. this week, because at the u.n. this week, the united states ocked a u.n.ecurity council meeting on north korean human rights. it is really hard to imagine ambassador nikki haley or, a u.n. security council meeting on north korean human rights. what do you suspect that's about? >> we actually held meetings on human rights, d it made them ha upset that we did it. >> and they saidif you hold this meeting, this will to considered a provocation. that doesn't seee to be something that would have scared you away. >> well, i just dot think that we bind at threats. i mean -- >> so, why did we here? >> you know, i think that they went ahead, they did have a meetinon north korea. they had it on the ballistic missile testing and what they're doing. o >> but nhuman rights. >> i think they should've had it on human rights. that we continue t outportant north korea for how they treat their people. every doar that goes into north korea doesn't go to feed its people. >> if you had been there, would they have donet that way? >> i would've pushed back. i would've pushed back

but let's take you to this live event from u.n. headquarters in new york the u.n. secretary general is about to hold a video conference to discuss the latest developments on the coronavirus antonio guitar as will be joined by the head of the world health organization and officials from the u.n. agencies let's listen in and reported in countries already faces medical terry in crisis we expect these numbers to rise. to it from our sun actually the united posters on this is a service focused on it is really at that essential humanitarian relief operations continue while we also respond to this pandemic we're w.h.o. is in the lead now i would like to invite the united nations secretary general to take the floor the secretary general oversees. the will face is an unprecedented spetz the 19th and that because directly the. disparate suffering is up to billions of lives and then to the what we call government did is menacing the whole of humanity and sort of the whole of humanity must fight. individual country responses are not going to be enough wealthy countries stronge

i think that the u.n. is still everyone's best bet but what it needs is international pressure behind the coalition partners and other warring sides in the war to bring them to the table so that the u.n. can work its magic and at the moment particularly with western economies so reliance on arms sales and for example in the u.k. concerns over bricks it and wanting to keep our allies in the middle east no one really wants to bring that high pressure to bear but in short i think the u.n. is still the best bet for this are for things haven't got much worse since the signing of the peace agreement in georgia it could the u.n. be but is there is there a better broker than the u.n. do you think. i. i hate to disagree with dr elizabeth but here i would disagree and i think it's not only the u.n. i think it takes everyone to and the suffering of millions of people in yemen and find some political resolution that took into consideration also accountability measures and redressing or all the you know injustices that

. this week, because at the u.n. this week, e united states blocked a u.n.ecurity council meeting on north korean human rights. it is really hard to imagine ambassador nikki haley a blockinited states -- meeting on north ky council human righ. what do you suspect that's abou>> e actually held meetings on human rights, and it made them so upset that we did it.>> nd they said that if you hold this meeting, this will be considered a provocation.th doesn't seem to me to be something that would have scared you away. well, i just don't thin that we bind at threats. i mean -- >> so, why did we here? >> you know, think that they went ahead, they did have a meeting on north korea. ballistic missile testing and what they're doing. >> but not on human rights. on human rights.should've had it i think it's really important that we continue to call out north korea gor how they treat their people. every dollar tha into north korea doesn't go to feed its people. >> if you had been there, would they have done it that >> i would've pushed back. i would've pushed back and said

be but is there is there a better broker than the u.n. do you think. i. i hate to disagree with dr elizabeth but here i would disagree and i think it's not only the u.n. i think it takes everyone to and the suffering of millions of people in yemen and find some political resolution that took into consideration also accountability measures and redressing or all the you know injustices that victims and their relatives have been facing and this 5 year years long war but i think there has to be a political will from the u.n. security council for example that they need to establish a new resolution that take takes more balanced and comprehensive. approach to the new reality inside yemen and also if it takes. we need a political will from the neighboring countries and to yemen so in the gulf countries there has to be an understanding that what is going on in yemen it will backfire eventually if there is and for example of there is a call the 1000 outbreak in yemen that will absolutely back fire to the other neighboring countries so there has to be a new initiat

for example, instead of u.n. member states and u.n. officials expecting each other to address the crisis, both need to step up. i've suggested secretary general gutierrez spearhead the organizations. a ministerial session in which the u.n. human rights council briefs members and requires them to account for the human rights abuses and war crimes that are taking place in syria. there needs to be engagement by western powers with the seriousness of the situation, a meeting was planned, it seems to be off now, between chancellor merkel and presidents erdogan, putin, and macron. it now seems that will be a bilateral president putin/president erdogan meeting. a wider meeting makes sense but where is the u.s. in that story? also the widening of aid corridors and flows, the renewal of cross-border aid, the reopening of the crossing in the east, are essential. two crossing points for aid were closed in january and without action, another two will be closed in july. make no mistake, the humanitarian situation could deteriorate much further. fur

where i am in u.n. headquarters they are particularly concerned about some of the poorest places on earth about places that are conflict zones and about refugees because clearly something like the coronavirus in some weather isn't great sanitation already is going to cause very many victims right and this call for unity in the fact that he's going to address the g. 20 how much unity or otherwise is there. well i think everyone is so occupied by this everyone is even where i am un headquarters in new york that is certainly the center of the disease in the united states people are struggling to cope here in the place that is the work capital of the world's financial markets and everyone is focusing nationally on their national response we're going to hear in the next few minutes from the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist who is going to encourage them to think more internationally this is a disease that does not respect borders he will be giving dr ted ross's virtual news conference continues

for example, instead of u.n. member states and u.n. first expecting each other to address the crisis, both need to step up. and moscow andis new york. the security council itself in my sue should be meeting at the ministerial level. it shall convene in ministerial which the commission of inquiry briefs members and requires them to account for the human rights abuses that are taking place in syria. there needs to be engagement with the serious of the situation. a meeting was planned and seems to be off between chancellor merkel and presidents in the next few days and seems to be a bilateral putin andered juan meeting. where is the u.s. in that story? also, the widening of aid corridors and cross-board aid and reopening of the cross border in east. two were closed in january. and another two will be closed in july. make no mistake, the humanitarian situation could deteriorate much further. further, we need accountability for crimes committed following up on each of the media reports that contain such chilling footage. it is surprising to

but what would you say to critics who say u.n. officials u.n. organizations haven't done enough could and should have done more over the past few years right now we're trying to scare now to scale up our operation we've just $500000000.00 in new funding we've got thousands of trucks crossing the border every month we're doing a lot but ultimately it's up to the member states of the united nations and particularly the security council members to find political solutions to deal with crises that this mark you did call for an additional $500000000.00 to provide lifesaving assistance to people it liberally this week you say there's a 371000000 dollars funding gap when it comes to syrian humanitarian operations and yet last year when the notre dame cathedral caught fire people were able to pledge a $1000000000.00 to help fix it in the space of 24 hours when you hear statistics like that how does that make you feel. i've never been happy about the amount of funding that comes to different humanitarian operations of around the world and certainly for t

stuff off this course which teaches you to work and u.n. stuff. that was a couple of years ago but still you have the training for this mission the training included a week of medical training with a paramedic and a doctor. driving training driving in difficult conditions driving under fire driving ahmed vehicles and one week of a land survival course so basically like to survive and get to somewhere when you're cut off or something like that is important for a navy man right exactly yes also the riving course if i had been in a an army officer they would not have sent me to that driving course but on a navy officer and for that reason it was necessary to do that when we hear the name yemen and we know about the humanitarian crisis there was this a mission that you looked forward to. oh yes it from the start it seemed to be very interesting to me very thrilling in a sense. and therefore despite the fact that of course you have certain. negative feelings as well if you're afraid of something or you think you don't know what it's going to be like bu

it is said that the u.n.only as strong in principle as its member states especially the permanent members on the security council. but the charter gives independent backing to u.s. officials. on the issues of climate change and the independent work of u.n. bodies has been vital in building what is necessary to urge the world to act. i would act in peace and security we cannot afford the power of the u.n. to bear witness to be compromised. the third lesson concerns the danger that military power renders diplomacy irrelevant. in syria, russia and iran have shown how hard power still matters. how many times diplomats say there is no military situation and remains the case that it can subjugate populations and win wars. the government is willing to kill its own people challenges diplomacy as well as law. and here, i think for an american audience, it is important to draw the contrast between northeast syria and northwest syria. it is striking and sfructtive. in the former, in the northeast, there is a tenuous bal

the u.n. secretary general's office and member states. dr. zalul is also a president of the american medical society, sams, the co-founder of the syrian relief and the faith initiative. he was awarded the chicagoan of the year in 2016 for his medical work in besieged aleppo. elizabeth sircof is at the foreign policy research institute, a doctororal student at princeton, and a prolific writer on syria. her research is based on a large network of contacts across syria as well as field work. she's also a research fellow at the forum for regional thinking, a progressive think tank in jerusalem. she's worked as a consultant for many places. she has a decade of experience working with human rights organizations in the middle east, defending the rights of refugees, migrants, laborers, palestinians and ethnic and religious minorities. alex marquardt is an award winning national correspondent based in washington focusing on national security issues. he spent most of the past decade as a correspondent f

representatives in the u.n. transfer point in. 9 which is close to here after after the completing their meetings with the u.n. they will come to vegas a crossing to the local administration building a delegation is going to meet with the local governor representatives and then he will be crossing to this transfer point where i am standing and he will be meeting with n.g.o.s mainly the white helmets rescue group from inside there are also some representatives of the local that ministration in along with some opinion leaders of course this is an important visit by the u.s. to chirk keep right ahead of present hour dawns face to face meeting with russian president vladimir putin on in moscow which is going to be held on march 5 because . they are this delegation is here to discuss the humanitarian situation and how they can help out the civilians inside there but also this is a this is an obvious political support by the americans to the troops right ahead of this meeting this is very important the pentagon said t

the u.n.on trade and development has released its estimate on how china's factory closures are affecting overseas shipments. ththe agency points out that cha accocounts for 20% of global production. >> there's a ripple effect throughout the global economy. and to the tune of $50 billion fall in exports across the world. >> the economy is suffering the highest export losses due to the disruptions in china are the european union with nearly $15.6 billion. the u.s. is down $5.8 billion. japan has experienced a $5.2 billion decline with sharp drops in machinery and auto parts. the international monetary fund is predicting that the coronavirus outbreak will push down this year's global growth to below the level in 2019. last year's figure m marked a ten-year low. >> we know the disease is spreading quickly. with over 1/3 of our membership affected directly, this is no longer a regional issue. it is a global problem calling for a global response. >> the imf initially forecast 3.3% growth. the fund n

calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis in december 28th team the u.n. brokered a cease fire agreement for the city of how data yemen's gateway to outside aid the u.n. also dispatched a mission to support that cease fire a team that included a german navy officer in a moment he'll join me here at the big table to talk about his mission but 1st we have this report. endured 5 years of civil war the people of yemen are despairing they're the victims of a conflict that extends far beyond their country's borders yemen is witnessing a conflict between shiite who's the rebels and government forces saudi arabia backs the government while the rebels are supported by iran but tribal and political tensions further complicate the situation it would be even worse if the un hadn't brokered a cease fire around the port of whole data so aid can keep entering a special u.n. commission monitors that troops. germany contributes one soldier to that group until november last year that was commander sebastian h. . his duties included reporting on how the truce was being obser

of the whole u.n. system and the u.n. is making the case that this disease does not respect borders and so the response shouldn't respect borders and wealthy countries are really struggling with this what happens when the disease spreads to parts of the world where there are very poor health care systems whether or not clean water where refugees for example don't have a home to go and self isolate in and it says as the u.n. always does this is about countries working together but of course what you're seeing in reality right now is every nation for itself because the problems are so severe including in some of the most all the wealthiest nations on earth for example where u.n. headquarters is based here in new york which is now the center of the disease outbreak in the united states so the u.n. will be asking for $2000000000.00 will it get $2000000000.00 i think they're going to have to make their case very very strongly it's a very eerie u.n. headquarters virtually disserved here i've been to so many of these sort of eve

there are some mistakes and we approve of we know that some business more than some wenzel i think the u.n. need to investigate more and we know it's you know this thousands and thousands of circling and that if there's an airstrike a mistake everybody's reporting a part and they should report apart we should hear about it but there's a lot of mistakes that the host is and i'm not here to talk about the who he's under coalitions having mistakes i want in this war i'm from san am from those territories my family says that we think of it and we need to end it and just blaming now the coalition for and for all these will not end the war we need to end it yes we do want to stop the killing even though i don't. out of work but why do so many civilians have to die for the sake of saving a chaotic divided government such as yours which barely has legitimacy with the wintry let's start with legitimate interests legitimacy is not popularity i'm from a different country than the president but the president is the last elected president 6 and a half 1000000 people elected our president 2012 for 2 yea

they have this delusion of taking us back before 62 will the minister you've dug in your heels the u.n. is seeking unconditional talks unconditional talks between you and the movies you've dug in your to your heels and rejected all the top resident i didn't who says sole january the 28th the minister of information said we categorically reject any talk about negotiations x. what we said is i am willing to go now to peace or if we're going to talk peace however we need to have the right conditions to god are ok the u.s. wants unconditional talks hala i don't want to go. r.p. so they could have a good report for the sunni council i want to go and peace to make sustainable peace for yemen and if that ruth is would sign degrees sign and act like what they did in sweden and come back and not implement we should actually hold them accountable for implementing something i don't like yet your people go on going then because you won't sit down and no that is not your setting clinician's korea are not going to be met and you're ignoring the advice of this is not a conditions we're just ok we're

and force the u.n. to apply the correct interpretation of u.n. security council resolution which has been misinterpreted because of pressure from the russian government. the constitutional committee, which has come out of the 2254 resolution is not a solution for the crisis in syria. the syrian people never went to the streets uncalled for a new constitution. the problem with syria not with the constitution, it is with who is implementing the constitution. the solution for syria is to stop all of the hostilities, accountability for all of those who have committed war crimes, and a transitional governing body which can allow the syrians who have been displaced from their homes to return to their homes safely. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: so -- language]ng foreign translator: we don't want to see bashir al assad next year nobeling a nobe -- peace prize because after all he has done, simply signing an agreement with somebody. senator shaheen: i can't imagine anybody in the civilized world thinking that assad should be the recipient of

the u.n. security council and of course of their israel has its trump card the u.s. which will use its veto if you take any action you have the general assembly where you can win a symbolic victory but it has no power on the other option is the international criminal court it's been dragging its feet now it's going to launch an investigation into the situation with regard to settlements but also with regard to the violence in gaza but it is asked it is judges whether it's actually has jurisdiction and there are some european countries who are taking israel's side on

the head of the u.n. is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic that's a syria has now confirmed its 1st case. and the u.s. senate has failed to agree on a trillion dollar stimulus bill into boosting the economy during the pandemic politicians are under increasing pressure to prevent an economic collapse. zimbabwe has reported the 1st death of a coronavirus patients after confirming its 1st cases this past weekend the government has now closed schools and banned large gatherings but there are concerns over the country's ability to handle an outbreak zimbabwe's health system has suffered critical shortages of equipment and drugs for years and late last year the un warned the country is on the brink of manmade starvation with some 8000000 people for it facing food insecurity. south africa's president has announced a nationwide lockdown for $21.00 days from thursday the army will be deployed to enforce the restrictions and there are more than $400.00 confi

the un hadn't brokered a cease fire around the port of who data so aid can keep entering a special u.n. commission monitors that troops. germany contributes one soldier to that group until november last year that was commander sebastian h. . his duties included reporting on how the truce was being observed and negotiating deescalating keeping the 2 sides talking. children are under the greatest threat millions face starvation their psychological suffering cannot be calculated in all 80 percent of yemen's population depends on international aid. it's a crisis that john h. witnessed firsthand as he tried to prevent it from worsening even more. and we're pleased to welcome a commander's bastard age right here at the big table tonight and we want to let our viewers know for security reasons we can't disclose the commander's complete name so we're going to suffice with commander commits good to have you on the show if you were chosen out of all of germany's military personnel to help oversee the cease fire in talk to me a little bit how did you prepare for this. mission specific preparation

the u.n. recently confirmed we -- what we had already suspected, that russia, in assad is committing war crimes in syria. russian planes are carrying out first in order to kill responders and bomb hospitals to destruction. russian r that the government has no interest in bringing peace or helping the sees the ple but conflict as a way to grow its geopolitical importance. russia's quest for relevance is killing syrians. continues to flood syria with fighters is no better. cannot go on the syrian people deserve better, much better. e remain committed to the geneva brokered peace process. u.n. security council resolution 2254 remains our guide post. a complete cease-fire, a political process, a new constitution drafted by yrians and free and fair elections. was pleased to see the u.n. constitutional committee convenient even if they have resisted the committee's work at every turn. assad is not serious about peace. he benefits from the status quo to will stop at nothing remain in power. a deeply

representative at the u.n. security council admitted they had been delayed they were due to have begun in also on tuesday that clearly did not happen however she also said because ashraf ghani has agreed to release at least some taliban prisoners some preliminary talks can begin president got his march 10th to agree on a taliban prisoner release in exchange for prisoners held by the taliban is a significant measure that brings afghans one step closer to. significantly the decree means that technical talks between the taliban and the afghan government representatives in doha as well as actual releases can start immediately when substantial intra afghan talks will finally commence is just one reason for caution here at the united nations the other is that we currently have 2 men who claim to be the president of afghanistan. turkey says it's a great with russia on the details of a jointly patrolled buffer zone along its strategic highway in syria's prominence designed to ensure the cease fire holds the m 4 highway

contributed nearly $1.7 the u.n. refugee agency which is helping those their ble to mitigate exposure to the virus. this compares to $1.9 million china. unicef is engaged in emergency countries dozens of all across the globe, including iran.na and in in 2019, the u.s. supported nicef with more than $700 million. china gave just a mere fraction of that. the world food program, headed america's own david beasley, sent more than 85 shipments of protective sonal equipment to 74 countries to help them battle the virus. e provided $8 billion in resources just last year. 2% of that organization's budget. look, you all get the idea. we don't talk about assistance uch, but the american people should be aware of and proud of our vast commitments to these institutions. they not only help citizens throughout the world, but they protect americans and keep us as well. with that i'm happy to take a andful of countries this morning. >> try to get to everybody. pompeo: hi. won't allowed to come or she because -- from home. secretary

the u.n. says it has never seen anything like it 45000000 across south africa threatened with farming and the culprits as climate change. tensions mounds in given the sour house one of 2 presidents have resigned himself saying his life is in danger we look up to countries that never ending political crisis. this weekend in south africa. the 53. teams the site. i could you know and here with us your welcome to the program now it's a crisis on a scale never seen before according to the united nations the u.n. says more than 45000000 people across africa are threatened with farm in the west affected countries. zambia and zimbabwe the main cause of the unfolding disaster climate change for the past 5 years in the region have been rising twice as fast as the global average. chronic lack of rain. the situation in people in that country struggling but also adapting by changing the way they farm. so that she could feed her children at least one meal a day. sometimes we eat. sometimes when we find. a s

the girls were raped and used as wives the u.n. is trying to help some of them to rebuild their lives at the special facility in the south of the country. south sudan's fragile peace is slowly settling in the u.n. estimates that 900000 children and adolescents ducted and used as child soldiers during the 5 years civil war. here at duke center some of them are starting to find their feet again. christian he was captured by an group at the age of 13 for years he lived through hell he says. it was. true. for long yes it was before but. not that. bad things. to someone we learned they will kill you my brother my brother make you and be who. and i was barely 13 when she was snatched from her way to school fighters turned her into a killing machine used and abused her the point now long when we were there we were beating people torturing people robbing people's property. when we were told to shoot people we had to do it if you said no we would torture you or kill you. it was also hard for girls because the boys used just as wives and. as

been briefing a little earlier here in new york the u.n. had a briefing to its correspondents again a virtual briefing that was interesting because the un's concern from u.n. headquarters even though they're in a hot spot here in new york is about places like africa which is seeing beginning to see a surge in cases and about 100000000 people around the world who live in war zones or other vulnerable areas and of course refugees around the world they are really concerned the 2nd to. 24 hours ago you could terrorists really concerned about some of these people and the fact that millions of people could die he said that he wanted to see the richest countries on earth helping the poorest but of course there's a slight aurally to that as i speak to you from new york city which is itself arguably the richest city on earth in terms of its position with the world markets but suffering deeply james i thought it was interesting as we obviously here and broadcast television are listening to the world health organization and are broadcasting this to ou

so ahead on al jazeera ending his attempt to solve the libyan conflict the u.n. special envoy steps down after the failure of the latest talks. you know where to run muslims in india's capital say they're being targeted the police have done little to help. the. alladin a satellite tells a tale over north america at the moment if you watch this streaming cloud here the fact is streaming is what's relevant repechage else wordlessly is something of a winter storm running through the east side of ontario but it's this rain that will probably cause us most trouble it's snow still still cold enough to snow in some parts of mexico at the height but this rain could well be slowing we can develop a few pulses anywhere from new mexico through texas through the southern states and briefly on the landtag seaboard though it's down here we need to probably watch it temperature wise to the north it's warmed up considerably 17 in kansas city 7 in minneapolis subzero in winnipeg alone there was more rain that came into b.c. with that as a need for tuesday for wednesday's become d

the u.n. says that has never seen anything like it 45000000 across solving africa and what famine and the culprit is climate change. tensions mounds in getting the south was one of 2 presidents that resigned saying his life is in danger look of the country's never ending political crisis. on the type terms like last weekend in south africa that's the words without the kaiser chiefs from sunday britain the 50th anniversary of the iconic team and it was a sight to behold. i . and you here with us your welcome to the program now it's a crisis on a scale never seen before according to the united nations the u.n. says more than 45000000 people across africa threatened with famine the west affected countries was a meek zombie we are the main cause of the. unfolding disaster climate change for the past 5 years stop protests in the region have been rising twice as fast as the global average led to a chronic lack of rain we look at the situation in zambia and how people in that country are struggling b

and finally, the u.n. the u.n. still calls them the high counselor and michelle bashelay. they released the data base of companies doing business in east jerusalem and israeli settlements in the west bank. that release from the united nations only serves to facilitate the b.d.s. movement and delegitimizes israel. i remember reading it after its release. how saad. this is an organization that was set to insure that no people ever again faced horrors like the jews faced during the holocaust ands the now anti-semitic. [applause] this administration was right when president frump asked us to leave an international institution that grossly betrays its most fundamental mandate. [applause] minute friends, president trump's team are not standing if this nonsense. we know the more the middle east embraces israel the more the future will be. that's why we've taken action against those who want to weaken israel. [applause] we've enacted the strongest pressure company in history to deprive the diplomatic sanctuary or money for terror. [applause] we -- we rallied nations in our own hem

well the u.n. secretary general has called for an immediate global ceasefire so countries can focus on the fight against the coronavirus and to honor the terrorists as it's civilians in conflict zones who are most vulnerable to the pandemic our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york hello welcome to this the u.n. is deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in countries already dealing with conflict and that's why at a virtual news conference the secretary general made this call the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is trying to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives the world health organization is the part of the un that's been leading the global response it's director general expressed his alarm at the speed of the spread of new cases the pandemic is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case

to yemen now and warring parties there have welcomed u.n. calls for an immediate truce is the conflict and its 6th year the general has urged an end to hostilities to focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic has been a recent escalation in violence in yemen which is already facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis has this report. march 2015 and the who thiis push into central aden. and begin expanding their influence not only in southern yemen but over most of the country president i'll get up on so had the flat to saudi arabia where he called for a military intervention by arab nations on march 25th a saudi led coalition launched their military campaign to oust the her thiis. operation the size of storm further expanded targeting military installations airports missile defense systems and. across the country. but it was yemeni civilians who bore the brunt of war the u.n. and international aid agencies accuse the saudi led coalition of indiscriminately bombing populated areas in the last 5 years thousands of people have been killed an

ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft and a few other u.s. officials say they also there is a delegation by the u.n. that every. yesterday the american delegation are holding talks with the u.n. delegation and other n.g.o.s and today in a couple of hours almost 3 hours the delegation will be exactly right here at 1st they will be meeting james separate will be meeting with officials in how to the border city by syria and here he will be meeting with white helmets are presented as the main rescue organization inside. the visit of the american delegation is expected to continue for 2 days and all march on march 5 the day that the turkish president. and the russian president vladimir putin will have a face to face meeting in moscow an international conference is going to be held in a cell and james jeffries also will be attending in that conference so it didn't actually. he has been working hard and they have been coming back and forth to turkey for a while for a couple of months and this meeting is also it's expected to bring a solution. on the

well of course it was a very good thing because saddam pulled off a 1000000 children dying because of u.n. sanctions supported there was a sanction on iraq as a whole and there was to sanction on kind of stamp reason at the time one international sanction and 2nd iraq sanction on could somebody just because couldn't somebody gin where not longer under the general direction or control of that dictatorship since 1900 want but there was also a program in oil for food oil for food so the international community or the united nations are you nervous and they are sure that about this that has shown hundreds of thousands of children died under this program the reason of the relevance today obviously is that the kurdish community have become deeply involved in the proxy war in syria britain of course bombed syria what side of the kurds on of the media historic mistake by aligning themselves with washington in syria given that president assad of syria now saying we won't even talk to the kurdish community in syria until they stop being the tool of outside proxies well so very complex situation in.

still ahead on al jazeera ending his attempt to solve the libyan conflict the u.n. special envoy steps down days after the failure of the latest talks. in an abortion battle in colombia supporters and opponents face off in the country's highest court . hello developing over the sudden caspian this massive cloud is a proper circulation that it seems to be gaining a certain amount of energy i was suggesting may well be flooding around the southern shores but terran might be ok then the whole lot moves eastwards to bring snow to basically it's cold enough in the heart of ground this part of eastern iran and beyond afghanistan to leave behind the sunshine the temps coming up sent in iraq about the same in jerusalem and ankara so an entire area in the high teens cool down a bit was a bit of a northerly breeze downing's running through the gulf was a full cost of course wednesday night 24 hours a max in there are and the same in riyadh so we've dropped something like 10 degrees in the east and south because of the change in wind direction. there's been a lot of rain recen

a new report by the u.n.'world meteorological organization says the past decade has been the hottest in human history. the report also says 2019 was the second hottest year since records began. presenting the findings in new york today, the wmo secretary-general said that the outlook is bleak. >> we have also broken records in carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide concentrations, and out of those, carbon dioxide is the most important one. so far in his lifetime, several hundreds of years. this is a problem that does not go away. brent: a problem that does not go away. for more i am joined by laura peterson from the world meteorological organization at the u.n. in new york. it is good to have you on the show. the magnitude and speed of changes to the global climate, it is alarng. what are the main findings of this report? laura: so, the ipcc has long told us that ery facti of a degree of warming matters. and essentially that is what this report is really showing us, that we are continuing to see warming. a

the u.n. secretary general and turning to terry's exergy a collaborative approach to tackle the covert 1000 operate calling on developed countries to help weaker health systems across the world is also requested 10 percent of global g.d.p. to be allocated to deal with the viral pandemic let's go live to our diplomatic editor james bays for more analysis from the united nations and james this figure 10 percent of global g.d.p. just demonstrates just how serious all this is it's a staggering amount of money the u.n. secretary general making it clear that that congressional support package here in the u.s. was for $2.00 trillion dollars that's about 10 percent of the u.s. economy he says something similar will be needed for the global economy 10 percent of global g.d.p. particularly to help those in the developing world where clearly the systems in the medical systems in particular are not going to be able to cope as well but not just to deal with the disease but to deal with the economic crisis