mission in darfur. the ethnic conflict in darfur has left hundreds of thousands dead millions of victims were forced to flee to neighboring countries but another regional government and the local people seem to have come to terms with their future south sudan is going to hold a referendum it will decide whether the region agrees to be a part of sudan to become an independent state a positive result could give added impetus to office accession claims by some sudan and darfur and in other countries like nigeria and south africa. how mr gambari and welcome to the shelves it's my pleasure to be on thank you very much thank you very much for coming well the referendum on january ninth in southern sudan well the people are expected. to come to the polls and make their their valves do you believe that it will pass peacefully that everything will be according to the law the sofa will say so good my responsibilities. limited to a therefore of course vote my colleague from in carriers is in charge of helping the

representative in darfur about southern referendum to bring peace to the country devastated by civil war. sure is that so much i can tell you but you know larry the most obvious one to santos image is nothing new to the world and it's undeniable that it exists today however how should anti-semitism be defined. however again a welcome to spotlight the interview show on r.t. i'll bring alban today my guest on the show is it by him. on the ninth of january the people of southern sudan are expected to vote on the future of the region that referendum since it has gained independence fifty years ago it has been torn apart by ethnic and religious conflicts that you regions of the country darfur and southern sudan are the biggest headache for the government these days while the violence is still raging in darfur southern sudan is making an attempt to find a peaceful solution but will this referendum bring peace to the region who lost it but i am gun body joint special representative of the african union and un mission in darfur. the ethnic conflict in darfur has left hundreds of thousands de

succession plans by mr sudan and darfur and in other countries like nigeria and south. how mr gambari and welcomes the shells small pleasure to be on thank you very much thank you very much for coming well the referendum on january ninth in southern sudan well the people are expected. to come to the polls and make their their valves do you believe that it will pass peacefully then that everything will be according to the law the sofa will say so good my responsibilities. limited to a therefore of course vote my colleague from carriers is in charge of helping the parties to implement the comprehensive peace agreement c.p.a. or we did referendum is key nonetheless in a very supportive way you know media walks with. my sister organization armies to sure that all the logistics support needed for the registration which is has been concluded including in about sixteen centers in therefore where about one hundred fifty thousand people registered out of a possible voters of three hundred thousand when very peacefully. if that's an indication of the rest of of southern sudan and

you are right, darfur is muslim/muslim. these are the kind of nuances which are essential to understand to try to decode some of this. christian/muslim all the time. no, it's not the. it's the fault lines within that are truly the most important to watch. >> host: we haven't talked about ethiopia. >> guest: ethiopia, okay. i didn't go to ethiopia until very late in the reporting. and before i went the prophet muhammad was preaching to his own people in mecca, they kicked him out. they didn't want to hear the message of one single god. he fled with most of his followers 210

in support of the invisible children, number ugonda, in support of the genocide survivors and an darfur. we call this point in time the enough movement to become moment. when finally enough to leave people with had enough of the debt the status quo and demand the status quo has to change. the very peculiar thing is i don't think there will be a clear but when we know whether or not we have pish fully succeeded. one day a woman in eastern congo will get it in the morning, her daughter to school, go out, tend to her garden, she will not live in fear of rape, she will not be abandoned by her community, she will not be driven from her home by a militia attack. or contribution in effect did not happen to her. so there's this enough moment of the international and national level in which movements, people's movements are combined with enlightened policy makers who have a history of involvement, people like the u.s. ambassador right here in new york, susan weiss, president and vice president, these were the three senators two years ago who were the leading advocates of action on darfur, the le

yes that's what they could lend to their mission in darfur i mean that was number one on the list if you look at what the u.s. is spying or collecting intelligence on frankly other towards relatively laudable goals another one is taking a look at trying to prevent zimbabwe the zimbabwean government robert mugabe from achieving any sort of position of influence at the u.n. so frankly the goals of the intentions are by and large correct not all but i mean yeah you could say that in trying to monitor people and how they're going to vote on sanctions on iran that's not necessarily a lot of oh well i mean i guess that's true but you know there definitely is room for debate there but still do they have to do this by taking biometric scans getting you know d.n.a. fingerprints iris scans that seems a little bit over the top it's bizarre and if you look at the people for whom there's authorize this sort of intelligence collecting apparatus a lot of them include frankly americans american service plenty of americans served at top ranks at the u.n. and u.n. agency is you know the former nationa

mind what it means it's not just absurd and outrageous it means the victims in darfur victims of mass rape in congo victims of. repression in zimbabwe and china around the world never get a chance to have their their day in the international spotlight which is needed to combat victims why is israel still not able to have a rotating seat on the security council whereas countries like libya saudi arabia iran which have far worst human rights records are israel was never admitted into the regional group that it by geography ought to belong namely the asian group its neighbors syria jordan saudi arabia belong to the asian regional group but because of the arab states objection to israel they refuse to let israel joint and so israel has never been able to join its regional group asia and the result is that many of the elections for important un bodies occur within the regional groups there are sometimes an allotment that will be x. amount of seats for the asian group for the european group for the south american group and so forth so israel was denied access to many significant un bodies b

withdraw from peace talks with rebels if no agreement is reached by thursday militants in the western darfur region have been fighting against government troops since two thousand and three some three hundred thousand people have died and over two and a half million the flood as a result of the conflict. well time now to see a bit more of russia close up as we head off on a siberian expedition. this time we're in the southwest and which was once the capital of siberia today we focus on it sporting prowess now the people of all know how to make the most of the ice sprout as they are of that we're now and professional hockey team up on guard but as tom barton explains it's not the only example of siberian strength. mom's going to surrounding region has always been a tough place to survive because tough weather conditions and it's required tough people to come and live here and it's that idea of strength from particularly off money must has found its way into the sporting and physical culture here as well and it's that feeling that i've been examining in march. i and almost goes wild the local

sam has actively fought to bring awareness to the genocide in darfur. sam supported the sudan peace act of 2002 and the darfur peace and accountability act of 2002. in 2004, sam visited darfur to see violence and suffering firsthand, and that same year, he supported the congressional declaration of genocide. in addition to his advocacy work on sudan, sam has worked on numerous other humanitarian challenges throughout the world, including iran, afghanistan, uganda, the congo, pakistan, ukraine, china, north korea and vietnam. arguably, snowe -- no senator, no senator has done more to press human rights and democracy, wrote the weekly standard, or to stop the spread of deadly disease such as malaria which kills 800,000 children in africa every single year. in the senate, sam has crusaded for his humanitarian causes in a bipartisan fashion, including cosponsoring the iran democracy affect with senator evan bayh, cosponsoring the north korea human rights act with the late senator ted kennedy, and what sam calls his greatest achievement, cosponsoring the tra

that's a big decision in two countries or one country, but with regard to the darfur issue is something different. it is something -- it is from 2003. there might be a clash between triable for a long time, but it's not an issue like the war in southern sudan. it would be something different for them, but in the other part of the question regarding the citizenship and i think my colleagued also touched on it is the fear of the people of the southerners in the north that might be having problem or hurt, i would like to assure what the leadership of the country, the president, to assure that the southerners in the north they will be in peace. they will enjoy their life, but the legalisms will be under negotiation. if there is a separation, there are two countries and eventually this would be legal issues on the situation and the nationality in two parts of the country, but my colleague touched on this issue of protection or prevent harm, that is absolutely is not logical because when people are fighting in the south the southerners, they move to the north. they live in peace. they have --

withdraw from peace talks with the rebels if no agreement to reach by thursday attempts last in the darfur region cutting fighting against government troops since two thousand and three some three hundred thousand people died going over to the whole flight path as a result of the conflict. but time now to see more russia close up as we head on a siberian expedition. yes where in the southwest and screecher in them which was once the capital siberia today we focus on it sporting prowess the people of all sky know how to make the most of the ice proud as they are of their down professional hockey team. tom potter explained it's not the only example of some of the unspent. almost on the surrounding region has always been a tough place to survive because tough weather conditions and it's required to tough people to come and live here and it's not idea of strength from particularly off money knows it's found its way into the sporting i'm physical culture here as well and it's that feeling that i've been examining him out of. i. don't skills while the local hockey team album god puts another goa

conditions on the ground in darfur. a travel announcement for you, phil gordon, our assistant secretary for european and eurasia affairs will travel over the next few days to represent the united states at the geneva 14 discussions on georgia. returning to afghanistan and pakistan, the secretary, i think the national security council meeting to finish the review process on our afghan and pakistan policies is still going on as we speak. the secretary is joined at that meeting by frank rogero who in light of richard holbrooke's passing, has moved up to be acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. he will lead the structure that richard holbrooke constructed and will serve as one of his finest legacies assisted by two deputies, dan feldman and vikrum singh. a number of leaders from around the world from president sada are ri, president karzai, foreign minister korechi, this morning have expressed their condolences. this morning, the secretary had a brief conversation with special representative of india f

that's a big decision in two countries or one country, but with regard to the darfur issue is something different. it is something -- it is from 2003. there might be a clash between triable for a long time, but it's not an issue like the war in southern sudan. it would be something different for them, but in the other part of the question regarding the citizenship and i think my colleagued also touched on it is the fear of the people of the southerners in the north that might be having problem or hurt, i would like to assure what the leadership of the country, the president, to assure that the southerners in the north they will be in peace. they will enjoy their life, but the legalisms will be under negotiation. if there is a separation, there are two countries and eventually this would be legal issues on the situation and the nationality in two parts of the country, but my colleague touched on this issue of protection or prevent harm, that is absolutely is not logical because when people are fighting in the south the southerners, they move to the north. they live in peace. they have --

question in some ways masterminding some of the terrible crimes that have been committed, not just in darfur, but even before. they killed many more people than what happened. those that perished. so the problem is, of course that the icc does not have a global police force that goes out and then executes the warrant. there is no marshal's office that brings the door down of the presidential palace and false-year off in handcuffs. that's not going to happen unless there is a major change in government. what we have is an international community that has to remain united in support of the court, in support of the principle of justice. make sure that to the maximum extent possible he can't travel and go places and that he is boxed into a corner and has to wear the scarlet letter of the icc indictment were gregos and isolate him as much as possible. eventually we will see what happens. i am sure -- i know for a fact when charles taylor, the former president of liberia was indicted by a hybrid you in court at the time he left. years later. now today as we all know he is being tried for crimes ag

that's a big decision in two countries or one country, but with regard to the darfur issue is something different. it is something -- it is from 2003. there might be a clash between triable for a long time, but it's not an issue like the war in southern sudan. it would be something different for them, but in the other part of the question regarding the citizenship and i think my colleagued also touched on it is the fear of the people of the southerners in the north that might be having problem or hurt, i would like to assure what the leadership of the country, the president, to assure that the southerners in the north they will be in peace. they will enjoy their life, but the legalisms will be under negotiation. if there is a separation, there are two countries and eventually this would be legal issues on the situation and the nationality in two parts of the country, but my colleague touched on this issue of protection or prevent harm, that is absolutely is not logical because when people are fighting in the south the southerners, they move to the north. they live in peace. they have --

sure, there are more important things to do in africa, stop genocide in darfur, get clean water supplies, fight aids and better people than me are trying to do those things every day of their lives. get some kids off the floor, well, that's the best i could do. how important is it? try sitting on a cement floor. you'll be uncomfortable in ten minutes orless. then you will be in pain. your back, your hips, your bum. now stay there for seven hours. now try doing that five days a week. and don't forget to read and write while you're sitting on that cement floor. and while you're at it, try to learn something. anything. a language maybe, something that requires real concentration. we live in a culture that expects us to give up our seats on a bus or subway when someone gets on who needs the seat more than we do. and elderly person, a pregnant woman. and we do it without hesitation. sometimes right here in new york, a tough town, we actually compete to give up our seats faster than anyone else because it's important. because we know that that pregnant woman really needs to sit down, and we do

i have got to knock off that walking tour in darfur first. >> bill: that isn't really top of your list> no. >> here we have the attorney general going to bat for the first time ever in the history of attorney generalship for this woman who wants the unpaid three week leave to do the hajj and you say. >> i say steadman's one goal in life obviously to make chamberlain look like -- as far as the woman goes, one thing i have learned over the last five years, god muslims are whiney people. you come in and say i want to take off from december 1st through the 19th and fly on the 20th. get back here on the 21st to take our regular vacation off for the birth of christ somebody says you can't do that and they go into court about it you know, honey, at some point you should pray to your god because for a new job because they should just say you're fired. you can't take december off you are a teacher. by and large it should be a rule in the teacher employment manual that you can't go attend any event where if you took your classroom on a student field trip they would summarily be obliterated. that

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independece in south sudan would also boost the independence in darfur.erhaps, with this in mind, this of sudanese president has made extensive efforts -- the south sudan president has made extensive efforts. the most powerful of these groups, the justice and equality movement, which launched a raid on the capitol itself, something previously thought impossible. the dispute over a border region, lying along the north- south and border, also has the potential to spike into a civil war. hundreds of local residents were killed in 2008 between forces of the north and south. a separate referendum to be held separately with an independence vote will determine whether abyei joins the north or the south. most are expected to join. the arabs, who pasture there herd's there for most of the year, will be included in the voting. there are few signs the referendum will take place on time. khartoum has said it is necessary. there is new violence in the already war ravaged territory. officials now speak of annexing abyei, but only after making significant financial cons

he will continue the three day visit to darfur as we seek to build a durable peace for their people. barry white will attend the nobel peace prize ceremony, reaffirming the importance we place on the award. we welcome the decision to award the chinese dissident and for fundamental freedoms, including his role in the drafting of charters 08. we respect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of chinese citizens. we continue to call for his immediate release. >> can you give us more of a flavor of the meeting this ?orning wit >> my understanding is the review process, getting a perspective on the israeli side of how to move forward. the secretary and he engaged in substantive issues. i will leave it -- leave it there. >> it did not know what the israelis perspective is? >> their perspective has been pretty clear from day one. >> that is all i will tell you. i am sure when you see the secretary you will ask her about this as well. >> what about in terms of her speech? the you expect her to say anything that advances -- quex in her speech, she will give our current perspective on where

independece in south sudan would also boost the independence in darfur.ecially if there is another opening. perhaps, with this in mind, this of sudanese president has made extensive efforts -- the south sudan president has made extensive efforts. the most powerful of these groups, the justice and equality movement, which launched a raid on the capitol itself, something previously thought impossible. the dispute over a border region, lying along the north- south and border, also has the potential to spike into a civil war. hundreds of local residents were killed in 2008 between forces of the north and south. a separate referendum to be held separately with an independence vote will determine whether abyei joins the north or the south. most are expected to join. the arabs, who pasture there herd's there for most of the year, will be included in the voting. there are few signs the referendum will take place on time. khartoum has said it is necessary. there is new violence in the already war ravaged territory. officials now speak of annexing abyei, but only a

and the visit in darfur. we also continue to monitor very closely the situation in haightly. -- haiti. we stand ready to support efforts to thoughly review so it's consistent with the haitian people, as expressed by the votes. we remain with the council's results that are inconsistent with the cno results which had more than 5,500 observers and observed the count in 1600, voting centers nationwide. and as haiti goes through this process of review and designated period for electoral complaints leading to the runoff election on january 16, we urge all political actors and their supporters to remain calm and work peacefully through the period, provide an electoral process to resolve any claims of irregularities. here at the department today, we are hosting for a series of meetings, at the secretary general of italy, he is the equivalent of the deputy foreign minister, and a series of meeting with the undersecretary, assistant secretary ether brimmer. those meetings will happen today reflecting the wide ring of i

. -- darfur. perhaps with this in mind, the president of south sudan has made extensive efforts to identify the opposition groups and hold talks with the most powerful groups, the justice and equality movement which shook the government by launching a raid on the government itself, something previously thought impossible. the dispute over the border region lying along the north/south border also has the potential of sparking a new civil war. hundreds of local residents were killed in clashes in 2008 between forces of the north and south. a separate referendum to be held simultaneously will determine whether abyei joins the north or the south. most of the districts are expected to vote for unification with the south, but the nomadics demand to be included in the voting. there are few signs the referendum will take place on time. khartoum has said a postponement is necessary, and anger is threatening to create new violence. southern officials now speak of annexing if a referendum cannot be held, but

. >> hi, i'm arkansan that human rights organization called save darfur a genocide convention network discussing now with new s.t.a.r.t. i'm curious, some of the questions are processed here but are the most sensitive issues that senator kyl or anyone that is trying to delay this or oppose the treaty, what is your response to those substantive arguments? and to come you mentioned before any delay, which you'd have to start from the start. i am just curious, what with that delay look like? is another year, two years, can you paint a picture of a plan b looks like? >> it's a little bit hard to predict. i mentioned during my remarks that we would be lucky not delay as i said. and i will stress once again that the treaty, if it is not ratified in the lame-duck session, by the way, with a senate that has very much grappled with the treaty, it's been many, many years since the senate had to give its advice and consent to the arms control treaty. i want to stress that i think it's been a very impressive effort, the due diligence the senate has done. it is the senate that is done the due dili

your efforts with respect to car darfur in bringing justice and peace to that region are particularly commendable. i thank you for your service an wish you well as you assume the daunting responsibilities of governor of the state of kansas. senator jim bunning and i served together for many, many years on the banking committee. and jim and mary kath rained kad their family brought so much to the senate as an organization and to the senate as a group of individuals, in some respects, a family. jim was one of the first and most insightful observers and critics of the growing issues in the housing market. he did it based upon his experience as a financial stockbroker in the world of finance and he did it basically also with his grasp of common sense and looking at things carefully and pragmatically based on main street, not on financial centers. we worked together on the housing committee and we did it in a way -- i enjoyed the collaboration. at times i was chairman of the subcommittee, at times he was chairman of the subcommittee. in all those times, the collaboration and the focus on t