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so this would be our united council proposal to the american. i'm the solution please read. and i think the key elements and it is that the, a lot of countries reject things the idea of explaining for the students or forcibly postponing for the seniors and are committed to, to, to funds. and the support of the construction process in has the that involves people for the student inside lives and bringing hostile the assumptions. stream of the livelihoods i'm leaving. this will just leave the lead also to opening up what is to confess in the conflict. so that it has also been very p and c a through a very clear deadline on the refusing or the normalization of this relationship between unless there is a commitment by the medicines underwriters that there was the piece a piece process or a political. the police are policing or from independent for the soonest days. so we'll see this momentum. we see this very active diplomacy. now. i think soon, uh, once the americans are these lane is what a citrus proposal, maya for the life. and then i think the americans would have the best

the unanimity of the 5 permanent members of the united nations security council. it is absolutely indispensable to sustain the nonproliferation regime. if there are cracks in that area, then it is going to be very, very difficult for, for me as a guarantor of the integrity of the mpg to do my job. another area which is on your radar screen, ukraine, which you have visited many times the $1022.00. there's been administer activity near the nuclear power plant. and is this a major safety concern for you? what it is, in the sense that now we have talking, you're mentioning a new cup, our plan, which is within the gradient control territory. not talking about separate asian over about guns, which is enough to help you by territory. so here that has. ready and we have been repeating that nothing should be done that might affect the integrity and the safety of a nuclear power plant. in this case, it has to do mainly with the power lines that feed the, this new cap, our station that which forest or made the ukrainian regulator to order a decrease in the capacity of that f

council. we demanded require that we should have serious participation. one fixed that we from africa demand is for the united nations to embrace democracy in the security council by giving africa to permanent seats with vito power and institution that excludes 54 african countries . while allowing one nation to veto the decisions of the remaining 193 member states is unacceptable. the counsel is dysfunctional and democratic non inclusive, unaccountable, autocratic, and opaque. that's why russia is calling for real reforms, but moscow is not suggesting a new organization insisting that the framework already exists, but needs polishing, and ensuring everyone's voices are heard and respected. it's what we've heard from russian officials, time and time again, building a fair, multiple world based on the principles of equal an indivisible security. and together with this un security council reform, we will make the west understand that it is no longer capable of imposing its own rules on the whole world. for many centuries pumping out results from africa, asia, and latin america no longer capable of living at the

those counseling the presidential, the united states council in to try and preserve what has been a fantastic be effective system, not only for the us, but for countries developing. else we have caused in many things that need to be fixed. the institutions ovarian perfect, but they better than being destroyed. we could continue this discussion on show for, for at least an hour or so gentle. and i'd, i'd love to get with him and we'll try to reply, but we're out of time. many thanks indeed for, for being with us. all 3 of you, we really will mcbride and in golden. great pleasure. thank you. a i'm, that's all show. so this week, if there's like to comments on anything that you heard in that discussion about a finnegan on x trying to remember to use the hash tag a j c t c. or you can drop us a line causing the cost of elders 0. don't bet is our email address, as always, those plans email if you online at our 0 dot com slash ctc. that takes you straight to a page that you'll find individual reports, links, even a top episodes for you to capture. but that's it. so this additional comes from the co

and because of these, it was in this very chamber that the members of the security council united must be adopted. un security council resolution 2022, endorsing the measures of the main screen. welcoming the declarations made by the leaders of the russian federation. ukraine, france and germany in support of the agreement, and called upon all parties to fully implement the provisions of the agreement. in this context, it is regrettable that the men's agreement could not achieve the purpose of enjoining, sustainable and lasting peace in the region. mister president, focused on his don't advocate of dialogue use of peaceful means, an exercise of diplomacy for resolving disputes. on the you can in conflict. we have been consistent in our calls for restraint is doing the objective of settling the issue on the back to the food respect for the un charter and its principles and adoption of it. but that leads to a negotiated settlement of the you can conflict the mr. president, the i didn't gut is to not the calls for the street and negotiated settlement off. you put in conflict on an order a

work and there was an exhaustive to convince hussein, one that we meant what we said the united nations security councilby way, there's a debate in my administration as to whether i should have gone to the united nations security council at all. and i'll walk you through that debate. some members said, no, you don't need you just need to say, give me 20 days or 40 days to disarm your position as you, say, in the book. is that legally he was violation of previous credit and so he didn't need one. on the other hand, what's that? i think interest people here in america is that i wanted there to be a of freedom loving nations who are willing uh confront saddam that he would understand that it's just not the states that was demanding that he disclose or allow the inspectors. it was a lot of nations. but those nations cannot act without a u.n. security council resolution. certainly not the case for america, but a of nations. you know, the leader said let's go to the security council and i wanted to build a coalition. i agreed to do it and we passed a unanimous resolution and then i started conducting called c

their foreign minister goes to meetings of the united nations security council and others, and they get laws passed that impose you impose punishment on people. but whether crime is committed, the united states passed a law a few ago referring to the international violence against women act, a, v, a, w, a and. we didn't go all the way with, but we did pass enough to require the state to assess every year the degree of of slavery that exists still in the world. and slavery is much more prevalent now than it ever was. john in 19th century. it amounts to $32 billion a year. and the last that i read from the state department, which last one they issued, by the way, they they they estimate that 800,000 persons are sold across international borders year into and in 80% of those are girls being sold into sexual servitude. and in the united states, they estimated to the state department figures that 100,000 girls are sold into slavery in this country. and atlanta, by the way, is number one trade post for this sexual slavery. we have over 200 girls sold every month in atlanta because we have the

though the international community was not losing power, but this could then happen at the united nations security council resolutions uh, any other one united nation agency owner. uh, when you say for child whatever utopia and union, they go by union countries and specifically other competition that were i, c, c a to g. and they also had the kind of happen what is going on in augusta. i'm the i present in the, this kind of happened again in westmark, but who else is able to do or to stop this to happen again? a tom, i mean there's only one by then unless he claims he wanted to the something was president. that's not even today the price was send the by that was change his mind by and threats and you know, to, to the, some of the family smoke a doing that. so they feel free to continue to do whatever they want. we 1000 recognizing any at this pin, i believe we must be of the international organizations and with those that we've got and we know that brick and nothing, any kind of pressure coming from any come through over the world. and so i don't see. all right, certainly worrying to see how this is all u

i propose the council invite the government palestine to the united nations to participate in this meeting. in accordance with provisional roles the procedures and previous practice in this regard. there been no objection and it is so decided. in accordance with the role 39. the councils provisional rules and procedures. i invite the following briefing. to participate in this meeting. mr. philip, commissioner general the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees in the middle east. and, secretary-general of the norwegian refugees counsel. it is so decided. the security council when i began concentration of item two of the agenda. i know you the floor to mr. philip meza rainy, you have the floor sir. >> mr. president and members of the council, 90s ago, the long-awaited cease-fire in gaza begin and we are — by the return of the hostages and prisons versus to the families and we are encouraged by mass improvement in the interim made in the incorporating conditions. we hope the cease-fire will —-dash in tremendous in their allowed to ensue presence in gaza with certain per

have an executive order prepared for your attention that would withdraw the united states from the u.n. human rights councilwould withdraw the united states from the u.n. rwa which is a refugee organization. it would also review american involvement in unesco which has exhibited anti-american bias. more generally, the executive order calls for american involvement in funding in the u.n. in light of the wild disparities in levels of funding among different countries. as you've expressed previously, it is deeply unfair to the united states. >> so i have always felt that the u.n. has tremendous potential. it's not living up to that potential right now. hasn't for a long time. there were great hopes for it. but it's not being well-run, to be honest. they are not doing the job. a lot of these conflicts we are working on should be settled or at least we should have some help in settling them. we never seem to get help. that should be the primary purpose of the united nations. again, great potential. based on the potential, we will continue to go along with it. they've got to get their act together. >> what would

had been the focus of a session of the united nations security council. and that's because it's a decade since the united nations adopted the resolution for eastern ukraine, and that was meant to put an end to hostilities, but ended in favor of the russian ambassador to the un says a possible agreement. now will be far less advantages for you to, for key of that. it was in the past the way it's a 1000000 p of is literally understanding that the mens positions are unattainable and that the new conditions for ending the hostilities and ukraine will be far worse. for them through a tool. so let's get some more perspective on this now and cross live to r t. so mama h i well mine's good to have you join me now. so guide us through the takeaways from the un security council, the meeting. now this meeting was requested by russia and that is to mark a decade since the one has adopted a piece resolution for eastern ukraine. the document paved the way for the mis agreements, which we know eventually failed, as berlin later admitted that that was all only to buy time

and what if any action the security council plans to take gabriel's onto, i would just say to at united nations in new york as well as listen closely to some of the comments made by president trump during that press conference. i can tell you i spoke to other leaders of countries in the middle east and they love the idea . they said it would really bring stability and what we need is stability. the only reason the palestinians want to go back to gaza is they have no alternative. it's right now a demolition side. this is just a demolition side. virtually every building is down there. living under fall in concrete. that's very dangerous and very precarious. and i don't want to be cute. i don't want to be a wise guy, but the riviera of the middle east. this could be something that could be so bad. it could be so magnificent. riviera, in the middle east. but what does international really say about his plans of permanently reselling palestinians from gaza, or article 49 if the geneva convention prohibits the deportation of people from an occupied territory. the run, the statute of the inter

i think our final speaker is will of the united veterans council. we are happy to take questions. the cause of veterans should be bipartisan. the tax act was bipartisan. this cause should unite democrats and the publican, so i challenge our republican colleagues, stand strong with veterans. and i charge our veterans, hold accountable all of your elected representative's, both sides of the aisle come at the rallies and the town halls and wherever you encountered in, ask what they are doing to preserve the men and women who are saving our veterans, literally day in and out, whether they are providing the benefits or standing over them as nurses or in the operating room as doctors. we need to stand with the v.a., and we will. any questions? eric: thank you. so the v.a. has carved out the hiring freeze in the funding freeze appears to be on hold, at least theoretically. what is the biggest concern in this present moment? is onboarding, as you understand it, actually happening in v.a.? are there other parts of v.a. not part of the firing freeze --hiring freeze? sen. blumenthal: we are h

in director for the united council on welfare fraud. she advocates for investigating and preventing fraud of government benefits and has done so over the past 16 years. finally, we have mr. dylan, the director of government affairs at the project on government oversight. dylan leads advocacy efforts on policy reforms to a wide range of governments. i thank each of our witnesses for being here today and i look forward to your testimony. pursuant to committee rule nine g, the witnesses will please stand and raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you, you may take a seat. we appreciate you being here today and look forward to your testimony. let me remind the witnesses that we have read your written statement and it will appear in full in the hearing record. please limit your oral statement to five minutes. as a reminder, please press the

we support our african friends and the restoration to become permanent members of the united nations security council. and do we really respect the decisions made by consensus? there's a winning consensus, let us show you and the set of declarations. we welcomed the successful development . so it's all of a various integration entities and framework, some of the content some and we support the desire of our friends to determine the future independently. providing african solutions to african problems. uh, cooperation. yes. because as mentioned by president putting in the, it's not this article he published on russian africa as a strategic cooperation. let me see is entering a new stage of development to a face of an able to think to rush, advocate summit's be, are we what school do you mean the sound of the 1st ministerial conference? so the russia, africa partnership for him held him november. well, very important. we're working with the friends to realize the treatments made during those events. relying on the plan of action adopted in st. petersburg in summer 2023. so this is where making huge ste

but of course, we can see from the united nations security council meeting that was convened. when i imagine says um you know, uh, session, the law of a hush criticisms of the rollover one. the previous countries that have taken a more subtle approached to this issue of not come on the very strongly including the united kingdom, the united states, as we should very strong. do you know statements against that one? the yeah. okay, well let me, let me, let me think, let me pick it up points out with crystal because the french and i was speaking to the french ambassador in new york just a couple of days ago about this. they are now proposing a draft resolution to the un security council. different from pass that to the un, pretty clear the pressure needs to be put on the wind. but when you speak to diplomats, the un security council guess which countries are the ones that don't want to name or wanda. we african countries, the you with the u. k and the e u at frost in particular have been fluids. they can and they said that they are really looking at aid. we've not seen sanctions,

know what happened to the man, the failure of the deal was the subject of yesterday's united nations security council meeting requested by russia. do you expect the west to accept? it's rolled in jupiter rising the piece? i'm sorry. i didn't understand you quite. how do i expect the west? what do you mean by that? yeah. what, what, what, what i'm saying is that, do you, do you expect the west to agree to all what went down the jump, a dicing the means agreement. well, when you say the west, by and large, at least over the last 25 since the 2nd. well, by the west we made in the us and par because let us be honest, we are repaired and all the european states a bowl basically become vessel states attached to. i'm gonna say print strings, but mamma is the united states of america. and we do is we had told a, we've seen that broadly of the whole of europe. so there is no united your opinion, but will basically trump has told your up in no uncertain terms that he's not interested in. well, any of them have to say he's still interested in paying for nato, and the and most of nights is on sunday middle, so t