaced and now the country with the highest displacement in the world and to note that there are millions more who are still in need. I'd like to appreciate the efforts that the government of Sudan has made to provide access for humanitarian actors to respond to the crisis and to improve access for them to affected populations and collectively for all those in the room to recognize the enormous outstanding needs that remain in the country of Sudan for all members to take note and where possible to provide additional resources. To the government of Thailand, we thank you for being one of the champion countries to support the Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular Migration and to thank you for contributing to the UN Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund across the board, whether it's on labor mobility or support for communities impacted by disaster and climate change. You've been a leader. And including on the Migration Media Academy whose focus is to improve the narratives around migration. So thank you for the work that you are doing. And a personal note of thanks for your support for improving and updating our host country agreement and for mentioning it here. To Slovakia, I would appreciate the work that Slovakia and the hospitality that Slovakia is providing to people who have been fleeing Ukraine despite the small size of your country you provided tremendous support and continue to do so. We also acknowledge the reform of your policies on labor mobility and appreciate the measures that you're taking to attract and retain talent from around the world. To Cyprus, I note that Cyprus again as a smaller nation is taking on a tremendous responsibility when it comes to the movement of persons, especially through regular channels, in this case by boat that number has increased 100% since the situation that conflict in the Middle East. We know also the work that you're doing to provide voluntary return for people and the support you're providing to vulnerable migrants. So we want to take note of that across the board work, the challenges that has provided, but also the very comprehensive approach that you're taking to respond to that situation. To Bangladesh, who is a true champion for the global compact for migration, we want to just highlight everything you've done to lead on that issue, including internally within your government, the development of your own national reintegration policy, as well as your championing of the rights of workers who are abroad and the importance of coming to better ways to enable people to work and to be protected while they're working abroad. And we want to appreciate your hosting of the Rohingyas and your openness to third country resettlement of that very, very vulnerable population recognizing that we do need responsibility sharing in order to manage that situation. To Peru, I'll say it here, but also here, we really commend your efforts to expand regular migration pathways to recognize the tremendous support that the government of Peru has provided to persons who have been displaced migrants and refugees, including from Venezuela to congratulate Peru as a champion country of the GCM and to say that I'm very much looking forward to my visit there next week, so thank you for your hospitality for me personally. To Malawi, I'd like to congratulate the work that the government of Malawi has done, especially around border management and in leadership, your leadership in responding to natural disasters and most recently, with regard to your response to Hurricane, or to Cyclone Freddy, we know that your work doing the rapid assessments of the communities that were most impacted was absolutely essential to making sure that the United Nations community and other humanitarian partners could very quickly get support to people in need. And finally, I'd like to thank you for your work to counter the trafficking of persons, and we've really seen that impact that that can have, especially for vulnerable migrants. To Norway, first of all, thank you so much for coming all the way from capital here to Geneva for this conversation. You have been a tremendous partner financially leading, especially on issues involving climate impact on vulnerable populations and ensuring that we are bringing a sustainable approach even to our own interventions as humanitarian actors. So thank you for your generosity in supporting us through personnel, supporting us through financial resources, supporting us through innovations. And we are absolutely committed to working with you across the range of work, whether it's in the humanitarian side on development, or of course support to persons who are voluntarily returning home. This is a partnership that has lasted for over two decades and we look forward to continuing and building on it. To Ghana, the government of Ghana has really been a champion on a whole range of issues, and I want to say thank you for the work you're doing right now to host the first informal dialogue of the global Compact for Migration 27 champion countries. You have really led on this effort. You've led on the engagement of the funding and the use of the multi-partner trust fund. You are launching your own policies, whether it's the national migration policy, the national labor migration policy, or the diaspora policy, which I know will be coming out very, very soon. So thank you very much. To South Sudan, I would just acknowledge the tremendous challenges that are faced because of the impact of climate change and the extremely vulnerable communities. As you said, I saw it firsthand. We saw communities that have been displaced already by conflict then face increasing pressures as a result of drought, then as a result of flooding. The situation that we see in your country that you continue to build awareness around is part of why we are advocating so much for that to be at the center of our policies because of the devastating impact that climate will have on communities that are already vulnerable. I want to highlight our continued commitment to working with you and including as we see increasing returns from Sudan given the conflict there. We anticipate the humanitarian situation there will only become more complicated. It's a situation where again we need the support of the international community, but IOM stands to support those who are most in need. Finally, Colombia, a country that has been a long, long-standing partner of IOM, our biggest mission in the Americas where we have worked with you on a range of issues including support to displaced populations, but over the last several years support to migrants and refugees from Venezuela. Our work in Colombia demonstrates the importance of our partnership and I want to also acknowledge what you are doing to create more safe, regular pathways for persons as part of the SMO, the Safe Mobility Offices initiative that multiple countries are working on, so thank you for that. Finally, I just thank you for your work you're doing to bring the issue of climate change on human mobility to the forefront and your leadership on that issue just recently, the 7th anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia earlier this month, gathering 27 countries together to really take note, but also to take action, so that's tremendous. I have to say the interpreters have stayed through that all and I am so, so sorry because I went extra fast to get people out for lunch, so thank you to the interpreters. We're grateful for your work. We know you're working hard on that. Thank you very much, Amy, always admiring your skills for bringing us astonishing and brief comments about our debates this morning. And thanks to you all. I wish to thank the delegation for their statement. We'll resume the general debate this afternoon at 3 p.m. Please allow me also to remind that the IEM side event migration is about people. Migration governance indicators and impacts will take place in this room at 1.30 p.m. Muchas gracias a todos ustedes Muchas gracias a nombre del Perú por el apoyo para esta vicepresidencia. Muchas gracias.