one is that the u.n. must have -- the u.n. staff who are whistle blowers must have access to independent adjudication. external -- some sort of body that isn't controlled by the secretary-general. secondly, that whistle blowers should -- victims -- whistle blowers who are victims of proven retaliation should have the consequences that retaliation completely mitigated for direct or indirect or future consequences of their whistle blowing. in other words, we shouldn't suffer any consequences for whistle blowing and being victims of proven retaliation, direct or indirect or for those in the future. and the third, i think this is very important, is that those who engage in retaliation should suffer some consequences. because in my case, there were no consequences for anybody but me. all of those who engaged in retaliation and who were named in various reports went on to have great lives with no impact on them, so i was the only one who suffered any consequences. so those are three of the areas that are highlighted in this section

one is that the u.n. must have -- u.n.aff who are whistleblowers must have access -- external, some sort of body that is not controlled by the secretary-general. secondly, that whistleblowers -- victims -- whistleblowers who are victims of prudent retaliation should as a consequence of that retaliation completely mitigate it for direct or indirect or future consequences of their whistleblowing. in other words, we should not suffer any consequences for whistleblowing and being victims of prudent retaliation, either directorial direct or those that may arise in the future, and the third, i think this is very important, is that those who engage in retaliation should suffer some consequences, because in my case, there were no consequences for anybody but me. all of those who were engaged in retaliation and who were named in the various reports went on to have great lives with no impact on them, and i was the only one who suffered any consequences. three of the areas that are highlighted in this section of u.s. law. view, what

he u.n. he is a frequent visitor to the sub-saharan africa as well and has written extensively on economic development, peace and security issues in that region. he first joined us here at heritage in 1995 from march 2003 to 2004 he worked at the pentagon as an assistant for international criminal court policy before returning here to heritage. please join me in welcoming brett shafer. brett? [applause] >> good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation. as we noted on the flyer, in recent years, there have been a number of various stories, reports, and other sources revealing a troubling number of scandals, mishaps, misappropriations by the united nations and its affiliated organizations, and i'll go through a few of them to give you a sense for what we've seen. earlier this year the associated press reported the united nations office of internal oversight services failed to pursue cases of corruption over the last five years, including major cases inherited from the procurement task forc

one is the u.n. staff must have access to independent adjudication. >>> secondly, that whistle blowers who are vicktisms of proven retaliation should have the consequences completely mitigated for direct or indirect or fuel kwhur consequences. of whistle blowing. you shouldn't suffer any consequences of whistle blowing. . in my case, there was no consequences for anybody but me. all of us went onto have great lives except me. so those are three of the areas that are high lighted in this section. my view of what's wrong is the accountability institutions of the u.n., there are three of them. there's the ethics office, which is the guardian of the faith, there's the office of internal oversight services, oios, to which it has referred. and the third is the justice system. each one of these is broken in some way for the ethics office. i get these from the government accountability project. >>> since the establishment of the ethics office, there have been more than 300 whistle blowers or those who inquir

the u.n., the chinese abstained. they did not vote against it as the russians did. it was a reflection of their own national interests more than anything else and incidentally, not much noticed in the american press, israel. the official beneficiary of our military assistance and they took this neutral position for their own reasons and interests. one shouldn't be too surprised by that the russians did it too. in the russian-chinese relationship, what we're seeing russian depence on china. -- depends on china. the fact remains that that the major financial investments are going to be made by the russians in communications, in facilities, pipelines and so forth. and the chinese are going to ave alternatives in terms of rice as soon as iran opens up, as soon as they reach out to deal with saudi arabia and so forth and therefore at some point the chinese will be able to go to the rush and say we value this treaty but you have to lower the price because the world price is going down and we have th

china is willing to help the u.n., if the u.n. keeps the oil fields safe. chinese private business and government invests here, but half the country's workers fled the violence over the past six months. the owners of this market garden lost casual customers, but supply hotels. they have a 15 year lease and are digging in for the long haul. >> we want to capitalize to benefit not us, but people of the country. this is social responsibility. >> reporter: in a pragmatic policy shift, china said it halted arms sales to the south sudan army until both sides stop fighting. the principle in south sudan says the ambassador is... >> not export any arms or weapons to the conflict countries. >> reporter: china halted discussions over a loan to the government. in theory these initiatives give china more influence. the risk is that it increases china's exposure if the fighting massacres continue. >>> david shinn is a former united nations ambassador who writes on china's role in africa and he explained that china wants to see oil production in south sudan back to its fu

we operated within the u.n. rules, within the u.n. and the dynamic changed considerably, and what we saw -- if you didwas not know any better, you thought the world was upside down, because the investigator became the subject, and the subject became the victim, and so many case, we proved very clearly that an official was steering 100 million dollars in contracts to a telecommunications firm that hailed from the same country that he was from, and the evidence was very solid, and it was referred to the national authorities in the u.s., and they prosecuted the case, and they convicted the staff member of fraud and unlawful steering of contracts, and he got jail time for that. was put out earlier in the conversation that in order for a criminal case -- for the criminal code to be applied against a member, the secretary-general has to wait privileges of immunity of the organization. if the secretary-general does thechoose to waive those, person can go completely scot-free in anything and becauseng he has done there is no effective system

on the u.n. charter i do think it may not stop us all the time but it's a disincentive and harms, think it's a much bigger deal in other countries but to take one example of the libyan intervention example of this administration wanted to get you in authorization to intervene in libya and they delayed the intervention until the rebellion was wiped out in today you are a better expert at this than i but people sometimes say that our delay allowed the more radical elements to add a bigger voice in the libyan rebellion. now maybe the obama administration did want to intervene anyway and was using the charter is a convenient excuse. who knows? it seemed to me they were quite commit to it. it's also ceria the of u.n. authorization is the reason upon the demonstration has given for not intervening in syria. i do think it is having some effect. maybe on the margins is just another thing that gets added that the spores going to be a legitimate and a political resistance. in the iraq war germany and franc

bangladesh is obligated to help the u.n. when the u.n. ask, we respond positively. when the troops can't get the minimum - what should i say - facilities, then it is demoralizing, we want our guys fully equipped and energized so they can perform the job effectively and efficiently. >> the dispute over funding comes at a time when the u.n. must find troops for missions in mali, south sudan, and set up a peacekeeping operation in the central african republic. there hasn't been a major increase in the money the u.n. pays to countries that contributes troops for years. the u.n. pays an average of $1,200 per peace keeper per month. some countries want it increased to as much as $1,700. the total for the peacekeeping budget stands at about $7.3 billion, but next year it could rise to more than $9 billion. >>> crunch negotiations will continue, but in a supreme irony, because the talks have gone on there's no budget left for translators or support staff. they will not meet in these corridors, they'll have meetings outside the building. >>> still to come in this half hour -

al jazeera reveals a funding crisis for u.n. peacekeeping forces. >>> russia with love - the next world cup host goes on a charm offensive in brazil. >>> first, we open with some breaking news from israel. we have reports an israeli soldier has been killed in an explosion in golan heights. israel responded by attacking syrian posts with more tar shells. the u.n. supervised a ceasefire lying in the golan heights. jane ferguson joins me life. how much do we know about the shooting? >> well, al jazeera has spoken to a senior military source in the israeli military. a vehicle along that deputied border but inside the golan heights in israeli territory was targeted with an explosion. it is not clear if it was a rocket or explosion. the explorks happened in a vehicle, that was carrying civilian contractors. they were working on the wall. that contact said that the source said there are casualties, but they will not go into the number of figures of anyone dead or wounded. along the border with syria there has been incidents in the past

so the u.n.[inaudible] support for them if they want to see a new legislative assembly. elects are scheduled for the 25th of june. and there are trying to postpone it or not have these elections to be held correctly. so the u.n. and international community should break the deadlock and help to carry on these elections. >> how does the u.n. do that? [speaking at the same time] how does it do it simply by asking the people who are part of this assembly at the moment not turn up and please let's have another one? and how does it sort out of problems without going in on the ground as happened before? >> this goes to the second point what we try to address. the fact that the support of the international community for the transition process is what has kept the country from staging the power over the turns of the government violence, the libyan people will not stand for [inaudible] we will not stand for a return to embargoes and sanctions. if the international community shows the common front to all th

the u.n. believes after three years of fighting more than 10 million syrians need help. that is almost half of the uprising population. >> a humanitarian situation is tied with the crisis in iraq. thousands of people are fleeing baqubah north-east of baghdad. 1,000 families sheltering in a camp. the u.n. says 600,000 have been forced out of their homes in the last two weeks. iran's president hassan rouhani is calling for a ceasefire in iraq. speaking at a religious conference he called on both sides to lay down the weapons during the holy month of ramadan. iran is watching the situation. in the past it offered help to the ricky government. >>> a former major general helping the sunni rebels d told al jazeera they will not put their arms down until demands are met. >>> as we broke to you earlier, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is having - these are not live pictures, but he's arrived a few minutes ago in egypt for the first top-level talks with general abdul fatah al-sisi - former gener

china is willing to help the u.n. a lot more if the u.n. keeps the oil field safe. china's private business and government invests. half the workers fled the violence obvious the past six months. the owners of this market gardener lost casual customers but supply hotels. it has a 15 years lease and are digging in. >> we want to capitalize n this trend of investment in africa to benefit us and people of this country. this is called social responsibility. >> in a pragmatic policy shift, china says it halted arm sales to the south sudanese society. the ambassador says... >> not export arms or weapons to the country. >> china's halted discussions over a $2 billion loan to the government. these initiatives give china more influence. the risk is that it increases china's exposure if the fighting, massacres and destruction continue. >> south sudan is one of many countries where u.n. peacekeepers are stationed. blue helmets and white carriers can disappear from communities. >> the u.n. has peacekeepers in 16 missions around the world. their strength is reaching a high. over

this is something that the u.n.has been trying to do but it's weird that thus far we have not been able to have the break through that we all sort of looking to -- looking for. >> why can we not reach that break through? does the nigerian government not need or want the cooperation? >> i have been informed that this is complex. can you not just stun the area and risk death of the people that you are trying to rescue. so there's delicate negotiations. i don't know. i would imagine you would need to have, but so far we obviously just don't have the results that we need. we don't have the results that we need. we don't know what is happening to the girls. we just fear you know what is happening to them. >> so what is the biggest weakness in the nigerian government that is stopping them from being able to prevent these attacks? >> i mean ultimately the security of the people ask a responsible of a government. i think the deployment of greater capacity to do this and to do it in a sustained way, but also i guess the citi

the u.n. says the number of victims from the takeover of the iraqi city of mosul may be in the hundreds. fromhe movement of tanks russia over the border into causes issues. it is being called unacceptable. and brazil wins over croatia in the first match of the world cup. holland is looking to avenge its loss against the world champs. thiscoming up for you hour, actress angelina jolie uses her star power to bring in some high-profile guest at a conference aimed at stamping out sexual violence in war. today, secretary of state john kerry speaks at the closing of the event in london. and student researchers in iran may have come out what they solar powered car. they are having a harder time getting to be says they need to get papers for the united states. said he isa examining all options to help off security forces hold insurgents in iraq. surprised authorities in the last few days. officials have ruled out putting u.s. troops back on the ground, but washington is weighing short-term options, in

u.n. ban ki-moon has called for egypt to respect press freedom. >> they should allow the freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and freedom of covering the news by the journalists. i have also met president sisi today in [inaudible] and i also discussed this matter and i have urged him that the freedom of journalism, expression of -- freedom of expression should be fully protected. >>> supporters of ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi staged a series of protests on friday. the protesters want morsi reinstated. the military supported by a large percentage of the population kicked morsi out of office this time last year. he egyptians elected the leader of the military abdel al sisi in may. >>> dozens of mourners gathered at the capital's mosque to play. 22 people at least were killed and 17 more injured in the explosion. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> the world health organization is warning the deadly ebola end deposit i can in west africa too spread. it's ur

also coming up from the program russia calls for an u.n. resolution ukraine. >>> and spain's king juan carlos said he'll step down from the country's throne. and five leaders arrive in guantanamo and there are questions in the u.s. over the deal that freed them. >> helicopter gun ships have been firing on the libyan city of bengahzi. ishortly we're going speak to our correspondent in tripoli, but first let's watch her report. >> it started in the early hours of the morning. residents in bengahzi awoke to this. >> fighters from the armed group and others attacked special forces who have sworn allegiance to general haftra. it soon turned into a full scale war. there have been casualties, and civilians are among the dead. the fight something spilling over into residential areas. haftar has attacks areas and they are now fighting back. >> stephanie, tell us little bit about this general, kahlifa haftar, who is now taking on the militias. >> well, he is a man known to libyans. a corne colonel under qaddafi. he moved to the u.s. for 20 years and

the u.n. security council. russia is likely to continue to use its veto if necessary in support of the government in damascus. how will the rest of the international community respond to an election that technically gives bashar al-assad another season years in power. an observer believes if will not change the minds of nations that declared the regime an international pariah. >> i don't think it's an imperative for outside states, whether syria or geopolitically because they want to get on iran's good side. it's not a powerful imperative for anyone to pretend it's not reel. the election will change things in bashar al-assad's mind. >> life for people living inside syria gets worse. the u.n. and international aid agents sis find it almost impossible to get medicine and aid to besieged areas. there's talk of a resolution. but getting agreement of russia and china will be difficult. four times in the past three years the two nations used their veto to block resolutions on syria, on the ground in

china is willing to help the u.n. a lot more if the u.n. coops the oil field safe. >> chinese private business and government invests here, but half the workers fled. the owners of this market garden lost casual customers but supply chinese hotels. they have a 15 year lease and are digging in for the lopping hall. >> we want to capitalize on this trend, benefitting us and people of this country. this is called social responsibility. >> in another pragmatic policy shift. china said it halted arms sales to the army. it's principle. and the ambassador says. >> not export any arms or weapons to the conflicted countries. >> china halted discussions over a $2 billion loan. these initiatives give china more influence. the risk is that it increases china's exposure if the fighting massacre and destruction continues. >>> so preventing attacks on cultural exercises is part of the agenda of the world heritage committee. delegates are meeting here in qatar, and they have expressed concern about how conflict is being destroyed. the fighting in iraq is p

al jazeera has learned that the u.n.udget problems could force 16 peacekeeping missions to end by the inland of the month. an argument between diplomats is putting the budget in limbo. james bays has the latest? >> the u.n. has peace keepers in 16 missions around the world. they are their authorized strength is reaching a record high: over 100,000 troops and police in u.n. blue helmets. now, there is a major funding crisis. diplomats can't agree on a new budget, and if there is not a deal by the end of the month when the current budget runs out, peace keepers in all of the missions will have no money and won't be able to operate. most of the u.n. troops come from the developing world. these soldiers are from rwanda, but the main funding is provided by western stations. this is a row that's pitching the world's riches countries against some of the poorest on earth. >> akabdomoman is from bangladesh, a country with more than 8,000 personnel. >> bangladesh is obligated to help u.n. so, you know, whenever u.n. asks us, we re

we are calling on the national organizations and u.n. and european union and others to support the war on terror. they are fully aware that iraq could be the direct target but the region as a whole is going to suffer. we call upon them to cooperate with iraq and control therd boors in order to stop the terrorist groups from coming into iraq but cutting off the lines of support that provide them with funds, weapons and resources and men. the government is calling on them to carry out the duties. >> we are live from baghdad, we are looking at what he's saying and looking to pass a state of emergency and give us the context here and idea of how difficult it might be to launch since actions. >> well, i can tell you that the speaker of the house said that the parliaments are reconvening for an emergency session on thursday. all eyes now on thursday to get a state of emergency passed. it is not going to be easy. he's faced immense criticism with the handling of the security of iraq. a state of emergency will give him sweeping powers. he's alre

ambassador believes you know other u.n. members are almost stalling this humanitarian resolution on ukraine proposed by moscow so why would they do that. they simply they have backed this government from before it was in power in fact they have supported and helped orchestrated. the riots the regime change that brought it to power and they have defended it's largely ignoring all the horrible details of the massacres and what amounts to an ethnic cleansing campaign against the terrorist campaign on the ground there is no way they were going to allow a u.n. resolution which would then the reputation of this regime that they have supported to pass through the security council i have limited time but i want to ask you this very quickly how are you at all up to missing that poroshenko can actually restart peace with his plans i think this is not the intention of the plans at all the intention of the plan is to ensure swift and thorough military victory as possible that is what this document says this document is in no way shape

and china rejected a request from the u.n. court to submit evidence in support of its claims by december. >>> leaders in beijing are also at odds with their counterparts in tokyo. members of the a private panel from the two nations are discussing how to improve relations. the two-day meeting began on thursday in nagasaki, western japan. the new japan-china friendship committee for the 21st century was scheduled to meet in 2012. but the talks were postponed due to strained relations between the two countries. the 14 participants are trying to find ways to improve bilateral cooperation. they include the president of japan post holdings, taizo nishimuro and former chinese foreign among minister tang. it's not limited to the government level. he worned that people in both countries are beginning to harbor ill feelings toward each other. >> translator: we should break the cycle of mutual distrust and open a path to improved relations. >> tang criticized japanese leaders' positions over historical issues and islands in the east chin

the u.n. he's a frequent visitor to the subsaharan africa as well and written extensively on economic development, peace and security issues in that region. he first joined us here at heritage in 1995. from march 2003 to 2004 he worked at the pentagon as an assistant for international criminal court policy before returning here to heritage. please join me in welcoming brett schaffer. brett? >> good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation. as we as you know, in recent years, there have been a number of various stories, reports and other sources revealing a troubling number of scandals, misha mishaps, misappropriation by the united nations, and i'm going through a few of them just to give you a sechbs nse of what w seen. over the past few years, the director general of the world sintellectual property organization has been accused of covertly authorizing the use of dual use technology enacting illegally in efforts to identify the author of anonymous levels of sexual harassment. recently re

the u.n. says 50 million around the world were displaced last year. >>> a peace plan for ukraine is announced by president poroshenko after a president with president putin. >>> no combat troops on the ground, but the u.s. will send hundreds of military advisors in iraq to fight militants. >>> also the sacred river that cleanses all things. one of the most pollutant river miss the worl-- in the world. can it be cleansed? thanks for joining us. this is the scene ever more familiar around the world. being forced out of your home, even forced out of your home is a tragedy. last year the number of displaced hit 50 million. that's according to the u.n. refugee agency. that's the entire population of a country like south korea. 17 million have had to lead in surge of security. the vast majority are displaced. they live in camps that in some cases have become permanent slum cities. imogen has the story. >> 2.5 million have fled the country. they may be safe, but this will never be home. 6 million are

the laws that are designed to discourage u.n. bodies from admitting palestinian authority before a comprehensive settlement are essential if negotiations are to have any chance at all. far from being anachronistic as some connected with unesco are claiming, they are more current and important now than ever. it's now that the palestinians are trying to change their status at the u.n. unilaterally and now we must use the available tools to prevent it. if we were to grant waiver authority to the administration as they have requested, the floodgates would open. the existence of waiver authority, not to mention the actual exercise of the waiver, would embolden the palestinians to make even greater unilateral efforts to achieve membership in u.n. bodies and the result would present repeated funding dilemmas for us and make a true negotiated peace that much more difficult to achieve. the nomination of a candidate for the unesco position at least gives me this opportunity to restate clearly and unambiguously once again that i remain firm

the u.n. human rights chief calling the verdicts a travesty of justice. well in the last couple of hours the white house called for all three men to be pardoned. we'll talk to peter greste's brother andrew for his assessment and more on the international outcry for the convictions. first mohamed ado has this report on the day's events. >> a guilty verdict nearly sick months in the making. the crime, doing their job as journalists. al jazeera correspondent peter greste, produc producers mohamey and baher mohamed were given seven years, and baher mohamed given afternoon additional three years for spent cartridge found on him. disbelief from their families. >> seven years for peter greste, and five other, defendants present. my god! my god! sorry. >> that's crazy. >> finish. >> that's crazy. that's absolutely crazy. >> it's clearly a corrupt and fraudulent verdict, the case is politically motivated and everything is wrong with it. >> the response from the austrailian government was swift, too. >>

. >>> u.n. chief ban ki-moon called for an arms embargo. ♪ ♪ >>> i am jane duffy, you are watching al jazerra. also on the program a suicide bomber targets a top security commander in lebanon. the number of people forced to flee their homes across the globe passes 50 million for the first time since world war ii. and at the world cup in brazil, police move in quickly to quash any sign of protests. ♪ ♪ >>> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon called for an arms embargo on syria. he warned that the war is bleeding beyond the borders. the evidence is there to see in the violence taking place from the mediterranean for the you freight is. in a moment we'll have more from lebanon. there has been an assassination attempt on the country's security chief. and iraqi forces are again under salt. but first let's listen to ban ki-moon at the united nations. >> i urge the security council to impose an arms embargo. if divisions in the council continues to prevent such a step, i urge country to his do so indivi

bangladesh is obligated to help u.n. whenever u.n. asks us, we respond very positively. but when our troops cannot get some minimum you know, what should i say, facilities, then it is demoralsing. we want our guys to be fully equipped and fully energized so they can provide their work effectively and efficiently. >> u.n. must find more trips for its missions in malli and south sudan. contribute troops for years. currently the u.n. pays an average of about $1200 per peace keeper per month. some countries want that increased, to as much as $1700 per peace keeper per month. the total for the current peace keeping budget which ends in just over a week stands at about $7.3 billion but next year it could rise to more than $9 billion. crunch negotiations will continue in the coming days but in a supreme irony because the talks have gone on past their allotted time. there's no budget left for translators and support staff so they won't be meeting in these corridors. instead they will be having informal meetings sometimes outside these chambers. james bays, al jazeera, new york.

the u.n. for help. >>> game an, at the eve of america's world cup match against general -- yerm ni, we talk about the low down. >>> and we begin with the supreme court's decision on cell phones. not about the devices put privacy and personal information, and what law enforcement needs to prove and show. roxanna reports on the ruling and reaction. >> the justices pointed out that part phones can hold quantities of personal information, and searching them violates rights to prif assy. the justice department argued police needed to check cell phones because they are used for criminal activities. >> if the police pulling over, they are allowed to search anything in plain view. one thing they can't search is your cell phone, because they hoed personal information. justice john roberts wrote in a rule:. >> technology is advance. so of your personal life can be accessed that has nothing to do with your criminal case. >> a brief was wild arguing cell phone searches can compromise how jobs are undertak

the u.n. has supervised a ceasefire line in the golan heights since 1974. >>> the tension in the golan heights comes as four palestinians have been killed in the search for three missing israeli settlers. israeli forces have arrested in a search operation so far. the threeisitioni youths went missing on june the 12th near west bank settlement. let's get more on the explosion in the golan heights and the search of the miss -- for the missing israelis. what are you hearing about the missingisitioni miss israelis now. >> tlast night was the ninth night in a row of raids and arrests in various cities. now, the israeli military are being increasingly met with tension and confrontations from locals here, from palestinians, themselves. la last, two palestinians were shot dead. >> brings the death toll to 4 since the search for the three teens started about 10 days ago. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has responded to criticism saying his soldiers are acting in self defense. >> we are in

u.n.ing more than a thousand people, mostly civilians have been killed in iraq in june alone. thousands now trying to find safe haven from the fighting. some of the displaced are winding up in u.n. camps in the kurdish region. they were able to receive medicine and the electricity is up and running again that is needed to help pouring the cooling units. in egypt that country's president saying he will not interfere with judicial rulings despite the global outrage over the conviction of our three al jazerra journalists, el sisi making the comments today at a military graduation. it comes after several political leaders including john kerry con determined that verdict. erica pit see has more. >> reporter: this is the sound of silence around the world. from al jazerra headquarters in doha, to nairobi, to seoul, a moment of unity and protest of the verdict that sentenced these three journal assists to prison for up to 10 years. the reaction after an egyptian court on monday was far from silent

executive director of the u.n.'s world food program. we appreciate your time and efforts on behalf of all the needy people. thank you. >> thank up. >>> now for some more stories from around the world. >>> we begin in nigeria, boko haram terrorists reportedly kidnapped nearly 100 people on saturday. 60 women and girls and 30 boys abducted from villages in the north of the country. four were killed in a village, and a village destroyed, reminiscent of the kidnapping of 200 girls in april. nigerian authorities are yet to confirm the abduction. but the attackers have been identified as boko haram. >>> next to london where rebecca brooks has been acquitted of all charges in the phone-hacking scandal that brought down "news of the world." brooks, editor of the rupert murdoch-owned tabloid was accused of knowingly and deliberately allowing reporters to hack into phones of celebrities and politicians. andy coulson was not so lucky, found guilty of conspiring to intercept messages and is facing bribery charges. >>> in belfast, queen elizabeth an

mosul has been under bombardment, the u.n. saying they had to attend a nearby camp for displaced people because of large numbers leaving. half a million were forced to leave mosul. it takes the total numbers in iraq to 1.2 million. as a result the u.n. tripled the aid appeal to $3 million. we go to imran khan in baghdad. >> a lot of people on the move because of fighting in tikrit. where are the people heading and what sort of help are they getting. what sort of help is down to the crisis in funding. 80% is not there, and most of the agencies tell you that they are instructing to help, to what are the certainly displaced people, refugees in their open country doing? the vast majority are heading into the iraqi, ramy kurdi region. a lot can't get in because of the lack of camp space, there's not enough houses for people. represents have skyrocketed. people were able to live there for a week, two weeks before it became unaffordable, and they had to leave and are therefore trying to move back to the places they came from or seeki

>> reporter: well, certainly the u.n.as been using its good offices in private and putting pressure on egyptians and i know at the highest level that has been done and u.n. secretary general moon has been involved in raising their cases. when i walk around the corridors of the united nations and speak to diplomates they are aware of the case, often approaching me and asking me what the latest news is and it's worth perhaps stating what is somewhat an obvious fact but peter, one of the three journalist and very well-known in africa and the u.n. does a lot of work in places like the democratic republic of is a somalia and know his situation and of all three journalists and one final point, i spoke to the egyptian ambassador at the u.n. and spoken to him a number of times about the situation. just a couple days ago he told me that the justice system, he had no control over, no one in the foreign ministry did. it was completely independent. well, that may be so. it may be an independent justice system. i doesn't to be one tha

the u.n. security coupl council. how will the rest of the international community respond to an election that technically gives bashar al-assad another seven years in power? one observer believes an election will not change the minds of those nation who is declared the damascus regime an international pariah. >> i don't think there is a powerful imperative from any outside state whether commercially because they want to do business with syria, a country where there is no business to be done with, or geopolitically they want to, what, get on russia and iran's good side? there is nothing for anybody to pretend that the election is real. the election will change things within assad's own deluded mind and entourage. >> reporter: life inside syria continues to get word. the u.n. and international aid agencies find it impossible to get medicine and aid to besieged areas. there is talk of a resolution in the u.n. security council on humanitarian access, but getting the agreement of russia and china d

the u.n. refugee agency say says the numbers displaced in iraq is 1.2 million. the u.n. tripled aid appeal to $312 million. >>> i'm ran kahn joins us from baghdad. -- imran khan joins us live from baghdad. hundreds have been killed, hundreds of thousands on the move, what is happening to these people. what help are they getting and where are they heading too? >> well, all the aid agencies, not just the united nations is facing a shortfall. the u.n. says there's about 278 million short of what they need. that means that most people who are trying to get help - they are going to the north of the country to iraqi kurdistan. many people are trying to stay with people that they know in the safer territories of the north. the other ones are trying to get into camps, which they can't get into, there's not enough tents to go around. the others are, therefore, staying in hotels, or trying to rent accommodation. prices have skyrocketed across morne iraq for those kind of accomodation. people are finding themselves homeless, some are trying to decide whether to go back to tikrit, w

. >> al jazeera has learned the u.n. budget problems could put an end to more than adowns peacekeeping missions by the end of june. an argument between western nations in some developing countries is putting the budgeit in limbo. >> the u.n. has peace keepers in 16 missions around the world. their authorized strength is over 100,000 troops and police in u.n. blue helmets. there is a major funding prices. if there is not a deal by the end of the month when the current budget runs out, these keepers will have no money and won't be able to operate. >> most of the u.n. troops come from the developing world. these soldiers are from rwanda but the main funding is provided by western nations. this is a row that's pitching the world's richest. ak ab dume mumam is ambassador of bangladesh, over 8,000 serving. >> bangladesh is obligated to help the u.n. >> one positively. >> the facilities. it is demoralizing. we want our guys to be equipped and energized. >> efficient. the u.n. must find more troops. marley and south sudan and se

fame from the conflict in the east tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees the u.n. estimates over one hundred thousand have crossed the border with russia since the beginning of the military operation but the u.s. has once again expressed doubt about there is numbers saying the source is not credible since the start of two thousand and fourteen one hundred and ten thousand ukrainians have arrived in russia we just have seen no evidence to support that we don't believe they're credible we're watching we just don't think that the hundreds of thousands number is credible we don't have anything to cooperate with this is the u.n. this isn't the russians saying you know not there is this is an agency saying you guys get millions and millions of dollars to go in there now. we don't have anything to back up that number. coming up a look at the deal that are firmly re aligned do you crave towards the euro the still no endurance like of the conflict in the east on which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we report later america's sanctions plans are hitting a snag at

u.n.ry moon called for egypt to accept the press freedom and three al jazeera journalists sentenced on monday in prison for 181 days and they were given 7 years in prison and bahmy sentenced to ten years because he had a spent bullet that was picked up at a protest in his possession and accused of helping the out lawed muslim brotherhood. >> freedom of movement, freedom of expression and freedom of covering the news by the journalists. i have also met president si si today and i also discussed this and i urged him that the freedom of journalism, expression and freedom of expression should be fully protected. >> reporter: a quick look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world, at least 14 people have been killed in a gas pipeline explosion in india. the explosion caused a massive fire that destroyed homes and forced evacuation of nearby village's and the fire is now under control. thousands of supporters of afghan candidate abdullah marched on the president's palace

it really diminishes the credibility of the u.n. this vote will go down at history as one of the worst votes in terms of electing a president of the general assembly. >> given your government's position on guy rights and the allegations that have been swirling about corruption concerning you personally, do you think you are the right person for this job? >> first of all, let me tell you this, that i have had a conspiracy by members of the opposition in our country both inside and outside who have tied to malign my name. i've never been found corrupt. i believe that i should lead this organization for the next session. >> even countries vocal on the issue of human rights and corruption aren't speaking out much on the appointment of the new president. he was the choice of the african union and they don't want to force a row with the africans and uganda is an important regional player, providing peacekeepers to a number of missions on the continent. james bays, aljazeera at the beyond nations. >> it has been seven years in the makings

the u.n. says more than a thousand civilians have been killed since the fighting started the ongoing violence is also forced eight hundred thousand people to flee their homes to escape the advancing jihadists the situation is no better for troops either i suppose that it has executed around seventeen hundred captured iraqi soldiers hundreds of iraqis have responded to a call to arms to defend their towns but the army still remains at flank at almost every turn in fighting isis so let's take a look at why firstly when the extremists seize most of the opened up access to the cash arms and ammunition stored iraq's largest oil refining area is also at peril of being captured by isis which could endanger the country's already weak economy and the number of militants is growing the group is said to have helped hundreds of prisoners escaped from jail swelling its ranks in the process and on top of that is exploiting and fueling sectarian tensions in the community gathering public support among radica

the u.n. is calling for a cut off in the u.s. city of detroit a violation of human rights while authorities are still trying to ring i took all the money from the rich friends. wherever you're watching from in the world welcome to moscow and to r.t. international i mean i know neal. the iraqi army has launched an offensive on the city of to create that is currently in the hands of islamist radicals the time is less than two hundred kilometers from the eventual target of the extremists and this comes as the u.s. secretary of state john kerry urged the courage to reinforce the defenses of the iraqi capital but it seems the ethnic group has other priorities not capturing the oil rich city off her cook kurdish authorities are planning to hold an independence referendum. looks at the prospects of. less than two kilometers away a stronghold of these lawmakers state in iraq and syria fighters from isis or as they're called in arabic have taken over the neighboring village. these kurdish soldiers known as the peshmerga law are the only d

activists are demanding the u.n. step in to help thousands of people left without water however those suffering are not in a remote african or asian village but in the bankrupt us city of detroit authorities are cutting water supplies to thousands of high school saying they're protecting the city's budget from paid bills human experts have called the actions a violations of human rights on closer inspection reveals it's not just the hard up not paying their bills some corporations are tens of millions of dollars in the red as well but there's a little pressure being put on the martys make a lopez has the details for us. it is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs dry how am i supposed to wash my child heilman i supposed to shower must fill in the largest american city to ever filed for bankruptcy residents are falling behind on their water bills now facing five billion dollar

start of the meeting is a briefing by the u.n.'n in iraq nikolai, he's given the ambassadors via video link the latest information on the ground from inside iraq. i have spoken to a anybody of diplomats about the current situation, some of the information we are getting here in new york, and i know this is conflicted some of it by what we are hearing from the ground. but diplomats telling me that the iraqi government now seems to be saying that it believes that the oil refinery, the largest oil refinery in iraq has been secured. i know there are different reports coming from the ground in iraq on that. we are also hearing from diplomats, that in samarra, north of baghdad, iraqi commandos are gathering, the suggestion that perhaps there is going to be some sort of fight back by the iraqi forces and that they are gathering in samarra for that fight back. not many comments going in to the security council meeting other than from the president of the security council, that's a rotate thing. one month each country, this month it is the

. >> the draft u.n. resolution will include demands for immediate end of violence, aimed at establishing a stable and immediate cease fire. humanitarian corridors for which being being civilians can. >> paid a portion of that bill. the dispute could threaten europe's gas supply. >>> joining us now from the united nations headquarters in new york. what kind of reaction do you think kristin, the russians can expect from the u.n. security council where they called this meetings? >> well, felicity, i've been speaking with security council members and they say they've yet to see any proposal from the russians. all they know is what sergey lavrov has been saying publicly that he wants some cease fire and some humanitarian corridors for people to flee the violence there. and of course he is blaming the west for the escalation of violence there, and the west is blaming russia for encouraging the pro-russian fighters so i think it's safe to say that the western ambassadors on the council, the western members are