the secretary general brought this up at the security council lunch earlier this week. now from the palestinians, they tell us that there is a lot of support for this on the council, but one key member, the united states has remained silent, and historically, of course, the united states is israel's strongest ally on the council, and israel just said they are not in favor of this, for the chances of any concrete action in the future are perhaps questionable at best. >> all right. thank you very much. kristen is going to be watching that security council meeting as it gets underway. you can see the live shot there as the delegates start to assemble in the security council chamber. we have just seen the jordanian ambassador, the back of the head of the palestinian ambassador just there to the right of your screen, and we'll keep you right across that security council meeting here at al jazeera. >>> russia says it has hit more than 380 isil targets since launching air strikes in syria more than two weeks ago. rebels who are fighting the bashar al-assad government say they t

the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the following theme, the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules of procedure i invite the representative of israel to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. i propose that the council invite the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine to the united nations to participate in the meeting in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure in the previous practice in this regard. there being no objection, it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 of the councils provisional rules of procedure i invite the assistant secretary general political affairs to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of the item 2 of the agenda. i give the floor to you. you have the floor, sir. >> thank you, mr. president, members of the security council, and ladies and gentl

count ability for all parties to the conflict and international human rights laws and various security council resolutions to maintain in thend security occupied territory. such protection has numerous precedents in history including lebanon,, east timor, and palestine itself. the council must not delay discussions on the proposal. malaysia look forward to work with the secretary-general and other council members in this regard. in noting the statement by the russian federation on the role of the quartet and its expanded format, we underscore the --ortance of its and agents of its engagement with his counsel. u.n. protection, we must not lose sight of the long-term needs for a final solution to the conflict. 17 years -- 70 years after the failure to grant self-determination, the international committee has lost any pretext for an excuse to further perpetuate israeli's occupation. it appears as a facade to prolong occupation and deny justice, dignity, and freedom to the palestinian people. meanwhile illegal settlements continue expanding, giving rise to questions on the sincerity of israeli com

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which members of the security council are derailing the mechanism of security council even to issue ament in this is -- facing the situation like in the west bank and gaza and the occupied territories and what happened last summer in gaza, the security council failed even to issue statement. why is that? >> we did have a statement last year, but -- and we also had a press statement on the issue of jerusalem, which was a very important statement, and in which we referred to maintaining the status quo. but you don't need me to tell you that sometimes the negotiations in the security council is not an easy term, however, everybody -- the speeches were public, so you were able to hear the concern of all members to the need to really stop this cycle of violence. we see it escalating day after day, and we are worried this will lead to more deaths, and the difficulty of going back to any solution. so i think that today's interventions of all members were very positive, and we hope to build on this momentum, and hopefully next week when our ministers will be here, we'll be able to discuss tog

security council, which is entrusted by the u.n. nternational peace and security. in february 2014, russia conducted an open and unprovoked aggression against my country, having occupied and annexed the crimea. bluntly and brutally violating the international law and shocking the whole world community. i am deeply grateful to the delegations of the majority of our organization's member states, that last year supported the resolution of the u.n. general assembly entitled territorial integrity of ukraine, which condemned the russian illegal annexation of crimea. it is regrettable that after this clear verdict of the international community, russia did not return to the civilized international legal field. moreover, moscow started a new military reckless gamble, this time, in ukrainian donbas region. despite the fact that until now russia refuses to officially admit its direct military invasion, today there is no doubt that this is an aggressive war against my country. to mislead the world community, russian leadership orders to take of

parties to the conflict and enforce the international law and there is general assembly in the security council resolutions to maintain peace and security in the occupied territory. such protection has numerous procedures in its history including in kosovo, lebanon, boston and palestine itself. the council must not delay discussions on the proposal into the militia look forward to closing with the secretary-general and other council members in this regard. noting the statement by the representative for the duration on the role we underscore the importance for the engagement in the council. mr. president: to address the current crisis we must not lose sight of the long-term need for the final comprehensive solutions. 70 years after the failure for the self-determination for the palestinian people the international committee has lost to further perpetuate the occupation. the ways to address the cause for the conflict attributed to the looming elections in the meetings and the bilateral initiatives beginning to appear to prolong the occupations and to deny justice, dignity and freedom to the pales

>> reporter: well, they are trying to reach some sort of consensus, but the security council itself hasn paralyzed because of the different factions on the council, especially after the russian air campaign began in syria in late september. september 30th to be exact. so there are wide, wide disagreements within the security council on -- on how to reach some sort of peace within the country, but really, this briefing by -- by -- by steven o'brien was not about the geopolitical situation, it was really trying to refocus the security council's eyes and attention on the humanitarian crisis there, and i'll leave you with one more number, because there is really human suffering behind each number, he said there are now 13.5 million syrians in need of assistance, that's an increase of more than 1 million just in the last ten months. >> gabriel elizondo thank you. >>> france has been hosting a meeting on syrias war. so far diplomats from the united states, europe, arab states and turkey have agreed that the syrian president bashar al-assad must leave power as a pre-condition for peace. assads

security council resolution and the u.s. administration at the time decided not to put a vote in the u.n. it didn't want a russian veto. but the action took place. i can't think of an immediate precedent at the time of the kind you describe. >> looking back on that action, what is the humanitarian sort of ngo's conclusion about that in retrospect? was that a good thing to do or not? >> having been with an ngo at the time, i think there was widespread concern that kosovo was undergoing the beginnings of mass atrocities and that without the campaign, there would have been terrible, terrible loss of life in kosovo. and with some mixed feelings, there was gratitude that action was taken that saved so many lives. >> uh-huh. so action taken to save lives in an ethnic cleansing situation even without the predicate of a resolution council calling precisely for delivery of aid in this area. i know you can make mistakes and there's risks and mixed feelings about it. the general sense was gratitude that the actions were taken. what pro

like to draw your attention this is not the first time a permanent member of the united nations security council the security of both regional and international levels. been24 years, there have question up her -- questionable procedures. only -- [indiscernible] in fact, in order to preserve influence in neighboring countries, russia has deliberately created around itself the belt of instability. [speaking in a foreign language] all of these are projected conflicts which are supported by or directed -- directly related to russia. but the kremlin goes further. these days, the russians -- [indiscernible] what and who is next? dear mr. president, in every democratic country, if someone stole your property, the independent court would restore the justice in order to protect rights and punish the offender. we must recognize that in the 21st century, our organization lacks ineffective instrument to bring the aggressor country to justice, which has stolen their territory of a large stove and state. -- large sovereign state. they had envisioned the mechanism of the u.n. city -- security council to be one

security council has endorsed this e.u. operation off the high seas -- in the high seas off libya. what i want to check from one of my colleagues, because we have live people in the chamber, is what venezuela did, because i couldn't see on the screen here, because venezuela had signals that perhaps it would abstain. >> james thank you very much. in effect we'll come back to you next hour to find out how this vote went down. but in the meantime, the u.n. security council has approved this resolution authorizing european nations to intercept and seize people trafficking vessels in the mediterranean. >>> there has been a sharp rise in the number of refugees arriving on boats in greek islands in the past week. 7,000 people have been landing every day this month. that's 2.5 thousand a day more than at the end of last month. refugees are trying to reach europe before winter sets in. >>> now in guinea, in the run up to sunday's presidential election, at least two people have been killed in fighting between supporters of rival poli

security council really have at this point?ell, it has a moral function and a political security and peacekeeping security. the moral function is to raise these issues in integrity in full honesty to the world. what is the underlying problem? it's the israeli occupation. they have the political power to find the political resolution to live in peace in their israeli majority state, which they chose to do, and we palestinians recognize that they have a right to do while the palestinians have the same right to live in their state, sovereignty and security. the council can take steps. some of them symbolic, some of them practical. to bring in third-party mediators who are more effective than the americans, who have failed in 20 years of mediation. build a coalition of interested parties around the world to mediate, and to talk to both sides. there is a lot that the security council can do if it has the desire to do so. and i think we're reaching the point now where really we need international intervention beyond the failed americ

security council resolution and the u.s. administration at the time decided not to put a vote in the u.n. it didn't want a russian veto. but the action took place. i can't think of an immediate precedent at the time of the kind you describe. >> looking back on that action, what is the humanitarian sort of ngo's conclusion about that in retrospect? was that a good thing to do or not? >> having been with an ngo at the time, i think there was widespread concern that kosovo was undergoing the beginnings of mass atrocities and that without the campaign, there would have been terrible, terrible loss of life in kosovo. and with some mixed feelings, there was gratitude that action was taken that saved so many lives. >> uh-huh. so action taken to save lives in an ethnic cleansing situation even without the predicate of a resolution council calling precisely for delivery of aid in this area. i know you can make mistakes and there's risks and mixed feelings about it. the general sense was gratitude that the actions were taken. what pro

and the 15-member security council? >> there certainly is a lot of room for improvement, special clay in the fact that the u.n. risks becoming sort of a relic. it's not really reflective of the humanity that exists today. there's no one from latin america on the security council. there seems to be an overrepresentation in europe i would argue. and certainly nations like japan. i think it would make a good case for being on the security council. there's also the fact that we've never had a woman as a secretary general. we're talking about more than half the human population never being at least represented as a secretary general. so there's certainly a lot of structural things that could change to make it a u.n. organization more reflective of the world we live in today. >> if they did change the structure of the u.n., change up the security council, add latin america, do you think it would make a big difference or is the bottom line here that the united states perhaps has too much influence over the security council. >>

i also call on the security council to uphold the responsibilities before it is too late. i do sincerely hope that they would fulfill their responsibilities before it is too late. israel all aware that undermined the efforts made by the administration of president barack obama. creating a peace agreement through negotiations. the policies and practices of to israeli government leads the conclusion that they are working with all their efforts in order to destroy the two state solution that we are seeking on the basis of the resolutions of international -- there is no other explanation. we welcome the international community, including the initiative for the formation of an international support group for the achievement of stability. we hope for a resolution by the security council that reaffirms the peaceful solution in accordance with a two state for ending occupation. since it is no longer useful to waste time in negotiations for the state of negotiations. we must mobilize international efforts and establish a framework to oversee an end to the occupation. , i call upon

security council for the 11th time, the most of any member country. its term will start in january. >> egypt, japan, senegal, ukraine, and uruguay are elected members of the security council. >> the five countries selected gained at least two-thirds membership support. the ten nonpermanent seats represent regional groups. they're held for two years and five come up for election every year. japan will be a nonpermanent member for the first time in five years. the focus will be on whether the country can take a leadership role in efforts to stabilize east asia by helping resolve issues, including north korea's nuclear program already japanese officials hope to lead efforts to reform the security council so the country could become a permanent member. the council is currently split over conflicts in syria and ukraine. with western nations on one side and russia and china on the other, japan will have to make tough choices. >> translator: japan has held the longest nonpermanent membership on the security council next to the permanent members. nations expe

we missed our turn on the security council. have to take care of the defining issue of the age, which is climate change. we are the only country to have withdrawn from the quoto protocol. i'll defend your values, canadian values, on the world stage. where mr. harper's failed, we'll get it done. >> let's bring mr. harper into the debate for a seven-minute one-on-one with mr. mulcair for the topic of intervention. >> translator: mr. harper, what's your opinion on the subject? >> translator: our response to this crisis in the region is a generous and balanced response. our response to the refugees, our humanitarian aid -- >> we have a balanced approach. we're giving a generous but responsible refugee policy. we're bringing additional humanitarian aid to the region, and we're also, obviously, participating in the international military effort against isis. why are we doing that? not simply because isis threatens to slaughter, literally, hundreds of thousands, create millions of additional refugees, but this is an organization that

if really within the security council we do wants a solution states, this security council is able, itn recommend that palestine be accepted within the united nations as a fully fledged state. on the basis of two states a la needs to exist as a fully fledged state. the security council could send a clear statement which would condemn the israeli violence and call upon them to stop their violence. in the resolution which calls for sustainable peace. we are convinced that the security council can and must do something for palestine and its people. be asolve this would courageous step forward. to negotiations between israel and palestine. thank you mr. president. i give the floor to the investor of nigeria. president, are people and think thatgoodwill violence and killing in jerusalem has become a threat to security. what began as questions about the holy site. have a rise in death souls. that's complicating. we condemn the killing in unequivocal terms. -- must exercise more strength. and preserve the score of the holy site. is indication at this time that the causes of the violence must

a meeting yesterday at the security council took place.s a result of this meeting various views were expressed. you probably managed to watch the discussions, although we are united in the fact that the threat of terrorism is imminent, it is threatening not only the region itself, but other countries adjacent to it, and even though who are far from the middle east and north africa, and in these circumstances, i believe it was in the interest of everybody to welcome the -- putin's initiative to create a brood anti-terrorist front, based on the nation law, and the u.n. charter. we would act in coordination in confronting terrorists and extremists. yesterday he presented to members, as a formal base for further discussions in order to development a come non-understanding of approaching to fight against terrorism. [ inaudible ] this month will organize all necessary activity in order to implement this project. in september special [ inaudible ] was attached to the migration process, whichen gel fed middle east, north africa, and [ inaudible ]

on the security council.re seems to be an over representation in europe, i would argue. and certainly, nations like japan, i think, it would make a good case for being on the security council, and, you know, there's also the fact that we have never had a woman as a secretary general. we're talking, about you know, more than half the human population, never being, you know, at least represented as the secretary of general. so there's certainly a lot of structural things that could change to make a u.n. organization more reflective of the world we live in? >> john, if they did change the structure of the u.n., change up the security council and add latin america as you mentioned, there do you think it would make a big difference? is the bottom line that the united states has too much influence over the security council? >> well, first, i want to say that i agree with a lot of john's critiques about the yu and the bureaucracy and the lack of reppation. if they institute some of these reforms, expand the security

security council in new york was talking about the situation, here, the question was still hanging in filled with tear gas. will the israeli prime min story's new security measures make any difference to the situation? >> live to andrew simmons standing buy in west jerusalem. hi, andrew. the u.s. secretary of state will, will meet been min netanyahu but how does it work if it doesn't include the palestinian leadership? >> reporter: well, there is not a meeting involving all of the parties. that's for sure. we heard first of all from the prime minister's office here in jerusalem that there would be this meeting likely to be wednesday or possibly thursday. the sidelines of a meeting that netanyahu is having with angela merkel in the -- in berlin. whether or not this will actually be an extended meeting, whether there will be a further meeting a further point, is unclear at this stage, but we are hearing also that john kerry will move on to have a meeting with the 358 stenian leadership. the venue for that meeting is unclear, and venues matter in this situation. we heard from a reliable

and p 5 members of the security council and other members of the security council. tomorrow afternoon we'll have a continuation of the emergency meeting of the council of ambassadors to assess on the situation and decide the next steps. we believe that the supreme coursecurity council is supposed to be involved. spanning all corners of the palestinian territory. this aggression by the mass military force of the occupied authorities and armed settlers against our civilians has to be stopped. we condemn it and it has to be stopped immediately. all these forces need to be removed from points of confrontation with our civilian population. >> one of the suggestions is a protection force-- >> i'm coming to that. i said in addition to that we believe that sense israel is the people instead of providing the civilian population with protection, therefore it is the duty of the international community to provide our people with protection. we requested president abbas requested the secretary general to deal with those issues. we asked for a study about international protection

security council resolutions. the two presidents jointly expressed deep concern about the north'north's intentions. >> today president park and i are reare ar re reaffirming. >> president park said her intention was to win chinese cooperation in pressuring north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. >> translator: so that was my message, that i had for the leaders that i melt in beijing and they agree with me in terms of my remarks about north korea's nuclear problems. and we all agree we needed to make efforts to resolve this issue. >> reporter: but park's overture to china also played seoul reluctant to accept u.s. military defenses, defenses that beijing opposes. the u.s. would like to apply the that the system, short for technical aerial high energy defense. south korea has so far not agreed to the deployment but president obama insists there's no contradiction between republic of korea having good relations with both u.s. and china. >> i don't see any cracks in the relationship at all. i would argue that th

it's an informal method to allow the nonmember states of the security council to address the security council in an informal session. we also suggest providing enhanced direct donors to agency of the krg such as the industries of health and planning, as well as the regionally based ngo's that provide health and humanitarian services to assist in the crisis. certainly no new state is ever ready for independence. but the international community can help the kurds meet these challenges. let me turn it over to david who will present recommendations both to the u.s. and to some of the key challenges the kurds are facing as they prepare for independence. thanks again. there was an old kurdish adage that say they have no friends with the mountains. i submit today that the united states is no better friend in iraq and syria in the kurds. it needs to exert its influence and over to help iraqi kurdistan be viable, stable, and secure in advancing its progress towards ultimate independence. be focus needs not only to on iraqi kurdistan but on regional issues. the u.s. is uniquely placed to exert

the united nations security council was consider question related to ukraine. at the outset, russia blocked a draft resolution condemning the fake referendum on the crimea in march 2014. me, personally, i was exactly at the time that they was the voting on this fake referendum, there was no member of parliament. it was just russian soldiers surrounding the republic of crimea. the second time russia puts its veto on the draft of the resolution to investigate and bring to justice all responsible for a plane ÷ crash. by posting its veto on this draft resolution, russia clearly demonstrated the whole world in defiance in establishing the truth. not just the truth about the perpetrators of this terrorist attack and arms used to shoot down that plane. what is most important, it is the truth about those who organized this crime and from which country the mentioned arms had been transported. i think everyone in this hall clearly understand clear motives of russia's veto on the tribunal. the establishment of the international peacekeeping operation, which would lead to

. >> the security council got a briefing from an assistant general, who blamed both sides from making reckless statements. he welcomed comments by binyamin netanyahu, that there would be no changes to access to the al-aqsa mosque. but criticized the heavy-handed response of israeli security forces. the palestinian ambassador said his people had little trust that israel would live up to the promise to maintain the status quo. >> there is an international presence that for the status quo to be maintained, i think that that is what is in the mind f members of the security council, that is in our mind. >> the facts speak for themselves. for decades israel maintained the status quo and will keep on doing so. let me be crystal clear. israel will not agree to any international presence on the temple mount. such a presence would be a change in the status quo. there are many calls to end the violence, from the security council members, and end provocative acts. now, there seems to be little appetite that the palestinians have been talking about. . >> the u.s. president obama raised his concern

security council resolution.ammed jezerit said it only mejz missiles designs to carry nuclear warheads. he said none have been designed for nuclear capabilities. iran announced it tested a new missile without specifying the exact range. the nuclear agreement between iran and world powers comes in to effect on sundays. tehran will begin what's being called the biggest nuclear dismantlement in history. iran's compliance with the deal would see crimming economic sanctions lifted. as andy gallacher reports, there are significant challenges ahead. it took years of complex and fit full negotiations between iran and p 5 plus one to put together a deal the obama administration says will be based upon verification not trust. the landmark nuclear agreement will mean that iran has to sharply curtail its nuclear program, a move experts say will significantly impact. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry said it was a deal worth fighting for. >> it is a step away from the specter of conflict and towards the possibility of pe

security council held an emergency meeting on the unrest. >> everybody needs to focus on making sure that innocent people aren't being killed. >> drone down. turkey takes out an unmanned aircraft over its territory and russia's military steps up attacks on anti-assad forces in syria. >> it's clear he wants to stick his finger in the eye of the west. >> outrage, a big game hunter kills one of the biggest elephants in africa and it was legal. calling hunting laws into question. >>> and cuban rhythm, to celebrate hispanic heritage month, the first act to play there in 50 years. ♪ >> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. israel has rejebted a palestinian appeal for an international protection protectioforceand the al-aqsa mn jerusalem. president obama said today he is sending secretary of state john kerry to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms violence directed against innocent people. and believe that israel has a right to maintain basic law and order and protect its citizens from knife attacks, and viol

security council in new york was talking about the situation here the question was still hanging in the air filled with tear gas. will the security measures make any difference to the situation? al jazeera, in occupied east jerusalem. >> let's get more from the west bank now. we go to ramallah. >> protests and violence that follows happens on a daily base now on friday. the worse fighting was in bethlehem. tensions have risen over the past weeks simply because two protesters died on two different occasions. one of them was a 13-year-old boy. now there was also similar fighting and unrest in other areas here in ramallah in the north, and in hebron. violence that could indicate an escalation. a man dressed as a journalist with a t-shirt identifying himself as press had walked towards a soldier and tried to stab him. the soldier was slightly wounded, but the man was shot dead on the spot now this is the first time it happened in the occupied west bank and there is fear among many that this is something that signals the beginning of a way of stabbings that so far has not happened in the wes

security council briefing on tuesday. the escalating war in syria has left 13.5 million people in need of aid and some form of protection including more than 6 million children. the u.n. humanitarian chief told the security council that people arriving in europe via the mediterranean this year half have been from syria. they called it the largest displacement crisis in modern times. >> we all need to guard against th becomeing numb given the vast numbers in the sense of political en pass. yet recent developments are a telling reminder that it ordinary women, men and children who continue to bear the brunt of this conflict. living conditions and all there is continue to deteriorate sharping. entire communities at risk. over 11 million in need of health assistance. nearly 9 million people are unable to meet their basic food needs. >> well, at least 120,000 people have been internally displaced in the last month alone due to an escalation of fighting. we have the story of one family who say that their life is hellish. >> thi

security council. the white house thoated in contrast iran has so far fulfilled its commitments regarding its nuclear program. iran's guardian council has approved the agreement reached with the u.s. and five other international powers. the deal requires iran to reduce its nuclear capabilities and allow their facilities open for inspectors, the country's parliament prove approved the dn thursday. >>> diplomats should vote or the ukraine to have a seat on the security council. al jazeera's diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> 250,000 dead, it's also a major failure of global diplomacy. now the u.s. and its allies firmly oppose the president assad and it his allies carrying out the air strikes in syria. this is not u.s. and russian relations the worst since the cold war. u.s. has accused russia of backing separatists in eastern ukraine. now the situation tharnd table supposed to have the final say on international peace and security is about to get even more complicated. after an election by the u.n.

us like justice when, when security council or us decide where to go. they don't like independent procedure to deciding to open investigation without their consent. >> do you think it'll change? >> with time, i hope before everyone is killed in this country, in this world. (laugh) yeah, i hope will change. yeah. but depend on us. depend on people. it's changing. it's changing. the funny thing, when you see surveys about icc, there's global support. even in china. so everywhere. but the political leader have to adjust. the problem is, u. s. is the biggest country in the world. they don't like some, something checking them. (laughter) that's it. >> this awful thing that has happened in kunduz with the hospital, the doctors without borders hospital being bombed. is that a war crime? >> look, i believe that will depend on the facts. the case is showing how wrong is the policy. it's not our, it's not that this is illegal. it's wrong. bombing people is wrong. you're not gaining them. this conflict with talibans or al qaeda or, or isis are not about, two count

all this has soured things around the security council table. >> those against. >> reporter: with russiaeto some seven times in the last five years. now the situation around this table is supposed to have the final say on international peace and security, is about to get even more complicated. after an election by the u.n. general assembly of formality it's running unopposed in its regional block, ukraine will next year join the council. one person who understands the dynamics of the security council is ambassador rosemary decarlo as actioning u.s. ambassador, she was president of the counsel in july 2013. >> i don't think it's a new cold war. i think it is a bumpy relationship we have with russia now, between the west and russia. it's a bit chilly. i do think, however, that some of the issues, the very serious issue that his we cannot resolve with the russians or have not been able to until this point, ukraine, syria, we certainly had disagreements over u.s. and nato intervention in libya as you know. i think that unfortunately, that these disagreements are spilling over to other issues

security council resolution. separate from the nuclear deal signed in july. kristin saloomey is in new york. >> united states, united kingdom, germany and france all find this as a action that would have to be supported by other members of the council as well, including china and russia. iran says this was a precision guided missile with the purpose of reaching israel but it's for deterrent purposes only. isn't going so far to say that iran was violating the nuclear deal reached in july, the united states and its partners seem to be sending a warning to iran that they are watching. >> u.s. vice president joe biden says he has decided not to run for the president. his decision boosts hillary clinton's hopes of a democratic nomination for white house. about an attack on the u.s. consulate on libya three years ago, she was serving as secretary of state when four americans were killed in the embassy in benghazi. kimberly hafnlg halkett reports. >> the attack on benghazi, libya killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador. u.s. state department revealed the

this month is also the 15th anniversary of you in security council resolution 1325. which obligated nations, and not just ask pretty please, but obligated nations to include women in all peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction. so the last decade and a half or so has been a time of great change. are these anniversaries related? i think they are. i don't think it was a coincidence that young men from nations where women do not enjoy the full spectrum of rights as embodied in the convention on all forms of discrimination against women, with that is an issue. i don't think that is a coincidence at all. has said, itinberg has become my favorite quote of the last year, and you can see that we invited him. because he wanted to hear directly from him, not just his quote. but take a look at there. compare those societies that respect women. and those that do not. who is trafficking and weapons and drugs? who is harboring terrorists and pandemics? whose problems acquire u.s. troops on the ground? there is a one to one correspondence, do not only there is no relati

also the 15th anniversary of the un security council resolution 1325, which to includeations women in all peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction. the last decade and a half or so has been a time of great change. are these anniversaries related? i think they are. i do not think it was a coincidence that young men from nations where women do not enjoy the full spectrum of rights as embodied in the convention on all forms of discrimination that is anen where issue, i don't think was a coincidence at all. as donald steinberg has said, this has become my favorite quote of the last year and you can see, we invited him because he wanted to hear directly from him and not just his quote, but take a look at that quote there. respectthe society women and those that don't. who is trafficking in weapons and drugs? who is harboring terrorists and starting pandemics? whose problems require u.s. troops on the ground? there is a one-to-one correspondence. don't tell me there is no relationship between national security and the empowerment of women. he is right. what i like to do now in se

security council. and the obama administration is looking more naive by the day. consider the last three months, iran's top terrorist, general soleimani busted sanction to travel to moscow and forth a new iranian-russian alliance in support of eye sad that has intensified the mayhem and suffering in war-torn syria. iran tested a precision-guided long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in violation of the u.n. security council sanctions and unveiled a secret grounder ground missile facility. what is your reaction? >> they've been busy little beavers. what we don't know is what we don't know. we only know about the facilities we have discovered and we are interested in having them either fill up the core of the iraq heavy water plant or take out centrifuges that we don't know of. we don't know what we don't know of. there are other secret facilities that have been discovered, then you have little sidebars on those. they are going to continue to march forward, to become the regional power, dominant regional power in south west asia. there's

security council should reflect realities of the 21st century by representing larger quantity of african asian and latin american states. additional non-permanent seat in the council should be given to the eastern european group of countries, its composition doubled during the last two decades. ukraine also considers improvement of peacekeeping and peace building architecture of the organization as an important element of the u.n. reform. i am proud of ukraine's international reputation as an active and devoted contributor to the u.n. peacekeeping operations. despite external challenges, we remain a reliable partner of the organization in this noble matter. [applause] the contribution of ukraine to the maintenance of international peace and security provides us with moral grounds to count on the same assistance from the organization in time of vital importance of this issue for my country. the special peacekeeping mission in donbas under the u.n. auspices could become a very useful instrument contributing to implementation of the minsk agreements. ukraine is committed to follow the lette

two main thing -- to maintain peace and security in the occupied territory. the council must not delay discussions on the proposal. malaysia looks forward to working with the human secretary-general and other council members in this regard. in noting the statement by the percentage of of the russian federation -- by the representative of the russian federation, we underscore the importance of its engagement within this council. mr. president, in calling for you when protection -- for u.n. protection, we must not lose a site for convenience of solutions to the conflict. 70 years after the failure to grant self-determination for the palestinian people, the international community has lost any pretext for a legitimate excuse to further exacerbate the israeli occupation. ineffectual quartet meetings begin to appear to prolong occupations and to deny justice, dignity, and freedom to the palestinian people. meanwhile, israeli illegal settlements continue expanding, giving rise to questions on the sincerity of israeli commitment to a two state solution. in the first half of thi

security council resolutions. the two presidents jointly expressed deep concern about the north's intentions. >> today president park and i are reaffirming that we will never accept north korea as a nuclear weapons state. >> south korean president raised eyebrows last month when she attended the nuclea military celebration in beijing. >> that was the message for leaders that i met in beijing and they agree with me in terms of my remarks about north korea's nuclear problems and we all agree we needed to make efforts to resolve this issue. >> but park's overture to china made seoul, offenses that beijing opposes, nuclear weapons that can fit atop a long range missile, the u.s. would like to employ the thad system, to give the u.s. military the ability to shoot down north korean missiles before they reach their highest speed. south korea has so far not agreed to the deployment. but president obama insists there is no contradiction between the republic of korea having good relations with both the u.s. and china. >> i

security council that he's convening later today.an ki-moon said we can ignore the sense of desperation that goes with a slow evaporation of hope, we must stop the endless needless mindless cycle of suffering, but had no proposals how to stop it. >> exactly. this is what we are demanding for. we need -- we either need an international mechanism, clear mechanism to end occupation, which is not happening and i don't think anyone, in fact, we will be fool if we think that the word will come up with such a mechanism. the problem is that we've been waiting for 20 years, and we've been trying to just sit polite and behave and ask the world to intervein, and yeah, give us space, but this is the first strategy. >> let me ask you how much of the blame for this situation president abbas has to bare. he said today providing protection to the palestinian people is our responsibility, we must do all we can and use all conceivable tools in order to provide protection to our people, but it's his lack of progress that's causing the frustration that

security council resolution. the administration saying ever so tepedly that it will raise the issue at the u.n. security council. earlier today, iran's guardian council approved the nuclear deal with the u.s. and world powers. the next big step for the agreement is to move forward in december, when the international atomic energy agency delivers its report on possible military dimensions of iran's nuclear activity. president obama reportedly reconsidering his decision to withdraw the remaining 10,000 american troops from afghanistan by the time he leaves office. senior administration officials tell the "new york times" the president appears to be now willing to retain a military force in afghanistan. the president's reevaluation reportedly and the potential reversal prompted by the taliban's capture of kunduz last month inroads by the islamic state and afghanistan and the continued presence of al qaeda as well. >>> turning to domestic politics -- the presidential kind and what happened last night in vegas certain

security council, the ambassador, your ambassador calling for the u.n. to station international troops. this rejected by israel. what is the strategy going forward when it comes to al-aqsa. >> our strategy is well clear now. number one, we need international protection. this is a palestinian right, and it's an international responsibility. this is the mandate of united nations to provide protection for people who are subjected to the very set of circumstances which we are, which is ethnic cleansing. that of rwanda and kosovo. the second is accountability, ending the stability, and being above the law, and that's why we join the i.c.c. now we have filed our complaints, and the ball is in the court of the international prosecutor, and we urge the i.c.c. and the international system to bring to justice everybody who committed acts of war crime, and crimes against humanity in our region. >> let me ask you about the point of protection. your first point about protection. if you do not get the protection, what will your strategy be. will you support the palest