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there was, however, no mention of a united nations ceasefire. be the united states says mr. assad must go. for that, secretary of state hillary clinton leads russia's agreements. coordinating with the russians would be difficult. despite what the russian foreign minister says, so far, moscow is continuing to give president assad material support. if so, that is bad news for the united nations peace plan and its offer, kofi annan. he is meeting the permanent members of the security council in geneva tomorrow. it is starting to look like a last-a ditch effort to save the plan. there is no plan b, an alternative to the united nations process. in truth, the violence in syria has steadily escalated throughout the series of international initiatives, and president assad himself has made clear he is prepared for a fight to the finish and is expecting a long war. >> we have seen a lot of drop in cairo over the past year, and today, we saw something quite different yet again. for the first time ever, and egyptian president went before his people and effectively set -- i am one of you

at the crossroads stands the international telecommunication union, an agency of the united nations that came into being to regulate international telegraph services just four years after the pony express closed its doors. this agency plans to meet in six months to consider proposed changes to the international agreements governing telecommunications. until this year, the itu, which through the u.n. includes 193 member countries, each with only a single vote, has focused its attention on telecommunications networks and policies such as setting international standards for telephone systems, asian radio frequencies and encourages development of telecommunications infrastructure in developing nations. on the whole, benign and helpful to the spread of the internet, but the organization recently passed a resolution in guadalajara calling to "increase the role of the itu in internet governance." this should cause significant concern. in addition, some powerful member states see an opportunity to assert control over the internet through a meeting in dubai this coming december. several proposals

jonathan hunt at the united nations here in new york. we will, of course, talk about what the president is about to say and the situation with europe. but i think it's important that we give you an update on a story we reported on earlier that jonathan hunt is covering from the united nations and to get that i'm going to read from that this computer. jonathan we just gotten a dispatch from the reuters news agency that indicates the russian president vladimir putin said a short time ago that syrians should be the ones to decide whether president bashar assad remains in power. apparently contradicting reports that he no longer backs the syrian leader. you and i reporting what david cammeron's folks said to reuters. putin made the comment shortly after the british prime minister david cammeron and russian leader made it clear he doesn't want assad to remain in power. all hopes that the russian president had backed off that appear now dashed. backed him into a corner there has been a diplomatic effort by the u.s. and by the u.k. to put the r

to another troubled nation now -- the united nations chief monitor in syria warns the situation there could be getting worse. in a press conference, he has told all parties in the conflict to give the piece missing a chance. >> that appeal comes amid unconfirmed reports that russian support for president assad is waning, and simultaneous denials from moscow that it is in -- involved in what it calls the new regime change. >> the fighting goes between rebels and loyalist to the president. >> this video is said to show shelling in homs, part of the country-wide offensive to take back -- held areas. the russian foreign minister denied that moscow was maneuvering to oust the syrian president. >> he said the state of the we're conducting talks about syria's state after assad is not true. we are not looking at regime change, either through supporting unilateral actions of the united nations security council or through some political conspiracy or other. this is not our way of doing things. >> the united nations observer team in syria has said its task is increasingly risky, and the head of

nations and others who believe in greater international law to say that we should have the united nations set up an agency to regulate the internet. i think that is a horrible idea and we should resist it at all costs. i very much agree on that point. you know what? there are very active forces at work trying to do that. we have set up an international independent entity -- it is really a private company called the internet corporation for assigned names and numbers, which has some supervision from the u.s. support of farmers sort of as a traffic cop to make sure that it all works -- from the u.s. department of commerce. there are many who are not satisfied with that and what the united nations to take over that responsibility. we do not want countries like china and iran and many others who do not have anything close to the first amendment that we have in our constitution -- we do not want them to be setting the standards for how their citizens or anyone else's citizens communicate internationally on the internet. >> they launched a controversial program at the beginning of the year that

same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after th

same rules the united nations found and showed a close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the se

same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. and serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after th

the united nations peacekeeping chief has finally confirmed what many observers have said for months: the syrian uprising has grown into a full-scale civil war. the u.n. undersecretary for peacekeeping said the syrian government is now attempting to re-capture areas that it lost to the opposition. and secretary of state, hillary clinton said syria's soviet era ally russia is now lying when they claim the weapons shipped to syria are unrelated to the uprising. remember a ship they found last week full of weapons? russian. the u.n. reports that syrian troops are torturing and sexually abusing and murdering children. jonathan hunt has a live report on the horrifying details of the story coming up. a republican senator calling on attorney general holder to resign saying that holder violated the public trust. but the attorney general didn't take that compensate lying down. the growing political fight on capitol hill next. plus, cops say a driver turned the wheel and ran right into a guy walking down the street. and the police say this was no accident. the rest of the video. the rest of the

same rules the united nation's founding charter kohls upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the u.n. security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the sec

same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the us. security council . my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts a war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia montenegro. and serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the

and that is, it has to be in the vital national security of the united states. two, we have to have overwhelming force on day one, and three, we have to have a very clear, well understood exit strategy. >> what about cutting the defense budget in order to balance it? >> as a former member of the cia, having served on a presidential commission to restructure our foreign intelligence agencies, we need to keep our military strong as possible. our strong military is our greatest defense against being attacked, but there are ways that we can reduce our costs in the military budget. right now, virtually every weapons system, which is approved, is laced, inner laced with earmarks from different congressmen or senators, they want this part manufactured over here, that part manufactured over here and all that does, ross, it increases the cost, delays the final delivery system of the weapons system and -- >> thank you. >> -- we can save money and deliver the weapons to our warriors in the field faster. >> thank you very much. peggy pekak has a question. >> do you believe

same rules the united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the s

same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the u.n. security council when it launched a seven day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the u.s. again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the se

same rules the united nation's founding charter kohls upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starshine war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro . serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after t

same rules the united nations founding charter calls upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the secur

same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts a war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the

same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the secur

. >> that is the latest from the united nations. as the debate continues, u.s. lawmakers are also grappling with what they should do next when it comes to syria. john mccain advocates providing arms to the syrian opposition and he made this impassioned statement on the senate floor. >> how many more have to die? how many more have to die? how many more young women have to be raped? how many more young syrians are going to be tortured and killed? how many more? how many more? before we will act? >> for more on how far the u.s. should go, i spoke with democratic senator mark warner from virginia, who was recently returned from a trip to the middle east. >> you have just returned from the region and use it on the senate intelligence committee. what is your feeling about the kofi annan peace plan? is it now over? >> we have given this plan some time. we have not seen any results. we continue to see the assad regime deny responsibility. we see additional massacre was just within the last 24 hours. i think it is time for the west, and across the world frankly, to ratc

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at the united nations, wjz eyewitness news. >> and u.n. forces say serious forces have killed about 10,000 people in a crackdown on protests. >>> voters increase heading to the polls this morning in an election that could affect us here in the u.s. the two leaders contending are the conservative new democracy party and the radical left wing party named stories up. the major difference between the two is whether or not to continue strict authority measures designed to save the economy. if the vote swings left, that would mean that greece would not accept bail out throwing the world financial system into chaos areas in mac front and center the oil's take on the braves. last night jason hamill picked the best -- pitched the best game of his career. braves pitcher brandon bj left came in the fourth inning after some elbow pain. that opened the door for those bringing in two runs, a lead that eventually grew to five in a 5-nothing victory over the bridge. the orioles wrap up their series today in atlanta. this afternoon it on wjz. see the birds

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resolutions in the security -- united nations security council. you've been overlooked four times. please go ahead. >> my name is tyler o'neill with the washington freebie con. my question is about turkey. with the act party successful last year in 2011, they seem to have a shift toward islamist. do you think that their interests being coincidental with the united states would change in that situation? >> no, i believe that turkey is one of our strongest allies in the world much less the region. but i have voiced concerns as recently as last week at a breakfast with the u.s. turkey society that i am continued to be worried about the jailing of journalists. turkey now has more journalists in prison than any country in the world, i believe. i've been worried about intimidation of opposition parties. i've been worried about consolidation of power in the hands of the prime minister. a man who i respect and admire a great deal. but i also worry about authortarian tendencies in turkey that far fran send islamic or any religious reasons. that is a matter

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officials from united nations said that syria granted access to workers from the world food program and seven ngos. wo will arrive at several cities. >> whether this is a breakthrough or not will be evident in the coming days and weeks and be measured not in rhetoric, not agreements but in action on the ground. >> the officials say at least 1 million people in syria are in urgent need of assistance as food and medicine are in short supply. human rights activists in syria say that government forces are continuing attacks. 56 people were killed in the country in the past two days. >>> the presidents will meet up later in the day. they are taking part in a two-day security summit with the leaders of four central asian nations. they are trying to combat terrorism and keep secessionist movements in check. they will lead the discussions of the shanghai cooperation organization. hu regards stability at home as the top priority ahead of a leadership change later this year. putin is expected to urge other members to rally behind russian in opposing a missile defense system that nato plans to dep

nations--the united nations supervision in syria which was promptly deployed. and i cannot but command the courage and dedication of observers insuring their safety and security must be a high priority. in the same context we should also recall the resolution of the league of arab states adopted at the ministerial meeting on the second of june which called on the security council to carry out its responsibility according to the charter of the united nations to take the necessary measures for the full and immediate implementation of the plan of the joint special envoy, mr. kofi annan to include implementing the six point plan included in the plant invoking the chapter vii of the u.n. charter. .. the need for a cessation of violence and all of it farms and for a peaceful solution to end this crisis. in conclusion, we need to have a frank discussion on syria. we must move promptly the lines of tons of thousands of syrians and the stability of the region are at stake. the durability of this organization is also at stake. considering the urgency of the situation, i

ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that is the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin also admitted that there's been a few indications of complying with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition groups including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer acknowledge its commitments under the anon deeming it a failure ambassador churkin said that his counterparts in. security council need to take a look at the entire picture within syria armed opposition groups only. do not only failed to comply to plan but they did clear that it is their intention not to do so which is a very dangerous development a very counterproductive development russia has proposed an international conference on syria which is similar to what kofi annan has proposed under

to another troubled nation now -- the united nations chief monitor in syria warns the situation there could be getting worse. in a press conference, he has told all parties in the conflict to give the piece missing a chance. >> that appeal comes amid unconfirmed reports that russian support for president assad is waning, and simultaneous denials from moscow that it is in -- involved in what it calls the new regime change. >> the fighting goes between rebels and loyalist to the president. >> this video is said to show shelling in homs, part of the country-wide offensive to take back -- held areas. the russian foreign minister denied that moscow was maneuvering to oust the syrian president. >> he said the state of the we're conducting talks about syria's state after assad is not true. we are not looking at regime change, either through supporting unilateral actions of the unitedecurity council or through some political conspiracy or other. this is not our way of doing things. >> the united nations observer team in syria has said its task is increasingly risky, and the head of the missio

. >> after the break, we will be getting an update from the united nations conference on sustainable development, which is open in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro. >> doing a bit of some hopping. there has already been some controversy. we'll talk about it a bit more after the break. >> stay with us. >> welcome back, everyone. protecting the environment and reducing poverty -- those are the goals of the rio +20 some of that is under way in brazil. >> at the opening ceremony, the united nations secretary general said time was not on our side. ahead of the summit, negotiators agreed to a draft communique, which focuses on encouraging grain economic growth and boosting united nations efforts to protect the environment and promote sustainable growth, but many environmentalists say the statement does not go far enough. >> the summit in rio de janeiro is expected to produce a huge document on protecting the environment and reducing poverty, but it is what is not in that document that is worth considering. i talked about that with our correspondent at the summit. >> the final document

we have reported to the united nations in keeping with the established rules. >> secretary-general, a question about the common funding. the purchase of the ags, as we all know, was achieved with some political difficulty. the financial mechanism, and that is a group of 17, now 18 nations are buying the equipment and a large part of the operating costs will come out of nato's common funding. however, this model is not a rule. it's an exception so far to the way sip works. and my question to you is for smart defense to move ahead if you're going to pursue more of these multinational models, don't you need to reform or do the 28 intend to reform the way that funding is used within the common -- the sip fund? thank you. >> yes, definitely, and that is also one of the follow-up works we adopted in chicago. we will look -- we will look closer into how our funding mechanisms work to make sure that they are fit for purpose, that they work efficiently, that we make the most efficient use of resources, that they are completed transparent. so, yes, in order to promote multinational projects, we

ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that is the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin also admitted that there's been a few indications of complying with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition groups including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer egg knowledge its commitments under the anon deeming it a failure ambassador churkin said that his counterparts in. the security council need to take a look at the entire picture within syria opposition groups only. do not only fail to comply to plan but they clear that it is their intention to do so which to us is a very dangerous development of it go into a productive development russia has proposed an international conference on syria which is similar to what kofi annan has proposed under t

cuba was vice president of the united nations human rights council and china, russia and saudi arabia also serve on that council. north korea and cuba serve as head of the conference on disarmament. mugabe was just named a u.n. leader for tourism by the u.n. world trade organization. iran sits on the u.n. commission on the status of women, and formerly chaired the board of the u.n. development program and the u.n. population fund. saudi arabia is a member of the executive board of u.n. women. and so that's -- i'm not making this up. and you can't. but -- i mean that is a concern. and there's also been some international debate and discourse about having a world organization based upon shared values. democracy, freedom, rule of law. things that would make this process a little bit easier. than trying to negotiate with totalitarian regimes who do not have the best interests of free discourse and exchange of views and ideas and values. so i appreciate you coming. i appreciate you raising this concern, and making sure that we're all in. and prepared to keep this great architecture. i took

nations or is it not well you know well well for. no if if if very important because for me the situation requires the different sides to come together to sit down and try to work through and come to a political resolution for the good of syria and for the good of the people of syria we're not seeing the commitment to that which is what the plan calls for and which i think the whole international community wants to see at the same time on the humanitarian side which is what i look after people around the world want. people who need the help able to get it i'm not able to sit here and say to those people to look the people in syria in the r. and say i'm able to do that for you there's a whole host of other things that are stopping us doing that to the extent that we should and that worries me those things that are stopping you well well well first of all there is the overall security situation secondly there is the fact that we are not able to get all of the people in the ground delivering the aid that we need to third is the fact tha

nation. it's or is it not well you know while for this is important to know if it's very important because for me the situation requires the different sides to come together to sit down and try to work through and come to a political resolution for the good of syria and for the good of the people of syria we're not seeing the commitment to that which is what the plan calls for and which i think the whole international community wants to see at the same time on the humanitarian side which is what i look after people around the world wants to know that people who need the help able to get it are not able to sit here and say to those people to look the people in syria in the army and say i'm able to do that for you there's a whole host of other things that are stopping us doing that to the extent that we should and that worries me those things that are stopping you well well well first of all there is the overall security situation secondly there is the fact that we are not able to get all of th

the good the bad of the very very luck to for asli ugly or good united nations the united nations has made a formal request to our government the us government asking our government officials to protect occupy protesters against excessive force by police and other law enforcement officials all across the country in a united nations letter to secretary of state clinton un envoy stated concerns that the excessive force used against the occupiers last fall quote could have been related to the protesters dissenting views criticisms of economic policies and the legitimate work in the defense of human rights and fundamental freedoms so while the us government continues to lead police use excessive force against occupiers all across our nation at least an organization like the un is trying to hold them accountable and stand up for the good work being done by the occupy movement. the bad american future fund the american future fund a shady conservative attack ad group funded by secret millionaires and billionaires has released a new online ad suggesting that world war two veterans fought to

foreign assistance is a key component of the united states national security strategy. especially since the tragic events of september 11th, 2001, it'se it's evident that poorly governed states with impoverished nations can pose grave threats to our national security. wars and extended military operations are enormously expensive in lives and in dollars. we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years fighting wars and preparing for military scenarios in underdeveloped regions of the world. if properly targeted, foreign assistance programs can mitigate national security risks and improve the united states connections to peoples and governments. they may well save huge military expenditures down the road. this is one of the reasons why the defense department has been a strong advocate of a robust foreign affairs budget in the united states. beyond the national security imperative, i strongly believe that no global superpower that claims to possess the moral high ground can afford to relinquish itsline in preventing global disease, hunger and ignorance. more

nations agreeing that you could have external forces who could make that say it's very very difficult to set that up do you at the end of the day i mean every day every day you could come back home well i don't know what you do watch television or read a book but do you have an impression that you're satisfied that today i did my job or you know you get a feeling that you know what i mean very long light like you can do what you will what you want to do that that that the situation is stronger than you are on feel dissatisfied and i worry i worry a lot about the people that we're not able to get to about the people who are you know going to bed hungry the people who are feeling unsafe. aren't able to go to bed at all the people who want to protect their children and don't feel able to do that people who just want to live a normal life and not able to do that as a result of a conflict that they did not start but they are caught up in the middle so what you're saying is going to today the situation is stronger that your personal will and the authority of the united nations or is it not

same rules united nations founding charter co's apparent us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after th

happens the good the bad of the very very luck to for asli ugly or good united nations the united nations has made a formal request to our government the us government asking our government officials to protect occupy protesters against excessive force by police and other law enforcement officials all across the country in a united nations letter to secretary of state clinton un envoy stated concerns that the excessive force used against the occupiers last fall quote could have been related to the protesters dissenting views criticisms of economic policies and the legitimate work in the defense of human rights and fundamental freedoms so while the us government continues to lead police is excessive force against occupiers all across our nation at least an organization like the un is trying to hold them accountable and stand up for the good work being done by the occupy movement. the bad american future fund the american future fund a shady conservative attack ad group funded by secret millionaires and billionaires has released a new online ad suggesting that world war two veterans fought

nation nations announced recently that the arab league made the coffee and is urging syria's government to accept the u.n. conditions for expanding the distribution of humanitarian aid to to roughly one million syrians what he's basing it is based on your estimate based on our number what are these conditions that the u.n. that coffee and starting well first of all from our perspective of course it's very important that everybody who needs help gets that help it shouldn't matter whether they're in a government controlled area or in an area which is being controlled by the opposition that's very evident secondly it's important that we're able to have a mix of international and local staff who are able to help to deliver that aid it's important to protect syrians themselves i mean the volunteers of the syrian are brick crescent have been doing a magnificent job but we need to have a mix of people on the ground to make sure that we get the balance of skills right in terms of what we need to do we've now been able to agree that seven international ngo going isolations that are in country wi

ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that is the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin also admitted that there's been a few indications of complying with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition groups including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer eg knowledge its commitments under the anon plan deeming it a failure ambassador churkin said that his counterparts in. the security council need to take a look at the entire picture within syria opposition groups only. do not only fail to comply to go from a plan but they clear the it is their intention not to do so which is a very dangerous development of it going to productive development russia has proposed an international conference on syria which is similar to what kofi annan has propos