Peace talks between the government and the opposition. Well look to the u. N. To work on both front steadily asman dated and play a bigger role in consolidating opposition groups coordinating International Counter terrorism efforts and other areas. The International Community should render cooperation and support and assist and compliment the mediation bisect general ban kimoon and special envoy in a constructive way. The i. S. S. G. Should build on its previous efforts and continue to support the u. N. Mr. President , since the outbreak of the syrian crisis, chinas all alone held all along held an objective and a just position and participated in the settle. Of the issue. China does not have or pursue selfish interests on the syrian issue. No matter how we vote for or against the goal is always to avoid war and turmoil. Give the Syrian People stability give peace a chance and make political settlement possible. What we are trying to do is to uphold fundamental and longterm interests o
Later Vladimir Putins annual news conference. You can see if you want to understand the red blue politics of you cant look at the state level project a look at the county level because thats where you start seeing those divisions. You can see it right there, president ial election maps. You can see yankee gum popping out, left the coast of veering, the deep south and tidewater. I havent messed with the college. The red really is republican and the blue religious democrat. This isnt a recent election. This is the 1916 showdown. Republicans for the First Century of the history, party founded and almost explicitly yankee gum for centric mike lux but the parties come and go. Awakes are gone. Federals or so one as well. The current parties have swapped over last 40 years their constituencies and the program. Its just shifted around trying to understand any kind of historical time for them whats happened using parties as a cipher, red versus blue, is an exercise in futility. To lasting diffe
Nonfiction book and authors every weekend on cspan 2. Saturday at 7 00 p. M. Eastern Winston Groom discusses his latest book the generals, pa on the, mcarthur, marshall, and the winning of world war ii. Then at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, world Medicine Association president on the Worlds Health gap. On sunday afternoon at 1 30 p. M. Eastern Douglas Wilder discusses his memoir, son of virginia, a life in americas political arena. Governor wilder was the nations first africanamerican governor. With the military experience that i had and then the opportunity to learn what was going on, that started me. And i had a good law practice. As a matter of fact, i had a great law practice and politics was the last thing i wanted to get involved with. Watch book tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 2. In new york today the u. N. Security Council Unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a Peace Process for syria. The resolution calls for a ceasefire and talks between the Syrian Government and Syrian O
Before the crucial nomination contest begins and fighting for an apology, the philippine women kept as sex slaves by japanese soldiers during the second world war. The syrian army is striking hard at rebel positions gaining ground and leverage ahead of proposed talks between warring parties this week and activists say government helicopters pounding aleppo and focusing on the Southern City of hama and captured the strategic town of Sheikh Maskin in the southern providence offender of deraa and russia air strikes have been key to the gains and moscow says the intervention helped the ground and we report on the governments resent advances. Reporter the syrian flag flies again on shake shake and it has take intense fiebling with rebels to retake the town in the southwest providence of deraa and show them entering the town center after securing supply lines and also reported to be continuing on the outk t outskirts and it is on the main road linking damascus with deraa and they began givin
A warm welcome to this hour of news. Invitations for the geneva talks on the war in syria which will begin on friday. The Syrian Opposition council said it will decide on wednesday will its going to attend, and its notthe United Nations humanitarian coordinator has called the humanitarian disaster in syria the most devastating crisis in the 21st further. And unicef said 250,000 people have now died in the fighting with children bearing the brunt of the war. Our diplomatic editor james bays is there. The flag flying again. The timing just days before u. N. Envoy is due to convene peace talks is no coincidence. Among the first items on the agenda is a ceasefire in syria. The government in damascus has helped in recent months by russian airstrikes, and clearly wants to make as many gains as possible before the talks start. As invitations to the talks were being sent out the u. N. Invited a panel of top humanitarian officials to brief the press and News Conference deliberate time to show w