the u.n. is only 15%. the first was over from the. this was largely underfunded. but need to transition as soon as possible to reconstruction. the role of the u.n., haiti is very dear to the organization, and the u.n. heavily involved for many, many years. and in france, and in doing so we work very, very closely with the haitian authority, the haitian people, the different parts of the haitian society. and international partners, and, of course, the u.n. special envoy former president bill clinton. the u.n. is involved heavily on the security role through the u.n. mission. that in several u.n. missions over the past 15 years. so right now there is critical in supporting the haitian national police in maintaining security. the u.n. is very involved in the human response. they have deployed to try to coordinate all the actors involved in humanitarian response. the u.n. is very involved in doing tv and pushing the agenda quickly for early recovery that will start embedding within the humanitaria

and u.n.alk about what haiti is doing to arise from the disaster that struck the entire country. one more step we are taking because we are following the solidarity with our partners in the international community. stunted demand a to decide how we can deal with the horror thee days and weeks after the tragedy. since the 25th of january the montreal conference took place which allowed us to lay the groundwork for technical dialogue to bring together efforts in identifying what to do and how to do to. we set forth some principles to guide our actions. the leadership reiterated that it would follow the principles of the paris declaration. at the end of that conference secretary hillary clinton invited us to come to new york to make commitments on how to achieve reconstruction of our country. as rÉne preval has indicated this is an historic opportunity, as he said a few moments ago. finally before that we once again met in santo domingo to advance the matter of coordinating our efforts together.

much of the u.n.'s food aid-- intended for millions of hungry people in somalia-- is being diverted. "the new york times" and others reported that today, based on a draft study from the u.n. security council. the reports said corrupt contractors, radical islamic militants and local u.n. workers are taking up to half the food. schools across the united states are now one step closer to a uniform set of math and english standards. the nation's governors and state school superintendents published new national guidelines today. they're expected to lead to standardized textbooks and testing. texas and alaska are the only states not taking part. house democratic leaders will stop setting aside projects for private companies, in annual spending bills. democrat david obey-- chairman of the appropriations committee -- announced it today. he said he hopes to eliminate 1,000 earmarks. the move follows an ethics probe of allegations that seven house members earmarked funds in exchange for campaign cash. the invest

success you have u.n. security council resolution and mocking the express concerns of the international communities. for almost 20 years the europeans have pursued what they call a constructive dialogue with the iranians on the subject. it has been neither constructive nor a dialogue. all negotiations have been fruitless as was the case in north korea. in the past year, president obama has given iran several deadlines by which time they should comply with their u.n. security council and iaea demands only to move the line in the sand he has drawn successfulively as iranians have not met those deadlines, indeed after iran recently and brazenly announced, two weeks ago, that it had enriched uranium to 20% which is a very significant step towards getting weapons-grade uranium, even after that announcement, the american policy seems to be based on the hope one might say, even the wish, that iran would somehow see the light, and cease its violations and its nuclear program. ladies and gentlemen, it is difficult,

assessments to the u.n. system the advocates of global governance have looked for ways to fund multilateral a activities that did not depend on appropriations by national which as bleachers and particularly by the congress of the united states in fact almost exclusively their concern was the congress of the united states not providing money like turning on this ticket. so they tried to find ways around that to fund these international activities we saw in the case of law of the treaty and an effort to use royalties from undersea mining activities to fund the authorities of up by the law of the sea treaty. we saw at copenhagen numerous schemes for taxation of international economic transactions to fund environmental the activity under the various proposals that were negotiated at copenhagen. we have seen even today proposals by prime minister gordon brown of the united kingdom from international banking tax to set up a fund that would be used for future bank bailouts and financial crises. the idea come in a v

in the interim, we will move forcefully on eight u.n. sanctions regime. -- on all u.n. sanctions regime. do we have unanimity? not yet. that is something we have to work on. we we think we are in a stronger position to get robust sanctions now than we were one year ago. it is still difficult partly because iran is an oil producer and are many countries around the world that regardless of their offenses, these countries are thinking that their commercial interests are more important to them than these long-term geopolitical interests. we have to continue to -- we have to continue to apply pressure on iran and make sure we are communicating clearly that this is very important to the united states. we think we can get sanctions passed v. >> i have heard many comments and i have been quite amused on the relations between european leaders and the president of the united states. i am amused because i thought to myself that when we speak to one another, people must listen to our phone calls because i have seen reports on conversations and discussions which in no way resemble d

his position was unequivocal besides the u.n. resolution that led us to believe that saddam hussein's failed to comply with international law. he cited one that had the importance of the final opportunity for saddam st.hussein. it laid the basis, but it was not the sufficient reason in itself for us making the decision if you had known his decision was equivocal 10 days before, would it have changed your view? but i don't think it would have. unless he was prepared to say that his unequivocal advice was that this was not lawful, then the other arguments that i thought were important played, which was the obligation to the international community, the failure to honor them, the failure to discharge the spirit of the resolutions, particularly 1441. i knew there was a debate about whether that resolution should lead to a further decision or discussion. i knew that was an issue. it seemed the attorney general's advice was unequivocal. >> we get to the decision itself. you say the attorney general has advised th -- the cabinet has bee

i believe that while stronger u.n. sanctions against iran are not only essential but it is critically important that they be enforced, now, the president has rightly in my judgment kept a military option to take against nuclear facilities in iran, on the table. should they be used for production of nuclear weapons, in violation of u.n. resolutions. i also believe that the possibility of a blockade or quarantine of iran's oil exports and refined petroleum products imports, should also be on a list of options, possible options for action. can you comment on what actions you think might be successful in terms of sanctions that -- against iran should she continue to violate u.n. resolutions, relative to the nuclear program, but, also as to whether we ought to keep those other options on the table? >> well, first of all, senators, as you noted, in fact the president has explicitly stated that he is not taking the military option off the table. and, as you noted in your statement earlier, we have worked hard in the region, t

[applause] >> despite the u.n.n, colonel kemp was determined to set the record straight. to describe the true nature of israel's defensive actions, for all her detractors to hear loud and clear. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a true hero, a man who stands up time and again for his country, for his comrades, and for his ideals. colonel richard kemp. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you, tim, for those extremely kind words. i should say though any success that i've had come any achievements i've made in my lifetime, in my career, have been due entirely to the extremely brave, committed, dedicated and hard british soldiers who i've had the honor to serve alongside. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, it is also a great honor to have been invited to speak to you here in washington today. i won't open up with that old churchill clichÉ, about two people divided by a common language. [laughter] >> i will though say how comforting it is to know that in this enormous audience today there is a very strong british contingent led

at the u.n. in new york.we have been engaged with the e.u., with late countries like france and brazil and others who have put forward, canada, significant contributions. but every country in our hemisphere has contributed something. and so we're working to enhance those contributions. there is an effort underway to coordinate the haitian government and united nations with u.s. and other donors through a development authority that the haitian government would set up and run, but which would be given lines of accountability from the donor countries as well. as you know, mr. chairman, we had a plan, a well-developed plan that we had worked on with our haitian partners prior to the earthquake. and we are working to implement that, as part of the recovery with certain changes. for example, focusing on agriculture as one of the big issues we are trying to further. so we will give you and probably about two to three weeks a very thorough report. will also include all the information we have about what other countri

u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon offered up to $10 million in help. chile has asked the uae for water purification systems, medical facilities and generators. the state department said a u.s. disaster response team is scheduled to arrive today to help chile with are leave efforts. the u.s. already has sent satellite phones and water treatment units and more aid is scheduled to arrive next week. >>> meanwhile, we have new video of a tsunami that developed right after that massive earthquake a week ago. look at this. you see the water flooding the streets of this town. the 8.8 earthquake caused a tsunami that swept more than 400 miles of chile's coast. chile's government identified 279 victims, but hundreds more are still unidentified. >>> there may be a new lead in the case of a family from the san diego area that went missing last month. authorities think the mcstays were spotted on this surveillance tape casually crossing the mexican border. it appears, if you look close, to show a man, woman and two children that fit the mcstays' description. but de

with respect to the code by the ague 48 u.n. peacekeeping force in somalia, i think that it is important at this point that amisom, who do the job that it has committed itself to do, that more african countries stepped up to participate in the amisom forest along with the ugandan, burundian, integration troops who are all ready on the ground. the force for amisom was originally supposed to be 8000 men. it is only slightly over 5000. we hope other african nations will come forward to make contributions to the effort in somalia. the africans, as i've indicated, have recognized the importance of stabilizing that country. this has been recognized in igad and 80 resolution and the commitment by african countries themselves to put troops on the ground. this is essentially an african effort, an african led effort to does deserve the support of the international community. it's important that amisom to the primary work of trying to establish peace in that country. >> thank you. we'll go back to the third row and then we'll come to the s

it becomes an international legal issue again and so forth and i think the u.n. is given about the authorities that generally the international community is willing to provide. >> thank you. thanks to both of you. >> thank you, senator nelson. fortune. >> thank you, mr. chairman. admiral and general, thank you very much for your extraordinary service to our country during some very interesting and dangerous times. general petraeus, the defense weapons systems are being proliferated throughout the world, including in the centcom world of responsibility. iran, for example, is seeking to purchase one of the latest, most advanced such face to air missile systems, the russian s-300. i'm interested in what your views are with regard to the activities by the iranians to pure shoe some of these anti-access and area denial strategies? >> hand in fact, with respect to the s-300, i think you know, that has not been delivered and there's quite a bit of november cuss, in fact, on that. whether it will be delivered, because it will represent a significant increase in the capab

a short while ago i spoke to the head of the u.n. food and agricultural organization who just got back from haiti and he gave us this assessment of the state of the haitian people. >> the situation is very difficult, after the loss of 240,000 people, the influx of around 600,000 people from cities into rural areas, and the rainy season are writing in march -- are arriving in march with the major growing season starting now. we unfortunately did not have all the resources necessary to help farmers with seeds, fertilizers, smalt implements -- instruments for the season that produces 60% of the production of haiti. the appeal was for $73 million. we have 20% of that amount. unless we ensure that there is employment, that those who are in a rural areas are supplemented by those who come from cities have the necessary income, we are certainly bound to have more difficulty in a country that is importing 60% of its total and needs. >> you mentioned the cities and rural population. we know over the years in haiti there has been a massive gla

the u.s., the u.n. and human rights groups called on nigeria today to punish those behind sunday's deadly violence. for more on developments there, we turn to patrick ukata, a professor at american university's school of international service; and pauline baker, president of the fund for peace, a non-profit organization devoted to preventing war. we're talking about politics. we're talking about religion. we're talking about resources. what are the driving forces, professor ukata, behind what we're seeing now in nigeria? >> i mean, i will say a lot of it is economic actually. there's a very acute struggle for existence that has been exacerbated by the fact that all of the oil revenue that nigeria is known to have accumulated over years hasn't really triggered any kind of measurable development for the society. everyone sees the existence of just made up of whatever effort they can make on their own. but that pits them against each other. >> ifill: the religious part of it. the christians versus the musl

as u.n.ster, opposition leader, and now in his second term as prime minister, he has been pursuing peace, security and economic growth for his country throughout nearly 30 years of public life. for decades he has warned the world about the threat of terrorism and radical islam. he has long recognized the danger of a nuclear-armed iran not just to israel but to the entire world and he has been among the most prominent voices combating the international campaign that delegitimizes israel. today from the prime minister's office benjamin netanyahu is continuing to sound the alarm about all of these things. yet even as he traveled the world warning of the threats facing israel, he has refused to abandon his quest for peace, and he has never relented from his desire to improve both the israeli and palestinian economies. it is with these goals of peace and prosperity in mind that he has taken a number of bold steps in the past year. last summer he declared support for a demilitarized palestinian sta

and u.n. diplomats in iraq also hailed the election as a success. >> i think it was really a very good day for iraqi democracy. i believe it will be a real foundation point, a real new beginning for a u.s. relationship with iraq we hope will stretch decades to come. >> this day has been a triumph of reason over confrontation and violence. iraqis are making history. >> ifill: more than 6,000 candidates competed for 325 parliamentary seats. millions of ballots are now being counted with final results not expected before thursday. the ballots were opened and the results of the list were examined as well. and then the results will be sent electronically to the center for inserting data. >> ifill: according to early estimates a coalition led by prime minister nouri al-maliki appeared to be leading in the south. on sunday he expressed confidence that the violence would not derail the outcome. >> i'm very assured that the election process is going well. but if some lapses take place, this won't affec

he put great emphasis, as we have heard in evidence on the u.n. route on building a coalition of international support, public opinion and our own countries and proper preparation including preparation for the aftermath and not least on achieving substantive progress in the middle east peace process. and i assume that you would be fully aware and supportive of those points? >> yeah, we discussed the middle east peace process particularly because we felt that progress could be made. the treasury at that stage and i were working on an economics plan for the middle east where we could underpin the political -- with -- where we could offer the palestinians the chance of greater pros parity if violence was abated and we were really learning the lessons that we had learned in other parts of the world, including northern ireland if we could reduce the incentive incentive to violence by making sure that people were more prosperous we might have a better chance that the process was working. >> why hadened we succeeded in achieving more -- on the peace midd

the u.n., together with other partners, has been supporting haiti's government to qualify the recovery needs through their post-disaster needs assessment to which the prime minister referred. and that is provide a strategic contribution to the governments action plan. it is critical that the pledges made towards the $3.86 billion required over the next 18 months to get recovery going are quickly fulfilled. and our additional to the emergency response. as we all mobilized to support haiti's recovery, let me make five points on behalf of the u.n. development group. first, the government and the people of haiti must be and the drivers seat of the recovery. and our international resources must be lined up with their priorities. the u.n. agencies will support the strengthening of the capacity of haiti to institutions at the national and the subnational levels, and support good governance. we will also support the full engagement of civil society in the recovery and the private sector, and include t

and places all all over europe, russia, the u.n.estimates by the year 205025% of our population than that which currently exists in russia, sam way with the eastern european countries, we're seeing a depopulation trend and the reason why the aggregate continues to grow is we're living longer. not about birth, it's about the other side of the spectrum. south korea there are so far below replacement japan has the same problem that they're looking at a serious this proportionality when it comes to workers and those who are on the other end of the spectrum receiving benefits so i think your underlying assumption has been surpassed in many ways by a depopulation trend that is very injurious to individual countries and in china where the sex selection abortions has led to gender sided with 100 million missing girls, in whole unique set of problems has developed near as many as 40 million men will not able to find wives by 2020 because they are gone and dead as a result of sex selection abortion. .. i would be happy to look at the ngo's yo

he put great emphasis as we heard evidence of the u.n. ruda on building the white kawlija with international support on gating the support for public opinion and our countries of proper preparation including the preparation for the aftermath are not lease on achieving substantial progress in the middle east peace process and i assumed you would be aware and supportive of those points. >> we discussed the middle east peace process particularly because we felt progress could be made. the treasury at that stage and i were working on an economic plan for the middle east where we could underpin the political road map with an economic bird mac if you like where we could offer the palestinians the chance of greater prosperity if violence was updated and we were learning the lessons for other parts of the world including northern ireland that if we could reduce the incentive to violence by making sure people were more prosperous than we might have a better chance of the peace process working so i was directly involved and initiatives on that issu

as u.n.nistrator, finance administrator, opposition leader and now in his second term as prime minister, he has been pursuing peace, security, and economic growth for his country throughout nearly 30 years of public life. for decades, he has warned the world about the threat of terrorism and radical islam. he has long recognized the danger of a nuclear-armed iran. not just to israel but to the entire world. and he has been among the most prominent voices combating the international campaign to delegitimatize israel. today from the prime minister's office, benjamin netanyahu is continuing to sound the alarm about all of these things. yet, even as he traveled the world, warning of the threats facing israel, he has refused to abandon his quest for peace. and he has never relented from his desire to improve both the israeli and the palestinian economies. it is with these goals of peace and prosperity in mind that he has taken a number of bold steps in the past year. last summer, he declared his s

in fact, they are doing that right now at the u.n. -- at the grotesquely maimed u.n.man rights commission. [applause] and i want to use this opportunity to thank president obama and the concourse of the united states for their efforts to thwart this libel, and i ask for the continued effort this week to fight this lie. [applause] regrettably, the palestinian authority has also continued the unabated in sight against israel and the state-controlled media and schools and other institutions that come directly under their control. and some others, too. a few days ago in a public square meter ramallah, the palestinians named this square after a terrorist who murdered 38 innocent israeli civilians, including 13 children, including an american citizen, the photographer, gale ruben. they named a public square after this murderer, and the palestinian authority did nothing. ladies and gentlemen, peace requires reciprocity. it cannot be a one-way street in which israel makes all the concessions and the palestinian authority makes none. that's got to change. [applause] israel sta

that is the effort with the u.n. and others, other organizations as well, the european union is involved, countries do it as single actors and so forth. in a variety of different ways, everything on the u.s. side, treasury designations and a host of financial and trade restrictions and so forth. >> this hearing with general david petraeus will probably run another half-hour, you can follow it live on c-span.org. we are going to leave it as the u.s. house is dabbling in momentarily, working on bills for national social work month and recognizing the achievements at the recent vancouver olympics. live coverage now on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin:, god, almighty, and father of us all, we praise you, the source of all we have and all we are. teach us to acknowledge always the many good things your inyou fin gnat -- infinite love has given us. help us to love you in return with all our heart and all our strength.

stable, long term security, we'll make sure that it cannot repeat itself because when you see we had u.n resolution when we left lebanon, it'sñr not abot absence of political will, it's about the capacity to make sure it won't happen. >> rose: and what salaam fayyad is doing on the west bank is helpful to creating that kind of circumstance on the ground? >> i think personally that what fayyad is doing is good for the people. we are trying without making too much credit for it to help the bottom-up activity. he's establishing gradually the security forces, totally different opportunity for daily life, public order in the streets and even a chain of enforcement. prison system and it will take time. we help it be removing roadblocks and checkpoints and enable manager arrangements that have to do with their booming economy. butÑi a viable palestinian state with the security needs it could be all negotiations and i believe the only way to achieve it. >> rose: what's the role of hamas in this? >> i think the fact that they don't control half of their own people is a very bad situation. we thou

>> well, it seems that the iaea, the u.n.'y concerned about the possibility that iran is in their words, currently working on plans for a nuclear war head. they haven't presented any evidence for this specifically, any new evidence that is, but they have cited repeated refuses by iran to answer questions regarding the nature of its nuclear program and the new director general of the iaea, the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog amano spoke very clearly of the need. for the islamic republic to open up its nuclear sites to greater inspection and cooperate more fully. listen to what he had to say. >> the agency continues and there is comprehensive safeguards agreement with iran to verify that nondiversion of declared nuclear materials in iran but we cannot confirm that all nuclear material in iran is in peaceful activities because iran has not provide the agency with the necessary cooperation. >> well, iran for its part denying that it has any kind of secret nuclear weapons program saying instead, its nuclear program is designed purely for p

he mentioned the u.n. resolution, asked about being more explicit about the possibility of a blockade or quarantine and you said that the president was explicit about not take the military option off the table. and you recently talked about combining engagement with iranian leaders backed up by the threat of further sanctions. and i think this is a quote of yours. that puts us in a solid foundation now to go on what is termed the pressure track. that's the course on which we're embarked now. and you alluded to that but could you explain a little more about what the pressure track will involve. and if you could tell us -- has anything the international community done so far yielded positive results? do we have any success stories at all with regard to all of these sanctions and options and all of the talk that we've done about iran? and then after that i want to ask you about the dissonance in tehran. but if you would answer the first part of it, i would appreciate it. >> senator, over the course of the las

here's a live look at u.n. headquarters in new york where a donors conference is under way right now expected to raise $3.8 billion to help haiti recover from that catastrophic earthquake. the effort is getting big help from the obama administration which will pledge $1 billion over the next two years. >>> breaking news out of russia. at least 12 people are dead in twin suicide attacks. another twin suicide attack. could be from the same people who bombed moscow's subway earlier this week. this morning's attacks happened in the north caucuses region. when investigators gathered at the scene, another bomber dressed in a police uniform detonated more explosives. this latest attack comes two days after twin suicide bombings in moscow. authorities blame islamist separatists. >>> president obama is vowing to make the workplace more flexible for employees and families. he and first lady michelle obama are expected to speak this afternoon at a white house forum focusing on that issue. the president's middle class task

as u.n.or, foreign minister, opposition leader, and now in his second term as prime minister, he has been pursuing peace, security and economic growth for his country throughout nearly 30 years of public life. for decades he has warned the world about the threat of terrorism and radical islam. he has long recognized the danger of a nuclear-armed iran not just to israel but to the entire world and he has been among the most prominent voices combating the international campaign that delegitimizes israel. today from the prime minister's office benjamin netanyahu is continuing to sound the alarm about all of these things. yet even as he traveled the world warning of the threats facing israel, he has refused to abandon his quest for peace, and he has never relented from his desire to improve both the israeli and palestinian economies. it is with these goals of peace and prosperity in mind that he has taken a number of bold steps in the past year. last summer he declared support for a demilitarized

hillary clinton is making the pledge at a u.n. conference for rebuilding the country.more than two months after the devastating earthquake, hundreds of thousands living in camp >>> now your tv comes in 3-d. ahead, how your tv is taking entertainment to a whole new dimension. we go through them all the time. doors that mark the day's events. new beginnings. endings. routines. revealing the stories and dramas -- the victories and challenges -- that help us go through new doors of our own. be part of the story. colonial williamsburg. >>> the news edge experience for a lot of you is in hd. crisp picture. but forget hd, how about 3-d. matt ackland shows us how it's moving from the big screen to the small screen. >> reporter: 3-d isn't something all that new. remember these old movies made back in the '50s from the house of wax to the creature from the black lagoon. who can forget the images jumping out at us through the screen? well, it's back on the big screen with movies like avatar and now in your own living room. >> this is the way to go. >> this is pretty. >> reporter:

if you think the u.n. is one to solve our problems, particularly our tough ones, you have not studied our history. you can go back to the league of nations. the united nations has not been a great success in a lot of really crucial areas. in the end, and here i think is where philosophically this is the restoration differs from the previous and ministration, it is going to be american leadership that will protect the american people. american leadership, sure, you can use diplomacy, but to do that effectively, you have to start with a tear -- a clearer context of what the threat is. that is where we still have a lot of work to do. thank you very much [applause] >> president obama is in the philadelphia area this morning. he'll be talking about increased premiums. he is making an appearance at arcadia university, about 15 miles north of philadelphia. this is live coverage here on c- span. >> again, waiting for the president to appear at this gathering, talking about health insurance while we wait for the pr

of politicizing the u.n. issue, and said that washington has overstated the size of china's trade surplus with the u.s. his comments come just days before china sends its vice commerce minister to washington to try to ease trade frictions. >>> still to come, swiss bank credit suisse has said it's restricting banker travel to germany. find out why they have to stay put after this. >>> and welcome back to "worldwide exchange." this monday, let's take a look at how the gold price is doing for today. it is off $19.75. 1.75%, 1106.25. let's see the pullback in oil, is also following what gold is doing, as well. down about 3 cents. 80.30 a barrel. and brent is also trailing behind, as well. trading along the ranges of -- do we have brent? is it coming? it's not changing. there we go, $79.73 a barrel, down 15 cents. it's a monday, ross. so i guess things are a little bit slow. >> you know, they're still getting over the weekend, aren't they, on the data side. as far as stock markets are concerned, ahead of the u.s.

of the food aid sent to somalia is diverted to a web of corrupt contractors, radical islamists, and u.n. staff members. mr. ford was shown to "the new york times" by diplomats, out lightning a host of problems so grave that they are recommending opening and independent investigation. suggesting that a rebuild the food distribution system, the aid of which was worth 2.5 million -- $485 million in 2009, rebuilding it from scratch." you are looking at "usa today" and one of their main items is "a black eye for embassy in kabul. train police in afghanistan, building up the infrastructure, $2 billion in contracts are needed." the next call comes from ellen in north dakota. hello. caller: i would like to talk about global warming. a huge part of global warming is caused by the manufacturing and usage of plastics and plastic goods, which is everywhere around us. but around, there is tons of it. it is not biodegradable. it gives off noxious fumes when burned. the fumes go into the air. i urge everyone to please just use only the most very necessary plastics and give up the usage of unnecessary

i got what he said about guantanamo bay, not china, which was a scathing u.n.-backed report about torture and the people's republic of china. would also hold them to account those, once they have been designated as an internet- restricted country, the companies would put personally identifiable information out of reach of the secret police to protect dissidents and others who want to build a new china that is free and unfettered. build a new china that is free and unfettered from the tyranny that currently exists. i would hope members of this distinguished panel might touch on the issue of the global online freedom act but also, obviously, on china, which is why you're here. we thank you so much for taking the time to give us the benefit of your wisdom. >> are there others that wish to make statements? >>> thank you very much, senator. normally forego the opportunity to speak, but i think this is truly a singular moment. let me make it clear that not here to criticizes any company. i'm here to praise google in its singular action, its unique action in favor of

u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon and secretary of state hillary clinton urged representatives of more than 100 nations to help. >> by the end of this day, i am confident we will truly have helped haiti along the road to a better future. >> woodruff: secretary clinton said the u.s. pledge will amount to $1.1 billion over the next two years. >> this is not only a conference on what financially we pledge to haiti, we also have to pledge our best efforts to do better ourselves, to offer our support in a smarter way, a more effective way that produces real results for the people of haiti. >> woodruff: the european union also stepped forward with a pledge of $1.6 billion. and haitian president rene preval asked donors to focus on education, to help his nine million people rebuild their lives. >> ( translated ): let us dream of a new haiti whose fate lies in a new project that relies on a society without exclusion, which has overcome hunger, in which all have access to secure shelter, decent s

guy in charge of the u.n. mission in gaza at the time who talked about people being shot down in cold blood for example. there is the story of the israeli soldier who talks about coming and talking about a human slaughterhouse and i talked to many people in separate conversations and i'm convinced of the story. again, that does not in any way take away from what you feel, what your mother went through, with the jewish people have gone through in no way does it do that i think. >> thank you. there is a question here in the second row and then back a few rows behind. >> the first book on palestine, what did the people -- you might have been able to talk to people than about what they thought of your book. i was just curious what they thought of it. >> i actually took the book palestine with me on the trip to this story. and i would show it to the people i was kringen interview including older people and the open the book and they got it right away but i was trying to do. what was kind of interesting was the saw

. >> sreenivasan: the head of the u.n. mission in afghanistan said today it's high time talks with the taliban went forward. kai eide held a final news conference after two years on the job. he conceded peace in afghanistan within the next year or two is unachievable. and, he said the overall strategy has to change. >> i believe that the focus is too much on the military side, too little on the political side, the civilian side, that our strategy has been unfortunately too much militarily driven, with the political agenda as an appendix to military strategy, instead of the a political strategy being at the basis of our military operations. >> sreenivasan: eide said he hopes a spring conference organized by afghan president hamid karzai will bring a consensus for peace. meanwhile, a u.s. marine commander said today there are no immediate plans to withdraw 4,000 marines and afghan forces out of marjah, in the south. they waged a major offensive last month to push taliban forces out of the city. a german court has convicted f

. >> in washington last week, israeli defense minister ehud barak called for u.n. sanctions against iran to compel that nation to stop its nuclear program. he talked about this and other security threats to israel during a speech to the washington institute for near east policy. this event is a little over an hour. [applause] >> the leadership of the washington institute, distinguished guests, it is great honor for me as minister of defense of israel to address you at this conference in memory of zev who in his life proved that he was worthy of the title journalist, commentator and security person. the years since he was taken have only deepened the professional vacuum that his passing created in israel probably beyond and the absence of one who was a guiding light to his colleagues. time shows us how much we need people like him h the world of military journalism and at the same time, the world of security work. as commentator, zev did not hesitate to give criticisms of israel. he was steadfast in his opinions and did not hesitate to say things neither pleasant no

the u.n. refugee agency says in 2008, nearly 4000 afghan children alone were separated from their families, made a silent claims in europe. in a moment, our correspondent, but first, let's go to kabul. >> this is a country where opportunities are hard to come by. it's little wonder that every year, thousands of afghans choose to leave in search of a better life elsewhere. this is one of them. he spent four years in the u.k. before being deported as an illegal immigrant. now, he is struggling to find his way. >> if i want to go somewhere to be safe and work, but they don't have the jobs and that is why people leave afghanistan. >> the trade in human cargo is a multi-million pound in the street, kept hidden in the shadows. but in a rare interview, we met a trafficker that makes journey's possible. >> he did not want to be identified, and he told me as a business full of hardship and danger, and death. he told me that people are first taken into iran and then smuggled into turkey. from there, the