revolution endorsed the united nations as.it is, which i was very glad to see them do that they said they didn't want it turned a world government. i'm very glad don't because i don't either. you cannot have of any kind except on the basis of a commonly held sense of justice. the reason we're one country today is the idea of justice is the same from one end of this country to the other, and the idea of man's relationship. the state is the same as long as you have the international communist movement. you will never have the same sense justice, the same sense of right and wrong. all the world. so what you would get would not be government. it would be turning. if there's one thing worse than a national, it'll be an international tyranny. the united nations should not be converted into a world. it is not a sovereignty. it cannot draft a single soldier. it cannot impose a single tax. it cannot pass a law. it is a useful to prevent war. that's all is. is there any agitation among countries up there about converting it into a no. n

ambassador to the united nations. live coverage on c-span 3. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] no >> thank you for coming this morning. i just got back from the white house. our colleague, marco rubio, is fully sworn in and installed and he was sworn in by vice president vance and things are good. we're going to start this hearing, again, and we welcome the public here. this is a public hearing of the foreign relations committee. we're doing america's work here. and i, over the years, there's been interruptions, and as i said, when i started this meeting last time, the new chairman has zero tolerance for interruptions. there will be no interruptions. there will be no communicating between anyone in the audience and either the witness or members of this committee. if there is, i am going to immediately pause the hearing. you'll be removed by my good friends here in blue. you will also be ba

the united nations is a tough place. she is from new york but she never backed down from a challenge. at the time of her first congressional election she was the youngest woman ever elected to the congress in united states history. she went on to become the youngest woman ever to serve elected house leadership and she will confidently and skillfully execute for donald trump and all of the american people at the united nations. additionally, on a personal level. she is a good mother, you can see her son sam back here, such a good mother they have legos on hold ready to go. a great wife, great daughter and a wonderful friend. her steady hand and genuine caring nature combined with her fierce intellect will bring exactly the person donald trump and our nation need at the united nations. i look forward to voting to support her when i have a chance and i thank all of you for the opportunity to have her before you today. >> thank you. well said. senator cotton. >> mr. chairman, senator shaheen, colleagues. it is my honor to jo

well, let united nations security council emergency amazing. we mentioned this still on going in the u. n. high commission of the human weiss spoke. a tuck has called for an investigation and to as well as attacks on hospitals, intentionally tire acting attacks against hospitals, and places where the sick and wounded are treated, provided they are not. military objectives is a war crime. under certain circumstances, the deliberate destruction of healthcare facilities may amount to a form of collective punishment, which would also constitute what crime is committed as part of the widespread or systematic a tech on the civilian population. such ex, males, amounts to crimes against humanity. i'm outside of them was a speech right to a former human sex, your general banking moon and now leads the center of the united nations studies of the university of finding him. and he joins us from her foot in the u. k. but he, thanks for being with us. what do you make of vol cuz speech, those strong message that israel has not provide sufficient evidence to

council, which is the parts of the united nations that have failed. because that is this idea that the big countries, the permanent members, for example, all the security council can do what they wish. but they try and impose that will on smaller countries that are looking at them and just saying, well actually you don't do so we can do we want. well, i mean, as you know, as you're suggesting, we have to take a to look at this in terms of a historical perspective. so if you think of the past 70 is also 80, is since the end of the, to the 2nd world war and compare that to the interval period between the 1st and 2nd of all was what you see is that that was an effort. often the 1st level of to create the world order, which essentially collapsed within about 12 or 13 years. right? so then, a revised effort was made with a lot of the same principles, but different operating methods. and the idea of the security council, the permanent members at fountains, insistence upon the members for the have a veto of security council resolutions. and that has created

in new york box to don leads the center for united nation studies at the university of birmingham. he says the un is under pressure to respond to is really a tax on humanitarian and medical workers. they've been numerous attacks on hospitals . they've been numerous attacks on humanitarian workers, united nations personnel, gymnast, and of course you'll janice. we know what's happening. i think the well is now looking on. i'm asking what action is going to be taken because we've seen repeatedly these crimes against humanity been claimed. these are these up make it doing kind of crimes against humanity. we're not seeing any action. i think people expect really that the united nations secretary general needs to be taking a much stronger active stops. may think that he should actually be in the middle east. and also be thinking that very, very clearly about putting together a coalition of the willing responsibility to protect civilians is also something that the united nations needs to remember as of to separate. it's off, the rwanda at these genocides were never supposed to happen aga

this year, the united nations celebrates its 80th year. a testament to the vitality of the organization and its centrality for multilateral corporations. united nations is more needed than ever, and thank you for your leadership. it is clear that global cooperation is stagnating. but the most pressing issues that we are faced with still need us to collaborate because they are trans-boundary. we do live in a world that's less predictable and more chaotic. we are grateful in this respect also for your personal efforts to maintain global dialogue and we remain steadfast in our commitment to work together toward a better future. at the beginning of this year, i invite you to share with your -- with us your assessment of the state of the world. welcome. [applause] mr. guterres: ladies and gentlemen, friends, it's good to be back in davos. your focus this year is on collaborationer in intelligence age and it is a noble vision. but let's face it, when many people look around the world they don't see much collaboration. and perhaps to their minds

the united nations security council has abandoned its commitment to peace. if you are a powerful nation with a permanent member and you have the right to veto, you can do almost anything. the security council will not condemn you. i think the united states has sent armed troops to about 30 countries to fight under the approval of the united nations since the second world war. other countries can do the same thing, if they are powerful enough. i wrote an op-ed for the "new york times" two years ago that showed the u.s. is now violating 10 of the 30 paragraphs in the universal declaration of human rights. a lot of those related to the discrimination against women, supposed to be equal, not just blacks being equal to whites and so forth. i think we have a long way to go still. we need to reassess the basic purpose of the united nations to be about peace, not conflict to resolve issues, and recommit ourselves to the basic principles of human rights. and i would urge all of you to just google universal declaration of human rights. if you have a couple of minutes,

states has sent armed troops to about 30 countries to fight under the approval of the united nations since the second world war. other countries can do the same thing if they are powerful enough. i wrote a piece for the new york times two years ago that shows the united states is now violating at least 10 of the 30 paragraphs in the universal declaration of human rights. a lot of those relate to the discrimination against women. they are supposed to be equal. it is not just blacks being equal to whites and so forth. i think that we have a long way to go still. we need to reassess the basic progress -- purpose of the united nations to be for peace, not conflict to resolve issues. we need to recommit ourselves to the basic principles of human rights. i am going to ask all of you to call up on google for the universal declaration of human rights. you can read it in 30 minutes. 30 paragraphs on human rights. it is easily violated, and easily justified. after 9/11 the united states clamped down and took away civil rights. they took some of mine. that's true. as far as information. we have

so i think there's increasingly a demo on for united nations, but minutes rise. she brought a tear in convoy a series of convoys to coming to gaza in gaza. city and is really droned strike at the residential neighborhood of shepherd one. at least $61.00 palestinians have been killed and is really a tax across the strip on friday. israel's military claims it's hating thomas gathering points on command centers. the foreign ministers of france and germany have met the leader of syria as new administration. i submitted a shudder on the capital, damascus. it's one of the highest level western diplomatic visits since the said government was top of last month. i some i had about a reports from damascus. not even a bad bulk. and joe knew when bob ok with a list of demands for the band, who now both syria, the minnesota far enough as and her friends going to about aust, the new administration to renounce act of vengeance full and inclusive government, protect my knowledge is and hold elections soon it was a meeting phase to break the ice between the band who has emerged f

and then the 2nd world war, even more destructive, which gave rise to the united nations, which as we sites has been a partial success. that's got some achievements, it's always been flawed. i think that my generation and like those born lights, i have not had that experience of wool which told a world in 1945. you know what? i have a divides us. we mustn't go through this again. now, garza what is happening and gaza is horrible. and i also want to draw attention to what is happening on the west bank, which in some time smaller way is also um, extremely serious and inhumane in crew. but that is a, i don't want to sound dismissive in this, but that is a localized, horrendous tragedy. and i don't think that that will have that kind of a generative effect for the, for the international system. and for political leaders all around the world in the way that the 2nd world war did. so i'm a little bit skeptical about the chances that a new order will be created quickly. i think we probably thought uncomfortably to go through some more erosion before we get the i hope i'm not just very quickl

ambassador to the united nations.eact. >> if you look at the anti-semitic rot within the united nations, there are more resolutions targeting israel than any other country, any other crisis combined. of we need to stay committed to the insuring every hostage a is brought home. i've met with many hostage families. this position, we need to be a voice of moral clarity. on the u.n. security council and at the united nations at large for the world the hear the importance of standing with israel. and i intend to do that. liz: what would you hope she tackles paris at the united nations? -- first at the united nations. >> it was the very aggressive testimony. he said out loud i stand with israel, and and she performed her moral if clarity, and we are expecting her to come as soon as possible to support us in the u.n., and we have to push back against anti-semitism, liz are. it's 2025, but you still have anti-semitism in the united nations. since october. th -- 7th, not one resolution condemning the atrocity -- liz: not one.

the united nations has no jurisdiction over the united kingdom or us in america.and this is our military base. alr already, if we give the chagos islands to mauritius, mauritius says they'll lease us our own base for about 9 billion pounds over ten years, already china is circling mauritius. already china is trying to be mauritius' best friend. and i don't have anything against the government of mauritius. they're wonderful people. i understand they want the money. they want our money. they want your money. they want us to pay them for our own military base. we need to stop this deal. president trump and secretary rubio need to pick up the phone and call prime minister stramer in the united kingdom and say with all due respect, stop dipping into your ketamine stash. put down the bong. we need this military base to combat china. don't do it. and if the president will do that, and the secretary of state will do that, i believe mr. starmer, who tried to ram this through the week before president biden took office but was stopped, i believe that he will give in. i don

the united nations global vehicle compact transforms the shared vision into action. adopted by leaders at the summit of the future -- it commits to establishing an independent international scientific panel on ai and and initiating a glob conversation at the table and building ai capabilities where they are needed most ensuring developing countries receive our full support. the world of ai's have and have notes web a world of perpetual instability. we must never allow ai to stand for advancing inequality. only by preventing the emergence of the spheres can we build a world where technology serves all humanity. >> mr. president, excellencies, our next steps will be crucial and the choices we make now will define our future. every moment of delay in establishing international guardrails increases the risk for us all. i urge member states to move swiftly in establishing the international scientific panel ol of artificial intelligence and establishing the dialogue within ai governance within the united nations. i also reiterate my call for banning lethal autonomous weapo

and the major general, head of mission and chief of staff of the united nations organization. it is so decided. security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. i now give the floor. >> members of the security council, i think you for the opportunity. i will commence with the brief and after this briefing i believe the general will brief. mr. president, as i brief you earlier this week on january 13 the hostilities between lebanon and israel, while fragile continues to hold. the ongoing visit to lebanon of the united nations secretary general i have the opportunity to visit the area of operation earlier today with the secretary-general. we saw firsthand the situation on the ground. we also met with a lebanese armed forces and the caretaker prime minister in beirut. from what i observed and what was shared the lebanese authorities are committed to upholding their commitments under resolution 1701. i reiterated the united nations, including -- is absolutely committed to supporting the parties in this regard. the lebanese armed forces have deployed to 93

the united nations held an emergency meeting at the security council in response to israel's attacks on hospitals. the w h o is representative for the occupied palestinian territories as both hospitals need to be protected individual till the situation continues to deter it. the hospital reportedly received in order to evacuate and to provide the list name and details of all those. so aside the urge to the hospital and is remain patients or dangerous and active conflicts all be protective. all are we just the last remaining minimal functional of coping or gaza has been without many essential medicines for more than 85 days. we have just received reports as all out of true as being order to fully evacuate with this. the last health lifeline in north garza is at risk of being saved. our honeymoon fluid has more from dated by law in central garza, the hey, zach. listen. orders extended to uh, the last remaining a small health facility that's allowed the hospital that has a charge part of a charge of the past few weeks. then since the beginning of the grant, offensive, and as of right in

i'm the united nations century monitoring and it is flowing into the strip. it says nearly $900.00 trunks entered gaza on tuesday. the cease fire agreement stipulates a minimum of $600.00 trucks enters every day. heavy equipment is also being allowed in to clear the rubble. the pausing, fighting is highlighted the extent of the destruction these really managers caused this morning. but if guys have remains on duplicate, it's going to take at least 350 years to rebuild. we're going to bring in him cartridge, who's in, um, causing an essential gas out. one of the key elements of this uh, rebuilding process or at least a clearing process with that heavy machinery we brought in is of course the recovery of bodies which one must be incredibly traumatic for those who have been wondering for their relatives and friends have been with well, we're talking about thousands of house units that have been destroyed and we're talking about at least 11000 palestinians who remain trapped under the rubble. and we're not talking about palestinians who have been killed and trapp

she's there to promote united nations week. but elena's life had so many dimensions that her savvy use of the brand new medium of television has been previously overlooked. the early days of television were profoundly influential on popular culture and early use of tv to advance the causes of peace in the rights of women and the politically marginalized was groundbreaking. however, she also courted relationships with the film industry as early as 1932, writing for fan magazines like photoplay and modern screen son james enlisted her to in the prolog for 1940 anti-nazi film pastor hall, riling the ire of isolationists in the senate on propaganda in motion pictures and radio. but she would also disappoint activists when choosing to cross a picket line protesting segregated cinemas in washington, dc to attend a fundraiser screening of abe lincoln in illinois. eleanor contribute to civil defense films during the war and became a staple joke in hollywood comedies. she and her opinions on issues like censorship and the motion picture

that's all was at the center of a i believe in systems united nation. his could meet seats to me these efforts. and we are working with government industry and civil society to ensure that say i be times a team of opportunity, wilson and providence for all people. ladies and gentlemen, not wasting time to wake up to be success, existential challenges, and faced them had bought. and so as far as the in sauces of progress as well for the welfare, for everybody as a global community, we must leave up. diction has become a frankenstein monster, the severe weather conditions we're seeing now. he said, when a sign of the hotter movie to come, he also urge people to get behind the un efforts to establish controls. i'm discussion and guidelines of the development of artificial intelligence, particularly when it comes to using it for the benefit of developing countries. a saw head on all the 0. shelton goes one step so, so the ending of 23 year white for an american males win a grand slam title action coming up next is the the, the government of democratic repub

that is only getting worse phase the united nations. i knew you in battery for says simon conditions. aust, spreading nearly 25000000 people half the population are facing acute food shortages. millions have been forced to move or flee the country, the world's largest displacement of people by conflict today and its last 10 days in office. the binding administration has announced the rapids support forces which has been fighting the sudanese army since april 2023 has carried out genocide. so how is the situation worse me? why i so many more people now in danger and what's being done to end the conflict will talk to our guest shortly. but 1st, this from victoria gave to me and warning her report contains images view as might find distressing. after nearly 2 years of slicing in sudan, the scale of human suffering is catastrophic researches from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine estimate. more than 61000 people have been killed. 26000 as a direct result of the violence. the rest from starvation and disease the situation is

okay, but you and i've worked many hours of the united nations security council discussing this role. i'm cooling for a seas fund. they've voted on so many resolutions, but the majority of being veto, you'd have a nice a as they have in the un security council is of course tasked with maintaining international peace and security. and by all accounts, they've clearly failed in gaza. and i think back to the last 15 months or so, the 1st resolution that came up in front of the security council was by russia. and that was just a little after a week after october 7, 2023. but since then i, i looked at the calendar and it's been almost $2.00 to $3.00 security council meeting specifically on guys every month for the past 15 months. and it's been clearly the united states that has been hindering any progress on a cease fire. it's us detailing not one, not 2, not 3, but 4 different security council resolutions. it's something certainly i think probably history books will be written about how the security council has failed in gaza. but turning to the secretary general, let's listen to little b

the head of the united nations development programme spoke to me earlier.king about the moment we had reached with the ceasefire agreement. i think like anyone, first of all, in gaza, in israel, and the whole region, or across the world who has been following this conflict for 15 months, i think it is a moment of extraordinary anticipation and perhaps relief in the sense that yes, let's see if on sunday the guns stop, the killing stops, so in that sense, yes, it is an extraordinarily important moment. tell me about the immediate relief efforts that you are involved with. as the secretary—general highlighted in his statement, the united nations with its multiple agencies, from unicef to the world food programme, our emergency relief coordinator, and some of you will remember seeing the images of hundreds of trucks being lined up to bring in humanitarian supplies, the first priority is food, medicalsupplies, essentially addressing an extraordinarily desperate situation, and that first phase of being able to scale up that humanitarian support takes precedence

the united nations humanitarian air service crewmember was also injured when the air force was hit. a high-level delegation also at the airport when it was tracked. the delegation has just concluded discussions on the humanitarian situation in yemen and the release of -- the united nations continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of all personnel pertained by the houthis. i read rate the secretary -- i reiterate the secretary-general's grave concern and i also echo that international law must be respected by all parties. we must protect civilians and civilian infrastructure. humanitarian workers must be protected at all times. madame president, we condemn attacks claimed by the houthis including in the arabian sea on december 27. u.s. forces targeted systems in december, reportedly in response to the houthis maritime attacks. there are been unconfirmed reports of airstrikes on when a seventh, 28, and 29 december in different parts of yemen. we read rate that attacks originate -- we reiterate that attacks must stop. security council resolution 2722 must be fully

there is only getting worse phase the united nations. i knew you in battery for says simon conditions. aust, spreading nearly 25000000 people half the population are facing acute food shortages. millions have been forced to move or flee the country, the world's largest displacement of people by conflict today and its last 10 days in office. the binding administration has announced the rapids support forces which has been fighting the sudanese army since april 2023 has carried out genocide. so how is the situation worse me? why i so many more people now in danger and what's being done to end the conflict will talk to our guest shortly. but 1st, this from victoria gave to me and warning her report contains images view as might find distressing. after nearly 2 years of fighting in sudan, the scale of human suffering is catastrophic researches from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine estimate more than 61000 people have been killed. 26000 as a direct result of the violence. the rest from starvation and disease the situation is

i think the united nations general assembly comes to new york every september.will take an attitude into the u.n. they'll break some china. >> dana: one of the big actions president trump took was rescind united states taxpayers dollars going to the united nations, which was stealing the money and giving it away inappropriately through unra. now this about doge. >> this is an order creating and implementing the department of governmental efficiency known as doge. >> president trump: that's a big one. >> bill: a big one. stroke of the pen president trump creating the department of government efficiency. elon musk reaction shortly after signing in. the legal challenges began immediately. the lawsuit to the side what they are trying to do won't be easy. hillary vaughn live on the hill to take us through that one. nice to see you, good morning to you. hello. >> good morning to you, bill. the flurry of lawsuits were filed before president trump signed that executive order making the department of government he i shall fen see officially part of the executive branch a

or will the united nations on the as why the government are in disagreement? i have a lot for replaced the un agency for palestinian refugees as honora, when a bond on his operations comes into effect later this month. because he's a lifeline to millions of palestinians, especially now in garza and the occupied west bank. you in chief antonia terraces wound his way. the officials saying if honora is forced to cease it's activity, is in the occupied palestinian territories including east jerusalem, israel would be left to ensure that the range of services under assistance which the agency has been providing all still provided as well. and you'll see michael, but he's an associate fellow and i missed a task from house. that's a process. think time can you joins us now from london. many thanks for joining us . once again, you'll see. so in just a few weeks, time is roll fine on on. well, we'll come into effect. first of all, can you just give us an idea on the impact that is going to have on dollars where we're seeing people solving on balance palestinian babies.

i don't think the united nations has been socially involved in these discussions. and we've had bitter experience as you say, of these many months of promises made promises not kept. and the gangster is, is, as i think i've said before, a natural consequence of the lack of a lack of supply. it's the lack of access to food and drink. it comes the games a, nobody's policing up the post and the police are being pushed away. and so who is going to actually contain uncontrolled, the balance is endemic. now, the roads are still mind in many places. and the other, the other aspects is fantastic. you can go home. that's great at last you of course, will be monitored for weapons. but you can begin to think about the future. my view is that these issues about humanitarian aid are also linked to the credit, the import just you're giving the people it goes hope has been destroyed, the hope kills people. the lack of it as you know. and i think that there will be a problem of the possibility of israel will go back to, well, never mind it's withdrawals. they've retained the right