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OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. THEY'RE GIVEN A BALLOT WHICH SAYS ENCOURAGE, DISCOURAGE OR NO COMMENT. THEY'VE HAD THREE OF THESE. THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE
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TOMORROW, WHICH MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, BUT THEY HAVE DONE THIS. RIGHT NOW, SEVEN CANDIDATES, SIX OF THEM FROM THE ASIAN REGION. THIS IS SUPPOSED...
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DISCOURAGE AND ONE NO COMMENT. FIVE VOTES AHEAD OF THE
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SECOND PLACE CONTENDER OF INDIA, A PERSON I'VE KNOWN QUITE WELL FOR A LONG TIME DURING MY TENURE AT THE U.N., WHO GOT EIGHT POSITIVE VOTES. THAT'S...
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WHAT THOSE FORMAL DUTIES ARE. AN ARTICLE 97, IT SAYS THE SECRETARY GENERAL SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE...
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| 00:02:18 |
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RATTIFICATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALL 192 MEMBERS. IT SAYS HE, MEANING THE SECRETARY GENERAL, ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE A SHE -- WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE,...
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| 00:03:54 |
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A SKILLED DIPLOMAT. LOW KEY. NOT A PERSON THAT IS SEEN AS SORT
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| 00:04:02 |
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OF STANDING TOO FAR FORWARD ON ISSUES. HE HAS BEEN THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ISSUE OF NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS...
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| 00:06:00 |
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PERSONALITIES. HE TOOK THE
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PLACE OF BUTROSBUTROS, NOT A PERSON YOU FELT IMMEDIATELY CLOSE TO. PERSONALITIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER...
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| 00:07:07 |
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FEDERAL WUR BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION (music) MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IS IMPLODING DOWN THERE, AND
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| 00:07:12 |
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IT'S NOT EVEN ON THE RADAR SCREEN IN THE PRESS HERE. THIS IS FOR THE COMMENTATOR, THE NARRATOR. HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T RUN THE GREG PALACE STORY ABOUT...
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| 00:07:51 |
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INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY THOUGH, ISSUES THAT IN THE PAST
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| 00:07:54 |
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HAD BEEN SEEN AS SOVEREIGN ISSUES, THE U.N. IS GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN, INCLUDING DARFUR, WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN INTERNAL MATTER, IF YOU WILL,...
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| 00:08:46 |
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BEING A SUPERPOWER THAT IT HAS,
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IT HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE. WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GIVEN THE U.N. THE SUPPORT THEY DESERVE. >> Host: THANK YOU. >> Guest:...
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OF COURSE, IS THE MOST VISIBLE ACTIVITY AT THE
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UNITED NATIONS. PRETTY SOON, WE'RE FWTH SEE MORE THAN 100,000 PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOYED AROUND THE WORLD. LEBANON, 13,000 PEACEKEEPERS AFTER THAT TRAGIC...
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DISTANCE. JOURDAINIAN AMBASSADOR, WHICH IS ALSO A PRINCE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD WANT TO BE KNOWN AS PRINCE OR AMBASSADOR, TWO PRETTY GOOD TIMTS....
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| 00:11:06 |
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ASIA, FROM SOULTH ASIA, TWO CANDIDATES AND NORTHEAST AEROBA, KOREAN PENINSULA. A WIDE RANGE OF BROAD SPAN, BUT SASHI THAROOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LONG-TERM...
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| 00:12:07 |
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THE LATVIAN PRESIDENT. SHE'S VERY ACCOMPLISHED, BUT OUTSIDE THE REGION. AND THE RECENT STRAW POLL, SHE GOT, I THINK, SEVEN POSITIVES, BUT SIX NEGATIVES....
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SHE IS LATVIAN GOVERNMENT'S NOMINEE. SINGAPORIAN AMBASSADOR, VERY ABLE, HIGHLY RESPECTED. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THIS PROCESS FOR YET ANOTHER...
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| 00:13:06 |
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THAT? >> Guest: WELL, THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA IS VERY ABLE MAN. I
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HAVE A PARTICULAR AFFECTION FOR ONE OF HIS PREDECESSORS, A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA. KBEN, THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS PLACED FORWARD
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| 00:13:28 |
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SASHI THAROOR AS ITS CANDIDATE. I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE OTHER INDIANS COME IN. OF COURSE, THAT COUNTRY IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE -- AND THIS IS, I THINK,...
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| 00:14:21 |
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AGREE ON A CANDIDATE, THEY CAN USE VETO. LAST TIME
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| 00:14:25 |
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THAT WAS DONE WAS WHEN I WAS THERE WITH UNITED STATES VETOING SECRETARY OF STATE, THEN U.N. AMBASSADOR MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, VETOING A SECOND TERM FOR...
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| 00:15:05 |
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BEEN OUSTED AS A VIABLE CANDIDATE TO BE SECRETARY GENERAL. >> Host: YOU MENTIONED A JOURDAINIAN PRINCE ON THE LIST. >> Guest: THAT'S
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RIGHT. >> Host: WHO IS HE? >> Guest: 42 YEARS OLD, JOURDAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, VERY WELL RESPECTED, PROBABLY SEEN AS A LITTLE BIT...
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| 00:15:31 |
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Host: AUBURN, CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >>
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| 00:15:34 |
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Caller: THANKS FOR TAKING
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| 00:15:35 |
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MY CALL. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET
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| 00:15:38 |
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WITH THE U.N. AS WELL AS KOFI ANNAN. I THINK HE HAS SHOWN QUITE A BIAS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AS
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| 00:15:52 |
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WELL AS ISRAEL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO WHAT
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| 00:15:55 |
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JUST HAPPENED IN LEBANON. HE CONTINUOUSLY KNOCKED ISRAEL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL BE LESS BIASED AND TAKE ON WHAT I SEE AS A...
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| 00:16:57 |
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SPEAK. TO BEGIN A LECTURE SERIES ON THE SUBJECT OF UNITED
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| 00:17:00 |
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STATES AND UNITED NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER IN THE 21st CENTURY. HE WANTS TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. BUT HE HAS ALSO 191 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HE ALSO IS RESPONSIVE...
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| 00:18:35 |
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TOGETHER. WORKING WITH THE ISRAELIS, STILL WORKING QUITE HARD WITH THE RELEASE OF
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THE PRISONERS, THE CATALYST FOR THIS LATEST FIGHTING. HE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A KEY ROLE THERE. HE CAN TALK TO PEOPLE, THE UNITED STATES AND THE BUSH...
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| 00:19:55 |
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EXAMPLE THE U.N. REPRESENTS THE WORLD, 192
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NATIONS, BUT WHEN IT DOES NOT PUSH THE U.S. AGENDA OR ISRAELI AGENDA, NOW IT BECOMES HOSTILE. I BELIEVE ALSO PERHAPS I HEAR AROUND THE WORLD THAT MR....
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| 00:21:04 |
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RESOLVE CONFLICTS
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| 00:21:06 |
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THAN THE TWO OF THEM. I HOPE THEY CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THE WORLD HAS RECOGNIZED THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO....
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| 00:21:35 |
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DISARMAMENT. AGAIN -- WHAT IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS, THERE ISN'T A SINGLE PERSON ON THAT LIST THAT ISN'T QUALIFIED TO BE SECRETARY GENERAL. THEY ARE...
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| 00:21:52 |
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REGION. HE HAS U.N. EXPERIENCE. ON THAT LATEST POLL, I THINK HE HAD THREE VOTES TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO CONTINUE THE PURSUIT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL,...
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| 00:22:29 |
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TO BRING THAT COUNTRY BACK AFTER 20 YEARS OF A CIVIL WAR AND THE TALIBAN OWE PREGNANCY AND THE REST. AGAIN, VERY ABLE. CHANCELLOR
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| 00:22:37 |
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AT KABUL UNIVERSITY. AGAIN, LAST POLL, THREE VOTES, WHICH IS NOT VERY ENCOURAGING FOR HIM AT THIS STAGE. >> Host: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN FOR SECRETARY...
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| 00:23:08 |
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OF THEIR OFFICIALS BECOMING SECRETARY GENERAL, AND I THINK
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| 00:23:14 |
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THAT BAN KI-MOON HAS MADE HIS WAY TO MANY OF THE CAPITAL MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. I MENTIONED GREECE, CONGO AND MOST REEBLT IN PARIS TO SEE...
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| 00:24:23 |
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WITH SOME RATHER STRONG STATEMENTS BEING MADE. SOMEWHAT IRRESPONSIBLE, I THINK. AGAIN, I'M TALKING
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| 00:24:30 |
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ABOUT HUGO CHAVEZ AND AHMADINEJAD OF IRAN. THIS IS THE MEETING HOUSE OF MANKIND, SORT OF. EVERYBODY GETS THE CHANCE TO SPEAK THEIR MIND. THAT'S FREE...
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| 00:25:55 |
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SENATE RATTIFICATION, BECAUSE IT'S A TREATY CHANGE. FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY CHANGED AND EXPANDED THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO MAKE IT MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE...
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| 00:26:07 |
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THE SENATE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. IN TERMS OF WHO WOULD BE SECRETARY GENERAL, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CONGRESS IS LURKING BACK THERE, IF YOU WILL....
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| 00:27:08 |
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THE U.N.. >> Host: ANOTHER LOOK AT THE BOOK. THANKS A LOT TO KARL
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| 00:27:12 |
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INDERFURTH, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. OUR GUESTS INCLUDE RANDY BARNETTE, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, TALK TO US ABOUT SUPREME COURT ABORTION CASES....
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| 00:27:29 |
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TALK ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CASES. ALSO TOMORROW, CHRIS STROHM OF CONGRESS DAILY HOMELAND SECURITY BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS AND GEORGE CAHLINK ON...
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