coming outjust united nations human rights council coming out just last united nationsestigate the drug war here. we will leave it for now but thank you very much, howard johnson in nella with a look ahead to president duterte's state of address taking place later. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your monday sport briefing where we start with the news that ireland's shane lowry won the open championship by six shots on sunday. the 32 year old finished on 15 under par at royal portrush in northern ireland to claim his first major title — and becomes the fifth irishman to lift the claretjug holding off playing partner tommy fleetwood. it's not going to sink in for a couple of days, it's just incredible to be sitting here with the trophy in front of me, look at the names on it, it's just... in front of me, look at the names on it, it'sjust... ican‘t in front of me, look at the names on it, it'sjust... i can't believe it, ijust it, it'sjust... i can't believe it, i just couldn't believe that it, it'sjust..

the united nations human rights council is say investigate what it calls a staggering number of matters in the philippines government's war on drugs and accuses president we're prego tatay of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women i mean island again reports from manila. it's scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo the terror to launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but rights groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong detectives crackdown users campaign against drugs because drug users and will be a source of course of

has been very slow to mount so hampered by the fact that the united states left the united nations human rights council and the international community is unfortunately not sufficiently united about the issue and as you can see a good part of the developing world especially countries that themselves have a very poor human rights records and even been siding with china because of economic interest this is of course you're referring to some of the 37 countries that signed that open letter to the u.n. human rights council supporting john as actions. do you think this is reflective of china's clout and the economic power it weaves in the world at the moment yes it is about in road initiatives supposedly benign and when where is at least in part a global influence operation that's working both successfully to make countries economically but also politically dependent on china it's astounding that among the $22.00 countries that condemned china's atrocities in sion young which mostly targets muslim majority groups there was not a single muslim country joining this letter of condemnation however among the $37

redress for what is really a murderous enterprise and therefore we are calling on the united nations human rights council to table a resolution adopt a resolution to investigate the human rights situation in the philippines and we are also asking the international criminal court who is currently carrying a preliminary examination to expedite this and her formal process of investigating the war on drugs in the philippines and then what do you think should this united nations human rights council vote go ahead what do you. think that will change because the philippines president remains defiant since he's already dismiss these reports interference by foreign governments it being the sled by full sneeze. well the philippines is a party to many international low continent and human rights covenant it is a member of the united nations undertaken many obligations under international law and therefore no one withstanding the president's criticism of this.

the united nations human rights council is not the only body prepared to investigate drudgery go dutereurt -- roderigo dutere. the un-criminal court is investigating whether his own drug policies that started when beforemayor becoming -- becoming president constitute crimes against humanity. president donald trump says he is not backing down in efforts to determine the sedition ship status of the american -- citizenship status of the american population. he has abandoned the quest to put a question on the census, but will pursue other ways to get the data. >> i am hereby ordering every department and agency in the government to provide the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and noncitizens in our country. they must furnish all legally accessible records in their position immediately. we have great knowledge in many of our agencies. we will leave no stone unturned. ofthere has been a lot back-and-forth on whether to include this question on the census. where do things stand now? why is it so controversial? >> that is a question donald trump

the united nations human rights council is to investigate what it calls is staggering number of matters in the philippines government's war on drugs it accuses president were to go to tatay of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women to me linda gunn reports from manila. it seems like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo to 30 launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but rights groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now they know.

redress for what is really a murderous enterprise and therefore we are calling on the united nations human rights council to table a resolution adopt a resolution to investigate the human rights situation in the philippines and we are also asking the international criminal court who is currently carrying a preliminary examination to expedite this and to a formal process of investigating the war on drugs in the philippines and then what do you think should this united nations human rights council go ahead what do you. think that will change because the philippines president remains defiant and he's already dismiss these reports interference by foreign governments it being the sled by force needs. well the philippines is a party to many international law continent and human rights covenant it is a member of the united nations undertaken many obligations under international law and therefore no one withstanding the president's criticism of this. the philippines have an obligation and international community and the united nations have an obligation to look into it is very severe violations of human rights w

terror terror remains committed to these war and drugs despite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate. the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil's city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al jazeera european council president donald tusk has criticised the russia's decisions about the flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate relations between tbilisi and moscow have deteriorated since the visit of a russian politicians in the georgian parliament 3 weeks ago speaking as a conference on the e.u. and eastern europe in the georgian city of but to me from where andrew symonds reports. it's the annual gathering of east european states and the e.u. russia is always irritated by such familiar images. once led the kremlin to ban all direct flights to georgia all the unfamiliar images of anti russian protests every day for more than 3 weeks in the c

terror terror remains committed to these war and drugs despite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate. the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of davos city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al jazeera now italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible corruption involving deputy prime minister matteo salvini that follows media reports that a covert russian oil deal was devised to funnel millions of euros to his ruling league party and already a recording of a meeting in october allegedly exposed as a close aide of solving and 3 russian men discussing a deal that there's no evidence the transaction actually took place salvini has denied to that his polish he received any money from moscow. european council president has criticised russia's decision to ban flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate relations between tbilisi and mos

terror terror remains committed to these war and drugs despite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate to ted the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al jazeera the us president of trump says he's not backing down on efforts to determine the citizens state citizenship status of the american population he has abandoned plans to push for citizenship question on the 2020 census but will issue an executive order to pursue other ways to get the data i am here by ordering every department today agency in the federal government to provide the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country they must furnish or legally accessible records in their possession immediately we have great knowledge in many of our agencies we will leave no stone unturned. in washington

terror terror remains committed to these war and drugs despite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate to ted there the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jamal and dog and al jazeera police have fired gunshots and tear gas to disperse a demonstration by a shia group in nigeria's capital hundreds of members of the islamic movement of nigeria gathered outside parliament in a bugger to demand the release of their leader who's been in detention since 2015 at least 2 people were killed on tuesday and 40 others arrested as police and protesters clashed the 7 people in are confirmed dead after a violent storm hit a tourist region in northern greece it struck beaches on a hokie dickie prince you were just southeast of the city of saloniki 6 of the dead were tourists asked the 7th was a fisherman whose body was found at sea after he was r

the united nations human rights council is investigate what it calls a staggering number of murders in the philippines government's war on drugs and accuses president rodrigo tatay of inciting violence against drug dealers as well as intimidating judges and degrading women jimmy linda and reports from. its scenes like these that have prompted international action more than 6000 people killed in the 3 years since president rodrigo to 30 launched his so-called war on drugs those are the government's own figures the dead all suspected drug dealers it says but rights groups say the actual number could be 5 times that figure now the united nations has taken what many see as a critical 1st step towards accountability and comes after years of documentation and campaigning by both local and international rights groups the un's human rights council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong the terror to scratch down users. against drugs because drug users in the course of the.

more than 20 countries at the united nations human rights council have signed a letter condemning china'suslims and other minorities in the western xinjiang region. the letter, which has been signed by countries including britain, france and germany — expresses concern at reports of mass detention, widespread surveillance and other restrictions. the confetti has rained down on the streets of new york at a parade celebrating america's women's world cup triumph — with tens of thousands of people lining the streets to pay tribute to their team. the squad's 2—0 win over netherlands in the competition final on sunday earned them their fourth title. just a line on some breaking news coming to us now: five boats believed to belong to iranian revolutionary guards have approached a british oil tanker in the gulf, asking it to stop in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship warned them over radio. the incident occured in the strait of hormuz, a stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. we will keep you updat

redress for what is really a murderous enterprise and therefore we are calling on the united nations human rights council to table a resolution adopt a resolution to investigate the human rights situation in the philippines and we're also asking the international criminal court who is currently carrying a preliminary examination to expedite it and to a formal process of investigating the war on drugs in the philippines. still to come on out to syria. russia tourists are coming in for exactly this kind of experience. but there's turbulence on the horizon for georgia for instance he would see countries are grounded. and defending champions usa face off against the netherlands in the world com we'll tell you he's taking home the trophy. hollow we've got some of the storms rumbling away across central parts if you can see that long chain of thunder heads are rolling right the way across into the black sea further north with some very heavy rain big downpours there into ukraine we've seen some thunder showers here large hail as well and that will continue over the next couple of days and i just wanted to shou

the united nations human rights council last year said conditions are fast deteriorating in tibet, andgn for tibet says in the last 10 years 150 people have carried out self—immolation in protest at beijing's‘s actions. at beijing's actions. what can you do to prevent, in particular, these self—immolation which have resulted in the vast majority of cases in people dying? i have made it categorically and consistently clear to tibetans inside tibet that you should not commit self—immolation. life is precious, one should live and continue to protest against the oppression of the chinese government. so that's been very clear. despite the appeal, self—immolation continues. it's very painful, very tragic. but what tibetans are saying is, what can i do? if i lead a small protest in the streets of any town of tibet, i will be arrested, i will be imprisoned, tortured, and often disappear and die. they're saying it is better to die quickly by burning oneself than prolonging your death and causing sufferings to your family members as well. so this self—immolation is happening because — freedom ho

more than 20 countries at the united nations human rights council have signed a letter condemning china'ss, in its western region of xinjiang. the letter, signed by countries, including britain, france and germany, it expresses concern at mass detention, widespread surveillance and other restrictions. i'm joined now by the china director of the campaigning organisation human rights watch, sophie richardson. she's in washington dc. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. the background to this is there is not wholehearted support at the council? it has been a long road to get this far but the fact that 22 countries essentially reiterated some of the calls the human rights have called for is incredibly important. it is only the second time anything counselled's existence this has happened and it is an increase number. —— council. inaudible china has sought impunity at the council. realistically, how do you think china will read it? it is in such a strong economic position with so many countries. is in such a strong economic position with so many countri

i will they are the united nations human rights council investigation team highlighted crimes against humanity committed by me and mothers military against groups in the chain state shan state and rakhine state so it's a major international report highlighting that serious crimes by me and mars military not just against the really good but against other groups and that the key point here is that mia mars military is constitutionally above the law there is no one in the government who can hold them to a cat so it's really now up to the international community to do that now you could argue that aung san suu kyi as the civilian leader of the country has some i think moral authority to hold the military to account but she's demonstrated that she's not interested in doing that right he has absolutely no interest in calling out the military so it's really left up to the international community run this film as phil suggested the a key way to do that is to take away their sources of income. or ite fill in naypyidaw in record stayed there seems to be several axes of conflict it's not just th

more than 20 countries at the united nations human rights council have signed a letter condemning china'suslims and other minorities in the western xinjiang region. the letter, which has been signed by countries including britain, france and germany — expresses concern at reports of mass detention, widespread surveillance and other restrictions. the confetti has rained down on the streets of new york at a parade celebrating america's women's world cup triumph — with tens of thousands of people lining the streets to pay tribute to their team. the squad's 2—0 win over netherlands in the competition final on sunday earned them their fourth title. the australian government has announced plans to hold a referendum on recognising aboriginal people in the country's constitution. indigenous people were living in australia for more than 65,000 years before british colonisation — but the constitution doesn't acknowledge their role — something community leaders say has left them powerless. from sydney, here's hywel griffith. australia has been home to aboriginal communities for over 50,000 years. bu

redress for what is really a murderous enterprise and therefore we are calling on the united nations human rights council to table a resolution adopt a resolution to investigate the human rights situation in the philippines and we're also asking the international criminal court who is currently carrying a preliminary examination to expedite it and enter a formal process of investigating the war on drugs in the philippines. heavy rain in china's eastern fujian province has triggered major flooding nonpaying city is the worst affected area with several villages on the water affecting functions of people's houses vehicles markets all swarmed by muddy water fast moving floods prompted a rescue operation with 3000 people taken to safety no reports of anyone having lost their lives. staying with the idea of rain monsoon as he is everton talking about india yeah that's right peter you can follow those rains from china right of way back across into the indian monsoon which is that in picking up quite nicely if we can call it that type of satellite picture you can see this huge massive cloud right across much of

despite a united nations human rights council resolution to investigate the killings and a pending preliminary examination in the international criminal court the philippine government says more than 6000 filipinos have been killed since the terror to launch the so-called war on drugs but the rights groups say the total is more than $20000.00 local polls do show approval for detaches war on drugs but many people also fear they could become victims of extrajudicial killings and they support international investigations been carried out. outside congress in manila an effigy of the terror t. was burned and thousands of filipinos took to the streets in protest they say deterred to speech is just a rehash of violent rhetoric his often used against his critics they say instead of talking he should listen what we also see is a doctrine of preemptive surrender in our foreign policy in which this practice this government apparently is to give him whenever possible the kind of. the dirtiest perceived capitulation to china despite acts of aggression in the south china sea and his so-called war on drugs a

terror terror remains committed to his war and drugs despite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate. the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil's city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jamal in duggan al jazeera. banta more ahead on this al-jazeera news hour including one year since rebels so rendered to syrian government backed forces into iraq how have conditions changed glass china outrage after $22.00 countries condemn it over what it calls its free education program for muslims and in sports with peter stunned australia in the cricket world cup 75 s. . a car bombing in the libyan city of benghazi has killed at least 4 people and wounded dozens the blast targeted the funeral of a special forces commander loyal to the warlord. the head of special forces was attending the funeral but was unharmed mahmoud abdullah has more from trippy. symmetry is very close to the hea

the united nations human rights council has voted to set up a preliminary investigation and to thousands of killings during the philippines so called war on drugs the resolution brought by iceland has faced strong pushback from president sure that even to tear things government it calls on the un high commissioner for human violence that's michelle bachelet way to report back on her findings by june 2020. benjamin netanyahu has reiterated has pledged not to dismantle even the most remote jewish settlement in the occupied west bank they had been speculation of the israeli promise to may offer concessions on the illegal settlements on the yet to be announced to us peace proposals but those concessions it was reported could have been in return for valuable political prizes from donald trump like recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and speaking on wednesday netanyahu declared all settlements are off limits and any peace plan. is an international criminal law expert and she says netanyahu has moved isn't a surprise this is very much expected before the last time as usual we promise is.

united states constitution, but of international human rights that the united nations human rights council has recommended in a nonbinding way that powerful companies adopt. that would mean that content could not be suppressed unless it posed an emergency. that it directly caused certain specific, serious imminent harm that cannot be prevented other than through suppression. short of that, as you indicated, for example, ranking member politically , controversial, even repugnant speech should be protected. we may very much disagree with the message, but the most effective as well as principled way to oppose it is through more speech, and i would certainly recommend, as i did in my written testimony, that these companies adopt user-empowering technology that would allow us to make truly informed voluntary decisions about what we see and what we don't see and not manipulate us, as has been reported many times into , into increasing rabbit holes and echo chambers, but give us the opportunity to make her own choices in chooser and communities. rep. rogers: thank you. i yield back. rep. thompson

terror remains committed to these warrant drugs the spike widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate detective the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al jazeera once more head on the al-jazeera news hour including we take a look at the situation in the syrian province of there are one year after rubble surrendered to government backed forces. more than 20 countries signed a letter to the un condemning what's to be china's mass the tension off we're muslims and serena williams and to another wimbledon final paper has been actually it's. the 1st france has passed a controversial tax bill targeting tech giants the 1st if its type from one of the world's major economies let's get some real care reaction to this and over to lawrence taylor with more from our european broadcast answer. thanks arena yes the 3 percent tax aff

terror remains committed to these warrant drugs despite widespread criticism of the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate. the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil's city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al-jazeera ahead on china's outrage after $22.00 countries criticize its policy on. plus how decades after argentina's so-called dirty war forensic experts are still working to identify the victims. hello there no real lecithin those strong plum rains across much of central and eastern china this article is blanketing much all the country as you can see barely see hong kong there and all that had in the last few hours so more rain in your 4 calls which is typical for this time of year another bad day in shanghai on friday you're dry it is warm at $28.00 but look at these rains the to the south and the west and really all that happens on saturday is that they tend to increase ag

and the united nations human rights council has voted to investigate abuses committed by philippines president rodrigo duterte in his campaign against drug dealers, including widespread accounts of extrajudicial killings and other gross human rights violations. by the philippine government's own estimate, police have killed 6600 people since duterte'ss inauguration three years ago. human rights groups say the true toll could top 27,000. president duterte has repeatedly boasted that he has personally murdered drug dealers. president donald trump has expressed admiration for duterte, saying he's done an unbelievablele job on the drug problem. this week, a funeral was held for the youngest victim of the philippines's drug war, three-year-old myca ulpina, who was shot dead by police june 29 at her home near manila. this is activist ruby lynn litao of the anti drug war group rise up for life. >> and here, another three-year-old victim. they say collateral damage. it is not. because of this war on drugs. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, th

don't care and no one pushed them to care what difference would investigation by the united nations human rights council makes i know you're calling for the us. yeah so with a group of eminent experts that we finally could have out of the human rights councils and so in 20182017 are doing a very good work but their mandate is very limited and now we are asking for a. commission of inquiry with a stronger monday where there is a very clear reference to accountability and they can do more investigations in yemen and they can also determine line individuals parties to the conflict who are doing these violations this is the least that can be happen as a step towards accountability in yemen. thank you so much struggle to work. we'll have more weather with everton but still ahead here in al-jazeera the classroom kids in mozambique without a roof over their heads like damage taking months to repair to get to grips with the number one sport in southern russia. and england's cricketers are all over after their world cup victory i'm here with all the details. and hearing about the flooding in south asia along wit

terror remains committed to these warrant drugs this spite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate to ted the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs were policies that started when he was mayor of devil city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al jazeera and one more on that story a little later in the bulletin but also ahead on the news hour argentina's dirty war forensic teams are still working to identify those killed by state forces in the seventy's and eighty's particular situation in syria is there a province one year on just rebels surrendered to government backed forces. and serina williams eases into another wimbledon final peter of all the action is for. france has passed a controversial tax bill targeting tech giants the 1st of its type for one of the world's major economies a 3 percent tax effect companies like google apple facebook and amazon but as natasha bought her reports from paris the united st

the terror to remains committed to his war and drugs despite widespread criticism the united nations human rights council is not the only international body now prepared to investigate. the international criminal court is carrying out its own inquiry into whether his drugs war policies that started when he was mayor of davos city in the southern philippines before becoming president constitute crimes against humanity jim duggan al jazeera italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible corruption and evolving deputy prime minister matteo salvini head follows media reports that a covert russian oil deal with devised to funnel millions of euros to his ruling league party and or the recording of a meeting in october allegedly exposed as a close aide of solving and 3 russian men discussing a deal but there's no evidence that a transaction took place salvia he has denied his party received any money from moscow. european council president donald tusk has criticized russia's decision to ban flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate relations between tbilisi and moscow have

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in switzerland the united nations human rights council is expected to release the current rights in venezuela who accuse his special armed forces as operating as death squads, framing crime scenes and killing opposition targets. u.n. investigators his special action forces killed more than 5,000 people in 2018 and another 1500 by mid may of this year. they term it operations for the liberation of the people. >> a report notes attacks against actual or perceived political opponents and human rights defenders ranging from threats and smear campaigns to arbitrary detentions, torture and ill treatment, sexual violence and killings. excessive illegal force has been used against protestors. >> opposition leader juan guaido, recognized as the true president by the u.s. and 50 other countries is calling for massive street demonstrations today in another push to force maduro to step aside, which for many months now, he has refused to do. a u.n. human rights assessment back in march found that 7 million venezuelans need humanitarian assistance. that's a quarter of the country's population. >> jon: unbe

despite a united nations human rights council resolution to investigate the killings and a pending preliminary examination in the international criminal court. the philippine government says more than $6000.00 filipinos have been killed since the terror to launch the so-called war on drugs but the rights group see the total is more than $20000.00 local polls do show approval for detaches war on drugs but many people also fear they could become victims of extrajudicial killings and they support international investigations been carried out. outside congress in manila an effigy of the terror t. was burned and thousands of filipinos took to the streets in protest the seed to terror to speech is just a rehash of violent rhetoric his often used against his critics they say instead of talking he should listen instead what we also see is a doctrine of preemptive surrender in our foreign policy in which the strategy of this government apparently is to get him whenever possible so kind of. the 3rd as perceived capitulation to china despite acts of aggression in the south china sea and his so-called war

of his term all right we shall see what happens in the next year having thank you from the jam council on foreign relations thanks so much thank you. now in geneva the united nations human rights chief michelle bachelet has presented a damning new report on venezuela to the human rights council based on figures provided by the venezuelan government it found that many of the nearly 7000 killings during security operations in venezuela since the start of 2018 may have been extrajudicial executions it also said that nearly 800 people remain in custody after being arbitrarily arrested and the un report found that 1500 deaths over 4 months in 20182019 work or just by a lack of hospital supplies. now since the start of the year venezuela has been caught in both an economic crisis and a political standoff between president nicolas maduro government and national assembly leader one the dura won a 2nd term in the disputed election last year and is resisting attempts to oust him by the u.s. backed opposition led by god oh earlier this year why do declared himself interim president it's a crisis that has led to mass protests and forced millions to flee at her address earlier in ge

united nations which means that the powerful states wield a great deal of disproportional influence across the united nations particularly in the security council and we see this of. in the human rights council as well where there are particular human rights agendas that are suppressed by members of the council who are sitting on this council and don't want these to be articulated so it is power the troyan. normative concerns such as human rights such as children's interests right ok all right so simon raises an important point i think know her and empower in terms of the security council i suppose resides with the permanent 5 and there is pretty much paralysis isn't there in the security council but i mean the saudis again i mean they are allegedly responsible for dangling substantial amounts of money before the very eyes of the secretary general of the un in order to ease their way few like through some potentially uncomfortable moments both on the un human rights council and also within the u.n. security council deliberations particularly in the war in yemen so money matters here of course unfortunately money does matter and it's not just saudi arabia that has that has put the sec

world they are the united nations human rights council investigation team highlighted crimes against humanity committed by me and miles military against groups in the chain state shan state and rakhine state so it's a major international report highlighting that serious crimes by me and mars military not just against the really good but against other groups and that the key point here is that me and mars military is constitutionally above the law there is no one in the government who can hold them to account so it's really now up to the international community to do that now you could argue that aung san suu kyi as the civilian leader of the country has some i think moral authority to hold the military to account but she's demonstrated that she's not interested in doing that right he has absolutely no interest in calling out the military so it's really left up to the international community run this film as phil suggested the a key way to do that is to take away their sources of income. or ite fill in naypyidaw in recommends stayed there seems to be several axes of conflict it's not

would no longer allow the united nations to be a forum for invective against israel, and last summer, this president withdrew the united states from the so-called human rights councilthe un, and two months later, president trump ended all u.s. contributions to unrah. [applause] vice pres. pence: and of course, last year, president trump did what no american president before him had the courage to do. when he moved the american embassy to jerusalem. the capital of the state of israel. [cheers and applause] vice pres. pence: you know, it's amazing to think i was there when that decision was being made and being processed, and to say that everyone in the world opposed the president's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to move our embassy there, to say everyone in the world was against it would be an understatement, but president trump is a man of his word, and he kept his word to the american people. -- american people when he recognized jerusalem is the eternal capital of the state of israel and moved our embassy there. [cheers and applause] vice pres. pence: and beyond that, for 20 years after israel's rebirth, syria held a strategic ground

the united nations which means that the states wield a great deal of disproportional influence across the united nations particularly in the security council and we see this of. in the human rights council as well where there are particular human rights agendas that are suppressed by members of the count's who are sitting on this council and don't want these to be articulated so it is power the troyan. normative concerns such as human rights such as children's interests right ok all right so simon raises an important point i think know her and empower in terms of the security council i suppose resides with the permanent 5 and there is pretty much paralysis isn't there in the security council but i mean the saudis again i mean they are allegedly responsible for dangling substantial amounts of money before the very eyes of the secretary general of the un in order to ease their way if you like through some potentially uncomfortable moments both on the un human rights council and also within the u.n. security council deliberations particularly on the war in yemen so money matters here of course unfortunately money does matter and it's not just saudi arabia that has that has put the