the first is the human rights council. it came into existence in 2006 to supposedly replaced the commission on human rights. it is difficult to see any difference. the council while significantly ignoring human rights abuses repeatedly introduces statements criticizing israel. its only purpose is to denounce our ally in the middle east. i suggest maybe we ought to move all the council. the second is might concerned with the excessive budget of the united nations and the disproportionate share paid by the taxpayers of the united states. we are paying 30% of the peacekeeping budget. we are paying one letter% of the cost to upgrade the security at the headquarters in new york. this amounts to $100 million. the biannual budget has more than doubled. larger budgets for the un means larger deficits for the united states. i think it has come time to reform our share of contributions. >> thank you very much. the ranking member of the subcommittee on europe and eurasia. >> thank you, merit -- madam chairman. >> let me thank you for

the first is the human rights council. it came into existence in 2006 to supposedly replaced the commission on human rights. it is difficult to see any difference. the council while significantly ignoring human rights abuses repeatedly introduces statements criticizing israel. its only purpose is to denounce our ally in the middle east. i suggest maybe we ought to move all the council. the second is might concerned with the excessive budget of the united nations and the disproportionate share paid by the taxpayers of the united states. we are paying 30% of the peacekeeping budget. we are paying one letter% of the cost to upgrade the security at the headquarters in new york. this amounts to $100 million. the biannual budget has more than doubled. larger budgets for the un means larger deficits for the united states. i think it has come time to reform our share of contributions. >> thank you very much. the ranking member of the subcommittee on europe and eurasia. >> tha you, merit -- mam chairman. >> let me thank you for the

human rights having abstain on the annual u.n. general assembly resolution since 2004, this was the first country specific mandate adopted since the creation of the human rights council. in part because this leadership and the willingness of other countries to follow the lead of dominant regional players the resolution reinstating the era in human rights record are passed by the widest margin of any of the council or commission's resolutions since 1997. here and's actions of the ground have a lot to do with that as well. india too abstained for the first time in the general assembly vote having always voted no in the past and south africa abstained in the iran resolution as well having voted no since 2003. we are seeing moves from no to extension from extension on the range of country specific issues. on ivory coast which has come to an end, when it came to the un security council action in response to the contested election and attempt by the former president to retain power two important ideas were intention with one another. non intervention on the one hand and the importance of regional problem solving on the other. ultimately all councilmembers including brazil,

sanctions against iran last year -- the efforts you help to spearhead to keep them all the human rights council, and the creation of the special session on human rights abuses. going forward, we the two events unfolding in the region and steps that can be taken to focus on the threats that iran -- if the regime continues to move ahead with its nuclear program, with the security council imposed another round of sanctions to joke of the energy sector? i wonder if there had been discussions about strength -- about strengthening existing sanctions. of greater concern to me, if you could address when you think it would take to get china, who continues to make million dollar investments in iranian oil fields, to cooperate as support another resolution. >> for the ball, thank you for your kind words in support of our efforts with respect to iran. we have been very plain. we will stand up and condemn and seek to isolate iran for its human-rights record and its abuses on both multilaterally and nationally as we have continued to impose sanctions on individuals responsible for on individuals responsible

and so it wasn't happy that last week on march twenty first in the sixteenth pression of the human rights councilthe human rights council decided finally to move the goldstone report from geneva to new york and the general assembly where it could be followed up with some action and actionable like referral to the un security council neither hamas or israel was interested in it nobody was saying anything most speculated that it would probably die because the security council would overturn it didn't have to do anything if he was worried about israel's standing for it's really worth going on he didn't have to do anything it was more or less it was going to die somewhere the fact that he put out this is is makes one wonder does he feel that he could have learned israel to the teeth had he done things differently or been more accommodating and by the way it's not just him it's a four person panel so even if he rejects that there's three others to still go to and the entire process but or is there something else that playbook goldson was so worried about that he felt he needed to defend israel on the

i doubt it at this point i think the security council has still yet to act and the human rights council of course that's not such a strong body i'm afraid we're going to see more of a crackdown in syria well the obama administration says it is going to hit syrian officials with sanctions over the brutality of the protestors while i'm speaking with the latest pictures we got of you. revolutionary guard to is also. allegedly providing material support for the syrian regime is the u.s. do you think gradually switching its attention from damascus to. know you know i mean i know that the u.s. has said that iran is involved in helping the syrians and so on but you know i think that this is very much fundamentally still an internal syrian matter we're going to see whether the numbers of people that have come out on the streets will continue to come out whether more will come out. is not his father this is not nine hundred eighty two i think that at some point he is going to have to make some concessions to get these protests to stop or he's going to have to step down and i don't think the iran

human rights having a stand on the annual u.n. general assembly resolution on elon, since 2004. it is as many of you knows the first country specific mandate adopted since the creation of the human rights council. in part because of this leadership and the willingness of other countries to follow the lead of the dominant regional players the resolution reinstating year on human rights renu khator also passed by the margin of any of the council or commission's resolution since 1997. to deal with that lopsided vote as well. in the general assembly vote having always voted no in the past and south africa abstain on the revolution the last two years as well having voted no since 2003. so you're seeing moves from those extensions on the range of countries specific issues. on the ivory coast, which of course has come to the head this week when it came to the u.n. security council action in response to the contested the election by the former president to retain power to important ideas were in tension with one another, nonintervention on the one hand and the importance of regional problem solving on the other. however ultimately all council members including brazil, india and south africa joined con

the human-rights council has condemned the violent crackdown and launched the investigation into thekillings. it stopped shorof calling for international intervention. >> to syria has a responsibility to protect its population from crimes against humanity and other international crimes. in this context, i would like to say that any attacks against the civilian population can be held criminally accountable. >> the president shows no sign of backing down. thousands flooded the streets as part of a nationwide day of rage. president assad made it clear that those who publicly challenge him will be met with force. >> huge crowds have taken to the streets to demand the resignation of president saleh. people came out to honor the protesters killed over the last three months. opposition leaders oppose a power transformer deal under which saleh would cede power exchange for community. libyan state television is reporting from gaddafi forces have rendered the harbour in misrata inoperable. it wants any ship trying to enter the port will be attacked. the libyan conflict has spilled over into tu

e ocomet the human rights council was more pro-sri lan and thenictibased. he s lankan government is going to campaig heavily internationall agait the geral cretary. >> how lely you think anydy wl be held to account? >>his will be a diicul task. and how they will proceed with a full-scale invtigaon is methg we will he to wait and see. >> wand to ta to you about thdivision inri lka. the seehat theoverent caaignor reconciliation has done anythinto unify the differences between these tee mountain comniti there "thi notng has changed at all? -- or do you think nothing has changed at al? >>othing has cangeat all. even the investigationhat s undertaken by the reconciliation commissn --t is actually a sham wl say the outcomwille someing that isisapinting. i dot very ch t government sincere. theyre very interestein coming out with a resotiono the colict, whi is lon standing. the government has not de anything meaniful. >> the u.s. state department has effectuated non-essenal embassy ofcialfromyria, following a major cradown ainst government demonstrators. at lst 2 p

human rights having these resolution on iran since 2004. this as this as many of you know is the first country specific mandate adopted since the creation of a human rights council in part because of this leadership, and the willingness of other countries to follow the lead of dominant regional players the resolution reinstating the iran human rights repertory pass by the widest margin of any of the counselor commissions resolutions since 1997. i will grant that iran's actions on the ground have a lot to do with that lopsided vote as well. india too abstained on iran for the first time in the general assembly vote having always voted no in the past and south africa on a random resolution in the last two years having voted no since 2003. so we are hitting extensions on a range of issues. on the ivory coast which of course is has come to a head this week, when he came to u.n. security council action in response to the contested election there and the intent by the former presidential retained power, some important ideas were were -- nonintervention on the one hand and the importance of regional problem-solving on the other. however ultimately all councilmembers, i

human rights campaigners say many who died were shot by the security forces as they tried to reach derra. the u.n. human rights counciln gentlemen near have a has condemned them for using deadly force. nato has accused colonel gaddafi's forces of breaking international law by laying mines off the coast of the rebel held city of miss ra ha. libya's state media has reportedly said any boat which tries to enter the harbor will be attacked. the president of yemen is expected to sign an agreement on saturday, one which will confirm that he will relenquish power in a month's time. the deal offers immunity in return for him stepping down, after nearly 33 years in office. opposition representatives will countersign the agreement in the saudi arabia capital on sunday. the number of people killed in thursday's bomb explosion in morocco has now risen to 16. a 10-year-old child was amongst those killed in the blast that appeared to target foreigners. it bore all the hallmarks of al qaeda and that those responsible would be brought to justice. president obama has been visiting the area worst affected by storms which killed more th

president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes1/ request. i testified before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahy for the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their recommendations to the mayor and board of a supervisors, to improve and enhance the quality of life into the participation of all th

the outcome of the human rights council was more pro-sri lankan. so what you can expect from sri lanka government is it is going to cam heavily internationally. >> how likely do you think that we will ever see anybody being held account for the mass killings that took place? >> this is going to be a very difficult task, and how they're going to take on this effort. it is something that we have to wait and see. >> i wanted to talk to you about the division in sri lanka. do you see the government's efforts, as they've called it, for reconciliation, have done anything to unify the differences between the sri lankan communities there, or actually nothing has changed at all? >> nothing, nothing has happened so far. for the last two years, the government has not done anything. just keep on talking about the reconciliation effort. the reconciliation commission, it is utterly a sham. i will say the outcome will be something -- it will be disappointing. i doubt it very much -- they are in a very strong position to come out with a resolution to the conflict,

i'm very glad that human rights council has decided to establish an international, independent, and impartialmission of inquiry, and they will submit their report by mid june. so i think this is the way forward, establishment of responsibility, punishing responsible but not threatening to others. i think this is the only way for this rich country to recover and to have coffee and croissants instead of suffering. >> we appreciate your time. thank you for joining us. the united nations assistant secretary-general for human rights. well, to find out more about the conflict in ivory coast, you can help to our website where you'll find the latest news and analysis, including a question and answer section explaining what the fighting is about and who is fighting for what cause, and indeed what is the future. and that does indeed remain uncertain, but news from our correspondent there on the ground. the libyan rebel leader accused nato of acting too slowly against colonel qaddafi's forces leaving people in misrata facing possible extermination. nato says air strikes reduced the government's capabili

human rights council comprises legal experts from here in russia as well as abroad looking into the latest conviction against you. and his business partner. would see the jail time the amount of time they could spend in jail extended up to possibly twenty seventeen time and time again the holocaust he and those that support him is said that his imprisonment is politically motivated and president dmitri medvedev has been asked many times himself to comment on the on the of the holocaust the case and he said that it isn't his responsibility as the head of state it would be irresponsible for for him to comment on a visit to a legal case to do with the the weights that his voice would have out one way or the other though he has said that even an acknowledged the holocaust the case polarizes opinions here in russia on the broad concerning the imprisonment of ohio for the procedure and he said that it would be interesting to see the reviews the findings of the expert panel that have all of the facts in front of them rather than just the opinions of people in the street because he appealed agains

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we operate under the human rights council of united nations we're supposed to be able to meet with the people we want to meet in without witnesses nevertheless a told through his lawyer told private manning that if you still wanted to see me he was he should ask for me and i'll try and come and see. in the meantime i insisted with the u.s. government that i want to see him without being monitored and now that there's been an announcement of his transfer to fort leavenworth. and the announcement also seems to indicate some change in his regimen that he's subjected to i am hoping that it will be possible to see him in conditions that i can accept. i'm wondering if you think that there's a connection at all between a sort of increased criticism this increased media attention and the decision to move private manning i mean the pentagon says no but these facilities certainly are much different he would intentionally be able to meet with other prisoners to have contacts to see television events or read books do you think that there is a connection well as you said the pentagon is saying that

demonstrators with snipers novices in plain clothes helping to crack that the opposition even human rights council condemned the bloodshed in the u.s. led good solution calling for an international investigation and washington's going even further preparing sanctions now against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets iran's revolutionary guard being times also said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to damascus. retired u.s. air force left turn colonel cohen quite close he says america's chosen a route to a selective punishment in the region these days. you know we've got instructions i don't know syria but leadership the family of that side we are putting sanctions in continually expanding sanctions on iran we are protesting at the un for actions that these governments are taking or allegedly taking it's their people unfortunately we are showing our hypocrisy because we're not doing that in saudi arabia we're not doing that in bahrain we supported the guys that were we backed the guys back. if they want to secure why we will overlook any syrian but those gov

human rights council of the bloodshed in the u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation that the violence continues washington has imposed a new set of sanctions targeting high level officials in the syrian government but has also set an arms embargo on president bashar al assad's government. washington claims that iran's revolutionary guard is aiding the crackdown across syria and a blogger steve in lebanon says it's tehran that's the real endgame for u.s. operations in the region i think iran is the end target and again he too do you really think countries in iran's orbit what's going on in syria right now is regime change if it can be enough to save it is free to give the syrian people they have and it leads to a new regime in syria and their american care could accomplish its objective a regime change rather than go to war but if it doesn't work then what you're going to reinstate come in maybe the idea is that change what's going on and it isn't working too well in new faces but don't be wastin friendly polic

the presidential human rights council comprises legal experts from here in russia as well as abroad looking into the latest conviction. and his business partner. would see the jail time the amount of time he could spend in jail extended up to possibly twenty seventeen time and time again the holocaust and those that support him have said that his imprisonment is politically motivated and president putin made it has been asked many times himself to comment on the on the of the holocaust the case and he said that it is in his responsibilities the head of state i would be irresponsible phone call from him to comment on an individual legal case to do with the the weights that his voice would have out one way or the other he has said and acknowledged the holocaust the case polarizes opinions both here in russia and abroad concerning the imprisonment of what. he said interesting to see the the views the findings of an expert panel that has hold of the facts in front of them rather than just the pinions of people in the streets he appealed against his conviction in december last year and until tha

demonstrators with snipers and officers in plain clothes helping crackdown on the opposition and un human rights council is condemning the bloodshed in a u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation washington is going further preparing sanctions against syria political elite at a freezing their assets political writers on birth mom tells r.t. the west is now playing a role of human rights advocate of violence as a result of its failed policies in the region. what is collapsing in the eye is the west i'm going to see the worst i'm going to see has been. a nice oakland county they can find out of the counties like saudi arabia. and other regime which were not better hormonal cutting and then you hand the disapproved at them because they were friendly to the west of twenty three israel friendly to our own interests or whatever and also the region working in fact i would only say that once you start. doing things for d.c. it's going to backfire and now it's backfiring and the whole police is collapsing banking the only way we can do is to stay out of that future no matter how bad the even

human rights council condemned the bloodshed in a u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation and as the violence continues washington has imposed a new set of sanctions targeting high level officials in the syrian government e.u. has also said in. arms embargo on president bashar al assad's government. washington claims that iran's revolutionary guard is aiding the crackdown across syria retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen in korea koski says america's chosen a route of slog of punishment in the region you know we are putting sanctions on. syria on the leadership the family at first sight we are putting sanctions in continuing expanding sanctions on iran we are protesting at the un for actions that these governments are taking or allegedly taking against their people unfortunately we are showing our hypocrisy because we're not doing that in saudi arabia we're not doing that entire range we supported the guys that were we backed the guys did back us if they let us do it like me we'll pull over look any syria

here human rights council has condemned the bloodshed in a u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation. washington's going either further to preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets plus the rands revolutionary guards also said to be penalised for allegedly providing material support to damascus that's what the american blogger stephen lemony told me to rand is the end game of the u.s. operation in the region. i think a really is the ends are here in the game he too easily coteries in iran's orbit what's going on in syria right now is clearly regime change his behavior not some statement is free to give the syrian people we have. a new regime in syria. america can accomplish that objective by regime change irreparably go into war but if it doesn't work then watch for the marines to come in maybe he idea is to change what's going on and it is already too well new faces in the western friendly policies in syria so it can be separated. dealings from the other it. could be. nato has dismiss

crackdown on the protesters and surveilling the immediate release of political prisoners and human rights council also wants restrictions on journalists and the internet lifted but writer told us it's too late to take that action now what is collapsing in the us is the west on policing the west i'm going to see has been to demonize oakland county they support other counties like the. benelli and other fifteen which were not better or more democratic. than. them because they were friendly to the west and was very often lead to our own interests or whatever and also doing during the attack i always say that once you start. doing this policy it's going to by friday and those breaks and the whole police is collapsing taking the only way we can do is to stay out of the. bad events i don't think we can we are able to fix what's going to happen because what's happening is to some extent. what he sees so in those areas where he sees a feeble. yemen is another arab state where a nationwide uprising refuses to go away new killings have led to demands for presence of media resignation despite a deal with th

demonstrators with snipers and officers in plainclothes helping to crackdown on the opposition un human rights council is getting the bloodshed in the u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation washington is going even further preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and freezing their assets political writers on both martell's r t the west is now playing the role of human rights advocate violence as a result of his failed policies in the region. cannot see is the wisdom to see the wisdom. of the. many in the fifteen. then you hand with this you quoted them because they were friendly to the west a friendly to israel friendly to our own interests or whatever and also to wage war in iraq i would only say that once you start doing this what do you see it's going to backfire and now it's backfiring and the hotel this is collapsing yanking the only way we can do is to stay out of that feature no matter how bad the event i just don't think we can't we are able to fix what's going to happen because what's happening to some extent of result of our previous party sees the unit

human rights council condemned the bloodshed in a u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation. and indeed washington's going even further preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets iran's revolutionary guards also said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to damascus and another development let's bring into the conversation american radio host stephen leatherman is joining us. live from chicago to discuss these latest developments in the arab world and the u.s. role maybe in the place of being on the program i mean if this news about these imminent sanctions proves to be correct it does bring. the theory that washington is getting increasingly involved in what's happening in syria and it's also targeting iran now crucially. absolutely. in syria going back. to know what are. you is intervention in syria. was. recruiting u.s. recruiting. i think you're always free across syria. oh it's so course the syrian regime which is not a free regime. regime but even if yo

human rights council has condemned the bloodshed in the u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation washington's gone a step further preparing sanctions against syria's political elite and freezing their assets but political writer john burton long tells r t the west is now playing a role of human rights advocate while the violence is the result of his failed policies in the region. what is collapsing in the us is the western potency the western policy has been to demonize certain county that you hand to quote other counties like saudi arabia. the mubarak regime banally and other hazim which were not better on monday more cutting than. you planned but this you quoted them because they were friendly to the west or friendly to israel or friendly to our own interests or whatever and also to wage war being hyped i would only say that once you start doing this probably see it's going to backfire and now it's backfiring and the whole police is collapsing yanking the only way we can do is to stay out of that theater no matter how ba

you and human rights council condemned the bloodshed in the u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation. and washington's going even further preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets also iran's revolutionary guards set to be penalized two for allegedly providing material support to damascus i spoke to american blogger steven learn when he told me to rand is the end game as he saw it for the u.s. operation in the region. i think it really is the end circuits in the game leap be to dealing coteries in terms of it what's going on in syria. is regime change if you're not conservatives free to give the syrian people they are in the pit at least or a new regime in syria. can accomplish its objectives a regime change record will go into war but if it doesn't work then what you're going to reinstate them in the idea is to change what's going on and it isn't working too well here in new faces they don't think very many proces in syria so you can be separated. do you linked from the other. they to

sixty civilians killed across the country it was the biggest anti regime rally yet you and human rights council condemned the bloodshed in a u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation. and washington is going even further to preparing sanctions now against the syrian political elite and a freeze of their assets plus iran's revolutionary guard is also said to be penalized for allegedly providing material support to damascus i spoke to american blogger stephen leatherman who says that iran is the end game as he sees it of the u.s. operation in the region. i think it really is the end in the game he'd be too eagerly coteries in. what's going on in syria right now is a regime change if you're not saving lives free to give the syrian people we have and still a new regime in syria. could accomplish your objectives by regime change really go into war but if it doesn't work then watch for the greens to come in baby the idea is to change what's going on and it isn't working we'll get new faces. being waged in friendly peace in syria to. be separated. nor do you links from the other.

topics on a supporting now russian human rights council has started an independent investigation into the case so for more oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky russia's richest man he is currently behind bars for four and has appealed against his second prison sentence would now get more from us he's pretty high peter so. of course he has already been convicted by a russian court for most this investigation all about that. a lot of course he case was one of the most high profile in russian legal history he was the first president to be made get it was actually signed off approving this independent investigation into the trials over protocols and his business. to make sure that everything was done according to the rules she sells in five protocols he was convicted of fraud and tax evasion and just at the end of last year he also was convicted of the crimes these were open. money laundering and stealing billions from the russian government as it stands at the moment he could be released from prison in twenty seventeen this probe will be looking into the both those trials and both of those. b

legislation she wants to make on funding voluntary and that she wants a guard us from a seat on the human rights council as well now she is outspoken on other issues she's basically completely in opposition to all of obama's foreign policy goals at least when it comes to china russia israel but i want to take a look at where she came from and her trajectory let's take a look at this report from r.t. correspondent kalen ford. you know how we can make this an even better to her fans she's a dog a defender of democracy this is elite let me hear from you mr berman if i may just for food she's a ferocious she was. going to rustling in the new chairman of the house foreign affairs committee of the more radical right wingers or. porton positions within the republican party and managed to acquire strategic pursue a position in the foreign policy machine and often today when it comes to dealing with common threats world leaders are met with an open hand from president obama and it clenched fist from. a cuban exile who came to the us as a child following the cuban revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine. wrestl

human rights council condemning the bloodshed in the u.s. led resolution calling for an international investigation. washington meanwhile is going a step further preparing sanctions against the syrian political elite and freezing their assets iran's revolutionary guard also said to be penalized for allegedly giving material support to damascus for more on this we go live to caring for. retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel to talk about the u.s. policy in the region thank you for joining us so as far back as two thousand and seven you were writing that the u.s. was getting ready to instigate an attack on iran and now washington is accusing to iran of supporting damascus in this bloody crackdown do you think the us preparing for another operation in the region well i'm not sure we're pretty tied down with the three operations that we have already but certainly keeping on we seem to change types of approaches in clay certainly with regard to syria and iran has been a long term united states or at least washington d.c. policy. the u.s. is s

dot com the us why russia's human rights council got into the spelling error problems and discovered what it's like and then it remains. read about. russia's first man in space left with only just days before the launch . and continuing with the final frontier the russian space agency has dedicated its latest so you spacecraft the launch the anniversary of the reader garance a legendary flight in fifty years ago blasting off from kazakhstan in four days time the launch will carry two russian cosmonauts southern american astronauts to the international space station fourteen stars are serious the story. well it's a few days before the a crew of the t.m.a. twenty one it blasts off into space and as expected in a few days in the run up to the the actual flight they're going through the preflight preparations and right now what you're seeing behind me is the actual capsule that will be taken suspects this is the top part of the a space shuttle where the actual crew will be staying and the crew members that we have of for this flight are i'm excited there are some. two percent go and amer

until www .2001 in 2003, took part in socialist scholar conference. 2008, appointed to the human rights councilthe united nations. he proposed creation of a global people assembly. his answer for the rise of american fascism. now, we go back to 2009. here we are. 2009. here is falk. obama is inaugurated. and then he meets with the muslim brotherhood. during which the brotherhood promises to support democracy and the war on terror. november, 2010, while everybody was watching the mid-term elections, just last fall, the obama administration was focused on something else. they conducted an in-depth review of its policy on democracy and the middle east. the egyptian democracy issue in particular. now no one attending the meeting would discuss any of the details. by the bipartisan group attending the meeting are these groups they're almost all soros groups. entirely george soros funded groups. back to samantha power. she was in attendance with the george soros groups where they are meeting about democracy, last november in egypt. samantha is described now as the foremost voice on human rights. she h

human rights of people of all faiths and creeds. i want to applaud the organization for its leadership in securing the recent resolution by the united nation 's human rights counciltakes a stand against discrimination and violence based upon religion or belief but does not limit freedom of expression or worship. in egypt and tunisia we have seen troubling signs regarding the rights and opportunities of women. so far women have been excluded from key transitional decision making process these. when women marched alongside the men in the early days of the revolution, they were part of making the changes that egypt was seeking. when they recently walked again through the square to celebrate international women's day, they were met by harassment and abuse. you cannot have a claim to a democracy if half of the population is left out. we know from long experience that building a successful democracy is a never-ending task. more than 200 years after our own revolution, we are working on a. real change takes time. but it is well worth the effort. as one egyptian women's rights activists said, we will have to fight for our right. it will be tough and require lobbying, but

human rights council, in various other intergovernmental bodies. these reports are the basis for these international organizations and we can use those from this effect and the third piece which may be the most important that this -- these documents gives people outside of government, whether they're journalists or human rights activists or others an opportunity to basically take information that's been digested and analyzed by the u.s. government and use it in ways that will help re-enforce a human rights agenda. the fact is that we -- you know, for all the work that goes into this report, the u.s. government is an important audience but there are many, many other audiences. and i think people around the world increasingly find these reports as a very useful departure point for their own advocacy. what's interesting also is that -- clearly, a lot of governments don't like this report. they don't like the criticism. we stand by the facts. this is a report based on facts. and when governments come back and they say you got a fact wrong, we stand rea

human rights issues. if given fresh point of entry, into a human rights conversation that had grown stale in certain quarters, these democracies seemed increasingly inclined to partner with additional democracies. at the human rights councilfiliated with a group of 77 have long been at first to sing out certain countries for criticism, which they have called figure pointed. that is like brazil and indonesia have demonstrated a willingness to press general concerns taking a leadership role in creating the position that was mentioned on the freedom of association and assembly, the first mechanism ever created to monitor this. i would note indonesia was a critical co-sponsor of that resolution, which made it possible to bring other emerging democracies along, so we were eventually able to get this position created through a consensus measure. that is how overwhelming majority of was. brazil has played a leadership role in pursuing this last session, a groundbreaking statement signed by 85 countries, calling for critiques -- calling for greater respect for lbgt persons. on the security council we see other examples. brazil has been a bridge builder on human rights on thematic issues, which links the exclusion of women from de

we haven't talked much about the multilateral side that we are increasingly involved in the human rights council and various other intergovernmental bodies. these reports are also the basis for those international organizations and we can use them to get the coke that effect. and the third case hamdi the kpps which may be the most important is that this -- the documents, this report gives people outside of government, there they are journalist or human rights activists or who others one an opportunity to basically take information that's been digested and analyzed by the u.s. government and use it in ways to help reinforce the human rights agenda. the fact is that week, for all of the work that goes into this report, the u.s. government is an important audience but there are many other audiences, and i think people are now the world increasingly find these reports as a very useful departure point for their own advocacy. what's interesting also is that clearly a lot of governments don't like this report, they don't like the criticism. we stand by the fact this is a report based on facts and when