In 1849 it took the clipper ship flying cloud 89 days to reach San Franciscos golden gate harbor from new york. In the spring of 1945, no point on earth was more than 40 flying hours away from San Francisco. In those 100 years, San Francisco grew larger as the world grew smaller. It developed into a vigorous and cosmopolitan center. For nine weeks in the spring of 1945, San Francisco was the center of mens hopes for lasting peace. Delegates came to San Francisco on april 25th, 1945, representing almost 2,000 Million People. All at war when the conference was begun, they came with hope, born of common struggle. They came to design together machinery to end war, a curse which in 30 years killed 40 million human beings. S . Maimed countless millions more, both armed and unarmed. When the conference convened, Franklin Roosevelt was missing, the man who helped weld the United Nations together as a team, and helped to keep them united died before he could see him dream come true. But his wor
Visitors like otto warmbier. It is no surprise that north korea is determined to deploy ballistic weapons technology. The United Nations has passed good Security Council resolutions on north korea, spurred by u. S. Legislation that we passed in this committee. U. N. Peace keeping has played a Critical Role over the years in advancing u. S. Interests and should be prioritized in accordance with u. S. Law. The recent deaths of peace keepers in south sudan and in mali remind us of the dangers they face. But Peace Keeping would find more support if failing missions, some decades old were closed and the horrendous sexual abuses tackled head on. This committee has pushed to improve the u. N. s transparency and accountability, advancing protections of whistle blowers and bringing u. N. Peace keepers that are sexual predators to the bar of justice. Ambassador haley we look forward to how we can support you working to improve transparency and accountability. This committee looks forward to assi
Were quite unpopular. These decisions change our lives. Lets go through cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases our series that explores people behind the Supreme Courts most important decisions throughout the history. This week the 1952 steel seizure case. Its officially known as youngstown steel and tube versus sawyer. We are going to start with a piece of vintage film. This is harry truman on april 8th, 1952, as he announces the seizure of the nations Steel Industry. With american troops facing the enemy on the field of battle, i would not be living up to my oath of office if i failed to do whatever is required to provide them with weapons and ammunition they need for their survival. Therefore, i am taking two actions. First, im directing the secretary of commerce to take possession of the steel mi
Were quite unpopular. These decisions change our lives. Lets go through cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases our series that explores people behind the Supreme Courts most important decisions throughout the history. This week the 1952 steel seizure case. Its officially known as youngstown steel and tube versus sawyer. We are going to start with a piece of vintage film. This is harry truman on april 8th, 1952, as he announces the seizure of the nations Steel Industry. With american troops facing the enemy on the field of battle, i would not be living up to my oath of office if i failed to do whatever is required to provide them with weapons and ammunition they need for their survival. Therefore, i am taking two actions. First, im directing the secretary of commerce to take possession of the steel mi
Were quite unpopular. These decisions change our lives. Lets go through cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases our series that explores people behind the Supreme Courts most important decisions throughout the history. This week the 1952 steel seizure case. Its officially known as youngstown steel and tube versus sawyer. We are going to start with a piece of vintage film. This is harry truman on april 8th, 1952, as he announces the seizure of the nations Steel Industry. With american troops facing the enemy on the field of battle, i would not be living up to my oath of office if i failed to do whatever is required to provide them with weapons and ammunition they need for their survival. Therefore, i am taking two actions. First, im directing the secretary of commerce to take possession of the steel mi