what good is the security council with vetoing power. and doesn't apply to is the security council being reduced to a blocking shop. to a certain extent yes because of the vetoes of the five. members who have right of veto and whenever their interests are involved you know they tend to to block a decision but on the other hand i think we should not discuss whether we could have bought us a veto because that's not possible because the veto cannot be removed unless you have a change of the trotta and a trained of the top needs a two thirds majority in the tent at the cemetery means that the security council is frozen in time it's frozen right back to the end of the second world war it was stuck there forever in the us the problem is that the train drove the truck removing the vitol would require. the as the consent of the p five that's put in the shadows so it's in vain to discuss whether we could a bogus avital but what we can do in there i agree this course of we can put pressure and by good arguments. you mentioned already the case of u

security council and listen. representative. no one which is based on something that they lied to me to president i'm saying we reject it categorically the statements made by the representative of the united states of america in this council chamber today we regret the fact that the government of the united states of america is seeking to exploit and use the security council to lend legitimacy to the international campaign is to be hedging against the constitutional government presided by nicolas maduro models of the main threats to peace and security in latin america and the caribbean is in fact the bullying by the united states and its allies of the bolivarian republic event and soil and yet one of which is that lay ground affront to the popular will of the people of venezuela and to the institutional framework of this country will and framework of a jewel expressed in the elections held on the twentieth of may two thousand and eighteen elections which the venezuelan opposition voluntarily refrain from participating it we reit

security council has been meeting in emotions he session to discuss the crisis u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei or called on the wall to support his weight in protest at russia's u.n. ambassador says the wild should stay out of the crisis moscow and beijing have been . among president nicolas maduro schieffer back it. will be crossing over to new york in a moment to speak with all correspondent but first let's say some of what was said at the u.n. security council today now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with major and his may i'm going to know if we want to take the opportunity to say that in this case the u.s. is not behind the coup d'etat. it is in the vanguard of the coup d'etat. it is dictating the orders sort of the nice be urge all parties to refrain from the use of force we called for the organization of free and fair elections with international observers with all candidates allowed to go run for office and until then there is only one credible

and date it was adopted by the security council by a unanimous vote. so at that time it became international law because a decision of the security council under article twenty five of the top. to is binding on all member states that means it has become international now you cannot you can. destroy all from a treaty but you cannot withdrawal from international. and we have to make this sure that it is an old one ole ole and also in the security council okay never heard about this one taken under. moses gonna say no germany keeps saying it wants to play a bigger role in the world. and i'm in others deep skepticism about whether it will ever make that promise. is. true because it keeps saying france with her the same mantra over and over again we're hearing it now from high go mass. in and the question is how exactly does germany plan to do that and so i was. just you know struck the skepticism is present but just internationally but here in germany as well. and went past a probably happen is that there has to be a title shift. in terms of education of t

security council met in new york the u.s. called this meeting to force the world's powers to take a stance. no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his mayhem but nicolas maduro is not without friends at the un security council russia and the venezuelan government still live in the same message the venezuelan late a must i don't i'm just looking for a war in latin america is venezuela donald trump's war trophy and your we are not going to hand donald trump a war in venezuela thrown prime minister in. venice why the foreign minister wasn't the only voice heard in new york members of the venezuelan community rallied outside the body they see the crisis in venice by the north as a coup but is a fight for freedom. and have any correspondent on it i thought has attended the session of the security council in new york from where he joins me now all of the u.s. secretary of state might pump a recording on countries that back kwaito which members of the council will recognize

to the united nations security council. debating the issue of venezuela in the ongoing crisis we had short speech from the russian ambassador to the u.n. the dominican republic holds a presidency at the moment and let's just listen to what the president of the mike has to say. it's america. thank you mr president the the focus of the un security council is to safeguard international peace and security the former madeira regime has oppressed its people for years forcing millions of venezuelans to flee the country merely to gain very basic access to food and water this has overwhelmed the capacity of regional countries to adequately address your urgent humanitarian needs former president maduro bears full responsibility for this tragedy allowing venice was to languish without food and humanitarian assistance on january tenth the oil gas passed a resolution that refused to recognize the illegitimate mature regime and called for further attention to address the suffering of the venezuelan people last week we all received a lett

they convened a meeting of the security council. thought of appealing to this body, not only to debate venezuela, but the blatant and gross intervention and mechanisms of interference i the united states in our country. that this say opportunity, in this case the united states is not behind the coup d-etat. it is in the vanguard of it. it is dictating the orders, not only to the opposition, but also to the satellite government in the region. and it seems like in europe, and other parts of the world. tweets from have and callsia, appeals to the security forces of the national army to take position against the legitimate authority, and against the. daesh the government. the government by mike pompeo and vice president pence on the 22nd. we have him giving a green light for a coup d'etat. generalnder secretary president himself compact -- proclaimed that there selfo ceremony, it was proclamation by a member of parliament at a public rally, at manyceful rally, one have -- one of many that there have been. at the constitution of the boli

security council has been meeting in an emergency session to discuss the crisis u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe called on the world to support venezuelan protesters but russia's u.n. ambassador says the world should stay out of the crisis moscow and beijing have been among the duros chief backers. washington has already recognized as venezuela's interim leader u.s. secretary of state mike pump a address the security council and called on nations to choose a side in venezuela's crisis now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his mayhem today we call on all members of the security council to support venezuela's democratic transition and interim president one of those role in it thank you. correspondent all over solid attended the session of the security council in new york from where he joins me now all over mike from peo is calling on countries there to back wedo which members of the council will recognize that call and which will not. well there were sev

security council proceeding not sure whether the u.s. secretary of state is going to go back inside having made that public statement outside the security council chamber but we've just heard from him there as well at the stakeout similar to what he said within the chamber itself in his speech arguing very strongly that the international community needs to support for hydro as the new legitimate leader often as well are looking for that support among all the u.n. member nations to back the u.s. in this particular position well there was as well a procedural vote called by russia we heard from russia being very strongly opposed to these proceedings nine members of voted to continue the u.n. security council meeting but for all voted against and two abstained very clearly the division within the security council is not just coming from russia and china so the u.s. has got its task cut out to get to its stated ends it does have the support of its traditional allies france and the united kingdom but as we heard from the secretary of state th

from that there are important topics of her own that we would like to put to the security council claim it in security is one of those issues that is not getting enough. tension and the connection between climate change and security issues is becoming increasingly important we want to put the role and experience of women in war higher on the agenda there is much to do right because the united nations is doing a lot already but we have to do even more because women are often the first to suffer in conflict and women often have special skills that can help settle these conflicts later on. when you need tarion law and human tarion aid is also important to us many die trying to help others we have to change that and change the legal framework is the biggest issue though is disarmament this is also an issue that has to be discussed with the global community as you can see we have many initiatives in talking points that are important to us and which the security council will have to consider. after listen to it with the united states and russia are the odds over many issues at the moment it i

germany has assumed a seat for two years on the united nations security council what are your plans first of all we will take an active role in managing the crises in conflicts being handled by the security council. they include syria yemen ukraine in that. this is an important task and it's clear that people have expectations of us expected to take responsibility and that's something we want to to. that there are important topics are for own that we would like to put to the security council for climate and security is one of those issues that is not getting enough attention and the connection between climate change. security issues is becoming increasingly important we want to put the role and experience of women in war higher on the agenda there is much to do the united nations is doing a lot already but we have to do even more because women are often the first to suffer in conflict and women often have special skills that can help settle these conflicts later on. when you need tarion law and human tarion aid is also important to have many die trying to help others we have to change tha

on the security council for yemen is trying very quickly to come up with a draft of a new security council resolution that could be voted on in the next week or so and then the humanitarian affairs chief mark local council on the situation there what did he have to say. well he's been warning about the very dire humanitarian situation for very many months he says it's good news that you have this deal in who they are because of course the data is in some ways yemen's lifeline it's to big port but for now he says it's really bringing some hope but not really yet changing things radically on the ground it's not yet bringing all of the food and aid that is required to ordinary yemenis and i think the big picture there is that they need to go out beyond this initial deal that was reached nearly a month ago in stockholm to a more lasting political solution for the country that will involve some sort of power sharing agreement that is going to be politically very difficult for those parties involved to swallow there is talk of new talks to follow on from what happened in sweden to take place in

security council. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition. like the band big push back against the country's conservative climate doctors and despite attempts by lawmakers to silence them. and move over a football handball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela is still in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries are backing quite those bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are all supporting the durazo condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in coup. backus has subsided for nigh but vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before so since to the streets to demonstrate against the government more than two dozen protesters were killed opposition leader why do declared himself caretaker president and bite and what he called a dictatorship before disappearing to an unknown location. while many western countries

the secretary would say more at the united nations security council. sec. pompeo: good afternoon everyone. today, i am incredibly excited to announce a season, principled, and tough-minded foreign policy veteran is joining our team. elliott abrams is coming aboard to lead our efforts on venezuela. his critical work will get started right away. tomorrow, he will travel with me to the un security council with united states has called a long overdue meeting to urge other nations to support venezuela's democratic transition. elliott's long career in foreign affairs includes a long time as a senior leader in this organization. under president reagan he served as assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs. under president george w. bush he served on the national security council on human rights and international affairs, senior director for north africa and near eastern affairs. the rightsassion for and liberties of all peoples makes him a perfect fit and a valuable and timely addition. the venezuelan people have rejected, president ma

security council members senior diplomats on the security council a number of countries told me that they're in a somewhat difficult position if they were just looking at this morally from the information they're hearing then perhaps they should call for more inquiries into the election perhaps they should speak out quite strongly about a result that seems suspect but they say that given the fragile security situation in the democratic republic of congo perhaps the best thing to do is to favor instead stability in trying to get the various opposition candidates to try and find a way to work together james at the u.n. thanks very much let's go from the u.n. to the congolese capital itself kinshasa and speak to al-jazeera is haram a tussle so most of all you know absolutely insistent that he did win the election and he's prepared to take legal action. while much of it is according to his own tally and the tally from the catholic church he thinks he won the election but he's left to provide the evidence and explain how he got to these numbers what he padding to do he's planning to go to

security council during these next two years. well the expectations are high for germany that's what german diplomats have been telling me here through all the last days germany is known for its commitment for human rights climate is another one and one more important topic that germany finds here. full of particular importance for the next two years is a sexual violence against women in war torn countries and that is a field where germany even wants to push forward for a united nations resolution they're also considering having german chancellor angela merkel and you're over at the united nations leading a security council meeting and those are the most important most important topics here at this point that sad to germany is already one of the biggest contributors to the u.n. budget also to u.n. troops and the expectations are that germany would even step up its efforts you know even further all right all over solid in new york for us thank you very much. well moss may have made climate change his priority at the u.n. but back

security council. don't want him to think his mouth is abandoning him and he doesn't understand that she's long time for the turkish children imprisoned with their mothers and only allowed out on the weekend rights groups say many of the mothers are jailed for political reasons. also on the show day three of the world economic forum in davos after politicians and world leaders have their moment today as artificial intelligence is taking this one. i brought in thomas a very warm welcome to the show venezuela is today in uncharted political territory after the country's opposition leader wang wideout declared himself president the move was swiftly recognized by the u.s. and other countries why those as this time to end what he calls president nicolas maduro dictatorship a lot. years of seeing millions flee the country to escape food shortages and crippling inflation. was he hopes these words can topple then as well as government office action leader one ply two swore himself in as interim president has t

security council meeting on venezuela. yes and they were on display right from the very outset when russia insisted that a procedural vote be held before proceedings get underway now it needed nine votes it got those nine votes for the meeting to continue but there were four who voted against there were two abstentions so from the very beginning it was clear that this was a divided security council on this particular issue on the one side the heavyweights russia and china on the other side the u.s. with its allies the u.k. and france insisting that there has to be change in venezuela and that the president of the national assembly must be recognized as the legitimate leader of that particular country from the u.s. intention well it wanted to get that international swell of resistance rolling russia and china want to put a stop to that but certainly no unity within the security council and very far away from any kind of united voice that the u.s. may have hoped for earlier in the day and we also heard from the venezuelan ve

security council. and move over football and ball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book the place in the final of the world championships. i brought thomas thanks so much for being with us venezuela remains in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader one wideout tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries are backing why doe's bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are supporting condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in caracas has subsided for ny but vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before same since. the streets today mean streets against the government more than two dozen protesters were killed off position leader why do declared himself caretaker president and bite and what he called a dictatorship before disappearing to an unknown location. while many western countries agree with why do mature to his own international allies have through in their wheat behind his socialist governments with megiddo

security council. and walk away this from to the views team in davos on the last day of the world economic forum. the chilly winds of protectionism is being felt here in davos and a coat of us tells me globalization is taking on a very different form join me and the business team here in the swiss alps. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition. to. the law that may be meant to cause the country's conservative climate lawmakers though say they're violating the speech guidelines. and to move over football handball fever gripping germany as the national team means to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela remain. in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader was. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries have back quite o's bid for new elections but russia china and turkey are supporting nicolas maduro condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in caracas has subsided for ny but vehic

security council is set to discuss the crisis in an emergency session today but its members have different ideas on things and factors. and it's a nordic head to head at the handful world cup norway wins that semifinal against germany and now takes on posts that market. i'm on ukip as mccain and thanks so much for joining me the longest government shutdown in the history of the united states is over at least for now thirty five days into the standoff with the lawmakers president donald trump has passed a short term funding bill to temporarily reopen the government but his funding request for a five point seven billion dollars border war with mexico the issue that stuff of the deadlock is not part of the deal. this was the announcement federal employees across the country have been waiting for and not just them thank you very much my fellow americans i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. agreed to temporarily reopen the government until mid february even without having received the funding for his key request a w

to address the security council on the latest efforts to end the nearly four year war. continuing millions of families on the brink. will be live at the united nations. intelligence agency. their families. against the government will be live with human rights watch which uncovered the finding. us. eight hundred thousand federal employees. with four wall on the southern border and the president holding another meeting with congressional leaders in the coming. online for you tube facebook live. thanks for joining us the united nations has been leading a flurry of diplomacy in yemen aimed at preserving a fragile truce around the crucial port city of. well the u.n. yemen envoy martin griffiths has been meeting both sides over the past week in a bid to keep the. her data is a vital source for humanitarian aid into the country and we will be crossing live to the united nations as soon as martin griffiths begins to speak for now we can cross refer to james bays he's our diplomatic editor he's joining us from the united nations james so what do we expect griffiths to be saying

they convened a meeting of the security council. thought aboutro appealing to this body not only to debate the case of venezuela and growththe latent of intervention and interference by the united states in our country. that this say opportunity, in this case the united states is not behind the coup d'État, it is in advance, it is the vanguard of the coup d'État, it is dictating the order. to the satellite governments in the region and it seems in europe and other parts of the world. as proof we have tweets from , calls to the bolivar forces, to the national army to take position against legitimate authority, against the constitutional government of president maduro from secretary of state pompeo and president trump. on the 22nd, vice president pence in a tweet gave a green light for a coup d'État in venezuela. and as undersecretary general , the president himself claimed. it was a self proclamation by a member of parliament at a public rally, a peaceful public rally. one of many. thek you, if we look at constitution, read articl

we're regretful that the united states is involving the security council. however, since we have met today, we would like to share with you our principal views on what is taking place. leapt us be absolutely honest. the topic of today's meeting is not at all the situation in venezuela, as your organizers are trying to present it. today the way, today council is clearly divided on this issue. today we are examining, unfortunately, the most typical case of what is called threat to international peace and security creed by the athlete of a use of force. the authors of the u.n. charters and by the way, among those authors, one of the main authors were the united states. tried to save the world from , included of events this warning in chapter 2.4 but obviously washington hasn't opened that book for quite a long time. such a gross interference by the united states on the internal affairs of another state is nothing new. the united states has not changed and does not intend to change their relationship as latin america as an area of exclusive interest of the unit

decision of the un security council. the process. of. coming into force are you satisfied with something can you please present your position. to your only have two options for answering your question. so you can better contexts i would like to know your opinion about the situation. there are two of which is size the u.s. . presence. united states and nato say that they only want to counter russia's aggressive action in the region what is really happening there. is that it's a good question. you know. i have never heard before that most of the u.n. security council. that is being implemented can be regarded as in the exam. to mine the goals that the resolutions there first issue i mean the un mediation. coordinating. the. name of macedonia we've always supported this dialogue we always. supported the efforts to find this solution that would be acceptable to a lot of. people and of course the governments of both greece and macedonia. we're not against the name. that eventually was announced. so we're just asking questions you know whether

security council should take a decision to launch one but we don't think the security council would make such a decision the other option would be to establish a fact finding special committee through the un secretary general or the high commissioner for human rights this committee could be sent to saudi arabia turkey or a third country of necessary in order to reveal the truth let's bring in our guests here in doha sultan baer a contractor for conflict and humanitarian studies at the doha institute and by skype from manchester in the u.k. coral buckley a barrister at carnegie thirty seven international justice chambers and a specialist in international human rights and transitional justice thank you both for joining us and i will start with you how significant was turkey's role in even getting this investigation this far well my understanding is that this investigation was actually the shia to buy the u.n. up of two or four extra judicial killing and it was their own initiative i'm not sure if it was initiated by. you could have done more in terms of pushing the edge and the security co

this unethical ploy is involved in the security council. we would like to share with you our principal views and what is taking place. honest, thesolutely topic is not at all the situation in venezuela as organizers are trying to present it. today the council is divided on this issue. today we are examining unfortunate most typical case of direct called international peace and security, created by the threat and the use of force against a political independence of the state paid the author of the u.n. charter -- and by the way, among those authors, and one of the main authors were the united to save theied world from these kinds of events and included this warning in chapter 2.4. washington has an open the book for quite a long time. interference by the united states and major interference of another state is not new. andicans have not changed judging by everything do not intend to change the relationship with latin america, as they inherited exclusive interest of the united states, a backyard we can do anything you want without taking into

security council. thirty four people have now been confirmed dead in brazil after the collapse of a holding waste from an on all mine rescue workers is searching for hundreds still missing. and six days of talks between the united states and the afghan taliban have ended with a promise of further if to further discussions washington's envoy is now heading to afghanistan to meet the government in kabul. the u.n. human rights investigator looking into the matter of genest melkus has sort of access to the crime scene in the saudi consulate in istanbul i guess kalama has also asked to visit the kingdom but it's hasn't had a reply from saudi authorities tell about his the un special rapporteur on executions is set to arrive in turkey on monday she says inquiry is a crucial step towards formal accountability for the one hundred had little josh on is the executive director at the arab center in washington d.c. he says there is growing pressure on the united nations to pursue its own investigation of the conso

security council has been meeting in an emergency session to discuss the crisis u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe called on the world to support venezuelan protesters but russia's u.n. ambassador says the world ought to stay out of the crisis moscow and beijing have being among the duros chief backers. as that session of the security council began i spoke to correspondent oscar schlanger in the venezuelan capital caracas i asked him if the pressure coming from european countries was having an effect on the power struggle in venezuela. both have a lot of influence and they influence up to this point because it was the european union and many of the european countries that along with over sixty countries rejected the elections of the twentieth of may and last year that elected president when the new term began on january tenth he was no longer president because they did not. see those as fair elections so that immediately puts the president of the national assembly which is one way though as president interim of venezuela so they are actually playing a very big role

partly in german hands well you know germany did just join the un security council seat that they sought and we are looking to germany to play a leadership role there again because the traditional major powers they are are not doing what they should. well to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers around the world welcome we begin the day planning for the day that is not supposed to ever come the day when britain leaves the european union with no deal in hand the wrecks it crash of march twenty nine are in the span of just two days this week the british parliament rejected the only breaks it withdrawal plan that exists and almost voted the government and prime minister theresa may out of power in protest when now the wounded and weakened to receive may has until january twenty ninth to win parliamentary approval of her breaks it plan b. well the european union it continues to signal its willingness to help theresa may but it remains firm there will be no new negotiations no new brakes deal in for the twenty seven eight you countries who are not leaving the club it's

convene a meeting of the security council in fact we present i do or thought of peeling did this body not only to debate not only the case of venezuela but rather the. blatant and gross intervention and mechanisms of interference by the united states in our country. and we want to see that. this. opportunity in this case the united states is not behind the coup d'etat it is it is in advance it's in the vanguard of that could it it is not dictating the orders not only to the venezuelan opposition but also to the satellite governments in the region. and it seems in europe and the other parts of the world as proof. we have tweets here from social media we have appealed calls to the security forces to the ball of our national army to take position against the legitimate authorities against the constitutional government of president moderate by by secretary of state bombero and by vice president pence it was on the twenty second where president pens basically in a tweet you gave a green light for a coup d'etat in venezuela and and as under sector general. said. interim president self-procl

well, they convened a meeting of the security council. in fact, we, president maduro, thought of appealing to this body not only to debate, not only the case of venezuela but -- the blatant and dwrose gross interventions and mechanisms of interference by united states in our country and we want to say that in opportunity -- in this case, the nited states is not behind the coup d'etat. it is -- in advance. in the vanguard of the coup d'etat. it is dictating the orders, not only to the venezuelan opposition did you but also to the satellite governments in the region and it seems in europe and other parts of the world. as proof, we have tweets here from social media, we have appeals, calls to the security forces to be -- our national army to take positions against the legitimate authorities. against the constitutional government of president ma dewaro by secretary of -- maduro by secretary of state pompeyo and by vice president pence. on the 22nd, president -- vice president pence gave the green light for a coup d'etat in venezuela and under

security council u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o called on all nations to back venezuela's the declared interim president wanting quite oh the e.u. said it could also recognize that as president if elections are not held in the coming days venezuela's foreign minister has dismissed those demands or. rescuers in southwestern brazil are searching for hundreds of people after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine the breed.

security council where the u.s. was accused of meddling michaela reports now from the united nations in new york. a highly unusual weekend session and at the outset russia made very clear its opposition to the proceeding arguing that any u.n. involvement in venezuela constituted a violation of that country's sovereignty but you. don't see any external threats coming from what is taking place in venice well or venezuela does not represent a threat to peace and security if anything does represent a threat to peace it is a shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies aimed at the ouster of the legitimately elected president of venezuela russia demanded a procedural vote to continue the rick was a mine members voted to do so. but the four votes against a signal that yet again the security council would not be speaking with a unified voice now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with merger a

deeply concerned i think the security council still in the session in open session and then they'll go to closed meeting to discuss this further away from the cameras in fact the ambassador of the democratic republic of congo is briefing the council right now this is a security council whose members privately over many months in fact many years will tell you they wanted to see the back of the could be led government and yet now they're faced with the opposition victory that perhaps they wanted yet it's a disputed result between two opposition candidates they've been trying to get to the bottom of what is the real result whether the interim results announced properly matches the will of the congolese people they've heard from the congolese electoral commission semi who said yes it wasn't a perfect election there were lots of problems but we believe the result we've announced they were also heard from the african union and from side that the regional grouping both of which had observers on the ground and broadly back that assessment but then they heard from sankoh that's an organization