the osce and u.s. helsinki commission has operated in a very nonpartisan, bipartisan way since day one. so it's an area where we come together promoting the principles of helsinki and is brought -- and it has brought us together in the united states congress with a common mission to advance goals that are important to democratic states. so thank you for holding this event. it's a historic day. 30th anniversary of the charter of paris. let's go back a little bit in time if we might at least to start. 1975, when the helsinki final act was entered into, it was basically an initiative in which russia wanted to claim he yit macy as a democratic state and they're the ones who really wanted to have the commission for security and cooperation in europe to show to europe that they were part of the democratic fiber of the continent even though they were not. and the years between 1975 and 1990 were years of struggle. i'm going to just fast forward a little bit to 1987. 1987 was my first year in the united states

and thatnderstanding of the osce takes place and then to engage and then within the osce and then with the ambassadors and at attention from the political leadership. with 323 membersfarliament and with the leadership and with the lack of leadership and with the osceeadership crisis and then to speak up more and then too a great job and to engage of the fears of the osce and the parliamentarians but then with that dialogue not in the centerf this pandemic crisis. the what we want to do with this operation but as they mentioned for corruption. for what they signed on the what we agree upon right now with the current political situation and with the value of these organizations with the grassroot of the organization but the benefits i see many people enjoy and that reform of the judiciary but nobody knows about it so keep odoing this l good work and as we tried to do prevent the mifesto and with a series of conversation and then to engage many of you to talkbout the organization. >>. >> thank you roberto if you need a partner audience in the united states we can be part of that conversat

respect to the osce. to start us off will be my former colleague, senator ben cardin of maryland, who is in his third term as senator but prior to that served in the house, where i was, for a number of years where he represented maryland's third congressional district. ben has spoken at the wilson center many times, most recently in 2018 for an event titled "rule of law: a linchpin of u.s. foreign policy," he's been a commission thorne u.s. helsinki commission since 1993, serving as chairman of the commission in the 1th and 113th congress. in 2015 he was named special representative on anti-semitism, racism and intolerance to the osce parliamentary assembly. our other speaker is republican congressman robert aderholt, who represents alabama's fourth congressional district and has been in congress since 1997. he's a member of the house committee on appropriations, serves as ranking member of the

in the report, the osce has published concerned that polarized politics in america are damaging democracyt now that we have the post-election paralysis, what do you see as the biggest danger? >> the biggest danger is, of course, the election results counted derly by t states are not being recognized. in the usa, we have this, in europe, we have an institution that the gsa, the general services administrator, and as long as the gsa is not certain that the election results, the elected president, the president-elect will notet the necessary resources or intelligence that he needs in order to prepare for taking of office. that is indeed a concern. the second concern is, of course, that the acts of the incumbent president could motivate his militant partisans to take to the streets and not except the orderly election results. brent: it is amazing that someone in your position can say these things about the american democracy, but that is the situation the country is in tonight. what is this doing to the perception of the united states as a thinking -- beacon of functioning democracy in the wo

returned to our bodies, we met once again in taba this time in order to negotiate the 2nd stage of the osce low process. israel's withdrawal from the west bank by spread out the map, we have kept secret until then the oslo accord stated, israel will withdraw from most of the west bank within a year. and the palestinians were expecting to receive control over the land immediately. but israel demanded a gradual withdrawal and offered the palestinians full control of only 2 percent of the land. the remaining 98 percent would be controlled by the israeli army. arafat stared at the map silently and then announced about it was an unbearable humiliation. these are prison camps, he yelled, you want to destroy me. with those words, arafat left the room. what you were suggesting deviates from the signed agreement,

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returned to abu d's, we met once again in taba this time in order to negotiate the 2nd stage of the osce low process. israel's withdrawal from the west bank by spread out the map. we had kept secret until then the oslo accord stated, israel will withdraw from most of the west bank within a year. and the palestinians were expecting to receive control over the land immediately. but israel demanded a gradual withdrawal and offered the palestinians full control of only 2 percent of the land. the remaining 98 percent would be controlled by the israeli army. arafat stared at the map silently and then announced that it was an unbearable humiliation. these are prison camps, he yelled, you want to destroy me. with those words, arafat left the room. what you were suggesting deviates from the signed agreement, i shouted, you keep 98 percent of the land. we won't accept that. you can enforce this approach on arafat and push him into a corner. but remember this, a one sided agreement will not last last it up without saying another word and summoned his driver. we exchanged a polite and cold handshake

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it's triggered a small tsunami which inundated streets on the greek island of some osce. tremors also caused widespread damage the prime minister responded with words of solidarity for turkey despite a territorial dispute which has the 2 countries at loggerheads. with their own savior but overall i have already contacted president added emphasizing that beyond the difficulties in our relations in these moments the unity of our people is paramount because for us the protection of human life transcends borders and differences in order for us. tonight saving human lives is the priority. next will come rebuilding in 2 places both already struggling with the impact of a deadly pandemic. well the world of movies has a lost an all time great sean connery the man who played james bond in the very 1st of the blockbusters has died at the age of 90 he flushed out many other roles with great success of beyond a double 07 over 4 decades but as he was the original and many say the best today we say about mr bond. he created the best known character in film history. that. sean connery l

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the ambassador is head of the osc. has been speaking to the bbc. >> every candidateppas a right tol to the courts. that is one of the reasons we are here. we are here belonged -- beyond election day. rvi have my own obs in all of the battleground states at the moment, including those where we have protesters saying stop the count, those saying start the count. we have access to the counting talation process. with the exception of pennsylvania who state laws do not allow us or other obsrshostk about whether trump would leave in 2020. >> i think thi is entirely a script that wasroctable and they are basically engaging willingly acts -- willie-nelly acts of litigation. as was pointed out, there is an rinconsistency to th stance. that is, they are eager to continue the count in states in which they are trailing and to stop the count in states where they hav aead. there is not really a legal principle -- principled legal they are the positio adopting. it is just sheer political the other thing to point out is that it is ver

but of course that now has been backtracked with the announcement that this particular part osce called 24 will be completely rewritten. the former interior minister, who is the president of the parliamentary group. christopher cassidy said that it was the parliamentarians and must be the guarantors of fundamental rights. and this is freedom of expression and freedom of the press. but it's quite less than a club coach believes the harsh tactics used by french police have severely undermined public trust. don't forget what the situation has been in france this series, and i remarked last than the president and one of those inside that society france has known of this past that case. if you can remember, there was ration of the us with extreme violence when the police officers and people representing the law and the shooting demonstrators and in the face with her, with a stick. by this mean people are losing their, their eyes for yet another violence at large. who did not say that the people there was traitors were altar boys, but if it was extreme violence, now the situation will have to

and alejandro gonzalez inarritu,who togetheunt for five of the last seven best s.rector awards at the oscalways the expectafthere's success. >> brown: alfredo loaeza is the >> (ctranslated ): the shape of water, there were like 600 applicants, no? and then the next year it was like 500. you know, and then cuaron, and it's like 0. so it's, sometimes people are very appealed by, you the flashes that they think comes with t job. >> brown: but loaeza, who's also a graduate of this school, is more focused on making sure students find their own voices. >> ( translated ): some of them, they do want the expectations, they do want to win an oscar or want to be recognized in streets ororking with champagne or atever. and i-- we eourage for that. >> brown: it's a bit of a paradox: enormous success for mexican filmmakers, the so-re called "amigos," but largely achieved after they left mexico. and until cuaron's "roma," about the life and struggles of ado mestic worker in 1970s mexico city, none of those recent oscar-winning films were set here. fernanda solorzano, one of mexico's leading film critics

posted that video to twitter where she was congratulating president elect joe biden over the phone and osce they're giving her husband. >>a hug he will be the. >>the second the first second man gentleman. first second gentleman. in the white house but in order for kamala harris to get to this moment today. it's historic and it's also coming on the heels of a lot of racial awakening in our country harris is the first person of south asian descent to be elected to the vice presidency, she's the first person of color and kron four's gayle ong reports now from berkeley where harris spent her childhood on what this means for the bay area. >>it's a massive turnaround a massive change and and see somebody in the white house and representing our country only looks like me, but has this really similar background of. >>you know having professor parents and both being both block in indiana and it's like wow mice president elect kamala harris was born to a jamaican father an indian mother the been dari family of berkeley share similar at the backgrounds and have been supporting harris from the start we

ambassador urzula gacek is the head of the osce mission — and she's been speaking to the bbc.here we have protesters saying stop the count, those saying to start the count, we have them in arizona, we have them in wisconsin, we have access to the counting and tabulation now, mainly tabulation process, with the exception of pennsylvania whose state laws do not and ours or any other observers to be present. —— do not allow us or any other observers to present. professor lawrence douglas is an expert in us election law. he's the author of — "‘will he go?: trump and the looming election meltdown in 2020'. this is his assessment of the lawsuits. i think this is entirely the script that was predictable and they are basically engaging in these kind of with the nearly acts of litigation. you know, ithink, as with the nearly acts of litigation. you know, i think, as you have no doubt pointed out, there is a kind of inconsistency to their stance, thatis of inconsistency to their stance, that is they are eager to continue the count in state in which they are trailing and they are eagled

calls on the osce and human rights bodies to treat his case as a human rights violation. calls on the u.s. government to raise navalny's poisoning with russian authorities and to support independent impartial, and thorough investigations by competent authorities. calls for the imposition of sanctions on those responsible for the attack and supports a review of whether the poisoning constitutes use of a chemical weapon with sanctions to follow as appropriate. this resolution does not punish germany by calling for the suspension of the nord stream 2 pipeline. nearm is an ally and it is the russian government that is at fault here. i want to thank all the co-sponsors of the foreign affairs committee for supporting this initiative. i hope and i pray that the incoming biden administration will make human rights the centerpiece of u.s. foreign policy going forward. brave individuals like alexei navalny deserve far more than a passing reference from our government's leaders. i urge all my colleagues to support this resolution and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker