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WE SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF
WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME TO
HEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
ABOUT IT IN THE RULES COMMITTEE
LATER ON.
RIGHT NOW.
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
MADAM SPEAKER, FIRST
MAY I INQUIRE OF THE CHAIR HOW
MUCH TIME IS REMAINING ON EACH
SIDE AND THEN I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA HAS
SIX MINUTES REMAINING AND THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS HAS
MADAM SPEAKER, I
YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I
MIGHT CONSUME AND, MADAM
SPEAKER, I'D LIKE TO SAY TO MY
FRIEND FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, MR.
HASTINGS, THAT I'D LIKE TO
ASSOCIATE MYSELF, MADAM SPEAKER,
WITH A SEGMENT OF HIS REMARKS
THAT HE MADE TALKING ABOUT THE
PRIORITY OF ADDRESSING THE VERY
PRESSING NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE
SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE
DISASTERS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE
IN THIS COUNTRY.
MY FRIEND IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
ARE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, MADAM SPEAKER,
THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS
THAT MY FRIENDS GET THIS 72
HOURS THAT THEY DISCUSS ABOUT.
THIS IS DISCUSSED REGULARLY.
MR. MCGOVERN HAS RAISED THAT,
MR. HASTINGS HAS RAISED IT,
MADAM SPEAKER, AND I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THEY GET THAT.
WE HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE
THREE-DAY LAYOVER REQUIREMENT.
LET ME CLARIFY THIS BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RULES OF
THE HOUSE, NOT STATEMENTS THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN MADE, THE RULES OF
THE HOUSE SAY THAT THERE IS A
THREE-DAY LAYOVER REQUIREMENT.
ON MONDAY, MADAM SPEAKER, ON
MONDAY THIS MEASURE WAS PUT
ONLINE, THE BILL THAT WE VOTED
ON YESTERDAY WAS PUT ONLINE.
IT CALLS FOR $1,04,000,000,000
IN SPENDING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
AS WE ADDRESS KEEPING THE
GOVERNMENT GOING AND ENSURING WE
DON'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 18.
THAT WAS PUT ONLINE ON MONDAY.
OF COURSE I'M HAPPY TO YIELD TO
MY FRIEND.
I JUST WANTED TO
RESPOND TO YOUR STATEMENT, YOU
TELL ME I CAN'T
ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH YOUR
REMARKS.
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GOT
THE 72 HOURS FROM.
IF YOU GO ON THE SPEAKER'S
WEBSITE YOU'LL SEE IN THE VERY
FIRST PARAGRAPH OF WHAT HE SAYS
IN THAT REGARD WITH REFERENCE TO
72 HOURS AND PERHAPS THAT'S
WHERE WE GOT IT.
IF I CAN RECLAIM MY
TIME, I'LL TELL MY FRIEND THAT
THE RULES OF THE HOUSE ARE WHAT
WE ARE COMPLYING WITH.
THE RULES OF THE HOUSE SAY A
THREE-DAY LAYOVER REQUIREMENT.
ON MONDAY THIS WAS MADE
AVAILABLE AN PUT ONLINE.
AND NOW MY FRIEND SAYS, I WANT
TO SEE IT NOW, I WANT TO SEE
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
THE REASON THAT WE WILL NOT BE
WAIVING THE THREE-DAY LAYOVER
REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE A BILL THAT IS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE MEASURE THAT WE
HAD LAST NIGHT WITH POSSIBLY AN
AMENDMENT MADE TO THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO FURTHER YIELD.
DOES THE SPEAKER'S
WORD MATTER OR NOT?
IF I COULD RECLAIM
MY TIME, MADAM SPEAKER, I'LL
TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HE MEANS BY THE SPEAKER'S WORD.
THE RULES OF THE HOUSE ARE WHAT
WE LIVE BY.
THE RULES OF THE HOUSE SAY THAT
IT NEEDS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE
ONLINE FOR THREE DAYS.
AND GUESS WHAT, MADAM SPEAKER?
WE ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH
THE RULES OF THE HOUSE AND WE
HAVE NO INTENTION TO WAIVE THAT
AND THE REASON I SAY IT, I DON'T
WANT MEMBERS TO BELIEVE THAT WE
WILL NOT -- OK, I'M LOOKING NOW
AT A STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE ON
SOME PROGRAM ON FOX THAT SAYS, I
WILL NOT BRING A BILL TO THE
FLOOR WHAT HASN'T BEEN POSTED
ONLINE FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS.
LET ME SAY THAT -- THANK YOU, I
WANT TO EXPRESS MY GREAT
APPRECIATION AND I APPRECIATE
THE SIZE OF THE TYPE, TOO,
MAKING IT VERY EASY FOR ME TO
READ IT ACROSS THE AISLE HERE.
ANOTHER INDICATION OF OUR
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BOTH
EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HERE
WHICH IS SOMETHING I GREATLY
APPRECIATE.
IT DID TURN OUT THAT THE SPEAKER
DID SAY THAT, BUT THEN WE CAME
FORWARD WITH A RULES PACKAGE AND
THAT'S WHY WHAT I'M SAYING IS
THE RULES SAY THAT WE WILL IN
FACT HAVE THREE DAYS, THREE-DAY
LAYOVER REQUIREMENT NEED TO BE
MET AND THAT'S WHAT THE RULES OF
THE HOUSE CONSIST OF.
MADAM SPEAKER, I'D LIKE TO
FURTHER YIELD TO MY GOOD FRIEND
FROM FORT LAUDERDALE.
ONE THING I REALLY
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR AND
TAKE OUT SOME OF THE HYPERBOLE
AND THE PASSION FROM MY SIDE OR
YOURS.
WE KNOW AND YOU HAVE SAID, AND I
ECHO YOUR EXPRESSIONS WITH
REFERENCE TO THE NEED FOR US TO
CAN I RECLAIM MY
TIME AND THE REASON I'M DOING
THAT IS I'M TOLD WE HAVE A
MINUTE OR SO LEFT.
I KNOW MY FRIEND HAS SO INS --
10 MINUTES.
SO COULD MY FRIEND YIELD TO THE
GENTLEMAN AND ME SO -- I KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE GREAT
POSTER WITH THE SPEAKER'S QUOTE
UP THERE AGAIN AND I'LL LOOK
FORWARD TO READING IT AGAIN.
I YIELD THE
MINUTE.
THE ONLY THING I'M
TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS I DON'T
WANT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO
BELIEVE THAT WHENEVER WE GET
THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S 72 HOURS
OR WHENEVER IT IS, THAT THAT
MEANS THAT THE DESPERATELY
NEEDED MONEY IN VERMONT AND IN
AND OTHER PLACES IS
GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING MOST
IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE, I'M TELLING
YOU --
YIELD?
I JUST HAVE A
LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
I ASK YOU TO USE YOURS.
I'M TELLING YOU THAT FROM 2004
AND 2005, FROM SIX HURRICANES WE
OF FLORIDA.
LET ME QUICKLY SAY,
IT WAS EXPLAINED TO US BY THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE PROMINGSES --
PROMINGSES -- APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TODAY THAT WE'RE
SPENDING $30 MILLION A DAY.
THERE'S $2 MILLION IN THE
WEEKEND.
PASSAGE OF THIS MEASURE TONIGHT
IS SOMETHING THAT ENSURE THAT WE
WILL AT LEAST HAVE THOSE
RESOURCES AND I HOPE WE CAN
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE
SUFFER.
NOT ONLY
FLORIDIANS.
COUNTRY.
NEW ORLEANS, I KNOW MY FRIEND --
I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
CAN I INQUIRE HOW
MANY OTHER SPEAKERS THE
GENTLEMAN HAS ON THE OTHER SIDE?
MR. SPEAKER, I THANK
MY FRIEND FOR YIELDING AND I
WOULD SAY TO MY FRIEND THAT I'M
GOING TO CLOSE THE DEBATE OVER
HERE AS SOON AS MY FRIEND HOLDS
UP THAT BRILLIANT POSTER FROM
THE FOX NEWS INTERVIEW THAT
SPEAKER BOEHNER HAD.
WITH THAT I RESERVE THE BALANCE
OF MY TIME.
GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
I YIELD MYSELF THE
BALANCE OF OUR TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, I'M
GOING TO HOLD THIS POSTER UP
CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.
I'M GOING TO QUOTE THIS.
I WILL NOT BRING A BILL TO THE
FLOOR THAT HASN'T BEEN POSTED
ONLINE FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS.
JOHN BOEHNER, FOX NEWS,
"AMERICA'S NEWSROOM," 7/22/2010.
AND, MR. SPEAKER, WE CAN, YOU
KNOW, HAVE ALL THE VERBAL
GYRATIONS THAT WE COME UP WITH
HERE ABOUT HOW NOT TO KIND OF
GET TO THE POINT WHICH IS THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THREE DAYS OR 72 HOURS OR
THREE LEGISLATIVE DAYS OR THREE
ANYTHING TO LOOK AT THIS BILL.
AND THE BILL THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE DEBATING LATER TODAY OR
TOMORROW, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW,
KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
RULES COMMITTEE SAID IN AN
INTERVIEW THAT WE HAVE ONLINE TO
NATIONAL JOURNAL THAT THERE'S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER
MONEY IN OFFSETS.
WHERE ARE THOSE OFFSETS COMING
FROM?
WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE OFFSETS
RESOLUTION YESTERDAY WAS AN
OFFSET THAT ACTUALLY WAS A JOB
KILLER.
THAT ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT
NOT ONLY DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED BUT
THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SUPPORTED.
THEY CAME TOGETHER AND AGREED
THAT THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM AND
IT WAS CUT AND IT IS GOING TO
DISCOURAGE JOB CREATION IN THIS
COUNTRY.
SO, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE THESE OFFSETS ARE
GOING TO BE COMING AND AGAIN LET
ME REPEAT WHAT I'VE SAID OVER
AND OVER.
THIS IS NOT -- THIS HAS NOT BEEN
A BIPARTISAN PROCESS.
THE ONLY THING BIPARTISAN ABOUT
THIS CONTINUING RESOLUTION WAS
THE OPPOSITION TO IT.
AND AGAIN I WOULD TELL MY
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS THAT THE
REASON WHY THIS PROMISE BY
SPEAKER BOEHNER IS IMPORTANT IS
BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S IN THE BILL AND I GUESS,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEGINNING TO
UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR RULES DON'T
LIVE UP TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, TO
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY PROMISED.
MR. SPEAKER, THE OTHER THING
ABOUT THIS THAT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND IS THAT NEVER, EVER,
EVER HAVE WE EVER INSISTED ON
OFFSETS FOR EMERGENCY SPENDING
FOR DISASTERS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE WILL
BE ONE, TWO, THREE OR NO
EMERGENCIES THAT HIT OUR COUNTRY
NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER OR
THE YEAR AFTER THAT.
MAYBE MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS HAVE
NOW FIGURED OUT A WAY TO PREDICT
EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS AND
HURRICANES AND TORNADOS BUT WE
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PREDICT WITH
ANY ACCURACY AND THIS NOTION
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
THERE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO
INSIST ON OFFSETS IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
THROWN OUT OF THEIR HOMES,
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN,
SO WE CAN FIND AN OFFSET, YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE DONED NEAT --
DON'T NEED ANY OFFSETS FOR
NATION BUILDING IN AFGHANISTAN,
THAT'S ALL ON THE CREDIT CARD.
THERE'S NO OFFSETS NEEDED FOR
WHY IS IT THAT NO OFFSETS ARE
NEEDED TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU
KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE BECOME
SUPER FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE?
WE NEED TO HAVE OFFSETS FOR
EVERYTHING.
YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE DEBT, PUT
PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
CUTTING PROGRAMS TO PUT PEOPLE
BACK TO WORK.
IT SLOWS DOWN THE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
HERE WE ARE IN SEPTEMBER AND WE
HAVE YET TO DEAL WITH A SINGLE
JOBS BILL ON THIS FLOOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE IN
CALIFORNIA BUT WHEN I GO HOME,
PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT JOBS
AND THE ECONOMY.
THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE DEBT
AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT BY
CUTTING THESE WARS AND CUTTING
BACK ON OVERSEAS PACES WE HAVE,
DONALD TRUMP TO PAY
HIS FAIR SHARE, THERE'S
SOMETHING WRONG WHEN A
BILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND MANAGER
PAYS A LOWER TAX RATE THAN HIS
SECRETARY.
BUT NO, WE CAN'T ASK THAT
PERSON, THAT BILLIONAIRE TO PAY
HIS FAIR SHARE.
EVERYTHING IS AIMED AT WORKING
VULNERABLE.
WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT
PUTTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK.
WE SHOULD BE DEBATING EVERY DAY
ABOUT WAYS TO STIMULATE THE
ECONOMY AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES
TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, TO
FIND WAYS TO STOP INCENTIVIZING
CORPORATIONS TO SEND AMERICAN
JOBS OVERSEAS.
INSTEAD MY FRIENDS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE AISLE ARE
PROTECTING THE STATUS QUO.
THEY ARE PROTECTING THOSE TAX
BREAKS THAT ENCOURAGE JOBS TO
GO OVERSEAS.
ENOUGH.
SPEAKER.
WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING
SUBSIDIES FOR BIG OIL
COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS
ARE THERE.
TO REBUILDING AND
NATION BUILDING IN AFGHANISTAN,
THEY'RE THERE.
WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTAINING,
YOU KNOW, A TAX CODE THAT
ALLOWS A BILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND
MANAGER TO PAY A LOWER TAX RATE
THAN HIS SECRETARY, THEY'RE
THERE.
WHEN I COMES TO DISASTER
ASSISTANCE, WHEN IT COMES TO
JOBS, WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS
THAT MATTER TO EVERYDAY PEOPLE,
IT IS A STRUGGLE.
IT IS A FIGHT.
I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY WHEN
IT COMES TO DISASTER RELIEF.
LET'S BRING THE PRESIDENT'S
JOBS BILL TO THE FLOOR.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, VOTE
AGAINST IT BUT ALLOW US TO HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS NEW,
OPEN HOUSE, LET US BRING THE
PRESIDENT'S JOBS BILL TO THE
THROOR AND SEE WHETHER WE CAN
PASS IT HERE.
IF THIS TRULY IS AN OPEN HOUSE,
WE OUGHT TO HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
I WILL JUST SAY, MR. SPEAKER,
BEFORE I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE
OF MY TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHEN
WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS BILL.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CUTS
WILL BE MADE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
OTHER JOB CREATING PROGRAMS
WILL BE CUT BUT AGAIN, I WILL
NOT BRING A BILL TO THE FLOOR
THAT HASN'T BEEN POSTED ONLINE
FOR AT LEAST 7 HOURS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET 72
MINUTES IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
MR. SPEAKER, MR.
SPEAKER, THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ARE HURTING AND HAVE BEEN
SUFFERING FROM DISASTERS OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND
MONTHS AND OBVIOUSLY FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME IN THE PAST.
WE JUST HAD A MEETING
DOWNSTAIRS WHERE ONE OF MY NEW
COLLEAGUES, THE GENTLEMAN FROM
WILLIAMS PORT, PENNSYLVANIA,
MR. MORENO STOOD UP AND TALKED
ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE --
MARINO STOOD UP AND TALKED
ABOUT THE FACT THAT DAYS AGO HE
WAS DRUDGING -- DREDGING
THROUGH MUD, MEETING WITH THE
PARENTS OF SMALL CHILDREN,
YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO WERE
LITERALLY SITTING ON THE HOODS
OF AUTOMOBILES IN PENNSYLVANIA,
WHERE TERRIBLE FLOODING IS
TAKING PLACE AND THEY HAVE BEEN
ASKING HIM, SINCE THEY HAVE
LOST THEIR HOMES, WHAT HE WAS
GOING TO DO.
MR. MARINO MADE IT CLEAR HE
WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
-- POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT
THOSE FAMILIES WOULD HAVE WHAT
THEY NEEDED AND THAT'S WHY
WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW WITH THE
MEASURE WE HAVE BEFORE US.
MR. SPEAKER, THIS MEASURE THAT
WILL COME BEFORE US LATER THIS
EVENING IS A MEASURE THAT HAS
BEEN ONLINE MORE THAN 72 HOURS.
IT WAS PUT ONLINE ON MONDAY.
TODAY IS THURSDAY.
SO WELL BEYOND 72 HOURS.
AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY DOUBLED FROM
$500 MILLION TO $1 BILLION THE
F.Y. 2011 REQUEST THAT WAS MADE
BY THE PRESIDENT.
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE
IMPERATIVE OF GETTING THESE
RESOURCES TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING.
WE CAN DO THAT WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME REINING IN THE SIZE
AND SCOPE AND REACH AND CONTROL
BAUDS EVERY KNOWS, DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE
ACKNOWLEDGE IN A THERE'S WASTE
IN GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S THE
REASON WE'RE SAYING WE MUST
PARE THE LEVEL OF SPENDING
BACK.
SO MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS NOT
MARTIAL LAW.
THIS IS OUR STEP TO ENSURE THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED AND THAT WE
DO IT IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
WAY AND IT STEMS FROM WHAT WAS
A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT.
WITH THAT, I
URGE AN AYE VOTE ON THE
HOUSE IS IN RECESS, AND WILL
RETURN FOR -- THE HOUSE RULES
COMMITTEE IS IN .
FEES AND BLESSINGS BE UPON
MESSENGERS.
AND GOD AND HIMSELF AND VICTORY.
AND ALL OF THOSE WHO TEST TO
THIS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN.
ALLAH HAS GRANTED ME THE RIGHT
TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS ASSEMBLY.
JOSEPH -- FOR HIS EFFORTS DURING
HIS TENURE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
CONGRATULATE AZIZ FOR HIS
OF THE 66TH SESSION.
LET ME PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF
NATURAL DISASTERS.
PAKISTAN.
THE EFFECTED POPULATIONS IN
THESE COUNTRIES.
I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT DIFFERENT
GLOBAL ISSUES.
AND THE NEED FOR CHANGES.
THE DEVELOPMENTS -- I WILL TRY
TO ANALYZE THE PRESENT
YOU KNOW THE DOMINANCE AND THE
SUPERIORITY OF HUMAN BEINGS OVER
THIS IS IN THE VERY NATURE AND
THE TRUTH OF HUMAN
THIS IS A DIVINE GIFT AND A
EMBODYING FACING
GOD, THE EVERLASTING CREATOR,
UNIVERSE.
AND SHOWING COMPASSION TO
OTHERS, GENEROSITY AND THE
INTEGRITY, IN WAR AND PEACE.
THE QUEST FOR DIGNITY TO MEET
THE PINNACLE OF PERFECTION, TO
ELEVATE YOUR STATUS AND REALIZE
LIBERTY.
THE DISCRIMINATION IN CONTRAST
TO SUPPORTING THE OPPRESSED.
WITH LASTING SECURITY FOR ALL.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE
MANIFESTATIONS OF HUMAN
ATTRIBUTES.
AND THIS CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN IN
THE HISTORICAL MATURATION OF
AS REFLECTED IN THE
HERITAGE OF THE SEARCH, AND THE
POETRY, AND THE CULTURAL AND
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF HUMAN
BEINGS IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
THE DIVINE PROFITS AND SOCIAL
REFORMER -- SOCIAL REFORMERS,
GOD HAS GIVEN DIGNITY TO HUMAN
KIND TO ELEVATE HIS STATUS, TO
ASSUME HIS SUCCESSOR ROLE ON THE
EARTH.
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, MR.
PRESIDENT, IT IS CLEAR THAT WITH
ALL OF THESE HISTORICAL
ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE
CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS,
THIS WAS A PRODUCT OF THE
EFFORTS OF JUSTICE-SEEKING
INDIVIDUALS.
HUMAN SOCIETY -- THEY ARE YET
FAR FROM FULFILLING THE NORMAL
DESIRES AND ASPIRATIONS.
THOSE NATIONS OF THE WORLD ARE
UNHAPPY WITH THE CURRENT
INTERNATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND
DESPISE -- -- THE WARS AND THE
MASS ***, THE WIDESPREAD
POVERTY AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC
AND POLITICAL CRISIS, THAT
NATIONS.
THIS WILL LEAVE BEHIND A
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE, WORLDWIDE.
ALL NATIONS IN THE WORLD.
APPROXIMATELY 3 BILLION PEOPLE
OF THE WORLD, LIVE ON LESS THAN
$2.30 PER DAY, AND 200 MILLION
PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT A SUFFICIENT
MEAL ON A DAILY BASIS.
40% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION
SHARES 5% OF THE GLOBAL INCOME
AS 20% OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE
SHARE 75% OF THE ECONOMIC
EARNINGS WORLDWIDE.
DESTITUTE CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY
80% OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IN
THE UNITED STATES -- THIS IS
CONTROLLED BY 10% OF THE
PEOPLE, AND ONLY 20% BELONGS TO
90% OF THE POPULATION.
HOW DOES ONE REMEDY THIS
INJUSTICE?
THEY PUT THE BLAME ON PEOPLE FOR
RELIGION, AND THE PURSUIT OF THE
AND WITH A NUMBER OF GROUPS FOR
INDIVIDUALS.
ONLY THESE PRESCRIPTIONS CAN
THE WORLD ECONOMY.
DON'T YOU THINK THAT THIS IS
PART OF THE PREVAILING
INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR
CONDESCENSION TO THE FOLLOWING
QUESTION.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES IN AFRICA
AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD
DURING THE TIME OF SLAVERY.
MAKING THEM A VICTIM OF THEIR
MATERIALISTIC AGREED IN THE
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
WE HAVE OPPOSED THIS FOR OVER
FOUR CENTURIES ON THIS WORLD.
AND TO OCCUPIES LAND WITH THE
MASSIVE RESOURCES OF OTHER
NATIONS, ALIENATED CUSTOMS AND
THE ENTITY OF NATIONS.
THE WORLD WAR LEFT 17 MILLION
KILLED, AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS, WHO CREATED THE WAR IN
THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND
VIETNAM?
HE HARBORS THIS.
THE ZIONIST, WITH OVER 50 YEARS
OF WORLD -- OF WORK.
MASS *** OF THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE AND THE REGION.
FOR DECADES, THE MILITARY
DICTATORSHIP.
THE AFRICAN NATIONS.
THE USE THIS AGAINST DEFENSELESS
THEY STOCKPILE WARHEADS IN THE
ARSENALS.
WHO PROVOKED AND ENCOURAGED SOME
HUSSEIN TO INVADE AND IMPOSE AN
EIGHT YEAR WAR ON IRAN.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS?
WHO USED THE INCIDENT ON 9/11 TO
ATTACK AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN.
THIS PLACING MILLIONS INTO A
COUPLE OF COUNTRIES.
AND TO UNDERMINED THE SYSTEM,
PRINTING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS
WITHOUT THE BACKING OF THE
RESERVES.
THIS TRIGGERED INFLATION
WORLDWIDE, AND WAS INTENDED TO
PREY ON THE ECONOMIC GAINS OF
WHAT COUNTRY'S MILITARY
STANDING IS OVER 1000 BILLION
DOLLARS MORE THAN THE MILITARY
BUDGET OF ALL THE COUNTRIES OF
THE WORLD, COMBINED?
WHICH GOVERNMENTS OF THE MOST
WORLD, AND WHO
IS A GOVERNMENT THAT THREATENS
ALL NATIONS AND COUNTRIES?
WHO DOMINATES THE POLICIES MAJOR
ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE WORLD
AND WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WORLD'S ECONOMIC RECESSION, AND
ARE IMPOSING ITS CONSEQUENCES,
IN EUROPE AND ASIA, AFRICA,
NATIONS.
WHICH OF THEM ARE READY TO DROP
THOUSANDS OF BOMBS ON OTHER
COUNTRIES BUT HESITATES TO SEND
FOOD TO THE PEOPLE OF SOMALIA OR
IN OTHER PLACES.
WHO ARE THE ONES DOMINATING THE
SECURITY COUNCIL, THAT IS
RESPONSIBLE TO SAFEGUARD
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER
SITUATIONS, OF COURSE.
THE MAJORITY OF THE NATION'S AND
THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE WORLD
HAVE NO ROLE IN THE CREATION OF
THE CURRENT GLOBAL CRISIS.
THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF SUCH
THE SAME SLAVE MASTERS AND
COLONIAL POWERS THAT TRIGGERED
THE WORLD WARS HAVE CAUSED
WIDESPREAD MISERY AND DISORDER,
WITH FAR REACHING EFFECTS.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO CONTROL THE
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CENTERS.
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, DO THESE
ARROGANT POWERS REALLY HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE TO GOVERN THE WORLD,
IT THAT THEY CALL
THEMSELVES THE SOLE DEFENDERS OF
RIGHTS.
AS THEY ATTACKED AND OCCUPIED
OTHERS.
CAN THE FLOWER OF DEMOCRACY
BLOSSOM FROM THE MISSILES AND
BOMBS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES STILL
USE THE HOLOCAUST AFTER SIX
DECADES, TO PAY RANSOM TO THE
ZIONISTS.
SHOULD NOT BE AN OBLIGATION THAT
THE MASTERS OF ALL COLONIAL
POWERS MAKE REPARATIONS TO THE
WITH SLAVERY AND COLONIALISM,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE
MANIPULATORS AND THE POLITICAL
POWERS BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE
UNITED STATES AND EUROPE?
IF ONLY HALF OF THE MILITARY
ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE ALLIES IN NATO,
THIS IS TO HELP THE ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
WILL THEY WITNESS ANY SYMPTOMS
OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE SAME
AMOUNT IS TAKEN TO THE POOR
NATIONS?
WHAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR
THE HUNDREDS OF U.S. MILITARY
WORLD?
87 IN SOUTH KOREA.
KINGDOM AND 21
AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
WHAT COULD THIS BE OTHER THAN
THE BONDS ARE DEPLOYED -- THAT
UNDERMINE THE SECURITY OF OTHER
THE MAIN QUESTION IS A SEARCH
-- THE POT -- THE PRIME REASON
IS THE TENDENCIES OF THE
ESTABLISHMENT, AND ASSEMBLY OF
PEOPLE WITH THE INNER HUMAN
INSTINCTS, AND DISPOSITION TO
ALSO HAVE NO FAITH IN GOD AND
THE DIVINE PROFITS.
THEY PLACE THEIR LOT WITH POWER
AND MATERIALISTIC AND.
TO THEM, THEY BRING INTO PURPOSE
THESE SINISTER GOALS.
THEY HAVE NO HOPE TO SUPPORT
THEIR -- TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS
AGAINST THESE POWERS.
THEY KEEP THEIR POWER WITH THE
HUMILIATION AND ANNIHILATION --
AND THEY ENJOY SPECIAL
PRIVILEGES WITH NO RESPECT FOR
OTHERS.
AND THEY VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF
ALL NATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS.
THEY PROCLAIM THEMSELVES AS THE
INDISPUTABLE CUSTODIANS OF ALL
NATIONS, THROUGH INTIMIDATION,
THROUGH FORCE AND INTERNATIONAL
THEY INSIST ON IMPOSING --
IMPOSING THEIR BELIEFS IN
OTHERS.
THEY WEAKEN COUNTRIES FOR
MILITARY INTERVENTION AND
DESTROY THEIR STRUCTURES IN
ORDER TO TAKE THEIR RESOURCES,
DEPENDENT.
THEY TRADE HOSTILITIES AMONG
NATIONS IN ORDER TO PREVENT
THEM FROM FULFILLING THE GOALS
OF DEVELOPMENTS.
ALL CULTURAL IDENTITIES, THE
VALUES AND THE WEALTH OF
THEIR SACRIFICE BY THESE
TENDENCIES TO ENSLAVE AND
CAPTIVATE OTHER NATIONS.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SECURE
THEIR INTERESTS AND
MATERIALISTIC INTENTIONS.
THE PURSUIT OF SUCH DIABOLICAL
-- THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE
THEY TOLERATE NO QUESTIONS AND
GIVE THIS AS THEY USE THEIR
MATERIALISTIC IMPORTS,
INFLUENCED BY COLONIALISM, THEY
THREATEN ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS
THE HOLOCAUST.
AND THE SANCTIONS AND MILITARY
ACTIONS, LAST YEAR, WHEN THE
NEED CAME FOR A FORMAL
INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE
RECENT ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN THE
SEPTEMBER 11 INCIDENT, THIS IS
ALSO ENFORCED BY THE REGIME --
WE CAME UNDER PRESSURE AND
UNITED STATES.
INSTEAD OF ASSIGNING A FACT-
MAIN PERPETRATORS.
SEA.
WHAT DID NOT HAVE BEEN
REASONABLE TO BRING TO JUSTICE
AND TRY OPENLY THE MAIN
INCIDENT, TO
IDENTIFY THE REASON BEHIND THE
SPACE FOR THE INVADING AIRCRAFT
TO ATTACK THE WORLD TRADE
TOWERS.
WHY WAS IT NOT ALLOWED TO BRING
HIM TO TRIAL, AND RECOGNIZE
THOSE WHO BROUGHT WAR'S END TO
THIS POSITION.
IS THERE ANY CLASSIFIED
SECRET.
THEY BELIEVE ZIONISM IS A SACRED
KNOWLEDGE, AND ANY QUESTIONING
IS CONDEMNED BY THEM FOR THE
UNFORGIVABLE SIN, HOWEVER, THERE
WILL ALLOW SACRILEGE AGAINST
OTHER DIVINE RELIGIONS.
DIGNITY AND WELL-BEING IN
IS OF THE RIGHTS OF
THESE VALUES CAN EITHER BE
ACHIEVED UNDER THE SYSTEM OF
WORLD GOVERNMENT, OR THE WORLD'S
FORCES.
THESE VALUES CAN ONLY BE
REALIZED WITH INDEPENDENCE AND
THE PUBLIC RIGHTS AND
COOPERATION.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEMS USING THE PRINT --
PREVAILING INTERNATIONAL
MECHANISM OR TOOLS TO HELP
HUMANITY FIND PEACE AND
SECURITY AND EQUALITY.
THE EXISTING LAWS AND TENDENCIES
THERE WAS A PROMINENT
INDIVIDUAL WHO FAILED TO BRING
MONUMENTAL CHANGES.
GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL REFORM.
AND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE NOW?
RESOLVE.
THROUGH COLLECTIVE COOPERATION.
PRINCIPLES.
AND THE HUMAN VALUES -- WITH
JUSTICE AND FREEDOM, LOVE, AND
THE QUEST FOR HAPPINESS.
BASED ON HAPPINESS FOR EVERYONE.
THE IDEA FOR THE CREATION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS REMAINS A
HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF
MANKIND AND THIS IS IMPORTANT
AND MUST BE APPRECIATED, AND ITS
CAPACITY MUST BE USED TO THE
EXTENT POSSIBLE.
WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE
ORGANIZATION WITH THE SHARED
ASPIRATION OF THE COMMUNITY OF
NATIONS TO DEVIATE FROM THE MAIN
COURSE.
AND PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THE
WORLD POWERS.
CONDUCIVE ROUNDS MUST BE
PREPARED TO ENSURE A COLLECTIVE
PARTICIPATION, IN AN EFFORT TO
PROMOTE LASTING PEACE AND
SECURITY.
THE COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE
WORLD MUST BE ACHIEVED IN THE
TRUE SENSE, AND THEN THE
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES -- IN
LAW, JUSTICE MUST
SERVE AS THE CRITERIA AND THE
DECISIONS.
WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT
THAT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAN
WORLD.
AND THE PRESENT DISORDER AND
TYRANNY, AND DISCRIMINATION
WORLDWIDE.
AND THERE, WITH HUMAN SOCIETY,
ESTABLISHING THE VIVID TRUTH.
AND DID NOT ALLEGING THIS -- YOU
MUST SAY THAT THIS IS NOT
ENOUGH AND WE HAVE TO HAVE
FURTHER FAITH IN THIS AND SPARE
NO EFFORTS -- SHARED AND
COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE
WORLD FOR ALL NATIONS.
AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
DEFEND THESE RIGHTS.
AND WE CONTINUOUSLY TRIED TO
FRUSTRATE ALL THE INTERNATIONAL
EFFORTS.
PROMOTING THE COLLECTIVE
COOPERATIONS.
AND WE STRENGTHEN OUR BELIEF IN
ACHIEVING THE PERCEIVED GOALS OF
ESTABLISHING THE SHARES AND THE
COLLECTIVE COOPERATION
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE UNITED NATIONS WAS DESIGNED
FOR THE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION
OF ALL NATIONS.
WE ALL KNOW THAT.
THIS GOAL HAS NOT YET BEEN
FULFILLED BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE
OF JUSTICE IN THE CURRENT
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE, AND THE
NATIONS.
THE COMPOSITION OF THE SECURITY
UNJUST, AND
THEREFORE, A CHANGING AND
STRUCTURING OF THE UNITED
NATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS THE
BASIC DEMAND OF THE NATION'S
THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED BY THE
DURING THE LAST SESSIONS I
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
ISSUE, AND CALLED FOR THE
DESIGNATION OF THIS DECADE AS A
MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT THE CAPACITY AND
RESOURCES MUST BE MODERNIZED.
I REITERATE MY PROPOSAL, THAT
THROUGH INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION, EFFORTS ARE
COMMITTED AND WORLD LEADERS --
TO THE ASSISTANCE ON JUSTICE AND
SUPPORT, OF ALL THE OTHER
NATIONS.
WE CAN EXPEDITE THE BUILDING OF
A COMMON, LARGE FUTURE.
THIS MOVEMENTS IS PRESENTLY ON
THE RIGHTFUL PATH OF CREATION.
WITH THE ASSURANCE OF THE FUTURE
OF HUMANITY.
A FUTURE THAT WILL BE BILLED
WHEN HUMANITY INITIATES TO TREAD
THE PATH OF THE DIVINE PROFITS,PHETS,
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF IMAM,
THE ULTIMATE SAVIOR OF MANKIND
AND THE INHERITER TO ALL DIVINE
MESSENGERS AND THE FEW.
GENERATION OF OUR GREAT PROPHET.
THE CREATION OF A SUPREME AN
SOCIETY, WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF A PERFECT HUMAN BEING, AND A
LOVER OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS, THIS
IS THE GUARANTEED PROMISE.
HE WILL COME WITH JESUS CHRIST
TO LEAD FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
LOVERS TO ERADICATE TIERNEY, AND
DISCRIMINATION, AND PROMOTE
KNOWLEDGE IN PEACE, JUSTICE,
FREEDOM, ACROSS THE WORLD.
HE WILL PRESENT EVERY SINGLE
WORLD.
STRENGTH AND HAPPINESS FOR
MANKIND, AND THE PROMISE OF A
BETTER TOMORROW TO ALL OF
HUMANITY, AND THE SWEET TASTE OF
LIFE TO ALL.
FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, TODAY
NATIONS HAVE BEEN AWAKENED, AND
THEY NO LONGER SUCCUMB TO
OPPRESSION.
AND DISCRIMINATION.
THE WORLD IS NOW WITNESSING,
MORE THAN EVER, THE WIDESPREAD
AWAKENING IN ISLAMIC LANDS IN
ASIA AND EUROPE, AND IN AMERICA.
EVERY DAY, THESE MOVEMENTS OF
EVERY FAMILY, THEY PURSUE THE
REALIZATION OF JUSTICE AND THE
CREATION OF A BETTER TOMORROW.
OUR GREAT NATION AND OUR NATION
BUILDS A GREAT
CIVILIZATION STANDS READY TO
JOIN HANDS WITH OTHER NATIONS TO
MARCH ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PATH IN
HARMONY AND IN LINE WITH THE
SHARED ASPIRATIONS OF MANKIND.
US SALUTE LOVE AND FREEDOM, LET
US SALUTE JUSTICE AND
KNOWLEDGE, AND LET US SALUTE THE
BRIGHT FUTURE THAT AWAITS HIM IN
KIND.
I THANK YOU ALL, LADIES AND
THE PRIME MINISTER
OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY,
ERDOGAN, AND I INVITE HIM TO
ADDRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
MR. PRESIDENT, MR. SECRETARY-
GENERAL, EXCELLENCY AND
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN.
I WARMLY AND RESPECTFULLY GREET
YOU ALL AND HOPE THAT THE 66TH
SESSION OF THE U.N. GENERAL
RESULTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE HIS
EXCELLENCY ON THE ASSUMPTION OF
THE PRESIDENCY AND WISH TO
EXTEND MY SINCERE APPRECIATION
TO JOSEPH FOR HIS TIME WITH THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WE ARE PASSING THROUGH A TIME
WHEN BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED
NATIONS ARE TWISTED IN AN
UNPRECEDENTED MANNER.
BUT I WILL SAY VERY FRANKLY THAT
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT
DEMONSTRATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT
IS NECESSARY TO MANKIND PREVAIL
OVER ITS FEARS FOR THE FUTURE.
THEREFORE, THE UNITED NATIONS
HAS TO REFORM ITSELF WITH A
RENEWED VISION, FOR THE RIGHTS
OF HUMANITY AS A WHOLE, RATHER
THAN ACTING UNDER THE
GUARDIANSHIP OF CERTAIN
COUNTRIES.
SOMALIA, I
WITNESSED HOW THE UNITED NATIONS
AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
REMAIN HELPLESS AGAINST THE
PRESSING PROBLEMS OF TODAY.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO PUT
INTO WORDS THE POVERTY AND
SUFFERING THAT I HAVE SEEN IN
SOMALIA.
I SPEAK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I
HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THIS WITH
MY FAMILY AND MY MINISTERS.
WITNESSED.
THE TRAGEDY OF SOMALIA, WHERE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
DIE BECAUSE OF A LACK OF WATER
-- THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN
SPEAK ABOUT IN A FEW WORDS.
THIS IS A SHAME, AND THE CIVIL
WAR GOING ON FOR THE LAST 20
YEARS HAS WIPED OUT ALL OF THE
THE LIVELIHOOD OF
SOMALIA, AND THE PEOPLE OF
SOMALIA ARE BEING TRACKED TO
DEATH.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS
WATCHING THE SUFFERING IN
SOMALIA AS IF THIS WAS A MOVIE.
HOWEVER, WE SHOULD URGENTLY FACE
THIS SITUATION, A THREAT TO OUR
HUMANITY.
AND WE SHOULD LOOK NOT ONLY
INTO THE HISTORY OF TODAY, BUT
THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY THAT HAS
LED THEM TO THIS GREAT TRAGEDY.
BENEATH THIS ICEBERG ARE GREAT
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND THE
SITUATION IN SOMALIA HAS
REVEALED THE DEEP WOUNDS FROM
THE COLONIAL MENTALITY.
TODAY -- THIS COLD, COLONIAL
UNDERSTANDING IS ABSENT, WHERE
IT HAS NO INTEREST.
AND NOW THEY WATCH MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE DIE IN NEED OF A MORSEL
NO ONE CAN SPEAK OF PEACE OR
JUSTICE AND CIVILIZATION IN THE
WORLD, IF THE OUTCRY RISING FROM
SOMALIA GOES ON HEARD.
NO WORD IS SUFFICIENT TO
DESCRIBE THE AGONY GOING ON IN
SOMALIA.
THE APPROACH TO SOMALIA IS
GROUNDED ON THE HUMANITARIAN
PRINCIPLES.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE LAUNCHED A
COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN FOR
SOMALIA WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
WE HAVE COLLECTED A DONATION OF
MILLION U.S. DOLLARS
WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS FROM
AND THE AMOUNT OF HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE WAS OF THE LEVEL OF
30 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS.
WE ALSO CALLED AN EMERGENCY
MEETING OF THE ISLAMIC
CORPORATIONS IN ISTANBUL, AND
EXCEEDED 350 MILLION U.S.
TURKEY IS ALSO DETERMINED TO
HELP BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE
FACILITIES THAT WOULD ENABLE THE
COUNTRY TO STAND ON ITS FEET.
TURKEY HAS UNDERTAKEN
TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH AND
EDUCATION, AND OTHER CULTURES
-- WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF
ROADS AND HOSPITALS, AND BY
REOPENING THE EMBASSY IN
MOGADISHU, WE HAVE ALSO SHOWN
THE WORLD THAT SECURITY
CHALLENGES CANNOT BE AN EXCUSE
FOR DELAYING ASSISTANCE.
IN PARALLEL, IT IS ALSO
NECESSARY TO BRING AN END TO
THE CIVIL WAR AND PROVIDE THE
COUNTRY WITH A DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE, AN ORDER TO SUCCEED
TERRORISM.
IN THIS REGARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO
ASK WHY THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY DENIES WHAT THEY HAVE
SHOWN IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SHOULD
REACT WITH URGENCY TO SUPPORT
THE EFFORTS FOR PEACE AND
STABILITY IN SOMALIA.
THE CIVIL WAR THAT HAS BEEN
SMOTHERING THEM SHOULD COME TO
DELAY.
IN THIS CONFLICT, THE RECENT
PROGRESS BY THE SOMALIAN LEADERS
FOR NATIONAL CONSENSUS GIVES US
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
AS SOMALIA TAKES ITS PLACE
WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY, THE WORLD WILL BECOME
A SAFER AND MORE STABLE PLACE.
THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT LIES AT
THE HEART OF THESE EFFORTS TO
SOMALIA, -- WE ARE MAKING EVERY
EFFORT TO HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT
WILL HELP THEM STAND ON THEIR
FEET, AND WE ALSO WANT AN
TO STABLE DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE DOING THIS SOLELY FOR OUR
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSIBILITIES
AND NO OTHER PURPOSE OR
INTENTION.
IT IS THE GREATEST WISH WE HAVE
THAT THE LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATED
BY TURKEY WILL SET AN EXAMPLE
FOR THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL
ACCORDING TO US, THE UNITED
NATIONS IS THE IDEAL THAT SHOWS
THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND
JUSTICE, WITH PEACE RATHER THAN
CONFLICT IN HUMAN CONSCIENCE
RATHER THAN OTHER INTERESTS,
THIS IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND UNITED
NATIONS TO BE.
THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT TO THE
REALIZATION OF THIS IDEA IS THE
ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT THAT HAS
BEEN ONGOING FOR MORE THAN HALF
THE FACT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS
STILL NOT RESOLVED, AND THAT
JUSTICE IS SACRIFICED IN FAVOR
POLITICAL BALANCE IS THE
GREATEST BLOW TO THE SENSE OF
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.
TODAY -- ISRAEL HAS NOT ABIDED
BY 89 RESOLUTIONS OF THE U.S.
SECURITY COUNCIL.
AND IN ADDITION, THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF RESOLUTIONS WITH THE
HAS IGNORED.
WHAT IS EVEN MORE REGRETTABLE IS
THE FACT THAT THE UNITED
NATIONS HAS BEEN HELPLESS IN
SUCH A WAY, THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN
NO STEPS TO END THE HUMAN
TRAGEDY OF THE PALESTINIAN
THE QUESTION I ASKED IS, WHEN
THE U.N. TAKES DECISIONS WITH
IMPLEMENTING THIS IN
VARIOUS OTHER PLACES, ARE YOU
SILENCE IN THE CASE OF OTHER
EXAMPLES, OR ARE YOU FOLLOWING
THROUGH WITH THE RESOLUTIONS --
RESOLUTIONS IN THE SUDAN.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OURSELVES IN
THE MIRROR.
THERE IS A GREAT INDIGNATION IN
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN
GENERAL, AND IT CANNOT REMAIN
UNSOLVED, AND THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY MUST ACT URGENTLY, AND
HE'LL THIS BLEEDING WOUND.
THEY SO EASILY USE THE PHOSPHATE
BOMBS, AND THERE IS NO SANCTION
BUT EVEN IF THERE IS A RISK OF
THIS POSSIBILITY ELSEWHERE IN
THE REGION, THERE IS AN EFFORT
TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.
AND I ASK WHETHER THIS IS FAIR.
THE PROBLEM IN THIS CONTEXT
STEMS FROM THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT.
THOSE WHO GOVERN THE COUNTRY
TAKE STEPS EVERY DAY, THAT BUILD
NEW BARRIERS PREVENTING PEACE.
IT IS THE PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES UNDER OCCUPATION.
BUT SAYING THAT THIS IS AN
ISRAELI TERRITORY -- IS
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY THAT IS
UNDER OCCUPATION.
AND ISRAEL BUT IS USING THIS
PROPORTION THE DISPROPORTIONATE
IN THIS CONTEXT, THE LEGAL
SENTIMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED
COUNTRY OF PALESTINE, THE
STANDOUT IN PARTICULAR.
I ASKED YOU, IN THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
ISOLATING ANY PEOPLE FROM
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND JUSTICE IS
I DO NOT SEE SUCH A POSSIBILITY.
IF YOU WANT TO SEND A BOX OF
TOMATOES TO PALESTINE, YOU HAVE
TO GET PERMISSION FROM ISRAEL.
AND AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE,
THEY MUST MAKE A CHOICE.
LOOPHOLES IN THE U.N. SYSTEM AND
LOBBYING SOME COUNTRIES MAY GIVE
ISRAEL A CHANCE TO EVADE
LAW AND JUSTICE IN
THE FACE OF ITS ILLEGITIMATE
ACTIONS, HOWEVER, THIS WILL NOT
ENSURE -- THIS WILL NOT ENSURE
THE SECURITY THAT THEY NEED
TODAY.
THOSE WHO GOVERN ISRAEL MUST SEE
THAT REAL SECURITY IS POSSIBLE
ONLY BY BUILDING REAL PEACE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON
ISRAEL,.
NOTHING WILL SUBSTITUTE PEACE.
WHAT YOU FACE TODAY IS NOT A
SIMPLE EQUATION ON PEACE AND
YOU MUST YOU MUST HAVE THE
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WILL NO LONGER BE POSSIBLE
TO CARRY ON IN AN ENVIRONMENT
OF CONFLICT.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE SPEECH
AT C-SPAN.ORG.
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