the itu is a treaty-based organization under the auspices of the united nations. putin, prime minister putin said last june is that the goal of this effort is to establish international control over the internet using the monitoring and supervisory capabilities of the itu. has the administration taken a position on that or will the administration come out in opposition to protect the internet from, you know, global control? >> i'm happy to take that question and get back to you. >> great, because i think that's one hopefully we can agree on. third, another one that i think we might be able to agree on is an issue dealing with the residents of camp ashraf. they've moved to camp liberty. they are under constant surveillance. they have listening devices installed i believe by the iraqi government. you know, that's supposed to be a home, not a prison. is there anything that you can do to ensure that the cameras are removed? pressure to see if those cameras can be removed? what pressure is being placed on the iraqi government to guarantee the security of those iranian

leadership at the united nations. thank you. >> thank you. ambassador rice you'll have your full written statement in place in the record of course. so please feel free to summarize your statement if you chose. >> thank you very much, chairwoman granger, representative, members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm grateful for your continued support of our efforts at the united nations. especially at this time of fiscal constraint. on behalf of the administration i'm pleased to request full funding. the contributions to international organizations, the contributions to international peacekeeping activities and the international organizations and programs account. as both democratic and republican leaders have long attested, a strong and effective united nations is one of our best tools to tackle many of the world's problem. tun is not the sum of our strategy. but it's an special peace of it. in response to the horrors in syria, the united states and our partners at the united nations have supported an immediate ha

and i'll bet you you hear this everyday at the united nations. they see it as a government that's gone too far in its brutality and putting down protests within their own boundaries. >> chargely, you have right now 65 international t.v. channels working around the clock to tarnish the image of syria. to mislead and misinform the international public opinion about what's going on in syria. i'm not saying that we don't have a dramatic situation in syria. i acknowledge this and we need people and governments from outside to understand and help putting an end to the violence. not every single syrian opponent has a ph.d. in philosophy to understand what's going on on the ground. i said it also many of these syrian opponents, even those who use arms against the government are naive. they are victims because they are being manipulated by the poet roll dollars coming from qatar and saudi arabia as well as from the satellite channels based in saudi arabia and qatar also. you have people everyday around the clock calling the public opinion and syrian peopl

never have an international united nations conference during a presidential election year in the united states. well, we're doing it again, but somehow rio plus 19 or rio plus 21 doesn't quite do it. well, i started to talk about the compelling memory i have. it was flying back on prince charles' plane. i had met collor on "the brittan brittania" where i met prince charles and princess diana in the middle of the night leaning over to me and asking me if i would like to go back and watch "sleeping with the enemy" with her in the back of the plane, which i then did. that kind of blotted out a lot of the other less pleasant of the united states declining to commitment to timetables or having declined the biodiversity convention. who came out of -- what came out of rio 20 years ago was agenda 21, which i'm happy to say is now getting some salient, some prominence because the tea party has noticed it. they don't like it. they think it involves a secession of sovereignty in the united states. well, it basically is a litany of positive interventions, policies which have guided countless minist

what do you think of the united nations? how can it be strengthened in terms of creating a globalization that is more fat is under consistent with our constitutional system? >> i say the united states has a love-hate relationship with united nations. but one of the countries top founded in the city of san francisco where we are meeting tonight. at the same time, the united states has often in the area of the united nations is perhaps most it's got in this country has use force abroad without the permission of the united nations since its founding. there has only been a handful of times that the united nations has approved foreign conflicts, far short of the number of the ones the united states has been involved with since 1945. on the other hand, the united nations does perform some very useful functions. sometimes we in the united states it darvin be criticized united nations for restrict teen the united states ability of the nato countries. for example of the united nations is a useful forum for the combat is fun if it doe

start with a roll of the united nations. good >> the un is playing hard huge role in international security. it has over 100,000 peacekeepers worldwide and ranging from haiti who liberia, and it has been playing a significant role in the global response to the arab spring. now it is in the thick of the conflict in some regard, but this is hard work, and the u.n. is sometimes struggling. there are cases where the peacekeepers do not seem able to stop wars from reigniting, and the u.s. presence in syria is still pretty tiny and does not look capable of halting the ongoing oppression there, so some great successes for the u.n., but some great crises, 2. >> we will put up some facts about the peacekeeping operations going on. you studied foreign policy at heritage since 1995. the question is as the u.n. still work in your mind? >> in some ways yes, in some ways know. you have to recognize it as a pretty limited instrument. in some cases it can be very effective. in other instances it cannot overcome the challenges facing it, and

the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan on thursday the united nations security council issued a statement on syria in which it pushes the syrian president bashar assad to it here to his commitments and then told the united nations that syria had pledged to cease all kind of movement towards population centers he also said that he was in contact with the opposition and urging them to stop financing at the same time he called for both sides can show political world now on tuesday also a united nations team alive in syria they will be weighing the groundwork for a observer mission which is to come and then also preparing the scene for the april tenth deadline now that is the deadline according to announce the plan we also know that following that they found it would be forty eight hours for the opposition to lay down arms with a final deadline being on april twelfth at six am now the syrian regime has indicated that it has already begun preparing the ground work for observing that deadline it says that it has

what to use bank of the united nations ? how can it be strengthened in terms of creating globalization that is more effective and more consistent with our constitutional system? >> i would say the united states has a love-hate relationship. we are one of the countries to help founded in the city of san francisco where we are meeting tonight. at the same time the united states has often in the area that the united nations is, perhaps, most discussed in this country, often used force abroad without the permission of the united nations since its founding. if you remember, there have only been a handful of times that the united nations has approved foreign conflicts, far short of the number of was the united states has actually been involved with since 1945. on the other hand the united nations has performed some very useful functions. sometimes we ignore when we criticize the united nations for restricting the united states ability to use force. the nato countries. for example, the united nations is a useful forum for the condu

fighting is continuing in syria, despite the united nations-brokered cease-fire that went into effect last week and the arrivalfnternational observers in the country. witnesses say the assad regime is still carrying out assaults in areas where anti-goveme relsrecte, but the united nations insists the fragile truce is still holding and remains intact. >>hiooge was purportedly shot this morning where an advance team of united nations observers was visiting. activists say dascus's campaign against dissidents claimed another 20 lives. the violence has concerned the internatna cmuty aut the observer mission's by ability, but united nations says the violence has become more sporadic, and they vowed to go ahead witthmiio the advance group's leader told reporters in terse words that his team was continuing to do its duty. bu team itself was also the target of protests according to activists. many people there seehe mission's prospects as dead on arrival. meanwhile, syria's foreign minister travel to beijing to meet with his chinese cotear cha has backed the peace plan laid out by united natio

ambassador said that time is running out for the united nations. kofi annan says what do you replace the plan with? it is words. >> it is words, and i think that is why we are heading towards action. the question is -- what will those actions be? the immediate step is to back the opposition, and the more medium to long-term debt is -- is military action feasible? if so, what kind? >> thank you for coming in. for months, republicans have engaged in a bruising fight to become their party as a candidate to unseat barack obama in november. today, the field shrank with the sudden exit of vix santorum. the former senator had become the most viable opponent to governor mitt romney, who is now all but certain to become the republican nominee. it is over. rick santorum went further in the race than anyone would have predicted, but now, he has called it quits. that we made a decision to get into the race at our kitchen table against all the odds, and we made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will sus

the united nation conference on environment and development in 1992 where i headed the united states delegation, the expectations for it were much greater than for rio +20. one cannot but feel the sense of meeting fatigue, of resignation, of lowered expectations going into rio +20. i think it's probably a good idea to lower expectations for a conference, frankly. there are some very specific things, however, and i just went through them i thought in a compelling way that can be achieved there. and it will advance the cause. perhaps not as dramatically as what was achieved and agreed 20 years ago, but nevertheless, effectively to continue the country, the world, the environment moving in a better direction. now what rio did, i have a number of really indelible memories of rio. i think one of my most compelling is of flying back from a meeting that i had had with president calor and three of his minute stores and laid out the terms under which i would support president bush attending the conference. president calor said heads of state were waiting to see if president bush was coming an

not by the united nations and many other countries. who continue to protest his innocence service to see all the real issues left for him and his defense team. you know kevin it really looks like those options are very few after the sentencing comes down we are expecting for appeals to come through regardless of what the sentencing will be but the problem in this case is that it looks like the tribute has lost this case in the court of public opinion a very long time ago if you remember there is a book out called the merchants of death there is a movie a hollywood blockbuster made with nicolas cage staring in it's called the lord of war and we know that the prosecution has been using these terms in the courtroom to the extent that the judge had to ban the use of these nicknames to avoid pressuring the jury and with the alleged hundred million dollars that the united states spent on this operation relentless i mean it's called operation relentless for a reason the u.s. has been trying to hunt this man down for years it looks like the ou

states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for inspiring to provide material support to the for the forty four year old russian air cargo business and i'm fascinated hollywood running our recall. request. i don't we are any other over who lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death. and you've got him in your hands or he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as far members a colombian group to terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the u. when met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the u.s. reportedly played dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flaunt every international law to get wh

and i'll bet you you hear this everyday at the united nations. they see it as a government that's gone too far in its brutality and putting down protests within their own boundaries. >> chargely, you have right now 65 international t. channels woing around the clock to tarnish the image of syria. to mislead and misinform the international public opinion about what's going on in syria. i'm not saying that we don't have a dramatic situation in syria. i acknowledge this and we need people and governments from outside to understand and help putting an end to the violence. not every single syrian opponent has a ph.d. in philosophy to understand what's going on on the ground. i said i als man ofhes syan opponents, even those who use arms against the government are naive. they are victims because they are being manipulated by the poet roll dollars coming from qatar and saudi arabia as well as from the satellite channels based in saudi arabia and qatar also. you have people everyday around the clock calling the public opinion and syrian people for uprisi

measured by the united nations political on interest these are be their own enemy or their own. political enemy inside syria today just very briefly interest one word could a fad survive all of this now from what we're seeing just briefly i'm sure president assad has survived so far since fourteen months ago i mean since the starting of this let's see presumably evolution inside syria but it is a terrorist act as i believe and he has stood i mean further within the his own national government and as such he has been supported by a united army and his own sixty to seventy percent the people of syria still they are backing president bashar al assad ok barcelona thank you very much indeed for your thoughts from the universal peace federation life there. really blackout in france is presidential races giving the candidates just a little breathing space in a tight contest which threatens to oust current leader. if none of the term candidates wins more than fifty percent the electorate will vote again a week later to choose between the top two expected to include socialist leader. rep

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shot this morning where an advance team of united nations observers was visiting. activists say damascus's campaign against dissidents claimed another 20 lives. the violence has concerned the international community about the observer mission's by ability, but united nations says the violence has become more sporadic, and they vowed to go ahead with the mission. the advance group's leader told reporters in terse words that his team was continuing to do its duty. but the team itself was also the target of protests according to activists. many people there see the mission's prospects as dead on arrival. meanwhile, syria's foreign minister travel to beijing to meet with his chinese counterpart. china has backed the peace plan laid out by united nations special envoy kofi annan and says syria pledges to uphold the plan, but skeptical diplomats say damascus is just buying time. >> in a related story, turkey has intercepted a german container ship suspected of carrying iranian weapons destined for syria. a coast guard patrol vote escorted the freighter to a turkish port

i think that the united nations. functions that decisions are made in the security council and i think it is very clear that the call is the for the security council and for supporting freedom of expression freedom of association. i would not i would not link to do you believe in the basic human rights and dignity for justice they are linked to political interests obviously and that shows that the the behavior of the united nations is characterized by double standards. should not be a political analyst thank you for coming on our team today i apologize for not having more time for this conversation. files relating to the trial of norwegian a mass killer will be classified for sixty years the judges say the documents could be harmful to the public and therefore will be kept secret until two thousand and seventy two but the decision came after a graphics televised trial viewed all across the world he's admitted to killing seventy seven people in a bomb and gun attack last year but he denies criminal guilt by claiming h

ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. can we call this a ceasefire when there have been so many violations on both sides? >> there have definitely been violations, particularly since saturday. the bulk of them have come from the government side, with heavy shelling in places like homs. this cessation that seems to hold for two days last week definitely looks like it is fraying. there is reason to question the government's commitment. >> what is the contingency plan if the kofi annan plan does not work and the cease-fire does not hold? >> the annan plan is a political process. it is humanitarian access for those who need it most. it is also the dispatch of a u.n. monitoring presence, the first contingent of which got on the ground yesterday. it has always been a plan that depends on the commitment of the syrian government as well as of the opposition. it is not something that anybody can impose on them. we have joined with many others, supporting maximum -- imposing maximum political and economic pressure on the government

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, the european union, the united nations and the african -- that's going to be important. i think especially setting up the original task force in sudan is one step the united nations peacekeeping operations contributing, that's another step. and right now as we're building that trust and that trust will continue to expand. one thing, going back to what amanda was saying on the benchmarks, is if we can engage the enhanced capabilities, coordination, and cooperation, that is one level of success and benchmark. >> thank you so much, ambassador. i'm going to turn to senator isaacson, and we can resume. >> well, first of all, i want to describe what i saw in the gulu area of uganda because your organization and the ngos you're contracting with have made a remarkable turn in coordination with the ugandan government. we flew into gulu, local puddle-jumper is the best way to put it, and we got there from kampala, but one of the things we saw away is since coney has been out of northern uganda, which is about five to six years, have built a better road access between come pala and

states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees. three conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark the forty four year old russian air cargo businessman fascinated hollywood one of every twelve people. request. i don't know on the other eleven who lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion and long before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands or he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as fork members a colombian group terrorist in the u.s. but not by name any other countries and the un met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the u.s. reportedly plea dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flaunt

support for and defense of israel in the united nations. and when it comes to unesco, look only at what israel is doing in its own interests. it is still voluntarily funding programs that it thinks are important. while we are not. >> ambassador, i have one question. we'll make another round, but you'll need to be concise in this to get to everyone. we're hearing reports that iraq may be facilitating arms shipments to syria to support the opposition, and so it's very disheartening. i would say what is the u.n. doing to investigate those allegations? and if they're found to be true and iraq really is in violation of its international obligations, what steps can we expect the u.n. to take? >> thank you, madam chairwoman. we have also heard such reports. they are of concern. we are certainly working assiduously to -- in communication with the iraqis and others to ensure that any shipments are not -- that they undertake their obligations to ensure that any shipments that may be transiting their territory are not in violation of u.n. sanctions. u

the united nations secretary general banking moon has condemned sudanese warplanes in south said on and called on the government to stop the fighting. omar al-bashir has ruled out negotiations with south sudan. we have been sent this report. >> it is the site that people have come to dread. soldiers and some civilians shot back with the small weapons they had. they were powerless against the modern warplane. at least two places were hit. the primary target was this bridge, which leads to the front line. this time, two of the rockets missed the bridge. nearby, several shops were destroyed by direct hits. at least one man was killed. the state government told the bbc three others were critically wounded and are not expected to survive. more than 75 civilians have been killed in air raids since the beginning of march. >> when our forces were blown, and an airplane coming today -- it killed three people and four shops. now we are suffering a lot. >> the bombing has been condemned by the united nations peacekeeping mission in south sudan. they have always denied carrying out cross border rai

nations as a stick in the star action i'm not sure i think that. what would be the scenario that we should see the next future there is the scenario immediately of to occur you know for probably cause of mission. probably is international community will create such a pressure of the breed of the sides to negotiate and. probably it will be a step on the road to two state solution yossi beilin a former deputy israeli foreign affairs minister has said that if as well did it at most to promote peace the country wouldn't find itself in the position it is today with the palestinians appealing to the united nations for statehood do you think israel has done enough to promote peace. look i hate to you know to blame ourselves for everything i see that if you ask me i prefer the betrayal for sponsibility the responsibility doesn't mean other players international community america or europe or palestinians. you know everything. right i see that yes we. could do much more what we re. the reality of the streets look if we go. not many years we built a fence a

syria says it has started implementing a united nations- backed peace plan, which requires damascus to withdraw troops from towns and cities within a week and observe a ceasefire. forces are pulling back well ahead of schedule. >> the united nations says officials will be in syria in two days to monitor the truce. damascus has agreed to withdraw its military by april 10. right now, though, the situation remains volatile while. >> the violence continues despite the government's promise to continue pulling the army out of towns. these videos posted online today claim to show homs. they cannot be verified. the syrian government is still strictly controlling journalists' access. president assad says he will stop -- start pulling troops back from cities, and the process will be complete by april 10. but the opposition are highly skeptical. >> the government of syria is really honest, and this really play to way to implement the plan, why not stop firing now? if they are serious and honest about it, they will stop killing the people. >> despite international condemnation, there is no sign of

the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace plan put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan on thursday the united nations security council issued a statement on syria in which it pushed for the syrian president bashar assad to adhere to his commitments and then told the united nations that syria had pledged to cease all kind of movement towards population centers he also said that he was in contact with the opposition and urging them to stop fighting at the same time he called for both sides and so political world now i'm going to say also a united nations team arrived in syria they will be rain the groundwork for an observer mission which is to come and then also preparing the scene for the april tenth grade line now that is the deadline according to announce plan we also know that following that they found it would be forty eight hours for the opposition to lay down arms with a final deadline being on april twelfth at six am now the syrian regime has indicated that it has already begun preparing the groundwork for observing that deadline the syrian govern

well we have not been approved by the united nations you have to on this issue. you know this is a quite sensitive issue. and as we know the secretary general kofi annan now are just in the process of thinking of the composition of the mission of the mandate of the monitors so in our point of view of course the composition of be balanced it should consist of. representatives of the country of birth who would be acceptable for a syrian side so you would like to be on the mission. well i cannot tell you this poem did not insisting you not insist on not insisting we have not been yet and why if there is a invitation or propose nation on this side of the united nations of the secretary general of course we would consider it is better for the education is going to happen happen when people like you work and so are you working on. well concourses politicians then getting loans where we are calculating all possible scenarios if you ask me i think i either there's nothing about my question i think it's a lovely lateral if a russian representative it is is it is part of t

when people think about the united nations, they think about new york. they think about the general assembly, the security council, u.n. peacekeeping but it also encompasses about, you know, several different dozen orpgss that fit loosely under the u.n. system umbrella. and when you take a look at that entire u.n. system, it's rather expensive. and the effectiveness and the appropriateness of those organizations in terms of serving u.s. interests -- vary greatly. there are some parts of the u.n. that are extremely useful to the united states. there are other parts of the u.n. that are, frankly, not very useful at all and that the united states, i think, should re-evaluate whether it should remain a part of those organizations and within the u.n. system itself is a massive amount of mismanagement, there's also a massive amount of duplication between these different organizations so the entire system has been built up over time in a rather haphazard fashion and so the organization we had today is very smooth. it isn't very sleek and it isn't very well orga

and it has not heeded to the requests or the iaea board of governor, not to the requests of united nations security council. as a result of that, the authority of the two organizations is diminishing, whether you get someone who doesn't comply. and syria for example has already used this playbook in stalling in answering to some of similar questions with the iaea. so we have created a dangerous precedent. the first precedent actually to this came from north korea. it's not only the answer to the iaea questions, but providing access to the certain sites. so what is at stake is actually the credibility of the whole mpt regime. let me talk a little bit more about the military activities. actually, iaea has been accused of misusing information that comes from intelligence, it comes from third parties. it's not able to verify the vicinity of this information. i don't think it's quite true. why? first of all, i mentioned this procurement which has about according to the isis website, there are 1,800 documents in which iran has been buying, procuring, communications. these are coming from the mem

why doesn't the united nations stop him? >> there's a system for documenting refugees and transforming them in shelter. turkey built two large container camps on the border. even these won't be enough if the numbers keep rising f that happens, the u.n. is expected to step in. >> our expectation is the promises given to mr. annan must be kept. it's essential operations should stop immediately, an army unit be withdrawn immediately. >> whatever syria promised, that withdrawal clearly is not happening yet. if anything bombardment of operation neighborhood has come fiercer of than any time in the year-long conflict. days before the deadline when all of this is supposed to start. jonathan head, bbc news, istanbul. >> meanwhile the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has criticize the syrian government for pressing on attacks with -- for pressing on attacks on people who want president assad to stand down plfment ban said the use of the army should stop at once. security forces in bahrain have fired tear gas and water cannons to di

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> the united states and european nations are expected to condemn the north korean launch. russia is also expected to side with the western nations. the reaction of the remaining permanent council member, china, will be the key to the outcome of the council meeting. >>> china's leaders are calling for calm. the country often acts as a link between the north and the rest of the world. our susumu kojima tells us how the launch is playing out there. >> chinese state-run media has been giving friday's events in north korea front page coverage, quoting u.s., korean, and japanese media. however, some in beijing are still not sure. >> translator: did you hear the news? >> translator: no, not yet. >> translator: they say they failed. >> translator: i'll find out later. >> translator: what do you mean? north korea never fails. >> reporter: a foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters that the government is asking concerned nations to act calmly. >> translator: china is carefully watching how other countries react to the launch. we hope to continue the dialogue among concerned nati

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chief kofi i'm not in essence this means that the mascot is in violation of a united nations security council statement on syria and according to that statement damascus has until april the tenth to get move on its troops and tanks from residential areas there was then a final deadline of six am april twelfth by which the opposition has to lay down arms and by which a total cease fire needs to be in effect now according to the united nations security council if this does not happen they will be to quote the u.n. security council third at measures and this is the strongest statement so far from the united nations what it does suggest though is that it is not binding and it does not have any kind of resolution of course but still it is a very serious statement for the u.n. security council to make damascus on the other hand says it has begun withdrawing its troops it says that there has been an increase in violence over the past few days that it puts the blame for that with the rebels and says that the rebels are being funded by countries such as saudi arabia qatar and turkey and that t

the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace with forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan on thursday the united nations security council issued a statement on syria in which its pushed for the syrian president bashar assad to adhere to his commitments and told the united nations that syria had pledged to cease all kind of movement towards population centers he also said that he was in contact with the opposition and urging them to stop financing at the same time he called for both sides and so political world now on tuesday also a united nations team alive in syria they will be the groundwork for an observer mission which is to come and then also preparing the scene for the april tenth did line now that is the deadline according to the nuns and we also know that filing that they found it would be forty eight hours for the opposition to lay down arms with a final deadline being on april twelfth at six am now the syrian regime has indicated that it has already begun preparing the ground work for observing that deadline the shooting government is committed t