diplomats say this man could become the united nations a new envoy to syria. feared. >> welcome to the "journal" from dw. i am sabrina. >> joseph ben fajzullin. another try at finding peace. diplomats said this man could become the united nations a new envoy to syria. >> the report every economy has feared. demand for exports from china plunges. we will get reactions from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the world's most famous soccer club kicks its way onto wall street, but is it a debut worth applauding? >> syrian refugees say their international community has left them in the lurch. thousands of those who survive the fierce fighting across the country have fled. >> they are still holding out hope for an internationally- brokered peace deal between rebels and the regime of president assad. >> kofi annan through in the towel, but now there is talk that the veteran nigerian diplomat will take his place as special envoy to the war-torn nation. >> he will have his work cut out for him in syria. we begin our coverage in the commercial center of aleppo. >> the sul

he is well known for his experience in peace operations of the united nations. i think he is a good choice. >> what can he hope to achieve that kofi annan could not? >> that is a big question. he is facing two major challenges. one, he has to cope with the united nations security council which is still divided. second, he is facing a situation in syria in which everything which is usually called a political solution is out of sight. it might -- a month ago, a political solution might have been feasible in syria, but given the civil war, that will be his major challenge. >> do you think de un has exhausted all avenues of finding a peaceful solution to the conflict? >> in legal terms, there are some avenues in the general assembly and the u.n. security council. the charter of the united nations allows certain measures for a robust intervention, the so-called all necessary measures. currently, there is no political majority for that. every foreign engagement would be not authorized by the united nations. >> this weekend, hillary clinton is due in istanbul for talks

nations general assembly so a lot of work lies ahead at the united nations for members to try to find a unified position and of course the other big question will next peace process with kofi annan. what's next is difficult to say right now kevin we do know that in two weeks and on july twentieth the united nations observer mission expires in syria whether or not their mandate is going to be extended remains to be seen this is something that russia is certainly calling for we also know that currently bonn ki-moon the u.n. secretary general was in talks with the leader of the arab league to try to find a successor after coffee and on and it's going to be an important role to fill it's going to be important to see what kind of track record that person has and whether or not that person will have a new plant put in place and that's certainly something that's going to play a very major role in the events that are yet to unravel and absolutely. much. the battle for syria's second city aleppo is getting more bloody by the day univers of his report a heavy build up of weapons in the area reb

today, the united nations refugee agency put that number at more than 200,000. it said 30,000 refugees have crossed into turkey, lebanon, iraq, and jordan in the past week alone. many governments in neighboring countries are becoming concerned they will not be able to deal with the influx. >> it looks quiet enough and well organized at this refugee camp for syrians in turkey, but there is growing national alarm at what is a growing exodus from syria and the violence in syria itself. united nations says the numbers have already exceeded its forecast for the totals by the end of this year. >> each member of our family this summer. we are not happy about that. they are taking good care of us here, but we are not happy at all because we are separated. >> turkey is closed now to more than 70,000 refugees, and it says it cannot cope with the growing numbers.

regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were and end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however maintain a presence on the ground in a different format this will be a civil mission that they will put in place the details of which are being discussed now russia's position in all of this is quite simple. monday is coming to a member we believe that those members of the council who insisted to. continue the . commitment to ending course still it is. working towards a political settlement in the studio however we're looking forward to the form of doing a u.n. presence in damascus. doing the job it is supposed to do in the light of the new. political process in syria it's important to keep in mind that russia of course has be

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that bond human is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor. the main battle for syria's largest city is apparently about to begin that's according to the yuan aleppo has seen heavy fighting between government and rebel forces over the last week but sides are pulling fresh reinforcements to the front line in the struggle to seize the initiative rebels are reportedly receiving a growing flow weapons from neighboring turkey through a secret transit hub and revelations in the us media claim the white house has also lies the more covert support forces despite their links to al qaeda and also are historian holmes says america's repeating its mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of a cheap tricks foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you talk in smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all of this b

nations general assembly is set to vote on a resolution which is not going to be legally binding it will be purely recommendation this text basically condemns the syrian government calling describing the failure of it to pull out of civilian areas it calls on the syrian government to stop the use of heavy weapons and it also condemns the united nations security council for failing to find some sort of tangible solution to the events unraveling on the ground now how prepared is the international community at the u.n. to compromise. well karen interesting really the initial text of this resolution still use the term regime didn't actually use the term regime change but it did call for bashar al assad to step down and this regime change is exactly what the united states and the west have been calling for this entire time and it's also the exactly the kind of language that russia and china vetoed three times at the united nations security council and we've seen yesterday on thursday the second the news broke out that kofi annan was stepping down this language of calling for assad to ste

with united nations reporting, up to 2.5 million people need help. >> it is a very difficult situation. we all know a political solution is required, but we want the fighting to stop. wilder's political discussions go on, we have to do all we can to meet the needs of these millions of people who need help and support. >> the alarming reality in syria is violence and destruction of great waves of the country. the new envoy faces persistent international division and no sign those fighting are looking for compromise. >> as the struggle inside syria stretches on, elsewhere, the census stalemate is taking hold. in neighboring turkey, the frustration of opposition fighters is increasing. >> every day, and just inside syria is his farm. syrian government forces have occupied his property. like tens of thousands of others, he and his family had fled to turkey. now they are separated from their home by an international border and an increasingly entrenched civil war. >> i am getting ready to attack those soldiers. i am going to take back my home by force. >> he means it, too. members of the fr

regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were and end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however maintain a presence on the ground in a different format this will be a civil mission that they will put in place the details of which are being discussed now russia's position in all of this is quite simple we're sort of the monday is coming to an end we believe that those members of the council who insisted to. continue the. commitment to ending course still it is. working towards a political settlement to syria however we're looking forward to the form of doing a u.n. presence in damascus. doing the job it is supposed to do in the light of the new. political process in syria it's important to keep in mind that russia of cour

regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were an end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however maintain a presence on the ground in a different format this will be a civil mission that they will put in place the details of which are being discussed now russia's position in all of this is quite simple we're story of the monday is coming to a member we believe that those members of the council who insisted the continue the . commitment to ending course still it is. working towards a political settlement in the studio however we're looking forward to the form of doing a u.n. presence in damascus. doing the job it is supposed to do in the light of the new. political process in syria it's important to keep in mind that russia

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that ban ki moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor the main battle for syria's largest city is apparently about to begin that's according to the u r a letter has seen heavy fighting between government and rebel forces over the last week but signs that pulling fresh reinforcements to the front line the struggle to seize the initiative rebels are reportedly receiving a growing flow weapons from neighboring turkey through a secret transit hub and revelations and the u.s. media claim the white house has also rise to more cover support for anti assad forces despite their links to al qaida author and historian gerald ford says america's repeating past mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of a two trucks foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you can smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria

while most united nations member states favored a strong treaty, the united states and russia said there's not enough time left for them before friday's deadline to clarify and resolve issues they had with the draft treaty. the u.s. -- the world's largest manufacturer -- had demanded a number of exemptions and ultimately said it needed more time to review the proposals. white house officials had cited the need to protect second, writes in the u.s., despite u.n. assurances the treaty text would not interfere. amnesty denied by usa said the u.s. had shown setting targets, adding -- as the talks collapsed at the nine nations, a top state department official openly bragged that u.s. government efforts had helped boost foreign military sales to record levels this year. speaking to a group of military reporters, andrew shapiro, the assistant secretary of state for political military affairs, said -- according to some pirro, sales have topped $50 billion -- according to shapiro, sales have topped $50 billion. for more we're joined by bill hartung, author of, "prophets of war: lockheed martin and

that's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used to both war and promote case that playbook worked and what do they want to draw the same playbook and do it doesn't work anymore there is no desire. the west nato if you have a negotiated settlement the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for life well and such is by way of syria you wrote in other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross or. a song that has broken his silence for the second time since being granted asylum by quite a while in a rain to the whistleblower talked upon latin american t.v. network about wiki leaks as a lot of his own plight asunder insisted that unlike u.s. actions in afghanistan and iraq no one was hurt as a result of the weekend leaks publications which he touched upon this surveillance in via the internet that peop

today, the united nations refugee agency put that number at more than 200,000. it said 30,000 refugees have crossed into turkey, lebanon, iraq, and jordan in the past week alone. many governments in neighboring countries are becoming concerned they will not be able to deal with the influx. >> it looks quiet enough and well organized at this refugee camp for syrians in turkey, but there is growing national alarm at what is a growing exodus from syria and the violence in syria itself. united nations says the numbers have already exceeded its forecast for the totals by the end of this year. >> each member of our family this summer. we are not happy about that. they are taking good care of us here, but we are not happy at all because we are separated. >> turkey is closed now to more than 70,000 refugees, and it says it cannot cope with the growing numbers. as well as turkey, syria's other neighbors are also feeling the refugee strain. this is the devastation that the refugees have been fleeing. the northern city of aleppo this week has been a bitter and bloody battl

while most united nations member states favored a strong treaty, the united states and russia said there's not enough time left for them before friday's deadline to clarify and resolve issues they had with the draft treaty. the u.s. -- the world's largest manufacturer -- had demanded a number of exemptions and ultimately said it needed more time to review the proposals. white house officials had cited the need to protect second, writes in the u.s., despite u.n. assurances the treaty text would not interfere. amnesty denied by usa said the u.s. had shown setting targets, adding -- as the talks collapsed at the nine nations, a top state department official openly bragged that u.s. government efforts had helped boost foreign military sales to record levels this year. speaking to a group of military reporters, andrew shapiro, the assistant secretary of state for

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further pressure on the host country came from the united nations. united nations secretary general said that iran must take concrete steps to prove that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, as it claims. he also slammed the heightened rhetoric surrounding iran's dispute with israel. >> i strongly reject threats by any member states to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the holocaust. >> ban's criticism may go some way towards calming fears about his presence. >> the head -- ahead of another united nations security council meeting on the situation in syria, britain and france have called for greater international aid to help refugees fleeing the conflict. >> the british and french ministers cent -- said safe zones to protect civilians were unlikely. ministers from neighboring turkey, lebanon, and jordan are also attending the security council meeting. >> they are struggling to cope with the massive influx of assyrian refugees. >> this is a refugee camp in jordan close to the syrian border. 22,000 refugees

what going to happen by the united nations but to. believe that this issue needs to be solved by an agreement between the two people i don't i don't believe that sanctions will or will solve the problem. thurso need for the state of israel prime minister for israel government of israel and the palestinians to get to the table and start discussing without any. terms and preconditions the act by water solomon the israeli protester who set himself on fire and later died from his wounds during the recent social protests is an act that until now has largely been associated with non-democratic countries is not an indicator that the social protest in israel are more than just social this is an interesting question i believe in these really them ocracy after all i think we are still a democracy. and we have to defend our democracy democracy is not something you know that is written in a paper and that if you have all voice to fight for the. specific to the case of this very sad issue that you asked me about i don't believe that he chose death

nations general assembly is set to vote on a resolution which is not going to be legally binding it will be purely recommendation this text basically condemns the syrian government calling describing the failure of it to pull out of civilian areas it calls on the syrian government to stop the use of heavy weapons and it also condemns the united nations security council for failing to find some sort of tangible solution to the events unraveling on the ground interestingly the initial text of this resolution did call for of bashar al assad to step down and this regime change is exactly what the united states and the west had been calling for this entire time and it's also the exactly the kind of language that russia and china how vetoed three times at the united nations security council and we've seen yesterday on thursday the second the news broke out that kofi annan was stepping down this language of calling for assad to step down was back again on the table from the western nations and the united states even though it had been put on pause for a while when the six point peace plan

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and then after interest probably the former united nations secretary general got into hot water with washington it was washington that pushed for him to be assigned as secretary general of the united nations he has been receiving the image and both. in talks the united states because of his apparent inability to push mr assad out of power which of course is not part of his mandate and therefore his resignation it was both infallible and also dangerous what you're this man coming from the white house not of course he also said that and that resignation highlights the failure of russia and china to support action against syria's president. what do you say about that who do you think is to blame. well it's clear that the north atlantic. is to blame particularly when it states of america it's clear as well that united states of america and its north atlantic allies or in a financial and economic crisis and they're trying to compensate for that but basically seizing seeking to seize control of valuable resources be they going to libya or the fact that they're saudi allies or talk about bu

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that ban ki moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor the u.n. peacekeeping chief says the main battle for syria's largest city is apparently about to begin aleppo has seen heavy fighting between government and rebel forces over the last week but size excuse me are pulling fresh reinforcements to the front line in the struggle to seize the initiative rebels are reportedly receiving a growing flow of weapons from neighboring turkey through a secret transit hub and revelations of the u.s. means it claimed the white house has also rise to more covert support for antecedent forces despite their links to al qaeda author and historian gerald horne says america is repeating past mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known washington basically has perfected the idea of a two truck foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you talk in smile when the other hand a mike in the back that basically what's h

repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used to promote war instead of promote peace. say jones or acts of war. permitting the support of terrorist groups to go into syria or any other country or any reason why the united nations or she will whether it should even exist anymore well how possible is a negotiated diplomatic settlement in the syrian conflict now that we've seen ethnic tribal and religious divisions in that country and that this is no longer just a fight between pro and anti assad forces well there is no desire by. the west nato negotiated settlement. the old purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east or in searches by way of syria iran and other places. all these other things are excuses now you just mentioned that there is no interest in nato for a negotiated settlement actually foreign minister william hague has said that name a nato enforced no fly zone over the country is not being ruled out they could possibly go rogue even without the u.n. security council do you think this is a possibility of cou

nations general assembly is set to vote on a resolution which is not going to be legally binding it will be purely recommendation this text basically condemns the syrian government calling describing the failure of it to pull out of civilian areas it calls on the syrian government to stop the use of heavy weapons and it also condemns the united nations security council for failing to find some sort of tangible solution to the events unraveling on the ground interestingly the initial text of this resolution did call for of bashar al assad to step down and this regime change is exactly what the united states and the west had been calling for this entire time and it's also the exactly the kind of language that russia and china vetoed three times at the united nations security council and we've seen yesterday on thursday the second news broke out that kofi annan was stepping down this language of calling for assad to step down was back again on the table from the western nations and the united states even though it had been put on pause for a while when the six point peace plan was put

nations as your vehicle is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya over the united nations being used to promote war and promote case that playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook until it doesn't work anymore but there's no desire. the west nato to have a negotiated settlement the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for pipelines such as by way of syria iran and other places and all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross. weekly x. is planning to plunge into the syrian debates with jay leno songs promising millions of related e-mails with the published will be published in a rare interview the whistleblower gave to upon last american t.v. network he also pointed to a clear manipulation of the media over the syrian conflict also defended the weekly executive it is saying that unlike us actions and afghanistan and iraq no one was hurt as a result of their websites publications he said he has never brought all sold information and

russia's ambassador to the united nations renewed his criticism of the u.s. and the council's european members. >> some members of the council continue their routine of the past 15 months, the government fighting against the population, using force against its population. this is just a propaganda line. >>> u.s. president barack obama is starting his day off sifting through a mixed bag of economic data and trying to find out how it will affect his re-election campaign heading into the fall. the latest employment data is out. the jobless rate inched up to 8.3% last month. it's been stuck around the 8% level for the last few months. the brighter spot involves nonfarm payroll. u.s. labor department analysts say employers added 163,000 jobs. that's approximately 60,000 more than economists had forecasted. the manufacturing sector gained 25,000 jobs while employment in food services also rose by 29,000. this data was released just as the u.s. central bank announced that it will take additional measures if the economy continued to show signs of a further slowdown.

it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle it is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used to promote war instead of provoke a step playbook worked in libya they were trying to save playbook and though it doesn't work anymore there is no desire. at the west nato to have been negotiated settlement so the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for pipeline such as by way of syria you wrote it other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross. and also weakening says planning to plunge into the sewer and debate with julian assange promising millions of related emails will be published in a range to view the whistleblower gave upon latin american t.v. network health so point it took me a manipulation of the media with a syrian conflict also defined as the we can make six of us in saying that unlike us actions in afghanistan and iraq no one was h

nations to monitor iran's nuclear facilities. of war over its things to iran is being very courteous. the i.a.e.a. has a twenty four hour around the clock monitoring system off the facilities mr ban ki moon can watch it from his office at the united nations so i think that is just agree courteous gesture on behalf of if you want to invite him to to the facilities to bring ki-moon does recognize the fact that he has said so this. player in the region and nothing much really can be solved gets knowledge that you want participation. i'm sure that the united states and israel like you used. to come down hard on the iran things he's also where it's the flag there's two thirds of the countries that belong to the united nations are member countries of the nine aligned. the united states state department likes to say many things and i think that's precisely because they do tend to be very aggressive in their foreign policy towards certain countries in particular although i think they have the whole goal in my love to be a global vision h

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor. the main battle for c. reza largest city is apparently about to begin that's according to the yuan aleppo has seen heavy fighting between government and rebel forces over the last week but sides are pulling fresh rainfall spawns to the frontline in the struggle to seize the initiative rebels are reportedly receiving a growing flow of weapons from neighboring turkey through a secret transit hub relations in the revelations that are saying the us media playing the white house has also raised more cover support for iran to assad forces despite their links to al qaida and author and historian gerald ford says america's repeating past mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known washington basically has perfected the idea of a two trucks foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you talk in smile when the other hand a knife in the back that's basically

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that bunky moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor the battle for syria second city aleppo is likely to get even more unplug the un observers report a heavy build up of weapons in the area rebels have been accused of executions and abuses against regime supporters even so revelations in the us media claim washington is funneling more covert aid to the opposition and storing gerald horne says america could pay for stoking extremism in syria it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of a two truck foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you can smile when the other hand. in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all this blather about negotiations with the regime is no more than that either they would like to see regime change although as usual i don't think washington has what the consequences there is to say that there is a real danger that al-qaeda like forces will

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that bunky moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor several large explosions have been heard in and around the syrian capital damascus activists claim a palestinian refugee camp was shelled killing twenty one people and the ongoing battle for the city of aleppo is apparently about to get even more intense according to u.n. officials aleppo has seen have the fighting between government and rebel forces over the last week rebels are reportedly receiving a growing flow of weapons from neighboring turkey and its gulf allies britain has also pledged more material backing for the insurgency and revelations in the us media claim the white house has authorized further covert support for anti assad forces despite their links to al qaeda author and historian gerald horne says america is repeating past mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known washington basically has perfected the idea of the two trucks

nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian crisis for the rest of the week and we know that bonn ki-moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor. the battle for syria's second city a lot of ball is likely to get even more bloody un observers report a heavy build up of weapons in the area rebels have been accused of executions and abuses against regime supporters even so revelations in the u.s. media claim washington is funneling more covert aid to the opposition historian gerald horne says america could pay for stoking extremism in syria. it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of the two trucks or policy that is to say on the one hand you can smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all of this blather about negotiations with the regime is no more than that either they would like to see we've seen change although as usual i don't think washington has caught up with the consequences that is to say that there is a real danger

it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used but both or both case their playbook worked in libya they were drawing the same playbook and no it doesn't work anymore there is no desire by. the west nailed you have a negotiated settlement the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for life well such as by way of syria you wrote in other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross. and also we can make sense planning to plunge into the syrian debate with gillette asylum promising millions of related emails all the published and arrange to view the whistleblower gave to a part of latin american t.v. now he also pointed to a clear many people nation of the media over the syrian conflict also defenders that we can make sex abuse he's saying that on unlike us actions in afghanistan and iraq no one was hurt

nations are member countries of the nine aligned movement the united states state department likes to say many things and i think that's precisely because they do tend to be very aggressive in their foreign policy towards certain countries in particular although i think they have the whole goal in mind they would love to be a global vision monic power. the nonaligned movement now is one hundred percent coming together to resist this kind of aggression to resist this kind of double standards and hypocrisy and i think that's probably really thinking of the united states this point. in a fierce battles between government forces and rebel syria's president made his longest t.v. appearance in months stressing his confidence in victory over insurgents however bashar al assad admitted it would take some time for the country to scramble out of crisis he lashed out at turkey saying it bears direct responsibility for the bloodshed in syria some of the latest fighting has taken place in a military airport and province were rebels claimed to have the steroid a group of army helicopters and this w

nations as your vehicle is unfortunately a repetition of what happened in libya or the united nations being used to promote war and promote case that playbook worked and what do they want to try the same playbook until it doesn't work anymore well there is no desire by. the west nato to have a negotiated settlement the oldest purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east for pipelines such as by way of syria iran and other places all these other things are excuses to claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross. and also we could be planning to plunge into the sewer and debate it with julian assange promising millions of related emails be published in a rare interview the whistleblower gave to upon last american t.v. network he also pointed to a clear manipulation of the media over the syrian conflict also defenders of the weekly except seriously saying that unlike you us actions in afghanistan and iraq no one was hurt as a result of the website's publications he said he has never bought all sold information and i

the united nations general assembly is due to vote today on a resolution that condemns the security council for failing to stop the 17-month conflict. the resolution is not legally binding but is intended to pressure the security council to take action. the book comes in the wake of the u.s. and arab league special envoy to syria coakley and then announcing his resignation from the post. following his decision to leave thursday, he criticized the security council's actions in hampering a resolution. >> without purposeful and united international pressure, including from the powers of the region, it is impossible for me or for anyone to compel the syrian government in the first place and also the opposition to take the steps necessary to begin the political process. i have therefore inform the secretary general of the u.n. and the secretary general of the arab league today that i do not intend to continue my missions when my mandate expires at the end of august. >> annan will continue in his position until his mandate expires. in a separate announcement, secretary general ban ki moon said th

with the league of nations how did that work with the legal nations george. whether the league of nations didn't work because the leading powers in england and france were simply not strong enough to. impose their world order you have a germany and the soviet union were pretty much out of the league of nations and england and france by themselves and the united states was also out of it england france were really too weak to impose a world order but. if you don't have a leader then you're not going to get concerted action and you're going to get chaos that's why you need a leader you might not like the united states but you have what you have you know in syria what you. order then disorder george you want to reply there is yes i agree that there should be order but the only way that you can have all the is by a consensus of the great powers and therefore respecting the rights and pretty rugged lives of the great powers and not to do things that clearly untag and eyes of them and ensure that they will always be in opposition they were united. designed or in po

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regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were and end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however maintain a presence on the ground in a different format this will be a civil mission that they will put in place the details of which are being discussed now russia's position in all of this is quite simple we're sort of the monday is coming to a member we believe that those members of the council who insisted to. continue the . commitment to ending course still it is. working towards a political settlement in the studio however we're looking forward to the form of doing a u.n. presence in damascus. doing the job it is supposed to do in the light of the new. political process in syria is important to keep in mind that russia o

the united nations. human rights has made a statement and has called for the videos to be released only in the month of june . the chief commissioner for human rights visited pakistan and was aghast at the violation of the sovereignty of the country as well as the human rights which are being trampled by killing innocent people and the only reason why the united states is banking upon the use of drones is because it considers it means by which its own troops its own people are not put at risk and sitting from ten thousand kilometers of fires over a. hellfire missiles on unknown people little. terrorists is. cost effective for it because it is not exposing its own people to the danger. violating let me just jump in there while you're talking about america and its drones i mean they deeply unpopular in countries where they use which you know there's an argument now that while the use of these joints you try to wipe out the terrorists in effect if you use create more of them a double edged sword in many way

the united nations general assembly to -- condemned the united nations security council over its failure to tackle the crisis in syria. as international diplomats failed to reach a consensus about what to do, some countries have stepped up with a unilateral assistance providing weapons and training. turkey is one country taking the lead. richard reports from the city near the border. >> a show of force by the turkish military on the border with syria today. tensions rising between the two countries. speculation that turkey may intervene in the syrian conflict. just south of the border in the syrian city, rebels are holding their ground against government forces. better training is paying off. the rebel fighters speaking in this amateur video is a woman who joined the free syrian army in june. i met her over the border in turkey. she told me about the covert military training here that many rebels have now received. >> the training is really a professional. you can only sleep four hours a day. you have to climb mountains, you have to -- it is very hard. and they train you of weapons. >> i

regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were and end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however mean team a presence on the ground in a different format this will be a civil mission that they will put in place the details of which are being discussed now russia's position in all of this is quite simple we're sort of the monday is coming to an end we believe that those members of the council who insisted the continue the. commitment to ending course still it is. working towards a political settlement in syria however we're looking forward to the formatting a u.n. presence in damascus. into doing the job it is supposed to do in the light of the new. political process in syria it's important to keep in mind that russia of c