what is the united states doing -- the united nations doing? what are we facing? one can say that probably the united nations is facing today more fires, and not exactly in the garage, then ever before. if you look at our work starting from afghanistan, you can see that there is a pattern that allows to understanding the conductivity of nations, but each one of those issues being almost impractical at this point in time. you go from afghanistan where al qaeda has been at its heart, and and you start to move from fair to iran -- you start to move from there to iran, syria, and yemen, and you start to see that now we have not only the complex on their own merit but we have isis and there is a new development which is the competition between al qaeda and this new approach and how they view themselves in power and in acquiring the relevance that they want to have. we are involved in each one of these countries trying to find ways to move the different parties into a solution. but then you add to that, the influence or the different perspective of the regional players

when the ambassador was in the united nations. i cannot compare. but it's clear to me from what i see that these emerging powers feel that they don't have enough share of the say. and this goes beyond the security council only. and that often the agenda is not shaped with their participation in a very, very established manner. and just to give an example, talking about the design of mandates by the security council and their participation as a stay holders, tcc or pccs is something they continuously ask to be more open and more direct participation. so no doubt that they see themselves in a manner that is not fully reflected in the way we work. >> let's go back to the audience. so i'll start up here and work my way back. a >> in a few weeks a report on global governance will come out that madeleine albright and ibrahim have co-authored. i think you've been briefed on it. one thing they talked about in the report is we ought to take an optic to the 75th anniversary and really work on building support for major changes. and i'm wond

of the united nations. for me personally, it was the place where my passion as a young boy to be a global citizen, my passion was born here in san francisco in 1962. more than half a century ago, 1962, i came to the united states as a part of a young student group, international student sponsored by the american red cross society. i was just 18 years old at the time. our trip began right here in san francisco in the bay area. it was my first ever foreign trip. you may understand, it was my eye opening to the world, greater world. i was hosted by very kind [inaudible] a wonderful family in nuvauto. [inaudible] is here with us. she's now 97 years old. what a admireable lady. thank you very much. she is my american mom. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, the drafting of the charter was a glorious gamble. delegates from dozens of countries [inaudible] on humanity. so much faith was lost in the trenches and gas chambers of 2 world wars in the space of just one generation, but they dared to believe in something big

the united nations is such a amazing idea and it's declaration of human rights. what a unimaginable idea at the time. elnor roosevelt was ininstrumental in making that happen and those many years when the countries of russia and china and america and all these other major countries got together after all the killing and suffering and holocaust to inshine this hope, the united nations committed to universal declaration of rights. well, what a wonderful thing and we are not there yet. but it gives me hope that something that was completely unimag nnl when this united nations charter was adopted in san francisco, that is marriage equality has become a realty. so i think we can take great comfort and hope from the fact that something that people didn't even conceive of not so many decades ago, has become a realty by the united states supreme court all over this country. marriage equality, the right of same sex couples now recognized by the highest court in the land. who would have ever thought that even 5 years ago but it happened. it happened. and so it is never tim

at the united nations. she answered questions about how she plans to use her position to further u.s. interests and the un's role in iran nuclear negotiations. iran nuclear negotiations. this is just over two hours. >> this hearing will come to order and this morning we look at the role of the united nations and we look at the role of the u.s. there with ambassador samantha power. she has spent two years as the u.s. permanent representative to the u.n. and the ambassador has approached her job with great energy, great determination and perhaps best shown during last year's ebola crisis in west africa and in that case the administration and congress worked together to contain ebola and to save lives. ambassador, thank you for those efforts and thank you for joining us today and the ambassador's testimony comes at an important time. if a final iran nuclear agreement is reached and the deadline is in two weeks, then the security council will be expected to remove international sanctions while preserving the ab

wanted to ask you about the united nations. sounds like crunch time what is going on in geneva. what is the united nations going to do to salvage the talks in any way, shape or form? it is a difficult situation. yesterday the houthi leader was critical of saudi arabia and what is happening saying that international players are trying to undermine the talks and influence the united nations envoy. i think the next coming hours will be crucial in the sense that the united nations will have to come to an agreement with the representatives to move forward, and start genuine talks about the humanitarian truce, and the elements of that truce. is it going to be an end of hostilities across yemen, with security arrangements or is it just going to be a stop of the fighting on the ground much the government representative insists that it is not just a gampt it has to be simultaneous and the air strikes accompanied by uty from the areas controlled. >> the details - there are things to be pinned down by members of the international communit

>> basically it's been almost a week that the international community and the united nations have been trying to bring the war be factions to agree on a political settlement or ceasefire that would be implemented across the country. that didn't happen. as we speak, they haven't been even able to sort of initiate talks with the houthis and have them onboard for the time being. most of the talks have been basically as follows. the united nations envoy would shuttle back and forth go to the hotel of the houthis and the hotel of the yemeni government in a desire to try to see how to move forward. this is exactly why the yemeni foreign minister is skeptical

the ambassador was in the united nations. i cannot compare. but it's clear to me from what i see that this emerging powers feel that they don't have enough share of the same. this goes beyond the security council only and that often the agenda is not shape their participation in a very very established maern manner. just to give an example talking about the design of mandate by the security council, and their participation asks the stakeholders pccs is something they continuously ask to be more open and a more direct participation. so no doubt that they see themselves in a manner that is not fully reflected in the way we work. >> let's go back to the audience. so i'll start up here and work my way back. >> thank you, bob. i was a senior adviser to four different parts of the u.n. in a few weeks, a report on global governance will come out and madeleine albright and cobari have coauthored. and i think you probably have been briefed on it. one thing they've talked about in the report is that they ought to take an optic to the 7

ambassador was in the united nations. i cannot compare. but it's clear to me from what i see that these emerging powers feel that they don't have enough share of the say. and this goes beyond the security council only. and that often the agenda is not shaped with their participation in a very, very established manner. and just to give an example talking about the design of mandates by the security council and their participation as a stay holders, tcc or pccs is something they continuously ask to be more open and more direct participation. so no doubt that they see themselves in a manner that is not fully reflected in the way we work. >> let's go back to the audience. so i'll start up here and work my way back. >> in a few weeks a report on global governance will come out that madeleine albright and ibrahim have co-authored. i think you've been briefed on it. one thing they talked about in the report is we ought to take an optic to the 75th anniversary and really work on building support for major changes. and i'm wonderi

nations, again uri and united nations working together to bring about the recent signing of the treaty that has brought peace to that world. >> that stops violence between whom? >> in mindanao between rebel groups that were part of the rebel groups and between the military and it was part of a christian muslim clash as well so we did working bring all of those treaties together. >> okay, that last is still we saw, it looks like somewhere in africa. there we are. >> this is uganda. we have programs throughout africa, asia, all regions of the world but in uganda especially i was there recently, we have programs that bring, in this case, women from the eight essential and western african countries who have suffered so in violence, rwanda, the democratic public of the congo, these women have come together having lost family members having suffered, to bring their communities a sense of peace. again, christians, muslims, tribal folk, coming together to say we refuse to participate in the violence that the world is surrounding us with. >> how many nations? >> 87 countries. >> united religion

at the united nations. she answered questions about how she plans to use her position to further u.s. interests and the u.n.'s role in iran nuclear negotiations. this is just over two hours. >> this hearing will come to order and this morning we look at the role of the united nations and we look at the role of the u.s. there with ambassador samantha power. she has spent two years as the u.s. permanent representative to the u.n. and the ambassador has approached her job with great energy, great determination and perhaps best shown during last year's ebola crisis in west africa and in that case the administration and congress worked together to contain ebola and to save lives. ambassador, thank you for those efforts and thank you for joining us today and the ambassador's testimony comes at an important time. if a final iran nuclear agreement is reached and the deadline is in two weeks, then the security council will be expected to remove international sanctions while preserving the ability to react to iranian

ambassador to the unites nations says they are considering another restless lining to stop it. >> to make it clear to the world that just because chlorine say household product doesn't headache it not a chemical weapon in when it is put in a barrel bomb and drop odd civilians. >> reporter: at the same time, the u.n. envoy to syria is in damascus meeting assad. he is there to try to push if a political solution to end the conflict. he also urged assad to stop hitting civilians. since 2011, human rights groups have do you wanted 230,000 deaths in syria. half of those are people not involved in the fighting. victims such as those in the attack on douma. this time there were shouts of joy as a girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a building blown up by assad's air force. while underneath her brother could still be heard calling for help. caroline malone, al jazerra. >> as we mentioned syrian doctors will be testifying in front of the u.s. congress on wednesday and here is what one of the doctors had to say. >> translator: poisonous gases mostly chlorine are being used regularly and s

representing our nation before the united nations i have to confront these and other shortcomings every day. yet though i am clear-eyed about the u.n.'s vulnerabilities, the central point i want to make to this committee is that america needs the united nations to address today's global challenges. the united states has the most powerful set of tools in history to advance its interests. and we will always lead on the world stage. but we are more effective when we ensure that others shoulder their fair share and when we marshal multilateral support to meet our objectives. let me quickly outline five ways we are doing that at the u.n. first, we are rallying multilateral coalitions to address transnational threats. consider iran. in addition to working with congress to put in place unprecedented u.s. sanctions on the iranian government in 2010 the obama administration galvanized the u.n. security council to authorize one of the toughest multilateral sanctions regimes in history. the combination of unilateral and multilateral pressure was crucial to bringing iran to the negotiating table an

when the united nations continues to attack israel it undermines the credibility of the united nations. i'm confident that you will continue to make clear madam ambassador, that the united states will continue to oppose any biased or one-sided resolutions at the u.n. and that we will not shy away from using our veto at the security council if necessary despite some of the rhetoric we heard from president obama. even with strong american involvement, it's been paralyzed when it comes to a range of challenges because other members of the security council continue to block meaningful action. i would like to mention just a few, and i am eager to hear your view on these topics. i'll start with the civil war in syria. half the population of that country has been displaced and the entire generation is growing up in refugee camps. to be sure the u.n. has done a lot for refugee families in jordan, lebanon and turkey for syrian people inside syria as thrown through the u.n. but russian intransigence has prevented the u.n. in playing a more active role in helping the syrian people chart a better

>> the united nations envoy is meeting with houthi representatives as we speak and allies of the former president ali abdullah saleh and trying to talk about how to move forward and agree on a ceasefire. i was talking to a member of the houthi delegation. he said basically that he had absolutely no problem with talking with the members of the yemeni government, but biggest problem for them, they say the saudi-led airstrikes should come to an end then they are ready fog for political negotiations. the government on the other hand say it is absolutely not ready to talk with the houthis, to say these are people who used force to seize power, they have to disband, pull out from the areas, then we will talk to them. it's a very delicate situation a mammoth task for the united nations envoy trying to bring them together to start talks about how to move forward. >> where do we stand with the ceasefire and will they talk more about some of the substantive issues, hashem? >> that's going to be a long way to go, because i think once they agree on a ceasefire and that we have to wait to see whethe

the united nations, a spokesperson for the united nations said earlier that still they hopes there may be some sort of agreement later in the day but understand from our sources that the government delegation is flying back to riyadh tomorrow and the houthi delegation is flying back to sanaa on sunday. the likelihood of a deal to be pinned down here at geneva is really slim. >> so it seems like it was just a futile exercise and all the while this is happening the humanitarian crisis continues to worsen in yemen. has anybody addressed that? >> well, united nations agencies operating in sanaa held a press conference here saying that basically they are concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country and appealing on the different parties to observe a humanitarian truce so their people could travel across the country to provide aid to those who need it and reach out to the thousands of people who have been stranded and to deliver food medicine and aid to millions of yemen people. the biggest concern that continues this month, this situation would further get worse.

nations -- ambassador to the united nations. i am grateful for your invitation to allow me to participate. some of the important topics we covered that day were the anti-israel bias in some parts of the united nations. this theme lean veiled -- the thinly veiled anti-semitism there. and in recent months that has manifested itself in violent attacks in brussels, and copenhagen. my question is, after that special session on anti-semitism when there were countries who participated, what has been done to move forward with some of those discussions that took place to combat am i to has anti-semitism. discussed -- on those discussions that took place to combat -- to combat anti-semitism. ambassador power: thank you, congressman. on that issue, i will come back to your point on the iran deal in just a second. it was truly historic. when you think of historically what it has done annually with 18 anti-israel resolutions. to be in that chamber, it was important for the government of israel and the united states and many of the countries

he is a member of united nations apart from being a member of au but his country is part of the united nations. >> reporter: the court ordered the government to investigate how basheer returned to sudan. >> the government chose to ignore the rule of law, in favour of an agreement with african union that sitting heads of state should not be arrested. >> this is in line with sentiment that the i.c.c. targets african states, and lacks credibility. >> this is 2015, not 1715. the concept of a european funded ngo, trying to enforce a european directed and funded courts, forcing black africans to send other black africans to europe in chains is incdible an incredible travesty. >> the au intend to set up an african court of justice. there's no indication if the court would take up the allegations against basheer the president of philippines praised the milf for laying down its arms. tuesday marks the first days of a decommissioning process for the rebel group to prove that it's committed to peace. have the fighters started to hand over their weapons? >> yes, indeed they have. it's a small port

the coalition effort also has gotten a lot of legitimacy at the united nations. we have 60 countries that are part of the. are backing to the u.n. security council with a letter and asked in fact for the united states and the rest of the international community to step up militarily and for using diplomatic, political and other means against isil pixels also a venue in which coalition countries come together to kind of compare notes and figure what more we could eat them because this is a long campaign that has a lot of ups and downs but it is going to be critical that we keep the notifying of effort moving at the same time some of the governance issues get addressed the people are not attractive at all to isil it at the all to isil. i seem to encounter violent extremism and her in our own country said they were getting radicalized at the same time we work the social media piece, the foreign terrorist financing which can be done through oral revenue or other resource strings that we've sought to degrade, building on international cooperation but so much of the is

ambassador to the united nations is the u.n. security council is considering another revolution to stop it. >> to make it very clear to the world just because chlorine say household product doesn't make it not a chemical weapon when it is put in a barrel bomb and dropped on civilians. >> reporter: at the same time, the u.n. envoy to syria is in damascus meeting assad he's there to try to push for a political solution to end the conflict. he also urged assad to stop hitting civilians. since 2011, human rights groups have documented 235,000 deaths in syria. half of those are people not involved in the fighting. victims such as those in the attack on dual a this time there were shouts as joy as a girl was pulled alive from the rubble of the building blown up by is assad air force while underneath her brother could still be held calling for help. >> almost 20,000 syrian refugees have fled to turkey. syrian kurdish forces now control four hommie kilometers of on the turkey-er is queen border. they are a us coulded of forcing out arab

no former statement yet by the united nations. but they've been hoping that there has been different drafts of a deal, that they would get somewhere, and they haven't. it's been rejected again by one of the sides the security council diplomats watching very closely. i've spoken to a number of them, and there is beginning to be some disquiet about the special representative the man leading this process. bernadino lyon. and one diplomat saying that he's so optimistic that there is going to be a deal very soon. and i was told by this diplomat to know where you are. >> fighters linked to the islamic state in iraq and the levant say they've diseased a major power plant that they now control. it's the hometown of the late dictator muammar qaddafi. they continue to make gains in other areas. the concern is that isil may use its foot hold on the mediterranean coast as a launch pad to europe. >>> cctv video shows an attack by isil fighters at a checkpoint. it shows the stand off on sunday. it's at the checkpoint on libya's front line with

a report now from gentleman neave 56789 the united nations second general ban ki-moon is rallying for support to an end to the war in generally. he needs the support of the international community. and yemen's neighbors. the united nations was hoping to announce a ceasefire before the start of the talks but that seems unlikely. >> we still hope that the parties will observe a humanitarian port in order to create a climate conducive for moving forward. >> reporter: yemenis are concerned that geneva consultations might drag on which might lead no more violence. >> translator: in regards to the u.n.-brokered talks in geneva we hope something positive will come out of the meetings between the fair yes, sir yemeni parties because we want the war to be over. >> personally i believe the u.n. talks in geneva are a waste of time. theup was behind the revolution 226 and behind the failure for safeguard the security in yemen. >> reporter: saudi arabia launched air strikes in march. the oil-rich kingdom accuses the rebels of destabilize the ube i don't know a united nations resolution passed the

. >> reporter: it's one of the most beautiful national parks in the united states. the yosemite cannot escape the drought ravaging california. scott has been a ranger for 20 years, and says water levels are twice as high. >> this is the true indicator for me. looking under the gauge, and seeing the river level in the river is just over three feet and here we are, it's not even summer, and we are looking at warmer temperatures, a record-low snow pack tells me how much of a drought we are in. >> reporter: california's governor announced state-wide water restrictions cutting consumption to 25%. yosemite is not part of it. the mark is appealing to visitors. everyone is very conservative. if we have left-over water bottles, if we are not throwing it away we are using it for coffee. there's little things we can do to conserve. >> the drought is not just affecting nature. tourism has taken a hit. this is going on one of the last trips of the season. outings ending a month earlier than usual. >> that is when the waters are not enough flow. it grows in the are river. and you

if you get them to the negotiating table programs the international community perhaps the united nations will be able to prevail phenomenon yemenis and the saudis, can be the come to agreement. >> city of damascus has been under siege for the past two years. the city in idlib problems of struggled to release an injured child after she was trapped under rubble. >>> launching air strikes in various part of anbar province to try and retake it from i.s.i.l. in the city of samara, five i.s.i.l. destroyed and killed more than 65 members of the group. >>> u.s. state department spokesman john kirby despite the recent advances by the armed group. >> we know that the most important boots on the ground in iraq are going to be iraqi boots on the ground and prime minister abadi has also made that clear that is army which he wants to fight i.s.i.l. our president our commander in chief has made clear that there's not going to be u.s. troops on the ground in a combat role. that doesn't mean we don't have troops there as you well no, 3,000 there as advisors and trainers trying to help the iraqi security

nations that happened 70 years ago how appropriate the spirit of the united nations is the spirit of this moment about pluralism and a recognize that we're all better off when we're better than off and celebrate our interesting derivatives but at the end of the day what makes this country not good but great is when we reconcile those differences and celebrate the things that bind us that maturity that dr. king talked about we practice pluralism we celebrate we don't 0 tolerate your diversity this is the great difference of our state and nation i'm grateful to be back i'm grateful to be invited back to city hall mayor ed lee thank you i'm grateful to kate kendall to joyce 92 stat and my chief of staff never going to leave in the city steve to mayor ed lee to the extraordinary assembly linkage of elected office official is from harvey milk to the attraction of tom mormon and sxhaent and many, many others i've forgotten but no maples negligent we stand open our shoulder and grateful for your leadership and grateful for the extraordinary work to get us to this moment and let me close wit

. >> former head of the united nations in sudan. he was there in 2003 and 2004 when darfur genocide is alleged to have stain place. he joins us from geneva, good to have you with us. first off let's start with what happened in south africa. does that leave the country in breach of its icc obligations? >> it certainly does. i think it's very disappointing that the country whose people who fought against the -- whose people fought against the evils of apartheid should have allowed this to happen. they have let all africans down and the world down. >> as far as what happened in darfur, you were there tell us about that sort of evidence and whether it can go away with time. >> well, the sort of evidence was snuff. i saw this with my own eyes. to alternative president the first sitting president of a sovereign nation to get indictments against crimes against humanity against genocide. that evidence of ethnic cleansing on a grand scale had tens of thousands of people who decide just simply because they were black darfuri tribes. you have

. >>> the united nations security council is discussing the worsening situation in the darfur region in western sudan. it's a crucial meeting over the most dysfunctional peacekeeping mission. we have reports now from the u.n. >> the situation in darfur is certainly deteriorating. these are among 150,000 people forced to flee their homes since the beginning of this year. the size of the current peacekeeping force in place since 2008 has already been reduced just 15,000 troops and police to control the territory the size of france. on the security council one diplomat told me that a joint mission by the u.n. and african union was the most dysfunctional peacekeeping mission in the world. but there are disagreements on how to change things. some are calling for exit strategy. others want a more focused approach in doing fewer things better. >> now is not the time to withdraw. instead we need to reconfigure it's mandate so we focus even more effort on its core role, which is protecting vulnerable civilians. we also see a role for it in mediating a conflict but any other task we want to re

in the meantime the united nations envoys is on the offensive. he has a few days left to salvage a deal. if yemen's rivals fail to make progress, fighting will continue and the humanitarian crisis may bet worse with every passing day. the bombings may put pressure on the parties gathering in geneva to solve yemen's crisis or face instability that plays into the hands of groups like al qaeda or islamic state, who may take advantage of the political vacuum. >> reporter: new evidence emerged of chlorine gas attacks in syria, from doctors that worked there. they say bashar al-assad's government is carrying out the attacks with devastating consequences. we have this report from washington d.c. >> they came at the invitation of the republican led house foreign relations committee to share eyewitness acts of gas attacks against syrian civilians. >> since march we documented 31 attacks. we are more than 380 syrian civilians were injured by it. 10 of them died of suffocation. >>> providing additional video evidence, the doctors told lawmakers the attacks

he is a member of the united nations. apart from being a member of the au. and being the head of state, his country is being part of the united nations. the court was ordered to investigate how basheer returned to sudan. obligations were upheld to the i.c.c., the government ignored the rule of law in favour of an agreement with the african union that sitting heads of state should not be arrested. >> this is in line with sentiment that the i.c.c. targets african states and lacks credibility. >> this is 2015 not 1715. the concept of a european funded ngo, trying to enforce a european directed and funded course forcing black africans to send other black africans to europe in chains is incdible travesty. >> the au intend to set up an african court of justice. there's no indication if the court would take up the allegations against basheer >>> jonathan betts joins us with a closer look at basheer, and the charges at the center of the controversy. >> omar basheer is the only head of state wanted on genocide charges. he seized power in a coup, and four years later

because he is a member of united nations. poord fromapart from being a member of au, his government is part of ununited nations. >> the u.n. has ordered south africa to determine how he was able to leave the country. this is in line with growing au sentiment that the icc unfairly targets african states and lacks credibility. >> this is 2015, not 1715. the concept of a european funded ngo, trying to enforce a european directed european funded court trying to force black africans to send other black africans back in chains, that's incredible sort of travesty. >> there's been no indication yet if that court would take up the allegations against al bashir. al jazeera johannesburg. >> kurdish forces and the islamic state of iraq and the levant fight for control of a key border town. kurdish ypg fighters say they have taken control of tal abyad. bernard smith reports from akchakalay on the turkish side of the border. >> their flag now flies over this border crossing. the three week assault by the ychgypg on tal abyad u.s. air strik

james bays, al jazeera, united nations. >> u.s. supreme court has ruled that citizens born in jerusalem not have are israel on their passport. shiebshihab rattanzi has more. >> executive officer authority the need for the u.s. to speak with one voice when it came to foreign policy. in 2006, congress passed a law allowing americans born in jerusalem to list israel as country of birth on their passport, president obama has refused to enforce that law. also in 2002, menachem was born in jerusalem. his parents wanted israel listed as his country of birth. that is why the case came all the way to the u.s. supreme court. it's been the u.s. policy to not recognize any country having sovereignty over jerusalem. that is only thing that can be sorted out between the israelis and the palestinians. >> be draft being of a much delayed constitution. under the deal nepal will have eight different states. constitution was to be drafted in 2010 but the process has stalled because of political divisions. >>> to south korea now where seven people hav

james bays, al jazeera, the united nations. according to the u.n. one of the highest losses of palestinian lives since the 1967 six-day war. more than two thousand gazaens were killed be, and 10,000 were wounded. the united nations up to 75% were civilians. tens of thousands were forced from their homes. in israel, 66 soldiers and five civilians died. more than 260 civilians were injured. in israel, 89,000 gaza proposal damaged. now point to go serious violations by both sides what do you think the israel government should do about this report, and how should it act in the future as a result of this? >> it's nice to see you lauren. i think there are a couple of things going on. for once, mr. netanyahu's rhetoric is exactly right. the human rights group does have a focus on israel. if you look at some of the work that iran does, north korea does against their citizen there is aren't the same kind of condemnation that israel receives. the second thing that israel needs to recognize going forward is the fact that now with palestinians making an icc mov

nations and it concerns a report that comes out every single year from the united nations on the state of children particularly children in armed conflicts around the world. now this report looks into what is the state of those conflicts and children in those conflicts and it includes at the end of the report an annex of the grave violators of the children's rights. now i've been told by diplomatic sources a number of sources that the draft version of this report had israel and palestinian groups in that list, in that annex. and then the report was passed to the u.s. secretary of general ban ki-moon to his office. we understand that there was a great deal of political pressure coming in from the u.s. and israel and now he has produced his final reports. guess what at the end of the report israel and the palestinian groups are no longer listed. the person who wrote the international draft report was the u.n. special representative on this issue. i spoke to her a short time ago. >> this is the secretary general's report. >> but your recommendations was there political pressure? >> no, wh

ambassador to the united nations is the u.n. security council is considering another resolution to stop it. >> to make it very clear to the world just because chlorine is a household product doesn't make it not a chemical weapon when it is put in a barrel bomb and drop odd civilians 67 the u.n. envoy to sear is syria is meeting assad. he is trying to push a resolution to end the conflict. and also urged assad to stop hitting civilians. since 2011 human rights groups have documented 230,000 deaths in syria. half of those are people not involved in the fighting. victims such as those in the attack on douma. this time there were shouts of joy as a girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a building blown up by is sad's air assad's air force while underneath her brother could still be heard calling for help. ca lawrence malone, al jazerra. >> syrian doctors will testify in front of the u.s. congress on wednesday, here is what one of those doctors had to say. >> translator: toes unis gases mostly chlorine the i'm not to kill because

ambassador to the united nations says the u.n. security council is considering another revolution to stop it. >> to make it clear to the world that because chlorine is a household product doesn't make it not a chemical weapon when put in a barrel bomb and dropped on civilians. >> reporter: at the same time ner meeting bashar al-assad pushing for a solution to end the conflict and urged bashar al-assad to stop hitting civilians. since 2011 human rights groups documented 230,000 deaths in syria. half are those not involved in the fighting. victims such as those in the attack on douma. this time there were shouts of joy as a girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a building blown up by the air force. for this her brother could be heard calling for help >>> as we mentioned syrian doctors will testify in front of the u.s. congress on wednesday, here is what a doctor told the media earlier on. >> poisonous gases, mostly chlorine you used regularly and systematically. the aim is not to kill because barrel bombs and war planes kill a la

ambassador was in the united nations. i cannot compare. but it's clear to me from what i see that these emerging powers feel that they don't have enough share of the saying. this goes beyond the sturdy council only come and that often the agenda is not shared with her participation in a very very established manner. to give an example talking about the design of mandates by the security council, and their participation as stakeholders tcc or pccc something they continued to ask to be more open and more direct participation. so no doubt that they see themselves in a manner that is not fully reflected in the way we work. >> let's go back to the audience. so i will start. and i will work my way back. >> thank you. i was senior advisor to four to the part of human to in a few weeks of report on global governance will come out of madeleine albright and others have co-authored they think you probably have been briefed on it. one thing to talk about in the report is that we have to take an opt in to the 75th anniversary of will

i want to echo the ranking member on the protection of israel at the united nations. we were all concerned by some indication that the administration would cut back that support. it's good to support israel. it is even better when it is difficult. and i want to praise the administration for standing with israel at the npt consensus review process where in order to prevent actions an imiccal to israel, we opposed the actions, because we had to the entire agreement. so hopefully that answers the question as you have here when you committed to the remarks -- ranking member to veto anti-israel sanctions at the u.n. and the president has recognized that involving u.n. and the details of the peace process is not a way to advance peace. obviously the u.n. might adopt a resolution that had a few noncontroversial provisions, two state solution and security and peace for all. but would we veto any u.n. resolution that tried to cod ify the parameters of a peace deal and including controversial elements in that codification. >> thank you, congressman sherman, i think that is a re

the united nation said i.s.i.l. was to blame for global terror. rosalind jordan looks at a new report on counterterrorism asking whether u.s. foreign policy helps or hurts. >> from the many al-shabab attacks on government facilities in mogadishu to the thousands of people that left their homes to fight along side i.s.i.l. the united states says 2014 was a violent year thanks to what it called increased acts of terrorism. >> the number of terrorism attacks in 2014 increased 25%, and total fatalities increased 81% compared to 2013. largely do to activities in iraq, afghanistan and syria. >> reporter: i.s.i.l.'s takeover in 2014 consumed much of the world's attention. in response the obama administration created a multinational air force, blowing up buildings and killed with fighters. in nigeria boko haram continued its attacks on the government and civilians. notably kidnapping 300 schoolgirls. the girls are missing. while these groups face economic sanctions and travel bands, the report notes a difficult problem of so-called loan wolves. people ins

. >> hello, the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon has expressed his concern after courts in cairo upheld the death sentence. it could have a negative effect on stakeout in egypt. they called it moley motivated. we have reports on the trial. >> death by hanging. this judge upheld his court's previous verdict against egypt's deposed president mohamed morsi. >> the court has ruled firstly that first and with consensus of opinion to punish each of the following defendants by execution by hanging. >> morsi along with other top leaders of the muslim brotherhood were sentenced over a mass prison break during egypt's revolution. the muslim brotherhood say that the case is politically motivated. >> this is a shocking one. in a separate case members were sentenced to life in prison on charges of spying for hamas hezbollah and iran. but many question the judicial years decision. some say that the case is the trial of the 2011 2011 revolution. >> these trials are not delivering the justice we are truly hoping for. no one should be above the law but what is happening is a form of politic

james has more from the united nations. >> in haiti where the u.n. had a peacekeeper mission for over a decade, they found u.n. soldiers have what it calls transactional sex with more than 200 women. money and gifts including baby care items, medicine clothing and electrical goods will handed over by the soldiers. for decades there have been allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by u.n. peacekeepers. it's clear it's still going on. one victim of a rape in haiti ten years ago told al jazeera she reported the attack to the u.n., but she never heard anything more. >> translator: children used to stand around the camp waiting on the soldiers to give them bread and cookies. so i stood there, too. one of them called me over. i thought he was going to give me something to eat. when i got there, he pulled me said in the barbed wire covered my mouth and raped me. >> reporter: back in 2003 former secretary-general kofi annan laid out a policy of zero tolerance, but campaigners say the system is not working. they're tinge larly angered by one section of

james bays, al jazeera at the be united nations. >> survivors of an israeli attack on a u.s. naval ship have marked the anniversary of the incident by calling for another inquiry. from arlington cemetery in virginia allen fisher reports. >> walking through graveyard looking for skipper richard returns almost every year to remember his shipmates and mark the anniversary of the attack which killed 34 of them. >> when they said stand by to receive torpedo hit and it picked up this ship and the ship started rolling over, i said i'll never get out of this mess alive. we were running because i shut myself off i said i with would never get out of this. >> when the u.s. liberty was attacked a spy ship, it was hit with rockets and cannons and missiles then torpedos you cut a hole in the side of the ship. 171 sailors were injured. israel claimed it was a case of mistaken identity. but richard brooks does not accept that. >> it was not atragic accident, it was a deliberate attack. they knew who we were. they wanted us out either to bring the americans into the war or we picked up some i

>> reporter: well the russian ambassador to the united nations has just begun speaking. there is a briefing from u.n. officials and also the osce which has been monitoring that's fire in ukraine. and everyone is concerned about this escalation just yesterday, thursday the president of the ukraine, petro poroshenko warned a possibility of large-scale violence reigniting was very real. he warned that russian troops had amassed on the border and we're seeing increasing violence in a strategic town. the european union has sounded alarm bells as well. so they are getting an update on the information there. the osce representative told the council he is definitely concerned about a decrease in the security situation there, but also seemed to calm down the tensions by saying this was not necessarily a further intense indication of the violence but just a movement to a different area, because this ceasefire has been shaky in the past several months but a warning that two parties in this conflict have not given up the military tract for a more political one, and the united nation

the united nations a spokesperson for the united nations said earlier that still he hopes there might be some sort of agreement later in the day, but we do understand from our sources that the government delegation is flying back to riyadh tomorrow and the that the houthi delegation is flying back to sanna on sunday. the likelihood of a deal to be pinned down here in geneva is really slim. >> reporting from geneva. >> police body cams are being introduced into democrats across the country. some argue the cameras may reveal too much. inspiring. entertaining. talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. it is 7:46, eastern standard time. taking a look at today's top stories, hundreds of visitors evacuated as a 10,000-acre fire burns through the san bernadino national forest west of los angeles. the blaze is only 5% contained. officials are also worried about 40-mile an hour wind gusts that could spread the embers. >> delaware's governor signed a law decriminalizing marijuana. pot smokers may possess up to an ounce for private use. those caught in

. >> now the united nations peacekeeping forces take too long to deploy. that is the conclusion of the panel which was asked to look at the effectiveness of peacekeeping missions. there is are chronic problems such as too much bureaucracy and lack of leadership. >> chairman of that independent panel, which relieves the report on peacekeeping. he joins us live from new york. thank you for being with us on the program. were you shocked with what you found when you undertook the whole wholesale review of the united nations? >> it was a humbling feeling that the secretary general entrusted me and my colleagues to review one of the most important feelers of the whole system, and in peace and security to reveal the special legal operations. and how to make them more effective, how to have a system and not a security council to deliver troops with enabling capacity, the way they're airborne capabilities, and also clear mandates. what we stated also in our report is that every mission has to have a political strategy. there has to be politics and command. you cann