. ♪ >> the meeting of the security council is called to order. this is the first public meeting of the council for the month of september, i should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute on behalf of the council to his accident sleep -- excellency, the ambassador. for his service as president of the council for the month of august. speak for all members of the council in expressing appreciation to the ambassador and his dedication and skill with which he conducted the council business last month. the provisional agenda for this nonproliferation democratic public of north korea. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 77 of theprocedure, i invite representative -- representative of the republic of korea to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 from the council's procedure, i invite mr. jeffrey feldman, undersecretary general of political affairs to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i now give the floor to mr.

the united nations security council has spoken. with unusual unity and consistency on north korea. , along theood thing way there have been problems with implementation. the council has at times been too slow and too weak. this is not a situation in which we have allowed divisions among us to stop any action. still, here we are. despite her efforts over the past 24 years, the north korean nuclear program is more advanced and more dangerous than ever. they now fire missiles over japanese airspace, then i have icbm capabilities. they now claim to have tested a hydrogen bomb and just this morning there were reports that the regime is preparing for yet another icbm launch. numbers of the security council, i must say enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge the negotiations and return to talks. outlined that we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with north korean regime and time after time, they have not wo

the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document is suresh twenty seventeen salacious seven hundred sixty nine the text of her drafters aleutian submitted by the united states of america the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it they shall put the draft resolution to the votes now would have those in favor of the drive to the solution contained in document s. slash twenty seven thousand slice seven hundred sixty nine please raise their hand . the result of the voting is as follows the draft resolution. received fifteen votes in favor of the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as a result there's aleutian twenty three seventy five of twenty seventeen. i now give the floor to those members of the council who want to make statement after the vote. i give the floor to the president to do the u.s. . thank you mr president and thank you for calling this meeting and allowing us to have this vote. the images from the from space of north east asia a

the meeting of the security council is called to order. as this is the first public meeting of the council for the month of september, i shall like to take this opportunity to speak on behalf of the council to the ambassador. to think of him for his service as president of the council -- thank him for his service as president of the council. i am sure i speak for all members of the council in expressing deep appreciation for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the council last month. the provisional agenda for the is the democratic , -- the of korea noncooperation of the democratic republic of korea. accordance with wolf 37 of the councils provision -- with rule 37 of the councils provision, i invite the republic to participate in this meeting. it is decided. 39 ofordance with rule i inviteils provision, the under secretary general of clinical affairs to participate in this meeting. it is -- the undersecretary general of political affairs to participate in this meeting. it is decided. this is item two of the agenda. i now giv

to the members of the security council, i must say enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks, but as i've -- but as i have just outlined, we directgaged in numerous and multilateral talks and time after time they have not worked. the time for half measures and the security council -- from the security council is over. the time is to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong-un's actions cannot be seen as defensive. he wants to be acknowledged as a being apower, but nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. kim jong-un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't want it now. what our country's patients is not unlimited. we will

to the members of the security council, i must say enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks, but as i've -- but as i have just outlined, we directgaged in numerous and multilateral talks and time after time they have not worked. the time for half measures and the security council -- from the security council is over. the time is to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong-un's actions cannot be seen as defensive. he wants to be acknowledged as a being apower, but nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. kim jong-un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't want it now. what our country's patients is not unlimited. we will

the security council will now begin. in consideration with item two of the agenda. members have before them, document s-guest: "landmark cases" host: sen. lankford:--- s/'s 717. the council is ready to proceed to the volts -- to the votes. draft to thehe vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contend in document hand. please raise their the result of the voting is as followed. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. and now give the floor to those who wants the council to make -- to the vote. i give the floor to the representative of the u.s. >> thank you mr. president, and thank you for calling this meeting and allowing us to have this vote. images from space of northeast asia of night show brightness and prosperity, surrounding a dark, lonely space that is north korea. those images are a good illustration of where the north korean regime is today. it is alone. it is dark, and it is getting darker. neighbors, its trading partners, and the entire international community are united against its

the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s/2717/769. the text of the draft was initially submitted by the united states of america. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. would those in favor of the draft resolution contend in document s-2017-769, please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as a result, resolution 2375 of 2017. i now give the floor to those members of the council who want to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to representative of the u.s. >> thank you, mr. president. and thank you for calling this meeting and allowing us to have this vote. the images from space of northeast asia at night show brightness and prosperity. surrounding a dark, lonely space that is north korea. those images are a good illustration of where the north korean regime

[indiscernible conversation] >> the 8,042 meeting of the security council is called to order. [gavel pound] >> the provisional agenda for this meeting is nonproliferation, democratic people's republic of korea. the agenda is adopted. [gavel pound] in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provision of rules of procedure, i invite the representative for the republic of korea to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. [gavel pound] >> the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s/2017/769. that takes of the draft resolution submitted by the united states of america. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s/2017/769 please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. as resolution 2375 of 2017. i now give the floor to those

security council will meet in an emergency session a closed session of the security council which will take place here on friday i understand that that meeting has been scheduled for three p.m. new york time that's nine hundred hours g.m.t. so the security council meeting again on this issue as has been the pattern now for very many months and i think the timing of all of this is very significant as you say the security council came up with its new sanctions new york time on monday so almost exactly seventy two hours to the point where this missile was fired that's looking backwards looking forward to the time is the timing is never going to as well because coming up next week starting officially on choose but events also including president trump being here from monday it's the high level week of the u.n. general assembly where leaders from all around the world gather in new york so the north koreans really couldn't have chosen a more provocative time to do what they have done and james those sanctions that we've been talking about the u.s. was very unhappy about particularly presiden

the united nations security council has spoken with unusual unity and consistency on north korea. the council has at times been too slow and too weak but this is not a situation in which we have allowed divisions amongst us to stop any action. still, here we are. despite our efforts over the past are. despite our efforts over the pa st 24 are. despite our efforts over the past 24 years, the north korea nuclear programme is more advanced and more dangerous than ever. they now fired missiles overjapanese airspace, they now have icbm capabilities, they now claim to have tested a hydrogen bomb, and just this morning there were reports that the regime is preparing for yet another icbm launch. to the members of the security council i must say enoughis of the security council i must say enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks, but as i have outlined we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with the north korean regime and tim

here on c-span. >> the 8,042 meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this eting is nonproliferation, democratic people's republic of korea. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provision of rules of procedure, i invite the representative for the republic of korea to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have fore them document s/2017/769. that takes of the draft resolution submitted by the united states of america. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in please s/2017/769 aise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows. the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously. s resolution 2375 of 2017. i now give the floor to those members of the council who want to make statements after the v

we're just hearing from pound told me on mars and national security adviser addressing the security council that is a meeting for a public meeting on the route into crisis for the first time since that crisis erupted a most notably what we heard from the national security adviser was that myanmar has invited the un secretary general detectors to visit the country. and see rakhine state so let's cross to our u.n. correspondent roslyn jordan in new york rosen you've just been listening there to the myanmar national security advisor you've also been listening to the meeting that's been going on now for roughly two hours or so would you think were the most notable things to be said there. well let's start with the me and more national security advisor he said there's no ethnic cleansing happening inside iraq and state he said that he doesn't understand why people are leaving and flooding into bangladesh unless they were afraid of terrorists when the only incident that. the military is using to justify its crackdown was one attack back on august twenty fifth this does not in any way explain why

such an undemocratic security council. at this four-run, i would like to once again remind all of the distinguished delegates involved , the unjust and unfair nature of these resolutions. had doubley council standard resolutions, which only prohibit the dprk, in violation of international law, describing peaceful use of our space, as a sovereign right of every state. and, without taking any issue with all other satellite launching countries. councilthe security cooked up a legal and double standard resolutions, which prohibit only the nuclear tests of the dprk, although nuclear test strictly belong to the sovereignty of every state, since the international -- international law for prohibition on nuclear test has not entered into force. there are countries that conducted any more nuclear test. the security council condemns the development of nuclear weapons by the dprk, as a threat to international security. on that basis, fabricated illegal and double standard solutions, in article 51 of the u.n. charter, which recognizes t

there is a significant prize in keeping the whole of the security council united and that is without doubt why the u.s. decided to withdraw items from its original draft the trumpet ministration has very few good options when it comes to north korea but a veto by russia and or china would have divided the international community making things even more difficult james pays out his era of the united nations well cappy novak joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul catheter north korea said it will respond to any further sanctions from the u.n. i mean has there been any response yet from south korea. well the south korean government has welcomed this resolution in the lead up to the vote south korea's foreign minister said that her government had been closely consulting with the united nations with the united states and other security council members on to the content of the draft resolution and she said that it was important that oil be included in some form as we heard there the text was watered down somewhat the u.s. had been pushing for a total ban of oil sales

there is a significant prize in keeping the whole of the security council united and that is without doubt why the u.s. decided to withdraw items from its original draft the trumpet ministration has very few good options when it comes to north korea but a veto by russia and or china would have divided the international community making things even more difficult james pays out his era at the united nations well the burden of enforcing some of those sanctions will fall on customs officials on the border with north korea adrian brown reports from dandong in china hours before the u.n. vote it was business as usual in dandong a steady flow of empty lorries to north korea cross the single lane friendship bridge a vital economic conduit for the north. nearby other trucks enter a customs yard before heading the other way there covered cargoes offering few clues of what might be inside. but some trucks appeared to be carrying building materials. experts say because north korea's government is now so hard up china is selling on credit. so the north needs hard cash from wherever it ca

has changed in the security council and the u.n. in general and why why do you feel like the russian iranian and turkish efforts to advance to peace process in syria are more efficient than those that are let by the united nations i didn't compare the efficiency i said that these two processes to me individually i'm quartering them only because it's pretty obvious that the efforts undertaken by the three countries are much more efficient than those they've been undergoing for years now by the un so why do you think because i think ours is more efficient why do you think it's more efficient. i don't think i hope again the branding them with more efficient less efficient i'm just saying that these efforts. play here and i'm going to be good to the geneva process very much by by creating conditions for for the geneva forces led by the you have to succeed . all right fair enough i want to move on to what's going on inside the united nations president trump recently wrote on his twitter that the u.n. is just a club for people to get toge

and in scilab dialogue and negotiations with any such positions are contained in all of the security council resolutions you ignoring them anyway little means a direct you to fly elations of consensus agreements reached in the council. one of them furthermore use a lot of them via unwillingness into the resolution the idea of using the good offices and the mediation potential of the secretary general at the same. as well as the denial to require firm this statement made by tellers on all of the four new lock up plans to start the war regime change that forced reintegration of the two careers in violation of the third perilous all of this gives rise to very serious questions and as we have not yet received answers to those. russian as was underscored by president putin on the fifth december in going to china firmly denounces they probably the recent publication of stepha by penny on the test on the third of september with convinced that diverting the gathering menace from the korean peninsula could be done not there when you are newer sanctions sanctions but exclusively through political mean

organ is the security council. at this forum, i would like to once again remind all the distinguished get delegates -- delegates of the unjust and unfair nature of the resolutions adopted by the security council against the dprk. first, the security council fabricated illegal and double standard resolutions, which only be the satellite launch of the dprk in violation of the international law prescribing peaceful use about his face as a sovereign rate -- right of every second, the security council cooked up illegal and double standard resolutions which arbitrarily prohibits only the nuclear tests of the dprk, although nuclear test quickly belongs to the sovereignty of every state since the international law on prohibition of nuclear test has not yet entered into force and there are countries that conducted many more nuclear tests. third, the security council condemned the development of nuclear weapons by the dprk as a "threat to international peace on that basis,nd fabricated even eagle and double standard resoluti

undemocratic is the security council. reminde to once again all the distinguished delegates of the unjust and unfair nature of the resolutions adopted by the security council against the dprk. first, the security council fabricated illegal and double-standard resolutions, which only prohibits the launch dprk, in violation of the international law prescribing peaceful use of outer space as a sovereign right of every state any issuet taking with all other launching countries. second, the security council cooked up illegal and flexible as to the sovereignty of every state. it has not yet entered. there are countries that conducted many more nuclear tests. third, the security council developments this condemns the development of nuclear weapons. aggregated thehe resolution and conservation of is the. charter which right of every state. this calls into question the other countries with the latest nuclear weapons of various kinds. these unjust and unfair resolutions continue is the members of the security council -- all nuclear

security council america settles for new watered down sanctions against pyongyang. again my name's peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the prime minister of bangladesh visits for injured muslims who fled to her country promising not to tolerate any injustice against them plus. the survey they have a. british legislation to stop pulling out of the e.u. passes his first main hurdle in parliament. also this hour on scene and land al jazeera goes on a clandestine mission with one of the most elite units in the philippines military . south korea and japan have praised the u.n. security council and their decision to impose new sanctions on north korea the u.s. wanted tougher measures but they were eventually watered down diplomatic out as a james bays has more now from the united nations. this was the result the u.s. ambassador nikki haley wanted even though she had to weaken her resolution to get it a unanimous vote by the security council to punish north korea for its latest nuclear test today the security council has acte

the security council responded with the adoption of resolution 2087. in 2013, the council adopted resolution 2094 expanding sanctions to restrict financial, maritime, aviation and diplomatic activities. by 2016, north korea had conducted its fourth nuclear test and another space launch: they followed that with more missile launches. in response, the council adopted multiple resolutions expanding sanctions even targeting whole sectors of north korea's economy. finally this year the council got even more serious. first we adopted resolution 2356, designating high ranking north korean government officials and the mail tear's strategic rocket forces command for individual sanctions. after the regime's first two icbm launches which adopted resolution 2371, the strongest sanctions we have ever imposed on north korea. that resolution banned north korean exports of coal, iron and seafood and imposed several other measures that will significantly cut off the revenues needed to fund their nuclear program. why did i take the time to go through this history? to mak

security council resolution two three seven five years that. didn't take so long for all the parties to unanimously pass it it took only eleven days so it is a very quick response to the north korea's nuclear test compeer to the previous two years security council resolutions respectively taking fifty six days and eighty three days so you're in a state china and russia are kind of are anticipating that north korea is going to do another problem maybe another missile test and another nuclear test so they need to keep some bullets left of vailable both china and russia although they have signed up to these sanctions made the point that the only way to solve the situation is through diplomacy and through talks and yet north korea seems distinctly. an enthusiastic about the idea of sitting down and having those negotiations do you think that there is any way that north korea can be brought into the gauche eating table. while north korea has not officially and completely refused the idea of coming to the negotiation table the question for north kore

security council -- i would like to once again remind all the distinguished delegates of the unjust and unfair nature of the resolution adopted by the secret counsel against the dprk. councilhe security fabricated illegal and double standard resolutions which only dprkbit the launch of the -- as a sovereign right of every state and without taking issue with all other launching countries. second, the security council cooked up illegal and double standard resolutions which arbitrarily prohibit only the nuclear tests of the dprk, all the nuclear tests strictly belong to sovereign states since the provision of nuclear tests had not entered the force -- into force. there are countries that conducted many more nuclear tests. the security council th condemns the development of nuclear weapons by the dprk as a threat to international peace. the charter recognizes the rights of every state without calling into question the other countries that kept on developing nuclear weapons of various kinds. the reason these unjust and unfair resolutions continued to be adopted is that the permanent members

these are by far the strongest measures ever and post on north korea being united nations security council approves a new sanctions targeting north korea and its nuclear program. about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the search for survivors begins in the florida keys where officials fear a humanitarian crisis and the aftermath of hurricane. britain's parliament not only votes in favor of key legislation to start its brags it from the european union. britain and sweden to seek a u.n. meeting on the rohingya crisis a day after its human rights chief denounced me in modern. united nations security council has approved a new set of sanctions aimed at north korea's nuclear program the sanctions include a ban on all countries hiring north korean workers and importing textiles from the country to major sources of foreign currency but the u.s. has had to water down its draft resolution to win support from russia and china it had wanted to ban all oil and natural gas exports to north korea but it's had to settle for a reduction in fuel supplies the original draft included

security council. for the u.n. security council i think there is a chance if you do what i would call precision sanctions which is targeting the comfort and livelihood and enjoyment that the north korean leadership itself enjoys i think that might have an effect and we've seen other examples in history of that type of effect but absent that i think until you get china to make a really different decision and that might involve many more deployments of u.s. military assets in the region and south korean and japanese which need to be really upped in order to deal with this new military challenge of a nuclear i.c.b.m. sometime in the next few years until that happens i don't think china's going to move going to move when that happens i think the chinese army will go to the chinese president say this is way too much this makes tad look like a little pinprick how do you think china is actually going to react to all of this both russia and china we've heard very anxious that although they've signed the agreement on the sa

security council. north korea has trampled on the international society's strong desire for a peaceful solution it's reckless act is absolutely unacceptable we will request the security council to hold an emergency meeting. he's urging the international community to act as one against north korea and wants the u.n. security council to implement the latest sanctions against the country the u.s. secretary of state is calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea specifically he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches by taking direct actions of their own this is the second ballistic missile to cross japan in less than a month it comes within twenty four hours of north korea threatening to sink japan with nuclear weapons a threat japan takes seriously now that it believes north korea has the ability to miniaturize its nuclear weapons and place them on top of ballistic missiles like the one which crossed the country today craig leeson al-jazeera t

well it really does depend on how the members of the security council digest the comments from the national security advisor for me and maher in which he flatly denied that the military was engaged in ethnic cleansing and that he basically said that they're only interested in trying to protect the people of me and maher from what he called terrorist activity sometimes members of the security council do have the right to respond to other people's comments that was not done in this case today but i think it's safe to say barbara that person such as the u.s. ambassador nikki haley are going to be looking very much askance at what was put forward by the government of me and mar here's nikki haley speaking earlier during thursday's session. apologies rose we don't have that clip from nikki haley but just talk us through roughly what she said. basically she contradicted everything that said to the members of the security council she said that in her view the u.s. is view that there is ethnic cleansing going on that people are being subjected to horrors that they should not be subjected to things

security council. north korea has trampled on the international society's strong desire for a peaceful solution it's reckless act is absolutely unacceptable we will request the security council to hold an emergency meeting. he's urging the international community to act as one against north korea and wants the u.n. security council to implement the latest sanctions against the country the u.s. secretary of state is calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea specifically he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches by taking direct actions of their own this is the second ballistic missile to cross japan in less than a month it comes within twenty four hours of north korea threatening to sink japan with nuclear weapons a threat japan takes seriously now that it believes north korea has the ability to miniaturize its nuclear weapons and place them on top of ballistic missiles like the one which crossed the country today craig leeson al-jazeera t

security council and then as ever at these things we hear each of the security council members speak about their view of the way forward and certainly interesting not only to hear from the trumpet ministration and from their holy their representative but from two of the other most important players here who i think were concerned about the earlier tougher draft of this resolution and that is russia and china both countries feel that yes sorry actions are important but they are not going to solve this on their own and they would like there to be a fresh opening to north korea and fresh talks the trumpet ministration i think is not closing the door on that but it believes that there needs to be punishment of north korea the fact that it keeps defying the international community it's worth remarking on the fact that a few years ago when we used to see north korea carrying out a test you'd see the security council after some time coming up with a response with tougher sanctions and then north korea used to go quiet for months and months before something else would happen this year since

security council's decision to impose new sanctions on the north the u.s. wanted tougher measures but they were eventually watered down diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the united nations. this was the result the u.s. ambassador nikki haley wanted even though she had to weaken her resolution to get it a unanimous vote by the security council to punish north korea for its latest nuclear test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime china and russia may have voted for the resolution but both said it was only part of the solution the u.s. and south korea they said should stop military exercises and remove the fired missile defense system and there should be new talks new that so it's a big mistake to underestimate this russia china initiative it remains on the table at the security council and we will insist on it being considered you know as well that it's pretty clear that the u.s. had wanted to push through a much

the security council responded with the adoption of resolution 2087. llowing the third test the council adopted resolution 2094 expanding sanctions to restrict financial, maratime aviation and diplomatic activities. by 2016 north korea conducted it's 4th nuclear test and another space launch. they followed that with more missile launches. in response the council adopted multiple resolutions expanding sanctions even further. targeting whole sectors of north korea's economy. this year the council got more serious. resolution 2356 designating high ranking government officials and strategic rocket forces command for individual sanctions we adopted the strongest sanctions we have ever imposed on north korea. that banned exports of coal iron and seafood and imposed several other measures that will significantly cutoff the revenues needed to fund their nuclear program. why did i take the time to go through this history? to make this point. the united states security council has spoken with unusual unity and consistency on north korea. that's a good thing. alon

we returned today to renew our commitment to strengthening the role of the security council in maintaining international peace and security preventing conflicts. and supporting mediation efforts and endeavors. for the peaceful settlement of conflicts. we are also committed to supporting efforts to make the console more transparent. and promote the participation of small states and the work of the united nations and its bodies and we will strive for you and operationalize the international response to refugees and immigrant crises one. and other humanitarian crises arising from and conflicts. in the war. that worsened in recent years. while hoping that peace and security would prevail all over the world. thank you everyone read the piece mercy and blessings of god be upon you. you were just listening to points prime minister job . speaking at the united nations general assembly and he touched on the occupation in palestine and also had strong words for israel calling them and activities illegal he also said that the syria crisis cannot be resolved through military means and there needs to b

the members of the united nations a sec -- accept and carry out the decisions of the security council. if the security council is truly fair, they will not let other countries to be coursed into implementing resolutions. for thell be no need united states to bring its stooges like japan and south korea into this. we must contribute to resolutions to performing reform of the u.n. sc. -- unsc. dprk is ay of the history of struggle, persevering against the harshest sanctions in the world. we are only a few steps away from the final state of completion of the state new perforce. force.e nuclear would -- were to change its stance due to certainly they would come in your future when we all feel the damage against our peaceful economic development. and all the impositions imposed on the people by the heinous ac tions against our republic. committee organized to make a conference of study of total damages inflicted on our country by all kinds of sanctions. this committee will compile a physical and moral damages thesed upon the dprk by united states and its followers. when this pressure reach

security council of course the u.s. is one of the permanent members saying the permanent members were all in the new clear club and they wanted to protect their monopoly in the new clear he said they were acting illegally he said the permanent members members of the united nations weren't following the u.n. charter there were certainly some amazing lines in this. this speech that came from the north korean foreign minister the top diplomat from north korea one point in the same sentence he said that north korea was a responsible nuclear weapons state and then went on to say that he would carry out his country we carried a merciless preemptive action if there was any decapitation operation detected we have had a week of diplomacy at the u.n. with world leaders here nic there the idea of it is to try and tackle world challenges yet what we've seen with regard to north korea is a real ramping up of the situation that the rhetoric it's serious war of words now but also action taking place in terms of some recent development

requesting a un security council meeting on violence against range of muslims in. the un is describing the treatment in rakhine state as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. has weakened to a tropical storm as it made landfall in the u.s. mainland at least nine people have died in the u.s. and dozens more in the caribbean along its destructive path reports from tampa. the search for survivors begins in the florida keys where officials fear a humanitarian crisis and untold number of people defied evacuation orders ahead of him as a rival despite warnings that staying would be suicide. was lifted by the storm surge and carried across the highway one and positive about one hundred meters from where the ridge line came from as the florida death toll rises in other parts of the state have begun to clean up the storm a category four hurricane at its first u.s. landfall left a trail of destruction from miami to naples further to the north the city of tampa is breathing a huge sigh of relief the extent of irma's damage here some downed walls some trees and power lines n

and of the security council thomas friedman once said he would use the u.n. when it's in our interest and ignore it when it's not our interest use it as an amplifier of u.s. power and that's not of course the right way to use a but you need i think if you look at the conflicts we have today whether it be in syria libya north korea etc you need these super powers to come to the table and to have the veto power of in so that you don't have a world war so to speak but you don't have unilateral action unilateral intervention in conflicts not intervention in other states i think is still i think a sad. thank principal and it's not just the current administration it's prior demonstrations bear in mind who have violated that time and again douglas johnson in oxford i mean the reality is that some people around the world presidents and prime ministers i assume here they think they can act with impunity in their own country and get away with it of course and that in itself is a problem surely for the un because you then end up in a situation say such as we had in bosn

members of the security council call coffin of threats for global security the focus of today's security council meeting is an issue worldwide implications nuclear proliferation. at a time when stabbings crudely constructed bombs and trucks driven into crowds of innocent men women and children are often our enemies weapons of choice to attack us it is easy to become complacent and say the threat of nuclear attacks is a relic of the cold war the threat of a nuclear attack remains a grim reality those who would trigger such a horrific scenario pose a unique threat to the security of peace loving nations the challenge for each of us is how can we decrease the threat posed by nuclear weapons not just to our own people but people the world over today i want to put four points forward the first is to highlight the positive trajectories of nations that have voluntarily relinquish nuclear weapons the second is to emphasize the moral burden of possessing the nuclear weapons and the enormous responsibility that accompanies stewardship of such devastating weapons as well as the technologies nuclear

the american ambassador nikki haley has urged the un security council to ta ke has urged the un securityington palace announce the duke and duchess of cambridge are expecting their third child; the royal family say they are ‘delighted'. heading for ‘a perfect storm' — a senior police officer warns of the impact of staff cuts and rising crime on forces in england and wales. in sport, another busy night of world cup qualifiers. england will be captinaed byjordan henderson for tonight's world cup qualifier against slovakia. scotland will be hoping for an england victory to help their chances of qualification. the scots host malta while northern ireland could seal second place in their group tonight. u efa uefa have said they are not investigating manchester city over their financial fair play rolls, despite receiving a complaint from the spanish league. —— rules. i will have an update for you in 15 minutes. the northern ireland secretaryjames brokenshire has been given an update on the resumption of power—sharing talks at stormont. earlier today i spoke to all of the main political parties

security council resolution 221 thereby threatening not ensuring that threatening the security of those in the region as well as the united states itself so we have to consider the totality of iran's activities and not let our view be defined slowly by the nuclear agreement so continues to be under review. no sign up -- final decision has been made. with respect to the horrors that we are witnessing occurring in burma i think it is a defining moment in many ways for this newly emerging democracy although it is a power-sharing arrangement and we all clearly understand that. we appreciate the difficult and complex situation on samsung chief finds herself then it's important the gulf community speak out in support of what we all know the expectation is towards the treatment of people regardless of their ethnicity and that we, this violence must stop in this persecution must stop. spink characterized by many as ethnic cleansing. that must stop and we need to support aung san suu kyi and her leadership but also be very clear and unequivocal power-sharing in a government that this is unaccept

security council. every time there is a vote which is very serious which effects would be fined the bum and five members using the veto indiscriminately so one of the things that amnesty international is really pushing for is that in situations of crimes against humanity like in the case of the rohingya situation now that the bombing in five members should voluntarily not us that we don't because this is one of the additional fact anything to do this israel the u.s. we do is anything to do it then allies russia and china so this is a big part of the problem month here in doha what led to the division well i think it's part of the nature of the system but i'm still actually somewhat a proponent proponent of it if you think about it after the second world war the u.n. was in century set up to avoid a third world war if you want and so the three five major powers or maybe more and someday they need to have these veto powers i think to avoid that and i think of course it is true what our previous guests ha