if i may peter jumping thomas you wrote about the united nations in reality in reality if we were to propose a hypothetical that tomorrow the united states of the united kingdom decide to go on a war and the united nations security council doesn't give that you know there's a russia or china or whoever vetoing that particular decision then they decide to step so the united nations and go to war regardless what can the united nations do in reality they can do absolutely nothing and that is where the problem is we were absolutely i agree with you in time if i do that i think you'd like to go ahead jump in. yeah because i do think before we become mad to reduce this to a debate about whether colonialism still persists in attitude or fact one should not neglect the other half the other three quarters of the united nations which is doing humanitarian aid around the world where the united nations is the central organizing mechanism for the delivery of food aid for famine for post war conflict for a post-war relief that the it's a many of the voluntary agencies of the u.n. high commissioner

the walls of the united nations and the system upon which the united nations is built to allow those powers to act in the way that they do in order to exacerbate the situations are many and to for further and promote their policies and you know i agree peter you know we can talk about the list of crimes are committed by saddam hussein and we would be right we could talk about the crimes of their feet and we would be right but what about the crimes of other nations particularly the nations that are seen as being respectable the nations are seen to be beyond reproach those who use the holes of the united nations to pursue their powers the problem is and this is where i talk about the united nations i criticize the united nations i say that because it still embodies this kind of university ality this kind of global. consensus global coming together and that respectability that is why it is being used and abused by those who have the political clout and the military clout and economic pressure in order to further their policies which may at times be totally inhumane to give it that respe

funding for the united nations, what about funding for the palestinian authority? is a huge debate in congress right now about potentially having the united states eliminate or cut dramatically u.s. assistance to the palestinians on the west bank. where do you stand on that? >> i stand very clearly on the side that says the u.s. assistance to the palestinians in any form should be cut off because look at the provocative actions that the palestinians are taking in the united nations and that's just indicative of the provocative actions they take against the israel every day. israel wants a partner for peace and until the palestinians are willing to sit down and negotiate a two-state solution with israel, why should u.s. taxpayer money keep funding the palestinians when they are not doing anything to advance the peace process? we can use the money in better ways and we're talking millions of dollars that u.s. taxpayers are contributing to the palestinians. let other nations take up the slack. we can foster a peace process with israel in a better way. >> because i've h

and more it's not going along with their different directive so that's basically my view on the united nations it was set up to help establish a private corporate local government through the big banks that are going into the other nations and try to take them over via subterfuge and economic hit man operations. so now they're just moving to a pure global government run by finance oligarchy that we see swallowing europe they don't really even need the u.n. anymore for that they have economic warfare they are saying all of that this is nothing new at the corruption that we saw the fact that this is actually controlled by a very small group that you're saying this is nothing new but it was actually. set up that way and they were actually starting to see a little bit of change some as you call them fake debates i guess so what's your suggestion how would you turn this around i mean would you dismantle and build a new united nations would you maybe move it out of new york city which has got to be by the way some of the most expensive real estate in the world i mean what's the answer here well i be

the united nations, leaders from around the world are coming in. the major issue is the palestinians are claiming they are going to the united nationses to have declared a state of their own. i have news for the palestinian leadership. the only way they can have a state of their own is sit down in face to face negotiations with israel and hammer an agreement, a two-state solution, israeli jewish state and palestinian arab state. the palestinians cannot try to impose any kind of solution that doesn't work. if two adversaries want to hash out a disagreement to come to an agreement, they need face-to-face negotiations. this has happened in the past and the israelis have accepted it and the palestinians have said nofment the united nations should not discredit itself more and be the kangaroo court against israel. i'm glad that the united states is standing up and saying we will veto a resolution if it comes before the scruret council. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? mr. flake: address the hou

makeup then why would they allow a country to see itself and speak of itself as the chief of the united nations a pluralistic representative body and also why can they dictate if the united states is a truly single member of a much larger body and it should have a single vote then why does that pose all that pressure to carry so much more weight so the one session continues in new york stay with us are here for all the latest developments from the u.s. and reaction from the middle east. your audience president is addressing the u.n. general assembly as we speak though many american politicians and some protestors outside the u.n. the u.n. buildings are opposed to ahmadinejad even being there or he's christian a result takes a look at why the u.s. news iran has public enemy number one. just about everywhere you look at iran and it continues to develop nuclear weapons someone whether politician or pundit are controlled by a fanatical regime is beating the drums of war how close are we to the point of no return well i think we may be past the point of no return in the sense that iran does have ins

chief of the united nations a poor realistic representative body and also why can they dictate if the united states a truly single member of a much larger body than it should have a single vote then why does that vote all that pressure carry so much more weight. u.s. session continues in new york stay with us here about the for the latest developments from the united states and of course incoming reaction from the middle east. the al-jazeera news network has a new boss at the helm following the resignation of his longtime head the change coincided with wiki leaks revelations suggesting that the now former dictator general had links to the cia and the news coverage was influenced by washington well america the channels audience both will be waiting to see what direction moves under new management and he said i doubt takes up the story right now al jazeera english is seen as two million american households al-jazeera or the island is not in isolation anymore which channels in your face coverage of the violent turmoil of the middle east and libya's emerging civil war has cost the prime t

makeup then why would they allow a country to see itself and speak of itself as the chief of the united nations a pluralistic representative body and also why can they dictate to the united states a true single member of a much larger body than it should have a single vote and why does that vote all that pressure carry so much more weight. how do you watch that and for the next hour while a report of why the u.s. so much against iranian policies will be coming your way shortly but first pro palestinian sentiments was even felt at the very door staff of the u.n. while hundreds of orthodox jews took to the streets of new york demanding the israeli government recognize palestine as a panel state while in a west bank with ports a bout of deliberate provocation against palestinian demonstrators by israeli settlers to prompt the military to intervene and crackdown on the rallies. and across europe which is try to remain neutral activists to chant slogans and wave banners for the palestinian cause article or am and brings us more from london. the debate between the israelis and the palestinians has co

right now we want to go to the united nations. mahmoud abbas getting a standing ovation there as he gets ready to speak there. let's listen a little bit to what mahmoud abbas is saying, president of palestine. [ applause ] >> translator: on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellensy, the chairman of the palestinian liberation organization and president of the palestinian authority. and i ask him to address the assembly. >> translator: in the name of god most gracious and most merciful, mr. president of the general assembly of the united nations, mr. secretary-general of the united nations, ladies and gentlemen, at the outset i extent my congratulations on the assumption of the presidency of the assembly for this session and i wish him every success. today i extend my sincere congratulations on behalf of the palestine liberation organization and the palestinian people to the government and people of south sudan for the deserved admission as a full member of the united nations wi

become the next tipping point in the middle east the palestinian leadership is heading to the united nations with a firm commitment to seek recognition as a state we're going to. with all options open were going through the security council. critics are more than certain the general assembly will vote in favor of palestinian statehood but president obama has been struggling to keep israeli palestinian negotiations afloat has been clear about his opposition to the bid and has warned they do any such request at the security council. for the palestinians efforts to digitalize israel will end in failure symbolic actions to isolate israel of the united nations in september would create an independent state obama's fears are not unwarranted the general assembly vote would leave only the u.s. israel and a handful of other countries in the start line already on the issue sending a message for guarding the legitimacy of the palestinian position in the conflict but above all the vote could cause significant backlash in the middle east already in turmoil from the arab spring the stage is being set for

demise israel will end in failure symbolic actions to isolate israel at the united nations in september won't create an independent state obama's fears are not unwarranted the general assembly vote would leave only the u.s. israel and a handful of other countries in the stark minority on the issue sending a message regarding the legitimacy of the palestinian position in the conflict but above all the vote could cause significant backlash in the middle east already in turmoil from the arab spring the stage is being set for calamity the high risk of palestinian riots to fully claim this state followed by a very tough israeli crackdowns adding fire to the unexpected and unpredictable popular upheavals in the middle east although initially the palestinians decision to go to the un became a fallback option after the negotiations hit a dead end last year israeli government has warned that the un move would halt the peace efforts i don't think that they will it would get them any closer to their desired other country the meaning of such a step is that they are they prefer to go up for provocat

symbolism for a game changer in the absence of a peace process the palestinians will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status to that of full member state world opinion backs this bill but will it change anything on the ground. to. start. to cross stop the prospects for a palestinian state i'm joined by the end of the two in crime show she's a two by initiative research fellow palestinian human rights lawyer and a former legal advisor to the palestinian negotiating team and actually mash we have many more as he is a professor at ben gurion university and his most recent book is one state to states resolving the israel palestine conflict all right cross talk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first marcia many people are calling this a diplomatic tsunami tell us why that's right peter despite months of desperate efforts by the u.s. and israel to head off a move that could become the next tipping point in the middle east the palestinian leadership is heading to the united nations with a firm commitment to seek rec

palestinian president mahmoud abbas his address met with a standing ovation at the united nations following his bid for palestine statehood so as past negotiations between israel and palestine have failed where will this showdown legal debate. and a showdown in the west bank as clashes are met with tear gas and deadly violence we'll have a report from the israeli palestinian border. and are we i am after jazz in the world as the world bank and i.m.f. meet in washington a global economic crisis possibly looms so can they solve the world's problems or is the i.m.f. part of the problem. good evening it's friday september twenty third seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. . well as a sixty sixth general assembly gathers the united nations clashes have been had between israelis and palestinians in the west bank while in new york palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has handed over his bid for membership for palestine to the united nations now this got a massive applause and a standing ovation from delicate such as egypt when abbas took the podium at the u.n. g.a

promised on the respect of the principles of the united nations, we must ensure the unite the the nations is the best representation of the aspirations of our peoples. mr. president, we must do better. there's far too much distance between these as pir rations and -- aspirations and dark realities of our time. we are constantly struggling with difficult choices and cycles, with values and die deals, and there's conflicts, discord, and death. calamities spread to millions and expose all of the unacceptable levels of poverty and often provision. we face these challenges in every country. we cannot afford to face them alone. the importance of togetherness and of our collective commitment to the principles and values cannot be overstated. togetherness or multilateralism, of course, does not mean conformity. it does not mean falling in line. up stead, it means harmony, tolerance, respect for diversity, and a pragmatic realization that no system, no single perception, no single prescription, no run path works for all. each society, every culture offers one apart from the mankind. preconceived a

he will be calling for the united nations to recognize palestine as an official state. oon between the united states and israel on one side, palestine on the other. the whole issue, whether or not palestinian stayedhotehood shou achieved through the united nations or through negotiations with the israelis. we'll have more of that after the break. em go away. neutrogena skin clearing makeup has our proven blemish fighting formula so it clears your breakouts. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ this ason, you needtruck le e silvera to take on that list oyours. t'chevy season of ding. and there isn a tt time for a truck, with chk rk after mark of pe doing per. ♪ go yor chevaler today. get the truck and g that list done ♪ at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we make gasoline work h

makeup then why would they allow a country to see itself and speak of itself as the chief of the united nations a pluralistic representative body and also why can they dictate to the united states a truly single member of a much larger body than it should have a single vote then why does that vote all that pressure carry so much more weight and i do stay with us here and i say you can watch that interview in full next hour right here. i know later on thursday the iranian president is due to address the u.n. general assembly of the many american politicians and some protestors outside the united nations are opposed to with us but in john even being there in the first place christine for zone now explores why iran is considered public enemy number one to some. just about everywhere you look at iran continues to develop nuclear weapons someone whether politician or pundit are controlled by a fanatical regime is beating the drums of war how close are we to the point of no return well i think we may be past the point of no return in the sense that iran does have inside the country everything it need

all right well coming up the people of palestine are taking their statehood fight to the united nations right america's own basti backyard or palestine's quest for liberty and freedom for all being crushed by the same country that point the phrase . at what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions break through sort of if you may who can you trust no one who is your view with a global mission where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. and welcome back to the big picture i'm lucy koppel filling in for tom foreman and coming up in this half hour a diplomatic showdown those brewing up next week's united nations general assembly meeting with the palestinians determined to bring their bid for statehood up for a vote now what exactly will this mean for the united states and the stray ssion more details in just a few moments and while democrats are calling for everyone to pay their fair share the g.o.p. future remain hell bent on letting corporations skip out on the tabs and i believe ta

israel to get back to the negotiation table this is basically a way that he was saying that the united nationsno resolution no vote upcoming vote on allison and you and membership will help the situation in any way the united states has said outright that it will veto the palace today and membership to the united nations a campaign that's been going on for quite a while the majority of the u.n. member states hundred ninety three of them a majority of them do support palestine on its u.n. membership and statehood and that includes russia now russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov did address the press say that while it's preferred for palestine and israel to get back to the negotiation table first the united states should not use its veto to block the aspirations of the palestinians or any other country and as we know the u.s. said that it will do so pallas palestinian leaders are expected to officially submit their request for u.n. membership this friday more heads of state will be addressing the united nations on their vision to bring peace and security to the world but the issue of palesti

makeup then why would they allow a country to see itself and speak of itself as the chief of the united nations a pluralistic representative body and also why can they dictate if the united states is a truly single member of a much larger body and it should have a single vote then why does that vote all that pressure carry so much more weight. and as the u.s. action continues there in new york i do stay with us here on r.t. for the latest developments for us and the reaction from the middle east. but a quarter of a murderer and saying he's worse than hitler just some of the accusations aimed at the iranian president mark. this by activists in new york who are opposed to his visit to the u.n. general assembly he's a christian friends are now looks at why america views iran as a public enemy number one. just about everywhere you look at iran continues to develop nuclear weapons someone whether politician or pundit or controlled by the fanatical regime is beating the drums of war how close are we to the point of no return well i think we may be past the point of no return in the sense that iran do

makeup then why would they allow a country to see itself and speak of itself as the chief of the united nations eight pluralistic representative polity and also why can they dictate to the united states the true single member of a much larger body than it should have a single vote and why does that vote all that precious carry so much more weight. as the u.n. session continues in new york stay with us here on r.t. for all the latest developments from the u.s. and reaction from the middle east. to other news on our t.v. al-jazeera news network has a new boss at the helm following the resignation of its longtime head the change coincided with wiki leaks revelations suggesting that the now former director general have links with the cia and the news coverage was influenced by washington now of us and the viewers watch to wait and see what direction al-jazeera moves under new management or he's and he's in our way has more. right now al jazeera english is seen as two million american cable household al-jazeera or the island is not in isolation anymore the channels in your face coverage of the viole

to change the way that it's financing the united nations it wants her bill calls for washington to choose voluntarily choose the programs the u.n. programs that it wants to fund and contribute to you know currently the united states is the biggest contributor and financier of the united nations comprising about twenty two percent of its the one square budget and paying for twenty five percent of its peacekeeping missions now this bill proposed by ross latent also calls for all the funding to the peacekeeping missions to stop and halt until reform is put in place those peacekeeping missions also include the u.n. relief and works agency which the palestinian refugees. bill also says that all finding four u.n. agencies or programs that support palestinians and membership to the united nations would end immediately now lated in did accuse. of scheming to get membership out of the united nations while not recognizing that israel's right to exist she has openly said that of course the timing is not a coincidence she introduces this bill and this legislation to stop seeking membership at the uni

speaking out the united nations. simply washing finance minister aleksey wouldn't have said that she would not say he doesn't want to remain at his post with the government's was she was dismissed out of that investment because it has said that it is a matter of political discipline and there's no need to jam with sizes because russia is not a parliament's republic but a presidential republican such statements are simply unacceptable both insight into go for president if you will be able to which. later in the day right up it's all you know to live for us in moscow thanks but. libya's national transitional council says it won't form an interim government until the whole country is liberated and i could argue forces have already taken the airport the fugitive colonel's hometown of sirte one of the last remaining strongholds reinforcements were called in for a fresh assault in the face of strong resistance by civilians continue fleeing the besieged city and i were activist and director of the answer coalition brian bec

attention off of palestine and move it over to libya because a high level meeting was held at the united nations in which dozens of countries were in attendance and libya's national transitional council was there outlining how the plans will be set up for establishing a new government the u.s. president addressed those in attendance saying that libya now is very successful position now that moammar gadhafi has been removed from power and the u.s. leader how did this success. for libya and for the international community he says that a host could offer libya is much more free and much more democratic but not everybody at the united nations sees this situation the same way russia for example believes that the u.n. security council resolution one nine hundred seventy three that was established back in march that put a no fly zone over libya and led to the nato military intervention was succeed it was exceeded russia and many other countries believe that nato members took advantage of an opportunity to protect civilians and in turn exacerbated a military conflict which led to as we know tens of thou

mean issue of this year palestine trying to push for a bid for recognize statehood within the united nations within the security council and the united states saying that if this is the case it will veto any resolution of recognition of palestine by the security council and we know that the united states has been working very hard behind closed doors trying to avoid palestine presenting this bid to the u.n. we do know that obama abbas are going to be meeting later on today whether or not this is going to rewrite the way things are going right now is certainly a big question it's very unlikely since palestine really seems to be such on achieving the goal of being officially recognized at the united nations either through the security council or through the general assembly now if you just quickly you're talking about the behind the scenes and the united states really working so that this doesn't go to a vote what really at stake is at stake here for the u.s. is it about saving face. you know largely so lauren because we know that the united states is trying to be the main mediate mediator bet

the issue that remains at center stage for those attending the united nations general assembly is the issue of the palestinian campaign for a u.n. membership and statehood is something that the majority of the general assembly does support but it is something that the united states has been speaking out against that the u.s. has the right and to use its veto in the security council because no sides palestine or israel are ready to return to the negotiating table but foreign minister lavrov did say that it is within palestinians right to ask for u.n. membership and the united states should not get in the way of aspirations for any country. that the new people in the middle east quartet will not meet in the near future the recent meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has showed that the u.s. would not like to see the palestinian question raised at the u.n. we think that it would be preferable to sit to the negotiating table first. ready for it because there's no agreement between them. to prove the palestinian it ministration of the right to ask the u.n. security coun

states begin in just a few hours the palestinian president mahmoud abbas will take his bid to the united nations. general assembly has also witnessed a dramatic walkout after a new president mahmoud ahmadinejad launched a scathing it's happened against western nations with remarks on the holocaust nine eleven and nato. well gary arab media are denying european visa free travel despite previous promises as some member states say the two countries need to sort out the corruption and crime issues. and as america puts more of its deadly drones in the skies over africa critics say its attempt to make the world safer is only driving war towards terror. watching r t live from moscow was marina joshie welcome to the program history is being made today in new york as palestine prepares to hand in its formal request for u.n. recognition in just a few hours and it's left the world divide it was manny's throwing their support behind palestine while an isolated us threatens to veto the bid on the grounds that israel hasn't approved the move us now across lives over five years in west bank as emotions there b

has made it clear that any united nations security council decision or resolution recognizing palestine as a sovereign state would be vetoed by the united states and of course with the u.s. veto this is a decision that could not be passed through the security council we have also heard throughout the last days that it's possible that palestine will try to go through the united nations general assembly now the way that is different from i resolutely of the security council is that it would not give palestine as much of a strong status as a recognized state within the international community but more of a non member observer but this is something that palestine still deems very important because it would get access to united nation institutions and this is something that we know is really. the united states are really not favoring something like this happening they have been calling for the halted negotiations between israel and palestine to kick start again on a bilateral level this is something that palestine is already seems to be tired of so it is taking these specific actions to try