at the very top of his agenda is the creation of what became known as the united nations. r. liberal institutions. the world knows influence and world which would fit very well both pragmatically interests of the united states, politically in terms of business but also would look like, southern lind york ideologically right from the perspective of the united states that comes into existence in revolt, in a revolution against an empire. that's very important to understand for the mindset of 1945. also very important to understand in terms of tensions that would be there between the british and the americans because the americans would be very suspicious that what churchill is trying to do is this going through the soft underbelly of europe, into the central of europe. this is about british imperialism. this is not about the common goals. this is not the best way to defeat germany. the russians are trying to secure control of central europe, trying to secure control over the mediterranean. so there's a lot of tensions of that kind there. so united nations is at the top of fdr

a surprise it seems to be a complete surprise certain into the officials here at the united nations that tweet came down a few hours ago obviously then we started asking questions of people here at the united nations they then confirmed it an hour also later and they seem to have found out by the same way everyone else to mr salami was resigning for health reasons via twitter he has so now sent an official letter to the united nations and then are talking about the transition in the peace negotiations going forward but this is salami of course is a very highly regarded negotiator someone who's been working for the past 2 and a half years to try and broker some kind of be still in libya which is an extremely complex situation and the united nations will be now looking for a transition but let's just hear what the spokesperson had to say. the secretary general has received a message from mr salami expressing his attention to leave his post as special representative for libya the secretary general has always had full confidence in mr salamis work and the great efforts he has made to bring p

>> i think the united nations isverly focused on israel.ll i did was defend it whenever they were called t. >> do you think that the u.n. is an effective actor in international relations? >> i think the u.n. can be an effective actor, and the perfect example is what we did with north korea. when we passed those three sanctions that really pushed that was a sign that thetable, united nations can do good things. when they go and connue to have these irrelevant meetings on issues that aren't really our main focus in the wod, that's when they become irrelevant. >> so then, on north korea -- so, in recent days, leader kim jong-un has visited mount paektu on horseback.th it's a backdro is used for propaganda, and oftentimes, it foreshadows policy development or an event, an upcoming event. what do you think is going on in north korea right now? >> i think he's trying to push our buttons. sthink he's trying to get to move on the fact that he wants us to lift the sanctions. any sort of posturing is not going to get us to move, and we have to make s

political debate i'm not going to comment on what secretary of state pompei o said or whatever the united nations mandate that i had. has to promote international standards and best practice i applaud those countries that are taking back their nationals and that are willing and able to do so and we are willing and we've expressed it to feed in and assist those domestic courts that have taken back foreign fighters if other states have national security concerns legal impediments or other reasons why they're not taking them back our job is to make sure that there still accountability and so what we are doing we're investigative team on the lookout for a court and policy decisions that rests upon the sovereign states of the united nations they must grasp this nettle of choice what we have to do is feed into any courts that exist and that are available i understand the political sensitivities of your job and if of course if you don't want to comment on something that's your you're absolutely right i would like to try me on it i would not walk away from a question. you know it's not that i don't like

priebus, you wrote in your book, "i don't even know what the united nations does.ll i know is everybody hates it." >> yeah. >> tell me, do you have a more or a less positive view of the united nations now? >> i think it's interesting.ta i ink i unde it more, from the standpoint of here you have 193 countes that come together ithe name of peace and security. but whether it succeeds depends on how they take it forward. and i said this to the secretary general and to the ambassadors when i left is, ife ited nations is gonna be successful, it has to changehe withimes. they have to start talking about things that are uncomfortable to talk about. they have to talk about what maduro is doing in venezuela. they have talk about a million plus uyghurs in concentration camps in chinay ave to talk about these things they don't want to talk about. to continue to talk about decades-old issues as if they're relevant today is what makes people doubt the united nations. >> well, i'm glad you mentioned the uyghurs and venezuela, maduro human rights was a focus of yours when you were

at the very top of his agenda is the croatian -- creation of what became known as the united nations.it is a creation of new world order with liberal institutions. the world where there is no spheres of influence and the world which would fit very well both dramatic interests of the united states, geopolitically, in terms of business but also look like, sounds like, ideologically from the perspective of the united states. as a country that comes into existence, and revolution against an empire. that is very important to understand for the mindset of 1945. it is also important to understand the tensions that would be there between the british and the americans. the americans would be very suspicious that what churchill is trying to do is going through the soft underbelly of europe into central europe. this is about british imperialism. this is not about the common goal. this is not the best way to defeat nazi germany. that is the british trying to secure the control of a central europe. they try to center the control of the mediterranean. there was a lot of tension of that kind there.

there is a discussion that there hawaii thatska and would join the united nations and have that. t once that information was leaked to the american public, there was a major scandal. people were prepared actually to forgive stalin for breaking the one nation, one vote, but not prepared to forgive or accept that from their own president. we are not supposed to behave like that. so as you know, alaska never became a member of the united nations. and i am pretty sure that i am running out of time, so i will try to wrap up my presentation. again, i miserably failed to cover all aspects of the conference, but i tried to deal with the most important ones. aftere big question is this review, whether the history history of the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's was right or wrong, whether yalta was a failure and diplomacy, whether the betrayal did start the cold war. or maybe it was a success for the united states and western allies. well, the answer to all of these questions are may be more nuanced than the question itself. one thing that is very obvious, yalta, immediately after the agreem

you've mentioned the g20 and you can look to them, but shouldn't the united nations do that?surely you should be saying, i want the united nations empowered, which is the point that professor ian goldin makes, a professor of development and globalisation, we need to empower the un so that we can come together to tackle this threat. why don't you say i'm antonio guterres, i want to be the focal point of tackling this covid—19? this is not a question of narcissism. what we need is a concerted action, and the un is ready to do whatever the un is asked for. we are now, for instance, putting together all our supply chain capacities, in order to offer the international community a possibility to be much more effective in relation to, for instance, medical equipment in all parts of the world. but i believe the g20 represents 80% of the world economy. the leaders of the g20 have an opportunity, with no other similar, in the concentration of power, because power is not in the un. power, whether we like it or not, is in the member states. they are coming together, 80%, they have the ch

the united nations and make a commission for refugees, are coming together.settlement, some are isolated, others unfortunately not, and at the same time to boost the extent possible the local capacity and what washington's facilities and all other mechanisms, the medical equipment, but they have to say looking into refugee camps, into the slums of many of the big cities in the developing world, these can be an effective nightmare and one reason more to do everything possible to support these countries for them not to become the weak point in the world. let's never forget one thing. our global health system is as strong as our weakest health system in the world. so there is all reasons to mobilise resources to support those that have less capacity today. finally, iwant to support those that have less capacity today. finally, i want you to just reflect on how you think the covid—19 crisis is going to affect the world? what is the impact going to be socially, economically, politically... what is the long—term impact in your view and could there be some positive

and alaska never became a member of the united nations. i'm pretty sure i'm running out of time, so i will try to wrap up my presentation. i miserably failed to cover all aspects of the yalta conference, but i tried to deal with the most important ones and the big question is, after this very short overview, whether or not the hi srstography was a failurr not. maybe it was an unqualified success for the united states and for the western allies. well the answer to all of these may be more nuanced than the questions themselves. and one thing that is very obviously is that yatla was perceived as a great success for all three powers. they got what they wanted. what was at the very top of their agenda, all of them, it turned out that it wasn't necessary. truman was trying to stop that, at that point from the perspective of february of 1945 that was a big success. stalin knew he would get away with whatever he wanted, but there was a formal agreement to support democratic processes, so there was a hope for churchill and fdr. france was not only

debt alleviation must be a priority improving immediately of us our interest payments for 2020 united nations says that is fully mobilized providing guidance for global efforts supporting going to responses and placing our supply chains at the world's disposal and to support our efforts the united nations is establishing and you must be partners fast phones for 19 response of the contrary to support a number of middle income countries to respond to the emergence and to recover from the social economic shock. un present court in 8 of us well the winds will be the drivers of the women response on the grounds ensuring that the wider diverse expertise and messages of united nations system i've used in the most efficient and effective way to support countries finally when we get past these crises which we will we will face a choice we can go back to the world as it was before or the decisively with those issues that make us all unnecessary vulnerable to crisis our own map is a 27 agenda and the 17 sustainable development goals they got me from 1000 crises must leads to a different economy every sc

called them govern the united nations mean the premier powers in the world. the united states, great britain, the soviet union and .hina would dominate there would be a general assembly where all nations of the world will be represented but one of the sore points was the soviet union came up at yalta but it was discussed already earlier. the soviet union insisted they wanted to have all their 16 republics represented. in the general assembly. meaning georgia, ukraine, whatever would be representing as individual states would be represented and churchill and roosevelt were not very excited about that. i'm not going to talk more about it because i'm sure dr. parkey will pick up that issue. veryuture of germany was a important discussion part in all of these conferences. namely the decision that germany would be occupied militarily i the big three after the war. there was an interesting incident in tehran where they were talking about the nazifi germany and stalin said the best way is to kill 50,000 officers. churchill was aghast at this sort of suggestion. we do

secretary general reached the shah and his party at united nation headquarters. 50 charter members of this world organization which, in the earliest days, supported the national integrity of iran. the delegation joins the shah and his party. they visit the chambers were world issues are brought for solution. the united nations headquarters. a beacon of hope for world peace. ♪ >> you can watch archival films in their entirety on our weekly series, reel america. here on american history tv. our c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is a recent program. >> this is the nation's primary facility for the dismantlement and management of nuclear weapons. for approximately 30 years, the safest method of transportation was by rail. we begin our look at the history amarillo to the museum. >> we are trying to preserve the rich railroad heritage of this area.

called them would govern the united nations. premiere powers in the world, united states, great britain, soviet union and china would sort of dominate as the four policemen of the united nations. there would be a againgeneral assembly where all will be represented. one of the sore points with the soviet was that the soviet union insisted they wanted to have all their 16 republics represented in the general assembly, georgia, ukraine, whatever would be representing as individual states would be represented there. churchill and roosevelt were not excited about that. i'm not going to talk more about it. i'm sure they will pick up that issue. the future of germany was a very important discussion part in all of these conferences. namely, the decision that ge germany would be ak pie e occup military by the big three. there was an incident in tehran where they were talking about de-na de-nazification. stalin said, we need to kill 50,000 officers. churchill was aghast at this. roosevelt choked back, well, 49,000 is enough. of course, not

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oppression of the people who are escaping regimes oppression and according to the united nations its reach is 1500000 people all these people are on our borders now and the regime is the real enemy here is just too may. lead from people all so that turkey would be in a difficult position because of the influx of the immigration immigrants so here of course is not going to sit and watch at. the observation point you have bells in it live and on the border. it is on. the ceasefire. recently we have agreed that we were going to establish the ceasefire in the region we have sent them forces in the region. so. we would you know trying to controls on the entities in the region who are trying to damage to these fires during this period the russian. we paid a lot of attention in our coordination with russian security forces the regime there gresham that directed on our security forces and the very unfortunate events have to lose because of that it is inevitable now to create a new status very edge. today in moscow with my counterpart the russian counterpart and with our delegation we have de

themselves in surveillance and community based surveillance and community care and i have the united nations system stands squarely behind those countries and today the secretary general. and the director general of w.h.o. dr ted us are launching a major humanitarian appeal to support those countries dr ryan in the press briefings you conduct you've spoken often about vulnerable communities and so i want to ask you specifically about refugees and migrants i've reported extensively in the past on refugee related and migrant related issues i've reported extensively on the plight of the rink i've been many times of those camps and cox's bazar bangladesh and i'm here. bring repeatedly these past few weeks from refugees in those areas who are terrified about the toll that covert 19 could take on their population refugees in other parts of the world also extremely worried is the international community doing enough to protect these vulnerable communities and if not what should they be doing there's no question that refugee and displaced populations particularly those living in overcrowded and unde

the problem down empower communities go after the virus the international community through the united nations system will provide every assistance to countries in doing that i know the world bank and others have released large. most of funding to support countries and their national action plans and 90 percent of countries around the world now have integrated national action plans for the control of coal with 19 we need to support those plans we need to fund those plans we need to send send surge support to help countries implement and please the world can be assured of to be a jewel in the united nations absolute commitment to support countries in this doctor and i want to move for a moment to talking about the current epicenter of the pandemic italy i was in northern italy in late february reporting on the cove in 1000 outbreak many of the people that i spoke to there they were extremely worried about the toll that it would take on the economy but at the same time they did not believe that things would get as bad as they have currently gotten so i want to ask you what factors are at play th

secretary general -- greets the shah and his party at united nation headquarters. he 50 charter members of this world organization which, in the earliest days, supported the national integrity of iran. the delegation joins the shah and his party. they visit the chambers were -- where world issues are brought for solution. the united nations headquarters. a beacon of hope for world peace. ♪ >> this is american history tv, events and interviews and visits to college classrooms and museums, exploring the past every weekend on c-span3. ♪ your unfiltered view of 1979 andt, created in brought to you today by your television provider. tonight michael schaefer looks at the life of thomas wallace coley, his journal entries and letters. here is a preview. as i mentioned, tom did not say anything about whether, but he had on a long overcoat. decided,ite, that he maybe it would be more comfortable, for he mounted he would take it off. off, put it over the back of his saddle, and had his left hand getting ready to swing his leg over, and a federal many , andentered his left side

certainly seems to have got out ahead of officials here at the united nations that tweet going out they were then playing catch up essentially but this is a highly respected peace negotiator working for 2 and a half years to try and broker some kind of deal in libya ben this is a direct quote he said i simply can't take this much stress so now the u.n. are scrambling to try and find a replacement in these vital peace negotiations let's just listen to what the u.n. spokesperson had to say our focus now is on ensuring a smooth transition so as not to lose you know some of the momentum we've we've gained i mean the situation in libya is critical we're seeing we've seen increased fighting we also saw different libyan parties being able to meet around the table. is to say to me has made some great. great progress we don't want to lose any of that momentum now they talk about momentum and they talk about progress but the real truth here is that mr salami was really floundering in what is an extremely complex situation you've got all sorts of foreign nations involved from france russia the uni

i would like to refer you to the united nations commission of enquiry thatjust to the united nationsnquiry that just came to the united nations commission of enquiry thatjust came out a couple of days ago, clearly indicating that the russians... but is a rare transparency for the united nations, by the way, i know i indicated the russians and the regime committed warcrimes. you would support that view? you have no doubt... we know that and i can refer you to reports by the new york times proving how the russians just recently targeted all those hospitals. you see, they're supposed to be a un organised system, it has a terrible name, the humanitarian de— de—confliction mechanism, it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, but more importantly this is meant to ensure hospitals don't get hit. you said more than 90 hospitals have been hit in the course of the last ten months or so, 11 months, so what's gone wrong? is a list of sites... the different groups, produce, presumably including yours, provide co—ordinates to the un and the un is supposed to provide them to the co—ordinates and they

when the united states was the first nation to recognize the state of israel. (applause) since then we built a bilateral relationship almost without comparison. today we built a robust security alliance to protect our citizens and stabilize the middle east. together we build new technology to grow our economies and strength in the middle class. together we build vibrant democracies to practice our beliefs and pursue happiness. americas grateful for our friendship with israel we are a better nation because of it and we must never shy away from defending it. it is our responsibility to pass it along to the next generation this is the only way will survive and that is why we need the 4000 students who are here today to hear it doer. to them and the others i said ronald reagan said that freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. we did not pass it to our children in the bloodstream. it must be fought for, protected, and handed on. that same applies to her bond with israel. (applause) friends we cannot allow those who accuse a backpack of bigotry and

out wary of overinterpretation any individual day's data we must ensure that we maintain this united national effort in order to keep people safe let's bring in zion diego who's live from london by skype a hopeful sign says the cabinet minister. still the numbers rise. well absolutely and i think what they are trying to do in order to hammer home the message of this of these restrictions that are currently on is that they want to offer some semblance of qype some green shoots as they call it but i want to also balance that with a sense of responsibility on each and every in individual here in order to maintain that of course and we don't have any signs that the peak is coming imminently right now it could be 2 to 3 weeks away michael gove the senior cabinet minister that presence was also reluctant to give a date on that as well in that sense that really the puts the onus on the public in order to maintain that but while they are also bracing themselves for that of course you mentioned the field hospital that is being built in london in east london there in order to deal with the thousands of

president donald trump has declared a national emergency in the united states over the spread of the coronavirus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to health authorities here's what the president had to say americans are the strongest and most resilient people on earth and in the coming weeks we will all have to make changes and sacrifices but the short term sacrifices will produce long term gain and again i've said we're learning a lot for the future and future problems like this or worse or worse it could get worse. now for more on this let's go to w correspondent stefan simons in washington stefan thanks for joining us now the trouble ministration has been accused of downplaying this crisis now trump is calling it a national emergency so what is the response been there well the response from observers friends and foes of the president is friends saying he finally got around it he acknowledges now the severe threat of the coronavirus and people who don't like the president so much say oh my god hopefully he has it now because they say

boards and is in total confrontation with international legitimacy with international law with united nations resolutions or within the american political arena there is a huge split when it comes with his they didn't accept it you talk a lot about the international community and international law and it's clear that the geneva conventions the security council resolution there on your side were now how do you take action where is your redress in the international system because as far as i can see it there are only 2 routes one is the u.n. the u.n. security council and of course of their israel has its trump card the u.s. which will use its veto if you take any action you have the general assembly where you can win a symbolic victory but it has no power on the other option is the international criminal court it's been dragging its feet now it's going to launch an investigation into the situation with regard to settlements but also with regard to the violence in gaza but it is asked it is judges whether it's actually has jurisdiction and there are some european countries who are taking israel'

great britain, the soviet union and china would dominate as the four policemen of the united nations. there will be a general assembly where all nations would be represented, but one of the sore point with the soviet union just and you all to, but it was discussed earlier that the soviet union insisted that they wanted and in the general assembly. and and i'm not will not talk more about it because i'm sure that they will pick up that issue. the future of germany was a very important discussion part and all of these conferences, namely the decision that germany would be occupied militarily by the big three after the war. there was an interesting incident where, in fact, there was talking about the notification of germany, and stalin said the best way to do not survive germany is to kill 50,000 officers. churchill was aghast at this suggestion. and roosevelt choked 45,000 is enough. they have to talk about the future order of post war germany in the sense of what we will do with all of the nazis and the notification was a very important subject matter. and let me mention one more thing

well earlier i spoke with the director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza we asked him to tell us what life was like right there . i would describe this situation as one of a mixture of panic since the 1st 2 cases where announced a couple of days ago and very watery to walk which happened if there is an indigenous infection and serious serious outbreak as was evidence and your report just now in the hospital sector here is wolf surely unprepared in many ways what i've been told is for every 100 patients what good deal you would need at least by intensive care unit that's now the os 6 the maximum in the whole of the gaza strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than $1500.00 people also the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging to implement the usual measures being advised by the world health organization by social distancing and of course proper hygienic cond

for more on this story joined a moment ago by mathias he's the director of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in gaza this is how he described the situation on the ground i would describe the situation as one. of panic since the 1st 2 cases where announced a couple of days ago and very watery to walk what happened if there is. traction and a serious outbreak as was evidence in your report just now in the hospital sector here is woefully unprepared in many ways been told is for every 100 patients what good you would need at least 5 intensive care unit beds 60 in the whole of the gaza strip so you can do the math as soon as they are more than 1500 people also feel the hospitals would simply not cope so that's one big concern the other concern is that in these crowded conditions you know with 812 people often sharing a 2 bedroom apartment let's say it's extremely challenging. the measures being advised by the world health organization like social distancing and of course proper hygiene it conditions in terms of hand washing and so on has also a challenge

it's me where the death rate is the worst in the worst hit area appears to be smelly and the united nations is appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera secretary general antonio tara says it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nation. india is under the biggest lockdown in history with 1300000000 people ordered to stay home while most are observing the restrictions homeless shelters are filling up with people who've lost their livelihoods and as a threat as a story from new delhi. it was always going to be hard keeping india's population of 1300000000 indoors those who ventured out on the 1st day of the national locked down face the consequences of the final cut by police in mumbai were seen conducting roadside checks as it appears those found flouting the rules faced instant justice with battens and punishing push ups prime minister late in their morty says india is at war. today the war that the country has waged against coronavirus will meet 21 days. but 3 weeks is a long time f

a tumor is the ethiopia representative the united nations food and agriculture organization for to me this is fascinating our audience around the world have been looking at these pictures wondering what happened why is this happening. this is happening because the locusts are finding unusual went here webster area in the region. they have we have seen cyclons that has happened actually there where there's in june july or august was president talk since june july 2090 but was he to asia who was deteriorated severely in december when a cyclon he got region for being in addition to the flooding and the all time the other disaster locust multiply you not time from each apia now 9 countries in the region are affected and 3 of those are worse than i think that is a troll yes for my area and kenya for tell us what it what is it like what is that experience like of seeing that many locusts in one place at one time for someone who was not used to locusts this is very scary is like seeing a cloud as large as. trying to then 20 square q. on it does as i read that sometimes it can even block the

focus is on the growing coronavirus pandemic and as the war on the disease is stepped up the united nations is calling for a cease fire and all the wars such as in syria and yemen saying people should focus on fighting the outbreak not each other the warring sides in yemen a cautiously backing the un's appeal 5 years of conflict have killed at least 100000 people and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis 24000000 people nearly 90 percent of the population need urgent food aid and the fighting has intensified as reports. march 2015 and the who thiis push into central caved in. and begin expanding their influence not only in southern yemen but over most of the country president out of the month so has he fled to saudi arabia where he called for a military intervention by arab nations. all march 25th a saudi led coalition launched their military campaign to oust the whole thiis. operation the size of storm further expanded targeting military installations. missile defense systems and i'm in addition to pose across the country. but it was yemeni civilians who bore the brunt of war the u

vote and the united nations on one hand on the other hand. the united nations have been like an extension of american foreign olympics since the establishment and. especially after the collapse of the soviet union the socialist block 19 months you want so i don't believe that the united nations can play any at all with the american presence in iraq jamal wakim professor of history and international relations thank you for joining us on the program this evening. the u.s. has scrapped another key strand of its investigation into russian interference during the last presidential election charges have been dropped against 2 firms accused of running a troll farm that to influence voters my colleague entered from or discussed the issue with taylor. well times russia gate and the infamous murder investigation have seemed never ending thought it appears that we might be seeing a ton in the tide because on monday the u.s. department of justice fall to motion to dismiss all charges against 2 companies concord management and concord consulting now these