and that's the same stand by for a moment because i have to cross back to the general assembly and let's listen in to the u.k. prime minister to resign may addressing the hall now. kofi annan was one of the great secretaries general a tireless campaigner for peace and progress and a champion of human rights and human dignity whose influence will continue to be felt around the world for years to come over the course of his lifetime he witnessed the extraordinary progress that we as a community of nations have made since this organization was founded progress in which we have more than half the number of people living in extreme poverty in this century alone progress in which the number of people killed in conflicts has fallen by three quarters in just over three decades and progress in which millions of our citizens healthier and longer lives and where thanks to advances in human knowledge in medicine in science and in technology we are presented with huge opportunities

in the years ahead yet today many are concerned about whether this progress will continue and fearful about what the future holds. for the end of the cold war did not as many once believed lead to the inevitable supremacy of open economies and liberal democracies cooperating on the global stage for the common good today instead we face a loss of confidence in those very systems that have delivered so much the belief in free markets has been challenged by the financial crisis of two thousand and eight by the concerns of those feeling left behind by globalization by the anxieties about the pace and scale of technological change and what that will mean for jobs and by the unprecedented mass movements of people across borders with all the pressures that can bring. and after the military interventionism at the beginning of the century people question the rational and indeed legitimacy of the

use of force and involving ourselves in crises and conflicts that are not ours while at the same time being repelled by the slaughter in syria and our failure to end it these doubts are entirely understandable so too is the demand for leadership so those of us who believe in inclusive societies and open economies have a duty to respond to learn the lessons of the past to meet people's concerns with practical actions not beguiling illusions and to renew our confidence in the ideas and values that have done so much to benefit so many for so long for being no doubt if we lack the confidence to step up others will in the last century whether in the rise of fascism or the spread of communism we have seen those on the extreme right and extreme left exploit people's fears stoke intolerance and racism close down

economies and societies and destroy the peace of nations and today once more we see worrying trends in the rise of these movements in europe and beyond we have seen what happens when countries slide into authoritarianism slowly crushing the basic freedoms and rights of their citizens we have seen what happens when corrupt oligarchies robbed their nations of the wealth resources and human capital that is so vital to unlocking a brighter future for their citizens we have seen what happens when the natural patra tism which is a cornerstone of a healthy society is warped into aggressive nationalism exploiting fear and uncertainty to promote identity politics at home and belligerent confrontation abroad while breaking rules and undermining institutions. and we see this when states like russia flagrantly breach international norms from the seizing of

sovereign territory to the reckless use of chemical weapons on the streets of britain by agents of the russian g.r.u. we have to show there is a better way to meet the concerns of our people that way lies in global cooperation between strong and accountable states based on open economies and inclusive societies that ensures strong nation states provide the bonds that bring citizens together and ensures power remains accountable to those it is there to serve that celebrates free markets and has the confidence to reform them when they need to work better and that demonstrates that delivering for your citizens at home does not have to be at the expense of global cooperation and the values rules and ideals that underpin this indeed cooperation and competition are not mutually exclusive only global cooperation based on a set of agreed rules can ensure competition is fair and does not succumb to

protectionism with its certain path to lost jobs and international confrontation and it is only global cooperation which can harness legitimate self interest towards common goals producing agreements on global challenges such as climate change proliferation and increasing inclusive economic growth. we see this cooperation here today at this un as we also saw it at the commonwealth heads of government meeting earlier this year and here today as chair in office of the commonwealth i deliver a clear statement on behalf of the heads of government of its fifty three equal and independent member states we reaffirm our shared commitment to work together within a rules based international system to address shared global challenges and foster a fairer more secure more sustainable and more prosperous future this commitment takes account of the special requirements of least developed countries and of small

and otherwise vulnerable economies and it benefits all our citizens and to the wider world but it is not enough for us merely to make the case for cooperation we need action at home and in the community of nations to show heart how our ideas and values can deliver practical benefits for all our people in all parts of the world we must recognize the legitimacy of people's concerns and act to build a global economy that works for everyone we must invest in the patient work of building open societies in which everyone has a stake in the future and we must act to uphold the international rules based system and stand up for our values by protecting those who may suffer when it is violated let me take each in turn first. we must respond to those who feel that the global economy is not working for them the pace of globalization that has left

too many people behind the fear that our children and grandchildren may lack the education and skills to secure the jobs of tomorrow and the risk that technological change could become a source of inequality and division rather than the greatest opportunity in history in the u.k. we are driving investment in industries of the future to create new jobs from low carbon technologies to artificial intelligence we are investing in education and skills so that workers are ready to make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead and we are making sure people play by the rules so that business and innovation is celebrated for creating jobs not demonized because of grievances over tax not paid or rights not respected and why we strive to make our own economies work for all our people we should do the same at a global level in an increasingly global economy it is not enough to ensure people play by the rules at home we need global cooperation to set and inforce fair rules

on trade tax and the sharing of data and these rules need to keep pace with the changing nature of trade and technology so we need to give the world trade organization a broad ambitious and urgent mandate to reform this must address the areas where it is not functioning effectively deal with issues that are not currently covered and main try to maintain trust in a system which is critical to preventing a return to the failed protectionism of the past. fair and respected rules are essential for business to flourish and drive growth but recent history shows that this cannot be sustained without deeper partnerships between governments business international financial institutions and civil society to ensure that growth delivers for everyone. that is why i recently visited africa along with british businesses to promote trade and investment and encourage a new partnership based on shared prosperity and shared security is why at this

general assembly i co-hosted an event with prime minister trudeau prime minister current army and president of khufu i do calling for more support for investment and job creation for young people in the continent it is why the united kingdom will maintain our commitment to spend not point seven percent of gross national income on official development assistance and we will put our development budget at the heart of our international agenda and do more to create jobs improve skills and increase investment in emerging economies in both our interests and. for the best way of resisting protectionism is to ensure that this century is defined by open markets that really deliver for all our people. second we must build countries not only economies that work for everyone inclusive societies where every citizen has a stake in the future. these are the firm foundations on which strong and

accountable nations are built and history has consistently taught us the giving people a stake in society is the best way to ensure stability security and economic growth there is no one right way to do this every country must choose its own path but the basic tenets are common across the world they include a government that is transparent and accountable an independent judiciary to enforce the rule of law free and fair elections and a free and open media the freedom of expression a right to redress and property rights that are reliably inforced and equality freedom of thought opinion religion and conscience all found in the united nations universal declaration of human rights signed seventy years ago those of us who believe in these tenets must set an example in defending and strengthening them at home and abroad that is why we must call out hate speech anti semitism

islamophobia and all forms of prejudice and discrimination against minorities wherever we find it like many leaders i suspect i do not always enjoy reading what the media in my country writes about me. but i will defend their right to say it for the independence of our media is one of my country's greatest achievements and it is the bedrock of our democracy so too will i defend objectivity and impartiality in the face of those who treat truth as just another opinion to be manipulated this challenge has only become more complex with the rise in social media and online information that is why we agreed at the g. seven summit in june to step up our efforts to respond to dissin from asian and wide to gather with our partners and with tech companies we are leading efforts to reclaim the internet from terrorists and all the others who would do his harm and just as we must stand up for the values that we are dear to so we must support

countries and leaders who choose to take the often difficult steps towards a more inclusive society the united kingdom will use all the levels leave us at our disposal to do so through our aid budget and commitment to the sustainable development goals we will not only protect the most vulnerable but also bolster states under threat and help others sustain their progress through global campaigns we will help countries to end scourges such as modern slavery and sexual violence in conflict and we will mobilize wider support through our alliances and membership of multilateral organizations not only the un but also international financial institutions the g seven the g twenty and nato and just as there is no single recipe for an inclusive society so there is no single model for balancing the democratic demands of our public with the imperative to cooperate internationally.

the vote by the british people to leave the european union was not a rejection of multilateralism or international cooperation it was a clear demand for decisions and accountability to lie closer to home i believe the role of leadership in these circumstances is clear it is delivering on the democratic wishes of our people and international cooperation working with our allies and partners in pursuit of our shared values third we must have the will and confidence to act when the fundamental rules that we live by are broken this is not about repeating the mistakes of the past by trying to impose democracy on other countries through regime change but we should not allow those mistakes to prevent us from protecting people in the face of the worst violations of human rights and human dignity we should not allow those mistakes to paralyze the international community when its long established norms are violated and we should not let our inability to prevent some of the worst conflicts today stop us from making every

effort to ensure they do not happen again in the future for if we stand back we allow the world to become divided into spheres of influence in which the powerful dominate the weak and in which legitimate grievances go unaddressed this is not just a moral imperative it is also a matter of self interest for when barbarous acts and aggression go unchecked dictators and terrorists are emboldened so we must have the confidence to act. when the syrian regime used chemical weapons on its people again in april it was britain together with france and america who took military action to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and deter the use and when earlier this year russia used to toxic nerve agent in a sickening attack on the streets of solsbury the u.k. with our nato e.u. and other allies took action expelling over one hundred fifty russian intelligence

officers the largest collective expulsion ever in burma following the damning report of the united nations fact finding mission we should so the same confidence to hold accountable those responsible for the appalling atrocities repeatedly inflicted by the burmese military on the reading and catching peoples since two thousand and eleven similarly we should gather evidence of diocese crimes worldwide show ensuring justice for their victims and deterring those who might conduct such crimes in the future but accountability alone is not enough we must do more collectively to prevent such atrocities in the first place and address the causes of instability that can give rise to them the united nations has a critical role to play and it has a wide range of leavers to do so from sanctions which show the leaders of iran and north korea that they cannot act without consequence to peacekeeping missions such as that in south sudan which is helping to prevent suffering and the collapse of

law and order but to be able to draw effectively on these leavers the security council must find the political will to act in our collective interest the un's agencies must deliver the reforms that the secretary general has started to become more agile more transparent and better coordinated on the ground and to support these reforms we must also ensure proper funding is targeted specifically at those parts of the un that deliver results. seventy years ago the general assembly agreed the universal declaration of human rights today we must renew the ideals and values on which that declaration was founded in doing so we must learn the lessons of the past and show through our actions how cooperation between strong and accountable states with open economies and inclusive societies can best deliver security and prosperity for all our people as kofi annan said at the start of his

second term as secretary general i have sought to turn an unflinching i to the failures of our recent past in order to assess more clearly what it will take for us to succeed in the future. in that spirit led to show unflinching resolve to renew the promise of freedom opportunity and fairness a promise which is delivered for more people in more places than it any other period in our history and that is ensure that promise can be fulfilled children and grandchildren and for every generation to come thank you. the u.k. prime minister to resign may addressing the united nations general assembly speaking to world leaders there and she talked about global cooperation she said it must be based on an agreed set of rules that can ensure

a competition is fair and does not succumb to protectionism and of course she also spoke about brics it and she said that the vote by the british people to leave the e.u. is not a rejection of multi-lateralism or multi-lateralism excuse me or international cooperation she have written see listening in joining us from the united nations in new york so what was the takeaway message for you see how from what the prime minister had to say. just another ruffled western leader it was defense of the neo liberal economic global order and the rights of western nations to intervene against countries they don't much like because she knows as a rebellion on the way around the world against the west as a result of the west's record on both of those things both the inequality that's come from global media liberal capitalism and the disastrous interventions from the west whenever they decide they want to intervene in countries around the world that you say oh no we've learned from those lessons now still believe in capitalism we

want to have war accountability and we'll to reduce inequality so you can keep the faith with us out of course there is that side sort of against all trumps donald trump's thesis a doctrine of pictures and of giving away for. the world making bilateral agreements leaving multilateral institutions and so on you know she hopes she walked away from salzburg in austria earlier this month where she had meetings with the other e.u. countries over brics and walking away a very snubbed and isolated and we know obviously that the e.u. leaders are right there in new york i mean bret's it just seems to be the unavoidable backdrop to everything that she does. yeah i suppose one might have expected if she was being completely honest simply to get on the podium and say please please do deals with us please do bilateral deals with us president trump please do a buy that jewel deal with us i very worried that this isn't moving as as they had hoped it would donald trump has a positive words about to resume and plans for a post-breakfast its economy although famously he did once say that he didn't take

his advice but there is a problem in the old trump what we're hearing from the white house certainly and people around him in washington is there's so many different priorities for the white house now when it comes to trade the trade war with china renegotiating nafta the quite frankly the u.k. isn't very high up on their priorities and i think the u.k. is rather worried about that and there will be a meeting between trying to raise or may at some point but clearly that's going to be something that's raised in may will be pressing the problem is in order for her to do a bilateral deal with the u.s. the u.s. is going to ask. for deregulation in return that means not conforming to the sort of regulations that right now it looks like the u.k. will be conforming to to still have some sort of relationship with the e.u. particularly agricultural deregulation the agricultural sector in the u.s. is pretty notorious for the hormones and health and safety issues if if trump says look ok we'll do a bilateral deal with you but you have to deregulate on agriculture for example that's going to make her negotiations with the e.u.

very very difficult ok if she has a thank you. well iran has been the focus of several verbal attacks by the united states president at the united nations today as well as yesterday and just a short while ago iran's president hassan rouhani held a wide ranging press conference has some had better was there joining us from new york what do you make of that press conference fashion. all the eyes were on president has hello honey i was here was in trying to gauge his reaction to the solver a scathing remarks by the u.s. president obama today of the united nations security council or by his national security advisor john bolton just a day or secretary of state pompei oh it seems that rouhani encouraged by his size from the international community the washer and china that he would like to maintain the new clear. deal decided to offer something different his words were

carefully craft at the same time so that the biggest problem that the international community or the world face is the fact that the united states of america is acting like the ultimate bully in this world this is what he had to say. more money coming home to games will you know it cannot be our intent is to ensure that the u.s. abides by laws stops bullying stops pressuring maintains its commitments keeps promises they sign on to and it hears two u.n. security council resolutions we say do not sanction illegally unfairly and unjustly we say u.s. sanctions are inhumane and he legal if america becomes a law abiding country once more we have no problem with them but some issues between the u.s. and iran will have to be resolved. on that note he had been telling the same spirit saying that basically iran does not seek any war with the united states of america in the near future and that his hope is to convince the

international community just to stick to the very spirit of the nuclear deal he seems to be encouraged now but you know the problem that iran will definitely have to face in the news you see is basically in november when the americans are going to impose new browns of sanctions on iran they are also going to put further pressure on the russians the chinese and the european two to stop buying oil from iran and the iranians do understand if the press a continue there are no guarantees that the european union russia and china would stay in that spirit of the nuclear deal but ultimately for the iranians this is quite a crucial moment they would like to see the international community supporting them of this crucial moment this listen to what oh honey had already knew already call you. the united states of america made a mistake either they will come back or they'll continue on the path of this

mistake the u.s. one day will come back sooner or later this cannot be continued this does not benefit the american people or the iranian people europe or any other country and you know how iran is accused by some countries of meddling in other countries affairs for example we heard their yemeni president earlier speaking and he accused iran of meddling in yemen and others saying that it is meddling in affairs of syria and in fact the president was asked about syria specifically what did he have to say. he was asked about syria and about iran providing assistance to hizbullah and he said those. movements and groups acting independently not this is being proxies of iran and he said you know want why would you accuse iran for having ties with hizbullah when no one is asking the

americans for providing assistance to the new soft front was basically his word you but we comes to syria for example he maintained the same narrative saying that the iranians interfered on a request from the well in the invitation by the syrian president bashar assad that they have been instrumental in what he said were a flight against terrorism in in basically for. the presence of the iranians in syria was basically just to defend the country against the push of groups affiliated with i.c.l. and the same thing he said about the support it provides for his hizbullah but you know this comes as these growing pressure for the iranian to try to put more pressure on the own groups like the who things in yemen and push them to find a political way out of the question is this explains why so how the president of

yemen today said that iran continues to be a problem by providing weapons to the who thiis and he called on the international community to do whatever he can to stop iran from interfering in yemen but you know for the iranians this is just part of the same campaign which they say is trying to discredit the of this very crucial moment ok. thank you for that update from new york for more on all of the event third today at the united nations let's bring in al-jazeera senior political analyst but i am a shadow joining us from london and i suppose let's just start off with iran and what has been her heinie had to say that he seems to be confident that the u.s. is going to return to the iran nuclear deal sooner or later but we see what trump is saying and he seems to be implementing a you're either with us or against us policy when it comes to iran. yes i think the iranian president while having

a very strong point that he keeps hammering on which is he does abide by the united nations security council resolution two two three one that enshrined the iran nuclear deal. in international law that the american president is violating that impression is pressuring other to violate this is definitely a strong point for the americans for the iranian president but like the american president in fact like most other leaders we've heard the last two days they are of course very selective about the facts and they're very selective about their own policies and they're certainly none of them would dare look in the mirror if you will so clearly the iranian president boasts about iran's respect international law but when it comes to iraq when it comes to syria when it comes to lebannon when it comes to yemen and so on and so forth of course it is playing in

a gray area everyone realizes it and everyone is worried about it but i think the iranian president prefers to talk about iran being part them and parcel of international legality and when we spoke earlier you were saying that president trump speaking at the united nations security council on that nonproliferation meeting certainly had his domestic audience in mind then i'll get back to what trump had to say in a moment but how much do you think has been rouhani had his domestic audience in mind when he was giving that press conference to a lot of western journalists and a western audience really. absolutely a lot on his mind in terms of his domestic audience especially what we've heard from our own reporter from to iran about how much controversy was behind him going and what sort of a speech will he be delivering i think what was very interesting is both the attack

on the united states for continuing what it's called what he called economic terrorism against iran what at the same time and i think that's crucial both domestically and internationally that he says we will continue to stick by the iran nuclear deal as long as it serves our interests in fact i don't know if you remember i've been arguing for two years now since trump was elected that it is in the best interests of iran to continue to stick by the deal simply because for forty years now it's been accused of being outside the international legitimacy it's really a long time out of the cold now for two years it's been abiding by this very international. and national security while now the american president is violating it so i think it's important that iran is sticking by that very deal that it signed with the obama administration and just going back to what trump had to say earlier

on specifically on china he did accuse china off meddling in the upcoming congressional elections in the united states there was a swift response by the chinese saying they don't interfere in and other countries affairs what did you make of that statement by term. honestly sometimes you don't know where to start right when you hear me when you hear my call when you hear the fact the has c c and now when you hear don't trump it's very hard you know because our job is of course to speak truth to power and try to you know stifle through what exactly they're saying and so i would always right from wrong on so on so forth here unfortunately and of course as most american comment that there's an journos are saying these are on substance she did accusations against the chinese i honestly don't know if the chinese are or are not meddling and the american elections but what i do know is that there is an american inquiry into that russian meddling into the american presidential elections on

the side of donald trump so for don't trump to be mentioning that in this very place from this very platform that's supposed to discuss nuclear proliferation to talk about chinese meddling in american elections that definitely is speaking to domestic audience especially when he emphasized that they are meddling in the american elections against him and his party so the chinese are probably thinking now this is not a conference about what kinds of mass destruction this is about this one guy and he is a weapon of mass deception ok on that note we'll leave it there thank you. well a third woman has come forward accusing president trump supreme court nominee of

sexual misconduct during the one nine hundred eighty s. julissa what nic released this statement through her lawyer michael of a ninety she alleges cavanaugh was present during a gang rape in which she was a victim the statement also says what make witnessed brett kavanaugh sexually abuse women at parties kavanagh has denied accusations by two other women the first accuser christine bosley ford is due to testify before the senate on thursday roslyn jordan joining us from washington d.c. so a third woman now coming forward what more do we know. well we have not seen julie slotnick in person there is the photo which her lawyer michael on the naughty released on twitter earlier on wednesday but he did submit to the senate judiciary committee a sworn affidavit from neck in which she alleges that brett kavanaugh and a number of his friends organized

a drunken bicycle naleo is frankly at houses around the washington d.c. area in the early one nine hundred eighty s. with the express purpose of trying to get girls drunk of trying to drug them and then of allegedly trying to sexually assault or rape them. nick alleges that some of this did involve gang rapes and she says that she was a victim of one of those attacks now of course this is something with the investigators with the senate judiciary committee are investigating but the judge has already denied the allegations saying quote this is something from the twilight zone the u.s. president donald trump was asked about this after he chaired a security council meeting in new york on wednesday and he essentially said not saying anything about julie sweat next allegation but attacking her lawyer michael of a noddy who of course also represents someone who says that she had an affair with the president stormy daniels he called it quote

a low life and he said that this is simply part of a larger plot to disrupt a process in which someone who merits being on.