of its president at the time has excellent sir. serial number of south africa has begun tackling resolving this dispute in accordance with the principle african solutions for african problems. rarely there, i have been several positive developments, namely the draft agreement put together by the parties with the assistance of a you expert. but the problem on design in these proposals, it seems that 90 percent of technical problems have already been resolved. it now remains for the parties tyra, now the out standing technical and legal differences, namely the nature of the agreement to be signed. the resolution mechanism and waterfall management during drought period. mister president asked him that it is in this context that the dearest c, which is carrying out the presidency of the a. u. 420212022. under took a series of diplomatic initiative that the highest level,

including the organization of an in person ministerial conference in control. so in april and subsequent diplomatic context between the president of the republic with and the republic of egypt and as well as sudan. anything on these consultations with the highest authority that the 3 countries allowed to facilitate further exchanges on the most appropriate modalities to relaunch negotiations with a view to achieving an agreement that accounts for the interests of all during the most recent meeting of the bureau of heads of state and government of the a you on june 24th, president chicken said he reported on the consultations that he had undertaken. he reassured the members of the bureau that he is continuing discussions with the parties quickly with a view to restoring trust between them and finding a consensus on key issues. the president promised that from the conclusion of those

discussions, he would provide a comprehensive report to the bureau which would allow for more substantial discussions in a timely manner. in the meantime, he requested that all abstain from making statements or taking positions that could jeopardize or complicate the very delicate negotiation process underway with a view to finding an african solution. the bureau well congratulated him and encouraged him to continue his facilitation effort. currently, this felicity facilitation effort with the assistance of observers has led to the drafting of a separate document that will be presented soon to the 3 part is as a basis for negotiations. the points that remained to be agreed on. so we'll see, address primarily the conditions of filling and the functioning of the dam. mister

president, president chicka said he believes that a solution remains possible in the christ says the will is there with all the parties. we must have or break the ice of mistrust. and, and offer everyone to guarantee that their interests will be taken into account in order that the process can conclude successfully conceive is that it is in regards to this in order to assess current facilitation efforts that the security council has invited egypt ethiopian the sudan to continue discussions within the framework of the you and under the mediation of its president, in accordance with the principle of subsidy charity and the charter of the united nations security council. who is a major role in resolving this international disputes can not be just for you to buy. anyone will provide support to the african union and the facilitator in their

search for a minimum of a peaceful resolution in the sensitive part of the horn of africa. if the minimum of political will is there, it is possible for the parties to arrive at an agreement on the jury must be they have showed this in the declaration of principles of 2015, which reflects the commitment of the 3 countries to respect printed. these principles, namely cooperation, equitable and reasonable use of the waters security and peaceful settlement of disputes. thank you, gentlemen. here, i thank the representative of the democratic republic of congo for his briefing. i now give the floor to those council members who wished to make statements. and i began by giving the floor to the representative of tenicia and said that right, right, so here, council members that united nation care discuss

a thing. ethiopia has plans to to build the ground. renee sounds, dam darted construction on the project 10 years ago, a landmark project. and of course, the aim is to to use the blue. now for the country's economic development, they say it's key to providing power to that population. then you have countries like egypt and saddam which lie downstream. they say that basically this project could jeopardize that water supply and that it's a threat to the survival diplomatic attitude. james base is following all of this, james is anything much likely to emerge from this meeting? chemical school? well, you've heard just a moment ago from the representative, the democratic republic of congo. they are the mediator on behalf of the african union. they've been carrying out mediation since june last year. the last talks took place in april, but they've not been able to reach any sort of agreement. i think it is likely that

the security council in the end is going to ask that all of these 3 countries go back to that mediation and start that mediation again. speaking right now, you have to news in em. bassett, or it will chew nicea who asked for this meeting. i think to ask for the meeting after being pressured by egypt to call this meeting. it's worth telling you that junior has also produced a draft resolution for the un security council having spoken to diplomats, i don't think there's any chance for that resolution in its current form is going to be passed. certainly nothing going to happen today. it could be some way off, and certainly some diplomats telling me that i really like the idea of any resolution on this issue because it sets a precedent. it sets a precedent, these sort of issues over water resources would come to the security council. and they know that there are so many disputes over the water around the world that the security council could become bogged down in it. and it wouldn't be the best use of

their time. that certainly, i think is the position of the current president of the security council, france, the ambassador of france at the beginning of the month. i asked him about this situation. he said, i think all we can do is trying to get them to go back to the negotiating table is not for the security council to start measuring amounts of water and dams. that's really not our role. no, but it is a project that could, that threatens the regional stability because of the, the strategic significance. james of the countries that are involved this has been going on for a decade now they've not been able to reach any resolution there. some that say that the united nation has a duty to try and aid some sort of settlements and certainly that is the position of egypt and sudan. they say that this is a matter of international peace and security. and the un security council is that just for that role, there are some diplomats telling me, of course,

if there was to be an issue of international peace and security and almost to threaten some sort of military action. and that probably would be egypt or sit on so they actually would be the ones in some ways who would be initiating any military action. but it's not clear to me that the security council is going to take any significant action on this occasion. i think the most likely thing come at the end of the meeting is some sort of statement. if that i don't think there will be in any resolution, certainly not today. but i think is also unlikely. there'll be a resolution in the coming weeks from the security council on this issue. ok, thank you very much. james bass, our diplomatic editor at the united nations. and so i'm now joined by full a crew move who had the secretary out for the africa platform at pan african organization working with communities, businesses and governments joined us from nairobi. so as hearing from james baron,

just from that discussion at the united nations, they're not going to really do anything to facilitate abroad agreement between the river nile countries. so if not, the united nations does the, does the african union then have the capacity to address this? having made the united nation and have the capacity, i am not sure when they does get time to do in discussions, picked up by africa. and just been a few months before bachelor it was, it was a different way to take time to build trust. and so that the biggest selling the big mike, whether he's able to prove that, whether it is whether they're cutting to chase able to be present trust that way

that that will be able to cover for the discussions now. so where does it go from here? because you were saying that the discussions is separated into 3 key areas, the technical issues, the filling of the damn, the political issues as well. and there seems to be some suggestion in the meeting that we're just hearing from the, the representative of the d r. c. the, the technical issues are out standing, but what about everything else that's very sad that we have worked into this matter really should not come today to the us security for the, for the, for the 2nd time comes around to be around to get to the subject of discussion in the security council, so i am sure that this is something that has been uncomfortable. we'd be

comfortable comfortable with digit as well, but to be quite as, as as consonant. i do think that we are ready for a major conflict. and so they also doesn't have a choice. and i said it is unlikely that the security council is going to move the needle side of down. and so i'm thinking we should eventually lose mother. we came back to africa. you know, the african union must have been the middle, middle, and i'd find a solution. and it's a bit difficult right now because we just had a way to be the name of

the discussion difficult. because as you pointed out, the south sense of the day that will seem to be agend, rest, buy and i good. maybe the feeling no bad appears to have been like no, i don't know what to do to go about 3, but your state of had been technical issues. i did days that type of discuss the most technical issues about my job to badness. and there may be time to discuss data if you use, you know, saying that the e c o, p a has already started filling the dam. i mean, so they're just going to continue with the construction of the any, you know, from that perspective, i suppose they will just, this might mediation or any kind of talks or meetings like this one of the you and

it might slow things down a bit, but it's not going to do anything to prevent the construction of this damn. does this mean that they could eventually have some sort of conflict over with egypt over this? i don't, i don't, i don't think so because it does seem to be under the bridge in terms of the identity of unfettered effect. so represented by an agent bad say this is a good time for the next the next 10 years. this is a mega forget about alone life. i'm so i am the person team. i'm on a man to do. it doesn't want to have

a good mental health retained by the down and allowed to grow and allowed to flow to an agreement with the feeling that to be michael sammy's. yes, i'm just right now. i bet i bet stage where we are able to go above best able to read the trust to actually begin read. we have looked down for the last 10 years, but rather be unlikely. all right, thank you very much for now. thank you paul. are coming for joining us from nairobi . and so we've been here from the security council and we've spoken about what this project means to ethiopia and the impact it could have on egypt. but what about su dawn? because it's not just drinking or supplies that could be affected in neighboring

countries. sou dawn's ability to generate electricity and grow its own food even could take a hit here. but morgan reports now from saddam's blue nile states, which is near european border every july. all they gave of there was errors damn incident, new now states are opened to allow the rivers water to pass through. but this year engineers are having to change their plans because of a new damp, 100 kilometers upstream in neighboring if you're up and up. mean in recent years, the level of the reservoir of the rose aries, dam used to be lower because we knew how much water was flowing in this year. we've held back more water than usual and change the release patterns so we can continue generating electricity. the dam produces nearly 15 percent up to that hydro electric power, about $280.00 megawatts in all hydro power accounts for have to dance electricity. but if you can, renaissance them, has 3 concerns about there with areas opperation,

which in addition to generating electricity, also provides water for some of to dance, largest agricultural schemes. if you appeal dam is a point of contention with the downstream countries to dan and egypt is alec more thought about that to be developed without a legally binding information sharing agreement on the feeling an operation of the renee's on stem. we can't operate re serious dam sedan supports ethiopia building of the day, but with an agreement that it weren't effect the reserve is damn and it's operation . if you'll be us as their amazon, stan will generate electricity for more than habits, population, and left millions out of poverty. but egypt is worried it could result in less water flowing downstream. to down says 20000000 people could be affected by the 2nd phase of filling the reservoir of the pillar in his on them is supposed to hold 13500000000 cubic meters of water after the 2nd filling. that's it was the capacity of the receiver's sam, that's the 2nd largest them in for them. but with no agreement between sudan, if you're an egypt on how the damage to operate,

they are concerned about how it will affect not only on with areas but other sudanese dams, along denial, egypt and food. and say, the lack of a deal on the dam will affect the region security, while sudan has ruled out going to were over the dam, joint military drills between it. and it's more than neighbor has cause. if you appear to increase its security around it's dam on the blue and aisle for the government also says it's open to a short term agreement on filling the dam. under certain conditions, some analysts say that's may be necessary to ensure the sudan can continue generating hydro electricity. so that is going to lose huge amount of resources by reducing hydro for so this is why we can see you power outage or out got out of the polar. so the main effect on the hydro power will be during the this period for the 15000000000 cubic meter. thank you for down in egypt . have turned to the un security council to provide solution as if you thought it's

2nd filling. if you'd be a hazard, get to the move thing, the african union should resume handling the talks. he but morgan like to 0 ruth eric, blue nile, when it had some other stories now and developments in south africa where the former president, jacob summa, has started serving his 15 mom the jail sentence after turning himself in. on wednesday night, a court handed down the sentence when he failed to show up to a corruption inquiry last week. the graph charges stem from his time in office beliefs had been instructed to arrest sooner if he didn't surrender by the deadline on wednesday. on friday, of course, is expected to rule on his petition, challenging his imprisonment a mandate that allows un trucks to deliver food a directly to syrian families expires this weekend. russia suggested at once the supplies deliver to syrian to the syrian government instead, and might prevent the operation from going on. a worker's worry this could cause even more devastation in the country. russell said or has more on this from

a lib this is one of the biggest mandatory 8 operations in the world. at the u. s. senior cross border, a center turkeys hot, a provence freight trucks are loaded with critical aid including food, medical supplies, and shelter materials. but this may be one of the last shipments to northern syria . when this, when an a k was what you see behind me is the last delivery from us to the north of syria. through the years we've tried to provide better conditions for the displaced civilians and lift the standards of living by providing aid. if it's a stocks we were turn to, 0 trucks have carried critical aid into the regents in 2014. most of the 4000000 people in syria northwest including the 2600000 eternally displeased, depend on him and terry and 8 delivered to the only un authorized border crossing

bible. however, the aid is white for millions of people devastated by a decade of war. and my money, if we don't receive the aid we aren't able to survive. can anyone survive without water and food? i lost my husband in the war and i'm looking after 7 kids 8 group say last year, the u. s. for the $200.00 for humanitarian programs in northwest syria, worth $300000000.00. if the cross border aid mechanism is not a need $90000000.00 or funding was the law. but syrian president specialist says main allied russia is indicating it won't work to need the program after it expires on july 10. most will save you an 8 should be delivered to assess government in damascus. move on to the regime will use the aid as a weapon against people in northern syria. if it's distributed through damascus. we've seen the regime act that way in the past,

and we demand the international community act. do you see some serious, most well known people leaving the province and the failure to extend authorization for the delivery of a to them? we have the recitative consecutive millions of people are gathered across hundreds of similar camps with limited access to water, food, electricity, and medical care. they say they're afraid of what could happen if the growth was the 8 they so desperately need. isn't the need that fear it, heightened by the government, continue that tax insult and it live, forced in many more civilians, to flee the camps like this, where they may find house is no longer on the way rescue said that it lip, syria, the hong kong trial. of $47.00 pro democracy activist charged under china's national security. laure has been delayed by 11 weeks and thursdays hearing

prosecutors off for more time. for their case. the activist charges are related to their roles and organizing elections last july. the aim of those polls was to ensure enough pro democracy candidates would be elected to the countries legislative council. now honduras is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women. it's claimed as many as $82.00 women have died at the hands of police since the start of the year. human rights observers, the concern women remained disproportionately targeted despite justice reforms past 5 years ago. many rapids reports on this know, tomorrow that he is, is visiting the grape of her daughter kayla at a cemetery in lives. bid answer. kayla was 26 years old and finishing a degree in nursing when her life was cut tragically short, she died while in a police holding cell after being arrested for violating a curfew during the cobra. 1900 lockdown hunter and police were quick to say

kayla's death was as suicide, a claim that kayla's family and friends have refuted from the start. eleanor kayla did not commit suicide. she had no reason to do. i had spoken with her the previous day. no, she was killed by the police, and every one knows what they did to her cannot be forgiven. i am with you a forensics report would later contradict the official police narrative of suicide, sparking nationwide demonstrations against law enforcement. protestors and human rights. good to blame police for the recent wave of massage in is to killing and a history of impunity where upwards of 90 percent of violent crimes go unsolved. just go get the catholic de la martinez. i believe the case with caleb, i mean is leave the bail in the justice system and the national system investigation know that i need shamelessly. they bear the unity in the country. many also blame and ingrained male dominant marcio culture for turning the country

into one of the most dangerous in the world for women. in 2016, the hunter and president let a purge of the national police force some 6000 officers were fired, including several high ranking ones, some of whom were found to have ties to organized crime. and though honduras has reduced the national homicide rate in recent years, and a series of scandals and emblematic cases like the killing of kayla martinez, have called into question the success of the police reform. vicki, i guess we'll simply mapping calls are there are implemented cases involved and some officers acted on the margins of the law. of course it r and this also damages the prestige of the police a lot. ok, with that said, it is important to point out that these are isolated incidents since they did not indicate a systemic problem within the institution. because for me, just i don't investigation and the kayla's death has led to be arrest of at least one police officer kayla's family says the believe more officers were involved and

have vowed to continue demanding answers. manuel rap a little al jazeera streaming platform. netflix is again sitting out it can film festival because of a long running feud with the organizes on the festival ruled only films distributed in french teachers are eligible to compete and actually will have much more from can later on the program promise to bring you that 1st, go back un security council members are continuing their discussions on the construction of the ground. renee sounds down, your secretary general and executive director of the united nations environment program. inner anderson for her briefing as well as special envoy of the secretary general for the african horn per feel younger and younger, and the sure dear sharp to fear of the d. r. c. paula and paul give it up to the russian federation as closely following developments. in a situation with the great renaissance dam being built by c o p on the blue now

river. we are fully cognizant of the political and socio economic significance of the hydropower project, the largest in the african continent for the millions of people living in ethiopia . in country that is experiencing major electricity shortage, remote control. at the same time, we note the legitimate concerns expressed by egypt and sudan regarding the possible negative impact that the functioning of this dam could have in the absence of an agreement on the inhabitants of these countries. during dry years, william, we believe there is no alternative to settling this water dispute through political and diplomatic means via a negotiations with the participation of the 3 countries. we are convinced that the search for solution must be carried out in accordance with the spirit and the letter of the hard tomb declaration of 2015. when you're taking into account the

progress already achieve try laterally in defining the modalities of the functioning of this. if the open hydroelectric complex they move neutral understanding and trust are required in this, when you're done, you have fanning the flames of the situation and statements about the possibility of using force should be avoided and should be prevented. but it will be frank, we are concerned about the escalation of confrontational rhetoric, which is not conducive to finding compromise, be solutions were convinced. the disagreements on socio economic development should not lead to threads to peace and security in the way up to believe that gradually reaching agreement on certain aspects of filling the reservoir. and the further operation of the paris station could lead to a day de escalation between the parties and helped to gradually reach

a comprehensive, mutually acceptable agreement with the best option would be to negotiate such a document with all the countries of the nile basin, which should participate in determining the modalities for the use of water resources on an equal footing was witness. and we appreciate the significant involvement of the african union and revolving the dispute over the dam, including the work of its committee, of technical and legal experts. we believe that the capacity of this authoritative regional organization to reserve the current water crisis has not yet been exhausted. we call on the congress chairmanship of the african union to intensify efforts in this direction. an increase in the number of mediators or observers in the negotiations in our opinion, will not bring added value. however, their involvement, if possible, with the consent of all parties, mister president,

you could do in conclusion, we would also like to make a concrete proposal to all interested parties, since they're all here in new york in the why not? with the mediation of b, a u chairs hold a round of talks on site regarding the disagreements around the damn the little we believe that this would be the best contribution that the council could make to find a solution to the situation in the spirits of the principal, we all share, namely african solutions for african problems, which i told us we'd like to underscore the russian federation readiness to assist in resolving this complex problem. egypt if you'll be in sudan or close friends of our country, and we sincerely hope that they will soon be able to resolve a standing differences and agree on modalities for further filling the dams reservoir and overall achieve compromise solutions for its functioning time.

good tools, we have firms rushes, readiness to go to provide a satellite monitoring of the feeling of the reservoir in the event of a request from all participants in the train lateral negotiations. thank you. mfc little, i think the representative of the russian federation for his statement and i know give the flow to the representative of the united states. thank you, mr. president. and let me start by thanking the briefers special envoy on non go and younger executive director anderson and the d. r. c representative on behalf of chairman tisha kitty for the information that you shared with us today. i would also like to welcome the participation of the minister of foreign affairs from egypt in sudan and the minister water from ethiopia.