the cia has been on c.f.r. policy recommendations. i think that it's part of an overall picture you know the cia doesn't dominate the council of the council brings together and the other thing i should mention about the council it's a calculus class organisation if you look at the leadership the board of directors which is the the top you know people that make the decisions at the council a good percentage of them are catholics class that is ten million dollars or more worth of wealth and if you start naming the names you see they're even more than those who are there most of them are more than ten million david rockefeller. was the chairman for many years of course a billionaire in the wealthiest families in the history of humanity then peter peterson took over as the chair and he's was blackstone he was with the lehman brothers and did other things he was for the nixon secretary of commerce and he went into blackstone and founded it with stephen schwarzman and then became a billionaire then the current leadership is robert ruben and carly hill's reuben of course made a lot of money at goldman sachs and then went on to citibank after he

the right direction in terms of this level. the security council has determined the use of chemical weapons wherever it occurs is a threat to peace and international security, authorizes the council to be seized automatically of the issue in the future. this is significant progress. the resolution is innovative in another critical area for the first time. the security council was able to agree to endorse the geneva communique of 30 june, 2012:the formation of a transitional government body with full executive powers in syria. the adoption of this resolution is important as it is will not an end to the war nor to the enormous suffering of the syrian people. they humanitarian challenge, the security challenge cannot be resolved in any other way but through a negotiated political solution to the crisis. syria must engage in a political transition process that leads to respecting the aspiration of all citizens. consequently we encourage all concerned parties to take advantage of the positive dynamic that has been created in this case, chemical weapons, progress towards a cessation of hostilities towards the holding of geneva 2 and the necessary political transition in syria. any dela

the wording of any future united nations security council resolution should adhere to chapter seven which would include the possible threat of military intervention if syria were not to comply with the security councilesolution of course the security council resolution will reinforce what was agreed between moscow and washington in geneva over the weekend that is that syria should destroy their arsenal of chemical weapons by the middle of next year and declare their stockpile of weapons by the end of this week and it's the wording of the security council resolution that is going. to strengthen that agreement that appears to mean that the be the main stumbling block at the moment russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that if syria comply with what has been agreed and there is simply no need for the threat of force to still be on the table however as mentioned france great britain and america certainly came for that to still be an option russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that the. organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons should be allowed to carry out. their work and that the resolution should simply reinforce their work and support their work and only then if syria f

representatives of the 15-member council spoke during the 90-minute meeting including u.s. secretary of state john kerry. also addressing the council is u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon. >> the 7,038th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east. the agenda is adopted. i warmly welcome the distinguished secretary general, the deputy prime minister of luxembourg, ministers of the security council members and other distinguished representatives present in the security council chamber tonight. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members have before them document s, stroke 2013, stroke 575. the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the council's prior consultations. i note that this document contained an annex; one which is the text of a decision by the executive council of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons on 27, september. entitled, and i quote: destruction of syrian chemical weapons. it's my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft re

of the draft resolution prepared in the course of the council's prior consultations. i note that this document contains an annex one which is the text of the decision by the executive councilof the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons on 27 september. entitled and i quote destruction of syrian chemical weapons. it is my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to the boat on the draft resolution before it. i would like to thank all councilmembers for cosponsoring the draft resolution which is now a presidential text. i shall put the draft resolution to a vote now. all those in favor of containing the document for resolution containing the document is 2013 strike 575 please raise their hands. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor so the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. this resolution 2118 of 2013. i now get give the floor to the secretary-general his excellency mr. ban ki-moon. secretary-general. >> mr. president other ministers excellencies today is the historic resolution is the first first -- on syria in a long time. for many months i have said that the use of chemical weapons in s

is a chance of delivering the right result the credible result the moral result the result that most of the world wants through the security council of course we all want the security council to be the guardian all of the rule based international system but look at the record all the security council on syria going all the way back to the middle of twenty eleven there may be reasons for this which we can debate in the context of libya but just look at the record we have not had any serious willingness to grapple with the issues by the security council in particular the russians role in it since the middle of twenty eleven forget about military action that has not been on the table until very very recently where have been the security council condemnations where have been the security council willingness to apply sanctions where has been the security council willingness to see. the perpetrators i think they were. all there but i think it's been impossible to get any consensus on the security but it gives me the reason i think it's possible. is because there is a lot of disagreement not only on the course of action but also on the very promise of that war and who is fighting

this is the chamber of the security council at the united nations here on the east side of manhattan. it's only the security council that can turn it into an internationally legitimate document. the security council is the body charged with peace and security in the world, and so an un resolution on getting rid of syria's weapons is the only way to go. now, while you are looking at pictures of members of the various delegations here at the united nations chatting before they sit down to vote, we are going to take you to the white house , where earlier this afternoon president obama came to the briefing room and gave his reaction on the impending vote in the security council. take a listen. >> this binding resolution will ensure that the assad regime must keep commitments or face consequences. it will have to be vigilant about following through. this could be a victory for the international community and demonstrate how strong diplomacy can allow us to secure our country and secure a better world. >> president obama conceded that things are not going to be easy from here on in once the vote is passed because it's go

in geneva regarding violations of the use of chemical weapons by anyone would have to be carefully investigated by the security council of the united nations. the council will stand ready to take action under chapter seven of the un charter any incident which is considered to be a violation of the resolution would have to be proved one hundred percent years before any action is taken to. the resolution also calls for the convening of the geneva two peace talks which u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon says could happen as soon as november the geneva two is where the syrian government and opposition are supposed to come to the table together to negotiate a peaceful path towards their future and an ultimate end to the two and a half year civil war taking place in that country russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says that the syrian opposition as well as the government is obliged to comply with all measures in the security council resolution if used in the zobel knew that the responsibility for implementing this resolution lies not only with the government of syria according to the demands of the u.n. security council the syrian opposition will have to

council. ultimately, perhaps more so than anywhere in the world, actions will matter more than words. so that has been an interesting statement by john kerry, because chapter 7 is part of the u.n. security council charter which indicates that this -- the security council or members of the security council see that there is an immediate threat to either regional or global stability that they can act in a number of different ways and there will be consequences. they could be anything. it could be sanctioned, it cow a no fly zone, it could be military action, it could be striked. that will be left up to the members of the security council to debate and decide. the russians have basically said if the syrians don't comply, we will then discuss what to do. so a little bit of vagueness, probably purposeful, but at least some movement, some significant movement on other issues here in geneva, that averts immediate crisis in the eastern mediterranean. stephanie. >> phil, what happens next in the process now? >> what happens next is there will be meetings at the sideline in two weeks. the proposal that's been agreed upon here by boothe the americans and the russians call for the syrians to provide intelligence on their chemical weapons stock pile size, and what

of the 30 supposed masters of the universe only one name has been revealed, yep, it's kevin trudeau. >> reporter: did you ever wonder who these mysterious members of the g.i.n. council were? and the anonymity of the councilgination to run wild. >> i was thinking will smith. maybe arnold schwarzenegger was. i thought maybe they're the g.i.n. council. ron paul for sure was. >> reporter: while entry to the so-called inner circle cost $75,000, abe joined g.i.n. at a much lower level. after about a year he says he became disenchanted and quit. >> want to go by the g.i.n. office. rancher >> reporter: perfect day. >> humble office for council of secret billionaires. definitely. it is locked. sitting right there. sure they can hear me. you know who else is interested in what happened inside this building -- the guys in this building. in washington, d.c. you run the enforcement division of the ftc. do you get to carry a gun? >> i do not. >> knife? >> i don't get to. i don't have to carry a gun or knife. >> reporter: karate, mace? >> i have none of the skills. i'm good sitting on the couch at night and watching tv though. >> reporter: watching the late night tv in the 90s they discovered a fresh-faced man with a d

the american policies first of all those russian analysts you are referring to they should ask this question to permanent notably permanent members of the security council because of the security council to decide it that it's high time to create two lists and it slightly different regime and slightly different expectations of this secondly. if you are asking what is our position it is indeed if we want to have political solution we must create the conditions for reaching such a political solution and it means. conditions that would enable those sunday. side of the taleban to to push to be a part of political solution to become part of the political solution we'll continue this conversation on a right after a break. the economic downturn in the final month stay with the old sang night and the rest of the life it's going to take will be every week on. this point being the expensive car saloon. like new clueless a new fashion show. also designer bags and shoes in the best shop windows. luxury is the school. this is the last. concert. on our cheap. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to cor

of hearings on the snap program, hearings on broadband. hearings in my role as the iag council chair on issues that affect the iag community. >> speaking of council chair. back in 2008, the government authorized the council of the inspectors general on integrity and efficiency. first, why did you need this? i would assume that's what you're doing anyway. and what does it mean? whip are you first chair on this? >> okay, well, as you point out in 2008, congress statutorily created the council. prior to that time, there was no statutorily established entity. over the years as the ig community evolved, various presidents had created councils -- one counsel for the presidential appointed igs and one for the agency heads. over the years we came together as a community to work on issues of common interest. at the time of 2008 legislation, there was a view that it would make sense first to merge the two councils together so we'd have all igs together in one council. secondly to deal with the issue of providing training to our staff, which was an ongoing and open issue. and third to encourage us to work properly with iags on issues that span agency lines.

by the american policies first of all those russian almost you are referring to they should ask this question. notably permanent members of the security council because of course the security council to decide it that is high time to create two lists at a slightly different regime and slightly different expectations of this secondly. if you are asking what is our position it is indeed if we want to have political solution we must create the conditions for reaching such a political solution and it means. conditions that would enable those on the side of the taliban to to at least to be a part of political solution to become part of the political solution we'll continue this conversation a right after a short break. a . very. good. live. legs legs live. a. and i think. we would. welcome back to worlds apart and we are discussing the dangers and the promises of democratic transition in afghanistan if the u.n. special envoy to the country mr. just before we went to the break i mentioned. the american policies towards the taliban have somewhat changed and the united states is now openly holding talks with the taliban through the so-called terror track and i know this question has been

government is carefully studying the content of the resolution adopted unanimously at the security council on friday. he said all states have to follow council resolutions. >> the member of security council who adopted yesterday the resolution be responsible to combat terrorism because what we are fighting in syria is branches of al qaeda in afghanistan. >> he apparently urged restraint on western nations who support anti-government groups. he also said the syrian government is ready to take part in the international conference attended by both the government and opposition sides without conditions. the plan was included in the resolution. >>> egypt's interim foreign minister nabil fahmy has delivered a speech to the u.n. general assembly. he defended the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood as necessary to promote democracy in the country. >> translator: our priority is to maintain security and to counter any attempt to obstruct the political process. we're determined to achieve democratization. >> the minister also said the military overthrow of president mohammed morsi in july was the will of the egyptian people. the interim government has

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the american policies first of all those russian normalises you are referring to they should ask this question to permanent notable permanent members of the security council because of course the security council to decided that it's high time to create two lists have it slightly different shimon slightly different expectations of this secondly. if you are asking what is our position it is indeed if we want to have political solution we must create the conditions for reaching such a political solution and it means. conditions that would enable those on the side of the taleban to to do this to be a part of political solution to become a part of the political solution we'll continue this conversation right after a short break. was no way. clearly they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. and sold to the u.s. or turned over to the u.s. for. the soul that could be buried alive. was saved with great over. and they wanted to turn me into a terrorist so it was to be one of me to admit that i was a member of al qaeda or taliban or that i fought with them. about time i didn't even know what al qaeda is nevertheless there are people. rave enough to start a fight. something's going to be done

. >> russia and china are members of the five-nation panel of permanent members of the security council. there are about 150 members of the security council itself. is that correct? >> no. >> how many? >> the general assembly. i think 11 or 12 members of the security council. that's all. >> all together or is there 15? >> russia's role with syria, russia is behind the syrian government and is playing a role in arming the syrian government. so you have this clash of two sides here with the u.n. security council. the idea of the president going there just seems pretty futile. >> welcome, guy taylor, of the washington times. >> thanks, john. >> do you cover the state department? >> i do. >> how is the secretary of state doing? >> i think the secretary of state has actually been far more active and effective with middle east policy than hillary clinton was. you could make the argument he's actually derailed the obama administration's asia pivot back towards the middle east. so the question is whether or not he's truly on the same page as president obama with regard to syria. >> oh, really? >> i think so. >> you mean the secretary of state is

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they should ask this question to permanent notable permanent members of the security council because of course the security council to decided that it's high time to create two lists have it slightly different shimon slightly different expectations of this secondly. if you are asking what is our position it is indeed if we want to have political solution we must create the conditions for reaching such a political solution and it means. conditions that would enable those on the side of the taliban to to do to be a part of political solution to become part of the political solution we'll continue this conversation right after a short break. i know c.n.n. m s n b c news have taken some locks lately but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but also for the right thing. it's because one whole attention in the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on you. and our teenagers we have a different approach. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not. you guys stick to t

the chair. >> item 5. discussion and possible action item. maishs disability council bylaws amendments. discussion of possible amendments to article two, section 4 of the mayers disability council's bylaws making attendance at the executive committee meetings mandatory establishing attendance standards and ability to attend council proceedings via conference phone or bridge line. >> item 6. information item, accessibility of the san francisco public library system. presentation by marty god ard. accessible services manager, san francisco public library. >> item 7. action item. co-chair election. in correspondence with the mayor's disability council bylaws article iii, section 1 #shgs there shall be two cochairs elected to serve as officers of the council and elections will be staggered by at least three months. the present election will be to fill the vacancy due to cochair james resignation. >> break. item 8, information item, san francisco ada transition plan for curb ramps progress update and future projects presentation by ken spiel man, project manager, san francisco department of public works. public comment is welcome. >> item 9. information item san francisco municipal tr

strasbourg's stature as an important center of european cooperation grew from a decision in 1949 to locate the council of europe here. ( speaking french ) translator: the councilf europe finally became, at least to some extent, the route to a democratic europe, because all the democracies, one by one, became members. narrator: the council of europe was established in 1949 with ten countries. new members have continued to join, and since the fall of the iron curtain, the entry of russia and most of the eastern european countries has brought the total to 41. subsequently, the so-called european communities were born. firstly the coal and steel community, then in brussels, the european community. these were the predecessors of the european union. adinolfi: all of the countries that joined the european community were, first of all, members of the council. so it can be considered as a sort of antechamber for the european union. narrator: today strasbourg is also home to the european union's legislative branch-- the european parliament. but the capital of the european union is, in a sense, split with major administrative centers in brussels and luxembourg city, as w

council resolution that's used in the zoo bill knew that the responsibility for implementing this resolution lies not only with the government of syria according to the demands of the un security council the syrian opposition also have to cool the u.n. experts. the council adopted the resolution after the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons approved the russian u.s. brokered agreement on syria's chemical weapons the organization known as the o.p.c. w said it would begin inspecting syrian sites by tuesday part of an expedited schedule for eliminating all of syria's chemical arsenal by mid twenty fourteen now until then the security council will receive monthly reports on the implementation of the syria the syrian chemical weapons resolution in the meantime u.s. secretary of state john kerry said the precedent setting resolution shows that powerful diplomacy can peacefully disarm the worst weapons however during his address to the security council secretary kerry reminded members that the use of force against syria is an option that u.s. president barack obama continues to keep on the table reporting from new york marina porter r.t. . well speaking just before the vote at the u.n. general assembly russia's foreign minister called for conn

the automatic use of force. it reaffirms theamerican agreemt in geneva. the use of chemical weapons will have to be carefully investigated by the united nations security council. the council will stand ready to take action under chapter seven of the u n charter. any incident which is considered a violation of the resolution would have to be proved 100% before any action is taken. >> the resolution also calls for the convening of the geneva peace talks, which the u.s. secretary general moon says could happen as soon and november. this is where the syrian government and opposition are supposed to negotiate a peaceful path towards their future and in ultimate and to the 2-wood half year civil war taking place in that country. russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition as well as the government is obliged to comply with all measures in the security council resolution. >> the responsibility for implementing this resolution lies not only with the government of syria, according to the demands of the united nations security council, it will also have to cooperate with you and experts. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said the president-setting resolution shows that

of the role of the u.n. security council. let's respect the security council. let's preempt what the security council and the conclusions, let's preempt them to speculate what they can make when they consider all the combination of facts of these events that took place and what preceded this event. it's necessary that the group of inspectors headed by this as soon as possible of the presentation of the report return to investigate further incidents, which are part of the mandate. i'm very concerned and kofi annan said i'm concerned that there is some ground to suspect the report, which you have presented on monday. they tried to kind of camouflage it. this is one direction in comparison with what inspectors have written. we're glad that at the end of the day it was assessed personally of the president and the security council meeting and all the issues which the members would have will be addressed directly to him. i want to apologize that for a long time i was dwelling on this because i was -- because he was concerned about it and i shared it with him, my conce

will be meeting with iran's foreign minister and other members of the security council, the permanent five members of the security council and germany, the group responsible for negotiating over ires contested nuclear program. it's a preliminary meeting to set up the next round of discussions over this program in geneva in october. the west, of course, is looking to iran and has been for several years now to decrease it's uranium enrichment capabilities and increase visibility in its program. the west has long feared iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon, an accusation iran denies. iran wants to see the west and the united nations roll back sanctions imposed since 2006 and have really taken ability out of iran's economy. they're dealing with 42% inflation and seen their oil revenues cut in half. as a result, president hasan rouhani has been saying he wants an agreement in place in a matter of months. that is what will be discussed at the meeting, the framework for ongoing talks. >> we'll continue to follow the story, but that's preliminary. the other big issue is syria and continued discussion in the security counci

of any full security council meeting as you will be aware. the secretary-general did speak to the permanent members of the security council already. he intends to speak to the nonpermanent members of the security council in the days to come. i think that will probably be on tuesday. we can give you more details as we get closer to that. with regard to your first question, i would simply say that the secretary-general took note of the announcement by president obama yesterday on the referral to congress. i can tell you he regards it as one aspect of an effort to achieve a broad-based international consensus on measures in response to any use of chemical weapons. use of chemical weapons will not be accepted under any circumstances and there should be no impunity and any perpetrators of such a horrific crime against humanity must be held accountable. the u.n. investigation mission should be given an opportunity to succeed. the secretary-general applauds the bravery of the team of u.n. experts who undertook the on- site fact-finding activities despite grave security risks. finally, the secretary-general reiterates the primary role of t

the appropriation cycle. i testify on various issues. for example, there have been a number of hearings on the snap program and on broadband. hearings on my role as the ig council chair. chair,king of council back in 2008, the government authorized the council for inspectors general on integrity and efficiency. why did you need this? i assume that's what you are doing anyways. why are you first chair on this? >> ok. as you point out, in 2008, congress created the council. prior to that, there was no entity. for that as the ig community evolves, various residence has created councils for agencies and agency heads. over the years, we came together to work on issues of common interest. 2008, there was the view that it would make sense to merge those two councils together to make sure that we had all the igs in one council and to deal with the issue providing training to our statffs. and, to encourage ourselves to work cooperatively on issues extend beyond agency lines. >> what does that mean? was -- peopleid have said that igs are here to deal with allegations of wrongdoing against apartment employees and public. concernut if we have a that you, personally, might not have done the right thing