. >> former u.n. ambassador john bolton recently chosen to serve as president trump's national security advisor talked about his book "surrender is not an option, defending america at the united nations and abroad", he appeared on q & a in 2007. >> john bolten former ambassador to the united nations. why did you call your book "surrender is not a option". >> that was the choice of the editor. and in 1964 i was at the goldwater's headquarters in maryland. and goldwater's shot showed me i didn't have a career as a prognosticato prognosticator. and i wondered about the goldwater campaign given how he was treated and i concluded the campaign by surrender is not an option. and that was what the publisher thought would make a title. >> host: the impact, your father was a firefighter and your mother was a housewife. >> guest: he think-- i think i grew up with the values of working class america. they never considered themselves at the time they would be people character rieiz later as reagan democrats. i lea

i know the behavior of the u.n.aid deputy executive director had always been an open secret and i don't think there is a single woman staff who hasn't been subjected to a remark or some touching that has been inappropriate. i never thought i'd be sexually assaulted and i blame myself because i think that's where -- i didn't see the danger coming in sharing an elevator with somebody, mistakenly. i believe that the systems in place are inadequate. >> he said that you spoke to him about your sexual preferences. >> that's incorrect. prior to which he had also alleged that he was my medical doctor and i was his patient so that was just another way in which he was trying to obstruct the zblvgs what has to change? >> i think we need two things. i think we need reform. in terms of exemplarity, we mustn't let the few rotten apples ruin the whole basket. what has been done to me, the sexual assault by luiz loures and the cover up by michel sidibe, it mustn't happen and the secretary general must make an example out of them. b

because the u.n. is like -- [inaudible] the u.n. is cockpit for all these things. all human life is there. you're watching it. you have this ambivalent attitude, most american jews as we know of, liberal, globalists, they support democracy and freedom. they like the united nations. they made an exception because of all the stuff about israel and zion system racism. they didn't think it through. but eroded the support. and this helped erode the support for the united nations inside the u.s. you got the, so the people who would automatically have been natural supporters of the u.n. were always ambivalent bit. you have jewish senators from new york looking over their shoulders who will pass resolutions condemning the u.n., cutting the funds. that is one of the points that the lobby has been doing in washington is to try to trim the u.n.'s size by threatening to withhold fund or actually withholding funds or pulling out of organizations as we've seen recently. the effect isn't just financial. it is a cont

we shouldn't underestimate the power of these u.n. conferences u.n. sessions of the visibility people watching them on the web cons n.g.o.s coming to geneva being able to run side events activists being able to speak within the council chamber we're station underestimate the importance that member states place on these meetings because they receive visibility there is naming and shaming they feel very much under scrutiny of course these meetings on their own cannot do everything just like human rights defenders across the world on their own can't do everything what we need to do is have a much more global and joined up thinking on this not just rely on those n.g.o.s that are based in geneva or in new york with lots of access but go out on the ground and work with local n.g.o.s empowered and bring them into geneva into universal periodic review sessions into the human rights council we need to ensure that countries like china know that it may not happen it could dissidents if they block them from coming to the human rights council as happened with the

the u.n. plans a donor conference to help people in the democratic republic of congo for congolese officials are refusing to go accusing the agency of overreacting how bad are things on the ground this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions that's how the u.n. described what's happening in the democratic republic of congo last month the country has been at war for much of the past twenty five years including recent political instability after president joseph kabila stayed in power beyond his mandated to term in office now as the u.n. plans to hold a donor conference in switzerland congolese officials say they will not attend accusing the agency of exaggerating the problem we've got a lot to talk about with our guests but first this report from charlotte ballasts. she tried to run but marie last child fell trying to escape her attackers. one of the london militia cut me with a machete my brother helped me run away b

and ahead of those u.n. talks i spoke with un human rights office spokeswoman shamdasani from geneva so i asked her who's to blame for the humanitarian crisis in syria. the syrian government first and foremost is to blame but the international community shares this thing it's been seven years now since the conflict in syria up again and there has been not one step taken by the security council to show that it is resolute and concerted in bringing this conflict to an end and in bringing the perpetrators of these created by a nations of human rights and humanitarian law to account we're looking at pictures of destruction there hey you know syrians they have endured violence on a huge scale for years now how would you assess the threats to the population how have they changed over the last year. you know when it when it really struck me about your coverage and here it was that you said that the images of children in syria were too graphic to be shown on television let's think about that for a second when images

incited the u.n. security council sanctions committee to fabricate the theory of cooperation between us and syria this is only a mean trick to create an atmosphere of sanctions against our republic and enforce a full scale sea blockade by railing at us as a state of possession and political of chemical weapons and to justify its military invasion into syria turkey is realty says eight of its soldiers were killed and another thirteen were injured in the northern region of our freend making it one of the deadliest days for turkish forces as they began to cross border offensive against kurdish y.p. g. forces in january. at least one person has died after a suicide blast in the afghan capital kabul police say a couple this detonated in an area close to foreign embassies there's been no immediate claim of responsibility or a judge today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next inside story. can they do violence in fentanyl african republic has grossed more than a million peo

news live from orlando the u.n. human rights chief warns of all out just struction in syria's eastern cuba and beyond next month or the month. it will be somewhere else where people first and the book of the apocalypse intended them executed by individuals were then the government. but can be un do anything more to stop the brutal conflict besides raising the alarm clock the war of words between britain and russia escalates as a former russian spy fights for his life after being exposed to a mystery substance. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. amounting threat of further devastation in syria the un human rights chief warns that the syrian government and its foreign allies are planning more destruction to follow the siege of eastern here's more of what state you say had to say in his annual report this month it is used which is in the words of the sector general hello nurse. next month or the month after it will be somewhere else where people first an apocalypse an apocalypse intended plan

the u.n. panel reported last june that the united arab emirates violated international law by supplying half their forces with attack helicopters and other military aircraft pro have to groups have been accused of kidnapping and torturing journalists activists and religious figures in eastern libya some of whom faced extrajudicial executions this latest report is set to be submitted to the un security council for further action in hopes that it can counter foreign influence in the war torn nation how would the d.c. else does either. let's bring in our guests in london sam ham the editor in chief of international interest joining us on skype from stockholm peter of aizenman senior researcher in the arms and military expenditure program at the stockholm international peace research institute and also on skype from london and i said director of the solders institute a think tank based in tripoli thank you all for joining us now unless i want to start with you is it at all surprising to hear that

ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley believes that they have been involved in espionage to engaged in espionage activities are the words of the nikki haley ok is this ever happened in the history of the u.n. before. i would have to look back to the history books of soviet time to tell you whether that has happened i'm not aware of that but certainly it is going to be a difficult moment for the united nations because these are diplomats that are not here in new york. with a good agreement with the u.s. they're here accredited to the united nations and i'm sure russia is going to question the u.s. is ability to expel them the u.s. says it's in line with its agreement that it has to be the host nation of the united nations but i think there'll be a disagreement with russia all maps and i think what it will do is further poison relations here at the united nations which have deteriorated so much in recent years particularly after the annexation of crimea are just going to get worse it's going to make it much hard

news live from berlin the u.n. human rights chief warns of all out destruction in syria's eastern ghouta and beyond next month for the month after it will be somewhere else where people first time apocalypse and a prescription turn good around them executed by individuals within the government . but can the united nations do anything more to stop the brutal conflict besides praising the alarming plus britain and russia trade accusations and denials as the former russian spy fights for his life after being exposed to a mystery substance we take a look at the international fallout and more white house may have donald trump's top economic advisor barry cullen resigns over the president's threat to ignore the dangers of a trade war and impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. i'm sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us amounting threat of further devastation in syria of the u.n. human rights chief warns the syrian government and its foreign allies are planning more destruction to follow the siege of eastern ghouta here'

sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was broken at the end of last month i don't want to marry children have been the west affected. this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured infant the image to profit to show. you the rest of the human children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of this year have been especially bloody for children we have received reports of over one thousand should one who were killed and seriously injured in the holds here yeah on the scene it's the year began. monday brought some reprieve aid trucks reached the embattled town for the first time since the offensive began . despite the excitement the world food program once it's far from enough. up to four hundred thousand people trapped on the inside of it all are living under siege and by that we mean there are serious shortages of medical assistance of food food insecurity is very high the u.n. security council will on wednesday hold urgent talk

staying with syria u.n. war crimes investigators have heavily criticized all factions in the civil war there for the bloody violence that has consumed the country a u.n. commission of inquiry says that both russia and a u.s. led coalition have caused civilian deaths with air strikes it also says that syrian government forces carried out unlawful chemical attacks in the rebel held eastern guta district you know that claims plight will be on the agenda when the u.n. security council meets tomorrow to discuss a failing truce in the reach. what was it like easton guta death lurks at every corner. of the struggle for survival here is ceaseless. sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was brokered at the end of last month i don't want to know your children have been the worst affected. by this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured in front of the image to graphic to show. you are better than you when children's fund says the s

the u.n. human rights chief has said that the syrian government is risking the lives of hundreds of thousands to target a few hundred fighters in eastern good and there is no moral or legal justification for at presenting the un's annual human rights report just now he also called claims by the syrian regime that it's trying to protect civilians ridiculous with an eight hundred civilians have died in recent fighting in the rebel held. in eastern guta death legs at every corner. the struggle for survival here is ceaseless sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was brokered at the end of last month's time and even after. the. children have been the worst affected. by this camera man stops to rescue a severely injured infant the image too graphic to show. the u.n. children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of the here have been especially bloody for children we have received reports of ov

and beyond the u.n. it's going to create even more problems than we currently have because countries from around the world have to work together and find ways to work together on some of the key issues issues like you know africa south sudan central african republic the middle east things like yemen and syria of course the long war in syria and of course the ongoing conflict in ukraine and i think ever since the annexation of crimea four years ago it's fair to say that relations between the western countries and the russians have deteriorated it's made it harder it's created real tension in some of the conversations that bleeds over from one file into another and i think it's going to add fresh tension now this development to make it even harder to get things done here at the u.n. and beyond james bays thank you very much indeed for a choses for in the russian reaction in moscow. well in the west it's called tit for tat in russian governmental circles it's called the principle of reciprocity and that's w

the u.n. relief and works agency says it needs five hundred million dollars to keep hundreds of schools open across the middle east the organization has been stretched since the u.s. reduced funding earlier this year now it's the children affected by the cuts speaking out iran khan is in the occupied west bank with more on this. the message here is that dignity is priceless it's aimed at the united states of america with held one hundred ten million dollars in funding for the united nations relief works agency they're the ones that deal with palestinian refugees and it's not just say in the occupied west bank this similar things are taking place in syria in lebanon in jordan and in gaza and the u.s. is very simple this is about humanitarian aid now some countries have already stepped up to try and make up that shortfall they've issued money towards however that's no money that's new money that was money that's already been promised it's just been delivered. it's incredibly important that we un

yes the u.n. is closed today this was a hastily arranged meeting of the security council the security council can meet any time it wants on any day of the year even an official u.n. holiday when the u.n. is close so they got everyone in and started this meeting because they were so concerned about the situation any security council member can call for a meeting and it was the arab member on behalf of the palestinians who saw the policy and i'm bastard no there who called this meeting closed meeting to begin with and then because they noticed that the u.s. was not really prepared to engage on a statement they wanted a strong statement the palestinians and the kuwaitis condemning what has happened today in condemning the israeli actions because the israeli because the u.s. would not engaging on such a statement they then said well if you don't come up with a statement we're going to call for an open session the u.s. still did not budge and that's why you have this open session this is actually the a

and the u.n. in the forty's let's take a quick look does the u.n. believe that this in any way violates the u.s. agreement with the u.n. of nine hundred forty seven the host country agreement given the sensitivity of the matter which is ongoing we will not comment further at this stage the u.s. mission says that and i quote our actions are consistent with the united nations headquarters agreement do you agree with the statement we were informed of the u.s. decision to take action under section thirteen b. of the u.n. u.s. headquarters agreement. you can you can look in our tree section and read section thirteen be for yourself and evaluate it for yourself story funny you told us to read thirteen b. and see whether what we thought it said went to the secretary general think to for the reasons i just explained i wouldn't venture an opinion on that for just out of sheer niceness inconvenience to you i will read to you section thirteen be at the stage bear with me because it is long. does the united states need to provide evidence of this a spin off to

but the u.n. is a different story. at the u.n. and throughout the u.n. agencies, israel does get bullied. it gets bullied because the countries that don't like israel are used to being able to get away with it. well, just like when i was that little girl in south carolina, that just doesn't sit well with me. as many of you know, one of the u.n. agencies with the worst track record of israel bias is unesco. among many other ridiculous things, unesco has the outrageous distinction of attempting to change ancient history. unesco recently declared one of judaism's holiest site, the tomb of the patriarchs, as a palestinian heritage site in need of protection from israel. that was enough, ten months into this administration, the united states withdrew from unesco. there are lots of other things that we do, big and small, week after week, to fight back against the u.n.'s israel bullying. every month at the security council, we have a session devoted to the middle east, and every month, this session becomes an israel bashing session. this has gone on month after

and the u.n. in the forty's let's take a quick look does the u.n. believe that this in any way violates the u.s. the gripman with the u.n. of nine hundred forty seven the host country agreement given the sensitivity of the matter which is ongoing we will not comment further at this stage u.s. mission says that and i quote our actions are consistent with the united nations headquarters agreement do you agree with the statement we were informed of the u.s. decision to take action under section thirteen b. of the u.n. u.s. headquarters agreement. you can you can look at our tree section and read section thirteen be for yourself and evaluate it for yourself or if one you told us to read thirteen b. and see whether what we thought it said was like the secretary general think to for the reasons i just explained i wouldn't venture an opinion on that for just out of sheer niceness inconvenience to you i will read to you section thirteen be at the stage bear with me because it is long. as the united states need to provide evidence of this espionage to the un

a senior u.n. official has visited one of australia's offshore detention centers for asylum see his describing the conditions that as shocking and drink a raft wata told al jazeera the children as young as ten are at risk of committing suicide at the now root prison camp. a second day of aging will begin within hours in egypt for a presidential election that up to five l.c.c. is all but guaranteed to win. now the russian president vladimir putin says criminal negligence calls the death of sixty four people in a shopping mall five four people have been arrested in connection with the blaze in the eastern city of chemical vole investigators say alonso switched off and emergency exits were blocked jonah how reports. firefighters had battled the blaze for hours by monday morning with most of the fire put out drone footage revealed the horrifying extent of the damage combustible walls and ceilings entirely collapsed where once they'd been cinemas and a children's play area they'd been full on sunday wit

the u.n. has confirmed the killing of three aid workers two of them work for the international organization for migration and one a medical doctor with. unicef also a female nurse is missing and there were reports about a fourth aid worker who was either killed or injured or so the security report from the side of the government has confirmed the killing of four soldiers and four policemen without giving any details about whether civilians were more civilians were wounded or killed in this attack. to me a muslim is being accused of bullying and intimidating ringle refugees and its border with bangladesh. spoke to witnesses who say the troops fired bullets sling shots and threw bottles at the refugees bangladesh's told me in march withdraw its forces from the area in one cart has more range of muslims fleeing myanmar face harassment the troops that pushed them out a back making it very clear they want their engine gone for good this woman shows a suitcase which she says was hit by ricocheting b

chief specially called for again calling for u.n. cease fire to be implemented by till now both both actors both russia and turkey they're not listening to this u.n. screw us resolution lot of village in bergen airball thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world greek authorities have been searching in the aegean sea for survivors of a myra boat that capsized at least sixteen people are confirmed dead three people managed to swim to land and raise the alarm they have been taken to the greek island of samples along with the bodies of those who died. at least two people have been killed and several more injured in a car bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility the bomber targeted a global security company and officials say all the victims were civilians it's the fourth suicide attack in the city and just three weeks the f.b.i. former deputy director andrew mccabe has been fired just two days before his expected retirement u.s. attorney general jeff sessions sa

chief basically called for again calling for u.n. cease fire to be implemented by till now both both actors both russia and turkey they're not listening to this u.n. screw us resolution that american village in bergen airball thank you very much. and here in germany members of the country's large kurdish community have gathered in the city of hanover to protest the ongoing turkish offensive in syria police originally planned to ban the gathering due to fears of clashes between kurdish and turkish groups but a court ruling allowed the demonstration to go ahead. anger on the streets of hanover where the biggest demonstration took place coinciding with the kurdish new year celebration of never was anger but also a sense of helplessness. we stand together with the people of africa who right now are being massacred we suffer in the depth of our souls because these are innocent children who are dying civilians who have a right to live. as good it's not about our free nor kurds or turks it's about humanity as the international community the

the u.n. estimates more than five hundred eighty people have been killed and well over a thousand injured since an upsurge in fighting in february eighteenth a deliveries an evacuation. take place despite the russian troops. in the past ten days there was a lot of pressure on medical care and we have large numbers of were injured and now seem to as there are thousands of wounded and more than five hundred martyrs there is a shortage of medical supplies we have been in a besieged area for more than five years the regime perhaps its medical care for the wounded it is extremely hard to work with the medical supplies we have we did everything in our power but we have an extreme shortage of medical supplies a lot of supplies are not even available we cannot ensure any medical supplies some that we are only supposed to use once we use twice some specialist care is not even available and go to for example we only have one nurse doctor and it is impossible for him to treat all the wounded emergency ro

to specially called for again calling for u.n. cease fire to be implemented by until now both both actors both russia and turkey they're not listening to this u.n. screw us resolution lattimer van village in bergen airball thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world greek authorities have been searching the aegean sea for survivors of a my room boat that capsized at least sixteen people are confirmed dead three people managed to swim to land and raise the alarm they've been taken to the greek island of stumbles along with the bodies of those who died. the f.b.i. is former deputy director andrew mccabe has been fired just two days before he was eligible to retire with a full pension u.s. attorney general's jeff sessions says officials believe mccabe leaked information to the media and misled investigators mccain has denied the claims and says the trumpet ministration is waging a war on the f.b.i. . russia has informed you kazan bathroom at twenty three british diplomats have a week to leave th

u.n. the u.s. is calling for an immediate cease fire to allow in humanitarian aid there's a top stories inside story is next on news after you straight after that fits. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone so when asked rocks back by a bus to have made some how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire after more than three weeks of heavy bombing on syria's rebel held on clay. and the it was the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go it alone will speak to our panel in a moment but first here's kristensen amaze reports from the u.n. . cities bleeding inside and dogs two weeks after agreeing to a cease fire the security council l

the u.n. says more than three hundred civilians have managed to leave rebel held east and in syria despite ongoing as strikes a syrian civil defense says russian planes dropped cluster bombs on residential areas in the city of africa air raids and shelling by government allied forces also targeted neighboring towns at least thirteen civilians were killed and dozens wounded. in while the turkish president. one says he hopes the northern syrian town of afrin it will be totally encircled by the end of the day the fighting there is displaced thousands and for those left water supplies have been cut as well as internet access alan fischer. on the attack in syria or dare. i slowly they're closing in on our friend these free syrian army fighters are no taking up positions on the edge of the city the next move could come at any moment . where the special forces that belong to our homes a brigade were preparing for an operation which we'll hear about in a few hours it's a big operation at a meeting in

u.n. officials he says the i.c.c. is attempt to acquire jurisdiction over him violates due process i.c.c. is investigating to take his drug war which is left thousands of people did officials from football's world governing body fee for meeting in greece after the president of one of its best known teens marched onto the pitch armed with a gun ivan survived his was enraged when a late goal was disallowed for k. thessaloniki against league leaders aka athens after a pitch invasion and when the game had ended the referee allowed the goal to stand those are the headlines the news will continue in half an hour's time but coming up right now is inside story to stay watching these. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone say when asked last backed by a bus the housemaids. how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire more than three weeks

says it's willing to work with u.n. agencies on the possible repatriation of range of refugees who fled to bangladesh so far the governments approved the return of fewer than four hundred range that's from a list of more than eight thousand names that bangladesh provided about seven hundred thousand range of fed me and mas northern rakhine state since the start of military crackdown in august senior officials in myanmar say they're in talks with un agencies and how they can help repatriation efforts. we considered that the time is now appropriate to invite you in a t r and you and d.p. to involved in the repatriation and resettlement process that's right less in carrying out the nivea who development said communities in the kind state the has come back with the proposal and concept paper or nine march two thousand and eighteen to exult in the reply tradition process the government is now considering the proposal. and we were riveted back to them all to zero as far as most. yes my government official said they were only

u.n. ambassador nikki haley made one thought that maybe there was a shift of late very clearly certainly in the words of secular tillerson were back to assad must go as i said earlier i think for prodi now should not be assad stays as it goes we all could have our views and whether he is the right person to lead syria at this time the party for international crisis group is not let's not focus on that now let's focus on ending the war and let's not make intermingle the humanitarian concern which is the bombing of hospitals or bombing of civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not and obviously the bombing by the regime as i was mentioning earlier the son makes it that with the political objectives which some people may still have we need to put those aside the political objectives of those need to be resolved at the negotiating table they're not going to be resolved on the battlefield at this point so so i think that's the i think the position of the state department toda

the u.n. representatives on the ground in east new to praise the russian and syrian efforts in relieving the situation they're providing food and at the age of fifty civilians in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as islam itself express their desire to leave and leave east good to live for other locations once their sponsors give the green light. well we've requested comment from the u.s. military on the russian general staff claims and are still waiting for a response at the briefing russia's military chief described the civilian evacuation from eastern kuta as an operation unique in its scale over forty eight sawzall people have managed to flee so far in the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated that last month russia's defense ministry says the first to make it to safety where women children and the injured they were given basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the car here's how they described life under militant all. i think i

is presenting a new u.n. draft resolution on a syria ceasefire kristen salumi will tell us more about when the q. haley had to say on the draft resolution kristen. well yes a threat coming from the united states directed at the syrian regime and some strong words for russia the united states saying that clearly the resolution twenty four a one passed fifteen days ago has not been implemented she faulted russia for continuing to bomb areas of eastern ghouta for the first four days sometimes twenty times a day after that resolution was passed she said that there had been ongoing allegations of chlorine gas attacks in that time and went on to say that if the united nations security council didn't back up the resolution then it would come down to the united states to act and she referred to an air strike that u.s. forces made on an air base in retaliation for a chemical attack in concert croon as an example of the united states being willing to step up and take action if the international community was not going

the u.n. special operator on the situation of human rights in the occupied palestinian territory has war and it's only getting worse since his last assessments only six months ago so palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank including east jerusalem a face demolitions of homes and schools arrest an arbitrary detention and restrictions on the freedom of movement when michael links latest report also outlines what he describes as failings in the right to health care particularly in gaza in january for example the report shows that only forty percent of essential medicines you can see right there were available for two million residents severe electricity shortages have led to three hospitals and thirteen clinics temporarily closing in gaza affecting health care for more than three hundred thousand people he also addressed the detention of palestinian children in the occupied west bank and gaza saying the case of a seventeen year old i had been to mimi is prominent but it's not i. elated in

envoy speech at the u.n. security council i think unexpected nobody thought that she was going to be delivering threats. well we think that this is because the united states is trying to change the nature of its engagement in syria towards becoming more offensive i think everybody and we've heard a lot of calls in the west most recently the british foreign minister saying there is no hope that we can give to the people of east in order that the west is going to come and do some military engagement in order to you know change the position to a more favorable towards for them. so in a sense they're telling the people of eastern hotel we're not going to come and save you so we think this sort of threat is. we'll you know it be i would say limited but actually connected to other areas in syria that are respected to face the same. military operation perhaps north and homs and southern how mother sort of inclusive. or even northeastern circe of the united states what they're saying is that we we are willing to use

let's take you live back to the u.n. headquarters in new york if you've been with us over the past forty minutes or so you'll know that the u.n. security council was planning a closed door meeting following a request from the palestinian envoy to the u.n. security council that request came after the events today seventeen palestinians killed by israeli security forces more than a thousand injured what they've managed to get as you're seeing there is an open door session as the president of the session declares the session is now up and running i suspect we will be going through maybe a couple of minutes of a preamble laying the groundwork for what's going on let's just get a sense of what's being said there because we do also have james bay is our diplomatic editor on standby but before we go to james let's just get nigeria of what's going on there at the u.n. . the president members of the security council as you know today this great return march near the gaza fence has unfortunately resulted in violence there is only

good advise it doesn't have that kind of power because that's kind of against the u.n. but as you've written about i understand john ball doesn't believe the united nations exists exactly in the past i was actually in a debate with him back in one thousand nine hundred four and he said at that time there is no such thing as the united nations when the united states leads others will follow when we choose to leave we might do so when we don't it nothing will happen and he went on to say the remark that's now been quoted in a lot of the articles about his current new position which is a very powerful position where he said you could charge half the top ten floors of the united nations and it wouldn't make any difference because it doesn't do anything he has shown an absolute disdain for international law and in that context saying the u.n. doesn't matter international law doesn't matter all that matters is u.s. power u.s. might it's kind of trumps a version of america first on steroids but of course it was trump who surprised the world with this idea of negotiation with p

and u.n. aid convoy has entered the syrian rebel enclave of eastern good outside damascus thousands of civilians are trapped inside the besieged area artie's by god save us . the first batch of u.n. aid has gone in food and health supplies medicine as many as forty six trucks with enough food for twenty seven thousand people this is by the way the first time this has happened since the u.n. has called for a month long truce in syria the aid it self was delivered during the cease fire a daily unilateral ceasefire established by the syrian government and russia its purpose was to provide a safe window every day for civilians to flee guta via special crossings but it seems is the mist rebels had different ideas they're doing what they did in aleppo they aren't allowing any civilians out at all and the shelling those crossings therefore the syrian government has allowed this aid to go in but the u.n. says it didn't get to take everything it wanted certain items like field first aid kits the sort t