United Nations Sanctions
Channel: HouseResourceOrg
Date: 2010-12-26

United Nations Sanctions - House Oversight Committee - 2006-05-02 - Product 192308-1-DVD - House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations.  Ambassador Bolton testified about United Nations reform efforts and other issues involving the U.N. He talked about international sanctions as a viable diplomatic tool, the impact of the Oil-For-Food scandals at the U.N., and on-going efforts to properly censure Iran for defying nuclear inspections of energy and possible weapons development programs. He also said during the hearing that the U.S. might consider imposing sanctions on Iran without U.N. approval in the Security Council if countries such as Russia and China did not agree with the U.S. position. There were several contentious exchanges between Mr. Bolton and committee members during questioning. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/192308-1