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opening of the u.n. general assembly where the u.s. president's debut speech is likely to focus on north korea and iran. we want to find out why this exodus is happening and sons response to accusations of ethnic cleansing in me and maher. more violence in syria warplanes bombed a school and a hospital in the province. world leaders are arriving at the united nations headquarters for the annual general assembly one hundred ninety three heads of states will be presenting their views main topics of discussion include north korea's nuclear threats. crisis and climate change we'll have extensive coverage including analysis and reaction from here in the studio but first let's go over to our diplomatic editor james bays he joins us

now from the united nations james every year there is a main theme a lot of people are saying that this is it is donald trump. well i think it's donald trump certainly because this is his first outing on the world stage but in terms of the items we're going to be listening to him his speech and in many other speeches i think the issue of most importance it's a very dangerous world but is north korea clearly there are other issues that we need to look at like syria like libya like yemen like the israelis and the palestinians the iran nuclear deal all of these issues will be mentioned i think by the u.s. president and many others of those speaking but north korea is the thing that is looming over this the seventy second general assembly you can see the hall there and you can see the man who's speaking right now that is the president of the general assembly miroslav check he will be calling the meeting to order starting

the proceedings here at the general assembly waiting for that room which is packed full of ambassadors and foreign ministers and other world leaders waiting for everyone to take their speech seats so the proceedings can start jane let me just run through then what happens so you'll see the president the general assembly call the meeting toward then he introduces the first of many speeches and the first comes from the secretary general of the united nations antonio guitar is there you are meeting called to water by the president of the general assembly this will be the first speech by the new secretary general to the united nations in that role he's been in this hall many times before because he used to be the prime minister of portugal he's addressed the un as the prime minister of portugal before he's addressed the un for ten years as the high commissioner for refugees but for the first time as the secretary general you're going to hear his speech and then after his speech we're going to hear a slight check the president of the general assembly and then by tradition the first speaker is the president of brazil and then also by tradition the

second speaker in terms of countries is the host country the united states so that means donald trump will be speaking here we estimate about nineteen. it's from the start of proceedings they're still trying to get the room to sit down settle down and listen to the first speech by antonio terrace it's always rather difficult telling important people to shut up there i think i said imagine said. james what about seating i mean is it something that you need to be sensitive about. yeah the seating plan is always interesting on this again it's done by tradition there are hundred ninety three countries of the united nations they all have a row for their delegation in that big general assembly hall but you don't want one country always gets stuck at the back every year so it rotates around there all enough but it will order but it rotates around the room who gets to sit at the

front remarkably this year is north korea is the focus the north korean delegation are in the front row and they'll be listening to the secretary general who i know will be talking about north korea and they'll be listening to president trump about ninety minutes from now when he talks about north korea as a same as the light check the president of general assembly is calling the meeting to order now worth noting that when he introduces the secretary general he back a year ago was one of the candidates to be secretary general and unsuccessful counted as that he's introduced the secretary general the new circuit general of man who got the job antonio terrace and he is now walking to the podium to give his first address to the general assembly as the secretary general here is the second general of the united nations. government excellencies ladies and gentlemen. i am here in

a spirit of gratitude and humility for the trust you have placed in me to serve the world's peoples we the peoples and united nations face grave challenges. our world is in trouble people are hurting and angry and they see insecurity rising inequality growing conflict spreading and climate changing the global economy is increasingly integrated but our sense of global community may be these integrated societies are fragmented political discourse is polarized and thrust within and among countries is being driven down by those who them on eyes and divide we are a world in pieces we need to be a world at peace and i strongly believe that together we can build peace we can

restore trust and create a better world for all excellences i don't focus today on seven threats and tests that stand in our way for each the dangers are all too clear yet for each if we act is truly united nations we can find answers first the nuclear peril the use of nuclear weapons should be and sinker ball even the sweat of their use can never be condoned but today global anxieties about nuclear weapons are at the highest level since the end of the cold war and the fear is not abstract millions of people leave their share their way of dread cast by the provoke a nuclear and missile tests of the democratic people's republic of korea and within the d.p. r. k. itself such tests do nothing to ease the plight of those who are suffering hunger

and see here violations of their human rights i condemn those tests and equivocally and i call on the d.p. r. k. and all member states to fully comply with security council resolutions. last week's unanimous adoption of resolution twenty three seventy five tighten sanctions and sends a clear message regarding the country's international obligations i appeal to the council you to maintain its unit only that unity can lead to the didn't clear eyes ation of the korean peninsula and as the resolution recognizes create an opportunity for diplomatic engagement to resolve the crisis when tensions rise so the chances miscalculation fiery talk can lead to fatal misunderstandings the solution must be political and this is

a time for statesmanship we must not sleepwalk our way into war and more broadly all countries must show greater commitment to the universal goal of a world without nuclear weapons and the nuclear weapon states have a special responsibility to lead today proliferation is creating any imaginable danger and bizarre moment is paralyzed there is an urgent need to prevent proliferation to promote these armament and to preserve the gains made in these directions and these goals are linked progress see only one will generate progress on the other excellencies let me turn to the global set of terrorism nothing justifies terrorism no cause no grievance terrorism continues to take a rising toll of death and devastation it is destroying societies destabilizing regions

and i further think energy from more productive pursuits of national and multilateral counterterrorism efforts if indeed these rapid networks reclaim territory prevented attacks and saved lives. but we need to intensify this work stronger international cooperation remains crucial against terrorism and i'm grateful to the general assembly for approving one of my first three form initiatives the establishment of the un office of counterterrorism next year i intend to convene the first ever gathering of heads of counter-terrorism agencies of member states to forge a new international counterterrorism partnership but it is not enough to fight terrorists on the battlefields or to deny them funds we must do more to address the

root of the radicalization including real and perceived injustices and i levels of unemployment and grievance among young people political religious and community leaders ever duty to stand up against patriots and serve as models of tolerance and moderation and together we need to make full use of you any instruments and expand our efforts to support the survivors but experience has also shown that harsh crackdowns and every end of the protests are counterproductive as soon as we believe that violations of human rights and democratic freedoms are necessary to win the fight we might have lost the world excellencies third and resolve conflicts and systematic violations of international humanitarian law we are all shocked by the dramatic escalation of sectarian tensions in

myanmar's rucka in states a vicious circle of persecution discrimination radicalization and violent repression as well more than four hundred thousand desperate people to flee who think regional stability at risk. i take notes state councilor hunks and sushi address today and their intention to implement the recommendations of the advisory committee on iraq and state that was chaired by kofi annan within the shortest time possible but let me emphasize again your thought it is in myanmar must end the military operations and he invited humanitarian access and recognize the right of refugees to return in safety and dignity and they must also address the grievances of the rowing who start to there's been left unresolved for far too long excellences no one is winning today's wars

from syria to yemen from south sudan to the gun is done and elsewhere only political solutions can bring peace and we should have no illusions we will not be able to eradicate terrorism if we do not resolve the conflicts that are creating these or that will in which violent extremists florists. last week i announce the creation of a high level advisory board on mediation and those eminent individuals will allow us to be more effective in brokering peace around the world and united nations is forging closer partnerships with key regional organizations such as the african union the european union the league of arab states and the organization of islamic cooperation we continue to strengthen and more than eyes peacekeeping protecting civilians and saving lives around the world and since taking office i have sought

to bring together the parties to conflict as well as those that influence on them as a meaningful example i'm particularly hopeful about tomorrow's meeting on libya. last month i visited israel and palestine we must not let today's stagnation in the peace process lead to tomorrow's escalation we must restore the opes of the peoples and the two state solution remains the only way forward and it must be pursued urgently excellencies but i must be framed in too many cases the warring parties believe war is the answers they may speak of a willingness to compromise but their actions too often be to your thirst for outright military victory at any cost violations of international military and law are rampant and the impunity prevails and civilly and start paying the highest

price with women and girls facing systematic violence and oppression i've seen in my country and in my years at united nations that it is possible to move from world to peace and from dictatorship to democracy let us push ahead with the surge in diplomacy today and the leaps in conflict prevention for the world excellences force climate change puts our hopes in jeopardy the last two years was the hottest ever and the past decade has been the hottest on record everett's global temperature keeps climbing glaciers are receding and param of frost is the wine millions of people and feelings of assets are at risk from rising seas and other calamities rupture and the number of natural

disasters as questionable since one thousand nine hundred seventy the united states followed by china. india the philippines and indonesia every experienced the most disaster since ninety five more than one thousand six hundred odd ones every five days and i stand in solidarity with the people of the caribbean and united states we have just suffered through. the longest lost in category five storm every corner of it and media is already on its way we should not link any single weather event with climate change but scientists are clear that such extreme weather is precisely were what their mothers predict will be the new normal of a warming world we have had to update our language to describe what is happening we

now talk of mega hurricanes super storms and rain bombs and it's time to get off the path of suicidal emissions we know enough today to act the science is an assailable and they are just governments to implement historic varies agreement with ever greater ambition and i commend those cities that are setting bold targets and i welcome the initiatives of thousands of private enterprises including major oil and gas companies that are betting on the clean green future energy markets tell us that green business is good business and the falling cost of the nobles is one of the most encouraging stories on the planet today so is the growing evidence that economists can grow as emissions go down new markets more jobs opportunities to generate three millions in economic out the facts are clear

solutions are staring us in the face leadership needs to catch up. i mean. society and the social good i mean to gratian of the world economy is the expansion of trade and technological advances that are spectacular nature have brought. amazing wealth. so many people have been able to get out of extreme than ever before. more and more people today are living longer and better life. progresses note. we'll see. disparities between income equality of opportunity and access to the result salivation and technology.

immunity that are far away from these waves of growth left to the resources in that part of the world and this explosion has a price exclusion alienation and instability. and we have a plan to change course and bring about globalization and that plan is the twenty thirty. ladies and gentlemen at heart of our world female half of our world and we're trying to five years old we can't wait for the sustainable development to go out. and dress the issue of the women and the energy of young people and we know how quickly we need to know more. billions. assets we are not money we're lacking what we need is wisdom

we need to use the tools the plans and the resources that we already have to bring about sustainable development that will benefit everyone this is an objective you know self but it's also best instrument to prevent conflicts. ladies and gentleman. ladies and gentlemen you know. innovation. is something that we must address. technology will continue to be at the heart of our shared technology but innovation as essential as it is for humanity can we have an forseeable consequences threats linked to cyber security are the increase in internet. what is increasingly out in the. increasingly able to

disturb relations between states and to destroy hundreds of structures of modern life progress in cyber space certainly should give people more freedom more but the dark web is showing that some people use this potential to harm others and so themselves artificial intelligence is something that can stimulate development and improve living conditions in a spectacular fashion. and also have a dramatic effect on the work life on global society and on the very social fabric of our society. genetic engineering is now becoming a reality but it is not going to rise to unresolved. unless it's dealt with in a responsible way and this progress could cause incalculable damage ladies

and gentlemen. governments and international organizations are quite simply not prepared for this new situation was. really not traditional. going on of regulating affairs are no longer valid clearly the kinds of trends closer to require. new strategic thinking. and you recall i think all way of thinking and regulating is the first the united nations is to be a forum where member states civil society experience. and the arguments world behind me together to discuss the way forward that will benefit everyone excellences finally i want to talk about human mobility which i do not perceive as a strat even if some do i see it as a challenge that if properly manage can help bring the world together let us be

clear we do not only face refugee crises we also face a crisis of solidarity every country has the right to control its own borders but that must be done in a way that protects the rights of people on the move instead of closed doors and open hostility we need to reestablish the integrity of the refugee protection regime and the simple decency of human compassion with a truly global sharing of responsibility the number of refugees we face can be managed but too many states have not risen to the moment and i commend those countries that have shown admire about our speed tell it to millions of forcibly displaced people we need to do more to support them. and we also need to do more to face the challenges of migration the truth says that

the majority of migrants move you know well or that fashion making positive contributions to the most countries and the woman's it is when migrants move in and regulated ways that the risks become clear risks for states but most especially risks for migrants themselves exposed to previous journeys. migration as always been with us and climate change there more graphics instability growing inequalities and desperation for a better life as well as an unmet needs in labor markets mean it is here to stay and the answer is effective international cooperation in managing migration to ensure that its benefits are most widely distributed and that the human rights of all concerned are properly protected from my experience i can assure you that most people prefer to realize their aspirations at home but we must work

together development corporation must be oriented in a way to make sure that they can do so migration should be an option not a necessity and we also need a much stronger commitment of the international community to crack down on human traffickers and to protect their victims but let's be clear we will not and treasure these on the military in the end the men see and elsewhere without creating more opportunities for regular migration these will benefit man migrants and countries alike i myself am a migrant as are many of you in this room but no one expected me to risk my life on a leaky boats or to cross a desert in the back of a truck to find employment outside my country of birth is safe migration cannot be limited to the global elite refugees internally displaced persons

after. refugees internally displaced persons and migrants are not the problem the problem lies in conflict persecution and hopeless poverty. and i've been paying to see the way refugees and migrants have been stereotyped and scapegoated and to see political figures stokely sentiment in search of electoral gain in today's world also societies are becoming multicultural multiethnic and multi religious and these live earth city must be seen as a richness not as a threat but to make diversity a success we need to invest in social cohesion so the lot so that all people feel that their identities are respected and that they have a stake in the community as a whole excellencies we need to reform our world and i'm committing to reforming

the united nations together we have embarked on a comprehensive reform efforts to build the un development system to support states in bettering people's lives to reinforce our ability to safeguard people species security and human rights and to embrace management practices that advance those goals instead of hindering them we have launched a new victim center the pro choice to prevent or preventing sexual exploitation the views and we have a road map to achieve gender parity at the united nations and we are already on our way excellencies we are here to serve to relieve the suffering of we the peoples and to help fulfill their dreams we come from different corners of the worlds our cultures religions and traditions vary widely and i would say when the flame at times there are competing interests among us at others there

is even open conflict and that is exactly why we need the united nations and that is actually why multilateralism is today more important than ever we call ourselves the international community we must act as one. because only together as united nations. the promise of the charter and the human dignity for all thank you. mercy mercy. that was good terraces first speech as secretary general passionate as we expected it to be and that ran for a good fifteen minutes or so he touched on many issues obviously and really it is a world going through many issues facing many of them together in our concerns about nuclear weapons he said they are at their highest levels he spoke about a solution north korea's it must be political he said this is a time for statement ship must not sleep walk away into war he spoke about the

counter-terrorism office that has been opened another passionate topic of his the humanitarian issues and obviously touched on what we've been seeing unfolding from me and mine in the rakhine state of affecting the muslims there he also spoke about the environment saying that it's high time to get off the path of suicidal emissions and he said he is committed to the reform of the united nations he said the world is in pieces at the moment he said we need to be a world at peace. our panel joining us in the studio to talk about this more and the broader day we've got lots more coming up including the speech by don't try to cut. director for the center of human rights studies here in doha institute we've got details in director of the al-jazeera center for studies mark far as assistant professor at the school of foreign service at georgetown university and from so on skype is donald kirk that looks. like he's

a journalist and author of books on the korean peninsula why don't i start off with you donald kirk since he spoke quite a bit about north korea and what he hopes to see as some sort of solution he said this is a time for a statement ship we mustn't sleep walk away in to war what would you like to hear from donald trump and the u.n. as far as this is concerned. well i think donald trump well played off what was just said but i think that he would adopt a stronger position a tougher. i'm sure that drug believed that more should be done a lot more pressure should be applied to north korea and he wants to sort of get the world together against north korea that's not going to be easy to do in fact basically not going to be possible china and russia are not going to go along with exactly the. steps that he's recommending so i think that there will

you know we'll hear sort of. and enlargement of what we just heard going in a tougher direction my general you know. as we said he touched many topics north korea we knew that would be a focus with ted is so donald trump and many of the other speakers what stood out for you and what you think we can expect going from things first i think is the quality of the speech itself i think this is very helpful for all of us we have a person here who is charismatic obviously experience culturally sensitive who has come in with a with a vision and has used the last few months to genuinely launch a process of reform and we can talk about that later on he's already put forward a number of papers on that a form of the right so i think that is for me is very good fortune that we're dealing with someone and hopefully the coming few years of the u.n. would be different from what we had in the past in terms of the actual subjects he

broadly addressed all subjects within the three pillars of development peace and security and human rights that you'd expect from from the way. within security in particular i think and going back to. the issues he raised the issue of terrorism i was struck by him placing an emphasis on causation and not just looking for a hot solution hard security solution for for tax relief thank you. dealing with the root causes isn't he did he did make that very very clear and in general i thought the way he crossed checked all the pillars and made sure that ultimately it's all about peace and security in the world it's all about respecting each other gender equality. this is what was was very good to me was a textbook speech and i hope that the action will follow and as you say it could bode well for his tenure at the helm doesn't it well i mean he's i've known him

before for in his capacity as the head of unicef and he's known for those qualities and i'm very hopeful but i think we will see a few years of serious change and yesterday of course what the way it approached all of this was also encouraging was still to see what trump has to say in his official speech but at least he prompted them in the right direction that the united states will not pull the rug from underneath you and but will do exact opposite will stand by him and if he goes down the route of reform they will be there to support us how important pell is raised there what do you expect to see from this general assembly meeting what you heard from the terrace where the sets trump up to take the mantle to. agree with that speech with a very positive and this is his first speech at the secretary general it would be very interesting to see how donald trump. also they're going to be deliver their

first speech to the u.n. general assembly look like but i think it's generally positive what has struck me the most is also the last point that he emphasized about the issues about refugees and migration he talked very positively and i think he tried to address it in a very positive way considering what. what we experienced last year two thousand and sixteen with the rise of populism in most of the western world. and that credit donald trump to the presidency and what happened in the u.k. with the vote and that i saw other. populist movement in european country i think his speech come at the right time in the old with many people and i think for africa in particular as a source of many of the beggars who are risking their lives to try and get to europe he pointed that the issue the main problem is not that

a few of them all the conflicts at reading these countries tried to direct. and i think that this way he struck a very very important note going forward and i hope to see how the new leaders. of the different countries especially those who are playing a major role in the international arena are going to address these key issues of development peace security human rights issues as he outlined so much seems general agreement pretty good first speech she was also talking about unity and lack of isolation and the importance of the united nations and important time obviously to talk about that right absolutely and i second what my colleagues have said especially as concerns the issue of refugees and there we might actually look at it from a different angle. bear in mind that most of the refugees we see today flocking to europe come from countries which were subject to a war or two wars which were not approved by the united nations whether it's the

iraq war if we understand libya to a degree as well this is the secretary general rightly pointed out the conflict is really the source of these waves of refugees more and more even the demographic and economic issues and if we look at trump's agenda during the campaign he adopted a policy of nonintervention in other conflicts and wanted to put an end to this nation building a new conservative agenda now however maybe a different. donald trump will emerge we will see but it was very interesting to see whether or not trump will adopt a new conservative agenda and interventionist agenda which was embraced by its predecessors whether will in fact be true to his campaign promise of no longer stirring up conflicts in different regions of the world let's bring diplomatic editor james bays he was also this thing right now we lost him for a moment that we'll get back to him as soon as we can get we're going to just talk a little bit more about good terrace in the proceedings after he after he makes his

appearance and waiting for for donald trump and then the whole procedure there he tells us i have one thing to which i think it's important that he mentioned by name the running the conflict in the state yeah now obviously he is he has been a lot of public opinion pressure to bring this issue forward and may be the solution is speech yesterday has encouraged him to mention it specifically but it's a very very important aspect for for that region for the muslim world for us in the middle east it's a critical issue that has got to be addressed and i hope because i mean people really are saying that in bangladesh i mean they're talking about it and many palestine there are so many of them there and they're concerned that they're going to be fenced off we know that shake a scene is going to be making an appearance at all be interesting to hear what she's going to say about taking it forward and how to place them because many of them are not going to be going back yes well it's not just when they're almost half

a million in bangladesh but there are also one hundred twenty thousand displaced within iraq and stated so and the fact that no one has done anything about it and given how an organized the rangar communities are in terms of leadership and so on we have now a militant group that has risen in the region. for right now and if anything is going to escalate i mean they've already started there's been some incidents in the last few months since and. and so on it's nothing of the scale of what the buddhist or the army is doing to the civilians but it is a start of countering violence with violence and if that continues it can only get worse let's listen to what could terry's had to say about the refugee situation how it's playing out so we can just remind ourselves we'll pick up of the back of that again i myself am a migrant as are many of you in this room but no one expected me to risk my

life on a leaky boat or to cross a desert in the back of a truck to find employment outside my country of birth so if migration cannot be limited to the global elite refugees internally displaced persons. refugees internally displaced persons and migrants are not the problem the problem lies in conflict persecution and hopeless poverty. mark so we really are listening to. what donald trump has to say when it comes to america first and you touched on it very briefly how do you think that will affect the way countries are dealing with refugee crises will he you know with north korea we know that is quite keen to get more involved where does it stop. well i think again there is. some degree full of contradictions there america first is really what his base was all about which

is again about not intervention yes limiting the flow of refugees but also limiting american involvement in conflict abroad now how i haven't really seen that have yeah anything about contrary on north korea we've seen the opposite especially because of his u.n. ambassador nikki haley was adopted a very very hawkish line and one which is not necessarily popular with the base at home also as regards syria and other conflicts so i mean iran which is going to come up today i'm sure as well. most americans are very much sick and tired of any involvement in the region in the middle east but also north career elsewhere they do with they wouldn't see why their soldiers to be sacrificed for a conflict which is really not theirs to some degree or they don't see it as such now he however you know also as you said with refugees yes there is this around the world this kind of nationalism is biting nationalism and the u.n. as a prime globalist if you want institution is now in

a sense going to be undermined by these nationalisms to a degree but i also think if prism trump president putin china etc get on the table and hammer out the common interests there is doesn't necessarily have to be a contradiction between pursuit of national interest and global peace and security let's bring back donald and we're going to talk more about north korea you mentioned china and russia they are not going to be there donald do you think that will make a difference when it comes to north korea and what sort of solutions can be made at meetings like this. well i think that the absence of china and russia. says a lot frankly about what they think of policy the president jumped north korea obviously they're not in the united get out of a hard line that he would like to pursue. and he would like to steer up pressure

support for much stronger policy toward north korea he would like china to cut off the oil. which would have a severe effect we can't be sure of exactly how north korea will respond but we can be sure that it will be a very difficult period and we can be sure that they get a good intensified north south cover station and good actually you speed up their program for nukes and missiles so i think that we make enters an interesting contrast between president drops of view and the view that we've just heard let's listen to what antonio to tears had to say about the new kit straight posed by north korea. that's not ready yet apologies for that what we all waiting for way to comes to

donald trump is how off speech off key he is likely to go when it comes to a country like north korea what do you think people are bracing for mok i mean what would be the worst thing that he could say. and considering who is that at the table well we've seen his bluster before right fiery fury but then i remember a few days later he kind of backtracked a bit and even steve van if you recall said openly that there really is no military option when it comes to north korea and i think a lot of people in the pentagon despite all the rhetoric you're hearing know that i mean let's be realistic here it will be a catastrophe for america for south korea for japan for everyone even though there are hawkish voices here and there and there's a lot of bravado and all that but so this is a little bit of the problem of course once you have that heated rhetoric at some point even if it's just meant to be bluster it can become a reality of sorts and so if we see another fire and fury speech here yes that

might you know bring some. sound a warning bell to everybody and let's go back to that sound bite that i want to play if you want to enter negative has had to say about the threat posed by north korea millions of people leave and in a shadow of dread. divide to provoke a nuclear tests of the democratic people's republic of korea and we've been to the gate self such tests to ease the plight of those who are suffering hunger and see if you had violations of human rights i condemn those tests and the equivocally and i call them to the member states to fully comply with security council resolutions donald a delegation from pyongyang will be there what do you think the backdoor conversations will be had about this. but i don't think north korea is going to

accept the view that we just heard from the secretary general i they are denying that they're in violation of human rights they say that their nuclear and missile program is your defense that's their view and we're not going to hear any other you think frankly. but the point is that we could be hearings of some views from others that might support. exercising more pressure on north korea although certainly nobody wants this pressure to go to the point of conflict armed conflict particularly the president of south. there. has said that he opposes any kind of armed conflict at the same time he's extremely tough in. british eyes getting condemning north korea for what it's done and he's even even emphasized that south korea is armed forces should be improved and he's emphasized close relations with the united states and believe it or not japan which is korea's

historic enemy so so i think that it's interesting that president and it's going to be quite tough but not to the point of conflict that's exactly what he and a lot of other people would like to avoid. looking at live pictures of michelle tema brazil's neda over that of a cut in sting to hear what he's got to say about the developments happening and his country now the united nations general assembly as one of the biggest diplomatic events of the year despite that there will be several high profile absences the syphilis the pa has more on his will and he willing to take the podium . the u.n. general assembly is the ultimate stage for world diplomacy and this year there will be some high profile first timers among them of course the u.s. president a central player in some of the major issues confronting the world the north korean crisis in iran's nuclear deal middle eastern conflict and immigration before he was elected donald trump called the un an underperformer and his vision for america is

one of less cooperation with international bodies like the u.n. he is perhaps somewhat ironically going to be giving his america first vision for america's role in the world at the very heart of international multilateralism and i think everybody will have their eyes turned to him to hear quite what america first means certainly for america but for america's allies and indeed for the united nations those as the very heart of global multi-lateralism trump is already pushing his agenda for u.n. reform he and the u.s. ambassador nikki haley hosted a meeting with the u.n. secretary general on monday and this week we'll see antonio good terraces first general assembly address he has conceded that the too long the un's role has been to respond to conflicts rather than playing a role in preventing it. at his first general assembly the french president is

expected to present a global patch for the environment if adopted it will give environmental rights legal and binding power at national and international levels and security is expected to dominate the first addressed by pakistan's caretaker prime minister so he karna bussy his government is under u.s. pressure to do more to crack down on armed groups baying for attacks in neighboring afghanistan other leaders though are notable for their absence from the meeting among them mere miles de facto leader aung san suu kyi she she's under intense pressure over the hinge of crisis last year in her first u.n. address she defended her government's efforts to resolve the situation but one year on that crisis has only deepened other big names who won't take to the podium this year include the russian president vladimir putin and the german chancellor angela merkel she is in the middle of a crucial reelection campaign then as well as nicolas maduro is also a no show his country is in political turmoil with people suffering extreme food

shortages a recent u.n. report detailed human rights violations by security forces despite missouri's defiance the u.n. says that in venezuela democracy is barely alive. this is how it all with one hundred ninety three world leaders will officially have just fifteen minutes to make them mock at the famous podium of the u.n. general assembly over the years some world leaders have resorts to colorful creative and often controversial ways of grabbing attention its take a look back at some of those moments.

boys the boys. yesterday. here. right here. and it smells of sulfur still today. this is a fuse. some of. which are. going away do you think that he has seen some of those sort of

entertaining moments this time and if so from him donald trump will be the prime candidate would you know. if you. like yesterday's. which is quite important from a u.n. reform point of view wasn't it so that looks good as far as the u.n. is concerned so far the u.n. stays there will be reforms but no massive cuts we believe which is important right so from here we then he won't be there from an african point of view considering he will be appearing are we going to see anything solid do you think that will be i think. what will probably stand out is to hear some of the leaders of sub-saharan africa particularly i'm looking to hear from the president considering the security issues there specially was all that. it would be also in

the right is not well in the. hall and another area i think the horn of africa and there i think if your pin prime minister if you will to speak because right now the horn of africa is going through a lot of turmoil and change and remember also with the issue of. the u.n. and. four countries three of them are african countries two of them in the eastern african side you have so maleo south sudan and nigeria i think there are about ten million africans on the brink of starvation. is just not also it's not only security. but also issues of famine in that region it would be also interesting to see. the center of africa how things are shaping there we

know that our old displaying when it come to central africa the issues with central africa so i think these areas are very important and we hope to hear some specific positions from the leaders of these countries of course i mean sudan is a very important but currently the number one issue for sudan in american sanctions and the foreign minister of sudan i think is going to speak the number one priority would be to push for the american sections to be defeated by sometime next month so hopefully that is number one priority issue but apart from that africa generally i think the issues of security when it comes to these. terrorist groups where there has to do is. to do it. and then small other man or groups in the. region he said the key important and secondly i think was in line with the where

the secretary general has highlighted the issue of maker and set of fiji's africa is very concerned about that and there were. talks between europe being leaders and african leaders to try to address this issue tried to stop it and most of the process was focused on security measures and how to serve them but it did not venture into the sort of addressing the underlying social economic issues and other elements especially with the famine that we are talking about. i think. more. and more development interventions need to be developed to address these issues if we would want to address the issue of you know i'm going to make our nation the risk of people taking sanctions but not sanctions. in africa and you want to talk about how important it will be for him to tie iran and north korea together and everyone's looking to see particular what he's going to do well with north korea and iran what

i think would be good for everyone not to try them and for america and everybody else to focus specifically on the north korean risk however given the history i mean this is been going on for years and years and years and the threat and the counter threat has been going on forever i don't think the united states has ever will ever have the intention of launching a war in that region there is no support for it etc etc but and his lobbyist they have a real good appetite. about iran and the risk is that he said in the link the two in one axis and he talks about her nuclear threat and potential transfer of nuclear power from north korea to iran. and that will obviously undermine the deal that has been reached with the iranians and it will make things more stable everything ok all right we're going to bring back our diplomatic editor james fay's

he was also listening in to get tears his speech and we lost you briefly there james but they are in front of the roses and i just wonder what the response has been so far to walk a terrace has said and how this sets up his tenure as leader then what else we've missed. the response to secretary-general speech judge i think in the coming hours this was his first outing as the secretary general and right there at the front of the things he was talking about was the nuclear threat from north korea that is as you know what we expect to be one of the focuses of president trump speech perhaps you can hear me the helicopter that helicopter i think you see because the motorcade is on its way into the building i can tell you that all. the gates of the u.n. are now on lockdown as the president of the us comes in to make his speech here there's a tradition in the order of these things you have the secretary general the president

of the general assembly and then by tradition you have brazil is always the first speaker here at the united nations general assembly and the second speaker is always there was one occasion recently when president obama was late and it didn't happen like this but is normally and is supposed to be under tradition as the host country the second speaker at the u.n. general assembly so president trump speaking here very soon will be watching as you say very closely for north korea also mention of that iran deal it's worth telling you that later in the week here in new york the u.s. have called for a security council meeting that will address the threat of north korea but also the threat from iran and i was speaking to a senior security council diplomat of short time ago from one of the other countries on the security council who said they didn't think that this was a particularly good idea trying to spread the focus spread the net to take in iran they said that the iran deal may not be perfect but it's

a deal that is trying to avoid the and the nuclear problems from north korea the president now arriving here at the united nations president trump as you know he was here twenty four hours ago for a very short speech just over four minutes talking about u.n. reform that was a well received speech here given the president trump has had some criticism of the u.n. certainly early on in his presidency. the president has to say heading into the general assembly he arrived here just moments ago nine fifty six is when the motorcade arrived at the front of the united nations he will be brought into the whole he'll sit on the side as the president of brazil. finishes his speech and then he'll come up to the podium and will be formally introduced by the president of the general assembly and then we'll make that speech and normally we expect these speeches to

last something like forty to fifty minutes when the president addresses other world leaders also worth telling you jane about the seating it may seem a trivial matter but given he's going to be very strong on north korea the seating in the general assembly is done on alphabetical order but so that some countries don't get stuck at the back every year they rotate round a place every year that means that this year it just happens that the north korean delegation are going to be in the front row for trump's speech and probably no chance of him speaking off script right james. well you know ever know with president trump and even if he's speaking on the teleprompter and reading carefully delivered remarks and i'm sure that is what we like to see here the word is that steven miller one of the top white house officials is the one who has been doing most of the work crafting this speech but i've also been told by white house officials the secretary of state rex tillerson had input into this speech we assume

. that nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations would have had a look at the speech as well getting back to the security council meeting i was telling you about that there is certainly is where some of the focus will move after trump speech with regard to north korea meeting on thursday and that meeting will actually be attended by foreign ministers and the u.s. won't be taken by nikki haley on this occasion it will be taken by secretary of state to listen and james quite a bit has been made about his business concerns in the elections his months as president of the country he's been tweeting about trying tower earlier today i believe what's being said about that and how big a problem is this scene there. well it's certainly something that raises our brows clearly i think it's more of a concern in the domestic. setting.