what or essentially stands for is a discretionary entitlement the security council may intervene if the term and sort of critical situation constitutes a threat to international peace and security but the problem with our two three is that it's under no obligation to do anything and essentially what ought to be has done is very very little it's created a slogan and certainly it's entered into political discourse and many people refer to it in academia and international politics but it has changed absolutely nothing when it comes to international relations and particularly the international community's response to intrastate crises and the situation in syria i think is very obvious evidence to back that up it's a classic case of the great powers choosing when and where to intervene and the humanitarian situation on the ground you know plays very little role in that terminations you know i thought i was trying to get there with my first question i mean strong nations have sovereignty will under this doctrine weak nations are made to be made responsible it seems to me that if there's not t

security council resolution 19/29. and for those 20 months iran has continued to ignore the demands of the security council and the iaea. earlier you mentioned that we've increased pressure on iran successfully and that they're feeling this pressure. and you also mentioned that the security council i think tomorrow is going to assess -- >> quarterly review. >> quarterly review. we're hearing reports that the security council may be divided on, you know, additional sanctions against iran. you know, what's your thoughts on that? and what are you doing, if anything, or what can be done if anything at the u.n. to raise pressure on iran? or you mentioned taking the next step as far as putting more pressure on iran. can you help the committee understand what you mean by that? >> well, in the wake of the passage of 19/29, which raised substantially the baseline of global sanctions against iran, we, the united states, our european partners, and a number of other countries, japan, south korea, some of the gulf countries, canada

security council rolls over the latest developments in the water. and country let's get the latest details from ortiz marie important she's in new york marina why has decided to weigh in on this issue of russia isn't directly taking part in the afghan campaign so why is it telling nato what it should be doing. well simply put the international stabilization force in afghanistan was something that was mandated by the security council and according to international law it is the security council that house to give approval and write a report before all the troops withdraw from afghanistan and that is why russian ambassador vitaly churkin is weighing in on this situation and while that's why other members of the security council are discussing afghanistan today now what ambassador churkin indicated is that the fact that there is an escalation in violence that's ongoing and terrorism continues to be under threat he said it is ill considered to establish arbitrary deadlines for withdrawing troops if the situation in afghanistan right now remains very cri

that's right bill this is the first time the security council of the u.n. has reached a consensus on syria in nearly seven months but that consensus comes in the matter of a presidential statement issued by the security council which first and foremost expresses disappointment at the masters his failure to allow u.n. humanitarian chief valerie amos a visit into syria after repeated requests by the united nations syria deny. access but the security council is calling upon the syrian authorities to grant a most immediate and on injured access in addition a security council is urging the mask is to grant for and on impeded access of humanitarian personnel to all populations in syria in need of assistance now the fifteen member council in their statement also deplored the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country now according to the united nations more than it seventy five hundred syrians have been killed since the anti-government protests in syria began nearly one year ago as i mentioned this is the first presidential statement to come from

have seen a member members of the security council the u.s. and european countries that have essential he said charlotte sides days are numbered and have been pushing for before process of regime change in syria also arab countries of the arab countries support that move russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that now is not time to point fingers and cast blame on our one side he said both sides bear responsibility for the conflict and violence taking place right now and the most important thing is that all members of the security council support kofi annan mission and to not undermine it take a listen to what mr lavrov has to say it's because of this those fish every time we have a feeling that we managed to achieve some positive change in the states of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are dismissed so i hope this will happen with the attitude of countries in the middle east and some western states to the mission of u.n. arab league envoy kofi anon and it was very strange that two days after is y

security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. sparing no expense iran is exiles from the global banking system sending all prices soaring and western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. and the controversial tradition of remembering our son's veterans as heroes lothian lashon allies gather for an annual march can damage my half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazis. while global markets are moderately positive last year and the week with profits they keep the r.t.s. of my search fall by around half a cent more and there's been two incidents. thanks for joining r t news and common broadcasting to live twenty four hours a day russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs blocking any un security council decision that could see foreign interference that's as of the u.n. and arab league envoy kofi anon is briefing the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus and a later on we'll be joined by archie's new york correspondent marin

passed by the security council the security council at this stage should impose sanctions are good on the syrian leadership involved in the violence you try to impose an arms embargo you could have. to the intellectual criminal court so there is a lot of the security council should do and there's no one for the simple reason that russia and china know as this is the simple reason is gone to the simple reason is called libya ok jake i think this is one of the things that's really tragic about the whole situation because there is a civil war in in syria right now and it's and i agree with you they're going to have to resolve it themselves one way or another but it was the entire precedent of libya that has really done this because great powers like russia and china will say ok now you pick another country you don't like and you'll change regime which one will be next that is the logic of how the the live the situation in in libya is played out in the russians and the chinese and others are seeing the same thing. absolutely i mean they they create these un resolutions that are supposedly

security council foreign ministers launch a renewed push to solve the syrian crisis as the u.s. and its allies reportedly consider direct action. this foreign minister says compromise is key when it comes to getting the u.n. security council to read on how to approach the crisis in syria details from new york coming up. and still on the conflict there resignations of r.'s zero as a number of key staff of the current arabic news channel look out in protest biased reporting. plus afghanistan demands justice for the massacre of sixteen civilians by a u.s. soldier just weeks after the burning of the koran by military personnel ignited a wave of anti-american sentiment across the country up top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day as the violence in syria rages on the u.s. and its allies are now reportedly considering all options including direct military intervention that's despite warnings from the pentagon with the american top brass saying the cost of starting a new war will be too high dozens have reportedly been kil

on humanitarian fronts that how to end this conflict is where un security council's remain divided the security council members remain divided russia has said and continues to say that there needs to be a cease fire in syria were both sides put their weapons down and begin to engage in a dialogue at that point was separately underscored by kofi annan on the un's envoy to syria a newly appointed envoy by the u.n. and the arab league so he of course saying the same thing russia has been saying for months now that both parties participating in the conflict in syria need to now be key in engaging in some type of negotiation we do see that the u.s. and western allies have been pushing for more of a regime change that is a push they need through two separate present lucian's that were presented to the security council and of course vetoed by russia and china because russia and china hold the position that the international community cannot just push out the governments that with respect to syria the syrians need to decide what will take place in their own sovereign country. now discuss t

security council is set to consider voting on a draft statement on syria later on choose day with the details now as r.t. serrefine. russia remains very much focused on what it said all along which is that it is calling for a cease fire to hold to the violence in the country that is not going to back anything is seen as putting in the ultimatum on the syrian government to. talk about solution is seen as simply backing one side now we know that foreign minister lavrov was meeting today with his lebanese counterpart and he's thinking about the trough resolution this is going to be discussed later in the security council that kind of food by france and that i used to back a pin on six point peace plan in syria you know we know the case you know what even to syria to discuss this with president assad that is he did it the security council can later on today come to some sort of consensus and there it's just a full behind up plan but of course that is very much as we said going to come down to the wording of that plan and whether the security council will be able to agree on the times that

security council resolutions. we will continue discussing the matter based on this understanding. >> the resolutions adopted two years ago ban any use of ballistic missile technology by north korea. the country says the launch is for the peaceful use of space. south korea strongly opposes the launch saying it is designed to develop technology for ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon also expressed grave concerns over north korea's launch plans. he says he'll discuss the issue with world leaders at the nuclear security summit in south korea next week. the two-day standoff in southern france appears to be over. french media say the man accused of killing four people in a jewish school is dead. france's interior minister confirmed the news. french police, special forces stormed an apartment building thursday in toulouse. they tried capture the man. loud explosions and sustained gunfire were heard right after the raid. claude gueant was at the scene and said the s

security council have been blocking significant action for all months and months and that's the reason why you know all in the thing is the reason is why is that why should the international community quote unquote nato and its allies led by the united states determine which machine should rule and which should not run when if i know to you how would you describe the opposition in syria are these jeffersonian democrats or are they some people are they religious fanatics do they want to do the sunni's are being supported by saudi arabia etc etc i mean it's not black and white the there's a lot of oppositions in syria. it's fair starch least is say someone. bought off that assad regime now they're syrians has been killed actually why are struggling and so we're actually the continual backing down so that he might go with iran yesterday when activist actually he said their main. concern for it was we had actually it's a woman's just made by russia and she had to put aside heem those r.c.d. ends because after seeming. going to the end the nations to stop this is why i support humanitarian

organizations such as al qaeda he says instead of trying to hold the violence some members of the security council are actually inflaming it by taking sides and actually promoting more of the conflict to go on we did hear also from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton she addressed the council shortly after mr lavrov and she said that now is the time for the international community to stand behind a humanitarian and political approach spelled out by the arab league we do know that the arab league the arab league plan put forth several approaches including calling on syrian president bashar al assad to step down and hand over his power so as we could see now it seems that the sides at least russia and the u.s. still remain as divided as they have been because russia will not support any moves for regime change put forth by the international community and that is something that mrs clinton in her speech said that the international unity should report so should support out there so it seems as though those two parties remain as divided as they have been all right. that life in new york do keep us

security council already underway details coming up. still on the resignations of al-jazeera has a number of key stock of the. news channel walk out in protest claiming biased reporting. plus afghanistan demands and justice for the massacre of sixteen civilians by a u.s. soldier just weeks after the burning of the koran by military personnel ignited anti american sentiment across the country. worldwide news around the clock this is the live from moscow with me. as the violence in syria rages on the u.s. and its allies are now reportedly considering all options including direct military intervention despite warnings from the pentagon with the american saying the cost of starting a new war would be too high dozens have reportedly been killed across syria on monday the death toll believed by the u.n. to stand out over seventy five hundred the international community has been unable to reach a consensus on how to act ever since the bloodshed flared up a year ago un security council foreign ministers also. down in new york to try to break th

to thwart kofi mediating effort in syria but higher hopes the special envoys report to the un security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. also sparing no expense the rallies exiled from the global banking system sending all prices soaring and western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. and the controversial tradition of remembering s.s. veterans as heroes that we had nationalists gather for an annual march condemned by half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazis. for a good evening for me kevin over here in moscow it's eight pm here now you're watching t.v. has a say in our top story for you the un now the u.n. arab league envoy kofi annan is that the u.n. security council to break the political deadlock on syria he said unity over the crisis will help his peace mission cohen said made securing his brief meeting to the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus to your correspondent reporting i got the latest. kofi annan on has told the security council members that he plans to send a technical mission to damascus earl

we think it's time for the security council to act. we think it's past time for the security council to act. this is the type of situation in syria that deserves security council action. so we're still in discussion with the russians in an attempt to persuade them that they could be part of a solution. they could use their influence inside syria to be part of the solution r ran than continue to block. the question of arms is deeply disturbing. why are the russian whose condemn foreign interference with syria be the ones along with others to shipping arms into russia? we should have a discussion with colleagues from other agencies in a different setting. >> i'm happy to have that. i just want the administration to be thinking about, if we can't get -- our russian and chinese counterparts to understand. they seem to be doubling down. at least russia seems to be doubling down pup say they seem to be concerned or come to the same analysis that the final result will be that assad would not stand, but, however, their flow of armament almost

security council on the situation in syria what do you expect to come out of this. well i think first of all kofi announced mission in syria needs to be applauded by the international community for having approached the situation in syria with impartiality in that he spoke consume members of the syrian government including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said about the american british and french governments who have made regime change their policy from the very beginning as reports were to come out of. the time that the united nations when kofi annan relates the findings of his mission i suspect it's going to strengthen it's going to add credence to the five point peace plan put together by russia and the arab league that's a week or so ago however the stumbling block really is going to be the permanent members the western permanent members on the security council who have made it very clear that president assad has to go from power so i think whatever kofi annan will be it's going to be limited by the western response a

russia and china in the security council. their behavior to protect the assad regime has been reprehensible. and i think, frankly, they have heard that message from the entire international community, not just the united states and our western partners. the entire arab world and the majority of members of the united nations. soon after the second double veto the general assembly took up more or less the same resolution that was blocked in the security council. it was adopted by an overwhelming majority, over 130 countries voted in favor. a very small handful, i think about eight countries, voted no. and they include russia and china and venezuela and zimbabwe and north korea and iran and syria. it was company that one would -- it's very unique company that russia and china typically don't like to find themselves in. that has been followed by continued strong action out of the human rights council and repeated international unity with the glaring exception of russia and china on issues related to syria. i think the combination

special envoy to syria kofi annan is the security council to speak with one voice to support his peace mission as russia calls on western powers to press the syrian opposition to cooperate that. the new march in riga commemorating events and falls on its list site draws condemnation inside the country and the war against backing from the left in leadership. and the u.s. identifies the soldier suspected of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan in an afghan investigation means he wasn't working alone. you know without a very warm welcome to today on carrie johnson u.n. special envoy kofi annan has urged the books most powerful body to act cautiously on the syrian crisis and support his peace mission prior to his brief with the security council russia said it was using its contacts with the syrian regime to get him to cooperate with iran's efforts but also called on the western powers to do the same with the opposition parties report no i was the very latest now from new york. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin t

the security council adopted a unanimous statement on the issue on wednesday. >> the security council expresses its full support for the efforts of the envoy. >> reporter: the statement urges assad's government for a limited cease-fire to allow humanitarian relief activities. it also demands that it halts the use of heavy weapons. the united states and european countries have sought a legally binding resolution, but russia and china have twice vetoed such moves. russia endorsed the statement this time because it refrains from directly calling on assad to step down. >> we're very pleased that the security council has finally chosen to take a pragmatic look at this situation in syria. >> i think it's a product of a concern in russia about being isolated in the world community. an earlier vote on the general assembly was quite lopsided in criticism of the assad regime. but fundamentally i don't see great change in russia's concern. >> reporter: the move comes as a violent crackdown on civilians continues. troops have seized anti-government strongholds in central and northern syria. the s

we think it's time for the security council to act. we think it past time for the security council to act. this is the type of situation in syria that deserves security council action. so we're still in discussion with the russians. in an attempt to persuade them that they can be part of a solution. they can use their influence inside syria to be part

security council to change their game which wasn't actually the case so i think that. deception couldn't happen or repeated in syria again and that's why actually we are. the situation is continue as it is so what we've got at least for now is the accepted thinking that local powers should take charge of this conflicts that's come in the form of the arab league how do you think that they are. failed. because they're actually administration of the crisis was actually. for the management of the crisis was actually scandalous ignored but i shall chinese completely and they thought that they can go to united nation and they can. be u.n. security council resolution. or to impose sanctions on syria but actually the miscalculated. and the chinese said to them look stand here stop here you know you cannot intervene without without feeling insecure council resolutions and so i think the arab league failed miserably and they are running out of options and now some of them are very near. this. group around the opposition but this kind of arming the opposition. not actually. face

that's one of the reasons we brought the national security council to being. and for instance that's why we've had such a focus on somalia. when you think in national security terms, you're driven towards those things that both make a difference to a safe every world but also a safer britain. >> there is evidence that sanctions against iran are beginning to work. the rial dropped by 40% in the last few months. unemployment's reached 26%. isn't there every reason to continue a moment to see whether those sanctions will have an effect? and isn't there every reason to negotiate that the u.n.

security council may bring the prices closer to a solution. sparing no expense iran is exile from the global banking system sending oil prices soaring and what's wrong nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. or the controversial tradition of remembering better ones as heroes latvian nationalists gather for an annual march can damage by half of the population as seen as an inspiration for young female nonsense. thanks for joining r t six o'clock here on friday russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs blocking any un security council decision that could see foreign interference the arab u.n. envoy kofi annan is due to brief the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus but some it hopes his peace effort in the war torn country won't be in vain as archie's poll slayer reports. let's listen by the former head of the united nations call for land is the latest attempt to solve diplomatically what is happening in syria and later today friday and will brief and update memb

security council is set to consider voting on a draft statement on syria later on tuesday. as the details. russia remains very much focused on what it said all along which is that is calling for a cease fire no holds to the violence in the country that is not going to start anything the same as putting an old native on the syrian government to. talk about solution is seen as simply backing one side now we know the foreign minister lavrov was meeting today with his lebanese council part and he's thinking about the trough resolution this is going to be discussed later in the security council that kids who play fronts and things to back a pin on six point peace plan calling for much the same things that the arab league observers mission had been asking for the whole to the coil and the bullets to the security forces from some of these conflict areas the release of political prisoners we know the caffeine and been to syria to discuss this with president assad that is very good at the security council can later on today i come to some sort of consensus and put there it's just a

special envoy to syria kofi annan says the security council to speak with one voice to support his peace mission as russia calls on western powers to press the syrian opposition to negotiate. an annual march in riga commemorating those who fought on hitler's side condemnation from both inside the country and abroad to get some backing from the latvian leadership . and the u.s. identifies the soldier suspected of killing sixteen civilians left gonna start with afghan investigation claims he wasn't working alone. costing live from moscow this is our team welcome to the program un special envoy kofi annan has urged the blocks most powerful body to act cautiously on the syrian crisis and support his peace mission prior to his briefing with the security council russia said it was using its contacts with the syrian regime to get them to cooperate and it's also called on western powers to do the same and the opposition teams report not the latest from new york. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin to scott saying plans his

security council is where we normally start that. it not the exclusive area, not the determinant ran one that would give us the arab league is clearly important. i would hope that we could work together. you mentioned another point i found very interesting and that is the pop layers of the assad being at the low point. i would nantucket when it pulled out of bass discussion, which is presenting a real challenge for us, a global. can either one of you give us an update on moss and its movement and how we are going to count ever some of its issues in rerelationship also with iran and other kwis in that reengon. >> i think is betterically persian gulf ut otsgo if you look at theles zogby has an incredtory of being durps eric it keeber outsi-- if polls today, he's at the bottom of the not lost on even terrorist organizations like hamas. our demands hamas are the quartet demands on ma'am as, which hamas to be accepted as a responsible player needs to accept the quartet cons of recognition israel, renunciation of violence and adherence to

security council to increase pressure on iran. in closing ambassador rice, i want to thank you and the u.s. delegation stationed in new york and around the world. we appreciate the sacrifices that are made on a daily basis and we thank you for being here and now i'll turn to ranking member loy for her remarks. >> good morning, ambassador rice. i join with chair woman granger in welcoming you today, and i thank you for your service to our country. in the years since weise last had you here before our subcommittee, much has happened. from the crisis in syria to the many famine in the horn of africa to the on going transition in afghanistan, the u.n. has been deeply involved in matter ans of great importance to the united states and the global community. in a world with threats do not stop at borders and at a time when americans are tightening their belts and looking to us to make every dollar count, the u.n. plays an indispensable role in advancing our interests and defending our values. while the u.n. is not perfect, it delivers ca

security council should be wary of america's habit of using the world of bodies mandates to serve its own agenda and that's the warning from washington based activist jacob who. says we've seen in the past what the u.s. government does is it takes these what seem to be innocuous nice sounding resolutions and then drives you know a mack truck through them and says oh well this justifies military intervention this justifies bombing attacks no fly zones and so forth i would assume that the russians are going to be very cautious about the wording of their resolution but i think we should keep in mind it no matter what they do with these these resolutions these interventions they always end up with a war situation where there is much more death and destruction is so forth if there is intervention my position is just leave this to the syrians to resolve what guides us foreign policy is getting their people into public office around the world and it's led to the disastrous consequences we see in iraq afghanistan elsewhere around the world where people despise the u.s. that's why some of us a

security council guarding the latest proposals on the table. and these include an immediate halt to the fighting humanitarian assistance to civilians who've been caught in the crossfire as well as political debates and political involvement now last weekend kofi annan was in damascus where he met with the syrian president bashar assad as well as the opposition and he went on record after those meetings in saying that the door was open to a diplomatic solution and at the same time the syrian regime has indicated that its response to announce proposals is positive now the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has urged all neighbors of the international community to back this mission with lavrov saying that russia puts its weight behind it because of this those fish i hope this mission won't be ruined we have a feeling it every time we manage to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are just missed i hope this won't be the case of how countries in the middle east

the un security council. syria. humanitarian corridor the move. to negotiate with president assad. to losing three schoolchildren the interior ministry has denied previous reports of his arrest. president. in the middle east put iranian crude supplies in jeopardy. the un is now one step closer. to pressure on president assad next. editor of a london based newspaper says the west is using syria as a. today i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the london based arabic newspaper. we last met around about six months ago when of course we were talking about libya but today we're meeting to talk about a different conflict again syria thanks very much for talking to me now let's start first by sort of comparing and contrasting those two situations where do you think the main differences lie between syria and libya there is a huge difference between what. is happening in syria. and libya actually there was a u.n. security council resolution as one seven one nine seven three which actually allowing. or international community to intervene to protect civilians by all means in l

security council meets to see if it can help to break the stalemate. afghan militants attack a government delegation visiting one of the villages where a u.s. soldier shot dead sixteen people most of them children. and greece holds its breath for rescue cash as the euro zone's financier's given the green light but a lack of help in matters like illegal immigration take a toll on the indebted nation. and in business is the battle saving up between two of the biggest names in the metals that path to find out things are going to join me in times time from. a very warm welcome for you from all of us here at our team. the opposition syrian national council has called for military intervention by arab and western states as well as the establishment of a no fly zone across the country and has also decided to let the rebels some foreign governments who are already sending any weapons all this comes as the u.n. security council foreign ministers have met some break the deadlock in syria amid reports of ongoing violence. as details from new york. russia's foreig

special envoy to syria could fianna is the security council to speak with one voice to support his east mission as russia calls on western powers to press the syrian opposition to negotiate. a new march in riga commemorating goes from fault on the hitlist side draws condemnation from both inside the country under broad gets a backing from a vacuum leadership. and the u.s. identifies the soldier suspected of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan an afghan investigation claims he wasn't working alone. watching r t we're live from moscow welcome to the program you were in a special envoy kofi annan has urged the blocks most powerful body to act cautiously on the syrian crisis and supports his peace mission to his briefing with the security council russia said it was using its contacts in the syrian regime to get them to cooperate and it's also called on western powers to do the same with the opposition parties portnoy as the latest from new york. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin to discuss in plans his plans to

security council sends a strong united message to both sides of the syrian war from an alms in mobile handsets to conservative men drove the peace. moves gunmen who murdered seven people including three children it's killed the standoff with police intelligence services are criticizing her own stuff and stomach tracking previous. and end the strike in egypt pressure football writes about some portside as approaching fans for their frustrations with the suspension of the club. all next to talks lebanese foreign minister nunn sort of ones against a military intervention in syria while giving his perspective on how political ructions there are felt in the whole region. this is your first visit to moscow as a foreign minister according to your interview with mr lavrov your deliberations had largely focused on the syrian crisis how do you assess their results of that. meeting was primarily focused on the bilateral relations between lebanon and russia we also discussed a lot of other issues of mutual interest it is apparent the middle east has been going through a very difficult time for we