the u.n. has not had a very positive role i mean they've basically put a legal face to an overthrow you can call it for three parts or overthrow coup that you can use many different definitions but what happened in two thousand and four was not there to promote stability in the long term and that's you know that's one reason why i wanted to hear what he had to say because he's still a political player in haiti and exile you know all the political leaders that we don't agree with. to other countries is not going to solve the political situation on the long run in haiti and the u.n. has spent about three billion dollars just the peacekeeping operations these are also u.s. taxpayers money there is millions and millions billions we've poured since than one thousand nine hundred one in haiti the u.s. has poured into haiti and the result now is just not very clear for many people you know all that money could have been spent in planting bamboo trees in cleaning water from health care as in building

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a u.n. source says that many challenges remain for holding the referendum as scheduled. he said the international community needs to provide more support such as helicopters for areas without roads. >>> in haiti protesters blaming u.n. peacekeepers for the deadly outbreak of cholera have exchanged gunfire with u.n. troops. at least one resident was killed. rallies continued in cities and towns across northern haiti on tuesday. protesters placed barricades in front of u.n. peacekeepers' camps and threw stones. a u.n. spokesperson in haiti says that in the town of quartier morin u.n. troops exchanged fire with protesters who started shooting. at least one demonstrator was killed. in another town six u.n. peacekeepers were wounded from stones hurled by demonstrators. the u.n. says its peacekeepers were acting in self-defense. the haitian health ministry says cholera has killed over 1,000 people and infected nearly 17,000. haitians are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the government's res

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the u.n. rang the alarm bells in two thousand and three they confirmed that precious metals are at the very heart of the wars that have bloodied the region they imposed an embargo on arms and criticized the financing of rebellions from the sale of coal to . eighteen thousand un peacekeepers are deployed in the congo five thousand in this region alone in direct confrontation with general conduct minister. these helicopters have even fired on qantas troops. the u.n. spokesperson is sylvie fundal than that she's been here for four years when she talks about the general she doesn't mince her word. you could just do you see condoleezza rebel a dissident. and we yes he's a rebel a dissident a warlord he's a general and he was dismissed from the congolese army that's what he's been accused of serious human rights violations he's still recruiting children there are children among his soldiers but he hides them they can succumb only cash and have any of the cases been proved i think of it that certainl

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the u.n. says young people are adopting safer sex practices. the report, though, is not all good news that we should tell you about. for every one person starting hiv treatment two people are newly affected. it's a problem we're all fighting. the u.n. says overall the investments in combatting aids are paying off but the challenge is now to of course speed up the progress. there could be a breakthrough in the battle against aids using drugs to prevent hiv. researchers have found a combination of drugs reduces the risk of infection by almost 44% in men. the drugs are two widely used hiv medicines taken daily. researchers tell cnn they need to do more investigating but the drug combination could make, in their words, a significant impact in the fight against hiv. pretty astonishing. >>> coming up, markets are moving. a major country's parliament may dissolve thanks to bank bailouts. >>> and keeping your wallet safe this holiday season. it's a big day for your money. christine romans will be join

the u.n. system allows other nations to sign up to speak so at the top of the list today are cuba venezuela and iran so is it about time that america was roasted so to speak by its international u.n. partners or is the entire process made a joke when countries like iran top the list joining me in studio to discuss it is wendy wright the president of concerned women for america and from pittsburgh we have danielle kovalchuk labor and human rights activist i want to thank you both attorney excuse me i want to thank you both for joining me now wendy i guess i'll start with you is it about time that the u.s. you know put itself up for this type of review considering that they are a member of the u.n. that everyone else has to do it too well it's important we look at the human rights council itself it's a road gallery of human rights abusers and it makes sense there are forty seven seats on the council so the countries that have the worst human rights records are going to be the ones vying to sit i

u.n. officials said south korea's u.n. ambassador, park in kook met britain's deputy ambassador to the united nations, philip parham, on wednesday morning. britain holds the rotating security council presidency this month. park and parham coordinated views with an eye on the security council taking up tuesday's attack. some diplomats say the south korean government has not yet decided on how to raise the issue at the u.n. the security council is unlikely to deal with the issue until next week. earlier hideshi hara spoke with our reporter hiroki yajima, who covers issues on the korean peninsula. >> what can you tell us about the south korean government's response to north korea's attack? >> president lee myung-bak said on tuesday the strike was an obvious provocation. he said indiscriminate attacks on civilians can't be forgiven. a day later south korean authorities reviewed the north korean artillery attack had killed civilians. south korea's preparing to lay the issue before the u.n. security council. president lee myung-

it is believed that u.n. peacekeepers are carriers of the disease. the u.n. says there is no evidence that that, but it admitted the situation is deteriorating. >> the government accepts, and we accept it is the health or sanitation matter. it is an issue of environmental concern. it is an issue of national security, where we have demonstrations. >> this is the first cholera outbreak in haiti, and it has caused great anxiety and confusion. people are afraid that fish is unsafe to eat because the disease is caused by dirty water. and is spreading. exacerbated by poor sanitation and poverty. hospitals are once again overwhelmed. there are cases in every province according to the u.n. 100,000 people have taken ill, although not all of them seriously. the neighboring dominican republic is not taking chances. they have stopped haitians from crossing the border, even though the u.n. says they're doing their best to contain the cholera epidemic. given the history of cholera in this country, they were not expecting something like this. the art in treating for million

the u.n. secretary-general's office as was the state department's iraq affairs are. posted by the united nations developing program, this is about an hour 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> well, i think we'll get started. can everyone here on right in the back? is the microphone working effectively? great, thank you. we seem to have an unfilled middle, which is somewhat observed as a metaphor for a political situation on this election day. let's hope not. my name is fred gibson, i'd like to welcome you to our roundtable today on iraq's development challenges. most of you know undp well, but for those of you who don't come where the leading development agency of the united nations, have offices in over 130 countries and do work in more than 160 countries. but among those assignments, at development challenges and many of the most difficult parts of the world and we wanted to highlight in particular the work of the undp and the mission of the united nations as we

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. >> the u.n. says there's no evidence of that but admitted the situation is deteriorating. in an unsteady video link. >> the government and we accept, too, this is far beyond a health or sanitation matter. it's an issue of environmental concern and obviously of national security where we have demonstrations starting already. for example, at the cholera treatment centers. >> this is the first doll are outbreak in haiti and caused confusing. even these venders are affected. people are afraid the fish is not safe to eat because cholera is spread by dirty water. 10 months after the devastating earthquake, hospitals are once again overwhelmed. the u.n. says there are now case ins every province. up to 200 ,00ople could be takin' ill although not all of them seriously. afraid the disease will spread beyond haiti. it's stopping haitians from crossing the border even though the u.n. says it's doing its best to contain the cholera. >> the u.n. was prepared for some but now there's an appeal to -- for money

. >>> a u.n. general assembly committee has called on myanmar's military government to release all political prisoners. at the same time it welcomed last week's release of pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi from house arrest. the committee on human rights issued -- adopted -- human rights issues adopted a resolution op myanmar thursday with the backing of t96 countries. china voted against the resolution. southeast asia. countries either voted against the resolution or abstained. the resolution expresses concern about the situation in the country, where pro-democracy forces are restricted from engaging in political activities. u.n. secretary-general ban ki moon talked with aung san suu kyi on the telephone on thursday. the two agreed that all political prisoners in myanmar must be released to advance democracy in the country. >>> u.s. president barack obama has called on the senate to ratify a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia by the end of this year. the u.s. and russia signed a ne

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the u.n. conference on climate change has started on anderson cancun, mexico. participants will discuss a framework for 20 ten and beyond. we have more from the site. >> reporter: delegates from 119 countries and territories are taking part in the two-week conference. under the kyoto protocol, only industrialized countries are required to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. those countries, including japan, are calling on china and other emerging economies to share the burden of cutting emissions. emerging economies claim industrializeded countries should share the costs because their actions are to blame for global warming. some say the kyoto protocol should be extended so the industrialized countries will be required to cut emissions. at the beginning of the meeting, the head of the u.n. climate change secretaryiate called on participating nations to compromise. >> when the stakes are high and the issues are challenging, compromise is an act of wisdom thatta can unite different positions in

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the u.n. has agreed with the government of the rock on a five point agenda. -- with the government of iraq on a five point agenda. there's a highly neglected area of climate change in environmental management. the country is getting drier and haltotter. the one the water supply is declining drastically. the marshlands and down to 10% of the regional area. they're one of the most important marshlands globally. we will work on that through the global environment facility, through the united nations mahmud to program, we often partner with the world bank. i have one final message in my 10 minutes. as much as we have done together in very difficult security conditions, there is more to be done. it is in our selfish interest as well as our humanity interest to keep on working in iraq. we are all aware of the risk. we take measures to mitigate risk. it is a high-cost enterprise. it is like what someone once said about education. if you think education is expensive, try ignorance. it is the same with

german u.n. ambassador peter wittig said the structure should be changed to reflect the current geopolitical reality and that obama's address emphasized this need. speaking after the session, the brazilian ambassador maria luiza ribeiro viotti said her country regards obama's remarks as a positive sign that the u.s. is committed to reforming the security council. japan's u.n. envoy said it is good news for the four countries that the u.s. president has stepped forward on the matter. referring to obama's visit to japan for apec summit meeting in yokohama, nishida expressed the hope that the u.s. president will lend his support to japan's membership bid. >> translator: given the importance of japan/u.s. bilateral relations and previous comments by successive u.s. administrations, i expect that president obama will make an appropriate remark when he meets prime minister kan. >> obama will hold talks on saturday with japanese prime minister kan. >>> a tokyo-based cyber security firm says anti-terrori

the u.n. system, in this case the mission of united nations as well. in iraq. let me however make a plug for future roundtables, and one in particular that is coming up, not unrelated to the challenges we're facing in iraq, and that is our launch event for the 2010th human development report of the undp. this year looking at 20 years of since the innovation of the human development report, which is many of you know was one of the first indices and reports based on the indices that went beyond income and gross domestic product measurements for measuring human welfare. and that in particular measures longevity and literacy that in balanced a wider view of what human development encompassed. what's interesting about this report, and i hope you can join us on november 17, at add for that launch event. what's interesting is that they're a number of new indices that have been proposed and added in that report. one measuring equality, one in measuring gender empowerment, and one which is called the m

people blamed the u.n. peacekeepers, which they denied. >> not so badly affected by the earthquake, living conditions of our port and there is alarm with the spread of cholera. anger directed at these peacekeepers and relief workers. >> they began attacking the warehouses, throwing stones and bottles. in the early morning hours, those attacks went on to begin looting food from the warehouses and also to burn it this morning. >> scientists say the cholera is related to restrain from south asia, but none of the nepalese have tested positive. that has not stopped the rumors or the anchor. them if they have come to a conclusion that the troops are responsible for spreading cholera in this country, they should all leave. it is important for haitians to stand up and get the u.n. troops out. >> the haitian authorities and the u.n. blame it on criminal figures to want to prevent the presidential election plan for the end of the month. they warn that chaos will only worsen the epidemic. and there is chilling news fr

the u.n. has called on the international community to donate $47 million to provide food, drinking water, and anti-epidemic measures. the red cross has been distributing tents and providing other relief. in djibouti the problem is a lack of water. the east african nation has been suffering from a severe drought for the past five years. the u.n. says it will need nearly $39 million to provide food and drinking water for 120,000 people. >>> the european commission is calling on its member nations to compile plans by 2015 to build deep underground sites for the long-term storage of nuclear waste. a draft european union directive released on wednesday says eu members will be required to set up within the region final disposal repositories for waste from their nuclear power plants and research institutes. there are 143 nuclear power plants in operation in 14 countries in the eu region. but only france, finland, and sweden have worked out long-term disposal plans. the commission is asking its member

the the secret services in the united states were ordered to spy on several very key u.n. figures for instance they. were trying to acquire their credit card numbers where their fingerprints and things like that and some of the things revealed by the we have a very absurd about them u.s. diplomats were sending out letters to western diplomats to european diplomats concerning the u.n. general assembly so when that when the iranian president had to speak they received instructions on how and when they should have left at the u.n. general assembly hall as a member of the swedish delegation according to the weeks website received a letter from the u.s. diplomats saying that he had to leave the whole when i'm with my what you just want to mention the whole of course issue so the iranian president didn't actually mention this issue so the swedish diplomat was perplexed as to what to do next so he didn't know whether he had to leave the room or stay inside while this incident basically shows how the united states how washington is trying to influence the politics of other countri

the the secret service is in the united states were ordered to spy on several very key u.n. figures for instance they were trying to acquire the credit card numbers where their fingerprints and things like that and some of the things revealed by that we have a very sorry about that us diplomats were sending out letters to western diplomats to european diplomats concerning the u.n. general assembly so when that when the iranian president had to speak they received instructions on how and when they should have left at the u.n. general assembly hall as member of the swedish delegation according to the we can expect side received a letter from the u.s. diplomats saying that he had to leave the whole went with mark who didn't want to just want to mention the holocaust issue so the iranian president didn't actually mention this issue so the swedish diplomat was perplexed as to what to do next so he didn't know whether he had to leave the room or stay inside all this incident basically shows how the united states how washington is trying to influence the politics of other countries

that the u.n. security council represents the post world war ii distribution of power not the world that we live in today. but to get a consensus among the perm 5 the key players to get china to agree, to figure out how to deal with brazil, with south africa, with other players is going to be a very long-term investment. so can india.... >> suarez: are we talking about five years, ten years? how long is long? >> i would say three to five years is not on. i think we're talking about an expansion of the security council maybe by the end of the decade. again that's why... let's not put the cart before the horse les we end up creating expectations that go unmet. >> suarez: thank you both. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the investigation into the b.p. spill; the state of the middle east peace process; and the tea party comes to washington with utah senator- elect mike lee. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: nato forces in afghanist

the the secret services in the united states were ordered to spy on several very key u.n. figures for instance they were trying to acquire their credit card numbers where their fingerprints and things like that and some of the things revealed by that we have a very absurd to send about that u.s. diplomats were sending out letters to western diplomats to european diplomats concerning the u.n. general assembly so when that when the iranian president had just to speak they received instructions on how and when they should have left for the u.n. general assembly role as member of the swedish delegation according to the weeks which side received a letter from the u.s. diplomats saying that he had to leave the whole went with my what did he just want to mention the whole of course issue so the iranian president didn't actually mention this issue so the swedish diplomat was perplexed as to what to do next so he didn't know whether he had to leave the room or stay inside. well this incident basically shows how the united states how washington is trying to influence the politics of

i am observer of the u.n.. if i were to take an application, i need a number to apply for membership. i make thispplication. >> we would be to adapt. -- we would veto that. you can order them in any way you want. we have invested and believe in the pragmatic value of negotiation. good, bad, naive, simple, nonetheless, it is a fundamental american conception. people have problems, they said down, they reconcile their differences. that would be essentially a fundamental but trail of america's commitment to negotiations. we would say to you, and you know the talking points, you open the door through this application process to a set of is really counterproposals and measures which would reflect their own interests in response to yours. i am glad that i do not have to do this anymore. finally, there is the reality, a willful american president- nixon, carter, every time -- will fall president to are smart and capable will trump domestic political interests and lobbyists every time. still, president function within

the u.n. general assembly. they'll be further meetings and the whole aim is to try and pressurize and work with the yemeni government to deal with the issues that affect the wider region and indeed the region is then showed affect us, too. we'll go on with that. we'll go on as they committed other development budget to make sure development aid is going to the yemen so if there's a short-term issue of getting the yemeni government to concentrate on what founders and a longer-term issues about economic development which badly needs to improve. >> ed miliband. >> can i thank him in the home secretary for keeping the house updated on these issues and i know they will continue to do so. mr. speaker, the prime minister has talked lots about restoring trust in politics. what does he expect of members of his government who gave cast-iron guarantees to their voters six months ago so they would vote against a rise in constituency. [shouting] >> what i would say to everyone is part of this government is

top officials during the u.n. general assembly to wiretap their phones and acquire their fingerprints and credit card numbers also a discreet supporter of the kurdish party in turkey despite it had been never openly admitted that the support was there and in fact the washington has been turkey's very strong ally so this is somehow somehow a betrayal of its very close ally according to the website and also very interesting facts instructions revealed by the we can leaks instructions to the west in the european. diplomats on how and when to leave the u.n. general assembly hall during the reagan presidency speech so all these collections are brits seem to be pretty interesting but the one question which is really interesting to many experts right now as is the timing of all of these publications obviously all these facts listed by the website relate to the george. to two thousand and eight and earlier than that and many experts are trying to find out as to why it was published now with obama administration in office

japan is holding unofficial talks at u.n. headquarters in new york. they plan to raise the issue at the security council. japan a nonpermanent member of the council says it's completely supporting south korea. it will watch how the south refers to the council. even after they take issue with the action it will be difficult to issue a change. considering the sinking of the warship in march, the statement adopted by the security council did not blame north korea by name out of consideration for china. >> translator: china bears a huge responsibility to the international community as a permanent member of the u.n. security council. i believe they should exercise their power for the good of all nations. >> japan's consumer prices fell 0.6% in october from a year earlier, marking a 20th consecutive monthly decline. the internal affairs ministry said on friday, that the consumer price index stood at 99.5. the core index excludes volatile fresh food prices. the drop is due to falling prices in electronic appliances such as air conditioners. the ministry says

the the secret service is in the united states were ordered to spy on several very key u.n. figures for instance they were trying to acquire their credit card numbers top their cell phones and get their fingerprints and things like that and some of the things revealed by that we have a very absurd. about them for instance. the u.s. diplomats were sending out letters to western diplomats to european diplomats concerning the u.n. general assembly so when the. when the iranian president had to speak they received instructions on how and when they should have left at the u.n. general assembly hall and one of the situations was really funny because as a member of the swedish delegation according to the we can side received a letter from the u.s. diplomats. saying that he had to leave the hole when i just wanted to mention the whole issue so the iranian president didn't actually mention this issue so the swedish diplomat was perplexed as to what to do next so he didn't know whether he had to leave the room or stay inside so this he did create a great confusion for him only no we k

kind of statistic which the u.n. puts into their number crunch as they try to measure progress. >> countries for example where 20, 30 years ago, only one or two out of 10 kids were able to go to school when they reach four, five years of age. even now, we see that going up to 80%. especially for girl. >> the report is positive about progress in some of the poorest countries in the world. the human development index is not just a measure of economic wealth, but access to education, health-care, equality between the sexes and so on. in kenya, ruth says things are much better now because they have access to much better doctors. aid works, but after 20 years, they can't point to any one system of government that is better than another for development. there is more than one way out of poverty. >> it's an john going part of global economic, social and political battles. that's the way to judge rather than how particular government's policies are. >> in bangladesh, cheap credit and access to mobile phones have transformed

mohammad larijani came to the u.n. this week to defend his human rights record at the u.n. he'll talk about that defense and much more. is iran ready to come to the table with u.s.? >>> then, what in the world, a government plan that worked, part two. >>> next, the u.s. and nato say combat operations in afghanistan should end in 2014. should it happen? can it happen? we'll ask a terrific panel. let's get started. >>> mohammad larijani comes from what is certainly the most powerful political family in iran. one brother, ali larijani is a speaker of the parliament. another heads the judiciary. in the islamic republic, they have a special status on religious issues. their father was a very influential grand ayatollah. mohammad, our guest, is a math me technician, former parliamentarian, former foreign minister, who is now among other things the head of the country's human rights commission. that brought him to new york this week to defend his country's human rights record at the u.n. larijani is a very smart man from a very influential family. a family that is often at odds wi