A Panel Discussion about the soviet invasion off of donnas ston and many of the victims are students. Also on the grid recruited to fight forced to become suicide bombers killed in their homes schools and playgrounds the u. N. Says its shocked by spiraling levels of violence against children in conflict zones theres also a message for seemingly in different worlds and running on empty Africas Largest Oil Producer nigeria doesnt have enough petrol for its own people will explore the corruption thats the blame in the thriving black market filling peoples tanks im looking at how the online world is responding to a surge in the number of women being murdered in mexico send us your thoughts using the hash tag it industry. You know in the news when were live on air were streaming online through Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thanks for joining us at least forty people are dead and many more wounded after yet another suicide bombing in kabul Cultural Organisation was the target but th
For international peace. We are trying to show you as much as we can before things get started. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming. First of all we are into the season where the city tends to empty out, so we are all delighted that you are here to discuss a problem that, you know, is arguably as important in the us as it is around the world where we will focus on it. Lets me briefly introduce myself and who will be conversing with today. Im sarah cheneys. Simon is going to kick us off, simon taylor who is one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in the space around the world and its very interestingly combined with advocacy with extremelyadvo regressed investigations and thats one of the things we will talk about today is a recent report by Global Witness about shells activities in nigeria. He also helped galvanize the coalition of Civil
Of all we are into the season where this city tends to india and so we are already delighted that you are here to discuss a problem that is arguably as important here in the United States as it is around the world where we will be focusing on it. Let me just very briefly introduce myself and who will be conversant with today. Im sarah chayes. Carnegie endowment for International Peace in the democracy and rule of law program, not to the climate and energy program. Simon is going to kick us off. Simon taylor who is one of the founders of Global Witness which is in mighty one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in this space around the world, and it is very interesting combines advocacy with extremely rigorous investigations, and thats one of the things that will be talking about today is a recent report by Global Witness about shells activity in nigeria. He also helped galvanize a coalition of suicide organizations of 40 countries worldwide, working for more accou
[inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i want to call the meeting to order . Sure. You want me to introduce you . No. I think were going to start now. Thanks for all of you for coming. My name is jonathan landi, National Security and intelligence correspondent for Mcclatchy Newspapers for another week 1 2. And, again, thank you for coming. To the release of this new report sets out recommended pathway for the Kurdistan Regional government to take to what many believe is inevitable independence from iraq, for iraqikurdistan. The full report is on the web. I think you guys have got the executive summary. The report was prepared by a Task Force Organized by the program on peacebuilding and rights of Columbia Universitys institute for the study of human rights. The task force chair, to my immediate right is ambassador nancy soderberg. Her Foreign Policy resume is extensive
Irans government in the dialogue on postindependence political issues such as boundaries, terms of recognition and economic issues. Our recommendations to the International Community include understanding that i Iraqi Kurdistan is moving towards independence. Work with the Kurdistan Regional government and iraq and other neighbors to support the development of a transparent roadmap and timetable for the possible decision by the iraqi kurds to separate from iraq transparency would enhance stable postindependence relations. We should also provide direct assistance to Kurdistan Independent High Electoral Commission so that the design and conduct of any referendum on independence beats in the national standards, and we should dispatch monitors to verify that the referendum is a free and fair. Secondly i wanted to touch base on the need for a stronger effort against isis in the region. The kurds are key to the fight against isis both in syria and iraq. We were all impressed by the u. S. Eff