. >> former u.n. ambassador john bolton recently chosen to serve as president trump's national security advisor talked about his book "surrender is not an option, defending america at the united nations and abroad", he appeared on q & a in 2007. >> john bolten former ambassador to the united nations. why did you call your book "surrender is not a option". >> that was the choice of the editor. and in 1964 i was at the goldwater's headquarters in maryland. and goldwater's shot showed me i didn't have a career as a prognosticato prognosticator. and i wondered about the goldwater campaign given how he was treated and i concluded the campaign by surrender is not an option. and that was what the publisher thought would make a title. >> host: the impact, your father was a firefighter and your mother was a housewife. >> guest: he think-- i think i grew up with the values of working class america. they never considered themselves at the time they would be people character rieiz later as reagan democrats. i lea

., founder and drafter of the u.n. charter, when the u.n. charter was flown from san francisco to washington, the case had its own parachute. alger hiss who was carrying the case didn't have a parachute. maybe that means something or suspected something. but i mean that was how seriously the u.s. took the u.n. at the time. this is setting up international law. it has been defied. this is the significance of it, donald trump basically ripped up the u.n. charter. then getting, because we're talking about people who can believe three impossible things before breakfast like the red queen in alice, they are now saying, ah, but iran is in defiance of u.n. resolutions? therefore we must take action against it, because that is the other fulcrum at the moment. the case for war against iran is being made in the united nations. our current ambassador, nikki haley there is coming, she should get credentials from tel aviv, not jerusalem, because i have never heard her say anything but, that isn't 150% in senator of israel. she really is. develops full ti

the u.n. plans a donor conference to help people in the democratic republic of congo for congolese officials are refusing to go accusing the agency of overreacting how bad are things on the ground this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions that's how the un describe what's happening in the democratic republic of congo last month the country has been at war for much of the past twenty five years including recent political instability after president joseph kabila stayed in power beyond his mandated to term in office now as the u.n. plans to hold a donor conference in switzerland congolese officials say they will not attend accusing the agency of exaggerating the problem we've got a lot to talk about with our guests but first this report from charlotte ballasts. she tried to run but marie last child fell trying to escape her attackers. one of the london militia cut me with a machete my brother helped me run away but

we shouldn't underestimate the power of these u.n. conferences u.n. sessions of the visibility people watching them on the web cons n.g.o.s coming to geneva being able to run side events activists being able to speak within the council chamber we're station underestimate the importance that member states place on these meetings because they receive visibility there is naming and shaming they feel very much under scrutiny of course these meetings on their own cannot do everything just like human rights defenders across the world on their own can't do everything what we need to do is have a much more global and joined up thinking on this not just rely on those n.g.o.s that are based in geneva or in new york with lots of access but go out on the ground and work with local n.g.o.s empowered and bring them into geneva into universal periodic review sessions into the human rights council we need to ensure that countries like china know that it may not happen it could dissidents if they block them from coming to the human rights council as happened with the

news live from orlando the u.n. human rights chief warns of all out just struction in syria's eastern cuba and beyond next month or the month. it will be somewhere else where people first and the book of the apocalypse intended them executed by individuals were then the government. but can be un do anything more to stop the brutal conflict besides raising the alarm clock the war of words between britain and russia escalates as a former russian spy fights for his life after being exposed to a mystery substance. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. amounting threat of further devastation in syria the un human rights chief warns that the syrian government and its foreign allies are planning more destruction to follow the siege of eastern here's more of what state you say had to say in his annual report this month it is used which is in the words of the sector general hello nurse. next month or the month after it will be somewhere else where people first an apocalypse an apocalypse intended plan

and ahead of those u.n. talks i spoke with un human rights office spokeswoman shamdasani from geneva so i asked her who's to blame for the humanitarian crisis in syria. the syrian government first and foremost is to blame but the international community shares this thing it's been seven years now since the conflict in syria up again and there has been not one step taken by the security council to show that it is resolute and concerted in bringing this conflict to an end and in bringing the perpetrators of these created by a nations of human rights and humanitarian law to account we're looking at pictures of destruction there hey you know syrians they have endured violence on a huge scale for years now how would you assess the threats to the population how have they changed over the last year. you know when it when it really struck me about your coverage and here it was that you said that the images of children in syria were too graphic to be shown on television let's think about that for a second when images

i know the behavior of the u.n. aid deputy executive director had always been an open secret and i don't think there is a single woman staff who hasn't been subjected to a remark or some touching that has been inappropriate. i never thought i'd be sexually assaulted and i blame myself because i think that's where -- i didn't see the danger coming in sharing an elevator with somebody, mistakenly. i believe that the systems in place are inadequate. >> he said that you spoke to him about your sexual preferences. >> that's incorrect. prior to which he had also alleged that he was my medical doctor and i was his patient so that was just another way in which he was trying to obstruct the zblvgs what has to change? >> i think we need two things. i think we need reform. in terms of exemplarity, we mustn't let the few rotten apples ruin the whole basket. what has been done to me, the sexual assault by luiz loures and the cover up by michel sidibe, it mustn't happen and the secretary general must make an example out of them.

the u.n. panel reported last june that the united arab emirates violated international law by supplying half their forces with attack helicopters and other military aircraft pro have to groups have been accused of kidnapping and torturing journalists activists and religious figures in eastern libya some of whom faced extrajudicial executions this latest report is set to be submitted to the un security council for further action in hopes that it can counter foreign influence in the war torn nation how would the d.c. else does either. let's bring in our guests in london sam ham the editor in chief of international interest joining us on skype from stockholm peter of aizenman senior researcher in the arms and military expenditure program at the stockholm international peace research institute and also on skype from london and i said director of the solders institute a think tank based in tripoli thank you all for joining us now unless i want to start with you is it at all surprising to hear that

news live from berlin the u.n. human rights chief warns of all out destruction in syria's eastern ghouta and beyond next month for the month after it will be somewhere else where people first time apocalypse and a prescription turn good around them executed by individuals within the government . but can the united nations do anything more to stop the brutal conflict besides praising the alarming plus britain and russia trade accusations and denials as the former russian spy fights for his life after being exposed to a mystery substance we take a look at the international fallout and more white house may have donald trump's top economic advisor barry cullen resigns over the president's threat to ignore the dangers of a trade war and impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. i'm sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us amounting threat of further devastation in syria of the u.n. human rights chief warns the syrian government and its foreign allies are planning more destruction to follow the siege of eastern ghouta here'

sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was broken at the end of last month i don't want to marry children have been the west affected. this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured infant the image to profit to show. you the rest of the human children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of this year have been especially bloody for children we have received reports of over one thousand should one who were killed and seriously injured in the holds here yeah on the scene it's the year began. monday brought some reprieve aid trucks reached the embattled town for the first time since the offensive began . despite the excitement the world food program once it's far from enough. up to four hundred thousand people trapped on the inside of it all are living under siege and by that we mean there are serious shortages of medical assistance of food food insecurity is very high the u.n. security council will on wednesday hold urgent talk

the u.n. human rights chief has said that the syrian government is risking the lives of hundreds of thousands to target a few hundred fighters in eastern good and there is no moral or legal justification for at presenting the un's annual human rights report just now he also called claims by the syrian regime that it's trying to protect civilians ridiculous with an eight hundred civilians have died in recent fighting in the rebel held. in eastern guta death legs at every corner. the struggle for survival here is ceaseless sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was brokered at the end of last month's time and even after. the. children have been the worst affected. by this camera man stops to rescue a severely injured infant the image too graphic to show. the u.n. children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of the here have been especially bloody for children we have received reports of ov

the u.n. relief and works agency says it needs five hundred million dollars to keep hundreds of schools open across the middle east the organization has been stretched since the u.s. reduced funding earlier this year now it's the children affected by the cuts speaking out iran khan is in the occupied west bank with more on this. the message here is that dignity is priceless it's aimed at the united states of america with held one hundred ten million dollars in funding for the united nations relief works agency they're the ones that deal with palestinian refugees and it's not just say in the occupied west bank this similar things are taking place in syria in lebanon in jordan and in gaza and the u.s. is very simple this is about humanitarian aid now some countries have already stepped up to try and make up that shortfall they've issued money towards however that's no money that's new money that was money that's already been promised it's just been delivered. it's incredibly important that we un

incited the u.n. security council sanctions committee to fabricate the theory of cooperation between us and syria this is only a mean trick to create an atmosphere of sanctions against our republic and enforce a full scale sea blockade by railing at us as a state of possession and political of chemical weapons and to justify its military invasion into syria turkey is realty says eight of its soldiers were killed and another thirteen were injured in the northern region of our freend making it one of the deadliest days for turkish forces as they began to cross border offensive against kurdish y.p. g. forces in january. at least one person has died after a suicide blast in the afghan capital kabul police say a couple this detonated in an area close to foreign embassies there's been no immediate claim of responsibility or a judge today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next inside story. can they do violence in fentanyl african republic has grossed more than a million peo

the u.n. has confirmed the killing of three aid workers two of them work for the international organization for migration and one a medical doctor with. unicef also a female nurse is missing and there were reports about a fourth aid worker who was either killed or injured or so the security report from the side of the government has confirmed the killing of four soldiers and four policemen without giving any details about whether civilians were more civilians were wounded or killed in this attack. to me a muslim is being accused of bullying and intimidating ringle refugees and its border with bangladesh. spoke to witnesses who say the troops fired bullets sling shots and threw bottles at the refugees bangladesh's told me in march withdraw its forces from the area in one cart has more range of muslims fleeing myanmar face harassment the troops that pushed them out a back making it very clear they want their engine gone for good this woman shows a suitcase which she says was hit by ricocheting b

a senior u.n. official has visited one of australia's offshore detention centers for asylum see his describing the conditions that as shocking and drink a raft wata told al jazeera the children as young as ten are at risk of committing suicide at the now root prison camp. a second day of aging will begin within hours in egypt for a presidential election that up to five l.c.c. is all but guaranteed to win. now the russian president vladimir putin says criminal negligence calls the death of sixty four people in a shopping mall five four people have been arrested in connection with the blaze in the eastern city of chemical vole investigators say alonso switched off and emergency exits were blocked jonah how reports. firefighters had battled the blaze for hours by monday morning with most of the fire put out drone footage revealed the horrifying extent of the damage combustible walls and ceilings entirely collapsed where once they'd been cinemas and a children's play area they'd been full on sunday wit

ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley believes that they have been involved in espionage to engaged in espionage activities are the words of the nikki haley ok is this ever happened in the history of the u.n. before. i would have to look back to the history books of soviet time to tell you whether that has happened i'm not aware of that but certainly it is going to be a difficult moment for the united nations because these are diplomats that are not here in new york. with a good agreement with the u.s. they're here accredited to the united nations and i'm sure russia is going to question the u.s. is ability to expel them the u.s. says it's in line with its agreement that it has to be the host nation of the united nations but i think there'll be a disagreement with russia all maps and i think what it will do is further poison relations here at the united nations which have deteriorated so much in recent years particularly after the annexation of crimea are just going to get worse it's going to make it much hard

yes the u.n. is closed today this was a hastily arranged meeting of the security council the security council can meet any time it wants on any day of the year even an official u.n. holiday when the u.n. is close so they got everyone in and started this meeting because they were so concerned about the situation any security council member can call for a meeting and it was the arab member on behalf of the palestinians who saw the policy and i'm bastard no there who called this meeting closed meeting to begin with and then because they noticed that the u.s. was not really prepared to engage on a statement they wanted a strong statement the palestinians and the kuwaitis condemning what has happened today in condemning the israeli actions because the israeli because the u.s. would not engaging on such a statement they then said well if you don't come up with a statement we're going to call for an open session the u.s. still did not budge and that's why you have this open session this is actually the a

u.n. says nearly one hundred fifty civilians have managed to leave rebel hid rebel held eastern in syria the government ally russia and rebels agree to evacuate injured people from the area which has been under heavy bombardment for the past three weeks. you're up to date with headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after inside story do stay with this. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone so when asked last backed by a bus to have made some how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire after more than three weeks of heavy bombing on syria's rebel held on clay. and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go

the u.n. says more than three hundred civilians have managed to leave rebel held east and in syria despite ongoing as strikes a syrian civil defense says russian planes dropped cluster bombs on residential areas in the city of africa air raids and shelling by government allied forces also targeted neighboring towns at least thirteen civilians were killed and dozens wounded. in while the turkish president. one says he hopes the northern syrian town of afrin it will be totally encircled by the end of the day the fighting there is displaced thousands and for those left water supplies have been cut as well as internet access alan fischer. on the attack in syria or dare. i slowly they're closing in on our friend these free syrian army fighters are no taking up positions on the edge of the city the next move could come at any moment . where the special forces that belong to our homes a brigade were preparing for an operation which we'll hear about in a few hours it's a big operation at a meeting in

staying with syria u.n. war crimes investigators have heavily criticized all factions in the civil war there for the bloody violence that has consumed the country a u.n. commission of inquiry says that both russia and a u.s. led coalition have caused civilian deaths with air strikes it also says that syrian government forces carried out unlawful chemical attacks in the rebel held eastern guta district you know that claims plight will be on the agenda when the u.n. security council meets tomorrow to discuss a failing truce in the reach. what was it like easton guta death lurks at every corner. of the struggle for survival here is ceaseless. sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was brokered at the end of last month i don't want to know your children have been the worst affected. by this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured in front of the image to graphic to show. you are better than you when children's fund says the s

the u.n. special operator on the situation of human rights in the occupied palestinian territory has war and it's only getting worse since his last assessments only six months ago so palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank including east jerusalem a face demolitions of homes and schools arrest an arbitrary detention and restrictions on the freedom of movement when michael links latest report also outlines what he describes as failings in the right to health care particularly in gaza in january for example the report shows that only forty percent of essential medicines you can see right there were available for two million residents severe electricity shortages have led to three hospitals and thirteen clinics temporarily closing in gaza affecting health care for more than three hundred thousand people he also addressed the detention of palestinian children in the occupied west bank and gaza saying the case of a seventeen year old i had been to mimi is prominent but it's not i. elated in

is presenting a new u.n. draft resolution on a syria ceasefire kristen salumi will tell us more about when the q. haley had to say on the draft resolution kristen. well yes a threat coming from the united states directed at the syrian regime and some strong words for russia the united states saying that clearly the resolution twenty four a one passed fifteen days ago has not been implemented she faulted russia for continuing to bomb areas of eastern ghouta for the first four days sometimes twenty times a day after that resolution was passed she said that there had been ongoing allegations of chlorine gas attacks in that time and went on to say that if the united nations security council didn't back up the resolution then it would come down to the united states to act and she referred to an air strike that u.s. forces made on an air base in retaliation for a chemical attack in concert croon as an example of the united states being willing to step up and take action if the international community was not going

chief specially called for again calling for u.n. cease fire to be implemented by till now both both actors both russia and turkey they're not listening to this u.n. screw us resolution lot of village in bergen airball thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world greek authorities have been searching in the aegean sea for survivors of a myra boat that capsized at least sixteen people are confirmed dead three people managed to swim to land and raise the alarm they have been taken to the greek island of samples along with the bodies of those who died. at least two people have been killed and several more injured in a car bomb attack in the afghan capital kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility the bomber targeted a global security company and officials say all the victims were civilians it's the fourth suicide attack in the city and just three weeks the f.b.i. former deputy director andrew mccabe has been fired just two days before his expected retirement u.s. attorney general jeff sessions sa

chief basically called for again calling for u.n. cease fire to be implemented by till now both both actors both russia and turkey they're not listening to this u.n. screw us resolution that american village in bergen airball thank you very much. and here in germany members of the country's large kurdish community have gathered in the city of hanover to protest the ongoing turkish offensive in syria police originally planned to ban the gathering due to fears of clashes between kurdish and turkish groups but a court ruling allowed the demonstration to go ahead. anger on the streets of hanover where the biggest demonstration took place coinciding with the kurdish new year celebration of never was anger but also a sense of helplessness. we stand together with the people of africa who right now are being massacred we suffer in the depth of our souls because these are innocent children who are dying civilians who have a right to live. as good it's not about our free nor kurds or turks it's about humanity as the international community the

and beyond the u.n. it's going to create even more problems than we currently have because countries from around the world have to work together and find ways to work together on some of the key issues issues like you know africa south sudan central african republic the middle east things like yemen and syria of course the long war in syria and of course the ongoing conflict in ukraine and i think ever since the annexation of crimea four years ago it's fair to say that relations between the western countries and the russians have deteriorated it's made it harder it's created real tension in some of the conversations that bleeds over from one file into another and i think it's going to add fresh tension now this development to make it even harder to get things done here at the u.n. and beyond james bays thank you very much indeed for a choses for in the russian reaction in moscow. well in the west it's called tit for tat in russian governmental circles it's called the principle of reciprocity and that's w

the u.n. representatives on the ground in east new to praise the russian and syrian efforts in relieving the situation they're providing food and at the age of fifty civilians in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as islam itself express their desire to leave and leave east good to live for other locations once their sponsors give the green light. well we've requested comment from the u.s. military on the russian general staff claims and are still waiting for a response at the briefing russia's military chief described the civilian evacuation from eastern kuta as an operation unique in its scale over forty eight sawzall people have managed to flee so far in the biggest single exodus since fighting escalated that last month russia's defense ministry says the first to make it to safety where women children and the injured they were given basic supplies when they reached the government controlled side of the car here's how they described life under militant all. i think i

w a u.n. representative was grilled about this whether this move will violate an agreement that was made between the u.s. and the u.n. does the u.n. believe that this in any way violates the u.s. agreement with the u.n. of nine hundred forty seven the host country agreement given the sensitivity of the matter which is ongoing we will not comment further at this stage the u.s. mission says that and i quote our actions are consistent with the united nations headquarters agreement do you agree with the statement we were informed of the u.s. decision to take action under section thirteen b. of the u.n. u.s. headquarters agreement. you can you can look in our tree section and read section thirteen be for yourself and evaluate it for yourself story for you told us to read thirteen b. and see whether what we thought it said what's the secretary general think for the reasons i just explained i wouldn't venture an opinion on that for just how to share niceness and convenience to you i will read to you

u.n. officials he says the i.c.c. is attempt to acquire jurisdiction over him violates due process i.c.c. is investigating to take his drug war which is left thousands of people did officials from football's world governing body fee for meeting in greece after the president of one of its best known teens marched onto the pitch armed with a gun ivan survived his was enraged when a late goal was disallowed for k. thessaloniki against league leaders aka athens after a pitch invasion and when the game had ended the referee allowed the goal to stand those are the headlines the news will continue in half an hour's time but coming up right now is inside story to stay watching these. the u.s. warns the u.n. act now on syria always go it alone say when asked last backed by a bus the housemaids. how washington says enough is enough but what will the trump administration do this is a inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states wants an immediate cease fire more than three weeks

u.n. ambassador nikki haley made one thought that maybe there was a shift of late very clearly certainly in the words of secular tillerson were back to assad must go as i said earlier i think for prodi now should not be assad stays as it goes we all could have our views and whether he is the right person to lead syria at this time the party for international crisis group is not let's not focus on that now let's focus on ending the war and let's not make intermingle the humanitarian concern which is the bombing of hospitals or bombing of civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not and obviously the bombing by the regime as i was mentioning earlier the son makes it that with the political objectives which some people may still have we need to put those aside the political objectives of those need to be resolved at the negotiating table they're not going to be resolved on the battlefield at this point so so i think that's the i think the position of the state department toda

foreign aid and how countries vote at the u.n.. [applause] ambassador haley: u.n. votes should never be the only factor in our foreign aid system. we have many interests that go beyond the u.n.. they should be one of the factors. we are determined to start making that connection. [applause] ambassador haley: some people accused us of favoritism towards israel. first of all, there is nothing wrong with favoritism toward an ally. [applause] ambassador haley: that's what being an ally is all about. this is not about favoritism. whether it is the embassy decision or unesco, or what we are doing with -- don't even get me started on that one. [applause] ambassador haley: our approach on israel is tied together by one major idea. the idea that run through all of it is the simple concept that israel must be treated like any other country. [applause] ambassador haley: we will continue to demand that israel not be treated like some sort of provisional entity. it cannot be the case that only one country in the world doesn't get to choose its capital city. [applause] ambassado

no one really knows exactly how many civilians have died in the seven year war in syria the u.n. stopped counting some years back but it's last reports that around half a million people have been killed the number keeps rising especially with the latest assault on eastern ghouta. these resolutions and all of this proclamation is seem quite meaningless because they haven't led to change on the ground a cease fire agreed to last year was meant to protect civilians but some argue fighters who support bashar al assad's government use a to gain ground skill or should. they force the russians. to use as much force as they try out. these crowded basements provide some shelter for perceived serious but getting aid and supplies to them isn't guaranteed they go through the trash bins children go looking for left overs in case someone left a piece of bread. it's easy to spot destruction in syria's ruined cities yet some still manage to imagine a future the sad reality of my dream is to become a doctor that way i can help and cure people the world is full of bombing and shelling a seven year

city it's a terrible situation so the consideration continues as it was before the u.n. called for this thirty day cease fire and then russia backed out ball but also called their own daily five hour truce what do you make of this. the that the situation is only getting worse by the hour and the day in spite of all of this tremendous diplomatic activity we've had in geneva now. you know dozens of meetings with the the russians the americans with the local powers like iran saudi arabia qatar turkey and we're not getting anywhere at the moment the security council declared a thirty day ceasefire and now off the many days into this so-called cease fire period the war got worse the russian proposal is a unilateral one in russia is fighting alongside the assad government what they say is that the five hour courses should be human a temple system to enable civilians to go out we've seen no civilians go out of these two corridos in the five hour process because they're too short they're too brief we need longer process and we need also to be negotiated between the two sides and

mr mann saw there we're going back to the u.n. headquarters in new york the ambassador for the palestinians talking now that open session of the u.n. security council before the law to be at the lower right where. those living within the green line those in the diaspora while they commemorate land they and you not only should the march of return what we commend of those who sacrificed their lives and the injured and we stress their vital role in legarda we condemn in the strongest terms for this heinous massacre and we call for an immediate stop to this massacre and we call for bringing to justice those responsible and for providing international protection for civilians in the occupied territory. you're on a roll council must uphold its responsibility and must take a stance in condemning this massacre in order to stop the massacre and to provide protection to our civilian people must. if such and ever is blocked and if the council is unable to take up its responsibility. those responsible must must also take responsibility for co

special envoy on syria stuff and de mistura brief the u.n. security council on the worsening situation not just a nice thing good thing you got to remember the rest of the country as well christians louise at the u.n. for us today is following those developments christian tell us what's been happening and what stuff into mr a said. well stefan de mistura is essentially confirming for the security council what we're hearing from our reporters like alan fischer on the ground that the situation not only in eastern guta but throughout the country is continues to be precarious this was an meeting where the special envoy was supposed to update the security council on implementation of their resolutions particularly twenty four zero one which called for a cease fire across syria and as we can see is not being implemented the one bright spot de mistura mentioned was duma where a shaky cease fire has held for the last six days but in terms of the impact of the ongoing fighting on civilians he described a very grim picture. with civilians continuing to

but the u.n. is a different story. at the u.n. and throughout the u.n. agencies, israel does get bullied. it gets bullied because the countries that don't like israel are used to being able to get away with it. well, just like when i was that little girl in south carolina, that just doesn't sit well with me. as many of you know, one of the u.n. agencies with the worst track record of israel bias is unesco. among many other ridiculous things, unesco has the outrageous distinction of attempting to change ancient history. unesco recently declared one of judaism's holiest site, the tomb of the patriarchs, as a palestinian heritage site in need of protection from israel. that was enough, ten months into this administration, the united states withdrew from unesco. there are lots of other things that we do, big and small, week after week, to fight back against the u.n.'s israel bullying. every month at the security council, we have a session devoted to the middle east, and every month, this session becomes an israel bashing session. this has gone on month after

u.n. estimates the fighting in eastern gaiters resulted in more than a hundred deaths in two days the u.n. also called on all parties in the conflict and the violence from the red cross says that people on the ground require a wide range of basic supplies the need to remain massive the need. two four three four etc you have medical needs you have need for access to a good source of food you need also access to clean water you have all sorts of needs inside the water today the priority remains medical help that we need to. reach with people inside all day and food aid as well what happens when it's seven thousand five hundred people which the trucks on monday and today were able to provide humanitarian aid to just a little percentage of what who of the people who need the military aid inside. also on saturday syrian officials have warned on the possible provocations by militants against the government with the use of chemical weapons the alleged attack could happen they say on sunday look a

comes after his meeting with the renowned jurist the u.n. independent expert only promotion of a democratic and equitable international order professor alfred does a as he joins me now from geneva in switzerland elfin thanks so much for coming on the show wouldn't call please them or tell you in the past few days before his arrest by german authority that we were discussing mediation you may recall that switzerland altered mediation back in august september two thousand and seventeen they tried it central government didn't want to i myself i offered myself as a mediator and no one has thanked up on it i've written to. written to the secretary general i think that this is the classical case in which international mediation would be useful what did you include you tell you because you said the order of his news was a credibility lancer that they don't want to get involved the internal affairs of member states but they don't get involved in the internal affairs of poland and of hungary and of slovakia and cetera so that argument doesn't hold an

and the u.n. in the forty's let's take a quick look does the u.n. believe that this in any way violates the u.s. agreement with the u.n. of nine hundred forty seven the host country agreement given the sensitivity of the matter which is ongoing we will not comment further at this stage the u.s. mission says that and i quote our actions are consistent with the united nations headquarters agreement do you agree with the statement we were informed of the u.s. decision to take action under section thirteen b. of the u.n. u.s. headquarters agreement. you can you can look in our tree section and read section thirteen be for yourself and evaluate it for yourself story funny you told us to read thirteen b. and see whether what we thought it said went to the secretary general think to for the reasons i just explained i wouldn't venture an opinion on that for just out of sheer niceness inconvenience to you i will read to you section thirteen be at the stage bear with me because it is long. does the united states need to provide evidence of this a spin off to

brief members of the u.n. security council in progress promising to keep up the pressure on pyongyang. well south korean envoys are traveling across the globe giving updates on the talks souls' national security chief is going to russia as the head of the spy agency has met japanese prime in session's where are they and take it from the bride has more from seoul as the preparations continue for these summits south korea is keeping up the soft pressure of its shuttle diplomacy chunky young the main envoy has been in china meeting with chinese president xi jinping the chinese are very supportive of this whole process they have always called for direct dialogue between north korea and the united states and indeed they will feel as though their implementation of sanctions has helped the whole process chong is now going to moscow to brief the russians on the agreement meanwhile and his colleagues the other main envoy in this process is still in japan he's had a meeting with the japanese foreign minister and with th

a senior u.n. official says meehan mars the ethnic cleansing overhang of muslims is continuing u.n. assistant secretary general for human rights andrew gilmore says tactics have changed from mass killing and right to for starvation he was visiting refugee camps in bangladesh where nearly seven hundred thousand rohingya have been seeking refuge since a military crackdown began in august. aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced by i think violence in the democratic republic of congo at least seventy nine people were killed in recent days when fighting broke out between rival tribes in northern italy province charlotte ballasts reports. a two day march every step taking these home the tribes people further away from their enemies the lender's tribal violence has pushed tens of thousands to leave the villages seeking safety in the provincial capital witnesses say six villagers who are raised by the rival lendu tribe over the weekend they say linders went house to house killing him is before burning their homes unicef says more than forty six thousand children ar

government slashed its aid the u.n. says it's still running about three hundred forty six million dollars short for two thousand and eighteen and officials are warning that critical services could be scrapped if the money doesn't come through christopher gunness is the chief spokesman for the un relief and works agency he says they now have enough funding to keep them going for several more months what's at stake for refugees for the palestine refugees that we serve is for example nine million patients consultations a year by doctors five hundred twenty five thousand children around the middle east receiving a daily education one point seven million people receiving food assistance the timelines are quite short we had been saying before this conference that we were going to be running on empty by may june now we are able to extend that and say that we have money to maintain our services to the middle of the summer so things are tight we are certainly not going to be complacent thousands of brazilians are protesting what