year of course there should be no double standard in the matter of eradication furthermore the un general assembly has a. dr a number of resolutions on the issue for example there is a political declaration on drug control that the un general assembly dop did in one thousand nine hundred eight in september two thousand and nine the un general assembly reaffirmed that declaration and said proper education was of strategic importance but by the way all countries including nato countries signed that resolution so i can't understand why nato isn't applying the same standard that is applied in latin america does this not seem to be a paradox that when afghanistan was under the control of the taliban the opium production was significantly lower than it is now and it has risen dramatically after the us invasion nine years ago what what is the problem how is this fitting into the picture and the statements that nato is trying to fight the drug trade in afghanistan in your opinion. you're right i had a meeting with my pakistani colleagues here in islamabad and they too were amazed at this phenomenon there'

major media outlets leave the un general assembly in new york as the world's political heavy hitters depart pulling the plug on public for smaller nations of the gathering intended to boost help for poor countries. now fund why switzerland's finance minister had a nation in stitches and why some buildings in china are demolished before their completed nothing to laugh out there in the kaiser report coming up next right here on our team. time now once again for the times reporter with me by surprise or stacy herbert markets finance scandals oh we got all the scandals there are so many scandals stacy ever tell us more tell us more tell us more here's the first headline hans rudolph mare's bunar fly fly fish locking file. ok and it's the finance minister first switzerland and he's speaking before parliament a very banal subject of import dried beef and whether it's flavored before or after importation yeah but as you can see he fries us is hilarious so detroit so used to be. ok and this is all about the import.

. >> the un general assembly is set to vote on a resolution calling on the u.s. to lift its decades-old trade embargo against cuba. president barack obama has eased relations with their former cold war foe but insists cubeb must improve its human rights and democracy before ending the trade embargo. even if it were lifted, some products such as rahm could still be excluded. >> cuban rum is one of this caribbean island's best known export along with cigars. cuba still manages to sell 3.5 million cases a year. they believe they could be doing half as much again. >> it is 40% of the world market. that means we have another possibility to sell in the u.s. , we are losing two cases -- 2 million cases every year. >> rahm is such an important currency in this island it has gone into partnership with the french drink giant. cuba bros the sugar from molasses -- [unintelligible] international and marketing skills. this is cuba's best known brands sold everywhere except in the united states. even if the trade embargo ended tomorrow, it would not make any difference. former

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mahmoud ahmadinejad decided to take part in the un general assembly in a bizarre way. i do not think there was one media appearance that he missed, and he -- during his visit, he met with a selected group of journalists. he also invited a group of what they referred to as iranian- american intellectuals to a private dinner. of course, he also made outrageous remarks about the assertion the 9/11 was pre- planned and orchestrated by the united states and that there are no political prisoners in iran, that iran is the freest country in the world, and that no civil rights had been violated in iran. we wanted to know if he made the same assertions in the private meetings he had with rabin ended john. obin anded them to -- rab john. we invited them to speak up their experience. we will speak until about 1:20 p.m., and then we will take questions. there is an overflow in the other room, and we will take questions from their as well. our intern will take those questions. we would ask each speaker to speak for about 15-20 minutes. i would like to ask you to close yourself funds

special advisor bob einhorn has had multiple meetings with the chinese in new york during the un general assembly in beijing towards the end of last month. and with its abrupt -- we did provide some information to china on specific concerns about individual chinese companies and the chinese assured us that they will investigate. >> the first article makes it sound as though the chinese is now the primary concern for the administration as far as potential sanctions. is that fair? >> i would not characterize it that way. as mr. einhorn has been raised -- visiting a range of countries that aquino had extensive economic dealings with iran, china is one of them but not the only one. and we have worked with china in recent months and years to encourage china to improve its export controls. we think that china has actually made significant progress in strengthening its export control system and it pledged to follow on the information that we provide them. >> p.j., another topic. there is a "york times" story about one of the wives of david headley who was involved in the mumbai attacks, that apparently