Secretary Clinton Speaks to The Women in The World Summit
March 15, 2010
News Blaze
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you so much, Tina, for having the inspiration to put together this remarkable program over this weekend and for introducing some of the inspiring women who have been part of Vital Voices. Thanks also to Diane von Furstenburg who is out there - I can't see anyone, but I know she's there - for being such a vital voice on behalf of Vital Voices. Your vision has been essential to its success. And of course, Alyse, who has been absolutely magnificent in taking over and leading Vital Voices. And the predecessor who is now the first Ambassador for Women's Global Issues Melanne Verveer and so many of you - (applause) - who have come from around the world.
I am thrilled that we are marking this 15th anniversary of the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing. Fifteen years and many hairstyles ago - (laughter) - we have seen a lot of progress. (Laughter, applause.) And on behalf of women as well. (Laughter.)
Earlier today, I was honored to speak at the UN in commemoration of this anniversary and to make an accounting of how far we've come and how far we have yet to go. In many countries, laws that permitted the unequal treatment of women have been replaced by laws that prohibit gender-based violence and discrimination. The challenge now is to ensure that they are enforced.
Growing numbers of women have been elected to public office, received in education, joined the workforce. And so the progress is undeniable, but it is insufficient, because for every place where women's lives have improved, there are still too many where there has not been that progress, where women's rights may exist on the books but not on the streets, where violence against women remains an epidemic, and the extremist voices calling for restrictions on women's rights are growing louder. So we must raise our voices even more loudly.
So we meet today to have this extraordinary gathering, discuss about what more can be done, and how we can be those voices that are needed for so many who are silent. And we call on all people and all nations in recognizing not only that women's rights are human rights, but that women's progress is human progress.
And tonight, you're going to meet some remarkable women - women who have lived lives of activism, sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity, women who stand for so many other women and girls who will never know the names of any of us, but who, through the ripple effect of what we do, might have a chance to go to school or get healthcare or start a small business or vote.
This project began when a playwright, Carol Mack, met someone whom I have known for a number of years, Farida Azizi. And Carol Mack was so moved by Farida's story that she wanted to find out if there were other women like Farida in the Vital Voices network. And she quickly realized that this network is overflowing with courageous, extraordinary women. So in a few months, she recruited six other playwrights and they immersed themselves in the stories of seven of these women who overcame powerful interests and personal tragedy, and who found the will and the ways to change lives and promote peace.
I can personally attest to the power and example of these women. I know each of them. And I am anxious for you to meet them. You will meet Inez. She and I have worked together since my time as First Lady. She has been an activist on behalf of women's rights, labor, and peace. And her efforts to promote human rights and social justice remain an inspiration to me.
You will meet Marina, who has established shelters and provided counseling to countless women who pioneered the fight against human trafficking in Russia and who has carried on that work against formidable odds.
You will meet Mu, who's been a leader in the struggle against trafficking and on behalf of democracy. And she won a seat in the National Assembly in Cambodia two years ago.
You will meet Anabella, who I met first on a visit to Guatemala, when she was a leader in the congress there. She lifted herself out of poverty, overcame staggering obstacles to fight against corruption, and has championed the rights of women and the indigent.
And you will get to know more about Farida. When the Taliban fell, she and other women from Afghanistan came out of the shadows and began speaking out. And she has carried the message about what has happened and happening to women from Afghanistan, around the world, including to Capitol Hill.
And you will hear the story of Mukhtar, who became a legend and an inspiration as she struggled to educate boys and girls in Pakistan. She is a symbol of how one can transcend the worst brutality and work to benefit humanity.
And Hafsat, who, after the tragic deaths of her parents, transformed her life and the lives of others by working to strengthen civil society and promoting democracy in Nigeria.
These women have never given up. Their courage was forged in fires hotter than most of us can imagine. But they have persevered and even risked their lives to create a world that is more just, more compassionate, more humane. Their stories teach us that one person can make a difference and that change is possible. And they also summon us, challenge us to ask every single day, what can we do here at home as well as around the world? These are women for our time. They are women who are creating change and who can teach each of us how to change as well.
In the play, you will hear Mu say, "When people ask, 'How can you wake up and still do this after 25 years,' I say you have to do it until people who do not have a voice do.'" That is the whole idea of Vital Voices. When we first started it back in the last century, we saw it as an opportunity for those of us who are so privileged and blessed here in our country not only to reach out and help others find their voice, amplify their voices, and give voice to the voiceless, but also to influence our own lives, for us to take a hard look at what we are capable of doing, and how much we have to be grateful for.
So the women you will meet tonight truly are extraordinary, but they are not alone. There are so many women and men who are working quietly, doing their part every day. There are so many who need our support, who need our protection, who need our government to stand up for them. That is what we're doing in this Administration, speaking out for those who need to have the protection that comes when the United States Government notices what they are doing.
I was in Guatemala last week, and I met with a woman who has bravely been taking on corruption and naming names when it comes to the drug traffickers. Our ambassador there said, "Please take a picture with her, because they're trying to kill her. And maybe if they know that the United States is watching, they won't." And I thought to myself: All I'm asked to do is take a picture, stand there for seconds, to exchange words with this woman who is risking all because she cares so deeply about justice and morality and her country. And she's the one who's putting everything there is on the line.
So let's enjoy this evening, let's meet these remarkable women, and then let's decide what each of us can do to make sure that we stand on the side of those who are pushing forward the boundaries of human freedom, human rights, who are expanding the circle of opportunity to include women and girls.
So I am very pleased to introduce this reading of the play "Seven"." "(Applause.)
Source: U.S. Department of State
I am thrilled that we are marking this 15th anniversary of the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing. Fifteen years and many hairstyles ago - (laughter) - we have seen a lot of progress. (Laughter, applause.) And on behalf of women as well. (Laughter.)
Earlier today, I was honored to speak at the UN in commemoration of this anniversary and to make an accounting of how far we've come and how far we have yet to go. In many countries, laws that permitted the unequal treatment of women have been replaced by laws that prohibit gender-based violence and discrimination. The challenge now is to ensure that they are enforced.
Growing numbers of women have been elected to public office, received in education, joined the workforce. And so the progress is undeniable, but it is insufficient, because for every place where women's lives have improved, there are still too many where there has not been that progress, where women's rights may exist on the books but not on the streets, where violence against women remains an epidemic, and the extremist voices calling for restrictions on women's rights are growing louder. So we must raise our voices even more loudly.
So we meet today to have this extraordinary gathering, discuss about what more can be done, and how we can be those voices that are needed for so many who are silent. And we call on all people and all nations in recognizing not only that women's rights are human rights, but that women's progress is human progress.
And tonight, you're going to meet some remarkable women - women who have lived lives of activism, sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity, women who stand for so many other women and girls who will never know the names of any of us, but who, through the ripple effect of what we do, might have a chance to go to school or get healthcare or start a small business or vote.
This project began when a playwright, Carol Mack, met someone whom I have known for a number of years, Farida Azizi. And Carol Mack was so moved by Farida's story that she wanted to find out if there were other women like Farida in the Vital Voices network. And she quickly realized that this network is overflowing with courageous, extraordinary women. So in a few months, she recruited six other playwrights and they immersed themselves in the stories of seven of these women who overcame powerful interests and personal tragedy, and who found the will and the ways to change lives and promote peace.
I can personally attest to the power and example of these women. I know each of them. And I am anxious for you to meet them. You will meet Inez. She and I have worked together since my time as First Lady. She has been an activist on behalf of women's rights, labor, and peace. And her efforts to promote human rights and social justice remain an inspiration to me.
You will meet Marina, who has established shelters and provided counseling to countless women who pioneered the fight against human trafficking in Russia and who has carried on that work against formidable odds.
You will meet Mu, who's been a leader in the struggle against trafficking and on behalf of democracy. And she won a seat in the National Assembly in Cambodia two years ago.
You will meet Anabella, who I met first on a visit to Guatemala, when she was a leader in the congress there. She lifted herself out of poverty, overcame staggering obstacles to fight against corruption, and has championed the rights of women and the indigent.
And you will get to know more about Farida. When the Taliban fell, she and other women from Afghanistan came out of the shadows and began speaking out. And she has carried the message about what has happened and happening to women from Afghanistan, around the world, including to Capitol Hill.
And you will hear the story of Mukhtar, who became a legend and an inspiration as she struggled to educate boys and girls in Pakistan. She is a symbol of how one can transcend the worst brutality and work to benefit humanity.
And Hafsat, who, after the tragic deaths of her parents, transformed her life and the lives of others by working to strengthen civil society and promoting democracy in Nigeria.
These women have never given up. Their courage was forged in fires hotter than most of us can imagine. But they have persevered and even risked their lives to create a world that is more just, more compassionate, more humane. Their stories teach us that one person can make a difference and that change is possible. And they also summon us, challenge us to ask every single day, what can we do here at home as well as around the world? These are women for our time. They are women who are creating change and who can teach each of us how to change as well.
In the play, you will hear Mu say, "When people ask, 'How can you wake up and still do this after 25 years,' I say you have to do it until people who do not have a voice do.'" That is the whole idea of Vital Voices. When we first started it back in the last century, we saw it as an opportunity for those of us who are so privileged and blessed here in our country not only to reach out and help others find their voice, amplify their voices, and give voice to the voiceless, but also to influence our own lives, for us to take a hard look at what we are capable of doing, and how much we have to be grateful for.
So the women you will meet tonight truly are extraordinary, but they are not alone. There are so many women and men who are working quietly, doing their part every day. There are so many who need our support, who need our protection, who need our government to stand up for them. That is what we're doing in this Administration, speaking out for those who need to have the protection that comes when the United States Government notices what they are doing.
I was in Guatemala last week, and I met with a woman who has bravely been taking on corruption and naming names when it comes to the drug traffickers. Our ambassador there said, "Please take a picture with her, because they're trying to kill her. And maybe if they know that the United States is watching, they won't." And I thought to myself: All I'm asked to do is take a picture, stand there for seconds, to exchange words with this woman who is risking all because she cares so deeply about justice and morality and her country. And she's the one who's putting everything there is on the line.
So let's enjoy this evening, let's meet these remarkable women, and then let's decide what each of us can do to make sure that we stand on the side of those who are pushing forward the boundaries of human freedom, human rights, who are expanding the circle of opportunity to include women and girls.
So I am very pleased to introduce this reading of the play "Seven"." "(Applause.)
Source: U.S. Department of State
17 comments:
It is a remarkable note from Hiliary Clinton in embracing women strugglings and achievements to benefit societies around the world.
This proves that can share their common knowledge and problems to challenge those ignorances continued by their living peers,men.
What we ought to know that what you do,what the people hear wether progressive or destructive.
Well done! Mrs Mu Soc hoa!
Neang SA
coorect:This proves that they can sharetheir common.....
neang Sa
She is so damned ugly compares to Hillary, Please do the facial surgery first, please please
Khmer in Sydney CBD
Loser!!
Well, Mu Sokhue is ugly but she is so good on the bed.
SRP (Candle light)
asdnvkd sjk
Mu is ugly unlike my wife Bunrany. Bunrany and my daughter Hun mana are beautiful, they fuck monk in Champou Ka-ek and Kit Meng, Moeung Kompheak and her former cousin brother in-law.
Hun Sen
12:54 PM
No one suppose to know this well-kept-secret. Now, you blew it.
Yup, that's the sad truth.
It takes a woman to understand another woman and this is where Hun Sen fail.
Beautiful is defined by those who love.
YO, damn all those motherfucking comments! Y'all are such typical uncivilized subhumans!
Khun Thai,
"Pay no attention to the faults of others,
things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone"Lord Buddha
Tribunal Asked To Call Hun Sen: Letter
By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
02 March 2010
Khmer Rouge tribunal investigators were requested to call Prime Minister Hun Sen to testify with other key government figures, but declined, according to a confidential court order obtained by VOA Khmer.
In the days before they concluded their investigation of the tribunal’s second case, judges Marcel Lemonde and You Bunleang decided Hun Sen “was not likely to provide additional evidence” and that he should not be interviewed.
The decision was a response to a request from the defense teams of Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, who wanted Hun Sen interviewed along with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Finance Minister Keat Chhon, and other senior government leaders.
“They are not likely to provide any additional evidence in relation to that already obtained from a large number of documents or from interviews of other witnesses, 725 in total,” You Bunleang wrote.
In January, judges closed the investigation of Case No. 002, which will try Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Kaing Kek Iev for atrocity crimes.
Defense for Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan have reportedly filed a complaint to the Pre-Trial Chamber of the UN-backed court over the decision.
The decision raises more questions about the independence of the court, which had sought to question senior Cambodian People’s Party members last year but was refused.
“A critical test for the success of the [tribunal]—as for all courts trying international crimes—is that the judicial process be allowed to run its course without political interference,” James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, in New York, told VOA Khmer.
The group remains concerned over government objections to trials of lower-tiered Khmer Rouge and of the senior officials’ refusal to testify, he said.
“It is important for the rule of law in Cambodia that decisions about whom to charge, what to charge and who should testify be made by judges, not politicians,” he said.
Cambodian officials have denied political influence at the court, and tribunal officials say the court works independently, according to agreements between the UN and Cambodia.
Meanwhile, the tribunal retains the right to issue arrest warrants along with subpoenas but has no real way to enforce them.
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“A critical test for the success of the [tribunal]—as for all courts trying international crimes—is that the judicial process be allowed to run its course without political interference,” James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, in New York, told VOA Khmer.
The group remains concerned over government objections to trials of lower-tiered Khmer Rouge and of the senior officials’ refusal to testify, he said.
“It is important for the rule of law in Cambodia that decisions about whom to charge, what to charge and who should testify be made by judges, not politicians,” he said.
we are survivors a round the world,we lived with vietcong,Polpot,Sihanouk,Heng Samrin,Chea Sim ,we khnew the killers.
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."
To Khmer in Sydney CBD
12:38 PM
Mu SOk Huor is ugly for some one but good for Cambodian that need democracy.
Prek Liep
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye."
"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
- Quotes from the Buddha
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The first of a special two-part episode on an important Khmer legend. Hear the tale discussed by a Khmer scholar and told by a fortune teller, and see movie clips and doll stop-animation versions ...
The first of a special two-part episode on an important Khmer legend. Hear the tale discussed by a Khmer scholar and told by a fortune teller, and see movie clips and doll stop-animation versions of key scenes. Stay tuned next month for the thrilling conclusion!!
Catégorie : Voyages et événements
Tags :
preahko preahkaew folk tale khmer cambodia thailand history legend lovek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBVdjbd_HDg
Peah Ko can fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1aUKptmeXI
To 1:36 PM
Are you sure that you are Khun Thai? I am so civilized and I like cunt Thai.
u go my girl Mu Sohou, proud of you, job well done
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
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