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international interest in the island resorts in the way. a younger generation, emerging, determined, and nephew to meet her rata. i need to be on faith as student and a politician, as they tackle a job issued with that powerful fight for greenland. witness documentary on al jazeera, me. he's devoted much of his life to diplomacy. bank honeymoon join, south korea is foreign service in 1970. and since then, he's worked and traveled the world found began his successful diplomatic career in new delhi before ending up in multiple posts from soul to washington to vienna. in 2004 bank honeymoon served as south korea's foreign minister until 2006. when he

declared his candidacy to replace kofi and was the head of the united nations, the general assembly elected him as the secretary general in october that year beginning his term in january 2007. the challenges he paced were many from iran and north korea's nuclear programs, conflicts in the middle east and the threat of global warming. some of the main objectives the un achieved during bands tenure include, setting up the 2030 sustainable development goals. the paris climate change agreement and the creation of un women and entity working for women's empowerment. after 2 turns back left office and was replaced by antonio. good terrace. in 2017. but many of the issues he face still remain. so what can the united nations do to have a bigger impact and effect global change? in his new book, souls united nations in a divided world ban reflects on the role of his former organization in today's

multifaceted society, facing many challenges. the foremost secretary general, the united nations bank honeymoon talks to al jazeera bank key moon, former secretary general of the united nations. now the deputy chair of the elders, thank you for talking to al jazeera. you have a new book out. we'll come to that in a moment, but 1st let me take you back to the end of your decade. is the secretary general of the un secretary general right up until the end of 2016. some people might say you dodged a bit of a bullet by the date of your departure because your successor antonio terrace took office on the 1st of january. he only had 20 days before another important world leader took office, the leader of the most powerful economy on earth. and that was donald j. trump. he was someone who didn't really agree much with international cooperation. some might

say he didn't agree with the un system or you relieved you didn't have to deal with president trump. in regard to personally speaking, i was relieved because i i was not supposed to deal with him. but what had happened during present trumps for years time, as a former deputy general and i was a deep concern about the might lead her in his array. the most of the important international agreement had been cancer, the journey, his time, forced on climate change agreement, which it took almost 20 years since no more than 10 years. this is total protocol has, has been almost ruined by the door of the united states and the u. s.

also, we do from j. c. p, a joint comprehensive plan of action to deal with the iranian nuclear issues. and there were a lot of such and lighting that terrorism which had been into so re, i am very much relieved and had p. and that and joe biden has been elected and returned to paris climate change with and now on us is a serious and you will she thing with the iranians for returning to j. c. p. a and all that are also many other areas in the world to trade. the systems which have been also hampered by the lack of spirit multilateralism. do you think there's lasting damage from the trump era? and did you have a fear that perhaps he might pull out of the un completely and that could affect

the future of the united nations. i didn't think that there was a day or 2 consider withdrawing from the united nations itself. but it is true that i had been very much concerned then as a former 2nd general. i was invited to many international forum. intention of conference is a small and big, huge time. i have been speaking out that the prison trumps of vision was particularly a very short sighted and morally wrong when it comes to climate change is he was a scientifically very much and wrong. and then you can, i mean, can you also irresponsible and i, i torn and won the war that he may be standing in the wrong side of the history. i can tell you that i have done my own most airports and i've been walking

tirelessly with the warrant to lead us so that the war need us can demonstrate their global citizenship, their leadership based on global citizenship. and at this time, i do not see mentally those globally, those who really act genuinely as a global leaders, based on global citizenship. you say in your new memoir, populous bullies are perhaps the least effective diplomats. i suspect that might be a reference to president trump. let's look at one example somewhat, you know, so well because you were a veteran, south korean diplomat rising to be the foreign minister before you became secretary general. i want to ask you about recent developments on the korean peninsula during the trump era. that was 3 face to face meetings between president trump and kim john on very unusual diplomacy took place. is the world a safer place?

of course, he was the 1st united state prison who met north korean leader kim john, one and or so he wants to force the united states the prison for had stepped on the territory of north korea when things was very brief in that regard that there was some more the high can the expectation and that us prison will be able to agree on the very concrete agreement with the north koreans to make. and you know, clearly jason of the korean peninsula, particularly when i i'm saying that about north korea. north korea is the only country 1st and the only country in 21st century who have tested 6 times nuclear bombs. and they have also tested the inter content or polio to

mrs. long range and short range. and they also are developing a summary based nuclear weapons as a term and therefore we had much, much expectation. but in the end, his sort of the really to show type diplomacy has made the lot of koreans and the people of a piece of the people are very much disappointed. now, the current situation on the korean peninsula is or so they much worrisome. we have to make sure that during prison by this era that, that there should be a complete can you creation of the korean peninsula, north korea, it's a place where the napoleon, human rights record. when you a secretary general, used to talk a lot about human rights upfront, but it's pretty clear that human rights abuses

a grubbing around the world. and some of the most powerful countries on us are involved. i give you 2 examples. for example, the week people in china, permanent member of the security council responsible. what some say is genocide and syria, where human rights groups all agree that russia has joined the aside regime in abuses including targeting medical facilities. you a secretary general. how hard is it for a secretary general to confront these sort of problems when they're carried out by the most powerful countries? of course. so abuses of human rights violators in this war. now, because of the divisions, divisions among big powers, particularly diploma members from the secret council, if 5, then not think could have been agreed upon to deal with the human rights. for example, on, in the case of syria,

6600000 syrians are now had become refugees here and there in georgia that live on, on iraq and eugene and israel. i have visited orders places. but security council has not been able to agree on anything, even on purely genuine. it's too many issues because of the people power. then are there who should be blamed on this is already the people. then i have been speaking out that the justice will prevail for those perpetrators of violators of human rights and justice. then i've been speaking out then trust israel prevail if not today tomorrow, if not tomorrow. surely in the near future. that is what i international criminal court, and i don't traditionally bodies and special court which i have been establish, establish during my time has been working. but unfortunately we have not seen much

progress in this. you mentioned syria, and there is an intriguing reference in your new book. it says if the un has been allowed to take a larger role earlier in the syrian war, i believe you would not mile be grappling with their own refugee crisis. what role did you want the un to take and who stopped you? i have been speaking to out by schon, i sat of syria many times, but she's been lying all the time. so therefore, then i pointed to my previous cor piano and then locked up right here. me and many a deeper met with all this and the wash ations have not used it any, any success any result because of the division among p 5, pomona members of the sea for the council. that is why many members stay so now,

arguing that there should be reform of the secret council, but it is, i've told your decision. decision is in the hands of a 5, pomona members. their phone. why do the form of the secret in council has been on the agenda many years, many decades now? we have not been able to make any progress. i am very, very much frustrated about that. this kind of situation i am urging as a former 2nd general and also my successor antonio with terrorist who will be real. i'm a real pointed sean. and then i think the united nation should really speak out on the mattress or prince, put human rights and human dignity. well, one of those masses is a country that has deteriorated greatly this year in terms of its situation. one

way you worked for a very long time and that's man law where there was a qu on the 1st of february, you spoken the security council, a powerful call to action in april. you said that was a fleeting moment, the strong action to stop the atrocities. nothing has been done. do you fear that fleeting moment has now passed in my report to the security council on april 19th? i suggested to the members of the secret council to consider even the process of invoking responsibility to protect as we did in 2011. in the case of libya, of course, this will be met, i'm afraid to say that the by the pewter power and but if dora tours, dora re, jim's which we cannot pry to address or in this acceptable situation.

but the member states of the nice nation is particular security. they are not divided completely if i did. and therefore i am very urging. first of all is unusual among the i c n. so i still need those should take a much, much stronger action. i myself or for my own visit to me. we are not military leader and but they are the price that the timing was not the convenient for them. but when would be there would be a convenient time for me to visit because nothing has been happen. it is the people who will suffer from or dis, a military dictatorship. you mention the problems in the security council. and again, it comes back to the dysfunction in the permanent 5 members of the security council with regard to me on my with regard to t grey, an e c o p. that seems to be no appetite for any sort of punitive action. arms embargo

sanctions up from russia and china potentially though, as you move forward, if these 2 countries are going to support sanctions and we know that they're not on the un sanctions, but both countries are on the e. u and u. s. sanctions doesn't increasingly the security council become more and more toothless. and then the un itself become more irrelevant. it's not truthful if in fact it has become 2 or 3. but they have chief very strong power on tours to solve the problems to solve of september. i schuman right issues and violations of, and press, per cent, ideals of the international united nations, chatham, in the case of t grey, i'm again the t p concern that this is now being prepared,

perpetrated by the country when the leader is a nobel peace, laurie prime minister, i b med war. so i didn't know about pearson only just a couple of years ago. and now this are 6600000 people in the gray to gray. i think that they are suffering or law because of 1st of all, lego food levels. one term, and there is always a military actions. i am again asking african union african union. they have quite the efficient way of making decisions, but they have not yet taken in a productive way. in recent weeks we've seen another conflict in the middle east, the bombardment of gauze, rocket spot by hamas. you have seen this before. several times when you are the

secretary general. i was in the region recently. i've been visiting for 30 years. i spoke to quite a few palestinian people and there's absolutely no hope left among these people. what is to be done? this the liver, they warm between the israel mouse was really terrible room. and it reminded me of my time when i had to deal with the such kind of friday bombing, which had been mostly provoked by her my sort of times. but i know that it all this had been provoked by her mother and the return by israelis. but the magnitude of returning or in this crisis was not rational rational for so long. it also reminded me

of my own diplomat diplomat. the engagement in january 2009. it started december late december 2008. but i was on the road and i was on a so called a conveyor belt to diplomacy. i was visiting at least 4 countries all day meeting. did those of a 4 countries secretary general should the current secretary general be doing that because he didn't leave new york. right? that's his his job and i didn't have any comment about this. i had been speaking to prime minister natal now all the times. then there is a saying that you can have a choice of everything as a human being. you can have a choice of your friends or to meet or to me. even you can have a choice of us or a spouse. if you don't like,

then you can divorce. but when it comes to your rep convey bar, you have no choice. you have to leave as long as this planet or last continuous. this is what i have been saying, therefore i am urging now, next, pres, prime minister. mister bennet seems to be next. the prime minister is right. and he should sit down together with the president. the monmouth, mom, when i was, i was, i was of police in 1330 already agenda on the table. ringback is a matter of choice. there are many secret cows reservations, numerous if sickly, the cows resolution. and there is also also agreements. and there is every court, i'm sorry, sorry to interrupt you that they all refer to

a 2 state solution. but just the situation on the ground now, where is the viable palestinian state? it's already been built all over. now the palestinians, of course, they are not sort of solely d unified and but when they are on the oppression under such a charge, it difficult human situation is only natural that they are not united. then you shrier as a bigger and more powerful country. they should be more compassionate. i have declared why this thing is right. i think i'm the only a sexual general who has been publicly stating that israel has said, i appreciate the change in secret concern of israel.

dad was very much appreciated by israelis because nobody was speaking out about you shows all secretive concern is a genuine. so we fully appreciate that kind of training that does not give any right to destroy or it is a settlement then the unconditional bindings with much, much super military power. and therefore they should sit down together that many options are already available. and there are many countries who are really willing to support to stay solutions. now with or is you side is having different the relationship with the united arab emirates bearing and then, and moral call and the middle east vision. i think this is a good opportunity for us, right? is also to be genuinely compassionate and tried to resolve this once and for,

for a lasting peace. so that you say it is and palace years can leave peace in peace and security side by side as or of puerto who's covers international affairs and is based un headquarters. i witnessed many of events you did not appreciate from reading the book your viewpoint on them. but i'll have to be honest with you, there is one part of the book, one section of the book i found rather jarring. and that's when you refer to haiti . and as you know, there was an earthquake there. and then un peacekeepers brought cholera and yet you say of the court case that was brought against the un. i thought this law suit was fraudulent from the beginning and i was incense every time i thought about this attempt to extort money from the united nations. surely these were just people who

had been victims of the united nations trying to get some justice. united nations also lost a 100 to staff and saw peacekeepers. and it was the united nations united nations on the my leadership who had been genuinely and persistently trying to have been hayes and paper 118 thousands of people have been contaminated by color virus. yeah. just to interrupt you for a 2nd. you know the right thing and set up a fund for those people, but it's wo, fully underfunded. no money is going to these victims. can you not understand why they want to take out a cold case? my last report to this general assembly on haiti was only december or my last month 2016. and i appears that

we need to mobilize some fundings. there was not a big, big money, but member state were not willing to show down sincere support for haitian people at the same time. haitian leaders, leadership day was divided among themselves. that was also one of my source of this, that distinction and regret that there is a thing that the heaven helps and those who have themselves. but they are not really united starting from the prison. that was what the, i was very much a sorry to retain his myself as a sacred general member states have not shown much, much to support for hasty, hated. that's one of my regret. and that is one areas that the course of this ought to pay. and after the construction process,

your condition has been playing. sometimes you know, unfair way, but i'm ready to, to receive that kind of criticism. you won't new memoir looking back on your life's work is called result. but looking forward, many of the world's conflicts and problems are not resolved. can i ask you how you see the future? how you see the picture world, your grandchildren will live in? are you hopeful when united nation member states are not sorry, is it a unit united? that is the program now? then there is no way for any. however, a were simply gender 1 may be and then not a single individual or country can do it or wrong. we should put all our hands on but there together for the secretary general of the united nations

banking moon. thank you for talking to our to 0. thank you so much. thank you. sure . there's a lot. i on the coast china aged population, the country will become the 1st nation in history. the goal for become switched on . the finance industry is living up to his own green credentials, legal traffic jams, the people turning to the waterways, came to the course on. i'll just be part of the debate is self defeating the end because it in the us or in the u. k. because it will just come back again when no topic is off the table. what we wanted to talk about were these men with white men touching aloud your dream, where a global audience becomes a global community, jumping to the comment, question,

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