security council meets or a briefing on yemen. the u.s., china and others remember the legacy of jimmy carter who passed away one day before the meeting convened. >> i should like to pay tribute to james earl carter, the 39th president of the united states of america, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. president carter was a peacemaker who worked tirelessly and effectively in support of conflict mediation, the furtherance of human rights, and the strengthening of democracy. while he was in office and during his many years of service thereafter. the members of the security council convey their deepest sympathy to president carter's family and the government and people of the united states. i would ask all in the chamber now to rise and join in a minute of silence in memory of president jimmy carter. i thank you. the provisional agenda for this meeting is threats to international peace and security. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the councils provisional rules and procedure, i invite the representativ

[indiscernible conversations] >> the 9840th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda of this meeting is the situation in the middle east. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rules 37 of the council's rules of procedure i invite representatives of israel, lebanon, and the syrian republic to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rules 39 of the council's procedural rules of procedure, i invite the following to participate in this meeting. the secretary-general for peace operation. and the major general, head of mission and chief of staff of the united nations organization. it is so decided. security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. i now give the floor. >> members of the security council, i think you for the opportunity. i will commence with the brief and after this briefing i believe the general will brief. mr. president, as i brief you earlier this week on january 13 the hostilities between lebanon and israel, while fragile continues to hold. the ongoing visit to lebanon of the un

the security council when i began concentration of item two of the agenda. i know you the floor to mr. philip meza rainy, you have the floor sir. >> mr. president and members of the council, 90s ago, the long-awaited cease-fire in gaza begin and we are — by the return of the hostages and prisons versus to the families and we are encouraged by mass improvement in the interim made in the incorporating conditions. we hope the cease-fire will —-dash in tremendous in their allowed to ensue presence in gaza with certain personnel and 300 premises. in the agency is ready for supporting the tradition under cease-fire and yet in today's, our operations the occupied would be critical as the past but he is really and takes in effect in a fake meat of this palestinians and cease-fire solutions, the brings lasting peace. mr. president, in the wake of the cease-fire, we must contend with it station of the blessing result in the enormity of the challenges ahead. in the peer-reviewed study of this traumatic injury in gaza reveals that the mortality figures provide by the min

security council resolutions.like you, i met with the hostage families. many of them. i commend president trump and special middle east envoy steve witkoff for their role. it is essential they achieve its full implementation. i would like to discuss your views about what people refer to as the day after in gaza and beyond. president trump has an opportunity to bring some light at the end of a very dark tunnel we find ourselves in. the latest chapter being the horrific hamas attacks october 7. the president's he was to bring long-term peace and security to the region. clearly hamas can have no role in the future. long-term peace must include security, self-determination, and dignity for israelis and palestinians alike. when we talk to my office, you agreed we should stand up and protect universal human rights and human rights and self-determination for all people, including both israelis and palestinians. i would just like to hear you today say that is your view. rep. stefanik: to put that view in the context of th

the un security council does need reform. there have been books written about this sort of in millions of gigabytes put on the, into the about this very same topic. but ultimately, the 5 permanent members don't want any change because the system works for them. once again, it's in the quality that's driving decision making. what are your thoughts on that? what is that sustainable? like like any? yes, like any power structure that can only be reformed through one of 2 ways. either by the initiative or with the consent of those holding power within the system. and in the case of the security council up, we know that that's simply never going to happen. or by effective challenges to that system and that i think we, we have seen and it's been very clear and very successful in the united states is illegal. 2003, occupation invasion and occupation and ultimately destruction of the rock was icing by, by the accounts of most observers. anomalous. the most clear cut and brazen violation of the un charter since 1945. and if you know, i

. >> outgoing secretary of state antony blinken chaired a united nations security council meeting on the implications of artificial intelligence for maintaining international peace and security, this is two hours and 15 minutes >> the 9,121st meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is maintenance of peace and security, artificial intelligence. the agenda is adopted. let me start by warmly welcoming the secretary-general, distinguished ministers are with us today and others are present in the security council chamber. i think your presence today underscores the importance of the subject matter under discussion. in accordance with rule 39 in the council's provisional rules i invite the following to participate in the meeting. mr. john mckuhn, and professor of computer science, data science, neural science and electrical computer engineering at new york university and the professor of the computer science department at stanford university and member of the secretary-general cientific advisory board. it is so decided. the security counci

security council. i speak as a lifelong friend of israel and the palestinians and as one who has repeatedly called out the atrocities and war crimes committed by all sides included on the 7th of october in and against israel. and as you may know, i led the norwegian of the oslo courts in 1993 and have worked on the palestinian-israel peace process ever since. worked closely at the time. let me first reiterate that all european, american and local humanitarian organizations on the ground in gaza agree on ever since states started to defund unrwa. unrwa placed an indispensible role in gaza and in the west bank and cannot be replaced by any other of us humanitarian organizations on the ground. we rely on unrwa's capacity and operate unrwa school. and health clinics and as was detailed, the organization has and still is responsible for a massive relief operation in the hour of greatest need for the palestinian civilians in embasessa. there are of course important recommendations in the report that the orga

the un security council, which is charged with maintaining international peace, security, consensus, and partnership on the many issues the world faces has become a fantasy. critical issues that demand the council's attention fall to the wayside. accountability for vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, china's grotesque human rights abuses, genocide in the sudan, regime change in syria, although unaddressed, but by what is supposed to be the leading international organization to resolve these conflicts. as the authoritarian axis grows and competes against democratic nations, the u.n. will descend back into the paralysis that has marked the cold war if it continues on its course, which it has no indication it is changing. to make matters worse, our adversaries have weaponized the u.n. against americans and democratic interests. prior to the fall of assad, putin used the security council to block any action to hold the assad regime accountable for his crimes. against humanity, china used its malign influence to block attempts to discuss the chinese government sponsored genocide against

we do have the the security council. there's criticism that it is not the best mood in the security council but it is a place where the big powers still meet. and it's a paradox that in a situation where all these challenges are only sold in a multilateral complex, the appetite is not always there. so it first makes your job even more complex but do you feel there are a few opportunities and silver linings now not coming years to tissue to even -- to 9/11 a world where each nation follows mainly their national interests, there are areas where there's strong overlap of the interests that you can push things through? mr. guterres: first of all, let's look at the security down tough. he problem with security council is is a problem of effectiveness but also losing power. the security council is the five members, france, u.k. and russia are european countries. three in five on a continent that is what it is doesn't make any sense anymore. it is absolutely essential to have reform in the security council to make the security

security council resolutions. ike you i have met with hostage families, many of them and i commend president trump and special middle east envoy for the role they played in funding the security agreement and a cease-fire. it is essential that they achieve its goal -- full implementation. i would like to discuss your views about what people referred to as the day after in gaza and beyond. president trump has an opportunity to bring some light at the end of a very dark tunnel we find ourselves in, the latest chapter in the horrific, ossa tax of october 7. the president has said he wants to bring long-term peace and security to the region. clearly hamas can have no role in that future. but long-term peace must include security, self-determination and dignity for israelis and palestinians alike. when we talked in my office you agreed that we should stand up and protect universal human rights, human rights and self-determination for all people including both israelis and palestinians and i would just like to hear you to

in fact, the un security council meeting the russian representative a poor. ringback at all to that, to conflict itself, has a, rasa is the legacy of colonialism, distributing this to you and you really because you, we also must not forget, the instability in the great lakes region is largely a less the sea of the colonial period. it was then that delayed action minds were laid from which the region still suffers. we see how tired the con, the leaves are of violence and how much they want to just live and work on their land. russia, as a permanent member of the security council, will do everything possible to bring this long awaited moments closer, easy to, to on slots comes that despite the deployments off southern african development community mission to east them college board to come back to the attacks. you wouldn't remember that your uncle cedric states, admittedly, for a, did you companies government to push all to the, into the city and so forth? the said it keeps failed to stop me from attacking the civilians or the ministry off congo in south africa

so whenever you see that he's waiting for votes in the security council and cabinet tomorrow to take place. but we have just noticed that he has science from i'm always in for the help and securing goals because a hostage deal. this is just coming from the next from yahoo office. it is thing, of course, at this stage, this time being way you've got the play demonstration on his way out the trunk administration on its way in. what do you think actually pushed it over the line? i think we're ultimately pushed it over the line was a clear message from the incoming trump administration that they wanted this issue off of their uh, docket. if you will, before trumps in on the ration on the 20th of january the next few days. and we've seen press reports including industry in these rarely press that the trump some at least 10 voice steve, what cough spoke to in ateneo and no one certain terms that he expected from that he expected and attend yahoo to endorse the agreement. that according to find and had been formulated by netanyahu half a year ago. and i think um a button to 10. yeah. who mad

there's disagreement on the security council on what to do next. the french are pushing hard for a council statement, calling for the m 23. and we're wondering, forces to stand down. but several members of the council don't want to specifically name lawanda in fear of agitating, keep going. and thus making the process to piece that much harder gabriel's onto, i'll just say to at the united nations in new york. so the head townhouse's, air, trump tends columbia as president traits, highest threats, and stuff with petro block cus, submitted, treat chains, entering the ports of margaret the the latest news as it breaks, as this is fire holes. the focus now shift to making sure these a delivery continues to address the long term needs of jobs, of people with detailed coverage. and this type, some loss of destruction. policy means are still willing to rebuild their houses and collect anything left from their memories from the heart of the story for recovery will take to years in order to remove the rustle and re gain a semblance of normality. again, at t

the un security council says the law security, the security council must immediately order the end of hostilities by rolanda and demand the immediate withdrawal of rwandan troops who are present on congolese territory. the policy. this security council must impose targeted sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bands. not only against identified members of the chain of command of the r d f, but also against political decision makers responsible for this aggression. the current crisis could have been invited, had the data as the government to demonstrate to the general commitment to piece video see, it has all the necessary tools to achieve it, lasting these allusion to the ongoing conflict you will have with the tv to many lives have been sacrificed to them too many principles have been trampled on for wanda is continuing its contempt for the united nations. and the resolutions of this council that i see has hand endemic security, political and governance challenges for the kids. this my does not match as of today. so it cannot pretend that an external party will be responsible

the on security council is holding on. imagine see me sitting on the fighting in the democratic republic of congo talks between one and i'm calling police presidents were cancelled last month. the full rebels began the advance on going about as close to gable as on day. he's out the united nations for us about missing on the way. have we heard anything out of that meeting as well? we have, we've heard from some top un officials that are briefing the security council right now, including the u. n's, top representative to the secretary general in the democratic republic of the congo as well as john piers. acquire brief the council as well. he's the u. n. c, top official, on peacekeeping affairs, and now we're hearing from trying to the scenes we're seeing diplomats trying to come together to see if they can get some sort of presidential statement from the security council out condemning the actions and calling for the m 23 to hold any further advances. ok, many thanks for that gabriel alexander that for us that the united na

the security council list, the security council, the security council is finding but other member states, united nations, have to intervene now. because what we are seeing is clearly an unfolding genocide when say you talked about the coalition of the willing, which countries might that may comp as well. i think there are a lot of countries in europe. there are a lot of countries in the south america from africa. we've seen countries like priscilla like south africa, the nordic countries, island, spain, belgium. these countries have got to make it very clear that the kid, the intention, is to get to monitoring aid into gaza, to feed and protect civilians, to make sure the hospitals and shelves has a safe places. and they must have access and they will send, they need to send these convoys, militarized convoys, and beat these valleys and other other games. who might choose to try and attack these convoys need to be towed in quite unequivocally, that if they are attacked by will be returned. mach 7, joining us from have it in the u. k. many, thanks, mark. thank you the, the foreign, but it

there's disagreement on the security council on what to do next. the french are pushing hard for a council statement, calling for the m 23 and we're wondering, forces to stand down. but several members of the council don't want to specifically name lawanda in fear of agitating keowee. and thus making the process to piece that my charter gabriel's on the i'll just say to at the united nations new york. as welcome with this following developments for us from nairobi and can just give us an update on what's actually happening on the ground. have him 23 funds. if i'd taken going by like they climb. we've spoken to several people in government and said that there was gun fi or dable through the night and this morning and it said that within the last couple of hours and 23 flights is have full 10 to the cc, not seeing those social media videos that we've also seen, many of them are carrying sophisticated equipment where every minute treat helmets . save as those will my, the rwandan army coming equipment mil sophisticated then any other on group anything

and the m 23 chain of command studied all the way back to, to god there's disagreement on the security council on what to do next. the french are pushing hard for a council statement, calling for the m 23. and we're wondering, forces to stand down, but several members of the council don't want to specifically name lowanda in fear of agitating keowee. and thus making the process to piece that my charter gabriel's on the i'll just say to at the united nations in new york, the malcolm web is being following developments from nairobi. we heard reports of gunfire for hours to un officials told the voices, news agency that was an exchange of fire with the folder of between rwandan soldiers and come get lee soldiers. meanwhile, come release government and said london, soldiers are present in game a one to support to the m $23.00. the group has being wide, be documented in those videos and social media. we see columns of m 23 flights is coming into the city. some people watching in silence, or filming them from hiding some others cheering. these people have had decades of experience of living on the v

and also in no, when you see milch, we seniors v are not represented in the security council. we have stated repeatedly that such states as or india and china government was this was really, was a perfectly if they can fix. and there's, there's a, i apologize that easy, but i mean india and the result of another according to old criteria. the have deserved a long ago permanence membership in the un security council for a, for the come school. and the similar to say this is also just about so the african representation of the un security council is up for such as on the other hand, this is 4 digits of the process of west is trying to disrupt this process by all possible means they are trying to guarantee their dominance, just as goodness gets us the most. and now out of 15, the permanence number is this where you live in the place and you the, you have 6 representing the west is to the united states surfaces among lessons is what is your mind you, you can, you can to that switch to the permanent to present should be named germany and japan. the have no independent voice in the

there's disagreement on the security council on what to do next. the french are pushing hard for a council statement, calling for the m 23. and we're wondering, forces to stand down. but several members of the council don't want to specifically name lawanda in fear of agitating t gully. and thus making the process to piece that much harder. gabriel's on the out just either at the united nations in new york. the us and columbia had been posted for top economic tariff sought to the colombian president, blocked to american, but it's a cross current deported, migrants, gustavo petro says he was accept any flights. and that's the us treats. the forty's with dignity and respect trumpet campaigned on promises of must deportations, announced increasing terrace on all colombian imports and revoked visits for government officials. i just want to run patsy has a reaction from boca to the take away from columbia at least for now is the president gustavo paper has no intention of backing down quite the opposite. he already directed the minister of commerce here

dramatic escalation of one of the long this was the r c says we're one is feeling the con, the security council must immediately order the end of hostilities by rolanda cookie, the, the demand, the immediate withdrawal over one improvement. it's kind of not that next time i will be responsible for putting it's hosting on special use of our recent pictures coming in from the gaza, with tens of thousands of displays. palestinians are streaming off the coast. is the idea that allow them to return to the home. so indeed, boston is left at 11 on any israel and extending that these high agreement until the middle of february. but it is remaining on shaky grounds. the idea of takes aim and kills 22 people leaving school was more wounded when of a southern 11 on on sunday is ready for us is open fire in killed a civilian just in these hills here. and now you can probably see behind the, uh, the buildings. uh that reason is why the sniper in those buildings right now is this probably for the killed the civilians. on monday, mox, 80 years since the soviet hom, a liberated the largest german nazi concentr

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there's disagreement on the security council on what to do next. the french are pushing hard for a council statement, calling for the m 23 and we're wondering, forces to stand down. but several members of the council don't want to specifically name lowanda in fear of agitating keowee. and thus making the process to piece that my charter gabriel's on the i'll just say to at the united nations, new york, the still ahead here. i'll just say i'm tossing slowly and you boss south to don. don has had no call. yeah. i'll tell you about the challenges facing and how the the presence of valerie spins and other 5 years and extending his that to you every the the had that is more heavy rains and southern parts of africa. we'll get that in a moment. first to the middle east and event with things that looking rama on settled saturday for western areas of iran, you can see winter weather creeping its way for the east. that's going to bring rain and sleet to to run on monday. only 6 degrees celsius. it starts to push its way for the east. a leaving behind most set

we'll have more on that security council meeting in a moment. but 1st, here's how to make mood with low on those forced evacuation or does hey zach listen orders extended to uh, the last remaining a small health facility that's allowed the hospice that its a charge part of a charge mom and i the in the past few weeks at the beginning of the grant, offensive and as of right in the span of the, of less than an hour. another evacuation order sharply ordering and is threatening anyone to remain inside the hospital. wanted everyone to evacuate immediately. similar to what happened to the agent hospital now concerning the part of this has many of the people inside these 2 health facilities are in fact people who work for simply it's made to leave a come out one hospital when it was on by the is really monitors, we really talk about people in, in, in critical conditions in terms of, in terms of their health. do you need it to be attacked and medical equipment. some of the injuries is suffered and sustained and critical injury that they needed to be ins

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is why i think we had this officer and it was the answer that came from the supreme national security council. i just remind viewers that possession who has had a lot of publicity, who has no say in these decisions. this is not his field. foreign policy security policy lies in calling with the supreme national security council under those supremely that the supreme leader makes the laws decision most the press spent. he is basically concerned with domestic administration of the state but know with foreign policy and off with security. how's that work? i'll stop you about more from the former advisor on middle east issues. the foreign policy chief ivy as a loaner after the spring, the, as the year ends being coming from administration continues to believe it can in the conflict in ukraine from pen is people are beginning to understand. and in this conflict is more difficult in starting a war. the problem is moscow cube and washington wants different outcomes, the the plug it back to going underground. i'm still here with us decrypt for the british diplomat and founder and coming director of th

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during an emergency un security council meeting. the world health organization urge is real. to resend evacuation, demands about allowed to a hospital in indonesian hospital all are, which is the last remaining minimal functional scope in north casa, is struggling to stay all food in water. if you are depleting fast goals patrol has been without many essential medicines for more than $85.00 days. the w h o has documented $650.00 for a tax on health care facilities and gaza since october 2023. the w o 2 has warned for pets and of systematic dismantling of the health care system in north casa. this pattern must be reversed while briefing the council. boker took the un high commissioner for human rights, directly responded to the claims by israel in the united states. the hospitals and gaza are used by how much is road has not provided sufficient information to substantiate. many of these claims which are often vague and pro, in some cases, be appear to be contradicted by publicly available information per told. the counsel, even if armed groups were hiding in hospitals, the fun

there's disagreement on the security council on what to do next. the french are pushing hard for a council statement, calling for the m 23. and we're wondering, forces to stand down. but several members of the council don't want to specifically name lawanda in fear of agitating keowee. and thus making the process to piece that my charter gabriel's on the i'll just say to at the united nations, new york as well for the likes of smoke and with joins us from nairobi where he is following developments. and welcome can you just give us an update of exactly what's happening on the ground and government? now, do we have confirmation that in 23 fund as of taking the city we've spoken to several people in guy that he said they've seen him since his resources in some areas other se is still seeing kimberly soldiers or allied on groups in other places. people have reported looting in some areas that not match these videos that we've seen on social media as well. we had that with gunfire through the nice and still eligible in the morning. and then within the la

the policy security policy lies in calling with the supreme national security council under the supremely that the supreme leader makes the laws decision most the press spent . he is basically concerned with domestic administration of the state, but know with foreign policy and off with security as the group. i'll stop you back more from the former advisor on middle east issues. the foreign policy chief ivy as a loaner after this break. the other of many places in the world where you can say your, on the divide between the 2 oceans and what you might not think kids, what does this, hey, and what is northern or found your vision? and the, you know, is that us national park and today's, we know the was a stuff was from taking a deep side interest because the plug it back to going underground. i'm still here with us decrypt for the british diplomat and founder and going director of the baby based conflicts for him. how starting part one, you were talking to me about this yesterday and not having a foreign policy control in there on. i mean, arguably, i mean i lived in terra and he does have