we're currently holding talks with the remaining security council members as well. there are some reservations among others on the council. as europeans, and in particular, as germans, we will continue to urge a clear response from the international community through acts of repression against the syrian people and pieced-loving protesters. we i intento keep up our efforts. >> is chairman pose a presidency of the council now more difficult after it abstained on the libya resolution? is germany reliable partner? >> germany is held in high regard within the international community. thee resolution on libya was passed by majority vote. we had our reasons for abstaining. together with india, brazil, china, and russia -- the decision has now been made. we continue to stand by our resolve that germany will not send any combat troops as part of a military mission in libya. >> germany's preing for a seat on the security council, is that realistic? >> it isn't so much about germany or europe's wish for a permanent seat on the security council. reforming the united nations is

security council members. are interested for the body to release concise documents the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity meanwhile representatives of the african union have already spoken out about this saying that they are afraid of proliferation they fear that those guns make and up in the hands of terrorists and that's going to be a threat to the insider region russia's envoy to made to have said at a press conference in moscow that he fears that the on grounds operation is just around the corner and that operation is only going to prolong this conflict and worse and situation in the whole region in general meanwhile when it comes to syria the two foreign ministers are not quite on the scene between guarding that uprising moscow stands firm against a u.n. security council resolution towards syria while france has been going on with the council to take action more still believes only the political solution of this crisis is possible and as foreign minister lavrov said the opposition in

security council along those lines apart from funding weapons. resolution ninety seventy three of the united nations security council. allowed nato to secure this no fly zone to stop president gadhafi from slaughtering his own people but. don't the a turns to assassinate who will to their feet and and there have been a number of them and later seems to be obsessed with that idea doesn't mean that the real real idea behind the campaign is regime change in the country well if you go back to from the nineteenth of march i'm words there's a real there's a great word in english which is backsliding there was a real backsliding and skidding into what began as upholding un resolution one thousand seventy three and really trying to protect civilians in the slaughter of civilians. for example you had b.h.l. not only livy and france really pushing this we've got to say the civilians much in a sort of recalling rwanda and what happened in kosovo and in bosnia. and so that was the real the real tension pushed forward the moment and then you backslide into we

security council resolution. it's not going to really be able to step up its efforts unless it goes back to the security council and another resolution is passed which one wonders the viability of us russia has refused to recognize the libyan rebels as the only legitimate authority in the country spotlights you know the media reports. when nato started its military operation in libya four months ago thank you weiss promised not to take sides last week washington changed its mind but an international conference in istanbul it to recognize leave this transitional national council as the country's government until an interim authority is in place united states will recognize that t.n.c. as the legitimate governing authority for libya and we will deal with it on that basis in contrast the united states used the gadhafi regime as no longer having with authority in libya more than thirty nations for would suit now with diplomatic recognition the u.s. will officially be able to fund that being in gaza based opposition i

security council resolution there. but the question was, did you also need an authorization for use of military force? my position there, which remains the same, is that in that circumstance, despite the fact of the multinational coalition authorized by a security council resolution, the proposal was 400,000 u.s. troops and comparable vessels and accompanied forces, which was the number of forces in vietnam at its height. the u.n. security council resolution alone does not absolve the situation of requiring approval. what makes this situation unusual is not the existence of the security council resolution, but the fact that the mission that has been structured under it is so limited with the u.s. playing such a narrow and supporting role and with such limited exposure. we're talking about, as senator kerry said, no casualties, and the threat of casualties, and a significant on engagements. another point that has been made by some about our legal approach is that we're somehow suggesting that drones get a free pass unde

security council resolution towards syria while france is going up with the council to take action to still believe that only the political solution. at this price this is possible. only still not. getting him to sit down for something it's morning edition. it's. all with the war in libya our birth focal point of international relations assays gain access to colonel gadhafi son in a say town to tripoli seinfeld is planned things his country's wanted for its riches but says the people or he fighting to make sure libya doesn't fall under foreign control. the day i was swimming and mission i was very hard at what we're really so we are in our country i want to die fighting for our country living with our people who feel we need our country or we would if we die we go to heaven and they destroyed our house in the middle of. a. small house so. many houses people are living near this small school next to them and their house. because my brother and young civilian had nothing to do with the war with politics he was studying in germany because of the war he came back to libya he was there sim

the security council ok now there is a risk experts say. the assistance given to the rebels to go to the so-called trans national transitional national committee will go to al qaida so the al-qaeda elements that are present within the ranks of this can really . do think there are grounds for research or social expectation of god if you make a connection to al qaeda that's a credit you know it's quite a long connection to me i don't even think you need to make that for the connection simply because do we really know who the because the rebels are and i think this is a big question did we really know that image. when the c.a.a. funded them back in during the war in afghanistan i mean this this is the real question is not necessarily links to al qaeda or words to a q i am marketing something but even to any other group flooding thought being. a civil war essentially or an area. and a civil war with weapons is not necessarily an impossible policy you have no idea where those weapons went up or who those people will be eventually. because good q

security council consensus was that. as for whether we might do something similar elsewhere i think that would very surprising because there is no security council resolution so far as i know that would apply to syria or to the german or to any other countries as a. he said we do have differences for this regard. but. this does not prevent us from working together to work for a political solution which is the only way that will permit the libyans to build their future the future of a democratic libya well. with the little i can only confirm that the history of us has answered my question. and their answer was exactly as he just says these things with you that the resolution one thousand seventy three contains chapter. four which allows anyone to do anything for basically any lane. cells of this very chapter was the cause of our problems with resolution nine hundred seventy three because in all other aspects we support it but if we lose but due to their unwillingness of the co-author co-authors of that the resolution woul

which we addressed tried to have such oj attacked us with the security council refused to consider the matter in the nato and they russia later council we also requested an urgent discussion on the matter but we faced rejection as well the oas see there which. well it played quite dubious role in that because there were c. observers deployed in south. and in georgia. on both sides of the then administrative voter. they did reports show german army accumulating troops and heavy weaponry and. then those reports came to vienna which will at least one day before the attack actually began and with still cannot get an answer from the r.c. secretary there as to why the boise members are adults been informed of those reports because it's in the so none of those. has ations showed quite efficient in that situation. did show. it would be quite official work in that situation was the president of france which is. what we really value that and we are ready to cooperate with france and most different floor mats on the problem of . the big goal of assistance debility the settlement of all humanitari

we believe that the arms embargo that was introduced by the un security council is straightforward and it is captured this way in the resolution is applies to libya's in charge your injury therefore any arms supplies are violating this resolution as well as any attempts to send military instructors into libya to deliver military knowledge and know how all of these cases are covered by the arms embargo and this is our position and speaking of had all of this meeting russia's and going to nato where there are voices said that he fears that and on ground operation is just around the corner and if that happens. the situation in the region route severely worsened meanwhile today secretary general rasmussen once again try to reassure everyone about its ground operation is not in nato plans . with civilian casualties mounting gadhafi still in power and the winds of a conflict inside nato has hit yet another problem a crippling shortage of munitions you know that putin germany which has previously resisted getting involved in the conflict to chip in is not easily in a political discovered ther

security council resolution on libya has been interpreted after france supplied weapons to the rebel forces russia also urged the international community not to enforce a regime change in syria but instead help the rival sides seek political dialogue or correspond at the thought has more on the story. libya was the key issue discussed during a meeting between two foreign ministers that following france's deployment of arms to libya france admitted it air dropped guns in order to help civilians protect themselves and according to french foreign minister when it comes to protection of civilians school measures are justified they claim that u.n. security council's resolution allows them to do so russia believes it isn't it is unacceptable that it violates arms embargo to libya and russian foreign minister has said even though two ministers two countries have similar views on libya's future that has to be peaceful and democratic states that's a u.n. security council resolution can be easily misinterpreted the resolution nine hundred seventy three contains chapter full which allows anyone

security council has condemned attacks by the pro- government mons in syria on the u.s. and french embassies in damascus. the council called on the government to protect diplomatic properties. germany says it will push for a resolution against the syrian crackdown on anti-government protesters. >> for all those present here today. >> germany chairs the security council. on tuesday, they passed a german-sponsored resolution condemning the recruitment child soldiers. agreeing on a resolution against syria is another matter. germany has called on the council to condemn the regime of president bashar al-assad. >> germany, together with our other partners and especially our other european partners to work on a common resolution, on the resolution in the security council against the syrian regime. >> russia and china remain strongly opposed to action against syria. negotiations at the u.n. are continuing. anti-government protests show no sign of weakening. these are pictures from the country's third largest city. human rights activists and their say security forces shot dead at

security council resolution can be easily misinterpreted. or solution nine hundred seventy three contains chapter four which allows anyone to do anything this very chance it was the cause of our problems with the mandate in all other aspects we support it and as we have warnings now we're facing rather unpleasant situations when it can be interpreted in most different ways i think most here in paris and other u.n. security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents to the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity meanwhile representatives of the african union have already spoken out about this saying that they are afraid of proliferation they fear that those guns make end up in the hands of terrorists and that's going to be a threat to the insider region russia's envoy to nato has said in a press conference in moscow that he fears that an on grounds operation is just around the corner and that operation is only going to prolong this conflict and worsen situation in the whole region in general mean

security council's resolution allows them to do so because it isn't it is unacceptable that it violates the arms embargo to libya and to conform minister has said even though to ministers two countries have similar view on libya's future that it has to be peaceful and democratic states that the u.n. security council's resolution can be easily misinterpreted to diverse illusion nine hundred seventy three contains chapter four which allows anyone to do anything in this very chapter that was the cause of all problems with the mandate and all of the aspects we supported and as we have warned now we're facing a robot in pleasant situations but it can be interpreted in less different ways to i think moscow in paris and other un security council members who are interested for the body to release concise documents to the international law just not need to put up with ambiguity meanwhile representatives of the african union have already spoken out about this saying that they are afraid of proliferation they fear that those guns make and up in the hands of terrorists and that's going to be a thre

security council will be in session were able to do. now that they're actually trying to choose reality on the ground while serbs in this part of saying the ethnic minority how legal that is the serbian import bound by kosovo or policies in terms of minorities rights. well we have to remember one thing cos it was still not universally recognized as a state so in fact serbs are not a minority down there they are part of the serbian people who are the majority in their own state now course they've always thought the session this republic so in other words the serbs tore down in kosovo still believe themselves to be part of serbia and they're acting in that capacity now the western states and mostly nato states that have recognized course of our treating them as a minority and the other had states that have not recognized kosovo independence and not treating serves as a minority but are seeing them as having equal rights as all other citizens of serbia now the security council session is on the way as you were saying but tulips on this wil

security council what happens behind closed doors at the latest meeting of the council was that france came out by saying that it doesn't see a need anymore to air drop weapons to the rebels in libya explaining that they're now organized enough to establish contacts with foreign partners and get the needed weaponry themselves the statement came after another announcement by paris that it has been air dropping all arms to the libyan opposition explaining that this is the only way to prevent civilian deaths while russia is fiercely criticizing all this saying that this is a direct violation of the no fly zone resolution which originally gave the green light for the entire military operation in libya and its aim was to stop the violence and protect civilians and not supply them with weapons the operation has been going on for over four months and civilians are still being killed not only in the fighting between got our fees forces and the rebels but during nato airstrikes and got out the supporters say that scores of civilians have already been killed because of these strikes including so

security council resolution on libya a move that surprised some and heard others but it may now be backing out of a decision the germans may not want to participate but they have decided that the position does not preclude them actually subsequent weapons in this case or systems some believe germany is under pressure from other nato members particularly the united states presence in the u.k. to take a more active part in the libyan campaign at first hand our you know ministries toward the foreign affairs minister don't go into libya it's a very bad conflict it was started by the cia and it's a dirty business don't go there so this is why you voted with russia and china now the backlash from washington is so tough obviously we are under pressure to do something to make up for this decision aside from peer pressure germany may be lured by the simple financial gain its of making its weapons available for natives use in libya probably germany it will get paid for delivering these to other countries but that is normal practice between countries even in nato countries. out of the twenty eight na

security council members are interested for the body to release concise documents to the international law does not need to put up with ambiguity. meanwhile representatives of the african union and have already spoken out about this they're afraid of pearls ration of those arms and that those arms might end up in the hands of terrorists which will be a threat to the whole region they also say that that's at some point maybe it might find itself in a similar situation that somalia is at the moment but that's really what you've been this is didn't focus on the situation day by also encompassing the crisis in the war north africa. well of course the next stop on the table during discussions was syria russian foreign minister sergei lavrov once again stressed the country's position on syria. that it is against any similar resolution regarding syria as to one regarding libya and he said that a political solution should be found in order to solve the conflict he's also said that opposition members in syria should sit down to negotiation table and talk to his government instead of simply igno

security council's policies on syria because the russia says that it will veto any similar resolution on syria after what's happened with the resolution. so if you go to spin off reporting right now it's ten minutes past the hour here in moscow you with artsy germany is reportedly selling the two hundred tanks to saudi arabia talk of a deal has caused outrage among germany's opposition politicians who claim the government would be breaking its own export rules earlier i spoke to francisco put on a german member of the european parliament who says that saudi arabia isn't a country that should be selling weapons to. stephanie not a country that fulfills the criteria c.f.d. own german export rules it certainly doesn't meet the e.u. code of conduct on sex ports so we think that this actually should be stopped the export of before it got its blessing was checked with the americans. gave sort of the ok on it i think of course it's also this idea of a stabilizing factor in the region but i think this is completely misled we have seen what can happen to regimes and we don't think this is the

conflicts all of the members of the un security council in fact what's happening in libya is already affecting the un security council's policies on syria because the russia says it will veto any similar resolution on syria after what's happened with the resolution . so he's a good reporting right now it's ten minutes past the hour here in australia with nazi germany is reportedly selling the two hundred tanks to saudi arabia talk of a deal has caused outrage among germany's opposition politicians who claim the government will be breaking its own rules earlier i spoke to francisco brown german member of the european parliament who says that saudi arabia isn't a country that poland should do something weapons to. stephanie not a country doubtful feel sick right here at the own german export rules it certainly doesn't meet the e.u. code of conduct announce exports so we think that it's actually should be to stop the export of before it got its blessing was checked with the americans who are also gave sort of the ok on it i think of course it's also this idea of a stabilizing factor in

the un security council is holding an urgent meeting at serbia's request into the flaring of violence. in northern costs of a fresh clashes began one conservation police seized two disputed border checkpoints to prevent the transit of goods from serbia also dominate them cos if they are outraged by the mean reviews destroying one of the checkpoints nato peacekeeping forces moved into the violence but the situation remains tense let's discuss this more now with an islamic scholars on the pov it used in belgrade mr pritchett many thoughts of being head on help us break the situation down which you why would cost of officials decide to move special forces into remove the authorized police out of those two checkpoints do they have the right to do that. well they didn't have the right to do that i think they're trying to. force some unilateral moves in order to change the reality on the ground to change the reality as it was as it is under your resolution security council resolution twelve forty four and this is one of the reasons why the u.n. security council will be in session later toda