there needs to be unnecessary underpinning -- gillon >> which he sought from the prime minister. >> certainly we had those kind of discussions. is there sufficient cooperation by saddam hussein and his -- that kind of discussion was taking place. >> that was the big legal question, but there was a great deal of legal surround to operational and military matters. i would like to ask a few questions, first about the no- fly zones. you gave evidence earlier today about the continuance of the no- fly zones as part of containment. what about the legal justification? it seems clear it was increasingly felled that -- increasingly felt that this was a increasen in lee precarious base. >> as far as on the very specific un security council resolution, this was based on the requirements to prevent an overwhelmingly humanitarian disaster. nevertheless, it did have an underpinning in a series of un security council resolutions. >> one question that flows from the concerns about the precarious legal base, as time went on for the operations in the no-fly zones -- >> i hate to quibble, but the legal base cha

his grace, bishop and gillon of san francisco and the diocese of the west.nnsylvania, his grace of pittsburg and the diocese of western pennsylvania. the bishop elect of the diocese of new york and new jersey. and to address you today, his beatitude joan of, archbishop of washington d.c. and metropolitan of all america and canada. let's give him a warm welcome today. >> may the lord bless you. last year i taught you something. we should reach other with the greeting, glory to jesus christ, and we replied, glory forever. glory to jesus christ. glory to jesus christ. glory to jesus christ. it is such an important thing for us all to be here, to bear witness to our faith, to bear witness to our love for one another, to bear witness to our love for the unborn, and for all of those who are weak, who were indeed, whose lives are in critical danger. it is eye witness of that love, and only by witness of that love that we are able to overcome the loss and the movements that would undercut the lives of those who are in danger. the children in the womb, the sec, the s