u.n. led perseus which is now into some of its final stages here has they tried to as james saying 10 years almost to the day after the uprising in libya that is still organizing a few things. positions of prime minister and his general saying a presidency council. being decided today to bring some sort of stability to libya right now and then moving towards the idea of a full as james said one person one ballot vote later in the year baby steps all the way but this is definitely positive signs that we're seeing coming out of geneva still taking their time there so i might just check in with james again james i think you're watching the same things i am so do jump in when if you want but can i just check in what you were saying about the presidency council exactly what does that mean well that they're going to be the governing body now in libya there's going to be a prime ministers part of that presidency council and the chair of the council i suppose effectively a president but it's a joi

the latest u.n.f experts reported in december, the report clearly stated that in the region where the italian ambassador was killed, we have random searches -- random soldiers operating. the congolese government has not disclosed that. we have the death of a diplomat. when we leave the discussion, we will never address the fundamental issue, until the culture of impunity is addressed in the drc. that can be stopped, simply by following what the human rights office did. 10 years ago they published a report. this report documented incidents of mass human rights violations in the drc. it said it was happening in the congo, war crimes, crimes against humanity. it called for the creation of an international tribunal for drc. we had to u.n. experts killed in 2017. the foreign policy magazine says there was a cover-up by the congolese government. the debts are continuing. the congolese are saying we need an international tribunal for congo so they can be held accountable. anchor: where do things stand when

and the u.n. security council very keen that all foreign forces should leave one deadline has already passed the u.n. now planning to bring international monitors a small number to begin with to try and police things on the ground james thanks very much live now to malik train a correspondent joining us live on the news from tripoli nic for libyans i think the u.n. touched on this just in the past couple of hours you know they know that 70 percent of libyans want this to go in the direction that it's going but they also need we're discussing it now here on the news they also need an economy that is getting stronger they need job creation. well that's right i mean libya is a very oil rich country it has the largest reserves crude reserves in africa and so this should be a rich country full of development full of job creation full of foreign investments it has 2000 kilometers on the mediterranean so i mean this is a really underdeveloped country it shouldn't be this shouldn't be the case unfortunate

u.n. officials have told the u.n. security council that yemen is hurtling towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades this they say and a renewed offensive by who the rebels threaten to wipe out a new opportunity to end the war diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations. the news from yemen is about as grim as it gets these pictures from the aid agency save the children of 7 month old amir the u.n. says he's one among a staggering 400000 children under 5 years of age who are seriously malnourished and at risk of dying from starvation famines are very unusual well there has only been one in the last 20 years of a significant scale when a quarter 1000000 somalis lost their lives in 2011 what could happen in yemen over the next weeks and months is something the world hasn't seen for 40 years something literally i thought was unimaginable but it will happen unless different action is taken now the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths told the security council the situation on the ground in

well there are things the u.n. potentially could do and again it's very much the u.n. security council that's key on this issue. you had actually with the new presidency of the u.k. they'd already been looking closely at this issue and had a meeting that was due to take place on thursday to look at me and mark that meeting i'm hearing is likely to be moved up there's some suggestion from european diplomats they'd like it to take place in the next 24 hours and i think those european diplomats would like a strong statement from the security council what is the interesting part of the mix is what is russia and particularly china which has the most influence in the region what is it going to say on this issue and will it support a strong statement would it potentially even support sanctions that certainly where we're looking with regard to the united states and the european union looking in that they are probably pretty likely i think now to impose fresh sanctions on the military in myanmar of course will get an update from you i'm sure within the next hour once the secret

the u.n. special envoy to yemen is calling for a halt to the rebel attacks on the city of dozens of people have been killed in the intensified efforts to seize the government stronghold. germany has accused iran of playing with fire over its repeated breaches of the 2050 nuclear deal the u.s. says is ready to join talks with iran and world powers to discuss a return to the original agreement. droughts water shortages and disappearing wildlife habitats are all impacts being felt in south asian countries such as pakistan experts say time is running shorts to meaningfully turn around the effects come on haida explains. already feeling the effects of climate change glacier bush in the mountainous territory because of writing temperatures and as you can see most of pakistan's water rendered by our running dry because of an exceptionally dry winter at this time of the year most of the reservoir were before the brim and the effects are now being felt on the flora and fauna as well pakistan is and if

to the u.n. in geneva resigned his job but said nothing this ambassador is staying in his job and speaking up u.n. officials have told me that they fear the the reason that people weren't going to speak up is that they would be worried about retribution against their families in myanmar there are there are lots of things that could happen to the family of the ambassador who's just spoken it reminds me going back 10 years during the uprising against gadhafi when the ambassador. and his deputy deputy even him dabashi denounced gadhafi and defected this isn't quite a defection because they were the there was appointed by the civilian government and the coup has taken place since but very bravely denouncing the coup and i think his words will have a real impact on all the other ambassadors sitting in the room listening to this for example a lot of the european union giving the use response right now all of the country blocks all of the member states i think will hear those words and they'll be hard f

that we not get to change the u.n. security council overnight we not going to change the u.n. into being a more in forcible process and i appreciate the u.n. has many different forms such as one thing but. i think that's something that has to be looked at long term the final thing is that there has to be greater attention to the protection of human rights defenders whistle blows what we're seeing is systems like interpol being used well my apologies are we have to leave it at a time we have run out of time for the program thank you very much to all of i guess . by and toby cadman thank you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website algis there or dot com and for further discussion you can go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forced us a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a day inside story from a canal in the entire team here and our life and our. the latest news as it breaks human rights groups are questioning why people are taken to this isolation senators and the treatment they receive o

you know it's a report that you know that the u.n. environment program has been working on for some time and you know anderson as the head of you know is continuing at that news conference asking some some more question answering some more questions from journalists on this issue this is an issue that the the u.n. doesn't just bring up once in a while it's an issue that the u.n. now believes is absolutely central to everything it does it believes that climbers affects the recovery from close covert it believes that climate it's central to its mission delivering humanitarian. aims for for the people around the world particularly in conflict zones they believe that climate is central to everything and certainly this secretary general is making a very big push on climate the other place you're going to see climate in the next 24 hours i think although the meeting will be mainly dominated by covert 19 efforts is that the g 7 countries are having a special meeting in 24 hours time a virtual meeting and again that will be pushing the climat

the world sometimes we can't talk to each other but most of the time we do james next question the u.n. must be aware there are so many variables caviar at hurdles to if not cross and jump over potential flash points because we have been in this kind of scenario before back in the day before zoom you know when they used to be peace conferences in places like geneva i remember your reporting 456 years ago from some of those peace conference is when people used to sit down opposite each other and hammer out the issues just because they've got an interim government in place doesn't mean to say those dangerous bad issues have gone away. no there are big problems still potentially ahead for libya by the way the sound on your feet should return in just a moment because they have sorted it out but there are big potential problems foreign players have been sniffing around this country ever since the fall of gadhafi and the uprising against him started almost 10 years ago exactly and the u.n. certainly believes foreign meddling in foreign forces is part of the problem and certainly there is a c

policy the u.n. report raises a question not only of whether or not a close associate of the president violated an international arms embargo but also whether or not the president himself was complicit in defying a stated u.s. policy kristen salumi al-jazeera washington we'll talk to mike hanna in washington d.c. in a bit but 1st live to malik trainer who joins us from the libyan city of miss automatic that start with the 1st question of how far did this operation actually how much of it how much of this plan was actually put into effect. it isn't really clear how much of this specific operation was completed by blackwater but there have been reports that they back to 2017 which suggests that blackwater was coordinating with when he was cementing his power base in eastern libya the report suggests that blackwater supplied unpiloted air tractor attack planes which bombed neighborhoods in eastern libya which helps solidify his power there before he began making his move towards the west. now malik at t

diplomatic editor james bays is at the u.n. headquarters building in new york he says the new interim government can only succeed if all libyans accept its authority. there have been so many obstacles in the way and so many fall storms for libya it's worth remembering that they tried something like this 5 years ago the skier at agreement named after a town where it was signed in morocco was supposed to create an interior government and then elections in 2 years that never happened the thing never never never never really worked no one took the new government seriously and the existing divided governments kept fighting with each other and the violence and the conflict in in libya rumbled on it's taken a long time this time because they they a year ago had the international support for a process they thought but they didn't really in the sense that there was still people on both sides international players that were involving themselves in the conflicts setting things back the u.n. believes this is a very important moment but it

a historic vote libyan delegates handpicked by the u.n. choose an interim government that will govern until elections in december. the u.s. reports underwhelming job figures in january as president joe biden prepares to unveil his plan to rescue the pandemic battered economy. protests carry on and me and maurice the military arrests one of the leading voices against the coup plus. i'm nicholas hawk on the edge of senegal seat is selling delta find out next why this mangrove rich and wildlife is at risk from climate change. and i'm lee harding with all of your sports news england's cricket captain hit another century joe root past 100 for the 3rd match in a row to put england in a strong position in the 1st test match against india. libya's warring sides to vote to choose a new interim government they've elected 4 leaders on the final day of the un led libyan political dialogue forum near geneva. has been chosen as interim prime minister until the elections in december the decision was announced by the u.n. envoy stephanie williams i am ple

we're going to go to another story the u.n. special envoy for yemen has called on who think rebels to stop their offensive a little them city of mareeba addressing a virtual meeting of the un security council griffin said that the group's quest for territorial game threatens prospects for peace the un's humanitarian chief mark local warned that yemen is speeding towards the west family and that the world has seen in decades mechanisms can be agreed upon what is needed is simply fundamentally the political will. we need a decision and agreement on leaders as yours would offer you any debris from the religion of cycles of violence it would produce filleted movements of people and birds it could create a conducive environment for the party then to move to the real issue at hand inclusive told to end the war on the basis of those aspirations the political process the us would need to resume promptly baiters secretary general has to spend the possibility of an early withdrawal from afghanistan defense ministers were gathering for th

is a bastard to the u.n. is speaking addressing that could tents in myanmar let's listen and we stand with the millions of people than mere man who have displayed courage and determination to reject this military coup we stand with them as they call for a return to peace democratic governance and rule of law. the military has tried to silence those calls with social media and internet blackouts but we still hear the people of myanmar loud and clear as president biden said the united states has and will continue to take actions in close coordination with allies and partners we will show the military that their actions have consequences violence against those exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms is unacceptable it is time for the military to immediately relinquish power refrain from further violence release all of those unjustly detain and restore mere mars democratically elected government and it is time to provide unhindered humanitarian access so that life saving humanitarian assistance rea

the u.n. has called for the immediate rescue of dozens of rohingya refugees stranded at sea their last known location was just northeast of the andaman islands a few 100 kilometers off the me and marcos to several have died in national strike is underway in myanmar despite a finleyville threat from the military that it could use lethal force crowds of gathered in several cities demanding military rulers step down. as it stands ready to impose sanctions. boeing has said it's grounded all triple 7 planes fitted with the same model of engine that exploded during a flight in the u.s. on saturday the engine suffered a catastrophic failure soon after takeoff from denver littering suburbs with falling debris crystal salumi has more. this brightening seen on board a united airlines passenger flight has led to the grounding of some boeing 777 aircraft around the globe large pieces of the plane's pratt and whitney p w 4010 fell over the suburbs of denver colorado shortly after take off the plane landed

or to the u.n. you couldn't go anywhere else in new york whatsoever that's been changed as well little steps but i'm not. sure how iran yet will respond to this europe trying to bring everyone back together to a new meeting of the so-called p 5 plus one because neither iran or the us of want to take the 1st big step and the european idea is to get them all around the table and perhaps iran and the u.s. can move at the same time and get iran back into compliance and the u.s. back into the deal so watch closely there had been suggestion that president biden might touch on this in his speech not clear whether that's going to come up but there are certainly if iran is not going to be important words on climate on covert and on global cooperation or i will get the thoughts of our white house correspondent next for the moment diplomatic editor james plays in the u.n. in new york many thanks indeed to kimberly how good then is at the white house let's start with that meeting that james was that was talked

for a u.n. envoy says international sanctions are making venezuela's humanitarian crisis worse un special rapporteur oh and then to do one has been in the country for the last 12 days she's urging the u.s. u.k. on portugal to give the government in caracas access to friends and funds a lot of america at its embassy in yemen sent this report. it's no secret that the news well is experiencing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe every day more venezuelans join the more than $5000000.00 who've already fled the country the majority to other parts of latin america the u.n. high commission for human rights has consistently accused president nicolas maduro of overseeing grave rights violations but a un special rapporteur tour has issued a new damning report arguing that international sanctions are also responsible for making venezuelans lives a misery you know it all sanctions increasingly imposed by the united states the european union and other countries have access or be to the above mentioned chall

didn't see the u.n. has called on world leaders to do everything they can to protect his people from the countries arming protests against cohen february 1st continue to spread nation of whites well let's take you back to the u.n. general assembly where china's represents the u.n. is talking about myanmar what you would usually voice of and measures taken by the international community should help. parties bridge their differences and solve problems and avoid intensifying tensions and further complicating the situation. is a member of the r.c. own family trying to support you know in playing an active role in easing the current state of affairs in myanmar in the hours the only way pretty sure it's the mediation efforts of countries these countries are discussing the setting up of an informal special meeting of their foreign ministers and we look forward to it early convening on the basis of consensus. thus providing a useful platform and opportunity for promoting problem solving we believe that r.c. on t

u.n. peacekeepers have been in the democratic republic of congo for many years the most recent deployment has nearly $18000.00 troops their mission is to protect civilians and support efforts to bring stability since the year 2000 more than 200 peacekeepers have been killed fighting armed groups this includes a 2017 attack on their base in north kivu province that killed 15 soldiers it was described as the worst attack on u.n. forces in recent history. all right let's bring in our guests and benny and democratic republic of congo maureen philippon country director of the norwegian refugee council and pretoria david zone senior research consultant at the institute for security studies and then. was heavily with the center for research on the congo 'd kinshasa welcome to the program david let me start with you today what's the status of the peacekeeping force now in d.r. see why have they not been able to get these armed groups under control especially in north. whether you know the disc it'

headquarters in new york what can we expect from the u.n. james. well the u.n. security council is supposed to be in session about now i say supposed to be i can't tell you whether it's actually started or not because they're meeting and this i think is interesting is in closed session they're not going to have the cameras filming what they're saying today and that's i think because of the sensitivity of the situation the security council is also meeting in virtual session that's because of code 19 but also worth telling you they couldn't have met here at the u.n. headquarters today because although i'm in the building the building is technically closed because of the snow situation in new york despite the fact is a closed meet meeting and a virtual meeting we are able to keep tabs of what's going on by lots of phone calls what saps and text messages to diplomats and we expect to get some idea of what's happening in this meeting the u.n. security council to be briefed by the u.n. special envoy on me and mark we expect to tell you in the next few minutes after sh

ben a u.n. impossible on particular militias in the bia and these militias are attacking the u.n. backed government and basically acting in a spoiler of the u.n. backed an international community backed. peace process in libya so there are multiple dimensions there that i think the legal experts. will have a hand full with right under when you look at the report itself it talks about prince's involvement but there is a legal and political aspect of the story 200-1000 is when there was this massive unprecedented push by have to take over areas in the worst part of the libya including tripoli he was pushed back what we learned after that was series of tragic events some of the executions of civilians opposition members buried in our mosques graves we're talking about serious allegations here and people are pretty much concerned that the united nations security council may not be able to say to. prince you would have to face justice for this particular incident. right but the problem with this you know i wrote about this in my like latest book surrogate warfare it's about warfare by

or it might it's here at the u.n. they'll be hoping and they won't say this publicly but i'm sure it is the u.n. position they'll be hoping it tips it towards diplomacy if both sides think that now there is really no way that they're going to win and the saudi coalition loses that little edge it has from u.s. military support then perhaps they'll come back to the table the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths has been pushing him very hard at times he's felt very close to at least starting talking properly and i think here at the u.n. anyway they'll be hoping that the new policy from a new administration compared to an old policy with the trumpet ministration was all in with the on the saudis side might give room for some movements on peace negotiations the other big story you're following there for us james is the what's being said about me and ma what are they come up with. yeah i don't know which of these 2 stories in some ways is more important because in the last half hour we had breaking news which is important v

experts on the u.n. on human rights in myanmar are still down to 0 there's compelling evidence that the military is using live ammunition against protesters hundreds of thousands have been gathering on the 7th consecutive day of demonstrations against the coup. the impeachment trial of donald trump resumes in 90 minutes time the former president's defense lawyers are set to make their case on thursday democrats argue the president while the evidence that he incited the capital warrants for the u.k. supreme court is allowing nigerian fishermen and farmers to sue oil giant shell in british courts lawyers representing more than $40000.00 nigerians say the oil leaks in the niger delta of contaminated that land and or so. member states of the international criminal court is set to vote for its next chief prosecutor 4 candidates are contesting to replace the 2 pence sudha who's 19 and in june the u.k. scream com is along the front runner as he heads the un's body that's investigating eisel crimes in iraq spiny

during the attack in depok oficial up a couple forming and also the u.n. some u.n. sources of performing the main objective of this attack was to take the whole stage or see shows in the convoy of these. world food program convoy when do were troubling people inside the park and also the news we are getting from officials saying that the number of people may be because the attack happened is not go told by national no. this is why this petition is very critical right now. of course the number of injured people and also people killed during a talk even though we know this is not desist time. is very dangerous in terms of 4 different to rebel groups walking in this area and they always attacking with very serious target when a day of the objective of hitting 0 stage or killed someone just some officials during the trouble of course forming in the coming hours the number of people were killed but now we are able to perform. in a bus out of and some of these people thank you very much for that update and we're just now getting confirmation from italy which says that som

be on mars a u.n. ambassador has been sacked and publicly rebuked for betrayal by the military he urged the world to confront john morton told the general assembly he spoke for the government of unsound suchi but the army said it was an abuse of his power and his dramatic testimony on friday he said the military was a threat to me and more its existence. in addition to the existing support we need to find our strongest possible action from the international community to immediately and a military coup to stop oppressing the innocent people to return the state power to the people and to school the democracy the military leadership appears not only to have lost patience with the u.n. ambassador but also with protests there is still streaming on to the streets launching one of their strongest crackdowns on saturday police change tactics chasing thousands of people through the streets of several cities with tear gas and rubber bullets and detaining those they managed to catch well have tony chains report f

the u.n. says@@ the country is failing to pursue crimes from the civil war, but sri lanka's leaders reject this. will they ever find out the truth about what happened? this is "inside story." welcome to the program. it has been 12 years since the civil war in sri lanka ended. more than 20,000 people disappeared. government troops and the tamil separatist they were fighting were both accused of murder and torture, particularly toward the end of the conflict. since then, the un's is little has been done to find out what happened. the humans rights achieve says victims have been denied justice and aused the government of further eroding human rights. the leaders rejected the accusations. we will bring our guests in the moment. at first, this report. reporter: nearly 12 years after the end of the civil war, the pain is still raw for those who sons, daughters and husband's disappeared. this is a protest earlier this month. they want answers, accountability, and justice. they are not getting any bec

confidential u.n. report accuses donald trump's ally erik prince of sending mercenaries and weapons to libyan warlord $105.00 down. there i'm kevin allen with world views on al jazeera live from doha also coming up america is back transatlantic alliance is back on. u.s. president joe biden in his 1st address to world leaders this promises to mend it frayed alliances save the iran nuclear deal and take on russia and china also. i'm just to washington in jakarta with severe flooding has forced hundreds from their homes. and images of mass from that says perseverance of a sense the 1st ever color pictures of the red planet. al-jazeera has seen parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds donald trump's ally and private security contractor erik prince violated and arms embargo on libya the report to the security council reveals how prince sent foreign mercenaries and weapons to war highly for half the hour and 2019 when he was fighting against the internationally recognized government in tripoli christe

envoy since the war started and the current u.n. envoy just visited iran for the 1st time yesterday so in a sense it's good that he is putting all the effort that he can will bring forward but what the u.n. can do is very limited because it has to be backed by the e.u. by the u.s. by the u.k. by all these powerful nations that can kind of push their all of the u.n. forward this is just such a desperate situation for civilians in yemen have a look here on my laptop this is from the u.n. f.p.a. united nations population fund of the years of conflict yemen remains the world's newest humanitarian crisis is a 2021 a pill if we're being very candid after about what is happening down on the ground right now how would you describe the situation. life has become unbearable for the millions of civilians and we know that from our work and human rights watch of the parties to the conflict how exaggerated the already. situation even before the war yemen was regarded as the poorest arab nation so the the conflict has. the country. armed groups ar

u.n. sanctions as you were saying but but this is a man who's very well connected so is he likely then to be personally held accountable and punished do you think. he's not going to be punished but he's not he's not not going to be punished because of his connections so turkey. and the emirates and russia have violated the sanctions by bringing in arm amends by deploying their own armies as well as mercenaries and they face no sanction so it would be quite hypocritical if erik prince was sanctioned for doing exactly the same behavior that major nation states do you might say is a lower hanging target because he's not a sovereign state but then again as you pointed out prosecuting him would be a distraction and would cause rancor among the trump base because erik prince and betsy device and his allies are so well connected and really what's fascinating is that the report that al-jazeera has private access to as well as the new york times doesn't mention jarrett questioner and this is really

we've also been hearing from china's sitter to the u.n. what did he have to say about the events in myanmar. well china clearly is very very important is regional role in the fact that it potentially has more influence on the military in myanmar than any other country and after what we've seen today in the security in the general assembly what the general assembly normally does is amplify a message and potentially then forces the security council to say it is going to take action but of course china has a vote in the security council as a permanent member so it could veto other things that china is very very important and we did as you say hear from john john who is the chinese ambassador to the united nations i have to say the chinese position does not seem to be particularly swayed by what we heard that dramatic speech by the myanmar ambassador he said what happened in myanmar is in essence me on mars internal and then the rest of the speech a lot of comment about how us needs to play the lead role an active role and do things in an assa

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a u.n. report to be published next month expected to accuse a top us private military firm of illegally sending fighters and arms to a libyan warlord to america's alex mahal of it's next in reporting on the notorious company called blackwater which is now been renamed cademy. it's been called a hit and run military campaign in 2011 a nato led regime change operation helped dismantle libya's government leading to the brutal killing of the country's leader moammar gadhafi after that many say the country was abandoned by the western military coalition dividing libya and leading to a civil war between 2 factions both declaring themselves the legitimate government of the nation but 2 groups use local militias and foreign powers to their advantage perpetuating the chaos in libya however earlier this month in geneva a un brokered compromise saw the political rivals agree to form an interim government which includes representation from both sides by the. power great libyan people her victory today g

the u.n. secretary general has appealed to world leaders to make a renewed commitment to flight fight climate change speaking a short while ago and called for urgent global action. we need to make these correlation truly global interns formative if adopted by every country city financial institution and company and on the world's a global coalition for governor by 25 he can still prevent the worse the impacts of climate change but we cannot delay we are running out of time to leave the temperature rise to $1.00 the cells use and build resilience to the impacts that come and they also need equal urgency and then bishan to address all we produce all foods and manage our water land and the oceans we could serve as was promoting a newly published un reports which says that climate change biodiversity loss and pollution add up to 3 self-inflicted planetary crises but threaten future generations more than a 1000000 of an estimated 8000000 plant and animal species are facing serious increased risk of

al-jazeera has same parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds donald trump's ally in private security contractor erik prince violated noms embargo on libya the report to the security council reveals how friends foreign mercenaries and weapons to war after in 2019 when he was fighting against the internationally recognized government in tripoli kristen salumi reports from washington d.c. . erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy devadasi. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government video in 2019 that's now a question al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haf

the u.n.ecurity council calls for a strong response to the seizure of power. at the u.s. state department, officials said the takeover was determinedo constitute a coup d'etat, and washington has threatened to reimpose sanctions. more from new york. porter: thisecurity council meeting myanmar was virtual. we had a snowstorm in new york and due to covid-19, almostll u.n. meetings are virtual right now. this meeting was called by t u.k. which holds the rotating presidency of the security council this month and china, myanmar's primary backer in the council, reportedly asked for it to be a closed meeting so the council was not even able to agree on a statement. diplomats said china and russia wanted more time to consider a draft drawn up by the u.k. that condemns the coup and calls for the immediate release of aung san suu kyi. now, the secretary general special envoy on myanmar addressed the security council andalled for the immediate release of suu kyi. she said that recent developments were a

and to do more work that the u.n. human rights councils special rapporteur who was speaking earlier on of the session so i think the the the russians the chinese the venezuelans etc are lone voice is really in what has been a pretty unified position from have the human rights council and many of its members which is essentially the what what has been going on in myanmar is a gross violation of human rights. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back the international criminal court finally chooses a new lead prosecutor after a long drawn out process. find out why pakistan is facing a shortage of white sugar and what the government's doing about it more on that status. how that whether remains he is the cold across much of north america we have seen the icy conditions of course into the deep south we've got this town a bit silly cold weather continuing here really has dug in spilling out of canada that out to blast all the way down across the deep south but as we go on through the next couple of days the

the u.n. secretary general calls for a global vaccination plan and urges g20 nation to lead that effort. another mass adoption in nigeria. more than 250 people are missing, your kidnapped. -- feared kidnapped. ♪ anchor: an arctic blast in the united states. at least 30 people have been killed. this storm has left millions without power and three quarters of the country like it in snow. the national guard is stationed in texas. types have burst in the freezing temperature and water treatment plants has stopped working. one quarter of a million have no running water at all. water and blankets is being sent by the federal government, but the governor says it will be days before the situation start to improve. >> most of the state will be below freezing tomorrow morning, along i 10 and north will remain freezing through thursday night, with ultracold temperatures once again on thursday night. we should, across the state, start getting above freezing on saturday. anchor: andy gallagher has more. re

the u.n. condemned the violent crackdown its human rights office issued a statement saying in several locations throughout the country police that military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations using lethal force and less than lethal force that according to credible information received by the u.n. human rights office has left at least 18 people dead and of a 30 wounded reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds. is the founder of the of a network of organizations supporting human rights and me and mom she's concerned the death toll is likely to rise as more information comes in from smaller cities across the country we've not heard from other regions in the country have this point we've only heard from the south into new to eat where people were killed in the way in munich in yangon in mandalay and who and also big old these are main cities the military is trying to turn these cities into was owned by bringing battle hardened soldiers with their weapons into

it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly whole the ambassador of me using his speech to speak out strongly against the events in his own country and your mom military has become that if this tension threat for myanmar as the polity and civilized society his voice was trembling as he continued and strong support from the international community is imperative for the people of myanmar. in our 5 against the military regime. as he finished his speech he gave a 3 hoping good saluting a message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him for his courageous stand for long on the brand new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greene failed in her 1st full day in her job we urge every member state here today to use any channel available to tell the me or my military that violence against the people of myanmar will not be tolerated together we all show the people of myanmar that the world is watching we hear them and we stand with them and the u.n. special envoy

this stage it's worth reminding you that the other strong speech we heard 24 hours ago was from the u.n. special envoy christine chrono bergan or she made a strong speech and she is the official representative of the secretary general in that speech she said that no other countries should recognize the current regime run by the military so if that is the case and the secretary general is encouraging other countries to not recognize the military regime then they shouldn't one assumes they recognize the decisions of the military regime of the firing of their ambassador this i think is going to end up as quite a drawn out affair assuming the ambassador wishes to stay in the united states and we assume he won't want to go back to me and mar because of possible reprisals against him even though he's been officially withdrawn we don't know what will happen with regard to the other diplomats that work for him at the mission the myanmar mission that's a mission to the united nations is effectively a little embassy that deals just with the u.n. what will happen i think is if he says he's staying