force and undermine the authority of the legitimate government are in clear violation of security council resolutions and their commitments in the u.n. facilitated political process. since the initial advances by the houthis, the situation has greatly escalated through the arab coalition military operation lead by the kingdom of saudi arabia at the request of president hadi. the coalition air raids and the continuing attempts by the houthis and their allied armed groups to expand their power have turned an internal political crisis into a violent conflict that risks deep and long-lasting regional repercussions. the last thing the region and our world need is more of the chaos and crimes we have seen in

libya and syria. the u.n. negotiates endorsed by the security council remain the best chance to help get the transition back on track and preserve the country's unity, and territorial integrity. for over two months my special envoy has facilitated all inclusive negotiations. all disagreements remain on some critical issues many others had been resolved. there needs to be a return to political negotiations. all parties to those negotiations must participate in good faith. there is no other solution. as the fighting rages on all parties to the conflict in yemen must adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law. i call on all of them to protect

civilians and enable humanitarian workers to safely deliver life-saving assistance wherever it is needed. i expect remember states to do everything possible to make this happen and get the parties back to the peace table without conditions and without delay. ladies and gentlemen of the media, the syrian war [ inaudible ] words to describe the mayhem. now the fighting has prompted new depth in the horror that is syria, the refugee camp is a piece of hell. after more than two years of mostly siege, 18,000 pal stin refugees and syrians are now being held hostage by daesh and

other extremist militants. the refugee camp is beginning to resemble a death camp. the residents of the camp including 3,500 children are being turned into human shields. they face a double-edged sword, armed elements inside the camp and government force outside. we're now hearing warring reports of a massive assault on the camp and all civilians in it. this would be yet one more outrageous war crime for which those responsible must be held accountable. most immediately we need to stabilize the situation in the camp. i join the security council in commanding an end to hostilities, access to provide humanitarian assistance and safe passage for civilians who wish to escape safely.

i call on all member states with influence on the government and all parties on the ground to take all steps necessary to send a clear message, civilians must be spared. civilians must be protected at all times. i will continue to press this unequivocal message in my meetings and correspondentence with world leaders. it represents a [ inaudible ] of the international community's resolve. surely we can all agree what is unfolding in the camp is unacceptable. surely we can all act to end the suffering. surely we can all refuse to tolerate the intolerable.

it's time to save lives and restore a measure of humanity. we simply can't stand by and watch a massacre unfold. the people of the camp must not be abandoned. thank you. >> secretary general on yamuk, what you said today doesn't sound much different from what you have been saying for the past four years. there will be many people who listen to those words and regard them perhaps as platitudes. could you be more specific about what member states have to do and could you be more specific about what ways to resolve the situation peacefully? because the dangerous is that your message is going to fall on deaf years. >> i may have to continue to

repeat with more emphasis that this cannot continue like this way. the international community must have full moral political responsibility. why it is has happened? so there has been divisions among the member states. member states are more in the region and within the united nations particularly in the security council. and the people of syria, they are themselves divided. that is the reason why it has been very difficult even to deliver humanitarian assistance. now what i'm asking and appealing to international community is even though it may be just a small area of yamuk refugee camp we have 18,000 people of course more than 220,000 people have been killed.

12 million people have been affected directly and indirectly. therefore, there is no time to lose. i have asked [ inaudible ] now to focus much more to relaunch a political process. i need the full support. there is no military solution. only political solution dialogue can be an answer to this and i need the support from all international community, particularly member states of the united nations. >> thank you, secretary general. you just said that the only solution is dialogue. on the escalation and for the political process. can you tell me if it's possible -- are you willing -- the united nations or the security council is willing to -- to have a direct or indirect talks with daesh in

order to stop the -- the killing? in syria. in iraq in yemen, and the middle east. >> daesh or islamic state, they have committed unspeakable crimes against humanity. and the level of brutality is just unspeakable. i cannot describe it enough. my anger. they must stop. whatever grievances they may have all of these should be resolved through dialogue not through killing people in such a horrific brutal way. i strongly condemn again, they must give up their arms and

discuss all of this through peaceful means. this is not what human being are -- to do. this is unacceptable. unacceptable yeah. >> mr. secretary general on yamuk first, who is talking to daesh so that you would have the safe passage that you have been calling for, the u.n. has been trying to do this? and who do you have in find when you say there is a massive assault being prepared that you are calling already a war crime? and on yemen there's movement by iran there are iranian warships in aden are you worried this is going to ignite larger conflict. what do you want to say to iran at this point and other players around yemen. >> as you may remember last month when there was a white

house summit on countering violent extremism, i expressed by position that the all of this extremism, and terrorism, should be addressed at the roots. why these extremism, and terrorism have happened are now happening like this way. one easy answer would be that failed leadership -- just a continuing crisis in syria for continue five years, and other areas have provided perfect breeding ground for all of this extremism take root in our society. we have to address all of these issues. in that regard sometimes it may be necessary to take firm

physical action through a coalition of forces. that is what we are now seeing. but this can be effective and efficient, and helpful, but that's not all the answers. what is more important is how we address all these issues through inclusive and harmonious way, addressing all of the concerns and grievances of the people on the ground and then i think, unfortunately we -- international community has let these kind of things fester until such -- very violence means are now taking place. now on yemen -- >> mr. secretary general, on syria, can you tell me if you are contacting isil one way or

another for the safe passage, and who is preparing that assault? >> i have been talking to the leaders in the region to influence their possible -- in whatever possible way, their -- exercise their influence. i have already been speaking yesterday, day before yesterday, and even today. i am trying to find out the leaders, people who can exercise their influence over these people. then i'm not talking directly with them. you know it's not possible. then on yemen, again, we had the very serious discussions during [ inaudible ] meeting. what i'm concerned as secretary general is that my special advisor has been tirelessly

working to facilitate this political dialogue through national dialogue and national unity government. we are able to -- he was able to address many many issues but this military takeover by houthis has lead the situation like this way, where at this time i still believe that this political negotiation is the answer and we hope that the parties concerned will be return to negotiating table as soon as possible, yeah. yeah. >> will the air strikes be halted? [ overlapping speakers ] >> i'm asking all of the countries in the region should really overcome -- go beyond their national -- national positions, and help

yemen -- yemeni people so that they will be able to enjoy -- live in peace and security. >> mr. secretary general you say that political dialogue is really what is necessary; that military means is not the way to accomplish the problem with isis. but we have seen with the situation with the yazidis that military force actually stop isis and saved numerous people in so doing. why wouldn't you call for a strategic focused exercise that would be conducted by a coalition of member states as you are talking to these governments to get in there and work out some sort of surgical way toed a least immediately address the crisis at hand and then deal with things as you say, in a peaceful way? >> well i'm not here to discuss

about military strategy whether it's surgical. or [ inaudible ]. sometimes it may be necessary when it is absolutely necessary. that's why i have been asking the countries of whoever has a capacity and means, influence, to defeat this isil daesh, extremism and terrorism. at the same time we should look at addressing this issue at the root and try to establish inclusive society, and engage in dialogue with the people the people and that is the way all of the issues should be addressed. that is why presence of general assembly and myself in this close cooperation with our lines

of civilization are going to hold a high-level debate from september 21st and 22nd inviting world leaders, as well as religious leaders from the world. i believe that while we take all possible means to defeat the terrorism, extremism, but there is clearly a role for religious leaders, and educators of the world to teach their followers, and to teach their young people the correct meaning of tolerance or correct meaning of culture and tradition, and reach mutual respect. this is what i'm expecting. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, bye-bye. >> you were listening there to the secretary general of the u.n. ban ki moon discussing yemen and syria, broadly speaking. he was asked whether the u.n.

would be prepared to hold talks with isil directly. he spoke of his anger at the actions of isil. he did suggest that dialogue was the only way out on yemen and syria. he spoke of a rapidly deteriorating security situation in which countless civilians are abandoned to misery struggling for basics water, fuel food and medicine. let's get more from gabriel. gabe first of all on yemen, the secretary general said that the houthis were in clear violation of u.n. resolutions. he said that the saudi-lead coalition air strikes have also contributed to turning what was an internal struggle into a conflict with possible long-lasting repercussions. so equal condemnation for both

sides in yemen. >> that's exactly right, john. he really did -- the secretary general hit on condemnation on both sides. he started with the houthis as you mentioned and said that the houthis attempt at a military takeover of yemen was in clear violation of security council resolutions, but followed that up immediately with -- as you said in the secretary general's words that the situation has been escalated by the saudi-lead air strikes on the country as well. the secretary general clearly laying some blame on the situation in yemen on multiple sides here. but you got a sense, though that also the secretary general was maybe just a little bit frustrated that the events in yemen are moving so fast that they are almost perhaps faster than the u.n. but i can tell you behind the scenes here at u.n. headquarters, what they are focusing on right now is the secretary general which is meeting behind the scenes

trying to hammer out a new resolution on yemen. this has been a resolution that has been in the works for well over a week. it is not at the final stages yet, but it is being lead by the jordanian and the gulf cooperation country members, and it is focusing on two things. this is just an initial draft that we have seen and it is not finalized yet. this security council resolution would impose an arms embargo on five houthi leaders and expand sanctions as well. this has been held up so far primarily by the russians who say they want any arms embargo to be focused not only on the houthis, but all players in yemen right now. so we're watching very closely, and as soon as we have new information we'll bring it to you, but it could be in the coming hours or days.

>> let's talk about yamuk, because he spoke about that refugee camp on the outskirts of damascus in syria. we have heard a lot about that in the last few days. he talked about yamuk as the deepest circle of hell. a refugee camp, he said resembling a death camp. and he spoke of worrying reports of a new attack on the camp. what was he suggesting that member states do about this situation? >> well the secretary general used a lot of very strong words, some of them that you mentioned, and i want to repeat a few others. he said it is a vicious circle of hell right now. he said refugees in the camp are being held hostage, and it resembles a death camp. 3,500 children are being held as

human shields, and if a new assault is carried out on the camp it would be in the secretary general's words an outrageous war crime. so i think he was trying to call the attention to the world and really the member states but when he was asked about what exactly the u.n. hopes to do about it, he was a little vague. and this is where again, perhaps signs of a little bit of frustration come in. the secretary general said there are clear divisions within the member states here at the u.n. on the situation in syria and yamuk specifically. and he said the people of syria are divided. there is no military solution but he is going to ask his top advisor on syria to relaunch political dialogue but what that will look like really nobody knows at this point. you really get a sense that the secretary general has been repeating a lot of these words about syria, and the situation

there, but so far no real specifics on how the u.n. plans to deal with it. >> okay. we'll leave it there. thanks very much. greece says it will make its payment of just over $500 million to the international monetary fund. in that leaves 24.5 billion still owed to the imf. in total the country owes just under $350 billion, the largest amount 141 billion is owed to the european financial stability facility. the organization which was set up by the euro zone to help countries hit by the financial crisis. barnaby phillips has more now from athens. >> reporter: the greek government has cobbled together the money to make this latest payment. but there is the impression that it is living increasingly hand to mouth existence.

scaping together funds to make payments and also struggling to raise the money to pay pensions and salaries to civil servants in this country. there has been a marked deterioration between reggy shuns between the greek government and the creditors. irritation in some european capitols that the greeks have come out in support of the russians. tsipras in russia yesterday arguing that sanctions against russia were not productive. and then there is this acrimonious dispute between greece and germany. greece demanding that germany pay reparations back to greece because of the nazi occupation during the second world war, an issue the germans feel was resolved many years ago. this leaves greece in a very uncertain position. the essential problem being that

what the european union is demanding of the government is incompatible with the promises that the government made to its own population when it was elected back in january. police in london say there have been no arrests in connection to a mull till million dollars burglary that took place over the easter holiday. police say there are no signs of forced entry the outside of the building and several power tools were found at the scene including a drill used to break through the vault wall. >> the vault is covered in dust and debris and the floor is strewn with safety deposit boxes

and power tools. this is a slow and ongoing process. we're examining the scene for evidence as we go through this process. 15 years ago 164 governments agreed to improvement education, they set six education goals to be achieved by this year. back then afghanistan was considered the worst place in the world to get an education. as jennifer glasse reports from kabul on what many people are calling a success. >> reporter: morning assembly at this school shows how far afghanistan has come. in 2002 there were 37 students here. now there are more than 3,000 nearly half of them girls. this man founded the school. 13 years ago he went door-to-door to convince parents to educate their sons and daughters. >> now they are practicing their

freedoms, and they are interacting with a their familiar list in a very good well but that has come all with the support of the community. >> reporter: the community spirit is obvious here there's an elected student council, and a student committee to maintain discipline. and in the classrooms there's a real hunger for learning. >> it's important in this time in this world, that we should learn education, because it if you don't have education, we cannot improve our life or improve our country. >> reporter: in gender parity afghanistan has made the fastest progress of any country in the world in the past 15 years, and has one of the biggest increases in enrollment. but the increase in enrollment has also created problems. afghanistan doesn't have enough qualified teachers or classrooms. some students have to study in shifts. and for those who graduate high school getting into universities isn't guaranteed.

270,000 students are competing for 130,000 higher education spots, the examine process has been tainted by allegations of bribery and cheating. the test was canceled in several areas because education officials believed it couldn't be properly administered. >> translator: we want the government to build more universities, and also tackle corruption. >> reporter: afghanistan's education officials say they are aware of the system's shortcomings and are working to correct the problems but they say for a country that has endured decades of conflict in education, at least, afghanistan is doing well. jennifer glasse al jazeera, kabul. and remember as always you can find much more on all of the studies in the news by visiting our website. that's the home page you are looking at there. indicating that the houthis appear to have expanded their offensive into sunni tribal areas. www.aljazeera.com. don't go anywhere. ♪

deal or no deal? no agreement unless sanctions are lifted on the same day. hello there. this is al jazeera live from london. also on the program, the united nations secretary-general describes the situation in the yarmouk refugee camp in syria, a circle of hell