united nations, new york, 1978.are complying today in the summarily -- ceremony with the specific recommendations that the charter mandates to our organization. recognition of the fundamental rights of the people's was constitutes mankind. >> ladies and gentlemen, today we commemorate for the first time, the international day of solidarity. 1974, tackling the political s.pects of the palestinian reaffirmed the rights of the palestinian people. it is the right to self-determination. the right of the palestinians to return to their homes. committee ofhed a exercise. >> right from the start, some chose to prejudge the committee's a work. they claimed it would not be partial. in order to encourage the contribution of all sectors. in worke participating as observers. an invitation repeated in 1977. the committee made its recommendations after careful and objective consideration and in strict conformity with its mandate. these recommendations were based -- u.n.nd resolution resolution. solution could be envisaged without

narraor: in this special 21st-century show on united nations peacekeepers, a story of danger and courage in mali, reconciliation in the central african republic, and peace-building in haiti. [indistinct conversation] [vehicle idling] republic, a country racked during decades with religious conflict. nararrator: the bridge whwhich e acaccess to ththe local scschool became a front line between wawarring factctions. un peacekeeperers supported local effororts to resolve differerens so that momoslem and christianan children n could go back to sschool. [people shshouting] narrator: the central african republic, a country wracked during decades with religious conflict, innocent civilians, as in all wars, caught in the crossfire. [men shouting] narrator: when sectarian violence pitting moslems against christians again erupted in 2012, thousands were killed, and many more fled their homes, moving to the relative safety zos definedd by theheir religig. due to thehe violence, more than half the schools closed, including g yakite school, one f the few schools in the capital bangui where once christ

history. >> eleanor roosevelt became a delegate to the united nations because once she left the whiteouse, president truman decided that he wanted to do something that fdr had always planned on doing, which was to establish a united nations in the hope that an organization like that would prevent future wars. franklin and eleanor roosevelt had lived through two major wars, world war i and world war ii, and they wanted the future to be a peaceful one. president truman felt that eleanor roosevelt would be the perfect person to represent the united states at the organizing -- initial organizing meeting of , united nations. she was actually the only woman delegate from the u.s. she knew that none of the men were too happy to have her as a member of the delegation. she figured they were trying to find a spot for her were she could do the least damage. as she said, they thought she didn't have the qualifications to be a good delegate. they put her on a committee called committee three, which was going to work on more social kinds of programs. that would end up being the most important commi

the general assembly of the united nations accorded it similar recognition. >> the representative of e palestinian people. we have this organization and controlling all of our different branches, our military central conference. we have our national conference which would present all the organization, political organizations which represent our people. >> be they invaders, tourist, or refugees, large bodies of foreigners are always resented by the local population. become camps have grudgingly accepting enclaves guarded by plo soldiers. the question is the palestinian, he is at the mercy. he is always observed. he is always mistreated. this is the tragedy of the palestinian today. he does not have a place to go to. >> we should not forget that war is part of politics and we struggle by all means at our disposal. we struggle on all different militarily,ically, democratically and socially. >> training of the fedayeen begins. those who do not have devious experience in weapons and weaponry. the first operation state back to 1965. to some they are terrorists. two others they are heroes wi

ambassador to the united nations. i came into this position at a time when many americans felt a deep sense of betrayal at the u.n. in the wake of the passage of resolution 23-34. at my confirmation hearing i made the following promise -- if i am privileged to be the u.s. ambassador, i will never sit passively while america's interests and friends are run down at the u.n. five months later i can say that i haven't been quiet on the issues important to the united states and i can say this -- i have kept my promise. our friends and our rivals know that america has once again found its voice at the united nations. the international community is now very clear about what the u.s. is for and what the u.s. is against. it wasn't long after my confirmation that my promise was put to the test. in early april, the syrian regime dropped chemical weapons on syrian children. we forced the security council to hold an open emergency session, which some member states didn't want. we drew a red line. if the u.n. would not act collecti

left theafter she white house, she was traveling on behalf of the united nations and even after she lefthe u.n., she was kind of a goodwill ambassador, talking about the u.n. and the importance of people supporting united nations. >> it is right that we should be gravely concerned with the facts that still separate us from each other with the problems we left unsolved. >> off of this bedroom, there was her favorite sleeping area. her sleeping porch. sleeping porches were added on the houses during the time when air-conditioning was not something most people had. was aeanor roosevelt person who loved outdoors and nation. here at val-kill, she would take two or three walks every day with scottie dogs who would accompany her. and her outdoor time was a time when she could kind of think about things and just relax and enjoy nature. and quite often she would talk about things she could see from her sleeping porch, the birds in the trees in the pond with a purple loosestrife, which was her favorite flower that grew in the pond. she would talk about every year in july and august, she could see

and he had a worldwide impact through his advocacy the united nations and other international organizationswhich he hoped would ensure greater international cooperation, and ultimately, greater peace among nations. ♪ this weekend, we are featuring the history of hyde park, new york with our cable partners. learn more about hyde park and other stops on our cities tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history, all weekend, every weekend come on c-span3. >> tonight on q&a -- >> barack is very deeply committed to presenting his story. and i think that is very different from history. history -- of our , making of an author barack obama, which covers barack obama's life. >> i think barack's political aspirations and a sense of destiny lead him to push sheila e. eger aside. during that time, there was a well-known political figure in chicago. it's usually respected man, senator dick newhouse, who everyone in black chicago felt he could not go higher because he was married to a white woman. so it is in the political tradition of black chicago in the late 1980's, in the early 1990

and he had a worldwide impact through his advocacy the united nations and other international organizationswhich he hoped would ensure greater international cooperation, and ultimately, greater peace among nations. ♪ >> this weekend, we are featuring the history of hyde park, new york with our cable partners. learn more about hyde park and other stops on our cities tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. ofthe co-creators underground joined the actress who played harriet tubman to discuss the shows i grounded and historical context. the event was part of a national underground railroad conference hosted by the national park service and the harry tubman underground railroad conference, held in cambridge maryland, it is about 45 minutes. >> thank you all for joining us today, we are pleased to have the creators and actress ayesha hines from the underground railroad. [applause] they are to answer a few questions about the show and we will open up questions to the audience. we will show a couple of clips. thank you all for joining

the tribunal's really in the philippines case against china, he says the united states has made clear that we have top national security interests in the south china sea. just as china does, and just as many other countries in the region do, and the united states will not turn a blind eye in exchange for cooperation elsewhere. can we expect the same approach from the current administration? in other words, can we expect it not to sacrifice the south china sea for cooperation on a three north korea? my second question will be about your statement that the united states will not be accepting unilateral changes to the status quo. i suspect you mean the added building and construction activities and militarization of beaches and the south china sea. may i please know what the united states -- how the united states intends to approach this question? what are the specific acts it intends to do to prevent this unilateral change in the status quo? thank you. well, you canis: always count on straightforward questions here, can't you? [laughter] secretary mattis: as far as the rules-based order, obviously, we have a new

we are part of the united nations treaty and willing to take in refugees who through no fault of theirwn have been displaced from their homes, clarkston will continue to welcome them. refugees,on and its even the younger ones, not immune to the growing unease and debate over immigration. >> i felt welcome when i came here, we were like by everyone and last year or the yr before , some people were like, more hostile towards us. kidsry scary and i told my , we do not have to worry had. >> 10 undocumented somalis were arrested here and are preparing to send them back to some all you. ,any lived here for years allowed to stay because conditions in their home country had been so bad. -- they 17et me say years, and then i am deported, some did not have a chance to say goodbye. >> my husband has been detained. >> as the families wait for word , immigration authorities say none have refugee status and the majority of some sort of criminal conviction. violence andngoing famine in somalia, since last year, the protections that have been in place, even for the undocumented, are no longer. in a st

but the united nations looks forward to the continuous u.s. leadership and to working very closely with all of you, towards our shared goal. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> and we're live on capitol hill this morning as members of president trump's national security team will be testifying today at a senate intelligence committee hearing on fisa. dan coats, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and acting fbi director andrew mccam mccabe will be at the witness table. lawmakers will ask about possible russian coordination with the trump campaign. this hearing is expected to get underway in a couple moments. live coverage here on cspan 3.

the united nations says there may be up to 150,000 civilians still united nations says there may be upstate group. the un coordinator in the country says they are at extreme risk. 15 bodies have reportedly been found following a huge landslide that there is a mountain village in china's sichuan province. 0ver100 people are still missing. checks made after last week's deadly fire have revealed that 3a high—rise buildings across england have unsafe cladding. thousands of buildings are being checked including hospitals and schools. france's president emanuel macron has wanted to work towards a national agreement that would make clea n national agreement that would make clean environment a human right. he has put forward proposals for a legally binding treaty. coming up at ten o'clock, a full round—up of the day's news. and now on bbc news, our world. goodbye aleppo.

ambassador to united nations, nikki haley. they spoke about the lessons she has learned while at the u.n. and how she approaches her role in advancing the trump administration's foreign-policy goals. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for being here. let me just first say backstage i wanted to her to confirm that i successfully encountered a hug. thank you for being here. we appreciate you being part of this and you have such an important assignment and is the turnout shows there's a tremendous amount of interest in u.s. foreign policy and our national security and the u.s.'s role in the world. i kind of wanted to begin asking you in general what's it been like to go from the chief executive of a state which admittedly in the confirmation hearings you told everybody that you had not had extensive foreign-policy experience but my argument in your favor always was she is very good and cheap locus is in on an issue and the leadership qualities transfer and in the months leading up to that. you really dove into the detail

and he had a worldwide impact through his advocacy the united nations and other international organizationswhich he hoped would ensure greater international cooperation, and ultimately, greater peace among nations. ♪ >> coming up, we will visit springwood, the home of president roosevelt, where he was born, where he lived, and his final resting place. >> this was home, this was where his heart always was. is always been here and it always will be. this is where he found his strength and happiness through his life. franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states, was born and raised in this house. the roosevelts originally had a different estate down the road on this property.

was an exchange of statements on the floor of the united nations security council. council had been called into session on the outbreak of hostilities. it was through this forum that the united states would concentrate its energies to bring about an immediate cease-fire. the questiony in of troop withdrawal. under the leadership of the acurity council president, draft resolution would be drawn up on the following day. to containgreement and limit the conflict, the key layhe additional cease-fire in the compact of the united states and the soviet union. the news flashes clarify the situation. it became clear that the decade was being changed in a matter of hours. military analysts called it a lightning war. the verdict of the battlefield had been rendered in the opening round. far more issues were raised by the fighting then were settled. and theinate policies aftermath of the conflict, president johnson established a committee. he asked george bundy to serve as the executive secretary. it involves far more than governmental concerns. [chanting] >> no peace without ju

the united nations fears for the safety of up to 150,000 civilians — trapped in the last enclave of mosulby the so—called islamic state but the iraqi army is closing in. as it does the un humanitarian co—ordinator in the country warns civilians are at extreme — almost unimaginable risk. more on that in a moment. but first, our correspondent 0rla guerin reports from the front line in mosul‘s old city. she's with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. a warning — her report contains distressing images. a journey to the front line, our windscreen a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier, being rushed away as we arrived. and families fleeing, too. 0n foot. escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water. this is the old city area, it is really the heart of the battle. and when you look around here you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense in every direction. the narrow str

he has done a lot of good work over the years on behalf of the united nations in that arena. we wanted to express our condolences for his family and thank him for the time he has performed at work. in terms of the administration's priorities, women's health is an important matter. the president has had to look at garbage it budget. >> but you still believe that the unfpa does good work? >> i'm not going to characterize if it does good work or not. i will say the president had to look at, as had the state department look at priorities and make good decisions. not all things are going to be funded the way others would like them to be funded in the public. >> the major news of the day, which would be dart. i think a lot of us including people in the gulf are trying to figure out what exactly the presidency tweets about this mean in terms of the u.s. position as it relates to not just -- but the whole gulf region and iran. whether or not the secretary is going to informal offer to mediate or help reduce tensions. does that still stand? >> one of the things important to us, we rec

with all attempts at private negotiations failing, solutions through diplomacy and united nations interventioneemed increasingly remote. the time for talk was over. to gather, great britain and the united states drafted a maritime declaration to be circulated maritimee world's nations. its principles were simple. the gulf of aqaba was an international waterway. all nations have the right for free and innocent passage. they hoped to challenge the egyptian blockade of the strait of tehran. all in all, it was a gamble against time. time, as prime minister wilson declared, was not on our side. ♪ >> the president received the first word of the fighting at 4:00 in the morning on the fifth of june. in the situation room, the all-too-familiar maps of southeast asia have been replaced with those of the eastern mediterranean. the president had tried to avert hostilities. now that diplomacy has given way to war, his one compelling task was to contain it, to tamp it out. the team had been assembled. men for whom foreign affairs have long since become a way of life and for whom foreign crises have become t

the day of the tribunal's ruling in the case against china, he says the united states has made clear that we have talked national security interests in the south china sea. just as china does, and just as many other countries in the region do, and the united states inl not turn a blind i exchange for cooperation elsewhere. can we get an approach from the current administration? it not toect sacrifice the south china sea for cooperation on a three of? my second -- on north korea? my second question is about your statement that the united states will not be accepting unilateral changes to the status quote. -- status quo. you have militarization of beaches and the south china sea. may i please know what the united states -- how the united states intends to approach this question? acts eighte specific intensity to prevent this unilateral change in status what are the specific to use to prevent this unilateral change in the status quo? thank you. [no audio] can always count on straightforward questions here, can yo't you? obviously, we have a new president in washington, d.c. we are all aware of that. there is going

from well it could come from the international committee of the red cross could come from the united nations human rights councils special wrapper against torture. not only that but the government of yemen and. for that matter the united states and others they have become state parties to the united nations convention against torture. which. also encourages the inspections and you know for a fact finding through the u.n. committee against torture so there are a lot of ways to to open this thing up and let. see the facts and because there's no doubt that torture is absolutely prohibited in international law and you think that after you know abu ghraib and other. terrible. instances which have been very well documented and finally admitted that all parties would stay away from you know uncivilized behavior if this was going on professors in trouble just want to get as many questions as i can and what if the u.s. though it wasn't complicit in the told it wasn't actually volley is in any international laws but it was perhaps using intelligence that was used that was gathered by its allies throug

[applause] placechumer: another where cloaked anti-semitism lurks is in the halls of the united nations. the u.n. singles out israel more than any other nation, especially on the humans rights council, which remains bent on admonishing the only deck raman xe and representative government in equal rights in the middle east. i was heartened to hear the new secretary general recently say he would he on the frontlines against the fight against anti-semitism and proclaimed that israel must be treated as any other state, and just last week, they elected a vice president for the 72nd session of the unite united nations general assembly. [applause] sen. schumer: that is progress. ajc played a role in that in as well. areyour continued efforts very important. at the united nations, we can never let our guard down. since the days of sign is him and racism, the united nations has been an incubator for israel bashing, i form where israel is a must always the victim -- villain and not the victim. you should be wary of it. i hope one day it will happen, israel will become to be treated fairly in the

doubt, the most influential country in the united nations is the united states. it is really amazing. the most warmongering country in the history of mankind is put there in charge to make sure there is peace. in: died at the age of 84 nicaragua. we do that interview in bolivia. to see the whole interview, you can go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. in yemen, medical groups are warning an outbreak of cholera has in fact it more than 116,000 people. the world health organization says the water-borne illness has claimed the lives of at least 859 and oxfam estimates cholera is claiming one life every hour in yemen. children under the age of 15 account for 46% of the cases. the who says the number of cases could reach 300,000 as the outbreak has now spread to 20 of yemen's 22 provinces. yemen's health care system is also on the verge of colla

the united nations looks forward to the continued u.s. leadership, and a working very closely with all of you towards our shared goal. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much for those remarks, and i think we have ample time for questions from the audience. again, raise your hand, identify yourself and ask your question. yes. larry weiler. >> thank you. i would like to raise a peripheral issue. and i appreciate what the u.n. has done, and i have spent many years in new york, and i, particularly on the nonproliferation treaty whether it was helpful. but there is now a contrast that goes to geneva, the u.n. conference, which i think is an eyesore. i'm referring to the conference that cannot succeed because it has a voting arrangement that prevents dealing with the one subject that they are sent there to deal with. and i know that i should've asked this of the new america representative that were here earlier, but he would just tell me well, we haven't decided what to do about that. but coming on board now. i would hope that y

. >> talk about treatment of israel at united nations describe to west was there a sense that this was an issue ? what are the prospects end in comparison to other places in the world what is the plan?. >> i did not know a the history. i was not that involved in tel i saw and. into have those every single country not to oppose threats but all they did was negative israel. you could tell it was a have it and every month over the last 10 years. fake about the time we can work on other issues. in to do with all those issues in africa said the show africa is changing looking at the least we were going halfway but this past month bolivia had the presidency with two arab leaders to come in but somebody else to balance that out and they agreed to that is what they saw was in this is the palestinians or israel but almost all of them talked about supporting the peace process it was the have it that was just changing the culture to be more effective is really was like a kid in the school yard that was bullied all the time. >>. >> do you think there is hope? so it sounds like you are word describ

[applause] placechumer: another where cloaked anti-semitism lurks is in the halls of the united nations. the u.n. singles out israel more than any other nation, especially on the humans rights council, which remains bent on admonishing the only deck raman xe and representative government in equal rights in the middle east. i was heartened to hear the new secretary general recently say he would he on the frontlines against the fight against anti-semitism and proclaimed that israel must be treated as any other state, and just last week, they elected a vice president for the 72nd session of the unite united nations general assembly. [applause] sen. schumer: that is progress. ajc played a role in that in as well. areyour continued efforts very important. at the united nations, we can never let our guard down. since the days of sign is him and racism, the united nations has been an incubator for israel bashing, i form where israel is a must always the victim -- villain and not the victim. you should be wary of it. i hope one day it will happen, israel will become to be treated fairly in the

the united nations warns some 19 million of yemen's 28 million people need some form of aid, with many of them at risk of famine. this is u.n. emergency relief coordinator stephen o'brieien addressingng the united nationos security councilil late last momonth. >> yemen now has the ignominy of thing the world largest food security crisis, with more than 17 million people who are food insecure. 6.8 million of whom are onone sp awaway from famine. crisis is not coming. it is not even looming. it is here today. ordininary people arare paying thehe price.. it i is important to bear in m d portage richmond cholerara are intercononnected. weakened and hungry peopople are more likely to conontract cholea and less able to survive it. accocording to e estimates, 1500 cases are projected for the next six months. in addition, to the broadly 6060,000 current sususpected cas since last april with 50500 asassociated deaths. the scare e of the latest outbrk is, as well isis being depressinglyly protectable, a didirect consequce o of the conflict. and had the parties to the conflictct care of, the outb

the united nations says the number of suspected cholera cases in yemen has now passed 200,000.the world health organisation and the children's agency, unicef, said the country is now facing the worst cholera outbreak on the planet. steve jackson reports the two un agencies say they're doing everything they can to stop yemen's cholera outbreak from accelerating. they're tracking the spread of the disease and have deployed rapid response teams to go from house to house, telling people how to protect themselves by cleaning and storing drinking water, but they're facing impossible circumstances. it's a highly infectious disease but at the same time, this is the not the first time we've faced cases of cholera in yemen. it's actually endemic in yemen but the fact we have reached such a high number in the history of this conflict. we're talking about half of the 200,000 people you mentioned are children. a quarter of the fatalities are children, so children are seriously impacted by this outbreak and it is important and crucial that we get to them with the help and assistance they nee

nations are not signatories. nicaragua, and syria. on the one issue, the united states is now isolated the proverbial skunk at the garden party. are not concerned it will affect your ability to lead on other issues? >> well, i don't think we're the skunk at the party. what i think we did was we watched out for our country. look, i was a governor in south carolina. i know how tough those regulations president obama put on us. because of the paris agreement were on our businesses and our industries. it directly hit our jobs. and so what we want to do is say, look, we're a sovereign country. we're going to make sure we're looking out for the u.s. first. belle a leader in the environment. that's what we do. that's who we are. but we're going to make sure we're not hurting our companies in the process. there's a balance. there's clearly a difference between us and nicaragua and us and syria. the world knows that. to put us in that category is not a real assumption. >> but i'm not the one that put us in the category. the president is. when it comes to those agreements,

we can't be silent when the united nations singles israel out for condemnation. the united stationers should have vetoed resolution 2334 in december, and it should never use the united nations as a form to put pressure on israel of any kind. [applause] sen. schumer: iran, finally an engaged america is particular important when it comes to iran, which continues to sow instability throughout the region. the regime continues to provide support to its proxies in the region, conduct ballistic missile tests, flagrantly abuse the human rights of its own people, and unjustly imprisoned foreigners. we must work with our partners in the region to counter iran's maligned activities, just as especially and hold their feet to the fire on compliance with jcpoa. i did not support it but it passed. i don't think violate this agreement. it is incumbent upon us to remain vigilant and watch like a hawk outside of the jcp away. their sponsorship of terrorism, the human rights abuses are outrageous, it is imperative in the congress, we act in a bipartisan way to counter this behavior

bret baier at the united nation united nations. we begin with national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> hits the first time since 1999 that u.s. jet has shot down another warplane in air to air combat. last 24 hours have shown just how crowded and complicated the battle spacing theory is, raising concerns the u.s. may find itself in a proxy war not just with russia but also iran. a day after a u.s. navy f-18 fighter jet down to a russian-made syrian warplane, russian officials warned u.s. and coalition warplanes operating over syrian government controlled areas would be tracked as potential targets. >> translator: we call on everybody to avoid unilateral actions, to respect syria's sovereignty and to join our work which is coordinated with the syrian government. >> russian defense ministry said it would no longer use a deconfliction hotline purge. chairman of the joint chiefs says it still operating. >> when i left the building this morning, we were still communicating. >> u.s. central command said the coalition warned th

in 2015, the united nations the parting top climate officials reportedly described the $1 billion per year as peanuts, and stated that the $100 billion is the tail that wags the dog. in 2015, the green climate fund executive director reportedly stated that estimated funding needed would increase to $450 billion per year after 2020. and nobody even knows where the money is going to. nobody has been able to say where is it going to. of course come other worlds top polluters have no affirmative obligations under the green fund, which we terminate.

in 2015 the us united nations, they took the, departing first ladies reportedly described the $100 billiond stated that from, they didn't come from me, they came just before icame into come from me, they came just before i came into office. not good not good the way they took the money. in 2015 the us united nations, they took the, departing first ladies reportedly described the $100 billion per year as peanuts. and stated that the 100 billion $s is the tale that wags the dog. in 2015 the green climate fund executive director, reportedly stated that estimated funding needed would increase to 40050 billion a year after 2020 and nobody knows where the money is going to. nobody is able to say where is it going to? 0f is able to say where is it going to? of course the world's top polluters have no affirmative obligations under the green fund, which we terminated. climate fund executive director, reportedly stated that estimated funding needed would increase to 40050 billion a year after 2020 and nobody knows where the money is going to. nobody is able to say where is it going to? of course the