in the sea and mediation and 2nd some council members have voiced opposition to coercive measures but it's hard to see a viable alternative that can have any impact in particular there is every justification for the council to impose an arms embargo america in the absence of a un embargo like minded countries could agree to a coordinated list of prohibited items not only arms but also technology is the surveillance of regression and share information on the efforts to block transfers on a voluntary basis this will create a framework for other states to coordinate restrictions on the. like minded countries should also continue to coordinate the imposition of targeted economic sanctions none of these are likely to have as much impact as even the rich regimes own policy failures all the deliberate actions of civil disobedience movements but they have an important signaling effect so the regime as well as to those resisting

its violence attempts to suit use up state power thank you. thank you rich for your briefing i now give the floor all to do is in my own following the military coup me and i was democratically elected representatives established a committee representing p.l.o. doing soo much role with a political vision to end to military rule and build a federal to morrow say i will give the floor to do all is it not all who will brief on c.l. ph is perspective on the way forward thank you. thank you is the rights. thank you. so much for getting their messages and signs on the wall. on february 1 the la military

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mostly in the community to do without any due process rights this includes so many and only to get into the day before this session steps the military force us force that nations. that would like i've been used to protect the civilian population in. the ambulance i'm not a lot to answer. that. doesn't have any end to that in the next 2 weeks. in different states. and the military also units and crime in sense that it really additionally the domino also just to really kind of stick to the brotherhood and not have including our. statements criticizing the killing of the school student into tats. aside from the systematic violence by the. time it

literate people the military high command overseeing this kind means not trying to hide what i'm using the name of those states ministry is. being implementing oppressive tactics such as i think all internet connections i would see arrests local detention. there it is the best events are evidence to prove that. it is a system that an entire season's not documented bloated and internet abuse and reports of all since i 1st see somebody. else's. systems on the c.d.'s since the systematic time it was. first been really a mission that the military does not have on patrol but the country is find says it all find the security. system that is violence committed by the military and this

isn't about religious groups that the military does not want to miss but. i don't need this presentation to you today the minister or if there's. you know i'm president i was appointed this was the last borneo national. which is the most democratic area let. the people you know to look at this and it's not that it's only get out and more. so the 1st oh absolutely the science mandate and military return them are to orderly. and we must ensure. $1435.00 g.m.t. you're with al-jazeera just a quick reminder for any fears just joining us we've been listening in and see

a special virtual session at the united nations which the u.k. has organized the session was designed to discuss developments in me and mar this is a platform for voices from b.n. march it to brief the security council members on. their view of the developments taking place since the fabry 1st coup in me and my. we've been listening to an activist and scholar from myanmar as well as richard horsley from the international crisis group the lady speaking right now is more she's a representative from. foreign ministry in exile a lot has been said so i was checking in with our diplomatic had sir james bays who has been following this story james joins us now live from the united nations been hearing there a comprehensive picture of perspective from voices for

myanmar itself which is quite crucial for the security council given the difficulty that outsiders have had in getting into the country to get the story what struck you from what we've been listening to in the last few minutes. well i think i should make it clear 1st what we're listening to because this isn't a meeting of the u.n. security council they couldn't agree to have a meeting like this in the u.n. security council so this is an unofficial meeting something called an aria format the name refers to venezuelan ambassador who called a meeting like this during the bosnian war and the idea is that the security council meet members come together for a meeting but it's not a formal security council meeting so this one was organized by the united kingdom they're not the president of the security council this month supported by the u.s.

and the other european members of the council and the idea is to get the testimony out there to get the real situation on the ground to security council members so they can hear it for themselves and in a closed session of the security council which is what all that they've had consensus to have until now you can't call people who are not from the u.n. system so an open meeting of the security council which achieve the same thing but we're top the whole behind the scenes that china russia and some others are opposed to the idea of having an open meeting so this is an interesting device to try and skirt around that problem and get this message to the world but also to the security council members about how severe the problem is and the repercussions it could have regionally. walkway to an end there this is it's interesting isn't it the fact that we're trying to get this testimony out it's the u.n. representative has been trying to get into myanmar to meet with the generals and

certainly that request hasn't been denied do you think the request has been denied brother she hasn't managed to meet with them do you think that anything that we've been hearing from the activists in the protagonists in addressing this area session do you think this will be a surprise to any members of the u.n. security council do you think this may change minds or shed any kind of light on what they believe to be the current situation. well i think it's aimed at putting some public pressure on those security council members who don't want to take things any further remember the security council did surprise people early on after the coup by coming up with a statement they managed to agree with all the council members including russia and china condemning they didn't call it the coup but condemning what had happened and calling for the release of all the detained democratically elected politicians now

they also fully supported the special envoy christine trying to bergen who as you say has just arrived in bangkok in the last few hours she's on a regional tour but she wants to go to me on march she wants to speak to the generals she wants to start a dialogue but she tweeted on her arrival i regret that the tatmadaw that's the military in myanmar answered me yes they they're not ready to receive me i'm ready for dialogue and certainly that's something that's supported by the whole security council they say that her work is vital and she should be allowed in for dialogue i'm also hearing that there is quite a lot of faith being put by the security council right now in diplomacy by the assy and countries and what we're hearing is that there is likely to be an assay an leaders summit of all the. countries and the dates i'm hearing are probably about 2 weeks from now they're trying to work on a meeting in jakarta and they're hoping that the assy and style of quark diplomacy will persuade the generals that their current path is

a path that they should not continue on i'm also hearing from diplomats on the security council that they feel it's likely they're going to have to try and pull a cake the generals in some way so you're hearing in this meeting from those representing the democratically elected politicians that the 2008 constitution cannot stand and we must have a new a new me and mar where the military only work for the politicians well i can tell you some on the security council are now entertaining the idea of going back to that constitution or even. giving the military potentially more seats or some are even suggesting that they have a deal where sun suchi shouldn't be part of any new government now obviously going to be many human rights activists and many a man maher who say that if any solution like that came about it would be rewarding the generals for their bloodshed in recent weeks and they certainly would and they would probably argue is it really up to. the u.n.

to be determining the future course of the country how much sway do you think the diplomats in the united nations in new york are able to have on the current trajectory within me n. my you mentioned that they would really like the as they see in nations to exert their influence but is there is the u.n. perilous in the sense tense where do the dynamics lie. well look i'm not allowed to tell you because a lot of the conversations i have i get lots of information by people agreeing not to tell me who told me it but i will tell you this came from a very senior diplomat on the u.n. security council and this person told me they don't think the military in myanmar even reading the statements the security council is putting out so i think they do feel pretty powerless and i think that's why they are looking now perhaps countries i think they're looking at particular members of r.c.i.

and they're hoping that the ties have some influence there because of course they have recent history of military involvement in their governance and a military coup taking place and also the other country that i think as i've said likely host of a summit of leaders of r.c.i. and that's playing an important role here is indonesia. and i think those are among the 2 countries that are leading the diplomatic efforts right now that's probably why christina seana bergner who is the u.n. special envoy has started her regional tour in bangkok trying everything they can the u.n. secretary general has put out strong statements as i say the security council's put out 3 different statements and still on the ground the killing goes on and it does indeed well that meeting is continuing technical problems we could see but it is continuing well let you get back to james bay is just there is diplomatic editor

thank you very much indeed let's say give you a bit of context see the situation inside myanmar we're hearing reports of more tense fighting as security forces cracked own on protesters rescue workers say at least 4 people have been killed in the southern city of fargo but media reports that death toll could hire rights groups of recorded 614 civilian deaths since the mill. treats its power in a coup at the start of fed the rape armed forces have also imposed new in senate restrictions so the military is also pushed back on its promise c holds an election within a year i'm going to go at the moment you are going to go it was state of emergency most are over within 2 years and the elections must be held within 2 years we must hold elections and transfer power to the winning party in the election.

and the u.k. has made an offer of safe haven to myanmar's former ambassador to the country sure men was lost sight of his embassy in london on wednesday after criticizing february's coup meanwhile 18 ambassadors to the country of call for the restoration of democracy in a joint statement. or move on to some other news now the latest round of talks to revive the landmark 2050 nuclear agreements between iran and world powers have ended in vienna all sides have agreed to resume negotiations next witness day u.s. president joe biden says he's ready to lift sanctions and reverse donald trump's decision to pull rights of deal in 28 seen but 1st washington wants iran to return to the food limits and paused on its nuclear program the iranian president says negotiations are on the right track in the iranian foreign minister gerard serif

has also to he says on the subject saying iran proposes illogical passed to foo j c p u e compliance the us which caused this crisis should returns for compliance 1st iran will reciprocates following a rapid verification all trump sanctions were anti j.c.t. away and must be removed without its distinction between arbitrary designation. said begg is keeping an eye on the iranian reaction from the capital to her on. the iranians have said that they are serious but if they see that the other side isn't serious then there won't be a reason to continue those talks now there is some tough language coming out so far the iranian delegation position hasn't really changed they want all sanctions lifted before they make any steps in terms of their nuclear program and that's probably because they have to come back here to iran to discuss with the supreme

leader ayatollah ali khamenei who is a spiritual and political leader of the country because he will be one he will be the one that finally signs off on any agreement but also the internal politics taking place there's a presidential election coming up in june president hassan rouhani his term will come to the 2nd term will come to an end and he doesn't want to be remembered as the president that resulted over a failed deal and he was unable to deliver on his promise of lifting getting those u.s. sanctions lifted the issue of the nuclear deal is expected to play play a major role in those presidential debates and the reformists are going to be attacked by the conservatives and the conservatives who dominate parliament they were never for the agreement in the 1st place so yes the president has been rouhani has said that he's optimistic but the final decision will. rest with the supreme leader take each other news in europe now ukrainian president vladimir linsky has visited soldiers on the eastern border his presence there comes at

a time of heightened tension with russia the same distraught the reports. a president in the trenches meeting soldiers on the front line rallying the troops for battle but it was nothing but maybe the ukrainian leader dawned a wartime look for his visit to dawn boss in the east where russian military buildup along the border came after weeks of fighting with russian backed separatists thomas yes this is a list there is an escalation indeed in the donbass region we can see it servicemen can see that one is in chief and commanders can see that we understand that our boys a targeted by snipers there are 26 killed servicemen military do everything possible to defend our country and to hold ceasefire but when our soldiers are attacked and when there are casualties it is clear to everyone that the army responds. russian equipment and thousands of personnel are on the horizon russians are tearing out

military drills along the border and pro russian rebel fighters are taking up positions in urban areas who are going to both sides seem primed for war the united states is increasingly concerned by recent escalating russian aggressions in eastern ukraine including russian troop movements on ukraine's border russia now has more troops on the border with ukraine than at any time since 24145 ukrainian soldiers have been killed this week alone these are all deeply concerning signs. in a phone call with russian president vladimir putin german chancellor angela merkel tried to deescalate tensions and asked him to pull back. leaders in moscow warned kiev they see calls to speed up ukraine's nato membership as provocative and that russia might have to step in to defend russian speakers in the east once again when they absolutely we are free to move our armed forces and any units across the

territory of russia at discretion and secondly you cried it's turning into a potentially very unstable region again any country that has an unstable explosive region near its borders surely types the necessary measures to ensure its own security. war in eastern ukraine 1st broke out in 2014 it ended with russia seizing the crimea region there's been a low level conflict ever since subsiding briefly last year picking up again at the start of 2021 the same bus ravi al-jazeera then i'd hear in army says 10 soldiers that an officer had been killed in an attack in central benway states they were deployed there to tackle local armed groups in the past 6 years hundreds of people have been killed in violence machine farmers and cattle herders in the region to boot jeb bush he's president says he's very confident still when a 5th time. it's. is mel margot there cast

says ballots in the capital around a quarter of a 1000000 people are registered to vote in the horn of africa nation who has been empire for 22 years has only one challenger the main opposition boycotted the election. well djibouti set some one of the world's busiest trading routes at the crossroads between africa and the arabian peninsula and it has several military bases which means foreign powers or ships politics very closely catherine saw i reports the many people in djibouti say they already know who will win the election president is smile on mark galley has been the country's leader for 2 decades and he's hoping for another run he changed the constitution in 2010 scrapping time limits while also introducing an age limit of $75.00 he's now $73.00. his political rallies with

a campaign platform has continued to have been attended by thousands of supporters he says he still has much to accomplish in this country of 1000000 people. we are a small country we need to regroup to build our country and to share benefits we also continue to defend peace in our country he is a desert nation but strategically placed in the horn of africa and on one of the wards b.z.'s trade routes is that a crossroads between africa and arabian peninsula and the president has exploited this geographical advantage by investing heavily in ports and other infrastructure his plan is to transform djibouti into africa's largest trade and logistics hub the country has also attracted foreign military bases including the u.s. several from europe china and japan but many bushes are poor and unemployment rates are high the president has also been accused of cracking down on his opponents in

the past few years something this man one. to change that area is smile farai is only challenger he's an independent candidate and widely seen as a political novice who has not been campaigning march. it's challenging for me to compete again is the president because he's been in power for so long but i believe in the promises are making to the people the big government as never really purities them all the other more established opposition leaders have both courted the poor claiming it will not be free and fair. face part as last year but analysts say any opposition is fragmented and disenfranchised catherine soy al-jazeera venning is gearing up for a presidential election on sunday and has one of the strongest economies in west africa but the pandemic is having an impact the eastern border with its biggest trading partner nigeria has been closed for the past 18 months the drinks find out

what that's meant for traders the commercial border town of summer. has been selling 2nd one cause for more than 10 years in semi a border town between binny and nigeria. he says has never lost so much income as he did in the past year. but. we are totally paralyzed ships that was supposed to bring in gods aren't coming as they used to those who buy from us are gone many employees have lost our jobs lives so hard for everyone involved in this business most of our clients are nigerians we don't see much of them these days they come and see has lost its value and it's no longer profitable for them to buy . what i preach been in the imports $25000.00 cars a month while the vehicles are meant for countries like malaysia chardin booking a fossil 80 percent of them end up in nigeria. but is what the impact of covert 19 and an 18 month long border closure by nigeria been in recorded

a 2.3 percent growth. the slowdown is in commerce transport agriculture and hospitality industry been is an important maritime help for many west african countries like booking a fossil chad and the general public a substantial part of its revenue comes from cargoes of cars like this but in the last year revenues on exports have snow covered 19 and nigeria shutting its borders these cars have been sitting here for months waiting for buyers are pulling near for you know important supplies medical equipment to clients and beneath him and beyond is this prospects for recovery a bright. with so many vaccines now in play there is hope that the covert 1000 pandemic can be contained quickly this will help revive business activities. but it's the poor who are mostly affected incomes

and jobs have disappeared for many inflation has also doubled from 0.9 percent in 2019 to 2 percent last year still one of the lowest in the region but rising employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that's the envy of many countries in west africa. semi on the bin in nigeria border. let's take you back to that special informal meeting at the u.n. listening to it see the u.n. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas greenfield she's addressing that meeting let's listen in. the council has spoken with a strong and with a clear and a unified on this issue but every statement the council has made has been further violence aisle by the military against the people who. statements alone are not enough to stop the military from threatening the security

of the region either. already we've seen dozens of individuals flee burma into thailand amid airstrikes on burma's eastern border and hundreds of individuals hundreds have tried to throw into india from northwest perma 3 years ago we thought quickly the military screw tallies are up the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people all across international borders and i say categorically we cannot we simply cannot allow the military to destabilize the region once again through its unrelenting campaign of violence their campaign of repression and especially especially against the backdrop of an unprecedented global endemic.

so we can see prices well there we have a small excerpts of what the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas greenfield was saying that special meeting in finnegan will be covering the next hour for us to keep it here on. time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again we got more heavy rain pushing into northern parts of the particularly around the river plate you see this little area of cloud that's going to run its way across. pushing into europe wise you go through friday and on into saturday for the fine in trying to most of eastern brazil rio 29 celsius with some pleasant sunshine coming through his central western parts of brazil western side of the amazon of course the usual showers rumbling away here and i shall tell you a little lively to northern parts of brazil as we go on through saturday for sas

davis pushed back down towards the river plate more heavy downpours coming through here so we could see some localized flooding as a result of this rather stormy weather as we go once through the weekend a rush of showers to ensue where the caribbean but nothing too much to worry about because some heavy rain just around central parts pushing over towards the greats rantel is so hispania could catch a shower or to take the assumption in between having said that and plenty of sunshine there for the east and bridgetown barbados getting up to 27 celsius a touch warmer there for kingston and 30 degrees again you could catch a shower if we see some severe storms recently making their way across the deep south of the u.s. into that southeastern corner they will continue over the next couple of days. sponsored paul qatar airways. and. welcome to democracy from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can

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