Structure in that country and the influence of regional partners like pakistan, china and india. This is 90 mince. Okay. Were going to get started. Im dan rundy, hold the chair at cis. Were here to talk about nonmilitary components of u. S. Strategy in afghanistan. I think the first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome, i think many people welcome the fact President Trump and the Trump Administration has come forward with a new strategy for afghanistan without time lines and doubling down on a commitment to a great cause. The fact there are 3 Million Girls in school, a whole lot at stake in afghanistan, not just our security but moral component as well. Theres a lot of progress that doesnt get a lot of coverage. For us to risk letting that go would be high. Its been a privilege to work with my friend ambassador wayne, who is the former coordinator. Weve done a number of things with ambassador wayne. So weve got a very good to cover the issues today. But the other point i want t
Washington journal. South america is our immediate neighborhood. For that reason, we have worked for a prosperous south america. We have worked for increasing the integration processes in latin america and the caribbean. Between loser ties and the pacific alliance. Countries make up a market of 470 Million People which accounts for more than 90 of latin american gdp. , is the constant continent where we wish to have increasing cooperation and increased partnerships for development. With europe, we have cultivated a longstanding friendship. There, we have worked to boost trade and investment. In asia and the pacific region, the most vibrant hub of the global economy, we have stepped up our relations with new partners and old ones. This has been our foreign policy. A truly universalist foreign policy. Form is thisersal General Assembly. We can benefit from the broadest and most pluralistic array here, we find the parameters that govern our respectful living together. Here, we shall becom
On behalf of the General Assembly, i have the honor to theome the United Nations president of the state of palestine and to invite him to address the assembly. President abbas the name of god, then the name of president of United Nations General Assembly, ladies and gentlemen, peace be upon you. Passed since the thatng of the oslo accords set a fiveyear. Period forveyear bringing an end to the Israeli Occupation. Granting hope to be postilion Palestinian People would peopleeap palestinian that they would soon achieve independence within their state. What is left of this hope . And gentlemen,es we recognize the state of israel on the 1967 borders. Refusal to recognize these borders has put into question the mutual recognition we find in oslo in 1993. Since my speech before your august assembly, when i appealed year forto be the ending the Israeli Occupation of the territory of the state of the Israeli Government has pursued its settlement campaign on our land, in defiance of all Interna
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State to permit officials testified us relations before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee focusing on mistreatment of the Muslim Minority population and the resulting refugee crisis in neighboring bangladesh. This is about an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. I want to thank each of you for being here. We thank you. Timely. In 2009 the Obama Administration shifted the direction of us farm a policy taking a leap of faith that an approach combining engagement and pressure would help usher in democratic reform or sanctions alone had failed. Many were skeptical of such a shift the 2010 elections provided an opportunity to test the credibility of a more proactive engagement approach. In the ensuing years the United States worked to balance engagement with military junta in the democratic grassroots movement. Undoubtably this engagement strategy had a positive effect on the trajectory of their democratic reforms including the 2015 election that brought the