while i'm joins now live by tom fletcher who is the un under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. and he's joining us live from i'm tom, thank you so much for joining us. oh no, just the right you've just been to syria. you could talk us through a picture of what you've just seen on the ground. a well good evening, and thanks for the chance to, to join us. yes, i spent um 4 or 5 days in syria, driving up from the mazda addressing from lebanon, all the way up to bubble. how on the touch each folder. and so i drove through, i spent several nights in damascus. i know i saw homes aleppo, it live, and of course there's enormous destruction along the way you can see the skies of over a decade of terrible conflict. but there's also the on the pain and destruction that the destruction of peoples lives, the destruction of the infrastructure. and it's clear that there was a massive project ahead of us who to rebuild. and that project must be lights by syrians, by the story, and people, 7 and 10 syrians need our support right now. and we are determined to be on this side. and to scale out t

the un's new relief chief — tom fletcher, has said the sudanese region of darfur was confronting theople he said "were being used as pawns in this terrible conflict. human rights groups have described recent ethnic based massacres as one of the worst atrocities of this conflict, and possible genocide. fewjournalists have been able to visit darfur, which is mainly controlled by the paramilitary rapid support forces since this war began. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is travelling with the un team. her report begins in a refugee camp in chad on the border. a people dispossessed and displaced — the people of darfur. this is an informal refugee camp in chad, just across the borderfrom sudan. the women wait to register to receive food for theirfamilies, praying someone will help. translation: we used to get food from our farms. - when the war began, we couldn't farm and the animals ate our crops, so we were left with nothing. people who escaped the spectre of famine, the horrors of war. translation: when we were fleeing, our young brothers were killed. some were too yo

s new relief chief, tom fletcher, says the sudanese region of darfur is facing famine and people aresed as pawns in the conflict. human rights groups are describing recent ethnic based massacres as possible genocide. few journalists have been able to visit darfur, which is mainly controlled by the rapid support forces since the war began. our chief international correspondent is traveling with the u.n. team. her report begins in a refugee camp in chad on the border. >> a people dispossessed. and displaced. the people of darfur. this is an informal refugee camp in chad just across the boarder from sudan. the women wait. to reck register to receive food for their families. praying someone will help. >> we used to get food from our farms. farm and the animals ate our't crops, we were left with nothing. >> people who escaped the specter of famine, the hor recovers war. >> when we were fleeing our young brothers were killed. some were too young to walk. our elders escaping with us were killed. yes. within our family, they killed my uncles, my aunties, all the men in our family. >> they ki

he said, tom fletcher said that the situation is getting a little better in syria, but clearly the wind is going to play a huge role on the humanitarian front. moving forward, then there's a political front. that's where there peterson plays a very critical role. he's a un special and void of syria. he's also been meeting with key government officials and the new administration. he is going to be leading the political process from the u. n. standpoint. but he, like the secretary general is said, the future of syria from a political standpoint is in the hands of the syrians on the political front. it's complicated because h t s of course is a designated terraced organization we've heard from you and officials sort of signaling that they want that to a designation to be revoked or to be the h t has to be d listed. there aren't quite coming out and saying that as forcefully as i said it, but you're getting the sense that they really want that to happen. so it's a little complicated. it's a balancing act right now that the one plays in a political front, because they technically can't engag

the un's new relief chief, tom fletcher, says the sudanese region of darfur is facing famine, and thatt. human rights groups are describing recent ethnic—based massacres as possible genocide. fewjournalists have been able to visit darfur, which is mainly controlled by the paramilitary rapid support forces since the war began. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is travelling with the un team — her report begins in a refugee camp in chad on the border. a people dispossessed and displaced, the people of darfur. this is an informal refugee camp in chad, just across the border from sudan. the women wait, praying someone will help. translation: we used i to get food from our farms when the war began. we couldn't farm and the animals ate our crops, so we were left with nothing. people who escaped the spectre of famine, the horrow of war. translation: when we were fleeing, our young | brothers were killed. some were too young to walk. our elders escaping with us were killed. yes, within ourfamily, they killed my uncles, my aunties, all the men in ourfamily. translation: they kil

tom fletcher who took the post last month is appealing for more than $47000000000.00. now in aid for next year, such a says that amount will help only about 2 thirds who are paying more than 300000000 people in meeting with the impact across the globe. conflicts authorities in the us state of pennsylvania fear an elderly woman who disappeared while looking for a calf may have fallen into this thing. cold. rescue a search the single was cameras, but found nothing cruise that continuing to search the whole, which was probably caused by coal mining in the area, the process and by so the to the united nations has a choose ukraine of aging syrian rebels without providing any evidence they launched a surprise offensive last week and continued to advance in the northern provinces of palmer and it live. so is on a come on, says it's forces us, striking, striking back with russian ass support must go safe. syrian president bush, all aside from defeat in 2015. but observe is asking if russia is able to help him again, considering its own full scale invasion of view, crime scenes

tom fletcher of the newly appointed emergency relief coordinator also brief. the council from damascus. he said before the fall of the assad regime, 17000000 syrians, 82 men of terry and support. 1000000 new people have been displaced in less than 2 weeks, but he also came to the council with a rare good news. the situation has begun to stabilize. as i've seen this week, markets rose health facilities are reopening children and going back to school age operations advisory resuming across most of our hops in the security council. gone are the days of division and disagreements over syria, at least right now within the counsel and the wider international community. there is consensus that there's a real opportunity to help syria through this transition gabriel's onto, i'll just either at the united nations in new york. and anchor on the president of the you commission, us live on july and has met with the turkish president just to discuss the situation in syria, which of type other one says to q will not allow syria to become a base for um, dakota, san purchase

tom fletcher, the newly appointed emergency relief coordinator, also brief. the council from damascus, he said before the fall of the assad regime, 17000000 syrians needed humanitarian support. 1000000 new people have been displaced in less than 2 weeks, but he also came to the council with a rare good news. the situation has begun to stabilize as i've seen this week, markets rose health facilities or reopening children have gone back to school age operations that reggie resuming across most of our hops in the security council . gone are the days of division and disagreements over syria, at least right now within the counsel and the white or international community. there is consensus that there's a real opportunity to help syria through this transition gabriel's onto i'll just either at the united nations in new york. so he is 5 minutes to mohammed alba. she has told houses here the country is running very low on foreign currency. was the 10 years of civil war crippled the country's economy, the share also and systemic corruption within the us side regime. t

tom fletcher has also said that as well as a crisis of protection, people were being used as pawns in as one of the worst atrocities of this conflict, and possible genocide. fewjournalists have been able to visit darfur, which is mainly controlled by the paramilitary rapid support forces, since this war began. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is travelling with the un team. her report begins in a refugee camp in chad on the border. a people dispossessed and displaced — the people of darfur. this is an informal refugee camp in chad, just across the border from sudan. the women wait to register to receive food for theirfamilies, praying someone will help.

tom fletcher who took the post last month, it's appealing for a mold and $47000000000.00 and $8.00 for next year vulnerable. fletcher says that the amount will help only about 2 thirds of more than 300000000 people in need. across the globe licks and cries, these thousands of georgians of protest sits in front of parliament in the capital to please c 4. 6. not, they are angry at the government, stopping told san joining the european union by police 5 boards of canada and see a gust of the demonstrators who launched fireworks of the officers in front of the parliament is preparing for no confidence vote. the troops officers prime minister michelle bunny as government zone, the potential for office 3 months of cabinet, may deep and the political prices that the country has been reading from the rising election detectives they've left us and followed policies that most of the seats in paula pod nato, a secretary general has urged member states to increase the amended service support for ukraine. margot, to call a box up to scold, comes off to ukraine, pushed for progress on joining the al

tom fletcher, the top humanitarian official, was in the country this week trying to figure out how to scale up aid. and on the political front, garr petterson, the special envoy has been laying the groundwork for a political transition with the new administration in syria. other un agencies are also ramping up operations. the secretary general announcing he's appointing someone to head up in operation on missing persons in syria, which is also urging the world to support syria to prevent it from sliding back. so i'm gonna try to exploit the situation for the narrow ins, but it is the obligation of the international community to stand with the people of cdn. we have suffered so much serious fits, you must be shaped by its people. 40 people with the support of all of us. when asked if he supports lifting sanctions against syria, the secretary general said times have changed and he does support lifting some sanctions as a solidarity measure until conditions are met. and all sanctions can be removed. gabriel's on to, i'll just say to, at the united nations in new york, still a had allowed

tom fletcher, the newly appointed emergency relief coordinator, also brief. the council from damascus. he said before the fall of the assad regime, 17000000 syrians needed commanded terry, in support. 1000000 new people have been displaced in less than 2 weeks, but he also came to the council with a rare good news. the situation has begun to stabilize. as i've seen this week, markets rose health facilities are reopening. children have gone back to school. 8 operations, a gradually resuming across most of our house in the security council gone are the days of division and disagreements over syria, at least right now within the counsel and the wider international community. there is consensus that there's a real opportunity to help syria through this transition. gabriel's on to l, just either at the united nations in new york. israel's prime minister says his forces will stay inside the buffer zone. they seized last week in southern syria. for the foreseeable future, benjamin netanyahu made the comments during a visit to mount him on, which is inside. so we hav

tom fletcher even see if lectures ss currently traveling and since his apologies for being unable toe war in sudan has raged for over 20 months. it is horrendous human toll continues to show. fear of hostilities in public areas is spreading with evidence disregard for international humanitarian law. killed and injured in unbearable numbers. the threats of famine and the world largest hunger crisis, sexual violence, writes it. education and health in ruins, while other diseases spread. large cut from libel communication. and families continue to fully with over 12 million people around one quarter of the population displaced since last april. three-point to million people have sought safety in arctic arcticfragile areas in neighborg countries. meanwhile, in the volume of humanitarian aid reaching people in need remains a fraction of what's required. mr. president this is a crisis of staggering scale and cruelty one that demands sustained undersecretary fletcher said dan charge during his first trip as emergency relief coordinator. he held intensive discussions with the authorities on

tom fletcher, the top humanitarian official, was in the country this week trying to figure out how to scale up aid. and on the political front, garr petterson, the special on boy has been laying the groundwork for a political transition with the new administration in syria. other un agencies are also ramping up operations. the secretary general announcing he's appointing someone to head up in operation on missing persons in syria, which is also urging the world to support syria to prevent it from sliding back. so i'm gonna try to exploit the situation for the narrow ends, which is the obligation of the international community to stand with the people of cdn. we have suffered so much serious fits, you must be shaped by its people. 40 people with the support of all of us. when asked if he supports listing sanctions against syria, the secretary general said times have changed and he does support lifting some sanctions as a solidarity measure until conditions are met. and all sanctions can be removed. gabriel's on to, i'll just say to at the united nations in new york, the now the civilia

tom fletcher, the new via pointed emergency relief coordinator, also brief. the council from damascus. he said before the fall of the assad regime, 17000000 syrians, 82 men at terry and support. 1000000 new people have been displaced in less than 2 weeks, but he also came to the council with a rare good news. the situation has begun to stabilize. as i've seen this week, markets rose health facilities are reopening. children have gone back to school. 8 operations, a gradually resuming across most of our house in the security council gone are the days of division and disagreements over syria, at least right now within the counsel and the wider international community. there is consensus that there's a real opportunity to help syria through this transition. gabriel's on to l, just either at the united nations in new york. it took years for administer has rejected claims. it orchestrated the takeover of syria on monday. us president elect donald trump said on correct was behind the collapse of yasandra, she speaking exclusively to oranges. here in his 1st english