the u.n. is convening this along with you can see the swiss minister speaking now and the swedes as well those 3 countries or those 3 bodies 2 countries in the u.n. involved in trying to raise this money they will be appealing to all of the countries in the world all of the 193 members and i tell you they'll be particularly appealing to those in the region the gulf countries because early on it was members of the coalition which had been bombing yemen which also gave the majority of money to help the humanitarian situation notably saudi arabia u.a.e. and kuwait but in last year 2020 their contribution was much reduced pressure on them i think to try and go back to a much higher level of funding james the obviously wars ravaged yemen creating this humanitarian catastrophe where are we at with the u.n. mediation effort. well in some ways you can look at it positively and some negatively the negative side is that the fighting does continue and there isn't. an offensive right now by the who theori

the u.n. estimates me than 6.5 million syrians have fled the country since the conflict began. more than a million came here to lebanon, and no one kns exactly how many are still here. many of them have been living here for nearly a decade. but with little chance they'll get more rights or citizenship, they face a choice between attempting the dangerous journey back home, or staying here, living in limbo. we're just two miles from the border, but for the syrians buried here, this is the closest they'll ever get to going home. no one has an exact figure, because in 2015, the lebanese government told the u.n. to stop registering refugees. at that point, there were 1.2 million, but the government feared if the number went any higher, it would spark public uproar and create a volatile political situation in a country of only four million lebanese. the u.n. struck a deal-- they would stop registering refugees, but could still give them services. but life without that vita document is difficult. the

last friday in the u.n. general assembly jaw more toward the ambassador of myanmar to the u.n. who gave an impassioned speech condemning the events inside his country one day later the military authorities said that he'd been fired from his job and on sunday this letter was sent to all of the countries in the u.n. all the 192 other countries saying that he'd been replaced by the deputy ambassador who would now be the acting ambassador however on the 1st of march another letter was sent this time from george more torn saying he was still the ambassador both letters have the same letter head of this building which is the myanmar mission to the u.n. effectively the country's embassy it's a big problem for the u.n. there's a very long procedure credentials committee of the general assembly which was meet to decide who is the legitimate representative the problem for now is the fact that both are passes to the u.n. both are allowed in the building so who is going to be recognized as the ambassador i can confirm that we've received true letters they're currently under review they sai

the u.n. is 1st ambassador to israel has met with the country's president reagan revolution in west jerusalem carjack presented his credentials to the president who said israel welcomed him with open arms in august the 2 countries agreed to normalize ties under a u.s. brokered deal it was the 1st of 4 our countries to renew or establish ties with israel. the u.s. is providing ukraine with $125000000.00 in military aid to help it combat what the pentagon is calling russian aggression the package will include training and equipment it's aimed at helping ukraine's forces to secure the border and improve their ability to perform operations to nato standards mexico's president has held virtual talks with his u.s. counterpart stressing the need to cooperate on a range of issues and raise money lopez obrador told joe biden that both nations are safer and stronger together they spoke about immigration vaccine supply and trade cooperation among a number of other concerns. phone lines on the internet ha

now u.n. secretary general antonio guterres says the humanitarian situation in yemen has never been worse and is asking the world to help starving yemenis caetera says a political solution is necessary to end the war famine has yet to be declared in the country but the u.n. warns it's close to dairy i mean is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hunger and starvation from taking millions of lives it is impossible to overstate the severity of the suffering in yemen more than 20000000 yemenis leave humanitarian assistance and protection with women and children among the hardest hit 4000000 people across yemen have been forced from their homes in the recent would your parents even marty these places and of the thousands more. well the conference is coing on more than $100.00 governments to make nearly $4000000000.00 in donations u.s. has announced nearly $191000000.00 in additional humanitarian aid making a total of 300 and $50000000.00 for 2021 saudi arabia has pledged $430

the u.n. morning comes as malnutrition rates hit record highs after years of conflict. the world body estimates more than 16 million yemenis could go hungry this year. children are particularly affected with 400,000 at risk of severe malnutrition. the u.n. has appealed for $3.8 billion to avert a catastrophe, that it says it only has half of what is needed as of last year, and millions of people have not received any food at all. the saudi military coalition has been fighting houthi rebels since it started supporting the yemeni government. 80% of the yemeni population is in need of urgent humanitarian assistance and half a million live in "famine like conditions" in 5 million more are one step behind them. nearly 64% of yemen's internally displaced people like income or access to food. poverty is widespread and schools and hospitals are barely functioning while tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict. ♪ let's bring in our guest. we have a spokeswoman for the norwegian refugee coun

who the rebels are rejecting a u.n. report indicating bear responsibility for an attack on the airport in december which killed 20 people report contains evidence the missiles used were similar to those in the movie arsenal and were fired from areas under their control the rebels say any findings submitted to the un security council a biased and lack credibility the attack on at an airport was seen as an escalation in the 6 year war that targeted members of president hardy's government as they landed to meet u.a.e. backed separatists after forming a unity government who these denied involvement and blame to the attack on saudi backed groups the saudi led coalition responded to the attacks with airstrikes on the who the held city of sanaa the following day. airport attack also prompted then u.s. secretary of state michael payer to designate the who these as a foreign terrorist organization that was reversed by the biden administration for more on this we're joined by procure the journalist hussein see in sana'a thank you

the u.n. cites rising poverty during the pandemic, as well as interruptions to medical care, immunizations, and treatments fomalnutrition. the tanzanian president john magufuli has died at 61. tanzania's vice president said the cause of death was heart failure. magufuli had not been seen publicly since late february, fueling speculation that he died of covid-19. magufuli was a covid-19 denier who mocked face masks and refused to order public health measures. he raised doubts over vaccines, and promoted prayer and herbal remedies for covid-19 patients. tanzania hasn't reported data on its outbreak since april of 2020 but doctors in dar es salaam report a surge of patients with respiratory problems may be a sign of a hidden epidemic. president biden says the u.s. might not honor its agreement with the taliban to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan by may 1. speaking to abc news, biden called the u.s. agreement with the taliban negotiated last year "not a very solidly negotiated deal." about 35

sponsor the u.n. is looking into the killing of more than 20 people in venezuela's capital in january is said to have happened during a security operation by a unit that's been accused of abuses in the past 2 days about reports. that these are images of the security forces in the neighborhood of levee in get access. they're part of a unit known as a special action force created in 2016 to fight against crime in the south american nation. human rights groups say during an operation here in january at least 23 people were killed most of them were young and poor men. father i fail in find this says most of the killings were extrajudicial executions. in up most of those killed had no links to gangs or the police that are the ones who are confronting each other the victims were not hit by stray bullets so far nobody has come here to investigate what happened. father in front they says protests had been on the rise in the area prior to the raid due to lack of basic services. we have problems with gas water

u.n. secretary general antonio guterres says the humanitarian situation in yemen has never been worse disaster in the world to help starving yemenis the united nations is holding its annual donor conference the u.s. has announced an additional 100 and $91000000.00 in additional humanitarian aid that brings its total financial supports to 350000000 dollars this year organizers want to raise really $4000000000.00. to date i mean is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hunger and starvation from taking millions of lives it is impossible to overstate the severity of the suffering in yemen more than 20000000 yemenis live humanitarian assistance and protection with women and children among the hardest hit 4000000 people across yemen have been forced from their homes in the recent suit your fancy marty obstreperous views place under the thousands more well the conference is calling on more than $100.00 governments to make nearly $4000000000.00 in donations the u.s. as we jus

in the last week the u.n. estimates around 50 people to be killed by the military in myanmar the u.n. special envoy christine seana bergner believes that after the coup people were looking to the united nations for help the envoy said that the people of myanmar including committed civil servants or the real heroes and protectors of the nation's democratic progress but she wore in the hope that they have place in the united nations and its membership is waning special envoy shriner bergner made those comments during a closed session of the security council she also told ambassadors there's an urgency for collective action how much more can we allow the myanmar military to get away with we must be clear previous and current crimes will not go unpunished. but the end of the meeting the u.k. ambassador briefed reporters as diplomats continue to work on a new statement on the situation the committee that represents the detained politicians including on sun suchi so they want targeted robust sanctions on a total arm

so the u.n. has already said there are 16200000 yemeni who are experiencing a famine there isn't any area in yemen that's not experiencing quickness security every single part of yemen is experiencing food insecurity we know today there are 2300000 children who have acute malnutrition these 400000 yemeni children and the 5 years that they are going to die in the next months or weeks if they are not receiving aid today and receiving food to help them survive the long term effect on yemen is actually going to be tremendous we know that a lot of these kids who are experiencing money. are going to have cognitive development problems we also know there are a lot of children and families are experiencing mental health issues due to the fact that they don't know where is that their next meal is going to come from so we've had people who have committed suicide whole families because they didn't have anything to eat and they just could not bear asking for food anymore let me just let me just jump in here

because the u.n. says the situation is so serious they believe they are certainly warning that yemen is facing the worst famine that the world has seen in decades now they did warn of famine in 2018 as well but they say they got enough money then to stop the famine this time their response has been much much poorer let me remind you 1st what the u.n. secretary general said at the start of the day as he addressed all the countries as they prepared to announce how much money they were going to give this is what he said today i mean is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hand get instead of asian from taking millions of lives it is impossible to overstate the severity of the suffering in yemen more than 20000000 yemenis leave you many dead in this system for protection with women and children among the harvest heat for a 1000000 people across yemen have been forced from their homes in the recent would your parents even marty abstractness of these places and of the thousands more. w

well being a u.n. human rights acts berths are calling for an international investigation into the poisoning of russian opposition figure alexina foamy and the lessons from moscow they phones in high level russian involvements vulnerable as poisons with novacek nerve agent last year he was arrested and jailed spy russian police for a parole violation which happens while he was recovering from that poisonous sack in germany let's take a look back at the recent events that have led seen the families jailing the opposition leader fell ill on a russian domestic flights in orcus he was then flown to germany to receive emergency medical care after he found into a coma doctors there says he was poisoned with the nerve agent novacek nomi has accused the russian presidents of ordering the attempts on his life well for months later the vonnie returned to russia he was immediately arrested or a moscow airport shortly after a russian court's rule of only violated the terms of his probation and leaving the country

u.n. human rights experts are calling for an international investigation into the poisoning of kremlin critic alexina if only he was poisoned with the novacek nerve agent last year vul me was later arrested and jailed spy russian police for a parole violation which happened while he was recovering from that poisoning in germany where u.n. experts in this column are and irene can't believe the russian government's may have been responsible and that a domestic investigation won't uncover the truth eet ees our conclusion that russia ease response to both of the attempted arbitrary killing of mr lambert and at the time of mr marilee spoiler warning he was under intense you'll be also by russian intelligence it just flies in the fact of the in the face of the fact that people other than those monitoring every move could i have introduced to them say in the uk at all we did a highly dangerous poison and knew where and how to handle it in the ok hold so as to poison me still never. under sentence

last week, all 15 nations of the u.n. security council "the violence against peaceful protestors, including against women, youth and children." the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights has accused the military of torturing prisoners. >> at least five deaths in custody have occurred in recent weeks and at least two victims bodies have shown signs of severe physical abuse, indicating they were tortured. we are deeply disturbed that the crackdown continues to intensify and we againall the milary to stop killing and detaining protesters. amy: despite the international criticism, the burmese military is intensifying its grip on power. earlier today, additional charges were filed against ousted civilian leader aung san suu kyi. meanwhile, burma's u.n. ambassador kyaw moe tun has been charged with treason following his remarks last month at the u.n. condemning the coup. we go now to geneva, switzerland, where we are joined by wai hnin. she is a burmese human rights activist with burma campaign u.k. she

the u.n.'s emergency relief coordinator read out a statement from the secretary-general, showing his frustration. >> the best that can be said about today is that it represents a down payment. i thank those who did pledge generously. and i ask others to consider again what they can do to help stave off the worst famine the world has seen in decades. reporter: the message from the u.n. to donor countries is pretty clear. thank you for your money, but it is not enough, and we are going to come back to you to ask for more. otherwise, there is going to be a massive almine in yemen. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. anchor: the founder and president of yemen relief and reconstruction says a number of donor countries where direct responsibility for the ongoing tragedy in yemen. >> we have to remember that yemen is a man-made crisis. that the famine in yemen is a result of a political conflict. that a lot of the countries, the donor countries actually bear responsibility for the devastati

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according to the u.n. at least 61 people have been killed activists believe the death toll is higher. in another development i'm a senior national report some soldiers deployed to me on must 2nd city of mandalay belong to the 33rd light infantry division that's a division which has been accused of war crimes against the muslim or hindu in the western rakhine state in 2017 days. into entry divisions that have been responsible said heinous crimes elsewhere in the country that are no doubt in the streets shooting people. videos analyzed by amnesty also appear to show civilians being beaten at the hands of security guards. but the demonstrators say their own deterrent. be showcasing their resilience to military rule by continuously adapting their tactics no matter how much they. are manly on to the. days of wrangling the u.n. security council's condemned the military crackdown the u.n. chief says he hopes the military will now recognize it's time to step aside our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the

and one friday the u.n. special envoy to myanmar urged the security council to take swift action against the genter and restore democracy christine trainer bergen has said she receives sizes of messages every day from people in myanmar pleading for help but at the mask heads to james bays reports from u.n. headquarters in new york. in the last weeks the u.n. estimates around 50 people have been killed by the military in myanmar the u.n. special envoy christine seana bergen believes that after the coup people were looking to the united nations for help the envoy said that the people of myanmar including committed civil servants or the real heroes and protectors of the nation's democratic progress but she wore the hope that they have place in the united nations and its membership is waning special envoy schröder bergen made those comments during a closed session of the security council she also told ambassadors there's an urgency for collective action how much more can we allow the myanma. military to get awa

last friday in the u.n. general assembly jaw more toward the ambassador of myanmar to the u.n. who gave an impassioned speech condemning the events inside his country one day later the military authorities said that he'd been fired from his job and on sunday this letter was sent to all of the countries in the u.n. all the 192 other countries saying that he'd been replaced by the deputy ambassador who would now be the acting ambassador however on the 1st of march another letter was sent this time from george more torn saying he was still the ambassador both letters have the same letterhead of this building which is the myanmar mission to the u.n. effectively the country's embassy it's a big problem for the u.n. there's a very long procedure a credentials committee of the general assembly which was meet to decide who is the legitimate representative the problem for now is the fact that both have passes to the u.n. both are allowed in the building so who is going to be recognized as the ambassador i can confirm that we've received 2 letters they're currently under review this is a

the u.n. human rights chief reserves ethiopia's government to let monitors into t. great to investigate the courts of abuses that could abound to war crimes he says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing. the latest u.s. house of representatives session is being counseled reportedly because of fears of an attack security has been ramped up since donald trump supporters stormed the capitol building in january. the head of the world nuclear watchdog is speaking now on iran that i felt grossi says the i.a.e.a. will hold talks with iran in april said bega is live for us in iran i said earlier on britain france and germany scrapped a u.s. backed plan for the international atomic energy agency the i.a.e.a. is bored to pass a resolution that would have criticized iran what kind of a response is iran going to make to that. well it will be welcomed by the government president hassan rouhani earlier in the week spoke with his french counterpart president emanuel he warned that any and constructive moves. against iran would result in new challenges and further

the u.n. says an equal future is within reach if everyone chips in but for now it's largely women who are bearing the cost of the pandemic. to 0. all international women say in india saul women take center stage at the months long farmers protests more than 20000 gathered at the site mia delis border with the state of haryana the protesters are demanding the scrapping of new laws they say will ruin their livelihoods and in the next few hours the u.s. secretary of state is expected to honor 7 afghan women who were assassinated last year they were activists journalists and front line workers and they're being praised for their dedication to improving lives in afghanistan under the taliban women and girls couldn't go to work or leave the house without a male escort the situation has changed but recently there's been an alarming increase in the number of targeted killings of women and it remains one of the most difficult places in the world to fight for women's rights earlier i spoke to a fallacy

the u.n. is urged to act swiftly against myanmar as military crackdown in a protest or is aren't backing down. the u.s. accuses china of an attack ultimate chrissie or her beijing's plans to overhaul hong kong's electoral system. and communities in rural south africa's say they're being left behind and it's with 19 vaccination trying. pope francis is expected in the ancient iraqi city of well he'll address an interfaith meeting in the last hour he met with iraq's top shia muslim cleric on the 2nd day of his historic visit to the country the meeting with grand ayatollah sistani was held in the city of najaf the heads of the roman catholic church as the 1st pope to travel to iraq wife now to a summer binge of 80 joins us from. a summer just talk us through the significance of this me. well this was history in the making the 1st time the leader of the roman catholic church has met the highest religious authority. in iraq this is a meeting which was anticipated for decades and now finally it is up

investigators in mali this report done by the u.n. mission in the country now the french defense ministry men tains the what happened in its point of view and generally the 3rd is that it carried out an airstrike in central mali targeting armed fighters on the ground the french defense ministry statement says that these armed fighters had been detected less than an hour before 3 bombs were dropped more than a dozen people were killed what the u.n. report says is in fact 19 civilians were killed they had been attending a wedding party and this was the sort of story that emerged after this air strike local n.g.o.s on the ground in mali had said that eyewitnesses had talked about the fact that there had been a wedding gathering in this village people talked about planes flying overhead now the french defense ministry virulently denies this they say that these were armed fighters u.n. reporters saying that they were civilians however they do say that at this wedding party 3 armed fighters were also killed 3 men who were linked to an al qa

u.n. special envoy to myanmar's warned of a bloodbath is imminent unless significant moves are made to stop the violence briefing the u.n. security council christine traina bergner said there's also a risk of civil war. and france will enter its 3rd national lockdown this weekend as it grapples with more than $30000.00 new coronavirus cases a day schools will be closed for 3 weeks and domestic travel is banned for at least a month. now in what's becoming all too regular brazil has just recorded another day with more coronavirus deaths than any so far in the pandemic nearly 3900 lives were lost in the past 24 hours despite that mounting told the president is again insisting there's no need to lock down to raise about reports. burials in the middle of the night this is how the city of is trying to cope with the rising death toll from colvin 1000 brazil's economic capital. so far over 300000 people have lost their lives in brazil more than 3700 of them in the past 24 hours experts in the coun

headquarters in new york for weeks the u.n. has been warning that yemen's dar humanitarian situation is on the verge of becoming the worst crime in anywhere on earth in decades today i mean is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hanging and starvation from thinking millions of lives to avert humanitarian disaster the secretary general convened a pledging conference to raise almost $4000000000.00 but while big donors did give money in most cases they actually reduced their contributions 3 year earlier in the past the country's fighting as part of the coalition in yemen saudi arabia and the united arab emirates gave the most this year their contributions were down to the head of the world food program warned that out of the $385000000000.00 the u.n. wanted there was an absolute bare minimum needed to stop a famine point $9000000000.00 just over. $100000000.00 per month to have. put in the end instead of 1900000000 they got 1670000000 the un's emergency relief coordinator read out a statement from the secret

two u.n. human rights experts say russia bears response ability for the poisoning of opposition leader alexei navalny. they are calling for a national investigation into the exit as well as his immediate release from prison. the kremlin critic is serving a 2.5 year sentence at a russian pinot column. -- penal column. the enforcing of tight new covid 19 restrictions. 500 checkpoints ha been set to stop the spread of the highly contagious u.k. coronavirus vaant. the czech republic is one of the european union's hardest hit countries. history was made at this year's golden globes for film and television. the 70 edition saw chloe zhao become the first woman to take best picture for her film, "nomadland," also the second woman ever to win best director. this was a virtual event to this year. the u.s. is calling on the african union to intervene in the deepening crisis in ethiopia. washington has expressed great concern over reported atrocities and the worsening humanitarian situation. amnesty natio

to bring you an update from the u.n. security council they're holding a virtual briefing on yemen a special envoy for ye martin grievous is giving an update on the humanitarian situation in the country that's the center. of. significantly reducing. like me all of us concerned by intensification of the missile and drone stars including ones that had time to civilian and muslim for structure in the kingdom of saudi arabia and subsequently. strives to replace the only confines of siler city endangering so that it is there as well. are also seeing other fronts it never burning including with military escalations 100 cars and one day. the war that in full force motherhood of. it is there that are troubling to nourish the bones osing civilian deaths and injuries including women and children wives are in general move up by khalid who is the head of that mission and condoning attack today just civilians the mission continue their efforts to reactivate the redeployment accord initially committed some security joint mechanisms to

the u.n. envoy for me and my civilian government is remaining defiant after the military charged him with treason but the sasa as he is known fled me in mar on the day of the k. last month accused of encouraging the civil disobedience campaign and calling for international sanctions only he spoke to us here about those charges to do in route to be charged with high treason by the military junta if these 3 reasons means that i was 3rd in with the people of myanmar given my love for their freedom for democracy and for justice. this illegal illicit the mary-jane may have been committing a crime against humanity and trust in this genocides at the classes for the last 700 years against dick and cheney karim. in 87 to kill hundreds of his was. then to have mother. was a servant summer evolution. will be to slaughter in 2017 it was. against all his people to know his story of independence this has been lost and suffered across 3 by those is a means to protect our people these are the same generous wh

and aid organizations in yemen say the programs will be severely cut after u.n. appeal for funding fell well short of its goal of the global donor conference on monday raised less than half its 3850000000 dollars target years of conflict and entrenched poverty of the more than $2300000.00 children under 5 at risk of acute malnutrition the u.n. says more money is urgently needed to stop the country tipping into a devastating famine. britain's foreign secretary has defended the u.k. government after it came in for heavy criticism because of its aid to yemen the u.k. has pledged $121000000.00 down from 223000000 last year and 279000000 in 2019 of the last 5 years in relation to yemen including. 2021 will be between the 3rd and 5th time status we will keep up that effort we provide the mood in the 1000000000 pounds of funding to the humanitarian crisis in yemen since the conflict began and of course we fully support martin griffith un special envoys efforts to find peace the. 279 schoolgirls kidnapped last week from a government run boarding school in northern nigeri

when the coming hours the u.n. security council will hold a closed door meeting on the situation in me and we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james bays in a moment but 1st let's go live to scott hyla who's monitoring developments in me and from neighboring thailand scott what are the chances that this could morph into an armed conflict. well kim one thing to look at you know when you look at these ethnic armies as we saw that map you know they're they're scattered all across the country they have been engaged in these battles with the tatmadaw the military in myanmar pretty much since the establishment of the country so when you look at armed conflict it has been ongoing in the country but what makes it very delicate now obviously is because of the post-coup activity because of the the violent crackdown on the streets across myanmar so you have these ethnic armies that have had their individual battles if you will with the tatmadaw some of them had been under ceasefire some of them had been in peace talks but n

investigators in mali this report done by the u.n. mission in the country now the french defense ministry men tains the what happened in its point of view and generally the 3rd is that it carried out an airstrike in central mali targeting armed fighters on the ground the french defense ministry statement says that these armed fighters had been detected less than an hour before 3 bombs were dropped more than a dozen people were killed what the u.n. report says is in fact 19 civilians were killed they had been attending a wedding party and this was the sort of story that emerged after this airstrike local n.g.o.s on the ground in mali had said that eyewitnesses had talked about the fact that there had been a wedding gathering in this village people talked about planes flying overhead now the french defense ministry virulently denies this they say that these were armed fighters u.n. reporters saying that they were civilians however they do say that at this wedding party 3 armed fighters were also killed 3 men who were linked to an al qae

the u.n. special envoy to yemen says the situation has taken a dramatic turn for the worse especially for children u.n. workers are still trying to raise nearly $4000000000.00 to feed millions of people that diplomatic editor james phase has more this was a very grim assessment of the situation in the yemen the u.n. special envoy telling the security council that it seems the war is back in full force this is how martin griffiths began his speech are returning to this council yet again. reports the deterioration of the public in yemen this time a dramatic. us rather than incident of morrow governor continues to produce a villianous imputing an estimated 1000000 internally displaced persons wrist fighting forces on both sides of suffered heavy losses in this unnecessary for allies to shocking report as our show we all do. increasingly getting drawn into the war over. the priority of the future. he says he's particularly concerned by the who thiis ongoing offensive on marriage by the cross borde

the u.n. appeals for more than $5000000000.00 in funding to prevent millions of people dying from hunger this year. and the digital collage that's blocking the art world after fetching a record price at auction. the fight against corona virus is far from over that's the warning to americans from joe biden and his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. president is urging people to get vaccinated as well as to keep social distancing and wearing face masks he says history will record the us overcame one of its toughest and darkest periods. when i came in office you may recall i set a goal that many you said was a kind of way over the top i said i intended to get 100000000 shots in people's arms in my 1st 100 days in office tonight i can say we're not going to meet that goal we're going to beat that goal because we've actually on track to reach this goal of 100000000 shots in arms on my 60th day in office no other country in the world has done this none but alan faces in washington d.c. and he

investigators in mali this report done by the u.n. mission in the country now the french defense ministry men tains the what happened in its point of view and generally the 3rd is that it carried out an airstrike in central mali targeting armed fighters on the ground the french defense ministry statement says that these armed fighters had been detected less than an hour before 3 bombs were dropped more than a dozen people were killed what the u.n. report says is in fact 19 civilians were killed they had been attending a wedding party and this was the sort of story that had emerged after this air strike local n.g.o.s on the ground in mali had said that eyewitnesses had talked about the fact that there had been a wedding gathering in this village people talked about planes flying overhead now the french defense ministry virulently denies this they say that these were armed fighters u.n. reporters saying that they were civilians however they do say that at this wedding party 3 armed fighters were also killed 3 men who were linked to an a

the u.n. special rapporteur to myanmar says the military junta is unleashing terror and lawlessness against civilians. but that's not been enough to force the u.n. security council into actual action. richard roth explains what's holding them up. >> reporter: the people of myanmar currently under the gun in the streets of their own country should not really be hoping for immediate outside intervention by the u.n. or any other force. that's because the global organization is just not functioning that way. there's just too much division inside the 15-member u.n. security council, especially the big powers. in order for western countries to get the first formal condemnation of the coup on the books, russia and china insisted that the wording of the statement not include the word "coup," and it shouldn't include any threat of further measures should the myanmar generals fail to comply. so in order to get that compromise that many countries wanted, they had to give in on that very significant wordi

there are so many u.n. in boys today trying to solve the conflict but nothing has been translated into concrete steps today we only see an escalation of violence but there is no it's close and of solutions and this is what is mistake and for sure without a finding a political solution or an end to the conflict we will never find an end to the humanitarian crisis in aden would you agree with that that it's not so much at some level that we're at one level i guess a war in yemen as a war on yemen and what joe biden we've already to touch on this what joe biden came up with on february the 4th he's ok but it maybe doesn't go beyond symbolism but was really more effective was when the trumpet ministration said we are stepping back from doing midair refueling in 2018 that had more of an impact on the people who are involved in the air campaigns over in the skies of yemen. and there it's at this complex there are very complicated and do lyra's in yemen to a large parts when we talk about the escalation of the war

in the last weeks the u.n. estimates around 50 people to be killed by the military in myanmar the u.n. special envoy christine seana bergen believes that after the coup people were looking to the united nations for help the envoy said that the people of myanmar including committed civil servants or the real heroes and protectors of the nation's democratic progress but she wore in the hope that they have place in the united nations and its membership is waning special envoy shriner bergen made those comments during a closed session of the security council she also told ambassadors there's an urgency for collective action how much more can we allow the myanmar military to get away with we must be clear previous and current crimes will not go unpunished. but the end of the meeting the u.k. ambassador briefed reporters as diplomats continue to work on a new statement on the situation the committee that represents the detained politicians including on sun suchi has said they want targeted repast sanctions on a total

there are so many u.n. invoiced today trying to solve the conflict but nothing has been translated into concrete steps today we only see an escalation of violence but there is no it's close and of solutions and this is what is mistake and for sure without a finding a political solution or an end to the conflict we will never find an end to the humanitarian crisis in aden would you agree with that that it's not so much at some level that we're at one level i guess a war in yemen as a war on yemen and what joe biden we've already to touch on this what joe biden came up with on february the 4th is ok but it maybe doesn't go beyond symbolism but was really more effective was when the trumpet ministration said we are stepping back from doing midair refueling in 2018 that had more of an impact on the people who are involved in the air campaigns over in the skies of yemen. and there it's at it's complex there are very complicated and do lyra's in yemen to a large parts when we talk about the escalation of the war

u.n. headquarters in new york has been at the top of the headlines since the coup on the 1st of february and the subsequent. military the international community has responded with strong words but. 2 key figures in the efforts to bring international actions against myanmar as military. better known as dr a close aide to a chief who escaped the arrests ordered by the gentle and tom andrews special on this. to ation of human rights in myanmar on this edition of talk to al-jazeera we connect with them to discuss what can be done to reestablish democratic rule in myanmar. dr susser thank you for talking to al-jazeera can i start by asking you to describe how you see right now the state of affairs in your country it is a chaos and is there's braids it didn't need immediate actions and it in no more words about its actions because the does they'd defense forces that should be protecting the people of myanmar are now against the people of myanmar would small get guns so the 54000000 of people in

headquarters in new york for weeks the u.n. has been warning that yemen's dire humanitarian situation is on the verge of becoming the worst crime in anywhere on earth in decades today famine is bearing down on yemen the race is on if we want to prevent hanging and starvation from faking millions of lives to avert humanitarian disaster the secretary general convened a pledging conference to raise almost $4000000000.00 but while big donors did give money in most cases they actually reduced their contributions from a year earlier in the past the countries fighting as part of the coalition in yemen saudi arabia and the united arab emirates gave the most this year their contributions were down to the head of the world food program warned that out of the $385000000000.00 the u.n. wanted there was an absolute bare minimum needed to stop a famine point $9000000000.00 just over 7. $100000000.00 per month to help. but in the end instead of 1900000000 they got 1670000000 the un's emergency relief coordinator read out a statement from the

but u.n. has said for yemen faces the worst in the world has seen sips the decade and the secretary general said on monday that cutting aid would be in his words a death sentence for people of yemen. how on earth can the prime minister justifying selling arms to saudi arabia, and cutting aid to people starving in yemen? >> mr. speaker, it is under this government that we have increased aid spending to the highest proportion in the history of our country, and yes, it is proved that current straight circumstances i'm sure the people of this country understand mean that temporarily we must reduce aid spending but that does not obscure when it comes to duty of people of yemen we continue to step up to the plate. a contribution of 214 million pounds for the financial year. there are few other countries in the world, mr. speaker that have such a record that is setting such an example in sending its supporting the people of yemen. >> yes. this week, the government has aid to yemen. it is the -- if th

we one u.n. security council to consider protecting the people. because the one who have the responsibility does the fence was it the myanmar are is possible to protect the people mi amor. but now they are killing the people of myanmar the 2nd point no country in the world soo said weapons again to deduce the promise of the military because each bullet that they sell is to cure our people it's each weapon they sell has to oppress us but what is becoming such as power as possible to this generals not only just even the one that they would do not now is the subsidy is the generals individuals. but we need all the companies then a country business yet again and while all them has to be suctioned the generals of course run your country for very many years they are used to international isolation in the past even if you get all the things that you want how are you going to get them to give up power what's different now know you mean you me aware that this so many army inside also da da like this is the 1st you know head from people who are who are into

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when it comes to mr lowe coke's successor the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists will make a decision in the coming weeks it is perhaps worth noting that this year mr terrace is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in charge of the u.n. and that any of the 5 permanent members of the security council also have the power to block his reappointment james by al-jazeera the united nations now the u.s. secretary of state and defense have just arrived in south korea they're in asia on their 1st foreign trip since the biden administration took office they started in japan where anthony blinken and lloyd austin joined forces with their japanese counterparts to criticize what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be a key issue once once they land in seoul the head of the trip young young warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region where rob mcbride joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so blinken and lloyd austin have just landed in south korea we just saw the

the u.n. special envoy has briefed a closed-door meeting of the security council saying it is critical that the assembly agrees to robust action to end the violence and denounce the actions taken by those generals who sees -- seized the grenfell tower last month. this is from new york city. >> the u.n. special envoy called on the council to take action on myanmar. your unity is needed more than ever she told the council. the hope the people have put in the u.n. is waning. she says the desperate pleas she has heard, she has gotten thousands of messages begging the you and to do something. dozens of unarmed protesters have been shot dead and there are reports that the military has sent the threats to protesters on tiktok. after the first meeting, they issued up press statement. now they are working on a presidential statement which is a step up because technically, it can have legal force. it is still really only words, not action. you and experts for the human race situation site they call for

well for one you want the u.n. to really specifically the u.n. human rights council to take a more robust and more you know definitive option in the philippines quite apart from what they did in october going to train you in the process a solution granting technical assistance in a country that we definitely want more than just a technical assistance we want the human rights council to launch an independent international investigation into the killings in the philippines not just against that exists but also against drug suspects which os been going on since the sixty's leon there's a report in rappler dated march 11th that police and military in active polo rizal have prevented the families of 4 activists killed in the bloody sunday operations from claiming their bodies what's the justification for that why would the government be doing that if it's not the 1st time that it happened when a prominent activist randall a tennis died also in the last year or the same thing happened with the police and the military the justification is that they they

have all u.n. peacekeeping forces to be implemented in iraq for myanmar to be tried in the huge national courts of law as well as for special investigative groups to be in myanmar to monitor the situation. what the u.n. and other national other countries can do at the moment based on understanding international mechanisms that the global arms embargo would protesters have also been calling for as well as to mediate the situation and for the time to come to negotiation table with the elected government so that the american figure on the path warrants for turning their country back to the crissy and especially nations like ossie and i have been called to help facilitate that process journalist in intent thank you. first let's get a quick check of some other stories making news in the area 279 schoolgirls released by kidnappers earlier this week have returned to their families but the event was overshadowed by violence parents reportedly clashed with police when families were impatient with lengthy sp

and in particular by the u.n. security council which has been so divided on this issue if there was going to be accountability for the crimes in syria then it would go to the international criminal court why has that not happened that's because of the u.n. security council and its divisions and the russian use of the veto the the use of that veto by russia and china probably almost certainly one of the reasons why assad is still in office in damascus as we speak the u.n. 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 syr