chairman, the u.n. has decided to pay the legal fees, possibly almost $900,000 of savan who ran the u.n.'s corrupt, disastrous oil-for-food program which was supposed to help innocent iraqis but instead was exploited by saddam's regime. u.s. state prosecutors have charged him with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. but this bill before us does nothing to protect taxpayer dollars from bank rolling and rewarding corruption at the u.n. the underlying bill also helps foster the culture of corruption at the united nations by failing to leverage u.s. contributions to the u.n. development program, undp, until it accepts the jurisdiction of the u.n. ethics office. the undp to which the u.s. contributes $100 million or more per year continues to be the poster child for mismanagement, corruption and waste. from zimbabwe, from ueganda, from burma to north korea. in fact, the united nations development program had to pull out of north korea after reports emerged that development aid was by diverted to the

that if the u.n. general assembly and the u.n. security had studied the situation and said we can't go forward because the divisions are growing again and we have to temporarily come up with other solutions because the fighting of arabs and jews is going on in palestine, that at that point he might say he could put off the decision for a while and have a trusteeship but this was supposed to be temporary. at any rate, warren austin would give a speech to the u.n. that knocked the rug out from under truman. he gave a speech in which he said and it was wildly interpreted to be he announced in this mid-march speech that we are now going to go back to supporting trusteeship and we're not supporting partition anymore and this is when truman said in a very famous quote the state department pulled the you go are out from under me and they made me out to be a liar and he was furious. clearly the state department was trying to do things to make a reversal in policy a real event. helio epstein said again a great conspiracy is brewing in wash

in the u.n. which actually if you read the text it is a very noble humane speech we cannot fail the jewish people, we care for them, they must have their own state, with a powerful almost zionist speech and one week before the under secretary of state prepared a position paper for the white house on the soviets and their position in the middle east and said the soviet union will support and is supporting the arab side and the soviet union will not support partition. it was one week before he made the speech and then he gives the speech, stunning everyone including all the zionists. malae expected that. >> and what was really funny is that the u.n. when the state department was planning these games with the u.n. trying to undermine partition the soviet union spokesman would get up and denounce the united states for trying to undermine the u.n. not supporting partition. was ironic you know, they were the ones supporting it. >> were there any people in the state department bureaucracy who supported

either through the u.n. or directly to this ex-parte process. >> what if this particular round of sanctions it elicits even further provocative response? >> well, obviously we are prepared to respond appropriately and i am really not at this time tables to go much beyond that. as i said in my prepared remarks, the united states will do what is necessary to do to defend u.s. national security and the security ever allies in the region. >> have the chinese -- i know from my conversations when i was there that i've been in touch, has there been any visit or any kind of high level of personal diplomacy in this effort at this time? >> the chinese have been engaged in various kinds of diplomacy over the last several months with the north koreans. i'm not at this point prepared to comment on what they have done recently or might do in the future only to say that i think we and the chinese are agreed that we each have respectively in varied important role to play in trying to defuse the situation through diplomatic

what do you think the u.s. and the u.n. are planning to do about north korea's nuclear testing now that north korea has declared itself an isolated nation? guest: it's a good question. it's one of those really tough issues without a lot of solutions. i would say since 1990, over a few decades, we've been talking to them, we've been talking one-on-one, multilaterally. we've been offering them all kinds of inducements to give up their drive for nuclear weapons. they've been sanctioned before. there's not much left to sanction. there's not really a good military option. i believe we should still talk to the north koreans in some form. but i think we really have to wait out the kim regime until more reasonable leadership comes into power that it can actually make a deal. >> another demrent tweeter.com. you can send your tweets. again, if north korea is isolated, how do they know the girls wrp coming to the border from china to investigate women trafficking? >> a very good question. north korea is a very strong police state. one

caller: i was wondering if your guest thinks the u.n. is an effective -- effective or problematic with the mess we are in. with our economy in trouble, it would seem that we have an undue burden on americans, on all americans. are we the world keeper? are we meant to be over there in the middle east in everybody's problems? guest: mixing foreign policy and our domestic economic circumstances is a mistake. we have some problems with some of our economic partners abroad. we will always have some issues. with globalization in trade being intense -- to blame it on the u.n. is silly. the last guessed that we had reached a guy was watching the previous half hour in the greenroom. they talked about our policy in the middle east. if you think about it, most of the policies are determined in washington. the u.n. does not determine what our foreign policy is. it does not determine our economic policy domestically. it does not determine how we deal with china or others. we determine that. what beijing does has little to do with what the u.n. says i

and in the -- working with our partners in the u.n. security council and also working with the u.n. secktaret on this. >> the iraqi government says that it's forming a committee to assess some of its prisons and allegations of overcrowding and prisoner abuses. being that there will be some prisoners being transferred to iraqi prisons, can you tell me what the united states has if any in the assessment of the iraqi prisons? >> first of all, we have made a commitment and this is also part of our security agreement to transfer detainees from u.s. custody to iraqi custody. we are working with the iraqi prison authorities both in terms of training and helping them with the refur bishment of prison facilities. indeed, we just opened up a new facility or a newly renovated facility just last saturday. in addition, i met with the minister of justice on sunday about the issue of the status of their prisons and of their capacity to not only receive prisoners but also to have a judicial system that has through-put, that is, gets the prisoners out with a -- through a legal process to determine g

they have denounced the u.n. security council resolution and said they will not give up the nuclear weapons program. can you, sir, about how you plan to proceed forward? did you talk about this with president obama? there's a continuing threat emanating from north korea and journalists are still being detained. what is your thought about that complex? did you talk with president obama about this? were there concerned about that industrial complex? >> has reacted aggressively to the new u.n. security council resolution, which was expected. of course, the north koreans may react by firing another round of missiles or taking action. we can't expect that from them as well. tom barber, north koreans must understand that they will not be able to gain compensation by creating a keifecrisis. this is a firm u.s.-korea cooperation an alliance that will not allow that. a recent security council resolution is not simply about words. if it is about taking up follow- up action and vigorously implementing the u.n. security coun

do need our help, they need help from the u.n. i have not seen anyone picketing the president. i have not seen anyone asking the president to help. they want help from us, as in support, for example, people can reset the times on their computers or on twitter to tehran time, that helps. host: how does that help? caller: being able to find people. i did not have as much computer expertise. i'm a recent twitter user. i have a little troublesome * -- sometimes. i used to be a computer geek, the ninth 52 years old. not that i'm against new technology but i am a little slow on the uptake on this one. host: @ thank you for updating all of us. anna from washington, d.c. come on independent line. caller: i think the cia is doing what it knows how to do best -- this is what we should do. this is the cia at its best. if you think america is not helping them with technology and twitter and everything, you underestimate the cia. lindsay graham and john mccain, i am so relieved that john mccain did not win. if he had run -- there would be a th

rabbi silver had speaking rights at the u.n. as a representative of the jewish agency and he got up after warren austin speech and said immediately and took the podium and said your speeches a shocking reversal of the american position, which in fact, it was. what the state department did was use truman's willingness to allow other things as a contingency if they have to be put in place temporarily as an excuse to develop a new policy. the secretary general of the un went to see warren austin and his apartment and told him to his face you issued a blow to the united nations and even the victorious laid not anti-semitic as it editorialized the u.s. was bowling to arab threats and warren austin speech was a shabby trick on the jewish community and palestine but one man who was not to worried was the grand old man of world zionism for hiro to the letter to a friend to ask his comment on warren austin speech, this is a stillborn project produced on the spur of the moment by a fertile brain in the american state department. weitzman

the big difference now is the u.n. security council resolution that calls for the designation of certain entities for financial sanctions makes much more of a multilateral effort and i think it becomes much easier to gain cooperation among other countries regulatory agencies and banks. the second point that i want to make again addressing some of the questions in the earlier recession is this whole question of the inspection regime. to me, although we don't know everything about the u.n. security council resolution, to me what is most interesting is a strong effort by the administration to develop an inspection regime to counter the proliferation potentially of weapons or fissile material by north korea. this is a very important step and institutionalizing some sort of inspection regime what i think have even more value on the counterproliferation side than the financial measures themselves. uscm the financial measures would be taken after the nuclear test but to ramp up a strong inspection regime and the counterprolif

on march 31, for example, the u.n. acting deputy assistant secretary for the population refugee and migration bureau told the u.n. the u.s. government seeks to achieve universal access to reproductive health and the promotion of reproductive rights. in light of the secretary of state's statement that clearly means universal access to abortion on demand. by foisting abortion on the developing world via a new government office on global women's issues, the obama administration is squandering america's political capital to enable the purveyors of death to descend upon nation after nation to promote their deadly wares. section 334 of the underlying legislation establishes an office for global women's issues and i suggested that we limit it, that it not become a war room at the department of state for the promotion of abortion. if so, the predictable consequences are more dead children and more wounded women. even planned parenthood's institute has said that in most countries it is common after abortions to legalize for abo

the u.n. security council made similar statements saying their destructive role in the horn. so have many neighboring countries. and so it is time that eritrea should be named a state sponsor of terrorism. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. payne: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. payne: the foreign relations authorization act, which the royce amendment would designate eritrea the state sponsor of terrorism and call on the united nations security council to impose sanctions against eritrea i strongly oppose. while i certainly respect my esteemed colleague from california, ed royce, who served as an excellent chairman of the subcommittee on africa for several years and we worked closely together on many issues and i have a great deal of

that will be working in the future as we whether within the u.n. or outside it seek to improve the health of population so i am presuming that wheat will be working in partnership. the other thing i am presuming as well is whenever we are pursuing will provide opportunities for strengthening health systems and not going to talk about that either but i'm going to focus on the lessons that i have taken away from the 15 years in the eradication program as to what we have learned about getting beyond the 67 a percent of children we usually reach and what it takes to get to the end of the road so to speak and raised the children who because of differences of culture, religion, security, geography or whatever are not being reached to the most basic of health services. the first lesson i think over writing is to bring a professional management. i am a doctor, i was trained to take blood pressure, trained to look a sore backs and things like that -- i was not trained in my professional training to run international health programs and the first thing i did

unfortunately, the u.n. resolution 1718 passed in 2006 after pyongyang's first nuclear test was ignored when north korea returned to the negotiating table. north korea's response to this latest u.n. resolution has been more bluster and brinkmanship. the north korean's reveal to no one's surprise that they have maintained a highly enriched uranium program all along in addition to their plutonium program. they now threaten the world with more bombs and possible nuclear war. earlier this month, kim jong il sent a patrol boat into south korea waters to back up his threats made against our south korean ally. some are now convinced that there will be a future military confrontation along d.m.z., or in the yellow sea. and today 28,500 u.s. military personnel still stand guard in south korea, a country often called the last frontier of the cold war. the dear leader's obviously testing the medal of this president and this congress. kim jong il has responded to the outstretched hand of president obama's inaugural addr

i'm a delegate to the u.n. the president has appointed me. i cannot be at this dinner where you're slandering the president and making this public protest. privately she was tough with truman but she didn't want to go on record at the same time do something like appear at this mass-pressure dinner. >> what you're saying reminds me of my mother many decades ago went to a meeting where an american communist spoke and said the state department will always remain the same. presidents come and go. >> there you go. >> as i'm reading your book and as i'm watching also pbs behind closed doors, i'm impressed with roosevelt's thought that he could charm the people like stalin. and we now has a president who feels likewise. i don't know if there's a question in there. your book is terrific. >> everybody can buy it. we're going to sign copies. don't forget. [laughter] >> we watched last night's episode, too, and yes the charming of fdr's attempt -- he thought he could charm even saul. and as we argue in our book that, you know -- even saul walked all ove

and the u.n. estimated as of november of last year that there were still approximately 1.8 million metric ton food shortfall, which would leave 8.7 million of the most vulnerable without adequate food intake and nutrition. it's not famine conditions but it's chronic malnutrition. so the need remains is my second point. my third point that i'd like to highlight is a brief description of the usaid-supported food program that recently ended. this was a groundbreaking program that shows us is way of how we can constructively engage on meeting real humanitarian needs that we understand exist. in 2008, u.s. aid negotiated a protocol with the dprk government in which there would be provision from usaid, 500,000 metric tons of american food. of this 400,000 went through the world food program and 100,000 went to a consortium of five ngos. mercy corps was the lead. we were joinedi world vision, samaritans purse and christian children's fund, all five of us brought more than a decade of experience in workin

the agency and the u.n. security council stated that, quote, there are no good countries and there are no bad countries, end quote. faced with this extraordinary situation, mr. chairman, our only option is to use our financial leverage to force the international atomic energy agency to stop helping our en me's nuclear weapons programs. the threat we face from iran and the multiplying nuclear powers around the world grows every day. if we are to defend ourselves, we must use every leverage that we possess to stop this menace before it becomes a reality. my amendment is an opportunity to do just that. i ask my colleagues for their support. thank you, mr. chairman. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: mr. chairman, could i ask if the gentlelady's finished -- our side has the right to close. since i'll be be the only speaker, and i have a right to close. ms. ros-lehtinen: if i could ask the chairman how much time i have left. the chair: did the gentleman from ca

the u.n. security council 1874. i do not have specific details on his itinerary. >> to you have an answer to the question that was raised last week about the palestinian- american boys? >> namai. hold on a second. -- i might, hold on a second. we are aware, but due to privacy we have no comment at this time. we would like to emphasize that our liability in gaza is quite limited. all along we have urged american citizens to refrain from traveling to gaza. >> there's nothing you can do? >> i can -- i am not saying that. i cannot comment on the particular is. -- particulars. >> it has been said that there'll be some compromise tomorrow. reportedly with the passage of the freeze on new constructions. is acceptable or is that dead in the water? does it go far enough? >> as you probably know, defense minister -- the defense minister is going to meet with special envoy it mitchell in new york tomorrow morning. we have been working with all parties to try to come up with an environment conducive to the resumption of negotia

i head ad commission for the u.n. that explored an expert commission that explored alternative ways by which we could go from the dollar system to some alternative global reserve system, and there are ways that we can do this st in an orderly, stable way. but if we don't do that, there are so strong forces already at play that's going to happen. there are regional initiatives that the initiative that is called the shanghai initiative in asia. at the meeting in new york there was discussion from the -- those in latin america creating a regional reserve system in latin america. so the reality is it's coming. and the question is how we go about managing it. and i hope, i hope that the united states takes some leadership and says, you know, we have allowed globalization to proceed. it's benefitted us, but it's also had some costs, particularly to developing countries, innocent victims of this crisis. let's try to address the problems of the global reserve system and let's try to create something that is of benefit to us a

a state sponsor of terrorism and that the u.n. security council should impose sanctions against eritrea. i urge you to vote against this amendment r the following reasons. first, some of the assertions made in the amendment are factually wrong and dated. second, the g.o. politics and the dynamics and interstate rivalries in the horn of africa cannot be addressed properly without concerted diplomatic engagement. declaring eritrea a state sponsor of terrorism and imposing international sanctions would do nothing to further our diplomatic aims and would impose further hardship on the people who are struggling to survive on a daily basis. clearly while mr. royce's amendment lays out a long list of reasons why he feels eritrea should be placed on the state sponsor of terrorist list, the proposed amendment does not recognize the diplomatic efforts currently going underway by the state department to address the complex issues surrounding the horn of africa. just last month eritrea president sent a letter to president obama expressing the

sell to north korea have to notify the u.n. sanctions committee that was established under a previous regime in advance. secondly, the sanctions regime imposed broad, sweeping, new financial sanctions to prevent north korea from engaging in transactions or activities that could fund its wmd or proliferation activities. it broadens that responsibility to all member states, any entities and individuals, institutions, transactions on its territory and calls for states to freeze and those transactions and any asset related to them. in addition, it calls upon all memberç states, as well as international financial institutions, to cease from providing any new concessional loans, grants, export credits, trade credits, or the like to north korea. with a narrow exception for humanitarian purposes, or forgo of mental activities that benefit directly the civilian population -- or for developmental activities that benefit directly the civilian population. third, it establishes innovative and expansive new regime for export -- for inspect

they're basically taken care of either by certain palestinian groups or by the u.n. their environment, i think, is so difficult. even just the humanitarian aspect. politically it's also a destabilizing force for lebanon. part of it is the lebanese sectarian system is such that they worry about any changes in the demographics. most -- the palestinian refugees are both christian and muslim. but the vast majority are muslim and sunni muslim so you can imagine how the different faction may look at incorporating them into a country which is divided along sectarian lines. so i think the lebanese refugee problem, palestinian refugee dilemma, is the most urgent and most difficult issue to be resolved when addressing the arab-israeli conflict outside the occupied terrys, the west bank and gaza. host: tyrone is next from los angeles. good morning. caller: hi. it's steve actually. that's ok. i wanted to find out if you would be interested in reviewing a friend of mine's book who is a ph.d. at the university of maryland it talks about how the iraq war is for israel and basically

we also put -- put forward the necessary resources for the u.n. peacekeeping missions in darfur fuhr, -- darfur, the republic of congo and chad. and my leglation on ensuring that continue to push for the comprehensive peace agree is in this legislation. then i'm extremely delighted and pleased that section 1104 has placed by bill into this legislation which dictates it is the purpose of of this section to increase global stability and security for the united states and the international community and decrease trafficking and discrimination by reducing the number of individuals who are de facto stateless. this will help women and children, those who have been dispossessed, those who are victim of human trafficking. some of those case vs. found themselves into my own community in texas. let me again, mr. chairman, say that i rise to support h.r. 2410 and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. inglis, a m

i was pleased to see that last night in new york, the permanent five members of the u.n. security council agreed to speak with one voice and tell north korea that its conduct is unacceptable. the draft security council resolution which we expect to be voted on soon imposes a sweeping arms embargo on north korea and financial transactions linked to north korea's nuclear program and ballistic missiles. it calls member states to inspect all cargo to and from north korea on the high seas at seaports and at airports. if countries have reason to believe the cargo contains material related to north korea's nuclear program or other weapons programs. the obama administration should be commended for this strong united outcome and china recognition as well. as north korea's ally and largest trading partner, china can play a role in this peaceful resolution of this crisis. i was in china when north korea conducted its second nuclear test. and i am convinced based on the meetings i had and the language used as well as the body language interpreted that china shares our opposition to t

if you think about it, most of the policies are determined in washington. the u.n. does not determine what our foreign policy is. it does not determine our economic policy domestically. it does not determine how we deal with china or others. we determine that. what beijing does has little to do with what the u.n. says it should do. conservatives like to use the jargon that is not helpful. host: here is a tweed question. does your guests think obama should get certain things down to size? such as the defense budget. guest: it requires certainty that it can accomplish its mission. all government programs, large corporations, universities have a lot of waste. it is the nature of bureaucracy. unfortunately, when it comes to building of the military, i am with barack obama on that, although i do not agree with some specifics of his policy. i am not a defense expert. host: we have someone else on the line. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: we can hear you. go ahead. caller: there is nothing wrong with being a fiscal conservative. there was a lot of money spent

if all of these things become part of the u.n. security council resolution and then as ambassador bosworth said there is a monitoring mechanism within the u.n. security council of countries who are abiding by it, that would be much more effective way of trying to counterproliferation then it the united states on its own, as we were doing during the bush administration, tries to individually persuade countries to do this. that was a much harder route and they think this process would be much more effective and would position the united states much better. >> i agree and it seems to me the central diplomacy for the moment, as with the rest of the world. into chorus we may get some diplomacy because the north koreans to find it necessary, but our job right al is the security council, to make certain that if we go the economic thanking rouch or if we try to set up a non-proliferation, dodd and said the north koreans are gaining revenue from, their major exports appear to be through these very dangerous substances, information weapons,

we are aware of the statement of iran's u.n. ambassador, where he said that he -- the first vice- president of the islamic republic of iran was denied a visa. we did receive a large number of applications to the u.n. conference and the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development. on june 16, the iranian mission requested we return the passports, including the vice president's, without visas. on june 23, the application for identification were submitted to lay to be processed for a conference that began the next day on june 24 in addition -- on june 24. in addition, they did expedite the process for a smaller delegation. all in all, seven were granted. >> on iraq with the withdrawal of u.s. troops, a report on the ground in moses is that the military is keeping posts inside the city due to recent tensions between the kurds and the arab communities in iraq's second- largest city. the agreement is to pull back from all major cities within iraq. is that how -- are there exceptions to that as far as you know? >>

to the six-party talks and u.n. security council, we've made multilateral action the centerpiece of what we are trying to do with the north koreans. as for how one makes progress over time, i would counsel only patience and perseverance, and i think we have to remain steady. we have to continue to indicate that some of the things they are doing are dangerous and unacceptable to us and we have to be prepared to respond as we are now responding for the u.n. security council resolution, through sanctions and consultations with our partners in the region. we also have to be prepared to continue to indicate that for us engagement and dialogue and diplomacy remains the only real way to solve this problem. that doesn't mean you acquiesce and everything north korea wants. far from it. but i think if we remain patient and persevere in our policy the chances of eventual progress are good. >> ambassador, there's been numerous press reports kim jong il selected his youngest son to be a successor and some analysts suspect the re

both the united states and the u.n. including the soviet union, recognized the state of israel. the day after the jewish state was established in 1948, it was invaded by six surrounding arab nations. a negotiated cease fire ended hostility, with jerusalem being split in the middle between israel and jordan. in 1967, israel was once again invaded by syria from the north, jordan from the east and jirpt from the southwest. -- egypt from the southwest. israel expanded its border by including the golan heights that was controlled by syria, the west bank controlled by jordan and gaza controlled by egypt. some would have you believe that the establishment changed the borders of arab states in an agreement that existed for centuries. that is incorrect. the boundaries of the middle east countries were fixed by western powers after turkey was defeated in world war i. the french took over syria and lebanon. the british took over palestine and iraq. the areas allotted to israel had been under the control of the on the man empire from 1517 to 1917. during this 400-year rein, it was only spar

on a commission established by the u.n., the commission for empowerment of the poor, we asked the staff simple questions. one was, how long does it take to get a business license to open up a bakery in a struggling country of millions. the answer was, if you wanted to be an entrepreneur and to open a bakery, to get a business license to keep 500 -- took you 500 days, and the cost was 3.5 months labor force skilled worker. you know the option. you pay a bribe, support a corrupt system with people subsisting off of corruption, the antithesis of law. and this is dangerous. one of the reasons we want you to succeed economically is so you can plan your own destiny, so you can plan your own life, in a world where governments are always waiting, all too eager to plan the destiny for you. this must be understood. the absence of a civil laws structure means there is the absence of the structures that protect health and human lives, our water system. millions of you have seen pictures. some of you, perhaps, have been to africa and seen pictures of this stately, elegant african women in a flowing,

iran has defied the united states, the u.n. security council, the iaea and continues its quest for nuclear technology. . it would pose a grave danger to the united states. focusing on iran should be a top priority of the united states congress and every minute we wait to address this issue, the world becomes a more dangerous place. the state department has not had an authorization bill since fiscal year 2003 and has continued to operate and while the authorization is important, stopping iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is far more important. the republican motion to recommit would replace the authorization bill with the iran refined petroleum sanctions bill that mr. berman introduced earlier this year, along with congresswoman ros-lehtinen. this bill would impose badly needed sanctions on iran. we feel that this bill is the right way to proceed and should be acted on immediately. the legislation currently has 155 co-sponsors, with wide bipartisan support. this legislation would mandate the state department to open immediate

we believe the nuclear test was a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1695, and 1718. earlier on turkey had expressed concern over the launch carried out by dprk on 5 april. we believe this undermines stability, mutual trust and confidence and the region even further. turkish authorities have condemned the nuclear test in strong terms and support the security council to send a strong and unified response of two dprk for this act. we believe that the resolution adopted today contains the necessary elements for such a response. it is our strong expectation that dprk and international community comply with this and abide by the provisions of the resolution appeared at the same time, turkey recognizes the importance of encouraging the dprk to return to the six-party talks. cherokee looks forward to these talks and considers them the best vehicle for negotiation. -- turkey looks forward to these talks. this is important for stability and a boat region. all the parties to the talks are essential. i will resume as president of the c

that's why we support the u.n. system. we need these institutions even if they cut our own sovereignty a little bit." mr. koh's views on the first amendment again portray a desire to make american law subservient to international law. in his stanford law review article, the title which was on american exceptionalism, koh stated that our first amendment gives -- and i'm quoting now -- protections for speech and religion far greater emphasis and judicial protection in america than in europe or asia. and he opined -- and again i'm quoting -- that america's "exceptional free speech from tradition can cause problems abroad." furthermore, he stated that the way for the sphrok moderate these conflicts -- and i'm quoting -- is by applying more consistently the transnationallist approach to judicial interpretation. this is breathtaking. is it even consistent with an oath to protect and defend the constitution? should we now begin to dismantle a founding principle of our democracy in order to appease the so-called international comm

i think it is another example in the latest u.n. resolution showing how limited even the potential effectiveness of these multilateral organizations, such as the u.n., would be in a 21st century world. i think it is one of

earlier today in new york, the u.n. security council passed the resolution imposing new economic and military sanctions against north korea. this action follows the nuclear underground test and subsequent missile tests in violation of previous security council resolution. we will hear from the 15 member nations at this hour-long event. >> the 6000, 101st meeting is called to order. a provisional agenda of this meeting is before the council in the document s, which reads, non-proliferation, unless i hear any objection, i will consider the agenda adopted. agenda is adopted. i would like to inform the council that i have received a letter from the republic of korea in which request to participate in the consideration of the economic council's agenda. in accordance with usual practice, i propose with the consent of the council to advise the rep to participate without the right to vote, in accordance with rope -- relevant of a council's rules of procedure. no objection, it is decided. i invite representatives of the republic

as a matter of fact, most countries today are demanding tougher sanctions on iran through the u.n., the same countries competing with one another to send us nuclear technology. among them the united states, france, other countries. what has changed? the nature of the system. it is the trust that you can have a system that makes the whole difference. lack of transparency, lack of responsibility or accountability, is the real threat. not of the nation's right or sovereign right to technology. it has never been that. of course, the regime, as capable as they seem to be in twisting every word and act to make it like a national cry, do not tell people of iran that day, the regime, is responsible for us having lost that right, and only them. as far as the military usage of that, it would be in total violation of our own signature to the treaty. in principle, i would end by saying that there is no question, in my view, that a democratic iran and a nation committed to peace need not pursue weapons of mass destruction. i cannot envisage in my own mind, if i were there today, as an iranian, i wou

that is the policy of the u.s. to work proactively under the u.n. framework to manage climate change and other pro reforms to establish funding agreements -- and other forums to establish agreements. page 237. the products that are not exempted under section 758 should be given to the countries. they are trying to pretend that this will satisfy the consultation required by the wto rules. it result in retaliation against u.s. exports. requesting the foreign country to take appropriate measures to limit the greenhouse gas emissions in those countries. if they are really nice, they will have to, but if we can, we will enforce them to adopt our bizarre regulatory scheme. the united states negotiated objectives with multilateral negotiations. we are telling the administration what their objectives are going to be as they negotiate environmental issues with other countries around the world. president of reports p 239. the president should submit a report to congress on the effectiveness of the distribution of emission allowances in a mitigating carbon lea

it's on working with the u.n. and trying to presume the six-party talks. and you heard from the president in singapore, he liked the president, and all those involved are sick of buying the same horse multiple times. sick of north korea -- while we are pursuing diplomacy and economic sanctions, we are working with the allies and others who may be minimal on this on trying to devise additional defense measures. prudent planning in the event that the north continues down this wreckless path. >> in this regard, is the pentagon exploring ways to forbid north korea of air shipments? >> i saw the secretary made that point, all i will say to that, we are looking at a number of options. i won't speak to any in particular. you were with us last week, daphne, you heard the question come up after the tri-lateral. and we were asked what specifically is the secretary talking about when he says, additional measures. and the truth is that he did not have any specific in mind. we are in the process of thinking of possibilities. i have not heard him to date speak of intera

the draft u.n. framework convention on climate change, for example, includes language supported by extreme carbon emitting nations like india and china, calling for a multilateral technology climate fund. housed inside the u.n. this new fund would require noncommercial transfers of patent protected technologies as a price for developing nation's participation in any new international agreement to reducing global emissions. these demands would lead to outright theft of of our american intellectual property and indirectly benefit the world's most prominent co-2 emitters. our amendment which is supported by the u.s. chamber of commerce, the emergency committee for american trade, would protect american intellectual property rights and help block any patent transfer to a new multilateral fund. in the context of any international framework that deals with energy and environment technology, the amendment declares that it is official american policy to defend the rights of our creators. i yield back. the c

following the u.n. meeting, several members of the council spokes with reporters. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. and today the security council has both spoken and acted decisively and clearly and unanimously. and through the security council the international community has made absolutely clear its determination to tackle the illegal provocative and dangerous activities of the north korean government. the resolution contains some significant tough measures with that objective in mind. it substantially expands and strengthens the arms embarg on north korea including the absolute ban on any arms exports from north korea, which will tackle one of the sources of revenue which funds north korea's missile and nuclear programs. it also enhances significantly the inspection regime which enables the enforcement of that arms embargo. in addition, it calls upon member states to cut off any financial flows and any financial transactions which assist north korea's mix and nuclear programs and indeed to cut off all international fi

as has the u.n. refugee agencies. the 500,000 persons strong militia has basically deputized and had money for the aliens that they catch. it is something that has contributed to a zone of impunity around the refugee population. since he did not necessarily have a well structured immigration policing, it has evolved into this much more self-help with that particular militia being involved. the response of the government in malaysia to the senate foreign relations committee report and the allegations that were contained therein initially was positive. they have said they will be investigating the allegations. we would certainly like to see more movement in terms of the investigation of the official complicity that has been reported. >> time for two more questions. >> on burma itself, an area of prevention, prosecution, and protection, there were progress in all three categories. i thought i would be reason to bump up to bumptier 2 watch list, why didn't it? -- it would be reason to bump it up to the t

asking for an investigation of human rights abuses at the u.n.? >> we have already done a lot. because of the reasons are laid out before, i do not think that we need to get into a washington, tehran polemic. we need to coordinate. the secretary is doing that, coordinating our approaches with our allies. i think that we have to do these things together. i do not think it is necessarily productive for the u.s. to be out in front on this. i think that we need to do this together. >> there is not any element of the u.s. policy towards iran, direct bilateral relations, july 4 policies, there is not a single element in our policy that the events in the last 10 days have caused us to rethink? >> this is a rapidly developing situation. i think that we have come out very strongly condemning acts of violence and calling for the iranians to open up their society to allow these iranian protesters to be able to express their views. to be able to assemble peacefully. these are all very strong statements on our part. >> of a probable cause but engagement with iran, our approach towards the n

if there is any propriety as far as some fault in the election, they can always call in, i believe, the u.n., and jimmy carter and that kind of thing and maybe have a reelection like they did. where was that russian revolution. they had a whole newó2 vote again. it might end up in that situation. or praus has already emphasized the fact that he's willing to talk to ahmadinejad himself. i think he's already made those cards -- he laid out those cards so he could have some kind of communication. host: that's the last call we will take on this subject. we will change gears and talk about congress passing a bill with two new regulations for the tobacco industry. we'll talk about those details. we'll be right back. >> today, not even government -backed student lones are accepted at hillsdale college. sunday night at 8:00 c-span's "q&a". >> here is our current policy. we are eager to stop the bombing as we are eager to stop the war. >> telephone conferences from the final month of johnson's presidency. listen today at 10:00 eastern on c-span radio at 90 .1 fm in the washington area and nati

and i remember that night clearly the u.n. secretary general took the stage is ever handed over the power from the united nations to the people, and the love -- rebel leader ascended to the podium and unfurled a the flying of the democratic republic of east timor the lighting of the firm works was reflected in the tear stained faces of the people of timor. they had resisted and they had one and an unbelievably high price but they had one. we were broadcasting this historic moment over the airwaves a pacifica radio free up the united states and at that moment we called noam because it was noam chomsky since 1975 and to lay on his birthday on december 7th when indonesia invaded east timor when never let the story die. and so many of his books, so much of his writings, so many of his speeches often introducing to people of this point on a map summon a thousand miles from las and he let people know what was happening in your name appear again it was noam who told us about what was happening in timor and let us to tape those trips