human rights, now io, our bureau, is working hard to counter this disturbing trend. we have answered u.s. priorities at our first session back as a un human rights council member in the marked session. we succeeded in passing the u. s. priority resolutions to renew mandates on syria, belarus, iran, and north korea during the most recent unhrc council session, which wrapped up last week. we lead a robust joint statement criticizing the open-ended mandate of an anti-israel current commission of inquiry. we also get the spotlight on human rights abuses in the prc including in hong kong, tibet, xinjiang, and speaking out in a joint statement we lead lobbying experts to renew the effort focused on sexual orientation and gender identity. expanding inclusion of protection up members of marginalized and vulnerable groups. we also supported the hrc's urgent focus on women and girls in afghanistan. briefly turning to food security, it is estimated that russia's unprovoked war on ukraine may drive 40 million or more additional people worldwide into extreme poverty and food insecurity this year. you may have noted that secretary blinken used our may un security cou

administration of the un high commissioner for human rights, it is this report that the un member states rely on and trust, and they will refer to it during the meetings of the un human rights council devoted to ukraine and during the meetings of the general assembly now in new york, there will be a session, it will be devoted to one of the issues , responsibility for war crimes committed as part of the war unleashed by russia. it is important that she work on the spot and record the information and make it public as soon as possible. uhu, we already had similar stories in the same buch in borodyanka, kyiv region, then this story also shocked the whole world, and i remember that international organizations also worked there, even if i am not mistaken , they had come prosecutors and investigators from some european countries, i don't remember which ones exactly, could they, did they help. do you have any information, did they help speed up the prosecution of the guilty, or can they or their conclusions do it ? accountability is not such a fast process and you know that investigations are ongoing, the office of the prosecutor general has already opened, if i am not mistaken, 33,000 c

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the problem is that the united nations, as an organization and the un human rights council is essentially in the service of washington at brussels. everybody knows that nobody likes to ask made or that it is. it is a major failure on the part of our secretary general antonio lieutenant residence of dumb bus have been considering their fate well ahead. of the referendums, things change back in 2014, when the may done uprising spoke to craning to with those who attracted the outcome of the subject to oppression. ever since you can see how the bloody unfolded and divided the country in archie documentary may done though to war ah, sharing with my dom protests were initially held in support of european integration, but was soon hijacked by ukrainian nationalists slogans for directors against the russian speaking population ukraine is for ukrainians. ukraine above all, a december 2013. the lowest peaceful year in the history of a united ukraine is coming to an end. the year my dad movement is gaining momentum in case we believe surgeon, the shows up on labor leads to possibly, many western pol

the problem is that the united nations, as an organization and the un human rights council is essentially in the service of washington at brussels. everybody knows me, nobody likes to have made, but that is the fact. and my hope is not one ye love rocks fully for you know, the model is obey randy of the united nations. i'm not saying changing the daughter of the united nations. i consider the charter or the united nation will be the world. it's not are very thought values and they are very well on or before i. i thank you very much for joining the program. a really appreciate your inside of the massive we've, we've been speaking to alfred designers, former us special reporter. thank you. will be keeping you updated on the referendums as they take place. so stay tuned to r t international for that. the the west is displaying double standards and his position on the referendums. that's the view of russian for a minute to say, love both. following his address to the 77th, the un general assembly in new york, where he covered key julie political questions, including what he claimed was the in

the problem is that the united nations, as an organization and the un human rights council is essentially in the service of washington at brussels. everybody knows. nobody likes to watch that. it is a major failure on the part of our secretary general antonio. we'll tell it might have been some dumbass have been considering their fate while ahead of the referendum things changed back in 2014, when the, my them uprising split ukraine into with those who reject to the outcome of the q, subject to repression. ever since you can see how the bloody qu unfolded and divided the country in ortiz documentary my down road to ah, sharing with my dom protests were initially held in supportive european integrations, but was soon hijacked by ukrainian nationalists slogans for directors against the russian speaking population ukraine is for ukrainians. ukraine above all. a december 2013. the lowest peaceful year in the history of the united ukraine is coming to an end. the year of my down movement is gaining momentum in case series initials, up of labor leads to possibly many western politicians, ambass

this is something that is being pursued at the un human rights council, unesco and other multilateral institutions. the organizational april had prohibition of chemical weapons has basically been privatized. fierce attempts are being made to prevent crating with any kind of action on biological and talks and weapons over mechanism, which would ensure transparency, we're hundreds, military biological programs of the pentagon has around the world, including on the perimeter of our country and throughout eurasia. and these programs are far from harmless. this is irrefutable. according to the facts that we came to in the ukraine, there isn't a search of line to privatize. so the u. s. secretariat introducing us into its work neo liberal narrative, which ignores the cultural and civilization of multifaceted nature of the world. we call upon making sure that we follow the charter and ensure a farrah geographical representation of member states. making sure that there is no one single country dominant in the secretariat. an impossible situation was simply created by washington having to do w

human rights. other victims weigh in due course take action. they anticipate the council of europe, the un, and other bodies will subject these proposals to ongoing certainty. and as i said we welcome the continued support as reflected in the opening remarks, the continued support that reflects for the rights and have needs and victims of survivors, and efforts to protect the good friday agreement. speaker pelosi has linked the prospects of a trade deal to compliance with the good friday agreement. we feel that applying pressure on the international stage, for example the uk comes before the un human rights council this year for the periodic review, asking probing questions of this legislation would again be most welcome. we thank you for what you've done to date. and if in advance for what will be continued support. i hope that was helpful by way of background. . >> we've been joined by several members of congress that are with us now. representative brian higgins from new york, we have represented mary scrambling from -- brad from illinois. joining me again with respect representative ci

i've been summoned by the un human rights council to discuss how it's tackling government corruption. the country's already grappling with a worsening economic crisis and shortages of basic goods. now fernanda says more now from column as if she longer doesn't have enough on its plate. it needs to go before the united nations human rights council in geneva. the acting high commissioner are reading the latest report on tra, longer talking about the need for accountability reporting about what re lanka has done in recent months. but essentially the overall kind of assessment that the country has fallen short. that of the mechanisms, it has proposed the commitments it has made have not gone far enough and there must be an end to impunity. there must be accountability and those are behind violations be brought to book shall anchors, foreign minister ali, somebody who is in geneva with the sri lankan delegation. essentially talking about the progress that his government has made. he talked about a different sort of mechanisms that they are looking at, which includes a truck than accountabi

the vested interest on sure you leave. principles are now being carried out from the un at the human rights council, unesco and other multiple lateral institutions. and the o, b, c, w, has been privatized, essentially, and fierce attempts being made to prevent with acute model the creation and use within the biological and talks and weapons conventions of a transparency mechanism. hundreds of pentagon, it's a program for military and by logical programs around the program, which we know that these programs far from being homeless and evidenced stock facts that have been revealed in ukraine. when you do, we see a trend, which is privatize the un secretary issue and to introduce into its work and the new, a new liberal discourse that ignores the cultural and civilizational diversity of the modern world. in this connection, we call for attention to be paid as required by the charter of the united nations to ensuring an equitable geographical representation of member states on them in the secretariat. so that no one group of countries can dominate an intolerable situation. some developers around washin

what is to be studied and advised human rights and the united nations organization listen usa uk and other countries are calling for a debate at the un human rights councilan rights violations by a powerful permanent member of the security council are on the hrc's agenda in its 16-year history. china strongly denies any abuse and has sent a government delegation to geneva to refute what it believes to be erroneous conclusions. united nations human rights office. china stressed that it is ready to fight if action is taken against it. yes, vyacheslav alekseevich it was precisely because of this statement, and the chinese newspaper global times under the state council of the people's republic of china noted that he was already becoming partly a puppet in the hands of the united states. , what does this mean, he put one pina in fact his own, vis-a-vis the world's largest economy in the position the future, perhaps saddam hussein and muam gaddafi and so on. that is, it is a threat. direct china's xingping leader. these are just flowers. yes, that is, it’s really worth further blaming the chinese authorities for the genocide of the uyghur people, respectively,

human rights council. this is the governmental body based in geneva, which is the un highest, you know, human rights body. and the report, in essence, calls to be human rights council to act. the right council has never, ever condemned china into china just been deemed too powerful. but now that we see probable crimes against humanity documented in officially when report, it really is incumbent upon the human rights comes out. there are $47.00 governments that already have condemned. what's happening to jay, i hope that this report will lead to larger numbers. and finally, a critical mass with the jordy on the right council that will permit the kind of investigation condemnation that beijing is terrified. right. and i think gives us force to change. you've mentioned the pressure that the beijing has exerted to try and suppress of this report to with touch on the timing that it was. it was released on within hours and michelle, a bachelor, leafing. has she, in fact novels this report it as, as it invited it, it does look like china's work has been done. if, as you say, it ends up falling between the cracks

that's after a un report found credible evidence of torture, possibly of crimes against humanity. the us envoy to the un also says the human rights councilaking control, we'll see some wet and windy weather at times, particularly across western areas. further east, it'll be a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers — and that theme lasts into the following week, as well. so, we've still got this ridge of high pressure, being a lot of fine weather in the short term. weather fronts moving into the northwest and the south will bring increasing cloud and showers. and there will be quite a few showers developing across parts of the midlands, southern and southeast england through this evening and overnight — maybe the odd heavy one again with some rumbles of thunder, some showery rain getting into western scotland, the far northwest of northern ireland, as well. but elsewhere, largely dry and a less cold night to come, i think, across scotland than what we've had the last few nights. so for friday, then, a lot of dry weather through central and northern parts of the country, just 1—2 showers dotted around. shower activity increases for

human rights crisis under the taliban un special rapids. her there says that the situation is descending towards authoritarianism, which are bennett tools, the human rights council. there's been a severe rule back of rights for women and girls, reprisals targeting opponents and critics under calm down a freedom of expression. most girls, secondary schools have been closest. the taliban seized power in august last year. lebanon's economy has been in a state of collapse for years, and the crisis is taking its toll and some of the country's most vulnerable that governments struggling to feed and provide basic services to inmates in the prison system. it's now appealing to the international community for help. st holder explains from beirut, lebanon detention facilities are known here as graveyards for the living video sent to us by inmates inside the largest prison. roomie shows a harsh reality. decades of neglect, by the authorities, has been made worse by the current state of the country. a nearly bankrupt, the government blamed on years of corruption hasn't been able to pay months of overdue bills to catering companies. inmates say they are hungry nonetheless, s

the un secretary general warms the security council of dangerous developments in the war in ukraine, and called for an investigation of human rights abuses. as the u. s accuses vladimir putin of showing contempt for the un charter. also on the program, german parliament debate sending more heavy weapons including tanks to ukraine, an issue that could expose divisions in the government coalition. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. the secretary general of the united nations opened a session of the security council in new york by describing the basis developments in the war. and ukraine is dangerous and disturbing. detailing a catalogue of cruelty antonia quoterush savvy allegations of human rights abuses, must be thoroughly investigated. anti criticised russia leader vladimir putin is veiled threats to use nuclear weapons. ged is, was a bass i have said from the start and the census war has unlimited potential to do terrible harm in ukraine and around the world here on the floor. and paul saw the idea of nuclear conflict once unthinkable has become a subject in debate. this in itself is totally unacceptable. the all nuclear a

the un secretary general warms the security council of dangerous developments and the war in ukraine, and calls for an investigation of human rights abuses. as the u. s accuses vladimir putin now showing contempt for the un charter. also on the program, russia and ukraine trade prisoners and the biggest swaps since the war began. moscow release is about $200.00 ukrainians, many of whom forth in the sage of money off and cave gives up $55.00 russians, including a prominent ally of latin america. i'm german parliament debate sending more heavy weapons including tanks to ukraine. an issue that could expose divisions in the governing coalition. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. the secretary general of united nations opened a session of the security council in new york by describing the latest developments in the war, a new crate as dangerous and disturbing detailing a catalogue of cruelty. antonia good terror said allocations of human rights abuses must be thoroughly investigated. anti criticised russian leader vladimir putin failed threats to use nuclear weapons. julie, the is, was a bass i have said from the start as the se