kofi annan is right. with the right kinds of policies and government investment and the right public investment, it is possible for africa to feed itself. an abundance of ideas of how food sovereignty and a democratic control over food and agriculture in africa might happen, that just happens agra seems to be citing less with these ideas coming from african farmers for example a much more from the private sector and organizationother organizations. agra is mobilizing for a set of policies that seem to have already failed badly. >> raj patel, a thank you for being with us. his books include "stuffed and starved: the hidden battle for the world's food system" and "the value of nothing: how to reshape market society and redefine democracy." this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. can you be jailedin for beg the wrong person? you'll hear the story of rod coronado in a moment. -- can you be jailed for friend ing the wrong person? you'll hear the story of rod coron

it also was articulated by the former secretary general of the united nations, kofi annan. that sometimes sovereignty has to take a second place. when is it okay? >> obviously in the most exceptional circumstances only. but where you believe that your security demands that you deal with this threat. >> rose: it's also okay when you think you can do it. i mean, after afghanistan there was a great sense of arrogance, was there not, that we can pretty much take on whatever we need to. >> i think that... as i say in the book, there is a risk that... not a risk. there was definitely an underestimating of how deep this was and therefore there was the thought as i say if you knock the taliban out, you you knock saddam out, you've got a u.n. process, the people are in favor of it. you have a large amount of money to support development. why shouldn't it work? the answer is i'm afraid it would work but for the people whose actual desire is precisely to engage in action that stops you doing that. because they don't want to see the country on its feed. they don't want to see that type

on the minds of members like saudi arabia cuba and saudi and libya the human rights council as kofi annan said is selective politicized and casts a shadow upon the reputation of the un as a whole will be outcry over the flotilla did lead to an easing of the gaza blockade although some restrictions are still in place. from the united nations relief agency easing the blockade doesn't mean easing the humanitarian crisis. i don't think that easing the blockade have great influence on the humanitarian situation or the circumstances of the people here in the gaza strip we need jobs in gaza we not only we need just ignore the trucks that follow normal the gods or or visit the girls or something like that we need building materials to get into gaza because we have tens of thousands of homeless people in the gaza strip a great project for the u.n. system and the private sector is completely paralyzed and we have more than forty thousand factories have been destroyed during the war and because the percent of the population is still depending in you and humanitarian aid organizations it is an unbear

and saudi and libya the human rights council as kofi annan said it is selective politicized and casts a shadow upon the reputation of the un as a whole all the al cry of the flights in the death did lead to an easing of the guards a blockade some restrictions are still in place and. the united nations relief agency says easing the placate made little difference to life. i don't think the. influence on the humanitarian situation or the circumstances of the people here. we need jobs in gaza we not only we need just to ignore the trucks that pull over normal goods or or visit the grooves or something like that we need to build big materials to get them to gaza because we have thousands of homeless people in the gaza strip great produce for dui and. private completely but our lives and we have more than four thousand for truth been destroyed during the war and because the percent of the population is still being in you are in humanitarian aid or going to the. heating. now fall sarazen ross are trying their luck in politics and tend to meet allies the free of copyrighted products it comes

so we'll have to wait what israel's position inquiry says but again the human rights council as kofi annan said is selective politicized and casts a shadow upon the reputation of the u.n. as a whole bunch the moon criticized the council for its excessive focus on israel which is seventy five percent of all resolutions are against israel only a handful in the rest of the world combined out of ten emergency sessions seven have been against israel so what happens when we get such a report that is biased they disregarded evidence that we submitted of the i.a.e.a. changes g. hottest intentions their violent actions on the ship the fact that the violence that happened they were looking for a confrontation all of that was disregarded in fact this is part of a pattern at the human rights council entirely consistent with their actions in recent years ok hill north things very much for you were inside their executive director of the un watch and following the flotilla incident israel eased the gaza blockade but some restrictions are still in place to discuss the present humanitarian situation in the