security council and you definitely help us come up with a unified position in the security council. the way that's a boost to have taken upon themselves to carry out this mandate of the highest body using mission night in the united nations are doing it and what we need to do to ensure that this mandate is implemented fully to its guidelines. as the flames sole days ago before the russian and his. council session a large group of republican senators. think it was a canadian address to the u.s. government they said that. corporation it in russia need to my becoming thirty u.s. national security they demanded to be assured that russia does not have the right of their to them was how could you comment unless. i think their opinion that there are a solitary sions in any country that was like to remind the public about their existence including very extravagant movements i cannot imagine a situation where russia would get at the right of veto some matters related to me sole defense is your wish but also the united states cannot have the right of veto on the plans in this area or in some

the security council has shown that they are not willing or able to act on syria as it did on libya. >> let's talk about libya. how much do you think the disagreement in the council today was due to what has happened in libya and what has happened in libya? >> i think that's that colored it, especially for the russian. they said several times that they felt that nato was overstepping the u.n. mandate to protect civilians and they were going beyond that in terms of attacking targets associated with colonel gaddafi. the feelings of the russian and chinese are that the ultimate outcome will be some kind of regime change. i think it made them more reluctant to support any kind of council intervention or even statement on the other arab revolts. >> in libya, the u.n. investigators say they have uncovered evidence of human rights violations. they have no conclusions about who was responsible. they're looking into allegations against government troops. they visited the east of the country, then they arrived at the capital of tripoli. our correspondent was taken to the town of -- by officials

security council this is much more complicated because european elites specially and washington they just don't want more seats at the table for emerging markets like a more or less promised india a seat at the security council he was in brazil three weeks ago and he skirted the issue completely and obviously the brazilians are in fact is i think it's one of the major mistakes of brazilian foreign policy that they are putting all their chips in this we want to be recognized with a seat at the security council this is very important it has to be a group of countries has to be germany india brazil indonesia turkey told the reform of the u.n. structure which is totally dependent from the u.s. at the moment any having for instance militaristic david cameron which practically launched a war based on a resolution they draft inside the u.n. security council ok if you're a brick and i to go to you as i want to hypothesize let's say it's two thousand and fifty has the west become more like the bric countries or is the bric countries become more like the west where you things going to change.

security council ok fredricka and i to go to you as i want to hypothesize let's say it's two thousand and fifty has the west become more like the bric countries or is the bric countries become more like the west do you think's going to change. well i mean i don't think it's that simple. but i mean if i had to choose between one of your teletypes it would certainly be that the bric countries would have become more like the west both in terms of you know new type of political institutions in countries like china and russia where you know democracy is fragile or where democracy is nonexistent in a class in a country like china because civil liberties would i'm sure is going to be stronger than they are today so i think they are moving along a trajectory of of political modernization there which is going to make them closer to western type of political institutions. i think i mean i mean to come back to one of the issues that we've been talking about here i mean my point is basically it is that we have lots of countries in the world right now which can be described as middle kingdoms and

well some people go as far as say that nato is being used as a replacement for the security council the united nations being the world's policeman when it gets down to its institutions in a brick bricks is very young but do you think it could turn into some kind of political institution as an alternative because as the richer they get the more resources they will have. no i don't think so i think i mean i think one of the thing which is going to characterize the rise of of emerging markets is they're going to keep compete with each other about economics and about politics so you see increasing increase in increase in pensions between those countries themselves and some of them are certainly going to make a lot of efforts in order to united states or or europe in order to be on their side whether it's you know concerns trade issues or whether it's concerns arms deals or what have you so i think i think i mean look i mean i i i want countries to succeed i want them to have extremely rapid economic growth in the next ten twenty thirty forty years because that's going to be very very good f

security council is meeting this hour to discuss the crackdown on anti-government protesters. washington is considering toughening sanctions on damascus and europe's biggest powers warned they may have lost they may do the same. syria rolled tanks out across the country. -- europe's biggest powers have warned that they may do the same. >> this footage shows armored vehicles. army tanks entered the southern cities where the protests first began. footage is also emerging from the region itself appearing to back up reports that soldiers are firing live ammunition against soldiers. the use of force against opposition has garnered international opposition. the german foreign minister is demanding action. >> if the syrian leadership does not change course immediately, the international community will have to draw consequences. sanctions would be unavoidable. >> the security council is continuing its talks on syria and the parent to russia and china opposed calls for sanctions. -- the security council is continuing its talks on syria. russia and china opposed calls for sanctions. the

security council. the five-year review of the council has indicated no real structural reforms will be forthcoming. even the u.s. mission has called this process a race to the bottom. the regime is brutally attacking its people but they are running unopposed on the human rights council. the absence of structural reforms has real consequences. we appreciate the limited tactical -- wants at the most recent sessions. that is just not enough most of us want an accountable u.n.. i believe the way to achieve this is to require reform first, pay later. lastly, i asked that the u.s. does all we can to ensure that the palestinian lobby does not gain member status in the u.n. before negotiating a true peace with our ally, israel. i am pleased to recognize my good friend, mr. furman for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much for scheduling this hearing which allows the administration to share their views on the best approach to u.n. reform. this is one of those issues where we share the same goals but have ve

on the un security council we see other it -- example. brazil has been a bridge builder on the council can't issues like women, peace and security which links the exclusion of women from conflict related decisionmaking to the maintenance of international security and protection of civilians. our shared commitment to open government and fighting corruption and promoting transparency has proven in the -- we're working with indonesia, brazil, mexico and others in the un and international financial institutions to promote the recognition that corruption is a violation of basic human rights and a severe impediment to development and security. indonesia has been a key partner in our efforts to -- serving as co-chair of the process that produced this whole action plan. partner with the emerging democracies to launch an effort to bring greater transparency to government budget, expenditures and access to government officials and find ways of leveraging new technologies to harness this invasion and, a theme that president obama laid out in his un

security council debate over a draft statement that calls for restraint and also contains the violence and it does see the stage for the eventual imposition of sanctions against the country it's thirty backs of course by the un secretary-general ban ki moon for an investigation into the killings against this backdrop there is more concern being expressed by experts in the international community that not only the increased diplomatic it typically against the country but also the possibility of a future intervention and that this will spark a reaction from arab states in washington and brussels there are a lot of concerns about the fact that syria are like libya is part of an alliance and there is very wide it begins in iran some elements in iraq's government are part of the syrian regime has war in lebanon on hamas in gaza so if the international community or united nations all united states are going to apply to theory or measures other than economic meaning a direct intervention or political tremendous pressures what they may get in return is a reaction by the iranian regime by hamas

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security council resolution is being implemented because this is obvious to the security council itself to mine service or system currently but should the first report has been sent to the security council this report from me the nato secretary general and the security council will consider this report and that's a judgment on that and we believe that. those reports that indicate some actions by nato or the president's go beyond the limits of this resolution should be definitely looked into and we will encourage our partners in the russian nato council see where you are very careful and very specific in how they implement their mandate especially considering what the situation not only in libya but in many other countries around libya and you could you know other parts of the world not just its neighbors as for now as for the possibility. for al qaida or other terrorist networks to use the current situation unfortunately do you have some data indicating that there is such a possibility and that terrorist groups would like to take this opportunity and this is another reason for us to be

two seats two permanent seats on the security council they're on the security council now they're a fifth of the global economy so you can't say europe is an international community if you're excluding these five country so then taking a stand if it largely symbolic showing hey we are the largest emerging country and we don't agree with what's going on we have a different approach or is there really going to need anything for the western intervention in libya. well that remains to be seen part of the dynamic is that there's a big dispute even among the nato countries and the leaders of the nato countries with for example you know britain and france were jewellers for this is this military intervention germany and turkey were totally opposed to a very critical of it the u.s. was apparently somewhat reluctant participant. has now pulled back somewhat from its own military involvement allegedly incredibly well it's certainly it's certainly present in the the the pretense that it's known for thralls course totally thoughts were ever needed was fighting us is fighting a fifth of the new budget

to look afresh at that because after all as a resolution of the security council all the actions taken under this resolution are meant to be reported to the security council so let's ask me at that level. where the deadlock in feisty and libya is increasingly making may save members restless i know you want to because that presents its own the only country in american science wiki leaks resolutions to say the u.s. has been secretly financing the opposition in syria. and the country is being torn apart by answer government protests human rights campaigners say more than two hundred people have died in the lethal crackdowns of the syrian president is lifting the decades old state of emergency to try and get protests it's an end that they call for him to go for some analysts washington's backing of the opposition instead of evidence of a wider place to the east which can anger beijing. but it goes way beyond libya in fact i'm working on a story at the moment getting the pentagon against china this is the big story in africa for the next fifty years i would say it starts in the begin

security council to look afresh at this because after all this as a resolution all of the security council all the actions taken on this resolution are meant to be reported to the security card focus a little assessment of me to my question to you will we know what we're hearing today of libya's transitional national council suggesting that ten thousand people could have died since the beginning of this conflict how successful have the allies been in protecting the civilians do you think well i think that's where we have to ask honest questions clearly there are interventions that house help the intervention in benghazi could help obviously where we see efforts to relieve the stress in misrata today i have no issue and particular what's wrong with that but we have to then our basic question as to this mission that nato is gates and is it sticking to the terms on which it was approved by the security council as it's taking to the terms in which it was supported by the respective part of what's on it if it's changing those terms what prospect of success and what are the implications for that

security council to look afresh because after all as a resolution of the security council all the actions taken on to this resolution are meant to be reported to the security council to let an assessment be made at that level. where the deadlock in a fight scene is increasingly making nato members restless enough to want to use their presence but it's not the only country in american science. that resonates in say the u.s. has been secretly financing position in this area where the country is being torn apart by absence of protests human rights campaign is able to see hundred people have died in the lethal crackdowns the syrian president is listing decades old states of emergency to try and get protests and their calls for him to go to some analysts washington's backing of the opposition is further evidence of a wider to the. anger facing. but it goes way beyond libya effect i'm working on a story at the moment getting the pentagon against china this is the big story in africa for the next fifty years i would say it starts in the beginning of the two thousand creation of the african union

security council the u.s. government will use it in the case of the kosovo bombing in ninety nine russia and china vetoed the resolution and said no you can't go to war against kosovo or against serbia over kosovo and so what the clip administration did was go to nato and use that for quote unquote legitimacy because moammar gadhafi need to be stopped yes he needs to be stop i oppose what the u.s. is doing not on moral grounds but on strategic grounds i think we're going to make it worse and we're getting involved in a civil war and unfortunately it seems like robert gates the defense secretary is probably the most sane voice in the administration right now he's he's sort of openly saying he didn't think this was a good idea to get involved in libya this way that's fascinating that's a pretty big split i think within the administration and a lot of people are saying that robert gates is actually the most honest voice in this debate right now within the discussions taking place at the white house. meanwhile som

security council is deeply divided in condemning syria but with reports now of a. about five hundred people dead but why the change of heart do you think when they showed such unity for the intervention in libya. well i think in the situation of the syria they had to change to choose between bad and worse and indeed syria is located is a much more sensitive region there are a lot of security. like to see here and then secondly the international community here the nato. powers only. clearly straight with the alteration going on in libya and there is already causing some international concern and objections so that's why i guess there is no clear willingness on the part of even the most enthusiastic nations to intervene into the syrian it certainly doesn't seem that we're seeing certain levels of division among the u.n. members that now russia abstained from the original u.n. resolution on libya but has been quite outspoken that nato has overstepped its bounds there now moscow says that the syrian conflict does not pose a threat to international peace tell us what is

security council but i think they do. they would just act well there was say oh these terrible things that haven't happened and we've got to save the syrian people but you know you know who knows what they'll do they'll do what they think they can get away with and i don't i can't predict or what all i can observe is that in the case of syria and libya there hair there are these differences. if they can so they can overthrow those countries they can get russia out of the drain and they can get chana out of the mediterranean and that is probably a goal of the people in washington that you have three big players russia china the united states that kind of could all be pitted against each other in these two countries do you think that's a logical a to a much larger issue between the three broad powers it could there's a risk as i think the americans are being too aggressive given the nature of the risk for miscalculation there is a risk and just really quickly what do you think it would take for our there to detect in point

are on the security council now there are a fifth of the global autonomy so you can say that you're representing international community if you're excluding the five countries so then taking that stance is that largely symbolic showing hey we are the largest emerging countries and we don't agree with what's going on we have a different approach or is that really going to mean anything for the western intervention in libya. well there remains to be seen part of this intimate is that there is a need to spew even among the nato countries and the leaders of the nato countries with for example the britain and france were the big killers for this is this military intervention germany and turkey were totally opposed to it remain very critical of it the us was apparently somewhat reluctant participant. and has now pulled that somewhat from its own military involvement allegedly didn't print to go it certainly is it certainly present and in the the pretense that is not involved throws course towards thoughts were never needed was fighting us already and if we made a budget nato u.s. p

security council we see other examples. razil has generally been a bridgebuilder on the council and human rights on issues such as women peace and security which links the exclusion of women from conflict really slated -- related decision making and the protection of civilians. our shared commitment to open government and corruption, fighting corruption and promoting transparency has urban important common bond with many emerging market democracies. we are working with indonesia brazil mexico and others within the u.n., the g20 and oecd and international financial institutions to promote the recognition that corruption is a violation of basic human rights and a severe impediment to development and security. indonesia has been a key partner in our efforts to advance a anticorruption agenda in the g20, serving as cochair of the process produced a sold action plan on anticorruption. we are partnering with a diverse group of governments and emergency democracies to launch an effort to bring greater transparency to government bud

security council resolution initially suggested now the nine hundred seventy three resolution is just that the mission would be in that section of civilians in libya and is now asserting into a bloody massacre. today we witnessed. during the framework defined by the security council it's already been discussed the resolution three could also be used to ground operations resolution does not provide for such actions and does not approve them nor does the u.n. general support regime change in libya and president barack obama and president sarkozy together with the british prime minister have written a letter to colonel gadhafi to say that the only way that nato forces are going to leave the country if is that if he steps down in fact so far france and britain have been the most active in carrying out. in the way and they have going for other countries to also join the operation for saving just billions there however so far only six out of twenty eight member states of major have participated in the operations ratio of integration which gives you an idea perhaps of nature itself in what i

security council to look afraid because after all as a resolution of the security council all the actions taken under this resolution are meant to be reported to the security council to let an assessment be made at that level of the deadlock in fighting in their view is increasingly making native americans restless enough to want to boost their presence but it's not the only country in american sights we can leak speculations say the us has been secretly financing the opposition in syria countries to the right protests human rights campaigners say more than two hundred people died in the from downs syrian president was lifting decades of state of the vengeance and to try and get the test is to end their calls for him to go to some analysts washington's back to the opposition's further evidence of why the push to the east and activision. it goes way beyond libya in fact i'm working on a story at the moment fixing the pentagon against china this is the big story in africa for the next fifty years i would say it starts in the beginning of the two thousand and two region of the african union

when the president integrated the staffer from the national security council and homeland security council following the presidential study directive no. 1, he created a resilience directorate which bans the full range of preparedness throughout response activities. we decided very early on that we needed to approach this in a way that is easily understood so we did a little research based on at the research skills that i learned here at george washington. some 2000 disciplines used the term "resilience" from systems engineers to people who work in ecology and what became clear pretty quickly was that it was not going to be of for "spending six-eight months arguing about the precise 38 words that would be in one single definition of "resilience." rather we would focus on a few key principles of resilience that we thought all the activities and those of to advance could see them there. those principles included withstanding. we have to be able to withstand an incident. we have to be able to adapt to change. incidents bring us different circumstances. then we have to rapidly recover. those t

security council literally by a weighed in so i'm sure the u.n. charter is not authorized and all eyes are on the u.n. charter does not authorize war because that's what a no fly zone. the u.n. charter is not authorized all necessary means what is security council did was basically authorize the u.s. with recall of your it's me me guess what this is all about three called illiterates. the u.s. britain and france to legally attack a nonbelligerent country so that the council violated article fifty one of the un charter it clearly says that no nation me attack another nation except in self-defense if another nation attacks a nation the nation attacked me respond until the security council acts but the security council maybe not act in violation of its own charter this war which is what it is it's a power grab by the three callable is your it's america the main one is the idea is to colonize another country destroy it crowd up a corpse privatized industries control its resources is split it's equal wars i never thought. to liberate people could human

security council they do want to see more influence. and therefore they want to see be a pursuit again other economic power in line with their political clout as well. as us in their reporting there twenty minutes past the hour in the russian capital just a few moments from now well we'll have the latest business news here in moscow with kareena stay with us for that. they come in. so long to play with. the other one. is that the river. is. chasing a drug. cartel. well welcome to our business books and good to have you with me this hour b.p. boss paul dudley met the head of ross nath in moscow on friday in a bid to personally salvage the share swap deal between the two companies and the missing newspaper reports he's russian partners want forty billion dollars to get out of the way. or has a story. for b.p. he wouldn't tell us what robert dudley was in town to talk about but i think it's fair enough to assume that the sixteen billion dollars deal between b.p. and ross next might have cropped up somewhere in the conversation when is the

security council they do want to see more influence in fact council and therefore they want to see be a pursuit again of their economic power in line with their political party as well . as in the reporting that will know it's time for kareena to update us on the nation's financial investments of the stage of the day. i would welcome to business report for joining me and we start with up top story on friday. they had a roast you have to go in a bid to personally salvage the swap deal between the two companies pay them to see newspaper reports the russian partners want forty billion dollars to get the way out. b.p. wouldn't tell us what robert dudley was in town to talk about but i think it's fair enough to assume that the sixteen billion dollars share swap deal between b.p. and ross next might have cropped up somewhere in the conversation what is the future of that deal at the moment well it lies in the hands of b.p. they've got to come to an agreement with their current russian partners. to buy out their shares in the joint venture g n k d p now a offer said they're willing to listen

pride period prior to the first security council resolution which is one thousand and seventy prior to that resolution that could account only acted in a statement condemning the use of little repression which of course is justifiable and makes perfect sense after that condemnation the first security council resolution one would have expected would have been to resort to chapter six measures under the un charter which means course of measures instead that first resolution opted for a travel ban an arms embargo and asset freeze and the referral of the regime forces to the international criminal court i think that was really the first because that was an opportunity to pursue a political solution to diplomatic leverage trying to bring in actors that are historically have close ties politically with the confusion to persuade to put out here and to look into an exit strategy to very thing that is today being explored could have been explored a month ago how can we get this regime out how to get them peacefully into exile in the same manner that an id and has seen a bite out of tunisia and

un security council was unable to do anything about the issue is really suddenly exposed in the west bank which is the main obstacle so there's no shit settlement at least at this moment it's a meeting of total talks at these webs of congress. it want. the palestinians and others a broader resolution the un security council's vetoed by the states which is sort of thing that the congress you know to me but they want to go even further i mean that's not enough many of them what they had actually funding withheld so they were taken one step further but it isn't just the interest in regard to israel i do want to address some of the other issues that lawmakers had with the united nations they're very but don't share the same views as the united states who are part of the united nations i want to play you some of that the comment that came out of today and white to lawmakers but the u.s. should not fun united nations in the way that it does. not giving in to an organization that permits communist china were human rights abuse or stamp a veto power over what it does as you know brothers and

security council voted on and he actually held that above what the american people i didn't even let congress know donnie. that well that's right and in fact the u.n. was used in a sense to try and bypass congressional approval which is a strange maneuver year but i think that also points to you know the tactical advantage the u.s. gets from having this green light from the security council and the support of kids i mean the certainly the security council standing behind the operations in libya has supported the efforts to clamp down on and sees libyan assets the and the united nations is behind peacekeeping operations around the world food supply operations in areas where there is starvation the american public by two to one margin favors this and wants to see these activities funded and i would see any support really for their us leighton's proposal which is a sort of cafeteria plan we view the united nations as a cafeteria and we'll go pick up the things and put them on our tray as we want them that's really impractical the u.n. can operate that way you know as one critique that w

security council's vetoed by the states which is sort of thing that these numbers of congress you know in fact i don't want to go even further i mean that's not enough many of them i think that actually funding withheld so they want to go we don't want that but it is the interest in regard to israel i do want to address some of the other issues that that these lawmakers had with the united nations they're very focused on people that don't share the same views as the united states who are part of the united nations i want to play you some of that comment that came out of today and life a lot of us believe the u.s. should not fund united nations in a way that that it. not giving it to an organization that promotes communist china the world's worst human rights abuse or have a veto power over what it does as you know brothers and sisters are illegal in china we know that cuba for example is a state sponsor of terrorism we know they are harboring terrorists united nations is being used as a as a vehicle perhaps to see how global government will function the idea that we're going to take ou

. >> on wednesday, the unit end security council -- the u.n. security council hit him with fresh sanctions and the body explicitly called on the election loser to finally hand over power. let's see if the ivers test results are in here. >> and not looking too good. the latest results show that the situations for -- the situation for ireland's banks havhas beguo worsen rather than get better. it may need to raise 24 billion euros to cover their loans. the 85 billion euro bailout has already been agreed upon with the european union and the imf. >> bailing out the banks has already pushed ireland to the bank of -- the brink of bankruptcy. it has forced them to take loans from brussels. the bank lost huge amounts when the commercial sector burst. so far, ireland has had to pump 46 billion euros into its stricken banks, and a cash injection of another 24 billion euros would make 70 billion. that is almost half of the entire country's annual gdp. the irish finance minister created two new universal banks. >> for more on the stress test, i spoke earli

security council's role in this here at the moment we're seeing a very different attitude being taken around syria as what we've seen in libya why why is the u.n. security council very reluctant to get involved and what's going on in syria because many people say the same things happening in syria what we've seen in libya people resist objecting and opposing a regime. well of course and the same thing has been going on in bahrain going on and. you know where protesters are being slaughtered. today in terms of syria i think russia and china are taking a more active role because they're not happy with what's going on in libya. but they didn't see it was generally in their interest was the security council resolution and two i think there's you know somewhat there's little real real politics. lead to us get involved in another war or just pretty much in russia what do you make of it argument that intervention will only lead to more unrest and indeed encourage more uprisings in the region what you make of that well i'm not sure about that whether it'll be two cards more upright i think mo

security council. whether the resolution that the implements and the incidents that is being implemented correctly and it's. also saying go towards the end of his statements that russia has data that al-qaeda and other terrorist organizations are eager to take control and take advantage of the ongoing chaos in libya and he hugged all parties involved with its military intervention to act to prevent. life thank you. cards political changes backed by some powers could create a better environment for al-qaeda that is the view of former cia counterterrorism analyst michael sure i thought i would see the hopes for a democratic middle east naive i think the end of the tyrannies in the middle east are creating an environment in which islamic groups whether it's al qaeda or any of its allies will be able to operate much more easily and with with much less pressure from security services the successor governments aren't going to be as a fact of when they're not they're going to be more islamic i don't think the

security council your security council doesn't make a cameo appearance in the united states constitution he has no authority to use the treaty to trump the united states constitution and you could imagine if his threshold for unilateral war is the oppression of libya you've got eighty the ninety cut. he's in the queue for him too in big crowds north korea you run it in a lot of play or whatever and that's why i'm saying the danger from this president is worse than we've guard to clinton because he wasn't making these large pontifical pronouncements suggesting that he was going to do this forever there were no limits in therms of what he decided was but actual interest that would justify him going to war do you think that this actually has a chance of working you said that you have a few congress members that of the like the soundest i want to know who they are because i feel like initially when we did you know when the un security council did pass this resolution for a no fly zone for all the necessary measures we did here's an outspoken voices and suddenly they've all fallen fairly new

security council this year. as permanent members such as china and the russian federation of nonpermanent members such as brazil india and south africa. this is positively for then hands to cooperation effort. south africa and other braves member states will also continue existing collaboration in various international organizations and formations such as the un the g twenty and the india brazil south africa. forum. south africa also views the non aligned movement and the group of seventy seven as important for south south in their action especially within the framework of the un. south africa has seized the opportunity of today's meeting to brief the brics leaders on developments in the african union's peace and security and economic programs. who provided a briefing on the situation. in libya. and been portents of the african union on a road map which is designed to assist the libyan. to ards a lasting political solution which should be based on the will of the libyan people. we underscored our support for mul

which is about to send a report to the security council with the aim of referring both israel and hamas to the international criminal court for alleged war crimes but perhaps we need to ask first and foremost if this puts all such reports into question especially when all sides participate in the findings or discuss it with me is more erekat human rights attorney active as an adjunct professor at georgetown university all right thanks so much for being here tonight i think you have now for starters goldstone did this op ed is he didn't completely changed his stance i think a lot of people are misreading a little bit but he did say that he had a few reservations that perhaps it might have been a little different had there been the information that he knows now then what is it that he knows now so what also ended in his op ed was that he left it very very very open to interpretation and that's why you see these israel running with that in saying the thinking it all back you see the thing that is this about them but human rights practitioners can read into it and see where he's actually me

security council the u.s. government will use it in the case of the kosovo bombing and you know russia and china vetoed the resolution and said no you can't go to war against kosovo or against serbia over kosovo and so what the clinton ministration did was to go to nato and use that for quote unquote legitimacy you know fact is these are all sort of rogue operations does market often need to be stopped yes he needs to be stopped i oppose what the u.s. is doing not on moral grounds but on strategic grounds i think we're going to make it worse and we're getting involved in a civil war and i'm fortunately it seems like robert gates the defense secretary is probably the most sane voice in the administration right now he's he's sort of openly saying he didn't think this was a good idea to get involved in libya this way that's fascinating he's on his way out the door and he's been around for a long time he was a gun writer during the mujahedeen wars and. afghanistan has a cia background and special forces background

security council meets for talks about the country's crisis for the first time i will this is a riot police fired at demonstrators who threw stones and set alight a security vehicle the demonstrators are demanding that president ali ability steps down almost one hundred twenty protesters have been killed clashes with security forces since january. clashes have broken out in southeast turkey for a decision to ban some kurdish candidates from running in the country's upcoming election activists threw molotov cocktails at the police and fought back tear gas and water cannon pro kurdish party described the bad as a political move in a blow to efforts to seek peace in the southeast tens of thousands of people of their lives since the kurdish party began fighting for ethnic ohman twenty seven years ago. cuba's former president fidel castro made a rare public appearance during the country's communist party congress in havana he finally resigned from his post as the long time party leader with his brother raul placing in meetings approved sweeping economic and political changes including limi

security council resolution. of course, that situation may change. the important thing to mention today is that they are at a fork in the road. they have really come at the last point at which they're going to say, we are going to embrace the reform necessary in our country and we will be supporters nationally and internationally. if they are determined to go down this road, then our concerns are wider. >> i sympathize with the foreign secretary, at bottom of friday do not agree. and i know that i often say this. the attitude is increasingly -- casual.tickl he says it is all right to provide military personnel because they are not being instructors. we should get in there and get rid of them or we should get out of there. >> i suppose i am grateful for it. the alternatives that he seems to be calling for, if we think about them, one is to weaken in what we are doing to say we do not really care what happens in libya. to allow colonel gaddafi to run amok in killing thousands of his own people, we reject the alternative. the other way is to say we are