criticised the un security council's impotence on syria its resolution force an assad out of power was vetoed by russia and china calling on dialogue the draft resolution of the un human rights council condemns widespread and systematic violations of human rights and other freedoms here in syria of the diplomats are expected to vote on this resolution on tuesday the un human rights council is also expected to call on syria to stop attacks against civilians here in the country and also to allow a free access for humanitarian aid to the city of homs and as well as other besieged areas here in the country meanwhile negotiations on if it created the journalists from homs and releasing the bodies of those killed there earlier have so far failed the red cross and reached the city but came back without journalists because in two sources here in syria the turks sold off to the opposition fighters asked. members of the free syrian army to be evacuated as well there was also speculation but they may have kept them hostage to go into their own security the economic pressure from the national community to the regime is also increasing the e.u. has he damascus with its toughest sanctions

international criminal court and urges for procreation is to start the draft resolution of the un human rights council condemns widespread and systematic violations of human rights and other freedoms here in syria the diplomats are expected to vote on this resolution on tuesday the un human rights council is also expected to call on syria to stop attacks against civilians here in the country and also to allow a free access for humanitarian aid to the city of homs and as well as other besieged areas here in the country the economic pressure from the national community to the regime is also increasing the e.u. has he damascus with its toughest set of sanctions yet they include more asset freezes against officials and impose restrictive measures on the country's central bank it's also maintaining support for the syrian opposition recognizing the syrian national council as a legitimate representative of the syrian people seeking for democratic changes recently russia's prime minister vladimir putin has said that meddling into other states affairs may lead to foreign intervention has also stressed that des

is based on objective sources and objective information from international human rights organizations human rights council the un and so on and so forth but they deal was to point out to underline the existence of problems even in those countries which count themselves as the developed democracies you know what sources of information do you use when you prepare your report. i would say why the variety of i mentioned some of them for instance. assessments and conclusions from the universal periodic review of the un human rights council. also the assessments given by such i was well known non-governmental organizations as for instance amnesty international or human rights watch or someone here also we also used definitely some of the some of the national sources not only russian sources. and also quite a number of open sources by the way in serbia information to be. very much in the in the open to mean so. you said something about who is too general or maybe a who has the monopoly to judge nobody has the monopoly to judge others and does everybody have the right to judge. well i would say that. well we all have so

assessments and conclusions from the universal periodic review of the un human rights council. also the assessments given by such i was well known non-governmental organizations as for instance amnesty international or human rights watch or someone here also we also used a definitely some of the some of the national sources not only russian sources. and also quite a number of open sources by the way in serbia information to be. very much in the in the open to mean so. you said something about who is too general or maybe a who has the monopoly to judge nobody has the monopoly to judge others and does everybody have the right to judge. well i would say that. well we all have sort of the right says states and it's not too probably to judge use of judges not be the right word to. underline the existence of problems yes i think every every country has this right and we'll he just did this very important struggles you don't consider. your paper to to to be judging we're not judges we're judging you're trying to highlight the problem with highlight that are our lives and we are a we a

assessments and conclusions from the universal periodic review of the un human rights council. also the assessments given by such i was well known among governmental organizations as for instance amnesty international or humorous what you or someone here also we also used definitely some of the.

assessments and conclusions from the universal periodic review of the un human rights council and also. assessments given by such i would say should well known non-governmental organizations as for instance amnesty international human rights watch war and it's nonsense on here also we also use the definitely some over the some of the national sources but they're not only russian sources. and also quite a number of water sources by the way in serbia information to be. very much in we in the open i mean so. you've said something about who used to judge or maybe who has the monopoly it was yes nobody has the monopoly to judge others and everybody.

national council as a legitimate representative of the population meanwhile speaking at the un human rights council the french foreign minister said asad will soon face justice for crimes against his people well that's amid the referendum on the new draft constitution in syria where the majority of voters said yes to reform argues more if an option has more from damascus to be a figure. nearly two thirds of all those eligible to vote in syria cast their ballots on sunday with eighty nine percent of them voted in favor of the new charter there's been many. concerns before the referendum started on sunday about how the ballot may go on and with bonds to keep in the country how they vote in may go on had in particular the troubled areas here in syria like in the besieged city all poems on this into a live north of the capital damascus syria interior minister has said that the violence is isolated to some particular areas within the cities as well the other areas it's quite calm there and there's been many polling stations that and people had the opportunity to come there and to vote to express their w

there in pakistan and they have photo evidence right they have other evidence taking some of un human rights council unfortunately that can result anything i said i don't think so i mean it's the golden rule whoever has the gold makes the rules and unfortunately you know there's a huge industry and there's a huge many lawyers and capitol hill who are going to direction of greater drone operations we've seen the increased sales of drones in of course you know this go to the circuit city issue even though we're increasing the number of drones that we will be deploying and even possibly on the us mexico border in terms of the clarity of the resolution in terms of the accuracy of what we're getting it's deeply in question in fact the wheeler defense expert he just wrote about this recently on peer reviewed journal articles that talk about the fact that we don't have great accuracy with these things with these drones and practiced last april two u.s. marines were killed in afghanistan because they were misidentified as the enemy so i think there are a great deal of problems with these drones and unfortun

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un general assembly is preparing its members for the upcoming visit to have a new draft resolution. on syria the committee to protect the kurds the long school in beijing in the security council every un human rights chief said over forty to take action on the syrian crisis precise knowledge to execute. the decisions of the joint force and the thing binding some believe the votes could be used in the attempt to put pressure on both russia and china which strains. this meeting has definitely lasted the entire day we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocked an arab and western backed resolution on syria to the security council so what we saw is an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to go to another body of the united nations and attempt to find some kind of decision there even though the general assembly does consist of over one hundred nineteen members we have to keep in mind that it's not nearly as powerful as the security council because whatever decision comes out of the general assembly is by no means binding it's only seen as a recommendation by the rest of the

un human rights chief brought to the assembly. she criticized last week's veto of the security council resolution on syria, saying this has emboldenede government to try and crush the opposition. >> i am outraged by the serious violations. i am very distressed that the continued it ruthless repression indeliberate starring of sectarian tension -- and deliberate story and irring of sectarian tension might soon stir the country into war. >> syria has rejected arab- league proposals to end the violence. russia remains wary of international intervention. however strong the words at the un, it will not translate into action to protect civilians on the ground -- at least not for now. >> when it comes to trade relations, both mexico and the united states have their eyes firmly set on china. it is a country rife with opportunity. that is why, even the few who have not heard of ---- his attention -- his visit will get a lot of attention. he is expected to be named the leader of china's communist party later this year. on the eve of his meeting with president obama, we have more on the man in the spotlight. >> they are the men in black -- all

>> on syria, the un human rights chief today said the failure of the collective action of the security council has, quote, emboldened the sir syrian to launch a widespread and systematic attack on civilians. does the white house agree with that. >> the white house believes the asad regime continues to perp trait disgusting acts of violence against its own people who seek a democratic transition and better life and we call on the asad regime to cease and desist this behavior and we work with our international partners to continue to pressure the regime and isolate it to try to bring about a change in behavior. as you know, we have been working with a group that is standing up, the friends of syria which will have its first meeting in tunisia on february 24 1k3 we'll work with our allies and country in the region to further pressure asad to stop this behavior and step aside and allow the syrian people the future they deserve and includes as well discussions of providing humanitarian aid and other measures that can be taken to isolate asad even further. >> there is an arab league proposal to send

about once again devaluation of the un human rights and then in syria why did you vote against as we wanted to jim changing syrian a voted against that un security council so. it starts already with friction and inside the white house so the chinese they think you know they're stickers of protocol and mutual respect any fact that was just reading the china daily headlines for the past five minutes or so one of them is very very important it says that both parties need strategic mutual trust and that's the problem because b.g. when they look at all this lecturing coming from the west there is no mutual trust what they like i like i said before they see a progressive policy oving circle meant so it's very complicated and specially now with these battles in the un security council regarding basically what's going on in the middle east the south east west asia syria and iran and soon there are going to be more debates about northern africa and again the rest of the middle east so there is a will i say since entering the u.s. and nato on one side inside the security council and the bric the two major brics countries russia and china on the other side so this