Timeless principles of interstate communication enshrined in the un charter and formulated by the Founding Fathers of our universal organization in the clearest and most unambiguous terms these principles include the equality of sovereign states known interference in their Domestic Affairs the rights of peoples to determine their own future not in use of force or the threat of force and political settlement of just buttes looking back at the past decades one can say that despite all difficulties of the cold war period major geopolitical shifts and all the intricacies of todays Global Politics the un has been able to fulfilling its mission of protecting peace. Promoting Sustainable Development of the peoples and continents and providing assistance in mitigating local crises this enormous potential and expertise of the un is relevant and serves as a solid basis for moving ahead after all just like any other International Organization or regional entity the un should not grow stiff but ev
Campaign stateside. And other bust up in brussels an emergency e. U. Summit sees the rocks leaders failed to agree on a post accept funding plan. Live from moscow good to have you with us here tonight there are things about hawkins welcome to the program. Now supporters of julian songs that we could have been protesting in london in solidarity with the imprisoned whistleblower this comes ahead of his hearing on possible extradition to the United States which gets underway on monday they were jeter was there. Im here in the center of london with protesters who are opposing the possible extradition of julian assad to the u. S. We watch from australia house and you know his heart is australian of course to Parliament Square and you can see behind me theres a lot of talks going on and some entertainment in support of putin now this is of course the center of british democracy and supporters theyve gathered here ahead of the wiki leaks founder hearing on call in court on monday people are.
A world update this was starting in france where the president Emmanuel Mccraw has met with the russians but he made putin at his summer residence on the mediterranean coast it all comes ahead of this weekends g. 7 summit the talks last about 3 and a half i was with quite cordial atmosphere evidence when the leaders spoke to reporters to reports from the french riviera. Well i guess you dont really give personal invitations to an International Leader to these kind of places and this kind of format even if its the president of a very important geopolitical player unless they are your friends so clearly in the past few years mr mack on mr putin developed a close relationship we heard Emmanuel Macron call his counterpart dear vladimir a few times and lot of our putin just when he arrived he came with the ok of flowers for emanuel mcewans wife and it seemed that the french president wanted to make his russian counterpart feel as much comfortable as possible on his visit to france saying lo
Our borders from other transnational threats, our operation is based on layered security where we attempt and i have described earlier some of the partnerships that we have with regard to Port Security to inspect port facilities for their security regime overseas. With regard to specifically the source and transit zone for narcotics we also have significant partnerships with countries in south and Central America that allow us to board their flag vessels on the high seas, recognizing that many of the nations dont have robust coast guards or navies with the kind of off shore capability that we have. So those partnerships allow us to detect and interdict drug shipments far off shore. In the case of one interdiction i made, over a thousand miles west of the galapagos islands, with drugs destined for mexico and then ultimate i will for the United States. So we use using our long range aircraft and cutters and detection monitoring capability of the department of defense and other partners w
Tests. These tests found problems with officer noncompliance with policy, equipment failures, an officer error due to lack of training. We followed up on systemic corrective make sure actions were taken. They did not consistently track to fix problems. We recommended that they do so, and they have actions underway to do that. Mr. Chairman, in some respects our findings mirror some of the themes we have seen over the past several years. In general, the u. S. Has made significant process combating smuggling. We made Great Strides to sense 1998 when the u. S. Began deploying Radiation Detection equipment. At the same time, many of these programs should of been implemented better. Sometimes fail to assess whether the programs are working as intended. Agencies rushed to deploy technologies before they were ready. Over the years, other agencies that implemented recommendations to address these problems. Result, they strengthened their programs. Looking ahead, other agencies face some tough d