the united nations is an interesting place. there are times when it can be a force for good. we saw that last year when the international community united against the north korean nuclear weapons program bypassing massive sanctions that strangled their economy bringing them to the negotiating table. the u.n. can also be an enormously frustrating and bizarre place. nowhere is that more pronounced than in the truly awful way the u.n. has treated israel for decades. last september, when prime minister netanyahu spoke at the u.n., he said that for too long the epicenter of global anti-semitism was the u.n. itself. that's an amazing statement, but unfortunately, it's true. the prime minister also said something else. after describing the revolution that is taking place in israel's ties around the world, prime minister netanyahu said, quote, there are signs of positive change, even at the united nations. [applause] he said that positive change is a gathering force, unquote. that is also true. i'd like to describe some of those positive changes and why they're happening. plain and si

diplomat at the united nations and other places. haley and all of our distinguished panelists have talked a lot about the fundamental human rights we hold dear in the united states -- life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, freedom of speech, religion, assembly. the civil and political rights. in the united nations machinery, a huge portion of that is devoted to another group of issues that they call rights but we would not necessarily call rights in the united states. welfare issues like the right to food, the right to housing, the right to development, so on and so forth. things that involve resource transfers and even countries that might be our friend such as the countries of western europe on the civil and political rights are equally dedicated to this other group of issues where the united states gets isolated all the time. i am wondering is that a battle we are still fighting at the is is it possible we could separate the conception of these two kinds of rights and have an organization that would focus more specifically on those

now, i have to say our embassy decision caused a bit of a stir at the united nations. g my first american veto. [cheering] [cheering] the next week because she was brought forth by the general assembly, all 193 countries and a direct attack condemning the united states. we lost the vote. but to many people's supplies, 65 countries refused to give against us. [applause] in the long history, that was a record and we will never forget that vote. like i said at the time, we were taking names. [applause] president trump and i are pushing for a closer connection between the foreign aid and whether they support the interest at the un. [applause] not just on the embassy that all u.s. interest. this shouldn't be the only factor in the decision. we have many interests that go beyond, but they should be one factor and we are determined to make that connection. [applause] my second security council veto just came last month. but this time, things turned out differently. you've all seen the recent violence at the border. the people live in miserable conditions. they deserve a better

the united nations is a political organization. it's an organization of nation states. and it reflects the official policies oh of the nations that go under the general assembly. most of those nations -- many of those nations are not democratic, they don't share our values. yet there is an underlying assumption that just because you happen to have a nation and have representation in the general assembly, because of the underlying ideal of the u.n., and also the idea that somehow you have to have consensus among all the nations, that this is a competing principle or idea, if you will, with a whole notion of human rights, which is basically based in a very different consense co conception of what is right and wrong. so are we expecting too much from the u.n.? >> well, the united nations, 193 countries, organized along region algae al geopolitical li. as we became older, went on to school, became -- had jobs, we started associating ourselves not with necessarily those that lived around the corner, but those that are like minded, who shared our values and thoughts. the unit

>> our fellow colleagues were fighting that battle just today at the united nations. so that battle continues. and the rights we're referring to of course are those rights that require someone else to pay for, and we all know who that someone else is, the united states of america. the world is often a free rider in terms of what they demand of us, without our getting the appropriate quid pro quo which would be the values that we believe in. so this is an ongoing battle, and as i said, it was going as recently -- well probably as we speak, in the economic social council in new york today. >> i would just observe it is not only an ongoing issue but it is also one that the people who violate civil and political rights love economic social and cultural rights because they will say, well, i mean, the cubans being a great example, we have to maintain our dictatorial system and crush out all civil and political rights because it is the only way we can redistribute wealth to people and meet all these other things. so it's not only that it sort of takes up air time that could o

my guest is the outgoing united nations human rights commissioner zeid al hussein. is stepping down in august after four years in the post, about why he does not wish to remain in the role. after being criticised for being too outspoken — especially about the us president donald trump's policies. what has this form ofjordanian diplomats and to promote human rights globally after four years in thejob? zeid al hussein, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. to united nations human rights commission has served a full second term, why did you choose to stand down after one term? it was clear to me, that i sought a second term, i would have to somehow win the approval of the agreement of the permanent five members of the security council, thatis members of the security council, that is how it was done the first timei that is how it was done the first time i was elected. i was dominated by the secretary general following a series of interviews and then he sounded out the permanent five, the us, russia, china, france and uk and approved. i have no doubt that virtually none would

united for israel met with washington, d.c. for their annual summit and reflected in 2018 on the 70th anniversary of israel's independence. this 25 minute portion features remarks from the founder and national chair pastor john hagee. >> thank you. we gather here tonight to celebrate our 13th annual christians united for israel summit and 70 years of miracles for the state of israel. r from the rebirth of israel in 1948, to the reunification of jerusalem in 1967, the jewish nation has experienced a glorious parade of unending miracles. fast forward to the year 2017, and the parade of miracles surges into overdrive. for decades, the raging geopolitical question of the world was, to whom does the city of jerusalem belong? for years, america's presidents promised to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, and for years, they failed to do anything. then came president donald j. trump who promised to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, but we had heard that before. people who had come to washington and make promises and forget them is common conduct. they forgot jerusalem. they fulfilled david's words, if i forget the old jerusalem, my tongue will cling to the roof of my mouth. o

first of all, you know, i am the representative of the state of palestine at united nations. ent not only the palestinian national authority, i represent all palestinians, in the occupied territory and outside the occupied territory. so you represent them. tell me what your message to yahya sinwar is. i represent all of the palestinian people, including those in the gaza strip, here at united nations. with regard to the statement that you referred to, i did not read it. i am a man of peace. i work under international law. i promote and uphold international law at the united nations, in defending the interests of the palestinian people. i do not advocate war. i stand against aggression against all people, including the palestinian people who live under the israeli occupation, including in the gaza strip. it is not so much a question of what you advocate. it's what you are prepared to unilaterally, categorically and clearly condemn. will you condemn those words that i quoted to you? i condemn all words that harm civilian populations, whomever they are emanating from and whomever

for the first time in its history the united nations is trying to rid choose drownings in bangladesh the leading cause of child deaths in the country every day forty six people drown most of them children and the un is hoping to change that by raising awareness as christian salumi reports in bangladesh a country crisscrossed by nearly twenty five thousand kilometers of rivers and nearly six hundred kilometers of coastline drowning is the leading cause of death among children every year some fifteen thousand die. most hema big goon was working when she briefly lost track of her two children last year a boy and a girl. i have no choice but to work things like cooking and household chores while we are working it's not easy to remember where our children are most of the time like it happened to me i lost track where my children were and this is how such accidents take place. she found their bodies in a nearby pond most drowning deaths in bangladesh happen between nine in the morning and one in the afternoon when caregivers are busy doing day to day work experts say perhaps not surprising

obviously you represent palestinian authority as the ambassador at united nations.lestinian authority, is in control in gaza, and the leader of hamas in gaza, i think he is styled the prime minister now, he said the continued protest, we will ultimately take down the border and we will tear out their hearts from their bodies. of course, he is talking about israelis, is citizens. what is your view of language like that? first of all, you know, i am the representative of the state of palestine at united nations. and i represent not only the palestinian national authority. i represent all palestinians in the occupied territory and outside the occupied territory. so you represent them. tell me what your message to them is. i represent all of the palestinian people, including those in the gaza strip, here at united nations. with regard to the statement that you referred to, i did not read it. iam statement that you referred to, i did not read it. i am a statement that you referred to, i did not read it. iam a man statement that you referred to, i did not read it. i am a

syrians flee as frontlines continue to shift in that our province the united nations says two hundred seventy thousand people have already been uprooted during the syrian government's military offensive now in its third week there remain in towns under opposition control are being battered by air strikes and shelling and the fear is an escalated military campaign now that talks collapse was going on in there is a military escalation to pressure the rebel factions to accept the russian military is gone dishes to on the assault those conditions are he relay team for the opposition they just want them to give up everything after years of psych revises they can't accept that. the opposition delegation involved in talks with the russian military which were mediated by jordan formally pulled out of negotiations it's not clear if all rebel commanders support their decision but those who have made separate deals are being called traitors to. the representatives of a handful of towns have been signing so-called reconciliation deals with the government or what amounts to a surrender syrian stat

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the beacon friendly pretty side of the world the first to be certified as carbon neutral by the united nations. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program we start in northern iraq which was liberated nearly three years ago from the so-called islamic state when it swept through the region i asked targeted minorities like the yazidi who don't follow the islamic faith militants killed kidnapped and then in slave thousands of c.d.'s and even now the group is still recovering from the genocide returning and starting afresh is a mammoth task very few people have tried to start a new life in the region and its capital sin jar or. as. it's known in court as did abuse brigitta should travel there and brings us this exclusive report. on the capital of the yes he does life in ruins devastated by invasion and the fight for liberation most people fled when so-called islamic state took the city and killed enslaved thousands now that these limits have been expelled only a few residents have returned in many parts feels like a ghost town to end of years after liberation from my ex only three thousand f

it is what we have been working on, what the united nations has been working on. president putin and president trump did discuss that. the united states wants to be part of helping to achieve that resolution in syria. your first question was about what we need to see. it is straightforward. not my description of what needs to take place. made a promise and told not only president trump, but president moon, that he was prepared to denuclearize. the north koreans understand what that means. there is no mistake about what the scope of denuclearization looks like. we need to see chairman kim do what he promised the world he would do. not very fancy, but it is the truth. >> [indiscernible] >> thank you. announcer: as part of our year plan, busthe seas ,ade the journey to juneau alaska. this weekend on book tv and american history tv, we feature our stops across alaska, showing the states natural beauty and delving into the history and culture.

principles that have always been the recent polls in the united nations to. the need for every citizen to have got to be. careful to many here it's a sentiment that's more than welcome but also one that seems a long way off from becoming reality. at the could to prolong refugee camp and cox is a bizarre bangladesh where the head of the un refugee agency filippo grandi has also been towing the camps in cox's bazar correspondent mohammed spoke to him earlier. i want to bring in our very special guest right now this of course is the united nations high commissioner for refugees randy thank you so much for being with us sir i want to ask you first about the fact that the world bank of course has announced that they are going to contribute close to a billion dollars half a billion dollars to the or hinder refugee to the government on the dash to help with the remains a refugee population because it's not nearly enough considering all that's going on here and the immensity of this crisis right now it is a very important package because it will allow all of us to go

new york few kilometers away from washington i advise you to go and visit the archives of the united nations to understand exactly what has taken place cameroon. prison configuration is the legacy. to the nation by the united nations. by the united. i want to get some clarity of what's happening right now i know that there is always a temptation with cameron to to go back because it's got a deep colonial history i'd like to keep it up to date for a moment right now i'm i correct in thinking the whole of the us ambassador to cameron. i don't want more of them leading me would you think. i believe you at the time of the u.s. ambassador to cameroon the reason i mention that is because that ambassador had this to say about the current violence rest in cameroon have a listen to what you have a listen minister i will say that you know there there is violence on both sides the government has committed summary executions the guilty detaining people with access to lawyers to their families even to this is for. the. guilty running and we just need in. general are asking a question on the side. because

navai: then, annie says, she met united nations peacekeep from south africa.e'd been sent as part of a mission to protect the local. populati (annie speaking): >> navai: annie, why did you think this soldier wou be different? >> navai: annie's story is not unique. on she'of over 2,000 young women and children alleged to have been sexuallyxploited or abused by u.n. peacekeepers-- uniformed and civilian-- in missions around the world sie the early 1990s. from camdia to mozambique, and from bosnia to the democratic rublic of congo. ♪ for over a decade, the united nations has been trying to end the abuse. but even today, it keeps happening. in the past year, the u.n. has introduced new measure stamp it out. i've come to africa to try and understand why the problem has persisted. we're right in the middle of africa, in an area that's beence at the eer of sexual abuse allegations against the u.n. the democratic republic of congo has more alleged victims than any other country. it's here my investigation begins. (people spking indistinctly) almost 20 years ago, u.n.

page as we are sport looks to be a great vehicle to carry this insane ability with which the united nations hopes that forest green becoming carbon neutral will set a precedent for others to follow what we're working on base sports for climate action initiative where we hope all are going to say shows we'll also step up their reaction on climate for is when voters will be definitely an example that we share . their green credentials have also been matched by strong performances on the pitch forest green was recently promoted to the english football league for the first time in its history. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you while the wind started forming at dawn as the barbarians voted in the first elections to take place since the removal of former president robert mugabe counting has now begun in what looks to be as high a race between the governing zanu p.f. and the main opposition party us president ultron has held talks with the italian prime minister himself a conte migration was the main focus conti said that he had one trumps agreement organizing a conf

and his criticism made to the united nations council on human rights goes much, much further. >> the united states has the highest income inequality in the western world, and this can only be made worse by the massive new tax cuts overwhelmingly benefiting the wealthy. >> reporter: just days before alston delivered his report, the united states had pulled out of cithe u.n. human rights co claiming it was stacked against u.s. ally israel and refused to be reformed. >> for too long, the human rightsouncil has been a protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool o. political bi >> reporter: american ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley reacted to alston's reportith a strongly worded letter, calling the report, "misleading," iv"politically med" and "biased." she said it was "patently e ridiculous" for n. even to examine poverty in "the wealthiest and freest country in the world." but alston's report tohe u.n. not only implied that u.s. policies toward poverty ignored rights, but, as a result democracy itself is being lysteandermined. how did you conceive of the idea to come tohe united s

a united nations brokered cease fire has been in force since one nine hundred ninety one but morocco and the police are your front remain deeply divided over how to end the conflict. and the african union says it will introduce zero tolerance policies for corruption but the leaders of countries often accused of graft inefficiency and crippling bureaucracy didn't elaborate on what kind of measures they planned to take. africa's problems have spread beyond the continent which explains why the e.u. has stepped in offering cash and military assistance to tackle the surge in attacks by armed groups investor had region and to dismantle the migrant smuggling networks but it's unclear if that will work with the ongoing conflicts and lawlessness in many african countries. washout. the french government and several companies are being accused of selling egypt's president the tolls he needs to crackdown on dissent the international federation of human rights has investigated weapons deals and well as cells of surveillance technology. has more from paris. it's five years since egyptian security

now the united nations has called for an end to the violence.imated 280 people dead and 1830 injured has been overwhelmingly perpetrated by the state and by pro—government armed elements. and those killed also include at least 19 police officers. police, armed elements —— elements and other violent groups have carried out operations in different parts of the country, forcibly removing barricades erected by demonstrators in local communities. at least 12 people were killed over the weekend. these were some of the first demonstration in april against cuts to public spending. calls for president daniel 0rtega to step down have become widespread. the latest hotspot this year, 30 kilometres south of the capital in masaya, now centred anti—government opposition. thursday will mark three months since the unrest began. the president has dismissed the protests, saying an attempted coup in the country has failed. 0pponents say is only able to stay in power using brutality and organised anonymous armed forces. let's get some of the day's other news. the uk

the united nations says that it will be settlers around eight hundred of the volunteers and their families in western countries. more than one thousand jewish settlers event at the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem triggering a standoff with muslim worshippers there marking a holiday which commemorates the destruction of the ancient jewish temples in jerusalem have been small confrontations in the last few hours leading to several arrests at a group that rescues migrants from the mediterranean plans to file a manslaughter complaint against libya's coast guard they say that all the mother and child died after being left stranded and that boat deliberately damaged. campaigning is well underway in pakistan for wednesday's general election been a while bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and some of the former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in the southern city of karachi but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties of the former cricket star imran khan and the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif yes. we can form a

jane: the general assembly of the united nations has agreed on a deal to manage the international flow of migrants and protect human rights. diploms of every country except the united states hammered out the agreement. the global compact for the adoption will be formally adted by world leaders in morocco in december. reporters: i 2016 all mention of the united nations agreed that no one country could manage international migration on a its own. cooperation and a coordinate rated -- coordinated approach was needed and now after six rounds of meetings they've come up with the global compact for migration. it's not binding but the first time there's a comes hencive agreement. >> the global compact is agreed. >> if it's well implemented it's good for everybody. it presembings state sovereignty and their right to their migration licy. it will increase access through safe legal pathways, for instance to the labor markets that have deficits in human resources and will need foreign workers. reporter: the majority of migrants around thorld travel and work legally. they were football stars, acto

there is a humanitarian crisis and the united nations is calling on jordan and neighboring countries to open their borders to allow refugees in we recognize that jordan lebanon and turkey have long hosted a large number of refugees particularly from syria since the beginning of the syrian conflict it's been heartening to see many people in these countries doing what they can. to call on their governments to keep the border open and to gather food and water for syrian refugees. we call on the jordanian government keep its borders open for other countries in the region to step up and receive the fleeing civilians jordan's leaders say they can't cope with more refugees instead they say aid is being delivered to them across the border in syria and they say it's up to the u.n. to obtain approval from government leaders in time ask us to allow in supplies to reach our province jordan's foreign minister says the focus should be on preventing more devastation i'll be meeting with the russian foreign minister lavrov there for a discussion on how we can work towards a cease fire and create con

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for the first time in its history the united nations is trying to reduce drownings in bangladesh the leading cause of child deaths in the country every day forty six people drown most of them children and the un is hoping to change that by raising awareness as christian salumi reports. in bangladesh a country crisscrossed by nearly twenty five thousand kilometers of rivers and nearly six hundred kilometers of coastline drowning is the leading cause of death among children every year some fifteen thousand die. most hema big goon was working when she briefly lost track of her two children last year a boy and a girl. i have no choice but to work things like cooking and household chores while we are working it's not easy to remember where our children are most of the time like it happens to me i lost track where my children were and this is how such accidents take place. she found their bodies in a nearby pond most drowning deaths in bangladesh happen between nine in the morning and one in the afternoon when caregivers are busy doing day to day work experts say perhaps not surprisingly t

secretary general antonio the terrorists he was here you were at the united nations high commissioner for refugees illegal grandia the president of the world bank they were here to try to raise awareness about the plight of the or into the mass suffering and trauma that they've experienced and that the united nations secretary general you know he came right out and said that he's really never seen anything on this scale before in his life and he said that the government of myanmar needs to do much more now they have been these memos of understanding that have been signed between the government of myanmar and the united nations to try to begin a repeat tree a she crosses so that grow into refugees can go back to me anymore but this is at best problematic because details of that middle understanding leaked and it seemed as though it did not refer to the group as for in jet the did not clarify if they would get citizenship rights and so in the past week in speaking to a lot of refugees here were quite concerned about it they say first and foremost that you know wrote hinges should be inv

set up in two thousand and two body united nations and a swiss and geo okapi broadcasts in several local languages and has become a significant source of news for congolese audiences. un funded outlet is not tight to domestic political interest granting its journalists a certain level of independence and credibility. jennifer but cody a former radio journalist remembers the early days. i arrived in the congo two thousand and four and what i saw were journalists who were properly salaried who were independent took the editorial line being objective fact based and very seriously journalists were largely protected because they were working in the authors of the united nations they were able to get to thirteen places to be firsthand things that other media would struggle because they are there whacking the financial resources or they're not last. in the financial with orses the money was made available because someone has an interest in those journalists covering the news in a third way in the that nasty united nations mission in the operates on the invitation of the government even radio co

united nations is appealing to jordan and neighboring countries to give. access to safety in other words telling insured and israel to open their borders to two hundred seventy thousand people that according to the united nations have been uprooted from their homes in the past two weeks during the syrian government's the military offensive province many of them are taking shelter very close to the a border with nothing because aid organizations have not been able to access the area the jordanian government says we have been delivering aid but definitely it is not enough people are complaining about the lack of water the lack of medical and medical supplies are living out in the open in the heat so there is a humanitarian crisis and this offensive that is on the ground is continuing the syrian government pushing ahead trying to take more ground trying to pressure the remaining rebel factions to surrender a number of rebel factions have surrendered in separate reconciliation deals which really amounts to a surrender that the government regains control of an

within the united nations security council where the west's thinking obviously about libya and what happened with libya that there was a consensus in respect of libya and. the resolution was passed but then that resolution of course was abused by britain france and the united states today and effect regime change in libya and i thought of course was very instructional i think for russia and for china that the west couldn't be trusted and therefore when we've seen with syria the various resolutions that the west is attempts to pass there and elsewhere in the world that the west's well really we mean the west by what we mean is printing fronts in america pushing a constant agenda of interference in other countries affairs for that section of benefit and that has been opposed consistently by russia and china so even on the united nations security council russia and china have been pushed constantly together by the west and the comment you just came out with peter is really part of what putin himself said recently when trump said he would almost impossible he would like russia to come b

say that the united nations is to open its border to some of the tens of thousands of syrians who have amassed around two hundred seventy thousand people have been forced from their homes by the russian backed government offensive to recapture southwest and there are a province jordan is sending food and aid supplies across but says its border will remain closed so honda has more from beirut in neighboring lebanon jordan israel. and their towns are battlegrounds these people are trapped in the syrian government offensive and province now into its third week has displaced more than a quarter of a million people according to the united nations some are living in makeshift tents many others out in the open they have little food water or medicine or protection from the heat. there is a humanitarian crisis and the united nations is calling on jordan and neighboring countries to open their borders to allow refugees in we recognize that jordan lebanon and turkey have long hosted a large number of refugees particularly from syria since the beginning of the syrian conflict it's been heartening

taken four hundred twenty two of the first responders to safety in jordan the request of the united nations she has i guess for as will. as night fell hundreds of white helmet volunteers and their families made their way across the israeli occupied golan heights to jordan the plan is for the united nations to help resettle them in canada the u.k. and germany rebels in syria southwest region reached a deal with the government to leave the area on friday buses have been leaving from quintet truck what we are seeing actually in my opinion is bought off the enjoyments would have been agreed between. an international powers in order to clear. the area from any presence that is not that might not be happy with. the white helmets were founded in twenty fourteen to rescue civilians injured in attacks on rebel held territory the nonprofit volunteer risky group operated in opposition held areas and has been backed by the u.s. and other western countries for many of the volunteers who left this is the first time in years they won't be confronted with casualties of war so here's our guy for all just ze

it is the trump administration' hope that one day, the dprk can be in our midst here at the united nations. not as a pariah but as a friend. imagine, un security council meetings in which the dprk nuclear missile programs were not the agenda time and time again. will be able to focus energy on so many urgent problems that face our world. i believe this reality as possible and so does president trump. but it will take full enforcement of sanctions for us to get there. it will also take chairman kim following through on his personal commitments that he made to president trump in singapore. the path ahead is not easy. it will take time. but our hopes for a safer world for all of us and a brighter future for north korea remains our objective and that hope indoors. thank you. ambassador haley. >> thank you so much. i'm very grateful to my friend, secretary pompeo for coming out and meeting with the security council today. this is what we know. 18 months ago i came in, our biggest concern was north korea. everyone was wondering when that new test was going to happen. everyone was wondering when