the u.n. is good will work with it having said that there are really don't have a lot of leverage to actually reform the sort of corrupt parts of the u.n. but at the leverage i mean the united states and to think that it can. well i mean i guess what i'm saying they obviously have i mean they're a very powerful country i just don't see them using it it's almost like they get together i'll give an example right now i mean that the context in which today's hearings took place in d.c. is the day before will probably be a shutdown of the government or may or may not be but anyway there's a lot of talk of needing to tighten the purse strings across the whole u.s. budget right three weeks ago ban ki moon the secretary general announced a three percent cut in un budget when you look into it it's it's much less it doesn't really apply to higher to post meaning my personal cost it's just sort of like overhead costs but it feels pretty clear that sort of like the obama administration and the ban ki moon

the u.n. we all agree is far from perfect but it delivers real results for every american by advancing u.s. security through genuine burden sharing we should pay for u.n. programs and activities that advance our interests and our values if other countries want different things to be funded they can pay for it. also interesting timing considering that president obama just got the u.s. involved and yet another war this time in libya also part of an international u.n. effort joining me for our studio in new york to discuss this is scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine scott thanks so much for joining us tonight let's get one thing straight here ok the you when it's about one tenth of one percent of government spending what the government is asking for and what the obama administration is so can we just be very clear that this isn't really about fiscal responsibility when the u.n. is getting attacked especially by people like you leon or us l

the u.n. says both sides may have committed war crimes and has called for an independent investigation. our u.n. correspondent says the report clearly criticizes both sides in the conflict. >> that's right. some very harsh accusation against the sri lankan government and against the tamil tigers. things that many people have already been saying in the human rights community, but now it's put down in a report that was requested by the secretary-general. as you were saying, it accuses the government of widespread shalling of citizens, denying humanitarian aid and access. it accuses the tamil tigers of using civilians as human sheelsd as a sort of buffer against the advancing troops of the government during the final months of the civil war, and as well, shooting those who tried to escape. and it says that these are credible allegations that could amount to war crimes, and it calls for an international investigation to determine whether they do. it's also critical of the united nations, it says t

solve the deal in fact and the u.n. ambassador strong germany interim the bric countries they learned about this deal before when they were discussing the trust resolution and this is the main saw because of their refusal to fultz they abstain which is a very people matic way or say we don't agree with all because they were raising objections say why can't we do the same thing about the rate in yemen for instance and obviously from the french bric american side it was an alliance right off arthur contradiction. and double standards that have come out over the last month during libya. all of this other unrest i know you've been following it and we appreciate you bringing us your perspective especially from outside of the u.s. from brazil that was passed the bar he's a journalist for the asia times. now you'll recall the united states went to the united nations to take the lead on libya which we have been talking so much about on a military intervention and a no fly zone but this week the u.n. has become a punching bag of

seven u.n. staffers were beaten, shot, and killed during the attack on their compound in afghanistan. the un, while not perfect, has done much to for both the goals of the un and the united states. i thank embassador price for your hard work in protecting the interest of the united states. >> gracias, so much. thank you to all the members for excellent opening statements. we are so pleased to welcome a friend of our committee, ambassador susan rice. she is the u.s. permanent representative to the united nations. she served in the clinton administration as assistant secretary of state for african affairs from 1997 until 2001 and a senior post on the national security council from 1993 until 1997. calling her service in the state department, choose a senior fellow at the brookings institution. she has also served in the private sector and on numerous boards. we thank her for agreeing to testify today. madame ambassador, please proceed and welcome back. >> gracias a very much. i appreciate the oppo

soldier deal in fact and u.n. ambassador strong germany and from the bric countries he learned about this deal before when they were discussed in trust resolution and this is the main topic of their refusal to fill out the abstainer which is a very thick long matic way of say we don't agree with all this because they were raising objections see what looked like do the same thing about the rate in yemen for instance and obviously from the french bric american side that's right azar the contradictions and. and double standards that have come out over the last month during libya. all of this other unrest i know you've been following it and we appreciate you bringing us your perspective especially from outside of the u.s. from brazil that was pepe escobar is a journalist louise i'm sure respondent for the asia times. still ahead right here on r t it takes three make over you when edition from elations with israel to china up next here why some members of congress buildings you when the face slipped through rocks color

former u.n. diplomat and political writer peter pale scott joining us live there in the states thank you very much and the town and i thank you. britain is reportedly hiring private contract to protect big corporations in the event that could happen is the part of an experience of previous invention shows that mercenaries can become cold thinkers in volatile areas just like libya. homeless and displaced people disrupted water electricity supplies decimated infrastructure to the world tragic scenes of the destruction of lives but to britain's large private security sector a gold mine in two thousand and nine the u.k.'s ministry of defense spending eighty two million dollars on hiring private security firms and now insiders say they're hiring again for libya whereas for the rest of us and for most people these wars these conflicts are just a cause for concern and of course a great grief for these companies this is a bonanza time private security really boomed in iraq and by two thousand and four th

the u.n. security council has not sanctioned any activities that would have changes its objective this is my answer to your first question what now as regards your second question. because this is the school of thought that we have seen many times in order to bring somebody to the negotiating table first you have to pay him a lot. it is not often any time that the dislodge a password but i think that everybody should be interested in an immediate cease fire and greening the parties to negotiating the table has been union including talks. possible changes in the political system in libya. you know he's skeptical from german television city if. nato is discussing at least internally to support the rebels with their weapons or at least with the military and know how how does you evaluate this approach. that the pit was a push and there's a looser this is just mr aujali do you know my solutions as usual recount is a solution that's the simplest including resolution one hundred seventy that was ado

u.n. resolution the u.n. security council resolution on iraq and signed looking around for years now and now to the blood on the streets in syria particularly in the city of daraa where the protests against the assad regime began six weeks ago is now under siege reports of just more people die every day. now with the idea of sanctions coming out of washington if sanctions are not the way out what can the international community do to save lives or is it not it's business in the first place. well it is it is. part of the business internationally community to try and restore a journal piece in places like syria but then you know again the syrian government also has to choose between bad and worse. do you really have you run out of options there's not prizing unfold in your country. as for the reaction i think sanctions can be effective even unilateral sanctions undertaken by the united states or european powers could actually. lead the syrian government needs to exercise restraint when you're saying science sho

speech is that the u.n. . the u.n. involvement in the ivory case that's another area that's been criticized by brashness certainly something that still to be discussed today actually yesterday of the foreign minister sergey lavrov i came out and said that the ground forces being picked in libya the military. with a clear. conflict so it's certainly filled with those gangs beat us and take tools on the table today. sara the conflict in libya will certainly be taking center stage at the talks but so what else is a. list of those to be disgusting. the locals with the sixty minutes neatly. happening is every take is of international attention to the president will announce a couple of initiatives that secures his something the thank you good stuff it's already discussed with leaders to a security summit in the great at the beginning of the week but the thing is bill it's a big topic of discussion stays gates gave us the pirates the u.n. security council love to create a resolution preventing sea piracy of the case of the f

they blamed the u.n. guards. but witnesses said the u.n. did not fire first. >> this was an outrageous and cowardly attack against the u.n. staff which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> some say the taliban was behind all this. it is supposed to be one of the first places to transfer to afghan security control. still, the police couldn't protect the u.n. there today. >> it was always thought of as one of the safest places. the governor blames the taliban. it may be less about the insurgency and more about the issue of koran burnings which inflames passion about this deeply religious country. >> well, the bbc is in afghanistan they said it's vital in rebuilding the society. >> it employs a lot of afghans themselves actually as part of the mission there but it does a huge amount of work in terms of civil rights, in terms of women's rights, in terms of drug trafficking, countering that. it's a real nation bileding exercise and it contributes in aid, around $1 billion u.s. dollars. so it's very important and there's a lot of conce

e u.n.ta inside hunted down some were shot, some sbbed two we be head it is claime afghans were kild, to. th blamed the u.n. guards. witnesses saithe u.n. did not fire first. >> this was a orages and cordlyttack against a u. staff, which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> som say t talan was hand all this, as ts is one theirst plas to transferrednder u.n. control. >> it was always thought of a one of the sest places in afghanistan. the govern the blas the talin, b this ybe less about e inrgence and more about how the issue of kora burning inflames passions in thiseeply conservative deeplyeligious country. paul wd,bbc news," kabul. >>he bbc'som is in washington he said the rk i val i reildi ahanian's society. >> t u.n. has a sable miion afghanian. it employs a lotf afghans thselv as part of the missn there. bu it does a huge amount of rk i termsf cil rhts, men' righ, dg trfickg a countering th. its a really nion-building exerse. and it getsabout $1 billion i aid ayear there is a

the u.n. resolution which initially let me remind our audience was installed just through who introduced the no fly zone sort so what's going on now we installed two different story coalition definitely steak and sides. and now they're considering another step just. to to stop that letter to ration which can really unpredictable results for the country so that's why this is not only russia's stance on this is concern of right to be part of the international community dimensions national community again given these these concerns can't security council members just ignore what's what others say or how does it work in the u.s. while they're already ignoring we have to understand that this is a really complicated piece here because initially by adopting this resolution united nations was also trying to sort of reinvent itself to show that it is important you can play play a decisive role and as you remember the solution came out as a result of a carefully worded compromise you see so we're. all a

the u.n. security council resolution one thousand nine hundred three that was passed was very narrowly passed because five very powerful countries china russia brazil india and germany abstained their populations represent a majority of the citizens of the world as represented on the security council so i think that the united states also was engaged in some reactionary politics here and the feeling that we had to do something to show the relevance and i also think the obama administration was probably afraid of having part of its legacy be like that of president clinton's that rwanda was happening and you failed to stop it so i think on the one hand libya was a convenient way to show that the u.s. was taking action in the middle east in the midst of all these uprisings on the flip side of it you have tremendous repression going on in yemen you have the u.s. support for the corrupt monarchy in saudi arabia you see protests today in jordan you see syria also increasingly descending into bloodsh

resolution is actually limiting nato his actions now maybe a new u.n. resolution should be put in place an order for later tricks to go on the ground and end this conflict once and for all to get it over and done with is not a fair point that's a very fair point but as we speak right now the united nations security council is debating leave syria and the head of the. security council has made a claim that there's drafts going around but there's nothing concrete this seems to be no consensus on syria so if there is no consensus on syria i don't think there's any stomach among the fifteen members who sit on the security council to revisit libya at this time so i think it's very unlikely that we'll see a new resolution on libya come out before the ambassador is have you know gone through it at least the motions of having greeted deliberation on syria i mean the problem for the united nations security council is this confounded. by having rushed into libya and now trapped themselves in the city in case i don't think there's any stomach for news or resolutio

witnesses said the u.n. did not fire first. >> this was an outrageous and cowardly attack against the u.n. staff which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> some say the taliban was behind all this, and this was to be one of the first places to transfer afghan security control. still, the police could not protect the u.n. there today. this is always been thought of as one of the safest places in afghanistan. it is perhaps less about the insurgency and more about how the issue of the koran burning has inflamed passions in this deeply conservative, a deeply religious country. kabul. >> authorities say they have arrested the mastermind of the attack. i discussed this earlier with our north america editor, mark mardell. i will confess it, this is totally passed me by. this went unnoticed here. >> i think it passed everybody by, and i think that is part of the point. the american media, british media did not speak -- pick up on this. the last time it was in the news, it was connected to the run-up to th

it says it will continue enforcing a u.n.arms in barbaro. >> nato will fully implement parts of the u.n. security council resolution, that is, we are there to protect the libyan people, not to alarm people. >> it has emerged that the u.s. and britain have set -- sent a secret intelligence agents into libya, despite their insistence they will not use ground troops to help overthrow gaddafi. >> as we heard in that report, nato is unwilling to arm libyan civilians. why are member nations divided over the issue? >> it is simply because the number of nato nations -- a number of nato nations have made it clear they do not believe that will be covered by the current u.n. resolution under which nato is operating there. that resolution is designed primarily to protect civilian life, but it also sets up an arms embargo. therefore, a number of countries have made it clear that the idea of giving weaponry to one set of libyans would simply be a step too far. >> in yemen, their rival demonstrations for and against the president there on t

witnesses said the u.n. did not fire first. >> this was an outrageous and cowardly attack against the u.n. staff which cannot be justified under any circumstances. >> some say the taliban was behind all this, and this was to be one of the first places to transfer afghan security control. still, the police could not protect the u.n. there today. this is always been thought of as one of the safest places in afghanistan. it is perhaps less about the insurgency and more about how the issue of the koran burning has inflamed passions in this deeply conservative, a deeply religious country. kabul. >> authorities say they have arrested the mastermind of the attack. i discussed this earlier with our north america editor, mark mardell. i will confess it, this is totally passed me by. this went unnoticed here. >> i think it passed everybody by, and i think that is part of the point. the american media, british media did not speak -- pick up on this. the last time it was in the news, it was connected to the run-up to th

well the president and the u.n. secretary general have held a joint press conference after the talks at detailing some of the topics of discussion and top of the agenda today was the on going conflict in libya and they've agreed on the necessity. for this thursday to stick within the mandate the u.n. mandate and international operations there's been a lot of concern as certainly from. the allied forces acting outside. of the u.n. resolution that was something that was the stuff. from the very beginning everybody focused on calling for a diplomatic resolution. creating concern about the civilian. who was supposed to protect civilians and the decision the recent decision by the u.k. and france to send a military voices has been criticized the foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that was a clear launch of ground conflict i think these are some of the topics the words does today and have been highlighted in the press but what else was on the table at that meeting. well they've also discussed the importance of the nucl

contributions to the u.n. and other international organizations would be slashed by over three hundred and fifty million dollars i bet the republicans are all about that part now homeland security isn't spared either they're facing a small two percent which would most likely affect first responder grants on state and local levels and it's clear that the government is trying to find money to every nook and cranny here for example and use census money left over federal construction funds and on who's money from from a program providing health care to children and low income families all of that's been cut to and that's ten billion dollars right there however the democrats did except a few spending reductions in areas like community health programs state police departments even the e.p.a. that agency alone got stripped of over a billion dollars and federal funds and after the republicans have been pushing for for years so it looks like another win for them there and believe it or not there were a few policy provi

members of the muslim faith would be guilty of violating a u.n. resolution. >> critics say it gave cover. in pakistan those laws have been used to persecute christians and other religious minorities. >> simple activities like worshipping and sharing one's faith in jesus christ with a neighbor can be interpreted as offensive and are stricted. >> in deed it was pakistan to sponsor the oic. it offered one based on terms add voe caughted by religious rights groups. protecting individuals from discrimination or violence because of their faith. gary lane cbn news. >> thanks, gary, the american center for law and justice fought the resolution and jordan secular joins us from the washington bureau. what were the problems for the old and how is this room for improvement? >> two basic problems for the old one, those who express support who may happen to be muslim or christians themselves in predominantly muslim countries. the first thing is it criminalized and allowed these countries to do just that. standing on a street corner in a place like pakistan sayi

a u.n. resolution one hundred seventy three so i think it's very very serious development people talking about military creepers they're putting in there's a view is no they're sending military advisors to libya is it's not just the first step in launching a ground operation how likely is that though given that so many of the nato allies have indeed spoken out against it. well i'll this is a problem for the british and the french in particular because it's clear they have very few allies when it comes to actually doing anything illegal i think you're right this is a form of mr craig they will send these people in there will be more and more incidents they were through and more and more truth this is what happened with me it's a very common development if you look at it if you look at the ways in which was which was developed and i think we have to be very very much opposed to it is no good having a whole series of governments around the world. this development if nothing happens if they are

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without the u.n. in fact my recollection is that the u.n. had turned him down and he went to the nato and said corder bombing of serbia we ended up accidentally bombing the chinese embassy in belgrade we covered the area with depleted uranium we cluster bomb the marketplace. i think there was a train that got bombed and we pretty much proved that for the us this was a democratic administration that. i envy in fact i believe that this is your a quote from you the empire is a bipartisan thing what were the lessons that you took away from our bosnian adventure and the subsequent recognition of kosovo. well i spent years there on the ground and i was i was in serbia and in kosovo for much of the duration of the seventy eight bombing campaign and saw exactly what you're describing general wesley clark was the alice supreme allied commander at the time of that operation and when i interviewed him when he was running for president in two thousand and four and asked him to respond to the charges from amnesty international that he was a war crime a w

seven u.n. staff members have been killed after a crowd of protesters stormed the compound there and start demonstrators were gravestone. across the u.s. past of us the u.n. security council strongly condemned the attack just as it afghanistan have been going for over a week now but have been the most of his will. that's how the most of us today here know it's headed back with a recap and a common sense. is the view. from. the. jump be official altie of acacia joy on the phone my pod touch for me i choose up still.

has been very loose by one set of u.n. resolutions petersfield in accordance with the wording and amazing and not with free interpretations of some states because we voted for a new fly using just the escalation of the conflict so that we could separate the two sides but we're having now is a military operation it may not be on the ground yet but it's certainly going on. number of countries who are taking part and the nature stepped in but the resolution doesn't say the word france and britain have already called on four other countries of the alliance to join the operation in libya however so far only six of twenty nine twenty eight i'm sorry have exams so so it does look like there is no not so you know in this opinion about the situation with the nato itself and many experts have already called it not a mission to protect civilians in libya but rather a u.s. led operation military intervention into an oil rich country. that will russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is going to be delivering his speech at the meeting

be difficult for the u.n. security council, because not all of the permanent members will see this in the same light. while i do not want to raise expectations of the actions of the u.n. security council, that would be unrealistic, we are working closely with our european and american colleagues on the security council to see how we can proceed, and we are doing additional work on what action the european union can take. i cannot go into more detail on that at this stage. in bahrain, it is not adversely progressing. they have reiterated to was their determination to proceed with that dialogue, to reignite it, and recently to the foreign minister to ask for his commitment to that as well as to investigation of the human rights issues that i have mentioned in this house. he has given those commitments, and so we do look to all sides in bahrain, as i said in my statement, to commit to that dialogue, but is the only way forward for a country in the situation of bahrain, but i do not have any reports of success in

the u.n. resolution which was installed just now introduced no fly zones or what's going on now is totally different story coalition definitely stake in sides. and now they're considering another step just to stop the length of the aeration which can really unpredictable results for the country so that's why this is not only russia's concern this is concern of right to be part of the international community initially by adopting this resolution united nations was also trying to sort of reinvent itself to show that it is important you can play play a decisive role i don't lose and came out as a result of carefully compromise or is that when you go beyond the resolution it makes the privileges at stake you see it can be jeopardized and this is what's happening in libya and. also ahead for you this hour uncovering a soviet state secret. right now for the first time ever on international television will be trying to look inside the chernobyl facility almost twenty five years after the church noble

u.n. resolution allowed for death and they give no explanation for how they'll make him go and title libya's pathway to peace this sounds more like a march to all out war have discussed this with me is michael o'brien author of america's failure in iraq michael thank you so much for being here tonight nice to be you are you with me here and that this op ed which i do think is very ironically titled livia's pathway to peace sounds like they're building up the war sounds like they're preparing us for boots on the ground whatever it takes well it's it's a cell it's the it's the preliminary round of selling the operation to the world to their constituents at least with the three of them the fact of the matter is as you just said a moment ago with violates the u.s. u.n. resolution one thousand series we have it with you and which calls for taking any links to protect the people of libya well if any links it is required to protect the people of libya then that would mean going all out but they d

the u.n. security council in new york has failed to produce a statement condemning the violence of the government. the u.s. ambassador told the meeting that is the syrian president must and the repression -- the u.s. ambassador told the meeting that the syrian president must stop the repression. >> they must of the violence against their own people. my government calls on president assad to change course now and heed the calls of his own people. we also call upon the international community to respond to this brutal crackdown and to hold accountable those who are perpetrating these human rights violations. the united states is expressing its position to the syrian government and we are considering a range of options including targeted sanctions to respond to the outrageous and ongoing use of violence against peaceful protesters. >> the syrian ambassador criticized the security council meeting. he said outside interference in this country was unwelcome. >> out of this mess they wanted to create

is for colonel gadhafi to step down puts this is not quite what the u.n. security council resolution initially just that's now the nine hundred seventy three resolution suggest that that's the mission would be even starts. civilians in libya and is now asserting into a bloody massacre as we're hearing reports coming from libya that civilians are being killed in those airstrikes and also present barack obama and president sarkozy together with the british prime minister i have written a letter to colonel gadhafi to say that the only way that nato forces are going to leave the country if is that if he steps down in fact. he should win the day we witnessed the actions in libya are exceeding the framework defined by the security council it's already being discussed the resolution one hundred seventy three could also be used to ground operations resolution does not provide for such actions and does not approve them nor does the u.n. general support regime change in libya. so far france and britain have been the most active in carrying out bombings in libya and

both the russian president and the u.n. secretary general have strengthened their calls on the call isn't a state strictly within its mandate which was given by the u.n. nor fly zone a resolution its goal is to protect civilians but nato's operation in libya has been going on for over a month and every day more civilians are killed i just personally. recently spent two weeks there saw various commemorations services in memory of the victims of this of violence and of course all this is a reason for concern among the international community and now that you asked is planning to use the man's predator drones in libya and they do have quite an unpleasant history in afghanistan when it comes to civilian deaths all of this makes it highly likely that people will believe that the real goal of nino's operation in libya is to protect civilians but other international issues were discussed today at the meeting. a wide range of other international issues has also been discussed like the middle of the peace process in the middle east

the u.n. charter is not authorized all necessary means what is security council did was basically authorize the u.s. with recall of your it's me me guess what this is all about three called illiterates. the u.s. britain and france to legally attack a nonbelligerent country so that the council violated article fifty one of the un charter it clearly says that no nation me attack another nation except in self-defense if another nation attacks a nation the nation attacked me respond until the security council acts but the security council maybe not act in violation of its own charter this war which is what it is it's a power grab by the three callable is your it's america the main one is the idea is to colonize another country destroy it crowd up a corpse privatized industries control its resources is split it's equal wars i never thought. to liberate people could humanitarian reasons for anything other than wealth and power and this war is following the same script the script isn't identical each

this to say so that the u.n. secretary general is going to be discussing up with president play to be issued. security. of course being the face of international attention since the tsunami and earthquake devastated that she. now is the president made of that she can see nothing from initiatives aimed at preventing any of this in the feature. the topic is the. un security council resolution last week that was actually initiated by. preventing the party of the cases of days some of the topics is will be discussed today. every talk of the agenda is going to be complex and the importance of ensuring the for development isn't acting outside the terms of the un resolutions ok. thank you for the update. well still ahead for you the south and midwest collides with the middle east a koran burning american. song. age old customs. far east. as we take you close up. russian police are investigating whether the son of one of the country's richest people kidnapped and comes after media reports that three million demanded the

as moscow warns the coalition that sending but it should visors to be a breaks the u.n. resolution audience chief is in the russian capital discuss the situation in the world also. right now for the first time ever on international television we'll be trying to look inside the chernobyl to facility. worst thirty five years after the normal new catastrophe party gains exclusive access to a secret soviet military installation derelicts deep exclusions. on russia's energy giant state owned ross naf an independent lukoil have joined forces on signs an offshore exploration agreement for more joint business something in about twenty minutes. casting live from the heart of the russian capital the says our team the coalition is turning up the heat on colonel gadhafi and u.s. predator drones have joined the mission to seek and destroy the embattled leaders also allied forces have been engaged in the country's civil conflict for more than a month out of the hole to show for war is causing widespread concern about its cost well enough. philippians it's been a long hard month and st

the u.n. resolution which initially was installed just to use no fly zone was going on are we still two different story coalition definitely stay concise. and now they're considering another step to start look like a parisian which can really bring unpredictable results for the resolution as a result of care for me a word or term from artwork plus we're discussing the privilege is at stake you see it can be jeopardy and this is what's happening in libya and. the international community should comply with the no fly zone resolution in libya and refrain from taking sides in the country's civil war well that's a statement released following talks between the u.n. chief and the russian president. reports on their meeting in moscow the russian president and the u.n. secretary general have strengthened their calls on the whole issue into a state strictly within its mandate which was given by the u.n. no fly zone resolution its goal is to protect civilians but operation in libya has been going on for

is not discussing that that issue the un is a body the u.n. general assembly is a body that is has a record of a shameful recalled of anti israel activity the same body the past as line ism is racism resolution in the seventy's and had to withdraw in the night in the ninety's so whatever this body does the general assembly has absolutely no credibility the un is not stepping in with the massacres in yemen not stepping in the massacres in bahrain or the ones in syria so let me just put that on the record secondly again you know i come back to the same point that i come back to each time you have to negotiate a settlement there is no other way you can go to the u.n. you can get your resolution and maybe i'll make you feel good for five minutes but but what will actually change on the ground actually is very downers analogy anyway and where are the negotiations i mean i'm sorry i'm repeating the question arose we aren't. here no negotiations because our bus is refusing to come to negotiations because israel's refusal is our building settlements i

saying essentially in reinterpreting the u.n. security council and swiftly russian president was referring to saying basically you know cease fire now means overthrowing the libyan government right anything right now do you find that do you think that the bric countries we you address kind of the issues that about this not turn intervention and that the nato countries are kind of confused concerned about where to go lot of people calling it a stalemate do you think that the brics countries see this as an opportunity to get involved politically and score political points on the international stage because one thing that they're doing is backing the african union. ceasefire and that agreement or that at plan for a libyan resolution. well i don't see it in terms of scoring political points in effect emitter is these countries understand that if they want to have influence they have to unite with each other and also unite was all others so there had been this various you know from the beginning of this there was dissent criticism and

there are u.n. operations, which are u.n. blue helmeted or field missions for which we are requesting funding in the sipa account. these are the 14 missions that i described in places like haiti. >> i have so many questions. i hope you'll respond to the accounting question. >> i'm trying my best. i have to do it with clarity. >> i fully understand they are the blue helmeted operations. >> that's what we talk about. >> the security council might bless or authorize then we do in our own national interests. those would include afghanistan. >> i regard those as cost consistent with the u.n.. >> those are things that -- >> will you please respond to my libya question? >> i'm trying to. now the libya mission is not one that falls under u.n. accounting or u.n. budgets. it is something that we are undertaking at a national -- >> can you address my libya question as to the powers of the president? >> as to the powers of the president, mr. sherman, of course the powers of the president are what they are is spelled out in the constituti

it's the u.n. and the french troops are bombarded targets around the residence of being president and the city of abidjan forces loyal to the internationally recognized winner of the presidential poll. have since claimed that they captured the palace goza been refusing to see however since losing last november's election hundred seventy one killed during a week of fighting in the country now the u.n. says it's raids were carried out to quote protect civilians. but i still have for you this hour here on r.t. find out why a palestinian engineer who disappeared from a ukrainian train has now resurfaced in israel and stands accused of tara charges. plus japanese or thought he's ask for russia's help to dispose of tens of thousands of tons of radioactive liquid i spotted at fukushima power plant. britain is upping its military presence in libya with more of its tornado jets being sent in but as the country continues to tighten its belt many are starting to doubt their government is spending taxpayers' m

part of it isn't acting outside the u.n. resolution. still ahead midwest collides with the middle east on burning. plans of protest just last. modern world in russia's far east. taking close up. russian police are investigating whether the son know one of the country's richest people may have been kidnapped but softer media reports that the three million euro grandson going on the return of software tycoon. youngest child when she wrote has been missing since tuesday while a search is underway it's not officially a kidnap case his father wasn't part of a complaint of any conspiracy among the top two hundred wealthiest people in russia he founded an international company that produces virus and for security products. it was the world's worst nuclear disaster twenty five years on the battle to contain it continues building a new song over the chernobyl sites is the most pressing issue as a meeting of the country's health in ukraine let's get more from our correspondent in the capital here for us so the debate over the safe use of nuclear

on the u.n. resolution which initially was installed just to introduce a no fly zone so so what's going on now we installed two different story. definitely taken sides. and now they're considering another step for ration which can really bring unpredictable results from the resolution as a result of care for me a word it come from my old boss were discussing me. for developers at stake you see it can be jeopardized and this is what's happening in libya. the international community should comply with the no fly zone resolution in libya and refrain from taking sides in the country's civil war well that's a statement released following talks between the u.n. chief and the russian president r.t.c. got this kind of reports on their meeting in moscow the russian president and the u.n. secretary general have strengthened their calls on the call issuing to stay strictly within its mandate which was given by the u.n. nor fly zone resolution its goal is to protect civilians but you need those operation in

if nato goes beyond the u.n. mandate it has nothing to do with the rebels request for help i think the original demand from the rebels inside. the cities and less than it was something no fly zone to stop the most from is coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. across the critical arrival of foreign or foreign forces this is exactly what happened in vietnam and in various other conflicts and it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is that leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is what i want to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they're making very very difficult for the revolution succeeded. well the coalition's decision to send military advisors to libya is not exactly being welcomed with open arms in russia moscow is warning that the move is directly against the u.n. resolutio

we went to the u.n. compound to disarm the guards by taking their guns away stood there would be no violence, but they still fired on us and wounded our people, even killing some. >> this had been one of the safest cities in afghanistan, escaping the worst of the insurgency. this level of brutality has shown anti-western sentiment. bbc news. >> our north american editor mark mardell joins me in the studio to discuss the break up. mark, this incident of the koran burning totally passed me by. this is something that went unnoticed. >> i think it passed everybody by and i think that is part of the point. in this world, the american media and british media did not pick up on it. the last time this was an news, when it was connected to the run-up to the anniversary of 9/11, and the building of the islamic community center very near the site of 9/11. that had vast media attention on it. it ended with the career and not being burned, partly because the american authorities were so worried about. robert gates ac