Too many times after conflict DDR is not fully implemented.

I do not want to prejudge their culpability. I really do not. I mean that sincerely.

You want to get the attention of the leaders pursuing power in South Sudan, go after their stolen assets.

My children's generation grew up with Darfur as their battle call for international humanity. They got engaged in that campaign because of the brutalities that were taking place in Darfur. They said never again. It is happening again.

The surest route to building leverage for the United States to have a bigger influence on peace and human rights in these African countries is by hitting the leaders of rival kleptocratic factions where it hurts the most--in their wallets.

Do we have your commitment that the United States will carry out its traditional role of making sure there is an effective accountability institution established?

We very much want to be able to prevent the corrupt officials from being able to enjoy the fruits of their corruption.

I have long believed the United Nations at its best can be a powerful partner of the United States, advancing global peace and security for far less cost and more effectively than if we act alone.

We put a great deal of confidence in the Arusha Accords because it dealt with some of the fundamental problems of the country.

I guess most Americans would have a hard time finding Burundi on the map, but what is happening there is of great concern.

I think if we want to have lasting peace in Burundi, we have to facilitate this discussion.

I think we do need to more actively support a move toward a transitional government that the current Burundian Government does not see as a focal point for the political dialogue in Burundi.

Dialogue for the purposes of modifying?

Now if he is rewarded by the reconfiguration of the Arusha Accords, it seems to me that is not the way we move forward.

Because we have assumed greater burdens, we have even greater burdens.

Do they have the will to go in and stand in front of civilians to protect them? We have not seen that.

what the accountability mechanism is whereby there can be some healing or truth telling and punishment for those who committed the worst violations

the more transparency, the better for the U.N.

We have 22 percent of the world's gross domestic product and yet we contribute 28.5 percent of the budget here.

But you have to follow through on it, and it has to be done in a way that the international community, the activists, those who are following this, can be confident that those who are responsible have truly been held accountable, so that…

The possible military dimensions piece, we thought they might get a D-. They got an F.

We subsequently paid a high domestic and international price for intervening in Iraq without the support and blessing of a U.N. Security Council resolution.

We are getting a lot out of the 100,000-plus troops who are active in these conflict areas.

As the largest contributor to the United Nations and as the permanent member on the U.N. Security Council, the United States has a responsibility to ensure that the United Nations uphold the highest standards of professionalism in…

But if we were to put it a U.N. reform bill on the floor of the United States Senate, the type of amendments that would be offered and the types of potential restrictions on U.S. participation in the United Nations, getting a majority…