and as pillay pointed out before, the u.s. a high-contracting party to the geneva conventions, so it's violating its own extremely serious international commitments by not imposing -- working to impose the geneva conventions. that's an obligation for the high-contracting parties, like the u.s. and that means to impose -- to prevent a violation of international humanitarian law, and certainly not to abet it. so the u.s. is both in violation of its commitments to international humanitarian law and also in violation of u.s. domestic law. and there's some understanding of that. >> i wanted to get your response, noam, to nicholas kristof on the issue of palestinian nonviolence. writing in the new york times last month, kristof wrote, quote, "palestinian militancy has accomplished nothing but increasing the misery of the palestinian people. if palestinians instead turned more to huge gandhi-style nonviolence resistance campaigns, the resulting videos would reverberate around the world and palestine would achieve statehood and freedo

pillay, united nations high commissioner for human rights. and assistant secretary-general for human affairs and deputy emergency relief coordinator, mr. kang. who is physically here with us on the podium. i take this opportunity to warmly welcome our secretary-general and our deputy secretary-general. and our distinguished briefers to this meeting. r. surrey, and miss pillay are joining us via videoconferencing. i now give the floor to our secretary-general, his excellency ban ki-moon. secretary-general. >> ambassador, president of the general assembly, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. i thank the president of the general assembly for convening this concurrent resolution session on the tragic situation in gaza. as we meet this morning, it seems that the long overdue cease-fire is holding. for the moment the constant firing of hamas rockets and israeli missiles and mortars has subs side thed -- subs sided. we expect the parties to fully respect the cease-fire. i thank all who contributed to the agreement, including egypt, the united states

whatld ask kapilan pillai he sees on the banking side. >> what do you think, kapilan pillai?ith the world bank says accurate as a whole will need $50 billion for energy projects. the surplus? up we need more banks to come in and build up the infrastructure. withe places like nigeria power and agriculture reform, but more finances needed. the imf is saying africa as a whole will achieve 6% growth rate in 2018. in europe, it is 1.4%, and even eastern europe, with excellent returns, it is only up 2.5% in 2018. >> what is the biggest risk -- what is the biggest thing that affects a company operating in africa? is it corruption, kapilan pillai ? coming from message the white house, certainly from president obama, it is corruption and how we can solve these problems. we have seen it at the top level. in nigeria the bank governor left, alleging that $50 billion of oil revenue had gone missing. we have seen problems in south africa. those issues need to be cleared up before investors have a lot more confidence in africa. >> kapilan pillai, thank you for and join us. also, my guest ho

pillay and mr. pillay for your briefings. we address the arab group as well as the delegation for islamic cooperation. it is highly deplorable that what is happening is being described as a war. we believe that the israeli discourse in this regard is not truthful. the figures indeed show us what the reality truly is. this is an aggression that is occurring and that has taken a very heavy toll on the civilian population. in a unicef report we saw that 30% of the victims or one quarter of the population were children. a significant number, a huge number of people have been displaced. this is an asymmetric conflict. the attacks have been directed towards heavily populated areas and this is a violation of the geneva conventions, all of the conventions as well as international treaties. international security council needs to confront the israeli war machine, this murderous war machine. the actions of israel have surpassed all reasonable limits. we have spent years at the u.n. trying to uphold principles of human rights and we are

high commissioner for human rights, navi pillay, criticizing the u.s.for its role in the israeli assault on gaza. >> they have not only provided the heavy weaponry, which is now being used by israel in gaza, but they've also provided almost $1 billion in providing the iron domes to protect israelis from the rocket attacks, but no such

that is what navi pillay was talking about.u can be fighting in self defense and still commit or crimes, which is one way to characterize what israel is doing. prevent rocketo attacks does not justify deliberately targeting civilian structures, using methods of warfare that are indiscriminate, targeting militants when there are many civilians around so it will be a disproportionate cost to civilians. these are war crimes. it does not matter if you were putting in self-defense. that is what the geneva conventions are about. they are neutral in terms of who was the aggressor and the defender, they just look at how you fight the war. both hamas and israel are fighting in violation of the geneva convention. the obama administration's support for israel and the difference it would have made weeks ago if they had criticized israel? the story of this last weekend was after the last attack on a u.n. shelter, the u.s. said enough, and as soon as that happened, they stopped. >> that is a good illustration. about humanit is shields and we

human rights council on navi pillay's request that there be an investigation into war crimes, britain ab stained. the u.s. voted against. britain has a close military relationship with israel, we export and import arms from israel, and, indeed, seems to be some of the crucial components in the drones and weaponry itself, and, of course, the european union and it's israel trade agreement is a crucial factor in israel's economy. the world is condemning what is happening, condemning the operation and the settlement policy and the siege of gaza. seriously it's up to britain to join in the condemnation rather than continuing business as usual with israel. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us there from london. >>> now, brazil is an economic superpower, but rapid growth has outstripped its ability to provide basic services. rob reynolds reports from rio de janeiro, where clinics found a solution to a shortage of the doctors. it's a typically busy day at a community clinic in rio de janeiro. people receive basic care and preventive medicine free of charge, as provided by ci

edge in gaza now there was an announcement made several weeks ago by the haid of the council navi pillay and in that she said that there was a strong possibility that israel was violating international law and that willpower was should hold israel accountable for possible war crimes she went on to point out that israel had attacked schools hospitals gaza's only power point as well as homes united nations premises and that all of this was in violation of the geneva conventions the u.n. chief ban ki-moon has also spoken out in the hospice criticism against israel particularly for targeting you in schools way thousands of displaced gazans were seeking refuge now israel has responded by accusing this forty forty seven member states of bias it says that its investigations and conclusions are predictable at the same time the israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman has called it a terrorist white council the argument that the israelis put forward is that it is hamas who should be investigated for what they call double crimes they say that hamas has committed the crime of firing rockets at is

decision follows an announcement that was made several weeks ago by the head of the council navi pillay and she said at that time that there is the strong possibility that israel is violating international law and that will power was should hold israel accountable for possible war crimes she went on to point out that the israelis had hit schools and hit homes and hospitals gaza's only power plant you in premises and that all of this was in violation of the geneva conventions the u.n. chief thank you moon has also in the past spoken out in the harshest terms against israel accusing it of hitting particularly in schools where thousands of gazans who have been displaced by the monthlong fighting were seeking refuge now israel has responded by calling this forty seven member state for women in the words of the country's foreign minister he said it was a terrorist rights council and that its investigations and conclusions were predictable israel excuses the un of being a biased against it and what these radio argument is is that it is him us who should be investigated for what they call doub

high commissioner for human rights navi pillay called on all parties involved in the conflict to immediately and the hostilities before more civilians suffer me one report published today puts the blame for serious human rights violations not only on the rebels but also on the ukrainian army and other pro-government forces the commissioner said quote deliberate targeting of civilians is a violation of international humanitarian law and more must be done to protect them meanwhile today the ukrainian army subjected the city of donetsk to yet another bombardment artie's all asleep is on the ground in eastern ukraine with more. we hear and what was a small mark a slight in the city center updates as you can see the rocket has hit the whole slice of the whole facade of the building people it was killed one way came at the local bus station you see that awful but it's a little bloody it looks bloody looks a little tough to look for. your security particularly but if you're one person last night may be covered with his sheeting we can all sit there and the answer is in the distance going up and. to

high commissioner for human rights navi pillay called on all parties involved in the conflict to immediately and the hostilities before more civilians suffer the un report published today puts the blame for serious human rights violations not only on the rebels but also on the ukrainian army and other pro-government forces the commissioner said quote deliberate targeting of civilians is a violation of international humanitarian law and war must be done to protect them meanwhile today the ukrainian army subjected the city of donetsk to yet another bombardment artie's policy or is on the ground in eastern ukraine with more. what was a small mosque. you can see the rocket has hit the whole the whole facade of the building people that were killed while waking at the local bus station you see that awful but it's a little bloody bloody if you look. a little closer look a little at. least. thirty plus a little something that if you know one person hates being covered with his sheeting he cannot think that i'm going then throws him a distance of one hundred that you know i don't want to give you the

human rights high commission navi pillay criticized the us role. >> they have not only provided the heavy weaponry that is being used in israel and gaza, but also over $1 million to provide the iron dome to protect israelis from the rocket attacks, but no such protectio has been provided to the gazans against the shelling. i am reminding the united at it is a party to national human rights law. >> in latin am five five cntries -- brazil, chile, ecuador, peru and el salvador -- have all recalled their ambassads israel in protest of the offenven za. the presidents of uruguay, brilargentina and venezuela have issued a joint statement calling for israel to end its ote "disproportionate use of force." livia has changed its policieso require israelis entering the country to obin visa, and bolivian president evo morales called israel a quote "terrorist state." protests against israel's assault verued across latin america and around t world. we will -- >> we will go to gaza city after headlines. in west africa, the official death toll from the worst ebola outbreak in history has risen to 729 with

serry and pillay are joining by conference. i now give you the secretary-general mr.resident of the general assembly, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen i think the general assembly for convening this session on the tragic situation in gaza. as you meet this morning kind you sense the long overdue cease-fire is holding. for the moment the constant firing of the rockets and the missiles and mortars has subsided. we expect the parties to fully respect the cease-fire. we've all contributed to the agreement including egypt, the united states, turkey, the air of the states, the european union and many other international actors. we have all been working day and night but of course we cannot rest as the suffering continues. this has come at the price that is almost too much to bear. the destruction and gaza have shocked and ashamed of the world. more than 1,000 palestinians have been killed by the vast majority of civilians including hundreds of women and children. three civilians in israel were also killed as were the 64 israeli soldiers. people on both sides held at the r

high commissioner for human rights navi pillay criticized the council's response to syria and other conflicts. >> short-term to political considerations and national interests nearly defined have repeatedly taken precedence over intolerable human suffering and great breaches and long-term threats to international peace and security. i firmly believe that greater responses by this council would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. >> two american missionaries sickened with ebola while in liberia have recovered from the virus and are being discharged from hospital in georgia. was released on tuesday, dr. kenneth brantly spoke before he left on thursday. >> above all, i'm forever thankful to god for sparing my life and i'm glad for any attention my sickness has attracted to the plight of west africa in the midst of this epidemic. please, continue to pray for liberia and the people of west africa and encourage those in positions of leadership and influence to do everything possible to bring this ebola outbreak to an end. thank you. >> both the american missionaries received an external drug

in an interview, navi pillay said the united states should "share spiegel's right to protest." she also compared the clashes in ferguson to those sparked by apartheid in her native south africa, saying -- "these scenes are from a year to me a privately hours thinking that there are parts of the united dates were apartheid is flourishing." the protests in ferguson have reached the national football league. the players in the secondary lineup for the washington team took to the field monday night with their hands in the air in a gesture of solidarity with the ferguson protest. the team is facing a racial controversy of its own with two top nfl football commentators now joining the rights of those to avoid the name redskins because it is a racial slur. the pentagon is continuing to defend a program that gives access military equipment to do mystic police departments like the wind here in ferguson. spokesperson rear admiral john kirby listed equal men ferguson has received through the program. >> the police department since property was to humvees, one generator and one cargo trail

human rights chief, navi pillay, accused "islamic state" forces of widespread crimes in iraq, includingvery, sexual abuse, and mass executions of hundreds of prisoners. >> brown: how great a threat is the "islamic state" group? and what should the u.s. do about it? we join the debate, with retired army colonel peter mansoor. he was executive officer to general david petraeus in iraq during the surge in 2007 and eight. he's now an associate professor of military history at the ohio state university. and stephen walt is professor of international relations at harvard university. he's written extensively about security policy issues. peter mansoor, let me start with you. how do you define the threat and how urgent is the need to act? >> well, isis is a group that is well-funded, well armed, and hats thousands of fighters under its ranks and more joining it every day. it's a threat to the region. it can destabilize the middle east from which we get most of our oil in terms of the global economy. and it can inject terrorism into europe and the united states given that it has hundreds of figh

human rights commissioner navi pillay accused both israel and hamas of committing war crimes, but reserved her harshest words for israel. >> the shelling of houses directly means a violation of israel's obligation to protect the right to housing, right to food, right to clean water of gazans, even as, under its obligation as an occupying force. and therefore i would say that they appear to be defying, deliberate defiance of obligations that international law imposes on israel. >> woodruff: meanwhile in washington, the white house press secretary, while defending israel, said it needs to do more to protect civilians. >> but the shelling of a u.n. facility that is housing innocent civilians who are fleeing violence is totally unacceptable. and totally indefensible. >> woodruff: but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed aside such comments after a security cabinet meeting. >> ( translated ): so far we neutralized scores of terror tunnels and we are determined to complete this mission with or without a cease-fire. therefore, i won't agree to any proposal that will not enable the is