Violations of human rights. 6 Member States voted in against, and 53 abstain. The resolution also encouraged the Security Council to take appropriate action to ensure accountability, including through consideration of referral of the situation in the democratic peoples republic of korea to the International Criminal court and consideration of the scope for targeted sanctions against those who appear to be most responsible. The Security Council should demand the dprk change its atrocious practices, which demonstrate a fundamental disregard for human rights and constitute a threat to International Peace and security. We should take this on for three reasons. First, the dprks response to the commission of inquiry report and to the prospect of todays session showed that it is sensitive to criticism of its human rights record. Just look at all the different strategies north korea has tried in the past several months to distract attention from the to delegitimize its findings, and to avoid s
The speaker pro tempore th house lle order. Prer today will be offered by our chaplain, father conroye. Father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. We ask your blessing upon this peoples house as we are in the beginning days of this new congress. Encompass with your power all the walls of this building, truly assembled to the world of unalienable rights and the freedom of people. Guide and protect your elected servants in government and all who work in this plays. Place. May all who visit here be treated with respect and kindness. May the comings and goings of your people be under the seal of your loving care and all work accomplished here this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the jona of theasdas ocdis oues tthhoe aplo pursuant to clause oful1, the jourl an arod. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Pitts. Mr. Pitts will our guests
Asking for your thoughts on whether it is a good use of taxpayer dollars. Weird also like to hear if and how ike commuting is supported in your community. We would also like to hear if and how bicycle commuting is supported in your community. We have a special line for cyclists this morning. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages on twitter and facebook. You can also email us. Morningstart this talking about this story in roll call. It notes that as cycling to work becomes more popular, it is becoming more dangerous. This story goes on to note that is proposingmocrat and 11 million lowCost Loan Program. The program would be modeled on the popular transportation Infrastructure Finance and infrastructure act that provides loan guarantees for road, bridge and transit projects. As you might note, the league of American Bicyclists is one group that is in favor of this program after the congressman unveiled his proposal at the end of last month. The league rele
Sometimes difficult to have allies in the sense of planning . They are extremely difficult sometimes. Going back to world war ii, the only thing worse than fighting a war with allies is fighting one without one. It has been sobering to see how few of our allies are stepping forward to help the United States think through what is next. The british have opted out of striking. But president obama is taking the same approach that theyve it cameron did, and he is going to his legislature, going to the congress of the United States to get support. When David Cameron did that, it failed. He said i would not strike as a result of that. The president will spend a lot of time over the next 10 days to get the support. He is reaching out to the American People to make sure he has the support of the American People before he does this. Host tony, democrat, good morning. Taking myank you for call. The first thing i have to say is they say the meaning of insanity is when you keep doing the same thing
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