president has received in washington given that on march 1st, you introduced a resin the senate which passed unanimously, unanimously condemning gadhafi s abuse of human rights in libya and calling for a un enforced no-fly zone. that was voted for unanimously by the senate. i think the president has done two things i think are well received by the american people. first, the mission is limited. it is to the air. it is to first humanitarian purposes as the resolution called for to prevent the massacre of hundreds of thousands of innocent libyans in benghazi. and second, to of course the second part of the mission which i think americans support is from the air to disrupt gadhafi s control and command and supply lines. but the second part of this i v and the president in a relatively short period of time has brought others in to take a
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covers the united nations frequently over the years, what do we expect to happen? reporter: well, we expect a historic first moments from now. as you said, never before in the history of the united nations has an actual member of the human rights council been barred because of bad behavior. and now, they are gathering now for this decision. the vote needs two thirds support from 192 members of the general assembly and we will likely see a consensus and we will see if any nation supports libya. the council based in geneva replaced the commission back in 2006 that was criticized as antiisraeli. but the resolution calls gross violations of human rights in libya, coming as they were ready to praise their human rights progress, a report due on march 18 saying they have made progress on the ground but that report has been win before the