we denied there was a genocidal intent because the minute we admit there is genocidal intent, there is a moral imperative on us to do something and, of course, that's the last thing that we want to have to do. this drawing is important for several reasons. that image down there you see, i'm afraid i didn't, i'm not very good at powerpoint, so i didn't get enough of this drawing on the screen. you see a woman connected by the throat to the woman in front of her, and the woman in the front of her. this is 2011, this is happening. this is not an image from the slave trade. we are told, and we've heard this from so many people, and there is a pattern there so i have to think it's credible, we are told that when the arab nomads and sudanese roll into these villages, that they will select the prettiest, youngest young women, take them to the airport, fly them to khartoum, distribute them among sudanese army officers to do with what they wish. and they are not seen again. and that is happening right now. again, sudanese government denies any of this is happening. but you can see that it is. a

this man is a war criminal and genocider. other witnesses, including brad phillips who said what can you do question and nobody's paying attention to this escalation in violence. three days later, we had a hearing. c-span carried if so many americans became more aware of it. the bishop made another point. the second issue that will drop besides them dropping bombs on innocent people is that they are making it so they cannot plant. he says there will be a new famine that will undoubtedly occur and perhaps thousands more will die from hunger. they are asking that the obama administration make this a priority. there has been little interest shown. there have been no u.n. peacekeepers to provide some semblance of protection. people are being mowed down and killed. >> we have little less than 10 minutes. >> in the case of south sudan, the khartoum government did recognize them. there was the long process of the civil war. in the end, south sudan did achieve independence. what can the u.s. and international community due to pressur

>> how can you keep a genocidal, aggressive force at bay?ou have to have a deployment of people that will step in. the sblm, which is the southern sudan army and the political movement, they have been assisting people in the south. but the international community needs to quickly deploy units to jabr down house killings that are happening right now in one downe larger -- to tamper-o house killings that are happening right now in one of the larger cities. shootings, ratings, killings are happening right now. -- shootings, rapes, killings are happening right now. >> if you have another hearing this week and it was on -- you had another hearing this week and it was on a medical procedure. the medical term is what? >> it is your international -- cure international. orix water on the brain. >> yes, and it kills 375,000 children in africa every year. a doctor at harvard developed a procedure that is relatively inexpensive. they are trained 11 neurosurgeons in kenya, uganda and other places in africa. you gotta is where the larger hospital is --

there should have been an arrest made and this man prosecuted for genocide. >> mr. chairman, kenya inaugurated is the constitution and the u.s. car and had a lot to do with bringing the constitution. mr. bowsher was the main story. -- mr. bashir was the main story and no one seems to be concerned about his arrest warrant. >> i couldn't agree more that the international criminal court is a great institution. however, we know it is very difficult to have a court would haven't -- without having an enforcement mechanism and that is the weak part of the international criminal courts. at one time, it was thought that interpol could perhaps serve as an enforcement arm. how do you apprehend the criminal? without police, we would have no use for courts. i believe we should continue to support the international criminal court and tried to work on ways to strengthen it. these criminals are being indicted and they know this indictment stems over their heads. they know where they can go but they know that 90% of the blazes that cannot go. -- of the places they cannot go. dr. den

commemorations and never being able to use the word genocide. we have our ambassador to turkey, an important turkey -- part to get beyond this and move forward for the future but if we can't acknowledge the historical facts we can't move on. and you have our president, our vice president, our secretary of state all who very clearly as members of this body recognized that there was an armenian genocide. it's difficult to understand how we move forward in that respect. very difficult how we put our diplomats in that respect. but i appreciate your answers. i have other questions but i see mr. ford is coming back at some point? >> he will be here for the second panel. >> all right, thank you, madam chair. >> senator casey. >> thank you. i thank you both our nominees for your service and your testimony here today. time is short and we are limited in the topics we can cover. but i want to start with ambassador ricciardioni, in the sense that we are going to be talking later at some length about syria and the massacre going on there. and it's been my s

it's an issue of genocide. genocide currently being perpetrated in the nuba mountains in the southern kordofan state of the republic of sudan. i know you've had the opportunity several times to receive testimony on this issue from my learned friend roger winter, who acted in many different capacities, including former special representative of sudan. and during his last testimony on the 16th of june he reported to you on in war of genocide now being waged in the nuba. i'm here simply to say everything that mr. winter presented in his testimony about southern kordofan state is true. i've seen it with my own eyes. less than three weeks after mr. winter's testimony, i was in the nuba mountains for 12 days. i fully understand at what is happening right now in the nuba mountains requires some context and some background. and i appreciate very much the long history that you've had, mr. chairman, and preab payne and congressman wolf and so many others on this committee on this issue. but for the sake of others, in 198

>> tragically there is a genocide taking place in the nuba mountains. the government headed by indicted war criminals based on 2 criterion, race and religion. if you are an african or christian, aur target of the government and cartoon. >> you use the word genocide, that is a strong word. >> it is a genocide, we went in with a number of journalist, many, many people that can corroborate what i am saying. the government exterminated half of the nubas in 80s and 90s coming back to finish the job. >> we thought this is the end of 20 plus years of people losing their lives, how is this possible? >> in khartoum, they told its constituents in the north radical islamists, yes, even though the south is going away, it intends to severely clamp down on sharia law. the nuba mountains, historically was the areas where they first started their campaign of arabization and in the '80s and '90s, they massacred half of the nuba population. it is happening again, being done by 2 indicted war criminals, bashir and o maub. >> you had a chance to go before the united states

there is no statue of limitations on crimes against humanity with genocide. he was hunted down and i was in srebrenica a couple of times including once for a mass burial of people who were slaughtered during an infamous couple of days in july and the same thing happened in rwanda. the same thing happened in the congo in the same thing as happened obviously and korda found. it is very important we be very robust and collecting that evidence while we try to stop it and i appreciate you bringing to the committee with! how important that is. i also -- you made a number of very serious recommendations and i would appreciate any elaboration by you or other witnesses on that, that the united states should, cannot begin and this is your words, to consider normalizing ties with sudan and should not be listed a sponsor of terrorism or her proof approve this outlawed nation access to a national financing and debt relief while these terrible crimes against humanity are occurring. you also say the international community including the african union must act. you also unde

political decisions already played so many negative role for my country he is the one who started this genocide against his own people and the cooperate they only cooperate and the one who started the war the one who is going to be responsible for this action is. next on this channel is changing sweep through the arab world some countries are finding it easier to win others so iraq's foreign minister tells us about see how the revolutions in the region have been positive for his country.

already played so many make it free for all for my country he is the one who started this madness the genocide against his own people and appropriate the only cooperate and the one who started the war we won who is going through that irresponsible for this action. would not stop israel. just before the anniversary dimitri better spoke to r.t. and other media about the south who set in conflict prison a better says george's leader such as police should face an international tribunal for crimes against russia and its nationals if you'd like to see that full interview you can't on our website.

it is the issue of genocide. genocide currently being perpetrated in nuba mountains in the southern kordofan state of the republic of sudan. i know you have had the opportunity several times to receive testimony on this issue from my learned friend roger winter who has acted in many different capacities including the former special representative on sudan and during his last testimony on the 16th of june he reported to you on this war of genocide now being waged in the nuba. i'm here simply to say that everything that mr. winter presented in his testimony about the southern kordofan state is true. i've seen it with my own eyes. less than three weeks after mr. winter's testimony, i was in the nuba mountains for 12 days. i fully understand what is happening right now in the nuba mountains requires some context and some background and i appreciate very much the long history that you have had mr. chairman and ranking member payne and congressman wolf in so many others on this committee on this issue. but for the sake

commemorations and never using the word genocide. we have our ambassadors to turkey which is an important party to get beyond this and move forward but if you can recognize the historical fact in the same set of circumstances our vice president and secretary of state very clearly recognized there was an armenian genocide. difficult to understand how we move forward in that respect. difficult how we put our diplomats in that respect but i appreciate your answers. i see mr ford coming back. >> he will be here for the second panel. senator casey. >> thank you senator shaheen. i want to thank the nominees for their public service and your testimony today. time is short and we are limited and the topics we can cover but i want to start with ambassador ricciardone. we will be talking later at some length about syria and the massacre going on there. it is my sense and a widely shared view that over a number of years if not for more than a generation, in the last number of years turkey has played a significant role as a regional balance her

he was the one carrying out the genocide in the 1990's. these many make gaddafi look like a choir boy. many seasoned reporters from the "new york times," "time," al-jazeera english, independent and others who have visited the nuba mountains. some were with me during my time there. they brought back pictureses and testimony on the crimes being committed now against the nuba people. i've included some of these articles with my testimony and i ask the question how is it then that the u.s. government still claims there is not enough evidence to charge them with war crimes? why does the u.s. government deal with the n.c.p. and the victims of their crimes with a moral equivalencey? we know what they are doing in darfur and abyei. they pursue other villains who have not killed 1/100 of the people that bashir and his regime are responsible for. 3 million lives and counting. when will we say enough? >> thank you very much. that is very powerful testimony. dr. deng? >> i thank you for inviting me to testify today. good morning. >> if you could pull

it was through pictures the world found out about the genocide in darfur.gabe from santa rosa was just learning about this through his fifth grade teacher. it changed his young life. >> when i heard about what's happening in darfur. i saw news segments and read about it on the internet. i was disgusted. >> gabe approached his rabbi for advice on how to help children in africa. gabe learned about jewish world watch and it's backpack project. the organization donated backpacks full of pro visions for kids in chad. gabe quickly raised $16,000, enough to buy 450 backpacks. inside were shoes, sandals and things kids need for school. >> books, paper. notebooks. pencils. pens. and... glue. >> that project led him to pursue other fund raising events. gabe mobilized classmates, family members and communities in santa rosa, raising money by walking three miles against genocide. >> i'm jewish. we have a saying never again. because after the holocaust ended we said never again. it's happening right now. and that is not okay. it needs to stop. >> what is unusual is the

. >> was through pictures the world found out about the genocide of darfur. dave surik was learning about it through the fifth grade teacher. >> what i heard about what was happening in darfur i read about it on the internet, i was disgusted. >> he approached his rabbi how to help. he he learned about jewish world watch and backpack project. they donated backpacks for kids at a refugee camp. he quickly raised $16,000 enough to buy 450 backpacks. inside were shoes and sandals and things kids need for school. >> paper and notebooks, pencils and pens. >> that project led him to pursue other fund-raising events. he mobilized classmates and family members and his community in santa rosa. they raised money by walking for three miles to help genocide. >> after the holocaust ended, it should never happen again and it's happening in multiple places right now. that is not -- but it needs to stop. >> the magnitude and intensity, he has raise a $100,000 for causes of the darfur. >> his efforts won him the 2011 helen diller award recognizing the efforts of young people wh

listed out in these priorities the obama administration says preventing that mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and of course moral responsibly the responsibility of the united states of america let's talk about this aspect of being a core moral responsibility how does this play out i know you talked about this a little bit in terms of some of the military actions and i guess i want to know when you know who made the united states the moral authority well we've always wanted to think of that the moral authority because it says. founders. i think progress decisions etc there should be no more iraq or change and i'm quoting patrick henry so whatever separation we never build in that it became sort of a waste to not that we would make up for israel exactly the opposite that overseas another country would persons who are merely white upper class and from the world does not. mean i'm going for all of those. but to what extent i mean should the obama administration get credit i mean as we know his is the first that actually appointed a person a position in the adm

commemorations and never being able to use the word genocide. we have our ambassador to turkey, which is an important party to get beyond this and move forward for the future. but if we can recognize the historical facts and get onto the future in the same set of circus dances then you have our president, chris president can affect her to stay, all very clearly that members of this body have recognized there was an armenian genocide. it's very difficult to understand how we move forward in that respect. very difficult to repair diplomats in that respect, but i appreciate your answers may have other questions but i see he's coming back. >> of the back for the second panel. >> thank you, and chair. senator casey. >> thank you, senator shaheen. i want to thank both of the nominees for your public service in your testimony here today. i know that time is short we are limited in the topics we can cover, but i want to start with ambassador ricciardone and the sense that we are going to be talking later at some length about serious and the massacre goi

some countries in europe practiced had but it said it's not subject now but not the auto genocide not of the people even that even who they were nazis killed people who they consider to be. germany germany was pretty popular. ok ok well let's go to be able to hear your grandmother your grandmother. disappeared too and you were able also to find her trace. there but that wasn't in the in the archives in the in the same secret service or was it no was she she she was sent to the gulag where wish where she she spent nearly fifty years sent to the gulag because of what her husband did you are the big b. because it has a wife. as the wife of the enemy of the people and. in the she she survived and she she came back to moscow and lived with her with her daughters but unfortunately she went in with them in the in the gulag and i met her . i remember it slightly but very clearly when i was five she came to england once to meet her daughter who would by that time married to a young britain and emigrated and she says and i i met her as a child but my my portrait of her was really composed of th

the heart of the people here but not not not not in that not many countries have practiced auto genocide on the scale of russians cambodia right right here right well now. some countries in europe practice there but i'd say it's not subject at all that now but not all to genocide not of the own people even that even if there were nazis killed people who they considered to be. a jerk. germany germany was pretty popular so ok ok well let's go to be able to hear your grandmother your grandmother. would disappear too and you were able also to find her trace there but that wasn't in the in the archives in the in the same secret as was it no was she she she was sent to the gulag where wish where she she spent nearly fifty years sent to the gulag because of what her husband did you know or. because it has a wife. as well as the wife of an enemy of the people and. in the she she survived and she she came back to moscow and lived with her with her daughters but unfortunately she went in in the room in the in the gulag and i met her. i remember it slightly but very clearly when i was five she came

not an auto genocide lot of people even that even if there were nazis killed people who become so tobe. a jerk. germany germany was pretty fucking. ok ok a little girl with your your grandmother your grandmother. would disappear too and if you were able also to find her trace there but that wasn't in the in the archives in the in the same secret no was she she she was sent to the gulag where wish wish she spent nearly fifty years sent to the gulag because of what her husband did you are. because it has a wife. as as the wife of an enemy of the people who owns and in the she she survived and she she came back to moscow and lived with her with her daughters but unfortunately she went to an insane. in the in the gulag and i met her. i remember it slightly very clearly when i was five she came to england once to meet her daughter who would by the time marriage or young britain and emigrated and she says and i i met her as a child puts my my portrait of her i was really composed of the memories of her daughters from my aunt and my mother you know where your great grandparents was very. in

the practice on northern california rivers that some call genocide. . >>> a bay area family is mourning the death a young woman who died in a fall from yosemite's half dome. health every holmes tells you how weather played a part. >> reporter: haley is the second person from here to die in half dome in the last two years and in both cases the massive granite landmark was wet and slick. it's a 17-mile round trip hike and climb. family members say the 26-year- old did it last year and was hiking the cable system again yesterday with her sister and two friends when tragedy struck. she was in the process of down when she fell 600 fought. >> reporter: the surface was soaked by rain make figure very slippery. >> there are several science along the trail leading up to half dome as well as at the base and summit to tell people to not go up or down in the event of a storm. >> reporter: rangers never closed the trail and instead they say it's up to each hike tore make their own decision. >> the cables when they get wet get slippery. >> reporter: andrew jackson. >> if i go up on half dome i will t

school in an area that suffered from the hostility between the hutus and the tutsis in the 1994 genocide developed a curriculum and programs that have resulted in great progress for the school population. due to his hard work, the academy opened with 90 girls. within three years, the school was fully enrolled. the mission of the academy is to prepare students for college while reducing impediments for young women to complete higher education. students are provided nutrition as meals, mental and emotional support, and an adequate learning environment. the services are there to help address the reality that currently only 13% of young rwandan women make it to secondary school, and the mission of the academy is to create long-term systemic change and opportunities for all children in developing communities to create lasting empowerment. he is here for two weeks visiting his wife and three children -- three children. he will return to rwanda, or he will stay until 2013. please join me in welcoming peter thorpe. [applause] feel free if you like to say anything. >> thank you, supervisor mirkar

you know, most of these trials of dictators focus on genocide of their own people. charles taylor, milosevic, saddam hussein, all were tried for the genocide of their own people. this corruption trial, and there are allegations about the abuse of protesters, has to be gotten through, gotten through quickly, but it needs to -- the egyptian people, frankly for their own sake and the sake of the country, need to look forward. and they have a very proud history, and so humiliating mu h mubarak won't serve much in terms of their future. >> fran townsend, we'll talk to you ahead later. >>> the dow breaks its losing streak, but just barely, and some say it's proof the recovery could stall into a recession. >>> and the syrian regime brutally cracks down on on government protesters and the united nations security council finally speaks up. that's next. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah

. >>> in cambodia a trial of genocide has run into problems. the age of the four defendants is raising questions about whether a judgment can ever be reached. >> reporter: the brutal regime was established in the mid-1970s in the war-torn indochina peninsula. it is accused of slaughtering more than 1.7 million people through forced labor and mass killings. the tribunal set up by the united nations and the cambodian government is trying four people who once held senior posts. they include nonchi, second in command to its leader. he was the lead behind the regime's philosophy of forcing millions of people out of the cities to work on communal farms. but the average age of defendants are over 80. they are concerned they are not well enough to stand trial. two of the defendants including nonchi attended a hearing on monday to examine the state of their health. >> translator: even when i'm forced to continue to sit or sleep or watch tv, i can't understand. it means that with these problems, i can't concentrate and listen. and i can't understand. >>

. >> and many of the threats we face terrorism, proliferation, disease, climate change, genocide, are not the kinds of things that one country, even one as powerful as our own can solve by itself. so we need cooperation. we need countries working together. and the u.n. is the one place on the planet, despite it's many flaws where we can marshal the support and share the costs of doing what's necessary to protect the united states. so it's far from perfect but actually a place where we get a lot done for the american people. >> it is far from perfect. okay. >> don't worry. i'm going to nail her. now listen. all of that sounds great, okay. don't get me wrong. but at what price? why are you willing to surrender the sovereignty of the united states to the foreign governments who get to come in and say what we can or cannot do. because there are well-known plans to drop blue helmeted para troopers into the united states to establish a government within the government and to take away our guns. will you admit that? >> no. >> will you not admit that. >> in fact, let me tell you how it really

as the government gets a great deal of press from a controversial new tool that sees hot as the genocide. a very warm welcome to you this is our see live from moscow the british prime minister is blaming gangs blank brief phone xin even social networks for inciting the violence in the country.

for the first time the concept of genocide was formulated as a legal term. nuremberg as an international war crime tribunal was something new. so all these standards were not established yet, and these institutions, like the international red cross or the vatican, at the time had a very different understanding of guilt and responsibility as we have nowadays. and my book is not about judging, but it's about understanding. thank you very much. [applause] >> if there are any questions, please, raise your hand and wait until i come to you so that we can all hear your question. >> oh. um, hi. there was something in today's paper, i think, about rudolph hess' bones. did you see the article? >> yes. >> it said the thing about how he only went to england to make himself important, not to actually do any good. and i just wondered what you thought about it. >> well, i didn't research about this, but t interesting that you're mentioning it. the president of the international red cross was a swiss ambassador in london at the time, and rudolph his went to great britain.

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he help develop a national campaign to aid refugees in darfur and congo where genocide has ravaged the population. >> i have a saying never again, after the holocaust ended, it should never happen to anyone. it needs to stop. >> he says he will use part of the $36,000 to continue funding different world causes. he hopes to inspire other young people to get involved in a cause. the award will take place at the presidio at noon. >> another monday and another planned bart protest but things may be different today. the warning that bart is giving riders. >>> a father is gunned down in front of his six-year-old son. the crime they are calling despicable. i'm nick smith. >> and hurricane irene may be history but still packing a a punch. we'll have the latest on the we'll have the latest on the damage left behind and the clean ♪ why settle for a one-note cereal? get more with honey bunches of oats.