they look to the united nations. the united nations cannot handle this alone. we need collective power solidarity. otherwise our world will have more and more troubles. ladies and gentlemen, millions of people continue to suffer from the devastating consequences of government failures, injustice, inequality, violation of human rights and unbearable poverty. now let me just mention several cases. what i am going to say is not -- but serious situations. let us think about syria. this is the fifth year with the syrian people have been killed and displaced. meanwhile the parties continue to show little or almost no willingness to solve this through dialogue. this is why i've asked my special envoy to do maximum efforts to relaunch a political dialogue as a way to implement geneva convention. if anyone is truly serious about engaging in meaningful negotiations to end this nightmare he has to walk on this matter. i would like to make a special plea on the palestinians in the refugee camps. they are caught between the military civil government and the brutality. they

now without your help the united nations cannot deliver. in the middle of this united states, they have played a very important role and that is why is taking to the people of the united states and you may represent all different organizations but i believe the people of the united states government to provide generous support for humanitarian issues and also shows the strong political leadership role. it is the seventh year anniversary at the united nations at a time when we face a major decision that shapes lives for generations to come. this is the time of test far more tremendous opportunities. as distinctions between the national and international continue to fall away, we can and must come together towards a safer and more sustainable future for all of us. ladies and gentlemen you have an important role as internalized. you are connect to and from the united nations and the world that people should be enlightened by your use and educated man. what is happening now, but more importantly how we should work together to make this world bet

engagement at the united nations. the u.n. is instrumental in advancing our nationals purity interests -- security interests in the united states. [audio difficulties] >> trying to bring them to undertake the same admission. organizations like the world food program u.n. women, u.n. population fund, help reduce poverty, protect children, feed the hungry promote women's political and economic impairment and improve health standards and the millions around the world. the benefits are not always obvious to the casual observer, the u.n. delivers real result for every american tax dollar that we contribute. the united states cannot be the world's policeman and as i said before no one nation can or should address today's global challenges alone. and that is why we must continue to work together with the world community using every tool at our disposal, unilateral action should be the last option and not the first. those who eat viewed the u.n. negatively or advocate for reducing resources undermine the effectiveness and limit our ab

since 1948 the united states has been a steadfast defender of the state of israel at the united nations. i am troubled by recent reports and press statements by the administration that the united states would "re-evaluate our approach." which could signal a shift in position at the united nations. i believe it is in our national security interest that the united states unequivocally continues to standby our democratic partner israel. is it still the position of the administration to veto one-sided anti-israel resolutions at the u.n.? >> thank you, congresswoman. i have worked tirelessly, ambassador rice has worked tirelessly, our predecessors in this job have worked tirelessly to defend israel's legitimacy and its security at the united nations. and we will absolutely continue to do that. when we -- when there was a discussion about re-evaluation i want to be very, very clear that there was no contemplation and will never be a contemplation of reevaluating our deep security and deep partnership and friendship relationship with the state of israel. as you know well, the military the secu

ambassador your job is at the united nations. once again we've seen an awful lot of talk. we've seen words put down, draft in draft that, are the people of yemen being let down by the u.n.? >> well, the people of yemen have been let down by the houthis who decideed to jump over this political process and to try to take it over by force. and establish their point of view and their supremacy on the yemeni people. this is wherer where the yemeni people have been let down. there was a genuine process of consultation and dialogue that was taken place under the auspices of the gcc. but all of a sudden the houthis. they have been let down by the houthis first and foremost. >> the ambassador to the united nations talking to us a while ago. now turning to the north of kenya. several days ago 148 kenyans died. there have been a number of developments. let's go to the kenyan capitol of nairobi. a number of financial moves to freeze bank accounts and declare them illegal. take us through that. >> well, yes, starting with the people who have been arraigned in court david. five of them

the kenyan government telling the united nations to move a massive refugee camp. over the border from kenya into somalia within three months. if it doesn't do that kenya said it will take action itself. one of the world's largest camp shelters largely somali refugees who face civil war in their own country, but kenya has 600,000 people are possibly there. and the decision to say you got to get out follows an attack by somali fighters in a kenyan university that killed 148 people. it has deeply wounded the kenyans in more ways than one. confirming the motive speaking on saturday saying that they said we have asked united nations high commissioner to relocate the refugees in three months. failure to do which we shall relocate them ourselves. they went on the way america changed is the way that kenya will change after garissa garissa being the place of the university where all those students died. this is extraordinary. if it's actually going to happen. >> well, this, is the boldest statement from the kenyan government yet. >> this is going to put refugees in more di

the united nations of united states of america has been extremely act i in yemen trying to gather intelligence about the presence of top houthis -- alciddy commanders and targeted it. now we know that u.s. person operating on the ground left yemen after situation deteriorated and after -- before houthis rebels captured the air base in mosul. they put up from the country but it seems there's still -- some sort of a coordination that could perhaps be between the yemen the yemenis the saudis and the americans to target the top leaders of al quaida. >> and what is -- just take us through the significance to al quaida, because we know he was a very senior figure within the group. we know that he was the spiritual leader, just tell office little bit more about his role, and how his death now might impact? well, al quaida has many leaders likes that sal who is the top leader but we also have a very powerful military commanders like al fifi. and ibrahim who is a top leader. a spiritual leader is someone who issues, who finds religious justifications for suicide bombing attacks or military p operations

that's the exact amount of united nations asked for on friday. saudi arabia is still leading coalition airstrikes in yemen and on saturday 20 houthi fighters were killed. some were killed in gun fights with those loyal in abd rabbuh mansur hadi. let's go to mohammed, who is monitoring things for us close to the border in yemen. what message is saudi arabia accepting sending by pledging in aid money. >> yes saudi arabia wanted to send a message that it is there in yemen not just to defeat the houthis and loyalist has are against saudi arabia. it is there to help the people of yemen. the two countries are historic neighbors, and they influence each other in many ways. there is over a million yemenis living in saudi arabia and working there as well. on the other hand, saudi arabia also wants to respond to this emergency, this call by the united nations to give this amount of money and it is very difficult to tell to what extend extent this is going to help the yemenis in need. and how quickly. they need this aid today not tomorrow. millions have bee

james bayes, al jazeera, the united nations. >>> palestinians are honoring pilsner's day.re thousands in detention. some stay in jail for years without ever knowing why. >> reporter: these pictures show the israeli army rounding up palestinians on wednesday. a scene that is repeated across the occupied west bank almost every night. when israel carries out these raids, palestinian security forces are not informed. israel currently holds 6,000 palestinians in its prisons, 450 are held in administrative detention. this means detaining them without charge or trial on indefinitely renewable military orders. this man spent over 13 years in administrative detention. he was released two weeks ago, and while detained he has missed the birth of his two children some of their weddings and the funerals of his mother and two siblings. >> translator: israeli policy is based on net letting inmates know the reason for detention. this causes a psychological conflict. >> reporter: palestinians protest the policy regularly, and this is one of many demonstrations held in the west bank to hono

the united nations releasing 15 million in aid. >> the governor of the u.s. state of maryland declared a state of emergency in baltimore following violent protests after the urinal of freddie gray a black man who died in police custody. a curfew from 10:00 pm to 5am will be in force on tuesday. a u.n. inquiry found israel killed 44 palestinians at u.n. schools. they were used as shelters during the gaza war last year and found that three empty u.n. schools were used by palestinian armed groups to store weapons. >> to yemen where saudi-led airtrips against houthi targets. an armed blockade slowing fuel and food. fighting between rebels continues to intensify. particularly in the southern city. it near the yemeni capital, air strikes targetting houthi fighters south of sanaa. there's no reports of immediately casualties. the envoy to yemen say the facilities facilities... a targeted arms embargo could inadvertently restrict commercial goods and humanitarian substance >>> al jazeera's staff mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are back in an egyptian court on t

not many countries use the united nations to help recover the money. as you know, they use different means of hiding the action. you have so many screened companies, one behind the other. >>> they did not just steal from the country. they also took people's sense of dignity. the reality is that these skill children will probably be adults before all of the assets are recovered, if they ever are. al jazeera tunis. >> three people have been killed in violence which broke out in one of mexico's largest cities. after the leader of a prominent drug cartel was arrested by police. roads were blocked with burning buses while on streets gang members and state forces exchanged fire. on the u.s.-mexico border it has become a battlefield in turf wars between two major drug gangs. >>> it sounds like something from the science fiction novel researchers are now able to grow human organs in just a few hours. andy gallagher has gone to north carolina to sea how the technology is working. >> it's a technology few would have thought possible. but here at wake forest inst

to follows the leaking of a united nation says report in to the claims last year.ort is said to have documented the exploitation of children as young asinine by french peacekeepers last year. children at a center for internally displaced people at the airport in the capital said they were sexually abused in return for food and money. the report was leaked to french authorities by a senior official in geneva who believed the u.n. had failed to take action to stop the abuse. he's been suspended and is himself under investigation. >>> let's talk now to paula donovan the co-director of the advocacy group aids free world. she handed that document over to the british press. joining us now live from the hague in in the netherlands via skype. good to have you with us, first of all let's get one thing straight if you can help us here. has anyone actually been held accountable for these alleged owe bruising so far? >> as far as i know, i have heard no indication that anyone has been arrested for these abuses no. >> now was the u.n. still in the process of investigating of ta

united nations security council say that it wants humanitarian access. most of the camp has been ruined since being occupied by the islamic state in iraq and the levant fighters since wednesday. they have considered emergency measures to get people out. there are thousands of refugees already fled, and now say that they're staying at a temporary camp. well another key battleground against isil with iraqi city tikrit. security forces have recaptured from isil after that group had taken control of it last summer. officials say that it's okay for people to go back to their homes. >> many of the roads and buildings in tikrit remain deserted. the iraqi army allied with shia militias may be in control now but the fighting has been intense for recent weeks. the islamic state in iraq and the levantoverislamic state in iraq and the levant over ran saddam hussein's hometown in june. the security forces are trying to convince people it is safe to return. >> we're in control of security. we control all the government buildings and we have secured the residential are

let's speak to william, a specialist on asylum from the united nations united nation commission for refugees. so many migrants continue to make a perilous journey. do you think numbers are growing because of the conflict taking place around the world? >> absolutely. the fact that many people in fact many of them are not economic migrants but refugees fleeing conflict in syria and horn of africa has increased. this meant that the number of people taking the dangerous journeys to find safety in europe increased enormously since last year. >> doesn't this show that the e.u.'s policy of scaling back maritime rescue operations to deter the journeys is not working? >> well people will not be deterred. i mean if people are fleeing for their lives they will take enormous risks in order to find safety and this is what we are seeing. in the past there was a large-scale rescue operation launched by the italian authorities. unfortunately that came to an end last year and since then it has been replaced by smaller local operations that are aiming to patrol the sea borders of italy and do not have a searc

can you tell me if it's possible -- are you willing -- the united nations or the security council is willing to -- to have a direct or indirect talks with daesh in order to stop the -- the killing? in syria. in iraq in yemen, and the middle east. >> daesh or islamic state, they have committed unspeakable crimes against humanity. and the level of brutality is just unspeakable. i cannot describe it enough. my anger. they must stop. whatever grievances they may have all of these should be resolved through dialogue not through killing people in such a horrific brutal way. i strongly condemn again, they must give up their arms and discuss all of this through peaceful means. this is not what human being are -- to do. this is unacceptable. unacceptable yeah. >> mr. secretary general on yamuk first, who is talking to daesh so that you would have the safe passage that you have been calling for, the u.n. has been trying to do this? and who do you have in find when you say there is a massive assault being prepared that you are calling already a war crime? and on yemen there's movement by iran t

he is suggesting that iran will bring this to the united nations here in new york.posedly that means bring it to the second quarter. i have to tell you the diplomats i have spoken to say it's unlikely to be much appetite for something else at the u.n. security council now that has passed this resolution. there was originally a russian resolution and then there was this other resolution which came up from the gulf cooperation council. they managed to avoid a russian veto, so i think the other members, other than russia will be happy with what they have achieved and it's unlikely the security council will do anything else about yemen any time soon. >> james bayes thank you very much. >>> let's get more now on what is .hahhing in yemen where tribes are fighting against houthi rebels. alexei o'brien reports. >> reporter: tribal fighters just 500 meters from the houthi front lines. thousands of local men have been on high alert, since the rebels captured sana'a in september. there have been almost daily skirmishes here for months. >> translator: as you can see we are eve

that of, can you tell us what the dynamics are at the united nations? you mentioned russia as it relates to sections. we have asked for the establishment of an arms embargo. we cannot seem to get that done. also, the current u.s. peacekeeping levels and south sudan -- are they being maintained at the current level? what do we need to know from this committee's advantage point that we need to do to make sure this peacekeeping forces are funded? and regard to haiti, i believe the true production will take place very soon and will go back to what they were before the devastating earthquake in 2010. what is the timeline of this reduction and how will this affect the security in haiti? ambassador power: thank you, and let me just take this occasion since we have not had too much time to talk about budget requests, take it manage of the opening you have given me to make a fervent appeal that the president's budget request be fulfilled. in part because the whole host of issues we discussed up to this point. but because i think you see with the haiti drawdown i

we have the various united nations security council resolutions, the most recent being 2216. and it is our hope that the -- that all yemeni parties will be able to work together in order to implement the -- what everybody knows is the settlement to yemen's problem. and we hope they'll be able to put in place a constitution that works for everyone. we hope they'll be able to have an election law that is fair that leads to free and transparent elections and that yemen then can move on in terms of its -- the political process towards a much better future. so it is our hope that the political talks would resume as quickly as possible and conclude as quickly as possible. with regards to iran we don't believe iran has any role to play in yemen. iran is not a neighboring country of yemen. we see iran as part of the problem in yemen, not the solution. the support that they have provided to the houthis in terms of financial support, logistical support, personnel, and military equipment has been very very dangerous and destabilizing to yemen and we do not believe that the houthis would

coming up on the show, the united nations says that the situation for refugees in yarm yarmouk camp are far from humane humane. >> a city that produces 11,000 tons of garbage and is running out of space. coming up we'll lack at how government and locals are trying to tackle the problem. >> in yemen where the saudi-led coalition continues to strike against houthi targets. saudi arabia has given the red cross permission to provide aid to yemen but deliveries have been delayed because of logistical problems. >> after days of heavy fighting, civilians are being killed. houthi rebels along with fight fighters loyal to ali abdullah saleh, former president. these are fighters loyal to president hadi, and the city is a battleground. the locals are caught up in the middle. >> it is difficult to get the food supply and power maybe we'll have three hours of power today. otherwise, everything is going down hill. >> reporter: people in aden say they have been without clean part for five days and stores are being cleaned out of food. president hadi may have little impact because the military is large

the united nations says the rains are making the search and rescue mission even more difficult.e is running out for many of those still trapped beneath the rubble. these hours are crucial. rescue experts say people can only survive about three days without food and water. >>> well jamie is the united nations resident coordinator in nepal, he says the rescue and relief efforts are going well but there are problems. >> there are many internationals coming to support the effort. on the broader terms there are relief items coming in but the airport is quite congested. it is quite limited in terms of capacity so the result of that has been a bit of an impediment. but what we have to do is get to the most affected areas, the epicenters of the earthquake. we hope the after shocks will stop, because rain has kicked in making an already difficult situation much more severe. there will be large contingent of people who will not be able to go back home because of their houses being destroyed or unsafe. >>> there have been -- there has been trouble getting relief aid to the areas affected b

the united nations say they are the ones most affected by these attacks. there are 5 million migrants living in the country. it's hard to be precise because many live and work illegally. many have attributed the recent violence to a lack of jobs. the jobless rate in south africa is 25% but even more dramatic is the youth unemployment rate at 40%. we spoke with a senior reporter in johannesburg. >> what we see is a fresh flare up of tension and violence going throughout the night. we've had teams out and about through the night. there have been a lot of clashes. there were flats burned down, cars on fire. there were running battles throughout the night rubber bullets used by police to push back those in the streets. within the last hour, we've seen tensions rise up again. at least one person was taken by ambulance. this was of course still the tension between the locals downtown and some of the foreigners living there. police are out and about as we speak right now trying to calm tensions. this began about two weeks ago in one other province and then slowly

. >> the united nations has launched a $450 million appeal to help people affected by nepal nepal's earthquake. over 5,000 people have been confirmed dead. aid has reached many areas but many people say they have not received any food or supplies. people fought with police in kathmandu frustrated by the lack of emergency relief getting through. >>> well thousands of people have been forced to camp outdoors. they either have no homes left or too scared of the aftershocks to sleep inside. dramatic footage has emerged showing the quake that struck nepal. the security cameras are from katmandu's district. once the dust clears rescuers crowd around to help the man who appears to be injured but alive. let's go to mohammed jon june who is joining us live from kathmandu. what is being done? it's a difficult situation to get more aid to more people. >> well, elizabeth first i should tell you sadly we've received new casualty numbers from senior police officials here. as of now 5,400 and 91 people killed as a result of this earthquake and they expect that death toll will rise in the days to come. and th

even the united nations saying that critical shortages are shelter, water and medicine and 1.4 million don't even have enough to eat. this frustration has caused some people, too, as we heard before you mentioned some people start having clashes with police. but other people say that they didn't want to take it any more. they don't want to be in the capitol, and they're leaving by the thousands. i went to one of the main bus stations in kathmandu to find out why. >> this is nepal's main bus station here in kathmandu. thousands of people are now trying to leave the city. since saturday's quake people have been too scared to leave with aftershocks hitting them on the highway. we have one gentleman who is traveling 900 kilometers to his home village. >> i've been trying to get a ticket to leave since the earthquake. there have not been any buses available. i want to go now. we're all worried about getting sick and the city is not safe. it's safer for me to go home. >> now his is 900 kilometers away and it will take two or three days, but people are willing to risk the journey now even if

kenyan government has told the united nations it must move a massive refugee camp within three months. the camp is one of the world's biggest shelters and it is thought there are 600,000 somali

baltimore, after protests hours after the funeral of a black man who died in custody >>> the united nations condemns israel's border strikes on u.n. facilities killing many during the gazan war last year. also... >> i'm reporting from the busiest port in scandinavia where they are clamping down on emissions from ships. >>> time is running out to find survivors of nepal's deadly earthquake. more than 4,000 are confirmed dead. rescuers have been able to find people alive under rubble in the capital kathmandu. hopes are fading for more survivors. several aftershocks rocked the country since the 7.8 quake. and people are trying to leave kathmandu any way they can. the nations pledged $15 million to help victims. the u.k. joined dozens of countries sending relief supplies. aid has begun to arrive. people are frustrated it's not getting to them fast enough. >> andrew simmonds begins coverage from the outskirts of kathmandu. >> reporter: they are fighting over sheets of plastic. anything representing shelter are in short supply. crowds are homeless or refusing to return to their houses for fear of

[ explosions ] >> the united nations says millions of yemenis are in danger, the country is in humanitarian disaster. good to have you with us, i'm david foster, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up a plane packed with aid landing in the yemeni capital. kenya targets al shabaab following an attack on a university there. how india plans to turn mountains of rubbish such as this into leskt. electricity. united nations children's agency which is tasked with protecting the young unicef, is warning that the war in yemen is driving the country towards humanitarian disaster. putting millions of people many of them young in danger. it's 12 days since the saudi led coalition began targeting houthi rebels there and the death toll from the fighting is mounting. in the past 24 hours dozens have been reported to be killed in clashes in aden alone. several days now the southern port city has seen intense street battles. forces loyal to president hadi, among other things food and water are now in short supply. well the red cross plane carrying much-needed aid has now landed in the c

but after the second world war the international system created under the united nations, the trustee system to replace the mandate system. south africa, when it saw this system coming into being, it began to send young christians to the prime minister. saying, we are thinking about

>> i think that's simply the united nations centers an unicef knew about it. the department of peacekeeping operations knew about it, and they knew about it for six to eight weeks. they didn't do anything now that they're claiming that the senior official who did go to law enforcement about it leaked these facts and that he is in violation for their availability to report a crime of this heinous nature. then the beau kraut for the protocols ought to reexamine their protocols. >> joining me live from washington, d.c. thank you for joining us with your thoughts. thank you. >> still to come on the program cries of fraud from togo, as the president is re-elected. >> i'm in europe's largest holding center for refugees. many have crossed the mediterranean seas to get here and some of them are exploited for crime. >> for sports lee will be here. and he'll tell us if they have closed that gap. >> in yemen the launch of airstrikes targeting houthi positions in the southern ports of aden. it has prevented aid flights from landing. >> a passenger plane incinerated, crate

but this whole incident is potentially embarrassing for the united nations because until now the only person who has been punished for anything is that u.n. human rights official who raced the alarm. >> we will look at some of those other scores now. there is more violence in burundi's capital gauze of the president's third term in office. the court is looking into whether the bid is unconstitutional. >>> russia's gas giant gazprom has reported a steep loss in privates in 2014. the 86% plunge is blamed on the weak ruble and the troubled gas operations as well as falling oil prices. >>> greece's government is considering selling states in the country's two largest ports. the government said that it's willing to sell 51% stake and the move would an concession to reach an agreement with international lenders and a route to unlocking bailout funds. >>> now italy is struggling to cope with the number of migrants arriving on its shores just this year about 25,000 have crossed the mediterranean sea. those psyching asylum are housed in reception centers around the country. we go to sicily to

jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> kenya gives the united nations only three months to move the world's biggest refugee camps over the board to sow mall with a. >> you're watching live from london. in the next 30 minutes cuba's president apologizes to u.s. president barack obama as they get ready to hold historic talks. in panama. >>> local armed groups battle houthi rebels across southern yemen bolstered by the saudi-led airstrikes. >> kenya has told the united nations it has to move the world's biggest refugee camp over the border to sow ma i somalia, and it has been given three months. it has accused sal shah babb of hiding out in the rafael camp and the decision to say get out follows a decision on attack on an university that killed 148 people. william ruto said, they have asked them to relocate the refugees in three months, to which we shall row locate them ourselves. let's go live to garrissa. they say that the united nations is absolutely shellshocked by this announcement, but do they believe it's something that we believe they will carry ou

united nations responsibility is getting more and more -- the united nations has appealed $16 billion to cover humanitarian relief for this year. almost five times what we needed a decade ago. that's a huge increase exponential increase. billions of people face hatred and prosecution. billions suffer from hunger and exploitation. and billions of dollars continue to be -- >> -- everyone welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is heather conley, senior vice president for europe, eurasia and the arctic. i'm extremely proud that the arctic is in my formal title. we here at csis in our program have a tradition. we host a public conversation just a few days before an arctic council ministerial. so we have had in 2011 the road to nuke. in 2013, the road to karuna. today, we have the road to iqaluit. senator murkowski says it is also said iqaluit. so iqaluit or iqaluit but we're off to nunavit next week. and i could think of no more perfect speaker to offer some reflections just eight days before the united states assumes the arctic council chairmanship than a p

a united nations probe has confirmed israeli forces conducted direct attacks on united nations facilities in gaza, killing at least 44 palestinians sheltering at the sites during last summer's assault. the attacks took place despite repeated warnings to israeli forces, which included the gps coordinates of u.n. sites. in one case, the israeli defense forces fired 88 mortar rounds at a u.n. girls' school where 3000 refugees were sleeping, killing up to 18 people including a u.n. , employee and two of his sons. palestinians have vowed to bring -- it also found they hit weapons at three mtu in schools. palestinians have vowed to bring the findings here to the international criminal court at the hague where they became the newest member earlier this month. the supreme court is hearing arguments today in a historic case that could legalize same-sex marriage across the united states. same-sex couples can now wed in 36 states and washington, d.c. but the case under consideration today could establish the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples in all 50 states. the plaintiff in the ca

any aspirations that groups like the united nations might have had that the e.u.ld use this as a chance to office asylum to large numbers of people have already been basically dashed by the european union, who have made it abundantly clear already that their main arspire ration through this meeting is to make it as difficult as they can for people to get on the boats in the first place. so, for example, david cameron, the british prime minister turned up and announced britain would offer a warship, patrol boats, helicopters, there is talks of bombings of the boats. the former belgium prime minister has been downstairs briefing journalists saying the only two countries in the room who had a genuine interest in making more immigrants are germany and sweden. he is very angry that all of the other countries instead have a focus on keeping people out. and this was elaborated in the simplest determines by donald tusk the former polish premier, who said the best way to stop people dying was to stop them getting on the boats in the first place. here is what he had to say.

it has been condemned by the united asians for aggression in -- the united nations for aggression in korea. it's a nation which is helping the forces of violence on almost every continent. the contest in vietnam is part of a wider pattern of aggressive purposes. why are these realities our concern? why are we in south vietnam? we are there because we have a promise to keep. since 1954, every american president has offered support to the people of south vietnam. we have helped to build and we have helped to defend. thus, over many years, we have made a national pledge to help south vietnam depend -- defend its independence and i intend to keep that promise. [applause] [applause] to dishonor that pledge, to abandon the small and brave nation to its enemies and the terror that must follow would be an unforgivable wrong. we are also there to strengthen world order, around the globe from berlin to thailand are people whose well-being rest in part on the belief that they can count on us if they are attacked. to leave vietnam to its fate would shake the confidence of all these people in the

the united nations had called for all sides to cease hostilities in the camp.to chris in jerusalem, a spokesperson for the united nations release and works agency which works with palestinian refugees. thanks very much for joining us on bbc world news. what is the situation in yarmouk as far as you understand it? >> well i'm sorry to have to report that the news coming out of the camp continues to be grim extremely dire. we have reports of fighting in the streets. there are reports of aerial bombardments. we are extremely concerned for the fate of some 18,000 civilians, palestinian refugees and also syrian amongst whom are 3,500 children. which is why, as you just said james, in your introduction, wher callwe are calling for a pause and for all sides to show maximum restraint, so that civilians who want to leave can leave. because there's no doubt in my mind, this hour in yarmouk, thousands of lives are at risk. people may be maimed they may be injured, they may be killed. we these to pause and we need evacuations. >> what is the answer at this stage? to try to

we'll talk about the reasons for you being at the united nations.ut first of all four of give us the latest that you have, and where the supposed cease-fire stands. >> well, the situation on the ground is very difficult. we have the situation with no access for the monitoring. what we need is a clear way for the support of forces. in order to be able to represent the interest of the people. >> the suggestion is that you've really been able to do nothing firstly it's about russia, who has been supporting donetsk and luhansk sent in weapons sent in heavy weaponry, and sent in munitions and a whole quantity of them. of course, what we need is to give real power and that's exactly the idea on the war in donetsk and luhansk. it's about organization and responsibility and real powers for political and economic-- >> how do you give powers? how do you enforce those powers? >> what we need is free rand fair elections. we provided them with clear goals during the war involving economic responsibility, about greater share of taxes. which will be left in donets

nancy talked about the struggle at the united nations. i was invited in 2008 and 2009 to be an adviser to the president of the u.n. general assembly. that's not ban ki moon, the secretary general. general assembly, which is all the countries together every year, elect a president, and that year was a man of the liberation theologian from nickthat was a wonderful man, and he called, would you come to new york to meet with me because i want to make water a human rightment i said do i have time to go to new york? yes, okay, maybe, like, now, can i get on a plane now? fabulous man. we worked with a lovely man who was the ambassador of that time in ÷'bolivia, a land locked country, which was locked into a water war and that water war where people were killed because the world bank said you have to take a private water company if you want to go from us and they brought in a company that tripled the price of water and they said, we own the rain much rain. we're going to charge for the water that you catch from the sky, and they said inspectors a

compare and contrast the league of nations and the united nations? a couple of articles and how one developed from the other if that was the case. professor macmillan: the u.n. certainly developed from the league of nations. the league existed until 1945. initially, there was some talk of resurrecting the league and redoing it. they decided it was so much identified with the outbreak of the second world war that it would not be worth doing so they decided to set up a new united nations. many of the league organizations carried over into the united nations. some of the associated bodies of the united nations have a longer history than the united nations itself, and many personnel carried over. i suppose the key difference with united nations is the security council has five permanent members with vetoes. that was to reassure the great powers their interests would always be listened to. the problem is they reflect the wrong people. that was one of the key differences. what happened with the league is there would be four permanent members -- five permane

. >> quite a lot of diplomatic activity behind the scenes the united nations. russia called a meeting putting forward a draft resolution calling for humanitarian access for a pause in the fighting. that's russia's draft. there's a draft from the gulf countries, programming what they would like to see at the security council, trying to get the draft approved as a revolution focussing on demands of the houthis, and the use of violence that they withdraw their forces from areas at the see. and any provocation from neighbouring states. in this resolution it adds to existing sanctions by the misty upham security council. those sanctions against ali abdullah saleh and two houthi leaders. this draft adds two names annexed to the resolution. it has former president salah's son added and abdul malic al-houthi is mentioned in the resolution. as happens here they'll look at the russian drafters the new gulf draft and net on the text to come up with something that the whole security council supports. supports. >>> well now to syria, and the united nations describing the si

the united nations and other nation as raised concerns that the deadline to move about 500,000 somaliees back to their country was not practical at all. and it was agreed that the three parties form a commission to strategize on continued voluntary repatriation. kenya's foreign ministers said they would continue to talk with key players to ensure that the refugees are comfortable once they are back home. the agencies feel there are only about 2,000 refugees who have voluntarily gone back to somalia. security is a major concern in kenya, and the government has many times said that the refugee camp in the north is a recruitment ground for al-shabab as has the groups sympathizers. a lot of kenyans are saying that besides that the government must also be vigilant on policing radicalization of kenyans and the corruption within the police force. >>> south africa's defense minister is sending troops to johannesberg after a wave of anti-immigrant attacks. two zimbabweans were shot on monday. hundreds of foreigners have been evacuated from their homes because of the unrest. these attacks have

we asked what kind of mandate and they said probably through the united nations, and that is much further down the line, so they have offered the illusion of doing something very concrete in the short term to try to save lives but it falls very very far short of what a refugee agencies and the united nations have be can uhl thing which are is a complete reorganization of the unions immigration strategy, of course people who are at risk of war and things like that on the african continent and in the middle east as well. >> joining me live from brussells lawrence, thank you well, the united nations has criticized the efforts attackling the process calling the 10-point plan too minimalist and as paul reports residents living on the italian island also have little faith that the talks in brussells will yield any real results. >> as e.u. leaders for sweeping into brussells more than 1,000 miles away a very different group of people was making a very different arrival. the influx every day of hundreds of men women and children, fleeing conflict policy and hardship has put massive strain on the

. >>> now, al jazerra has learned that the united nations has lined up a new special envoy for yemen.ael from mauritania has work today 20 years for the u.n. in africa and the middle east, he's expected to exceed jamal ben. for his failure to broken an end to the fighting. the yemeni ambassador to the u.n. has been speaking to us at al jazerra and told us what he thought of jamal ben mall's rest. >> we than jamal did a lot of positive things in the past. his participation in the formation of all of the implementation of the initiative of the gcc and after that the follow-up of the election process in yemen. we than in the beginning jamal benomar was doing a great job. but the problem started when jamal benomar thought he might promote the presence of the houthis as a militia group with using their force as the powerful element in the political spectrum that nobody was expecting. and from that points we started to have a lot of disagreement with his benomar he started to negotiate without con sending with the pled of the republic and -- president of the republic and we started to have

he tries to calm the situation down or not, they all still want to leave south africa. >> the united nations condemned and al shabab attack that killed at least seven of its staff in northern somalia. a bomb exploded in a vehicle traveling to the u.n. compound. four foreign nationals and three somalis died in the assault. >> the ethiopian government will hold 30 days of mourning for citizens killed by ice sill. ice sill released a video apparently showing the killing of christians in libya on sunday. it is al jazeera's policy not to show video of beheadings. >> now in kenya, as he dents of garissa are recovering from an attack by al shabab two weeks ago, the assault on the university which killed 148 people was the biggest carried out by al shabab in kenya. a security clamp down affected local businesses. we have this report: >> on the wrong side of the law this is how police deal with dusk to dawn curfew in the town following the attack on garissa university. a massive security operation has also netted dozens of youth suspected of involvement in the attack. security footage shows one suspe

according to the united nation the war in yemen claimed 600 lives. of 6,000 have been injured, 100,000 have been left out a home. we'll have more on humanitarian aid in a moment. an egyptian court confirmed the death sentence for mohammed badie, a spiritual leader of muslim brotherhood. it fold a crackdown on mohamed mursi, and the muslim brotherhood in 2013. we have this report. >> translation: i confirm the execution for a crime they are accused of. >> reporter: the moment mohammed badie, spiritual leader was sentenced to death in a cairo court of the 13 others were spared execution, but given life in prison for inciting chaos and violence. the men were among thousands detained after mohamed mursi, the nation's first democratically elected president was overthrown by the military in 2013. a dual u.s.-egyptian citizen, mohammed sultan was given life for his ties with the brotherhood. >> i'm defending sultan not because he's american. that's not the consideration of the defense. he'll take legal procedure to the verdict. other trials believe that he

but refugee groups the united nations, these people will say these things are no sort of substitute for a proper humanitarian commitment from the european union to helping those at risk for things like war or persecution. these are the bodies recovered in the mediterranean laid to rest in malta. outside the european council meeting, the coffin was the motif for the protesters outraged that people have been left to die in the sea so close to such rich countries. they should give rest to all of them. many complained about a lack of basic rights in belgium where they managed to resettle. easy of course to see this protest as being about anger and injustice but there's something else here as well and it's this. these campaigners see in the tragedies in the mediterranean an opportunity to try to force europe's leaders to change their policies on immigration. but as they gathered the message coming loud and clear from the eu's leaders was that the priority was to stop people from getting on the boats in the first place. the president of france is going to the united nations to seek approval t

delegations to russia and to oman looking for some pressure but not getting back to the former united nations security council going back to negotiating table. >> you're not optimistic this being resolved between the two parties, seeing common grounds they want talks but different preconditions haven't they? >> yes sammy now they're on the run, why don't they accept going back to the negotiating table and agreeing to implementing the former agreements they said they have signed. >> we'll have to leave it there thanks so much mohamed kobathi thanks for that. now, u.s. president barack obama excess his meeting with cuba president raul cast trow, after half a century of hostile relations, al jazeera's latin american editor lucia newman reports from panama city. >> it was the summit of profound symbolisms. the more than half century of divide between cuba and the united states began to heal. >> we continue to make progress towards fulfilling our commitments, and i've called on congress to begin working to lift the embargo that's been in place for decades. >> reporter: immediately after cuba's pre

so a new fund has now been launched by the united nations for yemen. >>> let's go to the situation nowa because security council ambassadors have been shown graphic pictures of the suspected chlorine gas attack in that country. they also heard first hand accounts from syrian doctor that his treated the victims. many of them were children. the u.n. says it will try to identify and prosecute the attackers. a warning this report by our diplomatic editor james bays contains disturbing images. >> reporter: this shocking video was filmed in the immediate aftermath of a chemical attack in syria last year. the pictures of doctors trying to revive young children were shown to security council ambassadors, they were shocked. many moved to tears. >> the video in particular of the attempts to resus indicate resuscitate the children if there was a dry eye in the room. i didn't see it. it was -- it's just devastating to see the facts of what this regime is doing. so people were visibly moved. >> some of the worst stuff i have ever had to watch, i have to say. there were moments when all i wanted to