The embassy of the Islamic Republic of afghanistan in washington. My colleague and director will be moderating the conversation but its my great pleasure and honor to ask the ambassador to provide welcoming remarks. Your excellency. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are right now in joining us for the session. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second event of the embassy of afghanistan. We are glad to be hosting the event on lebanons agreement and partnership with the Atlantic Council a wonderful partner of the embassy in washington. I want to offer a warm thank you to the Atlantic Council further help in organizing this important discussion and all the great work they are continuously doing. Furthermore i would like to express my gratitude for taking the time to share their knowledge and insight with us today. Ambassador i thank you and not just for joining us today that for all the great work that youve done in afghanistan over the y
Builds up on azerbaijan and armenia to hold escalating violence after their cues each other starting. Malis government names a veteran politician as interim Prime Minister hoping to convince neighbors to lift the sanctions imposed since last month. And they may not look very space age but well tell you how these tractors revolutionizing farming with help from the. Struggling properties vast write offs and debts telling in the hundreds of millions of dollars these are some of the reported revelations from the u. S. President s tax records that hes long for to conceal. The New York Times says donald trump has not paid any income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years mostly because he reported losing far more money than he made or the publication goes on to say that trump a just 750. 00 in federal income taxes in both 20162017 the tax return data obtained by the paper extend over more than 2 decades for trump and the companies that make up his Business Organization well donald trump says the r
Moment to turn the cameras off. Caesars testimony, and thank you all for attending today. The committee turned the cameras back on to hear from two syrian vivors of the civil war. They spoke about their bashar alassads prisoners and how americans should strive to make the voices of syrians heard. Portion is about 40 minutes. Minutes. Hear from our second panel. Our first witness is omar hes a detainee in the rashad regimes vast network of prisons. He spent nearly two years in 215 bodies of mbered the dead, tortured victims but later photos in the caesar file. Most of his family and village killed. After branch 215 omar was moved worst ison dubbed the place on earth where he survived for a year before finally being released. Eventually travel to europe and arrived in swede wherein hes resided since. Of the s a member syrian eam and the Emergency Task force. With that well hear from him and then move toward our second witness. To members of this committee for inviting me. Talking to you
By the u. S. Turns off its tracking signal deepening the mystery over where its heading plus. I have never i have never attended a recitation to the essential people. Hong kongs leader goes on the defensive after leaks all the recording reveals her saying she would quit if she could but with the recent protests and helen adela sends out a warning to the u. S. Open field as he moves into the quarter finals its funny and put on quite a so at flushing meadows that despite dropping a set over how the 2014 stacking line till i. Say lets begin with the war in yemen a group of u. N. Experts today releasing a report saying all parties in the cons. It may be involved in war crimes the report accuses the. Coalition of killing civilians and airstrikes and deliberately denying them whilst on the brink of famine it also blames the coalition for using starvation as a water act like the u. S. Britain and france were criticized for their role in selling weapons and providing intelligence reports also
Underline that all the parties concerned need to fully comply with International Law governing diplomatic and consular relations. Mr. President , it should be in no ones interest to have further dangerous escalation in the middle east. Any of the geographically separated, but ultimately intertwined crisis could take a life of their own. People of the region have suffered enough, and this includes people in palestine, israel, yemen, syria. Lebanon, iran and elsewhere. We should all place their interests first, and this is why it is crucial for this council to send a clear call for restrained by all, starting with compliance with resolution 27 28, demanding sease fire. Slovenia stands ready to engage in a comprehensive response to the crisis. We underline the need for unity of of the council to maintain International Law, peace and security. Thank you. Thank the representative of slovenia and pass the floor to the representative of switzerland. Thank you, madam president. As this is the