anyone. we are ready to host such a dialogue of -- in qatar. mr. president, we affirm our commitment to yemen's unity territorial integrity and sovereignty and support the legitimacy and completion of the political process in cooperation with the guff initiative its executive mechanism the outputs of the national dialogue in yemen in january 2014, the declaration of riyadh, resolution number 2216. it is not reasonable to have a president that is basic political party acceptance the e outcome of a national dialogue and then tends to neglect it and try to impose its own vision and domination over the whole country by force concerning the iraqi affair, the stability of

iraq requires a national general consensus devoid of outside inteinterferences. we hope the iraqi government will be able to meet the requisites of concord and reconciliation among the various iraqi people factions. experience in iraq and yemen has proven that the existence of militias outside the framework of legitimacy poses a threat to the state by virtue of the definition of the state and its exclusive right in establishing armed forces. ant is tantamount to a dormant civil war that would turn into a full blown civil war sooner or later. any political solution in iraq syria or libya must end in militias outside the legitimate solutions of the state. this is a component part of any

genuine state, settlement or real solutions. political forces in our region must be alerted to the phenomenon of thousands of young people who recently took to the streets in more than one arab country demanding that citizenship be the basis for partnership, and refusing either to be represented on a sectarian basis or that sectarian representation be used to cover up corruption. the phenomenon of terrorism with its dire consequences imposes grave political security and economic challenges before nations and peoples. there is no doubt that tension and conflict zones have contributed to the emergence of terrorist organizations. the international community's failure in addressing the hot beds of tension and conflict has also contributed to creating an environment that advocates the execution of terrorist

operations. terrorism comes from radical ideas that accept no compromise with reality of people and their potentials. it strifes in an atmosphere of despair and blocked horizon. tomorrow does not emerge in an atmosphere of policies that guarantee living in dignity and freedom for citizens but it arises in the shadow of tyranny, needs on the operation on humiliation, builds on grudge and hatred, due to torture and prisons, peace and political action, in fact the behavior of intrrinternational powers, somed militias creating crimes, again as civilians public and private, are not considered as terrorists due to considerations, because

of reasons that are related to transitional alliances. the rising toll of victims of the terrorist operations has necessitated use, but even in the harshest conditions, we should not ignore the horizon, otherwise, the increase of its threat. we stress here that in essence there is no fate that preaches terrorism. in all is religious texts there are enough teachings that call for peace tolerance and co-existence but the fundamental thing which is ignored by the promoters and mongers of literal citations is the religious spirit that preaches noble

values, constructive dialogue for the benefit of humanity. simple people with their typical religiousity, consider religion first and foremost as a set of values. this is what we must build on. mr. president the state of qatar has sought to pursue an advanced policy in promoting human rights. we continue through international organization he through our membership in the human rights council in the council of human rights through pursuing an approach based on the rule of law transparency justice and human dignity. we must work together to strengthsen the collective security system to effectively deal with international and regional problems to maintain the rights of peoples. we have to persistently face any attempt to impose temporary

solutions to address the side effects of the problems rather than touching their roots. finally, the state of qatar will spare no effort in supporting the efforts deployed by the international community to achieve the goals that we all seek in a manner that would achieve the interest of our peoples and the good of humanity, may allah peace mercy and blessings be upon you. >> on behalf of the general assembly i wish to thank the emir of qatar for the statement just made. >> you have been listening to the emir of qatar. for the interest of full disclosure, al jazeera is sponsored in part by the state of qatar. he called for the statehood of palestine with israel a partner to make that happen.

he also talked about talked about syria calling for regime change, basically saying bashar al-assad must go, of course not earlier today, russian president vladimir putin calling for him to be sustained and held up. also saying there is no faith that preaches terrorism. he was consistent in denouncing terrorism, in fact, saying that what has been happening in syria is genocide and he wants that regime to be disarmed. and we know that who is coming up next is the president of france, francois hollande. he also, alfani calling for i.s.i.l. to be defeated, for extremism to be defeated and for war in syria to come to an end. so again that is the emir of qatar that you were just hearing, he had his first visit to white house earlier this year in february and patty, also an

announcement coming out of qatar today that you think bodes well for the united states, an announcement that qatar is going to be investing several billion dollars in the economy of the united states. what is that for the united states? >> basically this is diversification ever their sovereign wealth fund and in part it's always good to diversify but currently a goodwill gesture. >> sure, absolutely, absolutely, here we have now the president of france, francois hollande. let's listen. >> to the united nations, francois hollande. >> translator: mr. president, secretary-general, ladies and gentlemen, our organization the united nations is celebrating its 70th anniversary. immense progress has been made since it was established. this is an institution entrusted with a task of maintaining peace

and it has managed to do this on many an occasion. however, 70 years down the road, there are still tragedies and dramas, conflicts and wars. and the world has to yet, once again, rise up to considerable challenges, which ones today, hundreds of thousands, millions even of refugees, who are fleeing the middle east, africa, hoping to find protection, or simply to save their lives. terrorism which hits civilian populations, and no country is safe from this scourge. and there are also conflicts which remain unresolved, have been nonresolved for years, and

years, whereas we all know that they could disintegrate at any moment. and i'm referring to the middle east. and during this time, there are disasters, there are tsunamis, there are earthquakes. there are islands who are on the verge of disappearing, there are coast lines, which have covered up, there are glaciers which are melting. and this is climate change. now, faced with these challenges, everyone at their level has to shoulder their responsibility. and france, in many areas, has never been staying idle, france decide they'd we would hold the conference on climate, no doubt because we are wawr that w award

a terrible fiasco in copenhagen, and this time around we had to come up with a good decision. but a decision that can only be the decision of the entire international community. so in paris we will be trying to ask one single question: humankind, that is us, humankind is it capable of deciding that we will preserve life on this planet? that is the question, and is the kind of question that puts us at a level that, within our generation, seemed unimaginable. well, some will say to me that this is something that can be decided later, at another conference. well, i assure you here, and i'm saying this quite candidly, that if we don't make this decision in paris, it will be late, not

just late, it will be too late for the world. but we have moved forward over the recent months. there is strong declarations were made by the countries, those curches wh countries who d most responsible for global warming, and i'm referring to the two major emitting countries, united states and china, which undertook commitments towards changing the situation. there are also many appeal which came from all the continents. appeals underscoring the seriousness, the urgency of this situation. we had -- providing us with examples of what climate change results in now, today. there are also countries which have until now been reluctant and i'm referring to developing countries who have asked themselves the following

question, is it really useful to have these kinds of restrictions, whereas developed countries have been able to work outside of them? now, today, if i'm asked to project a forecast, and i'm very frequently asked to do that, but if i'm asked to do that, i would say that nothing is settled as far as the agreement in paris is concerned. but everything is possible. and i can see the three conditions that if we have them we would be able to say the dmrches pariconference in parisf us, when we agreed to host the conference. the first condition is thssments it is tis this: itis to be abln agreement for the entire world binding and to differentiate it

in fact that everyone can do their part and not more. to date, 90 countries, most of the countries in the united nations have provided their national contributions. which is -- accounts for 80% and that's considerable of greenhouse gas emissions. well, half of the world has not yet done that. and i therefore invite you to do so and do so quickly, to make sure that we can already measure what with the contribution coming from every state, we will be able to ensure for the world, as a way of limiting global warming. the second condition which will be a gauge of our success or failure, is this: to be able to include our resolution, our action over time. the agreement in paris should not be the end-all, simply a conclusion, but rather a point

of departure. the beginning of a process. and we could do this if we have a review mechanism. a mechanism which is integrated in the agreement, and will, therefore, enable us to regularly review and periodically measure and in some terms revise and to do this every five years as regards our international contributions. if we have that, we will be able to say that at the end of the century well beyond our time the planet will not have warmed by more than 2°. and the third condition, which will decide whether our conference is success or failure is this: we need the developed countries to take on financial commitments. and i do know that in copenhagen we already had the figure of $100 billion to provide for the funding for adaptation, technology transfer, energy

transfer. well, we have to put together $100 billion in 2020. but we also need to say that, as of today, to make sure that the emerging countries, developing countries can be sure that they will be helped. that they will be supported. aided. that they will be the technological leap and sharing of technology. so 100 billion. ocd up to them to come up with a first assessment and this will come out during the meeting in lima. i would like to thank president of peru to continue with the action that started during the cop 20, ocd will come up with the first assessments. true we are not there yet, we do not have $100 billion yet. so between now and paris two months time we will have to continue mobilizing through word bank, major development bank, financial institutions through

states private entities. we have to continue mobilizing ourselves to make sure we do reach that level. and each one of us has to lead by example and france will certainly not be an exception to the rule, and the rule is that when you're a host country you have to be better than the people you invite or at least at the same level. so the annual funding of france for climate will be -- will move from 3 billion to 5 billion between now and 2020. and increasing our assessment will not be in the form of loans but also in the form of grants, as well. what is -- because it's through that, that we will be able to promote the adaptation of developing countries, to climate change. therefore, if we are in a

position to meet these three conditions, that is, to have a universal agreement which could be revised every five years, with a funding that could be at the level of everything we need to be covering in terms of new needs and technology for the future, if we have all of that, well very well, we will be able to say that in paris in two months' time we can say we rose to the challenge. not just to the challenge of history but also to the challenge of the future. it's wonderful that the international community can look forward and say what kind of world we want to see in the future, we did that for sustainable development goals. we have to do that for the climate as well. well, what is expected from the united nations is not only, and that is already a lot but not only to make sure that the world is livable between now and the end of the century, that or that

it is possible to live in it today. the conflicts and the wars provide us examples of unimaginable tragedies. we didn't think in 1945 when the system of the united nations was being founded that we'd still be witnessing that today. and today it is syria which is, once again, calls upon us to mobilize. to interfere. many have spoke on that before me from the tribune and all of this thinks it is a tragedy, a tragedy which hits the syrian population. everyone said that a solution must be found. well, let's look for it together. but first of all, let us measure what has not been done. three years ago, i was at this very tribune and i addressed smieivel tmyself to you and the0

million victims of the syrian drama. today we have 255, 12,000 children have died. victims of the regime by bashar al-assad.because the syrian tragedy started with the revolution . which wanted to oust the dictatorship of bashar al-assad. at that time there were no terrorists. there were no fundamentalist groups. there was a dictator shi dick dp for syrian people. an the refugees in the camps, the displaced people. millions of them. men, women and children, it's not that they're fleeing a war. not only that they are fleeing a war, have been fleeing a war for

a long time, but for three years, they are fleeing the regime of bashar al-assad. and to date, the self-same regimes which is dropping bombs on the civilian population, innocent civilians, it's not because that we have a terrorist group which itself massacreless, kills, rapes, including the heritage of human kind, that that would mean that there was a pardon, amnesty issued for the regime which created the situation. it would seem, then, that the terrorist group which commit cos unimaginable atrocities could bring in something good. no, that is not true. all of this, women, children, and men, are victims of the

trajtragedy, no solution could e found outside of a political solution. and france through it's history, through its links it has with every region of the world, france intends to shoulder its responsibilities as has already been shouldering it recently and this include armed action. we work with everyone, including neighboring states, the most affected, the gulf countries, but also iran. permanent members of security council but also european countries. we do want to work with everyone. everyone who wants to work with us. people are talking about a

coalition, a wide coalition, it's possible it's even desirable, it's necessary in order to bring an end to what is happening in syria. but this coalition has to have a clear basis or it will never come into existence. and the basis was provided for it in geneva more than three years ago. and what did the geneva agreement say? it says that a transition government having full powers including members of the government, present government and opposition, on the basis of mutual consent, that's the basis. >> we're going to keep an ear to this. what you've been hearing is french president francois hollande, he spent quite a bit of time talking about climate change and the war in syria saying i've been trying to tell you about the horrible situation there for the past three years. what we're going to dip over to

now, president obama speaking, where he's speaking is a luncheon that the secretary-general ban ki-moon is giving. let's go ahead and listen to that. >> dag hammarskjold, once said, the process can never be relaxed and never can be abandoned. over the last seven decades, we have seen this organization, strengthening international cooperation, including former adversaries, but we are facing extraordinary challenges today, ones that test our capacity to work together. humanitarian crises, challenges to the international order, threats to human rights. and so our ability to come together as the united nations is being tested once again. when i think about the true

measure of our success going forward, the opportunities that we create for our people, the security that we provide them, our ability to address terrorism, or the ravages of climate change, i feel optimistic that we can tackle these problems if we all work together. in this institution will be critical in order for us to achieve those goals. there's no problem that man has caused that man cannot solve if we are bold enough, deploy our imagination, have the political will and recognize our common humanity. that's what the united nations is about. that's what our secretary-general has been about. and i want to propose a toast to

all of our nations, to the united nations, to the people that we represent, and to whom we have responsibilities towar towards. amid the inevitable trials and set backs, may we never relax in our pursuit of progress and may we never abandon the pursuit of peace. cheers. cheers. [applause] >> and as you can see at the table there for this luncheon is in the middle there is the secretary-general of the u.n. ban ki-moon and on the left right there is of course u.s.

president barack obama and on the other side is vladimir putin and then on his other side, i think, was king abdalla of jordan. and this afternoon ban ki-moon i assume is going to step out of the middle of those two gentlemen and barack obama and vladimir putin are going to meet. patty sabga, running interference, what do you think? >> who has a seat at the table, russian president vladimir putin, this is what he set out to do, coming to the united nations to give his first address to the general assembly in the last ten years. that address focusing on what he wants to promote as his broad plan as an international coalition to fight terrorism. later on the sidelines with president obama effectively calling timeout on the white house's efforts to isolate

russia over ukraine. >> we didn't know, vladimir putin on his phone, whether he was actually talking to somebody or posturing. the 70th meeting of the general assembly. before we went to lunch, we were listening to the fpt francois fh president francois hollande. john terret, outside the u.n. >> reporter: we've had a very interesting session so far. francois hollande choosing because of the paris climate change summit coming up in september, to focus much of his remarks on the issue of climate change. in paris they're going to answer one question, to ask one question, is mankind capable of preserving life on this planet. regarding syria, of course

remember trance has been a very active player in the syria crisis to far, launching its own attacks on targets in syria. francois hollande saying the coalition needs to act on a clear basis. he was referring there to the geneva peace accord of a couple of years ago. forgive us a little bit of self-indulgence. as you know, at al jazeera, we have a great interest in the emir of qatar. the emir said qatar needs a partner for peace. there is no partner for israel, the issue is creating a breeding

ground of terrorism, and it is a breeding ground and loss of confidence in organization he like the u.n, organizations like the security council and the general assembly haven't been able to do more to help the situation in syria. on the issue of the transition out of power of bashar al-assad, which is one of the ideas out there, there was a note of skepticism floated by the emir, something that is in the ent may not be ultimately practical. if you might allow us a little bit more indulgence. the qatar government is going to invest $35 million in the deposit of the u.s. to create more jobs. it was the iranian president hassan rouhani, who heads for a memorial service for the