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to remind you i am the region director for the 53 european member states not a director general in geneva i think this question would be very best versed to be told you need for the specific region but let me make a more generic point here that the world health organization is not the world health inspector that we are a government by de world's nations right and that's something for. your credibility is on the line here your credibility is being questioned. last year japan's deputy prime minister actually called you the chinese health organization as opposed to the world health organization. so i want you worried about your credibility what's happening to him is that in the world health organization is a technical organization and from the very beginning dubnyk who has been acting fast if you look at the 1st report was sent to the ritual the 31st of december immediately did after degree actually triggered the structure it's called incident management structure to get ready for an alarm at the highest level that is what's happening and of course there will be what we call a very for in si

to remind you i am the region director for the 53 european member states not a director general in geneva i think this question would be very best versed to were told you need for the specific region but let me make a more generic point here that the world health organization is not the world health inspector it we are a government by de world's nations right and that's something $500.00 pounds as per . your credibility is on the line here your credibility has been questioned. last year japan's deputy prime minister actually called you the chinese health organization as opposed to the world health organization. so aren't you worried about your credibility what's happening to him is that in the world health organization is a technical organization and from the very beginning dubnyk show has been acting fast if you look at the 1st report was sent to the ritual the 31st of december immediately after debris actually triggered the structure it's called incident management structure to get ready for an alarm at the highest level that is what's happening and of course there will be what we call

to remind you i am the region director for the 53 european member states not a director general in geneva i think this question would be very best versed to degree told you need for the specific region but let me make a more generic point here that the world health organization is not the world health inspector that we are governed by de world's nations right and that's something final. 3 your credibility is on the line here your credibility has been questioned. last year japan's deputy prime minister actually called you the chinese health organization as opposed to the world health organization. so i want you worried about your credibility what's happening to him is that in the world health organization is a technical organization and from the very beginning dubnyk who has been acting fast if you look at the 1st report was sent to the ritual the 31st of december immediately after degree 2 triggered the structure it's called incident management structure to get ready for an alarm at the highest level that is what's happening and of course there will be what we call a very for in sick afte

had worked well in the search cool well i had already been told that the geneva conventions didn't apply to the capture of detainees did not did not apply to the couch of detainees by the authorities at the cia and so i don't think i thought about geneva conventions. made became what i was often referred to as a modern day equivalent of a snake oil salesman. these 2 psychologist who were awarded a $183000000.00 contract to run a program of torture. c n a psychosis it's used to cameron's experiments on sensory deprivation and i haven't along with the code will see a program to create a horrific mix of torture techniques. all social change has almost entirely taken place in consequence something else. it does not feel controlled. we need to protect society from those that can think it's one small thing to kill us the stroll this protective other stream these people. the american psychological association is who. world's largest organization of psychologists and probably has the most influence over the community of psychologists around the world. secretly the a.p.a. psychologists but king i

the geneva but we'll let you quote you keep in avoiding any questions. you represent the w.h.o. and therefore you have to sell what they're doing in china an investigation to your european partners i'm asking how you can do this well they seem to be obvious holes running away this investigation has been proceeding. i have a mandate write a report to the 50 city degree to european member states but of course we're part of a global organization absolutely right and that's why in any degree short of foreign i think germany has been quite straightforward on that one when it had the e.u. presidency and which is a very strong supporter of a double reform that there is an issue globally vif accountability and the reinforcement of the international regulations particularly if countries or not allowing independent mission or if they do not share data at the global level and that's something that has to be taken forward the w.h.o. is as strong as that piece that we are giving to and as of today we are not set up to single out countries why why has there been no formal and public protest a

description of it but it's but it is shocking that i can fly in from geneva in the way that i did and yet found find myself in the despairing humanitarian situations it's a very candid answer i appreciate as well julian triggs from the u.n. h.c.r. in geneva thank you thank you very much to the united states where a democratic congressman has released photos from inside a detention facility on the southern border they reveal crowded makeshift conditions as the long term sentence fill up the congressman described them as terrible for the children and released the images to raise awareness of the growing crisis well by the administration's been defending its handling of the situation and on sunday while the president acknowledged mourning to be done he also said migrants must apply for asylum from their own country. that's the migrants telling them to stay home to go from now why do you think you have to present them more work can be done a lot more we're in the process of your group making sure everyone is double what it was before when they did they place a very good number of all. chi

if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed document. that the approach to to to look to who to take off on a stone to to a for gold what you're presenting mr ambassador it's not lining up with what you're delivering again i mentioned earlier that the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction in the us so that you've taken limited steps on this is that there are thousands of cases they they have found that have not even been evaluated you know one of the cases where your president made a very big promise he said that there would be meaningful action on recovering the funds for the kabul bank case the theft of almost $1000000000.00 from the largest bank in the country that led to the fiscal crisis in 2010 this was one of his biggest promises of the beginning of his presidency the us says that more than half of the money has not been recovered where is the money where is the justice. well i think having. working with president rouhani when he 1st started the national unity government in late 2014 i think i personally witness

or cartoons or brighten up geneva's night's. art as a humorous entitled to gloom. at a time when opportunities to visit exhibitions have become rare these outdoor projections of 54 illustrations by french cartoonists are a pleasant change. and a welcome reminder that spring is just around the corner the creators hope it will cheer up all those weighed down by the trappings or even despair of the seemingly endless crisis he did this it makes business all fits the idea of this exhibition is to bring joy and a sense of freedom because people can walk around this park renewal rebirth and hope and it's especially with covert as people can't take it anymore that's when the it. simply is known for his playful style and his use of irony and paradox. it's critical and charming i really like the one of the cleaning lady who sleeps in the big bed of the lady she croons for there's such tenderness in. the exhibition creates a dialogue between these gigantic buildings and these tiny characters and symphonies work that one is always very small he has desires for granted but ofte

but if all was still common geneva in taiwan an infectious disease specialist had been having sleepless nights there was this them both 31st the last day the end of the year. i saw it around 530 because i woke up really early that day just happened i couldn't sleep well. young many copies there pick up that message and the post that to our lying group and about the very. interesting but also. there was a post about. a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in china. talk to louis is the deputy director of taiwan center for disease control he says that from the outside there were 3 crucial indications that something very serious was happening in china. the growth is there or be sure announcement by the us or storage to the hospitals these were reminding the hospital there is outbreak on your morning. happening in hospitalized patients so be careful about taking those cases and the 2nd message doctors reminding each other while be careful because it could be dangerous to us so be careful that these patients were isolated and that a certain message was about doctors chatting about well in my hou

to remind you i am the region director for the 53 european member states not a director general in geneva i think this question would be very best versed to be told you need for the specific region but let me make a more generic point here that the world health organization is not the world health inspector that we are governed by do world's nations right and that's something. you read your credibility is on the line here your credibility is being questioned. last year japan's deputy prime minister actually called you the chinese health organization as opposed to the world health organization. so i want you worried about your credibility what's happening to him is that in the world health organization is a technical organization and from the very beginning dubnyk show has been acting fast if you look at the 1st report was sent to the ritual the 31st of december immediately after degree actually triggered the structure it's called incident management structure to get ready for an alarm at the highest level that is what's happening and of course there will be what we call a very for in sick

i spoke with stephen cornish, director general of doctors without borders-geneva about the situation on the ground. stephen, first, you were recently in the region. tell us, what did you see? >> so, on the ground, i was just at the border region where doctors without borders is running two transit camps and two regular refugee camps, oviding health care and water and sanitation services. and, what we saw was that there is a real lack of basic services, tents, food, protection, for those who are arriving now from-- from ethiopia. and in the refugee camps where they're transiting pple to, those camps have been put up very, very quickly, anso conditions are sub-standard. and there's a lot of work to do that we need to do, as well as other organizations need to do, in order to scale up, bring the proper level of service before the rainy season comes and makes life really much more miserable. >> sreenivasan: give us a sense of the humanitarian crisis that we're looking at already and what could get worse. >> along the tigrayan side in ethiopia, we have hundreds of thousands of peoplthat h

and so reagan and gorbachev decide to meet at geneva in 1985. and like i tell my students not a great deal was accomplished at geneva in terms of policy outcomes or prescriptions, there were no reductions or anything like that. but what happened at geneva is that gorbachev and reagan got into the same room together and begin to talk to one another. and they develop a relationship with one another. and they began to sort of develop this relationship and this trust that would matter so much, so much until the end of the cold war. as reagan said, right, we don't have these weapons because we hate one another necessarily. we have these weapons because we mistrust one another. we don't trust one another. if we can have the trust then we can start to really work towards some type of agreement. but reagan leaves geneva and the administration is hopeful, schultz is hopeful this went better than expected. reagan got along with gorbachev sure he probably told some soviet jokes that gorbachev didn't appreciate, right. but by and large they got along. gorba

drafting regulations or holding meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security reforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our city's citizens but also more example about their history. raised in an international i'm coming to that. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country a spinster scribed by a u.n. report as metastasized as a cancer in the country even if from the inside well i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that when if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed document

and so reagan and gorbachev decide to meet at geneva in 1985. and like i tell my students not a great deal was accomplished at geneva in terms of policy outcomes or precipitation -- prescriptions, there were no reductions or anything like that. but what happened at geneva is that gorbachev and reagan got into the same room together and that gorbachev and reagan got into the same room together and begin to talk to one another. and they develop a relationship with one another. and they began to sort of develop this relationship and this trust that would matter so much, so much until the end of the cold war. as reagan said, right, we don't have these weapons because we hate one another necessarily. we have these weapons because we mistrust one another. we don't trust one another. if we can have the trust then we can start to really work towards some type of agreement. but reagan leaves geneva and the administration is hopeful, schultz is hopeful this went better than expected. reagan got along with gorbachev sure he probably told some soviet jokes

drafting regulations or holding meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president musharraf's ghani after here's a promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security deforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our cities citizens but also works on about. another region an international i'm coming to that when. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country has been subscribed by a un report as metastasize as a cancer in the country even if from the inside what i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that when if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed documen

human rights council sessions in geneva took place at the government conceded and allowed the burial of over 1000 victims so while on the one hand giving the muslims back their burial rights on this hand seems to be taking away the right of muslim women to wear the burka. ok there we are here we go let's get going and before we talk to our guests all of whom are in colombo today for inside story just a quick word of i guess housekeeping more than anything else we have tried all day to get representation from the sri lankan government as of now nobody was available to talk to us here on al-jazeera so let's get to those guests they are of hakim leader of the street lanka muslim congress a member of parliament and formerly a minister of justice shereen abdul soror a peace activist and co-founder of the women's action network also jan pereira executive director of the national peace council of sri lanka welcome to you all or of hakim as a former minister of justice coming to you 1st this is being done we're told on national security grounds what does that mean. no this is certainly an al

human rights council sessions in geneva took place at the government conceded and allowed the burial of over 1000 victims so while on the one hand giving the muslims back their burial rights on this hand seems to be taking away the right of muslim women to wear the burka. ok there we are here we go let's get going and before we talk to our guests all of whom are in colombo today for inside story just a quick word of i guess housekeeping more than anything else we have tried all day to get representation from the sri lankan government as of now nobody was available to talk to us here on al-jazeera so let's get to those guests they are of hakim leader of the street lanka muslim congress a member of parliament and formerly a minister of justice shereen also wrote a peace activist and co-founder of the women's action network also jan pereira executive director of the national peace council of sri lanka welcome to you all or of hakim as a former minister of justice coming to you 1st this is being done we're told on national security grounds what does that mean. no this is certainly an alr

move your population into territory that you have secured through war and occupy militarily under the geneva convention so this is a textbook war crime that will now be investigated and i know that in the gaza strip it's also coming as a welcome decision for families like the shamali family who i had the chance to sit with after salma shamali 19 year old member of this family was executed on camera in the rubble of should j.-a by an israeli sniper this was filmed it's out there in broad daylight and finally this family and so many others will have access to justice you're obviously giving us examples of what can be seen on the internet and on film of course we do have precedent to a certain extent as well max because back in and i want your opinion on this really because back in september and december of 2009. the defense minister and zippy lifted a form of foreign minister how to arrest warrants issued against them in a british court under universal jurisdiction for war crimes now this was not i.c.c. initiated but raises the question really of how much pressure signature ease to the i.c.c.

human rights council sessions in geneva took place at the government conceded and allowed the burial of over 1000 victims so while on the one hand giving the muslims back their burial rights on this hand seems to be taking away the right of muslim women to wear the burka. ok there we are here we go let's get going and before we talk to our guests all of whom are in colombo today for inside story just a quick word of i guess housekeeping more than anything else we have tried all day to get representation from the sri lankan government as of now nobody was available to talk to us here on al-jazeera so let's get to those guests they are of hakim leader of the strength of muslim congress a member of parliament and formerly a minister of justice shereen also wrote a peace activist and co-founder of the women's action network also jan pereira executive director of the national peace council of sri lanka welcome to you all or of hakim as a former minister of justice coming to you 1st this is being done we're told on national security grounds what does that mean. no this is certainly an alre

the world health organization in geneva tara thank you for joining us now as we said there it's been one year since your organization declared covert 19 a pandemic so if you look right now at where the world is in combating the virus are we where we need to be well thank you very much everybody you know who just wanted to clarify something very big even under international hold government shore 'd is good clearing the public how to emergency of international concern so this is the highest level of alert that the bridge sure can be clear and this has been done january 30th 2020. 000 or. and of for january and when we do this this is exactly one countries that the particular public health advance has been that big potential what we have sat at the year ago is that unfortunately virus has already spread so much the situation to be characterized as a pandemic but we have been providing advice to countries to see in these 2 day one and around the alarm bell on january 30th now where we are unfortunately we have seen the this pandemic has taken some credible toll on all societies around th

drafting regulations or holding meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president. after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security deforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our cities citizens but also work on about their history. raised on an international i'm coming to that. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country as friends described by a u.n. report as metastasize as a cancer in the country even if from the inside what i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed document with the 3. to

our europe correspondent peter all of her live in geneva vess our peter thank you. for more than a year since it 1st started to take really a crippling hold on the world that poland demick has left a trail of devastation this week 2 and a half 1000000 people are dead around the 115000000 her been infected but despite that little is actually know about the longer term effects of the virus known as long cold that are to talk ourselves scheme has been sinking l. cers in a special covert documentary series. well this will show good for more than a year now humanity has been dealing with cove it keeps us understands what symptoms have been identified but only now do we start to understand that there is also a long covert use names way between 5 and 50 percent of people struggle with this disease for much longer than expected people have been treated at our hospital they are coming back and these situations are becoming even more common than simple i got sick this is very worrying. just like how same date precisely comprehensible symptoms everything is just like in that s

international community from human rights groups for not as they put it meeting its obligations under the geneva convention to more fully vaccinate people who live under occupation in the occupied west bank and in gaza israel maintains and indeed the palestinian health ministry has said that it is its obligation to vaccinate its own people but the numbers the disparity is very stark israel is vaccinated more than 5000000 people with at least one dose 3000000 with both doses inside the gaza and the west bank there's only been a few 1000 vaccinated so far the palestinian authority has been given 22000 vaccines so far with another $60000.00 or so to follow this month but this comes at a time when there's a big spike in the virus itself inside the occupied west bank so those who are able to get the vaccine at this point remain the lucky few. nearly 7000000 school students in england are back in class for the 1st time since january but teachers' unions have expressed concerns about reopening and call for priority access to vaccines the government is easing some restrictions as locked down and vaccina

to her feet or director of the internet foundation in geneva and vice president of the geneva spiritual appeal thanks for coming on to r.t. . thank you for watching just 5 in the afternoon here most back again at the top of the next. there's a signal which doesn't know. what you're going to give us more than that you are. now what is your idea. that i think up will come 2nd so figuring out the guilt of. some somebody. who wouldn't. have them going over this. again which you know brush will know it so we're going to see that there's a big and beautiful. person could be recording the kind of struggle for us you go in from the arts and i was in the newsroom or nursing so it's almost all to the. public but i was. this done was going to be a great. ulysse be it. isn't just that you know that oh god dominates in the sense of the law. yet the. bit of that was us know. that if you have got that the digital social. little doesn't live with the way you thought that you'd all look. at the needle quickly before shooting it off. and if you let me sort of read this out. but even if there was somethin

drafting regulations or holding meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security reforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not only. able to protect our cities citizens but also more exotic about their history. raised in an international i'm coming to that when. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country is fence described by a u.n. report as metastasize as a cancer in the country even if from the inside well i think i'm not saying that that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that when if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed docume

one is the geneva convention trumps that. they have a responsibility to make sure an occupied territory that their health is protected, particularly from a pandemic. of the oslo accords do not suggest -- they still suggest the israeli has a responsibility to coordinate, particularly in a pandemic, a vaccine. in both cases, in either case, the palestine people denied, what international law suggests and quite frankly just the medical -- everyone to get access to vaccine. nermeen: mitchell plitnick, your response? in particular that are just talked aut, the oslo accord effectively supersede the geneva convention? >> i have an article all about that very point on medium that people can look up but the summary is that the oslo course to say that. the oslo accord lays out a very specific schedule of vaccines that the palestinian authority is assuming responsibility for. the routine vaccin most of us get come it is so specific that not only today is the vaccines, the even list when the palestinian authority is required to minister

one is the geneva convention trumps that. they have a responsibility to make sure an occupied territory that their health is protected, particularly from a pandemic. of the oslo accords do not suggest -- they still suggest the israeli has a responsibility to coordinate, particularly in a pandemic, a vaccine. in both cases, in either case, the palestine people denied, what international law suggests and quite frankly just the medical -- everyone to get access to vaccine. nermeen: mitchell plitnick, your response? in particular that are just talked about, the oslo accord effectively supersede the geneva convention? >> i have an article all about that very point on medium that people can look up but the summary is that the oslo course to say that. the oslo accord lays out a very specific schedule of vaccines that the palestinian authority is assuming responsibility for. the routine vaccin most of us get come it is so specific that not only today is the vaccines, the even list when the palestinian authority is required to ministe

secretary general as his special envoy mr petterson to support the constitutional committee of geneva. turned tense 5. the humanitarian aid to the syrian people in each and every corner of the country without any discrimination. to move forward the political process to was reaching a diplomatic solution including the. permission of. fiji's to return at the same time always supported creating a positive atmosphere and rebuilding confidence among the syrian parties at the end within this context cutter iterates its commitment to words supporting the syrian people including effective relief aid. to conclude with herbut this meeting will be convened regularly coordination will be streamlined and all our work is translated until all the objectively sieved will give the floor to the turkish foreign minister. ledges and i mean the woman. started today and the ear consultative. process over there my brother mohamed than my friend was a lover of. would like to. sank the set of qatar and the my friend then brother mohammad the for hostin does here in doha our aim is to look for a concerted effo

so let's now discuss all of this with sammy char who joins us from geneva. welcome to the programme. we are getting used to this. we are fattening our seatbelts but give us your take on the current up and down of markets. basically, despite thejump in the nasdaq yesterday tech stocks continued to lag in the other indices. so we are seeing a lot of movement in markets. comfortable is tech and other part which are more sensitive to the economic recovery. for example _ to the economic recovery. for example we _ to the economic recovery. for example we have seen a rise in the price of oil this week. because of concerns about what is happening in saudi arabia and also because there is an expectation now that there will be a global economic recovery so a lot of traditional companies are seeing their share price rise again, aren't they? share price rise again, aren't the ? , , ., they? exactly full you basically _ they? exactly full you basically see - they? exactly full you basically see the - they? exactly full you - basically see the economic recovery playbook p

has tried to have talks to bring both sides together various rounds in geneva i've covered over the years why of those talks not succeeded well it's pretty clear to me because the syrian government representatives at those talks of not ever properly wanted to engage and have just tried to delay the protests and that's what's going on with mr persons current process on the constitutional committee it took 18 months to try and get the 1st meeting in geneva they've now had 5 rounds over another 18 months and absolutely no progress why because the syrian government is just stalling things ahead of another sham election that assad will win in a couple of months time. to nigeria now where there has been yet another kidnapping gunmen have taken children and teachers from a primary school in northwestern cut down a stake about interest has more from nigeria's capital on the growing number of kidnappings. it's become the most lucrative criminal enterprise in nigeria today and it's expanding it's growing fast these incidents previously in the last 4 or 5 years 5 years ago what we hear is that these

will ease the inequitable access to lifesaving vaccines their cases being heard at a 2 day summit in geneva more than 84 nations are unlikely to achieve mass vaccinations until at least 2024. brazil's former president has blasted the government's handling of the pandemic in his 1st speech to supporters since a corruption charge against him was overturned monday's decision by a supremes court judge paved the way for louise ignacio eluded to silver to make a political comeback or hasn't yet decided whether to run in next year's elections the u.n. says at least 67 people have been killed and hundreds injured in me and who protests police on wednesday once again used firearms to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay people fled the shots were fired the un security council has agreed on a statement that condemns the violence against protesters but has dropped language condemning the political situation as a coup is urging restraint from the military witness is up next. the typical in the. way it is because. there are. a lot her. dutch and. acidic. sorters in to eat. such ishmael. dead cats

in geneva has resigned his post it seems the military got around this by submitting this statement from this official in myanmar but there's going to be a continuing battle i think on on the representation around the world who's in charge of embassies and who has the seat at the u.n. the situation right now it seems at the u.n. in new york it's the ambassador who is loyal to the democratically elected politicians most of who find themselves detained at the moment while in geneva they seem to be getting statements coming directly from myanmar and from the military running giunta we'll leave it there for the moment and continue to monitor haven't with you james our diplomatic editor james bays there for us the u.n. in new york well meanwhile members military has leveled new accusations against deposed leader and son suchi a military spokesman said that she accepted illegal payments worth $600000.00 plus gold while the government has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand. protesters in myanmar again believe bullets on the streets of yangon live ammunition used elsewhere to protesters a

always good to get your opinion and also your insight thanks so much to any spar with joining us from geneva thank you. the year after the global pandemic was declared the u.s. house of representatives has approved president joe biden's nearly 2 trillion dollars over $1000.00 released bill it's one of the largest spending plans in america's history now the package includes funding for more than it seems and extends unemployment benefits alan fischer has more for washington d.c. thank you it's an applause the host delivered joe biden's wife's significant victory as president of $1.00 trillion dollars covert relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in support. this is a momentous day in the history of our country because we have passed historic consequential and transformative legislation thanks goes to the senators who are standing here are great committee chairs and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit beating back killer amendments making sure the bill was as strong as possible the bill has overwhelming support across the country 61 percent approval but repub

thank you for joining us from geneva, switzerland. can you talk first about the u.k. lifting the cap on development of more nuclear weapons? and then the united states developing this massive quarr of a trillion dollar nuclear weapon? >> absolutely. thank you so much for having me here today. for paying attention to these really important, really concerning developments in both the united states and the united kingdom. i think it is really important to link these two stories becauswe are saying this uniformed response of nuclear armed states to what the rest of the world is calling for, which is the totallimination of nuclear weapons. in the united kingdom, there was this reset irresponsible anti-democratic move to increase the cap of nuclear warheads, which also as mentioned in the introduction, is a violation of international law. this is entirely unacceptable. it has been rightly criticized both at home and abroad. it is a move that really flies in the face of what the rest of the world is calling for and with the treaty on the pro

drafting regulations or holding meetings and that's indeed what we saw ahead of a donor's conference in geneva in the fall president ghani after years of promising at finally introduced and establish an independent anti corruption commission did you only set this up because your donors forced you to. well i think again. there are a number of security reforms in the security sector in afghanistan and. the main idea behind those. reforms word that our forces are not on li. able to protect our cities citizens but also works on about russia right there instead that region and international i'm coming to that when. corruption that has been described as in demick in your country spends described by a un report as metastasize as a cancer in the country even if from the inside what i think i'm not saying it that it doesn't exist i think. that again i think you need to be formed in order to get rid of that corruption whether it's in the government institution or anywhere else in the country and i think on that when if you look at what we have presented in geneva conference was. it was a mutually agreed

cambodia a small country, of 7 million people, has been a neutral nation, since the geneva agreement of 1954. an agreement that was signed by the government of north vietnam. american policy since then, has been to scrupulously respect, the neutrality of the cambodian people. we have maintained a skeleton diplomatic mission, a fewer than 15 in cambodia's capital, and that since last august. with the previous four years, from 1965 to 1969, we did not have any diplomatic mission whatever in cambodia. for the past five years, we have provided no military assistance whatever, and no economic assistance to cambodia. norfolk knob however, does not respect that neutrality. the past five years, has indicated on this map, north vietnam has occupied military sanctuaries, all along the cambodian frontier. with self yet not. some of these, extend up to 20 miles into cambodia. the sanctuary, ours the sanctuaries are in red, and if you know they aren't they are on both sides of the border. they are used, for hit and run attacks, on american and south vietnamese forces in self vietnam. these commun

in terms of other incidents that are happening, we had a fatal traffic collision at mission and geneva on march 2nd. it was a vehicle versus pedestrian involving an elderly female in her 80s. she sustained head trauma and succumbed to her injuries. and, in that case, unfortunately, we believe that this was a collision not criminal in nature. armed robberies. i mentioned that there has been a decrease in armed robberies. we've increased our visibility and deployment up in twin peaks. we had a local news station camera crew who were robbed of the camera equipment on march the 3rd. we actually were able to recover the camera equipment along with encountering the person in possession of it. that person was not arrested for that crime as we did not have enough evidence to tie that person to the actual robbery. so that investigation is ongoing and we hope to resolve that one as well. but at least we were able to recover the camera equipment and return it to the local news station in a very timely fashion. so that's a piece of good news. major events. as this was mentioned, we will be involve

like helmut cole and margaret thatcher agreed that it was time to return to the bargaining table in geneva and work out real and lasting arms reductions fair to both sides. a new soviet leader appeared on the scene untainted by the past, unwilling to be shackled by crumbling orthodoxies. with the rise of mick kal gorbachev came the end of numbing oppression. it held out the promise of a better life, achieved by democratic institutions and a market economy, and real arms control came to pass, as an entire class of weapons was eliminated for the first time in the atomic age. within months, the soviet empire began to melt like a snowbank in may. one country after another overthrew the privileged cliques that had bled their economies and curbed freedoms. last month germany was reunited in the shadow of the brandon berg gate and under the democratic umbrella of nato. [ applause ] >> i know something about that neighborhood. back in june 1987 i stood in the free city of west berlin and asked mr. gorbachev to tear down the wall. was he listening? whether he was or not, neither he nor the rulers o

west would not be black mailed and the only rational course was to return to the bargaining table in geneva and work out real and lasting arms reductions, fair to both sides. a new soviet leader appeared on the scene untainted by the past, unwilling to be shackled by crumbling orthodoxies. with the rise of mikhail gorbachev came the end of numbing oppression. perestroika held out the better life and with a market economy. and real arms control came to pass. as an entire class of weapons was eliminated for the first time in the atomic age. within months, the soviet empire began to melt like a snow bank in may. one country after after overthrew the privileged kliegs and last month, germany was reunited in the shadow of the brandenburg gate and under the democratic umbrella of nato. i know something about that neighborhood. back in june 1987, i stood in the free city of west berlin and asked mr. gorbachev to tear down the wall. was he listening? whether he was or not, neither he nor the rulers of east earn europe could ignore the demonstrators in leipzig and dresden and other german cities. in

conference of the post-war era turned the eyes of the world this summer toward the tranquil swiss capital of geneva. in the gleaming palace of nations the big four america england, france and russia met to seek an end to a decade of cold war heading the soviet delegation where premier bulgan and communist party chief krusechief. playing russia's plan policy of friendship, khrushcheff called bogan and back for cameraman phenomenally outranked by the premier chris chester appeared very much the boss. president eisenhower accompanied by secretary of state dulles offered to exchange complete military information with the russians in a dramatic personal appeal but the plan was rejected by buganan and the is wartime friend general zukov at left? britain's eden and french premiere four supported the daring american proposal the president startled and delighted genevans by going window shopping near the parley's end. he proved a popular american ambassador of goodwill. on the return to washington a heavy rain drenched mrs. eisenhower the president and the welcoming party including vice president nixon mrs.

that the only rational course, was to retire and return to peace, or return to the bargaining table in geneva, and work out arms reductions, fair to both sides. a new soviet leader appeared on the scene, untainted by the past, unwilling to be shackled by crumbling orthodoxy's. with the rise of missile gorbachev, came the end of numbing oppression. now an openness to the world's most closest closed society. the democratic institutions, and a market economy emerged. and we'll arms control came to pass. as an entire class of weapons, was eliminated from the first time in the atomic age. within months, the soviet empire began to melt like a snow bank in may. one country after another, overthrew the as -- the head lead their economies and purge their freedoms. germany itself was reunited in the shadow of the brandenburg gate, and under the democratic umbrella of nato. [applause] i know something about that neighborhood, back in june of 1987, i stood in the free city of west berlin, and asked mr. gorbachev to tear down the wall. was he listening? whether he was or not, neither he nor the rulers of

thank you for joining us from geneva, switzerland. can you talk first about the u.k. lifting the cap on development of more nuclear weapons? and then the united states veloping this massive quarter of a trillion dollar nuclear weapon? >> absolutely. thank you so much for having me here today. for paying attention to these rely important, really concerning developments in both the united states and the united kingdom. i think it is really important to link these two stories because we are saying this uniformed response of nuclear armed states to what the rest of the world is calling for, which is the total elimination of nuclear weapons. in the united kingdom, there was this reset irresponsible anti-democratic move to increase the cap of nuclear warheads, which also as mentioned in the introduction, is a violation of international law. this is entirely unacceptable. it has been rightly criticized both at home and abroad. it is a move that really flies in the face of what the rest of the world is calling for and with the treaty on the p

that the only rational course, was to retire and return to peace, or return to the bargaining table in geneva, and work out arms reductions, fair to both sides. a new soviet leader appeared on the scene, untainted by the past, unwilling to be shackled by crumbling orthodoxy's. with the rise of gorbachev, came the end of numbing oppression. now an openness to the world's most closest closed society. a better life achieved by democratic institutions, and a market economy emerged. and we'll arms control came to pass. as an entire class of weapons, was eliminated from the first time in the atomic age. within months, the soviet empire began to melt like a snow bank in may. one country after another, overthrew the privildedged cliques that had led their economies and purge their freedoms. germany itself was reunited in the shadow of the brandenburg gate, and under the democratic umbrella of nato. [applause] i know something about that neighborhood, back in june of 1987, i stood in the free city of west berlin, and asked mr. gorbachev to tear down the wall. was he listening? whether he was or not, n

west would not be blackmailed and that only rational course was to return to the bargaining table in geneva and work out real and lasting arms reductions fair to both sides. a new soviet leader appeared on the scene, untainted by the past, unwilling to be shackled by crumbling orthodoxies. with the rise of mikhail gorbachev came the end of numbing oppression. glasnost introduced openness to the world's most closed society. perestroika held out the promise of a better life, achieved through democratic institutions and a market economy. and real arms control came to pass, as an entire class of weapons was eliminated for the first time in the atomic age. within months the soviet empire began to melt like a snowbank in may. once country after another overthrew the privileged cliques that had bled their economies and curbed their freedoms. last month germany itself was reunited, in the shadow of the brandenburg gate and under the democratic umbrella of n.a.t.o. [applause] i know something about that neighborhood. back in june 1987 i stood in the free city of west berlin and asked mr. gorbachev t

because according to the agreement signed by participants of the libyan political dialogue forum in geneva the parliament has $21.00 days to approve this government now that started in the end of february if they're not able to gather and unite and approve this government that power then returns back to the $75.00 per suspense of the libyan political dialogue form so i think m.p.'s are a bit more motivated to come together and try to set this and try to let this government prove this government and let it take in to let it come in and deal with uniting you know all these all these state institutions before elections in december so that if they feel a bit threatened and this is why we might see a breakthrough today and this government put into power now it's important to note that the cabinet holds libya's 1st or the prime minister nominated libya's 1st female foreign minister so if that's approved today this could likely be history in the making for libya china in tripoli thank you. saudi arabia is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after yemen's hoofy rebels launch

really are costly and all of them thank you so much for your time dr claudia garcia moreno there in geneva thank you. buckingham palace has broken its silence over the allegations of racism and bullying by prince harry and his wife meghan markle in an interview with oprah winfrey they spoke at length about why they stood aside from that royalties and split from the well family megan said should face questions about how about her then unborn son rather about how dark his skin color would be a statement released on behalf of queen elizabeth says the whole family 8 is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for harry and meg the issues raised particularly that of race are concerning while some recollections may vary they're taken very seriously will be addressed by the family privately harry megan and archie will always be much loved family member. a surge in coronavirus cases in jordan is focusing forcing rather the government to roll out new restrictions a nighttime curfew will be extended and some businesses will have to shut other measures includi

a cease-fire agreement signed in geneva. others taking part are russia's molotov. the negotiations between red china's achieves an armistice which brings to an end seven and a half years of fighting in indochina. the flag comes down. the french leave hanoi. according to the armistice's terms and virtual control is left in the hands of red elements. these are some of the million veto means refugees fleeing the area. the red vietnam army takes over. the commonest flag goes up. proclamations and decrees of the new order are posted. cuba, the nationals congress of socialist youth meets with the theme, down with yankee imperialism. they hail castro's expropriation of u.s. holdings, and delegates from red china, the u.s., canada , russia, and romania. castro reveals, i am a marxist-leninist and will be one until the day i die. socialism is a world reality today. there is no halfway between socialism and imperialism. >> we have been watching the communist takeover of care of -- of territories and countries. violence was going on throughout the world and they charge that c