the u.n.. he could have spoken for everyone. they have a common security policy. what could you add to that? maybe you could tell us about the weapons you are supplying to the criminal kyiv regime which does not target military facilities, but peaceful civilians and russian cities and representative of the u.k. could tell us how his former prime minister boris johnson dissuaded the kyiv authorities to conclude in agreement in april 2022, it had already been initialed an agreement with russia encouraging kyiv to keep fighting and condemning to death tens of thousands of ukrainians who were thrown to the front as cannon fodder. where were all of you yesterday when the council was discussing the middle eastern peace process and the situation in gaza? where was the secretary-general? not a single european union country or western country put forward an initiative to convene just one meeting on gaza. in gaza the number of victims among the population, amid blatant violations of humanitarian law by

years ago the u.n. human rights council authorized the creation of a database of companies doing business, quote, beyond israel's 1949 armistice lines. the implications of this were clear. create a list of companies and then boycott them. and that list is now published and updated by the united nations. boycotts such as these are contrary to american values and foreign policy. it is critical that we protect u.s. companies from being coerced into providing information that would facilitate these boycotts. for over 40 years it has been legal for u.s. companies to cooperate with foreign boycotts that the united states is not participating in. the reason, foreign countries should not be able to use u.s. companies to undermine u.s. foreign policy. these laws were passed in response to the arab league's boycott of israel. now, the good news is that today many, many fewer countries in the arab league are adhering to the boycott of israel. in fact, some of them have normalized relations with israel, opening tra

and being similar to the u.n. after the red cross organization so we are among them. >> prime minister has also said that he's against a palestinian state and that his goal is to eliminate hamas leadership and its fighters as part of his military campaign. do you think that is possible without jeopardizing the lives of the hostages? >> well, first of all, the only way forward for us to have a peaceful region is -- that's what carter stood for. that's what we are leaving. so we believe the entire region has. the two-state solution well, of course, need like partners on the other side. if we see a leader on the israeli side who is opposing such a solution, and what's the alternative? >> welcome he would ask you how can we live side by side with people who are dedicated to our elimination works so can they be a two-state solution as long as hamas is in gaza? >> well, it's not where hamas, the obstacles of two-state solution that can -- we didn't see anything in committed from there. in 2001 when our peace initiative

and being like today, the u.n. and red cross, those are humanitarian organizations so we're proud to be among this club. >> and the prime minister said he's opposed to the palestinian state and that his goal is to eliminate hamas, its leadership and its fighters as part of this military campaign. do you think that that is possible without jeopardizing the lives of the hostages? >> well, first of all, the only way forward for us to have peace for the region is a two-state solution, that's what stood for and that's what we're believing in, that's what we believe the entire region has adopt add long time ago and the two-state solution will, of course, need like partners on the other side. if we see a leader on the other side who is opposing such a solution, then, what's the alternative. >> he would ask you how can we live side by side with people who are dedicated to our elimination. so, can we have a two-state solution as long as hamas is in gaza? >> well, it's not where hamas-- the obstacles of two-state solution th

u.n. security council considered a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, stated the u.s. opposition to the nigerian-led proposal saying it would hurt ongoing negotiations for a hostage release deal and long-term peace. the resolution failed after the u.s. voted against it. the united states holds veto power as a permanent member of the u.n. the final tally was 13 yes vote, one no, one abstention. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> the 9,552nd meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east, including the palestinian question. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of israel, qatar, and tunisia to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. i propose that the council invite the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine to the united

u.n.'s success. it is so very needed to ensure civilians get the aid that they need more efficiently and effectively, and just more. so that ultimately we can together create a future in which israelis and palestinians live in states of their own, side-by-side in peace. we are committed to engaging constructively on a resolution with you all in the days to come to that end. and we will continue to tirelessly engage in direct diplomacy and negotiations on the ground. thank you. >> i now give the floor to the representative of china. >> thank you madam president. madam president, china expresses its strong disappointment by -- and dissatisfaction with the outcome of the vote just taken. we voted in favor of the resolution. algeria, on behalf of the arab states, put forward the drafts -- draft resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in gaza, immediate release of all hostages, and opposition to force transfers. this is both urgently required by the situation on the ground and it's also ba

th u.n.g it is basically not fit for purpose, and the israelis saying to us and others today that it is still basically -- officials who went there today and yesterday were pretty shocked at what they saw and they want to get everyone out. christian: paul, nada, thank you very much indeed for that. let's bring a former u.s. army at cachet in yemen and pentagon-- attache in yemen and pentagon advisor. you heard paul adams talking about what levers the americans have to pull at the moment. clearly there is growing frustration with some of the intransigence in israel. is he right that actually, suspending aid is not an option that is on the table? >> thank you for having me. i do think this is a very difficult option. i understand the frustration, and it has been part of these tough discussions, and so it will be interesting to see what from a diplomatic standpoint what the u.s. can do to try to maintain these humanitarian corridors to make sure they remain open. normal -- not only in the southe

the u.n. of potential famine in gaza. human rights groups are accusing israel of limiting humanitarian aid into the territory, despite the order from the u.n.'s top court. the israeli military denies accusations. the u.n. secretary general warns that the ground assault on the southern city of rafah would be in there in the coffin for the u.n.'s work in the territory. but prime minister netanyahu remains committed to putting boots on the ground in rep. cox:, saying such an operation is necessary for "total victory." israel's military presented a plan to the country's war cabinet to evacuate civilians away from the fighting. here is our correspondent, paul adams. reporter: israel's government says it has received plans from the military for its long anticipated assault on rafah. we don't have details on the plans that were presented to the cabinet, but it is thought to consist of an evacuation of civilians who are huddled in rafah, more than one million people, and its acute detail because an as

he had threatened to kick out the u.n.. and also, this may be the time to mention this crucial white house where eisenhower, after hearing about lumumba's latest antics, says to the effect of lumumba needs to be gotten rid physically. and so that sets off this whole thing about who ends killing lumumba. a lot of talk about the belgians, the cia. you walk us through the plot that is the center of your of your book. sure. so eisenhower has comments. he says these comments looking at allen dulles, the director of the cia dulles eventually gets to work and has the chemist a man named sidney gottlieb procure poisons and fly them to congo that devil. and the cia chief is to put in lumumba's food toothpaste poisons that will kill this man within a matter of hours or days. what that plot actually sort of fizzles because meanwhile, has been which does fire him. lumumba says no, can't fire me if i use the fire to each other. and then mobutu, we haven't talked about in a while. he comes back and, he comes back, he's the head of the ar

we do uphold u.n. values, humanitarian principles.sponding to the best of our ability in gaza right now. >> if unrwa collapses, who would do the work that you're doing? >> there's nothing who can do the work we do. it is the backbone of the operation, and without us, the operation will collapse. >> on thursday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he wants to completely shut down unrwa. for the first time, netanyahu outlined his plan for gaza after the war, which allows the israeli military to operate indefinitely. the idf has begun an internal review of its shortcomings before and after the october 7th attacks. amid ongoing negotiations a member of israel's war cabinet announced that if the 134 hostages are not home in two weeks, israel will launch a ground offensive in rafah, where more than 1.5 million people are sheltering. the u.s. urged israel to refrain, warning it could worsen an already catastrophic situation. if advanced lung cancer has you searching for possibilities, discover a different first treatment. immunoth

rules or non u.n. coalition arrangements. i so i should say u.n. rules or non u.n.coalition arrangements. finally. will the combatants agree to honor the peace regimen? if not, the danger is profound. so here's some final thoughts. next slide. slide. we as a nation need to think about the value of peacekeeping going forward. president said it will. here it's on the wall in his library, independence, missouri. and as i've concluded in my book, yanks were ieed sentinels of peace and did so despite. the cynical view by some peacekeeping wouldn't work. personally, i believe we were to be peacekeepers in our time, and apparently so did the nobel committee, who awarded us the peace prize in 1988. thank you very much much. thanks very much. appreciate that, jim. please over to you. last but not least. yes, well, good afternoon. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. i want to thank joe and with say not only for this for for supporting the book. my book. i'll just have a few comments today about my book with my. try to summarize a little bit and then present some themes f

the u.n.'dren's agency said its biggest concern is for an estimated 19,000 children who are orphaned or ended up alone with no adults to look after them. >> for the youngest one, they very often cannot say their name. even the older one, they are usually in shock. when the extended family can be found, they also have their own children, so sometimes it is difficult, if not impossible for them to take care of those unaccompanied and separated children. >> with their lives shattered, unicef says nearly all of gaza's children need mental health support. even when the war is over, many will be left with terrible losses that they will struggle to overcome. bbc news, jerusalem. >> also in the region, the national guard confirmed at least 41 guardsmen were injured in the attack on taber 22 in northeast jordan that killed three soldiers. the islamic resistance in iraq group was behind the attack and part of the group said it has suspended operations against u.s. forces to prevent embarrassment of the i

i think we have to remember this is a u.n. agency. the u.n.amas or islamic jihad as terrorist organizations. it's all local hires. it's not an international organization. this is 30,000 employees, all palestinian. and so if your mission is to raise people to hate, to come up with genocidal thoughts and returning to put the jewing s into the sea, all your employees are of the population, you don't check if somebody's a member of a terrorist organization, you're not just complicit, you're collaborating with the terrorists. so the aid a we have provided over many years gets diverted. the people who are employed to teach people how to hate are members of terrorist organizations. the evidence is now in front of us. we've known this abstractly for years. now we have faces and names and pictures of acts and, hopefully, now's the time for congress and the administration to act to finally cut off of this horrific organization. paul: the -- how much money does the u.s. supply unrwa in a year? and is there an alternative? if tony blinken says there isn't

that aid is delivered by a u.n.at israel recently accused of acting "under the authorization of hamas." some israelis have called for its abolition, and the u.s. has frozen funding. nick schifrin examines the question, and fate, of unrwa. nick: when israel was born, so was unrwa. the you in created the relief and works agency to serve three quarters of a million palestinians who fled or were forced out of what is now israel. 75 years later, it serves their descendants, nearly 6 million palestinians, in gaza and across the region with schools, health clinic, and especially today, humanitarian assistance. but during the october 7 terrorist attack, an israeli dossier says four genre -- unrwa staffers were involved in kidnapping israelis. six under staffers in total infiltrated into israel. and it said it acts under the authorization and supervision of hamas. israel said it found a hamas tunnel. and germany and a dozen more in response the u.s.and germany and a dozen more countries have frozen funding. unrwa says if the

so that's the u.n. in general. as far as unrwa is concerned, israel has always hbeen uncomfortable with it because this is an agency set up to provide a aid to palestinians. it confers refugee status on those who lost their homes in 1948, but all of their descendents. it's the only agency to do so. says keeping palestinians in refugee camps perpetuates their status and prevents them integrating into the countries where they are and it helps to give false hope they will be able to return to their homes inside iz really. today they say it's a nonstarter. what these allegations that they have presented to the u.n. and the united states is a kind of smoking gun. benjamin netanyahu addressing diplomats yesterday saying that unrwa's mission has to end. not just because of the dozen or so employees it says were actually actively participating in the massacres of october 7th, but it's rotten to the core. it's not just a few bad apples, is what israel is saying. but what would replace it? the secretary general saying these

>> the world food program, the different u.n.izations are saying about security inside gaza, it is true it is very difficult for the humanitarian organizations. not only just the u.n., but organizations like world central kitchen used to be delivering the food in a safe way to the different warehouses, different kitchens, different schools, hospitals, temporary refugee camps, because the need is so huge. when we are trying to go to the north, you will have roadblocks in the middle of the streets where hundreds, if not thousands of people will try to get the food we are trying to deliver to places that are in more need. so the situation is as bad as everyone is describing. especially anything north. all of these areas are in desperate need of food, water, and medical aid right now. >> have you managed to get any of your supplies into northern gaza? recently i saw you have been doing air drops. >> yes. at the moment, we have 61 kitchens. we have five warehouses. we have been able to put over 1100 trucks. but this is only a drop of

u.n. agency without providing evidence. we will speak with former unrwa spokesperson chris gunness. senegal is in the midst of its worst in decades after the president postponed this month selections. we will get the latest. and "io capitano." following migrants from west africa to italy. >we will speak with the filmmakr and the senegalese man whom the film is based on. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm nermeen shaikh. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected a proposal by hamas for a three-phase ceasefire where hamas will release all hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners. hamas is seeking for all israeli troops to leave gaza. on wednesday, netanyahu said the war on gaza would continue and ordered israeli forces to prepare to attack the southern city of rafah. >> i would like to emphasize there is no solution other than total victory. nermeen: at a news conference yesterday, released hostages impl

we are working aggressively as possible with the u.n. family and you and agencies to see how these key functions can be sustained as we look at the months ahead. >> you don't have to respond to this but given the congressional input here and the nature of our polarized politics, maybe on this issue, it's not so polarized among democrats or republicans that unra in terms of our direct support, they are probably going to be closed. >> that is certainly what we see as congressional bipartisan intent. another question on diversion, this has been diversion of assistance both commercial assistance related to our you in an ngo related assistance. has hamas been successful at all? do you have reports or allegations, has a single israeli said hamas is diverting the systems. unpack that for us. >> sure, no israeli official has come to me, come to the administration with specific diversion or theft of assistance delivered by the you and -- by the u.n. in the south of gaza, the north is a different story, since october 21 when assistance resumed. is

does the u.n. expect the world to believe that a sophisticated engineering operation was begun by hamas only in the past few months? amid israeli bombardment after they moved. the day after the gaza report when unrwa and hamas exit the stage together. on that last point. what netanyahu was saying to his people and the world. the question, throughout the whole middle east region. what he is saying is that hamas is the equivalent of al qaeda and we cannot live next to al qaeda. we must wipe them out. the biden administration may want this conflict to wrap up very soon but netanyahu, based on his interview with shannon yesterday, is absolutely convinced that israel is going to take the entire operation out before it ends. >> yeah. bill, i tell you, incredibly troubling. as a former u.n. guy very discouraging to understand that perhaps unrwa has been complicit and it is hard to imagine based on the evidence that is being presented, hard to imagine that they were not somehow working with hamas. now, we

but of course the u.n. security council is very much split with russia and china on one side and the u.s. and its allies on the other side. so we're not expecting any kind of resolution to come out from that. but we are seeing from the u.s. side an insistence that this is not an escalation. at the same time making it clear that this is not the last strikes we are going to see. for example, what we saw friday into saturday overnight local time striking targets in iraq and syria, the iranian backed militias that they believe were responsible for that deadly drone attack which killed three u.s. service men at the end of january. we have heard from washington, from the pentagon, that this is just the start of those attacks. they specified there would be a multitiered response to the deadly drone attack. so clearly we have not seen the end of the u.s. response yet. >> appreciate those updates. paula hancocks, thank you so much. >>> as paula just mentioned, the u.n. security council is planning to meet monday to

the u.n.d for agencies to cooperate with its efforts to evacuate civilians from a war zone. the u.n. says israel has not provided details for any plan to evacuate civilians from rafah and would not participate in any quote, "forced evacuation." the secretary-general says any operation in rafah would be catastrophic. more than 28,000 people in gaza have been killed since the attacks in october. among them, health workers and paramedics. four days after the attacks on october 7, a local journalist again filming the international red cross and red crescent society at work, many volunteers. since then, we have followed one of them, a father of three and a paramedic for over 20 years. israeli defense forces said, any and untrue.rget them is baseless we have this report. a warning, there are distressing images throughout the story. [bombs, sirens] reporter: the moment the israeli airstrikes begin, paramedics begin their work. [sirens] [speaking another language] reporter: many of the paramedics' fam

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the u.n.ary general for peace operations, jean-pierre lacroix, "while these weapons may be indiscriminate, the impacts vary according to gender, age, and other aspects of diversity. it is essential that mine action actors are equipped to apply a gender lens as part of a company in the event inclusive approach to planning, implementing, and monitoring programs to ensure protection for all and to ensure that no one is left behind." >> tyrus: boom! [laughter and applause] >> greg: all right, stop right there, lacroix. i have tasted your flavored water, and i wasn't impressed! [laughter] what is it everyone named jean-pierre is full of crap? it's almost as though it is french for a dip [bleep]. it's safe to say land mine clearing is dangerous. you have to be right 100% of the time. you can't even be wrong once. it's the opposite of people at the u.n. who can layer this bowl [bleep] on the backs of great people without any risk. they are safely turning out this turd sausage while cashing the checks

i want to recognize and mention the u.n. the u.n. secretary general also appointed a woman who i knew years ago who was foreign minister of uzbekistan. she's the representative. she just spoke in a very targeted way about the stigma of mental health and how we should be tackling it. why are these people important? because they tried to do their best in keeping the issue in the spotlight. as you pointed out, it is hard. this is why i asked for the extra time. i brought a list. you can't imagine how many are still working in afghanistan. i want to share this. i mentioned there are u.s.-afghan women councilmembers. one woman, she runs a made by afghan women. very inspirational. it is hard but they work within the confines. kandahar treasure. also embroidery. one doctor is someone who many women no. she is there. she runs the hospital that, by the way, does have approval and it is run by women. it is very helpful. she has a fund, the the afghan institute of learning. enlighten a mind. all of these deal with education, health. the eagle o

to float a revolution to try to peace fire the same u.n.m's group took three months o to finally say maying raping israeli woman is bad same operations in gaza seen last few weeks, staffed with terrorists, if we had any moral spine in this country we would be talking about defunding u.n. not using to it stab i would say in the point. maria: israel is setting a deadline march 10 deadline for return of all the hostages held by hamas saying, if we do not see those hostages let go, we will invade rafah u.s. popping alternative calling for temporary cease-fire opposing offensive let hostages get them out release them or wrr coming in is that the right tacact? >> it shouldn't be hard to sayries hostages not just for i will israelis but innocent plans inns under the yoke, we see it in russia with navalny this week we see it going to u.n., this corrupt organization, we see it in taliban we see it in taiwan the next to fall we've lost our minds a mad world shouldn't be hard to say as planet release the hostages. stop torturing people, we've lost our

the u.n.ourt heard testimony that israeli occupation is a result of decades of discrimination. the court in the hague is holding six days of hearings initiating at the u.n.'s request. israel is rejecting the court's jurisdiction and is not taking part. our correspondent reports. reporter: the palestinian authority's ambassador to the u.n. struggled to deliver his concluding remarks. his voice was breaking as he asked the judges, what does international justice mean to children in gaza today? it has not he said protected their lives, their hopes or homes. the leading lawyer said the israeli occupation was a violation of the palestinians' right to self-determination under international law. we were shown maps which showed how palestinian territories had shrunk over time. a lawyer said this was part of a deliberate political campaign which involved the expansion of israeli settlements in the west bank. other lawyers said the israeli occupation was tantamount to apartheid. israel has declined to t

do they violate the u.n. charter? >> well, i find it interesting that the u.n. that these proxy forces have conducted 165 attacks or more now against u.s. personnel and u.s. bases. so i don't regard the u.n. as being credible right now in terms of what they're investigating. >> neil: there's been a lot of criticism without knowing where this goes from republicans say that we loathe to get iran where it hurts or even go in to iran or go directly after iranian assets themselves. not the assets of some of their followers or sick-0-fans or proxies, whatever you want to call them. how do you feel about that? the last president that went into iran was jimmy carter. didn't go well for him. maybe that's something that joe biden is away of. what do you make of that? >> well, you know, look, i don't think the united states wants a war with iran. i don't think iran wants a war with the united states. >> neil: why would that automatically be the case if we went in there, leon? that's why -- a number of people have said if we're so anxious about going on that third rail and

the u.n. security council begins voting any moment on a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in gaza. the u.s. ambassador already warning the u.s. plans to block that proposal it would jeopardize a hostage deal. this is news. the u.s. plans to the offer a rival resolution calling for a temporary cease-fire when the time is right. all of those words very closely watched. we're watching this vote and bring you any news as it happens. a long line of illegal immigrants from around the globe climbing over a steep desert mountain to enter california from mexico and the remarkable scene. we have a lot right here. another hour of "america's newsroom." the hour was fast. another one. great. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. illegal migrant crossings down sharply along the border with texas because they have initiated new standards for getting across the border in texas which has taken the cartels and shift the human smuggling efforts to the west and remote city in california named jacumba

there's an estimated, according to unicef, the u.n.'s children fund, there's an estimated 600,000 children there who are depending on food handouts from different u.n. agencies. if we think about it this way, logically i guess, that people have left their homes, they don't have the money they left with. they've lost their -- some cases they say it's been stolen. they've spent all their last remaining money on a bit of food for the family. there are reports of people in the north of gaza even now resorting to making bread out of animal feed, eating off of grass. so the conditions that people are living in there are very, very desperate conditions. and for children, 600,000 of them, to be uprooted from already an insecure prospect to an even less secure prospect, for the u.n. that just, you know -- the u.n. already says some areas on the edge of famine. this is -- this is why people are so concerned about it, jim. >> all right. nic robertson, thank you very much for that report. we appreciate it. we'll have much more news straits ahead. s

christian: the u.n.ity council meets to discuss ukraine on the people of the second anniversary of the war. this is a live shot of the chamber in new york. the british foreign secretary will speak shortly. we will hear from the polish prident, who hasn't spoken exclusively tissue has spoken exclusively to this program about his concerns for european defense. andrew harding has been observing the war through the eyes of front-line soldiers in eastern ukraine. and we will focus on the meeting in paris this weekend where israel will participate in talks over a possible cease-fire in gaza. a very good evening. a year ago when we marked the first anniversary of the russian invasion, nato countries were united in their resolve to help ukraine. kyiv was beginning to retake significance weights of territory, and hopes for the ukrainian counteroffensive were high. on the eve of this year's anniversary, it all feels very different. pressure is more dangerous, america lesser light -- russia's more dangerous, americ