UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Foreign aid workers feeding starving people are the latest to be killed in Israel’s war on Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the deadly airstrike a “tragic accident,” which “happens in war,” and vowed to investigate. The seven who lost their lives worked for famed chef Jose Andres’ organization World Central Kitchen, they came from all over the world to help – Poland, Canada, Australia, the UK. One was Palestinian. As United Nations Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths has been a key figure in pressing for vital aid to Gaza. After three years in the role, advocating and acting all over the world’s conflict zones, he is stepping down in June due to ill health. His career with the UN, the British diplomatic service and many humanitarian organizations spanned decades. Martin Griffiths joined the program from Geneva, in his first interview since announcing his retirement from the UN. Also on today's show: Evgenia Kara-Murza, Wife of jailed Russian Opposition Figure Vladimir Kara-Murza; Stephen Breyer, Retired Supreme Court Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	Whether it's intentional or not, it's a crime.
0:12.0	Israel's airstrikes kill foreign aid workers trying to feed starving people in Gaza.
0:18.0	The UN relief chief Martin Griffiths tells me why we should all be outraged.
0:22.6	In his first interview since announcing, he's stepping down. Then, horror at Al-Sheifa,
0:29.6	a look at the carnage after Israel's 14-day do-over raid of Gaza's largest hospital.
0:35.6	And...
0:36.6	I am extremely worried about his life and I've been living with this fear for many years already.
0:42.3	Putin's prisoners, I speak to the wife of jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Karamurza about taking on the Kremlin.
0:50.3	Plus...
0:51.3	What cases were you going to overrule?
0:53.3	Are you going to rule overrule every preceding case? Reading the Constitution, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer sends a stark message to America's top judges in his conversation with Walter Isaacson.
1:37.2	Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. Outrage overseas as foreign aid workers feeding starving people are the latest to be killed in Israel's war on Gaza.
1:45.2	Prime Minister Netanyahu called the deadly airstrike, quote, a tragic accident, which, quote, happens in war and vowed to investigate.
1:50.7	The seven who lost their lives worked for World Central Kitchen. It's the organization founded by the famed chef Jose Andres. Now, they came from all over the world to help
1:56.8	Poland, Canada, Australia, the UK. One was Palestinian. As UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffith
2:04.4	has been a key figure in pressing for vital aid to Gaza, but after three years in the role
2:10.8	advocating and acting all over the world's conflict zones, he is stepping down in June due to ill
2:16.7	health. His career with the UN, the British
2:19.4	diplomatic service, and many humanitarian organizations, has spanned decades, from the Balkans to Syria,
2:26.0	to Yemen, and all places in between. He joined me from Geneva for the first interview since announcing
2:31.8	he's leaving his UN role.
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