in october, professor chomsky spoke before 800 people in the hall of the united nations general assemblythe issue of israel and palestine. after his speech, i did a public interview with officer chomsky. we are here at the united nations general assembly. what do you think is the single most important action the u.n. can take to solve the crisis in the occupied territories between the palestinians and the israelis? >> well, we have to bear in mind what all of you know, in the real world, the united nations can act in so far as the great powers permitted to act. and in this case, that means i merrily the united states and its close ally britain, france, those are the main actors, and they said -- set pretty strict limits. it within those limits, there are things the united nations could do. recognizing the state of palestine is a step forward come already, over 130 members of the united nations have taken that step individually. just recently, there was the first break, sweden announcing that would take that step. just a couple of days ago, the british parliament voted to recognize palest

the united nation security council for this resolution within three weeks of making the announcement that he was seeking to get this resolution in a speech that he made at the united nations generaly at the end of september. therefore there has been a delay. there are many reasons for this delay, but we know from a senior palestinian official that we spoke to this morning that he expects abbas to still go to the united nations within days, he said. >> okay. thank you very much. live for us there. >>> we want to take you now to egypt once again and cairo where wwe are awaiting a verdict in te retrial of former president hosni mubarak. the judge expected to deliver the verdict any moment now. mubarak himself has arrived inside the courtroom. the former president is accused, along with seven of his former police commanders of involvement in the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during the 2011 revolution that ended his three decade rule. he is also facing charge of -- charges of corruption, in this case, in the corruption case he is tried along with his two sons and hussein who is being tried in a se absentia that is one ofs closest association. the courtroom there in cairo is pa

united nations role in all this? president obama actually brought up ferguson while speaking in front of the united nations general assemblyew york. >> reporter: that's a good question. especially when you consider the grand jury is still considering whether or not to indict the police officer as well as other department of justice investigations currently ongoing. this is part of a much broader review into u.s. compliance into the u.n. convention against torture. it is one of three human right treaties that the united states ratified out of ten. this is a broader review looking at a range of issues expected to take place over the course of three days and a panel of eight experts asking a series of questions potentially about ferguson. united states allegations will have an opportunity to respond and on november 28th, we're expecting a report for the u.n. outlining a series of recommendations and according to the convention, the fact the united states has ratified it, the u.s. is legally obliged to follow-up on the series of recommendations from the committee. >> interesting. erin mclaughlin in geneva. thank you. >>> happe

should have made the moffatt the u.n., within three weeks of making the announcement at the united nations generalssembly, at a speech he gave in september, to say that he was trying to secure such resolution. there has been a delay according to a senior palestinian official. he is expected to make the move within days. >> why is there a delay going to the security council for a resolution to end israeli occupation? >> well, there are many reasons. palestinian officials told us, firstly that the palestinians wanted to secure nine out of 15 boats from members of the security council, they have not been able to do that. there's a lot of pressure on the palestinian authority and organization not to make the move. the palestinians fear that the u.s. would possibly veto a resolution of the security council, because in the past the u.s. has done so when it comes to resolution that condemns israel. and there are fears that they may cut off financial support and aid to the palestinian authority. they'll discuss that. this raises a question of whether arab countries would be able to support the authority f

. >> the united nations has approved a landmark measure to seek the potential prosecution of north korean officials for crimes against humanity. on tuesday, the united nations generalssembly voted to refer abuses by the north korean regime to the international criminal court. it comes months after a un investigation found north korean leaders could be guilty of major crimes, including state-sanctioned killings, starvation and torture. the final vote was 119 to 19, with 55 abstentions. cuba was among the countries to oppose the measure, calling it a "tool to sanction and condemn developing countries." missouri governor jay nixon has appointed a commission to make recommendations for dealing with the social and racial justice issues raised by the killing of unarmed teenager michael brown. nixon unveiled the 16 member panel tuesday. divisions,eal the exposed by michael brown's death, and use this defining moment as the moment we begin to walk a different path. while there are clearly a diverse group, they are united by the shared passion to promote understanding, to hasten healing, to ensure equal opportunities and education and employment, and to safeguard the civil

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it's all about what's going on in the united nations and human rights situation. united nations general assembly next month is probably going to pass a nonbinding resolution referring to the u.n. security council, the humanitarian situation in north korea to refer to the icc, international criminal court, this year, the u.n. released a 400-page landmark report criticizing north korea's humanitarian situation calling many of the violations crimes against humanity. since then, north korea has this massive charm offensive, even sending u.n. -- north korean ambassador tried to defend its human rights record. it's providing yet another motivation. >> but is it legitimate? what makes you think that kim jong-un would be all that caring about the human rights violations? surely he's got to know what's going on inside his own country. >> he could ignore the situation, but i think the u.n. report is talking about just personally saying that kim jong-un himself is committing crimes against humanity, that we should refer to the icc. it's really been bothering the north koreans. it's not the only mo

united nations secretary general says he is concerned over escalating violence in labia.ng power struggle is having a devastating impact on the population. and egypt's president sisi says his government intends to support libya's army. dominic kane reports. >> reporter: this is the effect of the fighting in benghazi. the once busy streets are now battlegrounds. these are districts in the north of the city. for the past month the [ inaudible ] libya group has brought the general for control. >> translator: all fighting in benghazi now were the first to fight the terrorists. the army is doing its best and is controlling. the situation is good. we are take control. >> reporter: but the other side disputes this. in recent days its fighters have attacked base around the international airport. a target of strategic importance to both sides, and across libya, it's a similar story. this week, the forces have bombed tripoli's second airport. the airport is in the hands of forces that support the general national congress. a supreme court has left the government of the gnc as the o

. >> reporter: like generations before her she hopes it will be different, if not for her, for her son. >>> the united nationsquarter -- secretary general says he is concerned about ongoings violence in libya. dominic kane reports. >> reporter: this is the effect of the fighting in benghazi. the once busy streets are now battlegrounds. these are districts in the north of the city. for the past month the libya group has fought the general for control. his spokesmen insists he has the upper hand. >> translator: all of the people fighting now in benghazi are residents and the nationalist youth of benghazi. they were the first to fight the terrorists. the army is doing its best, and is controlling. >> reporter: but libya disputes this. in recent days its fighters have attacked bases around the international airport, a target of strategic importance to both sides, and across libya, it's a similar story. this week, forces have bombed tripoli's second airport. the airport is in the hands of forces that support the general national congress. a supreme court ruling has left the government of the gnc has the only legit

here at the united nations, secretary general has emerged all of those to show flexibility, wisdom, and determination. there are only three possible outcomes a break down, a historic agreement, and another extense of the process, the next few days will be crucial. al jazeera, of the united nations. >> five guantanamo detainees have been settled in europe, four years after they were cleared to leave. slovak yeah, and georgia agreed to take them in, 6 u.s. agencies cleared the men of links to al quaida, a year after president obama took office. ink stability called the delay. 143 men are still being held. years after the president filed and failed so shut it down. israel is planning to destroy the family homes of two of the two synagogue attackers. the go men were gunned down after they stormed the synagogue and kills five. israel stopped home demolitions saying it doesn't deter attacks. the move will likely fuel growing anger, in the region. >> for 30 years, he has been navigating the streets of jerusalem. his job normally has him working all hours but not any more. he tells me after mon

. >> reporter: here at the united nations, secretary general ban ki-moon has urged all of those involvedlks to show flexibility, wisdom and determination. there are only three possible outcomes. a breakdown, a historic agreement, or yet another extension of the process. the next few days will be crucial. james bays, al jazerra, at the united nations. >>> in egypt, a police officer was killed and another injured when unidentified attackers opened fire in the northern city on thursday. that's according to state media which said the gunmen fled on a motor bike. another four police officers were injured after an explosion at a checkpoint on the outskirts of cairo. in the capital itself a sound bomb went off at a major railway station. >>> now, to libya where there are fears of a humanitarian disaster in benghazi as fighting continues for control of this secretary biggest city. forces loyal to the renegade general are combating rule militias for control of key districts. don anything kane reports. >> reporter: this is the fight for again gas i. the libya group attacks a base near the internat

he's also a delegate to the united nations general a silly appointed by president obama, and he served six terms in congress before coming to become governor and i was about one thing in common, something that we have an, and that was all we are all fellows at harvard institute of politics which is a really great program. one of the most important things. so i will get off right to the beginning of what were your main takeaways from tuesday's elections? i will start with governor strickland. >> well, i think the main takeaways is that the people of this country are dissatisfied with the way our government at various levels is functioning, and they went to the polls and expressed themselves. the republicans came out the winners but i don't know that that's an indication that the people feel particularly good about the republican party any more so than they apparently do at this time about the democratic party. but it was an expression of frustration, perhaps some anger and a desire to have the government respond to the needs of the country. >> how about you? >> it's a typical midterm. i

. >> here at the united nations, secretary general has urged all of those involved in the talks to show flexibility, wisdom, and determination. there are only three possible outcomes, a break down, a historic agreement, and yet another extension of the process the next few days will be crucial. james because, al jazeera, the united nations. exploding air bags made by japanese company took center stage today. tense exchanges with lawmakers questioning why it took years to deal with the problem that has been linked to at least five deaths nearly 8 million cars have been recalled in the united states. burr massachusets senator says it's not enough, he calls them a ticking time bomb, and says any car or truck with them should be recalled. lisa stark joins us live. this is not a new issue, so why hold hearings now. >> tony, the recalls began ton a very small scale, but this has mushroomed into applausessive recall, effecting the ten auto makers, so lawmakers felt with deaths and injuries continuing, they needed to try to get a handle on what is going on here. and they were not happy today wi

. >> reporter: here at the united nations secretary-general ban-ki moon to show determination and there only three possible outcomes, a break down, historic agreement or yet another exte extension of the process and the next few day also be crucial. >>> iranian journalist and there will not be a deal before monday. >> reporter: they had a deal last year and can have another one and the question is the nature of the deal and they have a lot of outstanding issues and need to sort them out, neither side is ready, america is not ready to lift sanctions and iran is not ready to cross the nuclear red lines that have been set to the government by the parliament and the leadership. so i mean neither party is ready and this is the case and no breakthrough over the next few days or so, besides think about it, if there is a deal they should be some kind of commitment on both sides. this means that i ran has to give greater access to its nuclear facilities and has to stop enrichment program and at the same time has to lift everything and go talk to congress and and iran are not ready so we should n

these elections have been widely condemned around the world including by the united nations secretary general. and another direct contra vengs of the protocol which clearly states that elections must be held, and i quote, in accordance with ukraine. australia welcomes the elections that were held in ukraine on 26 october, it was encouraging to note the report from the osce affiliated office for democratic institutes praising the conduct of the parliamentary elections and the impartial and efficient central election commission. australia looks forward to looking with the government of ukraine. it's wrong, of course, that people in crimea and separatist controlled territories were unable to exercise their democratic right to vote. and we commend ukrainian authorities for their efforts to enfranchise as many people as possible in these very difficult circumstances. the representative a few moments ago mentioned the risk from the security situation to access to the mh-17 crash site. i must emphasize that uaustrali remains responsible. we are committed to making a full international return to the

general election. >>> the united nations human rights agency warns that the situation in contested areas of eastern ukraine is getting worse. officials estimate that nearly 1,000 people have been killed since a cease-fire was established in september. the u.n. released a report on the human rights situation in eastern ukraine. it says at least 4,300 people have been killed in fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels since mid-april. the report also says a number of internally displaced people has surged to nearly 470,000 as of wednesday. the figure rose by 190,000 over the last 2 months. u.n. high commissioner for human rights zeid ra'ad al hussein said that all parties must work harder to resolve this protracted crisis peacefully in line with international laws. >>> people in the u.s. say a car safety device that was supposeded to save lives ended up takiing them instead. now they're confronting officials at the japanese firm that made the product. ai uchida joins us from the business desk. >> right, catherine. families of at least five people say the air bags exploded and killeded their

from those member states, other heads of government are here, as well as the secretary general of the united nations. a show of support for the previously isolated country, as it moves toward democracy. >> i think myanmar has done a tremendous job chairing the summit this year and shown solid leader ship on areas of critical importance to the entire region. >> much of the showcased political reform has been criticized as superficial, like the capitol city where the leaders met. >> issues were brought up that are keeping them from embracing myanmar, a democraticcation process they see as too slow, seen as more talk than substance and continuing human rights royalses. myanmar officials said accusations they were isolating ethnic minorities were not true and aimed for an agreement. >> internal myanmar issues aside, maritime disputes between states and china were on the table. discussions on a code of conduct in disputed waters weren't as heated as expected. the states more determined to portray a community with conciliatory language. >> police in india arrested a doctor i in connection with the deaths

. >> here at the united nations, secretary general ban ki-moon urged flexibility, wisdom and determination. there are only three possible outcomes, break down, historic agreement or yet another extension of the process. the next few days will be crucial. aljazeera at the united nations. >> joining us now is executive director of the american-iranian council. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> the state department announced that secretary of state john kerry has left vienna, travel to go paris. is this a bad sign? he left before a deal was struck. >> the negotiations have been going on for a while and john kerry held quite a bilateral long meeting with his counterpart last night. i believe they are trying to hammer out at the last to see if there is a deal to be reached on monday. i'm hopeful we can have this deal happen. >> if there was an extension of the monday deal, how would you take that? >> it's better than scrapping the whole deal. extension maybe required. they still have a lot of difficult issues to hammer out and more particularly, a time frame of how sanctions ca

general election. >>> the united nations human rights agency warns that the situation in contested areas of eastern ukrainegetting worse. officials estimate that nearly 1,000 people have been killed since a cease-fire was established in september. the u.n. released a report on the human rights situation in eastern ukraine. it says at least 4,300 people have been killed in fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels since mid april. the report also says the number of internally displaced people has surged to nearly 470,000 as of wednesday. the figure rose by 190,000 over the last two months. u.n. high commissioner for human rights erad al hussein said all parties must work harder to resolve this crisis peacefully in line with international roles. >>> people in beijing are once again dealing with heavy smog. the clear blue skies they saw last week during the apec summit were just a temporary break from the gray they're used to seeing. meteorologist robert speta explains. >> yes. let's start off talking about what is happening out here. we do have the typical high pressure overhead. that makes f

initiated by only one party, one side of the conflict, which is the renegade general forces in coordination actually with the united nations special envoyee to libya and the united kingdoms special envoy to libya. on the ground, there was no coordination with the other side of the conflict. if you look on the ground, the situation, there is no opportunity for the medical core to get into the affected district inside benghazi has has been suffering from a densely shelling and also fighting in densely populated areas. >> 15 people including women and children have been killed in an army drone strike in darfur, seven others also killed. security and medical officials say they were killed in a gunfight between armed groups and the egyptian army. >> ambassadors from bahrain, saudi arabia and united arab emirates are expected to return to doha soon. >> aljazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists now jailed in egypt for 326 days. they are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. all are appealing their convictions. >> the interim leadership in burkina faso named a lt. colonel the transiti

infrastructure has been so badly damaged that the united nations says there is a severe water shortage as well. nicole johnston, al jazerra. >>> the united states top general visited iraq to find out from iraqi and u.s. forces if they have what they need to fight isil. martin dempsey met iraq's prime minister and defense minister. this is his first visit since the u.s. 70 more than a thousand personnel to help train local forces. early this week, though, dempsey told congress the obama administration was considering sending combat troop to his help retake mows ill from isil. >>> meanwhile, the iraqi air force itself says it struck several isil targets north of baghdad. planes hit a large ammunition store and the defense ministry says a large number of fighters were killed. >>> iraqi forces have come close to breaking the isil siege of the beiji oil refinery. on friday they drove fighters out of beiji town. iraq's army initially struggled against the armed group there, but hats been helped in recent weeks by u.s. led air strikes on isil positions. as imran kahn reports now, iraqi forces are preparing to move on the refinery as early as monday. >> reporter:

is that the general consensus over at the united nations? about it? >> therefore overwhelming support for this effort for a couple of reasons. one, i.s.i.s. is terrifying. they're executing people -- >> jon: but they don't even have an air force. >> correct, which is helpful. (laughter) but they have heavy weaponry of a kind we haven't seen a terrorist organization control before. >> jon: right, ours. right. and they control territory and if you're in their path, it's terrible, as you can imagine. so americans will find themselves in the path and will, as in the case of our two journalists, and they will be clear they will keep on their march if not stopped and it takes u.s. leadership to amass a coalition to stop it. >> jon: why does it take u.s. leadership and why to we have to bear the burden of that and why is it when the president says this is an existential threat, so we're on it, go back to watching the good wife. the rhetoric doesn't seem to match the reality in some respects. >> well, u.s. leadership is critical and has proven criti

i don't think he's on the fringe, the secretary-general of the united nations on october 12th. he said "we must demonstrate lose site of the root causes of recent hostilities, a restrictive occupation lasting almost half a century, the denial of palestinian human rights." do you see a link between the occupation and the cycle of violence which we are are witnessing. >> absolutely. and ban ki-moon's mouth is a little bit off. the occupation began in 1948 by jordan, when it illegally seized control of jerusalem, and prevented jews from emptying any holy site, any jew that would enter would be shot. since 1967, jews, christians and muslims could prey. ban ki-moon is a little off. it has nothing to do with that. i can tell you which causes the wave of violence. it discourages palestinians from resorting to the peace table. did the world condemn them for not making a deal with hamas, did the world abide by decisions made by the quartet, including the world not recognising unless the hamas and palestinian governments enouns terrorist attacks. they recognised it, acting as if it's a g

the satisfaction of the statement of georgian prime minister in new york during the general assembly of the united nations that the policy of georgia is to step by step normalization of relations with russia. and here we go we have that we have problems. we have history and we need from both sides work to restore normal relations between our too two states. i think it's possible. we have a lot of -- we have good, important history, long history among our people, among our cultures and i think that moving ahead with this political will i think that normalization will be -- it is possible. but it will need time. >> i think this will be our last questi question. >> my name is audrey all said the, i'm one of the fellows at the wilson center this year. i would like to return to the question about the right to protect. and my question specifically is what russia's policy in particular is on right to protect if it construes it as being appropriate to intervene when cultural rights are being threatened, whether an existential threat would have to be present. in other words, russia's policy and the way it construe

the undersecretary-general of the united nations for humanitarian affairs and i'll quote her says we have had 60 -- and this is in the syria, in both civil war and isis. we've had 66 humanitarian workers who have lost their lives since the start of that conflict and hundreds more have been kidnapped and abducted. this is what she says. within syria. that is certainly an obstacle to bringing assistance necessary to take care of these people. and as we've seen in refugee camps in jordan and probably elsewhere, the war if sir why and sectarian fighting in iraq can spread to camps themselves. in other words fighters from each side can infiltrate camps, go there as refugees, and carry on the fight within the camps. which is really stresses both the national security service, the u.n. if they are running camps, and other organizations. so we've got this situation with millions of people facing -- and it wouldn't take much, to have a medical humanitarian crisis. but certainly other crises in terms of food, water, shelter, and these camps. now, let me talk a little bit about isis. because th

resolutions of the united nations security council. when i became the general in late 2009, i applied this principle to iran. i felt that spending out the issues was a decision and a first up toward resolving the problem. my reports from february 2010 stated that nuclear materials by , butwas not being diverted i also stated that iran [indiscernible] to enable the agency to conclude that all nuclear materials in iran was inactive. i asked them to implement the additional protocol and gratified the issues and what had become known as the nuclear program. an important question was, how to approach? our experts have spent years painstakingly and objectively underline -- analyzing a huge quantity of information about programs from that wide variety of independent sources, including from the agencies and from information provided by iran itself as well as a number of member states. reviewing they issue, i decided to present a report in that iran had carried out activities to the detriment of a nuclear explosive device. thatnformation indicated toward the end of 2003

the secretary general of the united nations thinks that's a possibility. >>> plus, hundreds of people filled the streets for the funeral procession for a murdered beauty queen and her sister. new details about the suspects in their death. that's coming up. >>> well what started as a protes over the lack of answers over the case of 43 missing college students has become a bigger issue. on thursday demonstrators took to mexico city's main square to give voice to some 27,000 mexican citizens who have simply disappeared. we have a report on the movement demanding government action. >> an ancient call to battle and the first protesters march into mexico city's main square. tired, wet, shouting out the numbers one to 43 to mourn to abduction and likely murder of 43 college students. hours later the demonstration erupted in violence with the protesters throwing molotov cocktails at riot police. pitched battles and stampedes. now the inevitable question. what next? >> the president condemned the violence but said the demands were legitimate. society is tired of feeling violated, tired of impu

united nations in the security council of the united nations. michele jeanne simpson of maryland to be representative of the united states of america to the sessions of the general assembly of the united nations. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the holladay nomination. mr. reid: would you yield back that time with the chair's permission. the presiding officer: without objection. all time is yielded back and the question occurs on the holladay nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the question occurs on the cormack nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the nomination occurs on the mustard nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it, the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the question occurs on the miller nomination. all those in fa

parts of he country coming from areas.nt there is an organization called the national organization of united states attorney general that's not a union but represents some number of people who are members and they have a view that this is not the right direction to be going. we're con trained as u.s. attorneys in our ability and -- whether we're allowed to lobby or not. i can answer questions from any politician or a representative that i know. i'm not talking about cases but what is your policy and i talk about outreach and reentry and our need for funding. we can lobby. but i think people know that there's a lot of u.s. attorneys who have spoken publically in speeches and informly about what our views are on this thing. but i do want to make a point. even if we don't feel con trained in that sense, if your goal is to reduce the federal prison population, yeah, you can really only do one of two things. you can prosecute fewer people which no one seems to suggest, right because it's not like we don't prosecute an enormous part of people to begin with. e prosecute fewer of those people. should people go to jail for

generation. it's imperative the united nations, the government and other humanitarian actors come together quicklyide these educational opportunities before they are lost to prevent this type of spiral continuing on. >> now, jeffrey, we can appreciate that it's difficult to provide a normal life for these refugee children, much less a normal education, just explain to us the challenges of trying to educate children in refugee camps. >> well, it goes well beyond the refugee camps. we have referencely 220,000 from syria and more are coming but we have nearly 2 million, 1.8 million internally displaced people across all of iraq. and it's these people who have sought refuge in schools in the kurdistan region 623 schools occupied. now not only are these displaced children deprevioused educational opportunities but the children in the communities where they have taken refuge are also deprived of education because the schools are occupied. so what we are trying to do working with partners, government, is to refurbish schools once they are evacuated and provide alternative learning arrangements in the for

general of the united states. he was a historic choice for a.g. he is our nation's first-ever african american attorney general. the nominee who president obama has chosen to succeed him will also be a history-making choice if she is confirmed for the job. but the fact that we did have a big, national election this week in which the republicans took control of the senate, that does raise the question as to whether the president's new nominee for the attorney general will be confirmed for the job. there's some interesting wrinkles there. we'll have a report on that late-breaking news. it's also going to be the subject tonight on the interview. we've got an incredible corruption story coming up out of the deep south. it involves a really, really good local journalist and the better part of a billion dollars in a corruption case in a very poor state. that amazing story is coming up later on in the show tonight and more. >>> we start tonight in colorado. the top of the ticket, headline results in california elections were, of course, that mark udol lost his seat to a republican congressman named corey gardener. dem

nation. really a public relations man in the office of militia of the general by the name of man. when baker said he wanted a unit created that would bring the nation from coast to coast into it, and it would represent all the people of the nation. a reporter, when macarthur was -- when this was in the process of being created, a reporter asked him what are you going to call it? he said it stretches across the country like a rainbow, and macarthur said we will call it the rainbow division. and that was his fingerprint on this organization. macarthur was 10 years younger than screws. i guess i have to say that i always felt the alabama regimen was diminished until the time for the finding came. as they moved from the united , and this is in long island, where they were. secretary of war baker was credited their, and they have the paper say there were 60,000 people in attendance to this final parade. 15th go back to this infantry. a lot of physical training and drilling, not much open field stuff i can't mills. that long.ot there -- camp mills. a were not there that long. it brought the division together at that po

united nations security council. they account for 40% of members of the u.n.'s most important decision-making body. but there is still no sign of a female u.n. secretary-general reports from new york. >> reporter: this is a sight you now see much more often at the united nations. two male aides and a female ambassador. she is jordan's new representative, and not just a trail blazer blazer, but a record-breaker, too. for the first time in u.n. history, six of the 15 seats on the security council's horseshoe table are occupied by women. so is it changing the character of diplomacy? >> women tend to discuss more, to want to find solutions. there's something about wanting to find solutions. and this does not contradict in any possible way our government policies. nor the directives of our government. but we are faced with problems and we say well, you know, we should do something. this is not proper. we should find a solution. there's this desire always to find solutions. i don't know whether it's the mother factor or what, but there is that aspect that i noticed in the council. >> reporter: the security council chamber used to look like a gentleman's club, with

united states. the first is the profound decentralization of our system. elections are not run at the national level in the united tates. we have no entity with general responsibility for managing the elections here as is the case in most other countries. rather, elections are run for the most part under the laws of the 50 states and they are actually administered at the local level. literally by thoups of counties -- thousands of counties and municipalities each of which has authority for actually running the day-to-day operations of our voting system at the local level. so we have not just one voting system, nor even 50 in the united states but literally thousands. the other distinctive characteristic some would say pathology of the u.s. election ystem is partisanship. what i mean by that is that in most states the chief election official is someone whose ther elected or appointed by their party and runs for office as the candidate for their party or is appointed by someone who is elected as a candidate of their party. that is to say, the chief election official in most states is in that sense a partisan. this creates an inherent conflict of intere

united nations, look at this hall of fame. it shows the people who served as secretary general, the u.n.'s top post. all eight of them have been men. of the five permanent members of the security council, remarkably only one, america, has appointed it e-mail representative. >> i have been requested by my government to report. >> jeane kirkpatrick was the first, and samantha power is the fourth woman to do the job. >> we want men and women alike to raise issues of sexual violence against women, or writing icing economies will only reach a fraction of their potential if women are not in power. we need to use our purchase as women -- the men on the council need to do the same in order to optimize the outcomes. nothing is going to be out -- optimized without women at the table. >> there are now 31 female ambassadors. that is a record number. but less than 20% of u.n. member states are represented by a woman. there may be more female diplomats at the table, but they are still heavily outnumbered by men. bbc news at the united nations, in new york. u.n.woman's touch at the bringing today's show to a close

general of the united states. he was a historic choice for a.g. he is our nation's first-ever african american attorney general. but the fact that we did have a