security council and her briefings. but at this point, isn't there the increasing pressure for the u.s. to do something more? some of the arab allies are trying to arm the rebels. at this point, does the u.s. have to get involved in that effort? >> well, andrea, many of the arab sources i've been speaking to say they haven't started delivering weapons to the opposition but have started giving them money which they can then use to purchase weapons. as we know and from the united states, their position so far is not to arm the opposition. many people feel that arming the opposition would only make a very volatile situation that much more volatile. the opposition particularly the rebels want the international community to give them weapons, perhaps even give them more lethal assistance to try to facilitate their operations inside syria. the syrian government thinks that is the reason why there is violence taking place because of foreign intervention. >> thank you very much for the report from cairo. while the administratio

members was released the security council has condemned these violence weiland killings which included artillery and tank shellings the security council says this is a breach of international law and breach of syria's commitments under united nations security council resolutions but what's important here is that the council also condemned close range killings including knives being used to slaughter people and the key here is that it's not clear as of yet who was behind these close range killings and russia says that the majority of the deaths took place at close range so it's important to discover who exactly stood behind that we do know of course that the syrian government has been denying any involvement in this massacre saying it had nothing to do with it we have heard from the deputy russian foreign minister say earlier that a clear and careful investigation into this massacre has to take place and the united nations observer mission is currently conducting such an investigation. sarah ferguson recently returned from syria and now explains what she witnessed firsthand in

security council decided to respond and we supported this initiative. even though it was a day off for those of us in a stupor we insisted on having an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council not just looked at only pushed coordinating preserve the e-mail and adopting some of the decision and so on our initiative supported by great britain of. the u.n. security council field but it was really extraordinary consultations yesterday and we also suggested that when this was approved that these two general movers who is the head of the universe or a mission. syria as opposed to brief the blue go to members of the un security council and what un observers saw when they visited the place of this tragedy consider during this but video conference the general confirmed really that in the saloon indeed they could see the results over to every shelling and tank shelling in the region they also found many corpses many bodies were squids like any of those with a bullet hole system of close range the seems to least and other evidence of violence that they have

and agree to syria's commitments under united nations security council resolutions but what's important here is that the council also can condemned close range killings including knives being used to slaughter people and the key here. it is that it's not clear as of yet who was behind these close range killings and russia says that the majority of the deaths took place at close range so it's important to discover who exactly stood behind that we do know of course that the syrian government has been denying any involvement in this massacre saying it had nothing to do with it but we have heard from the deputy russian foreign minister say earlier that a clear and careful investigation into this massacre has to take place and the united nations observer mission is currently conducting such an investigation. does the strife in syria drags on we take a look at the elaborate international network that's keeping the rebels locked and loaded has more if a national report on a deadly trade driven by profit and faith as solace shows off. this is five thousand dollars thirteen hundred eighteen hund

know it's more of the security council's response and united nations security council members cut their weekend short to hold a three hour closed door emergency meeting on the latest developments in syria where on friday in the bloodiest massacre since the anti-government clashes started on the ground a year ago took place where over one hundred people were killed including dozens of women and children prior to the meeting britain and france were calling for security council members to adopt a joint press statement pointing the fingers out the syrian government russia however who previously vetoed a regime change resolution on syria said it would prefer to wait to hear what the head of the un observer mission in syria had to say and this is why the meeting was adjourned now after the meeting a joint press statement abhi noted nations security council members was released the security council has condemned these violence while and killings which included artillery and tank shellings the security council says this is a breach of international law and greet each of syria's commitments unde

the security council issued a statement strongly condemning the attack. >> the members of security council condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that occurred in damascus, syria, on 10 may causing numerous deaths and injuries. >> the statement called on all parties to stop fighting. council members stressed that they support the mission of u.n. observers monitoring the cease-fire. secretary-general ban ki-moon said u.n. officials will continue to do their utmost to bring an end to the violence. >>> and officials at the u.s. state department said the blame rests with the regime of president bashar al assad and they, too, strongly condemn the attacks. >> any and at all violence that results in the indiscriminant killing and injury of civilians is reprehensible and cannot be justified. >> gnuland said the tactics used in the attack are different from those used by opposition forces. she said what she called spoilers may have been responsible. she said u.s. officials will seek a security council resolution, including an arms embargo if u.n. monitors fail to achieve their goal. r

the security council issued a statement strongly condemning the attack. >> the members of security council condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that occurred in damascus, syria, on 10 may causing numerous deaths and injuries. >> the statement called on all parties to stop fighting. council members stressed they support the mission of u.n. observers monitoring the cease-fire. secretary-general ban ki-moon said u.n. officials will do their utmost to bring an end to the violence. >>> officials at the u.s. state department said the blame rests with the regime of president bashar al assad. they, too, strongly condemn the attacks. >> any and all violence that results in the indiscriminate killing and injury of civilians is reprehensible and cannot be justified. >> nuland said the tactics in the attack are different than those used by opposition forces. she singled out potential third elements who seek to derail the transition process. she ed u.s. officials will seek the security council resolution, including an arms embargo if u.n. monitors fail to achieve their goal. >>> russia'

of war where the war begins and then they go to the security council for. so i think let's not have a caricature idea of unilateralism in order to debunk it you know there is now being a study of the libyan war and what did demonstrated was that even though it was under the flag of need to the bulk of the military action assets that were involved were from the united states in fact the new york times in an editorial said that the europeans are not ready for primetime in other words it was in need to intervention but behind need to largely the armaments were the united states and right know given that the united states has created a new platform with the so-called arab need to the gulf cooperation. hillary clinton was at this new forum putting the united states in an active alliance with the g.c.c. this demonstrates a continued the of strategy where the united states is working with its so-called regional allies to maintain its own national interests overseas and in fact when there were protests against mubarak it was after frank wisner jr who was sent is th

security council for example. have actually been using a massacre as a pretext to take some stronger action against syria but again if they decide to take a foolish step they have to bear with it they have to put up with a country that is determined to resist to for. oh really very lost soul just to the very last citizen of studio and again this is not this is not human this is all right maybe i have to understand that fact absolutely mr nidal come along thanks very much indeed for bringing us your insight and thoughts on this i was live from damascus former syrian ambassador to turkey couple thank you. watching our team live from moscow and still have for you this hour a fact or fiction he speaks with the author of an article which accuses the u.s. and south korea of deep level surveillance and north korea even parachuting in spies who are poor back on the grounds of military facilities. and president bush makes his first trip abroad since his recent not your ration having four bellerose after ditching the g eigh

willfi annan and's deputy brief the security council tomorrow in new york. we will wait for the outcome of that. we will consult with their partners on the security council. >> thank you very much. speaking about a possible next steps, the french president said a military intervention is not ruled out. i was joined in the studio by the former foreign minister of jordan. you're listening to mark turner at the state department. not much of a plan coming out of washington. >> no, you are facing a situation where washington does not intend to do much because of the presidential campaign. the mood in the country does not support that. you also have the russian and chinese position which are not supportive of any type of view. you also have a divided opposition and syria that has not come up with a clear plan for the day after. all of this is leading to what we see today, a continuation, a prolonging of the problem. >> it does not sound like the timetable for doing anything different is imminent. we have kofi annan as saying that we are at a tipping point. what ki

and its nato allies reserves the right to act outside of the security council as the did with yugoslavia thirty years ago and launch military actions against syria would be the same cast of characters in the same roads gallery that you know wage the six and a half month bombing campaign against libya last year it would be the north atlantic treaty organization with the u.s. at its core and it would be the u.s. and nato as newfound allies in the persian gulf as the gulf cooperation council monarchies i'm sure a. guitar united arab emirates of participate in the bombing campaign against libya last year this would be part of a pattern of course to bring down secular. governments in the area for all in favor of you know the regimes installed the support of the aged care of monarchies in the gulf cooperation council morocco and jordan. says in the light of this one and good syria we should be very clear about those likely targets you know which are they succeed in syria likely targets afterwards would include nations like you know gerry of. the french president says paris is also considering

but washington says the security council can be bypassed charge is more important i has the latest. well what was exactly said is the fact that the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice said that the syrian government is solely responsible for the massacres that took the massacre that took place in syria last week those those comments were also echoed by america's european allies and as a result where there is now a nother push within the security council for international sanctions against against syria now the united nations is conducting their own investigation to find out who exactly is responsible for the killings of one hundred eight people in syria last week but the u.s. and its allies has come to its own conclusion now. if the six point peace plan put together by kofi annan which calls for a cease fire in syria that plan breaks down and if sanctions are not supported within the security council then the international community and council members will have to consider options outside of the authority of the security council now what those options will be exactly is not clea

policy goal, it is the national security council that helps them to steer that. we have had very good execution in the context of a nuclear security summit, that that is an area where we need to have close cooperation. among the national nuclear security administration on monday department of energy,, and then the department of homeland security, their domestic nuclear detection office, another key piece of the puzzle, making sure that we can catch the material if it is in motion. through detection. it really was a whole government enterprise to identify our goals for the summit, to identify what steps we were going to take to improve our own nuclear security, to work collaboratively with partners all over the world to improve their nuclear security, to remove materials where they do not need to be. then to work with the international organizations like the international atomic energy agency, the united nations,, their mission to improved nuclear security. >> russia and the united states have the most weapons, and we are trying to reduce the number of weapons. are

but of course powers are less than the security council. they cannot authorize the use of force so there are limitations there as well. >> thank you. let's shift the conversation slightly on a subject that i'm sure is at the heart of a lot of people sitting in this room, international ngos. we've heard a lot this week about how the ground is shifting, things are changing. there's a lot of focus on partnership, a lot of conversations on country ownership. there's a lot in our mind, i think we could say, collectively here. what role do you think these multilateral institutions can play with international ngos? let me start with the minister, because i know you've got some time pressure. >> sure. i mean, i think for the imf, the international ngos have been increasingly important partners for us in many ways. one, in terms of being people we consult with on many of our policy issues. we've got some current policy issues, say, on how countries manage natural resources well or debt ceilings or how do you tax the financial sector are ones where w

authorization beforehand or secure. council authorization once the invasion has begun and that latter example of course is course a war where the war begins and then they go to the security council for so i think let's not have a caricature idea of unilateralism in order to debunk it but there's been a study. and what did demonstrate it was there even though it was under the flag of need to the bulk of the were from the united states in fact the new york times story you said the europeans are not ready for primetime in other words it was doing but behind largely the united states and right given the united states has created a new black. in fact frank wisner jr in his memory mood television up to the munich conference said that he had discussed democrat big transformation with saudi arabia you know all ironies in imagine that an american is talking about democracy with riyadh regarding a protest movement in cairo it's ridiculous angelou you come out on that because of course you know some countries some people in the arab middl

susan rice said that if kofi annan six point peace plan fails and if the security council does not agree on international sanctions on syria then countries would have to consider taking independent action without the secure the authority of the security council what that action would be is not clear because the u.s. and european countries have already imposed their own independent sanctions on syria so those words led many to speculate that the u.s. and its allies and possibly considering military action the rebels want to make a statement about what's happening there in syria because as you you and. well all according to the commander of the free syrian army mission has failed as a matter of fact he has said as you mentioned that he has called on joint special envoy kofi annan to publicly say that his six point peace plan that's about seven weeks old has failed and out would allow rebels to resume their military attacks against president bashar al assad and his supporters nobody from the united nations has come out and blatantly said that peace plan has failed clearly there's been a vio

security council are urging additional sanctions against syria for its continued crackdown on civilians. but they face opposition from russia which has close ties with the government of president bashar al assad. the united nations says the civilian death toll in syria has now topped 10,000. troops supporting assad killed more than a hundred people last week in houla. the bodiesf 13 men were found earlier this week in the eastern town wh their hands tied behind their backs. u.s. and european members of the security council are calling for tougher actions against the assad government. but the russian ambassador remains weary of the western approach. he said dialogue and sanctions will not work at the same time. an nhk crew visiting the capital damascus on wednesday saw many government troops deployed in the central district. government troops routinely accompany the u.n. officials sent to monitor the cease-fire ark parentally to curb their activities. food prices have nearly doubled in the capital with some shops being forced to close down. u.s. leaders are trying to apply pressure of th

security council resolution. >> translator: assad is taking advantage of weakness and division in the international community. annan's plan allows assad's regime to use its power to oppress people. there has to be a resolution in the security council that enables the use of actual force against the current regime. >> ghalioun wants the security council to adopt a new resolution allowing military operations if syria's government fails to comply with the cease-fire. he also said he won't accept any solution that allows the assad administration to stay in power. >> translator: we accept an unannounced plan on the premise but the purpose of negotiation is to bring this to a democratic administration, not to reconcile with the assad dictatorship. there will be no immediate and true solution to this crisis without assad's resignation. >> ghalioun expressed optimism about uniting the various anti-government groups. >> translator: the syrian national council is tackling the conflicts within the opposition. last month we held a conference with other anti-government groups and succeeded in sett

security council approval. the us tonight sending special forces to spy inside north korea but the journalist who uncovered the story says the pentagon is all in damage control mission to save face. online on screen this is r.t. live from central moscow with the twenty four hours a day and you're going to sound now looks set to be extradited to sweden after britain supremum court dismissed his appeal and we can expand that has been under house arrest in the u.k. for more than five hundred days now he's wanted in sweden for questioning over sex crime accusations which the whistleblower himself strongly denies sara first has the details from outside the courthouse in london. chilliness and was a nazi in court today when that judgment was passed for checking his appeal against that extradition to sweden but it's not over yet he's being granted a fourteen day extradition stay while his legal team try to get an appeal to reopen cases now that is a point on some of the point that were made in the judgment that they s

security council has asked the u.n. observer mission on the ground to best gauge what exactly happened in houla you believe moscow is now lifting the responsibility from assad for the violence but is stressing that equal pressure has to be applied both on the authorities and on the opposition and it's not only vital for them to put their weapons down and peaceful you negotiate but also for the international community for all the outside players to reach one unified position and so you are off says only in that case could the peace plan be fulfilled which is currently the only way out of the crisis also outlined that moscow is in contact with both the and the opposition and he says that from these contacts with the rebels it's clear that some forces outside of syria but within the region are giving them other signals which are not aimed at fulfilling the peace plan but are actually aimed at violating boosting calls for foreign military intervention the foreign minister has called on these players to make up their minds w

security council.ut the question of what pressure can be put on the government, whether we can go to sanctions are other measures is to be seen in the next few days. certainly, we have seen that we do need to increase the pressure. most members of the council also believe that. otherwise, the kofi annan plan is in serious difficulty. >> given what we have seen in syria over the last few days, the massacres in the east of the country and the killings, it is not over yet, is it? >> no, it is not over yet. we will hear from kofi annan next week in new york. he will brief us on the discussions in damascus. >> syria is not abiding by the cease-fire arrangement. >> no, it is not. and we laid the blame clearly at the door of the regime for that. and other efforts by the syrian government to pretend it was not responsible for the massacre in houla and elsewhere. but to avoid more bloodshed, the best path is the kofi annan plan. and while there is some chance of that bearing fruit -- and it maybe a small chance

security council said to hold an emergency session later on sunday at the request of russia and britain i spoke to political analysts it revolution finds the circumstances of the recent spike in the syrian bloodshed suspicious. some of the families were not. on further a loyalty to the syrian regime and to bashar al assad so it doesn't make much sense to accuse the syrian army that they have committed these crimes and fuck these crimes have come at a point when a political solution is slate the for the syrian question each time an international envoy is about to come into syria or is close to having some kind of resolution and the security council some of those massacres suddenly among others i think the political timing is always very suspicious it would not make sense for the syrian army to commit these massacres and withdraw and then just let the rebels come and take photos and make documentaries about them. but he sarah firth recently returned from syria explains what she witnessed firsthand in the conflict development. there is no cease fire i see it simply doesn't exist this crisi

security council has become much more active, for example, in the aspect of women's rights, passing important resolutions on that top nick the past ten years. they have built human rights components into peacekeeping missions so that there are officials and staff that are charged with human rights monitoring, documentation and technical assistance as part of many of the peacekeeping operations around the world. there's also, you know, some progress on the political front. the libya authorization last year, for example, in response to the crackdown and abuses and onslaught by moammar gadhafi i think was regarded as a similar bomb by many of the united nations security council coming together to refer the situation to the international criminal court and later authorize use of all necessary measures in response to that crisis. you know, there's also of course still many limitations, and we've seen most prominently in the last few months in the case of syria where the security council, you know, was paraly d paralyzed, exercises of a double veto by china and russia, rejecting efforts to condemn

security council has been holding an emergency closed door session to discuss the massacre in the syrian town of houla reported delivered by the head of the observer mission to the country says at least one hundred eight people were killed in the attack on friday according to some diplomats and also pointed the finger of blame at the syrian government damascus strongly denies being behind the attack saying there's no evidence to confirm its troops involvement it blames anti regime gunmen for the massacre but there's no way to independently verify any of the claims the syrian rebels meanwhile say the u.n. peace plan is dead and are calling on foreign partners to launch airstrikes against president assad moscow says' most of those who died in houla were executed with handheld weapons at close range for more on this so we can now cross live to new york in our days and this does see a chill kinda morning in the event at the u.n. for us thank you so much for joining us on this to see now the security council blames damascus for the massacre despite saying the situation so wrong the killings r

security council is looking tired, out of step, and on for a purpose. redundant as the guardian of global peace. >> thousands of people died in syria. we have made a case out of many of these. what has happened there constituted crimes against humanity. there was no action from the council. what we're asking for now is when there is grave human rights abuses as we have seen in syria, [unintelligible] cannot be allowed without a clear explanation as to why it is happening. >> they are accusing the government of failing to show leadership to match the courage shown by protesters during the last year. negotiations for a treaty on the global farms strategy will be an acid test for leaders to put to rights above profit. millions took to the streets to demand freedom, justice, and unity. some of them to securing memorable victories. the view of the impact of what has been a remarkable year for popular protests and campaigning for human rights. for that reason it is warning the gains remain vulnerable. >> facebook and several banks are to be sued over allegati

security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for great destruction. talking to me from new york. the people of all of them the voting on the future of their finances and solvency if the majority says yes to the so-called e.u. fiscal pact over the country's budget and the authority to impose penalties will launch in brussels all these if is involved in. it's hope since choice island has two options is it goes out to vote on a fiscal pact with the e.u. to say yes to writing austerity into law and cede precious sovereignty to brussels say no and incur the wrath of the european central bank and potentially kissed goodbye to e.u. bailouts and it looks like it's going to be close the reason i'm voting yes this time is that we are in the e.u. now we've lost a

the bloodshed unjustifiable according to the security council members. >> the security council has made it abundantly clear through its resolutions that there are no circumstances whatsoever that justify the use of heavy weapons and tanks against civilian population. >> syria's ambassador also condemning the violence but was quick to respond to what he called unfounded allegations. >> i would like here to condemn also on behalf of my government the tsunami of lies that were said a few minutes ago by some members of the council who tried to mislead you. >> and it has been a busy last few hours as many people came out of the meeting and walked up to the microphones talking. joining me is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. ambassador, thank you for being with us tonight. >> glad to be here. >> we want to gain perspective on the importance of the sunday meeting. with the urgent u.n. meeting and stronger words from the white house and state department yesterday is the united states likely to get more involved in syria? >> it is not clear from simply having this meetin

security council to logic. airstrikes this follows the shelling of the western town of houla allegedly by government troops where un observers can work confirm that more than ninety people were killed syrian officials blame the attack on the regional and western backed forces aiming to discredit the regime this week a un report accused both the regime and the rebels of gross human rights violations a free syrian army refusing to abide by the peace plan unless the u.n. security council can ensure civilian safety france has called for an urgent meeting of the friends of syria group aiming to aims to remove president assad and is said to be fighting the opposition party sarah ferguson has been covering events in syria says politics has to go to the back burner when people are losing their lives every day this is just devastating tragedy number of people confirmed killed with children there is no ceasefire so they see it simply doesn't exist this crisis that is just becoming increasingly militarized and having this