recognize the heavy burden that his passing places upon us. >> later in the fall, kennedy went to the united nationsew york to make his inaugural speech to that assembly. he discussed the united states' position on all major issues in the world, expressly the issue of disarmament, outlying his program for disarmament. pres. kennedy: our new disarmament program must include the following proposals -- signing the test ban treaty by all nations. this can be done now. stopping the production of fissionable materials for use in weapons and preventing their transfer to any nation now lacking in nuclear weapons. gradually destroying existing nuclear weapons and converting their materials to peaceful use. [applause] >> premiers and presidents came to washington to confer with kennedy during the year. britain's macmillan. president frondizi of argentina. indonesian president and the president from mali, a new african nation. from pakistan, the president, for whom mrs. kennedy arranged an unprecedented gala at mount vernon, home of the first u.s. president. indian premier nehru conferred with the president in

the heavy burden that his passing places upon us. >> reporter: later in the fall he went to the united nationsquarters in new york to make his inaugural speech to that assembly. he discussed the united states position on all major issues confronting the world. stressed especially the issue of disarmament. outline his program for disarmament. >> our new program includes the following proposals. signing the test ban treaty by all nations. this can be done now. stopping the production of fissionable materials used in weapons and preventing their transfer to any nation now lacking in nuclear weapons. gradually destroying existing nuclear weapons and converting the material to peaceful use. >> reporter: premieres and presidents came to washington to confer with president kennedy. the uk, argentina, indonesian president, molly, new african nation. pakistan mrs. kennedy arranged an unprecedented gala at mount vernon, home of the first u.s. president. nehru of india. lengthy exchange of views during the stroll through the white house rose garden. former president truman and his family visited with the

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direction the vitals goes in everyone action as it promotes a good state james bases that the united nations he says the tone of the speech was a notable departure for good terrorists the secretary general who is known as job to be very diplomatic was not very diplomatic in that speech calling out some of the richest nations on earth saying that the the help for developing countries with regard to covert 19 was totally insufficient for the scale of the crisis and in particular he called out that group in the g 20 which only met a couple of weeks ago he had called at the g. 20 meeting for very specific measures for a lot more money $28000000000.00 to get the vaccine to absolutely everyone and for them to increase debt relief to the poorest countries on earth they're already doing that but to extend it for longer and also to extend that to some of the middle income countries that are in desperate need that hasn't happened and the secretary general believes that is a mistake and he's made it quite clear in this speech for the special session of the general assembly which is under way. let's tak

this is the news live from berlin a moment of reckoning at the united nations general assembly world leaders convene for a special session focusing on the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll surges above one and a half 1000000 they collectively carved a path out of the pandemic also calling up. gemini's public health agency warns the country is still far from containing the 2nd wave of coronavirus confections this week's detain the death tolls on the high.

we want to take you now live to the united nations general assembly where a session is being held today on the coronavirus pandemic the u.n. president of the general assembly is about to introduce the secretary general antonio terris and he will be speaking very shortly at a few minutes ago we saw all the delegates there stand. in a minute of silence i believe for the victims of call that 19 to be confirmed right now we will be hearing from the secretary general of the united nations antonio terrace on a session of the general assembly uncovered 91 tragedy and the public house humanitarian and development emergency for the 1st time since 1045 entire world is confronted by a common threat regardless of nationality at the city of face but while coffee at 19 does not discriminate our efforts to prevent and can tell you need to do for that reason the put there because it the poorest and most vulnerable in our societies hardest it is having a devastating impact on all the people on women and girls on low income communities on the magine allies and isolated it is presenting new sets of the 20

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and it's being described as a breakthrough by the united nations -- the united nations says it has reached a deal with the ethiopian government to allow unfettered access to help millions of people suffering from lack of food and health care. ♪ hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. britain has given emergency authorization to a covid vaccine ahead of the united states, becoming the first western country to do so. the government says 800,000 doses of vaccine from pfizer would be available next week, beginning with health-care workers. britain has preordered 40 million doses of the shot, which was 95% effective in a late stage clinical trial. in spite of the news, the british prime minister cautioned that it will take time for the vaccine to reach the general public. >> the first phase will include care home residents, health and care staff, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. there are logistical challenges. the virus has to be stored at -70 degrees, and each person needs two injections three weeks apart, so it will inevitably take some months before our most vulnerable are

we hearfrom the un secretary general who says tacking global warming will be central to the united nations next year — antonio guterres is taking part in a special bbc broadcast. one of donald trump's closest allies, the attorney general william barr, says he's found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the us presidential election. first details in the case of a swedish man allegedly held captive by his motherfor nearly 30 years. china's lunar probe successfully lands on moon in an historic mission to collect the first rock samples in more than a0 years. south korea passes a ‘bts‘ law allowing k—pop megasta rs to postpone military service until the age of 30. glad to have you with us. "our planet is broken." that's what the secretary general of the united nations will warn today — and that "humanity is waging a "suicidal" war on nature". in a special bbc broadcast, antonio guterres will also announce that tackling global warming is now the central objective of the un next year. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. 2020 has been a year of dramatic weather extreme

and that is what the united nations is about is the decisions of the security council and all the general assembly you signed their outlook on the board on group as it events are very scary and since inside inside the united nations there are many organisations which are actually secretariat's and western clubs close clubs composed of mostly western diplomats human rights activists and so on and so forth you have a representative on the numerous and your man who know the number is out of mind all reports on this can you know we have this same reports on almost every country . we can present them you know and producing those reports is a profession for many many people here lee abductions are going to tell you the only real it is a real it is torture ill treatment extradition feeling well you know i don't want amenities or for this appearance of people in ukraine for example russia itself to listen was ability to rebel crimea for these things going on in crimea is not what all running really absolutely russia is absolutely responsible for the crime ear there is law and order there and ther

as the head of the united nations, i would like to find out the commitment of the united nations to ensuringacities, developing countries, are supported in growing and living in communities where they can grow and thrive. what is the united nations' commitment to ensuring that there is climate justice for young people in developing countries? first, what you said is absolutely true. zambia or small islands in the pacific do not contribute to climate change. you are not big emitters, but you are suffering the worst effects in storms, floods, droughts, and it is absolutely essential to mobilise the support of the international community to these countries that are already impacted by climate change. until now the so—called adaptation, building resistance, protecting communities and populations against two change has received little support so what the united nation's is doing is to mobilise the financial institutions to ensure that we move to much stronger support to the developing countries. and a much stronger support to the investments in adaptation and doing so, not only as governments, bu

all my americans, expressing our deep sense of shock and loss in untimely death of the united y general of the nationscation to the cause of eace, his untiring labors to achieve it, his courage under his willingness to accept all responsibility, in united o strengthen the nations, and make it a more effective instrument for the of the hundreds of millions of people around the globe, who desire to live out lives, those efforts of his are well known. my sympathy to his country, the government of i hope that all of the heavy ognize burden that his passing places upon us. ♪ >> later in the fall, kennedy to the united nations headquarters in new york to make his inaugural speech to that assembly. the united states's position, expressly the issue of disarmament, outlying his program for disarmament. disarmament program must include the following proposals. the test ban treaty by all nations. done now.e topping the production of fissurable materials for use in weapons and preventing their to any nation now lacking in nuclear weapons. destroying existing nuclear weapons and converting peaceful use.to pla [app

the united nations is holding a special general special session pardon me of the general assembly to discuss the coronavirus crisis the secretary general has accused wealthier countries for not doing enough to help developing nations for the 1st time since 945 and well he's confronted by a common student you've got of us of a nationality at the city off face the world us organization provided factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for a quote of the navy global response and fortunately many of these recommendations were not followed and in some situations there was a rejection of facts and and a lot of those of the united nations and when countries go in their own direction of the values goes in everyone action. america's top infectious disease expert anthony found she has apologized for criticizing britain's rapid approval of the pfizer biotech vaccine it followed criticism from irregular haters about the u.k.'s approach charlotte bellis reports. hope is housed in a belgian factory where millions of doses of the vaccine developed by german scient

is also part of the system of the united nations whose fundamental rule is non interference in other country's affairs on the one hand w.h.o. is told to monitor developments and if need be intervened in the politics of sovereign nations while on the other hand it is to in general refrain from such action was to. look what happened at the world trade organization at the w t o when the country is out of line it is immediately brought to order by the w t o director general and other state. and if it still refuses to accept requirements it can leave the w t o but quitting the w t o is a dramatic move for a country so what people have accepted on the economic front for capitalism and trade they are incapable of doing so for human health. and that is tragic. the w.h.o. in common with any institution serving the public interest has been weakened this is not this is not some kind of unfortunate mistake it is wanted they do not want a strong w.h.o. they want a world health organization that will rep that will serve the fact that health is a trillion dollar market. the w.h.o. faced unlimited b

is also part of the system of the united nations whose fundamental rule is non interference in other country's affairs on the one hand w.h.o. is told to monitor developments and if need be intervene in the politics of sovereign nations while on the other hand it is to in general refrain from such action which it does it. look what happened at the world trade organization at the w t o one a country is out of line it is immediately brought to order by the w t o director general and other states. and if it still refuses to accept requirements it can leave the w t o but quitting the. move for a country so what people have accepted on the economic front capitalism and trade they are incapable of doing so for human health. and that is tragic. the w.h.o. in common with any institution serving the public interest has been weakened this is not this is not some kind of unfortunate mistake it is one ticket they do not want a strong w.h.o. they want a world health organization that will rep that will serve the fact that health is a trillion dollar market. the w.h.o. faced a limited budget and we

thank you mean we can now talk to mr lockhart so ver of external relations at the united nations office of the high commissioner for human rights a very good day sir good to have you with us i mean these are extraordinary times that we're going through the pandemic express has laid bare inequalities in countries both rich and poor how much of an effect has it had on human rights. well thank you 1st for having me on on your show i think it's a great pleasure to be here on this very special day human rights day reach for a reminder celebrates the adoption of the universal declaration of human rights in 1948 by the u.n. general assembly. we been saying that the success of the health response. pretty condition to the respect of human rights and i think what we've seen is that depended nita's exposed to fragilities in our societies the weakness of countries where failed to place essential focus on her ponding human rights we after seeing that the countries who have had more success in combating the pandemic i've been to one who have listened to her science who have been transparent being. bo

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the united nations commitment to ensuring that there is climate justice for young people in developingof all, which is absolutely true, zambia or small islands in the pacific, you are not big mentors, but you are suffering the worst impacts and storms, and floods, and droughts, and it is absolutely essential to mobilise the support of international communities to these countries that are already impacted by climate change and the adaptation, the resilience in protecting these communities and populations against the impacts of climate change have seen very little support and so with the united nations is doing is mobilising the international financial institutions to mobilise donors in order to know that we move to a much stronger support to the developing countries and a much stronger support of the investment in meditation and doing so not only through government, but through the societal movements and especially young people movements. stay listening because the amazon is on the front line of climate change and we're going to take it there now ata and we're going to take it there now

that's the united nations.we conducted interviews to basically put together the best diversity and array of young people from different parts of the world being affected in different waysy the crisis. a number of organizations, including greta thunberg, conveyed to us the desire to formulate, if possible, a single legal strategy in order to respond to a challenge that affects all nations. greta: i am very much shown in the media, and thefore it is extremely important that we also highlight the her plaiiffs. we need to get better of listening to everyone, and therefore there is also one other reason to why this petition is so powerful and so important. [litokne speaking marshallese] foaves crashing] the waves came, and then they removed the piece of land that used to be over here. so over here is what used to be our outside bathroom, and then it was knocked away. this was used to be a basketball court area for small kids, but it destroyed. all this area was impacted, and it was flooded. 60% of the community here

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1000000 people have now died globally from coal that 19 at a special pandemic session of the united nations the secretary general call for a global unified response u.s. president elect joe biden says he will make masks mandatory during his 1st 100 days in office hospitalizations and deaths have reached record highs in the world's worst affected country in the 1st day i'm an order to say i'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask this 100 days to mask now for over 100 years and i think we'll see a significant reduction in recurrent everything that occurs with vaccinations and masking to drive down the numbers can should be considerable. gaz is imposing a partial lockdown this weekend to curb a rise in the number of coronavirus infections mosques and most schools will be closed during the day and they'll be a nighttime curfew from saturday a full lockdown is set to start next friday aid workers say at least $1600.00 rohingya refugees are being forced to move to a remote island off the coast of bangladesh the un warns it's prone to storms and flooding nearly 1000000 rohingya have been l

kennedy went to the united nations in europe to make his speech to that assembly. it was all mayor issues confronted the world. >> our new disarmmament program is a treaty with all nations. existing nuclear weapons and securing their materials for peaceful use. presidents came to washington to confer with kennedy during the year. the president of argentina, a new african nation. from pakistan, they are home of the first u.s. president. a lengthy exchange of views in a stroll through the white house rose garden. former president truemman and h family visited with the kennedys i ni nigeria. they met the president. a former french congo came to down. at a reception, the president and mrs. kennedy actively interested in the arts invited them to play for them at the white house. and kennedy furthered his program for a full exchange of views with all peoples. he gave an interview to the editor of the soviet newspaper. and for the first time they could read the views of an american in control. they were able to enjoy the administers of family life. his two small children b

doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these killers. it seems political considerations prevailed over a legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account the relationship with iraq especially since iraq has a strategic cooperation agreement with the united states in all fields this will affect trump's political situation and his legacy there has been widespread outrage about the trump administration's decision to grant clemency to some members of the blackwater military 'd contracting company these were guards who were employed by blackwater who killed civilians in iraq but i never heard of a person that. there were dead bodies everywhere missing arguments going to anyone with 2 people in authority among the dead bodies lying on the street those who are child was in the middle of no 7 years old. paul slow evan liberty and dust. unheard were convicted for manslaughter and the individual nicholas slotting who opened fire and 1st

president has raised concerns that the united nations by giving clemency to 4 former contract is of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for the mass killing of civilians in iraq people in iraq have condemned the decision as has the government. the ministry believes that this decision did not take into account the seriousness of the crime committed and was inconsistent with the u.s. administration's declared commitment to the values of human rights justice and the rule of law and regrettably ignores the dignity of the victims and the feelings and rights of their relatives click the court of the infamous blackwater company killed citizens a nice a square today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these killers. it seems political considerations prevailed over legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account their re

as well as sputnik v argentina has up for a vaccine supplies from astra zeneca in the united nations kovacs program the country's regulator has approved the use of the pfizer biotech vaccine to despite ongoing talks the argentine health minister has criticized pfizer's approach to those negotiations they asked us for a little giving them immunity and the congress gave them that law but then faces negotiators not the local ones but those in the us started asking for more conditions they want to sponsor a new law they want to the president to sign the contract instead of me the conditions started getting somewhat unacceptable government of argentina is there going there this is going to be perhaps the most efficient way to bring an effective vaccine to its citizens so looks like they're essentially. betting on or putting their money on on the russian vaccine the fact that pfizer had those kinds of conditions and that the government of argentina was not pleased with those conditions i think there's going to be a lot of that kind of thing i think that there is going to be an awful lot of

problem but it was a 1st at the united nations a moroccan ambassador celebrating hanukkah with his israeli counterpart morocco is one of 4 arab nations to reestablish diplomatic relations with israel the deal was brokered by the united states for decades the prevailing assumption was that the world would only see norm was normalized in international relations with israel following a resolution of the israeli palestinian dispute we have proven this is sumption wrong while the u.s. took credit in the security council outgoing middle east special coordinator nicol i'm alive no to the situation has gone from bad to worse for most palestinians despite an 8 month pas in the building of a legal jewish settlements in the occupied territories israel's destruction of palestinian homes for lacking permits that are rarely granted escalated by 70 percent with plans to build in areas seen as crucial to a future palestinian state advancing i do believe in a 2 state solution although every day we see a. chance of. realization frankly i do believe that it is possible and it is possible in the way that it r

the united states walked out of the nuclear agreement but did not walk out of the united nations its hands responsibilities obligations as a un member as a security council member and there is a security council resolution 2231 which the united states must observe as a permanent member of the security council and the united states has been in great breach of that resolution because trump administration has been a rogue regime ethiopian security forces have reportedly blocked refugees leaving the country more than 45000 people have fled the conflict in ethiopia's northern to grey region the eastern sudan but sudanese troops have told the associated press news agency that ethiopian forces stopped refugees from crossing the border early on thursday well ethiopian t.v. has released footage said to be from inside the 2 gray region that appears to be from the military and shows life seemingly returning to normal because of a month long communications blackout al-jazeera is unable to verify the pictures the united nations says it's reached a deal with ethiopian officials to allow aid into th

this is our facilities at the top stories the united nations secretary general has called on world leaders to declare climate emergencies in their own countries speaking as he opened a virtual gathering called the climate summit and turning the tide has said people need to stop the assault on the planet for the sake of their grandchildren some of marks the 5th anniversary of the paris climate accord these a moment of truce this is also a lot of hope more and more countries have committed to net 0 emissions the business community's getting on board the sustainability train we see city striving to become greener and more live a bull we see young people taking on responsibility and demanding it of others the promise of n.f.c. the world reality now on the press to cop 26 i urge everyone to show in bisham stop the assault on our planet and do what we need to get into the future of our children and grandchildren the us is getting ready to begin a nationwide covert 1000 vaccination campaign health regulators approve the pfizer by a vaccine for emergency use. we applied our high standards a review

see asians the united states walked out of the nuclear agreement but did not walk out of the united nations it's hard to responsibilities obligations as a un member of the security council member and there is a security council resolution 2231 which the united states must apply as a permanent member of the security council of the united states has been in great breach of that resolution because trump administration has been a rogue regime. that's what courts in the central african republic has rejected the candidacy of former president ford was easy he had planned to run against the current president's in elections at the end of this month let's go live now it's in the close heart he joins us from the senegalese capital dakar nick why has posies e been made in the eligible for election. well the constitutional court of the judges of the constitutional court say he's in breach of article $103.00 of the constitution which says that in order to be candidate for this election you have to have good morals and you have to have a clean criminal record judges believe that he has neither of course h

threatened to march to the capital ahead of presidential and legislative elections on sunday united nations mission says it's pushing the rebels back to prevent them from taking control of important supply routes and strategic towns there are reports the armed groups are now in just north of the capital hundreds of migrants have been left with nowhere to sleep after fleeing a camp the caught fire in bosnia thick black smoke poured from tents and leaper camp which is near the croatian border a camp has been strongly criticized by rights groups because of a lack of resources it was due to close down police and united nations officials blame the people who lived for starting the fire thousands of migrants are in bosnia in an effort to reach wealthier countries in europe or europe state with headlines here in nigeria got more news coming up right after the cost by fire. the american people have finally spoke in america as i slid this off balance or become more dangerous the world is looking at us. with the election behind us will the republican party dump truck the fuel we keep take on us polit

see asians the united states walked out of the nuclear agreement but did not walk out of the united nations it's hard to responsibilities obligations as a un member of the security council member and there is a security council resolution $2231.00 which the united states must observe as a permanent member of the security council of the united states has been in great breach of that resolution because trump administration has been a rogue regime. bangladesh has begun transferring hundreds of rangar refugees to the island of bashan char which the u.n. wants is put into cyclons and flooding at least 40 buses carrying around $1500.00 people left the camps in cox's bazar on thursday in the 1000000 rangar have been living in squalid camps in southeastern bangladesh after fleeing violence in myanmar well they are refusing to return there without guarantees for their safety and their rights tanveer choudary has more from coke's is bizarre. why suddenly take 100000 people to a isolated island which is 50 kilometer coast of bangladesh which is prone to. tidal waves the government will say we spent 21

which is why united nations has brought in additional. from other missions. we. group as the morning we heard gunfire or your morning with. the electoral process. to age so we will continue to do that. because we are cavalry secure it. all right thank you very much denise brown deputy special representative for the united nations mission there in the central african republic well. there has also been going to the polls and this is a very significant election because for the 1st time in its history because see a democratic change and so that is the anticipation with chair and of course there is an election taking place in that country address has been following this story from the capital. news your president mohammad yousuf who votes not to stay in power but to look to successor. he chose to step aside at the end of his 2nd term and a time some west african leaders tweak their country's constitution to remain in office the significance of this day is not lost on the 69 yo or president so this is today is a special day for us it is also and most of all a special d