in august, kofi annan quits his role as the special envoy. he cites lack of unity over how to solve the crisis. i want everyone to think about that. kofi annan resign because he says there is a lack of unity among world powers over how to solve the syrian crisis. special envoy from the u.n. to syria. september 16, iran confirms that the revolutionary guards are helping assad. another critical moment. this i12. iran steps in in a very major way. on january 11, u.s.-russian talks on syria end without a breakthrough. another failed moment to make a breakthrough on the diplomatic stage. march 7, syrian refugees hit the 1 million mark. march 7, 2012. that is three years ago today. one million refugees already displaced. march 14, iran sets up weapons to assad. march 15, 2013, the eu rejects the franco-british proposal to arm syrian rebels. another major point. may 19, syrian rebels take over oilfields. this is important because many people ask how are rebel groups getting financed? part of the financing mechanism for these rebel groups, including

davos, and that was the time i requested kofi annan to help me. he told me that he took an initiative three times in order to solve this problem and he was afraid of taking another step forward and yet again failed. and i said that the turks will be one step ahead of the greeks, and i promise you that will be the case. i told him to give me some time, and without further ado, mr. annan said we could initiate a new process and we could start our talks. our ministers got together, we started seeing each other again, in the initiative was under way again. and the most important detail is in switzerland, we got together for what you could call a camp for four days, and we were part of that union, and i was the prime minister then, as i said, and the initiative was underway. we invested tremendous efforts and we were on the brink of reaching a consensus. but right before we put our signatures underneath that agreement, right then and there, the greek cypriots said they were not going to be able to sign this agreement. and kofi annan said that he gave a

his books include the best intentions, kofi annan and the un in the era of american world power, theevil's playground, a century of pleasure and profit in times square, city on a hill and the freedom agenda. in his review of "john quincy adams," sean wolin's, author of the rise of american democracy, wrote, sorry, james -- james traub's new biography of john quincy adams is especially strong. adams was a complicated hero. a patrician, visionary, also spirit. one of the most important diplomats in american history and slavery's greatest enemy in american politics. james traub addresses the man and his time, with the complexity and a writer's eye for drama in detail. after his talk and question and answer if we have time, he will be signing copies of this book, one level up, outside the national archives store. please welcome james traub to the national archives. [applause] >> thank you very much for that introduction. when i was coming here this morning and i was taking a taxi to penn station in new york, every bus i passed had a giant sign on the side that said hamilton. naturally i

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between the secretary and the security council and some of the people on the ground, kofi annan, jimmyarter, thousands of people on the ground, we worked very hard to make sure that didn't happen. she understood it, she understood the issues even though we don't have much reason to pay attention to the sudan. we don't trade with them or get money from them. we found her to be knowledgeable and to care about the issues and we have worked together since then and i have been a very big fan of hers. but i want to say this. i really like bernie. i think his -- what he's saying in this election is very important if you're a democrat again to have these conversations. i hope he stays in for the entire election. and if he were to win the nomination, i will do whatever i can including if asked a fund-raiser like this, again, to try to keep bringing -- to try to give him or her, hillary i hope she wins, a senate. because honestly we see what happens when a president tries to get their supreme court justice confirmed without the senate. >> you have -- you have minced no words about your feelings

and after almost everything was complete kofi annan said there is no going back and we need to sign the agreement. signatures were put command we went our own ways and about a week later a referendum was decided to be held commando was important about that referendum is at the end the greeks appeared, said no, and the turkish said yes by 65 percent. despite them say no by 75 percent, they greeks were admitted, but the northern were not. right next to that there were certain financial supports that the northern should have received, but that never happened. so that has been the case. but in 2013 we reached a certain consensus between the greeks and turkish and draft x was produced and we asked each other whether we can reach a consensus and continue positively. both participants agreed, but things started falling apart again. yet again we are back to square one, taking positive steps forward. there is commitment. i'm always telling my friends and colleagues that they will be on the positive side of everything is going on. in may they will be the general elections and i hope and pray in t

what the global drug commissioner has done, and the global drug commission is 15 ex-presidents, kofi annanhe war on drugs and have come up with recommendations. and what we're seeing, if you treat drugs as a health problem, if your children had a drug problem, if your brothers or sisters have a drug problem, you wouldn't want them sent to prison, you would want them helped. and what we're urging governments to do is to treat drugs as a health problem and if somebody has a problem, help them, don't criminalize them. >> there's a little bit of a movement of that. obviously, we want to re-do our criminal justice laws in this country to reflect that a little bit. but it seems you want to see another step. which is, okay, let's -- is this a full-fledged, legalizing all -- >> what the global commission is urging is that governments around the world and states around the world experiment with different approaches. the current approach has definitely failed. so we welcome, for instance, medical marijuana centers being set up in different states in america. we welcome some states legalizing marijua

general secretary, kofi annan. they had a little bit of a feud when trump built the world towers rshl building across the street from the u.n., which kind of cast a shadow over it. he hasn't sat down with ban ki-moon for a meeting, but i think he does deals with people he needs to do business deals with. but i don't think he has a high-profile meeting with world leaders. >> everything you've been able to deduce, this is your area of expertise, how would you characterize donald trump? isolationist, interventionist, where would you put him? >> just impossible to pin down. you hear the remarks about wanting to take a neutral position on the middle east peace process, and then he goes in front of aipac, pro-israel lobby, and he's very much, you know, all in the israeli camp. and very, very hard line. i was talking to a latin american diplomat a few days ago, and he was saying, the thing is, we don't know what he really stands for. maybe we don't like what he says about trade, but we don't know whether he believes it. w

and between the secretary and the security council and some of the people on the ground and kofi annan and jimmy carter and people like that, thousands of people on the ground, we worked very hard to make sure that didn't happen. she understood the issues, even though we don't have any great reason to pay attention to sudan, we don't trade with them, we don't get money from them. i found her to be knowledgeable and to care about the issues. and we've worked together since then. and i've been a very big fan of hers. but i want to say this. i really like bernie. i think what he's saying in this election is important if you're a democrat. again, to have these conversations. i hope he stays in for the entire election. and if he were to win the nomination, i will do whatever i can including if asked a fundraiser like this again to try to keep bringing -- to try to give him, or her, hillary, i hope she wins, a senate. because honestly we see what happens when a president tries to get their supreme court justice confirmed without the senate. >> you have minced no words about your feelings abo

his books include the best intentions, kofi annan, and the u.n. in the era of american world power. the devil's playground, a century of pleasure and profit in times square. city on a hill, and the freedom agenda. in his review

kofi annan: as we open the 21st century, more than 110 million school-age children are not attending school. two thirds are girls. the key to all the locks that are keeping girls out of school, from poverty to inequality to conflict, lies in basic education for all. we need all those with power to change things, to come together in a global alliance for girls education. that is why the united nations is launching a new global initiative to educate girls to ensure that by 2015, boys and girls will have equal access to all levels of education. that is a test we must pass, and we shall pass it only if children all over the world can pass the test of basic education and go on to pass to test of life. [applause] [manisha] [manisha] [bhukiya] [upendra] [upendra] [manisha] [teacher] [children shout] [manisha] [rooster crows] [woman sings in foreign language] ♪ sit down here ♪ ♪ and tell me a story ♪ when you're with friends ♪ ♪ no need to hurry ♪ no more rush, no more haste ♪ no more ♪ ♪ when you're with friends ♪ ♪ no need to hurry ♪ no more rush, no more haste ♪ ♪ no more ♪ ♪ no more [sin