unlike some on the u.n. security council we do not believe that outside parties can impose a solution that's not been two parties. the nor can we unilaterally recognize a future palestinian state. precisely our commitment to israel's security that makes the united states stand in at we cannot the way of this resolution as we eek to preserve a chance of attaining our long standing objective. wo states living side by side in peace and security. let me briefly explain why. problem has t gotten so much worse that it's now putting at risk the very two-state f that solution. the number of settlers in the authorized israeli settlements east of the 1967 ines has increased dramatically. since the 1993 signing of the slo accords which launched efforts that made a comprehensive and lasting peace possible the number of settlers increased by 355,000. population in er east st bank, and jerusalem now exceeds 590,000. nearly 90,000 settlers are of the separation barriers that was created by israel itself. since july 2016 wh

s -- u.n. system, you heard also what he said, of the charter and international law. 45 decades -- despite the resolution of 1967: from israeli withdrawal from the territories it occupied in 1967, and all the resolutions thereafter, israel has persisted, full force, with its occupation, it's illegal war havet, and the fragmented our land, undermined integrity, and isolated jewish -- jerusalem, that the -- the heart and effect of capital of our state -- de facto capital of our state. it has destroyed convictions in the rationality, feasibility, and fairness of the two state solution, as reflected in the growing negative sentiments among palestinians. those besieged and inhumanely blockaded for nearly a decade in the gaza strip. all of those and during the daily seller -- settlor terror. or those, including in our refugee camps across the region, whose patience in awaiting justice and a peaceful solution is now so frail. too audacious claims of bias, we say the only biased taking place is that ag

the u.n. special envoys and in paris right now meeting with senior officials from russia, qatar, turkey egypt saudi arabia and other countries in the region. what the united states is working towards and has been working towards for some period of time now under difficult circumstances where some parties did not want to move in that direction remains very difficult to secure. obviously a cease-fire but what we want and aleppo right now which is the precursor to any ability to move to other things is an immediate and verifiable, durable cessation of hostilities and that includes all attacks by the regime, its allies and other combatants and aleppo, all combatants and aleppo and we have been working hard on it. we worked on that in my meetings with mr. lavrov where we reached some measure but raymond. in fact considerable measure of agreement but were able to secure every component of what was needed in order to move forward. we want safe passage, core doors of evacuations which we are beginning

action, any u.n. action. we were the only administration since 1967 that had not allowed any resolution to pass that israel opposed. in fact, the only time in eight years the obama administration at the unitedeto nations was against a one-sided settlements resolution in 2011. and that resolution did not mention incitement or violence. now, let's look at what has happened since then. since then, there have been over 30,000 settlement units advanced through some state of the planning process. that is right, over 30,000 settlement units advanced, notwithstanding the positions in the united states and other countries. and if we had vetoed this resolution just the other day, the united states would have been giving license to further unfettered settlement construction that we fundamentally oppose. so we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary, it is not this resolution that is isolating israel, it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. vi

. >> on friday the u.n. security council passed a resolution that calls for an end to israeli settlements in the west bank. the u.s. was the only country to abstain interest the vote while the rest of the council voted in favor. the resolution was put forward by new zealand, malaysia, venezuela and senegal is the first to be adopted in nearly eight years. >> good afternoon. the meeting is called to order. the agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the couple's provisional rules of procedure, i innovate the representative of israel to participate in this meeting. this is so decided. i propose the counselor invite the permit observer to participate in a meeting and the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard. there being no objection, it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council have the draft of

system -- u.n. system. in the midst of our own crises, we immediately supported funding to support israel. more than one half of our" -- entire global financial military financing ghost israel. we included a historic $38 billion memorandum of exceeds anyg that military assistance package the united states has provided to any country at any time. that will invest in cutting-edge missile defense, and sustain israel's qualitative military edge for years to come. that is the measure of our support. >> hours after secretary kerry beach in washington, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu responded from jerusalem. he said he was disappointed at what he called a biased speech from the american secretary of state. p.m. netanyahu: before i explain why this speech was so deeply disappointing to millions of israelis i want to say israel is, deeply grateful to the , thed states of america success of american administrations, to the american congress, to the american people. we are grateful for the support israel ha

we have continued through the u.n. human rights council to adopt with overwhelming votes resolutions critical of the north koreans every year since that time. we have been able to raise the issue in general assembly as well with a resolution on the verge of being passed this year for the 12th or 14th time. we have adopted a resolution of the general assembly and in the last two years we have been able to raise the issue with the north korean security council in we will be doing that again sometime in the next couple weeks where we will again raise this issue. there is growing support and growing concern on the part of countries around the world with the human rights situation in north korea and i think what we have done has been helpful and not regard. -- in that regard. i want to mention a particular the bush institute efforts in terms of raising this issue with the reports they published. extremely well done and helpful. the other thing particularly helpful is the effort to do something by raising the funds and provi

u.n. john and jill and i have been friends for 40 years. we served in the senate together side-by-side for 20 years and we traveled around the world together. john was one of the happiest people i knew. he had that infectious smile. john would walk in my office or walk in a caucus with a big smile on his face. i would wonder where the hell has he been? is not here what i just heard? the world knew and respected john from columbus to cambodia to washington to beijing. he loved being a senator, he loved his constituents and his colleagues. you can feel his love for his country and his state. but most especially, he felt love for you and his grandchildren. all you had to do was see john and andy walked together. you knew that is what it was supposed to be like. i said that the day we -- i said it is different. everyone knows i love jill more than she loves me. [laughter] i think you loved him just as much. the last time we were together when jill and i had and he and john over to the vice pre

we will leave here to hear remarks from u.n. general ban ki-moon, he is holding his final year and news conference. >> good morning, welcome to this press conference. the secretary-general will make -- thank you. the secretary-general will make opening remarks and we will take some questions. sir? : goodl ban ki-moon morning, everyone. a pleasure to see you this morning. time, but now,s we meet at the end of my term. believe it or not, i miss these exchanges. [laughter] >> we have spent much time together in this role and in this building and all over the world the last 10 years. you are part of the united nations' family and i thank you in working together and working for the united nations. more than that, you have an important job to do and informing the world about our work, where we make progress and when we fall short. i deeply believe in your mission. i have been saying you are connecting the world. the united nations and the world. and governments across the world , and cracking down on press freedom, i have worked hard

then of course we had the u.n. came along and with the strategy, this is 21 years ago, it was a strategy. let's have a big party, a party to end all parties, every december and we will bring in 192 nations all they have to do is say yes we're going to put some kind of policy in place to reduce co 2 emissions. so they came in and they started having these parties. the first one i went to was in italy. i remember that, there are three people in this room that were there with me at the time. we went to italy. when i arrived, i saw they had on every telephone pole in italy a poster, it was my picture. and they said dangerous man on the planet. that's what it was. and by the way, when that thing was over, i went back to where they were distributing these and i got all the left over ones, and used them for fundraisers back here. it was very effective. the next one i went to was in copenhagen in 2009. this was a good one because if you remember, the ones who went over on the same boat were obama, hillary, pelosi, john ker

welcome to the u.n. security council has unanimously ordered approved u.n. personnel to monitor the evacuations and access to humanitarian aid. however, i am concerned that if i am to correlate with the involved parties such as that seen regime, russia and iran could see the monitors denied access. what diplomatic role does the prime minister think you could click in injury axis is not restricted in this manner? >> it's for all of us in the international arena to ensure we provide the maximum support united nations and being able to do what is been set out in this good council resolution. it is significant that has been accepted unanimously by the security council so as not been vetoed by russia unlike previous resolutions that have been in play. the european union to the high representative has already been involved in the international arena. of course as has my right honorable friend the foreign secretary. in urging all parties to ensure that this cute matching aid can get through and that people wish to leave can be evacuated safe safely. >> my right of

the former u.n. refugee chief was elected to the top job by proclamation by the general assembly in october. he takes over from ban ki-moon on january 1. here's a look at the swearing-in. high-resolution 71/4, 13 october, 2016, the general assembly has appointed high-resu secretary-general of the united nations for a term of office beginning january 1, 2017 and ending on 31st december, 2021. now ask him to take the oath of office into repeat after me. rizzi right hand. -- raise your right hand. tterezonio gu solemnly swear to exercise in a loyalty discretion and , the functions entrusted to me as secretary-general of the united nations to, discharge these functions and regulate my interest of the united nations only in view and acceptseek or instructions in regard to the performance of my duties from any government or other authority external to the organization. congratulations. [applause] >> on "newsmakers," kevin brady, chair of the ways and means committee, talks about republican plans for a task

most recently, his work with the u.n. high commission on refugees has been applauded for effectiveness, efficiency, and concretely to really help people who are in extraordinary need. and the fact that i think all of us were pleasantly surprised by how quickly a consensus was achieved around mr. gueters re's designation signifies the respect in which he's held all around the world. from the perspective of the united states, the u.n. is a critical partner in almost everything that we do. it is a linchpin of the post-world -- post-world war ii oorder and through democratic and republican administrations, our partnership with the united nations has allowed us to help resolve conflicts, to provide development assistance where it's sorely needed, to tackle big transnational challenges like refugee flows or more recently like climate change and at a time when those challenges are mounting and there's great uncertainty around the world, having an effective partner in the united nations, secretary general, will be critically impo

ambassador to the u.n. u.n., she became the first woman to serve as secretary of state and at that time the highest-ranking woman ever in the united states government. i heroin to my three daughters, secretary albright play a leading role to china's succession of the wto to represent the united states at the 1997 transfer of sovereignty over hong kong. we were fortunate to have purser on the board of directors seven years. also to thank our sponsors the tightness center, mastercard for funding this program and especially the china center before providing this venue and for those not in person today this morning was overcast. we were worried we would not have a spectacular view but the day turned into a bright blue day and we watched in incredible sunset and we hoped that was the u.s. china relations in the future. may be cloudy now but said he in the future. [applause] and to thank both secretary albright and kissinger to train us today. you have both contributed to world peace in ways to numerous to enumer

former u.n. staff member. my question is on the economy and maybe this administers and coming in, given that this is a totally different resident area to think there is opportunity for permissions with some of the regional players, including russia and china, with some of the bigger every structure projects that could maybe boost the economy to get afghans working? >> anybody want to take that one? it would be better for the next out. >> if you are going to stick around, the next panel is going to go into that deep. >> what about iran? is a concern on the national security level for a number of reasons. what is a rainy and involvement? it's a border state to afghanistan. the iranians are involved. there have a historical relationship with afghanistan. they've had difficulties with the taliban. they are also hedging their bets . maintaining connections and probably some level of assistance to the taliban so they have their hands in the game. afghans are suspicious of their particularly of pakistan and iran and

from the perspective of the united states, the u.n. is a partner inrt in -- almost everything we do. it is a linchpin of the post-world war ii order and to democratic and republican administrations our partnership with the united nations has allowed us to help resolve to provide assistance where it is sorely needed to tackle big transnational andlems like refugee flows more recently like climate change. at a time when those challenges are mounted, and it was great uncertainty around the world, having an effective partner in the united nations secretary-general will be critical. this meeting gives us an opportunity to share ideas about where the secretary general designate intends to take the u.n. and how the that it states can or can effectively with him. i have emphasized to the current how importantral the united states considers the u.n.. also, how important it is we believe to make sure that the u.n. operates efficiently and that money is well spent and we are doing everything we can to initiate the kinds of effective management pr

later, outgoing secretary of the u.n. ban ki-moon holds the ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," journalist robert strauss. he talked about his book, "worst. president. ever.: james buchanan, the potus rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents." brian: robert strauss, author of "worst. president. ever." i will ask you about that in a moment. i want to read your dedication.

it's very welcome that the u.n. security council has unanimously ordered their u.n. personnel in eastern aleppo to monitor evacuations and access to humanitarian aid. however, i am concerned that required to coordinate with all parties such as russia and iran could see -- [inaudible] denied access. what rule does the prime minister think -- role does the prime minister think europe could play -- [inaudible] in this manner? >> prime minister. >> for all of us in the international arena to insure that we provide the maximum support to the united nations in being able to do what is set out in the security council resolution. it is significant that it has been accepted unanimously by the security council, so it's not been vetoed like russia uncolleague previous resolutions that have been in place. the european union through the high representative has already been involved in the international arena. of course, as has my right honorable friend, the foreign secretary, in urging all parties to insure that this humanitarian aid can get through and that people who wish to le

to, fulfill the vision of the u.n. general assembly vision -- two, fulfill the lines woulde two equal rights for the respective citizens. this is been the fundamental and foundational principle of the two state solution from the beginning. creating a state for the jewish people and for the palestinian people are each can achieve their national aspirations. resolution 181 is incorporated into the foundational documents of both the israelis and palestinians. recognition of israel as a jewish state has been the u.s. position for years. based on my conversations in these last months, i am areinced that many others prepared to accept it as well, provided the need for a palestinian state is also addressed. are 1.7know that there million arab citizens who call and must nowhome and always be able to live as equal citizens. make -- which makes this a difficult issue for palestinians and others in the arab world. that's why it's so important that in recognizing each other's homeland, israel for the jewish people in palestine for

we will work in the u.n. general some as well to advance a political settlement. because it should be clear that although you may achieve a tactical victory, over the sad regime the as cannot slaughter its way to legitimacy. that is why wilco will continue to press to a transition for more representative government, and that is why the world must like convert their eyes to the terrible events that are unfolding. the syrian regime and its russian and iranian allies are trying to obfuscate the truth. the world should not be full, and the world will not forget. even in a season where the incredible lessons that we know around us,s are all even as we enjoy family and are reminded of how lucky we are, we should also be reminded that to be an american involves bearing burdens and meeting obligations to others. american values and american ideals are what will lead the way to a safer and more both here and7, abroad. if you foundy, those ideals like our brave men and women and their families. i want to close by wishing all of them a very merry christmas and a happy new ye

ambassador to the u.n., sheep became the first -- she became the first woman to serve as secretary of state and at that time, the highest-ranking woman ever in the united states government. a heroine to my three daughters, secretary albright played a leading role in the negotiation for china's succession to the wto and represented the united states at the 1997 transfer of sovereignty over hong kong. we have been fortunate to have secretary albright serve on the board of directors for seven years. before beginning, i want to thank our sponsors, the china center, mastercard, new york and sidney austin for funding this program. i would especially like to thank the china center for providing this incredible venue. for those not with us in person who are watching on the internet or television, this morning in new york, it was overcast and drizzly. we worried that we would not have this spectacular view. but the day turned into a bright blue sunny day and we watched this incredible sunset and my hope, as corny as it may sound, is that it will be u.s.-chinese relations in the future. it may

we got the houti and saly to sign on with a plan together with the u.n. to get a cease-fire in yemen. if things can work in the way i hope they will, i know the saudi's any ermaties want to see this concluded. they want to focus on the things you just talked about, building their economies, quieting down the region. i believe we can make progress. in syria we are still talking with all the parties about how to get to the table in geneva. the dynamics of change in aleppo to some degree. it seems clear that everybody has been focused on daish and nisra. i can say with absolute confidence the strategy we put together two years ago now to go after daish has worked. we have taken back 55% of the territory that they took in iraq. we have liberated fallujah, tikrit, ramadi. we are moving on mosul. we are pushing it on the heart of the caliphate. we have taken up every top leader except the very top. baghdadi, we are putting -- enormousressure pressure on their financing. we have taken their 1000 a day recruits that a 500 last year. and now down to a dribble. we

of course, our hearts go out to the victims and families of berlin and like i said from the u.n. on the anniversary of the organization said we should all work together to have the united front. heidi have that with the sanctions and counter sanctions? for example, our uk colleagues have suspended their contact with the efforts so how can we work effectively to fight terror as a result? me suffer attacks very dangerous attacks so i hope we can restore this cooperation in the future. >> translator: another journalist from the kremlin. mr. putin, what do you say if you were asked whether or not you should become president again? >> it is a provocative question. >> translator: you'll get my standard response. when the time comes, i will take a look at the situation in the country and in the world and make a decision based on what we will be able to achieve i will make uh decision whether or not i should run in the upcoming presidential election. >> translator: good afternoon mr. putin. i am sure you know, about of controversial situation so what did your opinion on of discussion tha

. -- u.n. council resolution. their engagement on terrorism has not stopped. there engaged in iraq and syria and yemen are tremendously challenging in terms of our national interest as well as partners in the region. it just seems to me that, i hope that in the next congress colleagues who have been reticent to deal with the nonnuclear issues of iran will be willing to be engaged in that calm in a way that i think can be incredibly important to our national security. i think that extension of the iran sanctions act shows despite all the much alito in the iran might walk away from the agreement if the sanctions were extended, that's not quite as i see you going to president trump cannot walk away. it's interesting that within all of the blustering that the reality is that sanctions have, in fact, not had to move away. which then brings me to what is it that we do as it relates to all of these actions. and so i would like to get a sense of you, mr. mcguinness, you mentioned the counter iran threats -- mr. mcinnis -- that's senator corker and i introduced in this

. >> to the u.n. u.n., never e thought i do that. when unscheduled sorts of things happened? a human are, you are being, supposed to be a symbol just happen.hings >> well, so many funny things happened. about the alks serious things and of course there were a lot of them. for instance, i have a habit of walking very fast. state dinner, a walking into the state dining and i'm walking on ahead and suddenly i'm aware there is on either side of me. everybody i've left way back there. i was so careful. horowitz came me to play a concert at the white house, after many, many years. all excited about it. thank heaven, he had said, he said he wanted a shift of grass down in front the platform and plants. we did that. man, i don't mean who led mrs. man horowitz and myself and my the -- to some chairs on the edge of the stage, i horowitz and i, i was saying, you first, she was you first. finally, i went first. heaven. i was on the edge, the poor man to put the chair to close sat.dge and all i did was that's all i it. i'm over on sudden, and i thought i did it graceful ly. said -- d [lau

then, outgoing u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon gives his end of year news conference from new york city at 11:30 a.m. eastern. presidential transition team members from the clinton, bush, and obama transitions talked about the trump administration and their policy agenda on a panel hosted by the brookings institution. this is about an hour. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to brookings. it is a pleasure to have you here for a very special event. brookings is very proud to cohost this event with the miller center at the university of virginia, and secondly because of the topic, which is presidential leadership in the first year. believe it or not, the first year hasn't begun yet for the trump administration. but i think we already have some flavor of what life could be like in the first year. a tripre's nothing like down memory lane to try to understand the kinds of challenges that any administration faces, but that the trump administration in particular is going to face, come january 20,

targeted against israel whenever or wherever the legitimacy was attacked and we have fought across the u.n. system. in the midst of our own financial crisis, and budget deficits, vp increased funding to support israel. in fact, more than one-half of our entire global foreign military financing goes to israel. this call we concluded in historic with them understanding that dixie's any military assistance package the united states has provided to any country at any time. that will include cutting edge of missile defense to sustain their edge for years to come. that is the measure of our support. >> that is just part of what secretary carey had to say earlier today. 6:40 p.m. eastern on c-span. . >> [applause] thank you i hope you enjoyed lunch. his great to have you back. order. order. the u.s. parliament will now consider the fourth motion of the day. tackling their racism and religious discrimination, particularly against people who are muslim or jewish. it is printed on the order paper. to move the motion i call from germany. [applause] >> thank you mr. speaker. human-rights the backbone

the sustainable development goals with the u.n. has been able to do, what our countries have been doing, we've been able to reduce poverty and increase health outcomes. look at ebola episode and u.s. involvement, u.s. taxpayer involvement, saved literally hundreds of thousands of lives. i think americans should be proud about that. not only our dna, the countries of our values, we respect life and we respect opportunity and america could make a difference and should make a difference and we should be proud about that our humanitarian and social conscience. the fact it makes us safer. it's, it is a win-win situation. and our development assistance budget, we spend a lot of money in few countries. we should be spending more money, particularly in developing democratic institutions. in africa we spend such a small amount of money to build democratic institutions. we should be spending more. >> last one. this one is right here, red shirt, yeah. >> senator, i wanted to ask you, you talked a great deal about democratic institutions biddi

to u.n. warns that up 100,000 people were trapped there and that rebels were stopping many of them from leaving. hundreds of civilians have died, but the syrian government and the russians have denied. >> the numbers that the red cross has reported are accurate. they have reported that their is clear evidence of civilians being executed and shot on this lot. -- shot on the spot. there are dead bodies in the streets that cannot be reached because of gunfire and there are over 100 children that are unaccompanied or separated from their families who are trapped in a building and under heavy fire. >> the former chancellor reminded mp's that they voted against military action in 2016. >> if we believe we have no responsibility for what has happened in syria, the tragedy in aleppo did not come out of a vacuum. it was created by a vacuum, a vacuum of western leadership. of american and british leadership. i take responsibility as someone who set on the national security council throughout those year

onquestion should -- we should not recognize them at the u.n. we should direct the moral opprobrium of the globe against this particular regime. i don't know that regime -- the problem could have been solved with military force at the time. certainly there was no domestic support to do that. eventually the vietnamese invaded and they ended it and it's a shame of the united states when the vietnamese did that we continued to recognize diplomatically the pol pot government which is completely vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti vanzetti horrible. i think that's one of the situations where there wasn't a good option. i think politically speaking there was no military option. militarily apart from bomb which we had done a great deal already which helped cause the installation -- the victory of the kamaruge. that's a very hard question. brian: if you worked for george herbert walker bush and the original desert shield and all that business and kuwait was invaded by saddam hussein

we had a huge coalition. .he u.n. understood that everyone got that. i think the invasion of iraq was becauseest gift we gave his group was scattered to the winds. but we fell under his trap and got into the knife fight. that is not the repercussions. -- that has lots of repercussions. we have some responsibility in qaeda becausef al they were created over the problems that we solved. had to get back to balance? -- how do begin to balance? i would like to get back to balance, too. when things start to even out and we can start to extract ourselves from some of these places, but in the meantime, when you have these kinds of groups emerging from these kinds of conditions on the ground, we have learned time and time again that they will be coming after us. you cannot turn your head. we tried that with isis and look what happened? attracted 35,000 foreign fighters from 50 countries around the world who were then sent back out to launch attacks like we have seen in brussels, in paris, in germany recently. i don't think you can turn your back on that. if tho

both are u.n. security council members said they could really causes problems even without taking us on militarily and both are especially and their near abroad. that means when i think of competition i think of it in terms of look, the west for some reason thinks the term competition isn't inherently negative term, which would lead inevitably to conflict. the russians and the chinese believe competition is just a natural state of affairs. within that competition, three things we have to have. we have to have strategic deterrence. we have to make sure we have that right. conventional deterrence. we have to make sure you have a competitive advantage on the conventional side so that the likelihood of a conventional attack or a conventional war with these two powers would be minimized. the third thing is we have to manage the strategic competition on a day-to-day basis. i would argue to think of strategic deterrence at the top and conventional in the middle, managing this at the bottom, the length bet

three there has to be some pretty strong evidence besides just the use of the racial target to pay u.n. scrutiny. >> may ask mr. gornstein the same question that i asked mr. elias. if we did vacate this on the grounds for what you just said and that is not the standard the district court used, what do you think would happen if the standard that you just stated was fairly applied, would anything change? >> we have only done a close analysis of three districts as you can see from our brief and in two of those three districts we thought there was a pretty strong case but not one where we could say definitely be would come out one way or the other. c but a strong case that would change in those districts are? >> those are 71 and 95. c thank you, counsel. mr. clemens. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court to the 2011 redistricting of the virginia house of delegates was a bipartisan success story. there was wide agreement that the 12 majority minority districts that existed in the benchmark plans should be preserved and there was consensus on the bipartisan privileges and election

annie, u.n. john exemplify from all of us what did means to be united as a couple. beloved and french bofors 73 years is unlike anything i have ever seen. i am glad and incredibly blessed the was able to witness your devotion i hope jackie and i can emulate your lifetime of love. i was so he emerged when i called earlier this year to congratulate them on there 73rd anniversary. when he put any on the phone she said charlie, you know, i think this will work. [laughter] '' john glenn always said yes to the united states marine corps and gas to be the first american to orbit earth and yes to serve in the senate and the call of his nation to forge a at path to a new millennium. courage and grace and humility he displayed throughout his life that lifted him about the stars. as the current head of nasa i can say that we are standing on his shoulders as we pursue a journey to mars that would not be possible without his bravery in selfless dedication. i know that to the other astronauts have the of privilege to follow him in space with his remarkable accomplishments as the

. -- fulfill the vision of the u.n. generalists and we resolution 181 of two states for two peoples. one jewish and one arab. in mutual recognition and full equal rights for all their respective citizens. this has been the fundamental foundation's principal of the two state solution, creating a state for the jewish people and the palestinian people where each can achieve their national aspirations. resolution 181 is incorporated into the foundational documents of both the israelis and palestinians. recognition of israel as a jewish state has been the u.s. position for years and based on my conversations in these last months, i am absolutely convinced that many others are now prepared to accept it as well, provided the need for palestinian state is also addressed. someso know that there is 1.7 million arab citizens who and mustel their home, now and always be willing to live -- be able to live as equal citizens which makes this issue one of palestinians and others in the arab world. by recognizing each other's homeland,

. >> u.n. offer public school to to public school, to go to the university of pennsylvania, oxford pennsylvania -- oxford university to harvard. how will that help you? rep. gottheimer: it gave him a good education, but i met a lot of people. i think education is critical. i was aborted so many opportunities. i am so grateful -- i was afforded so many opportunities. i am grateful for that. i am really hoping to bring these experiences to bear here. that is what you're supposed to be. it all affects your values. i really hope i bring what i learned from president clinton, the time we had surpluses a great economic growth, incredible fiscal responsibility with balanced budgets and stem a law enforcement. there are certain values i learned that will carry through now. it is important to find the middle. i believe there are extremes on either side. everything in moderation my dad always told me. i think that is a good place. >> thank you for spending some time with c-span. appreciate it. rep. gotth

there will be an announcement made about a u.n. resolution. that is good news. we have been able to work with other countries. to coin a phrase, we are stronger together. and president obama has done that. he has formed a true confidence and allegiance and allies in all parts of the world. and i have talked to many of the leaders in our hemisphere. our policy to cuba was isolating the united states in our own hemisphere. get cubargue how you to change its way. in cuba has to change its way, but the prior policy was not working. and it was marginalizing the u.s. influence in our own hemisphere. the obama administration has demonically improved america's influence in our own hemisphere. i have been to asia several times. i can tell you that i was pleasantly surprised to see the close personal views in vietnam with the united states. a country where at war with not too long ago. he has built those relationships countries would prefer to work with the united states rather than russia and china. they look at the united states as being a stronger and more reliable par

pakistan, china has recently stepped up support for pakistan, for example, in the u.n. on the issue, so i don't think that india, india is in fact, worried about this in terms of china being pushed close -- russia being pushed closer to russia, that's a very live debate in india. >> pakistan/russia? >> not just pakistan/russia but china/russia because of u.s. policy. >> got you. >> but nobody in india thinks that by getting closer to the u.s., pakistan is -- because pakistan and china are already so close that i don't think this is sort of seen as something. >> so we'll turn to the audience and take questions, but before that, let me, if i may, ask all of you, in one line, no more, suggest where you think the u.s. policy on india/pakistan, the india/pakistan relationship will be in two years' time perhaps before the administration takes over? >> i think it's going to look the same as it looks today, no change. >> there's another way to put it is muddling through it the same way. >> i think it will be worse. because we're in the process of moving out. >> define worse. >>

every time -- which is most of the time the u.n. comes out with something that is not in the best interest of the united states, we would send a communication up. john bolton would take it to them saying we in the united states are going to withhold our funding of the united nations. it infuriates them. they don't like to be accountable to anyone. what was their plan so they wouldn't have to be accountable? come with their only source of funding. this is all in detail in the last chapter in my book. look at that. that's the thing that people don't really understand. they came up with this thing. if they're able to come up with a co2 tax or something like that, they don't have to then be accountable to anyone. that's really what it was all about. you remember some of the early statements, even people who were not our friends who were honest about the evaluation of the whole global warming thing, he said, quote, international global warming regulations represent the first component of an authentic global governance. the prime minister

the u.n. warns that up to 100,000 people were trapped there and that rebels were stopping many of them from leaving. it is feared hundreds of civilians have died, but the syrian government and the russians have denied targeting them. >> reports of the united nations are likely toes be extremely accurate. and they have recorded over much time that there is clear evidence of civilians being executed and shot on the spot. there are dead bodies in the street, which cannot be reached and in thegunfire last couple hours, we have heard there are probably more than 100 children who are unaccompanied or separated from their families who are trapped in a building and under heavy fire. host: the former chancellor reminded mps that military action was voted against in 2013. >> we are deceiving ourselves in this parliament if we believe we have no responsibility for what has happened in syria. the tragedy in aleppo did not come out of a vacuum. it was created by a vacuum. a vacuum of western leadership. of

so you think the united states just institute to the u.n. security council and get the trigger to enforce more sanctions on iran because they have already violated the deal. not that the deal should just be torn up? is that a fair characterization? >> look, what happens in the world today, it's very, very problematic picture. because not only iranians, all crazy guys, all radical guys, they understand that there is no payment for violation of commitment of violation of all accessible norms. forget for a moment for middle east. look what happened with north korea. be one crazy guy took his own population as hostages, clear violation of all resolutions, security council commitments, these negotiations between five plus north korea, united states. north korea nuclear bombs, missiles, et cetera, et cetera. and i don't see any ability or any readiness or political will to stop this crazy guy. and the same with iranians. they must pay for violation for their commitments. and what happens at least with ballistic missiles? is a clear violation of th

you also have the u.n. arms trade treaty of april 2013. 2 20 hemispheric countries have signed that, and that treaty, by the way, pertains to trade in conventional arms on small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft, warships. it entered into force on december 24, 2014. the u.s. signed but again the senate has done nothing. drugs are a problem. one initiative of many countries in the region, including the u.s., is to find ways for non-incarceration treatment of people who just use drugs, including the oas itself has had a project. i think more needs to be done hemisphere click engines of exploring that initiative, and he is needs to do more with respect to the demand side of drugs. in terms of migration, there has been some good initiative already. there is a reference to outline for prosperity. the u.s. and the countries in central america have had a very broad public education campaign and also to have been some changes in the loss. so for instance, now if you want to apply for asylum you don't have to co

weather friendship, pakistan and china has recently stepped up support for pakistan, for example in the u.n. on the other issue. i don't think that india -- india is worried about this in terms of china being pushed closer to russia. that's a very nice debate. not just pakistan russia, but china russia because of u.s. v. nobody in india thinks that getting closer to the u.s., pakistan and china are already so close that i don't think this is seen. >> turned to the audience and take questions. if i may ask all of you and one mind, no more, suggests where you think the u.s. policy in india, pakistan relationship will be in two years time perhaps after the administration takes over. >> i think it will look the same as it looks today. no change. >> there's another way to put it, muddling through the same way. >> i think it will be worse. we are in the process of moving. i love each of the situation. >> i agree we will have less leverage. let me open it up. if you can raise your hands, identify yourself and ask a brief questions so we can get through as many as we can. if it's okay we will colle

independent history, pakistan and china has recently extend stepped up support for pakistan in the u.n. on the other issue, so i dent think that india -- india is worried about this in terms of the china being push closer. pushed closer to russia. that's a very live debate. not just on the pakistan but china and russia because of u.s. policy, but nobody in india think about getting closer to the u.s. pakistan and china are sew close this isn't something to demeanor that. >> so, turn to the audience and take questions. but before that, let me can if i may, ask you in one line no more, suggest where you think the u.s. policy on india-pakistan, the india-pakistan relationship will be in two years time perhaps, after the administration takes over. >> i think it's going to look the same as today. no change. >> there's another way to put it, muddling through the same way. >> i think it well be worse. because we're in the process of moving out. >> can you define worse? >> our leverage on the situation will be much diminished. >> i agree. think we'll have less leverage. >> and that optimistic

would also like to mention a very senior member of our staff who is taking an interest in his supports u.n. and that is the assistant in the house come the second procedural official in the house of commons dr. john ventura. john just put your hand up so everyone can see you. thank you. [applause] in the youth parliament i worked with john every day of the working week to try to make this place function better and i can tell you that john is a terrific ally to me and trying to promote diversity and inclusion within the house service code, that is to say in the makeup of this place and it's absolutely appropriate that he be here and thank you to all of our class to provide a terrific service. i would ask you to welcome our next speaker to oppose the motion, matthew van rooyen. [applause] >> thank you very much mr. speaker. sighs of pleasure and i'm delighted to be here for another year. thank you to two-year effort to ensure that youth parliament is here every year, year after year. thank you mr. speaker. [applause] i ask your indulgence for a moment because i would like to pay tribute to a

paris agreement, i remember the moment when it was -- those three people, the u.n. secretary general, the foreign minister and french president on the podium. we were on the floor, but i think it was about 3000 people. everybody was dan and applauding for how many minutes, i don't know? very long predefined. it was a moving moment in many ways after long and lengthy months considering processes. we are finally able to achieve, this kind of achieve it was rare on the site and the united nations. and the last -- super busy. we started with the conference on disaster risk reduction and we had other stumbling blocks, meeting our development climate. we have sustainable diploma goals in new york, september. and finally this one. i think united nations was very successful in the last year. this was the final portion of this. the attractions of the paris agreement are actually written. first of all, solidarity. everyone is there. more than 190 countries have already signed. i think it's 192 at the moment. and then more than 110 countries have already ratified this agreemen

well-founded principles in the u.n. charter and in -- and international law and once i think we should continue to advocate to build the international world order a popular these are core principles. the more we are clear on the definition and limitations that the better benefit all will extract. mr. indyk: i wanted to ask you what you said about the peace aocess and there is clearly strengthening of the relationship between egypt and israel that has been quite .oticeable under president ceci and a greater egyptian leadership role of late than we have seen over the last five or six years. but, what i've heard you say this evening sounded more like you would be supporting perhaps an american led process rather than taking your own initiative to try to resolve this. on the other hand, egypt has been quite active on the palestinian front in terms of seeking a succession there. can you give us a little more granularity in how you see egypt's role and what you think can actually be done in the circumstances? egypt is committ

you also have the u.n. arm's trade treaty. 20 hemisphereic countries have signed that. and that treaty pertains to trade in conventional arms. that includes warships, and the u.s. signed and the senate has done nothing. drugs are a problem an in one initiative and one method is to find ways for nonincarceration stream of people who use drugs. the oas itself. more needs to be done in terms of exploring those -- that initiative, and the u.s. needs to do more with respect to the demand side of drugs. in terms of migration, there has been some good initiatives already. there is a reference to the alliance for prosperity. the u.s. and the countries in central america have had a very broad public education campaign, and also there have been some changes in the laws, so now if you want to apply for asylum, you don't have to come here to do that, you can do it from those countries. you reduce the amount of migration because that is where a lot of people are kidnapped and killed. there is also a lot of now inner play between the cartels, first it was drugs, but now there is a lo