and 75 years ago the charter of the united nations was elaborated after the end of that tragedy, the second world war. and with their memories still fresh, full of the horrors of the second world war, which led to the life of -- to the death of so many, the united nations came together to write their charter. this charter which set forth their dreams for the future, the charter of the united nations and it is still valid today. and we, the people's of the united nations are resolved to save future generations from the scurge of war. we, the peoples of the world, in this year 2015 want to save succeeding generations from the scurge of war, from the horror rs of extreme poverty and war and all the horrors which we have experienced in the past. 70 years it was a bipolar world for much of that time. and there was the 1940s, the 50s, the cold war, the 50s, the 60s and it's a very tragic wars that occurred then during that time of bipolar world. and then with a collapse of the soviet union it became a uni polar world. it was supposed to be a time when ideologies came to an end, the 1990s w

pope francis will be at the united nations later this week.

ladies and gentlemen, i would certainly like to thank the secretary general of the united nations and ban ki-moon for his significant efforts. achieving the organization that is insuring national peace and security. i would also like to thank him for his praise-worthy efforts made for the political process in yemen. hauling the coup d'etat and reinstating state authority. the united nations general assembly had this 70th session is something that we would wish every success to. may god's peace be upon you. >> giving abd rabbuh mansur hadi addressing the united nations general assembly. talking about the situation of war in his country. he comes from aden, where he has been in exile since the houthi rebels took over sanaa and took over that area. he talked about the battle and the losses they've been experiencing in aden and around the country. he described the houthis undertaking an coup d'etat, and he thanked saudi arabia, and he urged the international community to give more humanitarian help and hopes to regain the stability of the county, that is a vital force in the region of the

general assembly, the vatican flag flying at the united nations for the first time as an observer nationwhat topics do we expect the pope to address? >> we have a pretty good idea amounted reason is because he's been banging the same topics ever since he came to the office of the pope two years ago. he has some pet themes and we expect them to be raised in the general assembly today. the reason he's coming is because there's a development conference getting underway for the next two or three days at the u.n. and development is a key theme, a pet topic that this pope likes to talk about. what is development? in his eyes, it's things like ending global war. it's ending and eradicating poverty. it's climate change. it's all sorts of issues that are to do with equality, including income equality and sexual equality. these topics we expect to be raised along with the refugee crisis in europe, as well. remember this pope, he becomes a formal diplomatic today by simply addressing the general assembly, but he's a natural diplomatic. he's taken on all sorts of global roles, he was involved in the

thank you. >> i give the floor now to the secretary-general of the united nations. >> thank you. spirituality is the greatest gift to humanity. all peoples have been touched by believe in a higher reality provides a common bond among nations, but the horrors we witness today deny the values of the spirit. terrible examples on every continent tell us to deny our spiritual nature is to diminish our humanity. ls.is to forget our goa a crisis of the human spirit is taking place. it accounts for many of the major problems of our time. we must make it possible for people to regain that faith. the u.n. was created as a bond between people's and nations. the u.n. is essential if humanity is to build it spiritual foundations. your holy father's presence is a reminder of the spiritual dimension of the united nations. the united nations was created so that hope could conquer the horror of war. so thatreated compassion -- compassion that all religions share -- could conquer the despair of poverty, disease, and injustice. hope enables us to continue your mission. face enables us to continue th

work ofr part of the the united nations, most of the work of the united nations is funded by involuntary contributions, mainly from governments. that covers a whole range of emergency, developing relief, food and support to refugees. the split is 60% to the voluntary contributions and 40% to the assessed contributions, which is more or less half and half between the peacekeeping on the one hand and the mandatory standards of the work of the united nations undertakes. host: if you look at breakdowns of the contributions, the united states is on top of that list with over $600 million. as well as japan, germany and france. the figures that you are looking at there, they are related to a formula. the formula is more or less related to the worth of a gross tos related to messick product. corrects the percentage, it would be a higher percentage that the united states pays, but it is important that no one country should pay over 25%, so the top level was ,educed and at the bottom level so the countries at the bottom, it ended up being that they should pay much less than they should pay. there

speeches from the united nations general assembly throughout the day. right here on al jazeera america. ♪ 15. >> the palestinian flag to be raised at the united nations. we are watching al jazeera live from london. i'm david forest. also coming up in the next 30 minutes. russia airstrikes on target in syria. russia said it is ready to talk to the united states about military cooperation. sending reinforcements to k unduz, and the battle is proving harder than they hoped. >>> the indian train bombing which left 183 people dead. >> the speech at the u.n. general assembly to declare he's no longer bound by agreements with israel. effectively throwing out the oslo accord of 1993. mahmood abbas said every aspect of the agreement had already been violated by israel. >> here we declare that they refuse to commit to the agreement signed with us, which render us and release of the palestinian prisoners in accord dance with our agreements, israel has thus left us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of thos

, the european union, and the united nations. however, the israeli government insisted on continuing its destruction of the two-state solution and on entrenching two regimes on the ground. an apartheid regime that is currently in place and imposed on the state of palestine, and against the palestinian people on the one hand, and another regime of extensive privileges and protection to the israeli settlers on the other hand. on our occupied territory, the occupied territory has two systems, the apartheid system, and the other system that extends extensive privileges to the israeli settlers. is this possible? is this admissible? this is the question we pose to the united nations. the oslo -- transitional oslo agreement, and subsequenting a agreements signed with israel, [ inaudible ] that the agreements should be implemented within a time frame of five years, sending in 1999. ending with what? with full independence for the state of palestine. but israel stopped the completion of the process of withdrawing its forces from areas cla

up next on american history tv, from 50 years ago, october 4, 19 i visit is thev united nations and he was the first to address the united general assembly. of the his a portion speech and scenes of him arriving and greeting dignitaries. foreground in the and the 117 member states have flags flying and now the door. is a moment which will live in the memory of those who witness it. -- all the sixth -- is greeted by a world organization made up of member nations who can count over 2 billion people of many kinds and creeds, an organization with -- which meant that into being 20 years ago. -- which man brought into being 20 years ago. he is being greeted by the united nations chief of protocol. he met him at kennedy airport this morning. the secretary-general awaits inside the threshold of united nations building. he greets the crowds and photographers on either side and thees through what we call walls on his way to this historic moment of the greeting by the secretary-general. the papal party follows him and he passes into the main hall of the building. [applause] greets hisry general h

70th session of the general assembly, the personnel of the various programs and agencies of the united nations family, and all those who, in one way or another, take part in this meeting. through you, i also greet the citizens of all the nations represented in this hall. i thank you, each and all, for your efforts in the service of mankind. this is the fifth time that a pope has visited the united nations. i follow in the footsteps of my predecessors paul vi, in1965, john paul ii, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now pope emeritus benedict xvi, in 2008. all of them expressed their great esteem for the organization, which they considered the appropriate juridical and political response to this present moment of history, marked by our technical ability to overcome distances and frontiers and, apparently, to overcome all natural limits to the exercise of power. translator: technical ability to overcome frontiers and apparently to overcome all natural limits to the exercise of power. an essential response ins amuch as technological power in the hands of nationalist or falsely univ

thank you. >> i give the floor now to the secretary-general of the united nations. >> thank you. spirituality is the greatest gift to humanity. all the peoples have been touched by faith. belief in the higher reality provides a common bond among nations. but the horrors we witness today denied the values of the spirit. examples on every continent. to deny the individual nature is humanity.h the crisis of the human spirit is taking place. it accounts for many of the major problems of our time. it means much for people to regain their faith. essential if humanity is to rebuild its spiritual foundations. your holy father's presence is a reminder of the spiritual dimension of the united nations. the united nations was created so that hope could conquer the horror of war. so that -- could conquer the despair of poverty, disease, and injustice. enables us to continue our mission in the most adverse conditions. it enables us to continue the have negotiations, even when a situation seems hopeless. love enables us to continue development, to reach out to the less fortunate of our brothers

and jeffrey laurenti, a former director of the united nations association of the united states, who now chairs the new jersey chapter >>> welcome to third rail, ambassador richard butler, jeffrey laurenti, good to have you here. syria, 4.5 years later, the conflict rates, quarter of a million dead, 4 million lef geese, the u.n. couldn't agree on sanctioning syria, iraq. more than half a million dead since the u.n.-led invasion. russia, 7,000eadn the conflict with ukraine. yemen going nowhere. estimated 5,000 dead. that's 900,000 killed, more than 15 million displaced in those conflicts. if i dropped in and had to look, i'd say the u.n. is a failure. >> if you were a marchand, you might think it's a failure. depends on what the definition of is is and failure is. if you look at the high hopes of 1945, a world free of war, in which human rights were guaranteed, fundamental freedoms, relentless and progressive raising of living standards worldwide, it's not nirva nirvana. on the other hand we have not had a major power of war in this world since 1945. and, in fact, save for the exception o

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the pope is now watching at the united nations.rld leaders who have come in to town, essentially for many different reasons. but the key reason, the keynote address by one pope francis. who is making his way through. it's amazing, too, and new york and washington wherever he goes, that's ban ki-moon, of course, he runs things there. he is the general secretary of the united nations. meeting on the doorstep. it's running on time. running like clockwork. it's amazing what you can do when everyone gets out of your way. the pope doesn't really embrace the pomp and circumstance. his remarks are not being released until just before he begins to speak. i do not know the language he will speak in. however, in all of 18 stops, it will be just four will be in english. and there he is being greeted. you see the candidates going. this is a press moment where people have a chance to get their shot and then they'll move on. i'm pretty sure that this is the type of person that would be able to go through security without being wanded. he is the p

destruction of all mankind, are self-contradictory and an affront to the entire framework of the united nations which would end up as "nations united by fear and distrust." there is urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons, in full application of the non-proliferation treaty, in letter and spirit, with the goal of a complete prohibition of these weapons. the recent agreement reached on the nuclear question in a sensitive region of asia and the middle east is proof of the potential of political good will and of law, exercised with sincerity, patience and constancy. i express my hope that this agreement will be lasting and efficacious, and bring forth the desired fruits with the cooperation of all the parties involved. in this sense, hard evidence is not lacking of the negative effects of military and political interventions which are not coordinated between members of the international community. for this reason, while regretting to have to do so, i must renew my repeated appeals regarding to the painful situation of the entire middle east, north africa and other african countries

we are live in the unit nations. a big year, john, tell us more about it. >> well, it's always a big year here. you know that. there's always a news headline to come out of the leaders week of the united nation emassembly of which today is the first day in the 70th session and this year round, it appears to be syria and the reason is that president obama is going to sit down with president putin of russia for the first time in more than a year, sit down together and they're going to have talks initially about ukraine, we were told, but now we think more likely to be about syria. here's the background. the president and other western leaders, such as david cameron in the united kingdom, the prime minister there have been calling now since 2012 for president bashar al assad of syria -- this is the secretary walking in live at the moment to the united nations, that's john kerry, the secretary of state walking into the building. this is the entrance where all the key leaders come in ahead of the general assembly. western

screen right, the united nations. ban ki-moon serving his second thermals leader of the united nations about to make a significant introduction, that is for pope francis as he gets ready to address the world on issues that are of great significance. isis, perhaps, the war in syria, the largest refugee crisis we have seen since the second world war. we await the holy father's comments and we'll carry them live. breaking news from the capitol. house speaker john boehner telling the republican conference he will step down as speaker and leave congress the end of october. mike emanuel has more on what's happening behind the scenes and what pushed this to this moment today. mike, what do you have? >> there was a constant drip of speculation about whether the conservative rank and file would go for his head on any given crisis on capitol hill. they are work on funding the government. we can tell you this was extremely closely held house majority leader kevin mccarthy was told one minute before john boehner walked in and tol

once again, following a tradition by which i feel honored, the secretary general of the united nations has invited the pope to address this distinguished assembly of nations. in my own name, and that of the entire catholic community, i wish to express to you, mr. ban ki-moon, my heartfelt gratitude. i greet the heads of state and heads of government present, as well as the ambassadors, diplomats and political and technical officials accompanying them, the personnel of the united nations engaged in this 70th session of the general assembly, the personnel of the various programs and agencies of the united nations family, and all those who, in one way or another, take part in this meeting. through you, i also greet the citizens of all the nations represented in this hall. i thank you, each and all, for your efforts in the service of mankind. this is the fifth time that a pope has visited the united nations. i follow in the footsteps of my predecessors paul vi, in1965, -- in 1965, john paul ii, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now pope emeritus benedict xvi, in 2008. all o

you are not going to get the united nations and russia to play on an equal footing. >> let's talk about leadership. it's a term i near about in the united states. and it means to pursue selfish american interests, and defeat your enemies. what about the notion - i am sure the same is true in russia and other places. what about cooperate. >> you share the few that one shouldn't regard the united nations as a failure, despite the numbers of people killed, and i buy the argument we have not this "three muskateers." what is the best argument about why it has worked. what good has it done. >> let's look at the post colonial countries that collapsed into civil war, liberia, sierra leone, democratic republic of congo. you have had peace restored in conflict-ridden places thanks to pt administration of international impartial presence that puts in peacekeepers in the short term to create an environment in which people trust a political process after years of civil war, and providing the kind of aid and monitoring of human rights that can help the society get back on its feet. there are countles

president, dear colleagues, as the united nations enters a new decade, let us unite even more closely to forge a new partnership of win-win ofperation and ape community hared future for man kind. let the vision of a world free of war take root in our heart. let fairness spread acrs the world. thank you all. [applause] >> on behalf of the general ssembly, i wish to thank xi inping of china. [applause] 6 >> cuban president raul castro said stabilization between his country and the u.s. be achieved if economic sanctions is lifted. his comments are about 20 minutes. >> twished heads of delegations, mr. secretary general of the united nations, president, it was 70 years ago that on behalf of their peoples, the member states of this organization signed the united nations charter. we pledged ourselves to preserve future generations from the scourge of war and to build a , guided of relationship by a set of principles and that should bring about an era of peace and justice for ll humanity. however, from that moment there has been wars of aggression and interference in the affairs of the state

one problem going on in the united nations, and more of the government spend the united nations itselfhat so much of the politics, or agreements, making, tend to follow the pattern that the enemy of my enemy is a friend. you do find an alignment of interest taking place for that reason, which might not necessarily be what you expect. in terms of the question -- did not quite catch the first question. she: i miss that, but mentioned the refugees. if the current situation putting a strain on a budget set aside by the u.n. as far as refugees are concerned? is that is the case, can member countries contribute more? guest: it is certainly putting a strain. there is no budget that could be adequate because one cannot anticipate these problems. yes, it is putting a tremendous strain. there are a lot of conversations, the second day general, i think you are aware, has been holding a lot of meetings with governments to address this situation and asked for increases in funding, including talking to all governments in the region about the responsibilities that they have in this area. one of the o

moreover, this state is a permanent member of the united nations security council which is entrustedthe u.n. charter with maintaining international peace and security. in february 2014, russia conducted open and unprovoked aggression against my country, having occupied and annexed the crimea. bluntly and brutally violating the international law. shocking the whole world community. and i am deeply grateful to the delegation of the majority of our organization member states, that the last year supported the resolution of the united nations general assembly entitled territorial integrity of ukraine, which condemned the russian illegal annexation of crimea. it is regrettable that after this clear verdict of the international community, russia did not return to the civilized international legal field. moreover, moscow started a new military reckless game. this time in ukraine [ inaudible ] region. despite the fact that until now russia refused to officially admit its direct military invasion, today there is no doubt that this is an aggressive war against my country, against ukraine. to mi

the representative of gambia to the united nations. a member of the u.n. population fund. assistant secretary-general for [indiscernible] the undersecretary for unicef wife.d nations, and his permanent representative of indonesia to the united nations. permanent representative of peru. peru. members from unicef. abc news. walters from abc famous person for the news around the world, ms. barbara walters. [inaudible] undersecretary general for special political affairs. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] u.s.e pope's visit to the desk sees ben live coverage from washington, d.c., today beginning at 3:45 on c-span. we live with the president and mrs. obama to meet the pontiff at andrews. the welcoming ceremony of the pope as the obamas officially welcome him to the white house. at 4:00, the mass and ofonization at the silica the national shrine of the immaculate conception thursday morning at 8:30 c-span is a live covera

we are grateful to the united nations for its efforts to forge a united government. we will help any legitimate libyan government as it works to bring the country together. but we also have to recognize that we must work more effectively in the future, as an international community to build capacity for states that are in distress before they collapse. that's why we should celebrate the fact that later today, the united states will join with more than 50 countries to enlist new capabilities, infantry, intelligence, helicopters, hospitals, and tens of thousands of troops to strengthen united nations peacekeeping. [applause] these new capabilities can prevent mass killing and ensure that peace agreements are more than words on paper. but we have to do it together. together, we must strengthen our collective capacity to establish security where order has broken down, and to support those who seek a just and lasting peace. nowhere is our commitment to international order more tested than in syria. when a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is no

>> john terrett at the united nations. w we're going to switch over to david cameron who is speaking at the general assembly. he had -- the isil summit rather on terrorism. let's listen to david cameron. >> -- the united kingdom will give funding of $15 million to start with. and it's important to win the battle of hearts and minds amongst young muslims right around the world, but i want to make just one point in my remarks, and it is this, that i think what we're saying about countering violent extremism, i don't think it's enough. i think we need to focus on the extremism that lies behind the violent treejsism as well. why do i say this? well, becae the boy who straps a bomb to his chest and blows up an iraqi town, the guy that stands in the desert with a knife having just beheaded a british hostage or whoever, they don't get there from a standing start, they have extremist views and an extremist mind set before they make that decision. maybe it starts with being told that christians and muslims can't live together. maybe

he is at the united nations right now. we got you covered. >> pope francis, day two, his first full day in new york city. he is inside of the united nations right now. we saw his arrival about maybe half hour ago. very exciting that he is here and this pope is popular, big time. >> he really is. we have with us "good day new york," john gary, wrote interesting book, francis effect. radical pope's challenge to the american catholic church. >> adrian a personal friend of pope francis. go back more than a decade. pope francis baptized his children and actually conducting wedding ceremony. and monsignor jamie, one of our favorites here in new york. >> in the commercial break we were talking to adrian, because adrian has a personal relationship with pope francis in argentina and i love some of the things that he told you. i love when i mentioned something to you about a miracle. tell us that story. >> well, sometimes with the people is looking for something, for solution, he used to say if you want see a miracle, be the miracle

where he will address the united nations at 8:30. it is fantastic that he is your. so many people seeing if they can get a glimpse of him. we hope for this latest glimpse. outside the papal residence on the upper east side back your way. juliet: thanks very much on a 31st floor, at this fantastic view of the reflecting pool and the 9/11 memorial. the pope will be irrelevant:30 but not before he heads to the united nations where robert moses is. >> reporter: the pope is due at 8:40, he will spend approximately 2-1/2 hours here. his half-hour address to the u. n begins at 10:20 this morning. he will be the fourth pope to address the body. we expect him to talk about climate change and immigration among other topics. you will likely strike the same themes he did yesterday before that extraordinary joint session of congress. it was a speech interrupted often by standing ovations and applause. house speaker john maynard got downright emotional, dabbed tears from his eyes throughout the day. he will leave father during that speech called f

this is from this morning at the united nations general estimate. and also, his service that was held at the 9/11 memorial museum in new york. [camera shutters] >> one more. [camera shutters] [indiscernible] [camera shutters] [indiscernible] [camera shutters] [indiscernible] [camera shutters] [indiscernible] [camera shutters] [indiscernible] [applause] >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order. this morning, we shall hear an address by his holiness, pope francis of the holy see on the occasion of his visit to the united nations. your holiness, heads of state and governments, mr. secretary general, excellences, ladies and gentlemen, it's my great honor to welcome you. pope francis, issuer of rome, to the general assembly of the united nations, as head of the roman catholic church and as a defender of the dignity of humanity and the life support systems of our planet. when you recall previously how inseparable the bond is between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitments to society and peace, you spoke directly to the three

. >> to the united nations, francois hollande. >> translator: mr. president, secretary-general, ladies and gentlemen, our organization the united nations is celebrating its 70th anniversary. immense progress has been made since it was established. this is an institution entrusted with a task of maintaining peace and it has managed to do this on many an occasion. however, 70 years down the road, there are still tragedies and dramas, conflicts and wars. and the world has to yet, once again, rise up to considerable challenges, which ones today, hundreds of thousands, millions even of refugees, who are fleeing the middle east, africa, hoping to find protection, or simply to save their lives. terrorism which hits civilian populations, and no country is safe from this scourge. and there are also conflicts which remain unresolved, have been nonresolved for years, and years, whereas we all know that they could disintegrate at any moment. and i'm referring to the middle east. and during this time, there are disasters, there are tsunamis, there are earthquake

talk us through how it all happened. >> well, there was a vote of all the members of the united nations, the 193 members on not just the members state, but the observer states of the united states and united nations so they can fly their flag. there are two of those states. one is the holy seer, and the other is palestine. they are the controversial ones, as we speak, the palestinian ambassador is looking relieved by the float and pleased. it's a vote for the palestinians able to fly outside the united nations. 119 countries voted for the proposal. 45 ab stained, including many european union states. there were eight countries that said we don't agree with this. some of them were objectable, including israel, who said that the could not fly the white flag and were not flying the flag. there has been customer practice. that shouldn't change. this change. this is suggestion of a flag. the resolution passes the flag. what is pa happening in new york, in the united nations, that's the leaders. you'll have leaders around the world, including president obama, and vladimir putin in in new york

once again, following a tradition by which i feel honored, the secretary general of the united nations the pope to address this distinguished assembly of nations. in my own name, and that of the [speaking spanish] mr. president, ladies and [speaking spanish] apparently to overcome all natural limits to the exercise of power. an essential response in this much technological power in the hands of nationalistic or falsely universalist ideologies is capable of perpetrating tremendous atrocities. i can only reiterate the appreciation expressed by my predecessors, in reaffirming the importance which the catholic church attaches to this institution and the hope which she places in its activities. the history of this organized community of states, represented by the united nations which is presently celebrating its 70th anniversary, is one of important common achievement. over a period of unusually fast-paced changes. without claiming to be exhaustive, we can mention the codification and development of international law, the establishment of international norms regarding human rights, advances

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thank you. [ applause ] >> there you see pope francis with ban ki-moon, the united nations secretary general. a nice little touch at the end there. a nice sense of humor. i'm wolf blitzer. welcome here in the united states and around the world. christiane amanpour is with us as well. nice to see pope francis smile. >> amazing. he has always been known to like a wry joke. and he did what he always does, which at the end of the remarks he says please pray for me. and then he says anything of you who are not believers just wish me well. and that got a huge applause. ban ki-moon asked for the pope's blessing on every day ordinary workers who keep the u.n. running and the pope did bless them. called them the backbone of the united nations. the translators, the secretaries, the cooks -- all of that and even made one policy gesture to preview his speech. and by the way he's about to lay a wreath for all the workers who have been killed or died in the field of battle during the course of that you are duty. >> let's listen for a moment and reflect on those who died working for the u.n. >> ladi

madame. >> the president of the united nations correspondents association. >> please accept our respectful greetings. pope john paul ii: thank you. >> the ambassador of the united states of america. pope john paul ii: thank you very much. >> ambassador -- [indiscernible] the wife for the minister of foreign affairs of spain. the prime minister, your holiness. [indiscernible] mrs. -- the wife of the secretary-general, your holiness. and madame. [indiscernible] [speaking french] >> the representative of the borough of new york. the secretary-general of the organization of african union. >> good to meet you. >> [indiscernible] the ambassador of kenya. [indiscernible] mrs. cheri maclean. [indiscernible] -- mr. mattan from papua new guinea, your holiness. and mrs. mattan. and the wife of the premised are for portugal. [indiscernible] [speaking foreign language] -- from sierra leone. [indiscernible] pope john paul ii: god bless you. [indiscernible] >> from hawaii. the former ambassador of italy to the united nations. from the u.s. mission. pope john paul ii: thank you. >> the undersecretary gene

are lining up hours before he speaks at the united nations. we will have much more coming up. >> reporter: pope francis has not even been here 24 hours, but he's touched so much people already. >>> the honor of a lifetime, coming up, you will meet a sing for the pope himself. we are the largest and most diverse school district in america! yet we are one! one point one million students! one thousand eight hundred schools! sharing one common goal. help all kids succeed. we're new york city public school teachers. taking learning to the next level. and parents and the community are on board! all coming together... ...as one. to celebrate the passion and promise of our public schools. >>> cheers, prayers, and tears. a historic moment in new york city. >> welcome to st. patrick's cathedral. [ applause ] >> reporter: filled with blessings. >> it was the most precious moment of my life. >> special messages for the holy father. >> the father and the holy spirit. >> good morning, it's friday, september 25th, and traffic and weather on the 2s coming up

-- the united nations general assembly. molly: one of france's national treasures is safely back at a paris museum. picassoillion dollar, painting, "the hairdresser," is back after a long and unusual journey. >> a disappearance with a happy ending. $15casso painting worth million was returned to its paris home thursday after being stolen 17 years ago. minister, it is a great joy to recover such an important national treasure. "the hairdresser" was painted in 1911 and is an important work from kosovo's cubist period. it has made quite a journey -- from picasso's cubist. wasped in parcel paper, it sold as an arts and crafts gift for $37. for the president of the pompidou centre, the back story only adds to the work's appeal. >> the public will not only find a masterpiece but also a painting with the story, a painting with a past. there is an layer of depth. >> the work will have to be restored for around six weeks because it was kept in damp conditions during its theft. the investigation is ongoing, but it's appearance thrust

it's up to itiations now. >> it's -- it's up to the united nations now. >> it's interesting that the united states senators are split, one saying it's a failure of international strategy, the other making the point you are making, russia is following the rules, they are not just moving into crimea, they are plying to the united nations to see if they have a scientific basis to claim more land. in your column you make recommendations about what the united states should do to keep russia in check in the arctic or other areas whether vladimir putin wants to flex muscles, whatever motivations may be. there's an issue in the arctic with an ability to do anything. >> i agree. it's a wake-up call to the united states to transfer into an arctic nation. if you don't live in alaska, you don't think of yourself as an arctic state. we have 700,000 american citizens living in the arctic, second to russia, we are not stepping up to the plate. we have one arctic - one ice breaker capable of going through the arctic year round. they have been invested in it, no plans or resources to fund the next gen

in the united nations, james bays reports. >> raised for the first time in the united nations. the flag of the state of palestine following a decision by the u.n. general assembly observe states there are two palestine and the holy sea are now allow to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attendanted by president mahmood abbas and the u.n. secretary general. >> i certainly hope that successful peace process will soon yield when we unfurl the palestinian flag in its proper place. among the family of nations, as a sovereign member state of the united nations. [applause] >> however, the political process, in his speech general abbas put all the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm he said that israel had not been abiding by the oslo accord signs 22 years ago, and he wouldn't do so either. >> they leave us no choice to insist that we would be committed to the implementation of these agreements while israel continues to violate them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements, and that israel must assume all of its respon

not quite united nations. it's the inside story. >>> vladimir putin met bar obama in new york this week. russian foreign prefer speaking to a u.n. session on counterterrorism said his country was ready to ensure an effective fight against terrorist groups with the united states and other countries. and the two security council members, russia and the united states, both launched air strikes in syria and doubted the other's official line about the attacks. the not quite united nations, doug, jim, and john are still with me. john, what does russia get in day one by doing these 20 strikes and what does it mean to the state of play militarily on the ground in syria? >> i think secretary carter put it aptly when he said this is just putting gasoline on the fire. this is not resolving the conflict. it's been going on for four and a half years. these russian strikes, whoever the targets wind up being are not helping. the chinese are calling for it. that's where american leadership needs to come into play. that's what

secretary kerry is at the united nations at this moment. he is attending an anti terrorism conference as it happens that was convened by russia and its foreign minister. >> we have also made clear that we would have grave concerns should russia strike areas where isil and al-qaeda affiliated targets are not operating. strikes of that kind would question russia's real intentions of fighting isil or protecting the assad regime. >> washington is still absorbing this information. we expect to hear from the white house very shortly in the daily briefing. secretary kerry and others here at the pentagon have said that the coalition campaign against isil, the air strikes on the part of the coalition will continue, randall. >> mike, we have heard a lot in the past few days about a deacon flikt resolution or agreement between russia and the u.s. to ensure our forces are not in conflict. and we have heard that russia has asked the u.s. to avoid russian air space during these strikes. >> this is a power play by putin no doubt about it. the russian gene

the united nations is unique in its legitimacy, representation, and universallality. it is true that the u.n. has been widely criticized for supposedly not being efficient enough and for the fact that the decision making on fundamental issues draw to insurmountable differences, first of all among the security council. however, i would like to point out that there have always been differences in the u.n. throughout all these 70 years of existence. the rights have always been exercised by the united states, the united kingdom, france, china, the soviet union, and it is natural for diverse and representative an organization. when the u.n. was established its founders did not in the least think that there would always be unity. the strength of taking different views and opinions in consideration, but decisions debated within the u.n. are either taken as resolutions or not. they are to pass or not pass. what are the actions any state might take by passing this procedure are illegitimate. the u.n. charter and would defy the international law. we all know after the end of th

let's speak to kristen at the united nation and united nations for us and kristen good to see you andhat is the pope expected to say and do when he visits the united nations tomorrow morning? >> well, tony, the pope is coming here to united nations to kickoff a major u.n. event what is the largest gathering of world leaders in u.n. history and more than 150 world leaders are expect to gather here over this weekend to kickoff what is known as the, sorry a little distraction there. >> no worries. >> coming to kickoff the sustainable development goals. this is a summit of wide ranging goals agreed on by all nations in the world, they are coming to put their support behind this, wide ranging goal and 17 of them that include ending ofty to combatting climate change. they are supposed to be reached by 15 years from now in 2030 the goal is to achieve all of these aims and the pope is the keynote address. of course these are themes that are close to his heart. we heard him talking about climate change and heard him talking about helping the poor in congress earlier today and he is expected to

all mankind -- are self-contradictory and represent an affront to the entire framework of the united nationsch would end up as a nations united by fear and distrust. [applause] there is urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons, in full application of the non-proliferation treaty, in letter and spirit, with the goal of a complete prohibition of these weapons. [applause] the recent agreement reached on the nuclear question in a sensitive region of asia and the iddle east is proof of the potential of political good will and of law, exercised with sincerity, patience and constancy. i express my hope that this agreement will be lasting and efficacious, and bring forth the desired fruits with the cooperation of all the parties involved. [applause] in this sense, hard evidence is not lacking of the negative effects of military and political interventions which are not coordinated between members of the international community. for this reason, while regretting to have to do so, i must renew my repeated appeals regarding the painful situation of the entire middle east, north africa, a

now to thefloor secretary-general of the united nations. >> thank you. greatestity is the gift to humanity. touched by have been faith. belief in a higher reality revives a common bond among nations. horrors that we witnessed today deny the values of the spirit. there are examples on every continent that tell us to deny our spiritual nature. it is to diminish our humanity. it is to forget our gods. the crisis of the human spirit is taking place and it accounts for many of the major problems of our time. possible forit people to regain their faith. created as a bond between peoples and nations. if u.n. is essential humanity is to rebuild its spiritual foundations. the holy father is a reminder of the spiritual dimension of the united nations. the united nations was created so that hope could conquer the horror of war. it was created so that compassion, the compassion that all religions share, could conquer the despair of poverty, disease and injustice. hope enables us to continue our mission under the most adverse conditions. it enables us to continue the

you are watching live pictures of the united nations united nations general assembly. that is the president of poland. up next will. xi jinping the president of china, we'll be carrying that shortly. just before, president poland, barack obama the president of the united states wrapped up a 45-minute speech. that is what we're discussing right now. our guests are giving their thoughts on barack obama's speech and will be looking ahead to vladimir putin who will be up shortly as well. nina, i was going to ask you looking--let me summarize that you both were uninspired by barack obama's speech. he covered a lot of topics that could be described as a laundry list looking forward to vladimir putin speaking this afternoon. he--rather this morning. he has not been to the u.n. in ten years. there is a lot of things, a lot of reasons that people are paying attention to russia right now, not the least of which is russia's involvement in syria right now. what do you expect to hear? what would you like to hear from vladimir putin this morning? >> i think we make too much to the f

all of this as a united nations security council counter terrorism summit plays out on the sidelines.re watching live pictures there as china's u.n. delegate to the security council is speaks. sergei lavrov is hosting meeting. he says it is a mistake for the u.s. and others not to work with syria's leader assad to fight extremists. >> translator: isil practically creating extremist state which possesses a large oppressive potential. isil cells are fush flourishing in other countries, and they claim they plan on capturing other cities and spreading their evil. >> our john terrett has been covering all of the meetings at the united nations general assembly. john, what strikes me is yesterday president obama was focused on terrorism and isil. today we have the acting president or leader of the security council, russia -- it's a rotating leadership, doing the same thing. >> this is day three of leaders week at the u.n. general assembly, and going on in that great big hall, the general assembly is continuing with speakers coming up from a wide range of countries, including latvia, serbia,

i'm proud to say that liberia was among the founding members of the united nations. [applause] the creation of the united nations was the realization that only a global organization through the support and cooperation of the comedy of nations would be suitable to grabbel with the many challenges faced by humanity. today a reduction in interested conflict, cooperation in the protection and promotion of human rights and in alleviating global poverty, disease and hunger have been the hallmark of this body. on the other hand increased interstate conflicts and international terrorism are seeking to under mine the gains made in reducing human suffering, protracted and intense conflicts in serious parts of the world pose serious threats to global peace and security. mr. president, the united nations is thus called to action by new and emerging challenges despite commandable efforts, africa, the middle east, asia and europe still have four to six of conflict. migrants and people seeking refuge from economic hardships are swirling across europe and we are haunted by the growi

what did the united nations do, if anything, to try to ameliorate the civil war that's been raging in syria? arguably the united states has been not adept diplomatically, nor have any of the allies that we've all sort of ignored it until it hit europe's front