[ explosion ] >> on the front line in yemen, fighters in the south say they are pushing back the houthi advance. ♪ hello, i'm jane dutton. iraq's fight against isil the prime minister heads to washington cap in hand. not forgotten, nigeria marks one year since 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by boko haram. i'm phil lavelle at a state-sanctioned camp for migrants trying to reach the

u.k. find out why the authorities are sending them here and why the migrants say these conditions are worse than inhumane later in the program. ♪ let's get to yemen where there's intense fighting on the ground between forces that backed the president hadi and those loyal to the rebels. let's get you up to date with the latest on the ground. yemen's southeast have taken control of one of yemen's most important ports. it's the country's only gas export terminal. in aden more heavy fighting in the so-called popular resistance. 23 houthis have surrendered to the tribesmen.

and east of the capitol sana'a tribal fighters say they are managing to hold off the houthi advance. they say the houthis have superior weapons, but can be defeated. first let's go to our diplomatic editor james bayes who is at the united nations. he joins us from there now. jordan has put forth a draft resolution in order to put a stop to the fighting. talk us through that. >> reporter: this is a copy of the draft resolution. there have been two different resolutions that have been proposed to the u.n. security council. the first came from russia and the second from the gulf cooperation council, what is being proposed by jordan is mainly based on the gcc draft

resolution. prominently involved in the military fight lead by saudi arabia and the bombing that has been taking place in yemen in the last couple of weeks. the resolution condemns the houthis. it says they must stop all violence and relinquish all of the territory they have taken including the capitol sana'a. there are sanctions and an arms embargo. the former president under u.n. sanctions. they will now have an rmarms embargo on them. and they are adding two more people to that list of people to be sanctioned. the leaders of the houthis, and the former president's son an important figure as an ambassador to the uae at one

point. the security council will be meeting in the next few minutes. the diplomats are gathering in the security council chamber, and the key thing to watch here is what russia will do. russia has certainly agreed to some amendments in the long negotiations on this text but russia we believe, still has some difficulties with some of the language in the text. so will russia support this resolution? will russia abstain? both of those will probably mean the resolution will pass or will russia use its no vote and that means that the resolution would go nowhere, it would not become a u.n. resolution because the russians have that veto ability. the security council as we speak, jane most of the ambassadors sitting down and i expect it to start in just a few

moments. >> james we'll let you go now, but we'll come back to you when you hear some of the key speakers speaking. the iraqi prime minister is in washington, d.c. he is there to ask president obama for more weapons to help in the fight against isil. the u.s. has already delivered 300 mine-resistant vehicles, 12,000 sets of body armor, helmets and first aid kits. america has also trained thousands of iraqi troops at five bases in the u.s. i believe that the vote is about to take place at the united nations, so let's listen in. >> translator: this meeting is called to order. the agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east. the agenda is adopted.

in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional laws of procedure, i invited the participant from yemen to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council have before them the document s[ inaudible ] slash [ inaudible ] the text of the draft resolution submitted by jordan france united states and u.k. council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in this document please raise their hand.

those against? on -- on stengss? the result is as follows, vote in favor, 13. votes against 0. on sten shuns 1. members did not participate in stloet stloeting. there is are mistake says the president votes in favor. draft resolution has not -- has not -- has been adopted as resolution 22-16 of 2015.

i now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the representative of u.k. >> thank you madam president, the united kingdom welcomes the adoption of resolution 22-16. in february this council made very clear that further measures would be taken if the houthis failed to cease their intimidation aggression and expansion. as their actions have shown, the houthis ignored this warning . . . >> so that draft resolution put forward by jordan has been passed 13-and 1 abstained. let's bring in james bayes at the united nations. so a lot of support for that james. what does that suggest, and what

happens now? >> well it now is international law this resolutioner. it has passed think u.n. security council. the only obstention from russia. jordan technically proposed this resolution but all of the work was done by the gulf cooperation council, the countries of the gulf which are all involved in the military operation with regard to yemen. worth mentioning that that saudi-lead operation is not mentioned in this resolution. what is mentioned in this resolution and the main thrust of it is towards the houthis. it demands that they end all violence, that they withdrawal from all of the areas across

yemen, including the capitol sana'a and introduces new sanctions and arms embargoes, not just against previous three who were sanctioned but also against the main houthi leader. there is an element in the resolution for humanitarian pauses. now this is going to be something that the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is supposed to coordinate. remember the government of yemen is very closely linked to that saudi-lead military operation. so any pauses will be done in conjunction with the government who will working in conjunction with the saudi military as well. >> and the one abstention from russia how -- james hold

on -- the russians are speaking now. let's listen in. >> translator: it's not fully in line with those requirements which were put forth to the international community, conditioned by the crisis in this country. during the agreement of the draft, there was not due taking into account the construction proposals of the russian federation. it expresses support to u.n. efforts here however, the cosponsored refused to include the requirements insisted upon by russia addressed to all sides to the conflict to swiftly halt fire and begin the peace talks. there is no due reflection in the resolution of the difficult consequences for civilians in yemen due to fighting nor is there a clear enough inspection of these instatement of obligations as well as regular humanitarian pauses. there is inappropriate reference

given the situation in yemen to the sanctions aspect. we insisted that the arms embargo needs to be comprehensive. it is well-known that yemen is awash in weapons. we think it is necessary to stress that the adopted resolution should not be used for further escalation of the armed conflict which could have most difficult consequences for yemen and the whole region. the current chaos in yemen is exclusively playing into the hands of terrorist organization. there is no alternative to a political solution in the conflict -- to the conflict in yemen. we expect dynamic activities from the u.n. for a resumption of peace talks between all parties to the yemeni conflict. there's going to need to be a swift start 20 this work based on already existing documents. thank you very much, madam

president. >> translator: thanks to the representative of the russian federation. i give the floor now to the representative of the united states. >> thank you madam president. for months the security council has clearly and unequivocally demanded that the houthi withdraw from government institutions and return to yemen's agreed upon political transition. as recently as our march 22nd presidential statement we condemn actions to undermine yemen's security stability and unity. in response the houthis working in close coordination with the former president saleh, have intensified their military campaign bombed aden and extended their offensive to yemen's south. these actions have caused wide-spread violence and instability and threaten the security and welfare of the

people. the united states strongly supported the adoption of today's resolution which demands that the houthis cease military operations and calls on all sides to once again return to the negotiating table. the imposition of a freeze and travel ban on saleh and the houthi leader as well as a targeted arms embargo shows this council will take action against those two continue to undermine efforts towards reconciliation. this recognizes the costs of yemen's deteriorating humanitarian conditions. all parties must comply with their obligations, and urges all parties to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians in need including by working with the secretary general to establish humanitarian pauses. this council cannot lose sight of the human consequences of

this conflict. a transmission in yemen can only be achieved through political negotiations based on the gca initiative and the outcome of yemen's national dialogue conference. the u.n. must continue to try to find a solution to this crisis and all parties must commit to taking part in these talks. there is no alternative. thank you. >> translator: i give the floor now to the representative of spain. >> translator: thank you very much madam president -- >> we were listening to the russian ambassador to the u.n. followed by the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. both talked about the fighting on the ground,er this humanitarian crisis. let's bring in james bays again. james they are agreeing on the fighting and human starn

situation, but poles apart. >> reporter: that's where there has been difficulty in this negotiation. some of the key points the russians had a different view on. the key ones i think are the arms embargo and the humanitarian pause. what has just been passed by the u.n. security council, is an arms embargo that applies to five specified individuals and their forces the former president of yemen, his son, and three key houthi leaders. russia wants it a complete arms embargo on absolutely everyone in yemen. they didn't get that. the other thing -- the other aspect that is a major disagreement between russia and the other countries is on this idea of humanitarian pause. russia wanted an immediate ceasefire by everyone. instead what this resolution says there should be

humanitarian pauses at the direction of the u.n. secretary general, but working in conjunction with the government of yemen and a reminder again, the government of yemen supports the saudi-lead military operation, and so clearly there will be a coordination with the government of yemen and indirectly with the saudi military command. >> thank you for that james bayes. now we're going to go to patty culhane to talk about the iraqi prime minister. he is cap in hand asking for more weapons. how likely is he to get what he wants. >> well just to set the scene for you the honor guard has been set up for a good 20 minutes.

we expect the iraqi prime minister to be here in a matter of moments. they are not having a press conference, but the media will be allowed in briefly to hear statements in the oval office. the prime minister is coming to president barack obama with a very strong list. he needs money. there is a $22 million shortfall in iraq's budget because of the plunging oil prices. he is going to ask for humanitarian assistance and he wants more military equipment, such as drones but he wants the u.s. to give them to him on credit. from the obama administration's perspective, what they want is guarantees that iraq is not lining up too much with iran that they are not going to become mouthpieces basically for the iranian government. so that's going to be the discussion inside the oval office. we'll get a brief sense of how it went when they are allowed to talk to the press in a couple of hour's time. but the prime minister they are all set and ready to welcome him

to the oval office and it should be just a matter of minutes. >> every time we see the u.s. handing over weapons to a country, they often get used against others within the country, and i know there's real concern about the shia militia and their use of weapons. how is the u.s. going to ensure that the weapons they give if they do do not fall into the wrong hands. >> reporter: they are going to want assurances from the prime minister on that. they say we gave them all of the training and equipment they needed, but then when they had to fight against isil they simply ran away and left that equipment that now the u.s. has to destroy with air strikes. the u.s. has soldiers on the ground training the iraqi troops so they have a better sense of who they can work with but they are going to want reassurances

from the prime that he is going to do what they want him to do which is reign in those shia militias. and tikrit the u.s. refused to do air strikes until they were reassured that the iran backed militias had pulled out from the fight. and the prime wants drones helicopters, and he wants to be able to launch an air campaign. from the u.s. perspective, that is their main leverage they can push and pull based on their ability to use air power. so it's not clear that the obama administration is going to give up that main point of leverage that they have. >> thank you for that. campaigners in nigeria are marking one year since more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by boko haram. the government says it is still committed to finding them. [ inaudible ] is the cofounder of the boko haram hashtag bring back our girls campaign and the

former nigerian education minister and joins us live. one year on you must be shocked as the rest of the world is that these girls haven't yet been found. >> yes, we -- we're not just shocked. we're very disappointed and frustrated at the lack of results. already one year [ inaudible ] for the rescue of the girls. our girls 219 of them are deserving of justice. they need to be rescued. it is something that we want to see happen. we're never going to stop demanding the rescue of our girls. i would think that the whole world really should worry about those girls more than it currently done. >> i can't even imagine the pain that the families are going through. but i want to speak to you because of your education background on the impact this is having on the education.

i know some school children are just too petrified to go to school, and you can't blame them. >> how can you blame a girl child or even a son who says they are faced with a terrible set of choices. you either get educated by going to school or you choose to save your life. why should going to school cost a human life? >> so what do you think can be done? i know many of the teachers have been badly affected by this. they only get paid something like $180 a year if they are lucky. i mean the knock-on effects of all of that is quite devastating in a country where there is very little turnout when it comes to education anywhere. >> there are reversals in terms of the education enrollment and completion rates in places like the northeast of our country, and that could widen inequality

which is the reason the entire country restoring peace and stability is very critical for moving forward. i think it's a very big agenda that must be tackled head on. nigeria's most important resources is the human resources, not really the oil that has put us in a place of poor governance. >> what do you think needs to be done particularly in those areas to make sure school children and teachers are encouraged to go to school. should there be a security presence in every single school? >> the government does have a program called the safe school initiative which a number of global partners are supporting. but it's a little too late in the sense that you need a broader agenda of -- of really securing the states that are

under threat. we saw some reasonable restoration over the course of the six weeks of renewed offensive with the multinational joint force of neighboring countries, but it has to be more sustained and strategic approach at ensuring that education does not suffer for example, one of the schools that had earlier been assaulted in 2014 when some 59 young men were killed many of the children are currently not yet enrolled in alternative school systems. there has got to be a more effective and coherent strategy for dealing with this. we need to look beyond just security. and look at the livelihood effect and future effect on our human capital, and see it as a challenge that we must solve in a multifaceted way. >> from a money point of view. it is the economic powerhouse

and yet the country hasn't adopted the recommendation of devoting at least 20% of the budget towards education. why not? why has this not been taken seriously? >> well you know, the budget for education has been increasing. each administration has increased the budget. even the president goodluck jonathan administration saw some increase in the budget compared to the administration of [ inaudible ]. the issue is the quality of the -- the investment. in education, i have often maintained that money is not the principle problem. you need to get the education system properly clarified to be about quality and relevance and focus on the critical elements like one of the things you earlier said which is the quality and quantity of the

teachers in the classrooms. and the relevance of the curriculum and the effectiveness of the -- of -- of how learning is -- is offered in -- in the school system. i -- i think that it in many ways the budget then takes a -- it's volume from that perspective. i have not been an admirer of some of the pegs on what quantity of investment you must do. i have been much more interested in being able to get the structure and the system and the content of education right, and then to do the finance of the business on the empirical evidence of what would give you the best outcome of investment. >> thank you for giving us your expertise. thank you. in guinea one person has died in more anti-government protests in the capitol. this was the scene on monday. police used tear gas as

opposition supporters tried to gather. the demonstrators are calling for the president to step down. they are angry over the timing of elections and the lack of security in guinea. gunmen have attacked a government building in somalia's capitol. a car bomb exploded outside of the ministry of education. at least five people were killed in the blast. police believe the armed group, al-shabab is responsible. former president of the central african republic has signed a peace deal in nigeria. there are questions about the legitimacy of the deal as the current government didn't take part in the talks. for the third consecutive day syrian jets have bombed opposition-held areas in the city of aleppo. fighting on the ground has also intensified between the groups.

the latest spike in violence is making the humanitarian situation even worse. >> reporter: field hospitals in part of aleppo held by the opposition are struggling to cope with the rising number of the wounded. they are short of doctors and medicine. >> translator: all of the wounded were civilians. there were no fighters among them. there are women and children who are still under the rubble. >> reporter: people say the syrian government has increased barrel bomb attacks on this and other parts of western aleppo. people say when these bombs drop entire families disappear, and rescuers dig for days to collect the bodies. >> translator: why are you doing this in we are supposed to be your people in the fighters of the fsa could bomb the areas under the regime's control, but they won't do it. we are muslims. and take into consideration there are women and children

here. >> reporter: fighters raise the alarm when a plane a spotted and people run for cover. overnight bombardment has intensified in areas in and around aleppo. the situation has worsened in recent days and more than 135 schools and markets have been closed until further notice. but barrel bombs aren't the only threat. fighting between multiple groups in aleppo has also intentionfied. regime forces are on the northern part of aleppo they face resistance from the al-nusra front, a group linked to al-qaeda. in the countryside, the area is held by isil trying to capture more territory. and it's not just aleppo. there are no more classes in this school. it has almost a shelter for people who's homes have been destroyed. this person was forced to leave

from her district but even here she is struggling to provide for her children. this area has remained under perpetual siege. >> translator: we were deplaced from our home. and i don't even know what happened to my husband. i have three children. my son was killed while he was working. i don't even know where he was buried. >> reporter: and syria's war drags on there is no end in sight for their suffering. >> human rights watch says there is strong evidence to suggest syrian government forces have used toxic -- chemicals. one attack killed six civilians including three children. for years the syrian regime has been accused of using