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Workersxt, united farm cofounder, though lotus where huerta,olores discusses the Farmworkers Movement and cesar chavez. It is about two hours. Panel brings one of the icons of the movement to our Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Workers Movement with cesar chavez. [applause] nationala directed the boycott during the National Grape strike. She has been involved in the fight since 1955. She has been arrested more than 20 times for leading nonviolent protests. Named one of the most important women of the 20th oftury, and has dozens really important awards, including the Eleanor Roosevelt award for human rights, which was bestowed on her by president clinton, and the president ial ....
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large InternationalOil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the ....
It is a pleasure to be back here in this room where i might mention that 17 years ago in january 1997, a charity meeting that was open who is today president of the American University in cairo. A meeting where we had a dialogue with the first individuals who came to the United States from the taliban, it came to new york about three or four months after they kept taking control to ask the United Nations to give them afghanistans u. N. Seat. Of course not really about was not in the power of the u. N. Secretary general. I make mention of the people who were there, the delegation was led by, a gentleman to get later became the foreign minister and he is one of the reconciled of the taliban. And he was interned for some time. And he is currently of the afghan eyepiece counsel and also reconciled. This includes one of t ....