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

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 general assemblyend 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 packed with

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

have made the moffatt the u.n., within three weeks of making the announcement at the united nations general assemblyat 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 financiall

. >> 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 general assemblyoted 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 rights of

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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 motivation

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

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 favor, plea

after that the level was higher, the level of the presidents due to the general assembly of the united nations and it's clear when you start the dialogue you start to speak about different areas. the first area was coordination of international affairs and after that also we started to speak about possible economic cooperation, mainly in the regional far east and siberia and then it seemed the possibility of structure. this is, you know, the organization of -- it's not formal organization in organization of countries who has the common interest in different areas about the united states. i don't think so because the countries of bricks are the developing countries and the united states is super developed country. that's why i don't think this is the good company for them to stay but i don't know, maybe sometime there will be different opinion but let us see what they can do. i assure you this is not, as some people say here, against somebody, against the american way, against west, against the contradiction. this is not true. i think countries for different reasons they have common interest in

security council and general assembly will both be meeting in the next few days to discuss the ongoing ebola crisis. james bays, al jazeera, of the united nations. >>> a verdict is expected in the case of a south korean ferry that capsized and killed 300 people. many of those who died from school children. we have reports from the court decision, that will bring little comfort to the families of the victims. >> their numbers have dwindled over the months but not the strength of feeling. groups come from all over cook drawn by a tragedy that has touched the national psyche. >> as korean citizens we come to pay respects for the victims and their families and we come for justice. >> these are some of the grieving family members who still make a daily trip to the site of the wreck. for them justice means a guilty verdict for the captain of the vessel seen leaving the ship early. he could get the death penalty: mobile phones recovered from the wreck show passengers, mostly youngsters, remaining below the deck at the insistence of the crew. the pain has ebbed as families have returned home. just a few relatives remain at the gymnasium that remains as

security town and general assembly will both be meeting in the next few days to discuss the von going ebola crisis. james bays, al jazeera, the united nations. >> despite laws intended to severely curtail protests in egypt people continue to divide the government. we'll show you how people are criticizing the president from campuses to cities. >> reporter: anger has spread in three egyptian cities as students protest against president fattah al sisi and his government. it's considered the preeminent institution for islamic studies in the world, since the revolution it's been home to supporters of the now banned muslim brotherhood. a few days ago police arrested a 21-year-old student at cairo university, who was carrying a copy of george orwell's novel" 1984". according to one news agency the novel has become popular in egypt. the university protest came a day after this happened. in a village in the province, people ran to the body of a 26-year-old man moments after he was shot and killed. others ran to escape the bullets and the haze of tear gas. security forces raided this upper egypt village on sunday. the province is 122 kilometers sout

security council and general assembly will be meeting in the next few days to discuss the ongoing ebola crisis. james bays, al jazeera of the united nations. >>> in burkina faso, the chairmanman of the african union is due to meet. the president blaise compaore was forced from power. on sunday opposition and community leaders met to discuss the details of a transitional government. in mexico police are charging the national palace. activists are demanding answers as to what happened to 43 missing students, coming after the government announced suspects confessed to killing the students. adam raney has this update. >> reporter: there has been a wave of protests in mexico on saturday, into sunday. it's a response in part to attorney-general's announcement on friday that he has suspected alleged killers of 43 students in custody. he held a conference on friday in way he played grisly tapes of evidence, of what appeared to be remains of some of the students, and also of confessions by people admitting that they took part in the killing of the 43 students. strangling or shooting them dead. the attorney-general went on to say that they are cons

security council and general assembly will both be meeting in the next few days to discuss the ongoing ebola crisis. james bays, united nationsather with rebecca. >> cold blast coming into the central u.s. plus quite a bit of snow. i'll show you who is going to get upwards of two feet, coming up. up. >> a little hawaiian town of pahoa is still standing despite molten lava flowing out of cil kilauea. experts say the lava is still moving but only advanced a couple of inches in almost two weeks. >>> a meteor caught on tape. this dash cam video captured the moment in san antonio when a bright light can be seen streaking across the sky. people reported seeing the same bright light as far north as dallas and as far south as corpus christi. bright fire ball over texas. rebecca stevenson, joining us, it's quite a site not very common or is it? >> every few years we see a video come out. not quite as often as we get those as compared to snow and certainly snow will be the big story in the next two days. we'll get hammered with it over the northern parts of the u.s. canadian border dropping down into the teens and gusting winds into 50

united nations is a completely useless body, or it's just a security council. security council of its own thing completely separate and it's a problematic institution. but the general assembly and all of the committees. what many people have been doing, at the end of this book i explain it and i have references to other books that can be read on the subject but you can also just go to a u.n..org and look of indigenous people and find the whole history of this movement, what was accomplished. >> and you talk about your research process? were there any unusual documents or interviews that you encountered in the process of putting this book together? >> that's a really good question. they were. i have to say with all, you know, my long-term real discussed -- discussed the character of andrew jackson, i did not know that he, after the battle of worship and to annihilation of the muskogee creek resistance in alabama, before he was president when he was a major general in the army, that he had his soldiers stripped the bodies of the dead and use the skin to make horse reins. i didn't know that fact. i didn't know, you know where the term redskin comes from, don't you? it comes fr

security council and general assembly will both be meeting in the next few days to discuss the ongoing ebola crisis. james bays, al jazeera, of the united nations. >> a military operation in pakistan in the waziristan region, some say those displaced by the fighting has reached 1 million. >> this is another military operation going on in the area. hundreds of thousands of people likely to be affected by the renewed fighting when the military moves in to that area. but real emergency is the plight of the people who were given no warning and told to leave their homes. many are sitting out in the open. it is already winter here in pakistan and they need urgent help. >> we left our homes due to the military operation. now we don't have money to buy food for the families, and there is no help from the authorities. >> the only help being provided is on a limited scale by organizations the government which has made promises to people have not been able to deliver. the government, it seems, is not interested. >> the government has completely not plied help despite claims. >> the military is already busy in another operation which has led to the displac

west has become increasing prosperity in west soviets.terred the september 1960, at the united nations general assembly, nikita khrushchev threatens to sign a separate peace treaty with an east german regime, allowing western rights of berlin and jeopardizing the position in that city. >> [speaking russian] [applause] >> soviet demands often repeated include separate peace treaties with the two german states. berlin to become a free, demilitarized city. their forcesraw and dismantle military bases on foreign territory. in return, the soviets would withdraw their armies from east germany, a move of a few hundred miles. the united states and her alliance did not bite. is a design for conquest by making west berlin and the free nations of europe honorable to communist incursion. the timetable of crisis moved swiftly to a climax. in july 1961, 30,000 east germans find refuge in the west. in the first 12 days of august, more than 20,000. more than -- more than ever, west berlin becomes the passageway to liberty and a stumbling block to communist plans. kennedy,ident john f. american encouragement and assura