military strategy by abusing the name of the united nations. command has nothing to iswith united nations secretly conducting military actions and threatening the korean peninsula and its surrounding area in the name of of the., under the baton u.s.. it shows the resolutions adopted 30the general assembly session calling for dissolution of the command remained something on a sheet of paper and also signifies to what extent the credibility of the united nations has been undermined. the root. vicious cycle of mounting tension on the korean peninsula has its roots in the hospital actions of the u.n.. the united states designated the dpr with a different date ideology and system as its enemy. on the very first day of this is beginning to recognize the sovereignty. it has ignited pressure on the diplomatic division for more than half a century. we aim to bring the u.s. hostile policy to an end. the united states should abolish its hostile policy by beginning from a point of respecting the sovereignty of the dpr. delay andrther lifting all sanctions

our guest today is it that issue ok russia's and lloyd to the united nations mr churkin it's great to have you on the program with us today. now the resolution on syria is obviously so the resolution on syria is obviously a victory for russian diplomacy but the resolution has in a way also restored the u.s. credibility that was kind of lost in recent years so with the inability to make a joint decision it one time thing do you think or will we see more decisions like that well i hope we will i mean the most important thing about this resolution is that it's really paving the way for the implementation of this project of eliminating all chemical weapons. in syria and making sure that no chemical attacks can be possible in the future so it's a very good success for russia and i think good success with it for the united states because we have been working together very closely with our american colleagues on this and of this resolution allowed the united states to avoid this very sorely and delicate issue of the possibility of use of force in syria of course for us it's a very important

a year ago i spoke to a scientist in the united states who had earlier been employed by the united nations as a top expert on cholera. >> the most likely course was someone infected with a strain of cholera and who was associated with the united nations facility >> but the united nations itself has refused to comment on the substance of the case against it. it says it has immunity and that the compensation claim is therefore in legal terms not receivable. >> the representatives that the claims are not receivable, pursuant to section 29 of theil and i am muents of the united nations. >> the lawyers for these cholera patients say they have strong arguments to counter the u.n. position. they say the world body, known for trying to do good around the world, has this time made a terrible, deadly mistake, and it should now pay. mark doyle, bbc news. >> mark is with me now. mark, you reported on this, reported on the epidemic. let's remind our viewers around the world what that was like. >> well, first of all, i think the most important thing is yesterday there was a big earthquake in early 2010,

at all nor everybody everybody is good in the united nations and i think it's a good thing that. such kind of a situations of interest do things which are more propaganda. actual political life is better provides for a healthier. political debate i remember some media reports the general assembly sixty eight session of the general assembly was over after just two or three days of the general debate in fact that the general debate is only ending on the first first of october much important discussion has taken place in the course of the statement by foreign minister lavrov some important statements for from. other countries so the value i think of the general debate on the general assembly is only enhanced. and is not distracted by sometimes showmanship or kind of exchanges which kedge the media but are not helpful or not even the relevant to the subject matter of the actual problems that the united nations have to deal with president obama recently talked about american exceptionalism when it comes to world matters something he was criticized for about letting airports in what ha

now confirmed use of sarin according to the united nations but what i noticed in the u.n. report is that there is absolutely no mentioning of examining any dad bodies any if we heard a lot of stories about death toll being up to eight hundred people why was it was it because you had no time or simply because you didn't find that important or maybe you didn't have access to the dead bodies because certainly dad bodies would have presented to. you know something let me correct something we have never we have never in the united nations we have never advanced the death toll the death toll numbers come from various non-governmental organizations we in the united nations have never advanced a death toll number we do not have any numbers we do not know how many people died i didn't mean to actually imply that what i was really asking you is whether or not your team has requested any access to dad bodies because surely we know that there were some deaths have your colleagues seen any bodies in either west or is good to have you been able to collect samples from tissues and so on

also, is the united nations still relevant, a u.n. secretary general joins us, under allegation of abuse by peace keepers, has very significant ongoing importance in the world. a beautiful woman goes undercover to expose abuse, and she becomes first lady. >>> i'm anthony mora. , recent dramas including home lands show the horrors of abduction. >> one of the delta's found something else. >> i'm an american. >> an even more terrifying glimpse of a kid flapping inside syria comes from the show home land is based on, the israeli drama, prisoners of war. are. >> both shows delve into the unlikely alliances sometimes formed in captivity. photojournalist jonathan was kidnapped by a group near damascus. he endured persecution. he also taught their leader how to swim. joining us is jonathan, a 34-year-old photographer with thing new york polaris agency. held by 81 days by islamic fighters in syria. glad to have you here, why did you end up going to syria? we just mentioned how many journalists have been killed there, how many are being held ho

prime ministers of india and pakistan met on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly. the idea was to ease tensions, but the terror incidents and, and attempted infiltration from the pakistani side influenced the talks and brought relations back to square one. the leaders of pakistan and india held their first official meeting in india of last week come a meeting with renewed promises of mutual restraint and kashmir, but little real hope for a fresh start in relations. the prime minister of india and the prime minister of pakistan shook hands for the cameras before their long-anticipated meeting on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly, but despite the smiles, violence back home formed the backdrop to the encounter. >> a series of cross-border artillery exchanges in the kashmir valley over the past two months has led to the death of at least eight soldiers on both sides and brought relations to the lowest and -- ebb in years. an explosion on a indian base caused the death of at least 10 people, causing an outcry in india. even after the talks, the indian

nations to investigate this species specific incident the united nations under the pressure for european friends refused to send a team just to investigate this incident they demanded as a precondition. access anywhere everywhere to anyone in syria. girl looked very much like the regime under which saddam hussein was put when the united nations was looking for the. weapons of mass destruction in iraq. and this year ian said look we would be ready to negotiate for the sites to be visited but this one is urgent people died and this happened only a few days ago why don't you send your expertise no wait then the hearings asked us and we did send our experts who took these samples in full accordance with the organisation precondition of chemical weapons rules we ensured the uninterrupted custody of the samples said it was delivered very not b. c w a certified laboratory into was analyzed in moscow and the results available to the security council we made them available i think in late june or july and we are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that. this was the.

it's the case of his life - they're trying to sue the united nations. >> the united nations have a lot of money, we don't have. and they have a lot of -- a hundred thousand lawyers. we have only 12! the balance is for them. if they need to comply with the law, the balance is for us! >> the lawsuit - filed in november 2011 - claims that un failures to screen its soldiers for cholera and follow international rules on waste disposal constitute gross negligence. it's based on the un's own investigation which concluded that the nepalese base leaking sewage into the river was a likely source of the outbreak. and it's composed of thousands of stories of personal loss, each one documented by mario and his team. the next meeting is in mirebalais... the town that's home to the un base where the disease is known to have started. henrietta paul's husband was one of the very first to die. she doesn't know exactly where he's buried - back then the death toll was so high that bodies were being dumped in mass graves. today, she and her daughter lisette are filing a new claim. henrietta's only son, die

states. -- united nations. we need also to be that are at protecting civilians once we fail to listen to the early warning signatures on human rights. then we have human rights violations during a time when the syrians are severely affect. khen we need to have work' -- work more speedily. in sri lanka, we needed to have more of a development team, and we did not have the flexibility to change our presence. i think we are moving in that duration, and i hope we will see human rights as a universal obligation. the whole declaration of december 1948 is the universal declaration of human rights, and we have to be very, very careful to make sure that the human rights complex is universally excepted. we have to accept more than we do, particularly in western countries, that the economic and social rights are also part of the human rights body. it is important to create that universality around the culture. glad we have so many countries that are behind this in latin america to make sure that human rights become univer

our guest today is that it should be russia's and voyage to the united nations mr churkin it's great to have you on the program with us today. now the resolution on syria is obviously so the resolution on syria is obviously a victory for russian diplomacy but the resolution has in a way also restored the u.s. credibility that was kind of lost in recent years so with the inability to make a joint decision it at one time saying do you think or we'll see more decisions like that well i hope we will i mean the most important thing about this resolution is that it's really paving the way for the implementation of this project of eliminating all chemical weapons. in syria and making sure that no chemical attacks can be possible in the future so it's a very good success for russia and i think good success with it for the united states because we have been working together very closely with our american colleagues on this and of this resolution allowed the united states to avoid this very sorely and delicate issue of the possibility of use of force in syria of course for us it's a very impor

now confirmed use of sarin according to the united nations but what i noticed in the u.n. report is that there is absolutely no mentioning of examining any dad bodies and yet we heard a lot of stories about death toll being up to eight hundred people why was it was it because you had no time or simply because you didn't find that important or maybe you didn't have access to the dead bodies because certainly dad bodies would have presented here with. something then let me correct something we have never we have never in the united nations we have never advanced the death toll the death toll now. first come from various non-governmental organizations we in the united nations have never advanced a death toll number we do not have any numbers we do not know how many people died i didn't mean to actually imply that what i was really asking you is whether or not your team has requested any access to dab bodies because surely we know that there were some deaths have your colleagues seen any bodies in there west or is good to have you been able to collect samples from some of that

on friday brazil pushing the united nations to take action. one of 21 countries seeking rules to reign in the kind of surveillance done by the nsa and other government entities in washington there is the anti anti-spying rally jeanne, tell me what is happening. >> reporter: it has gotten noisier, and more people, a couple hundred at least. they were anticipating a thousand at this point in time. one of the participants joining me here today this is jay, who has come all the way to philadelphia to tend this event, why? >> i think it's vitally important for all americans to be vigilant with what government is doing with our privacy. i don't have problem with surveillance as long as there is cause, but not when it violates our fourth amendment right. >> reporter: you're aware of our private information collects our information. >> i started the first digital advertising agency in the world back in 1984, i'm cognizant of the data that captures. there is very little value exchange here that has been articulated. if the government had had this dialo

. >> a troubled nation, a horrible disease and the legal questions surrounding the united nations mission in haiti. you're watching inside story from washington. [♪ music ] >> hello, haiti has been gripped by a cholera epidemic for three years now. thousands have died. hundreds of thousands are sick, and there is no knowing when the disease will come under control there. it's striking because cholera is easily managed and treated, but in a nation of poor infrastructure, limited healthcare resources and widespread poverty, a disease like cholera is devastating. a law enforcement brought by haigs said the united nations is responsible for bringing it to haiti after the earthquake of 2010. we'll talk about this in a moment, but first this background. >> reporter: lawyers from three human rights groups assert that the personnel of united nations stabilization in haiti triggered the country's on going epidemic. by engaging in waste disposal practices, they contaminated haiti's river with human feces. al jazeera'al jazeera explains. >> reporter: the united nations has never acknowledged respo

and why does he want the united nations moved from new york? plus, is he still offering asylum to edward snowden. joins us on talk to al jazeera. >> president morales, it is great to meet you, and have this opportunity to speak to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for this opportunity to speak with you about different aspects that have to do with the life from the country, the region, and the continent. >> our pleasure. in your recent comments, to the united nations general assembly. you suggested that the u.n. should be moved from your city. why do you feel that way? because first, air pie rassey, black male, visas. even some ministers with a president, they don't get visas. i get a visa for four, five, seven days. they consider the cuban president as the promoter of terrorism? what's more, here sometimes you have a shootings, and like there have been in the last few years, and on the other hand, the resolutions that are passed here are not respected by the host country of the united nations. they have done an economic bloc

we heard from pakistan's ambassador to the united nations during an international forum here at the united nations. and he appeared to respond to recent media reports saying that his government had indeed given consent to u.s. officials to launch drone strikes, and allowing the united states to use pakistani airstrips. he did vehemently deny those reports. >> all drone strikes are a chilling reminder that reprisal strikes by terrorists are around the corner. they put all pakistanis at risk. the psychological impact on the use of drones on those killed in inhumane manner radicalizing more people. drone strikes are therefore counterproductive. >> reporter: so again this is an international forum. in fact the first time the issue of drones is being discussed between countries here at the united nations. >> is there another one of those examples like we were discussing with the nsa in which they are saying one thing publicly and doing something else privately. >> reporter: it is true it has been a long-held secret that the pakistani government was behind these attacks. but what is being discus

but this week in particular has been a great week for iran in the united nations. and there is less and less opposition to them. as you know the secretary-general of the united nation has always been in favor of their participation. >> rose: and will france be there, will britain be there. >> oh, yeah, sure. >> rose: everyone on the security council will be there. >> the pfive will be there. >> rose: plus germany? >> that, you know, we don't know who else from outside the region. >> rose: right. >> but the idea now is that the countries of the region around syria plus egypt saudi arabia,. >> rose: turkey. >> definitely, sure. >> rose: jordan. >> yeah, jordan, lebanon. >> rose: they are as you say skin in the game meaning that they have a million plus refugees. >> oh yeah, sure, yeah, at least one million in jordan. more than one million i think in lebanon. half a million. >> rose: two and a half million refugees. >> oh yeah, easily. >> rose: 100,000 people killed. >> easily. and maybe four million. >> so you are talking about one-third of the population that is dir

nations addressed at the united states earlier a couple of months ago in september where she basically said that whatever the u.s. is under way basically is a violation of international rights. laws so basically we have germany and brazil as well as nineteen other countries which include austria hungary liechtenstein norway sweden switzerland cuba argentina bolivia ecuador india indonesia south africa and several others are basically saying look it's now time to put pen to paper and vote on the text to address this issue on an international level and certainly this does come up several months after the whole n.s.a. scandal broke but these leaders are saying the time is now and this will be as it is the first big international effort to address this particular issue and an associate let me ask you why now it's been months since the scandal broke so why only now are they considering this type of action. well you know we just heard a good point in sam's report that when it comes to the elites the rules kind of change so we have considering you have thirty five world leaders whose phone ca

that's a new report from the united nations population fund. it found impoverished poorly educated and rural girls are more likely to become pregnant. early preg nansies reflect powerlessness, poverty and pressure. in most cases the results of sexual vialance and owe -- voilens and coercion. for thousands of girls teenage preg nansies results in human rights violations - that is death. >> 70,000 die from causes relating to pregnancy and child birth. we have this report from a shelter in nairobi that has been helping underage mother. >> at the age of 14 this girl is a mother. her family disowned her. she is now forced to care for a 4-month-old and studying for school exams. >> translation: i'm lucky i had a safe delivery. i haven't lost hope. i plan to continue my studies until i complete them. >> beth now lives at the shelter for teenage mothers, outside nairobi. it's run by this man. the rever and. >> 99" of girls we have here are from poor families. por erty plays a great role whereby the families are poor, and you bring another mouth. you go

nations addressed at the united states earlier a couple of months ago in september where she basically said that whatever the u.s. is under way basically is a violation of international rights. laws so basically we have germany and brazil as well as nineteen other countries which include austria hungary liechtenstein norway sweden switzerland cuba argentina bolivia ecuador india indonesia south africa and several others are basically saying look it's now time to put pen to paper and vote on the text to address this issue on an international level and certainly this does come up several months after the whole n.s.a. scandal broke but these leaders are saying the time is now and this will be as it is the first big international effort to address this particular issue and almost all still let me ask you why now it's been months since the scandal broke so why only now are they considering this type of action. well you know we just heard a good point in sam's report that when it comes to the elites the rules kind of change so we have considering you have thirty five world leaders whose phon

but this week in particular has been a great week for iran in the united nations. and there is less and less opposition to them. as you know the secretary-general of the united nation has always been in favor of their participation. >> rose: and will france be there, will britain be there. >> oh, yeah, sure. >> rose: everyone on the security council will be there. >> the pfive will be there. >> rose: plus germany? >> that, you know, we don't know who else from outside the region. >> rose: right. >> but the idea now is that the countries of the region around syria plus egypt saudi arabia,. >> rose: turkey. >> definititly, sure. >> rose: jordan. >> yeah, jordan, lebanon. >> rose: they are as you say skin in the game meaning that they have a million plus refugees. >> oh yeah, sure, yeah, at least one million in jordan. more than one million i think in lebanon. half a million. >> rose: two and a half million refugees. >> oh yeah, easily. >> rose: 100,000 people killed. >> easily. and maybe four million. >> so you are talking about one-third of the population that is di

a horrible disease and the legal questions now surrounding the united nations in haiti.

our confirmed use of sarin according to the united nations but what i noticed in the u.n. report is that there is absolutely no mentioning of examining any dad bodies any if we heard a lot of stories about death toll being up to eight hundred people why was it was it because you had no time or simply because you didn't find that important or maybe you didn't have ak. this two dead bodies because certainly dad bodies would have presented here with. something then let me correct something we have never we have never in the united nations we have never advanced the death toll the death toll numbers come from various non-governmental organizations we in the united nations have never advanced a death toll number we do not have any numbers we do not know how many people died i didn't mean to actually imply that what i was really asking you is whether or not your team has requested any access to dad bodies because surely we know that there were some deaths have your colleagues seen any bodies in either west or is good to have you been able to collect samples from some of that tis

in the center of all of this will be the united nations. almost everything you touched on involves the most serious problem's before today's world. the challenges of 2015 and indeed all of the issues out there that will once again require us to come together with 193 other countries to deal with them wherever that might be. so thank you for coming down either by lane or train, thank you for being with us, and thank you even more for your words and inspiration or it i know firsthand by working with you over the years, for your dedication and refusal to quit in times of adversity, many of which you have had to face. [applause] >> let me thank tom again for joining us in making those comments. i think he hit on so many of the keep points in bringing it back to the u.n. role in some of the most important crises and challenges facing us right now. i appreciate his comments and i want to be a little provocative and come back to some of the points you made before we open it up to you all. one thing you touched on which was very important, but sinc

forum here at the united nations. he appeared to respond to recent media reports saying thinks government had, indeed, given consent to u.s. officials to launch strikes and negotiating targets and allowing the united states to use pakistani air transcript. he vehemently denied those reports and called for an end to future strikes. >> mr. chairman and pakistan, all drone strikes are a chilling reminder that the reprisal strikes of terrorists are around the corner. they put all pakistanis at risk. the psychological impact of the use of drones on the relatives and civilians killed in inhumane manner incites more behavior, and drone strikes are not productive. >> the issue of drones are being discussed here at the united nations. >> australian police say they have uncovered an international drug trafficking scam where elderly retiree retirees are beg mules. it came to light when a couple arrived in perth unaware they were carrying $7 million worth of methamphetamine. we have more. >> reporter: federal police in perth pres

snipers opened fire on a united nations inspection team that visited damascus in august. the convoy had just three hours to get evidence and get out. our expert says no one has managed to destroy chemical weapons in the middle of a war zone before. >> translator: i think it's almost impossible to carry out this kind of work in a combat zone. you have to be able to install facilities. private firms would surely be involved too. the military can't handle it on its own. >> reporter: the u.n. secretary-general ban ki moon concedes the mission is unprecedented. he says success will depend on whether authorities in syria offer their full cooperation. tomoyo yoshinaga, nhk world. >>> european leaders say they need to do more to prevent catastrophes in mediterranean waters. they've promised to take action after hundreds of illegal migrants were killed last week in a shipwreck. an estimated 500 people from africa were trying to cross the mediterranean in search of a new life in europe. the ship they were on caught fire and capsized off the italian island of lapadusa. more than 300

. >> well, we begin with syria, the united nations security council calling for aid deliveries to be allowed in the country immediately. presidential statement adopted by the 15-member security council calls on all sides of the conflict to cooperate. it was issued only days after the u.n.'s first legally binding resolution on what's happening in syria concerning chemical weapons. here's what the u.n. humanitarian chief valerie amos had to say. >> as those dying and those displaced and fleeing the country continue to rise we need the whole international community to work together to bring an end to this crisis. i and my colleagues in humanitarian human rights feel we have called several times to unhinder access and give aid to, and many in those in areas we have not been able to reach for months. we call on the warring parties to protect civilians from the brutal fighting and violence to stop targeting vie it will services like school, shops, and hospitals and stop violating human rights. we continue to ask for increased support for neighboring families in neighboring countries and sh

the united nations says there's an urgent need for more settlers and relief supplies, such as food, water and medicine. >>> anti-government forces in syria say people living in an opposition strong hold near damascus are on the brink of starvation. government troops have surrounded the town since around january. this has prevented food and fuel from reaching the approximately 9,000 people living there. this footage is said to be recorded there last month by an anti-government activist. it shows image also of severely

on friday brazil began to push the united nations to take action. it's one of 21 counts ris seeking rules to rein in the surveillance done by the nsa and other entities. in washington protesters are staging an anti-espionage rally. we go to the rally. tell us who is behind this, jean? >> this is a number of different privacy groups. it's attracted several hundred buildings. you don't see them behinds me because they are in motion - marching on mass from union station we can see them coming down the road now with placards. there's about 1,000 or so of these protesters. we spoke to one of them, representative of the people here today. >> i think it's vitally important for all americans to be vigilant with what their government is doing regarding privacy. i don't have problems with surveillance, as long as there's cause and we are not abrogating fourth amendments rights. we have been, and that's what has troubled me the most. >> and when the rest of the proteste proteste protesters get here they'll hear a number of speeches from a current member of con

it's a big issue no the united states and the nations. >> thank you very much, scotts. joining us from the summit in brunei. to other news now the. the typhoon struck on sunday bringing heavy rain in eastern province. one of the worst his plateses is where half a town is under water. at least five people have been killed as a result of the extreme weather. the u.s. president has told republicans to stop holding economy to ransom. barack obama is trying to end the deadlock, which has shutdown parts of the government for more than a week. in a few days he has to grapple with extending the country's borrowing capacity and that could have an everybody bigger the make on the worlimpact on t. >> reporter: another day passes with the u.s. government par shalpartially shutdown and the e duh closer to default on the ground debt. the leadership both the republicans and house and the president here are not necessarily sit do you think negotiate. instead, they are fighting it out in front of the cameras. >> a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, acco

the united nations last week passed a resolution ordering the destruction of chemical weapons by mid-2014. >> we will take a look at the effects of the war in syria on a generation of children later in the show. the latest political crisis in italy has taken a new turn. several lawmakers from silvio berlusconi's party that they will defy his authority and vote to support the current coalition government. >> berlusconi has withdrawn his support after alice refused to block his expulsion from parliament over a tax fraud conviction, but senior party years are urging him to reconsider as a confidence vote looms, signaling a possible split within the party. >> in germany, three miners have been killed by carbon dioxide gas in the potassium mine. >> there is good news in all of this -- four others were rescued without injuries after the incident. the company that operates the minds said the gas was part of an unusually large dust cloud released by a controlled explosion. >> in munich, five suspects have been tried on charges of assisting a neo-nazi group to commit a series of murders. >> on

in damascus without which we cannot operate in countries it's the united nations is looking after the safety and security of our inspectors together to soon. and which is enabled us to be registered as. is it possible to fulfill your mission in conditions of a civil war because you know that fighting has already prevented your colleagues from visiting the chemical weapons sites does it look like you'll be able to go on with the mission despite all the dangers that there was a lot of skepticism that we would be able to reach the the point that we've reached today putting out of commission and those chemical weapons production facilities and mixing phone lines so so we're doing a lot better than a lot of people would have expected. and right now it's a little bit early to speculate on the arrangements that are going to be made to get on with the destruction of the stockpile as it's been speculated on publicly some of that stockpile may have to be moved out of the country to a safer location where it can be destroyed using you know incineration or hard over the zation some method that's

nations addressed at the united states earlier a couple of months ago in september where she basically said that whatever the u.s. is under way basically is via violation of international rights so that laws so basically we have germany and brazil as well as nineteen other countries which include austria hungary liechtenstein norway sweden switzerland cuba argentina bolivia ecuador india indonesia south africa and several others are basically saying look it's now time to put pen to paper and vote on the text to address this issue on an international level and certainly this does come up several months after the whole n.s.a. scandal broke but these leaders are saying the time is now and this will be as it is the first big international effort to address this particular issue and i don't associate let me ask you why now it's been months since the scandal broke so why only now are they considering this type of action. well you know we just heard a good point in sam's report that when it comes to the elites the rules kind of change so we have considering you have thirty five world leaders

when the united nations came into reality. the problem is, therefore, are these troops sufficiently trained. that's one issue. is the mission for which they've been implemented really a counterterrorist operation now? is there still a risk in the northern part of mali where that was deployed? we have in mind that a few days ago there were troubles between the secular rebels and the army. does that mean that there is only this problem or other types of organizations, groups to resume the calls? is there still a genuine threat in mali? that is maybe one of the issues for which the united nations is having a lot of difficulty to have all of the militaries in there. >> what are the extent of the gains made by the french now risk? >> what did you say? >> if these problems are not faced, what's the risk the of the gains made by the french being unwound? >> well, the president for so long is doing that. he was very clear about that saying that he had total confidence in the capability of the malian authorities, which are now -- they

while the united nations has confirmed that chemical weapons experts inside syria have begun the process of destroying the estimated one thousand chemical weapons stockpile inside this country there is a team of some thirteen international experts who have been inside syria since last tuesday they come from the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague is what is the united nations and they are over the scene the whole post says they will is to verify a report as well as observe what is happening but the actual destruction that south is taking place by syrian forces in a statement that was with needs to by the international experts they said that on sunday these forces had begun destroying missile warheads as well as israel bombs and chemicals mixing equipment the syrian forces using cutting torches as well as angle the wind is to destroy missions now the whole process is taking place at an undisclosed location. but it will last until at least the middle aisle makes sure this one of those u.n. resolution that came in to fade off to the involvement of russian diplo

they made their appeals at the meeting in geneva of the united nations human rights council. >> human rights! >> council members reviewed records of 192 u.n. member states once every 4 years. this year, china was among those under scrutiny. the delegate from poland called for an investigation into the chinese government's crackdown on journalists and activists. he said authorities should stop restricting freedom of expression immediately. the french envoy turned his attention to the situation in tibet and the autonomous region. he asked chinese leaders to ask u.n. human rights monitors to visit those areas. china's delegate said leaders in beijing have made improvements over the last four years. he said they've taken measures to protect people's rights to freedom of expression and religion, but he said attempts to split country disturbed tranquility of society will not be permanent, even under the banner of human rights. council members will write up their recommendations then present them to the chinese government by next march. >>> one man who has kept china's human rights record in

have been of it the united nations for so long and i know that in one of your previous capacities you served as the assistant secretary for political affairs dealing with all sorts of conflicts in palestine iraq nepal and clearly politics plays a very important role in any conflict but i wonder given your experience how would you rate syria. in terms of politics international politics a fact in conflict resolution both negatively and positively and i think what has happened is that the syrian conflict has gone on very long it's gone on for two and a half years i think a lot of people have died we just talked about the chemical weapons and the victims but i think we forget the magnitude of how many people have been killed by conventional weapons it's over one hundred thousand i think the latest figure now is one hundred ten thousand the syrian conflict has created millions of refugees some in two and a half million refugees in neighboring countries which has put a tremendous strain not only on the people in syria but also in the neighboring countries and i must say also on the world co

plus the united nations is not happy with the u.s. a scathing report on how many civilians have died in american drone strikes. >> while the united states is getting closer to winter, further south australia is heading into the first part of spring. and as spring has gotten going australia has been discussing the fact that their fire season is going to be more dry, and even more hot, and these fires could get out of control very easily. they call it bush fire season in australia, and last night there was a count of 98 wildfires in place, that count has gone down to 94, for sydney new south wales. it is around the expanse of the continent, it is a hot dry season and we are potentially going to see these fires get even stronger and will monitor storms as that happens. meanwhile united states you're getting cooler with cold air from canada. i'll monitor that, john. >> thank you rebecca. tampa bay republican bill young was 82. his chief of staff said he died after a two week hospital stay. just two weeks ago young announced his intention

the latest statistics from the united nations suggest it is. 16% of iranian women work. we have this report from tehran. >> it's morning rush hour in tehran. millions are heading to work - but not many are women. although they make up half the population. the united nations and world bank say 16% of kimmen are employed -- women are employed. hoda knows this well. she's 26 and has been searching for a job for two years. the university graduate is losing hope and is thinking of leaving iran. >> translation: it's a tough bitter experience. i can almost say it's impossible to find a suitable job. it's a dream. it's not me. many of my friends are searching - mostly they continue to study for something to do with their time. or they want to go overseas. it's disappointing. >> women make up almost 60% of university students. iran's richest woman says the government needs to make sure the country does not ignore their potential. >> it shows that the next future we have to find that. what this person chases will be supported to work in the society, to work in their country, and t

but this week in particular has been a great week for iran in the united nations. and there is less and less opposition to them. as you know the secretary-general of the united nation has always been in favor of their participation. >> rose: and will france be there, will britain be there. >> oh, yeah, sure. >> rose: everyone on the security council wille there. >> the pfive will be there. >> rose: plus germany? >> that, you know, we don't know who else from outside the region. >> rose: right. >> but the idea now is that the countries of the region around syria plus egypt saudi arabia,. >> rose: turkey. >> definitely, sure. >> rose: jordan. >> yeah, jordan, lebanon. >> rose: they are as you say skin in the game meaning that they have a million plus refugees. >> oh yeah, sure, yeah, at least one million in jordan. more than one million i think in lebanon. half a million. >> rose: two and a half million refugees. >> oh yeah, easily. >> rose: 100,000 people killed. >> easily. and maybe four million. >> so you are talking about one-third of the population that is direc

cuba is going to ask the united nations to condemn the u.s. trade embargo of the island and it's the 22nd time they sought condemnation and the ban has been in place since 1962. before he took office president obama said he wanted to improve relations with cuba and last year 188 nations condemned it and u.s. and israel and palow supported it. european court of human rights told spain to release separatist and pay compensation and he was in prison in 1989 for a number of violent attacks and could lead to release of more separatists and we report. >> reporter: the 1980s in spain of the tax perpetrated by the separatist group etta and caused the government to have tactics against the organization. back in 1989 this woman was jailed for 30 years for taking part in 23 violent attacks including bomb ings and assassinations and scheduled for release in 2008 but they extended her sentence after they pressured politicians. according to the top human rights court that was deemed to be unlawful. on monday judges at the court ordered the immediate release