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Published: Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Description: Canadian foreign affairs minister explains why he walked out of Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech
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" Here in the United States at the United Nations giving a speech but not everyone's stuck around for the speech some just are sick of what he says. -- foreign affairs minister Lawrence -- protests in the running president walking out on the speech he joins us live good evening sir. Good evening to you. Sir -- you walked out of the speech before it even began why did you walk out."
" Well we have signaled this the prime minister Stephen Harper prime minister of Canada indicated earlier today that. I'd be outrageous statements by a Iran its president denying of course the Holocaust. Casting terrible. Persons against the State of Israel. The complete violation for human rights. As we've seen is real I -- I'm sorry as we've seen Iran over the course of the last several years complete disregard for. United nations Security Council. Resolutions. Prompted us quite clearly not to be in the same room as -- A -- and while the president was making his speech that's the reason why we. -- the General Assembly the United Nations when he was addressing them."
" Blades each seat Israel and didn't show up so they -- they left before the speech began muted -- and the United States waited awhile and I guess it is our life you know what took a salon because we certainly knew what he was going to say and we certainly know his history -- thoughts about. Why it might have taken other countries a little bit longer to get up and --"
" While they get all that from our perspective we we've looked at this are reining in leadership over the course of the last several years -- give you another. Example of what is now taking place that there is a marine in Canadian who works for. Newsweek who actually is in jail in kiran. He is there without any -- have consular assistance from the government of Canada. His wife is back home in Montreal. She is with -- child expecting not to face child very shortly. For humanitarian. Reasons we've got the government -- Iran I have spoken to their foreign minister us that this individual be released. There are no charges pending against them and yet they refuse to recognize that he individual citizen both of Canada and Iran. And you know this is just another example among numerous examples. Iran outrageous behavior."
" See you when you ask them like you know what about this guy know what's going on what this man they just sit and listen to end our new what do they tell you."
" Weller extremely -- they they tell us that he was involved in a a plot. He as a person that they deny of course. The end of that mr. Barry's Canadian. It's. Citizenship. This is they -- their continual responses we get from. From this government itself. You know we've decided to protest we decided to protest by a walking out on on their president's speech. And by alerting the world community do well as the savior that Iran has undertaken over the course of the last several years it seems to watch that. As of today President Obama was calling for they unite did. Nations and emphasize Dundee united we all need to be able to come together and look at different ways to move forward. Iran has to be able to do that they have to wake up and and get within the world community move forward with the world community. -- in lockstep. And and to be able to to be able to come to grips with. Horrendous and horrible. Abuses to human rights and that is the you know the whole issue that before us."
" What seems like Canada may have take a little bit tougher position haven't locked up before and I might add I think that three Americans being held there. And plus it would last night we had -- American housewife whose. Husband is a former FBI agent -- no information about them information we'd love to have and yet you know. Many of our perhaps friends other nations didn't walk out and also the work countries it stayed behind whether or not."
" Well there there IA I can't tell you who stayed behind because obviously I didn't take account one. When the president started his -- speech guy I immediately left the room. So why not in the position to tell you who stayed and who did not stay but I do of course sympathize with -- those American families who have. Loved ones who are in captivity in Iran not having not been charged. I think that that the world community needs to needs to realize this and we need to be able to speak out. As forcefully as possible. On this issue and I condemn Iran for what they're doing not only on human rights but as well as I mentioned before on their anti Semitic behavior."
" And indeed it is farmland as a -- behavior the act. As I said nothing is delusional or just mean about the Holocaust but they either one -- this is bad anyway sir thank you very much for joining us. My pleasure thank you for having me good evening. Good evening ten."
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