freedom and act and burmese jade act. it gives us tools to implement tough, bilateral sanctions on members of the regime and its cronies that we should receive as soon as possible. it's important to remember that the united states isn't the only country that has imposed sanctions on burma. this is not a bilateral effort. it is a multilateral effort. while every country has different types of sanctions, those that have taken action include australia, canada, new zealand, the european union and more. we should be doing all we can to expand these sanctions into an even greater multilateral effort. that's why in the burmese jade act, we ask the president to appoint an enjoy to -- envoy to work internationally on increasing pressure to the burmese regime. now that the envoy has been nominated, i urge our colleagues in the senate to confirm him without haste and hope he gets to work quickly. i also urge the investigation of crimes against humanity committed by the burmese military. they are clearly carrying out crimes against h

the staff speaks several languages including cantonese, mandarin, burmese, and spanish. we will obtain interpretation services for other languages. you can also file a complaint at your district police station and personnel will forward the complaint to the occ. as a said earlier, if you want more information about the office of citizen complaints is deepening, senior investigator mcmahon is in the office. that concludes my remarks this evening. president mazzucco: thank you. commissioners, do you have anything to discuss with the director this evening? hearing none. thank you for giving us an idea of what the -- the occ what does on a daily basis. we're trying to move cases along faster. the occ has been very helpful in getting their investigations it done sooner than in the past. under director picks, it has been a great change -- director hicks, it has been a great change. just letting the committee know a lot of that our work has been done by director hicks. >> thank you. >> item 1.c. the commission president's report. >president mazzucco: i do not have anything to r

that's my home five kilometers away eleven years ago for was was one of several thousand christian a burmese to free with the israeli army as a cliff they've been on for eighteen years the israelis have been fighting the palestine liberation organization and hizbollah on lebanese soil helped by the south lebanon army a militia of christians and jews who control the south of the country to sell the lebanese army didn't fight for israel as a world that is didn't fight for so. it was emitting of interests between them and us but growing domestic pressure on israel of the high losses suffered by the army finally convinced the government to withdraw and it did so quickly. our epstein was a soldier at the time and says the lebanese soldiers who helped israel were left behind almost like sitting ducks but this was just if we're soldiers knew little about us meeting they for sure knew even less of what it was some sort of selection the commanders were brought here and i'm sure if you were a driver not much was done for. a period of some seven thousand south lebanon army soldiers crossed it is wrong

i was just in norway and the performance with a nsga woman in india under attack by the burmese. i think what it is, there's always the land hunger and indigenous people are vulnerable. there are resources that others want. for instance, in i think it is coaster rica, covered the land and animals and oil. so what we think about is the oil in the gulf. we don't realize that is happening in other regions as well. it should be published. it should be in papers. it is very difficult to have that information. one book that i read was by hawkins. i am sure you remember him from long ago. or maybe not. the same thing is going on -- in a way it is not just indigenous people that are under attack. talking about mountaintop removal. the assault on the land, it is the same thing. you are under attack in other areas. and your water -- the water is being ruined. the land is being ruined and it will never be back. it will never be the same. we have to be ever vigilant about what is happening which is why i said early on i pay attention to the small things that will affect the future many years

it's a burmese python and at the moment, could not look more peaceful.skin so it has this glorious luster to it. almost looks like it's been polished, doesn't it? >> is that one of the snakes that can eat a person whole or eat an animal whole? >> all snakes have to eat their prey whole because they can't take bites out of it. they physically have to eat them whole. there's no way even the largest burmese pythons could eat that one. >> can you let that child have that snake? >> you want that snake? >> you sure? >> oh, i don't think so. >> where did you find it? >> this one here has been in captivity but found through southeast asia. >> why are you convinced it won't attack you? >> it grew up in captivity. he's tasting you on the air at the moment. >> one more quick animal in the hands of the other handler is some sort of a killer -- >> dragon, yes, this is a savannah monniker lizard. >> that tongue is longer than the python. >> that's like the monkimono dragon, right? >> it's in the same family. the primary sensory mechanism has come out in the open and i

she's a naga, that's the name of their indigenous nation under attack by the burmese, and i think what it is is there's always the land hunger, the need -- taking over for land, and the indoing nows people are -- indigenous people are vulnerable because they're in isolated areas or places they were sent that suddenly have resources available that others want. for instance, chevron has in, i think, it's costa rica has just covered the people, the land, the water, and the animals in oil so what we think about is the oil in the gulf, but we don't realize that that's happening in other regions as well so it should be published. it should be in papers, and it's very difficult to have that information be out. one book that i read was by hawk ins, and i'm sure you remember him from loping ago, or maybe not, but the same thing is going on in a way that it's not just indigenous people under attack now like you're talking about mountain top removal, the assault on the land is the same thing. i mean, you're under attack in other areas, and you're water is being -- the water is being ruined. the l

and did a performance with a sammi person and a notga woman in india who were under attack by the burmese. and what i think it is there's always the land hunger, the taking over for land. and the indigenous people are vulnerable because they're in isolated areas or they're in places that they were sent that suddenly have resources available that others want, for instance, chevron, you know, has been -- i think it's costa rica has just covered the people of the land, the water and all the animals in oil. and so we think about -- what we think about the oil in the gulf but we don't realize that's happening in our regions as well. so it should be published. it should be in papers. and it's very difficult to have that information be out. one book that i read was by haw hawkins, i'm sure you remember him from long ago or maybe not. the same thing is going on with -- i mean, in a way, it's not just indigenous people that are under attack now, like you're talking about mountaintop removal. the assault on the land -- it's the same thing. i mean, you're under attack in other areas. and your water