route and emphasizing importance of the united nations, actually united nations were able to get involvedn the aftermath more quickly ad they otherwise been down to the united states. in his mind, part of the argument here is how is the united nations going to rewilled these relationships -- rebuild these relationships in the aftermath of an invasion should that be necessary. >> the subtext or square bracket united nations route failed, britain and united states would have to take military action? >> i think once 1441 was agreed and once the french had failed to get 1441 to say what they wanted to say, then i think that is obvious logical conclusion. >> not before, that was not discussed before? >> no. no. >> all right. >> thank you. i'm going to take you through the dossier, september -- >> can i speak one point to clarification. was asking about the discussion of sanctions and said it was camp david it was not camp david we were talking about at the time. september 2001, they were discussing colin powell was about to go to the region and they were discussing possible changes to fly zone

also in terms of the continued defiance of the united nations. so she was saying we shed in our system and we share the objectives -- >> and all this were about the extent of the threat? >> the analysis was about the threat that saddam hussein posed both to the stability in the region and security in the region and also to the authority of the united nations. and the prime minister was emphasized that the whole way through. and so what came out of -- i'm trying to remember exactly what he said in the press conference afterwards. he talked about leaving iraq to develop wmd and fragrant bleach of the united states resolution does not notch and pretty goes on to say the response to iraq of a calm, measured, insensible and out the options available will be considered. at the same press conference, george bush restates it quote, the policy of my government is the removal of saddam. that was since bill clinton signed the policy of the american administration. >> did the prime minister made clear to him that that wasn't the uk policy? the >> yes, yes. t

and the united nations, again, working alongside the united nations, a medical cluster that really determineseds and requirements along with the government of haiti. we have some capabilities such as a core of a hospital capability, principally equipment, we can put on the ground to start the seed of that. then working with the united nations and usaid to contract, to build the structures that are needed to build the hospital. so we are very much in an advisory and assist role in that, providing what we can to get it started. we are talk along with united nations and medical clusters to get volunteer n.g.o.'s that have access to doctors. i have met with several that are very anxious to provide the management and the core of the medical staff because all of them recognize that having this capability is essential to normalizing as best that you can normalize the medical situation. it's very much a team effort. we are taking the direction, the minister of health along with the united nations medical leads. >> abc news. there seems to be a kiss parity between some neighborhoods having access to f

nations. in november the president of the united states was here at the place, hosting a white house tribal nations with more than 400 lead of the federally recognized tribes in america. we today are working with the department of justice to strengthen law enforcement in indian country. and with the department of education, to improve the 183 schools that serve the 44,000 children over which we have responsibility to provide an education. and after 13 long years, of litigation, that strangled this department, we have reached ament of the kobel litigation when nobody thought we could do it. [applause] and on the energy front we have been hard at work to change how we do business and build a comprehensive energy plan for the country. in the last year we have offered, yes, new areas for oil and gas development and but we also instituted reforms to insure we are offering leases in the right places and in the right way. importantly, we also have opened up a new energy frontier on america' lands and oceans that will help power our clean energy economy into the future. for the first time ever environmenta

minister who is responsible for the overall security and stability within haiti as part of the united nations mission. they are the second of the 82nd in supporting those efforts in providing security for humanitarian assistance for those requests are required. in addition we have the 22nd marine expeditionary unit that has come ashore to the west and southwest of port-au-prince, down in the petition, out to the area in southern arm of haiti. providing assistance where there has been a lot of the larger destruction in that area, so our efforts are working around-the-clock to support the haitians in that manner. to date we have distributed 1.4 million bottles of water, over 700,000 meals and roughly 22,000 pounds of medical supplies. in addition to that, we have been focused efforts through transportation command to build the capability at the port and starting today with the the arrival of a landing craft yesterday whitford opening capabilities, we will have a small capability to move roughly 150 containers a day to the port today, growing with the arrival of a commercial vessel tomorrow of 2

united nations workers themselves are saying that. but also in one of the warehouses i visited of the world food program there is a problem there, too. they haven't been left aside from the effects of this earthquake. this warehouse was severely damaged. one of the walls threatened to cave in. the haitians when there was a small earth tremor in the course of the day ran out. that left u.n. workers and peruvian troops to load some of this food aid into trucks. but they have to do it by hand. why? because of the earthquake damage the doors were shut so close together they couldn't be opened, you couldn't get in there with a forklift. they had to be loaded by hand. things like that as well are causing additional problems. clearing the streets. that is an additional problem. u.n. security forces tried to deliver two trucks of aid to one part of the city. they had to pull back. they did feel the risk of violence was great and opted to go somewhere else in the city. >> stand by, anderson cooper is on the phone. anderson, where are you right

because the united nations who are handing out a lot of the aid and the united nations peacekeepers accompanying them are fearful there could be an explosion of violence as people become hung rip and desperate and beyond that explosion of violence keeping order in food lines. it's complicated because people will not stand in line. that said after a win out today, i was a lot more hopeful. i could see that the troops were managing to keep order. the haitians themselves are keeping some semblance of order in the food lines as well. also interesting for the first time. the u.s. helicopters swooping in in the park where there were people and survivors underneath. the helicopter swoops in ten feet above the ground and tossing that aid out. that risks running a stampede among the survivors underneath. when the helicopter let the people organize themselves again, controlled themselves. maybe this time haiti is at least going to be able to receive the aid in a peaceful fashion, wolf? >> it looks like there's a lot of food, a lot of supplies, medical equipment arriving at the airport, but it's hard to ge

the united nations security force has been working well. i think the americans have done a good job. the government of haiti has asked the united states to manage the flow at the airport. there are 800 to 1000 planes trying to land there. on the day before the earthquake, only 10 or 12 airplanes landed at the airport. now they land more than 100 a day, on a big, one-runway airport. they are managing it well. there are serious, and that food and water needs. part of it is the distribution system does not exist. the government was devastated by the earthquake. the united nations suffered its worst loss of life on a single day in the history of the un . but the airport has become the de facto operations center of this relief effort. and the haitian government is building up offices there so everybody can be in one place and work on a daily basis. the immediate needs -- think about it like this. in the aftermath of the earthquake, you had all these people walking the streets, not knowing how many of their loved ones are living or dead, with only

i think the united nations should be able to secure haiti successfully with modest reinforcements that have already been authorized. i do think the united states should consider increasing the assignment of american police officers to the un police contingent there. we have a unique attribute to draw on, which is a number of haitian american police of a surge in big cities like miami and -- police officers in big cities like miami and new york and elsewhere i think can provide valuable contribution to the u.n. police force helping to secure haiti. the second lesson drawn from these operations is the stabilization and reconstruction operations take time. the 1994 american-led intervention was the case in point. that operation was almost entirely successful in its own terms, but those were much too narrow. in launching the intervention, president clinton promised to restore the freely elected president and to keep american troops in haiti only long enough to organize new elections and to inaugurate a new president. he promised to do all this within two years. this, his and ministration p

he's concerned for the people there and the united nations staff there. they're following developments. the u.n. has about 9,000 peacekeepers there, and they've been there since 2004. they've had for the last two decades an essential presence there trying to keep peace and help in the development of the country. u.n. has other agencies there that also provide assistance. secretary-general moon on wednesday morning will brief the press along with other senior u.n. leaders, but the u.n.'s pea peacekeeping department saying right now at the u.n. peacekeeping headquarters at the moment a large number of personnel remain unaccounted for. >> that peacekeeping contingent comes from different countries, canada, france, brazil, ecuador, just to name a few. the u.n. not saying how many are still missing, but remind us what their mandate has been there and how important they have been in helping maintain stability in haiti and helping to retrain the police force, all of that stuff. >> you mentioned the keyword there. stability. it's known as the united nations stabi

as the paying of the cost of the hospital, that is being done, i believe, in concert with the united nationst don't quote me on that. quite frankly i have not been in discussions to the detail to determine where all the costs of the hospital, but each nation, for example, we're providing a piece of that that's coming with our normal deployment of assistance, so we're bearing the cost of getting this thing up in terms of putting some equipment in there to get it started and obviously all the things that we support. but the overall cost of operating the hospital, i think, is being looked at, obviously between the united nations and through the various donor countries that are providing assistance here. >> all right, general, thank you. i know that you're pressed for time. you have lots on your plate. if you'd like to make any closer remarks i'd sent it -- send it back to you. >> ok. well, thank you very much. i think it goes without saying, but the haitians are really, my interaction with them, the most resilient people i've ever seen. as a nation they have endured much in the past and with th

i've also talked to the secretary-general of the united nations in some detail about this as well.it is important that the government of haiti is seen as a legitimate government. it is also important that the united nations and of course the principal provider supplies the united states can work with most affect together to deliver the coordination that is necessary. president obama has explained to me that in addition to the military effort which is massive, 11000 troops have gone in with a few medical hospitals and every other kind of equipment necessary to help people, there is also the civilian effort of usaid which is working very, very hard in the region, and at the same time the work being done by presidents clinton and president bush to coordinate the relief that is being given to people. all these things are designed to ensure there is proper coordination. there are lessons to be learned for the future. we have 1000 group that somebody team ready to go to areas where we attend reconstruction and stabilization is necessary. some of them are in afghanistan at the moment, but

the united nations, the united nations security force, as i said, has been working well. i think the americans have done a good job, the government of haiti has asked the united nations to manage the flow at the airport while there are 800 to 1,000 planes trying to land there, you should know that on the day tpwhever earthquake, only 10 or 12 planes landed at the port-au-prince airport, now they land more than 100 every day on basically a big, one-runway airport. they are managing it well. there are serious unmet food and water needs and part of it is just the distributional system does not exist. the government of haiti was devastated by the earthquake, the united nations suffered its worst loss of life on a single day in the history of the u.n., but the airport has become the de facto operation center of this relief effort. the haitian government is building out some officer there is so everybody can be in one place and work on a daily basis. the immediate needs -- think about it like this right in the aftermath of the earthquake, you had all these people walking the st

it had to go to the united nations. and there were difficulties with the negotiations, the work with jeremy greenstock and so on and we have been through the resolution itself. some might say that is arcane detail and we have done all of that. i would like to fast forward, if i may, to your meeting with president bush, in washington, on the 31st of january, 2003. wasser main objective at that meeting, to convince the president just as you would -- had convinced him that it was important to go through the u.n. to get this first resolution, now it was necessary to get a second resolution? >> yes. the second resolution was obviously going to make life a lot easier, politically, in every respect. the difficulty was this: that 1441 had been clear and i know you went through this in enormous detail with peter goldsmith but to emphasize the point it was a very strong resolution and declared iraq was a material breach, it said that it had fully and unconditionally and immediately to cooperate and cooperate with the inspectors a

it's a huge loss for the united nations. other peacekeepers in other places have died or been injured so that's the biggest problem we face at the moment. >> lehrer: there's been a report from the president of haiti that ambassador anoby , chief of the u.n. mission in haiti, has been one of the victims. is that correct? >> i can't confirm that. as far as i know, we're still looking for him under the rubble with many others so i can't confirm that report and i certainly hope it's not true. >> lehrer: can you confirm any of the deaths among the u.n. mission people? >> we certainly have some deaths. i think at least five people have been pulled out dead from the rubble. there may well be others. we've saved some people , badly injured, but i can't give you more specific figures. it's still a very fluid moving target so it's very hard to give you definitive answers to questions like, that i'm afraid. >> lehrer: all right, mr. holmes thank you very much for this update. >> thank you. >> ifill: as the cries for help went out from

a lot of rebuilding will need to be done in haiti with the haitian government and the united nations as an overall effort. as the rebuilding is done, in the short term our needs are very definite. we need to be able to get in medicine, medical supplies, medical personnel. we need to be able to get in water systems so that potable water can be restored. we need to be able to get in the men and women who are skilled in the urban search and rescue. those very precious air frames that we have are really dedicated to those high as needs, and those are the needs that have been identified to us by the haitian government as part of the international set of wings that are now going into haiti. as the vice president said, yesterday there were 48 lifts into haiti, 17 of those came from here. we are hoping that number increases very short workly to . that precious air space is like gold right now. many have started -- many have talked about chartering flights independently to bring in their own goods and personnel. there will be a time for that later on, but right now we are asking that all of t

the united nations security force has been working well. i think the americans have done a good job. the government of haiti has asked the united states to manage the flow at the airport. there are 800 to 1000 planes trying to land there. on the day before the earthquake, only 10 or 12 airplanes landed at the airport. now they land more than 100 a day, on a big, one-runway airport. they are managing it well. there are serious, and that food and water needs. part of it is the distribution system does not exist. the government was devastated by the earthquake. the united nations suffered its worst loss of life on a single day in the history of the un . but the airport has become the de facto operations center of this relief effort. and the haitian government is building up offices there so everybody can be in one place and work on a daily basis. the immediate needs -- think about it like this. in the aftermath of the earthquake, you had all these people walking the streets, not knowing how many of their loved ones are living or dead, with only

i have also talked to ban ki- moon, the secretary-general of the united nations, in some detail about this. it is important, of course, that the government of haiti are seen as the legitimate government, but it is also important that the united nations and, of course, the principal provider of supplies, the united states, can work with most effect together to deliver the coordination that is necessary. president obama has explained to me that in addition to the military effort, which is massive -- 11,000 troops have gone in with field medical hospitals and every other kind of equipment that is necessary to help people-there is also the civilian effort of usaid, which is working very hard in the region, and, at the same time, the work that is being done by president clinton and president bush to coordinate the relief that is being given to people. all these things are designed to ensure that there is proper coordination. but i agree with the leader of the opposition that there are lessons to be learned for the future. we have a 1,000-strong civilian team ready to go to areas where reco

-- the united states assisted -- the united nationsadership of my special representative for afghanistan. the past year has increased our need to reinforce this coordination and strengthen with afghans. let me stress that coordination is a shared responsibility. we must be ready to collaborate to meet the principal requirements of building sustainable institutions. their efforts must be aligned as guided by a afghan priority. these are no easy solutions or quick fixes. yet, the resources and -- being demonstrated at this conference are a good sign. we will continue to stand with afghan people in building peace. to all of you in a staff -- to all of the united nations staff, let me extend my regards. not once have my brave colleagues wavered in their commitment to to supporting the afghan people. as we look ahead to 2010, i would like to take this opportunity to can firm that i am appointing him to succeed as my special representative to afghanistan. i would like to express my sincere appreciation for his work. he has provided outstandi

the polite audience, typical of the united nations gathering, was very silent at first. i frankly worried that the speech wasn't catching on. but then there were waves of applause as each statement came forth about the violations of human rights. there was a crashen doe that grew until the pounding sounded like an explosion as the first lady called these crimes with which her audience was all too familiar. when she called them what they were, violations of human rights. i remember not long after that speech, she was participating in an international radio call-in program, and a male caller asked her, mrs. clinton, just what did you mean when you said women's rights are human rights? and she said, well, sir, close your eyes. and think of all the rights you enjoy as a man. well, women should have the same. it can be difficult after nearly 15 years to appreciate how simple and yet how revolutionary characterizing women's rights this way, has not something separate from human rights, but part of it. beijing sparked a movement that made a call to action out of women's access

the united nations, as you know, as the lead for security in haiti.y have been here for over five years. they have been doing extraordinary work in restoring stability and security to the people of haiti and to the government of haiti. they are working very, very agi lly and responsibly to meet those needs as they emerge. in addition, it is obviously necessary for the security forces of the government of haiti, the haitian national police, to increase their capacity. the day after the earthquake, there were only 500 haitian national police available to address the needs based on the destruction and the tragedy that hit. as of last night, there were 2000 haitian national police on the job courageously working within their communities to ensure a secure and stable environment for the ongoing recovery effort. we are watching for signs of instability. at present, there are pockets in areas of haiti. the u.n. security forces are working with the haitian national police to address those pockets as they arise. they have been able to effectively deal with the

food is being delivered, and be glad to talk issues of security, about security issues on the united nations, how the united states military is performing, and what their footprint is in the country, and obviously, we are glad to take any questions. that would use it and getting american citizens out of haiti is equal to helping the haitians? >> that is correct. we have three priorities. what is rest and recovery. we have many teams on the ground working rescue and recovery. what is getting citizens back to the united states, and the other assisting in supplies. three jobs have to be done concurrently, jobs that we cannot do one without doing the other. >> you do not think helping the haitian people is more important at this point? >> we are helping the haitian people. we are deeply engaged, and we are spending far more resources on providing assistance. those priorities have to go ahead. we cannot leave people. there is a very limited time frame in which we are able to get people out of line. we simply cannot delay at in order to do other things. -- get people out of life. >> what you think

. >> lehrer: we'll look at conditions on the ground, including a security assessment from the united nations undersecretary for peacekeeping operations. >> woodruff: plus, we'll hear from the haitian ambassador to the united states. >> woodruff: then, a look at the surprisingly hot campaign in massachusetts for ted kennedy's senate seat. >> lehrer: and, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: and we'll close with the voices and see the faces of the desperate people of haiti. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what is that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60

the united nations security force has been working well. i think the americans have done a good job. the government of haiti has asked the united states to manage the flow at the airport. there are 800 to 1000 planes trying to land there. on the day before the earthquake, only 10 or 12 airplanes landed at the airport. now they land more than 100 a day, on a big, one-runway airport. they are managing it well. there are serious, and that food and water needs. part of it is the distribution system does not exist. the government was devastated by the earthquake. the united nations suffered its worst loss of life on a single day in the history of the un . but the airport has become the de facto operations center of this relief effort. and the haitian government is building up offices there so everybody can be in one place and work on a daily basis. the immediate needs -- think about it like this. in the aftermath of the earthquake, you had all these people walking the streets, not knowing how many of their loved ones are living or dead, with only

national problem. it is highly material to the well-being of the economy and the security of the united states. i want to make a couple of points about what mark was saying about children. in general -- let me just get three of them. the national recovery program must be completed as rapidly as possible. i would ask for that by the end of this calendar year. there is no reason that needs to be delayed. if we do not have that, we will be flailing and trying to understand who is doing what for whom in the issue of long-term recovery. a high-level directorate needs to be established to work may all relevant federal aspects with respect to long-term recovery. they need to protect the needs of children and families during this transition. we would like to see how this national recovery strategy actually addresses that. some of the other issues around children which are -- which represent to me the most dangerous problem we are facing right now -- as i said before, the problems will not be sometimes at all reversible. children that lose a one year or two in school cannot be recaptured. emotional probl

is coordinating the international response consistent with its mandate as established by the united nations security council and the united states will continue to assist the people and government of haiti in every way that we can. ambassador kenneth martin for the united states and edward mulet. >> who from the haitian government signed that? >> it was a statement of principles between the haitians and the u.s. government on how we will cooperate on the ground in haiti. >> is there a country? >> i said it. >> is there an official? >> no. >> why do you need such an agreement between the u.s. government and the united nations on how you can cooperate? >> we have been working on arrangements and coordination regarding -- the un has joined the process through which on a daily basis we coordinate flights in and out of the airport of port-au-prince going forward. questions regarding security arrangements between [unintelligible] which has prime responsibility for law and order in haiti along with the haitian national police and to to the extent that you have u.s. military forces on the ground th

even china was not a member of the united nations. so we must be very clear which world we live in. it will only be correct to impair the aberrations of the past. alan friedman lets talk about the relations with the obama administration. there is a rumour that a new usindia trade and investment agreement is near: is that true? >>sharma: that is true. we had a meeting ofhe usindia trade policy forum, i have been to washington, ron kirk has been here twice: he came for the wto ministerial, he also came for the trade forum. the focal groups have met, we are going to sign a framework of cooperation on trade and invtment, hopefully during the forthcoming visit of the prime minister and later on we will have the treaty of the tradeand investment agreement. and there are other developments on the way, we are talking about them. >>friedman: what about progress with theuropean union? where does india stand? >>sharma: we have had many rounds of discussions on trade and investment agreement. this is after the helsinkisummit indiaeu in 2006 accepted the recommendations of the high level group.

this comes to us courtesy of united nations television. it is just under five minutes. >> we are heading to a university that collapsed with many students inside. they have been stranded for the last 70 hours and we were still hearing voices this morning and one guy walked out by himself. we need some help to open the concrete and get the other people. we just spoke to three of them are still alive. >>>> there is better access arod there. >> i was out with the president of haiti and we discussed the search and rescue phase and how long we wanted to continue. he wants to continue as long as the population thinks that there is hope. the first idea was to close by the end of tomorrow, but that will definitely be expanded. as long as the population feels that there is hope, we will continue the search and rescue, basically. >> try to relax as best as you can. >> president obama has asked former president's george w. bush and bill clinton to help and recovery efforts. a news conference on developments from that meeting. it is about 15 minutes.

we were still pursuing containment in the united nations. or whether we needed to go in a completely different direction. >> my concerns, the base in q 8, i don't remember its name, i have been their biggest lie have been briefed in detail on the kinds of operations they were conducting. there was considerable concern about the risk to that corporation. i was much less persuaded than i had been that this policy could continue. the real downside was every time we attack the missile in iraq we were accused of attacking iraq and causing civilian casualties. >> what did the prime minister tell you about his discussion with president bush? >> he didn't tell me anything directly. one of the artificial sense of what was happening, much about the occupation was about what was happening in afghanistan. our office was concerned about the middle east peace process. i took a continued interest in that. the sense that this was all about iraq in my recollection was wrong. [talking over each other] >> this inquiry is about iraq but we have to understand th

he was in breach of, i think i'm a ten united nations them.it would require quite strong evidence the other way to have been doubting the fact that he had this program. >> sarah lawrence freedman will ask you about the september dossier. i would like to move on for a moment to another aspect and that is you set on a number of occasions in 2002 indeed in early 2003 that iraq was a test of the international community's ability to deal with both wmd and terrorism. if i could just quote from your monthly press conference on the 18th of february 2003. the stance that the world takes now against saddam is not just vital in its own right, it is a huge test of our seriousness in dealing with the twin threats of weapons of mass distraction and terrorism. can you tell us how you saw those links, and again, what evidence you had that there were links? because as you know, the butler committee has established that there weren't direct links at that time between saddam and al qaeda. >> the link was, in my mind, at that time, this, that there was a prolifer

reductions and representatives of 26 countries signed onto the document calling the declaration by united nations came weeks after the japanese attacked pearl harbor which resulted in america's involvement of course in at that war. the united states, great britain and the soviet union agreed to use all resources to defeat the three major axis powers, italy, germany and japan. in their agreement the leaders sewed the seeds for the modern united nations right here in new york city when they promised to ensure life, liberty and of course, keeping the peace 67 years ago today. and this just in, millions of americans will not lose their fox television stations, newscorp the parent of this network and time warner reached a deal to keep fox broadcast on the air. no words of the agreement, newscorp demand add fee $1 a subscriber to keep local fox stations on time warner. that's the fox report for january 1st, 2010. i'm gregg jarrett for shepard smith. thanks for havinus

in the case of the response, the united nations has divided their work among several what are called clusters. the health cluster is what the pan american health organization is currently in charge of. there are other clusters for water and sanitation, logistics which handles the security, nutrition. a number of others. each of those clusters must begin and have begun to work very hard on bringing in the key partners that are involved in those areas of work. >> ifill: one of those key partners, doctors without borders, we've had them on this program, they're saying today they've had medical planes again for the fifth time turned away from the airport that were carrying needed supplies. who do they speak to? how does that happen? >> well, i would think in that situation that we need to take that information and then feed it to our contacts. we have daily meetings with our partners and agencies within the u.s. government so that's happening. we have global meetings with all our partners beyond that involve other countries. we have hourly meetings with our staff on the ground and so on.

the united nations peace keeping force won't stay here forever. so it's focusing on rehabilitating and expanding haiti's police force. so one day perhaps soon take its place. it's a tall order to find, vet and educate the 14,000 new officers needed, and there currently aren't enough weapons for them anyway. a recent training exercise focused on protecting the country's political leaders from potential attacks. the exercise highlights fears of political instability here. and tensions have indeed heightened recently. 15 political parties, including that of deposed but still popular former president jean-bertrand aristide were banned from elections coming up next february. >> the election periods in haiti have often been turbulent periods. if we have serious problems with election results that give to, say, potential investors the problem... the perception that haiti is perhaps entering another period of instability, that will cost haitians dearly, i'm afraid. >> reporter: u.s. ambassador merton says bluntly haiti doesn't have many more chances to ge

before joining the amnesty international, she spent 20 years with united nations high commissioner for refugees. in 1997 as a very young person she helped create the organization concerned universal which works with people in some of the poorest countries of the world to find local sustainable solutions to poverty and inequality. she was born in bangladesh during a time when they were fighting for their independence from pakistan. well, it is my pleasure to be able to introduce to you the general secretary of amnesty international, irene khan. [applause] >> thank you very much. nice to. >> irene khan, it's great to have you here. i know you have a little talk that you have planned for the audience tonight. welcome. >> thank you very much. i thought i would just speak a little bit about the book and through the book about also amnesty's campaign to demand dignity. and i began -- sidey we have to this st because i don't want you to hear that cracking malaise. i begin my book actually at the beginning. in fact with my berth in my grandmother's house, and my mother is actually here in the

of haiti, as well as supporting the overall security and stability within haiti as part of a united nations mission. they are the second of the 82nd -- is supporting those efforts and providing security where those requests are required. in addition, we have the 22nd marine expeditionary unit that has come ashore to the west and southwest of port-au-prince down out to an area in southern arm of haiti, providing assistance where there has been a lot of the larger destruction in that area. so our efforts are working around the clock to support the haitians in that manner. to date we have distributed 1.4 million bottles of water, over 700,000 meals and roughly 22,000 pounds of medical supplies. in addition to that, we've been focused efforts through transportation command to build the capability at the port. and starting today with the arrival of a landing craft yesterday with port-opening capabilities, we'll have a small capability to move roughly 150 containers a day through the port today, growing with the arrival of a commercial vessel tomorrow of 250 containers per day. and that capacity

the head of the united nations mission is among the missing. icial says tentative plans are under way for the hospital ship to dock off the coast of haiti to assist the sick and wounded. we are asking the global community to help us with these efforts. in response to the earthquake in haiti, the u.s. international -- u.s. agency for international development is dispatching a disaster assistance response team and has activated its partners, the fairfax county urban search and ress sue team and the los angeles county search and rescue team. now more than ever, haiti needs our help. haiti is the poorest, least developed country in the western hemisphere with an average per capita income of $500 per year. but the haitian people are resilient and proud people. the country ranked 146th out of 177, lower than bangladesh and even the sudan on this nution united nations human index and one in eight children will die before the age of five. one in eight. and over the last two years, haiti has been devastated by a triple blow of rising food and energy pric

i think his speech was the next day, and the united nations on the 10th. en the american administration was not clear as to what was going to be the outcome. perhaps the best example of all of the prime minister influencing the president of united states into a particular course of action. i doubt that without his efficacy of that resolution that the president would have agreed to it. it was clear -- it was not clear in the administration even the day before. >> this is an interesting line of questioning, as to whether you think the british government would have been able to take this matter any further if it had not been on move to take this back to the u.n. security council? >> to take it further? >> in terms of military action if the president had not agreed to go back to the security council. >> the hypothetical is if there's no 1441. looking at the attorney general's legal opinion, he refers specifically to 1441 and had expressed some previous doubts about lawfulness of action about a further resolution. so i assume that i am bound to agree with you, w

more often than not, i might be of to our reception or dinner or the work of the united nations that continues in these more social settings until 9:00 or 10:00 or later. that is more or less a typical day. >> there are many questions i could have asked, but you have entered a lot of them -- answered a lot of them. i like to thank you for a very interesting conversation and those in the audience for being here. one of the things we do donewseum is encouraged you to participate. those watching from home and make a pledge online at our website. for those in the audience, we are keeping our special exhibitions open until 9:00. one highlights contemporary genocide. another focuses on nazi propaganda. i will just conclude by saying a big thank-you to ambassador righwright. >> thank you for hosting me and thank you all for being here and participating. i thank you for the very important work to do on the real issues of genocide and atrocities every day. we needed, and we value it. >> thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright

that's what we're focused on now, working closely with our partners, the haitian government, the united nationses all around the world. and secretary hillary clinton will be in haiti today to meet with the president and continue our close coordination with his government. but we also know that our longer term effort will not be measured in days and weeks. it will be measured in months and even years. that's why it's so important to enlist and sustain the support of the american people. that's why it's so important to have a point of coordination for all the support that extends beyond our government. here at home, presidents bush and clinton will help the american people to do their part, because responding to a disaster must be the work of all of us. indeeds, those scenes of devastation remind us not only of our common hue mant but also of our common responsibilities. this time of suffering can and must be a time of compassion. as the scope of the destruction became apparent, i spoke to each of these gentlemen and they each asked the same simple question, how can i help. in the days ahead they

he had to be forced to face up to his united nation obligations. did it mean that obviously the aspect of policy was look that at different times in different ways? that didn't really change the whole thing. did it make it more typical of the fact that there was so much public opposition? yes. >> did it also mean there was perhaps more the focus on the war itself then on the aftermath, and on the u.n. process, the big decisions he would have to face? should regime change take place? they were not given the same attention? >> do you mean-- my recollection is that all of those issues were getting very, very large public debate. but it is true, after the invasion and windy inquiries-- again this could be my memory not being that great books my sense is that the aftermath and in a sense it not become as big a media and political issue at the time. i am being frank, i thought it probably could and should have them and they think maybe if it had, the corrections that had to take place might have happened a bit more quickly. >> this is a consequence of in

it was the attack on the united nations that stopped all that. until then, it seemed to be a reasonable assumption. >> our understanding is that the un was not so keen on un involvement. were you anticipating any conditions with the un, because we do know that president bush used the word vital after some pressure. did you anticipate any u.s. pressure on un involvement? >> you are right that there was some significant hesitation on the part of the pentagon. there was an example where the prime minister did persuade the president of the importance of this particular course of action. eventually there was such a resolution. from my point of view, i was anxious that we should get a resolution, because i knew how many european countries in particular could not legally under their systems send troops without that justification. we were looking in the aftermath to be able to draw down our forces in iraq. we cannot do that without other countries coming in. if they could not come in without a further a un security council resolution, we had a problem. s

a special representative of the united nations. i have to thank you for the afghan people for your support and especially for the rights movement and freedom of speech that you made of the central topics of common activities. today was a good day for afghanistan. we removed our common commitment as compaq for afghanistan and we're ready to take more responsibility in three years for the critical districts of afghanistan. we want to take the leadership of responsibility for the whole afghanistan within five years. thank you very much. it was a great opportunity to be in london. >> i believe this conference perhaps for the first time has sent out a clear agenda with a clear priority is from the afghan government that we have seen in any previous conference. we were in paris. it was approved. it was a broad agenda. we have a much more strategic approach to the way we want to go. on the security and the civilian side. i to believe we have a clear, comprehensive strategy then we have had before. let me also say it is the first time of t

finally, after world war ii, the united nations appeared. what is interesting is the progressives. they applied the hard lessons they learned from the league of nations and they applied them in their efforts to bring about the united nations. it was the same group of progressives, but this time there was no debate. what did they learn? they learned they couldn't win the debate with the people so there wasn't one. no debate. so they started a massive p.r. campaign. think of this with global warming. the debate is over and a p.r. campaign, using celebrities and politicians. they would indoctrinate or destroy their opponents. anything and everything, but debate with their opponent. does this sound familiar to anybody? progressives are using it. he hillary clinton says this. >> i prefer the progressives, which has a meaning going to the 20th era. i consider myself a modern progressive. >> glenn: read up. this will make your brain hurt but read it, please. there was nothing really american about progressivism. other than it was really started here. but its roots are from europe, which is

the polite audience, typical of the united nations gathering, was very silent at first. i frankly worried that the speech wasn't catching on. but then there were waves of applause as each statement came forth about the violations of human rights. there was a crashen doe that grew until the pounding sounded like an explosion as the first lady called these crimes with which her audience was all too familiar. when she called them what they were, violations of human rights. i remember not long after that speech, she was participating in an international radio call-in program, and a male caller asked her, mrs. clinton, just what did you mean when you said women's rights are human rights? and she said, well, sir, close your eyes. and think of all the rights you enjoy as a man. well, women should have the same. it can be difficult after nearly 15 years to appreciate how simple and yet how revolutionary characterizing women's rights this way, has not something separate from human rights, but part of it. beijing sparked a movement that made a call to action out of women's access

joining me now, antonio maria costa, the social director of the united nations' drugs on office and crime. you wrote the report. welcome to our program. >> thank you very much. >> what is new? >> a lot. a lot of new information and above all, the overall picture. you are aware of the picture of where the afghan drug goes, how much goes to russia, how much goes to europe, pakistan, iran, causing deadly consequences. how much money is accrued to the insurgents in afghanistan and around afghanistan. and also of course, how much goes into the pocket of organized crime world war. above all what the report does is links the dots together and we see the health situation, the crime situation and the organized insurgency's operation all together. this is very new. >> so in terms of the figures, some $400 million a year going to the taliban? >> yes. this is an estimate which has been produced some time ago which is confirmed in this report, at least regarding the amount of money which is being used by the taliban thanks to their role in the cultivation but especially in the processing in the labs a

the united nations should do it and other countries should come in. when something happens, the country that wants to take over instead of the united states should say that we don't need our help guest: i think the approach should be moultrie collateral and we should do more perplexing for a crisis. there will be another earthquake or some money someplace in the world. the united nations should have a command structure that is ready to go into place and work with a number of countries and they can provide different kinds of aid and assistance. that should be ready to go immediately and not debate who will be involved. host: next call is from portsmouth, rhode island. caller: our relationship with cuba seems to be so heavy handed. they are communists but there are avoidance of corporatism. we do business with china, the largest communist country in the world. that makes me wonder -- we do treat everyone different. a lot of it is for our own interest. it seems rather odd to me. hostguest: the embargo from junt is counter productive. it is the lifeline fo

he said very clearly that we will follow international law and work with the united nations treaty signed an executive order that said the united states would follow the geneva convention, that the united states would not torture. that was the beginning of laying out a promise that we would approach international relations differently. much of the first year was fleeing now the promise more specifically, and setting the foundation for a new approach to diplomacy. it is not as though this was unique with obama. we have seen this approach before during the second world war. it was an approach that had been lost over the past eight years of the previous administration. host: he is a government and foreign services professor. we'll buy you to phone in with your questions and comments. we're talking about the diplomacy of president obama. another message from the inaugural, in which he does touch on what he sees as a terrorists from around the world. >> we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. we are a nation of christians and muslims, jews and hindus, and nonbeliever