thank you very much. >> that he mister blinken. i think without objection the witnesses full prepared statement will be made part of the record and members are going to have five calendar days to submit statements and questions and extraneous materials for the record. i think what we will do is proceed with some of the questions from the committee and he will make his statement as the secretary deputy of state the questions he has as well. if we can start, mister blinken with north korea sanctions and the administration of those sanctions, an issue i brought up in the opening statement. this is a strong north korean sanctions bill we passed and this bill did help get that un resolution in place but you're just back from the region. what has been the reaction to this new law? how has the pressure been turned up? i raise that fact that no one has been sanctioned yet on human rights abuses. i know there's a new un report that points out that several countries are still purchasing north korean weapons. if you can that issue. european l

blinken. i think without objection, the witness's full prepared statement will be made part of the record and members will have five calendar days to submit statements and questions and any extraneous materials for the record. i think what we'll do is proceed with some of the questions from committee and then when the ranking member arrives, he'll make his statement and ask the deputy secretary of state the questions that he has as well. if we could start, mr. blinken, with the north korea sanctions and the administration of those sanctions, an issue i brought up in the opening statement. this is a strong north korean sanctions bill that we passed and this bill did help get that united stat u.n. resolution in place. but you're just back from the region. what has been the reaction to this new law? how has the pressure been turned up? i raise that fact that no one has been sanctioned yet on human rights abuses. and i think it is high time that happened and there is a new u.n. report that points

i think we can help them do these things but i don't think we can do it for them. >> secretary blinkentwithstanding unperceived oaken tendencies foreign aid in these countries and to get them to obtain humanitarian integers in which aides -- ed is no longer require producer look at the longer-term goals what are some measurable benchmarks that might indicate indicate if a country is effectively utilizing u.s. assistance to improve governance combat terrorism and what if any country can you pull out that could be viewed as a model of success? >> i pretty much agree with general jones. we are trying to work by with and through local partners to build their capacity but with them along the way. you are exactly right that ultimately success for the foreign assistance businesses to get out of that business. we want people to get on their own feed to be able to be effective and to provide for their own citizens. indeed ideally we would like to channel as much as possible to the private sector and have a work that way. but in the near term as a look at these programs that what we are trying t

blinken, i'd like to turn to malaysia. as you know well, there was a significant concern about the upgrade of malaysia to the tier ii watch list. and i wondered if you could just speak a little bit to what progress malaysia has made particularly in the area of combating human trafficking and human rights as well as human trafficking since that time. whether or not we should -- who progress has it -- what progress has it made? i think you're aware of the change in their classification and the controversy surrounding it. >> as you know, congressman, we're actually working very actively right now on the new report for this, for the past year. and so i can't speak to its conclusions because they haven't been reached. i can say generally with regard to malaysia just over the past year some of the things we've seen, we have seen very significant and, in fact, unprecedented consultations between the government and civil society and international experts to draft regulations to implement the legal amendments that were passed by th

deputy secretary of state anthony blinken chairs the strategic security dialogue which explores nuclear face, maritime, cyber, and missile defense policy. in addition i chair a security dialogue with china's foreign ministry that addresses many of these issues as well as arms control nonproliferation and disarmament matters and i'm happy to note the next meeting in this series is next week on may 12th and very much looking forward to those discussions. to wrap up i'll say a word once again about the p-5 process i introduced it right at the outset talking about the glossary project, but we are seeking to enhance and enrich among the p-5 the nuclear doctrine discussions. we are looking to do that in two ways. one is, again, reintensifying discussions among national academies of science, the united states national academy of sciences through its committee on international security and arms control and the chinese scientists group have for many years now had very rich discussions on this matter. we would like to expand it to include all members of the p-5 from the directions of those scient

chairman, let me quote from deputy secretary of state tony blinken who recently said in regards to the counter violent extremism is and he quotes a fight over time that will be won in the classrooms in the house of worship in oshl media in community centers at sites of cultural heritage on the sports fields and within the homes of the people in every corner of the planet, end quote. given how significantly underfunded democracy in governance programs in africa have been over the past several years, i don't see how we can be reaching that threat where it is. but there are two steps we can take right away to do so. first is a point i've been making to the administration for nearly a year. it is critical that we increase investment in democracy and government such as are commensurate with our security assistance funding. in fy-'15 the last year which figures are available, we allocated approximately $1 billion for security assistance and only $170 million for democracy in governance. i hope that you have -- i hope as you discuss allocations for fy-'16 with the appropriators you will indic

blinken, let me go on record as saying i commend the administration for pursuing deployment of thad in south korea. i think it's incredibly important. one of my frustrations is that many of these sanctions that we've done haven't really moved the needle with north korea and i'm not sure any other sanctions really will. i think that the one thing that will move north korea is some flexing of the muscles, economic muscles, by china and we've got to figure out a way to get them motivated because they haven't been. they helped us a little bit at the u.n. and i appreciate that with, you know, the multilateral sanctions. but they hold a disproportionate influence with north korea than any of the rest of us or any of the other in the six-party talks and we've got to influence them to do the right thing. and get north korea under control. last weekend china announced that it formed a consensus with brunei, cambodia and laos that the territorial disputes over some islands, rocks and shoals in the south china sea are not an issue between china and the association of southeastern asian nations as

chairman, let me quote from deputy secretary of state tony blinken recently said in regards to the counter violence extremism, quote off like that over time will be one in the classrooms and the house of worship, social media, committee centers, sites of cultural heritage come on the sports field and with the gnomes of the in every corner of the planet. given housing typically underfunded democracy and governance programs in africa been over the past several years, i don't see how we could be reaching the threat where it is. that there are two steps we can take right way to do so. first, it's a point in making to the administration for nearly a year. it is critical we increase investment in democracy and governance such as are commensurate with our security assistance funding. in fy '15 the last of which figures are available we allocated approximate $1 billion for saturday assistance and only 170 million for democracy and governance. i hope, hope is you discussed allocations for fy '16 with the appropriators, you indicate you will meet the $312 million democracy and governance in africa c

chairman, let me quote from deputy secking stair of -- secretary of state tony blinken who recently said, quote: a fight over time that will be won in the classrooms, in the house of worship, on social media, at community centers, at sites of cultural heritage, on the sports fields and within the homes of people in every corner of the planet. end quote. given how significantly underfunded governance programs have been in africa, i don't see how we could be reaching that threat where it is. but there are two steps we can take right away to do so. first, it's a point aye been making to the administration for nearly a year. it is critical that we increase investment in democracy and governance such as are commensurate with our security assistance funding. in fy-15, the last year for which figures are available, we allocated approximately $1 billion for security assistance and only $170 million for democracy and governance. i hope that you have -- the hope that as you discuss allocations for fy-16 with the appropriators, you will indicate you will meet the $312 million democracy and governan