security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would say that criticism is not always warranted the latest wave of criticism was related to the fact that the security council allegedly cannot act on syria. by these by the desire to see some action on the part of the security council. critics wanted to pass a resolution under chapter seven which provides for the use of sanctions and the use of force eventually and russia and china are convinced hundred percent that this would be a disaster and that this would be the beginning of a very slippery slope and will bring us to the libyans in the area which we cannot afford anymore and the region cannot afford the security council was once expended only in the category of nonpermanent members and now. after several decades of the council functioning in the unchanged composition there is a very strong movement towards expanding its membership to better reflect the. pluralism. unity and we are strongly in favor of this we are convinced that the developing countries. the third

an imposed reform in their eyes they see the expanded security council would lose legitimacy not gain legitimacy and more legitimacy is what we all want and that's why the council should be more representative but in any case while we are working very thoroughly to reach this general agreement on the reform we believe that india certainly deserves. to be the be permanent member of the security council like your said russia is permanently blocking attempts of some of your own security council members to pass a resolution for that would allow in a foreign intervention into syria but do you think a military action could still play take place going around the un like it happened in case of iraq. well not only in case of iraq but also in case of the former yugoslavia yes it is it is possible and you just cited one example there are some others but i also feel that those who would like to interfere in the syrian crisis they don't want to do this without some kind of legitimacy or at least i would some kind often action in the united nations which could be used to justify this as being legit

third world countries like india brazil for example that they must be represented in the security council and we would be in favor of making them new permanent members provided of course the decision is taken to create new permanent seats because this is the biggest split in the united nations russia is convinced that this type of division cannot resolve by. not with medical vote but there must be consensus searching it would be very unfortunate if the reform of the security council is voted through because this would split the membership and those who. would vote against. an imposed reform in their eyes they see the expanded security council would lose legitimacy not gain legitimacy and more legitimacy is what we all want and that's why the council should be more representative but in any case while we are working very thoroughly to reach this general agreement on the reform we believe that india certainly deserves. to be the be permanent member of the security council like your said russia is permanently blocking attempts of some of your own security council members to pass a resolution

security council started to refuse. condemning terrorist attacks in syria saying that yes there is miss bird but you must take into account the overall context of what is going on in syria and why people resort to terrorist attacks it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic we all might lead us if we follow this logic might lead us to a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world. russia's chief diplomat also said once again that moscow is not any side of this conflict and criticize the syrian authorities for often using unproportionate force. the security force is clearly war and. to face the public. protests and to protest in this aegis and in the villages they have been trained to you know to counter for and aggression not to keep law and order in a civilized manner. the foreign minister also talked about the current state of relations with washington especially in light of the money's deactivates recently by american lawmakers which. gives the green light for sanctioning a r

us to the libyans in the area which we cannot afford anymore and the region cannot afford the security council was once expended only in the category of not permanent members and no. after several decades of the council functioning in the unchanged composition there is a very strong movement towards expanding its membership to better reflect the. pluralism of the of the world community and we are strongly in favor of this we are convinced that the developing countries and the first of all the new economic and financial leaders in the third world countries like india brazil for example that they must be represented in the security council and we would be in favor of making them new permanent members. provided of course the decision is taken to create new permanent seats like yours said russia is permanently blocking attempts of some of your own security council members to pass a resolution for that would allow an in a foreign intervention into syria but do you think a military action could still play take place going around the un like it happening case of iraq. well not only in case of iraq bu

india certainly deserved to be to be permanent member of the security council like you said pressure is permanently blocking attempts of some of you and security council members to pass a resolution for that would allow in foreign intervention into syria but do you think a military action could still play take place going around the year when like it happened in case of iraq. well in case of iraq but also in case of the former yugoslavia yes it is it is possible and you just cited that one example there are some others but i also feel that those who would like to interfere in the syrian crisis they don't want to do this without some kind of legitimacy or at least i would some kind often action in the united nations which could be used to justify this as being legitimate some people would like very much to internationalize this situation and to expand the violence beyond the syrian border set them said being made to specially in cases when the refugees have to flee syria because of the disproportionate actions by the government forces but on the other side the position the armed group

security council resolutions have consequences.n the days ahead, the united states will work with partners on the security council, as well as our partners in the six-party talks and other countries in the international community to pursue appropriate action. i'm happy to take a couple questions. >> reporter: my question is, what is coming after the swift, swift action of the security council? so, the issue of new sanction has been raised, obviously, but certain members of the security council is not likely to agree with a new resolution, so my question is, do you think it is possible to impose a new sanction without adopting a new resolution? do you think it is appropriate? >> well, let me say this, first of all, i've been through a number of similar council sessions on north korea and its provocative actions over the course of my tenure here. the statement that was issued today was an initial statement out of the council is one of the swiftest and strongest, if not the swiftest and strongest, that this council has issued, in that

said he has asked the security council to take up the issue. the council has decided to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday. the world has been focusing on one of north korea's few allies in asia. nhk world's takafumi reports from beijing on china's response. >> reporter: chinese foreign minister spokesperson condemned the launch in a routine news conference. >> translator: it's regrettable that north korea went ahead with the launch despite the international community's close attention. as a member of the united nations, the north has the obligation to respect security council resolutions. >> reporter: but the chinese official expressed a kosher stance toward additional sanctions against the north. china urged north korea to exercise self-restraint. its officials had expressed hope the north would behave cautiously from the broad per suspect i of peace and stability on the korean peninsula. that the leadership in pyongyang did not heed that call and went ahead with the launch anyway. it demonstrates that china's influence on the north is li

. >> members of the security council condemned this launch which is a clear violation of security council resolution 1718 and 1874. >> members have agreed to keep talking about how to deal with the leadership in pyongyang. susan rice says u.s. officials will work with their partners to pursue what she called appropriate action. she said the security council may need to impose additional sanctions. experts say one reason they went what he had the launch was to get the upper hand in negotiations with the u.s. the north koreans have developed the capability to launch missiles that could reach the u.s. mainland. i started asking about the seriousness of these developments. now looking at this as a safety concern. they called the launch is provocative act. >> it undermines the global nonproliferation regime. it's regrettable that the leadership chose to take this in flagrant violation of its international obligations. >> the obama administration is also alarmed that north korea is getting closer to its goal of developing a long range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. >> what furth

by these by the desire to see some action on the part of the security council. critics wanted to pass a resolution under chapter seven which provides for the use of sanctions and the use of force eventually and russia and china are convinced hundred percent that this would be a disaster and that these.

this is what i think we are all discussing this is what we're trying to do about security council what i've said to the security in the security council a month ago is that there was a matter. immediately after geneva to translate geneva into a resolution that attempt has failed. the fact that. doesn't mean we shouldn't try again and the object is not just to have a resolution for the. pleasure of having. the what we need to have is a resolution of that can work and i think that it is possible to get to that stage . if we continue to talk on this i hope what we're going to try and do. you know. insisting on the fact that we should not make. should not claim that things are easy things are extremely difficult and will continue to be difficult but this is no excuse for doing nothing difficult as the situation is. to continue to work together to see how. how we can. effectively help the syrians solve this problem you should probably go slow i would like to add a few words mr brahimi has emphasized something very important and that is that. there was an attempt to approve the. geneva commu

security council has unanimously approved sending troops to try to recapture no. mali from fighters linked to how canada. on his landmark visit to algeria, the french president -- who linked to al qaeda. on his landmark visit to algeria, francois hollande stopped short of an apology, but he did call french colonial rule and brutal and unjust. they have subjected -- they are algeria to subjecting the sui hunger and torture. >> i realize of months the sufferings, there were massacres in other places of algeria. >> hollande has been given where a warning. he has signed a deal in what he called a new era of relations. we are assessing the reaction to his visit. >> this is a difficult balancing act. on the one hand he needed to address the expectations of algerians, many of whom wanted to hear a french president say sorry for the colonial era, but on the other hand, he had to bear in mind hundreds of thousands of french people who themselves think they are victims of the war of independence, namely the people who have lived there for generations as refugees. we have sp

she said the security council may need to impose additional sanctions. experts say one reason they went what he had the launch was to get the upper hand in negotiations with the u.s. the north koreans have developed the capability to launch missiles that could reach the u.s. mainland. i started asking about the seriousness of these developments. now looking at this as a safety concern. they called the launch is provocative act. >> it undermines the global

security council efforts to remove the syrian president. that did not stop secretary clinton from saying any plan for syria's future must not involve the man with the blood of so many of his men, women and children. >> the issue stands with the syrian people in insisting that any transition process result in a unifyied democrat syria in which all citizens are represented, a future of this kind cannot possibly we include assad. >> this comes amid reports the syrians have mixed components for the deadly chemical weapon

security council and had that kind of event unfolded more recently rather than back in the nine hundred ninety s. i think we would have very much seen that type of dispute being handed over to the i.c.c. so in that case the i.c.c. would have been intervening in a in europe and not just in africa ok but judge the united nations security council particularly western powers won't let that happen. no of course not and what we've already seen from those ad hoc tribunals is that the last thing that they deliver is impartial justice and the notion that somehow well there's nothing really wrong with it or that this is a baby steps towards the final goal is an absurdity i mean we've seen of the i.c.t. why. only the serbs have been indicted and convicted and where as the non serbs our nato allies are largely either not been indicted or who we are they ready to go it is now at the end i could let me finish please let me finish at the i.c.c. we have already seen the same thing happening where gaddafi was indicted arrest warrants issued there's been no investigation into the crimes committed by gadd

ambassador to iraq, turkey and albania who previously served on the national security council as assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser and joe cirincione president of plowshares fund and author of " "bomb scare." thank you for joining me tonight tonight. >> our pleasure. >> how do you assess the changing dynamic in syria where the forces seem to be gaining an upper hand and assad is playing defense. >> you're right on target. what we've seen in the last few days, especially around the north, rebel forces taking over

security council will have to review reflect that. and more of the lover of the exclusive interview is coming your way next hour but for those of you who can't wait check it out online it's already at that r.t. dot com. president fledging a pretty his visit to india is expected to further cement ties within the brics group of france's growing economies and organization that some see as a challenge to the established global pecking order defines energy high tech projects and billions of dollars and deals all on the table today as letting the free to meet fun minutes to buy them a lot same thing fast reactor at a russian build nuclear power station is also said to be launched soon the two are expected to work out differences on future projects and the talks in new delhi come after the lido brazil and other brics nations met. earlier this month. the united arab emirates is said to be close to ordering some sixty combat troops from the u.k. and may be getting a contingent of british troops to sweeten the deal british pm david cameron told

security council resolutions. and china, north korea's long-time ally, also expressed regret launch calling on the state to abide by u.n. resolutions. now u.n. security council diplomats have also set up an emergency meeting today at the request of the u.s. and japan. back to you. >> all right. thanks for that. >>> the senior fellow at the school of international studies at the technological university. thanks for joining us. what does this test do today? what's the impact on regional securit security? >> short term, i don't think the impact is going to be particularly severe. in some ways it's been priced in. and for once, north korea's rocket actually did what it was supposed to do which is fly south and not pass over any territory. so in that sense, the reaction can be contained. on the other hand, it caught people by surprise. and i think there will be questions ask the about how could the intelligence -- how good the intelligence was in the u.s. and south korea in failing to pick this up. >> how significant i

security council resolution banning such activity. they're also expected to discuss

security council next year. does that have any bearing on what our policy will be, particularly when it comes to sanctions since they will be on the security council? >> no, it does not. i would just hope that the rwandans when they join the council will carry out their duties in a responsible and thoughtful way just as the other 15 mens of the security council -- members of the security council do. >> ms. bass. >> thank you, ambassador carson. i want to change the subject a little bit and wanted to ask if you could speak to some of the background of the m23. i mean, i do understand, you know, when they started and why, but i just wanted to know if you had any further insight as to what their ultimate aim is. what's the motivation for them to continue. and also the idea, you mentioned that there wouldn't be impunity to the commanders of the m23 to be reintegrated back into the drc's armed forces, but how do you reintegrate any of them? how big is the m23? how many soldiers are there? >> let me speak to the first

gaddafi and his son within two minutes of within two months sorry of getting a mandate from the security council to conduct an investigation no proper investigation had been undertaken yet he was already in a position to say that gaddafi and his son had committed war crimes yet in the case of iraq. the previous special prosecutor moreno ocampo had declared after three years that the crimes in iraq had not reached the threshold of gravity to warrant an investigation so it's clear that. it's not delivering impartial justice and it's very unlikely to deliver impartial justice given the that it's a serving as an adjunct to nato and you're introducing a little ahead of me ok ok bill do you want to answer the same question if it is a delivery impartial justice. i mean after all the indictment against africans right now africans only yes that's true we just celebrated the tenth anniversary of the coming into operation of the rome treaty creating the i.c.c. and yet it's still a work in progress i absolutely agree that. every single case has been brought against african. people and therefore it seems as

the cooperation of the allies on the security council, china and russia, is far from assured. >> memberse council must now work in a concerted fashion to send a message that the violations of u.n. security council resolutions have consequences. in the days ahead, the united states will work with partners on the security council as well as our partners in the six-party talks and other countries in the international community, to pursue appropriate action. >> the state department said today that if kim jong-un wants to send his time and money in shooting off missiles rather than feeding his people that is his decision. analysts expect him to act swiftly to conduct a new nuclear test to capitalize on the boost the successful test of the rocket. the white house is looking to beijing for help, as usual. >> the chinese made clear their opposition and regret that it took place after it happened. we will continue to work with our international partners to ensure that the north korean regime is first i lated, that it is further punished for the violations of international obligations. >> the not

security council sanctions to the level currently imposed on iran.e don't know if they will get there, but tension is on the u.n. right now. china has a veto power there. china's patience was taxed with this launch, the foreign ministry spokesman expressing regret, which is a strong word from beijing. but it is unclear what measures china would accept as means of punishment of north korea. greta? >> greta: do you know why the window was extended for this launch and then they launched it? is there any explaining for that, yet? >> it could have been a measure by thome confuse and throw everything off the track. yesterday, local time, local media said that the rocket was being dismantled -- sorry, two days ago, saying it was dismantled from the launch pad, perhaps for repairs. a couple of hours later, it was put back and the launch took place, perhaps without south korean media and the government there watching, particularly closely, everyone expected it to be put back by a matter of days. >> greta: thank you. today, the u.n. security council condemning

security council next year? is that they are on what policy will be, especially since they will be on the security council? >> no, it does not. just as the other 15 members of the security council understand. >> thank you, very much. i want to ask you can speak to the background of m23. i just wanted to know if you had any insight as to what the ultimate aim is. what is the motivation for them to continue? also, the idea. you mentioned that there would not be impunity to the commanders -- have you reintegrate any of them? how big is the m23? >> okay. >> how many soldiers are? >> okay, speaking to the first question of the aim and motivation, i believe that the current group of m23 rebels want to be able to maintain themselves as consolidated military units in the eastern part of the drc. i think they see themselves as guardians of the population and i suspect that some of them have political ambitions and try to work with top officials and local in administrations in the east. beyond that, i do not know whether

the united nations initially condemned the launch as a clear violation of security council resolutions because it involved ballistic missile technology. china opposes a legally binding resolution. the permanent member of the security council argues such a move could prompt north korea to carry out another nuclear test. japan is working with the united states and south korea to impose additional sanctions, but tokyo's ambassador says the three countries are too distant from china's position to permit dialog. >>> the u.n. general assembly has adopted a resolution about north korea's human rights violations. they include torture and public executions. the text also urges the north korean government to resolve the abduction of japanese citizens and other foreign nationals. a north korean diplomat has dismissed the document as political fabrication. >>> not up to the minute. but state-run media has been much faster in reporting the rules of south korea's presidential election than they have been in the past. the brief reports thursday, the day after the election, and friday. they said park

tonic and as you agency and united nations security council resolutions. and even beyond but the iranian officials they will come the russian initiative as a basis for negotiations it was the us and the you which declined the russian proposal therefore i believe again even today the russian proposal can be a good basis for negotiations who personally worked with. monitors in iran for several years and while the international observers are known to have accused iran of not letting them see everything they want while the iran has been saying that it can't satisfy all the who's right it depends iran is a member of safeguard they are asking iran to implement additional protocol implementing additional protocol is not mandated for the nations for the cultures today seventy countries they do not implemented the shah protocol therefore this would be a guess shows a good read from iran to implement additional protocol. now i. is even requiring requesting iran to give access to the i is beyond additional protocol no nation in this war has given access to die beyond

should the international community's do actions beyond our outside the security council?t is not allowed for more casualties to be killed. syria, as a nation and the country, is threatened. they side effect of that, as we see right now -- more radicalization, from the country. we see increasing anti-western sentiment in syrian society. that is maybe more to hottest from other countries enough to join the syrian -- more jihadists to join the syrian regime. that is different from maybe the assad regime. he called all the freedom fighters as a terrorist or jihadists or al qaeda, like that. the situation or the change of dynamics of the revolution reflected on the dynamics of the free syrian army. there is no central command. there are different groups in different cities and different areas. since those areas are not geographically connected, it is very difficult, for security reasons, to bring up a central command that can think and strategizing about the military operation, and that is exactly what has happened. i have been in syria last month, visiting the areas. you can

and the absence of a security council resolution means the joint u.n./terribly peace mission -- the joint u.n.-piece -- the joint u.n.-arab league peace mission is at a standstill it is hard for them to make progress. if they cannot make progress, then as things began to fragment here, more people die and the big worry is that syria might even descend into being a failed state. >> and now we go to retired general james dupnik at the institute for the study of war. thank you for coming in, general. how much do we know about what the syrians have in terms of chemical weaponry? >> i'm sure our intelligence agencies know a lot more than we do in reading the newspaper. but there's always a degree of ambiguity. we know 85% to 90 percent of what they are duly, but -- to 90% of what they are doing, but there's always an element of the unknown gruden >> what of their storage facilities? >> i think we would know about -- about their production facilities or their habitual storage facilities, but it is entirely possible that we do not know about some other facilit

security council resolutions and urged north korea to exercise self-restraint. the leadership in pyongyang did not heed that call and went ahead with the launch anyway and demonstrates that china's influence on the north is limited. how china views the fact that it failed to control its allies? we asked an expert at the state-backed thinktank. >> translator: i think the international community misunderstands or has exaggerated view of china's influence on the korean peninsula or on security in northeast asia, so i think it's wrong to discuss on the basis of this incident alone, whether china's influence on north korea has increased or decreased. t t. china is worried about nuclear weapons and it may conduct more nuclear tests. >> the launch has brought more criticisms raining down on north korea, why does china remain such an ally? >> security is one reason. china wants to prevent instabililililililililililililil nynynynynynynynynynynynynynynyny oil acititititititititititititi ethnic koreans live in china and they do not want turmoil acrosse instability would al

and the absence of a security council resolution means the joint u.n./terribly peace mission -- the joint u.n.-piece -- the joint u.n.-arab league peace mission is at a standstill it is hard for them to make progress. if they cannot make progress, then as things began to fragment here, more people die and the big worry is that syria might even descend into being a failed state. >> and now we go to retired general james dupnik at the institute for the study of war. thank you for coming in, general. how much do we know about what the syrians have in terms of chemical weaponry? >> i'm sure our intelligence agencies know a lot more than we do in reading the newspaper. but there's always a degree of ambiguity. we know 85% to 90 percent of what they are duly, but -- to 90% of what they are doing, but there's always an element of the unknown gruden >> what of their storage facilities? >> i think we would know about -- about their production facilities or their habitual storage facilities, but it is entirely possible that we do not know about some other facilit

security council resolutions and urged north korea to exercise self-restraint. the leadership in pyongyang did not heed that call and went ahead with the launch anyway and demonstrates that china's influence on the north is limited. how china views the fact that it failed to control its allies? we asked an expert at the state-backed thinktank. >> translator: i think the international community misunderstands or has exaggerated view of china's influence on the korean peninsula or on security in northeast asia, so i think it's wrong to discuss on the basis of this incident alone, whether china's influence on north korea has increased or decreased. >> looking to the future. china is worried about nuclear weapons and it may conduct more nuclear tests. >> the launch has brought more criticisms raining down on north korea, why does china remain such an ally? >> security is one reason. china wants to prevent instability. leaders in beijing don't want many turmoil across the border. instability would hurt china's economy. the cold war is long over but geopolitics is sti