Image of the United States not the United Nations and the underweight she really is is saying the u. S. As a as a Major International player. Well the palestinians made very clear when the vote was vetoed in the Security Council by the u. S. That they wanted to take it to the United Nations firstly to dissuade any other nations from following the u. S. As lead and recognizing to use them as the capital of israel but also to highlight the massive divide between the u. S. And the International Community on the subject the specific subject of the status of jerusalem the United Nations resolutions on it very clear the resolution being debated at the moment is a reaffirmation of a number of u. N. Resolutions both General Assembly and Security Council for a long period of time i must just mention as well that in this resolution the u. S. Is not mentioned by name the resolution states as did the Security Council resolution earlier in the week it asked Member States to refrain from recognizing
Welcome to the 2017 National Competitiveness forum. I hope all of you that were with us last night had a lovely evening at the University Club for our annual dinner. I know we were all absolutely blown away by the fantastic talk that was given on sustainability. Thank you again for that wonderful poor divorce of the imperative for sustainability in our future. Allow me to recognize and thank our sponsors for their support and commitment for the council of work and i want to recognize the company and Lockheed Martin are premier sponsors and want to recognize our national for pepsico, deloitte, our chairman sponsor asu, university of california san diego as well as the benefactors and patrons a ten tv and Michigan State university, university of action, verizon, Marquette University and whitecap investment. We cannot do that for him and i thank you very much for that. We have a full day, very exciting talks, as well as the relief of some of the critical annual policy work of the council
Duty last year in texas. And now i recognize myself for opening statement. Border protection work every single day to secure our nation. Often in rugged terrain, sometimes in very remote areas, far away from the amenities of modern life. They are exposed to blistering heat of the arizona desert and brutal cold like montana. They are the driving force behind our Border Security operations. Nation is for nate they atunate this. Not smuggle drugs and dangerous individuals through our ports of entry. It is dangerous work. Made more dangerous because agents are subject to frequent assaults. Some of them have the potential to kill or cause brave bodily harm. Just a few weeks ago an agent in san diego was patrolling the border on allterrain vehicle when he was struck in the chess by a rock. Thankfully the agent released from the hospital and will recover. But this type of assault is far from an anomaly. Many other agents seriously injured by rocks thrown over the fence. On the screens to the
Hole left by gregson European Union leaders begin to plan the blocks long term budgets members may have to dig deep into their pockets to make up for the loss of britains contribution. Sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in syria in the damascus suburb of eastern buthe where residents have been living a nightmare as Government Forces have unleashed waves of air strikes hundreds of people have been killed since sunday including many children the Un Security Council is scheduled to vote on a temporary ceasefire that would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach trap civilians but russia has concerns about the resolution and that has led to repeated delays in the vote moscow wants guarantees that rebel fighters in eastern goto will respect a halt to the fighting. These crackling bright lights have all the hallmarks of a firework display. But theyre designed to devastate not celebrate activists say they are proof that the Syrian Government is firing indiscriminately cluster bomb
A source of wealth for all societies. I personally im aware of the importance of human rights i grew up under a dictatorship and has high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the terrible repercussions of Human Rights Violations and im only too aware that we still have a long road to travel with the president this is not to deny that we have made considerable progress in the past seventy years people around the world have gained progressively greater freedoms and equality conditions a profound economic music and exploitation have been improved womens rights of advanced along with the rights of children victims of racial and religious discrimination Indigenous Peoples and persons with disabilities and perpetrators of all refigured Rights Violations ever been prosecuted by international tribunals. But hes also plain that the words of the universal declaration are not yet matched by facts on the grounds in practice people all over the world still in the world constraints on or even total