i think the united nations needs the u.s. it's. such an indispensable country and i think that croly is also true there are a number of issues from migration to climate change which it's hard for the united states to to address on its own and indeed as it seeing in iran it pulled out of a really carefully calibrated deal that had countries like germany the u.k. china russia on the u.s. on board and now that it's outside wants to somehow say that this still party to that agreement and and to and to stop the military sanctions back on the back on iran so the u.s. i think is realizing it can't have its cake and eat it but it's a it's i think it's very difficult for her to know really what this means for the to be united nations and i think the rivalry between great powers whether it's between the u.s. and china or recently we've seen in data between china and india i think that's going to continue as the backdrop to the un's work regardless of whether president trump is reelected in november all right thanks once again but to get your

we've been talking a lot today about how the pandemic has challenge the united nations and its goal of encouraging this word multilateralism as so many nations are turning in with what's your take look this is 1000000000 b. assessment of the secretary general and he's been very clear about it is that what we have seen in this pandemic is a failure of nations to truly come together going it alone in a pandemic is not the solution you know we've always talked in theory about problems that know no border this pandemic this is not a drill right this is real life and we're seeing what happens when there is a lack of coronation on the global stage in terms of how to deal with me and in terms of the vaccine what we're seeing fortunately countries kind of going along instead of working together with the world health organization on the u.n. appeal to fund fighting the pandemic in vulnerable low income countries is only a quarter funded i was reading what does that say to you. well that was a you know countries are not giving enough but also recognizing that there are many member states or face

it's capture is an inspiring and historic birthday president -- present to the united nations. 53 of nations supported the military campaign. burning red equipment marks the way as you and forces move forces move.n forward. as they marched back, it is forward despite resistance to the border of manchuria itself. of ahese argyle troops out town 25 miles north of the capital, here are the defenders put up little fight. gis who haven looked into the face of death wait to tokyo, these are among the few united nations soldiers who expect -- escape to their captors during the communist retreated northward. the final knockout blow to the reeling enemy is delivered by american paratroops, the united nations supreme commander douglas macarthur looks on as a 4000 closed the trap on 28,000 communist troops. after watching the great drop, general macarthur sets down to confer with commanding general walton walker before returning to tokyo. wind swept field, marines of the first division hold memorial certain -- services for 400 of their cameras -- comrades. the final tribute to brave men who gav

we also host the united nations technology paying for the least developed countries. being the eastern most european and the western asia increases turkey specifically in all areas. with asia a new initiative we will give our relations a new dynamism in our current time when the pendulum of history is shifting again towards asia. we have also gained significant momentum in our relations with that with which we have humanitarian and historical ties connecting our close geographies. we plan to implement projects aimed at strengthening africa's capacity at the 3rd turkey african union partnership summit that we intend to hold in turkey next year. so as i conclude my remarks i would like to say that our strong support for multilateralism will continue during this sensitive period we are passing it through so you really must of course keep our distance from the pandemic but we must also close ranks in our joint struggling cooperation against all the challenges that threaten the international community so. we will continue our efforts to transform this dam one of the most p

i am for me ok welcome to the stream under united nations general assembly this week in a limited edition serious istream is teaming up with the un to bring you some of the most important global issues around the world now of course we cannot do that without isa we are going to be on t.v. or on instagram or on you tube we want you to jump into the comments section and you too can be part of the very important conversations or the way through the week we start with an unscientific survey of global citizens looking at the united nations on its 75th anniversary this is what they tell us. i think the principles that guided him established the un as an organization are certainly ones that we need and today's landscape however i do feel that the execution is a bit lacking i think issues such as the syrians really conflict the war in syria poverty corruption on a worldwide stage do need to be addressed in a more pressing matter my favorite s.t.g. is the 17 partnerships for their goals because it truly reflects why they you when they exist and what it has achieved so far it also reminds us that i

hopefully in the history of the world thank you god bless you all god bless america and god bless the united nations. the president of the united sates donald j. trump addressing the 75th session of the united nations general assembly let's bring in our diplomatic it's a james pace at the u.n. james what are we to make of that. a machine gun style delivery from the u.s. president to one country more than any other in his sights that was china just took him 15 seconds to say the china and then almost laws against china with regard to covert 19 and other issues in the world i think it's worth reminding everyone some of that needs to be fact checked number one and number 2 although this was a speech to the u.n. general assembly this is a law right and carrying out terrorist work and china terms are going to be ready to i'm sorry because the president which i type or the one is speaking let's listen so. do you do go to the children. work at the united nations during this difficult period. i also wholeheartedly congratulate my former colleague ambassador. who has taken over the presidency of the general

of the united nations. indicates the united nations has the assembly. has helped to stabilize the global community. in addition. to international peace and security. and. on forward. and use development and humanitarian agencies. the. assembly the future we want. we need. commitment to multi literalism. effective multilateral action is indeed most appropriate and timely as it kept as calm and. a new. organization in the. approaches to the many challenges we face in the water. as we reflect on the future. we want and the united nation we need we must realize that the peoples. of us count on us. it was a system. to marshal a truly effective and inclusive as opposed to the can order. then the united nations would have its core mission of giving exploration. and solution to the things of the intent if you know when we need to. actually seize. the future we want to get in t. human rights. human dignity. human for us. and of course. the principles or believe no one behind and do we know how. to be expressed throug

the united nations must hold china accountable. in addition every year, china dumps millions of tons of plastic and trash into the oceans. over fishes other country's waters, destroy vast swaths of coral reef and emit more toxic mercury into the atmosphere than any country anywhere in the world. china's carbon emissions are nearly twice what the u.s. has and is rising fast. by contrast, after i withdrew from the one-sided paris climate accord, last year america reduced its carbon emissions by more than any country in the agreement. those who attack america's exceptional environmental record while ignoring china's brandon pollution -- rampant pollution are not interested in the environment. they only want to punish america and i will not stand for it. if the united nations is to be an effective organization, it must focus on the real problems of the world. this includes terrorism, the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing of religious minorities. am

president speak about multilateralism president putin specially for size the constructive role of the united nations while you have 2 very hyper nationalist nations russia and china extending trade more rapidly so governments nations. while the american press the president of the united states the country that basically founded. and that we've been leading the. globalized order well at least half a century has been taken a hyper nationalist was issued that reversal of roles rick we american president and the chinese and the russian persons. it's just fascinating now we've seen it coming over the last few years but the way it has accumulated this nets hyper national it's really turned the part of the american president and who will bust you and friends need to market that time is on the russian stock because we have a a u.s. election not far away at all now how much should we take donald trump's speech in light of that timing i would say 99 percent. 'd on the one hand because as you said we are getting also that there might be elections i know that because we know you know how president from acts we

ok a was iran president hassan rouhani there speaking to the 75th general assembly of the united nations which is under way in new york speaking virtually in a previous court and statement as all lead is doing given we are of course in the middle of a pandemic and we are next expected to hair from the french president emanuel mccaughan who will be giving the last address of this session before a break and things kick off again this afternoon. u.s. time let us listen in to what the french president has to say about this when mr secretary-general united nations ladies and gentlemen heads of state and government . last year we met here in new york for a general assembly at the time i called upon each and every one of you to have the courage to construct peace and together to shoulder our responsibilities that courage i must say has been more than put to a harsh test by the health economic social security shock which is of unprecedented scope and immediate global crisis the most immediate one since the creation of our realization 75 years ago that courage which from the very 1st was seen in

up this week united nations to bring you some of the biggest issues in the world right now these are conversations we are not intending to have by ourselves so we are on t.v. we are on instagram we are on you tube but you know what to do you can just jump into the comment section and you too can be part of every conversation this week so today we are looking at misinformation around 90. welcome to the guests i have to say hello to catherine think i can tell everybody who she is still any instruction take out ahead. my family i'm claire wardle and i'm the u.s. director of fast draw for a nonprofit that helps people tackle the challenges of misinformation so i'm pretty excited about this conversation you tatiana i to tell everybody here. sure i'm heidi larson and i am a professor of anthropology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine but i lead something called the vaccine confidence project and we're trying to build confidence around extreme but also trying to understand why people don't have confidence. i always call him david but officially he's still feet delta david

ok we are taking you back now to the united nations general assembly which is under way a we now have the diplomat representing qatar who will be announcing his highness shake the membrane how much autonomy the america of qatar let so snow is going to be making his address as late as throughout the day do so they are going virtually . so let's listen in a moment to his a president of the general assembly your excellence the secretary general of the united nations ladies and gentlemen made the peace and blessings of god to be upon you at the outset i congratulate his excellent mr volcker here on assuming the presidency of the 70 live in session of the general assembly wishing him every success i also think his excellency mr johnny president of the previous session for the appreciated efforts he exerted during his tenure and i have made myself of this opportunity to commend to the role of his ex and see the secretary general mr until you're the terrorist in promoting the role of the united nations and achieving its goals mr president this session coincides with some greeting at the 75th

who are the the united states all time and russia blocking any major action by what is known as the world community but that seems to be losing power as we speak with many different nations putting themselves 1st not just the united states our chief political editor michelle it is no thank you so much. one can conjunction with this week's gathering at the united nations a climate activists are getting together to push politicians on a climate emergency scientists are clear on the impact of manmade global warming and populations around the world are being impacted. ravaged by fire large swathes along the west coast of the united states have been devastated this year's wildfire season has been one of the worst ever more than 11000 square kilometers of forest and towns have been reduced to ash and rubble entire communities have gone up in smoke all of a sudden the mountains were just a blaze a few days ago you know. to the east and i wasn't worried about it and all of a sudden it just came across without any warning and i couldn't believe it. in brazil to the number of fires in the wetlands of ponce and more than doubled in the 1st half of 2020 compared with last year. then

start a process which will allow for the peaceful resolution of conflict under the auspices the united nations is france's initiative to be in the coming weeks to work with the secretary john and i did nations to bring together all the neighboring countries of levy at this recommitment of the neighboring countries is necessary over the term. in the eastern mediterranean you know if we have to commit to an effective plea a dialogue of the 2 in a forward to a new space of confrontation which would jeopardize international law on the mediterranean countries of the european union have spoken clearly in favor for this as they did a few days ago in ash acciona q we respect turkey are giving we are ready for dialogue but we expect her to respect european sovereign to the international law to provide clarification about her action in libya and in syria. insults are fruitless. body and all of these words and all of these acts only have a place in responsible relations people do not have a place in responsible relations between states calling for responsibility but is what we need we as europeans are re

seen lots of periods when nation states has struggled to get on with each other that was the case obviously throughout the whole of the code. and one of the one of the things unitedstates is not mentioned is it is a stage on which the nations can at least talk and i can see what they can agree on and can at least of a document things they struggle to korea they un there is also an act and one of my main responsibility is thousands of miles away from. here in new york where i'm talking to you from a now where a lot of the between governments takes place out there in the countries where there are humanitarian problems and every year at the u.n. through the programs i coordinate delivering food and water and education and health care and shelter to the courts up in these crises we reach more than a 100000000 people and i'm grateful to the donors who all in charity give us the money to do that because that that's thanks millions of lives every year when the cheapest way to save your life is to invest in our programs and they say things go on and they're keeping going on even in the midst that they difficulties nation's banks are only having at the moment in finding r

by top story now the united nations is marking 75th anniversary ahead of the annual general assembly meeting this week a 1000 mayor has addressed leaders and dignitaries and called on nations to reaffirm their commitment to a collective human. i left it all the way jordan certainly isn't that mona the united. it has made great strides in achieving the goals agreed upon by the international community has been able of the past decades to make many contributions for the advancement of humanity saving millions of people and changing their lives for the better it's through its various institutions and organizations which are no longer conceivable to imagine our contemporary world without them but it is still falling short of finding the necessary making isms to impose its principles upon its members or the right of might still outweighs the might of right in the different regions of the world in a different areas of our modern. doors is the director of the project on un governance and reform at the center for international studies at the university of oxford he joins us on skype from oxfor

al-jazeera has learned that a date has been set for libyan peace talks the united nations hopes to name a new envoy in the coming days and the current plan is to bring the country's warring sides to geneva for negotiations on october the 15th our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations libya's prime minister gave his address to the u.n. as a time when a flurry of diplomacy is once again on the way to pull his country out of conflict international efforts to bring peace to libya would derailed last year when general foley for huffed are launched an attack on tripoli it failed and prime minister seraph says countries supporting have to among them the us egypt and russia now need to adopt a new approach. them about him or can we call on the states to revisit their positions and to no longer bet on the aggressor and to discuss with the government of national accord the means to address their concerns we must work to establish relationships based on mutual respect and common interests and the non interference in internal affairs the humanitarian situation in libya is now

role in the foundation of the united nations that we have played host you know to the u.n. for these 75 years most of the time the united states has taken an appropriate leadership. and may so again i mean i think this is one of the major questions that we confront here in the united states is the trumpet ministrations disdain of the u.n. kind of a temporary tangent and will you come back to a more conventional american foreign policy going forward all or or is the is the american retreat from its global responsibilities you know going to be something that lingers for the foreseeable future you know there are a lot of things that state you know here and in the american election but to obviously america's relationship with the u.s. as an institution and the rest of the world is one of those very significant questions that we face let's say joe biden wins the election and there is a new president in the u.s. how do you think the u.s. relationship with the u.n. will change then. well i do think this is this didn't mean it's a matter of degree but this is one of the primary diff

fraternal neighbor, turkey, on your well deserved election as president of the 75th session of the united nations general assembly. allow me to wish every success for you, the honorable secretary general, and all your colleagues in your efforts to realize the goal and objectives of the nited nations. excellenceys, the people of the world, having taken god-given blessings of health and security for granted, were suddenly shaken by the outbreak of ovid-19. in spite of its min us kuhl size, covid-19ing mored to challenge global management and national governments so seriously that the world's most significant say semiably might as well be convening virtually hrough video conference. covid-19 is now a common pain for humanity, thanks to the rapt growth of science, technology, and the media. this common pain has demonstrated that despite all progress, our ignorance as humans far outweighs our knowledge. covid-19 is calling us to more humility and humbleness before the almighty and the truth of reation. it is guiding human society promoting social as well individual, as preventing unhindered nterferenc

the united nations can only be as effective as its members and united. really can't always all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms the u.n. must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. country the united states says for the most part the un has been a successful experiment but there's also a cause for concern. the united nations has for too long been resistant to meaningful reform too often lucky and transparency and too vulnerable to the agenda of autocratic regimes and dictators. as the u.n. faces questions over whether it is still fit for purpose many feel it's the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. i'll ask a more we are joined here in the studio by the chief political editor of the course of. the u.s. and 75 years what shape is it. well it's a very difficult say boats and right now and we saw antonio going terrace you was the former u.n. high commissioner for refugees he's very much aware that some 80000000 people are fleeing from conflict and viole

notably israel and some of the gulf states but all the key players here at the united nations particularly the u.n. security council on nought on the side of the united states the european allies have remained strong i'm told about 11 different letters have been received by the president of the u.n. security council by countries or groups of countries and they all oppose the u.s. position right now so the u.s. certainly at the u.n. right now reasonably isolated but as you just heard the big moment ahead is none of this bank we're talking about now the big moment is the u.s. election coming up in november and if donald trump wins another term where do we go we're running out of road and i suspect one of the only directions we can go is in the direction of conflict james also interesting that neither the u.s. president or indeed the secretary of state all where you are right now of course the united nations which is currently marking its 75th anniversary. yeah that seems to have been a little bit of a snub or at least some are saying maybe not a deliberate snub but it felt like it because pr

my guest is the secretary—general of the united nations, antonio guterres.year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism? and does he have the power to do anything about this? secretary—general antonio guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. in may, you said that covid—i9 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. why do you think it's brought out the worst in humanity? well, first of all, it's a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. i think covid—i9 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. we are on oui’ knees with a microscopic virus and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come together and face covid—i9 in close coordination. we have seen each country going its own way. the world health organization can advise, but they cannot force countries to do anything, and so we see the virus moving from east to west, now from north to south. it can come back with a second w

peace turning to the agenda of the united nations saying you know standing up for and he has had some diplomatic victories just recently in the middle east with. these deal. between the united arab emirates and bahrain and israel both of those both those arab states middle east normalizing racial relations with israel so this is a diplomatic victory that donald trump can tout at this time saying that he's kind of fresh eyed approach to the middle east was what made that possible critics would say that these deals were more a kind of a byproduct of a failed.

silence.n too much since the creation of the united nations -- by the united nations of the global humanitarian day, 5000 humanitarian workers have been attacked and 1800 have been murdered. last year was the deadliest yet. i have a particular thought for men andung french women, who within the acted, were working exactly in this framework in niger and were killed in terrible conditions last august. the united nations cannot remain inactive in the face of such this regression. this is why with french ngos, with our international partners, we are building an initiative to ensure the effectiveness of international law, the protection of humanitarian personnel and the fight against impunity. a humanitarian space is a common legacy we have to protect the current team -- by guaranteeing access for civilians and for the humanitarian forces support them. we have seen setbacks here. we have seen practices including by permanent members of the security council of unacceptable action, particularly in syria. the neutrality of humanitarian action needs to be respected and we must prevent it from being crim

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earlier, the united nations general assembly, earlier, the united nations generalassembly, presidentaths from coronavirus passed 200,000. that is it for now, thank you so much for watching. hello there. tuesday marked the autumn equinox and also the last of these very warm and sunny days. we saw 26 degrees in suffolk on tuesday afternoon. by friday looks like temperatures in suffolk will only manage to make around 12 or 13 degrees. noticeably colder as we end the week. and the change comes behind this cold front which is slowly spreading its way southwards in eastwards early on wednesday. ahead of it there will be a lot of cloud around. some showers too, longer spells of rain some of which could be on the heavy and thundery side. but for scotland and northern ireland skies will be clear and behind the weather front. so we start wednesday off on a chilly note here. but again, for england and wales where we have the weather front with the cloud and rain, 12—15 degrees. but a lot more cloud on wednesday for england and wales. outbreaks of rain tending to become more persistent as it pus

record a video message instead the host country sent its acting deputy representative of the united nations has for too long been resistant to meaningful reform too often lucky in transparency and too vulnerable to the agenda of autocratic regimes and dictator so in a recorded message german chancellor angela merkel called for further multilateralism time for even an expansion of members to the security council to stay relevant if i'm not so in the united nations can only be as effective as its members only knighted the security council is all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms the u.n. must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. as the un faces questions whether it's still fit for purpose many feel it's the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. let's talk about those strengths and shortcomings we have our chief international editor richard walker with us here in the studio richard and we'll be following the u.n. general assembly we're expecting president trying to speak within the hour we'l

polarization on the world stage. >> shortly before president trump's speech was played at the united nations, the u.s. passed 200 thousand coronavirus deaths. trump's management of the pandemic will be key in the lead up to the november election. >> at washington national cathedral, the bell rang 200 times, once for every thousand lives lost in the u.s. to the global pandemic. dead.0 >> when i hear about 200,000 a benchmark ofst sadness for me and the country. i think about the individual people i cared for who have died, and i think about multiplying that by 200,000, and it's hard for me to grasp the amount of death. >> the united states, with just 4% of the world's population, has nearly 20% of the nearly one million covid-19 deaths worldwide. the number of covid-19 cases in the u.s. is six .8 million. president trump says a vaccine could be available as soon as the november 3 election. that is not a view widely shared by medical experts. it is a view the president shares often with thousands of largely unmasked supporters at rallies. turn,are rounding the rounding the corner on the pandem

illegal or less i'll bring in our guests for this special edition of inside story from the united nations in new york i mean i'm mohammad deputy secretary general of the united nations in brussels lane an european union commissioner for international partnerships and in capetown siac ali sea captain of the south african national rugby team and a united nations global advocate a warm welcome to you all thank you so much for being with us on this special edition of inside story deputy secretary general ameena mohammed if i can start with you even before covert 1000 existed of violence against women and girls was an important human rights concern why and how has the pandemic made it worse and what is the united nations doing to address this. well i think 1st the shock for everyone is that while we've been trying to get to 0 on gender based violence that what covert has done has brought this shadow pandemic with people being locked at home not able to get to the support that they would normally have is has been huge and has been exacerbated by the lock down what's the u.n. doing about it 1st

shamelessly violated resolution of the security council, even punish others for abiding by a united nations security council resolution? and simultaneously claim to be seeking negotiations? the the united states can impose neither negotiations more war. life is hard on the sanctions. however, harder is life without independence. political freedom at home is important for us. we as the oldest democracy in the middle east are proud of our people determining their destiny and will not trade domestic freedom with foreign interference. democracy is the sovereign right of a nation and not the right of interference by an outsider. let alone a terrorist and interventionist outside of the remains captive to the illusions of the nineteenth of august 1953 when its predecessors overthrew the only democracy in the middle east through a coup d'État. dignity and prosperity of our nation are essential for us and diplomacy relying on national will coupled with resilience. we are not the bargaining chip in us elections and domestic policy. any us administration will have no choice but to surrender to the res

shortly before president speech was played at united nations the u.s. past 200000 coronavirus deaths china's management of the pandemic is going to be a key issue of course in the lead up to november's presidential election john hendren reports. at washington national cathedral the bell rang 200 times once for every 1000 lives lost through us to the global pandemic. 200000 dead and i hear about 200000 deaths is just a benchmark of sadness for me and for us as a country i think about the individual people that are here or who have died and then i think about multiplying that comes to acknowledge that it was just hard for me to even rouse the amount of. the johns hopkins university the united states with just 4 percent of the world's population has more than 20 percent of the nearly 1000000 kovac 1000 deaths worldwide the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. is now 6800000 present in trump says a vaccine could be available as soon as the november 3rd presidential election that is not a view widely shared by medical experts. it's a view the president sha

i wish the united nations ever success and happy center 5th anniversary thank you. and there we are listening to the ivory coast present allison a washrag giving his united nations general assembly address let's go to james bass who was also listening and what do you make of the speech james well i think the last bit was the most important because he was talking about the forthcoming election which is concerning many in the international community he said it would be peaceful and transparent would be conducted in a democratic environment and stressed again the economic and human progress he says the countries made under him he said it was one of the top performers economically in the world the reason there is concern is that there is a dispute over whether he should be running in the selection he's done his 2 terms as president he says that he had to change the constitution 2016 which allows him to run again he wasn't going to run again he said in march but he changed his mind after his preferred successor died suddenly the concern is history repeating itself go bac

assembly world leaders marking the 75th anniversary of the united nations as the core of virus pandemic poses big challenges to the organizations unity the u.n. secretary general antonio agree terrorists call for more international cooperation and multilateralism to curb covert 19 and face environmental challenge as well because of the pandemic the event is being held mostly virtually many leaders delivering speeches by video well as the host nation the u.s. gave the opening statement that u.s. president trump did not as previously scheduled appear in person here's what his u.n. representative had to say. but the trump administration this anniversary is an important moment to mark the many successes of the united nations but to do so with clear eyes and a renewed determination to see this important body serve its intended purpose. the 75th anniversary of the un is the right time to ask questions about the institution strengths and weaknesses review and learn from its failures and celebrate its accomplishments. are less talk more about this cement as they were should have been a momentou

design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in they go and security council welcome to news africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders has been calling for a permanent seat on the council for you is. to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council sit in a very comfortable position position what is status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of no to the truth that you should see is that through it and the reason great divide amongst great powers if the u.n. is not able to adapt your mind is increasingly going to become where you are relevant and doesn't mind at all coming just from africa member states also coming from places like japan and germany india or brazil because for them now it's 75 years old of the un it's extremely important to understand not only what can t

my guest is the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres.year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism? and does he have the power to do anything about this? secretary—general antonio guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. in may, you said that covid—19 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. why do you think it's brought out the worst in humanity? well, first of all, it's a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. i think covid—19 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. we are on our knees with a microscopic virus, and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come together and face covid—19 in close coordination. we have seen each country going its own way. the world health organization can advise, but they cannot force countries to do anything, and so we see the virus moving from east to west, now from north to south. it can come back with a second w

we wish express our thanks and appreciation to the united nations and to its humanitarian agencies as well as all international organizations in the donor community for their support to the revolutionary government in its efforts to deal with the issues of displaced people refugees and repatriated people and. by providing health care food support and in this area we indicated the government to you sharon has removed all earthly obstacles to channeling humanitarian assistance to the populations of the areas in conflict. and this framework as part of the national plan for the improvement of humanitarian action. and in order to get to ensure that needs are covered the state is trying to reinforce all projects. to improve the living conditions of refugees and displaced people in accordance with all the international instruments and humanitarian law. we work in. cooperation with you know med for its exit strategy in accordance with the resolution 25252020 of the security so the latest stages in handing on the tasks and consist of establishing a national plan for the protection of civilians

right now what do you think are the biggest challenges facing the united nations 75 years on. there is a whole range of challenges starting with the pandemic climate change usually at the top of everyone's list but it's rising nationalism it's the type of rhetoric we saw once again from president trump and other world leaders in different ways this time not focused on some kind of false dichotomy of globalist versus his approach america 1st that he mentioned briefly in a speech but now attacking other leaders the major major headline one doubt it would be as has been discussed over the last hour on your program the tension with china and it's not simply because of the election coming up you know it's an election issue but i think it has something to do with the fact that the u.s. has crossed the 200000 mark for american deaths linked to cope at 19 and he wants to push back very hard and point the finger elsewhere well yes he as you pointed out it is an election yet very close in fact to the election. and should we look at trump speech in light of the ass i mean he is obviously

july 27, 1953, the united , ases general mark clark united nations commander, signed in 1950.y, and inrench indochina communist , guerrillas infiltrated north vietnam. despite u.s. aid in arms and supplies france had to accept an , armistice, yielding control to of the colony to the communists. south vietnam, cambodia, and laos and thailand faced the threat of a communist-dominated territory. to counteract that threat, secretary of state john foster dulles was instrumental in organizing the southeast asia treaty organization uniting australia, new zealand, pakistan, the philippines, thailand, and the united states in a defensive alliance against communist aggression. in the middle east, a crisis erupted when the suez canal was nationalized by egyptian premier abdul nasser. -- were scuttled as barricades, and the canal was closed to british ships. israel invaded egypt, while england and france sent a military expedition to seize the canal zone. russia proposed a soviet-american force to restore llesr, secretary du on them to yield to a u.n. mission pending mediation. also in the middle