And the purpose for this typically un cumbersome way of describing the position i think reflected the worry that the person that play the role of special rapporteur might exceed the inquiry into occupation and go more broadly into the relationship of israel and palestine and i think the Human Rights Council was trying to avoid that kind of free inquiry for under the limited inquiry it was a means of set up pretty when your freedom rather than expanding it. Yes curtailing it and also it preclude me from examining whether the palestinians were in some ways also violating human rights within the territory they administer. And i tried to change that way of thinking about the mandate but there was a strong pushback against that effort because who is a fear that if the men the description was changed the mandate itself might disappear your aunt you were at the time a prominent american scholar and International Law and yet as far as i know it was the United States on to the outgoing Bush Adm
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But i am here to report the count is finished we believe we will be the winners every vote must be counted no ones going to take our democracy away from us not now not ever america has come too far americas far too many battles americas endured too much to ever let that happen we the people will not be silenced we the people will not be bullied we the people will not surrender my friends im confident well emerge victorious. The u. S. President has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major issues with voting and ballot county georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election. Or trumps claims of voting irregularities this protest in arizona and in other places Police Offices in phoenix could be seen preparing inside a counting center where crowds would govern outside in other news as swearing in ceremony is taking place in tanzania for president john mica food secured a 2nd term in last weeks elections michael fairly was declare
Court the republican controlled chamber voted 52 to 48 mostly along party lines them across or against the nomination and wanted it to happen after next months president ial election alan fisher is on capitol hill the democrats have tried everything they possibly could divide argued that this is being rushed through one senator saying its going so fast it would make you seen the olympic sprinter jealous that they have tried Public Opinion by saying look this is going when people are voting theres more than 30000000 people that have cast their early votes in the u. S. President ial election and therefore they should wait until the next president comes in they have argued that its going to be a threat to the Affordable Care act because the Supreme Court will be holding a hearing on that one week after the election but the reality is they simply didnt have the power to stop this. The World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their battles against new
Joe biden says when all the votes are finally counted, he expects to come out on top. The Campaign Says he is on track to win michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. Joe biden i believe we are on track to win this election. [applause] we do because of the unprecedented early vote, the male invoke, it was going to take a wild. We are going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. And aint done until every ballot is counted. [applause] we are feeling good. Bidens biggest victory has been arizona, the only state to flip since trump won it in 2016. Millions of ballots need to be counted with results unclear in battleground states. Ethiopia has begun military operations in its north as tensions escalate. The local government has been accused of attacking federal troops. Local authorities have dismissed that, accusing the Prime Minister of plotting conflict. A state of emergency has been declared by the federal government. The region held elections in september,