. >>> delegates to the united nations general assembly are expressing strong concern about the situation in north korea. they adopted a resolution calling for the country to improve its human rights conditions. japan and the european union submitted the resolution. in it, they say north korean authorities are unjustly detaining and torturing people. the document says defectors have been forcibly returned to the country and abused. it adds that cases involving the abduction of foreigners remain unresolved. assembly members say those in pyongyang are carrying out political executions without fair trials. they say it's a fabrication concocted by hostile forces. >>> former u.s. basketball star dennis rodman is once again visiting north korea. his trip to pyongyang comes days after the execution of top government official jang song thaek. analysts say the country's leaders want to use the visit to show that kim jong-un's regime remains stable. rodman spoke to reporters at a beijing airport. he says he looks forward to meeting the north korean leader again. >> i know he's waiting for me to com

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delegates to the united nations general assembly. i expressing strong concern about the situation in north korea. they adopted a resolution calling for the country to improve its human rights conditions japan and the european union has admitted the resolution at its base a north korean authorities are unjustly detaining and torturing people. the dutchman said dissenters have been forcibly returned to the country and abuse. that's a case involving the abduction of foreigners remain unresolved as family members houses say authorities in pyongyang i carrying out political executions with alf and trials of military delegate called the resolution of fabrication concocted by hostile forces. provincial authorities in southern china are increasing measures against the spread of aids seven and nine and third flip a warning that the chance of contract and the disease is the ec. health officials of the guangdong province said on thursday at thirty eight year old man interchange and came down with age seven and nine strain that is being treated

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united nations. united nations general assembly is right here in new york city.g together for this thing. today, president obama gave a big speech over there on the middle east. the leaders from the middle east were like, "you have touched our hearts. [ laughter ] and from now on, we shall have peace." [ laughter and applause ] and obama was like, "really?" [ laughter ] and they're like, "no, but the look on your face was priceless. [ laughter ] i mean, i tried not to laugh. are you kidding me? get out of town, jack." >> steve: get out of town, jack. >> jimmy: get out of town, jack, yeah. jive turkey. [ laughter ] things have been tough lately for obama. in fact, home depot just announced that that it will cut health insurance for its part-time workers because of obamacare. [ audience oohs ] home depot's ceo said had he a hard time breaking the news to employees. you know, because it took him three hours to find one. [ laughter ] hey, do you work here? do you work here? sorry. do you work here? [ applause ] anyone work here? i've got to check myself out. i've got

i wrote a report to the viewer years ago to the united nations general assembly in which i tried to promoteandards, first, prohibiting independent solitary confinement. it goes without saying, the anxiety of not knowing when it will end ads to the psychological mistreatment. also prohibiting solitary prolonged confinement. anything beyond 15 days should be considered prolonged and therefore banned. slightly longer-term, but measured in days, not in weeks or months, for conditions that are a little more moderate. maybe a couple of hours of social interaction a day. of course, for certain categories of prisons, there should be a complete ban for even a few hours. elderly,veniles, the pregnant women, women feeding young children, and particularly the mentally disabled. solitary confinement for those categories is just punitive and unreasonable and should be banned. applied, itw it is is applied all over the world in different settings and situations. my sense is it is also growing rather than diminishing. unfortunately, the united states set a bad example. tens of thousands of people in the u.

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in november, 2009, the united nations general assembly declared the 18th of july as nelson mandela internationalrifice in betterment of others. indeed, mandiva was one of a kind. >> you are watching aljazeera america. that is the president of south africa, jacob zuma, giving his speech and eulogizing nelson mandela. he called it unprecedented grief around the world. we are going to have ally join us. >> the enthusiasm level for jacob zuma is much less than for his predecessor, which was much less than for nelson mandela. what i thought was interesting is how many people speak in glowing terms and intimate terms about nelson mandela. they even retrained today. the last couple of days, i've been hearing about refraining here, discreet about asking about now because they were celebrating nelson mandela. they hear zuma's name, it changes. they don't think he is mandela or in inheritor of mandela's legacy. this does come up with some issues of south africa. there's a wing of the party that is wanting to do things that are bolder. a lot of black south africas look to zimbabwe where after 35 years of r

that's the amount of money the united nations general assembly approved for its budget next year, the second year in a row that u.n. members states voted to slash spending. the cut welcomed by the u.s. government contributing 22% of the world body's funding. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. just ahead an american diplomat called in to ease unrest. let's see what temperatures will see with meteorologist eboni deon. >> it will stale on the cold side. -- it will stay on the cold side. temperatures falling colder. as you step outside in bargo it feels like minus 35 and minus 14 in rapid city. minus six in biz mark. definitely another day to dress in the layers. into the north-east mild. 40s as you head out at the hour. it will turn colder. milledest air in place. >> thank you so much. >> anti-government protests continue in turkey. protesters are calling on the prime minister to step down. on saturday the prime minister accused a us-based muslim cleric of issuingest rating the corruption flow. here to weigh in is james jeffrey a former ambass

didn't do too sinclair reiterated its request to the general assembly of united nations in september. the typical says that for the french trees to ofcom. in support of the african union peacekeepers are here at the request of the central african or thirteenth designed by the head of state of transition and myself shouldn't the vocals of mormon. foster cats rescued about sitting down there with the central african republic and esther. this friday is the third and final day nelson mandela's body will lie in state in south africa for the past two days thousands have waited in line at the union's buildings in the capital pretoria to pay their respects to the anti apartheid icon on early saturday morning mandela's casket will be flown from pretoria to mandela's childhood town of corn in a ceremony will then be held there on sunday followed by mandela's funeral which will be a private affair for family and friends on. standoff goes on in ukraine protesters the capitals can help re build barricades torn down earlier by police. weeks now the country is gripped by pro eu demonstrations and a

need to mention here is a lot of these grotian moments are capped off with a general assembly resolution from the united nations. now, most everybody knows that the security council has the authority to have binding decisions, and the general assembly is just the big debate society of the world. it doesn't have the ability to bind countries. but often the general assembly will pass resolutions in these grotian moments that are accepted as sort of midwifing if we can use that phrase, new law. the grotian moment principle may explain sometimes general assembly resolutions should be given heightened importance. now, just like a resolution can crystallize one of these grotiam moments, so, too, can an adverse one break it, you know, stop it from blooming. and i think that's partly what happens in the two case studies. >> okay. so let's jump into 9/11. of. >> okay. >> the post-9/11 world. and you focused specifically on drone attacks and targeted killings. >> right. >> there seem to be a, i mean, there was a whole lot of new doctrine that came out of, that came out of the white house after 9/11. >> sure, right. and t

with president obama in washington this september she also spoke at the un general assembly where she pushed the united nations to give citizens more protections against unwarranted surveillance meddling in such a man there in the lawyers and the fears of other countries is a breach of international law and as such it is an affront. to the principles the should otherwise govern relations among countries especially among friendly nations . a country's sovereignty can never affirm itself to the detriment of another country's sovereignty. the right to security of the country's citizens can never be. sure by violating the fundamental human rights and civil rights of another country's citizens. brazilian senators have already asked for snowden's help during hearings about the n.s.a. is targeting of brazil and snowden is now asking for help in return right now the former government contractor is living and rush on a temporary one year visa of course known and still faces charges in the u.s. here's how white house spokesman jay carney responded to questions about granting snowden whistleblower status at a press brief

this september she also spoke at the un general assembly where she puts the united nations to give citizens more protections against unwarranted surveillance mentally in such a manatee and goliath in the physical the country's easy reach of the national mall and this is not fun. to the principles that should otherwise govern relations among countries especially along a friendly nation. a country's sovereignty and now for the firm itself to the detriment of another country so much. the right to security of the country's citizens can never be. as shown by violating the fundamental human rights and civil rights the country's citizens brazilian senators have already asked for snow that has helped during hearings about the nsa is targeting of purcell and seven is now asking for help in return right now the former government contractor is living in russia on a temporary one year the south of course on and still faces charges in the us. here's how white house spokesman jay carney responded to questions about ranting snow and whistleblower status at a press briefing this morning it is remains our v

george though that's absolutely right and of course when the united nations was set up it deliberately set up two bodies the general assembly and the security council because the architects of the un didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the league of nations so they wanted to make sure that there was a consensus among the great powers that the way to avoid war is that the that you have a body in which the great powers are in agreement and that the great powers never act in a way that jeopardizes the legitimate interests of the great powers hence the creation of the veto and that's fair enough i think it's a little very reasonable to have a body like the security council that represents of the will of the great powers but what we have talk of when we talk about the international community i mean in fact when the the united states. and its close pals they defy the will of the general assembly and the security council so the security council was clearly not of one mind on syria it is and did not support the obama administration and david cameron line on syria and the security council it didn't even support the the u.s. policy

in november 2009, the united nations general assembly declared the 18th of july as nelson mandela internationalch year on the 18th of july, the world comes together to celebrate mandela day, recognising madiba's selfless sacrifice in betterment of others. indeed, madiba was one of a kind. bantu baseningizimu africa, silahlekelwe kakhulu ngobaba wesizwe utata umadiba. siyazi benimthanda kakhulu, leliqhawe liyibekile induku ebandla. sikhumbula namhlanje lelivolontiya elikhulu likakhongolose. sikhumbula umkhuzi wokuqala wamabutho omkhonto wesizwe. sikhumbula iqhawe elalizimisele ngisho nokufa imbala, ukuze abantu abamnyama bathole inkululeko. sikhumbula iqhawe elalwela ukuthi abantu baseningizimu africa baphile ngentokozo ezweni elingenakho ukwesaba, elingenanhlupheko nalapho abantu belingana bonke khona. yingakho nje sithi akekho ofana no-tata umadiba. compatriots and friends, while saying madiba was one of a kind, we also remember that he believed in collective leadership and that he never wanted to be viewed as a messiah or a saint. he emphasised that all his achievements were derived from work

need to mention here is a lot of these grotian moments are capped off with a general assembly resolution from the united nations. now, most everybody knows that the security council has the authority to have binding decisions, and the general assembly is just the big debate society of the world. it doesn't have the ability to bind countries. but often the general assembly will pass resolutions in these grotian moments that are accepted as sort of midwifing if we can use that phrase, new law. the grotian moment principle may explain sometimes general assembly resolutions should be given heightened importance. now, just like a resolution can crystallize one of these grotiam moments, so, too, can an adverse one break it, you know, stop it from blooming. and i think that's partly what happens in the two case studies. >> okay. so let's jump into 9/11. of. >> okay. >> the post-9/11 world. and you focused specifically on drone attacks and targeted killings. >> right. >> there seem to be a, i mean, there was a whole lot of new doctrine that came out of, that came out of the white house after 9/11. >> sure, right. and t

united nations. he walked up to me and said, hello, i am nelson mandela, like you would not know. when he spoke at the general assembly session, he walked up slowly to that podium and he would take out his glasses and he would clean them and then he would put them on, then he would speak with a great cadence. i also visited him. as a human being, he was stunning. the more you knew the history of a man that had spent so much time in prison. for me, the most important thing about him was his forgiveness. >> no bitterness. >> no bitterness. >> you said his words and works will survive. when you look around the world today whether it is asia, the middle east, or africa, there is the anti-mandela forces that are dominant. racial, religious strife and the like. why is there no mandela today? >> i think it is important that we actually use his passing as a way to try to teach that lesson because i think it is so easy to develop that animosity and to keep revenge and polarization. i do hope that we can use this as a teaching moment because he actually used it as a teaching moment. i think we are so divided by local interests

united nations. of walked up to me and said, hello, i'm nelson mandela. like you wouldn't know. when he spoke at the general assembly session, what i found so interesting, he was an actor. he would walk up slowly to that podium, in that big room. glasses.e out his he'd clean them. then he would put them on. a great speak with cadence. and i also visited him in amazing. which was so as a human being, he was stunning. and then when you knew the the man who had spent so much time in prison and for me the most important thing about him was his capability of forgiveness. will. >> no bitterness. bitterness. >> you also said that his words will survive. yet when you look around the world today, whether it's asia, africanle east or the continent, it seems to me anti-mandelay the forces are dominant. racial, religious strife and the like. no mandelas today? >> i think it's important that actually use his passing as a way to kind of teach that lesson. think it's so easy to develop that animosity and to keep and then polarization. so i do hope that we kind of use this as a teaching moment, he actually uses it as a teaching mom

united nation and in the lights of man kind. this universal declaration of human rights may well become the international magna carta of all men everywhere. we hope its proclamation by the general assemblyll be an event comparable to the proclamation of the declaration of the rights of man by the french people in 1789. the adoption of the bill of rights by the people of the united states, and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times and other countries. >> and that was eleanor roosevelt in 1948, alita black -- >> eleanor was -- with would not have the universal declaration of human rights without eleanor roosevelt. she's not only chair of the human rights commission, she was chair of the drafting commission. now, i want to imagine if you could imagine one thing -- you have 18 people sitting around a table. you don't agree on god, you don't agree on whether there is a god, you don't agree on private property or whether private property exists. what marriage is, what labor is, what citizenship is, what the purpose of government is. and you have the government constantly changing who the negotiators are in those 18 seats. and you have a small window in which to come up wi