marketing has to be said at that time the white house was suggesting very dire consequences if the offensive did go ahead he says he's being thanked by syrians this was the tweet that verted the offensive but then he went on to frank russia syria and iran for not going ahead with the offensive and also thanked turkey which might not have been what the kurdish journalist who asked him about it had necessarily wanted to hear or read to share but at u.n. headquarters in new york shared thank you now britain's defense minister says the true identity of one of the suspects in another charge nerve agent attack in salzburg has been revealed to be a russian colonel his comments appear to confirm claims by the investigative group belling cat they say these photos prove that one of the suspects who went by the name. is actually an attorney chip ego but in katz says he worked for the russian military intelligence agency and was awarded russia's highest medal in twenty fourteen russia denies any involvement in the attack were during his speech at the

un the u.k.'s prime minister trees and i accused russia of trying to fabricate evidence in the case and violating international law we have seen what happens when the not true partly it is them which is a cornerstone of a healthy society is warped into aggressive nationalism exploiting fear and uncertainty to promote identity politics 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. a member of the russian punk band pussy riot has been released from a german hospital after recovering from

a suspected poisoning doctors at the hospital in berlin say versatile as health has improved significantly first love says he's convinced he was targeted by the russian secret service the band released a statement saying he is now under the protection of the german police verzilov and other members of pussy riot fifteen day jail terms for disrupting the world cup final in moscow in july to protest russian police brutality. mexico's incoming government says it's going to investigate the disappearance of forty three students in a southern city of a promise comes as protesters gather to mark the fourth anniversary the abduction and suspected massacre of the students was on the worst crises during president and the pena nieto tenure homan as the latest from mexico city. this is the fourth anniversary since the tragedy in mexico in which twenty three students were kidnapped by police in collusion with a local guy and everything had a huge impact on a country this is a country that's have more than thirty thousand people disappeared over the last

few years and this really these forty three shooters became a potent symbol of not just that phenomenon but also the impunity and the lack of really concern from government forces the government was very slow to react to what happened with the students the investigation that was riddled with errors according to you to the n.g.o.s in the country and according to relatives looking for their lost loved ones now four years later it seems that things might move again with this case the president elect andres manuel lopez obrador says that he's committed to the truth coming out about what happened to the students he's going to make sure that the case gets an investigating committee that's going to look at it again an independent experts who were investigating what has happened before they say they were brought by the government are going to be allowed into the country going to

take up their investigation so parents are hopeful that finally after all these years they might get to the bottom of this also to come here not just here including if you can't negotiate that deal then you need to make way for a party that can and will. leave you pays later forty rejects teresa mayes because briggs had planned saying his party can do better more on that stay with us. from the waves of the sails. to the contours of the east. carlow welcomes another look at the international forecast looking largely fodder dry for a good part of china over the next couple days the same can be set down towards the southwest yes just around northern parts of vietnam hong kong thirty one degrees as we go through thursday friday could even be a touch warmer the western weather will remain off the south western side of the

country push down across heineken part of india china seeing those lively showers as is the case too to make their way a little further south it doesn't seep out into the philippines a tropical system just to the northeast of that well that's typhoon trami that's heading towards japan for the philippines itself always a chance of one or two showers over the next couple of days northern parts of borneo could see some showers maybe over towards well there is a some march or pushing up across the malaysian peninsula what's the weather still drifting its way in here now for india well concerns return to the southwest of the country because lots of storms just pushing in here kind of taka and more specially across care over the next couple days warnings are in force we have got some very heavy rain coming through so there could be some flooding shop showers too across northern parts of under the dash into addition and it stays very disturbed for a good part of bangladesh. the weather sponsored by qatar at least.

twenty five years after the signing of his dear world tells the behind the scenes story of norway's rule the oslo accords they wanted to have what the phrase you know and reveals how secret negotiations were skewed. misread if everything are on top and why they're still here to deliver us to much that was promised the prions the of all is low on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says if evidence against his supreme court pick is

compelling he could withdraw the nomination one of the three woman accused of sexual assault is expected to testify on thursday. the u.s. president is accused china of meddling in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections donald trump made the claims the chair and his first u.n. security council meeting gave no evidence for the accusations which were denied by beijing tramples attacked iran calling it the world's leading sponsor of terror. and mexico's incoming government says it's going to investigate the disappearance of forty three students in the southern city of the promise comes as protesters gather to mark the fourth anniversary of the abduction and suspected massacre of the students was one of the worst crises during president and he kept pena nieto for ten years. now a chinese citizen has been arrested in chicago on charges of spying twenty seven year old is she couldn't is accused of trying to recruit american engineers and scientists and even defense contractors to work for the chinese government agent brown has more from beijing. well this could all be very embarrassing to china's

government especially its security service but on wednesday a spokesman for china's foreign ministry told reporters that in his words i know nothing about this well that's not the case with officials at the u.s. justice department they say that g. child churn left china in two thousand and thirteen after being recruited by china's ministry of state security they say while in the united states g. studied electrical engineering at the illinois institute of technology and while there he had another job and that was to obtain biographical information on naturalized americans who'd been born in china and taiwan who were working in sensitive areas like defense as well as aerospace the idea being to eventually recruit those individuals to work for the chinese state now while all this was happening g. was somehow able to enlist as a u.s. army reservist under

a program which allows migrants to do this if they can prove they have skills that are vital to the united states now if g.e. is found guilty he could face up to ten years in jail and of course all of this happening at a time of deepening tension between china and the united states. turkey's president . called radical groups have begun withdrawing from the demilitarized zone in syria's in the province only this month turkey russia and iran agreed to create separate opposition fighters and government forces under the deal hardline groups ought to withdrawal but it's not yet clear whether supposed to go. more from beirut . the so-called radical groups there are quite a number of them in a province labeled terrorist by the international community because of their links with al qaida the smaller groups like the. and of course you have the military alliance. the biggest military alliance and the main force in this in this alliance

is the former group known as these groups are supposed to be leaving the demilitarized zone as part of the deal we're hearing the turkish president say that they have begun to withdraw we still have not heard from. them in fact a few days ago they said that they will be making their final decision. in the coming days whether or not they are going to comply we have heard from the smaller groups like and. they're saying that we are not going to comply this is an agreement this is a conspiracy rebel group should unite and launch attacks against the government instead but in their statements they also leave room to maneuver and they actually say that we're going to leave it to the side but turkey really is confident that they will be able to implement this deal on the ground that we heard from the turkish presidential spokesman just a few days ago saying that no obstacle is going to stand in our way turkey has been using two methods really first dialogue persuasion telling the groups that you really don't have much of

a choice in what we understand they've had some success because they're peeling away the rank and file and isolating really the hard core elements in these groups and for example. a substantial amount of fighters are syrians and it would be easier to convince them to lay down their arms and of course at the same time turkey is using the threat of force they. we have a military plan in place they intend to use so-called moderate opposition forces on the ground to take on these radical groups if these radical groups refuse to surrender and what we understand from turkish sources close to the government the turkish intelligence is also ready to take action if those radical groups do not comply with this demilitarized zone. britain's opposition leader says his party will vote against prime minister to resign may's proposals leaving the european union addressing members on the final day of the labor party conference german corben set out details of what he called his radical plan to rebuild britain. has more from the conference in liverpool these thousands in these are the major parties and the next prime minister jeremy. to his supporters he offers

hope in a world of neo liberal rich capitalism and they were expecting jeremy corbin to come out fighting against the government and the system but true to form he delivered a speech which sets out to destroy what he called greed is good he tried to speak directly to those british cities he said have been left behind to perish arguing there is this today that our program of investment and transformation to achieve a sixty percent reduction in emissions by twenty thirty will create over four hundred thousand skilled jobs to ensure that comes about good jobs. it would also have to address brics it since almost the entire labor membership now is far more committed to remaining in the european union that he seems to be he was more interested in seizing power than addressing the europe question and it is

inconceivable that we should crash out of europe with no deal it would be a national disaster that is why if parliament votes down a tory deal or the government fails to reach any deal at all we would press for a general election. jeremy corbyn maintains that his policies are the new mainstream very in truth they do appear fairly radical fether against what passes for most european politics nowadays but his point is that he's not really trying to appeal through the party faithful here he's trying to speak through traditional working class voters across the u.k. and stop supporting labor. just a couple of kilometers down the road from where he was speaking is the post-industrial world corbin says he wants to mend abandoned docks and warehouses from a time more than a century ago when liverpool was a global trade center on the local beach where famous sculptures speak of

desolation and isolation caused by industrial decline corbin would imagine a sea full of wind turbines and the old warehouses turned into factories in new industries people seem to buy the theory but there is an unmistakable air of suspicion i don't think eleven be prime minister if he was not very hopeful even if he was primacy certainly better than the one we've got now that's for sure is for the working class he will look after them plus people i am very strongly for you and i don't stand like it's just being silent during the months and it's easy it's not been saying anything about brant thank you as it stands jeremy corbyn wants to portray himself as prime minister in waiting the man he will rescue britain from the helm of the conservative party and the nightmare bricks that this hall has bought the promise the outside world is still thinking about it gloriously al

jazeera live upon. the international monetary fund has increased a loan to argentina to fifty seven billion dollars the seven billion dollars boost is designed to restore investor confidence in the south american country argentina has been struggling to repay its debts and a steep interest rates the pace has lost around fifty percent of its value against the us dollar so far this year. argentina's print the economy is both very incompetent and on the life of me a new plan. b. c strengthening its position and having this very new more appropriate on the budget. a strong. focus on reducing pollution and bloating existing rate only he we don't know intervention. now south africa has the second highest rate of tuberculosis infections in africa while there's been

a seven percent decrease in the number of infections cases of a drug resistant strain on the rise for me the miller reports from cape town. does it in bennett visits tuberculosis patients in a township in the western cape oh how you might actually know sit in bed is been treating this patient with three months and says she's seen an improvement but she's worried about contracting the highly infectious diseases self our government our company must give us a something like. a medication that can take our self to get it from efficient but if it had to do with it i have to see if they can have coffee and you can still get the call for free they realize it's not for us. course stopped caring for tb patients which are contract to the disease two years ago she says she's still not fully recovered and contracted to work tb experts in south africa say health care workers are three times more likely to contract tb and this is worsened over crowd

. and under resourced public hospitals where infection control is inconsistent tuberculosis has been the leading cause of death in south africa for the past decade according to the department of health sixty people die from tb every day even though countries like south africa have introduced new technology and medication to fight the disease experts say at this rate it would still take another cinci to fully eradicate tuberculosis health organization hiv care says each year up to one hundred and sixty thousand people in south africa diagnosed with tb but don't return for treatment which potentially increases their chances of developing drug resistant tb the issue is that a lot of people aren't able to to the realities they face every day to actually complete the medication they're not getting the necessary support accessing treatment as labor intensive requires out of pocket expenditure which

a lot of people are not privy to to support themselves and in atlanta more than four hundred fifty tb patients can be treated for the cost of treating just one drug resistant tb patient the world health organization estimates that a quarter of the world's population has tb it says far more needs to be done and the thirteen billion dollar global budget to fight the disease is simply not enough for me to al-jazeera cape town south africa. our time for a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says if evidence against his supreme court pick is compelling he could withdraw the nomination one of the three women who have accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is expected to testify on thursday. the republican senators have delayed this for weeks now. they giving the women

a major chance to speak now it's possible i'll hear that and i'll say hey i'm changing my mind that is possible we want to give them a chance to speak to the u.s. president has also accused china of meddling in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections donald trump made the claims of the chair his first u.n. security council meeting he gave no evidence for the accusations which were denied by beijing. britain's defense minister is the true identity of one of the suspects in the nerve agent attack in salzburg has been revealed to be a russian colonel his comments appear to confirm claims by the investigative group belling cat they say these photos prove that one of the suspects who went by the name of bush or rather is actually an attorney chapiter says he worked for the russian military intelligence agency and was awarded russia's highest medal in twenty fourteen russia denies any involvement in the attack. pussy riot member peer through a versatile has been released from

a german hospital after recovering from a suspected poisoning person of says he is convinced he was targeted by the russian secret service the band released a statement saying he is now under the protection of the german police. mexico's incoming government says it's going to investigate the disappearance of forty three students the promise comes as protesters gathered to mark the fourth anniversary the abduction on suspected mask of the students was one of the worst crises during president and he kept pena nieto his tenure so the students were turned over to members of an organized crime group. bangladesh's leader has accused neighboring delaying the return of breaking into refugees a country can no longer shoulder the burden of the issues hosting more than a million range of refugees who fled of violent crackdown by a man miles army prime minister. has appealed for more international aid. all right those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after

inside story of watching by phone. from iran to palestine oil prices to trade walls speech to the u.n. general assembly advocated nationalism over globalism promotes a policy of america first but does that also mean america alone this is inside story. hello everyone i'm come on santa maria we reject the ideology of globalism and

accept the doctrine of patriotism perhaps not what you would expect from a world leader speaking on the global stage the un general assembly but then donald trump has never been one for convention in a thirty four minute speech the u.s. president made clear it. america will look after itself will only give aid to those it considers friends and in his words will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance question is what does that mean for everyone else the world leaders who spoke from the same podium advocating alliances and a joint approach to our world's problems that's a discussion today we will welcome our panel in just a moment but first our diplomatic editor james bays on the speech and the surprising reaction. when president trump came to the united nations the first of the world leader he met was his french counterpart. he and emmanuelle mccraw embraced warmly then known to get on well something that is

perhaps remarkable when you realize as became clear in their speeches that they have very different visions of the way the world should be rung trumps world view is america first with all the other countries also putting their own national interests first two he laid that out in a speech that didn't get off to a good start when his bold claim was met with the gospel of astonishment and then laughter in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america years so true. i. didn't expect that reaction but that's how. trump talked about a constellation of strong sovereign independent nations it of course raises the question of whether the u.s.

will give up its moral leadership on issues like human rights america will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance control and domination. i honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs beliefs and traditions the united states will not tell you how to live or work or worship a couple of hours later and the french president was at the same podium he greeted the world faced crisis but for very different reasons nationalism he said meant that international cooperation was breaking down. in new neighbors well there's no need to look too far to see who is to blame they're here in this assembly they're speaking today those responsible are us the leaders of the world it was an impassioned speech he said he didn't believe in the lure of the strongest and he made a passionate defense of parts of the system the trumpet ministration as either attacked

or defunded. and only says yes we shall support those working for peace and humanity you know asco the conscience of the united nations the human rights council the international criminal court unaware for whom we're increasing our support in his speech president trump said his administration will reassess how much money it gives to the u.n. and how much funds it gives in international aid that potentially is setting up a new confrontation for next year president marc ross says he wants to give forty percent more international aid and france is heading the g. seven next year it wants all the members which include the u.s. to give more james. at the united nations. all right so here's the panel for today we're starting in tehran with ford is that he is a professor of world studies at the university of tehran in new jersey and steven

rogers a member of the donald j. trump for president advisory board also an advisor to the twenty sixth interim campaign and running up the panel in london is a living he is a security and political risk analyst gentlemen thank you for joining us for inside story steven rogers in new jersey i'm going to start with you at the start of the show i put forward this idea of is it america first and does that mean america alone i would like your view on that because whilst everything donald trump said was completely expected most of the other leaders who got up to that podium said something different and i wonder if that's going to end up isolating the united states. well you're correct in saying that it was expected by the world leaders the president has kept his promise to the american people that it would be america first but it will not be america alone the nations in our alliance know that they need us they know that they need our our protection

when it comes to military and they know that they know they need our money the united states of america has paid heavy tolls around the world economically and through blood with regard to protecting countries in times of war so the president is simply saying as he said in his first u.n. speech many years ago that the president of the united states is not the president of the world is the president of america and of iraqis and it's bring you in early on what do you think of what stephen saying they said basically these nations knows that everyone needs the united states but again i go back to the point that the united states seems to be pulling back from elise other countries. couple of things to note in terms of of the speech and the direction is the fact that the president came about. being responsible for the actions of the people for what we've seen yesterday and also on on these points

on our nato are clear is is a businessman he comes to the bottom line if an institution or group is basically squandering the money of the u.s. it will stop funding it. it's playing to its base and we've seen that time and again but at the same time he works on on his own logic that america is not there to be not only. if you were of the world but also. the bankroller of filling institutions so that that is not the at all a surprise when it comes to the alliance remember as well that you mentioned the kind of arab nato and think a lot of the commentators are not looking at that so it is not fully against all alliances and what he said about the original nato it's clear that the u.s.

cannot bear all the financial weight and that the other countries have to decide if they want to be part of an alliance they need to up their defense budget so all this. comes in the light of of the speech of yesterday. which shouldn't be a big surprise for the allies but i don't think america will end up alone in this case interesting and you brought up funding we're going to talk more about the funding issue a little bit later in the program for now for it is on the i'm going to bring you in and start to get in on some of the specific issues you have there in iran was donald trump's well actually what do we have a listen to donald trump first of all this is what he actually had to say when speaking about iran specifically at the general assembly. iran's leaders so k.o.'s. death and destruction. they do not respect their neighbors or borders or the sovereign rights of nations.

instead iran's leaders plunder the nation's resources. to enrich themselves and to spread mayhem across the middle east and far beyond. it so that's what he said in his speech and then this is what he actually tweeted no long before arriving at the general assembly despite requests to have no plans to meet the iranian president hassan rouhani maybe someday in the future i'm sure he is an absolutely lovely man for it isn't he what do you make of all of that because i think in the buildup to the general assembly speech we were all thinking wow he's going to hit iran really hard my feeling personally and i'd like to know what you think is that he actually possibly help back a bit. i think his u.n. speech was quite tough on iran the two it was strange as you said people were expecting that he is going to be consistent at least when it comes to.

tehran and rhetoric but that tweet the last sentence of that to it was surprising if they don't mind that people love how he was talking about the north korean leader and then now he seems to be getting along with mr kim. the sentence that you played i think can answer the main question of today's program and the main the proper answer i think to the question is that you see a lot of inconsistency is when it comes to u.s. fine policy for example the u.s. government accuses iran of not respecting borders but they have been occupying syria for the last number of years without any request from the syrian government and in fact in. sort of the segment of the syrian government the syrian government has asked the u.s.

to leave syria and its occupation they talk about killing. people in neighboring countries but they have been supporting saudis in the. devastating war against the yemeni people in the last number of years so when you look at that speech at the u.n. you see a lot of inconsistences he talks about sovereignty but then he criticized as opaque countries for selling oil at the price that he doesn't like or he criticizes iran but he gets out of the u.n. security council resolution twenty two thirty one which is the new filleted argument without any reason so i think the answer to your main question is the u.s. has this. that consciously i think too good on many comes to many foreign policy issues steven wright is let's get a reply from you because what fouad says think there's some truth to what they're saying that what we know that the united states pulled out of the iran deal with for example and all these other nations have decided to stay with it and his foot

points out the united states has been doing a lot of what it says iran is doing now well the president's been very consistent with iran's look there i don't believe there's a person on the face of this earth especially in the body of the u.n. that would disagree with the fact that iran exports terrorism we know that iran is responsible for a lot of trouble around the world iran has not contributed anything to any peace process anywhere and if you really take a look at this and this is my view i don't speak for the administration and it is the view of many people that iran doesn't have to look at the united states as their threat the threat to iran is their own people they're taken to the streets they're very fed up to the next with iran spending more money on the exportation of trouble than on their own people so with regard to iran he's been consistent but i will tell you this our allies were been allies forever at the end of the day the

allies will come together with the united states and address these problems that we are facing around the world together and if you sit tight i will come back to you in a moment but i think we need a reply from fouad because that was actually one thing i did wonder donald trump speech where he talked about iran the country and he said the people are upset the people have had enough they are ready almost to rise up they sick of being taken advantage of and their money being taken away. there could be some people who are upset with rowhani administration i'm sure there are a lot of people that are upset that the trumpet minister but that doesn't give permission to the iranian government to try to overthrow the trump administration that doesn't give permission to the iranian government to basically supply intelligence to terrorist organizations that are engaging in terrorism inside the united states that doesn't give iran permission to sanction the american people

severely at the same time that there is a little bit of supporting the iranian people the american people so the general inconsistences that we see in the u.s. foreign policy could be a sudden development you look at u.s. iran relations the united states had the one nine hundred fifty two week with a tiny iran and it seems they haven't learned anything in the last sixty or seventy years they want to change the iranian government as john kerry the former secretary of state said just a few days ago the plan that the u.s. government has a spill over to the iranian government and they're actually working very hard at it if you look at the speech that mr compo and john bolton had at this organization called united against nuclear iran in the york just a few hours ago you could sense this. progress in terms of making sure that as they say iran does not see the fortieth anniversary of the summit revolution but

have some news for us government officials and also your guest in new jersey that you know i mean people have been resilient for the last four years they have faced lots of difficulties and sanction. sanction heavily by the united states but they have managed to continue to survive under all these pressures and they will continue to survive and just because you are supporting the former shards son or any. a or other of some of the decision that doesn't mean that the iranian people will fall for that type of the performance ok olivier just before we move on from iran maybe you can just give me the other perspective because as i pointed out it is the u.s. that pulled out of the j c p o a the iran deal it is a number of other nations a number of european nations who have decided to stay with it and the e.u. itself even talks about finding ways around the sanctions to make sure that they can still keep doing business with it i mean does that put the u.s.

and its european allies on some sort of collision course over iran which can't really be fixed if they're just going to take these completely different views. look i think a couple of things needs to be put in perspective. as i said earlier look at trump's speech last year were hit hard on north korea look at drums this year were north korea i was. a little break into our regular program to take you back to the u.n. in new york it's the second day of debate in the general assembly coming to the podium now at the podium is kuwait's prime minister. ahmed al sabah kuwait played a key role as mediator in the fifteen month long gulf crisis let's just listen in to what the prime minister has to say the blessings of a lot of the upon you. at the outset. it

is my pleasure on behalf of the government and people of the state of kuwait to extend our sincere congratulations to you personally and your friendly country the republic of ecuador the new election to the presidency of the seventy third session of the united nations general assembly. i would also like to reassure you of i would fully support on all what would firstly teach your work. and the full of filament of the responsibility is. when i will. and we are fully confident. of your ability to assume this role and we are certain that your experience in international affairs will contribute positively to the conduct of the work of this session of.

one of the. women for a long me to seize this opportunity to express my country's sincere appreciation. of the outstanding efforts of your predecessor. mr miroslav as he so capably and successfully presided over the previous session allow me also to commend the great efforts of his excellent see the secretary general in leading this organization according to a vision and ideas based on the principles and aims of the e.u. and charter centered around the maintenance of international peace and security and we stress our support of his or formative initiatives particularly. relating to the peaceful settlement of conflicts. which seeks to

promote. preventive diplomacy one of. these ideas. is the work of the united nations from an academic framework and limited experimental faces to systematic and says then make a public ation in accordance with an international plan seeking to harmonize effective reforms that would advance the role. of the united nations. mr president remember. preventing and resolving conflicts by peaceful means. has been and continues to be one of the most important reasons for this stablish moment of the united nations. i mean. after the

bloody experiences of the first and second world wars and this is by their unprecedented catastrophic consequences on humanity. those wars were the original motive it motivation to develop a meaningful international system to protect our present and future generations from the scourge of war. of. the past seven decades have witnessed historical and concrete roles for the united nations during which it has developed its working methods and expanded its mandates to include humanitarian political security development and economic issues in the various parts of the world. however. the increase is of challenges and the exacerbation of the severity of conflict as

well as the risk they pose for international peace and security have aches borders the urgent need to promote the ability of the united nations to provide the required response to the challenges our world faces today such as the spread of violence extremism and terrorism as well as the dangers of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to continue was violations of human rights. climate change and other challenges. you know how the proposals and that the secretary general has introduced to restructure the secretariat. with a view to enhance its effectiveness and increase its efficiency. as well as to

ensure there its effort in and seeing the conflicts are not squandered will come as a preliminary importance to transform the problem of reform or from a hypothetical discussion so realistic application. we renew our support to this. problem on which is board of the us creations of the peoples of the world. two words this organization as a safe haven of women and they guarantor of a word of peace and stability. mr president. the war. nine months into our nonpermanent member should be in the security council for the period of two thousand and eighteen two thousand and nineteen. as this state

of kuwait has become increasingly aware of the need to reform the security council . to make it more capable of shouldering its responsibilities and face up to the growing challenges of today's award. well. it must reflect the international reality into which we will live today. this reform must have the strength and its credibility and legitimacy. and ensure a permanent arab representation that goes in line with the number of arab member states. and the size of their contribution to the various activities of the united nations award since the first day of its nonpermanent member should in the security council this states of kuwait adopt an objective approach in

dealing with various issues and those ca's on the council's agenda. such an approach. is a realistic reflection of its foreign policy which is based on the respect of the sovereignty and independence of states and non interference in their internal affairs. but we also believe in the normal message of the united nations. which is to maintain international peace and security. of our. yes. kuwait's involvement with. the security council's agenda was not

constrained by any cultural ethnic political or geographical consideration even though its agenda is replete with middle eastern issues. through our non permanent membership in the security council we sought to go beyond the routine of participation in the work of the council. therefore. we aim to broader our horizons to elevate as the rule of international law with all its branches including respect for human rights building a better future for the world's population and don't really avoiding selective at the end by years in dealing with various issues such as. this trend. is based on the charter of the united nations and the diplomatic legacy of the state of kuwait. it gives preference to peaceful

solutions and mediation efforts between the parties going to this reflects how we deal with the difficult issues and crises ravaging our world today. the human beings and their inherent try is to continue to be the pillars of our foreign policy. well you know this is days. on the directions of his highness share. may god protect him the emir of the state of kuwait who was on earth by this esteemed organization as a leader of humanitarian work mr president. of the palestinian question is one of the most important and boldest issues on the agenda of the security council for the pardon this year marks this seventieth anniversary

of the adoption of resolution fifty six in august nineteen forty eight. this was the first time the council dealt with this protracted question of. successive rosarito the notions were adopted by the united nations security council and general assembly as well as multiple international and regional initiatives. to lay the foundations of peace in the middle east. however israel persists in its in strangers and in transitions rejecting and ignoring resolutions of international legitimacy it continues its expansionist policies through the establishment of an illegal settlements on all goodbye palestinian territories this constituents a gross violation and blades introjects two resolutions of international

legitimacy latest of which resolution twenty three thirty four. which called upon israel. to stop all its illegal settlement and practices. furthermore israel continues to desecrate the sancta. c. of the whole the mosque in jerusalem. it's continues its abuse of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by detaining thousands of palestinians in its prisons and detention centers. through its repeated military aggressions on the gaza strip during which it did not observe the basic principles for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. it did not respect that they agreed upon international measures set forth in the

fourth geneva convention of nineteen forty nine on the protection of civilians in time of war and will call. the state of kuwait seeks to fully implement security council resolutions we therefore tabled a draft resolution at the security council last may which called upon israel the occupying power to immediately see the use of illegitimate force against the civilians. of this draft resolution also called for international protection to ensure the safety and security of the palestinian civilians in the occupied territories although the draft resolution was not that opted this state of kuwait will spare no effort to support the legitimacy political rights of the palestinian people or.

we will continue to spare no effort until the occupation and until a permanent just and comprehensive peace is reached and coordinates with the land for peace principle the arab peace initiative. and resolutions of international legitimacy which called for the two state solution and the establishment of a palestinian state on the borders of the fourth of june one thousand nine hundred sixty seven with east jerusalem as its capital. mr president this syrian crisis and it's here. the international community is still unable to find a solution that and its devastating consequences and horrific losses throughout syrian citizens has been the main victim of

a conflict that claimed the lives of more than four hundred thousand people. moreover more than twelve million people have become refugees and this latest this state of kuwait in cooperation and coordination with the friendly delegation of the kingdom of sweden they build resolution twenty forty one on the humanitarian situation in syria. the security council unanimously adopted this resolution this was a positive sign of the solidarity and unity of the security council. and its worth to put an end to human suffering and hostilities and to guarantee humanitarian access to those in need on the syrian territories in a timely fashion yes but today we regret that the resolution was not implemented on the ground.

these efforts take place in the context of the humanitarian role of the state of kuwait in dealing with the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in syria since the beginning of its crisis and the course of these efforts the state of kuwait hosted three international conferences for donors to support the humanitarian situation in syria. we offered voluntary contributions amounting to one point six billion dollars in these conferences when. we really knew or principles and unwavering position regarding this syrian crisis we rejected any military solution to this crisis and we stress the need to end times of efforts to bring all parties together and launch

a dialogue to reach a peaceful certain men in line with the relevant security council resolutions especially resolution twenty two fifty four. you know what their goal is to achieve and reach a political reality on which are various components of the syrian people find consensus this should preserve the unity and independence and of syria in order to achieve the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people which guarantee bringing to justice the favorite traitors of crimes mr president. our brothers in yemen are going through sensitive historic challenges with serious implications of the political humanitarian and economic level. these are the consequences of the coup against the legitimate authority by the whole the group

since september or in september two thousand and fourteen who are these continued to reject the implementation of relevant security council resolutions as well as international initiatives to achieve a political settlement they continued and they continued to pose a threat to the peace and stability of the region by launching ballistic missiles and this is certainly kingdom of saudi arabia that this threatens the safety of navigation in this trade of money and of the red sea and we strongly condemn such activities were trying to counter to international law and international humanitarian law. and. we renew our full commitment to respecting yemen sovereignty and dependence and territorial integrity we also

reject any interference in the yemeni entering of affairs we stress our full support to the constitutional legitimacy of this is the country which was. the cradle of arab civilization who also stressed the need for prayer the prioritizing of the political solution to the crisis by resorting to the three agreed upon references these are the g.c.c. initiative and its implementation mechanism the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue and relevant security council resolutions especially resolution twenty two sixteen. on. what. kuwait's preventive diplomacy was always based on leading a nation and political settlement for this reason. and during two thousand and

sixteen. kuwait hosted political consultations between the yemeni parties for more than one hundred days of under the auspices of the united nations. we renew our readiness to host our yemeni brethren. for the signing of a final agreement whenever it is reached by yemeni parties we stress our ongoing supported to united nations efforts. and the efforts of the special envoy of the secretary general to yemen. to achieve a peaceful solution for this crisis so it does not last for long before. the coup against the legitimacy of yemen or had consequences which played a major role in the deterioration of the humanitarian situation there. such results

have led to frightening and i'm president of statistics. in fact the yemeni people continue to suffer and strive. to secure their daily synonyms the state of kuwait has not in not nor did the needs of its brothers in yemen we therefore contributed with the three hundred fifty million dollars the last portion of which was two hundred fifty million dollars which we would lead at the geneva conference held last april that amount has been delivered in full to you and agencies and their mechanisms engaged in the humanitarian act of. the purpose of all of this assistance was to improve the severity of the dangerous deterioration of the humanitarian health and economic standards however such

a deterioration of standards will not start but without the restoration of these instability in yemen in order to protect its sovereignty territorial integrity and guarantee of the return of harmony among all that. mr president the growing phenomenon of terrorism and violent extremism in the world especially in the middle east is an unprecedented challenge which has head of the world order at its heart this has happened through the evolution of the ideology of the secrets of enroll organization which itself with the cloak of islam do it shiva its destructive intentions this so called that haitian islamic state in iraq and the levant is a terrorist group which has perpetrated atrocities including widespread murder and destruction in various areas of the middle east. a moment.

or. it has led to the establishment of an international coalition to fight that in this regard the state of kuwait has provided material and moral support in line with the agreement on combating terrorism adopted by the league of arab states and the oh i see as well as the not united nations from one thousand nine hundred ninety nine to two thousand and one our brothers in iraq have been the first victims of these crimes the crimes of this there is a group he had the collaboration of the international community represented by the security council as well the iraqi government played a major role and was highly effective in cleansing era good. from the jail graphic jail graphic positioning of that serious there are cancer we believe that post-war peace and security cannot be achieved. without repairing the destructive effects that.