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by welcome to r t international, wanting to speak to scott to bring you all of the latest news from our headquarters here in moscow. thanks for joining us. now we start with breaking news. this, our because south africa has announced that it will withdraw from the international criminal court, as, according to the nations president. and it comes after the court issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin. a move that the south african leader has branded as unfair treatment. let's discuss this now with the archie correspondent, steve sweeney, who's joining me now in the studio. steve, what more can you tell us about this decision or by south africa to withdraw at some point from the international criminal court? well, yes, this announcement was made today by the are south african president, similar, a civil gram, oppose it. he said that it came off for a meeting of the weekend of the ruling african national congress. that's the ruling party. his party. and they discussed over the weekend they spoke about, or what they said was the unfair treatment of some countries by the international

criminal court. of which south africa is of course, a member. now, as we mentioned earlier, the a i, c. c. put out an arrest warrant for a russian president, vladimir putin over this alleged at child abduct, what it would be incumbent on south africa to arrest the russian president for asian. it prefers to take a more neutral stance on that and says that the situation must be resolved or by, by dialogue. now, this isn't the 1st time of course that south africa has attempted to leave the international criminal court back in 2016, the that then president of sudan over by sheer he was present in the country for a some of the african union despite an arrest warrant being issued for war crimes, now that decision that was made to withdraw from the international criminal court, then was overturned by domestic court. who said that such a decision was against south africa's constitution. so we don't know the details yet, but it's likely that that decision could be challenged. but again,

this is evidence again bore i, i guess of this a multi polar world that we're seeing emerging where we're, we've got the bricks alliance, which is meeting a pretoria. and today of course, we've seen the foreign ministers of iran, turkey, syria, and russia. meeting here in moscow and they're discussing a resolution to a, to that conflict. so, here we have this decision. it's a big decision by around the poser, i'm sure there's going to be some, a common and criticism coming from from the western countries that will bring you more of those as we have them. i will wait for those any updates or developments on that. thanks very much, steve. thank you. ah, another news, a high risk of biohazard. that's also dunn's w h o spokesman has described the situation in the country as in the bar 3, holding samples of polio and other infectious diseases has reportedly been seized. now it's known at this point who has taken control over the central public laboratory and it comes of the egyptian foreign ministry,

has confirmed the killing of it. and boy at the embassy in khartoum. local reporter della hussein. it's more details, says any army should assessment up using office support for assess of killing a new gyptian diploma affiliated with the education emphasis hospital the status of the office of work for it's a start that you've got on still on purpose. but the larger issue of cultural assessment quickly, the 9 the succession bye things a statement of the egyptian minister of foreign affairs, which do not use the best of their emphasis employee, however, egyptian foreign ministry with john and showed another statement, confirming the killing of the assistant unrestricted should the addiction in proceeding. this is done is on the apologize for what happened saying it was an unintended mistake. however, egyptian foreign affairs did not for any fingers or even mission either side of the complex endorsement with us or the mediation. was this with any army on the roberts forces? i believe 272 hours each saw it agreed on the condition that the other one is

trying to sort of, you know, by like this. i want you to our few people who for there are an urgent need for this food. the stub, these flashes form resulting into more civilian casualties. r s f said they were subjected to strike while helping to evacuate french. there been a lot which endangered their lives on the other side. this is going to respond to this is that meant and described it as an incorrect on false formation. the ongoing evacuation missions of all these different amounts and empathy stuff. where is this concern among the citizens of people are close to their own, get as a harping job of a 1st floor and believes that was done on our country. totally lost hope in solution between the 2, a general living them to suffer on their own. inside the capitol on other escapes up the last i r t, so dying hostile are going to break from our regular news program now because the rest of the form, an assistant lover of is speaking at the un security council and

a meeting this dedicated to the situation in the middle east including palestine. let's see what he has to say. but it is still no slow. and then you still like to give the floor to the foreign minister and see to the foreign minister and the minister of migrants. south talestine. let us know when you put the days to rule. 39 printing mary lou's language. she divides mister tour of any slung, special coordinator for the middle, essentially process. approve you for over 30 days. on route 39 of evolutionary of rules would like to invite your people, his excellency, mr. made our pillow in the special schools. observe rivera, c fleming, corporation organization for school. go, mr. all of the call guy, who is the head of delegation? know that the you,

your rules categorization and the way mr. me on the list you'll still have you will. but it was also represent gina, nation and miss damaged the permanent observer from the arab lea. shoot you an approved of now the security council, what you would review and for the web site and to to venice level over to mr. to finish love. thank you mister president. your excess in foreign minister love for minister mulky minister of state shaheen. ahmad excellencies, members of the council days ago, muslims around the world celebrated ada fitter bringing to a close to hold the month of ramadan, which overlapped with the christian eastern do is pass over this whole period while mostly com. regrettable,

also witness shocking incidences of violence at holy sites and tensions across the occupied palestinian territory and in the swell, with the brief escalation spilling over into the region. while a wide escape escalation was worded with each hideous collision, the stakes get higher and the tools at our disposal become fewer. the current trajectories need a sustainable nor inevitable. the parties to region and the international community need to address the underlying political security, economic an institutional challenge. challenge is driving the conflict. there must be an end to the unit act and measures the provocations to the incitement. that enables violence and prevent progress towards another $39.00 palestinians including 3 women and 4 children were eating 2 women, one child and 12. israel is q 2 forced personnel and by palestinians in suiting and

ramming attacks, clashes, the drawing of stones, most of cocktails and other incidents. in addition of 4 national was killed and 7 fornes foreigners were injured. the holiday period was largely observed peacefully with millions of muslims visitor to alex account pond during ramadan. highest numbers in many years. however, on 4 and 5 april confrontation interrupted at the holy sites and used to learn when his way secure to forces and to the al. kimberly pray hole at the lock, some mosque and forcibly removed, palestinians who were barricaded in sight. i self employed stun grades, beat palestinians with battens and rifles and fight rubber coated metal bullets while some palestinians inside the mosque, linkedin to fireworks and stones on the ice f. this development came in the wake of provocative calls and incitement from several parties. israeli extreme,

it's called for deuced conduct ritual animal sacrifice the holy sites. hamilton or the armed palestinian faction school for posting in to go to a lock. so to sit. so jacked nancy previous here is wally police blocked attempts to carry out animal sacrifices from component arresting. at least to israelis following these events at the holy sites on foreign 5 april militants in garza and lebanon fired dozens of rockets towards these rock. while somewhere intercepted by israeli fen systems 46 landed in this world, causing only injuring and damaged property. the barrage from lebanon was the most intense since 2006. it's wally defense force is carried over there strikes in garza and southern lebanon on 7 april. aimed at what were said to be hamas target children hospital and how clinic in garza would damage. however,

no endures, were reported. lebanon's prime minister condemned the launching of rockets to will these for you and d escalation effort as well as coordination and lia song with the parties with you and you feel had restore comp from 12 a pill is wally authorities prohibit non muslim visits to the site for the last days of ramadan in line, we use your practice on 15, april confrontation, erupt. it between these wally police and orthodox christian worship is tempting to enter the church of the holy culture in jerusalem is old city for the holy fire ceremony exceeding an attendance limit and forced by these wally authorities citing safety concerns the greek patrick up and other churches lead us, i did the limits on visitors suggesting it was unjustifiable low and violated the status for mr. president on all the violence in the occupied west bank. and in

this, wally continued during the reporting period. many palestinian casualties were indeed denise wally military operations in the area a uh yorkie by west bank and subsequent class. some of them are on the 16 mars, under cover israeli forces and to jeanine, resulting in flash sale for this shot and killed for palestinians, including a 14 year old bystander, hamas and palestinian islamic jihad claim. 2 of the individuals killed as members of their armed wings. india was still em. old city on the 1st of april, an arab israeli man was still dead by a f near the entrance of the holy sites in disputed circumstances. on 7, april to british israel assistance, the youngest 15 year old were killed in the feuding attack in the west bank by perpetrators in a car with palestinian plates. the mother was critically injured on the attack and died. 3 days later,

no arrest have been made. the same day and italian national it was killed and 7 other italian, a british nationalists were wounded in tel aviv in what these. wally police said was a running attack carried out by an arab israeli man who was still dead at the scene by the police. the alleged perpetrators, families, few ramming allegations on 10 april a 15 year old palestinian boy was filled and killed by a f doing and the rest operation and issuing classes in october about jobs. refugee camp near jericho. eye witnesses said that the boy was a bystander while these really army said that the soldiers returned fire after being shot. levers of secular related violence also remained. hi, who warily made a flash point on 25, march palestinians carried all the shooting attack in the tone injuring to his way to soldiers. israeli settlers entered a told the same day and again on 27,

march following throwing stones and indians, palestinians and damaged property. on 6, april and his wally settlers shot an injured a palestinian boy in jerusalem's. old city. on 18, april to israel is was shot and wounded while the vehicle in east jerusalem neighbourhood of shakera the following day. i have said that they had the rest of the 15 year old palestinian boy nablus, who had confessed to carrying out the attack must be condemned and rejected by all old perpetrators. wildlands must be held accountable and swiftly, bold justice. security forces much exercise, maximum, restrain, and use of little force only when strictly unavoidable to protect life, i am uphold the children continued to be wicked, him some violence. children must never be the targets of violence used or put in

harm's way. mister president, on 19 march senior egyptian jordanian israeli palestinian u. s. officials met in samara shake egypt to further discuss understanding reached in oc about jordan on 23 february in the spirit of the agreement reached, knock a bunch jumbled shake. i urge all parties to exercise the utmost restraint and refrained from all steps that could excess bed situation and take concrete steps to implement the joint community care. i remain closely engaged with all relevant parties to deescalate tension and charged political way forward. mister president, turning to settlement related developments on 22nd. march is rarely authorities a nonstandard from 940 hosting units in settlement scenario, c and i d 9 in east useless on 10. april is wally government, ministers and members of connected joined over 15000 settlers and other israeli

civilians. in a heavily secured march to the illegal all possible every attire in the northern west back calling on the government to legalize it under israeli law. i reiterate that all settlements i legal, under international law and that there are substantial obstacle to peace. i call on all parties to avoid unilateral misuse and provocation such as this much that can further in inflame tension demolitions and seizures of palestinian own property remains a deep concern. during the reporting period, this rarely authorities demolished, ceased and forced owners to demolish 11 palestinian on structure scenario c and 8 in these you asylum, displacing 14 palestinians, including children and relatives and including 7 children. the

relative decline in this period reflects on ramadan, as in previous years, the demolitions were carried out due to the lack of israel issued building permits that are nearly impossible for palestinians to obtain. on 3, april east wally supreme court ruled against the eviction of a palestinian family from their home in east jerusalem neighbourhood of silvan, ending a 30 year legal battle. i call on this wally authorities to end the displacement and eviction of palestinians and to approve additional plans that could enabled palestinians to build legally and address their development needs. turning to the region is the president on the go along, israeli defense forces reported from $8.00 to 9 april 6th rocked. it launched from syria towards the swell. and there retaliation with artillery fire and their strikes targeting locations in syria, including syrian army position under was in contact with these really defense

forces and syrian authorities to de escalate the situation. urge them to exercise maximum, restrain, and to respect the ceasefire in accordance with the 1974 disengagement. the 4th agreement, no casually casualties, were reported. mister president, amidst the deteriorating situation on the ground, the palestinian authorities continued to facing newfoundland fiscal and institutional counties. at the same time, the un agencies funds and programs that provide support to palestinian people in call the nation wit and compromise comp plan complimentary with the p a. r. facing all significant funding shortfalls. nope. to bleed the world food program and impacting basic service delivery. i'm particularly concerned by the prolonged

closure of schools and invite health clinics in the west bank, where p a and when we're teaching, as well as soon by health staff has been on strike for weeks impacting children across feel. pity efforts are needed by all parties and the international community to strengthen palestinian institution, improve governance and sure up the fiscal health of the palestinian authority. these steps must be part of a broader political effort that address is the underlying drivers of the conflict. provides the space for axis and need for act space an axis needed for palestinians economy to grow and encouraged to parties to update their economic and administrative relations. the forthcoming, hopefully as so committee meeting in brussels early may, provides an opportunity for strategic shift in this direction. addressing these immediate challenges can also provide such need much needed momentum towards the re

stabilization, a political horizon towards the 2 state solution iota. israel is palestinians regional states and the broad, the international community to show leadership, re engage and work collectively in the pursuit of peace, with the aim of ending the occupation and resolving the conflict in line with international law, relevant un resolutions and previous a grievance. in pursuit of the vision of the 2 states is rather an independent demographic democratic, contiguous, bible and sovereign palestine, living side by side in peace and security with insecure and recognized borders on the basis of the p. 67 lines. with jerusalem as capital of both states. thank you. and you're going to go to with where you live in islam alive. thank sure for the

solar speaker, for that briefing now to to get what to his excellency mr. on monica king, who is a, she had a ministry of foreign affairs in the ministry of migrants of palestine, which has the seat herself i being an observer to the un. secular cancelled. allow me out at the outset to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the security council and to express our appreciation for your decision pressure. this open debate allow me also to acknowledge and thank all the countries that will speak today in defense of the un charter international law on the rights of the policy on people. i thank special coordinator when slant for his briefing, mister president, would that wish our national and universal poet said? and i quote, i know that you the masters, the words have no need for rhetoric before the eloquence of blood. therefore,

our words will be as simple as our rights end of quotation. so i came here with clear messages. 75 years ago, our people endued than akbar. if i flatter world word that means catastrophe and in compasses, the disposition and displacement of an entire nation, almost overnight, 2 thirds of our people became refugees. 75 years later than akbar continues. that denial of our rights and the displacement and replacement of our people is still underway with one objective. if sued in brief daylight, in broad daylight annexation, it is time to bring that back to an end. this is the most protracted refugee crises in the world. the most protracted denial of national collective and individual

rights in the world, the most protracted protection crises in the world, the longest occupation of an entire territory in modern history. so the question big itself, why is it still ongoing? is it because there is a lack of rules or a lack of resolve? the rules are clear. the entire international law based order is premised into a fundamental principles from which no derogation is tolerated. the right of peoples for self determination. and the in admissibility of that was reach to these rules than aggression and annexation. the international community does not only have the possibility to ensure international law is respected. it has the responsibility to do so regardless of the identity of the perpetrators. and regardless of the identity of the victims,

had that you and charter been upheld. had the security council resolutions be implemented? these would have prevailed in palestine long time ago, rather than occupation and appetite. that is all we asked port upholding the you on charter and implementing you under solutions. mister president, we must express gratitude for the clear and in a couple cold stance of the international community, condemned condemning violations of international law and in support of just and lasting peace in accordance with the internationally recognized terms of reference . this might be the most established solid, consistent international consensus on any conflict in the world. so what explains that this consensus did not change the reality on the ground. the reality on the ground is the result of failure not fatality. because while the international

community has adopted, clear positions did not back them with decisive action. why is it that when it comes to israel, the international community can take a stance, but cannot act up on it? the rules are clear. now we need the resolve to enforce them. yesterday many delegations in the shampoo spoke of this self evident truth. international law must be upheld. they spoke of obligations of accountability, of collective responsibility. there is nothing that undermines more the authority and credibility of international law than double standards selectivity. jesus says the frame. yeah. how is israel being held accountable for the breaching the low? the charter,

countless you under solutions over the case and the case. how many israeli officials have been held accountable in any form or shape for pursuing colonial settlements in our land? for forcibly displacing our people for the targeting and indiscriminate attacks against all civilians for the militia, demolishing the homes and ins for and structures. many of you have funded, what consequences did they face? you want to know why this council's condemnations and calls are not heeded. for one simple reason impunity, you want to know how the supremacists arrived to power on a so pretty massive and colonial platform that is now of official government policy . impunity is there anywhere else in the world where you would condemn older,

illegal actions of the occupying power, and then tell the people under its occupation that their existence and their rights are eventually entirely subject to the goodwill of their oppressors. mister president, we do not take for granted the support provided by the international community taller people over the years, including palestine refugees through entre. we do not take for granted the support provided to our national institutions. we do not take for granted the supports provided to peace efforts. when they were underway. we do not take for granted the daily efforts, terrain terrain in israel, colonial appetite. this investment for the freedom of one people and peace for all peoples deserve protecting. there are 2 threats looming for the international community to be the demon would ised until such time

as the parties are ready to make peace. there is no much we can do. the 2nd threat is for the international community to be demoralized. there is no way to mount enough pressure on israel to change course. we are convinced there is no alternative to the 2 said solution and we remain committed to it. but unfortunately, the circumstances are such that we can no longer salvage it. such self fulfilling prophecies would ensure that the reality on the ground will continue being shaped by the will of the colonial settlers. rather than the will of the peacemakers. we said the while ago that settlers will not only take over palestinian land, they will take over israeli politics. they will turn

a solvable political conflict into perpetual religious con.