working with and through the united nations must be an integral part of any plan to have america reengage with the world. this begins with the united states continuing and expanding work with multilateral partners and allies as we address the ongoing pandemic. we must ensure that this pandemic doesn't become a two track recovery. we cannot leave countries and embroiled in conflict and poverty to also fend off and i was pleased to hear that president biden and his administration that he is he'sdonating over 500 million ds of the vaccines to countries in need and in addition to the 80 million previously announced but we also protect ourselves here at home. we also need to consider reform of the world health organization not only to examine the response but how to prepare for the next pandemic if we could very well face in the years ahead. the world health organization is not the only organization where reform is needed and i look forward to hearing how the u.s. is at the table advocating. we must continue to press for the democratic values to shine at the un security council and to resolve

united nations also lost a 100 to staff and saw peacekeepers and it was the united nations united nations on the my leadership who had been genuinely and persistently trying to had been haitian keeper, one poetry team, hundreds of thousands of people have been contaminated by call it virus yeah. just to interrupt you for a 2nd. you know, the right thing and set up a fund for those people, but it's wo fully underfunded. no money is going to these victims. so can you not understand why they want to take out a cool case? my last report to this general assembly on haiti was only december or my last month 2016. and i appears that we need to mobilize some fundings. there was not a big, big money. and, but the member states were not willing to show down. sincere support for haitian people at the same time, haitian leaders, leadership day was divided among themselves. that was also one of my source of dish that distinction and regret that there is a thing that the heaven helps and those who have come service. but they were not really united starting from the prison. that was what the i was very m

are you hopeful when united nation member states are not sorry, is it a unit united? that is the program now? then there is no way for any. however, a were simply gender 1 may be, and then not a single individual or country can do it alone. we should put all our hands on but there together for the secretary general of the united nations banking moon. thank you for talking to our to 0. thank you so much. thank you, shook hands, edgelog i i lose energy to every part of our universe or small to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity, we can make it work for you and your business. india has been devastated by the closing 19 pandemic. the one on 18th makes the front line work risking their lives to treat the stick and very the day the one i was 0 me . ready hello, i'm barbara harris, london. these are the top stories on al jazeera, iran's only nuclear power plant has been shut down for what's being described as emergency reasons. the head of the state energy company says the shut down of the bush. our plant could last for 4 days. author

are you hopeful when united nation member states are not solely that a unit united? that is the program now. then there is no way for any. however, you have or simply gender 1 may be and then not a single individual or country can do it alone. we should put all our hands on but there together for the secretary general of the united nations banking moon. thank you for talking to our to 0. thank you so much. thank you. sure there's a lot. i the go to the from one is a whole world cup was what rooms were made. it turned into a nightmare of rest and torture by argentina. johnson footballing legend, eric kent introduce his cloud. your temporary, one of the special few stood up for their beliefs, whatever that cost. football rebels on al jazeera, the 300 years of danish come. and i think an international interest in the island to rebuild his gray. a young generation emerging, determined to nephew meet him, and he'd be on faith as jude and politician, as they tackle age old issues with that powerful the fight for greenland, a witness documentary on al jazeera. ah, armenians

the united nations or international organizations. so, the question is, will you commit, ambassador, to always and in every instance, prioritize american interests over the interests of any, other nation? >> that's our job, sir. >> good. >> america is -- is what i represent. >> i'm glad. >> it's our job. >> glad to hear that commitment. and will you, also, commit to prioritize american interests over multilateralism for multilateralism's sake? >> we work on multilateralism for america's sake. >> great. great to clarify that, right upfront. let's follow up on representative wagner's question to you about china's influence at u.n. specialized agencies. madam ambassador, you know that the prc currently occupies a number of important positions, as you mentioned. the u.n. department of economic and social affairs. the international telecommunications union. the u.n. food and agricultural organization. i know you said that you will be pushing hard, and that you will be working with like-minded or allies to fill those key positions, which is

are you hopeful when united nation member states are not sorry, is it a unit united? that is the program now? then there is no way for any. however, a were simply gender 1 may be and then not a single individual or country can do it or wrong. we should put all our hands on but there together for the secretary general of the united nations banking moon. thank you for talking to our to 0. thank you so much. thank you. sure . there's a lot. i on the coast china aged population, the country will become the 1st nation in history. the goal for become switched on . the finance industry is living up to his own green credentials, legal traffic jams, the people turning to the waterways, came to the course on. i'll just be part of the debate is self defeating the end because it in the us or in the u. k. because it will just come back again when no topic is off the table. what we wanted to talk about were these men with white men touching aloud your dream, where a global audience becomes a global community, jumping to the comment, question, and part of today's discussion. there a

. ♪ ♪ ♪ at the united nations security council in may 1964, the united states ambassador made his country'sion clear. >> the united states government is currently involved in the affairs of the republic of vietnam for one reason, and one reason only. because the people of vietnam requested the help of the united states. and of other governments, to defend itself against armed attack, equipped, and i erected from the outside. we both know that southeast asia has been facing the most incessant violence of more than a decade and a half. organized violence is organized violence. only the scale and the -- change. >> less than a month after mr. stevenson spoke. the v8 congress it by north of the anomaly attacked the town of -- in southern vietnam and massacred its people. but >> by now, north vietnam acts of aggression with the south ledges version and sabotage as shown in these captured films. it reached a critical point. the government itself vietnam desperately needed more help to stay alive. ♪ ♪ ♪ to help the soviet armies counter the accelerating violence in the north, the united states grea

allies and our friends to ensure that like-minded or people are put in positions of power in the united nations, but in order to do that -- and countries demand that the u.n. hire their nationals. and the chinese have pushed that agenda more aggressively in the past few years than they've ever done before. and we have to push our agenda to ensure that americans, our allies are put in some of those key positions. we engage with the u.n. system on the performance of people that are employed. if there are performance issues, we constantly bring that to the attention of the united nations. again, i think where our voice will matter is when we pay our dues, we have more of a right to insist that we put senior americans into positions, and we have more of a voice at the united nations to push back against chinese malign efforts. they're looking to change how the whole multilateral system works. they are pushing against the values we have all worked to achieve since the united nations was formed. and secretary blanken raised that when he spoke at the united nations during the chinese presidency in may

recognize the heavy burden that is passing places upon us. >> later in the fall, kennedy went to the united nationsuarters in new york to make his inaugural speech to the assembly. he discussed the united states position on all major issues confronting the world, expressed especially the issue of disarmament, outline his program for disarmament. >> 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 additional materials for use in weapons. and preventing their transfer to any nations now necking -- lacking in nuclear weapons. gradually destroy 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 mcmillon, president of argentina, indonesian president, and of mali, a new african nation. from pakistan, president -- for whom mrs. kennedy arranged an unprecedented gala at mount vernon, home of the first u.s. president. premiere of india conferred with the president in a lik

>> within the united nations. and -- and i know that my colleague, representative phillips, has mentioned about bringing in junior officers. and -- and raising up through the ranks. but i'm curious. could you speak, kind of, broadly, about what are some of the greatest challenges to bolstering the employment of u.s. citizens within the u.n. bodies? and are there any, other recommendations you might make, kind of happening outside of the department, that would be valuable to bolstering those numbers? >> you know, i think, again, when -- when we're recruiting in universities and colleges, we need to talk about the u.n. as an option for many of our young people. initially, i was recruiting for the state department and i realized i needed to -- when i was going into u.n. meetings, that there were very few americans sitting in some of those meetings. so we need to encourage americans to do that. we need to look for opportunities, for example, of our own professionals to the u.n. i see other governments do that on -- on

also looking at what the united nation takes, we need to do right now to avoid a global environmental disaster, the sport, the women's world tennis number one, the latest to the big name sports to pull out of the french open. ah, let's look at the ship off the coast of sri lanka now where authorities uprights for a possible oil spill from that funk and vessel is laden with chemicals and plastic pellets. it's already called the country's worst manmade environmental disaster. it is now fear $350.00 tons of oil stored on that singapore registered ship could also leak out. attempts to salvage the ship were abandoned on wednesday when its rear howl reapply of the whole touched the sea floor. let's have a look at it all on the map. we're talking about this part of sri lanka, the southwestern part between the gumbo and columbia is a close up. you can see it's about 30 kilometers between now gumbo and colombo. they're the ship approximately here. but there is now, excuse me, a restriction on fishing, which extends ac kilometers and this is only $28.00. so you looking at a, a further 20 or 30

but despite the united nations sounding the alarm, the security council has yet to hold an open meeting on the situation. despite attempts by european members and the united states, the united states ambassador to the un when to thomas greenfield, describe the situation as a man made humanitarian emergency. the security council's failure is unacceptable. we have addressed other emergent crisis with public meetings, but not with this one. so i asked those who refused to address this issue publicly to african lives, not matter. it's time for the security council to have a public meeting on this issue. it's time for the counsel to take meaningful action to address the crisis. a closed door meeting is in the works for next week, but he mandatory an official say stronger security council action would help them get the 3 things they need to address the crisis. an end to the violence, more access, and more money to buy food. president emmanuel macros has announced a reorganization of frances military presence in this a hell region of west africa. currently there more than 5000 french soldiers

united nation as the world put an end to the tragedy. president and manion, my crosses from military operations in africa, the hell region will be restructured and merged into a broader international mission. parade's, unfinished election claims of both a fraud are made on a prosecutor the jell times the conservative count that kicked over to maury. ah, u. k prime minister boris johnson says g 7 nations all set to donate 1000000000 corona virus vaccines to low income countries. he spoke on the eve of a lead us summit, an hours off the us president job bought and promised $1500000.00 doses of the next year. on to play, magic editor james base has more from call in the united kingdom. the leaders of 2 countries that often talk of this special relationship president joe biden and prime minister boris johnson, examined a copy of a document signed by the us and u. k. in the dark days of world war 2, the atlantic charter paved the way for the treaty that created nato. and the late to charter that now governs the you and the 2 leaders believe as a parallel with present times, the world meet

germany and the united nations are the organizers.urkey and russia have received the most criticism for their involvement on either side of the conflict. this wednesday, they are vowing to pull out step-by-step. meanwhile, libya's foreign minister says there's progress on the issue of foreign mercenaries in the country. some 20,000 foreign fighters acted in the conflict, but this event in many ways, a debut for the new government of national unity in libya. >> today, we have entered a new phase in our efforts toward peace and stability. the libyan transitional government and the unity is at the table. we are no longer just talking about libya but with libya. when it comes to the sequencing, we know the withdrawal of foreign forces will have to be done bit by bit. mark: the spokesperson for the national transitional government of libya joins us. are you feeling this evening optimistic? >> good evening. percival, this second -- first of all, this second berlin conference came after we witness stability and one representative for all lib

and we need an international control and access for the united nations. also, the union could take over responsibility, so the ruby in population is not the problem. it's the migrant, it's the was for unemployment, unemployed migrants. and it's the question how to the care of those who are exploited by traffic, by those who are traffic in the people potter keys of us. i thank you so much for joining us against this backdrop of world powers gathering in berlin for a new push to secure a lesson. in libya, as we mentioned, you're a member of the german parliament foreign affairs committee. thanks for your time. and now here's a look at some other stories making headlines. hong kong pro democracy newspaper, apple daily will seize publication on thursday after national security police arrested another employee of the paper. its closure has increased concerns about arose of media, freedom and other right. in the chinese city in brazil, indigenous protesters armed with bows and arrows have clashed with police outside congress. the violence for the suspension of

bob rae, from canada, ambassador to united nations.rom italy, director of the institute for international affairs. from france, former foreign affairs editor for the newspaper lexpress. from the usa, christopher hill, former ambassador to iraq. from germany, the decade of director of the xi society foundation for europe and eurasia. and from the g7 host from here in the uk, we have the chair of parliament's foreign affairs collect committee, tom. welcome to you all. ourfirst question, it comes from oliver in hong kong. ok, so, right. my question is how can the g7 hope to compete with china that refuses to play by international rules and uses its seemingly unlimited resources to push his agenda and every sphere abroad. thanks, oliver. how can g7 countries compete withu a china that uses its seemingly limitless resources to push its agenda in every sphere abroad. here, we have restrictions on democratic freedoms in hong kong. flybys over taiwan with the controversial planes that china has made over the south china sea back, just to name

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the united nation has passed the exit of all 4 fighters and mercenaries out of libya. that has yet to happen. that isn't strictly important because stability and security again to your point is extremely important to be able to do these electrons in a stable and secure environment with the bi away had a lot of ground rhetoric from the prime minister about libyans being one unit, one hot that hot hasn't been much in evidence these last few years, has it look at the shocking way migrants have been treated in your country in the last 2 months. hundreds of them have been intercepted, trying to freely been small boats and had for europe. do you know why they're so desperate to leave libya and you know, what happens to them when they're brought back to libya, these migrants, many of them, you know that yes, i do as a matter fact. but let me correct you what you're saying is not accurate. number one, these microphones, when they left their towers in the villages, from the various countries in africa, they set their mind and going to the northern shores of the mediterranean. t

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they've just received the shell relief food brought in by the united nations world food program. it's the 1st delivery of aide that received in months, stare and family among millions of years displaced by the conflict integrated region. the families sheltering an abundant construction site. a few kilometers from the village at the port where their home once stood, a set enough family pick up the pieces for you and as they were about 20 armed men, they gathered around my house and thrashed my crops. i constantly have nightmares about how brutal they were burning everything in no way. they kept getting closer burning, all of the harvested crops and straw. they burned my home and everything i had for the past 6 months. the united nations and 8 it is as i've repeatedly called for full humanitarian access, that to get a region in the face of growing fear of a protect the conflict with devastating effects on civilians. so this is a region that even prior to the conflict has been affected by shocks. in recent years we had the desert lucas this past year. hailstorm, some pockets of the

so united states has created a new national holiday tomorrow. the end of slavery in the nation. president joe biden assigned a bill into law to commemorate what's become known as june 18th alan fisher as mobile from washington dc. we are gathered here and a house built by and slaves, people. in a ceremony at the white house, it became official. the de slavery ended in america is now a national holiday. june 19 10800. 65 was the day union trips fried the last slaves in texas. 2 years after president lincoln's emancipation proclamation. a day that has become known as june 13th. this is the day profound in my profound weight and profound power day, which remember the moral stain, the terrible toll. this slavery took on the country and continues to take. it's the 1st national holiday approve since the 1900 eighty's for some it's something but doesn't address real issues of today. it avoids one of the major issues and that is the human rights of african american. people across the country took to the streets in the past year, advocating for racial eq

we spoke to ethiopia's ambassador to the united nations, who rejects the u.n. government isn't blocking aid, that it is being delayed by security checks. i had of the g7 summit, u.s. president joe biden announced the u.s. is purchasing 500 million doses of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine to donate to the countries most in need. he says this will supercharge the global fight against the pandemic. ♪ a peruvian prosecutor is asking that presidential hopeful keiko fujimori be placed in custody. she is charged with corruption, but she would win. castillo holds a narrow lead over the conservative candidate. fujimori claims voter fraud, alleging 500,000 ballots were suspicious without providing evidence to support her claims. there are fears a recount could take weeks. mariana sanchez as more from lima. mariana: the prosecutor today asked a judge to imprison keiko fujimori again, it is a common measure here in peru, preventive imprisonment, usually used for suspects so they don't flee justice. she has been in jail three times. this would be the fourth time. in the prosecu

front me but every one of us this is an opportunity for us as a nation to help and a missed opportunity if we don't i do think the united states is that one shining nation in the world i'm proud to be an american we are indispensable and here is an opportunity for us. >> thank you. >> please say hello to him when you see him. >> i recognize representative schneider from illinois for five minutes. >> thank you chairman. and to extend those good wishes from both sides of the aisle and on this committee in particular with the working commitment that value throughout the world. it always just seems more so at this moment and what makes that so relevant today is we are facing challenges unlike what we have seen the past 70 years like global warming to beat back the pandemic bringing the world to its knees. and with that authoritarian regime and that piece which is conflict there is so much we need to address and in your opening remarks it's important and just as important and it's good to have you here. and i concerns of the united nations that the actions of unra and the human rights council and china and russia and around

do you see a role for an organisation like the g7 to soar to beef out if the united nations security hip? we need to fight corruption and what president biden said the day builds on work that the foreign affairs select committee of the united kingdom has done since 2018, when we released our moscow gold report and exposing corruption, preventing the spread of dirty money through our systems and holding it until we can release it back to the people from whom it was robbed is exactly what we should be doing because let's not pretend that the government in russia today under president putin is anything other_ thana criminal gang. it does not represent the people, it merely exploits them. it is a brutal, moneymaking regime for one man and his acolytes. tom, thank you very much indeed. ambassador christopher hill. after the g7 comes nato for president biden and then after nato comes their first meeting, the first meeting of president biden and vladimir putin. what will you look for in that meeting. well, first of all, i hope that we will not have any of these frankly inappropriate one—on—o

kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations to communications firms in nigeria have shut down access to twitter. the move comes a day after the government indefinitely suspended. the u. s. social media giant. it accuses twitter of undermining what it called nigeria corporate existence. the suspension follows the removal of a tweet from president, hama, dable hurry for violating its abusive behavior policy. the post threatened to punish regional secessionist. facebook says donald trump will remain suspended from its platforms for a further 2 years. the former us president was brought from facebook after violating its community, sanders after the capitol hill lights in january. he's also been banned by twitter, the director of the f. b. i has compare the threat of cyber attacks in the us to the challenges posed after 911 christopher race as the agencies investigating a 100 attacks many originating from russia. alan fisher reports from washington recent run some weird attacks in the united states have targeted for distribution. they've targeted transport systems. and they've targeted oi

the wrong has decided that the united nations that they wanted to really focus these coming 10 years on restoration be in the heck test that we have over exploded the graded through our human activity. we need to put it back into working order. why? because we still need to feed the world, we still need to ensure that we can't live as humanity. and we can't do that if we continue to degrade the very land that sustains us. so the opportunities, yes, we protect what has not yet been interfered with. what we put back into working landscape that which we have degraded and it is so very doable each one of us know it from our back gardens. if we give that all from the fields where we work, if we give nature half a chance, it will bounce back. it just needs a little helping hand. so this is an initiative where we are working with the finance sector. obviously, we need to have farming on board and government science and communities to move on restoration, but it would be essential for food and for climate to governments have tended to look at short termism, but small governments look longer

the united nation has passed the exit of all 4 fighters and mercenaries out of libya. that has yet to happen. that isn't the stream. the important because stability and security again to your point is extremely important to be able to do these electrons in a stable and secure environment with the bi away had a lot of ground rhetoric from the prime minister about libyans being one unit, one hot, that hot hasn't been much in evidence these last few years. has it look at the shocking way migrants have been treated in your country in the last 2 months? hundreds of them have been intercepted, trying to freely been small boats and had for europe. do you know why they're so desperate to leave libya and you know, what happens to them when they're brought back to libya, these migrants, many of them, you know that yes, i do as a matter of fact some, but let me correct you what you're saying is not accurate. number one, these microphones when they left their towns in the villages from the various countries in africa, they set their mind and going to the northern shores of the med

i'm back or tell you, i guess the last see the speaking to us from the united nations on bus that are. thank you. thank you very much. thank you for having our the us purchasing half a 1000000000 cove in 1900 vaccine doses for lower income countries, vowing the united states will be the arsenal of vaccines in the fight against the corona virus. president joe biden made the announcement while on a visit to the u. k, where he will attend the g 7 summit starting on friday, or diplomat to get her james bass reports from the site of the summit in the south west of england. the leaders of 2 countries that often talk of this special relationship president joe biden, the prime minister boris johnston, examined a copy of a document signed by the us and u. k. in the dark days of world war 2, the atlantic charter paved the way for the treaty that created nato. and the late to charter that now governs the un for the 2 leaders believe as a parallel with present times the world needing renewed direction. after the pandemic and they offered some fresh support for countries, have been struggling to g

and this could be supported by the union, under the umbrella united nations. this would be a way out which will guarantee security on the one side, but also needs acceptance by the new population. and if the african union is owning the process, this would be really a good progress. ok, so that that would be one potential approach there. in the meantime, i'd like to ask you about civilians and all of this. because the u. n is estimating some 1300000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the, in the country to what extent is improving the situation for the living people themselves. also on the agenda right now, the libyan population is really under pressure. but on the other side, we have a split off the national bank. we have a split of the national tro system. but on the other side, the money is guaranteed. so there is a lot of burns inside the country, which is also distributed to the families. nevertheless, we have a strong need for engagement also of the united nations regarding the refugees, the migrants who ask sometimes as hostages in prisons

united nations . as the taliban has seized more than 50 african districts in the past month. what us then we have a lot of what is that are still under we still haven't received any help here today, it was surveying some families, but after a few minutes they left the area in question mark, many women and children were killed. that was fighting a rocket landed for of my family members were displaced from cannibal district due to fighting some years from turkey where the president ship type ottawa is officially launched. a controversial $15000000000.00 canal project west of stun bull. the assemble canal will link the black sea to the north with the sea of mama to the south on the route on route to the mediterranean, 45 kilometer waterways designed to take the pressure off the crowded boss for a straight, which runs through the middle of its down bull, i do on pushed the button on the start of construction 10 years after what he calls his crazy project was 1st suggested turkey's bank for reluctant to put up the financing for this. so instead, the money's been borrowed from chin

the united nations says that's because the pandemic left people stranded. it's refugee agency, says cobra 19 restrictions made it much harder for people fleeing war or persecution to reach safety. 11.2000000 people were nearly displaced last year. that brings a total of force to be displaced to 80. 2000000 is the highest number ever on record and double, but it was 10 years ago. the united nations is warning this year's humanitarian response plan for haiti's underfunded political instability, and cobit 19 about it to the needs of food and medicine and making matters worse. the country has not yet fully recovered from cholera outbreak. 10 years ago. kristen flimsy reports from the un in haiti, an impoverished country with densely pack communities, and poor sanitation disease can spread quickly. a surgeon corona virus cases is pushing the 2 main hospitals and the capital of porn prince to capacity. but international aid to haiti has been hard for the united nations to raise since 2010, when un peacekeepers there introduced cholera to the country. there's been

united nations is pleased to have co convened. i also want to thank germany for the leadership of the berlin process in support of the libyan people. we were especially pleased that representatives of libya prime minister to beta and foreign minister mongo. she joined us for this session and thank them for sharing their views on libby as transition and for their requests to the international community, which we will do our best to honor. b, a has made significant progress since the 1st berlin conference in january 2020. the october cease fire is holding a political roadmap, agreed by the libyan political dialogue formed resulted in the formation of the new interim unified executive authority and a commitment to hold elections by 24 december 2021. on the way forward elections will be crucial. they respond to the all who whelming desire of the libyan people to reinforce and consolidate the independence sovereignty territorial integrity and national unity of libya. united nations is providing technical assistance to live in authoriti

the united states is engaged in these critical issues for decades at the united nations and in other international organizations. by excel during pace of human activities in space raises the urgency of re-engaging with our partners and establishing norms and rules. earlier this week the united states made a public declaration of what our interests were in space can what threats we face and how we will engage with the international community established norms of behavior. this is a critical task that we rely on space for almost everything we do as a society to include navigation, accurate tom keatinge, global communications and of the weather. satellites from both government and private actors will increase nearly tenfold in the next decade. countries including china are developing the capabilities to disable or destroy -- threw thrh missiles, other satellites, cyber attacks and electronic warfare. if the united states plans to return to the men that also raise importance of minimizing the risk to astronauts in space. congress must pay careful attention to all these issues and determin

i'm particularly there that the delivery point of the united nations at bob and how that is the only point. and now on july 10, there is a possibility that maybe do nathan mission, security council is not going to renew the resolution. in that sense, these humanitarian crisis is going to maybe lead these $3500000.00 people seem to another crisis that's going to be further detail related. maybe even tawbard, a famine individual, as well. many thanks to out there is all set off the in ankara. humans are destroying the foundations of survival at an alarming rate. the you and says that an intense restoration effort must get under way to address pollution climate change a loss of nature. at the moment we're taking more than nature can provide sustainably around $1.00 times as much. a new un report says that we passed the point where conservation efforts alone can prevent large scale ecosystem collapse. and bio diversity loss. what's needed is a generation restoration that will restore more than a 1000000000 hector's of land over the next decade. that's roughly the size of china. it can be

but the us court ruled that the united nations could not be sued for damages due to diplomatic immunity. and no victims have ever been directly compensated. we are not usually on this method, but that does not mean that we are not responsible morally. that's why i did my best to ready support his paper is completely misleading and manipulative. international law professor and former un special rapid tour, philip austin says the un may have immunity in court, but it does have a responsibility to compensate victims under its own charter. this is not a question of a moral duty. it's illegal duty. we screwed these people. we've got to pay for it. in his book, bond describes lawyers who attempted to get compensation for haitians who lost loved ones as attempting to extort the un. mario joseph was one of those lawyers. when they came to the bed, 82 people murdered till quarter. we're going to go to school, you know, what about us? that's why it, it was that of mr. but haiti hasn't had a new case of cholera and 2 years, but the country has yet to recover with yet another deadly disease on the

the united nation has passed the exit of all 4 fighters and mercenaries out of libya. that has yet to happen. that isn't extremely important because stability and security again to your point is extremely important to be able to do these objections in a stable and secure environment list by away heard a lot of ground rhetoric from the prime minister about libyans being one unit, one hot that hot hasn't been much in evidence these last few years. has it look at the shocking way migrants have been treated in your country in the last 2 months? hundreds of them have been intercepted, trying to freely been small boats and had for europe. do you know why they're so desperate to leave libya and you know, what happens to them when they're brought back to libya, these migrants, many of them, you know, that yes, i do as a matter of fact and but let me correct you what you're saying is not accurate. number one, these microphones when they left their towns in their villages, from the various countries in africa, they set their mind and going to the northern shores of the mediterra

has supported the drafting of the united states national submission in response to the 2020 united nations general assembly rice lake on reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviors. from the d.o.d. perspective, the united states leadership in the development of a rules-based order for space activities reaps benefit for u.s. civil, commercial, scientific and national security space operators. as space activities worldwide become more prolific and more varied, voluntary, non-binding international norms standards and guideline of responsible behavior can benefit u.s. national security and foster a conducive environment for growing global space activities. thank you for your time and attention and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. hill. i appreciate that. i'll ask members one more time to please mute your microphones. there is still some background noise. now we will hear from general whiting. >> chairman cooper, chairman castro, ranking member lamborn. ranking member maliotakis and zij wish committee minneapolis thank you for

that is the conclusion of a new report from the united nations. according to its annual report, world drug report, the number of people using drugs globally has increased by 20 percent in just the past decade. the trend is expected to continue, especially in africa, where the number of people taking drugs there is projected to rise by 40 percent in the next 10 years. the corona virus pandemic has resulted in more drug use around the world loc downs and travel restrictions also for stealers to get more creative, finding new ways to sell drugs and deliver their drugs to users. no cannabis or marijuana remains the most widely used drug. and it's stronger than ever before. the u. s. has more and more young people are unaware of the potential health risks . afghanistan is home to the global heroine trade for the down and out in the capital cobble drug seemed like an easy escape from their difficulties. and in our next report, we need a woman determined to help users break the cycle of addiction bearings and because on atlanta, high diary is on her way

kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. you know, you watch a full interview with former un secretary general banking moon at 430 g m t on saturday. here on talk to al jazeera state of emergency has been declared across parts of crimea, annexed by russia after a heavy rain cause widespread flooding. emergency workers say about 300 homes and a hospital. i've been flooded in the city of coach entire sections of the city under water. the streets of pot cars submerged. these 22 ciphers have been killed in mexico's capital the so far this year that according to activists, are calling on the government to do more to protect people riding to the city streets. i don't offload reports from mexico city. this is a bicycle protests in mexico city. 2 demonstrations like these over alarming death toll among cyclists are becoming exceedingly commie. the activists say so far this year, at least 22 people have been killed while riding in the city. a white bike frame represents another victim from a traffic accident. this one is for a 13 yea

amy: that is the united nations special rep.: torture -- united nations special rapporteur on torture. john, explain what your site is going through, the kind of isolation he has faced. he has been at belmarsh for several years, but before that, also in a sense, to say the least, very isolated, though could see more people -- we at democracy now!, i would does he have a number of times to interview him and before when he was under house arrest. all this because the u.s. wants him in united states to try him under the u.s. treason act. can you talk about is mental state of mind now and why he does the work he does as a publisher of wikileaks and what he faces? >> amy, the circumstances of course described by nils melzer, the constantly not knowing where he is staying, no end to it. you can't count on one day being able to see your children. over the number of years, has accumulated to situation where nils melzer accurate describes it is psychological torture. the circumstance, well, it is easily -- the g7 meeti is based upon valu