this reflects the fact that have adopted ars largely consumerist approach to the security council. the council needs both the cover from iraq test tubes or the libyan no-fly zone. it's such a virtual entity test tube that you are placing before us right now. the reckless conduct of the u.s., and in an encroachment of of anal law, is unworthy permanent status of the un security council. it is unworthy for a permanent member of the united nations security council. this status is the highest degree of responsibility. and not the right to favor battle which is absent in international law. to plungeu seeking the middle east into such difficulties provoking one conflict after another. picking one state against another. benefit from a potential strike against syrian troops who bear the main burden and theying terrorism have achieved major victories in this regard. we understand fully well that the heads of the armed groups have received instruction to following a potential act of force. is the latest chaos truly being unleased for the sake of that? the pretext is that the alleged use of ch

secretary general who will be briefing the security council let's go to the council chamber. meeting. of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is. now threats to international peace and security the situation in the middle east. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule thirty seven of the council's provisional rules of procedure i invite the representative of the syrian arab republic to participate in this meeting it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i wish to warmly welcome of the secretary general his excellency mr. and i give him the floor. mr president excellences. the situation in the middle east is in kaos to such an extent it has become a strat to international peace and security the region is facing it through guardian not different fault lines crossing each other and creating a highly volatile situation with risks of escalation fragmentation and division as far as the eye can see with profound regional and global ramifications we see the multiplicity of divi

the security, council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. i call on the members of the council to unite an exercise that responsibility and urge all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances, and avoid any act that could escalate matters and orson the suffering of the syrian people -- and worsen the suffering of the syrian people. of notsed the need allowing the situation to spiral out of control. any use of chemical weapons is abhorrent. the suffering it causes is horrendous. i have expressed my deep disappointment that the security council failed to agree on a mechanism for accountability for the use of chemical weapons in syria. i urge the security council to resume its responsibilities and fill this gap and i will continue to engage with member states to help achieve these objectives. a lack of accountability emboldens those who use chemical weapons by providing them with the reassurance of impunity, and this weakens the views of international disarmament and non-electrician architecture as a whole. of the recents alleg

the security council carries the responsibility to act in responsible to peace and security. it is our joint responsibility for the prohibition of the use of chemical weapons and it is our common legal and moral duty to defend regimes we have established and confirmed. through broadn international consensus in that regard we welcome the deployment syria andw mission to look forward to their findings. that therettable council was unable to come together and agree in a timely unified response to the repeated use of chemical weapons in syria. this weekthat russia again blocked the council from setting up a impartial mechanism . this has contributed to the situation in which we find ourselves right now. the use of chemical weapons is a serious violation of international law. prevention is the concern of the entire international community. call forthe rage and these weapons in syria, it is necessary to rid syria of chemical weapons once and for all and to all those responsible accountable. the secretary-general in his statement yesterday, the obligation when dealing with matters o

would refer back to the security council of the security council would then take a decision and vote on it a divided security council very difficult for the council to agree on attribute responsibility in this type of case so this is the important difference between the body that the u.s. is proposing in this coming resolution and the existing functions of the united nations and international protocols for controlling the use of chemical weapons all of that being said we are very likely to get a russian veto in this vote as there has been on numerous votes on syria in the past in fact if russia does veto this resolution it would be the twelfth such veto by russia since the war began in syria just to be absolutely clear about this without. i have two resolutions being voted on today one from the u.s. one from russia and the key difference between them is whether any forthcoming inquiry ascribes responsibility for what took place in duma. well complicated even further for him marry him and there might actually be three solutions voted on today we've got the u.s. resolution russia has i

charter is very clear on these issues which the president the security council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security i call on the members of the school the council to unite and exercise that responsibility. and i urge all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate matters and worsening the suffering of the syrian people as i did yesterday i stressed the need to avoid the situation from spiraling out of control the suppressants any use of chemical weapons is a bore and the suffering it causes is already. i have repeatedly expressed my deep disappointment that the security council failed to agree on a dedicated mechanism for effective accountability for the use of chemical weapons in syria i urge the security council to assume its responsibilities and fill this gap and i will continue to engage with member states to help achieve these objectives a lack of accountability emboldens those who use such weapons by providing them with the reassurance of impunity and this in turn further weakens

military is for to be approved according to the security council. resolution for sure just as well use the word complexities it shows the complexity is what they're going to because it's going to be everyone who's challenging it all that. you know we know when we can begin a wall but we don't know when he is going to and i was going to develop so you have the u.n. security united nations secretary general also hinted that the security council should have been asked first but abstained from open criticism of the united states and its allies you worked for the united nations for a while does it bother you that a united nations security council is kind of be sidelined not asked not refer to. well it's express on time you know during the strongest controlling good spot of it because this is the will of the members of the security council thank god sometimes it can be balanced by. some principles inside the security council but for shorter you know what facing one of the worst guys is not going to find a way i don't know how it's going to happen is it th

issues they have to go through the security council any issues of importance in the security area and therefore you have the you have the potential for if then he went on the five great powers disagrees this case russia and china disagree with the rest of them and therefore action is the problem is i think in this case if you don't investigate it there's probably going to be in it some sort of attack from the western countries that at least britain u.s. and that france would. so the as we understand the o.p.c. to the members they are going to go in they are going to investigate do you think washington will hold off because they must know if they just hold tight for if for whatever a few days maybe a week it and how long this investigation will take they will be better informed surely at that point than they are now but will will be us hold off. well there i don't know that's. we don't know that because trump is very impulsive and that sort of thing and now we the united states tends to rush things like this especially if that's what they want well that's what the government wants to d

mr president, the members of the security council, recent developments carry more than ever before thewarned about re ce ntly secretary general has warned about recently at the munich security conference. speaking of middle east quote unquote different lines that are completely crossing each other and it appeared connected. on conflicting interest of regional powers and informed of escalation that can have absolutely devastating consequences that is difficult for us consequences that is difficult for us to even imagine. the council cannot allow a situation of uncontrollable escalation to develop in syria on any front. instead, it must find unity and address the complete threats to international peace and security in syria today. thank you, mr president and sorry to have been short but focusing on one specific concern, the threats to international security led to what we have seen now in syria and on the danger of repetition of the alleged chemical weapons attacks. next time, i will be able to give you a briefing on humanitarian issues and other aspects about the political process which

security council and in fact they've said that. the russians calling emergency meeting of the council as early as later today they've also addressed something that france had to say while justifying its produce a patient in the strikes france had said that basically it had intelligence information that since two thousand and thirteen the syrian government were pursuing the secret chemical weapons program despite the your p c w n twenty sixteen vouching that the stockpile had been destroyed something in a process overseen by russia and the un as well as a however the spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry she said that basically if france knew that all along four years why hold back the information why come forward with it only now so many years later for donald trump in his first tweet after the attack he thanked u.s. allies and said the results couldn't have been better he called the strikes perfectly executed despite syrian and russian military saying that most of the missiles have been intercepted by defense systems. well t

security council do anything. well yes can it focus world attention the the our youth of the whole world are on this. earth mentioned if. by some miracle. the resolution is passed providing for the investigation then the power of the united nations will be demonstrated because that will act as a brake on any. u.s. action with regard actually to the realities of what happened i'm personally convinced that what happened with a fake flag operation that there was no attack quite with the image of that with being now would be thought to fabricate. ludicrous that we should be on the point of armageddon. image you which to form of certainly been concocted. many thanks peter always appreciate your time and your forthright opinions peter ford my guest former you can blast the two syria and bahrain. so hungry now are the prime minister celebrating a massive general election victory his ruling coalition secured a two thirds majority in parliament with a record turnout more seventy percent addressing supporters viktor orban s

chemical weapons instead we should be condemning the country that unilaterally has stopped the security council from up holding this principle who is it on the council that most exhibits unilateralism when it comes to chemical weapons it is russia alone that has stopped at nothing to defend the syrian regime's multiple uses of chemical weapons it is russia alone that killed the joint investigative mechanism which allowed the world to ensure accountability for chemical weapons use in syria it is russia alone that used its veto six times to prevent the condemnation of assad's use of chemical weapons it is russia alone that used its veto twelve times to protect the assad regime and to make matters worse it is russia alone that had agreed to be the guarantor of the removal of all chemical weapons in syria if russia have lived up to its commitment there would be no chemical weapons in syria and we would not be here today that is the russian record of unilateralism it is a record that has led to the trashing of all international standards against the use of chemical weapons. this meeting should not b

security council resolution against the syrian regime and so the u.s.e and britain veto this resolution. the u.n. security council have not been able to act, it is a forum for people to kind of gripe at one another and nothing stops. i think you will hear nikki haley talks about the horrible situation and why the international community felt it would need to act. there will be a lot of hand ringing and name calling. i don't think you will see any type of new strategies. the u.n. council will be tactlkg about what's next and speaking to diplomat there is a real general way genuine desire to start a real process to end this civil war and to that supporting the u.n. envoy, there is a lot of talk of the so-called geneva process but it has for years have not gone anywhere. how do you end this? even if these strikes end and chemical weapons, we don't think they will. the syrians have plenty of ways to attack their sif ycivilians. >> ambassador nikki haley is speaking right now. this is our fifth council meeting in the past week to address the situation in syr

this is our fifth security council in the past week to address the situation in syria. a week has gone by in which we have talked about the victims in duma. we have talked about the assad regime and its patrons, russia and ironic -- and iran. the time for talk ended last night. here today because three permanent members of the united nations security council acted. the united kingdom, france, and the united states acted. not as revenge, not as punishment, not as a symbolic show of force. deter the future use holdingcal weapons by the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. a russian see that disinformation campaign is in full force this morning. russia's desperate attempts at deflection cannot change the facts. a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april 7. there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability. the pictures of dead children were not fake news. they were the result of the syrian regimes are correct inhumanity and the result of the failure torussia's live up to their int

, you need to get the majority of the security council.ccasion. there seems to be some stumbling in syria, this isa to be some stumbling in syria, this is a reflection of what is going on in the ground. how far do you think that the british decision was motivated by what happened in salisbury, the british city where the former russian agent and his daughter were poisoned, the skripals. the statement referred to norms of behaviour. that is part of it, although not thejustification for taking action against the syrian regime. there is a concern that the norms around the use of chemical weapons is diluting and it was important for the western allies that they will not stand back and ignore this. it is a factor in the british decision but i don't think they will actually link action of this site. the war of words preceding last night's action was very u nfortu nate preceding last night's action was very unfortunate and one would hope for in the next few days is a tempering of the rhetoric on both sides, going back to the question about the un

security council both sides called for new inquiries to be set up by the u.s. plan to assign blame for the attacks was rejected by moscow. the crisis in the g.c.c. and security issues dominated the meeting between the emir of qatar check to mean bin how mental funny and us president donald trump at the white house trump says he's working stream you well with cattle. facebook founder and chief executive mark zuckerberg has finished nearly five hours of testimony before members of congress he said he was sorry about the privacy data breach at the social media giant. admits the way facebook connects with other apps was designed in not a good way. on our top story the resolution on chemical attacks in syria that failed to go through at the u.n. robert ford is a former u.s. ambassador to syria he joins us by skype from greenville in the state of maine very good to see you what's going on here at the u.n. security council is it about the u.s. and russia scoring points or syria. certainly some amount of point scoring doing the united states and russia you can see that

in most security council sessions.e is knowledged that her administration -- she acknowledged that her administration does not give the security council any weight. it does not respect the principles of international law. let us test the credibility of what she presented. referringhat i am not to the american administration as the american regime because it is shameful. we cannot do this in the united nations. so, let us test the credibility of what she presented. she said this security council must act to achieve justice in syria. ok, then. is her administration should allow the disclosure of com results of the uns -- they investigated the presence of the bmd in iraq for 18 years. this commission was headed by a swede. this commission did not find anything after 18 years of examination. weaponsot find chemical . nevertheless, in 2008, towards the end, the security council in a closed meeting decided to end the work of this commission. bury the archives of this commission in iron boxes and only the secretary-general kn

quality all of its own russia's actions today are a step against the rules in all thirty of the security council and the wind to united nations they are a step against international peace and security and nonproliferation and they are a step against humanity thank you. for. the representative of the united kingdom for a statement and i'll give the floor to the representative of china. mr president in hong goldman one china's high leaders in the concerned over reports that say use of all and go weapons have cost of wm death and casualties in syria and you knew who we firmly opposed to use of chemical weapons like any country organization or individual under any circumstances what does house being what the clear and consistent position of china one china supports the carrying out of a comprehensive in. who objective and impartial investigation into the use of chemical weapons. would who in syria so as to achieve a result that are based on substantial evidence and cannot pass the litmus test of history in truth bringing the perpetrators here and the parties responsible for the use of chemical weapo

the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. mr. staffanloor to de mistura. mr. de mistura: this meeting of i'msecurity council -- sorry. i'm hearing my own interpretation here. ok now? could i start again, then? thank you. the of urgency meeting of the security council underscores the gravity of events in recent days and syria. and, the severe consequences force of billions. it takes place in a moment of increased international tensions, drawing in national, regional, international actors into dangerous situations of potential or actual confrontation. securityimportant council session, mr. president. there is an urgent need for this counsel to find a way to address the situation with unity and purpose. how did we reach this point? such devastating violence in half of eastern ghouda that has resulted in at least 1000 people killed and injured in opposition - controlled areas. in governmentled controlled areas. 100mately, the migration of 35 thousand people, including migrants, family members, and other civilians. there was a fragile

you undermined the authority of the security council. asa authority of the security council.he use of chemical weapons in the syrian city of douma. representatives of russia, after an inspection by our experts, stated no such incident took place. furthermore, people took pa rt took place. furthermore, people took part in this staging and, in fact, the organisers of that staging were foreign intelligence services. the syrian authorities immediately invited experts from the 0rganisation invited experts from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons to conduct field mission to douma to establish the fa cts . mission to douma to establish the facts. these formalities were resolved and guarantees of security we re resolved and guarantees of security were provided. at that time strikes we re were provided. at that time strikes were conducted experts were already in syria and getting ready to begin the work. i want to recall the members of the security council and eve ryo ne members of the security council and everyone else on the 10th of april, when a draft resolutio

the security council has met 113 at times since the syrian war started.r want of international diplomatic effort that we find ourselves in this position today. after a pattern of chemical weapons use since the outbreak of the conflict, assad divide the international community in 2013 by launching a sarin gas attack on eastern ghouta, leaving more than 800 people dead. despite the option of resolution 2118 and four years a patient engagement, syria continues to use chemical weapons against its people and has failed to and is a long list of serious questions. the only conclusion we can reach a syria had not declared or destroyed all of its chemical weapons, despite its obligations under the chemical weapons convention. this is not an assertion on our part, but a matter of record, and i draw the russian ambassador's attention to his points. the 0pcw‘s unanswered questions and discrepancies. he knows this, we all know this, the council was briefed by the 0pcw director—general. resolution 2118 decides in the event of noncompliance to impose measures under chap

well not within her speech in the assembly to in the security council today however in the security council yesterday she said similar speech to what she done but at the end she said that the united states is going to act regardless of whether the security council passes a resolution or not she made very clear that some kind of action was being contemplated by the u.s. unilateral action we've also seen intense discussions with some of the other security council and eyes of the u.s. that britain france and they have been intense and as conversations going on around various parts of the security council chamber so there is a possibility of some kind of unilateral action by the u.s. not just the u.s. perhaps including some of its allies but one must remember as well that this is precisely the argument given by the russian ambassador in opposing the u.s. led resolution saying that it was in effect means to an end to track the veto and then to use as an excuse to carry out some kind of military operation so as with all things in the u.n. security council particularly when the parties are so divi

is military should be approved according to the security council. resolution for sure and this is why i use the word complexities it shows the complexity is what they're going to because it's going to be everyone is challenging the other. you know we know when we can begin a wall but we don't know when he is going to and always are going to develop so yeah the u.n. security united nations secretary general also hinted that the security council should have been asked first but abstained from open criticism of the united states and its allies you worked for the united nations for a while does it bother you that a. united nations security council is kind of being sidelined not asked not refer to. well it's express on time you know the will of the strongest controlling it's part of it because this is the will of the members of the security council thank god sometimes it can be balanced by. some principles inside the security council but for shorter you know what facing one of the worst guys is not going to get it to find a way i don't know how it's goin

before getting vetoed by one of the permanent members but certainly there is an error in the security council that this is the end of this particular interlude already talk about what the council can do in days to come to forge some sense of unity given these weeks of massive division certainly there is an element of looking ahead now that these strikes perhaps may have concluded for the time being thanks very much for me either nation's mike hanna or there was a briefing earlier on the pentagon saying that the military strikes successfully hit every target and were aimed to deliver an an ambiguous signal to president bashar as. you know powerful sure elad unity we deployed one hundred five weapons against three targets. that will significantly impact the syrian regime's ability to develop deploy and use chemical weapons in the future the precision strike was executed with france in the u.k. demonstrating our unquestionable was off i'd like to close by noting that since the strike we have not seen any military response from actors within syria and we remain postured to protect our forces and

security council meets to discuss the strikes. but neither president assad supporters put on a show of defiance in damascus while state t.v. shows him walking calmly into work. and tens of thousands cheer and cry as they bid farewell to winnie muddy mandela at a state funeral in so wet. u.s. president donald trump has praised american british and french missile strikes against the syrian government as perfectly executed and mission accomplished it's the most significant attack against president bashar assad and the first coordinated retaliation the last saturday suspected chemical attack on duma washington and its closest allies launched more than one hundred missiles targeting a scientific research facility in damascus and to chemical weapons storage facilities in their homes one that was also a military command center syria says it shot down thirteen incoming missiles over damascus while its ally russia says syrian forces intercepted seventy one cruise missiles throughout the country the strikes are currently being discussed yet

security council where the mechanic the syrian ambassador and you're from jeffrey is pressing the security council on this special session to be. addressing the tension especially in syria let's get over to michaela has been listening in obviously we're getting. a defensive posture of the syrian ambassador and also a bit of a history lesson but he seems to be goading the comments made by the swedish ambassador and certainly the american want to. indeed yes we've heard this before from the syrian ambassador being speaking here in this meeting by special dispensation a rule which does a lot concern nations to take their place in the security council when such discussions are happening and certainly very contentious note from the ambassador as you say goading the u.s. and its allies sweden in particular at this particular point this is once again something that we have seen repeatedly within the council as we've seen in the course of the session today very much a reflection of what's been happening for chile day after day for the past week this is the fourth special session on syria that has

it is in clear violation of various security council resolutions including 2401. i want to plead with the syrians authorities to live up to their council resolutions. we asked for the meeting today because over the weekend we were yet again faced with horrifying allegations of chemical weapon attacks in syria. this time, in douma, just outside of damascus. there are worrying reports of a large number of civilian casualties including women and children. the graphic material shared is beyond repugnant. we are alarmed by these allegations and there must be an immediate, independent, and thorough investigation. mr. president, let me repeat sweden support of all international efforts to block the use of chemical weapons. we unequivocally condemn in the strongest terms the use of chemical weapons including in syria. this is a serious violation of international law. it constitutes a threat to peace and security. the use in armed conflict is amounts toibited and war crimes. those responsible must be held accountable. we cannot accept impunity. addressing the use of chemica

security council is holding an emergency meeting after the u.s. the united kingdom and france launched air strikes on syria russia called the meeting its condemning attacks and demanded no further strikes will be launched but the u.s. says it's ready to strike again if further chemical weapon attacks take place in syria. you're watching news live from berlin i'm abbie and more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at c.w. dot com thanks for watching. or to try. to go. to to. try to get to. the bottom. of. the. society. of the. society. the society. of the. society. from the chill of dallas are indeed. to wildfire komisar. me come is on taking public schooled by still to come and be stylish new child star a steel. tumbling voices maybe a bad beat and now the puppets want. to. be in good shape so wondrous healing effects of the brain in many controllers we call to see walk and medication that doesn't contain any active ingredients especially in pain treatment

security council set for 11 a.m. eastern time and we are also on top of a closed door nato meeting going on as we speak in brussels on those air strikes. we'll be getting a live nato briefing from that when it lets up, to kevin cork with the latest from the white house right now hi, kevin. reporter: hi my friend, listen this is very interesting times not just with this white house, but more broadly for u.s. foreign policy, as not just the u.s. and its allies but the world against us, neil with one voice, which is you can not let a madman continue to use chemical weapons to hurt his own people and that is what the president has basically said about those targeted strikes. let me take you to twitter his favorite social media platform he said it perfectly executed strike last night thank you to france and the united kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine military. he goes on to say this, could not have had a better result, mission accomplished. of course last night the president said the coalition had mars

benefits all of us the civilized world owes them that thinks in the weeks and months to come the security council should take time to reflect on its role in defending the international role of all the security count. has failed in its duty to hold those who use chemical weapons to account for that failure is largely due to russian obstruction we call on russia to take a hard look at the company it keeps and live up to its responsibilities as a permanent member of the council and defend the actual principles the united nations was meant to provide for a moment last night we successfully hit the heart of syria's chemical weapons enterprise and because of these actions we are confident we have crippled syria's chemical weapons program we are prepared we are prepared to sustain this pressure if the syrian regime is fullish enough to test our will thank you. letter i call i want to thank you representative of the united states for your statement and i now give the floor to the representative of the united kingdom thank you mr president mr president these are uncertain times and today we deal with exce

said that history will record this moment when we either lived up to our responsibility as a security council or showed our complete failure to protect the syrian people today we have our answer the record will not be kind to one permanent member of this council unfortunately russia has chosen the assad regime again over the unity of this council we have said it before that russia will stop at nothing to shield the assad regime. so nikki haley that really she's pointing the finger at russia although i think it was bolivia also voted against the china abstain so she's insulting several of her u.n. colleagues is that a wise move is that the act of a deployment well you know there are certain circles and there are certain factions who find the u.n. to be a complete and total waste of time and there are certain aspects certain circles in this country certain thirteen groups who applaud anybody who says that the u.n. has and i would be less than candid if i would tell you that personally i've agreed with everything the u.n. has ever done and every search in every circumstance however i think the c

and constitute a very serious violation of international law oh chemical weapons convention security council resolution twenty one eighteen preventing impunity and any further use of chemical weapons and upholding international law must be an utmost priority of all members of this council third i have to say that very flow lee because that is the first time during my presentation over four years of my own briefings that i've reached a point in which i am expressing a concern about international security not only regional or national or a syrian security is the president members of the security council. resent development carry more than ever before the danger of the sacred general warned about recently at the munich security conference he spoke of middle east of quote unquote different fault lines that are completely crossing each other and interconnected of conflicting interests they are both global and regional power us informed of escalation that can have absolutely devastating consequences that is difficult for us to even imagine. they can still cannot allow a situation of uncontrollable

interested equally as interested as we are in such cooperation ultimately as permanent members of the security council we bear the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security base through the relevant channels we already convey to the u.s. armed force under mendacious pretext against syria where at the request of the legitimate government of a country russian troops have been deployed could lead to grave repercussions we call upon western politicians to scale down their hawkish rhetoric to meaningfully consider possible repercussions and to seize the reckless spill over of threats to global security what a military misadventures of the west to bring about are well known to us if we consider the examples of yugoslavia iraq and libya and nobody has a vested with the power to act as act as john d'armes as a policeman of the world at the same time to act both as investigators proxy raters judges and executioners. we call for you return to the legal fold to comply with the u.n. charter and to jointly tackle problems that arise rather than attempting at each step to advance y

security council security council meeting continues with the main topic of discussion being syria. following the liberation of duma from fighters. russian specialists were sent their specialist on radiological chemical and biological protection to collect evidence and information they took soil samples which they which show the lack of nerve agent and chlorine containing substances that locals were or were were interviewed about the sation of resistance to the fighters. not a single local resident confirmed the chemical attack having taken place the bodies of the dead as a result of contamination were not found. medical personnel and residents. have no information about their potential areas there by the use of sour and chlorine is not confirmed. or u.s. correspond caleb moore has been following events he's based in new york for a scaly pretty strong stuff there from the russian representative who saying no chemicals no victims no witnesses what else has been said. well the meeting was called and as the meeting was convened in the u.n. security council chamber we heard some extensi

believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case and believe me as members of the security council has a responsibility to represent to the whole the whole or membership of the cancer the one hundred ninety three countries those fifteen members in the council represent the why the membership the first. responsibility that we have is to upheld the purposes and the principles of the united nations charter and any you did unilateral action goes against those purposes and principles such are laurenti bolivia's ambassador to the united nations thank you. international criminal weapons watchdog has but britain's findings regarding the type of nerve agent used against. you go for an office in turn has seized on the o.p.c. w.'s report clearly at least no doubt that the russian state was behind the attack given the purity of the substance this is the organization of self is not a position to apportion blame as police reports next. but it's said that it's team can confirm the findings of the u.k. relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in seoul sprit the summary doesn't

security council it's a moment of tension and all eyes are on the u.n. security council at this very important meeting by the russian federation. show you've got more to tell us about it later as we get more details in where we're watching of most of what was said there live as well thanks for the update systems of the moment nothing's really changed but it looks like the tensions are rushing up britain has been quick to point the finger at russia but has been left slightly red faced to call soft some of the claims that beginning to unravel the u.k. representative is trying to counter all that. takes up the story. it's a right old kid on drugs on the one hand you skip the trial screamed guilty and jump to the punishment part on the other your own guys come out and say hold on there's no evidence and i was his by were living experts at the defense science and technology laboratory at porton down made clear that this was a military grade nobby choke nerve agent produced in russia we have not verified the precise source you have not been able to establish t

security council to do on this matter. well the security council is still continuing its in consultations at the moment russia wanted to bring a second proposal basically backing the fact finding mission off the o.p.c. w sweden objected to saying it does not want this brought to the vote so members are now cloistered in a procedural session some members trying to persuade russia not to bring this to the vote a number of members absolutely insistent that there is no need for such a resolution as the fact finding mission of the o.p.c. w. is already beginning its work it doesn't need any resolution to allow it to go forward so here you have wrangling continuing even on procedural issues within the council where does it go in terms of finding some kind of body that can examine chemical attacks and that can apportion accountability well that question is completely unclear what is clear though is that the security council as president constituted is incapable because of the political divisions within it of actually pushing throu

security council and in fact they've said that. the russians calling emergency meeting of the council as early as later today they've also addressed something that france had to say world justifying its pretty is a patient in the strikes france had said that basically it had intelligence information that since twenty thirteen the syrian government were pursuing the secret chemical weapons program despite the your p c w n twenty sixteen vouching that the stockpile had been destroyed something in a process overseen by russia and the un as well as a however the spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry she said that basically if france knew that all along for years why hold back the information why come forward with it only now so many years later. eventually o.p.c. w last hour confirming it's going to go ahead with that mission in doom and we can talk now to a former senior official at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to travel into r.t. first ask you about what corresponded was mentioning that the french d

wait to see us next and take it from there kitty logan in london thank you the united nations security council is set to hold an emergency session on the syria strikes in about an hour from now following a request from russia and a statement released by the kremlin russian president vladimir putin slammed the coalition strikes as an act of aggression i would worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in syria and he repeated the russian position that last saturday's a legit gas attack in duma was a fake for reaction from moscow we go to alec lewin he's a correspondent for the british newspaper the guardian can you tell us more about what wasc out has been saying in response to these strikes. well there's that a lot of different statements coming out of moscow but of course the words that everybody is is looking at the most are putin's remarks he released a statement very early today. surprisingly early for him he usually waits a while to see how the situ is calling immerses session of the security council on the other hand he didn't say anything about retaliation and his his words really seem to be m

chemical weapons convention security council resolution, 2118. e of chemical weapons and upholding international law must be in at utmost priority of all members of this council. and the russian envoy to the united nations, speaking a little earlier, called the members of the international watchdog on chemical weapons to go into syria to investigate that alleged attack which the russians say did not happen. they called it fa ke say did not happen. they called it fake news. two presented the case that the rebels staged the attack for their own ends. translation: above all in washington, and those blindly following it, in london and paris. there was a deliberate policy undertaken to stoke international tensions. the leadership of the united states of the united kingdom, and france, without justification, and france, without justification, and without considering the consequences, have engaged in a confrontational policy against russia and syria, and they are prompting others to follow suit. a broad arsenal of methods is being leveraged to slander, i

security council meets to discuss the spiraling diplomatic crisis caused by the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. . this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a german court allows consular only as former president carlos pushed him on out on bail and so they decide on extraditing him to spain meanwhile brazil's wildly popular acts president lula is tell he must go behind bars over a corruption conviction. and zimbabwe's a money maker is put under the spotlight after human rights campaigners say the tobacco industry is rife with abuse. the un security council is meeting to discuss the fallout from the poisoning of the former russian spy service cripple and his daughter the session has been called by russia which is seeking to undermine britain's case that moscow was responsible for last month's attack in salisbury eunice cripples health has improved rapidly but her father remains in intensive care lawrence lee reports. first the good news scriptural is on the mend the police in london issued a statement from her in which she said i woke up over a week ago now and i

security council. it was nestle one of the. following the liberation of duma from rebel fighters russian specialists were sent there specialists and radiological chemical and biological protection to collect evidence and information they took soil samples which show the lack of nerve agent and chlorine containing substances in interviews not a single local resident confirmed the chemical attack having taken place bodies of people killed by chemical agents have not been found and medical personnel and residents have no information about their potential burial areas therefore the use of sarin and chlorine has not been confirmed. caleb maupin has the details of the meeting as the fifteen member body convened and we had a meeting of the u.n. security council we heard first from the representative of the russian federation now when bezzina spoke he just kind of broke down how the facts just aren't there about this alleged chemical attack in duma he talked about how traces of the chemical they just didn't seem to be there furthermore

security council. chemical weapons didn't produce the most casualties and more a war won but they were the most feared in world war two chemical weapons were employed on an industrial scale against civilians resulting in the worst genocide in human history which we recall just yesterday on holocaust remembrance day. now from there we did hear from the people's republic of china and china emphasized that syria's territorial integrity and its sovereignty must be protected and we did hear from the syrian arab republic under u.n. rules if there's a u.n. security council relating to your country even if you're not a member of the fifteen member body of the u.n. security council you're allowed to address the meeting and the syrian arab republic addressed the meeting saying that they have always opposed the use of chemical weapons that they did not carry out this attack and then they went on to basically accuse the united states of hypocrisy and go over the use of chemical weapons by the united states in viet

military is for to be approved according to the security council. resolution for sure and just as well use the word complexities it shows the complexity is what they're going to because it's going to be everyone is challenging the other. you know we know when we can begin a wall but we don't know when he is going to and i was going to develop so yeah the un security united nations secretary-general also hinted that the security council should have been asked first but abstained from open criticism of the united states and its allies you worked for the united nations for a while does it bother you that a. united nations security council is kind of being sidelined not asked not refer to. well it's express sometime you know the will of the strongest controlling could spot authority because this is the will of the members of the security council thank god sometimes it can be balanced by. some principles inside the security council but for shorter you know what facing one of the worst guys is now we're not going to get it to find a way i don't know how i

security council meeting has been ongoing now let's listen first to what the u.s. ambassador had to say we're here today because three permanent members of the united nations security council acted the united kingdom france and the united states acted not as revenge not as punishment not as a symbolic show of force we acted to deter the future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. alexandra it's a move to deter further use of chemical weapons but the u.s. is saying that it's ready to act again isn't it. yes you're right ambassador hailey was really clear about that she said that after talking to presidents trump she can only stress that the you asked as locked and loaded to strike again if the syrian government uses chemical weapons again and she also added that if this administration draws a red line that it's that it forces the red line so it was a very clear message experts say however that the risk is that the us could end up in a cycle of escalation that untangles the american forces more deeply i

security council team investigating me and marse treatment of its were hensher minority has met with the country's leader aung san suu kyi and its military chief the army launched counter insurgency sweeps on range of villages last august after attacks on security personnel as a result around seven hundred thousand people fled to neighboring bangladesh where they've been living in makeshift shelters on the way to me in march the security council team visited a refugee camp. tears flowed freely as rwanda refugees shared stories of rape and murder speaking to members of the un security council they told of how they were forced to flee their homes in myanmar following a violent military crackdown last august. i think it shows that a little shouting hey i got you i'm sure i assisted you counsel to find some way to do that enable people to go. in their first ever visit to the camps the un security council members observe the living conditions of the displaced muslim minority group some seven hundred thousand have fled myanmar in the past year most of them live in this dusty camp in cox ba

security council meeting will be beginning and at this u.n. security council meeting there will be two resolutions regarding the o.p.c. w. investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria now the first resolution that will be put forward comes from the united states from russia the first resolution put forward does come from russia and this will require mandatory on site visits so they must visit the site where the alleged attack took place and it requires not assigning blame that will be the focus of the o.p.c. debby's work but rather it will be giving conclusions in an overall assessment of what took place to the council now the u.s. resolution that's been put forward it calls for identifying the perpetrators and it says the. visiting the site should only be done if it's justified but it's not exactly clear what that means justify but they're not they're not saying that it be mandatory that the weapons inspectors and chemical experts actually visit the sites where this alleged attack took place now we also understand at the upcoming m

security council. chemical weapons didn't produce the most casualties in world war one but they were the most feared in world war two chemical weapons were employed on an industrial scale against civilians resulting in the worst genocide in human history which we recalled just yesterday on holocaust remembrance day now it's important to note that following russia and the united states we also heard from the representative of the people's republic of china and china urged the world to respect syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty as a country now at this point the meeting is continuing various countries are speaking of the syrian government is expected to speak as u.n. rules allow them to speak as you know potential resolutions on the topic of the meeting is in relation to syria so all eyes are on the security council people are wondering what will happen next as so many questions continue to be raised about the allegations related to chemical weapons in the city of duma ok we'll let you get bac

military should be approved according to the security council. resolution for sure and just as well use the word complexities it shows the complexity is what they're going to because it's going to be everyone is challenging the. you know we know when we can begin a wall but we don't know when he is going to and i was going to develop so you have the u.n. security united nations secretary general also hinted that the security council should have been asked first but abstained from open criticism of the united states and its allies you worked for the united nations for a while does it bother you that a. united nations security council is kind of being sidelined not asked not refer to. well it's express on time you know the will of the strongest the controlling it's part of it because this is the will of the members of the security council thank god sometimes it can be balanced by. some principles inside the security council but for shorter you know what facing one of the worst guys is not going to get it to find a way i don't know how it's going to