special envoy mary robinson is supporting their effort. and resolution 2098 also authorizes minusco to disarm all those armed groups that pose the greatest threat to stability -- >> we will leave this now and take yo his life for a statemeny secretary john kerry. >> -- take you now live for a statement by senator john kerry. >> as you all know what has taken many hours and many trips to make possible the resumption of the is really palestinian negotiations, and the negotiators are now en route to washington even as we speak here, and i'll have more to say about the journey of this moment and what our hopes are after our initial meetings conclude tomorrow. this effort began with president obama's historic trip to israel and ramallah in march of this year. and without his commitment, without his conversations there and without his engagement in this initiative, we would not be here today. the president charged me directly with the responsibility to explore fully the possibility of resuming talks. and in our meetings, he conveyed his expectat

i will not give the floor to mary robinson. >> thank you. honorable ministers, excellencies, i am honored to speak to you on this important occasion. i to thank you -- i dlo thank the united states for posting, and to john kerry for providing such a strong statement. i look forward to working closely with all of you. as we have heard, this high- andl meeting on the feingol drc the great lakes region comes at a timely moment. on, andlict has gone bios, and, injuries, the sexual assault on women, are taking their toll. the fighting must stop, and all parties should assert maximum restraint to keep further covered from happening. special anderved as voy much more than four months and i'm not a day goes by that do not hear of reports of killing, and rape from the drc. what strikes me is the lack of outrage and horror at this daily toll. it has become the accepted normal. it is not normal, and not acceptable. we committed to zero tolerance of gender he -- based files. -- violence. the people lined the road with signs asking for peace. this framew

if you take irish history and even recent irish history, mary robinson and mary mclee have been so fantastic about like excising the wounds and saying, okay, come on, let's put a candle in the wind, though, let's look at ourselves. let's have a more new answered, you know, thing about who we happen to be. and, you know, i hike actually, strangely enough, i don't know what this means, and i don't want the psychoanalyst to put me on the couch with it but i love writing about women. and i love -- >> rose: it is said you write more -- that you more than anybody, a, they say that you can write in a women's, woman's voice better than you can even write in a man's voice and that no one, no man who writes does it better than you. so let's assume some of that is right. >> i don't think so but -- >> but let's assume it is right. why do you think it is somewhat gives you the talent to hear the experience and the voice of women and put them in a novel? >> i love the idea of otherness, and i also, you know, i have a good life, i have a really good life, i have not three kids, you know, i live in new york

i hope you will coordinate with the special envoy mary robinson and my special representative who will work closely with you and other parties. [indiscernible] secretary kerry and the u.s. government and president obama have been helping the international community to help combat climate change and to define and establish a sustainable the moment goal and agenda. these are keys to long-term prosperity of this world, and i count on continued leadership and engagement and support of secretary kerry and president obama and the u.s. government. the u.s. government's strong leadership is crucial in addressing all issues for humanity. again, mr. secretary, welcome to the united nations, and i look forward to have continuing strong support and engagement of the u.s. government. thank you very much. welcome. >> thank you very much. there we go. mr. secretary general, thank you for a very warm welcome here to the united nations. it is a privilege to be here with you. i am honored to have the privilege of sharing the debate today on the subject of the great lakes region. we are very grateful for

[applause] [applause] >> when doctor mary frances berry and randall robinson and myself went to the south african embassy portably let the ambassador that we received under false pretenses, we could imagine about south africa, but i'm not sure that we could imagine celebrating his birthday in the congress of the united states. [applause] september 21, 1998, new york city. this is probably the last time that i will have the honor to stand up at the podium to address the general assembly. born as the first world war came to a close and departing from public life as it marks half a century of the universal declaration of human rights. i have reached that part of the long war and the opportunity is as it should be for our men and women to retire to some rest and tranquility in the village of my birth. i will continue to entertain the hope that there has emerged a cadre of leaders in my region on my continent and in the world which will not allow that any should be denied their freedom as we were and that any should be turned into refugees as we were. that and he should be condemned to go hung

and there's music, odetta, joan baez, bob dylan, mahalia jackson, peter, paul and mary. celebrities, jackie robinson, paul newman, josephine baker, sidney poitier, lena horne, ossie davis and ruby dee, charlton heston, sammy davis, jr., marlon brando. the celebrities were everywhere. but what seemed to have gripped you as you spoke, and as you've written and talked about, in a sense, was those thousands upon thousands of nameless, ordinary people who were out there. >> it was unreal, unbelievable. when i got up to speak, i can see the people, the young people. i can see those middle aged and older people. i can see some members of congress down near the foot of the podium. it was a sea of humanity. >> were you intimidated? you were only 23. you had only been head of sncc, the student nonviolent coordinating committee, for what, a few weeks? >> only a few weeks. and my first responsibility was to travel to washington. we had a meeting with president kennedy in the oval office of the white house. and we told him we were going to march on washington. you know, president ken

mary frances berry, former congressman walter fauntroy, randall robinson and i went to the south african embassy for an appointment with the ambassador that we received under false pretenses, we could imagine a free south africa but i am not sure we could imagine celebrating nelson mandela's 95th birthday in the congress of the united states. [applause] september 21, 1998, new york city. this is probably the last time i will have the honor to stand at this podium to address the general assembly. born as the first world war came to a close, after departing from public life, as the world marks half a century of the universal declaration of human rights, i have reached that part of the long walk when the opportunity is granted, as it should be for all men and women, to retire to some rest and tranquility in the village of my birth. may i sit and grow as ancient as its hills, i will continue to entertain the hope that there has emerged a cadre of leaders in my own country and region, on my continent and in the world which will not allow that any should be denied their freedom as we were, tha

mary francis berry, former congressman walter, randall robinson and i went to for outh african embassy an appointment with the ambassador that we received pretenses, we could imagine a free south africa but i am not sure we could imagine celebrating nelson mandela's 95th birthday in the congress of the united states. [applause] september 21, 1998, new york city. this is probably the last time i will have the honor to stand at this podium to address the general assembly. born as the first world war came to a close, after departing from public life, as the world marks half a century of the universal declaration of human rights, i have reached that part of the long walk when the opportunity is granted, as it should be for all men and women, to retire to some rest and tranquility in the village of my birth. may i sit and grow as ancient as its hills, i will continue to entertain the hope that there has emerged a cadre of leaders in my own country and region, on my continent and in e world which will not allow that any should be denied their , that any e were should be turned into refugees

., brian shackman and david washington, eugene robinson and andrea mitchell. this morning, palace officials confirm that she is indeed in the early stages of labor so joining us now from outside st. mary's hospital in london, nbc correspondent jim maceda with the very latest. >> reporter: the long wait, it's not over, but it's beginning to end. we had initial signs that something was up, that something was moving, now, around five hours ago, when some photographers here tweeted that they'd seen a convey of vehicles including range rovers but no ambulance pulling not into this area here but around the side entrance, very safe, of this hospital. then shortly after that, kensington palace which of course is where william and kate currently live released a very short off confirmation saying only that the duchess of cambridge had been admitted to st. mary's hospital in the early, and i repeat, early stages of labor, and that she arrived by car, no indication at all that there was any emergency. since then, a palace spokesman, unnamed, said unofficially that all is