previously discussed publicly occurred in may 2005, and in september 2008 during the united nations general assembly, and also in september 2010. again, during the united nations general assembly and federal air marshals observed four individuals taking photos and videotaping the waterline and structural area of a heliport landing pad in wall street, which they deemed suspicious. 's in a field interview, all four individuals stated they were employed at the islamic broadcasting company of iran and produced u.n. press cards as identification. hezbollah and its supporters also have a presence in new york and the surrounding area. based on the nypd findings the majority of these individuals hail from hezbollah strongholds in southern lebanon inlewding areas which in 2006 were battlefield for israeli forces for hezbollah fighters. some of these individuals in new york are family members of hezbollah political leaders or hezbollah fighters kill ord associates of known ranking members of hezbollah or in rail cases received military training from hezbollah in lebanon. based on the nature of these close and

political process led by kofi annan and based on the terms of the arab league and the united nations general assembly resolution. we believe that now is the time for all nations, even those that previously have blocked our effort, to stand behind the humanitarian and political approach spelled out by the arab lake. >> -- by the arab league. >> changes on the ground it may still be a daunting task. bbc news, united nations in new york. >> can u.s. talks and the crackdown? earlier spoke to a middle east expert at the century foundation. the u.s. seems to be banking on a diplomatic solution. are they right to do so? >> they have no choice, frankly. we are looking at several very bad options. nothing has seemed to gain traction. obviously the international community is quite divided with russia and china taking a position quite contrary to the west. so, i think this is where we are left, because the other options, including outright military intervention, looks so unappealing and are simply -- there is simply not real appetite on the part of any of these countries, the united states, western europe, and

code of insertion of code of conduct for information security before the sixty's this united nations general assembly there is that need that the c.e.o. countries in general and the organization the shanghai organization in general advocates the introduction of a sort of a censorship to the internet worldwide and this is one of the goals that you are setting for yourself you know we are not speaking about censorship although as your member countries are in favor of the promotion of freedom of speech living in hearing the internet so. this is china's internal version we do not interfere but in one in the in two thousand and nine the seal member states signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of the ensuring of information international information security and this is a clean new challenge for the c.e.o. and beyond and. now that the disagreement is into force last summer the member states are. starting to build mechanism of cooperation just a couple of days ago in b.g. the working group. conducted a very fruitful exercise it is shared by russia. and they have. very large scale plans to develop

access and a polish meat -- political process based on the terms of the arab league and a united nations general assembly resolutions. we believe now is the time for all nations, even those who have previously blocked our efforts to stand behind the humanitarian and political approach spelled out by the arab league. >> getting changed on the ground is a daunting task. >> for more on the possible impact on the un talks, we can go now to new york to speak to a fellow from the century foundation. the international community seems to be banking on a diplomatic solution to end the violence in syria. are they right to do so? >> i think they have no choice. we are looking at several very bad options and nothing has seemed to gain traction and the international community is quite divided with russia and china taking a position quite contrary to the rest -- to the west. i think this is where we are left because the other options, including outright military intervention look so unappealing and there is simply not any real appetite on the part of any of these countries to undertake a direct military intervention.

despite russia and china twice vetoing security council action, the united nations general assembly and human rights council have repeatedly and overwhelmingly condemn the carnage and the united nations has played an important role in supporting arab league efforts to end the crisis, including through the joint appointment of special envoy kofi annan. in libya, the united states led the united nations to prevent gadhafi from massacring his own people. to end illicit nuclear weapons programs the united states pushed the security council to impose the toughest sanctions ever on iran and north korea. as the president has made clear, we will prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. and as long as iran fails to meet its international obligations, the pressure will build. the united states played a critical role in supporting the creation of a newly independent south sudan. in cote the u.n. stopped a strong man from stealing an election and ensured the democratically elected president took office, thus preventing a return to civil war. these are just a few examples of how u.s. leadership

it's been expelled from the arab league, rebuked by the united nations general assembly, excoriated by the u.n. human rights council and abandoned by nearly every country that once maintained diplomatic relations with it. at the same time, assad's regime is facing a punishing array of economic sanctions by the united states, the european union, the arab league and others. measures that have targeted the asets of assad and his henchmen, cut off the central bank and other financial institutions, grounded serious cargo flights and restricted the regime's ability to sell oil. this has been an impressive international effort, and the administration deserves a lot of credit for helping the problem is the bloodletting continues. despite years of diplomacy backed by sanctions, assad and his top lieutenants show no signs of giving up to take the path into foreign exile. to the contrary, they appear to be accelerating their fight to the finish, and they're doing so with the shameless support of foreign governments, especially in russia, china and iran. a steady supply of weapons, ammunition and

system so that the united nations general assembly last fall passed a resolution condemning iran's human rights abuses by the largest margin in history. similarly, as i've mentioned earlier, we used the human rights council to put together a special rahporteur for the first time in the human rights council's history on any country that was against iran. we were able to get the general assemble to condemn the plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador by the iranians. so in every venue at every turn we're trying to ratchet up the pressure on iran with success. >> and i appreciate that. let me jump over to a question i asked earlier and we ran out of time. that was referring to security council resolution 1701 with hezbollah. and rearming there. and what is being done to help stop hezbollah's rearming. or can you brief the committee on the latest regarding that security resolution 1701? >> yes. 1701 is of course a resolution that established a renewed mandate for uniphil on the border of southern lebanon with israel. its mandate is to prevent the flow of personnel and weapons into a zone adj

united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept. [ applause ] last september i stood before the united nations general assembly and reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns. i said that america's commitment to israel's security is unshaken. our friendship with israel is enduring, and that israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our support for israel at the united nations at such a difficult time. people usually give those speeches before audiences like this one. not before the general assembly. [ applause ] i must say there was not a lot of applause. but it was the right thing to do. and as a result, today there is no doubt anywhere in the world that the united states will insist upon israel's security and legitimacy. [ applause ] that will be true as we continue our efforts to pursue pursuit of peace and that will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for all of us today. iran's nuclear program, a threat that has the potential to bring together the worst rhetoric about isr

in 2009, before the united nations general assembly, president obama imply that the u.s.t a leader in the world. listen to this. >> responsibility and leader -- leadership in the 21st century demand more. in an era when our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero sum game, no one nation can or should try to dominate another nation. no world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. no balance of power among nations will hold. >> sean: let's not forget the president's outrageous response when asked about american exceptionalism at the nato sum nit france that same year. >> i believe in american exceptionalism, just as i suspect that the brits believe in british exceptionalism and greeks believe in greek exceptionalism. liz cheney, this is going to be a big issue in this campaign, no? >> it is. i think it's really important that people remember that this president -- it is not just that he's incompetent, chiwould say, he clearly is hoo is attempting to deminnish america's place in the world. he doesn't believe that america should be d

>> it comes with a mandate from the united nations general assembly as well as from the league of arabates to try to broker a swift transition in which ultimately assad steps aside and the people of syria are able to choose an interim government that's representative and leads to elections. that's ultimately what his mission is about as well as trying to stop the fighting and ensure that humanitarian access is granteded. this is his very first visit. he hasn't yet had the opportunity to sit down with either the opposition or the government. so i think it's quite premature to declare his mission dead before it even begins. >> and yet you know, i think you'd be pretty honest and say it's unlikely at least in the short term you can get a tough new resolution out of the security council because of china and russia. to the humanitarian official from the u.n. says the assad government is considering her plan. it wants more time to think about it. answer the critic that would say president assad is playing the international community, running out the clock, saying he's for diplomacy, listenin

when president obama took the lead in the united nations general assembly, brought 40 heads of state together, laid down the conditions to the sudanese that this had to happen so that kind of personal diplomacy has been tremendously effective. we think the situation is as urgent now as it was then and we need them to reengage on this. >> and you think he might. you think he's going to be -- >> i think it's a positive message. we're not dk d think about it this way. here is the beauty of this. we understand how the world works, right. it's an election year. so if i was to sit down and say okay, well, listen, here's the right thing to do. everybody go-- we have got problems with debt, we've got our houses aren't worth. >> you are saying it in your interest. >> it is in your interest because as the president pointed out long before, a week before we went to the sudan, our gas prices are going up. because this is not resolved. resolve it and everyone's, and it makes a difference economically to us. so there is actual reason for us to do it and not militarily. it shouldn't cost lives it s

united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept [applause] last september i stood before the united nations general assemblynd reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns and said that our commitment to israel's security is unshakeable and that israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our support for israel at the united nations at such a difficult time. people usually give those speeches before audiences like this one, not before the general assembly. [applause] i must say, there was not a lot of applause. [chuckles] >> but it was the right thing to do. and as a result, today, there is no doubt anywhere in the world that the united states will insist upon israel's security and legitimacy. that will be true as we continue our efforts in pursuit of peace and that will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for all of us today. iran's nuclear program, a threat that has the potential to bring together the worst rhetoric about israel's destruction, with the world's most dangerous

united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept. [ applause ] last september i stood before the united nations general assemblyeace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns. i said that america's commitment to -- is unshakable. our friendship with israel is endured and israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our support for israel at the united nations at such a difficult time. people usually give those speeches before audiences like this one. not before the general assembly. [ applause ] i must say, there was not a lot of applause. [ laughter ] but it was the right thing to do. and as a result, today there is no doubt anywhere in the world that the united states will insist upon israel's security and legitimacy. [ applause ] that will be true as we continue our efforts to pursue -- in the pursuit of peace and that will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for all of us today. iran's nuclear program. a threat that has the potential to bring together the worst rhetoric about israel's destruction with the wor

the united nations general assembly says 80,000 people have been killed in this conflict and many oflook at your screen. delta airlines, a jet veering off the runway. it had problems braking, skidding off the runway in atlanta. ready for this one? brakes on a plane. i said it. luckily no passengers on board, no injuries, but the plane does have pretty significant damage they are attending to. >>> also, airline passengers stranded as direct air canceled flights out of the blue. about 50 people stuck last flight at a local airport in florida and the passengers are ticked. >> people are very upset because they weren't giving us any information and they still haven't. we can't get through to the lines and there's nobody here today to help us. >> they don't answer the phone, and i think i've talked to one person in probably a dozen phone calls. >> did that person tell you anything? >> no. >> well, cnn has just received a statement right from direct air. direct from direct air, you might say. they're saying all flights are suspended until mid-may. they're calling it operational matters and

working group for the women's 2000 special session of the united nations general assembly. she served as the national chair of the democratic national committee's women center, leaving the democratic party major initiative to reach, engage and mobilize women voting. and served as vice president for public policy at planned parenthood federation of america, where she was responsible for policy, legal and communications initiatives. she served as national direct your a democratic action and is a political director for the democratic national committee. and anne is also one of the first chief of staff to then congress and barbara mikulski. please welcome, anne lewis. [cheers and applause] >> so in 1986 i was explaining to my friends in d.c. about the terrific senate candidate that they didn't know and one of them who is actually a political columnist at pity on me and said, you've got it today. barbara mikulski doesn't look like a senator. that's right i said. jesse hill looks like a senator. [laughter] i want to change with the senate looks like. [cheers and applause] well, w

united nations have supported an immediate halt to the violence and negotiated a peaceful transition, and a responsible trade democratic process. despite russia and china twice vetoing security council action, the united nations general assembly and human rights council has repeatedly and overwhelmingly condemned the carnage and united nations has played an important role in supporting our efforts to end the crisis, including to the joint appointment of special envoy kofi annan. libby at the united states that the united nations -- in libya the united states led the united states. united states pushed the security council to effect the toughest security -- the toughest sanctions on iran. as long as iran fails to meet its international obligations, the pressure will build. united nations played a critical role in supporting the creation of a newly independent south sudan. ivoire, united nations prevented a civil war. this is a few examples of how leadership at united nations is producing tangible results. despite important progress, much remains to be done. that is why we are championing greater budget discipline and comprehensive management reforms that will make united nations more efficient and cost- effective. in december

it's been expelled from the arab league, rebuked by the united nations general assembly, excoriated by the u.n. human rights council and abandoned by nearly every country that once maintained diplomatic relations with it. at the same time, assad's regime is facing a punishing array of economic sanctions by the united states, the european union, the arab league and others. measures that have targeted the asets of assad and his henchmen, cut off the central bank and other financial institutions, grounded serious cargo flights and restricted the regime's ability to sell oil. this has been an impressive international effort, and the administration deserves a lot of credit for helping to orchestrate it. the problem is the bloodletting continues. despite years of diplomacy backed by sanctions, assad and his top lieutenants show no signs of giving up to take the path into foreign exile. to the contrary, they appear to be accelerating their fight to the finish, and they're doing so with the shameless support of foreign governments, especially in russia, china and iran. a steady supply of weapo

when truman did recognize it, it came six months after the united nations general assembly.his was the u.n. acts -- one of the first acts since being founded. also, when truman recognized israel, he imposed an embargo of arms. the united states gave no arms to help israel be established in 1948. in 1963 when john f. kennedy gave hawk, surface to air missiles. it was truman, certainly, that was important. but it was not decisive in any way. you talked to arab colleagues of mine, they say that war was won on the ground. i think, respectively, i would have to disagree with the caller. host: continue to go back, let's look ahead. is that a viable option in the middle east? guest: you need a two state solution that gives dignity to both sides. the president laid out some ideas. i think, while the president has been preoccupied with other issues as of late, i think that ultimately there will come around back to the two state solution. there is no one way. there has been some good news about palestinian-israeli cooperation under the radar screen. efforts of security cooperation. yo

russia also voted against the united nations' general assembly resolution expressing concern over the violations of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights in north korea. many of my colleagues and i have come to the floor on multiple occasions to express my concern with russia's deteriorating rule of law and respect for human rights. this is not the kind of relationship that president obama promised when he pressed for passage of the new start treaty in late-2010, over strong objections from many of my colleagues. it sends the wrong signal to our allies throughout europe who are worried about undue pressure from russia. at the end of the day, better u.s.-russian relations are not a foregone conclusion. and president obama would be wise to remember that one-sided promises are not the means to get there. he should also not forget that the constitution requires the advice and consent of the senate on foreign policy decisions. over the coming months, the senate will likely take up several issues related to russia, and i look forward to having a frank discussion about the

again, the united nations general assembly and federal air marshals observed for individuals taking videoand taking pictures of structural areas of the landing pad in new york. in a field interview, all four of the interviews stating they were employed at the islamic republic of iran broadcasting company and produced press card as identification. hezbollah and its supporters also have a presence in new york and the surrounding area. based on the nypd's investigative findings, the majority of these individuals hail from hezbollah strongholds in southern lebanon, including lebanese towns. some of these individuals in new york are family members of hezbollah local leaders, or associates of known rating members of hezbollah, or in some rare cases have received military training him has blood in lebanon. based on the nature of these continuing relationships, with members of hezbollah in lebanon, the notion that has been thought by -- the nypd has spent significant time and efforts studying iranian and hezbollah attacks worldwide. in order to port attacks in the city. it was notable in 1992 and

on december 26, 2011, the united nations general assembly passed a resolution denouncing the serious human rights abuses occurring in iran. the hoeven-blumenthal resolution lets the people of iran know that we are with them, they are not alone, we side with them, we stand and speak out on their behalf because they are not forgotten in their effort for democracy. the middle east future will be determined first and foremost by the people of the middle east themselves, but american strength, vision, leadership are absolutely essential, and so in that regard, i am very proud and grateful for the 60 cosponsors of this resolution, now 61 with senator klobuchar, and i thank again the senator from north dakota and yield the floor. mr. hoeven: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: i, too, want to again express my appreciation to senator blumenthal and to all of our cosponsors and look forward to passage of this important resolution. with that, i yield the floor, mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from minnesot

it's been expelled from the arab league, rebuked by the united nations general assembly, excoriated by council and abandoned by nearly every country that once maintained diplomatic relations with it. at the same time, assad's regime is facing a punishing array of economic sanctions by the united states, the european union, the arab league and others. measures that have targeted the asets of assad and his henchmen, cut off the central bank and other financial institutions, grounded serious cargo flights and restricted the regime's ability to sell oil. this has been an impressive international effort, and the administration deserves a lot of credit for helping to orchestrate it. the problem is the bloodletting continues. despite years of diplomacy backed by sanctions, assad and his top lieutenants show no signs of giving up to take the path into foreign exile. to the contrary, they appear to be accelerating their fight to the finish, and they're doing so with the shameless support of foreign governments, especially in russia, china and iran. a steady supply of weapons, ammunition and oth

i had the privilege of navy have our house representative to the united nations general assembly in recognition of his leadership that service to our country. was that, i would be pleased to take any questions. >> the georgetown law student who told congress that contraception cost over $3,000 for a while but during her time of law school, yet the store and 3 miles away cells birth control pills for $9 a month to women who do not have health insurance. was her testimony accurate. >> i have a great deal of respect for the testimony she presented to congress. she is factual, courageous, and a difference in the debate in our country and we were honored by her presentation. >> on the jobs bill, you talked about bringing forward bills that have been brought forward before -- the house republican leadership is pushing it. the white house has signed off and are supporting it. i'm surprised why you are not trumpeting it as a rare showing of bipartisanship where it is so lacking so often. >> because it is so meager. trumpet -- it comes with little penis. [laughter] yes, it is bipartisan and that's a big

united nations. soon after the second double veto the general assembly took up more or less the same resolution that was blocked in the security council. it was adopted by an overwhelming majority, over 130 countries voted in favor. a very small handful, i think about eight countries, voted no. and they include russia and china and venezuela and zimbabwe and north korea and iran and syria. it was company that one would -- it's very unique company that russia and china typically don't like to find themselves in. that has been followed by continued strong action out of the human rights council and repeated international unity with the glaring exception of russia and china on issues related to syria. i think the combination of that kind of isolation has given them, particularly the chinese perhaps to a greater extent than the russians, some pause. they are both embarked on public relations efforts, particularly in the arab world, to try to mitigate the consequences of their actions. and i do think that should -- that the appointment of kofi annan and the efforts that he's trying to make provide a poten

united nations secretary general is due to brief the general assembly on the current situation in syria>> two french journalists who were trapped in that district have managed to leave syria. they have now crossed the border into lebanon and a back in france soon. french president sarkozy made the announcement on the sidelines of brussels. one was with it last week in a rocket attack that killed an american-born journalist. >> the people of iran are going to the polls today to elect a new parliament, but opposition groups say voters are not getting a free choice and are calling for a boycott on the planned protest of the dissension and many of their leaders. >> voters are left to pick between two hard-line conservative camps, groupings involved in a power struggle right at the top of the tehran regime. iran's state television showed long lines of voters at the polling stations. the government is hoping for a strong turnout, which would signal broad popular support for the country's clerical establishment. "i am is citizen of this country, and i want to vote. the fate of my country is ve

united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept. [applause] last september, i stood before the u.n. general assemblynd reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns. concernhat america's and commitment to israel's security is unwavering. israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our support for israel at the men in such a difficult time. people usually give those speeches in instances like this one, not before the general assembly. [applause] i must say that there was not a lot of applause. but it was the right thing to do. as a result, today there's no doubt anywhere in the world that the united states will insist upon israel's security and legitimacy. [applause] that will be true as we continue our efforts to pursue peace, and it will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for all of us today, iran's nuclear program. let's begin with a basic truth that you all understand. no israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the holoca

united nations and it's been an honor to do so. we just passed a resolution with huge support on maternal mortality at the commission on the status of women and we championed in the general assembly last fall a resolution on women's political participation. i could go on and on, but let me just say that what we have been able to do to support women at the united nations has been a source of great pride for secretary clinton and for me as well. >> thank you. mr. dent. >> thank you, madam ambassador. you mentioned the north korean situation. three weeks ago secretary clinton came before this subcommittee and discussed the fact that the north koreans were going to implement a moratorium on future launches and other nuclear-related issues. and then, of course, said we're going to judge them by our actions not by their words. last week the north koreans announced their intention to conduct another missile launch, which i guess the state department said directly violates various u.n. security council resolutions, 17, 18 -- 1718 and 1874. what actions should the u.n. and other organizations take if north korea launches a missile as they have promised in the next few weeks? what should w

general assembly to world health organization, iaea, and others. our posture is to underscore the consequences, not only to the peace process, to palestinian interests, to the wider interests of the united nations should they choose to do that, and of course our relationship with the palestinian authority. but also to impress upon each and every member state that ultimately gets a vote in this regard, the consequences for the peace process, for advancing the goal ultimately of a two-state solution. we think these actions, in fact, would set that goal back rather than bring it closer. and, of course, to underscore to member states that we degrade and discredit the united nations when we allow countries or prospective countries, rather, to try to jump the queue and get a degree of membership or status that is not yet warranted. so we're very active, i can assure you, across the board in trying to prevent this. and if necessary confront it. but i think you know, and we know, that the math is not in the united states' favor on issues of this sort when it comes to the entire membership. >> with regard to iran, the united states has i think been very effective in imposing tough sanctions on iran. and

united nations. as you know, that pledge has been kept. [applause] last september, i stood before the u.n. general assemblynd reaffirmed that any lasting peace must acknowledge the fundamental legitimacy of israel and its security concerns. i said that america's concern and commitment to israel's security is unwavering. israel must be recognized. no american president has made such a clear statement about our support for israel at the men in such a difficult time. people usually give those speeches in instances like this one, not before the general assembly. [applause] i must say that there was not a lot of applause. but it was the right thing to do. as a result, today there's no doubt anywhere in the world that the united states will insist upon israel's security and legitimacy. [applause] that will be true as we continue our efforts to pursue peace, and it will be true when it comes to the issue that is such a focus for all of us today, iran's nuclear program. let's begin with a basic truth that you all understand. no israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies t