and it s a pleasure to welcome glacier pong she is a hong kong native digital rights and political activist she s currently studying in the humbler germany position the opposition might have won the election but not yet the fight for human rights system is broken the fight can t stop here and it can start now. so let me start out by asking the 2 of you to also glacier what you are hearing from friends and family at home what s their reaction to the election result they were very surprised because it was a landslide victory and they didn t expect that they expect the democrats will win little power but not that much so they were very happy and also expressed a lot of you know that they express their views on online for example from my friends well. most of the protests many of the protestors are actually still under 18 to do and they still convo and if they could have the results could have been
unilateralism? the u.n. system, not just the funding for the human rights system or funding for unesco, the palestinian refugee where we withdraw the funding andçó contribute 25% of the u.n. we are the power. we are the stage. there s concern by the countries in africa,w3w3 asia and latin america and allies, too. are we going to get into a trade war with china? seems we are. we need china to keep sanctions strongly on north korea.e1 russia is also exploiting the sanctions. they don t seemx$$ q observing them. w don t want the international system, thei] trading,w3 the multilateralism to deter some of our goals in north korea and iran. that s the danger here. we are going to press pause on thisçó conversation. hang out for a second.
this. you point out the u.s. is actually not has not signed the convention on the rights of the child. in your view, should it? oh, yes. the u.s. is the only country not to have exceeded to it, and certainly, it should. but again, even if it doesn t carry that obligation, it should meet and respect the international standard. and it s simply, of course, not good for the reputation of the united states worldwide. the united states has been a chief architect of the human rights system that we have in place that was put together after the second world war. and so, to be taking such measures is clearly it doesn t do itself any credit. and again, i think the response that you cited is demonstrative of that. it s been a tough week for the human rights council in
pleased to see that the president has reversed course on this. you point out the u.s. has actually not has not signed the convention on the rights of the child. in your view, should it? oh, yes. the u.s. is the only country not to have exceeded to it. and certainly it should. but, again, even if it doesn t carry that obligation, it should meet and respect the international standard. and it s simply of course, not good for the reputation of the united states worldwide. the united states has been a chief architect of the human rights system that we have in place, that was put together after the second world war. and so to be taking such measures is clearly it doesn t do itself any credit. and, again, i think the response that you cited is demonstrative of that.
around the world were in turkey, it s hard to explain it, other than a growing repression, a growing movement to repress and stifle freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and the like. so we see this growing authoritarianism, and with it, the world will become increasingly unstable, because with it, you also have a repudiation and a rejection of the very laws that have been constructed to keep this globe somewhat stable and safe. up next, is a america the country that set up the current international human rights system now abandoning it s legacy? yes says the u.n. human rights chief. he says the record on the u.s. on civil rights is only getting worse. to deliver theirsday