we also saw positive developments around the world in 2011 in zambia, where they held free elections that were credible and orderly, in tunisia where they held preelections for a constituent assembly, a body now rewriting the constitution. in colombia, the government continues to strive to improve justice in human rights cases. progress towards human rights is neither linear nor guaranteed, but we're pleased to note these important landmarks. now, let me just say a couple words about the reports themselves. since the 1970s, this has grown into a mammoth undertaking. this year, we have 199 reports covering every country and a number of territories. they reflect the work of literally hundreds of people here and around the world who collect information and edit, review, and fact check to make sure these reports are accurate and objective. i want to extend my heart felt thanks to all the people who worked so hard to make the reports the gold standard. for human rights reporting and fidelity to the truth. i want to thank steveizen brown who is our commander in chief and chief editor, and

elizabeth was a person i met in 1999 in zambia. there was very little foreign assistance in the form of hiv in africa, and treatment was very limited in africa and only available to those most wealthy. it was readily available here in the united states, just as a point of comparison. my brother-in-law is hiv positive and has been since 1986, and since 1999 has been on anti-retrovirals and is healthy to this day and he would be dead if he lived in africa. and elizabeth was a wife to a man who she knew was unfaithful to her. she was not able to leave him because she was economicly -- completely dependant on him and divorce was frowned upon in her country. she became pregnant so she wanted to find out whether or not she was hiv positive and wanted to find out whether or not she could get -- she heard about prevention from mother to child transmission, and it was new in those days in the 1990s, but she heard about it. so she boarded two buses, actually, to get from her homes in the slums into the clinic in the center of town. when she

and why do we care whether one person in zambia has a healthy baby or not? that's a child that has an opportunity to go after the root problems. >> i think also if you look at some of the development literature in terms of what motivates communities, and often you see a combination, a crisis, that will move local communities. a couple inspired actors and good political conditions or some openings, so i think this motion of root cause to some extent, you can almost -- it sounds terrible to say but you can create -- there are many reasons why there is an equality. there are many reasons why there is poverty. you can address multiple root causes, and maybe through getting rid of the symptoms. we talk about aids and i think cynically if we just gave all of the money that we are spending in foreign assistance to low income communities, what would happen. giving money for training individuals, i think it could be a really revolutionizing idea to get money into the hands of low income people, to some extent is yes, deialing with the symptoms but to some extent the

he works with the gentleman in zambia in trying to keep his movement and focus on nonviolence. when they became de- colonized and liberation arose, lots of methods were used. byard has the idea that they should establish a nonviolence center in africa to assist liberation leaders in terms of becoming familiar with gandhi. it doesn't last very long, but he gives his best effort. he is also concerned about refugees. he's one of the first to call for opening of voters for vietnamese refugees. he travels across the globe, especially with the international rescue committee. i think i got the name right. >> yes. >> they are making their best plans to assist refugees in their own home countries, but also traveled to countries where they can get better lodging as well. >> would you like me to go on? in terms of the gay rights movement, bayard is planning a demonstration on the democratic national republican convention for the summer. a representative of harlem gets wind of this plan and for a variety of reasons, he decides that he wants to stop the march on the democrats. he does it th

we saw positive developments from the world in 2011, in zambia, where they held free elections that wereand orderly, in tunisia, where they held free elections for a constituent assembly, a body that is now rewriting the constitution. in colombia, the government continues to strive for it just as in human rights cases. progress toward human rights is not linear or guarantee, but we're pleased to note these important landmarks. at least a couple words about the reports themselves. since the 1970's, this has grown into a man out of it taking. this year we have 199 reports covering every country and a number of territories. they reflect the work of hundreds of people here and around the world to collect information and edit, reviewed, and fact-checked to make sure these reports are accurate. i want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the people who worked so hard to make these reports the gold standard for human rights reporting and fidelity to the truth. i want to especially thank steve, our commander in chief and chief editor, who has done and that standing job in putting these reports t

we also saw positive developments around the world in 2011 in zambia where they held free elections that were credible and orderly n tunisia where they held free elections for a constituent assembly, a body that's now rewriting the constitution. in colombia the government continues to strive to improve justice in human rights cases. progress towards human rights is neither linear, nor guaranteed, but we're pleased to note these important landmarks. now, let me just say a couple of words about the report themselves. since the 1970s this has grown into a mammoth undertaking. this year we have 199 reports covering every country and a number of territories. they reflect the work of literally hundreds of people here and around the world who collect information and edit, review and fact check to make sure that these reports are accurate and objective. i want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the people who have worked so hard to make these reports the gold standard for human rights reporting and fidelity to the truth. i want to especially thank steveizeen brawn who's our commander in chief

we also saw positive developments around the world in 2011 in zambia, where they held free elections that were credible and orderly, in tunisia, where they held free elections for a constituent assembly, a body that's now rewriting the constitution. in colombia, the government continues to strive to improve justice in human rights cases. progress towards human rights is neither linear nor guaranteed, but we're pleased to note these important landmarks. now, let me just say a couple of words about the report themselves. since the 1970s, this is has grown into a mammoth undertaking. this year we have 199 reports covering every country and a number of territories. they reflect the work of literally hundreds of people here and around the world who collect information and edit, review, and fact check to make sure that these reports are accurate and objective. i want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the people who've worked so hard to make these reports the gold standard for human rights reporting and fidelity to the truth. i want to especially thank stephen eisenbraun, who's our comma