conversation i wonder if i might be able to start the interview of the program today with a with two things one being an apology in a certain sense for the people of new york city in the united states that the extension of an invitation to you to come and address united nations was not able to be accepted and i would like you to know that there are many at the united nations and in the united states that were very much should grant the fact that you could not come to the united nations at that time and secondly i wonder if i might gradually on the in the incredible events that have been aspiring over these last few months as it were like to do those two things at the outset and i wonder if i could ask you for the people in new york city in united states if you might want to comment on the recent explained the recent statement by james baker secretary of state in suggesting to the israeli side as it were that they should give up as it were their dreams of a greater israel and this is part of a realistic pattern that they should begin to accept and i wonder do you think that in any kind of way is significant is it does it indicate to you any change in terms of the american administration toward the middle eastern palestinian question no different  events maybe your changes that have been taking place over the last few months period from november when an incredibly active and volatile an exciting time i should think from your perspective given the events that have taken place  unquote special relationship to israel that the united states has a geopolitical level seem to develop increasing dissent that you can sense from the united states dissent away from are almost blind with acceptance  here from someone you tend to think in terms and can you make a differentiation between american policy in government and maybe even nuance of difference within the government we've been in a very conservative period and the american people i want are no doubt of people trying to dehumanize others become oppressors they themselves lose a spiritual reality that in the israeli state of the jewish people are losing by this process do nothing by the by the by the to a fascist country that they suffered so i wonder many of the this means that no peace no security no said mr and if we cannot find a system of international legality beyond just the barest notion of real politic and we may be very  render the whole earth unable to support the human species so new signaling over time for some of verse notion to history one of our great poets if i may james joyce had said at one time i had one of his characters say history is a nightmare from which we were attempting to awaken it is a story that historically we are at a time for an awakening to a new historically been difficult for us if you understand what i mean  sometimes i hope so i can only be pleased that i've been able to talk with you and help share some of your views with the american public here in order to share some of these views in that we might be able to garner more support for this and perhaps begin to have the united states begin to think a little bit differently than it has been traditionally and i would hope that this interview may help move us all in that and that in the direction i wish you all the very very best my  yes indeed and we need that it is not only for your part of the world it relates to us all and as no question is of greater importance i want to thank you for all your long work over the long years and struggle that you've been involved for that and i would like to thank you very very very much for just painting here in be able to extend a truly warm welcome to the united states and instead of the kind of rejection the united states offered to you when the united nations offered you an invitation before summer we've run out of time and i would remind you in the audience of your pleasure or seconds and of chairman of the palestine liberation organization happy to been able to bring that to you bringing more to you from some of the incredibly interesting activity of the palestine liberation organization here in tunisia momentarily please do stay tuned to be more will be showing that so now let the people in the new york and the audience see the film i might say much of the film is very very graphic but maybe we could show that rahman and then when the film is over we the director of this incredibly call told him some of the scenes are very very touching indeed it's i congratulate you on the film you said it was a difficult film to make it's difficult awful to see those images of such  oh next week so that's it for this particular segment mamak once again thank you very much indeed goodnight we'll see you next week universal declaration of human rights adopted by the united nations forty years ago may not be a legally binding document it is rather a promise made by all the members of the united nations to the people of the world we at  this may be the best kept secret in the world the universal declaration of human rights forty years ago the united nations wrote and adopted it every single member country has promised to support it every single one they also promised to teach