for another week at least. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan and this is that he's live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the world health organization warns leaders globally to step up preparations against the corona virus outbreak with figures out of china showing a drop in new cases for a 3rd straight day. navigating an end to libya's civil war we're live in berlin there's another round of talks are held to try to broker a truce sudan's ousted president omar al bashir appears in court over allegations of war crimes in darfur. and democratic presidential contenders make their case as

the showdown for super tuesday draws near. and then sport home riders that dominate cycling that tour of colombia. the overall standings the heading into sunday's final stage. doctors in china reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of corona virus for the 3rd successive day but the world health organization says it's impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most are in who bay province where the outbreak was 1st reported in december worldwide 1669 people have died of the disease they include an elderly chinese tourist in france the 1st fatality in europe the world health organization

is urging countries to step up preventative measures it's impossible to predict which direction this epidemic will take we are concerned about the levels of rumor and misinformation that hampering their response we are concerned by the continued increase in the number of cases in china we are concerned by reports from china used to the number of workers who have been infected or. in hong kong there's anger over treatment clinics that have been opening in densely packed areas residents there say they weren't consulted and that the clinics may threaten their health i was serious sara clock reports now from hong kong. we had a couple of 100 people in the calhoun area which is where we are now this is a protest open eyes by the community against the government's decision to set up these coronavirus treatment clinics across hong kong now we've had protests on saturday we've had protests again on sunday we've got 5 across the city and today

you know this particular one the complaint is that this sign the government failed to consult the local community before they announce his decision kerry lamb made this announcement this week they weren't aware of this particular decision until that announcement was made they're also saying that sitting out these coronavirus chipping clinics in these areas such high density aries there's a risk of a potential community outbreak as a result there where we are we've got schools we've got markets i was the large number of high rise buildings that's quite a low put a poor district and so a lot of these buildings are a filled with elderly people and the concern with the neighborhood here in the people here at this protest this as a result they believe the risk of an outbreak in the krajina virus infection is high now also we've had a number of a flags pro-democracy flags and hong kong independence flags being raised at this particular rally other softer noon and it appears the pro-democracy group movement and the anti-government movement seem to be moving also the joining hands with these communities to try and push back the government on the decision to set up

these coronavirus treatment clinics across the city well in mainland china this controversy over reports that president xi jinping and top leaders knew about the threat of the outbreak weeks before it was actually revealed to the public i was there as adrian brown is following that story from hong kong. what's been happening this weekend is that state controlled media has been publishing details of a speech that president xi jinping gave on february 3rd almost 2 weeks ago now this speech was delivered to the politburo standing committee that's like china's cabinet the most powerful political body in the land and jury in that speech president xi jinping concedes that he knew about the virus as early as january the 7th this is 2 weeks of course before the 1st cases of human to human transmission were confirmed then on january the 20th the president said that he issued special instructions to try to contain the virus and we now know that 3 days later the city

of new hand was put into lockdown measures that were lauded by the world health organization now analysts say what seems to be happening is that the leadership is trying to cover its back in response to all the flak it's taken over its handling of this crisis now a lot of people have called this sort of china's show noble moment referring to the nuclear accident in the former soviet union in the mid eighty's i'm not sure we've reached that tipping point quite yet it's still possible of course that the party will control this virus will contain it and that way it can spin it as you know a victory for the party for the people but i think it's too soon to say that at the moment whether the party is going to be able to do that soon as it wants. in japan 70 more people on board a cruise ship of tested positive for the corona virus that brings the total number of all the diamond princess cruise liner to $355.00 around $3800.00 passengers and

crew have been stuck on board for 2 weeks now since a coroutine was imposed the united states canada south korea and hong kong are sending aircraft to fly their citizens home let's get the latest now from saudi salama who is live for us in japan's yokohama palls where that cruise ship is on the quarantine. how much longer the people who don't have the virus aboard that boat have to stay aboard. this is the big question how long they should stay specially now with these countries evacuating their citizens we're hearing some information that the japanese government would announce soon that extension is going to extend the current team video from the 19th this month several days maybe for a week and maybe this is the seizure is the reason behind the movements and the plans of. all these countries to evacuate their citizens that

380 bus injures u.s. passengers who are going to be evacuated actually would having some information that they would be evacuated starting from. japan time the 2 hours they would be taken to the airport about an hour drive from here and they would board the airplane that is coming from u.s. to fly them back to their country but they would be also they would be when they arrive to travis air base. air base in floaty that they're going to go under quarantine for another 14 days so why would the u.s. government go all the do all this bit of seizures and take them for another 14 days get onto others. knowing that maybe the currents in here would be prolonged for even longer than that and this information and all the situation with the increase of fact that people just today. health minister announced new 70

new cases so all this increase with the numbers and. the countries the u.s. and other companies moving their evacuating their bus injures that's putting more and more stress on the people staying behind they don't know how or when they would be able to get of their. germany's government is trying to give them as much information as possible the. fate of the bus injured on this ship is still not so clear and what are we hearing friday about what conditions are like on board that ship right now. i've been following some. issues on facebook from some of the busters on board of the ship. although they're saying that they're getting what they are but they also for me communication they also they got mobile phones just lately at around 2000 mobile

phones were distributed among. the. because shien's and them in which they could use online. consumptions from experts and also they get some information about how to use the right way to use the mosques and other. seizures but in general most of them they have been on the ship now for more than a month and many of them people this has been a very popular ship to ship among the very tired people so you could imagine what would be 30 days of staying in such small rooms and confined place would do to people's health and mental thought so how does the study salon the reporting live from the oklahoma flooding many thanks indeed in indonesia around 300 people have been released after spending 2 weeks in coron team on a remote island they previously traveled to war han in china so far into the sea

hasn't reported any cases of the coronavirus however the government is investigating the case of a chinese national who tested positive after visiting the island of bali from there jessica washington explains what a disease ians are doing differently to battle the outbreak. as the corona virus outbreak spreads around the world indonesia has found itself in an unusual position almost neighboring countries have confirmed cases of the virus in nisa is yet to confirm even a single case and many are asking how one of asia's most populous country has somehow invaded the global outbreak but over here in bali those concerns are particularly pronounced this is a place that draws thousands of tourists from china and up until recently they would dozens of direct flights operating from the epicenter of the virus but indonesian authorities say they have the situation under control and the world health organization also agrees that in these are is doing everything to their

standard. for me 100. have your good there and. they have already a member of. the proper. elected more. rehab or a 100. and . bali is quieter than usual that's because tens of thousands of chinese tourists have already cancelled their holiday plans earlier in the month the indonesian government suspended all flights to and from china but there are at least 3000 chinese tourists currently in bali and while some plan on returning home by flying of the country at least $300.00 have already applied for a visa to enter. this is that he's on for most serious talks come on the program

the rebels say that they shot down a saudi war plaited yemen prompting a retaliation from the king to. getting away with murder in mexico demonstrators say the epidemic. the violence against women must be stopped. and it is for tiger woods loses his way in pursuit of an 83rd career title santa will be here with that for the rest of the sport a little less. foreign ministers from around a dozen countries amazing in germany on the sidelines of a security summit in the latest attempt to end the war in libya sunday's talks aimed at stopping foreign military support for libya's warring sides and enforcing the international arms embargo warlord sally for half the us forces have been fighting to bring to capture the capital tripoli for the past 10 months let's go

live now to the libyan capital tripoli of zeros mahmud up to what it is that for us mahmoud is there any hope that these talks will make any difference succeed with all the talks of failed. well many people here in libya especially in the worst of the country say that they're not relying on this conference to come up with a solution or at least to diffuse the tension in southern italy as you know adrian that both warring factions have continued the fighting despite the cease fire accord and there is no actually there is no ceasefire implemented on the ground sporadic fighting continued over the past 2 weeks and also difficult of human rights violations is excessive bathing unfortunately the humanitarian coordinator at the united nations support the mission to libya has just spoken

a little while ago stating that about 6639 civilians have been either killed or one did since the beginning of this military campaign launched by have to his forces on april the 4th to take control of the capital tripoli from the internationally recognized government to many international and local rights groups have been documenting they have been documenting several types of human rights violations including extrajudicial killings some of the killings also arbitrary detention enforcer disappearance and torture the crimes against humanity have been on the rise since the beginning of this military campaign on chirpily as you know adrian that the government this is the internationally recognized government it has been accusing have to dispose of committing war crimes by targeting that is the areas and also targeting the state

facilities including the only operational airport in the capital tripoli and many civilians have been cut killed or wounded by have to run them rockets or strikes the latest was. only 48 hours ago in a detention area near the city center where one woman were was killed and 4 others civilians were wounded by random rocket launch of might have to the force but generally speaking at this conference does not seem to be promising for neither one of the rival factions on the ground here in libya atria operate thanks didn't zeros mirkwood up a while had reporting live in the me just show you the situation in berlin at the moment where we're waiting for a press conference from germany's foreign minister and the deputy u.n. special envoy to libya following that meeting it's to begin any time now soon as it gets on the way it will bring it to you live on. sudan's ousted

president omar al bashir has appeared in court for the 1st hearing on allegations of war crimes in the darfur region a conflict that began in 2003 when mainly non arab rebels rose up against bush is government accusing it of neglecting the region well this hearing is separate from the charges that the shia faces at the international criminal court in the hague the i.c.c. has been pursuing him for more than a decade in 2009 he was charged with 2 counts of war crimes and 5 of crimes against humanity a year later the i.c.c. added 3 additional charges of genocide they all have to do with bashir this role in the darfur conflict which began in 2003 years of fighting between pro-government forces and ethnic rebels left 300000 people dead and displaced 2 and a half 1000000000 simon adams is the executive director of the global center for the responsibility to protect he's with us here in the studio in doha good to have you with us simon what is actually happening this is

a domestic process this is nothing to do yet with the i.c.c. is that right that's right although the sudanese does transitional authorities have kind of indicated that they are prepared to hand over the shia to the i.c.c. and that's the 1st time that they've ever kind of given a hint of that so something is clearly under way and i think you know it's amazing to see just how quickly that country has changed in less than a year members only april last year when when bashir was overthrown and now they're literally talking about potentially handing him over so he can go in handcuffs to the hague but but but is what's happening in sudan today going to come up to international standards yeah i think that's a real question and i mean the one thing that's very interesting here is that the international criminal court hasn't actually said anything at this point and i assume that's because behind the scenes they're probably talking to the sudanese authorities right now saying what would a domestic process look like what would a process in the hague look like and how could the international community potentially assist with some. domestic process if that's the course they choose to

pursue but the transitional council in sudan is not excel of itself full of people who are known for being defenders of human rights is far from it in fact there are some people inside the transitional council who you know probably belong at the hague as well not least of all humanity who controls the rapid support forces which willing to of course of the gender weight in darfur and there's certainly no shortage of blood on his hands so what's clear is that there's kind of a debate obviously behind closed doors at the moment inside the transitional authority to say what does sudanese democracy look like but also what does justice and accountability look like is it a delaying tactic by the transitional council i don't think so i think it's more probably reflective of the fact that they can't quite figure out what to do in terms of coming to terms with sudan's history of atrocities in their own country and how they come to terms with also accountability in international justice so how long before bashir and self in the hague before the the international criminal

court will it will it get that do you have confidence that it will get the full confidence is probably taken it a little bit too far i think agent but certainly i think international justice is closing in on bashir and for somebody like me who's sat in watch this man get away with atrocities for so long and of course the long suffering sudanese people even these kind of small steps towards putting him in a jail cell in the hague a very very positive indeed now i think you know bear witness to the incredible transformation that's happening in sudan what message this does this send to other human rights those accused of human rights abuses around the world yeah i think that he was you know the impunity that he enjoyed for so long gave confidence to the liar the likes of say bashar assad in syria and other atrocity perpetrators in different parts of the world and hopefully the sleeping a little bit less soundly tonight after these these announcements so i'm a really good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us dr simon that of . thank you that us foreign minister says that efforts to end the almost 3 long

blockade have failed but the cattery is remain open to resolving the dispute saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt are refusing to restore political trade and transport links al-jazeera several reports. for months says been speculation that the blockade of cattle by its neighbors could be nearing an end the foreign minister announced at the munich security council that talks to ease detention came to an end last month in 2017 saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt cut all diplomatic and economic ties with cats we are open to any genuine intention to resolve this problem and we have been we demonstrated this in fact when there was an opening. here and november and of last year. and unfortunately these efforts didn't succeed and spears suspended at the beginning of january but. remain at the same position that we are often the 4 blockading

countries accused katz of supporting terrorism which it's repeatedly tonight it's also rejected a list of 13 demands which include closing a turkish military base downgrading ties with iran and shutting down the al jazeera media network. in december cats are sent its highest representation since the blockade then prime minister. danny to the annual gulf cooperation council summit in saudi arabia at the time capsule had said that been positive talks with saudi leaders his attendance came after the national football teams of saudi behind and the u.a.e. all took part in the arabian gulf cup in cats on november reversing an earlier decision not to participate. katz all is home to the largest u.s. military base in the middle east and gulf region the us has called on its gulf allies to end the feud fearing it might undermine its efforts to contain seize

iran's growing influence in the region normally the united states should have been involved in pressing all the countries involved. saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain egypt and qatar to come to some kind of detente we have very very extensive relationships with all 4 of these governments all 5 of these governments and really it's a failure of u.s. diplomacy 3 years after the blockade began the 6 nation regional bloc is still struggling for unity so hideouts. 3 missiles have landed near the u.s. embassy in iraq's capital baghdad a 4th masonic spurted close to the office of the popular mobilization forces a paramilitary group backed by iran no casualties been reported saudi amorality and strikes have killed at least $31.00 civilians in north in yemen the un humanitarian

chief again says the attacks by the coalition are shocking the strikes happened after hutu rebels said they shot down a saudi warplanes mohammed reports from the capital sanaa. this is the moment yemen's houthi say they shot down a saudi air force fighter jet the group aired this video on saturday the saudi u.a.e. lived qualis and confirmed to one of its planes it went down you know joe for governorates in the country's north east. the what these also broadcast what it says is the aftermath so how did it it was strikes in the area full of which the who these claim will retaliate to at this hour the quality released the statement saying there was a possibility of what it calls collateral damage to civilians this show you that the us and our forces has been able after they have shut down. several of the. american drones over the skies of yemen in the last 50 months now it seems

to be that they are able to slow down despite that get on they can say that if they start at this stage this means that we are going to end that a new stage of the war the who these claimed the plane was downed with then. some another say that if that's true it would be a very significant development in yemen's long running war this is a big deal knowing that already their partners the iraqis you know how for all practical purposes withdrawn left and now the saudis are there and incapable of finishing the war and settling cable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game changer beginning to lose the war. more than 900-1000 people are being killed and another 3000000 displaced by the fighting millions more have been brutes to the brain to famine struck only agreement of 20000 raised troops for peaceful

settlement suppose there is been news sign of that. if it's confirmed now these have new weapon in there that could change the direction. whatever happens it's billions who's in the middle who continue to pay the price. so nah. dennis is proving to be quite the menace in northern europe and if you're fond of ice of us you're going to enjoy the kill the 1st shot hit a rope. watching a hurrican grow to be obstacles mid-winter so we can't call it such but here it is this massive tunning us indicates how deep the hole in the atmosphere is how much wind there is blowing around there is of course has been for process and a welcome visit visitors of british shows 2nd week in the row when a storm is hit or the back edge of the storms act there can be wind was one item the main problem is rain this is just before dawn in the yorkshire dales the course

to bring the army in is essential and that we have got 76 flood warnings across the u.k. because he's from the north of scotland to south of england this storm in effect again given what happened last weekend when damage in the rain flooding is enough to build to the still some more to come as it happens i think the accumulated rain is going to be something in the order of 120 when it reaches and it's science wells gets hit at the moment that we can will quieten down one side effect from this is if you look at the bigger picture over northern europe here is the frontal system ahead of dennis this is dennis itself of course it's drawing air in from the atlantic and not from the size look at the temperatures across europe and remember what the date is about 50 sixteenth's of february middle of february where the hard winter and i've put the temperature overlays up here we are in the teens of places like paris and berlin way out of order far to. many thanks still to come here on the news hour. at point in queensland when millions of tons of color shipped out of

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a row more than 2000 you cases were reported on sunday that's down by more than 600 from the previous day but the world health organization chief says that it's impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take. foreign ministers from around a dozen countries amazing in germany right now on the sidelines of a security summit at the latest attempts to end the war in libya the talks aimed at stopping foreign military support from libya's warring sides and in forcing the international arms and bother. sudan's ousted president omar al bashir has appeared in court for a hearing on war crimes allegations in the darfur region a conflict that began in 2003 when the north sea rebels rose up against the shias and. washington's top diplomat is arrived in senegal at the start of his 4 country whistle stop tour of africa the us secretary of state like peo has already warned of what he called china's dangerous influence on the african continent michael said

the chinese investment feeds corruption and undermines the rule of law but not everyone sees it that way as nicolas hock reports now from the senegalese capital dhaka. in the trade war between the united states and china a small garment factory in west africa sees an opportunity chinese owned but made in senegal 200000 sport suits have been shipped to the united states for sale in the wal-mart supermarket chain after delivering the goods a month before scheduled the senegalese workers have been sent home to wait for the next order of the loss of them we have good trade deals in place in the us we can export to the u.s. treaty free and best way to tracking chinese investors to come here in senegal and more generally to africa also it takes us 14 days from dakar by ship to get goods to the us compared to shanghai where it takes 2 months chinese investors have found an african countries a way to avoid u.s. trade tariffs imposed on goods made in china in the past 20 years china loaned 180

$1000000000.00 to african countries including senegal some of the money's being spent on building john you know joe a new city on the outskirts of the capital where chinese manufacturing companies are setting up operations in general u.s. secretary of state might bump warned against chinese investment in africa. it's tempting to accept easy money from places like try there's a better alternative we all know it and we can all achieve it together. western firms american firms operate according to values proven to produce good deals and quality work bumppo is trying to change the perception that the world's leading superpower has no clear strategy for a continent that's home to over a 1000000000 people namby is health system isn't donald trump has shown little interest in africa so far as the 1st president since ronald reagan not to have visited the continent despite strong historic and economic ties compare this with his predecessor barack obama who's visited senegal twice and in fact on this road where tens of thousands of people lined up counting the name of the united states

president now for mike pompei oh look at it now those special arrangement he received like any other foreign minister and that's because for many senegalese and many africans across the continent america's influence on the region is waning. it's 2 years since the white house announced a pullout of u.s. troops from the saheli region of west africa where armed groups are attacking regularly and gaining ground in african states will find themselves weakened in the face of armed groups like the islamic state or boko haram are going to leave that report live to a press briefing in munich where germany's foreign minister and the deputy u.n. special envoy to libya speaking let's listen in the issues where to put it mildly we need to care catch up with what was agreed. at the same time we accompanying the insured libyan perry says 48 by the united

nations and that by the united nations all participants from a state they would contribute to this all those countries that came to the plane by president here today. and have once again expressed a commitment to what was agreed in berlin. we also plenty and talked about the fact that quite often asli of the coals of last few the last few weeks there have been quite serious violations of the cease fire agreed. indeed i would hide from who that different views were expressed as to why that has been the case but all of us agreed on that the path that we have agreed to which is to drive a wedge between the conflict parties and those countries that support them is the only way in which we can put an end to the civil war in libya. we are quite aware

of the fact that this is anything but an easy task that's we have reminded all parties involved their responsibilities and their commitments. we also agreed that the fact that security kinds of resolution 2510 was passed a couple of days ago highlights once again that what it was agreed to in palin has also been reflected at the level of the united nations and has become finding and character ladies and gentlemen this has been and major step forward that we had we have been able to achieve in new york but we have also been able to make progress in other areas on the ground the in the casey 18 process has that we never actually able to see it going have been. started now and it was about 4 50 pm parties themselves that are active here. but we began in

berlin was to lay the ground for talks and negotiations what we've had great for the follow up per se is we'll continue those in defense stephanie briefed us today about the. economic and the financial track and the 1st meeting of the so-called 5 class 5 military commission where the military representatives of the parties to the conflict mate. and to these talks. about an effective ceasefire will continue the day after tomorrow in geneva that is taken a good sign and in the course of february the 20 necessary talks about a political process is to begin before the end of february that is. all of that is an indication of the fact that in those areas where we now have not quite yet made it to the finish a good sign and nevertheless the path we've set out on is the right one and that

the political commitment grief expressed has shown in effect that the past 2 years we will keep up the pressure on the parties to the conflict and to the same the berlin conference was part of the initial event towards thought process the follow up committee will continue the activities here in the wake of this meeting that co-chair of this committee will rotate which will make it possible for all the parties involved to establish closely express their commitment to pull the decisions taken in their lanes we will be handing over the baton today to italy in march at the next meeting is due to take place it will take place in rome and germany which were very active in initiating this process will be supporting it in the of course we free much welcome the efforts taken and made by the african union which was represented here to a very high level with the foreign minister of south africa as the task of the

african union and the commissioner for peace and foreign minister of the republic of congo that's the chair of the libya and committee tomorrow already we will continue to work in this and on this dossier because the e.u. foreign. ministers will meet in brussels to discuss the contribution that the european union can make in order to ensure that the arms embargo. will be monitored once it has been implemented as i sat it continues to be a difficult effect and the objectives cannot property cannot be achieved overnight but nevertheless the track for the past that we have chosen is as we believe the suitable one to finally end the civil war in libya thank you very much indeed good morning. i am very pleased to be here today in munich to co-chair the 1st international followup committee to the berlin conference on libya

on behalf of the special representative of the secretary general the son for them who sends you his warm regards i wish to thank chancellor merkel and foreign minister must for germany's steadfast leadership of the berlin process and commitment to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict in libya. since we gathered one month ago in berlin when un smell have been activated in all 3 trucks of the interim libyan dialogue as in vision and under s.r.c. salamis 3 step and the ships of and further detailed in the operational paper endorsed in berlin. encouraging progress has been achieved on the military and economic tracks with constructive discussions taking place in geneva and in cairo under the auspices of. we expect to hold the 1st meeting of an inclusive

libyan political forum in geneva starting in 10 days time. we are equally pleased to see that the security council after months of inaction adopted resolution 2510 indorsing the outcomes of the berlin conference this was sorely needed to signal to the libyans that the international community had not abandoned them and to the spoilers that their interference would no longer be tolerated. un's mil is fully committed to seize the momentum and to charge ahead with the implementation of our operational plan as called for in the resolution the international follow up committee on libya the very topic that we came here to discuss is the necessary tool that will allow us all to implement our commitments it is what distinguishes the berlin process from other past attempts it is what

will turn our words into action. but i must say in contrast to these positive signs the situation on the ground remains deeply troubling the truth is holding only by a thread with numerous over 150 violations reported and it is the libyan people that continue to suffer the most the economic situation continues to deteriorate exacerbated by the oil blockade and the looming banking crisis the participating countries and organizations today amongst them there was a consensus on the need to lift. i want to touch on the fact that the life of ordinary people in libya does continue to worsen as a result of this conflict and the degrading of basic services one out of every 4 living in has been negatively affected by the ongoing conflict almost half of the

1800000 people affected by the crisis need some form of humanitarian assistance this includes almost one 3rd of non libyans in the country attacks on civilian population and civilian infrastructure particularly health infrastructure doubled in 2019 resulting in significant casualties mostly in tripoli more than 149000 people have been forced from their homes in the tripoli area. since the conflict began in april and almost $345000.00 people remain in frontline areas and in acute danger of displacement and schools continue to be closed we heard from the tunisian minister that over 1300000 libyans have fled to tunisia over the past years. so it is essential in our view that the international follow

up committee sustains the momentum created we are of the firm belief that this mechanism will help us jointly to defeat the numerous obstacles that remain on libya's pat path to peace and security this should not be it cannot be an individual task it is our common responsibility and what we flecked on our joint credibility stuff. thank you madam deputy special representative we now have time for 2 or 3 questions and the 1st one is from just 0 please james posed from al jazeera english mr foreign minister you talk about a deplorable breach of the. we know who is breaching the arms embargo they were in the room with you what did you say to them and deputy special record

representative you talk about in 10 days an inclusive political forum does that mean you have high hopes for the 5 plus 5 talks this week in geneva achieving finally a ceasefire. after this is over and as i said right now this has been discussed openly in that round all stakeholder we have reminded all stakeholders of the fact that the balance of 1000000000 must be followed by deeds and that we expect everybody to do so and that we expect that even more after the united nations security council has adopted the relevant resolution in that regard there are different mechanisms on how to deal with that the sanctions committee at the united nations is one of them but what will be important is to create transparency and make sure that those who continue to intend to breach the embargo need to know that they will be.

detected and that they will be named and we will discuss that at the get e.u. foreign council tomorrow. council on foreign affairs and we will discuss the contribution that you can make so that everybody knows that if they breach the embargo that they also violate a is in surety council's resolution and this will have effects on them. so with your regard to your question on the 5 plus 5 which will be reconvening and hopes for a laugh scene and enduring ceasefire look negotiating a cease fire and security arrangements is a complex process it's not going to happen overnight it takes time. the topics such as including you know monitoring and verification mechanism separation of forces in confidence building measures they must become comprehensively

addressed so i mean we believe and we were very encouraged by the important 1st step that was taken in the 1st round in geneva this was you know a very professional. very dedicated environment with a true national spirit and a desire to to reach a resolution so we're hopeful for the resumption of the negotiations. but as i said in order for you know there to be a conducive environment for ceasefire talks we need to have calm on the ground we need to avoid provocative actions by either the parties to the conflict or frankly their international sponsors so with regard to the political form look we've had the military talks we've had the economic forum which took place in cairo. where again we saw a fantastic national spirit people who even though there were there are enormous enormously complicated issues and there's

a lot of division in the country they came ready to discuss and really address some of the urgent issues so we're really hoping that that spirit infects the political process. thank you the 2nd question is from michael somebody. in a frogger and then that's not us mr henderson and rush into the german foreign minister prime minister what is the concrete proposal you will make tomorrow during your e.u. colleagues concerning a monitoring off the and weapons bear arms embargo by arab i.c.a.o. which is a computer contribution germany could make. and the united nations representative mr williams what are your expectations and hopes with regard to the european union and the germans when it comes to monitoring the arms embargo and how much is time pressing to do that. just. as far as monitoring the arms embargo is concerned i believe the most important aspect here is that the more

nato all the routes of access not the met in which way we provide monitoring we are aware of the fact that the different parties to the civil war in libya are supplying arms using the sea route other parties prefer the land route or the air route and thus the monitoring system that is to be established has to be capable of monitoring all the 3 access routes in order to avoid it disadvantage being created for any route so there are different ways of going about this as you may realize who may also be aware of the fact that discussions ongoing are very difficult to monitor for the embargo with their push ships as was the case in mission sophia because then we would have to send ships to the mediterranean but possibly that might not be required to at all we could do that from the air we could all to monitor via the air with the help of other

equipment and we will talk about this tomorrow and i will be. supporting a decision that focuses on the european union making its contribution towards monitoring the arms embargo and truly in this situation and that we find a way to go about it a way an approach that can be supported by all the member states of the european union. of course we will have to talk about which countries making what kind of contribution we do have already a satellite up there but we might possibly have to take a decision on the character of such a mission so far we have not been able to reach agreement on it because of different positions by different member countries also with respect to the issue of whether we could employ or use shapes but we don't know if the countries that is the driving force behind this present be of course would want to continue to be

responsible and to make our contribution. so of course we will be you know monitoring the discussions in brussels smar and we're very grateful for those for the european union and of course germany to the u.n. specifically the un's mil mission the european union has been materially supporting our economic. and security tracks in terms of helping us bring the participants to the venues look as the source of jihad said i think on numerous occasions the arms embargo has become a joke and so it you know we all really think we need to step up here and. it is complicated because there are violations that are you know happening on land sea and air and that all needs to be monitored and there needs to be accountability

ultimately libya is awash in weaponry and now advanced weaponry and that's very dangerous for regional peace and security not to mention international peace and security. we have time for one final question comes from war to us mr pinkas. foreign minister if a may i want to would like to ask you about the arms embargo to to talk with your colleagues that bout faced to they agree that the european union should monitor the arms embargo do you expect any kind of conflict there because we're talking about the possibility of finding weapons that come from particular countries and what at the end of the day is going to be the part of the african union in the wake of the bill in conference you said they said they wanted to be involved in this conflict was happening on african soil in what way will they be involved are there concrete ideas and possibly ideas of a particular site is about them monitoring helping monitoring the arms embargo in

berlin already the african union made a very committed contribution and they did say today and i think we would be very well if i used to involve the african union and within the african union of course was the decision needs to be taken in what way they want to contribute the arab league to during today's meeting announce that they would be willing to participate and to do their bit also when it comes to. achieving a breakthrough regarding the arms embargo and the same is true for the european union and the united nations so my impression has not been that there has been a lack of countries being willing to actually operationalize what we agreed upon and this is why we will you know with start by collecting the contributions each and every country is willing to make and then see how we can develop based system that is so to speak tailor made and practical terms because of course it.

brings up a number of technical issues we will see who will attend to board. but of course it does make a lot of sense to comply with the wishes of the african union and the african countries who fight he pointed out that it has to be indigenous if you versus where the africans above or have a major part to play and of course we wanted too. fact that in our endeavors i am quite confident that the african union will make a contribution which it has to define itself in the coming weeks or days and the african union will. be. co-hosting the follow up committee and have the opportunity to express its views create clearly. this is the next well this is 1st and foremost a decision by the european union i think it is important in many countries and we've seen that confirmed to day that the process takes place under the aegis is the united nations because that is where it belongs and that is what we agreed in berlin photos who want to join such as the european union or the african union will

than make individual contributions but fearful also is our of the united nations no matter who makes what kind of contribution we only accept contributions that have been coordinated with united nations and that have been receiving the support and the approval of the united nations i would just like to echo also our obviously close relationship our cooperation with all of the regional organizations including of course the african union the secretary general attended the $33.00 ordinary session of the african union an artist recently and libya was was definitely on the menu and we are working closely with the african union on the reconciliation meeting that will take place in artists as well as other you know initiatives we are joined at the hip and we are equally very grateful for the offer

of the league of arab states to host of the senior officials meeting in april. thank you very much we've been fortunate to run out of time thank you very much for the interest. that was stephanie williams the deputy u.n. special envoy to libya there speaking along with germany's foreign minister. after the meeting of 12. foreign ministers on the sidelines of the munich security summit in munich today about the situation in libya let's get some analysis from 0 as behold up the one. who's who was listening along with us in tripoli germany's foreign minister mahmoud said that significant progress was made today and what way . but here in libya as you know the european concern over the 2 major issues the arms embargo and

the ceasefire. on the ground these 2 major issues have not been implemented on the ground so far and that the government of national accord here in the west of the country has that it has the right to defend itself again it's what it calls the aggression by have to his forces on the capital and on the residential areas in southern tripoli and concerning the arms embargo to the government so that it has the right as a legitimate institution representing the libyan people to seal his deals with other legitimate government it means of course the military and security agreement of that by the d.n.a. the government of national accord with the turkey but on the other hand it's sad that have to his forces as a non-legitimate institution they have been receiving get thousands of tons of munitions that during the past few weeks from the united arab emirates despite the

international calls for a minute for the arms embargo and for the seas fire but meanwhile over the past 2 weeks have to his forces have been violating the cease fire on the ground targeting a residential areas where the heavy artillery and also the only operational airport in the capital city and the government says that the targeting of residential areas and killing innocent civilians and also the state facilities could mount 2 world crimes by force meanwhile the government is calling on the the international criminal court to investigate these violations by half the us forces but meanwhile both rival factions of the ground the warring sides on the ground we speak to military commanders on the ground they are these seem to be did. turman to move on have taught himself 2 days ago he spoke on television and he said that we will continue fighting until we achieve our aim he means to seize the capital tripoli by

force but meanwhile the government of national court says that it's it's responding to have to visit violations in southern turkey because it has the right to defend itself. not what many thanks data 0 would up to what had. live in tripoli something up. after that meeting between that well that press conference we saw his foreign minister the deputy u.n. special envoy to libya germany's foreign minister following that that meeting between the 12 or so foreign ministers on the sidelines of the security summit said that significant progress and they stuff they williams was talking about the arms embargo becoming a joke she said we need to step up here there needs to be accountability that's it from the news out stung by a bad story and is here to bring it up to date with the latest on the top stories just a few well it's all seem like. the

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