chairman, the u.n. has decided to pay the legal fees, possibly almost $900,000 of savan who ran the u.n.'s corrupt, disastrous oil-for-food program which was supposed to help innocent iraqis but instead was exploited by saddam's regime. u.s. state prosecutors have charged him with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. but this bill before us does nothing to protect taxpayer dollars from bank rolling and rewarding corruption at the u.n. the underlying bill also helps foster the culture of corruption at the united nations by failing to leverage u.s. contributions to the u.n. development program, undp, until it accepts the jurisdiction of the u.n. ethics office. the undp to which the u.s. contributes $100 million or more per year continues to be the poster child for mismanagement, corruption and waste. from zimbabwe, from ueganda, from burma to north korea. in fact, the united nations development program had to pull out of north korea after reports emerged that development aid was by diverted to the

that if the u.n. general assembly and the u.n. security had studied the situation and said we can't go forward because the divisions are growing again and we have to temporarily come up with other solutions because the fighting of arabs and jews is going on in palestine, that at that point he might say he could put off the decision for a while and have a trusteeship but this was supposed to be temporary. at any rate, warren austin would give a speech to the u.n. that knocked the rug out from under truman. he gave a speech in which he said and it was wildly interpreted to be he announced in this mid-march speech that we are now going to go back to supporting trusteeship and we're not supporting partition anymore and this is when truman said in a very famous quote the state department pulled the you go are out from under me and they made me out to be a liar and he was furious. clearly the state department was trying to do things to make a reversal in policy a real event. helio epstein said again a great conspiracy is brewing in wash

and the u.n. are planning to do about north korea's nuclear testing now that north korea has declared itself an isolated nation? guest: it's a good question. it's one of those really tough issues without a lot of solutions. i would say since 1990, over a few decades, we've been talking to them, we've been talking one-on-one, multilaterally. we've been offering them all kinds of inducements to give up their drive for nuclear weapons. they've been sanctioned before. there's not much left to sanction. there's not really a good military option. i believe we should still talk to the north koreans in some form. but i think we really have to wait out the kim regime until more reasonable leadership comes into power that it can actually make a deal. >> another demrent tweeter.com. you can send your tweets. again, if north korea is isolated, how do they know the girls wrp coming to the border from china to investigate women trafficking? >> a very good question. north korea is a very strong police state. one

they came out and it was a big surprise at the u.n. they supported partition because everybody assumed they were going to be against it and the british were especially shocked because they thought partition was going to die at the u.n. because the british, the russians would never support put the date. the russians were trying to approach the british empire in the middle east and they saw this as an issue between britain and the united states they could play. >> one week before andre gave his famous speech in the u.n. which actually if you read the text it is a very noble humane speech we cannot fail the jewish people, we care for them, they must have their own state, with a powerful almost zionist speech and one week before the under secretary of state prepared a position paper for the white house on the soviets and their position in the middle east and said the soviet union will support and is supporting the arab side and the soviet union will not support partition. it was one week before he made the speech and then he gives the spee

month ago before their nuclear test that they were going to test another nuclear device because the u.n. security council had failed as they had demanded to apologize to north korea for its earlier actions. but so far there has not been any demonstrated willingness to engage with the international community either through the u.n. or directly to this ex-parte process. >> what if this particular round of sanctions it elicits even further provocative response? >> well, obviously we are prepared to respond appropriately and i am really not at this time tables to go much beyond that. as i said in my prepared remarks, the united states will do what is necessary to do to defend u.s. national security and the security ever allies in the region. >> have the chinese -- i know from my conversations when i was there that i've been in touch, has there been any visit or any kind of high level of personal diplomacy in this effort at this time? >> the chinese have been engaged in various kinds of diplomacy over the last several months with the north koreans. i'm not at this point prepared to comment o

one thing also on that you can help -- u.n. help, without us there is no u.n.. it is not much to ask the digesting we support people fighting for their freedom. it is a magic -- corrupt administration over there and this is what you get when you try to sit back and let things become a democratic process on everything. there is nothing wrong standing up for freedom and the values of that. and the republicans who are saying that -- granted, i do not think the republicans are really taking the leadership role right now, but what senator graham said was true, just come out and be forceful. the people were jumping up and down when bush called this administration for what it was. host: "the los angeles times" has a front-page story, the rift deepens between top clerics. the hard-line and moderate trade harsh remarks and relatives of one key figure are arrested. the power struggle inside iran's political class appeared to be intensifying, with reformist and conservative leaders exchanging sharp statement sunday that leave each other for last week's deadly street violen

they have denounced the u.n. security council resolution and said they will not give up the nuclear weapons program. can you, sir, about how you plan to proceed forward? did you talk about this with president obama? there's a continuing threat emanating from north korea and journalists are still being detained. what is your thought about that complex? did you talk with president obama about this? were there concerned about that industrial complex? >> has reacted aggressively to the new u.n. security council resolution, which was expected. of course, the north koreans may react by firing another round of missiles or taking action. we can't expect that from them as well. tom barber, north koreans must understand that they will not be able to gain compensation by creating a keifecrisis. this is a firm u.s.-korea cooperation an alliance that will not allow that. a recent security council resolution is not simply about words. if it is about taking up follow- up action and vigorously implementing the u.n. security coun

or our government, a position of urging all u.n. members to comply fully with this new resolution of our response to what north korea is doing. sanctions resolutions are useful and important largely to the extent they are implemented very much believe we will push to ensure other countries implement these resolutions as fully as we do. >> thank you, ambassador and mr. sherman. >> thank you, senator feingold. senator corker? >> thank you, ambassador, for being here. you certainly have your work cut out for you. in your testimony you mention your findings on your recent trip include that china shares deep concern about north korea's recent actions and strong commitment to achieve denuclearization. there's a wide you, mr. ambassador, that if china really had to squeeze the north korean neighbor on the issue of the denuclearization, they could accomplish this in the way that really no other country on the globe can do. did you find their concern to be deeper and their commitment to be stronger than before the missile test and nuclear te

unfortunately, the u.n. resolution 1718 passed in 2006 after pyongyang's first nuclear test was ignored when north korea returned to the negotiating table. north korea's response to this latest u.n. resolution has been more bluster and brinkmanship. the north korean's reveal to no one's surprise that they have maintained a highly enriched uranium program all along in addition to their plutonium program. they now threaten the world with more bombs and possible nuclear war. earlier this month, kim jong il sent a patrol boat into south korea waters to back up his threats made against our south korean ally. some are now convinced that there will be a future military confrontation along d.m.z., or in the yellow sea. and today 28,500 u.s. military personnel still stand guard in south korea, a country often called the last frontier of the cold war. the dear leader's obviously testing the medal of this president and this congress. kim jong il has responded to the outstretched hand of president obama's inaugural addr

and in the -- working with our partners in the u.n. security council and also working with the u.n. secktaret on this. >> the iraqi government says that it's forming a committee to assess some of its prisons and allegations of overcrowding and prisoner abuses. being that there will be some prisoners being transferred to iraqi prisons, can you tell me what the united states has if any in the assessment of the iraqi prisons? >> first of all, we have made a commitment and this is also part of our security agreement to transfer detainees from u.s. custody to iraqi custody. we are working with the iraqi prison authorities both in terms of training and helping them with the refur bishment of prison facilities. indeed, we just opened up a new facility or a newly renovated facility just last saturday. in addition, i met with the minister of justice on sunday about the issue of the status of their prisons and of their capacity to not only receive prisoners but also to have a judicial system that has through-put, that is, gets the prisoners out with a -- through a legal process to determine g

u.n. report after u.n. report cites eritrea for providing arms and military training to members of the that back and that's an al qaeda-linked group that has been designated by the united states as a foreign terrorist organization. mr. chairman, if you take a look at this picture, which appeared in a u.n. report, this is the actual shabob fighter who shot down a cargo plane with that shoulder-fired missile supplied by eritrea. and the reason we know that is this is the propaganda footage used by this al qaeda-linked organization in order to try to recruit fighters to their goal, and they showed the footage of the successful attack on the cargo plane. now, what if that had been a civilian jetliner? how many lives would have been lost? indeed, our f.b.i. is greatly concerned about somali americans who have gone missing from american cities. they are worried that they have gone to somalia and are linking up with these terrorist groups. and it is eritrea that is providing the weapons, includin

she was a u.n. delegate and one of two or three u.n.delegates who were against what was going on in the u.n. as ron described with the state department. so i would say that she did play a very important role and she was also close to truman. truman really did listen to her and was influenced by her. and her position was, if you want the new u.n. to succeed, how can you turn against partition when this is what the had voted for her. and she really did push this with truman. >> on the other hand, publicly she was supposedly chairman of -- during this period when epstein called and said the state department was engineering in his words a big conspiracy to destroy partition, and frieda put together a huge dinner, rally where prominent speakers were going to come to protest the efforts of the state department to turn back partition. and eleanor roosevelt was supposed to be chairman of the meeting. and they put out the ads stop the state department conspiracy against jewish palestine. and eleanor roosevelt said this is a grave embarrassment t

koh advocated a u.n.-governed regime to force the united states -- and i'm quoting now -- to submit information about their small arms production. he believes that the united states should -- and i quote again - -- "establish a national firearms control system and a register of manufacturers, traders, importers and exporters of guns" to comply with international obligations. this would allow u.n. members such as cuba and venezuela and north korea and iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on american citizens. as dean of the yale law school, mr. koh was a leader in another effort that i think is troublesome. it was an effort to deprive students of the freedom to listen to military recruiters who wanted to explain on campus the benefits of a career in our military services. we all, every one of us in this body, frequently express our gratitude to the people in the united states military services who protect us, who put themselves in danger in order to protect the very freedoms we're

on march 31, for example, the u.n. acting deputy assistant secretary for the population refugee and migration bureau told the u.n. the u.s. government seeks to achieve universal access to reproductive health and the promotion of reproductive rights. in light of the secretary of state's statement that clearly means universal access to abortion on demand. by foisting abortion on the developing world via a new government office on global women's issues, the obama administration is squandering america's political capital to enable the purveyors of death to descend upon nation after nation to promote their deadly wares. section 334 of the underlying legislation establishes an office for global women's issues and i suggested that we limit it, that it not become a war room at the department of state for the promotion of abortion. if so, the predictable consequences are more dead children and more wounded women. even planned parenthood's institute has said that in most countries it is common after abortions to legalize for abo

what of the most effective was the publisher of the nation magazine whose reports helps with u.n. delegates to vote for partition in 1947 for the most important trimming came to the presidency sympathetic to the zionist goals and plight of the jewish survivors. eight days after becoming president he was visited by the american scientist delegation headed by rabbi stephen wise. truman told them he supported their cause but was concerned about opposition from the state department. he was to encounter this in very short order when the state department told him not to listen to the zionist when they contacted him, creating a jewish state would require hundreds of thousands of american troops and was start world for three. this is the beginning of the struggle of the striped pants conspirators in the state department as well as the british and arabs over the future of palestine. now, i am going to step down and ron will talk more about that subject [applause] >> i'm going to begin with the partition broke 1947 and take it from there through truman's recognition of israel. this was a pa

caller: i was wondering if your guest thinks the u.n. is an effective -- effective or problematic with the mess we are in. with our economy in trouble, it would seem that we have an undue burden on americans, on all americans. are we the world keeper? are we meant to be over there in the middle east in everybody's problems? guest: mixing foreign policy and our domestic economic circumstances is a mistake. we have some problems with some of our economic partners abroad. we will always have some issues. with globalization in trade being intense -- to blame it on the u.n. is silly. the last guessed that we had reached a guy was watching the previous half hour in the greenroom. they talked about our policy in the middle east. if you think about it, most of the policies are determined in washington. the u.n. does not determine what our foreign policy is. it does not determine our economic policy domestically. it does not determine how we deal with china or others. we determine that. what beijing does has little to do with what the u.n. says i

there is an additional provision, which i think is new for any u.n.anctions regime, and that is a prohibition -- a mandatory prohibition -- on providing what is called bunkering services to any suspect north korean vessel on the open seas. bunkering provisions are fuel and other support that a ship needs to carry on. that is designed to make it more likely that a ship has to return to port, at which point it would face that mandatory inspection. the fourth element of the regime is a decision to add additional companies, entities, goods, and individuals to the list of entities and individuals that are subject to an assets freeze under the prior resolution. within 30 days, we and other states will add to that list new companies for north korea, new individuals, new goods that will be provided in trading in the case of goods, and assets frozen in the case of individuals. >> and finally, the fifth element is a step up implementation and monitoring mechanician mechanism so that we and others have the ability to more effectively track potential violations a

and the u.n. estimated as of november of last year that there were still approximately 1.8 million metric ton food shortfall, which would leave 8.7 million of the most vulnerable without adequate food intake and nutrition. it's not famine conditions but it's chronic malnutrition. so the need remains is my second point. my third point that i'd like to highlight is a brief description of the usaid-supported food program that recently ended. this was a groundbreaking program that shows us is way of how we can constructively engage on meeting real humanitarian needs that we understand exist. in 2008, u.s. aid negotiated a protocol with the dprk government in which there would be provision from usaid, 500,000 metric tons of american food. of this 400,000 went through the world food program and 100,000 went to a consortium of five ngos. mercy corps was the lead. we were joinedi world vision, samaritans purse and christian children's fund, all five of us brought more than a decade of experience in workin

the big difference now is the u.n. security council resolution that calls for the designation of certain entities for financial sanctions makes much more of a multilateral effort and i think it becomes much easier to gain cooperation among other countries regulatory agencies and banks. the second point that i want to make again addressing some of the questions in the earlier recession is this whole question of the inspection regime. to me, although we don't know everything about the u.n. security council resolution, to me what is most interesting is a strong effort by the administration to develop an inspection regime to counter the proliferation potentially of weapons or fissile material by north korea. this is a very important step and institutionalizing some sort of inspection regime what i think have even more value on the counterproliferation side than the financial measures themselves. uscm the financial measures would be taken after the nuclear test but to ramp up a strong inspection regime and the counterprolif

the u.n. security council made similar statements saying their destructive role in the horn. so have many neighboring countries. and so it is time that eritrea should be named a state sponsor of terrorism. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. payne: i claim the time in opposition. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. payne: the foreign relations authorization act, which the royce amendment would designate eritrea the state sponsor of terrorism and call on the united nations security council to impose sanctions against eritrea i strongly oppose. while i certainly respect my esteemed colleague from california, ed royce, who served as an excellent chairman of the subcommittee on africa for several years and we worked closely together on many issues and i have a great deal of

regional consultation, u.n.nd bilateral sanctions, defensive measures and if north korea shows seriousness of purpose, diplomatic engagement. first, we are consulting with our allies and partners in asia. especially, those who have been involved with us in recent years in the six-party talks. president obama and secretary clinton have been in the forefront of this effort reaching out to leaders in japan, south korea, china, and russia. conveying a desire for a strong unified response to pyongyang that it will suffer consequences if it does not reverse course. last week i participated in a mission to the region led by secretary of state -- deputy secretary of state james steinberg where we reiterated this point. i can say that our partners share our view that north korea's nuclear and missile threat is a challenge to the international order and a hindrance to lasting stability in northeast asia that must be addressed. we found that our asian partners agree that north korea's provocative behavior is changing the s

this is the current distribution and this is a big challenge to the u.n. agencies you got to have the right distribution and mix and be able to move people and that is the thing we are very good at but as you can see here at least now the distribution of people reflects the epidemiology and the risks to the program. the other the thing is to be able to be flexible and respond with your human resources to where your problems are. this is the last reservoir we believe of type one polio in india and this when you see is the cozy river coming from the north, then along the bottom uc the ganges river running and this is where the to me to. the area around the river is a massive flood plain a basically every time you see india flubbing vc people standing on the ropes were looking at this part of india on tv and this also as you can see is where polioviruses are right along this area mapped airily and when you look at what was in place to serve these people and manage the program there was one primary health care center with in the flood zone area. for an area of

we believe the nuclear test was a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1695, and 1718. earlier on turkey had expressed concern over the launch carried out by dprk on 5 april. we believe this undermines stability, mutual trust and confidence and the region even further. turkish authorities have condemned the nuclear test in strong terms and support the security council to send a strong and unified response of two dprk for this act. we believe that the resolution adopted today contains the necessary elements for such a response. it is our strong expectation that dprk and international community comply with this and abide by the provisions of the resolution appeared at the same time, turkey recognizes the importance of encouraging the dprk to return to the six-party talks. cherokee looks forward to these talks and considers them the best vehicle for negotiation. -- turkey looks forward to these talks. this is important for stability and a boat region. all the parties to the talks are essential. i will resume as president of the c

wouldn't it have been great if the money we withheld from the u.n. population planning account had stopped coercive abortions in china? wouldn't it be great if the due assessed to pay to the united nations had resulted in the kinds of reforms that eliminated the questionable conduct that the minority rightfully points to? there is a real challenge to this assumption that the withholding is what achieves the goal. we can wish it a lot. it doesn't alwaysp happen. secondly there are specific categories of programs here that are involved and should be mentioned because in some cases they make some sense. the technical assistance provided by iaea is constructive and supportive of a number of humanitarian needs such as the eradication of the teetsy fly in numerous african countries, the fruit fly in canada, improving cancer diagnosis, niger, mali, and zambia, and the central american republic. these are the kinds of programs they are involved. once in a while there may be a project such as in iran or syria that may provide a small amount of useful experien

the u.n. security council 1874. i do not have specific details on his itinerary. >> to you have an answer to the question that was raised last week about the palestinian- american boys? >> namai. hold on a second. -- i might, hold on a second. we are aware, but due to privacy we have no comment at this time. we would like to emphasize that our liability in gaza is quite limited. all along we have urged american citizens to refrain from traveling to gaza. >> there's nothing you can do? >> i can -- i am not saying that. i cannot comment on the particular is. -- particulars. >> it has been said that there'll be some compromise tomorrow. reportedly with the passage of the freeze on new constructions. is acceptable or is that dead in the water? does it go far enough? >> as you probably know, defense minister -- the defense minister is going to meet with special envoy it mitchell in new york tomorrow morning. we have been working with all parties to try to come up with an environment conducive to the resumption of negotia

we are aware of the statement of iran's u.n. ambassador, where he said that he -- the first vice- president of the islamic republic of iran was denied a visa. we did receive a large number of applications to the u.n. conference and the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development. on june 16, the iranian mission requested we return the passports, including the vice president's, without visas. on june 23, the application for identification were submitted to lay to be processed for a conference that began the next day on june 24 in addition -- on june 24. in addition, they did expedite the process for a smaller delegation. all in all, seven were granted. >> on iraq with the withdrawal of u.s. troops, a report on the ground in moses is that the military is keeping posts inside the city due to recent tensions between the kurds and the arab communities in iraq's second- largest city. the agreement is to pull back from all major cities within iraq. is that how -- are there exceptions to that as far as you know? >>

provides to critical peacekeeping operations, and other u.n. activities in support of u.s. interests, the members of congress have a right to know, the people of america have a right to know and i support the amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i thank the chairman's response in support of this amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. and ask for the adoption thereof. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 27 printed in part c of house report 111-143. for what purpose does the gentleman from delaware rise? mr. castle: thank you, i rise to the purpose of offering an amendment number 27. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 27 printed in part c of house report 111-143 offered by mr. castle of delaware. the chair: pur

, for exercising the capability of a shifting over to humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and u.n. peacekeeping operations. it started out aggressive and ended up not just peacemaking and peacekeeping. never has participation been more vigorous and the more spirited. that is the readiness. it is essential for us to be able to field forces that can move out and answer says across the full spectrum of military operational committee said you would expect for of -- from us. >the third part of our strategy is presence. the officers, a junior officers in our headquarters say it this way. virtual presence equals actual absence. we're all used to the wonders of video teleconferences and multiple secure telephone calls and all that. you've got to get out there. if you have got to get real bird and honest to goodness and grime underneath your fingernails and work with the people in this very large area of responsibility so that they can develop and enhance understanding of what we, the united states, offer. 36 countries in our area responsibility. we have been 22829 of them. some, like japa

the u.n. does not determine what our foreign policy is.t does not determine our economic policy domestically. it does not determine how we deal with china or others. we determine that. what beijing does has little to do with what the u.n. says it should do. conservatives like to use the jargon that is not helpful. host: here is a tweed question. does your guests think obama should get certain things down to size? such as the defense budget. guest: it requires certainty that it can accomplish its mission. all government programs, large corporations, universities have a lot of waste. it is the nature of bureaucracy. unfortunately, when it comes to building of the military, i am with barack obama on that, although i do not agree with some specifics of his policy. i am not a defense expert. host: we have someone else on the line. good morning. caller: can you hear me? host: we can hear you. go ahead. caller: there is nothing wrong with being a fiscal conservative. there was a lot of money spent in iraq during the bush of ministration. what wou

if the united states is required to gain u.n. authority for military action, what punitive actions might the united states be subjected to if unilaterally uses preemptive force? would our navy seals have had to wait for authorization from the international body before rescuing the american being held hostage in the horn of africa? i think 99% of the american people said that they should have that authority and we shouldn't have to go to any kind of an international court. i don't know where this obsession has come from that nothing's good unless it's international anymore. in 1992, george will said -- and i'm quoting now -- "there may come a time when the united states will be held hostage to the idea that the legitimacy of u.s. force is directly proportionate to the number of nations condoning it." that was back in 1992 and this is what's happening today. and i hope that day never comes. the decisions made to protect our great nation should not be made by members of an international body, but by men and women who are elected by

i head ad commission for the u.n. that explored an expert commission that explored alternative ways by which we could go from the dollar system to some alternative global reserve system, and there are ways that we can do this st in an orderly, stable way. but if we don't do that, there are so strong forces already at play that's going to happen. there are regional initiatives that the initiative that is called the shanghai initiative in asia. at the meeting in new york there was discussion from the -- those in latin america creating a regional reserve system in latin america. so the reality is it's coming. and the question is how we go about managing it. and i hope, i hope that the united states takes some leadership and says, you know, we have allowed globalization to proceed. it's benefitted us, but it's also had some costs, particularly to developing countries, innocent victims of this crisis. let's try to address the problems of the global reserve system and let's try to create something that is of benefit to us a

>> i think it is important that this is a u.n. resolution, an international commitment, not just the united states. it is a lot of countries. the north taking steps to further isolate itself, to further not comply with international guidance and regulations in the long run puts them in a more difficult position. >> dr. gates, i wondered what you thought about the reports that north korea might shoot a ballistic missile toward hawaii, if he thought there was accuracy toward that? if that was to occur, would that be a situation where the u.s. would use a missile defense system to eliminate that threat? >> we are obviously watching the situation with respect to missile launches very closely. we do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the west, in the direction of hawaii. i have directed the deployment again of thad missiles to hawaii and the sbx radar has been deployed to provide support. based on my visit to fort greeley, the ground-based interceptors are in a position to take action. without telegraphing what we w

as has been the case over the last few months, the subject of the implementation of u.n. security council resolutions, the existing ones, 1718 and the new one, is very much a subject of active consideration in our relationship, not only with the chinese but other countries in the region. you can expect that as we move forward, we are going to continue to be very concerned about implementation and other countries will be as well. >> anything you would recommend? i know you do not recommend what congress should do better any suggestions about how congress can be helpful on that narrow question of the enforcement of that resolution? >> i am never hesitant to recommend what congress should do, but i do think -- >> that is okay. for today. >> i do think that congress has a role in this and as congress expresses its views, those can hopefully be reinforcing of the positions we are taking in bilateral government to government relationships with our partners. >> and also on that issue, i wanted to move to the question of the 6 party talks, what is your sense, what is your sense o

they're basically taken care of either by certain palestinian groups or by the u.n.their environment, i think, is so difficult. even just the humanitarian aspect. politically it's also a destabilizing force for lebanon. part of it is the lebanese sectarian system is such that they worry about any changes in the demographics. most -- the palestinian refugees are both christian and muslim. but the vast majority are muslim and sunni muslim so you can imagine how the different faction may look at incorporating them into a country which is divided along sectarian lines. so i think the lebanese refugee problem, palestinian refugee dilemma, is the most urgent and most difficult issue to be resolved when addressing the arab-israeli conflict outside the occupied terrys, the west bank and gaza. host: tyrone is next from los angeles. good morning. caller: hi. it's steve actually. that's ok. i wanted to find out if you would be interested in reviewing a friend of mine's book who is a ph.d. at the university of maryland it talks about how the iraq war is for israel and basically

i think it is another example in the latest u.n. resolution showing how limited even the potential effectiveness of these multilateral organizations, such as the u.n., would be in a 21st century world. i think it is one of

if all of these things become part of the u.n. security council resolution and then as ambassador bosworth said there is a monitoring mechanism within the u.n. security council of countries who are abiding by it, that would be much more effective way of trying to counterproliferation then it the united states on its own, as we were doing during the bush administration, tries to individually persuade countries to do this. that was a much harder route and they think this process would be much more effective and would position the united states much better. >> i agree and it seems to me the central diplomacy for the moment, as with the rest of the world. into chorus we may get some diplomacy because the north koreans to find it necessary, but our job right al is the security council, to make certain that if we go the economic thanking rouch or if we try to set up a non-proliferation, dodd and said the north koreans are gaining revenue from, their major exports appear to be through these very dangerous substances, information weapons,

we also put -- put forward the necessary resources for the u.n. peacekeeping missions in darfur fuhr, -- darfur, the republic of congo and chad. and my leglation on ensuring that continue to push for the comprehensive peace agree is in this legislation. then i'm extremely delighted and pleased that section 1104 has placed by bill into this legislation which dictates it is the purpose of of this section to increase global stability and security for the united states and the international community and decrease trafficking and discrimination by reducing the number of individuals who are de facto stateless. this will help women and children, those who have been dispossessed, those who are victim of human trafficking. some of those case vs. found themselves into my own community in texas. let me again, mr. chairman, say that i rise to support h.r. 2410 and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. inglis, a m

if all of these things become part of a u.n. security council resolution and then as ambassador bosworth said there is an enforcement or a monitoring mechanism within the u.n. security council of countries who are abiding by it, that would be a much more effective way of trying to counter proliferation than if the united states on its own, as we were doing during the bush administration trying to go out individually and persuade countries to do this. that was a much harder route. and i think this process would be much more effective and would position the united states much better. >> i agree. and it seems to essential diplomacy with all the rest of the world and in due course we may get some diplomacy because the north koreans do find it necessary but our job right now is the security council to make sense if we go the economic banking route because after all, the items that the north koreans are getting revenue from, their major exports appear to be through these very dangerous substances, information weapons. so this is anoth

the draft u.n. framework convention on climate change, for example, includes language supported by extreme carbon emitting nations like india and china, calling for a multilateral technology climate fund. housed inside the u.n. this new fund would require noncommercial transfers of patent protected technologies as a price for developing nation's participation in any new international agreement to reducing global emissions. these demands would lead to outright theft of of our american intellectual property and indirectly benefit the world's most prominent co-2 emitters. our amendment which is supported by the u.s. chamber of commerce, the emergency committee for american trade, would protect american intellectual property rights and help block any patent transfer to a new multilateral fund. in the context of any international framework that deals with energy and environment technology, the amendment declares that it is official american policy to defend the rights of our creators. i yield back. the c

iran has defied the united states, the u.n. security council, the iaea and continues its quest for nuclear technology. . it would pose a grave danger to the united states. focusing on iran should be a top priority of the united states congress and every minute we wait to address this issue, the world becomes a more dangerous place. the state department has not had an authorization bill since fiscal year 2003 and has continued to operate and while the authorization is important, stopping iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is far more important. the republican motion to recommit would replace the authorization bill with the iran refined petroleum sanctions bill that mr. berman introduced earlier this year, along with congresswoman ros-lehtinen. this bill would impose badly needed sanctions on iran. we feel that this bill is the right way to proceed and should be acted on immediately. the legislation currently has 155 co-sponsors, with wide bipartisan support. this legislation would mandate the state department to open immediate

both the united states and the u.n. including the soviet union, recognized the state of israel. the day after the jewish state was established in 1948, it was invaded by six surrounding arab nations. a negotiated cease fire ended hostility, with jerusalem being split in the middle between israel and jordan. in 1967, israel was once again invaded by syria from the north, jordan from the east and jirpt from the southwest. -- egypt from the southwest. israel expanded its border by including the golan heights that was controlled by syria, the west bank controlled by jordan and gaza controlled by egypt. some would have you believe that the establishment changed the borders of arab states in an agreement that existed for centuries. that is incorrect. the boundaries of the middle east countries were fixed by western powers after turkey was defeated in world war i. the french took over syria and lebanon. the british took over palestine and iraq. the areas allotted to israel had been under the control of the on the man empire from 1517 to 1917. during this 400-year rein, it was only spar

earlier today in new york, the u.n. security council passed the resolution imposing new economic and military sanctions against north korea. this action follows the nuclear underground test and subsequent missile tests in violation of previous security council resolution. we will hear from the 15 member nations at this hour-long event. >> the 6000, 101st meeting is called to order. a provisional agenda of this meeting is before the council in the document s, which reads, non-proliferation, unless i hear any objection, i will consider the agenda adopted. agenda is adopted. i would like to inform the council that i have received a letter from the republic of korea in which request to participate in the consideration of the economic council's agenda. in accordance with usual practice, i propose with the consent of the council to advise the rep to participate without the right to vote, in accordance with rope -- relevant of a council's rules of procedure. no objection, it is decided. i invite representatives of the republic

on a commission established by the u.n., the commission for empowerment of the poor, we asked the staff simple questions. one was, how long does it take to get a business license to open up a bakery in a struggling country of millions. the answer was, if you wanted to be an entrepreneur and to open a bakery, to get a business license to keep 500 -- took you 500 days, and the cost was 3.5 months labor force skilled worker. you know the option. you pay a bribe, support a corrupt system with people subsisting off of corruption, the antithesis of law. and this is dangerous. one of the reasons we want you to succeed economically is so you can plan your own destiny, so you can plan your own life, in a world where governments are always waiting, all too eager to plan the destiny for you. this must be understood. the absence of a civil laws structure means there is the absence of the structures that protect health and human lives, our water system. millions of you have seen pictures. some of you, perhaps, have been to africa and seen pictures of this stately, elegant african women in a flowing,