the general assembly can come in and try and work something out, give more power, do many things. guess what? we have a plan already in place in the state of illinois. it is a pandemic plan, that allows and calls for the local county health department to be making these rules. if a local county health department comes in and demons to quarantine someone, to shutdown a business, guess what?

or the general assembly rather. in my administration has interacted with those working group and our hope is that we are going to get a kind of unified voice on the need from federal support from the states. in particular to the state of illinois. i hope that republicans will step up. he won the general assembly elected officials and the republicans will step up and advocate for the state with their republican colleagues in congress. code in the house of the senate and even in other states hearing from republicans, to be the senators will respond better than. from the democrats. we really should speak with one voice on this to the federal government. follow that will have an effect on whether or not we are able to fully fund schools. an immediate evidence case hunting. and we all want to meet and to help the school sort of be ready for the full. so that is one of the reasons why you have not heard a call for massive reductions is because we are right in the zone here where the house of representatives are voting on

so many nations will be wondering, what happens with the general assembly? can you give us a preview of what that might look like? >> we would all hope that we could host a general assembly in person because that would mean -- my conversation with the secretary general -- there has been no formal decisions made. to be prepared for whether it is in person or virtual, but we are working out the details now with the secretary-general and president of the general assembly. we would love nothing more than to have people come into new york city. keep in mind that there will be thousands of people coming in. if you do not want the virus starting back in the city and being carried home to the country. >> every country around the world. it is a big decision that you have ahead of you. >> they were very diligent. .hey had been very clear they will be no one in there until the end of july for safety precautions. we are following very closely, governor cuomo and the state of new york, there restrictions. let's make sure that we protect the people of the u.s. and people

in an unprecedented move the general assembly moved its meeting to its headquarters in switzerland. and i thought delivered his speech and waited to reap the diplomatic route which he believed that by implicitly recognizing israel and renouncing armed struggle he had met americas conditions to open a dialogue with the piano or i don't know many 8 by ones or declare. and many enough that i can get is yes get in it. but the americans did not hear the terminology they required about the renunciation of terrorism and not all palestinians believe the price was worth paying. the whole the cargo and then. i said what do you get for renouncing terrorism meaning that i had to launch military operations i was against making this concession. i said let's await the reaction to his speech and then we'll see and this but i was overruled but out of hats mind was made up desperate for american recognition the next day he held a press conference and uttered the magic words. and absolutely they know it's all the forum is already done it is. the u.s. announced that it was now ready to begin a dialogue

general assembly zaya dress this fall as president for the final time. let me recount. the progress that we've made a quarter century after the end of the cold. the world is by many measures less violent and more prosperous than ever before. but with millions of people displaced world wide. unresolved conflicts from yemen. to syria iraq and afghanistan and groups like al qaeda launching attacks against civilians was president obama's speech too optimistic. his top u.n. diplomat at the time was ambassador samantha power who was responsible for securing international consensus on a variety of pressing issues of the security council and general assembly. i'm james bays of the united nations in new york our house u.s. foreign policy change since president took office of what should have been done differently and with the next presidential elections in november will ambassador power pursue a new political role in washington the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power talks to al jazeera. ambassador samantha power former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. thank y

he was not only in for trade our vice president as you know that he is in the united nations general assembly in september gave the coordinates of the camp a mint in colombia in the wahid of colombia where these people were being trained by this civil corp company preparing this military operation we even gave pictures of the houses where this people were sleeping and they go colombian government did nothing with that and the united states didn't answer also to this so this operation kept on being prepared and it finally they thought it was the right. moment and of course they failed because we have not only the un forces the venezuelan people in one of the islands where the one of this boats came with the 2 american mercenaries it was the fisherman who who captured this man and they even tied their hands with. a string they used to fish you know it's a shame that they are all the options are still on the table for them and press in time said what he believes that this option failed but when i decided to invade venezuela i will do it with my army with all the. force and strength of the united

governor kemp: we continue to look forward with the general assembly. in plays of bills are right now, hate crimes legislation being one of them. speaker atant and both been talking about that. withok forward to talking them about all things legislative on june 11. wondering ifas your commissioner could give more details about contact tracing. cases at this point being contact traced? if not, what share are being traced? idea ofyou give us any what capacity we have each day to trace cases? we areioner toomey: incrementally increasing capacity every day. in with virtually every case a nursing home, in a high-risk situation, it has been contact traced. it isn't as though this is new. this is something that has been done. what is new is the tracking of them with the app, and the capacity to improve our ability to have the data identify how many contacts per case. we have a number of people on 250 of our own staff deployed, several hundred wedents, but by june 23, will have 1000 people working on contact tracing. we have been able to ramp up that quickly. w

the general assembly will come back to richmond in august when we will re-forecast and deal with ourudget. i anticipate a piece of legislation being proposed that will make the release of information from our nursing homes more transparent. bob: would you fully support the legislation? governor northam: i will. pieces of legislation make their way through the general assembly and they get vetted, so sometimes it doesn't end up like it started, but that is part of the process, like he said, kind of like making sausage. but i support the concept of as much transparency as we can have. bob: congress is debating phase four legislation. i have heard it reported by the post that virginia has lost $3 billion in terms of cost and revenue. is that the number you are looking for from the government, if not, what is the number you are looking for? governor northam: it is a combination. we need resources. i have a meeting each week with our congressional delegation and with our senators and congressmen and congresswomen. we need resources, but we also need flexibility. that is, how can states --

also model following id in november 19th 74 yes an artifact received a standing ovation at the general assembly. he had spoken over a peaceful solution for christ in the months before. for the guerrilla leader standing among statesman it was a crown bitch. out of touch journey to the un had begun several years earlier. following their expulsion from jordan some palestinian factions concluded their fiery rhetoric and revolutionary zeal had harmed rather than help their cause. are you saying the same time that there will be an increase in terrorism. no i am saying there will be an increase in people who are here not us but i call in the evolution of the struggle inside palestine and i refused the word terrorism because we are not that honest a lot of people in palestine if you are following them they are doing demonstrations every day in nablus in ramallah they are accusing there is not only conquered but why do you call this kind of as if the same time you hijack international air craft and hold hostages innocent women and children how do you expect the rest of the world to sympathize and respec

general assembly the w.h.o. out examine itself because it's part of what's being asked about here so my recommendation is the secretary general united nations who has an independent political personality who occupies a position who independently can convene high level panels like he's done in the past and previous secretary generals have but make sure this is an appropriately balanced panel of medical experts 52 of them in china but also elsewhere in the ok let me jump in there if i could how do you think this is going to separate politics from science is the u.n. the forum to do this we need to get the politics out of this question don't wait is that possible with the u.n. well i'm all ears from you to hear from what the alternative mechanism or machinery is we can start talking about money i mean i don't have a suggestion right now but the bottom line is questions about the u.s. the point is. well you should have questions about how the w.h.o. is performed and it's the relevant united nations agency no institut

general assembly this past fall president mood also did not bring up human rights in a meeting with kim jong un last year have you sacrificed calls to improve human rights in order to keep the dialogue going i think keeping the dialogue going is extremely important if we are going to find a peaceful resolution with a north korean nuclear and missiles issue and getting us on track towards creating lasting peace on the korean peninsula human rights is a very big issue when it comes to north korea and we support the international efforts the u.n. efforts in this regard obviously to keep the in gauging going we have to balance everything and it's a decision. given all the consideration the judgments that we make we do not it's not that we don't consider a human rights issue of north korea any less but the in the tactics and the strategy in promoting the engagement with north korea. has to weigh all factors and proceed but there's a critical mass of criticism i'd just like to highlight a couple of them because the united nations special operator and human rights in north korea has said the f

they did bad together twice now once at the un human rights council in geneva once of the un general assemblynew york. to condemn china's detention of 1000000 weaker muslims and she drank so it's doable but this time around when it came to saying you know why is beijing locking up journalists who go to investigate what happened you know why are they refusing to allow any independent inquiry into the origins of the virus the european union allow the chinese censors to tell european leaders what they could say i mean that's ridiculous and i hope we can get to you know more courageous that here instead principle on the part of european union leaders than that let's talk a little more about principle can recently. you faced reports that you accepted a big donation from a billionaire businessman from saudi arabia a country not exactly known for its emphasis on human rights this was reportedly on the condition that you would not report on l g b t rights in the region and your own organization as it turns out had earlier documented coercive labor practices at this particular firm. tell us you've ret

show's general assembly and said so we have this comprehensive review this investigation coming up now just as the u.s. threatens to withdraw significant funding. yes it was passed without any objection from any of the member states now that's quite remarkable considering some of the allegations that have been thrown around over the last 2 days and that this resolution was on the table for a while but initially it was put forward by a stranger which angered china because china because of what to stray you wanted was an independent international investigation into the origins of the virus no china thought that they were being targeted so they reacted angrily but this time this specific resolution was put forward by the european union had over 100 coast reporters seem to pass with out any problems china and china seems to be happy with it china says that they want an investigation but it's about the timing of the investigation for china that they say they would want to take place when the virus was under control this this resolution calls for an independent impartial and comprehensive in

i look forward to working with the general assembly when they tourn to do all we can protect the health and well-being of north carolina and. phaseprepare to move to one, i have received questions as to why more businesses and more activities are not included in this first phase. given the nature of this virus, given its highly contagious and can be dangerous and sometimes deadly for some, we need to approach the easing of restrictions in a measured way. the is why in phase one as governor mentioned, he started with low risk activities where people are largely walking around and where it is easiest to social distance, at places like a clothing store or florist. hint, it is mother's day. in two weeks, we will reassess where we are on ever trends and hopefully be able to move to phase two or we can layer on some of the higher risk activities where you may not be able to social distance or you are sitting for more prolonged periods of time. sittings, such as at a restaurant or worship services, those activities still have risks. and we will need to do all the things we can to keep from spr

talking on this as a solution to the palestinian issue and also present it to the united nations general assembly but the point is that as the iranian leader said this referendum needs to take place and to be held visit be of the land of the palestine and not just part of it and this implies that there will be no 2 state solution from iran and perspective on the other hand he also said that all religions meaning jews christians and muslims need to take part in this referendum as well as all ethnics . ok our own the other hand separately how many also a previously had not ever publicly confirmed iran's supply of weapon to palestinians fighters but i want to quote from the speech he said iran realized palestinian fighters only problem was lack of access to weapons with divine guidance and assistance we planned and the balance of power has been transformed in palestine how major is that. well i can say that the context of this a speech is as well in order he was giving this speech at the time that iran's form of courts force command by some silly money was was not is not the yet anymore with them. b

the then presidential term the donald trump's election president barack obama spoke at the un general assembly design address this hall as president for the final time. let me work out. the progress that we've made a quarter century after the end of the cold. the world is by many measures less violent and more prosperous than ever before. but with millions of people displaced worldwide. unresolved conflicts forget.