Gentleman from texas, mr. Castro. Mr. Castro madam chair, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks the speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Castro i yammings. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman virginia tech. Mr. Castro i rise in support of the uighur forced labor prevention act. The human rights atrocities, the Chinese Government is perpetuating are now wellknown. More than a million uighurs and muslims, ethnic north have been thrown into detention camps where they face torture, brainwashing, sexual abuse, and even forced sterilization. These atrocities are horrific, and the congress has acted to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable by passing the uighur human rights policy act. We must not stop there. The legislation we are considering today focuses on a specific form of abuse. Forced labor, an abuse of human rights, which also has grave implications for supply chains and consumers worldwide
Presentation which will be followed by questions from me and hopefully you the audience as well. With that, i would like to invite the ambassador to begin his presentation. Good afternoon. It is a great pleasure for me to be with you. It is a great pleasure to discuss russianamerican relations. Course it is not too many contradictions have accumulated. An ongoing debate on who is more at fault. Conflicting views on who should take the First Step Towards the other side. That for now,t this resembles a circle without any clear perspective of trying on many occasions [indiscernible] due to objective reasons that wont be of the whole plans from the quality of russian United States relations. That after ther achieving the coming victory on the struggle to preserve the foundations of human civilization, 75 years ago, moscow and russia assumed primary responsibility. For maintaining common peace and security according to the u. N. Charter. Many principles of International Communication enshri
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Pillars to look more broadly and more deeply that the instability. From yemen to syria to iraq and iran the region more than ever is in the permanent read the turmoil of endless wars and tragically despite decades of intense and american attention of billions of dollars more often than not a failure. May be the caveat is an absolute failure and to foster stability and a better life for the people of the region. Of course the one ultimately responsible for the success or failure are the people who live there. And with todays middle east raises a lot of questions about whether the United States should continue to be engaged in the region and if so, how . In this regard the editors of seven pillars, michael and brian and their co contributors have given us a gift. They identified seven factors that affect stability and examine what they mean and the role they play. The pillars they identified with the legitimacy of islam and ideology education economy and governance i found many of the au