u.n. general assembly and foreign minister of the czech republic discussing kosovo's prospects of becoming in your family member states. is a global trade war imminent if donald trump follows through on increasing tariffs and ending existing trade deals it seems very likely after all this was at the very center of his campaign for the presidency it was a promise he made to his base will make america great again. the new economic will resume folding in the realm of education the right to education is being supplanted by the right. education. high education is becoming just another product that can be bullish and sold but it's not just about education anymore it's also about running a business and what you. want is the place of students in this business model for college i was born now in an extremely bored education the new global economic war. now where back when young cotton former president alpha un general assembly and acts foreign minister of the czech republic discussing coasts of us aspirations for either membership mr cowen like you said in the first part of our program the e.u. rec

u.n. general assembly showing its appreciation on her sixteenth birthday. is the day off every woman every warrior and every god who have used their wife for their rights she went on to set up her own fund the malala fund to promote girls' education. and in two thousand and fourteen a seventeen year old malala became the youngest ever recipient of the nobel peace prize the visit has attracted much attention in pakistan where malala divides opinion to some she's on a mission to shame the country a mouthpiece of the west to others though she remains a national hero for standing up to the taliban. egypt early results from the election there show that president. is cruising towards his expected landslide victory and a second term in power one reports suggest that he's taken forty two percent of the vote turnout however was lower this time at only forty percent to unthaw in the gyptian television an ounce to the landslide election victory that had been widely expected but voter turnout was poor at just forty percent despite extensive campaigning threats to find

u.n. general assembly showing its appreciation on her sixteenth birthday. is the day off every woman every boy and every guy. who have received their wife for their rights. she went on to set up her own fund the malala fund to promote girls' education. and in two thousand and fourteen a seventeen year old malala became the youngest ever recipient of the nobel peace prize the visit has attracted much attention in pakistan where malala divides opinion to some she's on a mission to shame the country a mouthpiece of the west to others though she remains a national hero for standing up to the taliban. well joining us now is shams from our asia desk so mills good to have you on the show you have covered malala story extensively what is the real purpose of her visit back to pakistan six years after being the target of the taliban i think always wanted to be back in pakistan and she was deciding to go back to home country and finally she is back. old already briefly she is on a four day visit to pakistan and under heavy security so the thing is that you always want

u.n. general assembly, showing appreciation on her 16th birthday. >> today is the day of every woman, everyoy, and every guoe who has raised the voice for their rights. reporter: she went on to set up her own fund to promote girls' education. in 2014, a 17-year-old malala became the eldest recipient of a nobel peace prize. the visit has attracted much attention in pakistan, where malala divides opinion. to some she is a mouthpiece for the west but to others she remains a national hero for standing up to the taliban. brent: joining us now is shamil from our asia desk. shamil, good to have you on the show. you have covered malala's story extensively. what is the real purpose of her visit to pakistan, six years after being the target of the taliban? shamil: i think malala always wanted to be back in pakistan, and she was desiring to go back to her home country. and finally she is back, although briefly. she is on a four-day visit to pakistan, and under heavy security. the thing is, she always wanted to be in pakistan and she is now back. but she has come to pakistan at a point where pakistan i

u.n. general assembly showing its appreciation on her sixteenth birthday. is the day of every woman every warrior and every god who have used their wives for their rights. she went on to set up her own fund the malala fund to promote girls' education. and in two thousand and fourteen a seventeen year old malala became the youngest ever recipient of the nobel peace prize. the visit has attracted much attention in pakistan where malala divides opinion to some she's on a mission to shame the country a mouthpiece of the west to others though she remains a national hero for standing up to the taliban. for joining us tonight is. from our asia desk she will it's good to see you you have covered this story extensively why did you decide now to return to pakistan i always wanted to go back to barbara starr which should belong. often in a situation that she is back in pakistan the security situation in pakistan is not good at the moment well we must understand it but just on it at a crossroads at the moment do you both prime minister nawaz sharif was gone when he clo

u.n. general assembly is the guest on sophie and co talking about the future of course of the. welcome to sophie and co and citizenship or not so public of kosovo proclaimed its independence from serbia a decade ago consequences has just moved rocked to the country and the world cup on former president of the united nations general assembly and foreign foreign minister of czech republic is with me today to talk about this. ten years after course of those declaration of independence. still struggling to obtain global recognition of some states afraid of the dangers that goes to those separatists excess could pose that. mean for the world ever make peace with its neighbors and when i stayed for him we stand on its own two feet without the e.u. projection. young cowen former president of the un general assembly am at. for a minister of the czech republic welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now mr come on ten years ago you were had and you stayed born in cost of all back then you said the proclamation of independence and its recognition was a big mistake ten y

u.n. general assembly an x. foreign minister of the czech republic welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now mr come on ten years ago europe had and you stayed born in cost of all back then you set the proclamation of independence and its recognition was a big mistake ten years on do you still think the same. yes i'm going to wind it was a mistake so that the very beginning in fact mistake is a very polite soft. guy the and i called mission of independence of kosovo as a gross violation of international law but also violation of the house think it can even of the united nations security council resolution twelve forty four which made it very clear that kosovo at that time should have remained thought of the former federal republic of yugoslavia. and the you know a lot of a decoration of independence clearly violated all of these. legal provisions and in my own opinion i think it set a very dangerous precedent for all. minorities all says and it says her mission is movement to declare you not

u.n. general assembly during the george w. bush administration he was also senior advisor to the presidential campaigns of mitt romney and scott walker it's always good having him with us ok first robert so many things happen with this administration this news every other minute the director of the national security agency admiral mike rogers recently told congress that the trumpet ministration is not doing enough to counter russia's efforts to cyber meddle in elections i know you know mike what do you make of that . the russians have been our adversaries for a long time you know i grew up in an age where you know we thought we'd go to war with russia someday that didn't happen which was great the end of the cold war ended but the russians have kept up their their efforts against the united states have never given up they were active during the obama years are going to be active in the trump years and we have to be vigilant we have to push back against vladimir putin and russian aggression against our allies in europe but also

u.n. general assembly last september: >> the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forceddefend or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> sreenivasan: the north korean leader fired back, through a news reader on state-run tv. >> ( translated ): "i will surely and definitely tame the ntally deranged u.s. dotard with fire." >> sreenivasan: the north also launched nearly two dozen missiles last year, including intercontinental weapons that it said are capable of reaching the u.s. mainland. president trump responded with his "maximum pressure" campaign of s new sanctions and stepped-up military exercises. today, vice president pence said in a statement, "president trump's strategyolate the kim regime is working. the north koreans are coming to the table despite the united states making zero concessions." but this afternoon, white house press secretary sarah sanders tsuggested the talks are definite yet. >> we are not going to have this meeting take place until we see concrete

u.n. general assembly -- >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reportertrump up-ends orthodoxy, laying into his enemy, north korea's reclusive leader kim jong-un punches right back. state media calls trump an old lunatic and a dotard. yet less than six months later, trump accepts trump's call for face-to-face talks. >> they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> reporter: there have been times where trump doubted his words were clear enough. even doubted his secretary of state's more formal diplomacy. tweeting, i told rex tillerson our wonderful secretary of state that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocketman. kim kept his robecket tests coming. intent on creating a missile capable of reaching the united states armed with a nuclear bomb. so what has changed? even at new year, both were boasting about nuclear buttons. so has trump's bomblast finally broken the regime's revolve? or has he been outmaneuvered by enemies? was it south korea's diplomatic olympics thaw? neither russia nor china has been a watert

u.n. general assembly -- >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reporter trump upends orthodoxy, laying into his enemy. kim jung-un punches right back. state media calls trump an old lunatic, a dotard. yet less than six months later, trump accepts kim's call for face-to-face talks. >> they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: there have been times where trump doubted his words were clear enough even doubted his secretary of state's diplomacy tweeting i told rex tillerson that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. kim kept his rocket tests coming intent on creating a missile capable much reachiof reaching states armed with a nuclear bomb. so what has changed? even at new year both were boasting about nuclear buttons. so has trump's bomb blast finally broken the kingdom's resolved or has trump simply been youts maneuvered by enemies and allies alike? was it south korea's winter olympic diplomatic thaw that took the chim off tll off the relationship? neither russia or china has been a water ti

u.n. general assembly. we lost that vote, but to many people's surprise, 65 countries refused to go against us. in the long history of u.n.'s mistreatment of israel, that's quite a record. and we're not forgetting that vote. like i said at that time, on that vote, we were taking names. last week, i took a trip to guatemala and honduras. and i thanked them both for voting with us. god bless guatemala. they even joined us in moving their embassy to jerusalem. and president trump and i are pushing to draw a closer connection between u.s. foreign aid and how countries vote at the u.n. u.n. votes should never be the only factor in our foreign aid decisions. we have many interests that go beyond the u.n. but they should be one of the factors, and we are determined to start making that connection. some people accuse us of favoritism towards israel. first of all, there's nothing wrong with showing favoritism toward an ally. that's what being an ally is all about. but this is really not about favoritism. in all that

u.n. general assembly adopted 18 resolutions directed at israel. resolutions on which the united states voted no. the dominican republic voted for each of these 18 resolutions. we have also seen them at the oas to be less than cooperative on efforts to pressure the venezuelan government and in essence, efforts to allow the oas to function the way it's supposed to and to have the democracies in the region to protect democracy and that condemnations that are violating it and obviously one of the reasons potentially why this is happening is their membership is a group of countries that receive subsidized oil from venezuela in exchange for influence in their government. i would just ask do you commit to this committee that this is an issue that you will begin a dialogue at the highest levels with the government, both on their anti-israel votes at the united nations and also at their consistently not wanting to vote in favor of supporting democracy in the region. will you commit to this committee that that will be among the issues that you raise with th

u.n. security council and let the general assembly decide about syria from now on no more veto and that's such an interesting thought because every time something goes to the security council we do was think about the veto from the five permanent members anyway as the u.n. security council has been briefed on the latest anything good the foreign ministers from iran russia and turkey have been meeting in the cause like capital the three countries of held many rounds of what is known these days as the osce than a process talks that are meant to help the main negotiate is oh man negotiations in geneva so hard it has our report. syria brings them together stakeholders and power brokers in a country now divided into areas of influence turkey unlike iran and russia doesn't support the syrian government but the three countries have enough common interests to continue cooperating to the so-called process the kazakh capital has hosted many rounds of talks on syria since the beginning of last year the process is meant to complement talks in geneva but the message from here was clear a disregard for

u.n. human rights council and the general assembly. i think that -- so part of enjoying others make commitments is raising awareness that this is an issue that people should be addressing you. >> mentioned the government of burma itself. you may remember we as a committee were refused visas to go to burma and there is very real concern about the lack of justice and accountability. so while my focus in asking questions today is on the looming humanitarian crisis, can i really press the government to do more to address accountability of those who are responsible for what the foreign affairs committee described against those crimes against humanity and those have described as a genocide? >> yes, and obviously -- i suppose it's disappointing to say that the visas were refused so you weren't able to conduct that visit and to be able to see those conditions for yourself. we will continue to support the government of bangladesh and continue to press this as an issue with the government of burma on this matter. and continue to do what we can d

u.n., i never got to use it. it felt pretty good. [applause] weeksador haley: the next the jerusalem issue was brought before the general assembly. we lost that. too many people's the prize, 65 countries refused to go against us. un'se history of mistreatment of israel, that's a record. [applause] ambassador haley: we are not forgetting that the. -- vote. [applause] ambassador haley: like i said at that time, we were taking names. [applause] ambassador haley: last week i took a trip to guatemala and honduras. [applause] ambassador haley: i thank them both for voting with us. [applause] god bless haley: guatemala. they joined as in moving their embassy to jerusalem. [applause] ambassador haley: president trump and i are pushing to draw closer relationship between u.s. foreign aid and how countries vote at the u.n.. [applause] votesador haley: u.n. should never be the only factor in our foreign aid system. we have many interests that go beyond the u.n.. they should be one of the factors. we are determined to start making that connection. [applause] some peoplealey: accused us of favoritism towards israel. first of all, there is not

u.n. entities coming in whether it's peacekeeping whether it's development agencies or celeron so statements are important fact finding missions are important security council resolutions are important as a human rights council resolutions and general assembly ones but really we have to look to the hundred ninety three member states who drive this organization who are the bosses of this organization and ask if they're very genuine where is there a critical mass of states who really want to improve the human rights situation on the ground in very many of these grave and dire situations well speaking of the genuine dry. to change or to introduce reformists official. has just been saying let's look at the cases that we have been dealing with over the last few years the atrocities committed against the ranger nothing has been done to tackle the issue more than four hundred thousand people have been killed in syria nothing has been done to tackle this issue so what are we talking about here well i j should be clear there obviously we are with a civil society organizations human rights organizations so. because we share the concerns that often the u.n. is slow to act up and there is all that can and and need to be done so it's not not my role to

general assembly in september last year. the prime minister has a totence where she threatened set aside 30% of the contributions to the u.n. and would only be paid if there was improvement in the results. how does that reflect the idea of a global britain? we're starting to move toward an old-style american outreach to the u.n. sec. johnson: it is right to want to reform the u.n. the u.k. is the sole biggest contributor to the u.n. but we are -- we value the u.n. and what it achieves around the world. reform. the process of we support them in that. to threatenessary the constitutions to achieve the reform? sec. johnson: you have to encourage value for money. the way to encourage is to constitutions may be withheld. u.n..l see is superb of sexual violence will be one of the one of the criteria on whether the constitutions will continue? >> where the making every effort to stress how we approach this issue. >> you haven't answered my question? sec. johnson: are we going to withdraw funding on the basis of sea >> itction on would be among the considerations we would make. >> i think the u.n. itself wants to work with us to so

then in her speech at the general assembly in september last year, the prime minister had a sentence where she threatened potentially to set aside 30% of contributions to the u.n. and there would only be payment if there was improvement in the results. how does that reflect the idea of a global britain if we're starting to move towards what could be perceived as an old-style american approach to the u.n.? >> no, no, no. look, it's right to want to reform the u.n. and the uk is the third biggest contributor to the u.n. we greatly value the u.n. and what it achieves around the world. but it's also important to drive the process of reform, which antonio gutierrez is leading, and we support him in that. >> but is it necessary to threaten to cut contributions in order to achieve that reform? >> well, i think that you have to encourage, you have to encourage value for money. the way to encourage value for money is obviously to insist that future contributions may be withheld if value for money is not demonstrated. but we want to see a reformed superb u.n. >> will progress on addressing the issue of sexual violence be one of the criteria you will use to assess whethe

u.n. resolution. so you have the conundrum they have been busily denying he he have if i can of the united nations but their very existence depend on a resolution. you continuously general assembly resolutions are not binding. we could say amen, because it was general assembly resolution that part tish shunned palestine and set up the israeli state. [applause] so, you can see you could have a whole joint conclave of jesuits and talmud scholars, with the fine print, denying the basis of your own existence. the united states was founding member of the united nations. it is still indispensable part of the united nations. it is inconceivable that the united nations would not exist without the united states taking part in it. this creates severe problems because there is always the israeli exception. every resolution that comes up is being weighed in the balance. nuclear non-proliferation, we saw with grant's presentation earlier, the united states is signatory to non-proliferation treaties that say no country apart from the, what is now the five permanent members should have nuclear weapons. and it condones nuclear weapons in enrace. because it does that, every other country in the