this is been reaffirmed by the united nations every year since. these resolutions failed to be implemented because it was not permitted by israel. >> most of our population is a poor population. those who have to live in caps were in misery and squalor and poverty. it is intolerable. nevertheless, since the late 60's, it has been improved not only by educational services, but also since the late 60's, it has for the first time in their lives that by struggling politically and militarily, they are beginning to move out of the caps. >> they wrote to lebanon. is the mid-70's, a city devastated by an intractable civil war. for years affluent people lived in comfort here. not the palestinians. there are an estimated 400,000 of them in lebanon. they do not live up even to our concept of a usual efugee camp. this is where one family lives. refugees from 1948 had resettled on the west bank. the 67 war brought them first to jordan. then they were forced to move into south lebanon. children were born along the way. the older boys ride themselves on being fi

an assertion that the united states may the united nations rather has become a little bit too overweight and needs to be shaped up. only they did to continuously review what the methods and for example even before the current peacekeeping budget for they approved the secretary general my boss asked me on pinterest of the employer to review the overall cost of aviation of the united nations peace and security which is roughly about eight hundred million dollars. well it's true that they talk about optimizing the spending was there or done a tons of office i know that you were also in the process of withdrawing some of the you know drawing mak on some of your missions but. the this extreme cost cutting that witnessing right now would have been in place irrespective of who is in the white house or was there indeed i don't know chump factor that i would come in to one individual countries i would comment upon the u.s. administration but the general assembly in its latest proposal did approve budgets with this substantial diminishing from the amounts which were put forward by the secretariat

to the united nations being proposed? mother, may she rest in piece, she used to say don't cut off your nose despite and as angry as i am at united nations and the so-called human rights commission, which is unfair to israel and singles israel out, the worst dictators, the worst toimes -- they have no right point the finger at any country, let alone israel. we have be very careful. if we pull away, it allows those people we don't like to have free reign. the united states is a very important moral force and trying to push the united nations to doing the right thing, but i understand their frustration of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who say they do wrong things and want more money and don't respect us and don't respect our friends like israel, and people are very frustrated. i asked nikki haley about this when she came for our committee a couple of weeks ago. israel is the only country on the committee, item number seven just deals with israel. no other country has an item holy for them. israel could still be b

the us ambassador to the united nations has said america would use what she called the ‘full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies‘. russia and china have said they're opposed to any military action. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday's actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to be part of a peaceful world. with this launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, it shows the dprk wants to threaten a number of states and, indirectly, the whole world. this is the cause of their concern: yesterday's launch what the us now admits was in north korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile, that experts claim could carry a nuclear weapon as far as ala

nations and i think it makes the united nations ineffective and hypocritical. hypocritical, but the u.s. support for israel is strong and will remain strong as long as i continue to have something to do with it, and a lot of other people on both sides of the aisle feel strongly we need to stand with our ally israel and if the united nations needs to be called out, they will be called out, but we don't need to cut off our nose to spite our faces. we need to shave that organization to help spread democracy around the world and does not help dictators who would take us backwards. greta: congressman eliot engel, the top democrat on the house foreign affairs committee and this week's newsmaker, we thank you. rep. engel: thank you. greta: let me turn to the two of you and talk about what is next on russia. this sanctions bill that we we talk about with mr. engel at the top to pass the senate. what is the likelihood that they just take up the senate linkage? we heard from mr. engel, and you have republican senators saying just pass it already. elana: it is increasingl

i made the escalation of the security situation in the region, the united nations and partners play a critical role in saving the lives of the most vulnerable people in the dprk. as the council considers its response, we again reminded member states of the importance of separating political and humanitarian concerns and urge them to support the light saving activities carried out by the humanitarian organizations in the council. mister president, i would like to close by reiterating the secretary-general's commitment to seeking peaceful and political solutions. the united nations will remain in close contact with all concerned parties and remains ready to assist in any way possible. you. >> i think mister young soft for his breathing. now to those members who wish to make statements, i give authority to the representative from the united states. >> thank you mister president. my friends on the security council, i must say that today is a dark day. it is a dark day because yesterday's actions by north korea made the world a more dangerous place . their illegal missile launch was not on

first in the united nations work has become their ready this week. i'm looking at the resolutions whether they're being properly and for most. but there is a. there is. also work to be done to continue to bring china. and even more closely into the game they have the most influence. on north korea. there is more that china could do a needs to do. to get the regime to start responding. british defense secretary michael fallon that. and president trump is already strategizing about how best to raise the topic of north korea during his diplomatic encounters in europe this week. before we left washington he tweeted about china's failure to control north korea sang. trade between china north korea grew almost forty percent in the first quarte. so much for china walking with us but we have to give it a try. i mean i spoke to daniel platt care of the american enterprise institute about u. s. options on north kore. anya pet cat president trump's approach so far has been that north korea is china's problem to solve. given what happened is the white house not

that represented the 40 nations in the united nations coalition fighting the axis powers. this represents of the idea of what becomes the u.n. general assembly. in the center is executive committee. this is really the full-time staff of what will become the united nations. the secretariat -- and the last circle, which is marked four police is roosevelt's conception , of what became the security council of the united nations. the four police that roosevelt had in mind were the united states, great britain, the soviet union, and the fourth country was going to be china, which he felt was an up-and-coming power and deserving of being among the four policeman, or the security council of the united nations. so, they are in rod strokes, the ideas that he is kicking in his mind for this postwar organization. i think it is very telling that roosevelt is thinking so far ahead. this is 1943 and the war is far from over, but he is our -- already thinking about the horizon and what comes after the war. in 1944, in the midst of world war ii, fdr runs for an unprecedented fourth term as

close to the united nations. in 2015 coming chinese company purchased the walled off astoria -- the waldorf-astoria for $1.9 billion. we have strong concerns about chinese ownership. china's hackers had been accused of perpetrating the mass of ridge personnel records that compromise the data of millions of our own employees could i am very happy that the residents in new york has moved so we can ensure the security of our personnel. but i would also like to give further clarity regarding the future of the residents since the trump tower is only one mile away. i want to ensure that you are not thinking about moving and spending taxpayer dollars at trump tower. >> know i am not. we did move because china bought it and for the reasons you stated. i will stay in this location no, i amis time, but not moving to the trump tower. >> ideal to back. >> ambassador haley, thank you so much for enduring almost three hours of listening in such an eloquent way. i think representing north carolina, i get to share the same telev

nikki haley call would on the united nations. and we didn't ask, we had no scientific recommendation, and i didn't hear a lot of the cater walling about people who felt threatened and it was a strange moment. >> the whole korean thing is a strange moment. it is a hot spot that put many presidents losing sleep over the years and they are doing things they shouldn't be doing and we have to figure out how to stop them and i think we are on the verge of that and we need the world to be behind us. not only will create economic but a dafrmg to the people of south korea. >> lou: when you say the world behind us. the european union want to make it clear to stop north korea nuclear ambition. why is not there a reaction. today, i didn't hear from the european union. i didn't hear from asia or japan, we did hear fromem and south korea is silent. what is it in the world. this is a peculliar moment. >> it is a reflection of how feckless the united nation. here is a fly speck of a nation. >> lou: that's the situation. they now to talk about ou

a soviet resolution had been ejected by the united nations security council. the delegation due to arrive would be head bid noneless than the soviet premier president johnson made a short happen to greet prime minister. he had made a red carpet visit. he would be for a quiet weekend after camp david. with the informal atmosphere a backdrop for unhurried discussion they covered middle ooe east problems. would there be a meeting between the big two? if president made it clear he would be happy he showed while australia has over the years dominated the court. on the following day at the state department the president offered his formula for lasting peace mt. middle east. >> the middle east is rich in history, rich in its people and resources. it has no need it is one of the prosperous regions. if the nations in the middle east will turn towards the works of peace they can count with confidence upon the friendship and help of all of the people of the united states of america. our country is committed to a peace that is based on five principals. first, the recogniz

amidst the escalation of the security situation in the region, the united nations and partners play a critical role in saving the lives of the most .ulnerable people in the dprk as the council considers its response, we again remind member states of the importance of separating political and humanitarian concerns, and search them to support the life-saving activities carried out by the humanitarian organizations in the country. mr. president, i would like to close by reiterating the secretary-general's community seeking peaceful and political solutions. the united nations will remain in close contact with all concerned parties and remains ready to assist in any way possible. thank you. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you, mr. president. to my friends on the security council, i must say that today is a dark day. it is a dark day because yesterday's actions by north korea made the world a more dangerous place. illegal missile launch was not only dangerous, but reckless and irresponsible. it shows north korea does not want to be part of a peaceful world. they have cast a dark shadow

. ♪ the united nations, denying the invasion, calls for help. within five days, president truman has ordered fighting men to the field. [gunshots] [explosions] within three weeks, half the country has been overrun. as the troops from 15 other human nations health, the tide of battle slowly turns -- 15 help, the nations tide of battle slowly turns. [gunshots and explosions] to turn the tide back, red chinese soldiers come to the aid of the north koreans, and a pattern is established, with one first advancing and then the other. [gunshots and explosions] for three long years, the war rages up and down the countryside. twice, seoul falls to the communist invaders. twice it is captured. [gunshots and explosions] by the time the armistice is finally signed on july 27, 1953, 30 thousandlude americans, 5000 from the other assisting you when armies, -- armies, and more than 400,000 south koreans, both military and civilian. of the south korean survivors, countless thousands are starving, homeless refugees. seoul, the republic's largest city, lies in rui

the united nations is looking seriously divided over how to respond to north korea's latest missile test — the 11th this year, and the first with an intercontinental ballistic missile. all have been in breach of un sanctions. the american ambassador has said the us is prepared to use military force "if we must". the us wants new un sanctions, but russia says attempts to strangle north korea economically are "unacceptable". all this as president trump visits poland, ahead of the 620 summit. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday's actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to be part of a peaceful world. with this launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, it shows the dprk wants

the united nations starts delivering aid to people in syria's northeast for the first time in three years, in hopes to reach 2000 people still trapped in a war zone. good to have you with us. 9.5 years behind bars is the sentence it resilient george -- judge has slapped on lulala da silva. it is part of a massive corruption case that has seen several politicians and business executives jailed. lula had been considering runnining for p president againn next year's elections. he will reportedly remain free, pending an appeal. join now by alex, an expert on brazilian politics of author of the book brazilianaires. it is good to see you again. let's talk about lula da silva. he was a top contender for next year's election. now he has been senentenced to prison. what does this ruling mean for him as a potential canandidate? >> it is not promising, for his future as a candidate. more than a leader in the polls, he is an a massive figure in brazilian politics. the first brazilian president who ever grew up poor. he over soon -- oversaw one of the greatest economic booms, he was known around the w

. >> the united nations security council met for an emergency session today to address the recent missile launch by north korea. the take away from jonathan chang of "the wall street journal," u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley tells north korea it is not afraid to go to war. next, a meeting of the security council. >> [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> thank you, mr. chair, mr. president, members of the security council. according to the official news agency of the democratic people's republic of korea, dprk, and various governmental sources, at approximately 9:00 a.m. local time on 4 july 2017, the dprk launched a ballistic missile which it turns "fire of intercontinental ballistic missile rocket." the missile was launched in the pyongyang airfield. according to the dprk, and covered a distance of 933 kilometers during a 39-minute flight reaching an altitude of 2,802 kilometers before impacting into the sea. according to these parameters, the missile would have a range of roughly 6700 kilometers. it launched on a more difficult tr

this is really the full-time staff of what would become the united nations, the secretariat. -- four circle marked police. the was his conception of the or the security council. those he had in mind were the united states, great britain, the soviet union, and the fourth country was going to be china which he felt was an up and coming power and deserving to be among these policeman or the security council of the united nations. these were the ideas he was kicking around for this postwar organization. it is very telling that he was thinking so far ahead. this was 1943. the war was far from over but he was already thinking about what would come after the war. in 1944, in the midst of world war ii, he runs for an unprecedented fourth term as president. ,ou can see in this photograph the president is in ill health. he is suffering from heart disease. and he is really slowing down although the public is not quite aware of how ill he is. roosevelt runs in 1944 and at the 1944 democratic convention, there was a big fight over who would be his running mate. his current vice president was henr

next, not just the united states but the united nations with the biggest peacekeeping force on the planet and we also have the african union. the most dangerous place in the world famine, civil war viet these bodies and institutions whose main job it is to make sure they are intervening appropriately calling countries and leaders and individuals with the wrongs they are committing have basically also step back to say we will provide assistance or protection but because of the issues of sovereignty or complexities we are stepping back so we see waiting people to take action. so when we look at humanitarian workers to be detained and obstructed that is considered a human rights violation but yet it is noton. the language reuse we have not seen the african union haven do more than condemn or to say these are crimes against humanity. there have been many investigations but there was one report we talked aboutab ethnic cleansing and reached that point where we need to go little further. seeing with the neighboring countries is the idea they are accepting refugees so uganda is an amazing recipi

our top story: the united states has told the united nations that north korea's letters military test is a sharp escalation. nikki haley told an emergency meeting of the security council that the international sanctions imposed on pyongyang for years had been insufficient and now they must do more. under president had rain and floods have forced almost 400,000 people to leave their homes on the southern japanese island of kyushu. forecasters have warned that rain will continue. and this video is training on bbc.com. it is the president of france, literally dropping in on a submarine. that is all from me. —— trending on.

first let's go to rick leventhal live at the united nations. so what are the security council members looking to accomplish today, rick? >> reporter: no new sanctions expected at the session, just getting underway, but i'm told ambassador haley is trying to lay the groundwork for more resolutions in the future, and wanted the session on the record to put more pressure on the north korean allies, china and russia, to make it more difficult for them to defend kim jong-un's actions as he continues to thumb his nose at the international community. north korea among the most sanctioned nations in world, but that's done little to slow them down so far. ultimately it come down to, as you mentioned, what russia and china are willing to do. if china stops exporting oil to its neighbor, kim jong-un might finally succumb to the pressure. others say that kim jong-un has said he'd be willing to change everything if the u.s. were willing to suspend military operations in that region. not clear if the u.s. would ever believe that. john? >> john: what are the

the united nations security council holds an emergency session a day after north korea launches what u.s. intelligence views as a brand new long-range missile. u.s. warns it is prepared to defend itself and its allies and warns china about trading with kim jong-un. >>> diplomatic dance. president trump gets ready to sit down with russia's president putin, but will he confront putin with russia's election meddling. will he offer what they want to settle the relationship? >>> president trump is in poland after his foreign trip angered european leaders on his first visit. how will he handle the crucial summit meetings there? >>> an ambush. a new york city police officer, a mother of three, shot in the head as she sits in a marked vehicle. they call it an assassination. what's behind the deadly ambush. i'm jim sciutto. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, the united nations security council holds a security session today after north korea's long-range missile, long enough to reach alaska. north korea says it can carry a nuclear warhe

nations today was the continuation of the spectacle in which the united states and her increasingly few are lies or using by an international body of peace as a client of global apartheid to justify and rubberstamp wars and saying sions which amount to war they're going to be watching today's proceedings they're going to hate the united states even more than they already do they'll see russia and china is countries which don't necessarily always agree with them countries which on allies to them but countries which do not wish them and the people of home countries that want to engage in peace the countries that could end up saving north korea from american aggression and they will smile upon that surely they're not provoking the international community that's the spin based on washington's dominance in the international community at the united nations just three weeks ago the united states carried out a bomb a nuclear bomb dropping drill that simulated the nuclear destruction of north korea nobody called their provocative where north korea sends off a missile test saying we're not go

the united nations security council met yesterday byaddress the missile launch north korea. nikki haley tells north korea it is not afraid to go to war. from new exciting, this is one hour and 15 minutes. city, this isrk one hour and 15 minutes. [speaking mandarin] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> thank you mr. chair. mr. president, members of the security council, according to the official news agency of the democratic people's republic of korea, dprk, and various governmental sources, at approximately 9:00 a.m. local time on for july, 2017, the dprk launched a ballistic missile which its term the fire of inter- continental ballistic missile. the missile was launched near the airfields in the northwest of the dprk. according to the dprk's covered distance of 933 kilometers during a 39 million our flight reaching an altitude of 2800 kilometers before impacting into the sea according to these parameters, the missile would have a range of roughly 600 kilometers is launched on the more typical making it in intercontine

united nations ambassador nikki haley says the united states is also focusing on any nation that works with the north. >> in order to move north korea off the military escalation, we must do more. we will not look exclusively at north korea. we will look at

us ambassador at the united nations as well, nikki haley. sol united nations as well, nikki haley. so i think all the signals are pointing to the same direction. i hope that also with getting more and more information on what is really going on on the ground in ukraine, that also helps to formulate the position that would be for the benefit of ukraine and for the benefit of ukraine and for the benefit of ukraine and for the benefit of the free and democratic world. it remains to be seen... where the us is an actor as well. you say the us is the main actor. there is also additional concerns about, that the is retreating. your own former acting president of ukraine said earlier this year of us withdrawal from global leadership. he said, expert further destabilisation, especially in eastern europe. he isn't the only one saying that. we see that russia and china have got this new alliance which president xijinping and china have got this new alliance which president xi jinping says will be defining factor in the new world order within the next ten years.” think right now it is the ti

with the united nations peace keeping force withdrawn, solutions through diplomacy and united nations intervention seemed increasingly remote. the time for talk was over. together, great britain and the united states drafted a maritime declaration to be circulated among the world's sea-going nations. it's principles were simple and basic. the gulf of aqaba was an international waterway. all nations had the right of free passage. with maritime powers uniting in a common front, they hoped to challenge the egyptian blockade. all in all, it was a gamble against time, and time, president wilson declared, is not on our side. ♪ >> the president received the first word of the fighting at 4:00 in the morning, the 5th of june. in the situation room of the white house, the all-too-familiar maps of southeast asia had been replaced with those of the mediterranean. the president had been every effort for two weeks to avert hostilities. now that diplomacy had given way to war, his one compelling task was to contain it. the team was assembled, men for whom foreign affairs have since become a way of

an assertion that the united states may the united nations rather has become a little bit too overweight and needs to be shaped up. what i would be reaping their billions over they'd be to continuously if you don't want to methods. for example even before the current peacekeeping budgets where they approve the secretary under my boss asked me on pinterest to review the overall cost of aviation of the united nations peace and security which is roughly about eight hundred million dollars. well it's true that they talk about optimizing the spending was there or don't and chances.

it's no secret where the united nations stands either. it has passed multiple resolutions calling on hezbollah to disarm. it is calling on the lebanese state to control over its territory. but neither of these things has happened. the trend is very much in the opposite direction. hezbollah openly defies these resolutions and impedes the lebanese government's ability to exercise full control over its territory. for too long, the security council has chosen to pretend that the status quo is acceptable are for the people of lebanon. it is not. hezbollah's illegal weapons build-up is putting the people of lebanon in grave danger. remarkably this council cannot even bring itself it use the word hezbollah. in recent rez lugresolutions ar statements in lebanon. many are happy to name israel time after time. but hezbollah is somehow off limits. it's absurd. worse than that, it's dangerous. the least the american people expect from this council is to acknowledge the obvious threats right in front of us. how can i explain to them that there is a te

mauricio: from the united nations. and with the same--with the same sources and talking about cities, new orleans, the rate in new orleans is 49 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. st. louis, missouri, 40. baltimore, 34, and so on and so on. and mexico, 14. los angeles, 7. i don't have in san jose, but i suppose it's very, very low. damian: yeah, well, let's show you now video of the mexico that you know, and that's the beautiful, cultural, historic, post-columbian city that you know of. talk about--i mean, did you take it as a slap in the face and your government take it as a slap in the face when you heard the president tweet that? mauricio: yes, but we are insisting in the dialogue. we think that walls or statements, that they aren't useful at all. and putting the finger in the other face has no sense. we think we have to cooperate against the criminality in the region because we are responsible, we are a north american region, with walls or no walls, and we have to fight against criminals and organized criminals fir

. ♪ >> the united nations calls for help. within five days, president truman has ordered fighting men to the field. [gunshots] [explosions] within three weeks, half the country has been overrun. troops from other 15 u.n. matt -- nations help. [gunshots and explosions] >> to turn the tide back, red chinese soldiers come to the aid of south koreans and a pattern established, with one sided fencing and then the other. -- side advancing and then the other. [gunshots and explosions] years, ware long rages up and down the country side. falls to the communist invaders, twice it is captured. [gunshots and explosions] >> by the time the armistice is 1953,y signed on july 27, the deaths include american troops, and more than 400,000 south koreans, both military and civilian. from the south korean survivors, countless thousands are starving, homeless refugees. seoul, the republic's largest city, lies in ruins. block after block of rubble testifies to the grim fact to the grim fact that more than 80% of it has been destroyed. hunger, pov

beaking to the fifteen member body here in manhattan at the united nations headquarters in the security council chamber u.s. ambassador nikki haley spoke strongly not just against north korea but against any country that she felt supports them now in her statements largely condemning the recent launch of a missile she went as far as to threaten the use of military force utilizing military options the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies one of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces we will use them if we must the united states will soon submit a draft resolution to the u.n. security council and u.s. leaders say that if this resolution is not passed they will take action on their own the russian envoy he also spoke to the u.n. security council and he said that sanctions are not the way out of the crisis up so you move with. sanctions cannot be a cure all and this has been demonstrated by history so what we need here is to seek a political solution and be creative in our diplomacy we've proposed as i've

at the united nations security council and defiance from north korea. over nukes and missiles that one day could target america. this is "special report" ." good evening. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. calling the north koreans test firing of the icbm a clear and sharp military escalation, u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley said to an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council the u.s. will not forget this move and will not delay. there are plenty of questions concerning what the u.s. can and should do about north korea's bold provocations. president trump arrived in poland a short time ago where he will be consulting with world leaders in europe over the next few days. chief white house correspondent john roberts starts us off from warsaw. >> good evening. stakes for the second foreign trip for president trump are higher now that north korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, ramping up the urgency terrain in the kingdom. as he left the white house bound for warsaw, president trump president trump sounded an optim

the united nations syrian envoy said a cease-fire brokered by russia, the u.s. and jordan appears to be broadly holding. the civil war in syria has entered its seventh. -- 70 year. -- seventh year., still to come, the latest additions from the -- the samples of bauhaus architecture. daniel will be here with business headlines. we are back in 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back here with "dw news." the german government has defended the policice operation against protesters at the g-20 summit in hamburg last week. the interior minister wants to crack down on what he calls left wing extremists. iraq's prime minister is formally declared victory over so-called islamic state in the strategic northern city of mosul. , earlier -- clashes had been reported where a few dozen jihadist holding out. mosul was the last stronghold of the islamic state in iraq. reporter: iraqi prime minister greeted by jubilant crowds in mosul. he has come to the city to declare victory over the so-called islamic state after almost nine months of fierce fighting. celebrations broke out al

nations in new york and i have with me today the permanent representative of vietnam to the united nations. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: let me start by thanking you for giving me the opportunity to speak here at the world renowned heritage foundation on the topic of opportunities and challenges for peace, security, development in asia pacific and the development of our comprehensive partnership. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: in the 1776 declaration of independence of the united states of america, president thomas jefferson wrote that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unablianable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [speaking in a foreign language] [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: halfway around the world and more than a century and a half later, that letter and spirit was echoed in the declaration of independence that gave birth to the republic of vietnam in 1945 in which president ho chi minh reaffirmed that all peoples on earth are born equal, they all hav

ambassador for the united nations. i came into this position at a time when many americans felt a deep sense of betrayal at the u.n. in the wake of the passage of resolution 2334. at my confirmation hearing, i made the following promise, if i am privileged to be the u.s. ambassador, i will never sit passively while america's interests and america's friends are run down at the u.n. five months later, i can say that i haven't been quiet on the issues important to the united states, and i can say this, i have kept my promise. our friends and our rivals know that america has once again found its voice at the united nations. the international community is now very clear about what the u.s. is for and what the u.s. is against. it wasn't long after my confirmation that my promise was put to the test. in early april, the syrian regime dropped chemical weapons on syrian children. we forced the security council to hold an open emergency session, which some member states didn't want. we drew a red line. if the u.n. would not act