Please see UN Parliamentary Assembly group website for my comment on President Obama's receiving of the Nobel Peace Prize: I hope to add later,a and I will tell the Democratic group Organizing for America I am pleased you added my message.

I praise and welcome President Obama's speech at the United Nations today including arms control, Israeli-Palestinian peace, and climate change. I noted a report President Ahmadinejad of Iran is also in New York today, September 23, and at 6:56 PM I express an interest in a
meeting or brief greeting between President Obama and President Ahmadinejad. I was pleased with a moderate tone where President Ahmadinejad told Associated Press he "urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend", not a threat. The U.S. was fair to negotiate with Iran when the Shah left in 1979, yet Americans have moral criticisms of U.S. alleged support for the Shahs's coup against Prime Minister Mossadegh in 1953 and Mr. Rumsfeld's alleged 1980's meeting with Saddam Hussein when the U.S. said it was neutral in the Iraq-Iran war. In addition to my intent to send comments to Craig Zelizer on improved reading materials about election recounts, I would encourage Mr. Zelizer and Alliance for Conflict Transformation to review additional issues on both 2008 campaign and my transition comments. The U.S. could encourage Mr. Ahmadinejad's opponent Mir Hossein Mossauvi to go into exile since many of us oppose his arrest yet an Iranian recount supports the United Nations decision today to recognize Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran and he told AP correctly he was sorry post-election violence occurred: the U.S. also needs a consistent policy when the United Nations commission ordered a recount in the election for President of Afghanistan between President Karzai and ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah where I respect both candidates' integrity and desire to improve Afghanistan's international friendships and in Congress, U.S. policy should not, or cannot, exclude peaceful national reconciliation among Afghans who favored U.S. demands for a Soviet exit in 1989.
OBAMA IN 2008: Canada Free Press reported on November 10, 2008, Obama got criticisms "on the campaign trail when he agreed to meet with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea -with no preconditions." Perhaps these goals could occur if a high-ranking American like President Bill Clinton met with North Korea rather than Obama. Syria implemented the Taif agreement to leave Lebanon and Syria has legitimate concerns for peaceful talks with the U.S. on an end to the U.S. invasion of neighboring Iraq which started in 2003. President Chavez of Venezuela needs stronger signals from Obama he supported the Organization of American States peaceful negotiation of the 2008 Ecuador crisis when OAS persuaded Colombia to state Colombia would preserve peace with Venezuela and Ecuador: U.S. military aid to Colombia should not see use for an anti-Venezuelan policy.
When my schedule improves, I hope to encourage Luis Matias-Cruz' group to discuss a peaceful resolution of the standoff when Honduran President Zelaya is at the Brazilian Embassy there: President Arias of Costa Rica was correctly praised by President Chavez of Venezuela for his work on the Contadora peace process to end Central American civil wars in the 1980's, and the U.S. needs fact-finding on Mr. Arias' talks with both sides in the Honduran crisis, policy goals of the Honduran Congress, and talks of new elections. I had not wanted to comment on Honduras with uncertain plans for Sept.-Dec. 2009, yet it is urgent: that's all for today. Please comment. Joseph George Slovinec