carter was moved to create his own army sees a session of un security council called amid fears it could escalate tensions with serbia. the russian foreign ministry hits out at the b.b.c. saying its word smacks of cynicism to leave messages from one of the reporters says her relatives are out for blood in their attempts to buy new links between the kremlin and the yellow press movement in france. andres amaze says the vote on her e.u. divorce deal will now take place in the third week of january but it comes amid reports some in her own cabinet are plotting to force another breaks it but. it's eleven o'clock and you're watching all t international live from our studio in moscow with me. welcome to the program. the u.n. security council is meeting today to discuss kosovo's move to create a sonar me a step that could escalate tensions with serbia belgrade said it might even respond with its own military forces prior to setting off to new york though the cost of and president into nothing would change his country's determination. at the security council despite the concerns of a sudden indi

security council should do you have anything new and u.s. hopeful i haven't heard about that this is an issue that has to be dealt with in the security council but i think that the this has been a very important step forward this ceasefire is going to really make the change to the yemeni people that are suffering in that are have been victims of a you know one of the you know most. you know terrible humanitarian crisis talk about humanitarian crisis of course the syria to we can't not mention that one do you really believe that the syrian president bashar assad will accept a committee half of which is made of opposition members to write a new constitution for the country. well i don't care i cannot predict especially on the do you have confidence you know un is working on this well what i'm saying is that it is very risky i am not a person to predict anything on the yes i'm just i follow the facts and. that's you know also my job and my responsibility as president of the general assembly but since i don't know they're related yes working on

security council. we want to live up to this responsibility we don't want to show away from difficult decisions we want to stand up and be counted. in the months that followed diplomats and burden prepared extensively for that responsibility germany intends to put human rights climate change and women's affairs at the center of the agenda but it's clear that not everything can be planned the world is full of surprises. mckeith decision that's being a member of the secure. you don't always have a time to hold a meeting in berlin or think things over you have to be clear in advance how you want to position yourself we have to vote we have to say which side we're on the canon a look back april two thousand and eighteen france and britain fly aerial missions attacking troops of bashar al assad in syria germany approves of the action without taking direct part in it and the biggest position how would likely decide on questions of war and peace in the security council and would they be able to arrive at comm

security council. to live up to this responsibility we don't want to shy away from difficult decisions we want to stand up and be counted. in the months that followed diplomats in berlin prepared extensively for that responsibility germany intends to put human rights climate change and women's affairs at the center of the agenda but it's clear that not everything can be planned the world is full of surprises. the security council. time to hold a meeting in berlin or think things over you have to be clear in advance how you want to position yourself we have to vote we have to say which side we're on the canon a look back april two thousand and eighteen france and britain fly aerial missions attacking troops of bashar al assad in syria germany approves of the action without taking direct part in it and ambiguous position how would you decide on questions of war and peace in the security council and would they be able to arrive at common european positions germany is usually reluctant to send in troops an

security council called amid fears it could escalate tensions with serbia. the russian foreign ministry hits out at the b.b.c. saying its work smacks of cynicism that is after leaked message from one of their reporters editors are out for blood in their attempts to find links between the kremlin and the yellow vest movement and friends. says a vote on her divorce deal will now take place in the third week of january but it comes amid reports some in her own cabinet are plotting to force another branch of . broadcasting logic for our studios in moscow this is arch international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. i have u.n. security council has been debating kosovo's move to create its own army a step that could escalate tensions with serbia belgrade says has said it might even respond with its own military with details here's artie's came up in a new york well all eyes are on the security council at the moment as the meeting of the u.n. . security council that's the fifteen member body that leaves the un is continuing now at this point it's a meeting

security council should do you have anything new and u.s. hopeful i haven't heard about that this is an issue that has to be dealt with in the security council but i think that the this has been a very important step forward this ceasefire is going to really make the change to the yemeni people that are suffering in that are have been victims of a you know one of the you know most. you know terrible humanitarian crisis talk about humanitarian crisis of course the syria to we can't not mention that one do you really believe that the syrian president bashar assad will accept a committee half of which is made of opposition members to write a new constitution for the country. well i don't care i cannot predict especially on the do you have confidence you know un is working on this well what i'm saying is that it is very risky i am not a person to predict anything on the story yes i'm just i follow the facts and. that's you know also my job and my responsibility as president of the general assembly but since i don't know they're related yes worki

of the security council will be monitoring the situation very closely we must be ready to act if one or more of the parties fails to follow through the next step is to expand the ceasefire to include the entire city of who data we call on all the parties to take this step and to show the world they are serious about achieving peace in yemen ultimately the success of the cease fire must lead to an agreement on the special envoys framework for a final political settlement this is the outcome toward which all these confidence building measures and negotiations are directed a realistic political framework for peace in yemen and the state and the security council should not stop focusing on this conflict until that is received in this season of hope the international community doesn't have to be satisfied with just hope for the people of yemen we have the ability to change their reality human beings created this crisis human beings can end it life and death are on the line and we are not powerless we call on all of our colleagues in the security council to take the next step to build on w

security council is set to vote on a resolution to allow u.n. monitors to oversee a cease fire in the yemeni city of a date it would indorse the terms of the agreement set out urgent steps to alleviate yemen's humanitarian crisis these are live pictures we're looking at right now james bays is live for us at the u.n. james talk us through what's happening here. you know when you go to see the security council vote all of those talks in sweden endorsing what happened i'm setting up a monitoring mission those are the security council members their hands in the air who are in favor of the resolution looking almost screen here and it looks like everyone has voted in favor but you can't see the whole council holzschuh table on one screen so let's just watch carefully to see. if there is any one vote. i think it was carried from what i can see unanimously so this is important news the u.s. secretary at the secretary general will be very pleased indeed that he can go ahead with his monitoring mission to. there are two reasons for that i think they clea

security council should do you have anything new and u.s. hopeful i haven't heard about that this is an issue that has to be dealt with in the security council but i think that the this has been a very important step forward this ceasefire is going to really make the change to the yemeni people that are suffering in that are have been victims of a you know one of the you know most. you know terrible humanitarian crisis talk about humanitarian crisis of course the syria to we can't not mention that one do you really believe that the syrian president bashar assad will accept a committee half of which is made of opposition members to write a new constitution for the country. well i don't care i cannot predict especially on the do you have confidence you know un is working on this well what i'm saying is that it is very risky i am not a person to predict anything on the story yes i'm just i follow the facts and. that's you know also my job and my responsibility as president of the general assembly but since i don't know their religion yet workin

well all eyes are on the security council at the moment as the meeting of the u.n. security council that's the fifteen member body that leaves the un is continuing now at this point it's a meeting called by both russia and serbia regarding the announcement of kosovo to form its own army to transform its four thousand strong security service into an actual army for kosovo now we've heard from both russia and serbia opposing this move from kosovo let's take a listen my question to all of you my dear friends is from rich document from rich article but i'm going to rule they derived at the right room is that with them and they can tell you in advance in advance no where is just an intrapreneur competition a very bad interpretation done by some country but done by some countries because it is their own political interests. so it was a violation of the security council resolution is to put in you put your hands as a result look at russia with my little pristina simply because i was on the transformation of this only as a cutie for the release fully fledged armed forces. n

security council at the u.n. building in new york to prevent such a deal i think there were many many reasons why there were different views about that security council resolution as a member of the u.n. secretary i did not get drawn on the rights and wrongs of any resolution that's for there was of that council but if you ask me whether i'm shocked about where the parties to one conflict or another or having some relationship to it have strong views about issues related to it and its resolution if i was it would be absurd for me to be shocked about that what i need to do is to understand why people have different approaches to resolving this conflict i think that's perfectly normal every conflict you see that and we need to understand that so that we can actually find their way through it to resolve the conflict it's easy to call for a ceasefire and if somebody like me and you who want peace in the world naturally stopping people killing each other is has to be a good thing but cease fires are difficult to make

council resolution i can tell you experts from the security council i've just been told will be meeting in new york in the next couple of hours to discuss whether a new resolution will be helpful now some of the nations security council say yes it will and they should get one in place in the next week before most of the diplomats paused for a christmas break but the key question will be whether kuwait which represents the arab group in the past has come under very heavy pressure from saudi and the united arab emirates the key players in the coalition not to have a resolution so the question will be will saudi arabia and the u.a.e. feel that they've given enough in this deal and they don't they don't want that further endorsed in a security council resolution because certainly the saudi view in the past has been their high water mark of diplomacy had been a resolution in twenty fifteen that resolution was the one that said who thiis had to leave all the areas that they had cap. should and the saudis ever since have not really wanted another security council resolution that could be seen

security meeting and came open reporting from new york just as today security council meeting got underway. well it's an emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the united nations called by serbia and russia and it was called in response to the announcement from kosovo that it intends to transform its four thousand strong security force into a regular army let's review. with this move today a new era starts for our country from this moment officially we have the kosovo army got the job. at this point serbia considers the formation of this army in kosovo to be a great threat to its security and to be a violation of the un security council resolution now kosovo was a province of serbia and it came under un and nato administration after a nineteen ninety nine air war led by nato in which there was a crackdown going on against albanian ethnic separatists in kosovo in response to that these there was a nato bombing campaign now a security council resolution established that kosovo would be under interim un administration now kosovo proclaimed independence in two thousand and eig

security council resolution the u.n. wants to send monitors the secretary general could have done that on his own sending monitors to the region there are some already in the region and i think in the next twenty four hours or so an advance team will actually make its way to her data but what this resolution does is actually allow them to put some of the bits and pieces in place that they really need for that monitoring team which would be difficult otherwise legally for example just trying to get life insurance for those monitors is difficult without a security council resolution i understand too that they're trying to get a medical evacuation system in place i'm told that one member state might provide a naval ship with a hospital on board that could then go just off the coast of yemen in case any of the monitors were injured so there are important steps here i think that the security council allows the u.n. to put in place and of course the idea is to create momentum going forward for the next phase of talks which i b

council to take what has been achieved in stockholm and indorse it with the security council make it binding international law as a security council resolution it's also worth telling you that martin gryphus the special envoy who led those negotiations he will be briefing the security council on friday to tell them exactly what has been achieved so far so that's a meeting of the u.n. security council which has been added to the agenda on friday here in new york all right we'll wait to see what happens out of that james bays live for us there in the united states. yemen's foreign minister says the agreements are only binding if both parties stick to the terms. oh good can look into two agreements signed upon and shared u.s. effort that has been taken thirty slee release in the prison those and those who have been forcibly abducted and the other agreement is that what they are the. agreements however we are a human that the other party will with the ruin the will release the prisoners the spokesman for the the delegation says they want guarantees on the ground and. a lot we are ready t

security council resolution two two one six the g.c.c. initiative and also the outcomes of the national summer we've seen some aid began trickling in through her data. is it enough is the agreement around the port of a data and nuff to try to alleviate some of this humanitarian catastrophe. not necessarily it's something that as you said it trickles down it's not these the a very large scale operation it definitely will not leave at the suffering overnight the crisis is obviously over sixty million people are starving this is going to take a while and it's not just her data poor again it all comes back down to the political situation stability governance you know national institutions being placed there needs to be a sense of law and right now there are obviously group says has these are out of the. out of the country's constitution and they're breaking that law and so you know i've seen over the sweden talks we hope that there is a push to hold them accountable for their actions unfortunately there have been kidnappings from different ar

security council drawn. resolution that is being drafted as we speak i mean how important is it to have these mechanisms in place what we have seen from the u.n. security council is that the u.n. security council remains united when it comes to yemen unlike other conflicts for instance syria where it has been divided since the beginning when it comes to yemen it is it is united now looking at the process that is taking place before our eyes it's important to understand that there is an incremental approach here where the ceasefire talks are solely focusing on who died which is the port at the who thesis are controlling it is not focusing on sana'a the capital and precisely because the who these are controlling that city it also means that there could be some progress on how human terran supplies can alternately achieve the yemeni people and if that goes well that momentum can be built to include. the yemeni capital at a later stage so my reading into this is it's that this is exactly what do you and special

security council will not do any decision without u.s. support because any decline there any refusal will drop the case so it's very difficult more difficult than difficulty in a case i know that but at the same time there is a crime i mean all we know by the way officially is that this person kushat she entered the. in istanbul and never came out and then days later recently turned saudis admitted that he was killed so anything in between we don't have much details that a lot of details are not in the international media saying they based the news on turkish officials but we don't know who they are we don't have the proper secure a report yet so official announcement in a sort of sob let me ask you about that point that betty just brought at it do you think that the way he was received at the g twenty the fact that he just basically went about business as usual i'm talking about mohammed in some and you think that that is indicative of what will actually end up happening that the saudi can just keep pushing forward as if nothing happened

and security council resolution two two one six the g.c.c. initiative and also the outcomes of the national dialogue. anger at saudi arabia has been rising in the u.s. with the senate voting to to condemn its long standing ally for the war in yemen and its role in the murder of the journalist. the washington post is running a full page ad in tribute to her show who was a regular contributor to the newspaper the post says it will continue to push for meaningful action against riyadh over its role in his killing fridays at his pass a larger campaign planned for twenty nineteen. the man at the center of sri lanka's political crisis is resigning prime minister mahinda rajapakse appointment seven weeks ago caused uproar president may throw a cena picked him to replace run ill with promising the country's been without a functioning government for nearly two weeks now after a court suspended rajapaksa and his campaign that's ever heywood reports. less than two months ago he was being sworn in as sri lanka's new prime minister but after weeks of poli

special envoy to yemen was briefing the security council on the recent agreement talks in sweden has described the deal as a significant step forward he has thank those who supported the talks including the saudi crown prince. was the person in charge of saudi arabia's military when it began its air strikes in yemen. diplomatic headed to james bays has more. the day our veteran interim peace stealing yemen the u.n. negotiator at the talks warned the security council there was still a long and difficult road ahead mr president i also come before you today with the call of course our collective achievements this week were indeed i hope you will agree a significant step forward but what's in front of us the king to ask and those over . in the context of such negotiations or realizes at the end of negotiations that the hard work is only about beginning. the u.n. senior humanitarian official warned against complacency he said a quarter of a million people were on the edge of a phase five food emergency the technical term for that stage is catastrophe so i can confirm again what humanitari

council delegations on whether to have a security council resolution on this whether to try and lock in the gains formally in a resolution to the security council will have to look very closely there at the role of kuwait it's the arab member of the security council in the past it's been under great pressure from the saudi led coalition from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to avoid a resolution that something may have been wanted they wanted the resolution from twenty fifteen the resolution from the security council then that said the who these needed to withdraw all the areas that they captured to be the defining resolution of this conflict i can tell you the quake. has just spoken to reporters and he is saying that there is the possibility of a resolution so things moving fast here at the security council some diplomats telling me they hope to get what has been agreed in stockholm locked in in a resolution by the security council before the end of next week all right we'll see what emerges from that for the moment james bays live for us there at the united nations in new

security council will not do any decision without u.s. support because any decline there any refusal will drop the case so it's very difficult more difficult than difficulty in a case i know that but at the same time there is a crime i mean all we know by the way officially is that this person kushat to enter the cons. that in istanbul and never came out and then days later recently turned saudis admitted that he was killed so anything in between we don't have much details that a lot of details are not in the international media saying they based the news on turkish officials but we don't know who they are we don't have the proper secure a report yet so official announcement in a sort of sob let me ask you about that point that betty just brought at it do you think that the way he was received at the g twenty the fact that he just basically went about business as usual i'm talking about mohammed in some and you think that that is indicative of what will actually end up happening that the saudi can just keep pushing forward as if nothing h

security council drawn. resolution that is being drafted as we speak i mean how important is it to have these mechanisms in place what we have seen from the u.n. security council is that the u.n. security council remains you dieted when it comes to yemen unlike other conflicts for instance syria where it has been divided since the beginning when it comes to yemen it is it is united now looking at the process that is taking place before our eyes it's important to understand that there is an incremental approach here where the ceasefire talks are solely focusing on who died which is the port that the who these are controlling it is not focusing on sana'a the capital and precisely because the who these are controlling that city it also means that there could be some progress on how human terran supplies can alternately achieve the yemeni people and if that goes well that momentum can be built to include. the yemeni capital at a later stage so my reading into this is it's that this is exactly what day u.n. speci

council meeting current president of the security council this month is cote d'ivoire he is introducing the meeting now and he will call toward gender item on yemen he will introduce mr griffiths to speak to the council and then we will hear from martin griffis in the next thirty seconds or so. going from around to not in accordance with rule thirty nine of the council's provisional rules of procedure and i invite the following brief is to participate in this meeting mr martin griffith special envoy of the secretary general for yemen and mr mark undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator it is so decided. mr griffiths is joining five video teleconference from amman in jordan because. the security council and now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. and i'll give the floor to mr martin griffiths. mercy mitchell a busy don't thank you mr president welcome in members of this council. i come before you today with some good news and also a message of hope. after two and a half years of missed opportunities i think it's fair to say that the

security council drawn. resolution that is being drafted as we speak i mean how important is it to have these mechanisms in place what we have seen from the u.n. security council is that the u.n. security council remains united when it comes to yemen unlike other conflicts for instance syria where it has been divided since the beginning when it comes to yemen it is it is united now looking at the process that is taking place before our eyes it's important to understand that there is an incremental approach here where the ceasefire talks are solely focusing on who died which is the port at the who are controlling it is not focusing on sana'a the capital and precisely because the who these are controlling that city it also means that there could be some progress on how human terran supplies can alternately achieve the yemeni people and if that goes well that momentum can be built to include. the yemeni capital at a later stage so my reading into this it's that this is exactly what day u.n. special envoys strat

council it puts pressure certainly on the arab member of the security council currently kuwait but also on other security council members so they will have to try and find a resolution that they can negotiate with all the security council and also try and stop saudi arabia finding ways to stop or slow down the resolution and that i think is the main reason that they're not in their hat at saudi arabia when they're doing all the lists of thank you's about what happened at the talks in stockholm i think it is fair to say that saudi arabia has allowed the government of yemen to take the steps that it has it wouldn't have done so without saudi blessing for example the detainee deal that has been agreed i'm told had to be finally approved from the saudi side not the yemeni government side by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sama. james what else did you glean from the security council briefing that we saw as far as actually doing something goes clearly there's lots of optimism there is a commitment from all the players but what will they actually do. well they've got to go a lot further t

that's the reason why there is a veto right within the security council. and actually, in a lot of conflicts, neither the u.s. nor china nor russia has accepted that the security council end all these conflicts. you know, iraq, but also the israeli-palestinian conflict, for the u.s., for russia. you have ukraine and syria, for china, you have mynamar and sri lanka, for instance. so our politics are here, they were here yesterday and there will be tomorrow. that's the real world. the second point is also we have to be flexible and i really agree with what victoria said. multilateralism, it's the nstitutions, but it's also coalition of willing and even we have to be more creative going beyond the states. i think the 21 which was formed in paris, and also one formed on veterans day, today there are so many issues where we need to work beyond the states with civil society, with the business community, the territories, the cities. and that's also, i guess, a new prospect for multilateralism. stewart: yeah, just to pick up on that. i agree with what's been said

negotiator at the talks warned the security council there was still a long and difficult road ahead mr president i also come before you today with the call of course our collective achievements this week were indeed i hope you will agree a significant step forward but what's in front of us is don't think to ask another server. in the context of such negotiations one realizes at the end of negotiations that the hard work is only about beginning. the u.n. senior humanitarian official warned against complacency he said a quarter of a million people were on the edge of a phase five food emergency the technical term for that stage is catastrophe so i can confirm again what humanitarian agencies have known for a long time a terrible tragedy is unfolding in yemen and it's getting worse the special envoy revealed that general patrick camors of the netherlands a veteran of the u.n. who's commanded peacekeepers headed inquiries and written reports for the united nations will set up a team of monitors who will deploy to yemen as soon as possible it's believed general camera team will be unarmed a

security council was briefing members on his meeting with iran turkey and russia which was in geneva earlier this week to mr appealed to the fifteen member body to remain united and to help facilitate a syrian owned syrian led roadmap for peace diplomatic editor of course is james bays that the united nations this is his last speech his last address in a role which well i mean you'd have to argue he didn't exactly succeed in. yes absolutely i mean i've just was speaking actually to the special envoy in the last five minutes and i asked him his message to the syrian people and he said that even if he's leaving the job the u.n. will not abandon the syrian people earlier on in the chamber of the security council we had scenes which are not very usual not normal protocol here which was mr de mistura getting up from his chair and going around and shaking the hands of all of the other ambassadors of the security council looked a little bit like a victory lap but of course the u.n. can't declare victory very much a failure of diplomacy for the last eight years including the last four and a

china is working through the united nations security council to protect the government in burma from international condemnation for its assault on the rohingya. it is weakening international efforts to pressure the hunsen regime in cambodia from giving -- by giving financial loans. it is getting credit to venezuela as the world is trying maduro, and it is noticeably silent on president duterte's drug war in the philippines as it strengthens the economic and security partnership with manila. such policies undeine -- undermine established human rights standards individually and they challenge individual freedoms and liberties, the majority that the world holds dear. we must engage with our chinese counterparts had out -- counterparts head-on about our concerns and work to establish a collective front against this maligned behavior. beha\vior. -- maligned behavior. and we have to do it at the highest levels, starting with the president. because we request not defend human rights without the backing of the office of the president. and there are many unanswered questions about how this ad

security council will not do any decision without u.s. support because any decline there any refusal will drop the case so it's very difficult more difficult than difficulty in a case i know that but at the same time there is a crime i mean all we know by the way officially is that this person kushat to enter the. in istanbul and never came out and then days later to reach the saudis admitted that he was killed so anything in between we don't have much details the look of details are not in the international media they base the news on turkish officials but we don't know who they are we don't have the purpose of great report yet so official announcement in the sort of. let me ask you about that point that we just brought up it do you think that the way he was received at the g twenty the fact that he just basically went about business as usual i'm talking about mohamed insolvency you think that that is indicative of what will actually end up happening that that saudi can just keep pushing forward as if nothing happened and and just there

security council resolution on yemen what does it say. well the idea is that u.n. security council should take that ceasefire and the agreements in stockholm and in dorset and then it'll be harder for people to break it if it's indorsed in a security council resolution it's the u.k. they've come up with this draft of a resolution it's been circulated to all of the fifteen members of the security council clearly they may well have input on this and there may be changes but there's a say it endorses what was agreed in stockholm it endorsers the timelines of the cease fire and is very clear that everyone needs to abide by those it also calls for more information from the secretary general of the united nations about the redeployment of forces about the monitoring mechanism that he's going to put in place now i can tell you parallel to them doing the negotiations about the resolution which they hope to pass by the end of the week the secretary general is coming up with his plans for the monitoring of the ceasefire because in many ways what happened in stockholm is the

security council. i think that everybody is aware of the humanitarian situation the sickies place in yemen u.n. agencies have been very outspoken about what's happening there and i think even before when we look at the united united states the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley was very aware and very outspoken about the humanitarian situation in yemen she's very much against iran's involvement in yemen and has issued very strong statements against them and the posies but she also is very aware of the humanitarian disaster and has spoken to the floor to kind of say that the u.s. would like to protect yemen from that and protect the world from the devastation that's about to come in and so it is likely based on what i'm hearing that the u.k. is going to press for a resolution of that sort and i think that we never know what happens what the outcome is but if the security council does not have a resolution then we can say that that would not leave the u.n. might have some blood on its hands a

so we continue to raise our concerns about what has happened in the security council. we continue to discuss with our allies how to raise the situation of burma in the u.n. generally, but obviously so long as china has a veto, you know, it's very difficult to overcome that in any way. i think -- i believe there have been discussions with the chinese about this. china has an interest in stability in the region. but so far they have not indicated a willingness for a concrete security council action when it comes to burma. >> did president trump raise these human rights issues with president xi in his discussions at the g-20? what was that conversation, if any, that took place between president trump and president xi on the issue of human rights in burma, in other countries around the world where china is actually helping governments to engage in repressive behavior? >> so unfortunately i wasn't -- maybe not unfortunately, i was not in the room and so i do not know the discussion that went on actually during the meeting between president trump and president xi. i can assu

security council resolution mandates of which there are a few tribunals was horrible. ok so having said that what could would be with that same body had jurisdiction over something like this well if it's if it's a matter of related to international peace u.n. security council has all the power in the world our big problem is of course whether the different powers of the of the security council will agree to them or the allergies the parameters of an investigation like this and what if what if and it's a saudi arabia would have to do as a result of the investigation and i would assume that. to the extent that they're going there that there might be certain repercussions for saudi arabia that can only be those can only be.

security council resolution iran says its missile program doesn't breach international laws. has more from washington. in a release put out by secretary of state mike pompei oh iran has launched a ballistic missile and by a lation of a un security council ban now very little details were put out by the state department for example exactly when this alleged missile launch took place and exactly where however the state department is saying that it was a medium range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads with a range where it could reach parts of europe and all of the middle east according to the state department that would be in violation of u.n. security council ban two two three one which you bans iran from undertaking any activity related to a ballistic missiles designated to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons including launches using such ballistic missile technology and now according to the state department iran's ballistic missile testing is actually on the increase and the state department is asking iran to halt all ballistic missile tests immedia

negotiator at the talks warned the security council there was still a long and difficult road ahead mr president i also have before you today with a call for caution our collective achievements this week worried i hope you will agree a significant step forward but what's in front of us is task and as ever. in the context of such negotiations or realizes that the end of negotiations that the hard work is only about began. the u.n. senior humanitarian official warned against complacency he said a quarter of a million people. pulled we're on the edge of a phase five food emergency the technical term for that stage is catastrophe so i can confirm again what humanitarian agencies have known for a long time a terrible tragedy is unfolding in yemen and it's getting worse the special envoy revealed that general patrick comer of the netherlands a veteran of the un who's commanded peacekeepers headed inquiries and written reports for the united nations will set up a team of monitors who will deploy to yemen as soon as possible it's believed general comet's team will be unarmed and we tossed woul

that's the reason why there is a veto right within the security council. and actually, in a lot of conflicts, neither the u.s. nor china nor russia has accepted that the security council end all these conflicts. you know, iraq, but also the israeli-palestinian conflict, for the u.s., for russia. you have ukraine and syria, for china, you have mynamar and sri lanka, for instance. so our politics are here, they were here yesterday and there will be tomorrow. we can regret it but that's the real world. the second point is also we have to be flexible and i really agree with what victoria said. multilateralism, it's the institutions, but it's also coalition of willing and even we have to be more creative going beyond the states. i think the 21 which was formed in paris, and also one formed on veterans day, today there are so many issues where we need to work beyond the states with civil society, with the business community, the territories, the cities. and that's also, i guess, a new prospect for multilateralism. stewart: yeah, just to pick up on that. i agree

security council specifically on yemen. well we're being told that this monitoring team initially is under the command of martin griffith the special envoy so no special. permission is needed from the security council at this stage to send assessment team but i think the idea certainly of the security council is they would like to endorse what was achieved in stockholm and indorse the deployment of a wider monitoring team in her day there and potentially in other places in yemen the work all mapped security council resolution is underway it's the u.k. that is doing the drafting of the resolution the resolution i understand has been shared by the u.k. with france and the u.s. i'm hearing that it's likely they'll share it with other members of the security council in the coming hours and the idea i think is to push this to a vote of the security council pretty quickly because they really want to get this in place and inked in security council resolution to draw a lock in the deal that was done last week in stockholm i'm told

security council resolution and it's pretty clear that saudi arabia in the past puts great pressure on the arab member of the security council which is currently kuwait to try and stop or delay resolutions so they want to have the saudis indorse all of this in a resolution so that we can get to the next step and the next step is a really complicated and difficult one for the u.n. and it's actually sending monitors to an active war zone of yemen to try and make sure that the peace is kept this is something the u.n. doesn't particularly like doing they've got a top general patrick comer who from who comes from the netherlands who's been involved in u.s. peacekeeping in u.n. peacekeeping for the best part of twenty years he in many ways in my view is the un's favorite general they always call on him when they're doing a report on peace keep. being on an inquiry into a peacekeeping incident he is the one that is often called on for these things he now has how to find a way to safely get monitors in to see what's going on james what else did you glean from the we heard from four or five spe

i'm blaming the security council. the security council sets the peacekeeping forces up, the security council should guide the special representatives, the security council should press to get the conflict resolved. it's not enough just to roll a peacekeeping mandate over. they need to be much more involved politically in getting the parties to work out their differences. >> you mentioned the problem of terrorism in africa. it is very significant and some areas it's growing. could you say a bit more about what the united states expects of african countries themselves in not only cooperating with the united states, but even taking activities and responsibility of themselves to combatting terrorism? mr. bolton: well, there certainly have been very successful efforts, i think i mentioned the g-5 joint force, there are others that we can envision, others we would support. we're in active conversation in new york and a number of capitals on that score. it's foundational in the u.n. charter that regional organizations should

security council called amid fears it could escalate tensions with serbia. the russian foreign ministry hits out at the b.b.c. saying its word smacks of cynicism and the messages from one of the reporters says have added to.

this has been discussed in new york at the security council. the israeli ambassador to the un used a number of charts to show the site above the tunnels. nada tawfik is at the un. following all this. what are israelis try to get out of this other than highlighting the counties thomas? israel's ambassador to the un was pretty clear that he wants the security council to condemn hezbollah and also to put more pressure on the lebanese army to make sure that these tunnels are constructed —— are not contracted any more. he says israel presented precise locations of the origination of these tunnels in lebanon to you to fill, so they could investigate it, and he claims the lebanese army actually alerted hezbollah to that discovery so that they could hide the tunnels starting point and height the infrastructure around it. pretty tough claims there from the israeli ambassador. to try to commence councilmembers who are not right now completely united in their condemnation of hezbollah. who within the security council context put the side of hezbollah

security council resolution that is likely to be difficult to negotiate with passed resolutions saudi arabia has put pressure on members of the security council including the current arab member kuwait to try and shape the words of the resolution to their interest james byrd's al-jazeera the united nations. anger against saudi arabia has been rising in the united states with the senate voting on thursday to condemn its long standing ally of the war in yemen and its role in the killing of jamal khashoggi the washington post is running a full page ad keeping up the pressure over the murder of a saudi journalist who is a regular contributor to the paper the post says it will continue to push for meaningful action of a saudi arabia's role in his killing friday's ad is part of a larger campaign planned for two thousand and nineteen. well to the political turmoil in sri lanka now the disputed prime minister mentor rajapaksa has announced he's going to step down the country's been without a functioning government for nearly two weeks after a court suspended rajapakse and his cabinet followin

it was a rare moment something that doesn't normally happen in the security council. but how will these pictures of the special envoy stephanie mistura at the end of four and a half years in the job of going around the security council table shaking the hands of ambassadors be viewed by the people of syria. they have nothing to celebrate un diplomacy has been a failure the only people who can celebrate victory those who've led a brutal military campaign russia and its syrian allies over the last year russia has also dominated international diplomacy on syria with iran and turkey in january it called for a new constitutional committee to be set up but it then allowed mr demas stories efforts to form that committee to be undermined by constant quibbling by the assad government over the names of the members this week russian foreign minister sergei lavrov travel to geneva with seventeen new names for the committee names the u.n. couldn't accept as they would have given the committee a pro regime bias i'm told this led to an angry phone call between mr lavrov and the u.n.

security council resolution that is likely to be difficult to negotiate with passed resolutions saudi arabia has put pressure on members of the security council including the current arab member kuwait to try and shape the words of the resolution to their interest james bays al-jazeera at the united nations. has formally recognized west jerusalem as the capital of israel prime minister scott morrison says that australia when the. it's embassy from tel aviv for now but will open a trade and defense office in jerusalem muslim majority indonesia and malaysia threaten to cancel a free trade deal which is now been delayed in protest. now recognizes western resume being the seat of the knesset and many of the institution is government is the capital of israel which jerusalem is the capital of israel and we look forward to building our embassy u.s. jerusalem when practical in support of and after finals that is to too much trying because controversially appointed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa has officially resigned after just seven weeks in the job the country hasn't had a functioning go

negotiator at the talks warned the security council there was still a long and difficult road ahead mr president i also have before you today with a call for caution our collective achievements this week were. a significant step forward but what's in front of us is a daunting task and as ever. in the context of such negotiations or realizes that the end of the. work is only about to begin. the u.n. senior humanitarian official warned against complacency he said a quarter of a million people were on the edge of a phase five food emergency the technical term for that stage is catastrophe so i can confirm again what humanitarian agencies have known for a long time a terrible tragedy is unfolding in yemen and it's getting worse the special envoy revealed that general patrick comer of the netherlands a veteran of the u.n. who's commanded peacekeepers headed inquiries and written reports for the united nations will set up a team of more misses who will deploy to yemen as soon as possible it's believed general comet's team will be unarmed and we tossed would provide incredible monitoring of t

negotiator at the talks warn the security council there was still a long and difficult road ahead mr president i also come before you today with a call for caution our collective achievements this week worried i hope you will agree a significant step forward but what's in front of us is a daunting task and as ever. in the context of such negotiations or realizes that the end of negotiations. is only about beginning. the u.n. senior humanitarian official warned against complacency he said a quarter of a million people were on the edge of a phase five food emergency the technical term for that stage is catastrophe so i can confirm again what humanitarian agencies have known for a long time a terrible tragedy is unfolding in yemen and it's getting worse the special envoy revealed that general patrick camera of the netherlands a veteran of the u.n. who's commanded peacekeepers headed inquiries and written reports for the united nations will set up a team of monitors who will deploy to yemen as soon as possible it's believed general comments team will be unarmed and we tossed would provid

secretary general and then for the last time briefing security council will he make it clear that he believes the blockade on the road to peace is coming from the syrian government that i think is the key thing to watch in that meeting on thursday of course it will be his last briefing he's being replaced by a veteran norwegian diplomat garr pedersen i can tell you he is right now in this building in the u.n. headquarters in new york in fact in the last twenty four hours he's been briefing the secretary general and we're being told by the u.n. that it's rather like you know athletics a relay run these two special envoys are running together as they hand over the battle james bay thank you well the former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn is in court in the state of virginia he's to be sentenced on charges linked to allegedly russian meddling of the twenty six thousand presidential election the retired general there he is pleaded guilty a year ago to lying to the f.b.i. prosecutors are asking for probation and community service instead of prison as flynn's cooperated with t

in the security council. so we continue to raise our concerns about what has happened in the security council. we continue to discuss with our allies, had to raise the situation in the un, generally. so long as china has a veto, it's very difficult to overcome them. in any way. i believe there have been discussions about this. but so far they have not indicated a willingness for a concrete security action. >> did president trump raise these human rights issues with the president in his discussions of the g 20? what was the conversation, if any that took place between president trump and the president on the issue of human rights, and other countries around the world where china is actually helping governments to engage in repressive behavior>> unfortunately, i was not in the room. so i do not know the discussion that went on actually during the meeting between the presidents, but i can assure you that on the margins, we certainly raised these issues, and we acknowledge that state departments most important ro