th hav filed several suits against the united nations for not preventing the mass murders. >> the unitednations troops even helped. they collected us in one place and allow the murderers to, among us and separate us for raping, for torture. in front of my eyes, the serbs crushed a newborn baby with their boots. the stomach came out, and the dutch united nations troops permitted and watched it. >> the few dutch united nations peacekeepersho were supposed to protect the bosnian muslims were vastly outnumbered by the serb troops. did they have a chance? the primary perpetrators stand before the international judges, but even if he is found guilty, the question remains -- could united nations forces have driven that the massacre? this bosnian muslims is the answer is clear -- in july 1995, he was a translator for the dutch united nations troops. they turn his family over to soldiers who killed them. we met him in sarajevo. right next door, the dutch embassy is giving and reception, a tragic, ironic coincidence. he has filed suit against the dutch several times because they failed to protect

when i visited liberia in 2008, i saw the initial fruits of collaboration between the united nations,heir cause. this is the economic condition of west african states. the african union and others including the united states. the mission in liberia has been able to reduce the size of its force from some 15,000 to less than now 10,000 soldiers. some of the conditions that led to 14 years of civil still exist and in society could be exploited again to incite violence. that is one of the reasons why the government of liberia has asked to be praised on the agenda of the peace building commission. and that country is one of the si

the united nations led by the united states helped us through that dark hour.y came to us to rescue on the brinks of collapse. forever after the united nations has been a beacon of hope and still is for billions of others around the world. whenever i see all of them who are looking to the united nations, i'm humbled just thinking that what kind of a support i can bring to them. today as then, i believe the united nations can and must be the solution to the wars' great challenges. engagement through the united nations is the way forward to share the costs and responsibilities of leadership, to uphold universal values and to steer the world through this great transition. that is why in january, as i begin my second term, i set out a road map for my five-year second term as secretary general. there you need five imperatives for collective global action opportunities to create a future we want. how to fight climate change and chart a new path of sustainable growth and development. how to conflict and better response to natural disasters and other humanitarian emerg

the united nations, led by the united states, helped us through that dark hour.came to us to rescue on the brink of collapse. forever after, the united nations community has been a beacon of hope and is still is, billions of others around the world. when ever i see all of them who are looking to the united nations, i am humbled. what kind of support can i bring to them? today, as then, i believe the united nations can and must be the solution to the worlds great challenges. engagement through the united nations, share the costs and responsibilities of leadership for all universal values and to steer the world through this great transition. that is why in january, as i begin my second term, i sent out a roadmap for my five year second term as secretary- general. they are in effect five imperatives of collective global action, opportunities to create the future we want, how to fight climate change and chart a new development. a path of sustainable growth and development. how to prevent country and response to disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, from many

this is a huge operation for any country except the united nations -- the united states. i am only the second commander in chief next to president obama. [laughter] we have won a 20,000 soldiers. only the united states has more soldiers than that abroad. we have fielded another 15 political missions, what is known as a special quality mission, some with the explicit these building mandates. our record of achievement in nurturing recovery from conflict is long. there have been setbacks, of course, but the bottom line is clear -- united nations is there when we are most needed and just as clearly, our engagement has helped many societies make a new start. these building saves lives. it protect human rights and promotes the rule of law. it saves money with costs that are just a fraction of peacekeeping operations, military operations, and the economic damage caused by the countries. it is quite natural that this building is taken on a greater priority for the united nations. it is good to be here today to mark six years since the establishment of peace building commission, t

. >>> well, there is growing pressure this morning on syria's president to accept the united nations peace plan and real in his troops. >> but new video released shows more attacks by loyalists. >> reporter: smoke rises from rooftops in homes. syrian rebels say this amateur video is proof government troops have no intention of halting attacks on civilians. the shelling follows the new discovery of 13 bodies in eastern syria and the massacre of more than 100 people in houla last week. president assad refuses to implement the united nations peace plan and blames the violence on terrorist. but others soy forces loyal to the government are responsible.

all the member state of the united nations, all of the stakeholders the students come ngos, i think we should be united in addressing all of these challenges to make this world better and i think you very much for your patience. [applause] secretary-general, thank you so much for your very comprehensive and important analysis of what is needed to enhance global peace. and before asking those who wish to raise questions to identify themselves, let me make two brief points. towards the end of your speech, you mentioned fundamental point number seven and a that pertains to the role of women and i want to note that we have here in our presence the life of the secretary-general, and she has been devoting her attention to various issues pertaining to women and children and particularly she has been campaigning against the elimination of violence against women and also to prevent mother to child transmission of hiv/aids. so come and your family is involved in this process as well. second, i want to take note of a rather spectacular role that they play in the world affairs these days were they

the process of involvement in the united nations has one unfortunate property that it politicizes everything. all the considerations that are made, whether it's in the itu or elsewhere, are taken and colored by national interests as a long-standing participant in the internet borpd and internet task force where we check our guns at the door and we have technical discussions about how best to improve the operation of the internet, to color that with other national disputes, which are not relevant to the technology is a very dangerous precedent and that's one of the reasons i worry so much about the itus intervention in this space. >> there are press reports out of this hearing already that would tend top say that ambassador verveer's comments mean there really isn't a grave threat to the internet and that there aren't these serious threats on the table. would you characterize, would you agree? >> i am still vrs nervous, mr. chairman, about this process. i will make one observation, that it is not just a matter of the voting question and the one nation, one vote. this substance of the changes

united nations observers found dead bodies and furious residents the u.n. envoy expected back in damascus he has only the power to ask again the violence stopped. charlie back in the cbs news. >>> travel across the country in the moral-the special connection between bay area cities and soldiers based in kentucky. how far would you go to get a good night's sleep the condition that is,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, >>> tomorrow marks the unofficial start of summer barbecues and sales are popular on memorial day it is meant to be a time to remember fallen heroes. san mateo takes it further at the bay area community honor soldiers every memorial day with an event called operation eagle supporters raised $55,000 based in kentucky on a three day trip featuring a parade in downtown san the tail. >>> the show up here and you get people lining the streets who are happy to seal it is heartwarming >>> as special year for this memorial day parade 40 years ago san mateo the first u.s. city to hold a parade honoring veterans returning from vietnam. after their service veterans face anot

the united nations, led by the united states, helped us through that dark hour.o rescue on the brink of collapse. forever after, the united nations community has been -- and is still is, billions of others around the world. when ever i see all of them who are looking to the united nations, i am humbled. just thinking that what kind of support i can bring to them. today, as then, i believe the united nations can and must the solution to the worlds great challenges. engagement through the united nations, share the costs and responsibilities of leadership for all universal values and to steer the world through this great transition. that is why in january, as i begin my second term, i sent out a roadmap for my five year second term as secretary-general. they are in effect five imperatives of collective global action, opportunities to create the future we want, how to fight climate change and chart a new path of sustainable growth and development. how to prevent country and better response to disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, from many man-made tragedies,

what he does is goes to the united nations. the united nations and ask for a force to be sent to prop up and support and defend the people of south korea. now, the united states is going to do all the heavy lifting here. we will have more men and more development and more money than any other country in the world defending south korea. that's what's going to happen. since it is korea that is a police action as the united nations called it and only congress can do that and truman didn't go to congress. what's going to happen is most of the fighting in 1950 is a back and forth. the red arrow shows you the penetration of the north koreans deep into south korea and douglas mac arthur will land which is over here on this eastern coast. he's going to land there and cutoff the north korean forces in the southern part of the country. be very successful with that and then he decides not to be satisfied, but simply driving them out, he decides to invade into the northern part of the country. if you follow the arrow, she headed north. wha

the united states is committed to the free flow of information. we appreciate that some nations do not share these commitments. we particularly wish to preclude developments that threaten to reduce internet freedom that would impair freedom of expression, assembly or association online. as an alternative to intergovernmental controls, the united states encourages governments to adopt multi-stakeholder transparent and decentralized approaches. last year's high level meeting at the oecd exemplified and codified this approach. with respect to the world conference on international telecommunications, in december representatives of 193 nations will gather in dubai to consider revisions to the international telecommunications regulations. a year and more ago there was concern that the wicket would be a battle over investing the itu with explicit governance authority and that the conference participants would be confronting wholly new stand alone draft text proposing provisions. in response, the united states advanced the advantages of using the existing itus as a basis for treaty nego

have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it. and then be bound by what those decisions are just like we do with the courts here in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. there's enough of that any way. that doesn't accomplish anything except gets people shot and escalate into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we all have to play by the same set of rules. we have 2,000 nuclear weapons. iran has none at the current time. it's okay for israel to have 100, but it's not okay for iran to have two? they are not treating everybody equally. you have no strong position except force. only by force can it be done. we have already voted at the u.n. and the security council to get rid of nuclear weapons. let's get rid of them. let's get rid of ours and iran will stop, i believe, and everybody else will because if everybody doesn't have them, then

so what he does is he goes to the united nations, the united nations, and asks for a force to be sent to prop up, to support, to defend the people of south korea. now, the united states is going to do all the heavy lifting here. we will have more men, more equipment, we'll spend more money than any other country in the world defending south korea. but that's what's going to happen. since it's -- technically speaking, korea is a police action, as the united nations called it. it's not an officially declared war because only congress can do that, and, of course, truman didn't go to congress, but what's going to happen, most of the fighting in 1950 is sort of a back and forth. that red arrow shows you the penetration of the north koreans deep in south korea. and then general mcarthur, douglas mcarthur is going to land over here on this eastern coast. he's going to land there and cut off the north korean forces in the southern part of the country. be very successful at that. and then mcarthur decides not to be satisfied with just simply driving the north koreans out of south korea. he dec

united nations observers found the bodies of 13 more executed victims. this comes days after another massacre that left more than 100 people dead. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: the united nations observers say they have discovered 13 more bodies in syria. the victims had their hands bound and appeared to be shot at close range. u.n. envoy met with syrian president to discuss an end toes violence. >> we are at the tipping point. the syrian people do not want a future. their future to be one of blood shed and division. >> reporter: hundreds of united nations monitors are trying to salvage a cease fire between president assad's forces and opposition fighters. u.n. investigators say 108 people were killed in hula last friday. including 49 children. the u.n. report blames the syrian governmentover its agents. the killings prompted the u.s. and allies to expel syrian diplomats and renew calls for president assad to step down. >> the world would be better off with the assad family out of there. the question is what comes next? >> reporter: the whit

no listen in on the march the second of this year the united nations human rights council released avery large very important report that got almost no publicity and in that report the human rights council of the united nations suggested that there was credible evidence of civilian casualties they could not however see that these were the result of deliberate targeting because nato refused to collaborate or to turn over any mickey of to the investigators of the united nations well now we have human rights watch coming in and they have confirmed it was in the march report united nations nato saying isn't it nato official saying that they can't investigate the killings because i've got no mandate to operate there anymore is that a valid reason this is a specious reason need to have said that they can only offer to do any kind of evaluation if the libyan government calls for it but the libyan government that there is now there is beholden to nato and therefore is not willing to ask for an evaluation of makers actions on the other hand need to actually came to the war in libya under the

the united nations monitors left a town in northern syria today, a day after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb. amid the continued violence, president bashar al-assad grant is first television interview this year. he told russian television that his government was fighting terrorists. >> slowly, carefully, the u.n. observers astounded by tuesday's attacks -- stranded by tuesday's attacks. their convoy was hit by an explosive device. images that reinforced the sense of a mission limping along, a mission that is unable to stop serious mounting bloodshed. there are -- syria's mounting bloodshed. the number of observers is growing every day. but so, too, is the death toll. these pictures from the internet apparently show at the moment the government forces opened fire at a funeral. activist said at the 20 people were killed, many more when did. emergency treatment was given at a building nearby. the explosion goes off. now all about -- and none of the u.n. staff was injured. this was another violent blow for the peace plan. >> that kind of violence is obviously the kind of violence

in particular, amnesty calls on united nations security council to do more to combat the trade in small arms. it says these are the weapons most used in human rights abuses. >> this month saw yet more protests in egypt with people taking to the streets to demand their rights. the uprisings in the arab world have inspired movements around the world. russia has seen demonstrations against the government as well. people are demanding their rights to free speech and freedom of assembly. amnesty international sees these as positive signs, but the chinese government feels under threat. >> because of fears that the arab spring could spill over into china, in february last year, china experienced one of the worst wave of repression since the demonstrations in 1989. then a hand guns and light firearms are used in at least 60% of the cases of human rights abuses that amnesty has documented. that is why it is demanding strict rules to control the international arms trade. >> the major arms exporting nations have a veto in the united nations security council, which is meant to play an important rol

that is how a united nations official describes the massacre of more than 100 people, mostly children, in syria over the weekend. today the united states and nine other nations expelled syrian diplomats from their capitals. the u.n.'s lead negotiator met with the syrian dictator today and warned that syria has reached a tipping point. the family of bashir al assad has ruled syria for 42 years. last year a mass uprising started against him. assad has used his army to shell entire neighborhoods, and that's how saturday's atrocities started. it's what happened next that makes it the worst war crime yet in the 15-month-old civil war. ( gunfire ) that's the artillery barrage in a civilian neighborhood outside the city of houla close to the center of the anti-assad uprising. u.n. observers in syria report that about 20 people were killed by assad's artillery, but the massacre came later, at much closer range. we have nothing to show you but the victims. they were shot or stabbed in their homes. the u.n. suspects that the killers were part of a brutal force of pro-dictatorship thugs called t

the united nations special envoy has warned the current peace plan for syria may be the last stop to avoid civil war. he says he has lost hope it will work. thousands of u.n. monitors must be deployed. here is our u.n. correspondent. >> the u.n. monitoring operation is in full swing. here it is an underlying -- unloading equipment in damascus for what may be their toughest mission yet. they are meant to police a ceasefire which does not exist. their presence has brought, in places, but nearly one month on, violence continues at unacceptable levels, as this amateur footage shows in the city of homs. >> the u.n. supervision is the only remaining chance to stabilize the country. i am sure i am not telling you and the secret when i tell you there was a profound concern that the country could otherwise descend into full civil war. the implications of that are frightening. we cannot allow that to happen. >> the violence seems to be shifting rather than stopping -- less showing, but more torture and more arrests. that is what these images appear to show. there has also been a rise in guerri

but none of them to date propose moving from ican to the united nations the day-to-day operations of the internet. so, i have indicated that we've had this counsel working group, a compilation that that group has developed and the member states will come forward with national contributions. from the united states's point of view, we are very much on that track. we've been participating actively in the counsel working group, and we will now begin to prepare for the conference itself. we have formed a core delegation of leading agencies of the government who are most interested in this subject and have equities, and secondly, we await the white house announcement of the head of delegation and that person will come forward shortly, i understand, and of course the cordell awaits that person's leadership. once that person is on board, we will start an aggressive schedule of bilaterals internationally, meet with all of the principle players, and to sell the u.s. positions, which as i say in its first tranche will come forward august 3 and continue through the fall. we will form a delegation

. >> the united nations say they've discovered 13 more bodies in syrias. the victims had their hands bound and appear to be shot and close range. discuss an end to the violence. >> we are at the tipping point. the sir yrian people do not -- syrian people do not want their future to be one of bloodshed. >> hundreds of united nations monitors the trying to salvage a cease fire between the forces and opposition fighters. un investigators say 108 people were killed last friday, including 49 children. the un report blames the syrian government. it prompted them to expel syrian diplomats and renew calls for the president to step down. >> the world would be better off with the family out of there. the question is what comes next. >> the white house says all options are on the table, but it's still trying to work through diplomatic channels to stop the violence. >> we do not believe that military at right course of action. >> finding con send sesz at the un will be hard. russia and china have opposed tough action against syria. >> the government still denies any g

that's always been of interest to the united nations, codified in a host of resolutions and treaties and banky should certainly raise that with the government. >> he will be meeting later today in rangoon. it seems like human rights and sanctions seem to be a key point in their discussions because soo-chi says the western countries should not be lifting sanctions until human rights are in check. while mr. ban is saying all sanctions should be lifted while the u.s. is saying they won't lift human rights if dealt with. how do you think they will be able to meet halfway on this particular issue? >> there's been a halfway meeting already. some of the sanctions have been partially rolled back. even the united states relaxed some of their restrictions. ditto on the european union, australia, canada. i think now it's a matter of finishing the job and i think ban's message to choo's government and also with das soo-chi is to ensure that that job is finished. again, political prisoners, ethic minority situation, and host of legal reform because really without that sort of reform and building

the united nations and the itu can do many things, and they can do those things effectively and importantly. and the areas of development, the areas of training as a forum for discussion of international policy matters and the case of the itu preeminently in the area of spectrum allocation and and imagi management on an international basis. but managing the internet is certainly not one of the u.n.'s roles. the internet -- and this seems to have increasingly gained public support at meeting that i attend and that you have attended -- the internet is best left to a multi-stake holder structure, where decisions are made on a bottom-up basis and in which of course all stake holders can participate in their respective roles. this is the environment that has prove i don't know the test of time and has left the internet to innovate and for that we have gained extraordinary benefit socially and economically. let me focus my remarks on the itrs themselves. i have noted to friends that the itrs seem to be a subject that has gained a tremendous amount of comment and interest but those who have actual

the united nations secretary general and the u.n. supervision mission in syria have been tasked with the responsibility of investigating who was responsible for last week's massacre in syria but in the meantime the u.s. and its allies are taking unilateral moves that some critics say could possibly provoke further bloodshed and compromise a fragile cease fire that has been held in the country now according to the u.n. high commissioner for human rights eighty percent of the one hundred eight syrians who were found dead in houla were executed and less than twenty were killed by artillery fire clearly we see the united nations is very much focused on finding out who was responsible for the massacre in syria that unfolded last week but in the meantime the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice says the syrian government is fully responsible for quote the hideous massacre of innocents in houla the u.s. diplomat also took to her twitter page to accuse the syrian government of point blank brutalizing its people in the meantime sy

has been following events at the you went for us got it from our united nations security council members caught their weekend short to hold a three hour. closed door emergency meeting on the way to developments in syria where on friday in the bloodiest massacre since the anti-government clashes started on the ground a year ago took place where over a hundred people were killed including dozens of women and children prior to the meeting britain and france were calling for security council members to adopt a joint press statement pointing the fingers out the syrian government russia however who previously vetoed a regime change resolution on syria said it would prefer to wait to hear what the head of the un observer mission in syria had to say and this is why the meeting was adjourned now after the meeting a joint press statement obviated nations security council members was released the security council has condemned these violence weiland killings which included artillery and tank shellings the security council says this is a breach of international law and breach of syria's commitments

a reluctance of republicans on capitol hill to invest in international institutions like the united nations. but that is something that is not just apparent in the united states. it's a reluctance that is in effect global. so we're in this era in which we have no clear leader, no clear motor of global institutional reform and it's not clear even we would like to see greater civil societies to assess, you know, some political trends in many major countries. can we find partnerships with some of the multilaterals to lever effectiveness and at sometime get multilaterals where they're a little bit comfortable in their own space to be a bit sharper edged and a bit more results focused. now, you could say that's a kind of arrogant thing on our part, but i think what we would like to do in that is to pick the areas where we have some confidence that we've had direct experience of what works and what doesn't, what's important and what isn't, you know, to take one example, i think bob referred to it in passing, the huge successes in global health, for example, in harboring the rate of mortality over

of, for example, republicans on capitol hill to invest in international institutions like the united nations. but that is something that is not just apparent in the united states. it's a reluctance that is in effect global. so we're in this era in which we have no clear leader, no clear motor of global institutional reform and it's not clear even when the united states steps up the lead that it can do it. now what happens if we don't get to get to the last part of your question. you court competition from other formats and forums so there's a greater use of regional institutions, there's a greater use of ad hoc. we're just going to create our own bric development bank and then ultimately if legitimacy totally collapses, you court some significant challenges to the existing order. a major political challenge starting to become road blocks within those institutions in a sense holding them hostage to those sorts of changes. there have been some major changes made, i think sometimes people sell the g-20 too short even though it's having trouble moving from a crisis committee to a global steering