dr. cronberg. >> i am the last speaker. [inaudible] >> first of all, i am a member of the european parliament, member of, a member of the foreign relations committee, a member of the defense committee. and also the chair of the parliament delegation with relations to iran. this doesn't mean that the delegation even if it is called a delegation is located in iran. on the other hand, we're in the parliament consists of different politicians from different groups in parliament. and our goal is to understand what's going on in iran. we follow the nuclear negotiations. we try to follow also the human rights situation, and many other aspects of the everything society. we tried have contacts with the parliament and also with the secret society, as well as people outside of iran. so i am not a part of association, but following the negotiations closely. the negotiations are led by katherine action, the representative of foreign policy in the european union, and i think this is why we in the european union are on the other side of t

dr. cronberg. let me compliment the arms control association. having emerged from obscurity of government business, i believe you have made and continue to make a major contribution to thinking and constructive examination. a policy in this critically important area. i am honored to be here and old friends -- have a chance to address this critically important issue. i was asked to address two questions. what is my judgment about baghdad and my view about the process ahead? i have done that against the backdrop of a third issue, the question of the overall situation i see at the present time. i used frequently tell this story about a man jumping out of the empire state building. going to the twenty-fifth for everything was simply splendid. i have to modify that taken to the west coast. a guy jumps of the golden gate bridge. he survives in the water and the currents sweep him away. we are more in that mode at the moment that we are on the empire state building where even with the new york police holding the safety net the chances are 99.9% death.

dr. cronberg. >> thank you. i am the last speaker. i speak from my chair. and my notes are so spread after the others. i will try to fill in as much as i can. first of all, i am a finnish member of the european parliament, member of the foreign relations committee, and a member of the defense committee, and also the chair of the parliaments delegation with relations to iran. this doesn't mean that the delegation, even if it's called a delegation, is located in iran. on the other hand, we are in the parliament. it consists of different politicians from different groups into parliament. and our goal is to understand what is going on in iran. we follow the nuclear negotiations. we try to follow also the human rights situation, and many other aspects of the iranian society. we try to have contacts with the parliament, and also with the civil society, as well as people outside of iran. so i am not a part of the negotiations, but following the negotiations closely. as you know, the negotiations are led by catherine ashton, the representative of foreign policy in

dr. cronberg. let me also compliment the arms control association. i'm a new and recent member, having emerged from the obscurity of government service in business. i believe you continue to make a major contribution to thinking and indeed to constructive expectation i think in a way that is a policy in this critically important area. i'm honored and pleased to be here. and many old friends in the audience. i'm delighted to have a chance to address this critically important issue. i was asked to address two questions. one, what is my judgment about istanbul and baghdad. and secondly, what is my view about the process ahead. i'll do that against the backdrop of a third issue, the question of the overall situations i see it at the present time. i used to frequently tell the story about the man jumping out of the umpire state building going past the 25th floor, everything was simply splendid. i have to modify that a little bit, take to it the west coast. the guy jumps off the golden gate bridge. he survives in the water and the currents sweep him away.

dr. cronberg. let me also control the arms control association, and i believe you have made and continue to make a major contribution to thinking and, indeed, to constructive examination. i think in a way that's a policy in this critically important area. i'm honored and pleased to be here, many old friends in the audience, and i'm delighted to have a chance to address this critically important issue. i was asked to address two questions. one, what is my judgment about istanbul and baghdad and, secondly, what is my view about the process ahead. i'll do that against the backdrop of a third issue, the question of the overall situation as i see it at the present time. i used to frequently tell the story about the man jumping out of the empire state building going past the 25th floor, everything was simply splendid. i have to modify that a little bit, take it to the west coast. the guy jumps off the golden gate bridge. he survives in the water, and the currents sweep him away. we're sort of more in tha

dr. cronberg?>> just on the question of verification, i think it's very interesting that the concrete proposals that have been put forth on the verification processes and how it could be carried out are put forth by former directors of the international adam -- international atomic energy agency. they've also come up with a reason proposal of verification which is very explicit on how you can take the steps and actually verify the question of military and civilian uses. so there are technical problems as i think this is a political problem. >> thank you very much. please join in thanking the speakers. [applause] >> finally on a personal know, michelle and i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance, their example during our own transition. george, i will always room at the gathering you posted all the living former presidents before i took office. your kind words of encouragement, plus you also left me a really good tv sports package. [laughter] >> i use it. [laughter] spent last we

dr. cronberg. >> are just on the question of verification, i think it's very interesting that concrete proposalst have have been put forth on the verification processes and how it could be carried out are put forth by former directors of the international atomic agency. people have come up with recent proposals on the verification which is very explicit on how you can take these steps and actually verify the question of military and civilian uses. so there are technical proposals. i think this is a political problem. >> thank you very much. please, join me in thanking our speakers. [applause] >> thank you, greg. thank you, panelists, for that insightful discussion on the iranian nuclear issue. we're now going to adjourn for about 25 minutes. we're going to feed you, we're going to pick up our program at noon with our keynote luncheon speaker, rose goettmuller, and let me just note that the lunch is buffet style. there are two lines, one here, one back there. so, please, fill your plate, come back to your seats, and we'll be beginning at noontime. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible c