but in terms of the united nations human rights council, we would assume, would we, that it will not y votes on the membership of the human rights council, and when russia was suspended from the human rights council a little more than a year ago, it was by a landslide vote against it. right now it is up to delegations and estates to make sure that russia with its atrocious record of atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity is that the united nations has itself documented against ukraine, and at the same time an unparalleled crackdown against civil society in russia today that is just unprecedented in the post—soviet era. this is also an area, an issue that the united nations has investigated, the un special expert on russia just last week published a new report saying that russia was engaging in a massive crackdown on human rights at home. i massive crackdown on human rights at home.— massive crackdown on human rights at home. i was going to sa , in rights at home. i was going to say. in terms _ rights at home. i was going to say, in terms of _ rights at home. i was going to

in the meeting of the united nations human rights council, it was also announced that the country's gross domestic product has decreased by 96% compared to the sanctions , from $252 billion to $11 billion. the united nations headquarters in nowruz imposed these sanctions in order to completely isolate this country and destroy its economy . the american delegation did not attend the meeting of the united nations human rights council. the transitional government of burkina faso announced its full military cooperation with france. it stops government officials the transition of burkina faso gave the technical military attaché and his team two weeks to leave ouagadougou, the capital of burkina faso. this french official has been accused of attempting a coup. 3 burkina faso soldiers were arrested on charges of attempting a coup. especially the french based in this country wanted to leave gainup's soil , but he expelled the french ambassador from this country last year. the american automobile workers union warned that if the demands of the workers are not addressed, the strike will expand. neg

united nations report, western sanctions against syria have caused 90% of the people of this country to live below the poverty line . it was also announced at the meeting of the united nations human rights council. syria's gross domestic product is 96% compared to before the sanctions it decreased from 252 billion dollars to 11 billion dollars. the representative of syria at the united nations headquarters in geneva said that these sanctions were imposed in order to completely isolate syria and destroy its economy. the american representative did not attend the meeting of the united nations human rights council. greater than your company, we will be at your service in less than an hour, dear ones. look at another part of the quran. we have no way to surrender . english and french soldiers. how many days have they been here surrounded by german forces ? sometimes, instead of bombs and grenades, leaflets target the allied forces he takes the leaflets written on it, there is no escape in our siege, the 370 thousand french soldiers speak in english, the leaflets are supposed to weaken them and force them to surrender , eight years have passed since those days, when it comes to the siege, experts sa

united nations report, the western sanctions against syria , the human rights of the people of this country according to the al-mayadin network, the united nations report the meeting of the human rights councilat western sanctions have put pressure on the normal life of the people, the rights of retirees of the united nations human rights council , there was an international consensus in opposition to the western sanctions against syria, and you emphasized that these sanctions play a serious role in the right to human life, the united states in this meeting. the human rights council did not participate and the european countries were content to attend this meeting without making any comments. the un special rapporteur on the impact of sanctions on human rights traveled to syria last fall and compiled a detailed report, stressing that sanctions lead to a complete economic, financial and commercial blockade. it has become a 96% decrease in the gross domestic product of this country compared to 2010. unilateral sanctions affect the economic system and the country loses investors and cannot establish economic and financial relations with other countries. financial remittances are almost non-exis

the united nations report has caused western sanctions against syria 90 the percentage of people in this country live below the poverty line. in the meeting of the united nations human rights council was also announced that the country's gross domestic product has decreased by 96% compared to before the sanctions , from $252 billion to $11 billion. at the un headquarters in norway, he said that these sanctions were imposed in order to completely isolate this country and destroy its economy. the us delegation did not attend the meeting of the un human rights council. the transitional government of burkina faso announced its military cooperation in full. it stops with france officials of the transitional government of burkina faso gave the technical military attache and his team two weeks to leave ouagadougou, the capital of burkina faso. the french official has been accused of attempting a coup.

celia hatton, thank you very much- — russia is seeking to rejoin the united nations human rights councilrnational standing. russia was suspended from the council after its invasion of ukraine. the bbc has obtained a copy of russia's position paper circulated to un members, promising what it called "adequate solutions for human rights issues". rachel denber is deputy director for europe at the ngo human rights watch. she says russia should not be permitted to rejoin. it isa it is a completely cynical move, russia is no more appropriate to join the human rights council now than one year ago when it was voted off the human rights council because off the human rights council because of the atrocities that had been perpetrating in ukraine. nothing has changed in the past year, if anything things have only got worse. in no way could pressure in the current circumstances be said to be meeting standards required of human rights council members. when russia was suspended from the human rights council a little more than a year ago it was by a landslide vote against it, right now it is up to delega

consider the international organizations to the security council of the united nations, the international court of justice, and the united nations human rights council to be public seen. and they can't do anything. yeah, any, uh can, you can see the love with leave of the security council. know the united nations itself and a capable of guaranteeing security for protecting the lives of innocent people. one with the called also less of the i read them to syrians few in the band and the most because the security council nations continue to fail to deliver some decisions. there are plenty of it to is that the 1st russian veto came in october 2011 by july 2020 russia cost 16. vito's lots and lots sometimes together with china on various issues. these were resolutions condemning government repression or draft schooling for the investigation of crimes against civilians, especially via the use of chemical weapons, but also humanitarian resolutions demo. calling for the opening of a border crossing. oh, you humanitarian operation when a very modern make any event. but how can one condemn bruship a member of the security council and which is sites ov

the un human rights council, the main human rights body of the united nations, is only 47 members ont are members of the un, and they are elected for three—year terms. as you say, russia was kicked off at the invasion of ukraine. what is interesting is twofold. 0ne ukraine. what is interesting is twofold. one is that it wants to get back. it actually cares enough to try to get back onto this body and secondly, what is interesting is that it will be a real test, a snapshot about international opinion about russia. in other words, it will be a toe in the water to try to assess how much support it is managing to try to claw back in other countries around the world because, obviously, the beginning of this war russia was very unpopular. this now will be a test. what international opinion is now, whether or not there are some countries out there other than the usual allies who are prepared to support russia's position of rejoining the human rights council. it is interesting it is happening at a time it is accused of war crimes and president putin of course is indicted for war crimes by th

united nations -- russia is a member of united nations security council. a permanent member. >> yes, but our situation is simply to pursue a mandate established by the united nations human rightsouncil. they asked us to do this work and the fact that russia was suspended from the human rights council or the fact that russia is still a member of the council is now relevance to our work. we focus on our investigations. >> chairman mose, finally, what shocked you most of what you have investigated there? >> i think it is -- no one can be unaffected by operating in conflicted areas. i find it difficult to measure human suffering. let me simply say that this is a situation which leads me to say takes a toll on the population. if i were to report objectively to the human rights council. >> chairman mose live from kyiv ofkyiv. >> thank you. >> thank you, tanya. i'm julianna tatelbaum. >> i'm joumanna bercetche. thhe.sputoy e exchange" da wi t u. blic holiday. do stay with the channel for our programming. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and dow

human rights issues." russia is seeking to re—join the united nations human rights council, in an election that will be seenl after its invasion of ukraine. the bbc has obtained a copy of russia's position paper — circulated to un members — promising what it called "adequate solutions for human rights issues". our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more on this. it does not have to do that, there is no need for it to make an application. it russia has chosen that it wants to. as a result, it is showing that russia is still interested in the international system, international order. it wants to get elected two parties. it wants to get elected two parties. it wants to get elected two parties. it wants to see if it can regain some international credibility that it lost as a result of its invasion of ukraine. that is the first thing. the second thing that's interesting is simply what actually happens in this boat. because this will be a snapshot of international opinion about russia. we have not had a vote in the united nations on russia for some time. remember last year, in the beginning of this year,

russia is seeking to rejoin the united nations human rights council, after it was suspended followingng adequate provisions for human rights issues. more form the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale. this is interesting for several reasons, the first is russia has chosen to actually apply for this post on the un human rights council. it doesn't have to do that, there is no need for it to do that, to make an application, but russia has chosen that it wants to, and as a result, it is showing that russia is still interested in the international system, the international order. it wants to get elected to bodies, it wants to regain some international credibility that it lost as a result of the invasion of ukraine. that's the first thing. the second interesting thing is what happens in this vote. it will be a snapshot of international opinion, about russia. we haven't had a vote in the united nations on russia for some time. remember last year and the beginning of this year, there were some votes in the un assembly where the un overwhelmingly voted to criticise russia's invasion o

singles out israel fraternity, singles out israel explicitly , the united nations explicitly, the united nations human rights councilrulebook, its own, in its own rulebook, its code of practise its article seven requires it to debate israel in every single meeting that it holds. not myanmar , not that it holds. not myanmar, not ukraine, not russia , not syria, ukraine, not russia, not syria, not venezuela , and only israel. not venezuela, and only israel. every single meeting that it has. and it leads to . has. and it leads to. >> but is that evidence of anti—semitic ism? i mean, of course, in the region , in there course, in the region, in there are more countries there are lots of countries that aren't israel , and lots of countries that aren't israel, and the countries that aren't are on the whole aren't israel are on the whole anti—israel. so the numbers are against you in the region. on the other hand, in the united nations, obviously, israel receives backing from receives very firm backing from the states and probably receives very firm backing from the firm states and probably receives very firm backing from

>> next the united nation's security council night new york city with remarks by secretary general. during the council's meeting on ukraine. the programs and the -- to promote human rights. >> the sustainable development goal summit, the rescue plan. and an essential tool to prevent conflict and crisis of all kinds. the work is essential and effective. in the face of rising geo-political tensions and challenges, some are failing while others, framework s that aurgently need do not exist. the number of conflict-related deaths last year almost doubled. u.n. peace operations are under unprecedented strain. nuclear disarmament is at a standstill and no frameworks to address the threats exposed by nuclear technology. i urge governments to go further and recommit to their obligations under the u.n. charter, to use the full range of diplomatic tools and prevent crises and consider proposals when new frameworks and tools in the new agenda for peace. >> in clear violation of the united nation's charter -- geo-political tensions of the region. increasing nuclear threat. solutions are needed more than ever. the united nations have been clear in condemning the war. demanding -- and

you, the return of russia, or the return, possible election as a member... of the human rights council, the united nationsis actually, in fact, it is as if a certain consolidation, as a more or less civilized normal state, in which everything is in order with human rights, which can itself act as a certain evaluator, ensuring human rights in another, in other states, but we understand that there, after russia, only north korea can be chosen, and then everything will be so to speak... it will be completely filled with the most democratic states on this planet, well, there are also a number of other states where there is also a big problem with this, but we are talking about the fact that a certain and a filter so that its individual states cannot even think about the fact that they can be candidates or even be nominated for such positions, if this is true, there will be, let's say, an institution that will ensure, will ensure the appropriate level of monitoring, control , observance of human rights at the global level. 104,000 war crimes have already been registered in the office of the prosecutor general

at an inflection point for the united nations and integrity and sovereignty and human rights are at risk because a permanent member of the united nations security council has invaded ukraine, and president biden said that russia alone is responsible for the invasion there, and russia, alone, they responsible for the aggression, and the world must get together and act accordingly, and not just the world, but domestically as well. and the president is very much in the midst of a domestic campaign, and implications both here and abroad. cnn senior white house correspondent kayla tausche, and very important speech, and a speech that the white house worked on and i wanted to start with the sound from the president talking about russia. let's listen. >> russia beliefs that the world will grow weary and allow it to brutalize ukraine without consequence, but i ask you this, if we abandon the core principles of the united states to appease an aggressor, then any member in this body, do you feel confident that you are protected? that is why the united states together with the allies partners around the world feel that we will stand together with their territoria

united nations charter into one of the amendments in the security council since two-thirds of the general assembly and all the permanent members of the security council with speaking of rights humanitys not have a positive vote to hold a negative vote, but these reforms and the united nations, in particular, in the security council, there have been many doors and it has become impractical , but especially after 2003 and the invasion of iraq by the americans under the pretext of fighting terrorism and similar to this, during kofi annan's tenure as the secretary general of the united nations, in fact, the responsible bodies were actually responsible for writing the united nations reform program, that is, from 2005 until now , almost 18 years, the discussion of reforms and the united nations following the program of different formulas have been seen in different countries. giving different programs there is the discussion of increasing the permanent members of the security council with the right of veto. there is the increase of the permanent members of the security council but without the right of veto . there is the increase of non-permanent members of the security council . western

to rejoin the anti-semitic united nations human rights council, which routinely ignores some of the world'sost -- worst atrocities and grants membership to countries with egregious human rights violations. giving countries like china, russia, cuba, venezuela, pakistan and somalia an international platform to speak on human rights. rather than focusing on china's systemic oppression of millions of uyghur muslims, or the inhumane treatment of women and ethnic religious minorities across the middle east, this council disproportionately targets the state of israel. she was also involved in the decision to resume funding the u.n. population fund account, which supports abortion and involuntary sterilization. during her senate confirmation, ms. thomas greenfield expressed support for taxpayer-funded abortions in foreign countries. in 2021 noms greenfield was -- ms. thomas greenfield was quoted saying, quote, white supremacy is woven into america's founding documents and principles, end quote. in the same speech, she went on to say, quote, we have to acknowledge that we are an imperfect union and

this letter i sent is part of the procedures i am part of which is to advise the human rights council of the united nationsi put them on notice essentially that they are required and duty to investigate and prosecute their own forces who may have been engaged in the conduct. according to the ukrainian authorities they have opened up 1,903 case of criminal behavior and of detention cases, they report that 90% of the soldiers as well as civilians are reporting torture, and other forms of inhumane treatment. the people i spoke to both victims and survivors, but the advocates and lawyers, i found the information to be credible. i found a pattern of abuse, and a system of abuse. you can't turn a blind eye once you are on notice, and if you don't do anything about it, it is part of state policy. >> everyone would have be excused to have very little confidence that the russian president would be changing tactic at this point if they have little confidence or hope that it would happen. because as vladimir putin currently himself is facing war crimes at the icc. so short of making war end, if you will. do you think

basic principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, universal human rights are being tested. united nations security councild a brazen attack against the people of ukraine, attacks that go against the very character of the united nations. >> and richard roth is joining me now from new york. richard, good morning. let's talk a little bit about hugh president biden's speech was received yesterday especially because russia not in the room. >> well, i thought i saw the russian ambassador on his iphone inside the general assembly hall during the address by president biden. we will have to see who shows up for russia at this morning's ministerial level session on ukraine. it is possible foreign minister lavrov has not arrived here yet. i think that the countries were pleased that president biden set a tone once again a year and five months after the start of the war, i'm not sure they would have liked perhaps harsher rhetoric. some would, some don't. a lot of the countries not taking a stand either way between these two powers. >> and that says a lot to me at least about america's standing on the world stage and

human rights. as two permanent members of the united nations security council, two members of nato, as two influentialemocracies capable of getting on, we can see that this is important in a world which is subject to so many destabilising forces and so much misinformation. now, as a woman, as the first female president, or speaker, of the french parliamentary assembly, i would like to applaud the memory of the british women who, earlier than was the case in france, got people's minds changing so that they had the same rights as the other half of the human race. so, i would like to think now of the english suffragettes who won their cause as early as 1918, and i want to say that when the french observed these british women and their commitment and their civil sense of responsibility, particularly in challenges of war, and we can say that perhaps that influenced general de gaulle to sign the ordnance on the 21st of april 1944 which finally gave french women the right to vote. it was also in london during the war that a young frenchman who had joined the free french forces discovered that you could buy c

human rights in the human rights council? has the approach of this council changed the characteristics of western countries or does it have another reason to escape the pressures of the united nations security council? the united nations has taken action which has faced the contemporary world with very serious dangers and the mother-son theater which imposed sanctions on the soul and spirit of human society in hamadan, mr. what effect will this meeting have in practice? is it true that the political geography of the islamic world, due to the historical historical conditions , should be a non-committal member of the member countries of the organization of islamic cooperation, etc. ? dear guests, at the final gate of the program, we have another communication with our colleagues at the beauty salon of shahr sedav and sima, mrs. tiam , mrs. ashton. we are at your service. in the final part of the communication with the glass hall of the news agency, hello, i am at your service. the reporter of this group, ask them what will happen today in the public meeting of the majlis. hello, good morning. reporter. hello, and good morning , dear countrymen. it is good . the open parliament will s

united nations charter. the universal declaration of human rights. international humanitarian law. and flouted one security council resolution after another. let's review. first, russia's invasion itself violates the central pill already of the u.n. charter. respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations. second, russia's committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in ukraine on an almost daily basis. third, russia can'ts to engage in reckless nuclear sabre rattling, announcing that stationing nuclear weapons in belarus and continuing to use europe's biggest nuclear power plant and its employees as a shield for its aggression, risking catastrophic consequences. fourth, russia is weaponizing hunger. thanks to the black sea grain initiative brokered by the secretary general, approximately 33 million metric tons of grain reached global markets driving down food prices around the world. nearly 2/3 of the wheat exported through that deal went to developing countries. not only did putin pull out of the deal but russia is now mining ukraine's fields, bombing its ports and rails, burning its si

united nations charter. the universal declaration of human rights. international humanitarian law. and flouted one security council resolution after another. let's review. first, russia's invasion itself violates the central pill already of the u.n. charter. respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations. second, russia's committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in ukraine on an almost daily basis. third, russia can'ts to engage in reckless nuclear sabre rattling, announcing that stationing nuclear weapons in belarus and continuing to use europe's biggest nuclear power plant and its employees as a shield for its aggression, risking catastrophic consequences. fourth, russia is weaponizing hunger. thanks to the black sea grain initiative brokered by the secretary general, approximately 33 million metric tons of grain reached global markets driving down food prices around the world. nearly 2/3 of the wheat exported through that deal went to developing countries. not only did putin pull out of the deal but russia is now mining ukraine's fields, bombing its ports and rails, burning its si

meanwhile, the united nations has found what it says is russian war crimes in ukraine. during a presentation to the human rights councilators reported unlawful attacks with explosive weapons, attacks harming civilians, torture, sexual and gender—based violence, and attacks on energy infrastructure. un investigators have also claimed that some of the war rhetoric and propaganda appearing on russian media could amount to incitement to genocide. they told the un's human rights council that they were also looking into moscow's policy of deporting ukrainian children to russia. 0ur correspondent in geneva, imogen foulkes, has more. this latest report from the un human rights office to get as paints a very dark picture of the way russia is conducting its war against ukraine. 0ne the way russia is conducting its war against ukraine. one of the things very disturbing that this report cites is widespread use of torture. the investigators were able to visit parts of ukraine that ukrainian troops have re—taken from russian forces, around kherson for example, there the received evidence of detainees who had been tortured, been held

sumi: the united nations has found what it says is continuous evidence that russian armed forces are committing war crimes in ukraine. during a presentation to the human rights councilneva, the commission reported unlawful attacks with explosive weapons, attacks harming civilians, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, and attacks on energy infrastructure. u.n. investigators have claimed some of the war rhetoric and propaganda appearing on russia and media could insight genocide. and the leaders said it was also looking into mosw's policy of deporting ukrainian children to russia. let's take a look at some other stories making the news. france's president macron has announced his country will withdraw all military cooperation in niger by the end of the year. the decision will remove the roughly 1500 french soldiers who help fight islamist militants. niger's military assumed power back in july. deaths among members of new york city's fired apartment linked to 9/11 related illnesses has risen to 343. that it was the numbers of firefighters who died on the day of the attacks. two first responders passed away on sunday due to illness related to their work at the wor

united nations' top human rights official said monday wealthy nations are failing to take steps needed to prevent the worst effects of the climate catastrophe. volker tÜrk spoke to the u.n. human rights councilafter the g20 wrapped up a weekend summit in india with no commitment to phase out fossil fuels. >> climate change is pushing millions of people into famine. it is destroying hopes, opportunities, homes, and lives. in recent months, urgent warnings have become lethal realities again and again all around the world. we do not need more warnings. the dystopian future is already here. we need urgent action now. amy: ukraine's intelligence service says ukrainian forces have seized control of four strategically-important oil and gas drilling platforms in the black sea near the russian-annexed crimean peninsula. officials in kyiv accused russia of using the platforms as ammunition depots and radar stations and said their seizure brought ukraine one step closer to president zelenskyy's goal of recapturing crimea. nato is planning its largest military exercise since the cold war. "the financial times" reports the wargames in germany and poland next february and march will involve more than 50 n

human rights organisations. the uk is isolated on the international stage. we have seen significant and repeated interventions from the united nations, the council of europe.ns a change is needed. i think it is realistic to assume that the prospect of traditional criminaljustice outcomes in respect of the troubles criminal cases, such as prosecutions and convictions, is unfortunately for many going to be vanishingly rare, so the best we can offer in those circumstances is to get more information to people. the trail of trauma from unsolved killings is into the future. victims are now set to bring legal challenges against the legislation, and the irish government is considering whether to take the uk to the international courts. chris page, bbc news, belfast. staying in the uk, the regulators of england's water companies are being investigated forfailing to enforce the law over sewage discharges. live now to our environment correspondent esme stallard. she is in down the line from us, in cardiff, tell us what the regulators are investigating? the? cardiff, tell us what the regulators are investigating?— cardiff, tell us what the regulators are investigating

meanwhile, the united nations has found what it says is continuous evidence that russian armed forces are committing war crimes in ukraine. during a presentation to the human rights councile commission reported unlawful attacks with explosive weapons, attacks harming civilians, torture, sexual and gender—based violence, and attacks on energy infrastructure. un investigators have also claimed that some of the war rhetoric and propaganda appearing on russian media could amount to incitement to genocide. investigators told the un's human rights council that they were also looking into moscow's policy of deporting ukrainian children to russia. it comes as ukraine tries to pursue a case against russia at the world court saying the kremlin tried to justify its invasion using false claims of genocide in ukraine. our correspondent in the hague, anna holligan, was inside the courtroom. this is where the case is being heard, inside the peace palace, home to the international court ofjustice, and russia has been laying out its final arguments. speaking in english, maria zakharova, russia's deputy permanent representative to the un, talked about the days preceding the invasion. she

the united nations has found what it says is �*continuous evidence' that russian armed forces are committing war crimes in ukraine. the un is delivering a report now to the human rights council

human rights organisations. the uk is isolated on the international stage. we have seen significant and repeated interventions from the united nations, the council of europe.s bill prioritises perpetrators at the expense of victims. but the government says the passage of time means a change is needed. i think it is realistic to assume that the prospect of traditional criminaljustice outcomes in respect of the troubles criminal justice outcomes in respect of the troubles related cases, such as prosecutions and convictions, is unfortunately for many going to be vanishingly rare, so the best we can offer in those circumstances is to get more information to people. the trail of trauma from unsolved killings is into the future. victims are now set to bring legal challenges against the legislation, and the irish government is considering whether to take the uk to the international courts. chris page, bbc news, belfast. live now to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who's in belfast. this is a hugely difficult problem to resolve, chris. it is this is a hugely difficult problem to resolve, chris.— to resolve, chris. it is and it's a question _ to resolve, chri

the united nations has found what it says is �*continuous evidence�* that russian armed forces are committing war crimes in ukraine. the un is delivering a report now to the human rights counciling unlawful attacks with explosive weapons. we will go to that shortly. i'll i�*ll correspond is a close eye. just take us through the evidence that they are laying out. this take us through the evidence that they are laying out.— they are laying out. this is evidence _ they are laying out. this is evidence that _ they are laying out. this is evidence that they - they are laying out. this is evidence that they have i they are laying out. this is - evidence that they have gathered from march of this year until now. what is interesting about this is that we had the previous report delivered in march which already contained evidence of war crimes, possible crimes against humanity. this reinforces that the un investigators could go to parts of ukraine that had been in russian hands, kherson, zaporizhzhia. ukraine have taken some of these regions back. what we see deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure, thatis attacks on civilian infrastructure, that is a un term, but basically, tha

council of the u.n. and is banning any decision of the united nations needed to finish this for the people in ukraine. >> look at the united nations human rightsission, and who makes up that committee. you are talking about the importance of aid to arrive and to arrive on-time. what are you referring to? >> well, i am referring to high expectations from ukrainians to take up our land just in land operations. there were a lot of our high expectations regarding the counter offensive, and it happened without the possibility to fire missiles long range, and while our british colleague, the uk provided us with long ammunitions, and it helped us with our enemy. and americans are still thinking whether or not to provide ukraine with long-range munitions. president biden, if he would be committed to a ukrainian victory, speed up with delivering weapons to ukraine would be happening, and it would be allowing us to fire missiles into russian warships in the black sea, and the russian military base in crimea, and will help to unblock our ports. i want to remind one of the reasons of the hunger across the world, including in very poor nations is russian i

funding to -- some of the things like united nations population fund which feeds into china's horrific policy involving abortion and sterile isation. the human rights council, but they have august representatives such as cuba, china, sudan, algeria, the kinds of things -- kinds of places that are not known for their track record with respect to human rights. and so reducing funding for these organizations puts a stark comparison, the current regime, the current white house, the current majority in the senate and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle here would prefer to continue to at higher levels these entities. the world health organization. notwithstanding that we saw with respect to covid, for example, i believe in this legislation you prohibit funds going to the wuhan institute of vierology. and and labs china, iran, russia, north korea. vast majority of america wouldn't like us to play those reindeer games. would you like to expound on the work you have done in establishing the priorities with reducing taxpayer dollars and being wasted. mr. diaz-balart: you have said it in a much morelle quent way but so many instances that you have to scratc

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