and now united nations security council embrace of a process. we have agreed on a plan of action. council's vote today is an important boost on the road to a political settlement. it is a particularly important step because it reaffirms this body's endorsement of the geneva communique about the transitional governing body with full executive authority. and it also endorses the progress and the statements that we made in vienna to set a timeline, a timeline from for transition aircraft timeline no election, and standards for that election. the eye ohio' highest standardse supervision of the council. it also brings principal that his can guide the shaping of syrians, for syrians, so let us proceed with confidence from here and the determination to end this war, eliminate the terrorist threat and enable to the people of syria to return safely to their homes. i now resume by function as president of the council. and i give the floor to his excellency, mr. sergei lavrov, minister of foreign owe fairs of the russian federation. >> translator: colleagues, first and foremost, i would like

it is a violation of security council resolutions. sen. corker: so the called upon my was from your perspective it will continue to be a violation. part it would violate the of the un security council resolution but that contains legal prohibitions on any international support for iran's nuclear weapons program. any exception to provide materials or other resources to iran's missile program is for written by you and security resolution -- un security council. the united states will veto any other things requested. sen. corker: i will reserve the rest of my time for interjections. senator menendez? menendez: thank you for your testimony. i would like to follow up with what the chairman, his line of questioning was. before i do so i want to echo senator cardin's comments about the chairman's process of leaving the committee. i do appreciate probably the most bipartisan committee in the united senate -- united states senate. it needs to be as bipartisan as it can so i appreciate it. sen. corker: if i could, i was ranking when you are chair. y

un security council resolution 2231 the purpose of which was to endorse and give the security council blessing as well as address some other elements preventing trade and otherwise support the iranian ballistic missile program. it was about jcp away and these other issues. >> thank you. >> i would say that regardless of where the un security council takes action or not which we all no they are not comeau we still have just like we have would north korea recently the ability of the administration today to implement unilateral sanctions in a surgical way as you are describing. hopefully that will happen after the un security council does not take action. >> he has served as the ranking member of the east asia subcommittee, said he is pull double duty. thank you for your bipartisanship and leadership. wanted to ask a question. her my me what the jcp away states about the 25,000 pounds of enriched material. will there be iaea inspections anytime anywhere inspections as the word or phrase was used by the united states? >> thank you, senator. what iran is required to do is to reduce stock o

security council resolution. we have reason to believe, okay, russia and china will probably not go along with this in the security council. i hope and, ambassador moll, i guess this is a question for you, i hope our attitude on this, well, russia and china probably will veto it, we shouldn't do anything. i hope there's something like this we get our colleagues to put it on the table in the light of day backed up by a clear u.n. security council report and we ask the u.n. to take action and we make china and russia before the whole world be an apologist that's a violation of the u.n. security council and i hop we do that all the time and i hope we think of other steps we can take. but let's not give up any lever at our disposal to keep the spotlight on iranian misbehavior or violation of rules. so, with respect to these u.n. security council situation about the october missile firing, we've got a straight report out of the u.n. that definitively establishes that this was a violation. what is the strategy right no

probably ask this for the record and lay out what are the steps that are in violation of the security council >> yes, sir, i'm happy to answer it. the jcpoa as i mentioned to chairman corker does not address iran's ballistic missile program. un sciewrt council resolution 2231, the purpose of that was to endorse and give the security council blessing to the jcpoa as well as address some other elements about iran's policy including continuing the embargo on conventional weapon sales to iran for the world community for the next five years and preventing trade and otherwise support from the international community from the iranian baa -- ballistic program for years. >> all right, thank you. thank you, mr. chair. >> i would say that regardless of whether the un security council takes action or not which we all know that they are not, we still have just like we have with north korea t administration can implement sanctions in a surgicel way as you're describing, so hopefully that's going to happen after the un security council unfortunately does not take action. senator gardner. >> thank you, mr. c

by the geneva communique, now embraced by the international community and the united nations security councilresolution. as the council's action today reflects, we have made important progress in recent weeks, and progress that should give us all fresh grounds for encouragement. last month in vienna, the united states and other members of the international syria support group agreed on a series of steps to stop the bleeding in syria, to advance a political transition, to isolate the terrorists, and to help the syrian people to be able to begin to rebuild their country. last week in riyadh, with the support of his majesty king salman and his government, a broad cross-section of syrian opposition representatives came together to form a high committee for negotiation. under the resolution approved today, the purpose of those negotiations between the responsible opposition and the government is to facilitate a transition within syria to a credible, inclusive, nonsectarian governance within six months. the process would lead to the drafting of a new constitution and arrangements for internationall

security council. ben and i had a chance this week to meet with her and all the members. quite educational. i hope on both sides. but we certainly appreciate you being here and certainly i will introduce you in just a moment. but today's hearing will review united nations peacekeeping operations and explore opportunities for reform to make u.n. peacekeeping work better in the u.s. national interest. as a permanent member of the security council and the larger contributor by far to the u.n. peacekeeping budget, the u.s. has a particular interest in how u.n. peacekeeping mandates are set and operations are carried out. the united states cannot be everywhere all the time. there's an important role for u.n. peacekeeping and supporting u.s. interests, for security and stability around the world. today's u.n. peacekeeping is evolving in many ways. traditionally missions have focused primarily on negotiated peace agreements, inserting blue helmets to separate conflicting parties over these agreements and gene

secretary general, the ministers, and the other distinguished representatives present in the security council chamber today. now, in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of the syrian arab republic to participate in that meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin the consideration of item two of the agenda. i give the floor -- and let me just say to everybody we have a number of ministers who have flight schedules to meet and this went on a little longer than we thought, but i appreciate everybody's patience. we're very, very grateful to you. it's my honor to give the floor to the secretary general, his x ee excella excellancy ban ki-moon. >> almost five years later, with you see a country in ruins, millions of people scattered across the world, and a window of extremism that challenges the world. in particular, i recognize the statesmanship of u.s. secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergei. i welcome the resolution the security council will adopt at this meeting. as the first resolutio

security council burys it's differents and endorses a peace plan for syria. -- differences. this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead on the program, burundi's president tells al jazeera he won't allow thousands of peacekeepers into the country. overwhelmingly backing extra terms for the president will be live with the provisional results from the rwandan referendum. an up roar in u.s. as schools are closed in one district over accusations of islamic indoctrination. world powers at the u.n. have agreed on a road map for peace in syria. the security council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian governments and the opposition along with a ceasefire. the question remains over just who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syr syria's president bashar al-assad. >> reporter: a unanimous vote by the u.n. secure council endorsing a clear and ambitious time line for political transition in syria with face-to-face talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. this resolution was the result of very last minute negotiations. it's a

so again, iran has systematically ignored un security council resolutions over the life of the security council regime. the sanctions themselves were so crippling and brought us to the place we could secure the deal because other countries in the international system would be sanctioned if they were engaging with iran and prohibitive behavior. >> this systematic ignoring of the resolutions does that give you concerns about their willingness to supply question mark >> that is why we have that back. as the president said this is not an agreement predicated on trust particularly in light of their past behavior confirmed by the iea pmd report. >> i what to reiterate what been and i did the other day with you in the other members. regardless of how people may wee voted on the agreement, understand it is what is governing our actions right now with iran. and i think on both sides of the aisle regardless of how people voted we want to make sure the agreement is implemented in a way that it was laid out. i think there has been a concern on both sides of the aisle that there is an air of permiss

everyone agrees they are a terrorist group within the security council. and then there are those who russia thinks are terrorist groups, and they're bombing them at the moment. but when there is a cease-fire in january, is russia going stop bombing the groups it deems terrorist groups? >> while we're having this conversation going on in new york, how ready and willing is assad to come to the table? >> we've heard that he won't talk to the armed groups. he won't talk to those who he deems to be terrorists. and there is a narrow definition of who they find acceptable, and of course they're not going to consent to any process which has the removal as part of it. they certainly are a long way away from the whole moves the security council has seen. of course everyone is expecting. vladimir putin, the russians to put intense pressure on the regime says that happens. for putin, i think what really happens is the regime itself is preserved if assad eventually is sacrificed. that's fine. as long as the regime is in place and it's under his influence, then that wi

the united nations security council has unanimously backa syrian peace plan. political talks to help bring the conflict to an end. but there are still major differences between russia and the united states over the future of syrian president bashar al-assad. jaibjames bays reports. >> a unanimous support for transition in syria, face to face talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. but this resolution was the result of very last minute negotiations. it is the demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that ministers were arriving in new york talks were still underway. fighting with their counterparts over many of the words and details of the resolution. when it was finally passed, it was praised by the current president of the security council, the united states. >> after four and a half years of war, this is the first time we have been able to come together at the united nations in the security council, to embrace a road forward. during that time, one syrian in 20 has been killed or wounded. one in five is a refugee. one in two has bee

the international community and his security council must accept a share of the blame. he devastation in syria demonstrates beyond any doubt the need for effective conflict prevention and for council unity in achieving this. the fact that we could today come together at last at about this landmark resolution in a short time reflects the determination of international community to end this conflict. we welcome the particular the continued close engagement with when the security council and the international superior -- international syria support group. as we move forward in must be a time for acceptance. all involved in the syrian tragedy must accept that no side can win militarily. the assad government and oppositiotheopposition fighterst that however much more death and destruction -- destruction to conflict on the country, there will be no victory. they and those external actors have serious political stakes and now the syrian conflict is resolved must accept that political solutions mean political compromise. any who insist on political red lines the block the necess

security council resolutions. almost all jurisdictions have committed to implement fatf standards and are being assessed by their peers. we publicly name those who fail to take action. this warns other jurisdictions and banks of the risks and deters foreign investment. so far fatf has put over 80 jurisdictions through this process and publicly identified 58 of them. of these 58, 43 have since made the necessary reforms. our aim is to protect the integrity of the financial system, to make sure there are no safe haven for terrorist financing. in the last six months, the fatf has reviewed the implementation of counterterrorist financing measures in 196 jurisdictions. almost all have criminalized terrorist financing and can apply targeted financial sanctions. in the last two months alone half of those where we found the serious problems have taken actions to address them, but this is not enough. only 33 jurisdictions have secured convictions for terrorist financing and most jurisdictions implement u.n. steps too slowl

security council.e also are gratified by the adoption of my consensus of resolution 2253 at a time in moment where great many terrorist attacks have been carried out throughout the world killing innocent people, exacerbating american crises and which, of course, disregards all precepts of morality and humanity. i would like to thank the cosponsors to with the russian federation and the vest is america for their efforts. i would also like to thank secretary-general, mr. ban ki-moon, for his statement and briefing. i don't like to thank mr. chen for his statement. of course, we fully back the efforts of the fata as well as its cooperation, close cooperation with allstate -- fatf. within the fight against terrorism. this resolution is a watershed point as result of its major orientations. this resolution updates the sanctions regime regarding al-qaeda. it will now be known as sanctions regime against al-qaeda and isil. it expands the criteria for inscription on the sanctions list to ensure that it incorpo

the security council and the u.n.pecial representative for libya, encouraged other libyans to come on board for the good of the libyan people. >> the schools have to be open. the life has to start again. the hospitals have to work again and peace and security should really be established overtime. and this is the task of the government of national unity. >> reporter: warring fax shunnings in the country have led to instability and the presence of isil also making libya a hub for the human trafficking of migrants. seek to go cross the mediterranean to europe. the security council has warned that instability in libya is a threat to international peace and security. the resolution calls on countries to respond urgently when a new government requests security help in particular in dealing with isil but the government has to ask first. the united kingdom which drafted the resolution says it is ready to help. >> we are awaiting with impatience and a lot of interest the creation of this government of national accord and then

security council burys its differences and endorses a peace plan for syria. burundi's president tells al jazeera he won't allow thousands of peacekeepers into the country. uproar in the u.s. as schools are closed in one district over accusations of islamic indoctrination. >> reporter: i will have all the day's sport including moving on from chelsea's play following the controversial manager's sacking >>> world powers at the u.n. have agreed on a road map for peace in syria. the security council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian government and the opposition along with a ceasefire. questions remain over just who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syria's president bashar al-assad. our correspondent reports from new york. >> reporter: a unanimous vote from the u.n. security council endorsing a clear and ambitious time line for syria with face-to-face talks and possibly a ceasefire within a matter of weeks. it is a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that his ministers were arriving in new york, talks w

security council is going to back such a solution. they passed a resolution, and they didn't point to anything that would point to a situation where peace keepers would be needed in burundi, and very recently there is a special enjoy in the u.n. council, who was here in burundi, who received an audience by the president of burundi, he went back to the u.n. who said that there was no need for burundi to be considered as a place where peace keepers should be sent. they have a small contingent that will involved burundi in the country and outside of the country. >> we have more from burundi's capital. >> the african union peace and security council decided to send 5,000 troops and policemen with the mandate to protect civilians and ensure that the ground is laid with peace talks and his opponents. the troops will be mainly drawn from east african nations and if the events of last week that move african union as well as the united nations to call for urgent action to insure that about a run di does not slide back into chaos. the violence

security council just convened a security council meeting of treasury secretaries including our own jack lew and finance ministers from major countries around the globe to develop a global program to shut down isis's money, to shut down terrorist financing. we can't get it together to do that properly within our own government even when our government doesn't internally disagree on the subject. but we have found a way to work with other countries including countries we sometimes don't get along with to put together some sort of way forward on that difficult crucial international problem. on the iranian nuclear deal, the prospect of a nuclear iran. on climate change. on international terrorism. on the worst problems in the world. is there reason to be hopeful right now that we are having sort of a moment of international constructive action? just take syria. syria is a black hole of despond. it does not seem like syria is looking over the edge of the abyss. it feels like syria is the abyss. it feels like a bottomless pit of hopelessness and terrible consequences being compounded all the t

security council resolution. and they're looking at, and it's probably likely what you see here the iranians also launched another ballistic missile in november, and that's also another likely violation of a u.n. security council resolution. i made some remarks on the floor a few days ago about iran, mr. president, and about the nuclear deal. and i reminded my colleagues that one of the selling points by the president, by secretary kerry about this deal was that they were making the case it was likely to improve iran's behavior, bring them into the community of nations, get them to behave more like a normal country, not the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, which it currently is. but since the signing of the deal, the nuclear deal, which we debated here on this floor, iran's behavior has only gotten worse. examples are very numerous. leaders of the country continue to hold rallies chanting "death to america, death to israel." iran continues to fund hezbollah, one of its terrorist proxies, around the world. hu

security council backed a plan for talks between the syrian government and opposition. the differences remain over the fate of president bashar al-assad and the make up of the syrian opposition. burundi's presidential spokesperson has told al jazeera the government does not want african union troops in the country. the e.u. says burundi is on the brink of civil war and is proposing to send five thousand peacekeepers. rwandans have backed the referendum which means the president could serve three more terms in office and stay in power until 2034. u.s. president obama has outlined his government strategy to fight against i.s.i.l. he was speaking at his year-end press conference at the white house. >> we're going to defeat i.s.i.s. we're going to do so by systematically squeezing them, cutting off their supply lines, cutting off their financing, taking out their leadership and forces, taking out their infrastructure >>> an arabic caligraphy lesson has caused cancellation of school. >> reporter: the halls of this high school were empty on friday. more than ten thousand stud

in terms of the tools, no new tools have emerged even yesterday with the security council. the only positive thing about this resolution is that for the first time since four years, we are seeing that the international community is all united towards having a clear goal and resolution of the syrian conflict >>> we will leave it there. we have to move on. we do appreciate your perspective and your point of view. thank you. the african union is proposing to send five thousand peacekeepers to burundi which it says is on the brink of civil war. now to our correspondent in bujumbura. the position has got more and more serious, hasn't it. >> reporter: indeed. international community wants the african union to support and deploy 5,000 troops and policemen with the mandate of protecting civilians. burundi has 96 hours to respond to the african union's position to deploy these troops. government officials have been reacting and they say they do not want foreign forces on burundi's soil. we spoke to the spokesman for the president and he said that the government of burundi was not co

key battle is now in sangen. >>> the united nations security council has given its pull backing to the new government in libya. a month to form it's government and a national security plan. >>> israeli police have shot a palestinian man dead in the occupied west bank. they say they they were responding after the man stabbed two security guards at the entrance of the industrial area at ariel settlement. 132 palestinians and 20 descrailz dead. >>> thisraelisdead. >>> palestinian political leaders have decided to tone down festivities there as imtiaz tyab reports. >> it's a tradition that he looks forward to, but he suffers from severe pain and can barely stand as he was shot in the neck and injured after israeli commandos infiltrated the group of palestinian protesters he was with and allegedly opened fire with live rounds. he was sent an online video, that shows the moment that the soldiers began shooting at protest, and when he was picked up by first responders. >> when i look at the person in the video it seems as though i was looking at someone else, it was a life change experience.

when it was finally passed, it was praised by the current president of the security council the uniteds. >> after 4 1/2 years of war, this is the first time we have been able to come together at the united nations in the security council to embrace a road forward. during that time one syrian in 20 has been killed or wounded. one in five is a refugee. one in two has been displaced. the average life expectancy in syria has dropped by 20 years. >> reporter: here in the corridors and offices of the u.n. they now face a tough challenge convening peace talks between the syrian government and the syrian opposition next month in january. and there are still many unresolved issues. who should be in that opposition delegation? and which groups should not be allowed to go to those peace talks or even take part in the future of syria because they are designated as terrorist groups? despite in the man charged with leading the peace efforts says it is now doable. >> you remember the name mission impossible? well, mission impossible is becoming potentially possible thanks to what we saw today. >> rep

the security council unanimously backed a plan between the syrian government and opposition along with a ceasefire. the questions remain over who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syria's president. >> reporter: a unanimous vote by the u.n. security council endorsing a clear an ambitious time line for a transition in syria for face-to-face talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. this resolution was the result of very last minute negotiations. it is a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that his ministers were arriving in new york, talks were still underway. diplomats reporting to the russian foreign minister were fighting with their counterparts over many of the words and details of the resolution. when it was finally passed it was praised by the current president of the security council, the united states. >> after four and a half years of war, this is the first time we have been able to come together at the united nations in the security council to embrace a road forward. during that time one syrian in 20 has been killed and w

security council. quite educational, i hope, on both sides. we certainly appreciate you being here and certainly i'll introduce you in just a moment, but today's hearing will review united nations peacekeeping operations and explore opportunities for reform to make u.n. peacekeeping work better in the u.s. national interest. as a permanent member of the security council and the largest contributor by far to the u.n. peacekeeping budget, the u.s. has a particular interest in how u.n. peacekeeping mandates are set and operations are carried out. the united states cannot be everywhere all the time. there's an important role for u.n. peacekeeping and supporting u.s. interests for security and stability around the world. today's u.n. peacekeeping is evolving in many ways. u.n. peacekeepers now are being asked to take on new and difficult responsibilities such as civilian protection, disarming active combatants, or developing the capacity to engage on the anti-terrorism front. these new missions and mandates

security council. since the announcement of the jcpoa, the treasury department has taken steps to malign iranian's activity in the region. in november the treasury department designated three hezbollah procurement antiquities and four companies in lebanon, china, and hong confor purchasing dual-use technology on behalf of hezbollah. these sanctions followed actions in july against three senior hezbollah military officials in syria and lebanon who were providing military support to the syrian regime and an additional hezbollah agent who served as the point person for the procurement and transshipment of weapons and material for the group and its syrian partners for at least 15 years. these designations also followed treasury's actions over the jcpoa when the department utilized and sanctioned more than 100 iranians and iran-learned persons. this november, treasury also pnted in the u.s. gulf cooperation council through which participants discussed countering support for hezbollah, for the assad regime a

security council backed the peace talks. >>> coming together in h*pl for a third debate. will be looking at what distinguishes them on the issues of security and religions especially after the controversial comments from donald trump about banning all muslims from entering the u.s., kimberly halkett reports. >> the food gets made and distributed to internally displaced people. >> reporter: for three years she has made it her mission to support victims of conflict in syria, collecting tons of donated clothing and medical surprise in this warehouse until it is time to ship. >> we are not going to hateful rhetoric be our mantra. we want to make difference. we have seen a spike in people wanting to connect with us. >> reporter: she's talking about the comments from donald trump who has suggested banning muslims from the united states as necessary for its security. >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: democratic presidential candid

security council will attend. that's live at 3 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon held his year in this conference in new york city. he answered questions on combating terrorism, the syrian refugee crisis and escalating violence in burundi. this is just under one hour. >> good afternoon. good morning rather. the secretary-general will make some opening remarks and then he will gladly take your questions. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, bonjour. let me begin by wishing all of you all the best for happy new year and i thank you for all your friendship and cooperation, and your hard work during the last one year. we are wrapping up a year in which the united nations markets seven-figure anniversary, and to landmark steps to advance sustainable development and climate change agreement. the paris agreements on climate change is a sign of hope in troubled times. it is a triumph for multilateralism that shows the united nations delivering results the world desperately needs. president francois hollande and foreign minister laurent fabiu

the security council and the u.n. special representative for libya martin kobler encouraged other libyans to come on board for the sake of the libyan people. >> peace and security should really be established over time. and this is task of the government of national unity. >> reporter: warring factions in the country have led to instability. and the presence of i.s.i.l. also make libya a hub for human trafficking of migrants seeking to cross the mediterranean to europe. the instability of libya is a threat to international peace and security. the u.n. resolution calls on nations to respond in dealing with i.s.i.l. but the government has to ask first. the united which drafted the resolution says it is ready to help. >> we are awaiting with impatients and a lot of interest about the formation. nation of government accord. against daesh in libya. >> libya has 30 days to form its government and a plan for national security. kristin saloomey, al jazeera, united nations. >> a huge fire has killed at least 25 people in saudi

will now go on to the 15 member security council to be approved. now, we have just got this draft resolution. it has just come through. what we know so far is that it will endorse a previous for creating a transitional government in and also for holding elections. is 18-20 four months. we might not be seeing elections , but weher two years should see the beginning of that timeframe to start. another question is how a cease-fire will be endorsed, and that is being put to the u.n. the u.n. now has one month maximum to find a mechanism to endorse a cease-fire. obama says it is not perfect. he has already spoken about the draft resolution. he has also said al-assad has to go. remain unclear in these negotiations and we will be finding out more about that when the council reconvenes in and puts the draft resolution to vote. there is no doubt it will go through because the five permanent members are the ones who came up with it and they are the only ones who can veto it, so it will pass. there was a lot of back-and-forth on that draft resolution. there w

i'm going to discuss this again this afternoon with security council members.e will take necessary actions as we observe and watch the situation, how it evolves. depending upon the evolution of the situation, we may have to level up our presence and activities. >> thank you. >> yes, mr. secretary-general, of the process, please, if you don't mind, could you kindly explain to us that cease-fire arrangement and what you have in mind given that the area where daesh controls, they have civilians there. what are you going to do, you know, about the collateral damage of so many civilians and the foreign fighters that, for example, iran's militias in syria, are they going to be part of that cease-fire? and, you know, again, the same thing with the regime and the barrel bombs obviously, but where do you stand on whether bashar al assad should stay or goes, and if he goes, when? >> first part of the question, you've been following all this situation. i'm looking forward to this international support group, isg, meeting in new york on friday. and i and my special envoy w

security council to make public statements to try and push on this pros. the plan is when they get to the security council, they're going to try and pass a resolution endorsing all of this process to give it a little bit more weight because of course the security council resolution means it's then international law. formally when you have a security council resolution, it should be submitted 24 hours before the meeting. they've shot way past that deadline. they're still negotiationing and there is still no agreement on a resolution that's supposed to pass in just a matter of hours from now. i spoke a short time ago to the british ambassador to the united nations, one of those who's been involved in the negotiations. he told me he's still hopeful they will get a resolution but said right now, they are dancing on the head of a pin on some of the details and some of the wording. now my understanding from diplomats is that russia is concerned about some of the things that the western nations want in this resolution and some of the language i think is about tha

what exactly has the security council been hearing about?porter: well, the united nations just wrapped up its first round of face-to-face negotiations between the warring parties in this conflict, the houthi rebels on one side, and the saudi-backed government of president hadi. and in the words of one security council diplomat, for the first time there is a glimmer of hope that these talks could be progressing, and there could be movement towards peace in this very volatile region of the world. so this meeting was called with the desire to keep the momentum going from those talks. ambassador power of the united states said that -- who holds -- the united states holds a present seat in the council right now, and she said to keep the pressure on all of the parties to come back to the talks, this is the first time that council members will be weighing in openly on the ongoing situation there in yemen, and while the ceasefire that was announced at the beginning of these u.n.-brokered talks didn't hold, and the speaker is saying the situation on

security council's panel of experts.espite that the agency praised iran for the way it has curtailed its nuclear program. the u.n. security council panel says it was a breach of the nuclear deal. let's go live to gabriel elizondo at the united nations. this was a missile test flight which the u.n. said could have carried a nuclear war head. it didn't, but the potential was there. it sounds pretty serious. >> reporter: it is and that's what the panel of experts basically concluded is it was in violation of u.n. resolution. and we expect that the security council will be briefed on this in about three hour's time or so, and that's going to be very, very important, because that will be the first time that the u.n. security council hears these particular findings, david. now it's important to point out that this -- a panel of experts only looked at the earlier october 10th ballistic missile test. however, there was another one in november that u.n. -- u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power said that the u.s. is looking i

security council has heard that a disproportionate attacks on civilians and yemen's conflict have been carried out. >>> 2700 civilians have been killed since saudi-led airstrikes began in march targeting shia houthi rebels. there is a growing humanitarian crisis more than 21 million people are thought to be in need of help. many on the brink of famine, and 1.3 million children are malnourished. 2.3million children have been forced from their homes and there are war crimes and atrocities by all sides. here is what was told to the security council earlier. >> i'm concerned about the shelling from the ground and the air in areas with high concentrations of civilians as well as the perpetuation of civilian infrastructure, in particular hospitals and schools by all parties to the conflict. although a disproportionate amount clear to be the result of airstrikes carried out by coalition forces. >> a second round of peace talks has been scheduled, but the violence continues and the so does the impact on the violation. it would call for an immediate cease-fire and heard points from the commissi

security council resolution on syria. he added russia's plan for syria broadly cohincides with the u.s viewpoint. >>> u.s. prosecutors have brought charges against a long-time friend of the man behind the mass shooting in san bernardino, california. he's suspected of buying rifles used in the shooting and plotting earlier attacks that were not carried out. enrique marquez appeared in court after being charged with conspireing to provide material support to terrorists. he was a friend of syed farook who was killed in a shootout after the attack. prosecutors say marquez bought two assault rifles used by farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, in san bernardino. the couple killed 14 people at a social services facility on december 2nd. fbi investigators said marquez and farook became friends about ten years ago. marquez was introduced to islam by farook and is likely to have been influenced by extremists ideology. the two men are also suspected of plotting to commit terrorist acts at a community college and on a congested freew

security council meeting over the issue. ankara says it won't forward more soldiers. turkey says it's a routine to train fighters against i.s.i.l. over to imran khan in northern iraq. we know that the deadline is drawing close. are you seeing any movement from the turkish troops at all? >> reporter: no. we're not at all. like you say, the turkish troops are not leaving as of yet and this is a real surprise to ankara. they said that baghdad knew that they were sending the troops in, that there was an agreement with the defense ministry which allowed them to send the troops in. they're very surprised at the president's reaction. as you say, the 48 deadline is coming u what is the president going to do? will he go to the u.n. security council? russia are likely to go to the u.n. security council a little bit later on today to talk about turkey's role in syria and iraq. what practical steps can there be taken? right now what we're looking at is the governor of mosul, he is the man at the center. he has to make a deal with baghda

security council, which is what he threatened. russia will be doing that exactly that, going to the u.n. security council to talk about the turkish role in syria and in iraq. now, the real key person here is the man who invited these troops in, the governor of mosul. he said to turkey, i need some map, and in training the militia can you come in. he says that baghdad knew about this, he cleared this with the ministry of defense. he has been very quiet. he hasn't said anything since this whole spot between ankara and baghdad began. it is until that he would give interviews because of the controversy surrounding this. right now the prime minister has bitten off a lot. he has used very strong words against ankara, who said they won't send in any more troops but not that he will withdraw the troops. we will find out if they are going to withdraw their troops and if they don't, what will iraq do next >>> given the government has said that it has accepted a cease fire to begin during peace talks next week, the president wants a pause fo

panel of experts accuse iran of breach security council resolution when it tes tested a missile. coming up, saudi arabia announced a new alliance to fight isil. >>> a week's talk in switzerland, and los angeles closes all of its schools to a threat. new york is treating the same threat as a hoax. iran has been accused of viola violating a u.n. resolution when it test fired a missile capable of carrying a warhead. reported by u.n. panel of experts which concluded it could lead to sanctions. iran denied the claim saying that the missile was not designed to carry nuclear war heads. let's get more on this now with gabriel elizondo. what do we expect from the united security council. will they meet within an hour's from now? >> the security council is meeting in an open briefing about 60 minutes an hour were right now. it's a highly anticipated bleat we expect to get more thoughts on security councils think about this report by the u.n. panel of experts. the highlight of this report, as you stated is a panel the panel of experts concluded that the october 10th about a his tim missile

the security council has warned that instability and remember yeah is a threat to international peacend security. the resolution called on countries to response urgently, when the new government requests security help, and particular in dealing with isil. be few government has to ask first. >> the united kingdom which drafted the resolution says it is ready to help. >> awaiting the patient and all of the interest the creation of this government, and then once it has been created we will talk to them about what is required in terms of the fight again deash. >> libya has 30 days to to be it's government. the united nations. >> both countries have agreed on a key principle applied for the talks between the government and opposition. the talks of course approved as u.s. security council and begin in geneva, at the end of january. in the syrian dialog in geneva. without any further intervene. and our deliberation will be ready, as soon as we receive a list of the opposition delegation we should stick to a peaceful resolution of the issue, the people decide the future and fate of syria, the

peace and security councils proposal. >> okay, mohammed. thank you. our correspondent live in the burundi cap pal. >> the ferry with more than 100 passengers on board having sunk off the coast. the ship was on route in the southeast of the island to southern suluwsi. we'll bring you more as soon as we get it. voters back the constitution change in the referendum, and it could mean that the president will stay in office. >> the results of the controversial referendum were exactly as expected. people at this pre-planned event celebrated the total from each district was announced by the electoral commission. in all districts nearly 100% of people voted in favor of changing the constitution. he has been president since 2000 but effectively in power since his rebel group ended the genocide and took control in 1994. the changes mean that he can run elections until 2017 and stay in power in 2054. >> what is happen something people's choice. ask the people why they want. >> since the referendum was announced ten days ago politicians have been urging support f

instead of an effective timely response the security council has dithered. we intend to keep working with council members to acknowledge and respond appropriately to this serious incident. we don't so how members can cast doubt on this violation. i don't see that permissiveness. there was a letter sent by the president to senator coons where he says quote robust enforcement of sanctions related to iran's non-nuclear activity will continue to be a critical, a critical, element of our policy. i will maintain powerful u.s. sanctions under a host of domestic authority countering iran's support for terrorism, human rights abuse, and the elicit sale or transfer of iranian weapons. i ask to place this in the record without objections. powers and this letter because we know we have sanctions if you counter iran's support for terrorism, human rights abuse, missile proliferation, elicit sale or transfer of iranian weapons. those sanctions haven't been changed. they will still continue. so i just, i just don't like this narrative that is coming out of here. i think it