. >>> the ambassador to japan says the investment submitted to the general assembly is a way toward peace. he said the palestinian's bid is progress to make middle east peace talks. >> we want very soon to cross the 130 because that means that we have two-third majority of the general assembly. states recognize the state of palestinian. >> he says it will have no legal force. by gaining support from the international committee, he believes it will put pressure on israel. palestinian will drive to become a full member of the united nations despite the veto of the plan. recognition of a palestinian state would entitd them to a full member presentation. >>> next we go to our bureau in bangkok with the latest on what is happening in the region. >> greetings from the thai capital. countries around the world are reacting to the thursday appointment to the al qaeda leader. the response indicates deferring attitudes to the terror group chief. the u.s. secretary of defense robert gates questioned al-zawahri's ability to inspire the group. >> i think he will face some challenges. bin laden has been

the general assembly was held on tuesday following last week's decision by the security council to recommend the reappointment of the secretary-general. ban, who is 67, became u.n. chief in january 2007 and will serve through the end of 2016. >> standing in this place, mindful of the immense legacy of my predecessors, i'm humbled by your trust, and enlarged by our sense of common purpose. >> the former south korean foreign minister was criticized by some european countries at the start of his term for failing to address human rights concerns, but ban has become active in addressing international issues. he has strengthened partnerships with the obama administration in his efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. more recently he supported the multinational military operation in libya. the challenges that ban will continue to tackle in his second term include the problems of the middle east and building a new framework on climate change. >>> police in southern china are offering cash and urban residency status to domestic migrant workers who help identify participants in a three-da

general assembly in the i think we should not trust the united states to ripple but we should trust ourselves if obama was not to veto the declaration of a palestinian state would he not face political pressure at home i mean after all there is an exception and he wants to win you know if the problem. is the interest the continuing give way but i i think obama really wants peace in the world especially in this region which affects the way in the middle east in the wall of the world in a way so i believe from the obama's first of i'm concerned with the wind being and we're doing of his own people but he's also interested in continuing the mission in the vision and the it took it on him so when it took off what is your reading of the relationship between a barman israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu there were many who stayed there netanyahu is a recent visit there so obama backtracking on what he what he said and essentially becoming a puppet of netanyahu you could see the there was not a lot of for a chemist. three in this meeting but i think not too much would be to this kind of music w

general assembly in the i think we should not trust the united states but we should. if the bomber was not to veto the declaration of a palestinian state would he not face political pressure at home i mean after all there is an election that he wants to win you know if. it was the continuing. i think obama really wants. peace in the world especially in this region which affects the way in the middle east and the wall in the world in a way so i believe that clearly obama's first from concern with the wind being unwilling of his own people but he's also interested in continuing the missions and vision and the it took upon him so when it took all of what is your reading of the relationship between obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu they would need to state their netanyahu is a recent visit there so obama backtracking on what he what he said and essentially becoming a puppet of netanyahu you could see the there was not a lot of chemistry in this. we think but they think not too much will be to this kind of music and we can say that the relationship betwee

general assembly. i think we should not trust the united states to vehicle but we should trust ourselves if obama was not to veto the declaration of a palestinian state would he not face political pressure at home i mean after all there is an election that he wants to win you know every politician is interested in continuing but i i think obama really wants. peace in the world and especially in this region which affect in a way in the middle east in the wall of the old world in a way so i believe there's a will most first of all concerned with the wind being in windowing of his own people but he's also not interested in continuing the missions in the vision it took upon him so when it took off what is your reading of the relationship between obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu there were many who stayed there netanyahu his recent visit there saw garner backtracking on what he got he said and essentially becoming a puppet of netanyahu you could see the there was not a lot of chemistry in

on friday morning november 2nd eisenhower learned the general assembly had passed the americans cease-fire resolution by a vote of 64-5 with the soviet union voting in favor. democratic candidate adlai stevenson was harshly critical of the situation. we have alienated our ancient and strong as european allies, he said. we alienated israel. we have alienated egypt and the arab countries. in the united nations our main associate in middle eastern matters appears to be the soviet union. in the very week when the red army has been shooting down hungary and poland stevens and concluded i doubt if ever before in our diplomatic history that any policy has been such an abysmal, such a complete and catastrophic failure. mike was not sleeping well. his doctor was concerned the president's blood pressure was bottled up. his heart skipped beats and he suffered constant abdominal discomfort and diarrhea. the records at the eisenhower library are so marvelously detailed. i told one of the library staff daily reports of the president's diarrhea was just a little more information than i really wanted or n

general assembly. the south korean diplomat has declared climate change is his first challenge. reflected on his reappointment. >> as you said, he was reappointed by acclamation and i actually asked him a little while ago why he thought that was. he said it was because he had worked hard at being a bridge builder and seeking consensus and try to connect countries and their interests. i think he is widely seen by diplomats as someone who is very hard-working and very serious and very diligent and determined. crucially, he has managed to keep the support of the five members of the security council because he needs the endorsement of all of them in order to get a circuit -- second term as secretary general. he has come under some pretty harsh criticism from some u.n. officials and those who follow the u.n., the men's rights workers who watch what it has done. -- the human rights workers who watch what he has done. there is a weakness that maybe his inoffensiveness is something that is a weakness. he is too timid to challenge the big powers and the big human rights abusers. that is

general assembly in september. earlier this week, the nuclear chief iran announced their intention to triple their production of highly enriched uranium and to continue to install more advanced subterfuges for that purpose. there also experimented with nuclear triggers that have only one purpose -- to detonate a nuclear bomb. what should the united states do in the face of these facts? we first need to acknowledge 20 years of trying to negotiate peace with evil regimes and organizations dedicated to the destruction of israel and our own has been a failure. [applause] the time has come to clearly and decisively take the offensive against evil regimes and organizations. this begins with a firm and consistent commitment by the united states in the tradition of speaking plainly and truthfully about the nature of our enemies. next, our policies must reflect the fact that there is no moral equivalency between terrorist regimes and in legitimate self- governing country that abides by the rule of law. [applause] a foreign

. >> at this morning i sent a letter to the membership of the general assembly and the council, offering humbly myself for consideration for second term as secretary general of the united nations. >> ban told a news conference at u.n. headquarters in new york on monday. he says tackling global warming continues to be his priority. he also referred to the unrest in the middle east. >> act now before it is too late. let me say it again. this is once in a generation opportunity to advance freedom and democracy. >> the former south korean foreign minister became u.n. chief in january, 2007. he has been criticized by some european countries for lacking leadership and failing to address human rights issues. but china's u.n. ambassador said u.n. ambassadors from asian countries and unanimously agree to ban's re-election. the five permanent members of the security council have also backed him for a second term. ban has built an alliance with the obama administration to address foreign policy issues to the united nations as much as possible. ban will serve through the end of 2016 if he wins his s

general assembly. the palestinians have said they will request recognition of palestinian statehood based upon the 1967 borders. this action would violate every standing agreement the palestinians have with israel including the oslo accords. [applause] such recognition would take place totally apart from any negotiation with israel and without them renouncing violence or acknowledging the state could. while president obama says that the united states will vote against this action, some nations, including some in europe, are sending the signal that they may vote for it. >> boo! >> a vote to recognize the palestinian state would strengthen terrorist believes that their commitment to violence and their unwavering rejection of israel has begun to produce the desired goals. [applause] president obama and the state department must be clear in their discussions with our western allies to remember the mistakes of history and to reject this unilateral action that would reward terrorist groups refused to abide b

the general assembly has just reelected him and the post. they praised him for his loyalty, discretion, and conscience over the past five years. his next term begins in january and will run through 2016. ban has pledged to make climate changes priority. >> now we go to greece and the debt problems. >> there are two sides. they are rejecting their austerity measures. they are facing today% less income. this was presented by -- which run public opinion polls. countries to share the euro are holding their breath and hope for further budget cuts to help to boost these bailout funds. >> greece has been struggling to implement cost-cutting measures over the past year but to little effect. they have a dismal record on tax collection. state property should have been sold off but it has not happened. in second round of austerity measures as necessary. the government would like to cut spending by 28 billion euros over the next three years. 50 billion will cut from tax hikes. the study measures will total 78 billion euros. this is with the budget cuts

. >> rose: how do you think russia will vote in the general assembly if there's a palestinian statehood vote? >> i don't have instructions yet but i can tell you this resolution will get huge support in the general assembly. huge support. >> rose: is it wise for that vote to take place, in your judgment? >> if there is no... it's wise or not wise, probably this is not the issue. there is no progress. a stalemate of the kind we have now in the talks, inevitably it's going to happen. >> rose: it's now june 2011, the vote will take place in september 2011 if there's no talks. it will take place at the time that all the foreign ministers and heads of state come here? >> it's for the palestinians. they haven't told us yet. >> rose: i can't imagine your country wouldn't support the palestinians in this case, can you? >> i cannot imagine anybody not supporti with the exception of one country, and the marshall islands who sometimes vote together with the unit states. but, no, it's... and not just to walk into the united nations, to pal panly get the sense of frustration about a number of things

general assembly in september and going for a vote about palestinian statehood. that's going to force israel's hand. that's going to create a diplomatic situation. you have simone peres coming to the white house tomorrow to talk about what they're seeing as a crisis on the horizon because israel is concerned that if the palestinians simply go to a vote at the u.n. general assembly in september they overnight will have a state and certain things are discussed and negotiated, that's going to -- that's going to put this conflict -- it's going to take a turn that many, you know -- that many israelis are concerned about. that being said, president bush was the first american president to declare that two states for two peoples was the goal of u.s. policy and that the palestinians deserve a state. that was a major step forward. so we've seen so much movement actually it looks like the israelis and the palestinians are locked in a fight that's been going on forever. but, in fact, there's a lot going on and you really need to -- what we try to do with the characters -- t

this is well documented, to recognize israel immediately and to help get the united nations general assemblyo accept the partition of palestine when it was a jewish state and a palestinian state. so played a key role. but he was not lying or spinning in that case. the real lying in spending that took place at that point in time had to do with what the scientists as shortly thereafter the israelis to the palestinians to create the state of israel. the fact is that the land that is today israel was once filled with many more palestinians and jews. in 1948 the israelis had to ethnically cleanse the palestinians to created jewish state that was a lot 80 percent jewish and 20 percent palestinian. as you can imagine, the israelis did not want the world, especially the americans, to know they gazed and at book cleansing. they invented a series of missile what happened that made it look like the palestinians were responsible for their own demise and not the israelis themselves. but this was not true. >> host: john mearsheimer, "why leaders lie." was it of fun book to look right? speech you very much

possibility that the united states could veto the establishment of a palestinian state and still the general assembly would recognize that. mission of the palestinian state was already announced the 1980's a bias. and nothing happened so this can happen again and again we're not going anything to the palestinians a what can what it can achieve is the continuation of the delegitimization of the state of israel and this is something that i think can be avoided only through political talks do you have faith that netanyahu is serious about peace i have faith in him because for the last two years when i served my country is the israeli ambassador to the united nations a saw i watch very clearly not only what he said in the belly landing in first speech which was two states for two countries but also the way that he acted in freezing for ten months the building in the settlements which no current no government the ever before why didn't we hear so much about settlement building taking place despite the construction freeze that there was not the continuation of the building in those ten months but in those

si yo supiera eso estarÍa haciendo otra cosa no en el general assembly. porque es una cosa difÍcil.ro no fue una cosa que nosotros dijimos: "oh, vamos a coger el dream act y lo vamos a pasar". nos llevÓ mucho tiempo hablando con los republicanos, hablando con los demÓcratas, hablando con los afroamericanos. mucha gente estaba en contra de esto, porque mucha gente dice: "oh, si nosotros les damos esto y pasamos esto, les vana dar licencia, les van a dar un montÓn de distintas cosas". no es cierto. esto no tiene que ver con licencia, esto no tiene que ver con nada, esto lo que tiene que ver es con fondos pa' que nuestra juventud vaya a la escuela, es todo. pero que la oposiciÓn dice que es otra cosa, que hay cosas escondidas que no estamos diciendo. no, no, esto no es cierto. yo les digo a ellos "esto solamente es pa' mandar a nuestros niÑos a la escuela". en los estados unidos cualquiera puede aplicar para esto y tiene el derecho a ir a la escuela. >>lo grave es que mientras uds. a nivel estatal estÁn ayudando a distintos aspectos de nuestra comunidad a nivel federal, no hay el lider

because of the security council and for me it faces me a lot of rivals interviewed activity general assembly on tuesday in south korea and has pushed through a number of vital reforms in the areas of private charity and nuclear disarmament some sort of support of pro-democracy movements in the middle east and north africa . so now we continue our journey to the cold this continent on earth. imagine or even with a fierce climate leaves little time for religion but artie's thomas found out that isn't the case during a visit to the southernmost russian orthodox church and it. perched atop a picturesque a rocky hill overlooking the sea so it's a typical in a tiny russian orthodox church so this scene looks like it could be taken right out of a siberian picture book think again. that the world this is important so far this is the only antarctic station that has a russian orthodox church. in fact the trinity church is the southernmost russian orthodox church on the planet and getting it was not an easy operation there. in two thousand and two they built a temple from the cedar tree and the church

now three and four foreign minister faces no other arrivals and is to be reelected by the un general assembly on tuesday donkey moon has pushed a number of vital reforms in such fears spheres as climate change or nuclear design and as well as supporting pro-democracy movements in the middle east and north africa. israel has been holding by. israel has been holding back millions of dollars of palestinians money leaving thousands of people without any wagers it's tox revenue that suppose that's supposed to be passed by the palestinian people but says the political groups hamas and fatah reconciles the payments stopped policy or has been meeting some of those who are suffering at the sharp end. we are we gods of the palestinian ministry of finance his job is to check everything that comes into this building but he has no control over what goes out least of all his salary which is paid by the ministry and sometimes comes a long overdue if my salary comes later it's like my life stops i simply cannot do anything i have a wife and four children to feed and when i don't get paid on time it makes lot

holding members of the security council and even bases in a lot of battles in reelected by the general assembly room tuesday the south korean the us pushed through a number of vital reforms in the areas of climate change and nuclear disarmament is also supported pro-democracy movements in the middle east and north africa. now we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth on toxic you can imagine dealing with a fierce climate leaves little time for religion but all it is shown thomas found out that isn't the case during a visit to the southernmost russian orthodox church the planet. perched atop a picture ask a rocky hill overlooking the sea so it's a typical and a tiny russian orthodox church so this scene looks like it could be taken right out of a siberian picture book think again. at the words this is important so far this is the only antarctic station that has a russian orthodox church. in fact the trinity church is the southernmost russian orthodox church on the planet and getting it here was not an easy operation. in two thousand and two they built the temple from the cedar tr

with the meetings of the general assembly of the recognitions the three countries yemen and you care and saudi arabia committed themselves to words and national universal dialogue in yemen but in spite of that nobody is thinking about it now you know because i don't know these values are at the end will be used only if it helps their own interests if it's against their interest then they find themselves in a dilemma ok you have under your last word in this program do you think that israel and the united states and its western well i just got too used to having a very pliant arab world and they're just they're just caught flat footed in how to deal with all these strangers and we all agreed all these countries are different. well i think again israel has certain never chose its environments never decided that yes we'd like to be surrounded by police states and dictatorships because first of all these these regimes their interest is in perpetuating conflict because it's a great way for them to take world attention in the attention of their own civilians away from the real problems of t

general assembly and i think we should not trust the united states to veto but we should trust ourselves if obama was not to veto the declaration of a palestinian state would he not face political pressure at home i mean after all there is an election that he wants to when you know every politician is interested in continuing his way but i i think obama really wants peace in the world especially in this region which affects the way in the middle east in the whole the whole world in a way so i believe that obama is first of all concerned with their well being and will doing of his own people but he's also interested in continuing the missions and the vision that he took upon himself where.

kingdom government tables its resolution for observance of the olympic truce the united nations general assembly based on this year that will add to a specific proposals for peace and reconciliation so we will maximize this historic opportunity to? >> i'm sure the whole house will want to congratulate lord bates for his great feat. we will be promoting -- sorry. [laughter] >> accidental apologies for the. we will be promoting a resolution to the united nations calling for the continued of service of the olympic truth for the 2012 games. we wish to make the most of this historic opportunity and we are considering other international initiatives to promote the spirit of the truths and it said here they are engaging our emphasis. >> mr. speaker, will parents up and down be horrified to know because of the government's proposal and the perfection of freedom though a person convicted of rape of a child will not automatically be put on the list from working with children? >> what we have done in terms of that is remove the huge number of people who are not a risk to children, but we do want to make su

general assembly in the i think we should not trust the united states to whittle but we should trust ourselves if obama was not to veto the declaration of a palestinian state would he not face political pressure at home i mean after all there is an election that he wants to win you know every politician is interested in continuing the way but i i think obama really wants peace in the world especially in this region which affects the way in the middle east in the whole of the whole world in a way so i believe that obama's first of all concerned with the wind being and we're doing of his own people but he's also interested in continuing their missions in the vision and the it took upon him so when he took off what is your reading of the relationship between obama and the israeli prime minister been.