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1600 hours g m t. in a passionate address to the un security council, ukraine's president has told members the body should be disbanded if it can't work for peace in his country and elsewhere. for laudermill zalinski spoke via video link from kiva, and also played a graphic video of war victims. he, along with the us and european governments accuse russia of atrocities or i did was big glass myrtle grainy. we need decisions from the security council for peace in ukraine. if you don't know how to implement this, you can do 2 things. i do remove russia from the council, so cannot block decisions about its own war. the other option is to reform to secure, to cancel, to work for peace. if there isn't an alternative, then we should de, sold the secret to cancel altogether. while to christmas alone we, he's joining us only when headquarters in new york to talk us through what the

purpose of the session is and what we've seen so far. christian well, this was the 1st time president vladimir zalinski addressed the un security council . he called for that investigation into allegations of war crimes by russia on ukrainian soil. he referred to those terrible images we've seen coming out of boucher. they showed a video, a graphic video of bodies left behind as the security council members once again called for not only investigations into possible war crimes, but an end to the violence. as zalinski pointed out, however, russia's veto power on the security council. and the fact that china has not spoken out strongly against russia not voted along with other members of the security council against russia. here it as evidence of paralysis on the

international stage. and we heard zalinski referring to the article one chapter, one of the un charter, which caused for the maintenance of peace and, and saying that the, the united nations is essentially a failing at that duty. and, and so calling for those reforms that you mentioned earlier. so what i, what will come out of this meeting more accusations, a more updates on the increasingly dire humanitarian situation on the ground. and also more information about the spillover effect of this conflict on the rest of the world with some 70 plus developing countries at real risk of economic problems as a result of rising cost of fuel food and so on. because of this conflict which is extending these problems beyond its border. and we're also hearing

a calls for changes in the un human rights council. in terms the united states asking for russia's removal from that body. something that they're promising to introduce to the general assembly to get them off of the human rights council. yeah, exactly what i wanted to ask you about kristen, because we heard that the u. n. u. s. ambassador to the un, making that case in fact, that she is seeking russ's removal from that human rights council. so talk us through where things stand with that it would take a vote of 2 thirds of countries member states to the united nations there a 193 of them. 2 thirds would have to vote in support of a resolution which the united states has promised to put forward and allies like the united kingdom have promised to support. calling for the suspension of russia from the human rights council. the united states said it was

a farce. and hypocritical for russia to serve on that body. only one other country has been removed from it in its history, and that is libya. back in 2011. we're seeing the challenges that the you and faces when you have not veto wielding members of the security council on either side. these great powers that have the potential to block consensus in the security council. it makes going forward very difficult, but the strategy we've seen laid out here by the west is to keep the attention on russia. keep the attention on the conflict and a point to international law, the united nations. well, again, praising everything in the terms of international law, also providing evidence that there are growing concerns about war crimes being committed and calling for looking for options and ways to downgrade the violence by focusing on the humanitarian aspects as well. but in terms of the human

rights council resolution, the united states has not introduced that yet, but as promising to do so this week, so, so that action, which would further it further isolate russia on the international stage could, could come later this week. ok, thank you so much. kristen salumi reporting from the united nations while the un aid chief martin griffith has met russian officials and moscow and says that it's clear there's a very long road ahead. in his briefing to the un security council, he outlined reports of human trafficking, sexual violence, exploitation, and abuse in ukraine. such horrific incidences were seeing. overwhelmingly impact despised women and children. more than others where both stream protection, gender based, pardon services, through agencies to provide specialized epis vipers. and through the, the, the, the wealth of civil society organizations. in your credit. these services are

designed, carried out directly in collaboration with through ukrainian civil society. including very particularly women lead organizations. so that was martin griffith speaking, while the russian ambassador vaseline had been 0 says the allegations of atrocities leveled at his country, have no merit. and he went on to say they have evidence. it's actually ukranian troops who are committing crimes, and this justifies their special military operation. buddhism deluxe is do. we need to cut out the malignant nazi tumor that is consuming ukraine and would in time begin to consume russia and we will achieve that goal. i hope sooner rather than later because there is no other outcome. we are not shooting against civilian targets in order to save as many civilians as possible. this is precisely why we're not advancing as fast as many expected day. we're not acting like americans and their allies in iraq and syria when raising entire cities to the ground. they had

no pity for them, but we thought great pity because these are people who are close to us. let's bring in how someone had brought on joining us for moscow. so not only did the russian ambassador hit out at ukrainian officials, but in fact, as we heard in that clip right there, he spoke out against countries like the united states during, or the russian or ambassador to the un vassily, to bend zia along with many senior officials that dormer, her dirt chairman versus love valid in the spokesperson, the kremlin demetria best curve, the deputy air chairman of the not a security council. dmitri madd, the very of all said, the same thing are talking about or referring to butcher their services force. this is fake, this is bro vocation. this is disinformation campaign and this explains,

are there when that it ben zia, when he started talking about butcher, he said that this is not consistent with that very of the realities on the ground and the evidence that the russians have. they say that on the 30th of march, they pulled out, and they declared a de escalation around the kia region and sheronica following the head way in the talks were the ukrainians, any stumble? and then he said that villas is zelinski ha, has to look into a reality of in his country and target the, the nationalists and the nazis that the russians accused of committing those atrocities. so you have a russian narrative versus the ukrainian or a narrative. and this explains why no benzene has been very critical of the gray is very critical of the west, very critical, of the american saying that ultimately the agree is how to understand that to move forward. they would have to do, do, do a piece with the rushes and this with whiter to talk and this will was our,

to our comprehensive agreement along with a ceasefire. okay. hm. thank you so much for the time being well cross back to the un security council on this. and then to what the indian ambassador to the u. n. has to say a deeply disturbing the unequal locally condemned these killings and support the call for an independent investigation. we hope the international community will continue to respond positively to the humanitarian needs. the support calls urging for guarantees of safe passage to deliver essential humanitarian and medical supplies. keeping in mew the dire humanity in situation in ukraine. india has been sending humanity in supplies to ukraine and its neighbors, which include medicines and other essential relief material. we stand ready to provide more medical supplies to ukraine in the coming days. india continues to

remain deeply concerned at the worsening situation and reiterates its call for immediate succession of violence, an end to hostilities. we have emphasized right from the beginning of the conflict . the need to pursue the part of diplomacy and dialogue. when innocent human lives are at stake, diplomacy must prevail as the only viable option. in this context, we take note of the ongoing efforts including the meetings held recently between the parties. the impact of the crisis is being felt beyond the region with increasing food and energy costs, especially for many developing countries. it is in our collective interest to work constructively, both inside the united nations and outside, toward seeking an early resolution to the conflict. allow me to read it the importance of you and guiding principles, humanitarian assistance. once again,

humanity in action must always be guided by the principles of humanitarian assistance. just humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence. these measures should never be politicized. he continued to emphasize to all member states, the un that the global order is anchored on international law un charter and respect for did in total integrity and sovereignty of states. i thank you madam president. i thank the representative of india for his statement and i now give the floor to the representative of china. she is here, tracy nature. thank you madam president. madam president, i 1st of all would like to congratulate you assume it or present her see of the account. so for this month, at the same time, i would also like to tag ambassador to us at bay, as well as the u. e team for their, our standing work. when you are,

you was the president of the console during the month of march. all madame president de escalate. intention in your crane and put in an early and to the fighting is the urgent expectation of the international community. and us runners out of china, we have many times emphasize that dialogue. and when you go to asia is the only way out for opening the door of peace, russia and ukraine. i have already had many rounds of negotiations. we welcome to to say, is to stick to the general direction of peace negotiations, overcome difficulties and differences, and continued to build conditions for a comprehensive settlement of their crisis. the international communities should create a favorable conditions and environment for negotiations between the 2 size. all been abs space for political settlement and should not set up broad blogs to increase resistance for keys, let alone add fuel to the fire to aggravate confrontations. every effort should be

made to prevent. the escalation of the localized conflict on china attaches great importance to the humanitarian leisure. ready in ukraine, answer pause or initiatives and measures conducive to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in your crate. as the current conflict continues, we call on the parties to abide by international humanitarian law. protect the safety of civilians and civilian facilities, minimize civilian casualties, and to ensure a safe and smooth evacuation and access of human needs. herrera corridors, as well as guarantee the basic rights of women, children, and wounded fighters. human italian issues will not be a politicized. the humanitarian needs of ukraine and his neighboring countries are enormous international humanitarian agencies. true to maintain neutral, ah, and in partial, as you maintain neutrality and impartiality,

actively mobilize and coordinate more resources and make, and vomiting harvester saved lives and protect civilians. china has provided and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance. do your great and his neighboring countries and international law. civilians should be spared of any forms of violence or armed conflict and attacks against civilians are unacceptable and should not occur. you'll one, i've been in the law the ball on the report and images of civilian debt as in boucher, very disturbing. and the relevant circumstances as persevere causes of the incident must be verified and established when he any and all the acquisitions should be based on facts before conclusions are drawn apart as through the exercise restraint and avoid unfounded acquisitions. madam president, who was pointed out by secretary of general good terrace,

the spilled over effect of the ukrainian crisis is have in a major impact on the world and the developing countries. in particular, this requires our great attention and our strengthened management sanctions. i now tend effective means to solve the problem that will instead act, accelerate their spill over of their crisis and bring new and complex problems to day with the deep development of globalization and there are closely linked community of mankind, the implementation of all dimensional and indiscriminate sanctions is tantamount to politicizing instrumental lazing and wiper nies in the world. the economy triggering series crazes in the fields of global economy and trade finance, energy of food, industrial chain, and supply chain and endangering decades of development. gains of the international community and making people of all countries pay

a hefty price. they're fighting with the vast number of developing countries. i not pidas to the confidential, not being laughed. there's confrontation, let alone be forced to bear consequences of geopolitical conflicts and great power competition. the world's major economists should be responsible for managing the risk of crisis to spill over and maintaining their stability of global markets and the momentum of their global economic recovery. madam president lyndon, more than 30 years after the end of the cold war to such a dual political tragedy taking place of europe now deserves our profound reflection. the sovereignty and territory integra. ready of all countries should be respected and small and medium sized countries should not be pushed to the forefront of confrontation between and among great powers. all countries have the

right to decide their foreign policy independently and should not be forced to take size. the security of all countries is inseparable, and the security of one country cannot be achieved at the expense of the security of others. we call upon the united states, nate whole and the european union to engage in comprehensive dialogues with roger to face had on their differences accumulated over the years. ready find solutions to the problem and promote the building of a balanced, effective, and sustainable regional security framework. on the usual of ukraine, china does not seek geopolitical self interest. it is not our mindset to watch the situation indifferently from the site lie, let alone do anything to add food to their fire. there's only one goal, we sincerely look forward to, and that is peace. china will continue to promote peace dogs and play a constructive and responsible role in helping resolve the crisis in your grey. i

thank you madam president. i thank the representative of china for his statement and i now give lot live once again to chris is salumi f from the united nations headquarters in new york as that un security council meeting takes place. kristen, we just heard from the representatives of both india and china. of course, 2 of the major asian powers that have not condemned dress as invasion of ukraine. tell us more of what both ambassador ambassadors had to say. we heard once again china walking the lie and expressing grave concern about the images from boucher and the worsening humanitarian situation. the impact on civilians the impact on other countries in terms of inflation and spill over a fax. but we did not hear a condemnation of russia. we heard a call for

a d politicization of humanitarian aid, a call for our investigations before judgements our name made it. oh, look at facts. although he stopped short of a of calling for the i. c. c, or a formal body to get involved in the situation in the ukraine. china, of course, has not voted against russia. choosing to abstain and relevant votes in the security council and in the general assembly when russia was called to account. and we saw a continuation of that interesting though. india, which has abstained from voting, did abstain, and the general assembly on a humanitarian resolution that called out russia, looking for something, let us politicize did. in fact, start off their remarks by calling for an independent investigation into what happened in boucher. so perhaps us

a slight shift there. but these are 2 countries with huge populations and huge economic power in the world. and they haven't been as critical of russia as the western nato line countries would like to see. and i, i think it's safe to say that's still the case. ok. thank you so much. chris is salumi for that analysis from the united nations. we will now cross through crane itself and bring an enron con, he's joining us from the capital key because earlier on. and one of the 1st speakers at the security council meeting, of course, was the current president. role of them are zalinski 1st time speaking to any counseling, ron, tell us more of what he had to say. what he gave a very impassioned speech. he was talking at the beginning about her russia and sang not a single crime. they wouldn't commit, they killed adults and children. they tried to burn the bodies. he went on to say

that they were crushed by tanks. he also said that russia caused a global food, a famine. ukraine is one of the bread baskets of the well to certainly it's a supplier to about 90 percent of the upgrade to lebanon and to egypt. so those 2 countries incredibly consent. they also supply asia and other countries within the middle east itself. he also says, where's the security that the security council guarantees excuse the council doesn't work effectively. and this was a very key part of the speech. he basically accused the united nations that a security council of failing. he said, the united nations is there to maintain peace. russia violated article one. so what's the point of the other articles? now, he went on to say that russia is going to blame every one. and they'll say that these events and mutual stage, but they are, but we will investigate. we will involve the i, c, c, the international criminal court. that's going to be difficult because russia isn't

a signatory to that particular international body, but he's got they got the ukrainians are going to push that as far as i can. he also said, sorry, the rest of the war criminals in the world, that if the biggest criminal russia can be punished, they all will be. but he then said, if russia gets away with this, then there is no international law. he need to act immediately. the security council needs to be reformed. the veto can't be the right to die and who is referring netted? scourge council veto which all the permanent members have and which russia has used to its advantage on many occasions as of other countries. now he also want something like the. busy nuremberg tribunals that happened at the end of the 2nd world war. he says the people who gave the orders must be brought to justice. i also talked about the transformation of the world security system. he said he grain had a moral right to propose a reform of the global security system. he said, if you can't reform the security council, then you must remove rosa. and if you can't remove russia,

then you must dissolve yourself all together. those are incredibly powerful words and they come after his visit to gucho on monday we were there also as well. he saw some of the same things that we saw when we were there. he saw the bodies in the streets. he saw that destroyed houses, entire streets, just wrecked. clearly that's had an impact because this was a much more impassioned speech than we've seen him give other bodies like the u. s . congress like the houses of parliament, like the doha forum that he's been giving over the past 41 days. this was much more an appeal to the international community to do something. and that's been echoed in social media. lots to support for the presidents. was that coming out of ukrainian social media? lots of people saying that this is what's needed, that the union security council ineffective global debating cited and they need to do something. now what happens next vote is going to be interesting to see you

already heard from our server, basically denying anything that happened in future. so that will be another response, perhaps not the security council today, but there will be a response to that in the coming days from the cranium. okay, thank you so much. and ron kon, reporting from keen, were earlier nato secretary general called a picture as a bodies in the ukranian town of butcher unbearable. and he says the alliance would back an investigation into accusations of russian war crimes. this is unbearable brutality that europe has not witnessed in many decades targeting and murdering civilians is a war crime. all the facts must be established and all those responsible for these atrocities must be brought to justice. the war and ukraine has left many young families morning that includes those in the west of the

country, which was, which has largely been sparren, spared by the fighting. but about 3 weeks ago, an attack on a military training facility killed 35 people. i'll just 0 as amber savvy, went to draw who went there to meet the family of one of the victims. it was too far from the front. it's nowhere near the parts of ukraine, where there was active fighting in the west of the country. ukrainian say they felt safe. an illusion shattered on the morning of march, 13th by 30 russian missiles. less than 3 weeks into the invasion of ukraine. russia attacked the yarber of military base, a training ground for new recruits and volunteers. the deepest attack into the country and only 20 kilometers from the polish border. ah, dozens of people were injured and killed every coughing, carrying the weight of

a grieving family. as the weeks passed, families across the country try to make sense of what happened. konstantin was a weapon strainer at the yarber effect. sole mia widowed at 19 says, all she can do now is be strong for her son. i said, i'm calling of warner. he called me that morning and said, not to worry. he said they were being fired on, but he was safe. it was on another base. he said that everything was fine. 5 minutes later when i called him again after new explosions, there was no connection. she knew her husband was gone. after seeing his name on an instagram post about casualties, grief stricken she was rushed to the hospital on the after the attack sala, me a move to the hobbit to be closer to family, to share the load of loss, a soldier's wife and mother to be still visibly numb, a soldier's mother,

unable to contain her rage. there's ever do you russia really think we'll forgive you that easily. we won't forgive you. i'll stand for my son. i'll take the weapons and we'll be shooting into your children. if you don't stop your sons, your children, fathers and husbands, we will all take up weapons and there'll be no place for you in this world. you will reach you and we will push your way to siberia so that you being the coal soil without bread, water, food, like our children, hungry, frozen, hiding in the shelters without medication, without anything. konstantin was raised by his stepfather, who says he will also be joining the ukrainian military and deploying to the same base where his stepson was killed. as the tale of the dead across the country continues to go. absent o c, phil's many houses in ukraine where men continue to be called up to lay down their

lives for the way and women are left to carry their memories. zane basra theology 0 to herbage, and european nations are trying to help moldova, which has taken in at least 400000 ukranian refugees. thomas cane has more from berlin. the german government is already said, it's going to help the moldova, in governments with tens of millions of euros in the form of credit, but also in the form of a grant of some kind. because they say they're stated, aim words of the foreign minister annually. the bell book they want to boost, moldova is resilience. but also they want to try to reduce the level of influence that russia has in mold over the point to be made very clearly. is that by terms of by head of population, moldova has received more refugees than any other european country, and it is a small country. and therefore,

any help that can be given is good to be appreciated greatly. clearly this meeting brings together the 3 foreign ministers of romania, france, germany, but also the prime minister of moldova. and as a say, the stated aim here is this idea of bolstering mold over its resilience, but also sending a message to russia, that the level of influence that it has been exerting in other countries neighboring it a neighboring ukraine, while germany at least is very keen to reduce that level of influence as far as possible. aah! hello again. the headlines on al jazeera ukraine's president has addressed the un security council accusing russia deliberately killing, torturing and raping civilians for latimer zalinski spoke by a spoke via video link from keith. and i did was play.