bay is there for us at the united nations thank you for that analysis james. well now to sudan where protesters are gearing up for another day of demonstrations friday prayers were held just a short time ago close to the army had courses in the capital khartoum troops from a military unit called the rapid support forces tried to remove barricades was in place by protesters but eventually gave up on wednesday the military council suspended talks with the opposition for 3 days negotiators have been trying to reach a consensus about who will govern the country before new elections are called well hit morgan joins us now live from khartoum despite the violence we've seen this week the protests are continuing. yes indeed mr protesters are saying that they will not leave their estates in front of the army headquarters which is now in its 6th week and till their demands are met and their demands have been very clear a civilian independent transitional government and accountability for the crimes committed over the past 30 years when president bush your was in power n

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bays. yes another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia stasis yet again the division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of action a top humanitarian official made this appeal. qantas council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the us and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49 there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign ministers he said his country's military wil

bays reports. the russian ambassador vasoline the benazir under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it live as a safe zone now it stands accused of unleashing with its syrian allies a. bomb bachmann told the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000 the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs on populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17 schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks there were even more powerful words from the un's most senior humanitarian official when i briefed you here on 18 september i said a full scale military onslaught could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. despite our warnings our west phase and now coming true mr local revealed the un had shared the precise coordinates of humanitarian facilities with all warring parties so they wouldn't be hit but the u.k.

bays joins us live now from the united nations james so this is breaking as we are now on air what more do we know about this letter and what it may mean. well we know what's in the latter because i got a copy of the letter of the iranian mission to the united nations gave me a copy in the last few minutes this is a letter that's been sent by the iranian ambassador based here at the u.n. in new york to the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrace and to the current president of the security council deanne johnny who is the ambassador of indonesia and presides over the security council for this month of may it doesn't mention the u.s. at any point in this letter it does though talk about the recent alarming security situation in the mysterious intentions of some of those it says are involved then goes on to say that the current situation in action is a lose lose approach and it suggests what it says is a win win approach says the current conflict security environment in the region can be eased and ultimately addressed and it suggests constructive engagement not involv

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away from the results of that vote james bays there are diplomatic editor from the u.n. . now to syria where rebels have launched a counterattack against pro-government forces in the north west fighting has been intensifying in the region since last month and the u.s. says it's concerned chemical weapons of nappanee used to live ports. in northwestern syria these rebels are advancing on pro-government positions in the town of kufa in the buddha this operations under way as government jets attack opposition strongholds according to the syrian observatory for human rights dozens of fighters have been killed on both sides this is part of an escalation in fighting since the russian backed syrian offensive in it began last month. and as the violence has intensified so has the humanitarian crisis syrian forces seized control of cuffing a buddha in northern how my province in early may that area is largely controlled by to have you to show that armed opposition groups formally affiliated with al qaida in syria. now hundreds of thousands of people living there are caught in the cr

bays reports now from the u.n. . the u.n. special representative gas sun salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for hafter a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appear

bay supports from the united nations. yet another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia stasis yet again division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of our action a top humanitarian official made this appeal conta this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage. is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the us and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49. there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign ministers he said his country's militar

bays is live for us there at the united nations james just so give us a sense of what we've been hearing at that meeting. well certainly the u.n. is now deeply concerned about the situation in the liberal member it is the last one of the deescalation zones the other deescalation zones were eventually taken over by the syrian government after a bombardment by the syrian air force the russians many of the people from those places fled to live in the same now appears to be happening in 180000 people displaced from their homes in the last 3 weeks we have some 18 medical facilities which have been destroyed or damaged 17 schools and that is why the un also deeply concerned concern expressed in front of the security council by the undersecretary general in charge of humanitarian affairs more local the secretary general has been warning about this for months last september he stressed that it was quote absolutely essential to avoid a full scale battle in italy and quote and he warned that that would quote unleash a humanitarian nightmare unlike any we have seen in syria when i briefed you here

bays reports now from the united nations where the u.n. special envoy to syria is calling for an immediate cease fire. special envoy good morning are you concerned about the situation in it the u.n. special envoy garr pedersen here in new york to brief the security council as the offensive in it live continues he met ambassadors here in the consultations room the place where close security council meetings are held afterwards mr pedersen who's trying to get peace talks going again in geneva said his meeting had been dominated by events in adlib there are 3000000 civilians. in in live prominence too many has been killed and obviously what is happening is not proportional in relationship to civilian casualties and the fight against terror is what we need to see is stuff to fight against terrorism is continuing it needs to be proportional to the challenge so it's illegal what's been happening. thank you. the russian delegation strongly denied its forces and those of the syrian government were breaching international law despite the statements

bays now reports from the u.n. in new york. yes another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia started yet again though division among council members means there were strong words but no prospect of action for a top humanitarian official made this appeal can't to this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage. is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ringback ambassadors from the u.s. and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49 there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign mini

bays reports. the russian ambassador of vaseline a benzema under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a safe zone now it stands accused of unleashing with its syrian allies a. bomb meant on the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000 the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs on populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17 schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks there were even more powerful words from the un's most senior humanitarian official when i briefed you here on 18 september i said a full scale military onslaught could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. despite our warnings our worst fear is now coming true mr local revealed the u.n. had shared the precise coordinates of humanitarian facilities with all warring parties so they wouldn't be hit but the u.k. ambassad

on diplomatic editor james bay as the u.n. . white house adviser jared kirschner is in morocco drumming up support for the american plan on the future of palestine and israel u.s. envoys are due in jordan and israel later this week donald trump's son in law is due to present the economic part of the plan at a conference in bahrain next month have a stern ians are rejecting the proposals and are urging an arab boycott of the conference mike hanna reports now from washington. the white house has confirmed that jared cushion is traveling to morocco then on to jordan then a west jerusalem before going on to join president trump on his state visit to the united kingdom now he's accompanied by special representative jason greenblatt and the u.s. iran representative brian hook it would appear that this trip is connected to the conference for bahrain next month at which the jared cushion is says that economic aspects of his settlement proposal for israel palestine are to be discussed he's insisted that the economic aspect of this deal n

bays any and thanking. all in all the developments a saudi ship has sailed from france without picking up its cargo of weapons it was jews to pick up french weapons in the northern port of the however that it left the spain after protesters tried to have its cargo declared illegal rights groups say the weapons shipment contravenes international arms treaties over their use in a saudi military campaign in yemen fulbright and reports. the ship at the center of the latest saudi arms control the sea had spent thursday at anchor on the edge of french territorial waters the 225 meter bar a young boy who waited to enter port and load up its cargo french weapons destined for the saudi military. in paris though 2 separate human rights groups had lodged legal challenges to try to have the shipment declared illegal and on the quay side around 100 demonstrators assembled determined to take direct action to prevent the ship docking again or human since it's a junior to proceed the war in yemen is a difficult war we are

bays joins us live now from the united nations james said another u.n. security council meeting on libya what they have to say this time around well. who is the u.n. special representative giving a very sobering briefing of the situation in libya over a dramatic and destabilizing period for the country he took the security back council back to the beginning of april when he said there was an improved economic outlook the currency was beginning to stabilize there was people looking quite positively at the political situation and then of course there was the offensive by general haftar that completely changed things he actually started offensive while the u.n. secretary general and tonio could terrorists was visiting libya and this now is what mr salami says is the situation in the country. 48 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years t

to keep that base going until 2036 or into james bays our diplomatic editor there at the un james thank you. all right let's go back to our top story now the anger in nature against last month's election results and subsequent protests florence joins us on the phone now from the capital jakarta florence so just bring us up to date with what's been happening with the protests. also law school day on wednesday the protest. really following a similar path as what happened that. day protesters like 2 different sides in the capital jakarta throwing. fire was. responding and after a while they responded by firing tear gas to try some of the protesters down the street really educational just how quickly the situation. what happened. the police and the government because a 6 people were killed in clashes that. night and at least 200 people were injured. police say that even by the. goal provoke violence during the demonstrations as they say they've arrested more than $200.00 and they. tried to clear the area of protesters the door to the protests. but. the situation council has very quickly as

is james bays al-jazeera the united nations let's speak to jacob kathman he's an associate professor of political science at state university of new york is joining us via skype from the city of buffalo thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera is the u.n. peacekeeping system broken. i wouldn't say it's broken while it is true that the u.s. does at times have a difficult time finding the political will to pay its share of its u.n. dues this isn't something that is particularly new is this a difficulty that has gone back quite a bit. but also i mean the u.n. is at a point where. that's greatest personnel troop deployments worldwide so the budget difficulties today might be a little more of what you say heightened at this point going to has been previously ok and seeing as they are heightened then with the reduction in money does that mean a reduction in mandates and if so how difficult is it for u.n. peacekeepers to carry out their duties on the ground in these circumstances. i wouldn't say it would be a reduction in mandate so the mandate is the chairman let a cli primarily on the.

policies are not helping the stalled peace process is diplomatic editor james bays . the meeting was organized by indonesia the current president of the security council but because it was a controversial subject israeli settlements in the west bank this wasn't a formal meeting of the council instead an informal meeting to which all security council members were invited surprising then that the u.s. special representative jason green blatt one of the architects of the trump peace plan due to be presented soon came here in person to the meeting he presented a case that was very supportive of israel. we hope to prevent our vision soon and in the meantime we will continue to speak the truth even when it is not welcome the truth is that israel just days ago came under a vicious cynical unprovoked attack that was intended to terrify kill and maim israelis the truth is that there has been no effort in the halls of the united nations to hold the terrorists who perpetrated that attack accountable also the meeting the palestinian foreign minister riyadh. he said the forthcomin

bays has this update from the united nations. it's too early to say whether this is actually a breakthrough the stockholm deal in december that's almost 6 months ago said the who things should do this and 6 months on they haven't done it yet they now say they're going to do it in the coming hours from the 11th just a few hours from now to start redeploying going on until the 14th it's no coincidence that the next meeting of the u.n. security council is jew on the 15th the security council putting a great deal of pressure on the who thies i think losing some patience with the who thiis of course i think this is a time when the process is at some risk because having made this big announcement the un there is a big problem of course of the who these don't do it this time it could collapse the whole process there are also some problems of what happens next in who data who is going to govern the territory that who these withdraw forth from according to the stockholm deal it's going to be local security forces that is somewhat problema

bays reports. the russian ambassador of vaseline to ben zia under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a safe zone now it stands accused of unleashing with its syrian allies a campaign of mint on the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000 the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs in populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17 schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks there were even more powerful words from the un's most senior humanitarian official when i briefed you here on 18 september i said a full scale military onslaught could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. despite our warnings our west phase and now coming true mr local revealed the un had shared the precise coordinates of humanitarian facilities with all warring parties so they wouldn't be hit but the u.k. amb

bays has mall. the un called the crimes committed by ice all in both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunals to prosecute the individuals who ordered and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands well i'm here because i'm confidence that there should be an international tribunal because the skill of sea atrocities committed by i sill is such that it may be me amounts to genocide and this just suffice an international tribunal he's reflecting called by human rights activists including the z.d. campaigner. she spoke to al-jazeera shortly after she received the nobel peace prize and hear it for years. now and then we see that the rights of easy to people have not been given to them but we have not stopped efforts we are doing it tireless work yeah that and we hope that very soon we will be able to see justice taking its place the country calling for the new tribunals of the netherlands is the home of the international criminal c

bay is reports now from the united nations where the u.n. special envoy to syria is calling for an immediate cease fire special envoy good morning are you concerned about the situation in the u.n. special envoy gary pedersen here in new york to brief the security council as the offensive in it live continues he met ambassadors here in the consultations room the place where close security council meetings are held afterwards mr pedersen who's trying to get peace talks going again in geneva said his meeting had been dominated by events in a loop there are 3000000 civilians. in a live prominence too many has been killed and obviously what is happening is not proportional in relationship to civilian casualties and the fight against terror is what we need to see is the fight against terrorism is continuing it needs to be proportional to the challenge so it's illegal what's been happening. thank you. the russian delegation strongly denied its forces and those of the syrian government were breaching international law despite the statements of the u

bays explains the un decision is a setback for britain and the united states. a humiliating defeat for the u.k. and its ally the us in the un general assembly countries voting overwhelmingly 160 nations in favor of the people who still live on a small group of islands called the shah goss just 4 countries voted on the side of the u.k. and the u.s. back in the 1960 s. britain did a secret deal with the united states to build this military base on the largest of the shagger silence diego garcia the islanders were forced to leave their homes more than 50 years on earlier this year the international court of justice ruled the u.k.'s actions at the time were illegal in 1968 when richest gained its independence from britain the share goss was split off from the rest of the country so that the airbase could be built one would have hoped. that any country found to be engaged in an ongoing wrongful act by the highest court of the word would hasten to make amends why will you not listen to the international court of justice to the un general assembly and give these islan

al-jazeera is diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations where the u.n. special envoy to syria is calling for an immediate cease fire special envoy good morning are you concerned about the situation in the u.n. special envoy pedersen here in new york to brief the security council as the offensive continues he met ambassadors here in the consultations room the place where close security council meetings are held afterwards mr pedersen who's trying to get peace talks going again in geneva said his meeting had been dominated by events in a globe there are 3000000 civilians. in a live prominence too many has been killed and obviously what is happening is not proportional in relationship to civilian casualties and the fight against terror is what we need to see the fight against terrorism is continuing it needs to be proportional to the challenge so it's illegal what's been happening. thank you. the russian delegation strongly denied its forces and those of the syrian government were breaching international law despite the statements of the u.n. humanitarian o

bays has more. the russian ambassador of vaseline a benzema under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a safe zone now it stands accused of unleashing with its syrian allies a campaign of bomb bob went on the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000 the aerial bombardment is alarming including the use of barrel bombs in populated areas. with 18 medical facilities and 17 schools destroyed or damaged in just 3 weeks away even more powerful words from the un's most senior humanitarian official when i briefed today on 800 september i said a full scale military onslaught could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. despite our warnings our west fears and now coming true mr revealed the un had shared the precise coordinates of humanitarian facilities with all warring parties so they wouldn't be hit but the u.k. ambassado

bays as mall. the u.n. is holding its annual events honoring the work of its peacekeepers around the world . some of the most volatile places on earth last year 98 were killed while on g.t. increasingly they also operate in a very difficult financial environment funds a tight with some budgets being cut or peacekeepers need better training and better equipment and their men to be realistic and adequately support these with both resources and political will for many years un peacekeeping has been based on a grand bargain western countries the e.u. and the u.s. providing specialized equipment and troops and the vast bulk of the money while most of the troops come from asia and africa. but the system is breaking down many countries but most notably the us are not paying their share un peacekeeping is owed a staggering sum over $1900000000.00 the countries providing the peacekeepers countries like pakistan which has over $5000.00 men and women serving around the world are the ones currently having to p

bays has this update from the united nations. it's too early to say whether this is actually a breakthrough the stockholm deal in december that's almost 6 months ago said the who things should do this and 6 months on they haven't done it yet they now say they're going to do it in the coming hours from the 11th just a few hours from now to start redeploying going on until the 14th it's no coincidence that the next meeting of the u.n. security council is jew on the 15th the security council putting a great deal of pressure on the who thies i think losing some patience with the who thiis of course i think this is a time when the process is at some risk because having made this big announcement the un there is a big problem of course of the who these don't do it this time it could collapse the whole process there are also some problems of what happens next in who data who is going to govern the territory that who these withdraw for from according to the stockholm deal it's going to be local security forces that is somewhat problemati

bays reports. the port of who data the humanitarian lifeline for yemen a place where the u.n. once again has access after an inspection by the head of the international monitoring mission general michael loved his guards he declared who thiis had carried out a key part of the redeployment of their forces something that 1st agreed to do it talks in stockholm 6 months ago for the un this is an important step as this will allow us to start supporting the management of the ports the saudi led coalition is very skeptical claiming that who 3 fighters have handed over to the coast guard butt.

bays explains the un decision is a setback for britain and the united states. a humiliating defeat for the u.k. and its ally the us in the un general assembly countries voting overwhelmingly 160 nations in favor of the people who still live on a small group of islands called the shah goss just 4 countries voted on the side of the u.k. and the u.s. back in the 1960 s. britain did a secret deal with the united states to build this military base on the largest of the shagger silence diego garcia the islanders were forced to leave their homes more than 50 years on earlier this year the international court of justice ruled the u.k.'s actions at the time were illegal in 1968 when richest gained its independence from britain the share goss was split off from the rest of the country so that the airbase could be built one would have hoped that any country found to be engaged in an unwilling wrongful act by the highest court of the word would hasten to make amends why will you not listen to the international court of justice to the un general assembly and give these isla

bays has more from the united nations. it's too early to say whether this is actually a breakthrough the stockholm deal in december that's almost 6 months ago said the who through this should do this and 6 months on they haven't done it yet they now say they're going to do it in the coming hours from the 11th just a few hours from now to start redeploying going on and till the 14th it's no coincidence that the next meeting of the u.n. security council is jiu on the 15th the security council putting a great deal of pressure on the who thies i think losing some patience with the who thiis of course i think this is a time when the process is at some risk because having made this big announcement the u.n. there is a big problem of course of the who these don't do it this time it could collapse the whole process there are also some problems of what happens next in who data who is going to govern the territory that the who these withdraw support from according to the stockholm deal is going to be local security forces that is so

bays has more from the united nations. there have long been fears of a final offensive in it it is one of the last strongholds of the opposition to a sat aid workers have been concerned about an all out attack the population of the province has swelled to more than 3000000 people after many fled here from other parts of syria. russia is strongly suspected of carrying out some of the recent bombing the targets of included medical facilities attacks that some experts believe could amount to war crimes as the security council gathered european ambassadors expressed deep alarming we are extremely concerned about the violent escalation in the you'd live region a new alipore must at all cost be prevented in need live there is only a political solution and the military solution that apparently has been sought now is not a it's not a viable one the meeting didn't take place in the main chamber of the council where open sessions are held but instead in the smaller room near it where meetings are conducted away from the cameras ther

beginning proceedings for us james bays is following all of this live from u.n. headquarters in new york so james talk us through what we are expecting to hear today. in just moments you going to get sun salami who's the special representative of the united nations talking about what has been a dramatic month in libya talking about his plans for a national peace conference in good dharmas plans that were completely overturned. and an offensive that was launched by general haftar reaching the outskirts of tripoli that is stalled the whole political process i can tell you diplomats are telling me that the special representative is very unhappy about the way things have developed very and happy with the regional involvement in events that have taken place on the ground very concerned about recent reports of war crimes mr salami the special representative is now addressing the security council let's listen and i have to sources there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent

security council diplomatic editor james bays is that the u.n. you've been following the talks what's come out from the security council so far. well very strong words again because they are very worried about the situation 22 medical facilities have now been hit in the surveillance of by the syrian government and its russian allies that's now gone on a month i can tell you in that period in that month long period we've actually had 5 meetings in which the situation in the ad lib has been raised by the security council and yet despite the strong words no sign of any actual action that of course because one of those involved in this one of the protagonists is a permanent member of the security council with veto power the russians along with the other members of the security council did this meeting here this appeal from a top u.n. official can't to this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs ar

where is it from a scared star james bays was following that meeting and sent through the substrate . they're asking i think for money and equipment because there has been efforts in recent years particularly by the u.s. to cut the budget spent by the international community on peacekeeping and that means that in this area in the sahara area you have a somewhat piecemeal and patchwork approach to the problem in terms of international peacekeepers you have a big force 13000 peacekeepers in mali a u.n. force but they're only allowed to operate in mali then to deal with the growing problems across the so how will you have the group the g 5 sale joint force now that's hardly up and running it's staged some 7 operations this year but it doesn't have the budget to do the job it doesn't have the equipment to do the job and it is now trying to get the un force to provide basic things like rations and fuel so it can do more of its work and that certainly of repose or by the u.n. secretary general temporarily at least for the u.n. and the e.u. to provide funding there are other forces in the re

bays now from the united nations. yet another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia started yet again division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of action for a top humanitarian official made this appeal con to this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage. is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the us and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49. there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign ministers he said his country's milit

bays reports now from the u.n. . again we've had a security council meeting it seems to become a very regular process over the last month every week it seems we have a meeting where the security council or at least many members of the security council condemned the bombardment of it live and yet that bombardment goes all the un security council this meeting hearing from the deputy emergency relief coordinator coordinator of the united nations who made this appeal contour this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas a clear breach of international humanitarian law and of council resolution 2139. millions of battered and beleaguered children women and 1000000 cannot wait for another geneva round to succeed so in action she's condemning by the security council but the council of course remains very divided on this issue we heard that some

bay is joins us live again from the united nations james as expected the vote went the way that most people thought it would go and how significant is it and what does it mean on the ground. but the numbers down were overwhelming and humiliating i think for the u.k. and the u.s. the votes that they got on their side against the motion were just 6 so you count the u.k. and the u.s. as those 2 of those 6 are just for other countries where on their side 160 nations 160 nations voting for this motion supporting the shack are silent as people who have not been allowed to return to their islands for more than 50 years it was in the very end of the british empire period most of the empire had already ended by this point that the british were giving back in the richest yet at the time in the late sixty's they tied it to split off this island from the wreck these islands from the rest of us just because the u.k. had this secret deal with the us which later emerged that they were creating a military base there called diego garcia and the islanders have never been back were clearly the internat

security council from where a diplomatic editor james bays reports. yet another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia started yet again though division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of action for a top humanitarian official made this appeal conta this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the u.s. and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49. there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign ministers he said his country'

bays now from u.n. headquarters in new york. there have long been fears of a final offensive in it it is one of the last strongholds of the opposition to a sad aid workers have been concerned about an all out attack the population of the province has swelled to more than 3000000 people after many fled here from other parts of syria. russia is strongly suspected of carrying out some of the recent bombing the targets of included medical facilities attacks that some experts believe could amount to war crimes as the security council gathered european ambassadors expressed deep alarming we are extremely concerned about the violent escalation in the region a new alipore must at all cost be prevented in need live there is only a political solution and the military solution that apparently is being sought now is not a it's not a viable one the meeting didn't take place in the main chamber of the council where open sessions are held but instead in the smaller room near it where meetings are conducted away from t

bays reports now from the un. the un called the crimes committed by ice all in both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunals to prosecute the individuals who ordered and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands well i'm here because i'm confidence that there should be an international tribunal because the scale of c. atrocities committed by i.c.l. is such that it may be me amounts to genocide and is just fine as an international tribunal he's reflected called by human rights activists including the z.d. campaigner nadia murat she spoke to al-jazeera shortly after she received the nobel peace prize and here for years now and then we see that the rights of easy to people have not been given to them but we have not stopped efforts we are doing it tireless work yeah that we hope that very soon we will be able to see justice taking its place the country calling for the new tribunals of the netherlands is the home of the international criminal co

bays reports from the u.n. . yet another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia started yet again though division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of our action and for a top humanitarian official made this appeal con to this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the u.s. and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49. there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign ministers he said his

bays reports from the un. the un called the crimes committed by both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunals to prosecute the individuals who ordered and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands. i'm here because i'm confidence that there should be an international tribunal because the skill of sea atrocities committed by i.c.l. is such that it may be me amounts to genocide and this just suffice an international tribunal he's reflecting called by human rights activists including the z.d. campaigner nadia murat she spoke to our jazeera shortly after she received the nobel peace prize and here for us thank you and then we see that the rights of easy to people have not been given to them but we have not stopped our efforts we are doing it tireless work yeah that and we hope that very soon we will be able to see justice taking its place the country calling for the new tribunals the netherlands is the home of the international criminal cour

bays has more from the united nations. the u.n. called the crimes committed by isolating both syria and iraq a genocide now there are calls for a new international tribunals to prosecute the individuals who ordered and committed those crimes it comes from the foreign minister of the netherlands well i'm here because i'm confidence that there should be an international tribunal because the skill of sea atrocities committed by i.c.l. is such that it may be me amounts to genocide and this is just a fine as an international tribunal he's reflecting called by human rights activists including the z.d. campaigner nadia murat she spoke to al-jazeera shortly after she received the nobel peace prize and here 4 years now and then we see that the rights of easy to people have not been given to them but we have not stopped a law efforts we are doing in a tireless work we hope that very soon we will be able to see justice taking its place the country calling for the new tribunals the netherlands is the home of the international criminal

will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe for its $3000000.00 residents diplomatic out of the james bays now from the united nations. yet another meeting on the 5th time it's been raised in the security council since the offensive by the syrian government and russia started yet again though division among council members means there was strong words but no prospect of action for a top humanitarian official made this appeal conta this council take any concrete action when attacks on schools and hospitals have become a war tactic that no longer sparks outrage is there nothing to be said or done when indiscriminate barrel bombs are dropped in civilian areas ambassadors from the u.s. and europe talked of war crimes and the need for accountability attacks directed against protected medical facilities are prohibited by international law and are in defiance of many security council resolutions including 216-522-6824 extension 49. there must be accountability for the forces and leaders who planned and conducted any such strikes russia was represented at the meeting by one of its deputy foreign m

bays reports now from the u.n. . the u.n. special representative gas sounds salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for half to a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court ap

bays has more from the u.n. they've seemed to reach them understanding but it's too early to say whether this is actually a breakthrough the stockholm deal in december that's almost 6 months ago so the who things should do this and 6 months saw him they haven't done it yet they now say they're going to do it in the coming hours from the 11th just a few hours from now to start redeploying going on and to the 14th it's no coincidence that the next meeting of the u.n. security council is jew on the 15th the security council putting a great deal of pressure on the who thies i think losing some patience with the who thiis or china or the united states have agreed to hold more trade talks in beijing after negotiations came to an end in washington with no breakthrough there sparking fears of an escalation in the trade war it came after u.s. president ultron talked of adding even more tariffs on chinese imports. the un says around $65.00 migrants have drowned while trying to reach europe from libya after their boat caps

bays reports that force has suffered many setbacks what were probably the g. 5 joint force was set up by the sahara countries chad to mali mauritania bikini a fast so and me share 2 years ago but it still barely operational lacking funding and key equipment one of those nations bikini a fast so it was a largely peaceful country just a couple of years ago but things are deteriorating far here villages burying their dead after an attack at the weekend on worshippers in a church in the north of the country in new york ambassadors have heard a grim account of violence and instability spreading across the sahara local and regional armed groups expanding their operations with no respect for national boundaries moves it down the threats from these groups remain strong and exerts an enormous pressure on our states and all across the threat is gaining territory it is no longer contained to the north of mali or the deserts of broken a faso or along the mauritanian borders it has taken new forms with more terrible consequences the un does have a large $16000.00 strong peacekeeping force in one's

bays has more from the united nations iran is using the anniversary of the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear deal to announce what it says or its own countermeasures now we don't believe that iran will be completely pulling out of the deal itself bought is going to try and ease some of the constraints on it particularly regarding research and development these were the comments of an iranian delegate at a nuclear related meeting here at the u.n. in accordance with its recognized rights in the j c p u a will soon docked appropriate measures to preserve its supreme national interests. iran has never abandoned its inalienable rights to nuclear technology and it will never do so in the future the u.s. will be responsible for any consequences of its or reckless policies against the chase if you weigh the iranian state news agency says the president has done rouhani will be writing to the five remaining signatories of the deal the u.k. france germany china and russia they are bastards of those five countries and to ron will be invited into the foreign ministry to be brie

bays reports that force has suffered many setbacks hope of a bloke the g 5 joint force was set up by the sahara countries chad to mali mauritania bikini a fast so and me share 2 years ago but it's still barely operational lacking funding and key equipment one of those nations bikini faso was a largely peaceful country just a couple of years ago but things are deteriorating fost villages burying their dead after an attack at the weekend on worshippers in a church in the north of the country in new york ambassadors have heard a grim account of violence and instability spreading across the sahara and local and regional armed groups expanding their operations with no respect for national boundaries moves it down the threats from these groups remains strong and exerts an enormous pressure on our states and all across the threat is gaining territory it is no longer contained to the north of mali or the deserts of broken a faso or along the mauritanian borders it has taken new forms with more terrible consequences the un does have a large $16000.00 strong peacekeeping force in. ones are hel