u.n. human rights commission it's kind of another one of those reports that just comes and goes and the country is too powerful too well connected no one ever sees it as our international. i was going to say you know and in journalism you guys know we call that a throwaway question because you already know the answer united states is never going to be punished by the u.n. for a war crime and i did not misspeak when i said the united states israel will never be prosecuted for any of this or or there will never be tribunals held because israel is an extension in the un of the united states us its veto power. or over anything the u.n. decides to do and would never allow that to happen so absolutely not i don't expect to see anything come from it other than the continued refusal to accept that people people matter right people's lives actually matter israeli lives matter palestinian lives matter and yet it is not treated that way certainly in our media certainly in our. governmental apparatus whether they have an r in front of their name or a d. in front of their name lives don't matter and less yo

u.n. human rights commission.en from the international community to release him? it seems like it might have been a good move to go to the u.n.. japan has tremendous clout, japan contributes 10% of the u.s. annual budget. it has a lot invested in that group as an organization and as at the -- as international opinion. various look at his nationalities -- brazilian, lebanese, and french -- the two biggest countries have both been in a situation where they are not fully prepared to come to the rescue, at least not in any big way, of someone who is perceived as a global elite. it will be perceived as a global industrial titan who could be existing beyond sovereignty. there has been some to mystic political pressure and going to the u.n. could be a real pressure point for japan which has a history of maximum participation in the u.n. and is probably lows to contradict the pressure. >> very quickly, could this bill -- put this bill in perspective, it's on the higher side. great deal ofbe a money for any ordinary person

u.n. commission on human rights in south sudan is saying the agreement has not delivered any immediate improvement and no one's being held responsible. the commission is naming twenty three individuals it says lately to rule in crimes during the war that in addition to fifty two army commanders last year. the government has announced that he intends to set up a special court to deal with sexual violence but this will be ordinary sexual based violence and not conflict related sexual violence and i think there's a huge distinction because the one means that you're going to have to hold many of the military commanders accountable and that's really where the commission's aim is which is to look at this question of command and superior responsibility because our work is in relation to the future hybrid court of south sudan in the two hundred page report the commission says crimes continue and that there is an increase in arbitrary detention torture execution and for disappearances and that sexual violence which previous report has said was used as a weapon of war in the conflict is on the rise the comm

u.n. human rights commission has long been investigating the human rights situation in north korea and hased a truly damming reports about the status of political prisoners and the repression of individual liberties. a very interesting debate going on among many of my colleagues and for their colleagues in government as to the president should talk about human rights when he talks to the leader of north korea. so far, this residence is not talk about human rights, except in countries that he does not iran and cuba, so i do not expect him to change, but there are serious people who believe that unless the u.s. puts human rights into the discussion as well, we cannot get to a permanent, lasting, normal state with north korea. host: thomas countryman, a career foreign service officer and now the chair of the arms control association and advisor with the organization foreign policy for america, thank you ray much for stopping by. guest: thank you, steve. host: excellent questions. i think everybody across the u.s. host: i hope you will come back again. reminder, we begin the conversation every

drive activists say they've been subjected to torture and sexual assault the saudi human rights commission left the u.n. leaving a whirlwind of questions there is a growing feeling among so many human rights council members the saudi has a very did scrutiny for far too long now it should be the role of the international community to hold saudi to account new park al-jazeera geneva. algeria's new prime minister has been addressing the public for the first time since taking office noted in but three says he's forming a government of technocrats open to all protests and cites a desperate attempt to quell the mass rallies planned for friday well from victoria gay to me. prime minister nuri is under pressure to end weeks of antigovernment protests at a news conference in the capital algiers he set out his plan to bring the nation together he promised to build an inclusive government his mandate would last no more than a year mr met the doors will be open to everyone we are listening to everybody we are talking to everyone and we will work with everyone without any preconditions. the prime minister said he w

drive activists say they've been subjected to torture and sexual assaults the saudi human rights commission left the u.n. leaving a whirlwind of questions there was a growing feeling among so many human rights council members the saudi has a very did scrutiny for far too long and now it should be the role of the international community to hold saudi to account. geneva all members of the u.s. congress have joined human rights organizations to demand the release of a dual american saudi citizen who's detained in riyadh dr where need stay he has been held for more than a year without charges or trial his son when called on the saudis to let his father return to the u.s. . this whole situation in prison really doesn't make any sense whatsoever i mean we're talking about. citizens you would ever meet i'm here today to call on the authorities to release my father to right or wrong to end this nightmare for my family and syrian government forces have shelled residential areas in southern edler province attacks in the region have increased government stepped up pressure on one of syria's rebel strongholds the n

drive activists say they've been subjected to torture and sexual assaults the saudi human rights commission left the u.n. leaving a whirlwind of questions there is a growing feeling among so many human rights council members the saudi has a very did scrutiny for far too long and now it should be the role of the international community to hold saudi to account new park al jazeera geneva. algeria's new prime minister has told the country form a temporary government of technocrats in the next few days already in the doorway also promised to include young people and women but protesters say it's a desperate attempt to quell mass rallies planned for friday the tory again in the reports. prime minister nuri is under pressure to end weeks of anti-government protests at a news conference in the capital algiers he set out his plan to bring the nation together he promised to build an inclusive government his mandate would last no more than a year mr the doors will be open to everyone we are listening to everybody we are talking to everyone and we will work with everyone without any preconditions. the prime minist

he'll veto the move president of saudi arabia's human rights commission says those responsible for the murder of journalists have been brought to justice the u.n. human rights body continues to pressure the kingdom over the treatment of detained activists but saudi arabia denies claims of torture and says their rights haven't been violated the u.k. will ask the e.u. to extend its deadline for leaving beyond march twenty ninth after a vote was passed by parliament m.p.'s overwhelmingly voted to pass a motion brought by prime minister to resign may requesting an extension syrian government forces have shelled residential areas in southern adlib province attacks in the region have increased as beside assad's government steps up pressure on one of syria's last rebel strongholds the number of dead from airstrikes on the city on wednesday has risen to seventeen. rescue efforts have been called off in nigeria's commercial capital lagos a day after a building with a school on the top floor collapsed more than a dozen people mostly schoolchildren were killed it's feared many others are still missing france's air accident investigation agency has the bl

u.n. says fighting in south sudan is continuing despite last year's peace deal a u.n. commission on human rights says it's identified some of the individuals who are involved is also considering the introduction of a court to end what it sees as a culture of impunity here or morgan has more from the south sudan capital juba there were high hopes when it started empathy was a mount law theory but by january year everything ended and the optimism these people were forced to leave their homes to survive. the government forces are right to mock our county. they threatened their. community or pretty soon we got a source. with a gun sort that was different to this second they begun to lure their properties. big. open their doors. open their doors. everything even if they end up with a charge more than ten thousand people have been displaced since january due to fighting between the government and armed groups who didn't find the latest peace deal the civil war started in twenty thirty two years after the country's independence from sudan it's estimated that at least four hundred forty thousand people

u.n. much more recent opportunity which was last year, the human rights commission in the u.n., asked for access on both sides of the border. pakistani and indian. unfortunately, although they did away with the field type, 80% was obviously about what is happening in india. why can't pakistan seize on this opportunity.? use this opportunity and open up and allow the u.n. to come in and see what is going on on the side? >> i am a retired -- service officer. i applaud the pakistan slogan. i will look forward to people realizing their dreams and pursuing economic stability. my question is, if so many of the limited dollars get channeled to the military, how would that be realized? >> and the last one i have, how would the dynamic between this change? >> a few. >> okay. first of all, your question. i think we have an elected government there. we have all the institutions that you need, to secure the implementation of the rights that are guaranteed to the majority and minority communities in every province. that covers all of them. the government of pakistan is determined to act against any of

u.n. commission on human rights in south sudan is saying the agreement has not delivered any immediate improvement and no one is being held responsible the commission is naming twenty three individuals who it says laid major rules and crimes during the war that's in addition to fifty two army commanders it's named last year the government has announced. a special court to deal with sexual violence but this will be ordinary sexual based violence and not conflict related sexual violence and i think this is a huge distinction because the one means that you're going to have to hold many of the military commanders accountable and that's really where the commissions aim is which is to look at this question of command and superiors responsibility. relation for the future hybrid of south sudan in the two hundred page report the commission says crimes continue and that there is an increase in arbitrary detention torture execution and enforces appearances and that sexual violence which previous report has said was used as a weapon of war in the conflict is on the rise the commission also said that south sud

u.n. last month a commission of inquiry formed by the un human rights council found that your country may have committed war crimes and even crimes against humanity in gaza last year killing one hundred eighty nine palestinians in protest of the girls offense including medics journalists people with disabilities and you injured nine thousand others. let's talk about the those facts first of all the u.n. so called the inquiry commission for the human rights council it is a joke so what happened there and what happened last year you have sixty thousand people marching to our fans what would have happened you think if you would have come to the sense of the will break the fence and then what they would say that it we want to go back to gaza no they would continue they would march into our communities in israel and their id card and there we were among them they said we want to kidnap israelis we want to kill israelis so that the law is the one is the solution then so let me ask you this question what is the solution to gaza because in the past your solution you personally called for quote th

u.n. human rights council in geneva in mid march one thousand nine hundred the head of the saudi human rights commission made a brief statement about the three. of the. fall of the dome. kaffiyeh. but the saudi failure to provide any names or details agreed to argue and led investigation into the murder didn't convince human rights organizations. refuse the international independent investigation that's when they are hiding something and what they are hiding very hard being very name for it appears on. all of this operation of the person who ordered this operation here is still safe and he is still leading the country and what we've seen from the outset since this whole whole saga became became public has a series of obfuscations and denials by saudi arabia some cases where their accounts simply do not fit the facts and so it's very difficult to have confidence in there and the narrative whatever the status of the pseudocode case crown prince mohammed bin salmond still has tough questions to answer about his alleged role in the affair. and week before the geneva statement thirty six countries issued. jo

u.n. plebiscites, much more recent opportunity which was last year, the human rights commission on behalf the u.n. asked for access on both sides of the border. pakistani and indian. theynfortunately, although did away with the field side, it they did a report and 80% of it was from india but why can't pakistan sees on this on thisity -- seize opportunity and open up and allow the yuan to come in and see what is going on on this side of the border? >> hello. i am a retired foreign service officer. thought about the pakistan slogan. and i was looking forward to people being able to realize their dreams and find economic stability. with the limited dollars channeled to military funding, how can that be realized? yusef: let me put the last one i have in my hand which is how would the dynamic between the post thischange program? ambassador asad majeed khan: ok. your question -- i we have an elected --ernment in below just on we have an elected government and we have all of the institutions that you need to secure the implementation of these rights that are guaranteed to both the majority and t

u.n. last month a commission of inquiry formed by the un human rights council found that your country may have committed war crimes and even crimes against humanity in gaza last year killing one hundred eighty nine palestinians in protest of the girls offense including medics journalists people with disabilities and you injured nine thousand others. let's talk about the those facts first of all the u.n. so called the inquiry commission for the human rights council it is a joke so what happened there and what happened last year you have sixty thousand people marching to our fans what would have happened you think if you would have come to the sense of the will break the silence and then what they would say that it we want to go back to gaza no they would continue they would march into our communities in israel and they were id card and there we were among them they said we want to kidnap israelis we want to kill israelis so that the law is what is the solution then so let me ask you this question what is the solution to gaza because in the past your solution you personally called for quote

thinking about the u.n., much more recent opportunity, which was last year, the human rights -- you know, commission in the u.n. asked for access on both sides of the border. pakistani and indian, kashmir. and unfortunately, although they did a sort of -- a way from the field site, they did a report, 80% of it was obviously about what's happening in india. but why can't pakistan seize on this opportunity and -- i mean, of course, there are issues on this side, et cetera. but use this opportunity and open up and allow the u.n. to come in and see what's going on on this side of the border. >> yes, please. >> hi. i'm a retired foreign service officer. i really applaud the pakistan slogan. and i will look forward to the people realizing their dreams to pursue economic stability. my question is, if so many of the limited dollars get channelled to the military funding, how would that be realized? >> okay. i can get that. and let me just put the last one that i have in my hand from the overflow room. which is how would the dynamic between the prime ministers change post obama so you have a few. >> okay. ok

u.n. human rights council in geneva in mid march of one thousand nine hundred the head of the saudi human rights commissionmade a brief statement about the tree. of the. fall of the dome. cafe. but the saudi failure to provide any names or details agreed to argue and lead investigation into the matter didn't convince the human rights organizations. refuse the international independent investigation that's when they are hiding something and what they are hiding very hard name for it appears on. all of this operation that the person who ordered this operation here is still safe and he's still leading the country from what we've seen from the outset since this whole whole saga became became public has a series of obfuscations and denials by saudi arabia some cases where there are accounts simply do not fit the facts and so it's very difficult to have confidence in there and the narrative whatever the status of the pseudocode case crown prince mohammed bin solomon still has tough questions to answer about his alleged role in the affair. a week before the geneva statement thirty six countries issued. joint stat

u.n. human rights council in geneva in mid march of one thousand nine hundred the head of the saudi human rights commission made a brief statement about the three. of the. fall of the dome. kaffiyeh. but the saudi failure to provide any names or details agreed to argue and lead investigation into the matter didn't convince the human rights organizations. refuse the international independent investigation that's when they are hiding something and what they are hiding very hard being named for it appears on. all of this operation of the person who ordered this operation here is still safe and he is still leading the country and what we've seen from the outset since this whole whole saga became became public has a series of obfuscations and denials by saudi arabia some cases where their accounts simply do not fit the facts and so it's very difficult to have confidence in there and the narrative whatever the status of the pseudocode case crowned prince mohammed bin salmond still has tough questions to answer about his alleged role in the affair. and week before the geneva statement thirty six countries issued.

u.n. representative for the international commission of jurists he says egypt is working to undermine un human rights for these. this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appalling record of abusing counter-terrorism measures deliberately to repress human rights defenders civil society and other nonviolent dissenting voices within egypt so for us to to imagine sharing an important role in defining and maintaining this one expert who has that specific job to uphold human rights and vice states how to do that that this is like putting the fox in charge of the of the chickens that governments like egypt are very sophisticated clever and strategic when it comes to their international diplomacy and are very effective at persuading other states not to focus on much on them but as civil socie

u.n. commission of inquiry report published in a couple of weeks ago in the human rights council what we found is that israeli forces have been using a lot of. lethal force excessive force against and see them straight on the fence this which has led to a lawful killings many of which amount to work rights there's also we've. documented the pattern of the use of force that has lead to severe injury life changing injury of protesters and that's what's as pointed to what seems like a policy meaning and causing the severe injuries to the protesters targeting has also included medics journalists and children according to the u.n. offices for the commission of human ten affairs in the uk quite honestly the territories or chop one hundred ninety five cities have been killed in the context of protests. in know this one year span including forty one children and there's been more than twenty nine thousand injuries according to the commission of inquiry to put. it over underneath achille's. as well as injuries and in the report they expose one hundred twenty two injuries. and it was life changing injur

have been brought to justice the head of its human rights commission made the statement at the u.n. in geneva without giving any details turkey is insisting the kingdom names those who've been prosecuted jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. in turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials saudi arabia has rejected what it calls attempts to internationalize the investigation algerian is new prime minister has addressed the public for the first time since taking office the recently promoted nerd in bed we said he's forming a government of technocrats open to all he added that the government's mandate would not exceed a year. the political chief of the taliban has hailed the outcome of talks between the group in the united states. has spoken out for the first time since the talks in doha ended on to say he says the taliban will uphold the draft agreement reached during the talks both sides making progress on foreign troop withdrawal and not allowing fighters to operate

thinking about the u.n., much more recent job opportunity which was last year, the human rights commission asked for access on both sides of the border, pakistani and indian kashmir, and unfortunately, although they did a report, 80% of it was obviously about what's happening in india, but why can't pakistan seize on this opportunity and i mean, of course there are issues on this si side, but use this opportunity and open up and allow the u.n. to come in and see what's going on on this side of the border? >> yes, please. >> hi. i'm a retired foreign service officer. i really applaud the pakistan slogan and look forward to the people realizing their dreams of pursuing economic stability. my question is, if so many of the limited dollars get channeled to the military funding, how would that be realized? >> okay. >> let me just put the last one i have in my hand, which is how would the dynamic between the prime minister and modi change. >> okay. okay. first, your question, i think we have an elected government, we have all the institutions that you need to secure the implementation of the rig

u.n. last month a commission of inquiry formed by the un human rights council found that your country may have committed war crimes and even crimes against humanity in gaza last year killing one hundred eighty nine palestinians in protest of the girl's offense including medics journalists people with disabilities and you injured nine thousand others. let's talk about the those facts first of all the un the so-called inquiry commission for the human rights council is a joke so what happened there and what happened last year you have sixty thousand people marching to our fans what would have happened you think if you would have come to the sense of the will break the silence and then what they would say that it we want to go back to gather no they would continue they would march into our communities in israel and they were. there we were among them they said we want to kidnap israelis we want to kill israelis so that the law is the one is the solution then so let me ask you this question what is the solution to gaza because in the past your solution you personally called for quote the delet

u.n. commission of inquiry report published in a couple of weeks ago in the human rights council what we found is that israeli forces have been using a lot of. lethal force excessive force against and see them streets on the fence this which has led to a lot of killings many of which amount to work crimes there's also we've. documented the pattern of the use of force as the lead to severe injury like changing injury of of protesters and that's what's as pointed to what seems like a policy meaning and causing the severe injuries to the protesters targeting has also included medics journalists and children according to the un office of the commission of human ten affairs in the uk quite honestly the territories or chop one hundred ninety five cities have been killed in the contessa put us. in this one year span including forty one children and there's been more than twenty nine thousand injuries according to the commission if we were to put. it over underneath achilles. as well as injuries and in the report they expose one hundred twenty two injuries. and it was life changing injuries where peop

u.n. conference that those responsible have been brought to justice the barker reports from geneva. it was a brief statement by the head of the saudi human rights commission but it's raised many new questions about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the saudi said that the perpetrators of the killing described as an accident have been brought to justice for three hearings attended by their lawyers and observe his we have brought them to justice they had a fair trial they are currently detained not their human rights been violated they have been subjected to no form of torture they are entitled to their legal rights but the saudi delegations failure to provide any names or details hasn't inspired much confidence of the human rights council the un's repeatedly called on saudi arabia to cooperate with the un led investigation into show g.'s murder but the kingdom's refused calling it an internal matter saudi arabia operates pursuant of international law it does so in all transparency therefore what is being conveyed by certain media regarding the need for us to internationalize some of these matters is something we do not accept because such dema

u.n. commission. >> the commission has found grounds to believe that the israeli security forces committed serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. warrant aations criminal investigation and prosecution, and we call on israel to conduct meaningful investigations into these serious violations and to provide timely justice and reparations for those killed and injured. amy:y: another member of the u.. independent commission, sara hossain, described how israeli forces targeted civilians and journalists in gaza. they havek intentionally shot children, intentionally shock people with disabilities, intentionally shot journalists knowing them to be children with disabilities -- not all of the children have disabilities, but many are most of the journalists were all marked as press. the people with disabilities crutches, andwith they have been shot at by snipers who also have spotters available with them, who have very high level technology available to see who is out there in the field. amy: the u.n. report calls on states to arrest "persons alleged to have committed, or who ordered to have committed,

u.n. commission of inquiry report published in a couple of weeks ago in the human rights council what we found is that israeli forces have been using a lot of. lethal force excessive force against an see them straight on the fence this which has led to a lot of killings many of which amount to work crimes there's also we've. documented the pattern of the use of force as the lead to severe injury like changing injury of of protesters and that's what's as pointed to what seems like a policy meaning and causing the severe injuries to the protesters targeting has also included medics journalists and children according to the un office of the commission of human ten affairs in the uk quite honestly the territories or. one hundred ninety five cities have been killed in the context of protests. in know this one year span including forty one children and there's been more than twenty nine thousand injuries according to the commission of inquiry to put. to get it over underneath achilles. as well as injuries and in the report they expose one hundred twenty two injuries. and it was life changing injurie

human rights commission made the statement in geneva without giving any details because he was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. and turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials well i think what we've heard from the international community is a clear call for an independent international inquiry into the murder murder of three we understand that there has been a process playing out within saudi arabia but it's equally clear that there are many unanswered questions including who ultimately was responsible for clarity's death who who ordered it how high up it went we know that the special rapporteur on its usually execution and u.s. kalama has has launched an independent inquiry of her own into the into the murder of shoji and we call upon saudi arabia as a member of the human rights council to cooperate with the council's own mechanisms including the special operator and ensure that they are willing to allow her access and give her whatever information she needs in order to conduct an independent inquiry what we've seen from the outset since this whole whole saga became became public has a se

human rights commission made those statements in geneva without giving any details shoji was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. in turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials and the political chief of the taliban has hailed the talks between the group and the united states well lobdell ghani baradar has spoke for the first time since talks ended on tuesday. as obtained these exclusive pictures of the negotiations that took place in the qatari capital doha paula bar there says the taliban will uphold the draft agreement which was reached during these negotiations the two sides made progress on foreign troop withdrawal and not allowing fighters to operate inside afghanistan . prosecutors in northern ireland have charged a british soldier over the one nine hundred seventy two bloody sunday killings fourteen people died when soldiers fired into crowd of demonstrators eighteen other suspects including sixteen former soldiers and two alleged official ira members were not convicted as the evidence available was deemed insufficient. jarius new prime minister has been addressing the public for the

u.n. representative for the international commission of jurists he joins us now from geneva good to have you with us so what sort of human rights record hold does egypt have in comparison with other members of the human rights council. well i mean here it's important to keep in mind we're talking specifically about the abuse of counter-terrorism measures to violate human rights special rapporteur the expert we're talking about here is the one person within the massive architecture that the u.n. has to push states to take measures to prevent terrorism which of course we all want governments to protect people from violent attacks but this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appalling record of be using counter-terrorism measures deliberately to repress human rights defenders of civil society and other nonviolent d

the international commission of jurists he says egypt is working to undermine un human rights for these. this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appalling record of abusing counter-terrorism measures deliberately to repress human rights defenders civil society and other nonviolent dissenting voices within egypt so for us to to imagine sharing an important role in defining and maintaining this one expert who has that specific job to uphold human rights and vice states how to do that that this is like putting the fox in charge of the of the chickens and governments like egypt are very sophisticated clever and strategic when it comes to their international diplomacy and are very effective at persuading other states not to focus on much on them but as civil society we do work very hard to find a way to give a higher profile to these violations and we always

human rights commission made the statement in geneva without giving any details. the still inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october and his body dismembered investigations by the u.n. and turkey have pointed the finger at high ranking saudi officials. i think what we've heard from the international community is a clear call for an independent international inquiry into the murder murder of america show we understand that there has been a process playing out within saudi arabia but it's equally clear that there are many unanswered questions including who ultimately was responsible for the death who who ordered it how high up it went the political chief of the taliban has hailed the talks between the group in the united states. the baradar has spoken for the first time since the talks ended on tuesday al-jazeera is a pain these it's crucifixions of the talks that took place in the cattery capital . since the taliban will uphold the draft agreement that was reached during those negotiations. prosecutors in northern ireland have charged a former british soldier over the nine hundred seventy two bloody sunday killings fourteen people died when soldiers fired into a cro

human rights council monday. the panel called on israel to stop using live ammunition against unarmed protesters and investigate the shooting of thousands of palestinians. this is the chair of the u.n. workrooms commission speaking in geneva. >> we believe the situation so be severe into nature. if there individuals in the crowds that t may be a legitimae do not shoot in the crowd because you may shoot or kill in dissent -- innocent individuals. a report look at israel's bloody response to weekly great march of return demonstrations launched by palestinians in gaza nearly a year ago, targeting israel's heavily militarized fence. it found israeli forces killed 189 palestinians, almost all of them with live ammunition. in britain, the speaker of the house of commons stilts a new blow monday to prime minister theresa may by barring another vote in parliament on her brexit agreement just 11 days before the u.k. is set to leave the european union. >> what the government cannot legitimately do is theresa may -- resubmit to the house the same p proposition as that of last week, which was rejected by 149 votes. amy: that was speaker john bercow. britain may now request an extension from european leaders. france

u.n. human rights council was because it had clearly lost its mission, lost its focus. it was behaving in ways that were deeply inconsistent with the very charter of that mission. -- that commission. >> clearly. i guess some of the countries on it were some of the worst actors that we've seen. what steps does the state department currently take to stop the flow of resources to the hezbollah, and what are we doing to stop iranian resources from going to them? >> so, the major global campaign is the sanctions regime we've put in place. we've taken them from 2.7 barrels of oil per day down to something around 1 million barrels of oil per day. we'll make another set of decisions in may about that. that's denied them hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. we have active campaigns with countries around the world to deny iran the capacity to move weapons and money around the world. so, treasury is obviously in the lead. state department is doing work for financial sanctions to deny those -- the countries the capacity to trade with iran. there are other tools the u.s. government uses, as well. it is a full-on campaign. with respect to hezbollah, i was in beirut this past week to t