first let's go to our diplomatic editor james bayes who is at the united nations.joins us from there now. jordan has put forth a draft resolution in order to put a stop to the fighting. talk us through that. >> reporter: this is a copy of the draft resolution. there have been two different resolutions that have been proposed to the u.n. security council. the first came from russia and the second from the gulf cooperation council, what is being proposed by jordan is mainly based on the gcc draft resolution. prominently involved in the military fight lead by saudi arabia and the bombing that has been taking place in yemen in the last couple of weeks. the resolution condemns the houthis. it says they must stop all violence and relinquish all of the territory they have taken including the capitol sana'a. there are sanctions and an arms embargo. the former president under u.n. sanctions. they will now have an rmarms embargo on them. and they are adding two more people to that list of people to be sanctioned. the leaders of the houthis, and the former president's son an

james bayes is at the u.n. for us. this draft resolution underscoring sharp divisions between the gulf states and russia. >> reporter: absolutely and very significant this resolution passed in the u.n. security council, but one of the permanent members of that council was not convinced, russia. russia didn't like aspects of the resolution. let me tell you the main points of the resolution and where russia had problems. the main point of the resolution is calling on the houthis to pull back from all area they have taken including the capitol sana'a. the russians supported that aspect of the resolution but when it came to the idea of the arms embargo, they wanted an arms embargo on everyone in yemen. they said the embargo should be associated with five people including the former president of yemen and his son, and a list of other houthis who already has sanctions, the main houthi leader. and there will be humanitarian pauses. ban ki-moon will institute these in coordination with the yemeni government. the russians wante

. >> james bayes has more now from the united nations. >> reporter: well it now is international law,his resolution. it has passed the u.n. security council. the only abstention was from russia. jordan technically proposed the resolution, but all of the work was done by the gulf cooperation council, the countries all involved in the military operation with regard to yemen. worth mentioning that that saudi-lead operation is not mentioned in this resolution not directly mentioned at all. what is mentioned in the resolution and the main thrust of it is towards the houthis. it demands that they end all violence and withdrawal from all of the areas across yemen that they have captured including the capitol, sana'a and introduces new sanctions and arms embargoes not just against the three people that were already sanctioned but against three others. there is an element in the resolution for humanitarian pauses. this is something that ban ki-moon is support to coordinate. although he has to do it in coordination with the government of yemen and remember the government of yemen very closely l

james bayes, al jazeera, the united nations. >>> palestinians are honoring pilsner's day.re thousands in detention. some stay in jail for years without ever knowing why. >> reporter: these pictures show the israeli army rounding up palestinians on wednesday. a scene that is repeated across the occupied west bank almost every night. when israel carries out these raids, palestinian security forces are not informed. israel currently holds 6,000 palestinians in its prisons, 450 are held in administrative detention. this means detaining them without charge or trial on indefinitely renewable military orders. this man spent over 13 years in administrative detention. he was released two weeks ago, and while detained he has missed the birth of his two children some of their weddings and the funerals of his mother and two siblings. >> translator: israeli policy is based on net letting inmates know the reason for detention. this causes a psychological conflict. >> reporter: palestinians protest the policy regularly, and this is one of many demonstrations held in the west bank to hono

let's bring in james bayes lye at the u.n. james what does this mean? >> reporter: it means this resolution is now international law. the u.n. security council meeting is over. the vote has been passed. we're still seeing live pictures we're seeing live pictures of the russian ambassador who abstained. despite that abstention because it can't stop anything but what that actually means is that there is new pressure on the houthis. that's the first main substantial point. it calls on the houthis to end all violence to withdraw their forces from all areas they have seized including the capitol, sana'a. the other thing that i think is very significant in the resolution is sanctions and the arms embargo. the sanctions have now been extended to two more important figures the main houthi heard and also ali abdullah saleh's son who is a prominent figure in yemen, and a former ambassador of his country, and all of those five now have an arms embargo on them. worth points out that though russia actually wanted an arms embargo on everyone including the government

james bayes, al jazeera, in geneva >>> spokesman for ban ki-moon joins us from the united nations.you still have confidence the special envoy, the strategy that he proposed for the freeze in aleppo did not work. there is criticism in the way it was executed. and so do you have confidence in him? >> of course we have great confidence in him and the team and the great team that he has put together. he is over 30 years of front-line experience in the u.n.'s political humanitarian work in the most dangerous places, and we of course have full -- full confidence in his work and the way he has been -- he has been doing his work. >> so -- >> and i would add -- >> go ahead. >> i would add if i may, i think the characterization of how the freeze was put together in the piece i think is -- is incorrect. i think he started, you know, presented this idea of -- of a freeze to the security council then to the press, but prior to that he had been in damascus. and had extensive consultations and discussions with the government. he and his team had also had discussions with various opposition groups