in late 2011, unesco offered membership to the palestinian authority. this was a consequence of the palestinian campaign to achieve recognition as a state by appealing unilaterally and directly to the united nations and its agencies. unesco's dispition to admit palestine as a full member has further dimmed prospects for a negotiated peace in the middle east. my fear is that this step which the palestinians mistakenly regard as a success, will encourage them to press for membership in other u.n. bodies as well, achieving legitimacy through the u.n. that they don't deserve as a state and that they need to understand presents major obstacles to ever achieving some type of reconciliation between the israelis and the palestinians. this will harm israel, it will harm the palestinians' own interest, home the u.n. agencies involved and damage our own national interest. to prevent just this sort of unilateral maneuver by the palestinians, u.s. law -- it's in the law -- has long prohibited funding to any u.n. agency that admits palestine as a member. the purpose

something a unesco world heritage. to pressure. and in a very quick time, we can have a disaster because all of the judges can disappear very quickly. >> they have staunch protectors. people who live in the town nearest to the site sets up a heritage trust in the 1950s, funded and staffed by volunteers. the trust runs a museum. sometimes by buying back items sold on the black market. the city existed more than 2,000 years ago. the history of our forefighters if may be of little interest to some people. we will to preserve it. >> a world heritage listing would help bring in funds and technical know howe for that conservation. more than that, it would give a sense of pride to the people and tell them the history is worth preserving. florence li, al jazeera, myanmar. >> caroline, what is the significance of being put on this list? >> reporter: it's an important signpost for global site that want to be in some ways protected. it's not just a brand to say this site is really important because it's on the important unesco list but it cou

it's pretty unprecedented for a country to ask for a de-listing of its unesco heritage site. andrew thomas, al jazeera, i in the florentine valley of tazz many tazmania. >> a man was beaten to death after refusing to give in to workers pay demands. he was attacked with bricks and iron rods. they turned violent after he said no to their demands to increase their working hours. >>> the general manager and security also attacked. >>> now pakistani taliban said its war with the government and vowed to target the military. this is a majority operation targeting domestic and uzbekistan fighters in the northwest. 120 fighters have been killed in the north wirizistan near the border. . >> meanwhile residents are continue to go flee north wirz wirzista. >> now giving blood saves lives. not just human lives but animals needing blood transfusion. now gorillas have their own blood type database. >> meet kwon, a pioneer in medical screen in 2005 another gorilla was dying and needed a transfusion, so chicago's lincoln park zoo sedated kwon and donated his blood. it nearly worked. but his b

more from the summit in doha about the challenge unesco faces protecting sites in conflict areas. >> the general did call for a couple of days ago, for iraqis to be united to protect thai their cultural sites. she is hoping and unesco and all of the deb gas are hoping people can do something to stop their sights being destroyed by being aware of the culture heritage, the importance of these places. the other thing that they could do and this has happened in iraq in previous years, in previous conflicts, is to create a ban on the i will is it tra trafficking of artifacts. neighboring countries have to be aware of not allowing any kind of trafficking of any specific goods it that could obviously be sold for benefit and profit for people and that if they manage to ban that and stop the trade, it scourges people from looting the sites that have been the source of people hit by violence. >> caroline malone. let's return now to our top story in iraq and al jazeera core respondent on the outskirts of mosul, one of the areas under isil control. tell us a little bit about the refugee camp. >>

something a unesco world heritage status would offer. >> the history of the area is fragile. we are always committed to great pressure, and in a very quick time we can have a disaster because they can disappear very quickly. >> reporter: but there are staunch protectors, people who live in the town nearest to the site set up a heritage trust in the 1950s funded and staffed by volunteers, the trust also runs a museum and helps to ensure the artifacts remain in myanmar. sometimes by buying back items sold on the black market. >> translator: the cities of pew existed more than 2,000 years ago. it is the history of our forefathers. it may be give interest to some people. we want to preserve it. >> reporter: a world heritage listing helps to bring in fundses and technical know how for that conservation. more than that, it gives a sense of pride to the people and tells them their history is worth preserving. florence lui, al jazeera, myanmar. >>> much more this news hour, including armed and ready to shoot. we report on the rise of carjacking in lawless libya. >>> i'm tom ackerman

. >> that listing by unesco was on the advice of australia's last government. as a result, jobs are at risk. this get parcells for $5,000. a cabinet like this can sell for $30,000. >> being able to to say this is an item made of birds eye human pine with tittlewood blackwood in it, you can only get that in tasmania, that is the cornerstone of our industry. >> late last year, australia's government changed to one that things environmental standards are holding back the economy. it's asked unesco to reverse the decision and say these forests aren't of world heritage value. >> that's outrage some environmentalists. they thought they had won the latest battle in tasmania's forest which date back decades and have included some protesters living in trees for months. >> this is being protected and added to the world heritage area and it's an international embarrassment that australia is prepared to go down the line of trying to go down that listing so it can be logged. >> some people in specialized timber industries think the original prosto see extend the heritage wa

. >> the world heritage unesco is watching events in iraq with alarm. members are holding their annual meeting in qatar with the historical sites high on the agenda, calling for iraqis to unit for their heritage. >> this is the ancient city of isamarras. in 2007, it was added to world heritage siting in danger. the area dates back to the ninth century, including a shine considered to be one of the most sacred for shia muslims. there are fears it may be damaged as sunni rebels fight for control of the area. >> there's many reasons for -- president obama to have put this site on the endangered list, one is to allocate rance from the community itself, from the world heritag heritage. >> an international ban on selling objects from iraq helped to stop the trafficking of important cultural objects after previous waivers of violence and looting. that's not yet the case with syria, very rich in cultural heritage and home to six world heritage sights, despite three years of war. one is the ryes at palmera. >> for syria, there's no such resolution so far. this i

. >> that listing by unesco. jobs are at risk. this guitar made of wood from tasmanian native trees sells for $5,000. a cabinet like this can sell for $30,000. >> being able to say, this is made of bird april eye human pine with black wood in it. you can only get that in taz tasmania, has the corner stone of our industry. >> reporter: late last year, australia's government changed to one that environmentalists say are holding back the economy. say these forests aren't of world heritage value. that's outraged some environmentalists. they thought they had won the latest battle in tasmania's forest wars which date back decades, including some protesters living in trees for months. >> this has been protected for all of humanity and added to our protection area and has undo that listing so it can be logged. >> some people in specialized timber industries though think the original process to extend the heritage area was flawed but so-called independent experts had uncovered links to forest groups and no attention was paid to the cultura

. >>> adding new names to unesco's list of world her dij sides. >>> first, breaking news from israel. an israeli citizen has been killed in an explosion in goelan heights. israel responded by attacking a border post with mortar shells. >>> four palestinians have been killed in a search for three missing israeli teenagers. the israeli forces arrested 464 palestinians in a search operation. they raised triggered flashes in ramallah. three teenagers went missing on june the 12th near a west bank settlement. >>> i'm joined by mark regev, a chief spokesman for the israeli prime minister. tell us, first, what happened on the golan heights. >> well, the original report that there was hostile from the syrian side of the goelan heights into israel on to our side of the frontier, they have been a casualty, and we are responding. it is our policy to respond to neutralize hostile fire, if there is such, from the syrian side. >> there was hostile fire. are you talking about mortar fire, what kind of fire into the goelan? >> my reports are what i have received, and the incident is still ongoing. it

. >>> the united nations cultural agency unesco declared a network of manmade caves in israel a world heritage site. the caves are outside jerusalem. they've been used for thousands of years for burial sites, storms and hideouts. they made it official at their meeting in qatar on sunday. >> we're very happy about inclusion of the caves and park in the unesco world heritage sites list because it's an extraordinary area. it's a wonderful site with exceptional points of interest, with an extraordinary history. >>> several u.s. states are ramping up efforts to crack down on a growing human trafficking trade. the industry generates $9.5 billion a year in the united states alone. we report from houston in texas. >> reporter: joyce cameron says selling food on the street is the best job she's ever had. for the first time since childhood, the money she makes she gets to keep. that didn't always happen. >> one call is $400 to $500. that was just one call. we would work all night. >> from the time she was 12 years old, cameron was held against her will as a commercial sex slave. she's one of th

the rock islands southern lagoon is a unesco world heritage site.but palau's biodiversity isn't only under water. in some places on palau's largest island, babeldaob, only a single road cuts through the rainforest. an estimated thousand tree and plant species grow here -- and some of them only here. palau's isolated location in the middle of the pacific has led to flora and fauna adapting specifically to this environment. like the rainbird, so called because it twitters just before a rainfall. the children in this school know it well. it's also a mascot, named armella, an enjoyable way of putting species protection on the lesson plan. project leader ann singeo says having mascots to promote species protection makes sense. >> she's one of 12 endemic birds of palau. so, protection of forests and the biodiversity of the plants within our forests is also a protection of armella. so, her part of the campaign is, that, if you destroy the forest, you destroy my home and my children's home. >> the women from northern babeldaob island want to protect the for

and according to unesco, laponia was awarded world heritage status because it is unquestionably the largestand best preserved area of transhumance - the seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. beowulf has been test drilling in the area for several years. the company chairman is less than enthusiastic about reindeer herding. >> what is the potential for growth in reindeer herding p will this go ahead and employ hundreds more people? no, no it won't. will mining? yes it will. in the regional capital, jokkmokk, the mine has become a divisive issue. at a time of austerity it is seen as a cash cow and a source of jobs by the government which seems determined to push ahead regardless of the concerns of the reindeer herders, although politicians say they take environmental issues very seriously. >> you have two sides to this because a lot of people in this area are also positive to mining and most of the sami people is negative to mining. you cant say yes to mining if you know that it hurts the laponia area you also have to prove also in the futur

and in ancient french cave filled with drawings of mammoths and other art is named one of unesco's worlderitage sites. visit other places that have made the upper stages cultural list. u.s. secretary of state john kerry in baghdad today for a meeting with top iraqi officials, including the prime minister. becometon has increasingly impatient with the shiite government in iraq and its reluctance to share power with its political opponents. john kerry is pushing for unity and stability to better confront the offensive am sunni militant group isis that is threatening to tear the country apart. what has come out of the meeting so far there today? >> the meetings are underway there as we speak. they are some of the most important meetings of any u.s. official in baghdad, certainly since the u.s. withdrew in 2011. at stake is nothing less than the future of iraq. this is a make or break moment for the leaders and they know that. pressure to form a government of some sort of national unity that can convince the rockies that they will -- the iraqis that they will represent all of them will stop

the cliffs and the valley are now a unesco world heritage site.despite the many hotels that have gone up in recent years, the guests just aren't there. >> we would like tourists to come here and tell everyone at home about us. there's more to afghanistan than war and terror. it is also home to peaceful, calm places. >> 4000 people visited bamyan last year. not enough to sustain a tourist industry. nevertheless, other parts of the country are faring better. sima ghoryani runs a successful business in herat, western afghanistan. the province is famous for its saffron fields. female entrepreneurs are few and far between. >> it's difficult as a woman. but when i'm working, i'm not constantly thinking about the fact that i'm a woman. and no one else refers to it either. >> a role model for other afghan women and also to other farmers to make a switch from opium to saffron production. >> opium used to be traded on our street. but the situation has changed a lot. saffron has become a profitable alternative for many afghans. i mean, why should we muslims

it's a unesco biosphere reserve with an area close to 900 square kilometers, about the size of berlin at least a dozen african lions are said to live here. the probability of sighting one of these nocturnal animals is virtually nil. still there are many residents who can tell us about the rainforest lions. after trekking over the hills of the village boka, we meet asayit haile. it's been three years since her very unusual encounter with a lion. during the night a hungry lioness broke into her hut through a hole in the wall and attacked two goats. after that, asayit says, the lion got into the family bed. >> we always sleep in the same hut with our animals. it was pitch black and at first i didn't know what was going on. then the lion attacked me. here you can see the scars on my face and head. i didn't realize what was happening until i felt its claws and heard it growling. >> asayit was very lucky. the lioness only wounded her slightly and then left her alone. her husband says the lioness stayed in the hut for two hours, ate one of the goats and then disappeared. in the regional capi

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. >> reporter: that listing by unesco was on advice of australia's government but as a result jobs arethis guitar made of wood of the trees sells for $5,000. a cabinet like this can sell for $30,000. >> being able to say this is made of bird's eye human pine with black wood in it and you can only get that in tazmania that is the cornerstone of our injury. >> reporter: last year they changed where environmental standards are holding back the company and asking them to reverse last year's decision and say these forests are not of world heritage value, that outraged some environmentalists and thought they won the latest battle in the forest wars which date back decades and included some protesters living in trees for months. >> protected on behalf of humanity and added to the world heritage area and it's an embarrassment they are prepared to go down the line of trying to undo that listing so it can be logged. >> reporter: some people in specialized timber industries think the original process to extend the area was flawed and so called independent experts had undeclared links to environme

i did a piece about unesco in gabon for the daily show, and i was worried about how iron he would workn a classroom that was about to get shut down cache irony would work in a classroom that was about to get shut down for kids in south africa. that was a time when you had to be careful. >> suppose you had a brilliant idea and you did not want to put it on your show for whatever reason. could you pick up the phone and call jon and say man, do i have an idea, i'm coming back over to do something. >> i don't know. probably we could do that. he has been amazing. >> and you could have him on your show if you wanted to. >> i speak to him at least on e-mail probably once a week just to ask him about stuff. >> you said, i live with the idea that i don't want to disappoint jon. >> he is still my high water mark. i don't want to let him down. i didn't want to let him down when i was sitting in his job for him and i still don't want to let him down now. he is the benchmark for me. >> why did you become a comedian? >> because i had no place else to go, charlie. >> is that right? >> pretty much. >>

. >> in order for it to be recommended by unesco experts, the mining authority in botswana had to agreeo not grant any more licenses in the area. the ancient pew kingdom were approved by the committee. trade to other parts of asia helped spread the religion of buddhism. andean road system made it onto the list. argentina, bolivia chile, ecuador and peru. >> archaeological pictures or only a road you could see on the map. but actually because of the location of most of these roads in highly elevated places many of these tracks run 4,000, 5,000 years, and still being used for local communities. >> it took ten years to prepare the nomination for site. but that time pales in comparison. when it comes to preserving it for future generations. among the highlights are landscapes of natural beauty, as well as historic buildings that continue to amaze people hundreds of years after they were built. caroline malone, al jazeera, doha. >> rebecca stevenson joins us for the weather forecast. >> high amounts of rain, a lot of record rain has been across the weekend and the records were broken in illi

. >>> there are 981 sites on unesco's world heritage list. among them. a silk mill, north-west of the tokyo, built in 1871, the oldest silk wielding factory. a factory in rotterdam built in 1935 and 1921, prosed tea, coffee and tobacco and now houses design and media companies. and in saudi arabia, a major port on the red see, and is a gateway for muslim piil bridges on their way to mecca. and the kurdish region of iraq. it's been occupied for 7,000 years, making it the oldest site in the world. >>> life from war-torn syria as seen through the lives of ordinary syrians. you are watching al jazeera america. >>> for the last 3.5 years the world watched syria tear itself apart. images we have seen is horrific. barrel bombs devastating towns and cities. victims of chemical weapons. and desperate people fleeing for safety. while we watch from the safety of the living room, one is watching a busy civil war. now as christen saloomey reports, they are bringing their story to the screen. >> reporter: families eating, children being children. yupping men talking.

. >> translation: according to the unesco intervention a state party has to have a photograph of the image and establish where it came from. we don't have the records. >> reporter: 36 artefacts have been returned, many exhibited in the national museum. in the past 10 years some 2,000 images were recovered before they could be smuggled out of the count rip. the city, itself, is -- country. the city, itself, is a museum. this palace is part of it. they don't want to keep images in the buildings, and prefers to remain where they are supposed to be. stolen images left holes in the beauty of this 18th century decorative spout. reminding people that the long hands of thieves is not far away. >>> still to come on the newshour from dae ha - -- doha - they are cheap and fake. how the illegal trade in counterfeit drugs leaves many in africa very ill. [ ♪ music ] >>> and the drums are beating in malaysia, helping to rebuild the region's identity. >>> in sport, cricket, west indies batts fallen chris gayle -- batsman chris gail causes problems for new zealand's bowlers. details coming up. r >>>

i did a piece in about unesco and it was, this was for the daily show.d i was worried about how irony would work in a classroom that was about to get shot down full of kids in west africa. you worry about whether irony in that room will work. you know it will afterwards. as it happened it was fine. but that would be an example of the time where you worry i need to be careful here. >> rose: if you wanted something on your show would you pick up the phone and call jon and say i have an idea or do contracts about how the world works. >> i don't know. probably we could do that. yes, he's been amazing. >> rose: on your show at some point if you wanted to. >> oh sure. i speak to him at least on e-mail probably once a week and just to ask him about something. >> rose: but you said that you live with the idea i don't want to disappoint jon. >> yes. still, he's still my high water mark. so i always, i don't want to let him down. i didn't want to let him down when i was sitting in his job but i still don't want to let him down now. he's still the benchmark for me.

i wish on behalf of france that the regions be you listed under the unesco world heritage. [applause] we are standing on a global heritage. we want to recall these places and we want to preserve them forever, well, new generations which will [inaudible] and they will want to understand how things happened. veterans, survivors, they are here with us today. in the spot where they landed 17 years ago. with their parachutes were they fought. with their struggle. were they were wounded. i want to fraternally welcome veterans who are present city. thank you for being here and being there in the summer of 1944. thank you for still being with us. on june 6, 2014, and you will still be with us here in your mind and soul. you always be on these beaches of the allied landing. i would like to express my gratitude for all fighters. american, british, canadian, polish, mall citizenships and nationalities who fought classified with the allies. and you can live in peace today we can leave security if we can live sovereignty protected by the laws created we decided [inaudible] who gave thei

experts want the area protect, something a unesco world heritage status would offer. >> the area is fragilere submitted to greater pressure. in very kick time, we can have a disaster because only you can disappear very quickly. >> reporter: it has staunch protectors. people that live in the town nearest to the site set up a heritage trust in the 1950s. funded and staffed by volunteers, it runs a museum, helping to ensure the art effects remain in myanmar. >> translation: this is the history of our forefathers, and it may be the little interest to some people, but we want to resolve it. >> reporter: a world heritage listing would bring in funds and know how for the conservation. it would give a sense of pride to the people, telling them history is worth preserving. >>> the dell dates are considering 40 sites and will vote on wednesday. o let's get a look at where the wet weather will be across the country on the second day of summer. what is in store for us. >> summer like thunder storms is what we'll deal with. we'll deal with a few storms firing across parts of the south-east. it's right h

that is unesco.followed by confirmation votes for nominees undersecretary of the defense, chair of the national endowment for the arts and assistant agricultural secretary. later in the day we expect confirmation votes for two members of the federal reserve board of governors and vice-chair of the fed. now live to the senate floor here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. today's opening prayer will be offered by rabbi doniel ginsberg, associate dean of the yeshiva ateres, shmuel in waterbury, connecticut. the guest chaplain: our father in heaven: bless the united states of america and the brave men and women of our armed forces who have left their loved ones in defense of freedom. bless our lawmakers, men and women who love to serve and who will serve with love. place into their hearts and into the hearts of their counselors a moral compass to guide them to the right decisions. oh lord, protect and inspire these good, gifted and gracious people. endow them with courage,

and they also are joining a unesco by a reserve. cities places are all protect on paper and they're actually quite beautiful. unfortunately, during the last couple of years we've been looking at satellite and aerial imagery and we see that the area, protected areas are shrinking to illegal logging, narcotrafficking, just clearing the land for cows, whatever. the problem being that the government of honduras may have good intentions, or some of the people they have good intentions but they don't have the money. they don't have the resources to protect it. so consequently from the publicity we've got them particularly from the foreign policy global thinker article, i went to washington in december. i was approached by the world bank. the world bank said, we think this is a worthwhile project. they are and a little bit of feed themselves with some of their investments in central america, and they think they this could be something that could make amends. so we are hoping to exert, to get international, an international directive, get f