so that was the background of geneva conventions but under the geneva conventions everyone who signshas to enact a statute that makes it a crime in that country to violate those geneva conventions. so, it took a while, for years, but in 1996, a republican congressperson, of north carolina, proposed the war crimes act, which made it a u.s. crime to violate the geneva convention. not an international crime, not a matter of international law, but a matter of u.s. law, u.s. criminal law, to violate the geneva conventions. so in this memo to president bush, alberto gonzales said if we opt out of geneva conventions, we reduce the possibility of prosecution under the war crimes act. this is their logic, i'm not going to subscribe to, but their logic was since the war crimes act carries out the geneva conventions, if we say the geneva conventions don't apply than the war crimes act doesn't apply. so the press in reporting about the widely publicized decision of the bush administration to opt out of the geneva conventions through al qaeda and for the taliban, mentioned in point number one in

car barn on san jose and geneva. in brief, a quick summary of how this has come about. 1999, primarily through neighborhood efforts, we save the building from demolition. in 2002 through 2004, we established a partnership with the rec and park based upon the idea that programming for recreational purposes for 14 through 24-year-old was an area of that the department was weak, and the goal here was to develop a new approach to recreation at this building. the building is also the center piece around the center of the district 11 neighborhood, and it is right across the street from the bart station and extremely transit accessible. that was another major reason why the department was interested in locating a facility for this purpose at this location. in 2004, the building was psychically upgraded with funding from muni's demolition fund for the building and from the rec and park department, and also from grants which the geneva car burned received. we hired staff people, started the recreation programming. we have bee

that was the background of the geneva convention under the geneva convention every country has to enact a statute that makes it a crime in that country to violate those geneva conventions. so it took a little while, 40 years, but in 1996 a republican congress person from north carolina propose the war crimes act which made it a u.s. crime to violate the geneva convention. and international crime. not a matter of international law, but a matter of you as law, u.s. criminal law, to violate the geneva convention. in his memo to president bush, alberto gonzalez said, if we opt out of the geneva convention, we reduce the possibility of prosecution under the war crimes act. this is their that is an astonishing memorandum, and it says, as we discussed, so it wasn't just a memo going to the president. they had a conversation about it and of course president bush opted out of the geneva convention. in response to this memo. and what is very interesting is that they went merrily along, thinking that there would be no liability under the war crimes act, and why were they so worried about the war c

and to create a new sense of momentum in geneva. yes, u.s. and commercial interests are in some cases different. our political systems and impulses don't always line up neatly when it comes to trade policy. and our emphasis on the wto as a venue for seek to go resolve really tough by lateral trade disputes has at times colored our collaboration. but we can't afford, either of us, to allow the development of an impression that we are pulling apart at the wto. we have to stay focused on our shared commitment to the value of the institution, and to our responsibilities as two of its key leaders. equally important, the u.s. and the eu need to reinforce each other in insisting that the wto must remain true to its fundamental missions. liberalizing trade, serving as a bulwark against protectionist pressures, and generating enforceable rules that provide essential stability to the trading system. our partnership with the eu on wto affairs is strong. but we can always do better. and it helps us immensely that organizations like the u.s. chamber and b

i think we should tap into the energy that i see in geneva today. i've been very gratified on this issue by the broad bipartisan support that has been expressed in washington. i've seen no distinctions whatsoever between republicans and democrats in terms of what they think about the -- the concept of promoting services liberalization. so -- so i think we should get to work, continue the work that's going on. there's a meeting this week, the next round of discussions among the experts that are involved in this services discussion. i should mention one very positive sign. we will be joined in the friends group this week by two new additional members. costa rica and peru, two developing countries, approached the group about participating. we're very happy to welcome them into the discussion. we view them very much as being like-minded in terms of countries that have a demonstrated interest in services liberalization. so we're seeing a very positive dynamic here, and let's build on that as much as we can. >> all right. with that, ambassador punke, i wa

violation of article 3, common to the geneva convention and of additional protocol 2, punishable under article 3a of the statute, count three. the trial chamber finds that to the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that members of the 3 groups murdered civilians in various locations in the following districts of sierra leone. kenema district between may 25, 1997 and about march 31, 1998. in kono district between february 1998 and about 31 january, 2000. in freetown in the western area of between about december 21, 1998 and february 28, 1999. kailahoon district, 1998 through june, 1998. rape, a crime against humanity, count for, the trial chamber finds that the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that members of the three groups committed widespread acts of rape against women and girls in various locations in the following districts of sierra leone. kono between first and december 31 but, 1998. freetown in the western area between december 21, 1998 and about 28 february in 1999. kailahoon district in 1998 and 1999, women and girls were raped in various location

acts of terrorism and a violation of article 3 according to the geneva conventions. count two. murder, crime against humanity, pursuant to article 2a of the statute. count three. violence, murder, violation of article 3, and to the geneva conventions and other protocols, too. count four. rape, a crime against humanity. count five. sexual slavery, a crime against humanity. count six. outrages upon personal dignity, a violation of article 3, common to the geneva conventions and of additional protocol, too. couont seven. by winds to life, health, physical or mental well-being of persons, in particular cruel treatment. count eight. other inhumane acts, crimes against humanity. count nine, in listing children under the age of 15 years into the armed forces or groups and using them to participate actively in hostilities -- another serious violation of international humanitarian law, pursuant to article 4c of the statute. count 10. enslavement, a crime against humanity. count 11. pillage, a violation of article 3, common to the geneva conventions and other additional protocol, too. th

we did think about geneva car barn. it is interesting. from 2008 to 2012, ceqa is planning a much stronger role in helping us and allowing us which projects we end of identifying the that is actually the first step towards having your project named specifically in the bond. you need to get your ceqa completed the unfortunately, geneva car barn is in the middle of its process. until that is completed, we would not give a call up this much money for geneva car barn. in addition, the whole project is $15 million, roughly. we have talked about varying amounts of what the city's contribution could be to that project. but we were trying to balance the needs of things that a more shovel-ready versus projects that still have a way to go in terms of becoming ripe enough to receive and use the investment. we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. the city has given, $600,000 in the past, to do planning. our commitment to this project is stro

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. the city has given, $600,000 in the past, to do planning. our commitment to this project is strong. it is just that is not quite ready yet to meet the legal requirements necessary to be named in the bond. >> [inaudible] >> good morning, commissioners. my name is janet. i live in district 8 and frequent the so-called natural areas which are becoming less and less and natural. more and more burdens using more and more pesticides and putting up more fences. because of this, i am part of the san francisco forest alliance to which was formed to stop this destruction of national areas. a broad coalition from throughout the city. the rally attracted 150 people with standing room only, and over 2,000 people have signed on. the forest alliance like of a campaign against the bond if it will be used to fund more destructive projects. the current vague assurances about how the bond money will be used

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. the city has given, $600,000 in the past, to do planning. our commitment to this project is strong. it is just that is not quite ready yet to meet the legal requirements

we're working closely with the geneva car our folks. the department is helping to pay for some of that environmental review and the application costs. costs. the city has given, $600,000 in

and he has reported from tehran, geneva, berlin, new york, tripoli and other key cities on the iranian issue and currently writing a book on the diplomacy of the iranian nuclear crisis. our second speaker is barbara slavin who specializes on iran at "the atlantic council. as a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center for sol lars, she authored bitter friends, boss some enemies, iran, the u.s. and the twisted path to confrontation, assistant managing editor for world and national security at the washington times. in 2008 and 2009. prior to that served for 12 years as senior diplomatic reporter for usa today where she covered such key issues as the u.s.-led war on terrorism in iraq, a policy toward rogue states and the arab israeli conflict, avoiding three secretaries of state on their officials travels and reported solo from iran, libya, israel, egypt, income, china, saudi arabia and syria, all the garden spots. our third speaker today is of ali nader, a senior international policy analyst at the rand corporation. his research has focused on iran's political dynamics, decision

iranian nuk lass crisis ex tense sif will i in vienna from 2002 to 2007 and reported from tehran, geneva and currently writing a back on the did i diplomacy of the iranian nuclear crisis. our second speaker is barbara slaven who specializes on iran as a non-resident senior fellow at the atlantic counsel, a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson scholars and an author and she was assistant managing editor for world and national security at the washington times and in 2008 and 2009 and prior to that she served for 12 years as senior diplomatic reporter for "u.s.a. today" where she covered such key issues as the u.s. led war aterrorism in iraq, policy towards rogue states and accompanied three secretaries of state on official travels and reported solo from iran, israel, egypt, north korea, saudi arabia and syria. our third speaker is alaraza nader, senior internal policy analyst and research focused iran's political dynamics, leads decision making and iranian foreign policy. he raises publications include coping with a nuclearizing iran, israel and iran, a dangerous rivalry, the next s

seem past and present american presidents it is a matter of national security according to the geneva convention it's torture so why is the us dropping ninety nine of one hundred one cases dealing with cia interrogation techniques or explore. and in the quest for energy independence the us is calling out all the stops to hunt for the next great energy source and i draw it fracturing may hold the key only the e.p.a. approved will tell you about the latest tussle over fracking i know. your fire wall street movement is splitting along ideological lines on one side the so-called die hard occupiers on the other people who believe the left is trying to co-opt the protests so is there a battle for the soul of the occupy movement. it's tuesday april seventeenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching artsy. well we began today on the issue of using torture terror suspects waterboarding and stress positions and just two techniques used by the u.s. against those accused of having ties to terrorism now a secret memo has been leaked which brands them war crimes and shows

the past and present american presidents it is a matter of national security but according to the geneva convention it's torture so why is the us dropping ninety nine of one hundred one cases dealing with cia interrogation techniques all explore. and in the class for energy independence the us calling out all the stops to hunt for the next great energy source and i draw it fracturing may hold the key if only the e.p.a. approved will tell you about the latest tussle over fracking. and it is one of the most prestigious awards of journalists in the land and honored of the people who bring us the daily news and now the pulitzer prize is making history awarding online media outlets for the first time and so is this yet another sign that newspapers are going the way of the dinosaurs. it's tuesday april seventeenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz of all and you're watching artsy. well we begin today on the issue of using torture on terror suspects waterboarding and stress positions just two of the techniques used by the u.s. against those accused of having ties to terrorism now a secret

go back to your no no no here come on you guys this is let's go back to the topic of the program geneva if i go back to you in washington do you think that the west has been asking for too many preconditions and dealing with iran and its nuclear program yes i think that. that there have been preconditions and there has been an attitude by the west that iran needs to do x. y. or z. or there won't be negotiations and i think that this is why the negotiations have not progressed and let me say also that i wrote extensively about the tehran declaration this is the declaration that mr marandi referred to earlier that was brokered between brazil and turkey and i agree it was a huge mistake for the united states to go for sanctions and not try to work within the framework of this agreement because at that time this allowed iran to say faced it could have been a way to open negotiations but i'd like to also. refer to and return to another point which is that if one hot to me were president today of iran we wouldn't be having this conversation and there wouldn't be a threat of war there wouldn't

but the effort for a geneva conference has thus far been blocked, and mr. gordon walker was told that he should stay away from hanoi and peiping. the commonwealth attempted to send a committee of the commonwealth to several capitals to explore the possibility of peace. we welcome that initiative but hanoi and peiping have told them not to come. we made a number of efforts on our own, both publicly and privately. president johnson in baltimore, for example, offered unconditional skidiscussion wit the governments concerned. but hanoi and peiping called this offer a hoax. 17 non-aligned nations publicly appealed for a peaceful solution by negotiations without pre-conditions. we welcome this proposal. but it was rejected by hanoi and peiping. the distinguished president of india made a constructive suggestion, that there be an end of hostilities and an afro-asian police force established in vietnam. to us, this proposal was full of interest and hope. but by hanoi and red china, it was rejected as a betrayal. so all of these abrupt and violent rejections of peac

it is connecting to the new geneva and the brt. that project we hope will be done and coordinating on the geneva brt initiative, which is an initiative across the by- county partnership. the authority board approved after we had applied for and received some grant funding -- this is a continuation of our transportation effort in the bay area. this will be to help some of the organizations serving be used and general community members to get from those services and programs. and in particular, general vehicle sharing and collaboration there. the department of health will come forward with a potential pilot for the y and other coordination for transportation in the heels of an area. -- in the hell's own area. the oakdale study will be presented in the may/june cycle, along with bridge replacement. i will turn it over to maria at this point and then come back to speak to that. i want to thank commissioner cohen for being such a leader with both our board and the caltrans board for such a good process and outcome. excuse me, there's on

balboa park station area last year when we did not have ramps, curb ramps, on the southern side of geneva by san jose, and by the kiss and ride, as well as san jose and geneva, and she was helpful and instrumental in getting these curb ramps. getting off at bart or muni, pushing a stroller, you had to maneuver an area that was inaccessible. a stroller, moving around that area, and so is a wheelchair. we have many parts in san francisco that are still like that, where people with strollers, people disabilities in wheel chairs and other mobility issues, that is one area where we have not completed all of the work that needs to get done. this is a step in the right direction, and i wholeheartedly support it. as the city and county of san francisco, i have talked a lot about one park that is not accessible. we have been talking about that for 3.5 years now. i see major improvements going to places all over san francisco, and one place that 3000 people per day use not being accessible, we cannot do this with people's safety and accessibility, and yet this is how we do business, and i hope we c

it's not deterring a body sitting in geneva. it's deterring the decisions of 192 other member states. individually. and there is not one single blunt instrument that has that cumulative effect. it just doesn't work that way. >> so therefore, we disregard our policy? >> no, what we do -- >> that's your approach? >> -- is devise policies that serve our interests. we don't stick to policies that are many years old that are no longer working as intended and are in fact self-defeating. instead, we customize the tools for the time. i think your legislation, adopted in december, did that. and that puts pressure and targeted pressure on the palestinians. we can sit here and talk, and i'm happy to do, about what do we do about the other 192 u.n. member states and how do we influence their decisions on this. that's what we do every day in terms of our diplomacy. but that's not the same as shooting a single scattershot at an institution like the world health organization or like unesco, which is an aggregation of programs and activities th

hesitation and they view them in turkey precisely because of those low clouds and part ways with geneva on the question of the degree to which iran has ever been amenable to engagement even to a grand bargain it seems that even during the carter years even during the years when there was talk of a so-called dialogue of civilizations there were elements from the supreme leader on down that would have prevented it and did prevented whenever it had a chance of success and i think the reason for that is indicated by iran's behavior which is a grand this behavior is hey we were rapidly running on or were in riyadh as well rabidly running out of time for summer and it sounds like you know you know the west could engage the soviet union it could engage communist china but you know something's wrong with iran that's what you keep hearing you know you can't negotiate with the iranians and how do you react to that because that's what we hear all the time i think it's because that's because it's because basically the iranians are not going to go down on their knees and the west is not used to that

in a statement released friday in geneva, the u.n. secretary-general says the launch violates security council resolutions despite its failure. ban urges north korea not to undertake any further provocative actions that would heighten tensions in the region. japanese authorities spent weeks preparing for the launch. they ordered self-defense force personnel to set up interceptor missiles in the southern prefecture of okinawa. locals there expressed relief the north korean missile did not head their way. >> translator: i was so nervous because we couldn't see it coming. i had no idea when the missile would land. >> translator: i was so worried about my grandchild. i hope japan and other countries will thoroughly discuss this issue. >> south korean ministers gathered immediately after the launch. they came out to criticize their neighbors. >> translator: every launch that utilizes long-range ballistic missile technology is a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1874. this was a provocative act to threaten the peace and st

ferrucci, andrea, dba the dark horse inn. 942 geneva. limited live performance permit. >> good evening. it is a 49-person occupancy full-service restaurant. it serves food seven days a week. it is open until 10:30 during the week. this would allow them to have acoustic music performances. we recommend approval. >> ok. is there anybody here from the applicant? i understand i butchered your name. i apologize. welcome. >> thank you. we would just like to say that we have got a lot of scared -- a lot of community support. all of our regular, the community, the surrounding businesses we have spoken to have supported marketing the permit. we have a petition signed by over 100 people who have come in and supported us. >> ok. commissioners come any questions? ok. any public comment on the application? yes, sir? >> good evening. buzz brooks. i am a night driver. i have been driving at night for 30 years. i am well aware of the nighttime problems around the city. as you know, the geneva avenue carter has been somewhat belated for the last how many

could be there in geneva. >> so you were sort of not just a banker but also a personal shopper? >> if you will, at a concierge level. >> birkenfeld claims his motives in going to the justice department were mostly altruistic. he offered to wear a wire to gather evidence against high-level ubs executives in exchange for full immunity for his transgressions, but the negotiations broke down. and birkenfeld neglected to tell them about his dealings with this man, california real estate developer igor olenicoff, who was his biggest client. birkenfeld helped olenicoff hide $200 million by introducing him to a consultant who specialized in creating shell companies and sham entities that concealed the ownership of the ubs accounts. >> i don't sign people's tax return, so what they do with their taxes is not my business. i'm a banker. >> so you would steer them to somebody who would help them hide their money? >> i would them to these service providers. >> that's correct. >> you must have known deep down that it was illegal. >> when you came into the u.s. you felt uncomfortable. that's c

munitions violate the hague regulations of nineteen zero seven and then r d you also violates the geneva protocol one nine hundred twenty five. so they are clear the use of the u. is clearly a war crime is it a little late is it to you it shouldn't be but why does the united states use our land mines why we don't we're trying to stop it the problem is how. do you know how do you bring the rule of law to bear on the united states government it's very difficult to do and especially on the pentagon there are you know there are a lot to themselves so that's why it's so hard to bring the united states to heel or he sees isolation on the international stage as being the only way forward i think if we can get all the parties to the geneva protocol to send in that letter to the french government now apparently even the british are willing to go although that is armed and the u.s. then is the only outlier on d. you just maybe they'll say ok let's stop using the. france's boyles cause seems a desperate one the united states continue to make use of the iranians in developing their military arsenal.

the international stage as being the only way forward i think if we can get all the parties to the geneva protocol to send in that letter to the french government now apparently even the british are willing to go although with us. and the u.s. then is the only outlier on d. you just maybe they'll say ok let's let's stop using the. france's boyles cause seems a desperate one the united states continue to make use of uranium in developing their military arsenal. in two thousand and three one year before the battle of fallujah donald rumsfeld then defense secretary made a reference before the u.s. congress to the use of a new weapon the hellfire missile. the new missile can take out the first floor of a building without damaging the floors above and is capable of reaching around corners striking enemy forces that hiding or bunkers this declaration went largely unnoticed but it heralded the development of a new missile that would be tested during the early days of the war in iraq. some experts did react to rumsfeld declaration one of them was arms researcher di williams. this scientist is a m

we did think about geneva car barn. it is interesting. from 2008 to 2012, ceqa is planning a much stronger role in helping us and allowing us which projects we end of identifying the that is actually the first step towards having your project named specifically in the bond. you need to get your ceqa completed the unfortunately, geneva car barn is in the middle of its process. until that is completed, we wo

s human rights council in geneva. israeli ambassador says al ashkar advocating violence against israel. if we had not been part of that council, again, which many people objected to, we wouldn't have been able to have taken that action. also u.s. -- in another news report, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. -- human rights council eileen chamberlain donna who said, took a strong position, and she made the statement, "the united states on monday urged the united nations human rights council in geneva to stop its biased treatment of israel." it took particularly issue with agenda item 7 on which -- and this is something i've been complaining about. as long as i've been on this session. every single session the united states council has put an item on it, on their agenda with regard to israel, and, she said, the united states continues to be deeply troubled by the council's bias and disproportionate focus on israel, as exemplified by the standing agenda item. i think it's very important that the united states became part of thi

outside of the geneva conventions or for your friends that you. went so far as to go back to the constitution and say that the eighth amendment an unusual punishment was essential here it needed to be a fraud that is very much to his credit you are going one step further like mr theriot and blowing the whistle. and they've added there is still a lot of americans that support the use of torture here is a sound bite from dick cheney on this very subject take a lesson. in your view we should still be using enhanced interrogation session should we still be broader boarding terror suspects i would strongly support using it again if circumstances arose for we had a high value detainee why was getting the people call it torture using contrib still be a tool to. get past the question that he would ask and a lot of people like minded people would ask if torturing a prisoner could prevent the next nine eleven would you be in support of that it would lead to and permission that could prevent something like that from happening would you that before it. rate b