nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of unarmed conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees or different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it and do we know in detail or some detail what the u.n. might be doing with it. we do know nic in fact has to do with those 2 carriers that i mentioned the fact that we have vulnerable countries that are vulnerable because they have been witnessing a conflict or a war of vulnerable groups also groups within the population for example refugees or asylum seekers and when you look exactly was going to happen with the money that germany has been giving to the united nations or 300000000 you can see for example that the world food program will receive a good portion of that or the united nations high commission of refugees or the red cross so that gives you a

nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of unarmed conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees or different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it. that was de de believe political correspondent thomas sparrow reporting that now a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world a top south korean security official says north korean leader kim jong un is alive and well in facade saying that soul has to take that no unusual movements in north korea remains have been swirling about the unconfirmed reports he was seriously ill following heart surgery italy's prime minister says some lockdown restrictions will be loosened starting my 4th people will be allowed to do more sports and exercise need the huns giuseppa conti also promised the they would soon be allowed to stroll in

who is the specialized health agency of the united nations and as such, aligns with the united nations and must do so coherently, so we are in the hands of countries on these issues. who staff does not have the mandate or power to change that. our mandate is to work to promote the health of all people everywhere. we do this again, as described by the dg, without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic, or social condition. this is part of the dna of the organization. it is literally written in the opening paragraphs of the who constitution. this means we work with and for all people everywhere, if they are in taiwan, china, or any other place, so i would like to provide some examples of the well-established arrangement for taiwan health experts working with who. i would like first to give five examples of activities in context of the covid-19 response and then five more examples of activities in a wider context. 10 and all, but i will keep this concise. in the context of the pandemic, first, for the international health regulations, the ihr, taiwan has a formal point

nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of unarmed conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees or different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it and the number of coronavirus tests here in germany remains relatively low and around 13000 intensive care beds are still available but although the number of covered 900 patients in hospitals is going down doctors are warning that people must not get complacent. protective gowns 2 pairs of gloves and a special mask it takes had physician gary know marks a long time to get ready before he can enter the intensive care unit at arkansas university hospital. you know in spain and italy as minister 15 percent of medical personnel got infected and many died. patients with covais 1000 are currently being treated here that means they're on artificial respirati

nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because over or non-conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees there are different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it. the devil is thomas sparrow the ok let's take a look now at the latest developments in the pandemic in the imponderable narendra modi has given a radio address urging people to comply with nationwide restrictions as new cases continue to rise egypt has asked the international monetary fund for a bailout loan to deal with the economic fallout of the outbreak iran plans to re-open mosques in parts of the country with no bridges to corona virus cases and british prime minister birds johnson has returned to downing street and is due to regime work on monday johnson had spent the past 2 weeks recovering from code with 19 at his country residence. w

you know i'm lucky to get over the united states and now the united nations. member state too lenient bring this climate change we went through a successful conclusion now that it is already 50 up to the decision since the climate change and also a sentiment that among hoards is a. in some good lessons which we have to learn from this a. you know a pandemic a crisis that we need to eat dessert much much more effort on a much much. speed-o. way at 200 s. climate crisis over u.n. secretary general thank you. the doctor much of the show will be back on monday for the day the usa back. into syria if you have water wash your hands keep safe and join me on the ground by following us from you tube facebook and instagram. you can't win every single time eventually some workers have to pay down the american economy the american economy is not just buying for. terrorists there's labor involved people who work with people our families our values are american. that has to be respected at some point you simply can't. give them 6789 trillion dollars and expect them to do so

many other organs the united nations the assembly is one of them and. its importance lies in the for the dislike the. body of the system so is it a political post is it a ceremonial post is it procedural i mean how much influence do you have over 193 members of the general assembly the door some. constituting one to 3 to put them to use. in the form where it would amount to can be discussed and. agreements concerning the norms that are set for the system basically stabbed and its importance lies in the fog that really there is nothing. that consarned the work that the assembly cannot discuss and it is. lead each delegation is led by a preventive or an ambassador do you and does the office of the president or the general assembly have any influence over proceedings which issues are heard for each session of the general assembly i mean do you have influence over that i think the influence lies in the for that the president is elected by the membership on the adoption that he or she. is respected enough to be listened to especially when there are disagreem

the knot of nations at united nations has and is taken very seriously anything to do sexual exploitation and abuse in fact the whole force in terms of turn and in terms of commitments made in terms of. who is bettered and the whole question of the protocol relating to who goes to to comes and all that i think is very clear if any indeed be dual is found the difficult issues to the country and to them we don't number are very dire and i think a come back to the question that an acquisition alone is very easy to have in a condition to ask people to leave and then anybody who wants to create a problem will simply engineer for any reason and a condition and then the our lives and then must across happen. and so it. is important not to play into 1st of all to investigate because the un can be wrong it has been wrong on a total keisha's and wanted to do long it also to conclude to much of the nation continue to do so the reality of the matter concerning peacekeeping is that 1st of all it's a very dangerous and that it can and you talk about consensual demanded i mean the mandates are difficult

you know i'm lucky to get over the united states and now the united nations. member state to many of you bring this. to a successful conclusion now that it is already 50 up to the decision since the climate change and also a sentiment that among hordes is a. in some good lessons which we have to learn from this is a. you know a pandemic a crisis that we need to eat dessert much much more effort on a much much. speed-o. way and to address climate crisis over un secretary-general thank you. thanks very much for the show will be back on monday for the day the usa backed by britain launched around 60 tomahawk cruise missiles into syria until monday if you have water wash your hands keep safe and join me on the ground by following us on you tube twitter facebook and instagram. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. who . thinks. we dare to ask. breaking news this saturday from our. explosion coals on the apartment block to. go to people are known to have died 6 injured our correspondent. report from the scene of the police are. also 2 were killed in a

us ambassador to the united nations. i said i don't even know what the united nations does, i just know everybody hates it kn . and he said the president is higoing to call you on monday and he needs you to about this so we get home, my husband is on the computer and he says i think you'd be good at this and it wasn't a good time as our son was 15 and i didn't, it would have been a tough time to move our daughter was a freshman in college. michael and i, my husband we take care of my parents read their golden 80s my mom has parkinson's so it would have been moved to go to new york the president call that monday and said what are you going to do this? and i said i'm there have to be conditions for me to consider and he said what are they? i said i've been a governor and i don't want to fwork for anyone again . i will want to work with you wso it would need to be a cabinet position. he said done. i said i'm a politics: i would want to be in the room when decisions are made so i would need to be on the national security cou

nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of or non-conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees or different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it. and during germany's lock down authorities have bad indoor religious services but some congregations have come up with creative ways to keep meeting on a regular basis in one german town both catholics and protestants have been coming together at a drive in movie theater to hear a weekly sermon. going to church in the western german town of khowst felt but these worshippers won't even have to get out of their cars they're pulling into the local drive in movie theater for sunday mass indoor church services have been banned since the coronavirus pandemic hitcher many. of these drive in services are something very special for one thing they give people a

nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of unarmed conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees or different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it. and that was the deadly political correspondent thomas sparrow that while the sound of children playing has returned to the streets of spain that emerged from 6 weeks of home isolation after the government allowed them to go outside again spine imposed strict lockdown rules in march to stop the spread of the corona virus if the nation continues to reduce the infection right now or thirty's of promise to give citizens more freedom in the coming weeks. a snapshot of an unforgettable moment spain's children emerged from their homes on sunday for the 1st time after 6 weeks stuck inside children under the age of 14 are now allowed outside each day for up t

nations to united nations organizations because they believe germany that the united nations can actually distribute that money accordingly and also help the countries that are most affected by this pandemic the countries that are most vulnerable be it because of or non-conflict or a war or because of the number of refugees or different reasons why germany has decided to give this money and what the united nations could actually do with it. political correspondent thomas sparrow there now a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world italy's prime minister says some lockdown restrictions will be loosened starting my 4th people will be allowed to. exercise more near their homes just to pick also promised italians they would soon be allowed to stroll in pox and visit relatives as the country emerges from the world's longest coronavirus lockdown. she lies government says it still plans to issues that typically it's to recover coded 19 patients freeing them from lockdown and quarantine restrictions. and has warned so-called immunity postulates are risky as scient

you know i'm lucky to get on with the united states and now the united nations. member state to many of you bring this. to a successful conclusion now that it is already 50 up to the decision since the climate change and also a sentiment that among hoards is a. you know some good lessons which we have to learn from this. and any crisis that we need to eat dessert much much more airports are now much much. speed you know we're really just climbing the crisis over u.n. secretary general thank you. very much as ever the show will be back on monday 3 years of the day the usa backed by britain launch around 60 tomahawk cruise missiles into syria until monday if you have water wash your hands keep safe enjoy be on the ground by following us on you tube twitter facebook instagram. do you believe in miracles would seem democrats do after the joe biden surge on super tuesday for them the fear of the bernie sanders candidate see me now be contained however this is far from over taking on trump no easy task. it's over the. past i wouldn't. take i could. not. give you love w

ambassador to the united nations. i said i don't even know what the united nations does. i just know everybody hates it. [laughter] >> he said the president is going to call you on monday. i need you to think about this. we get home. my husband's on the computer, he said nikki i think you would be really good at this. it wasn't a good time. our son was 15. i didn't -- it would have been a tough time to move him. our daughter was a freshman in college. michael and i, my husband, we take care of my parents. they're both in their 80s. my mom has parkinson's. it would have been a tough move to go to new york. the president called that monday. he said all right, nikki, are you going do this? i said sir there would have to be some conditions for me to consider. he said what are they? i said i've been a governor. i don't want to work for anyone again. i would want to work directly with you because it would need to be a cabinet decision. he said done. i said i'm a policy girl. i would want to be in the room when decisions are made, i would need to be on the national security coun

the united nations special envoy for yemen says the threat of covert 19 has galvanized peace efforts that last week saudi arabia declared a 2 week unilateral ceasefire in yemen it's the 1st nationwide truce in the 5 year old war yemeni authorities have been left struggling as they try to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. lining up to test for the coronavirus anyone who has a fever has to stand outside a checkpoint outside of sanaa it's to protect the metropolis of millions from an outbreak. the transfer people who are suspected to have coronavirus to the hospital or various hotels suitable for quarantine. that want to. officially there's only one case of covert 19 in yemen in reality there may be many more that's bad news for this troubled country 5 years of war between the saudi military coalition and the hoody rebels have devastated the country's infrastructure. almost 50 percent of all hospitals have been destroyed saudi arabia has declared a ceasefire but it's a fragile one people don't have enough food water electricity or medicine many people are suffering hardship and hunger was

credibility of the united nations itself and it's a question of diplomatic and. not the chinese or russian vote against it so you need to convince them and you need to offer them something that's a question of negotiation and should do this we should try to achieve a secure and safe haven either nor syria or in western part of iraq to have a safe haven for refugees under the united nations control by and with with other partners because the turks and the russians slightly bypassed you and they they did it on their own why the way that they do that because the european union was not able to act there was no willingness and therefore we need these german proposals because it was germany which hampered for example european action in the straits of hormuz some some others are a little bit more about your partnership some you mention the united nations the european union to talk about nato. germany made the following commitment and 2014 nato leaders they all very committed to increasing defense spending and spending 2 percent of g.d.p. by 2020 fortune what that the nu

for more i'm joined by the head of the united nations development program in new york at him steiner stand a good to have you with us now emerging economies developing countries they are very much exposed to this crisis this virus crisis which region worries you the most in terms of the pandemic and the following economic decline. and as of this morning we know that 212 countries and territories are affected by coke at 19 so the concern of all of us but also the united nations is for all countries but indeed as you point out in many parts of the world africa perhaps being one she region of the world but also parts of asia latin america central america areas where the virus is beginning to impact both in terms of a crisis in the health system but then also the social economic impacts and the issue of greatest concern for all of us must be that many of these poorer countries and economies don't have the health system infrastructure to cope 1st of all with the suppression of the virus secondly with also providing the kind of social safety nets that i needed in order to deal with this ex

united nations organization. soviet fears of a resurgent germany led the russians to demand territorial adjustments eastern europe to establish a larger postwar buffer zone between germany and the ussr. the allies agreed they would accept nothing less than an unconditional surrender from the axis powers. as dawn broke on june 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion force in history, massed in the waters of the english channel. the long-awaited invasion of northwestern europe, a second front, was underway. code-named "operation overlord" it had taken years to organize. hundreds of thousands of men and millions of tons of weapons and equipment transported across the atlantic ocean to britain. the invasion force consisted chiefly of americans, brittains and canadians. in the early hours of the assault, fdr monitored reports. that evening, he delivered a statement to the american people in a prayer in which he read to the american people. >> almighty god, our sons, pride of our nation, this day, have set up on a mig

nations such as h one n one in 2009 and 2014 inboards cases the united nations my senate and director general. exhibit it. and they proceed in the incredible leadership for member states and of course what a community in headcount helping us overcome and now days and days of great poverty has the challenges to corporation and sort of mary. can i just say of course you're applauding the w.h.o. do you think they learned to love the lessons when you it was u.s. equity general who seemed to step in over eveleigh when it hit guinea liberia and sierra leone because the w.h.o. did not respond as well as it might of. at that time at that time we had i can tell you don that we had met tom governors. girl want to come on a sit down and now our while or each and every country has been taking their own initiative and the whatever they could do in their own countries and went at that time the united nations walked a break or see our red. to have a group want to come on as a system we walk then of course you may do more demand can the european union banks the region and african demand on banks afri

and for more i'm joined by the head of the united nations development program in new york at him stand a good to have you with us now emerging or d. colonies developing countries they are very much exposed to this crisis this virus crisis which region worries you the most in terms of the pandemic and the following economic decline. and as of this morning we know that 212 countries and territories are affected by covert 19 so the concern of all of us but also the united nations is for all countries but indeed as you point out in many parts of the world africa perhaps being one she region of the world but also parts of asia latin america central america areas where the virus is beginning to impact both in terms of a crisis in the health system but then also the social economic impacts and the issue of greatest concern for all of us must be that many of these poorer countries and economies don't have the health system infrastructure to cope 1st of all with the suppression of the virus secondly it also provided the kind of social safety nets that i needed in order to deal with this extraor

department was founded at the united nations in 1969 the un f.p.a. the united nations population. found through this ostensibly neutral path western governments channel millions into population control in developing countries the major donors besides the united states were sweden great britain and germany and switzerland. south korea was among the earliest testing grounds for population control the country was devastated after the korean war at the same time there was a baby boom with the highest birth rates in the world the united states participated in the reconstruction from the very beginning population control being high on the agenda. these 4 careen women grew up in a village 200 kilometers from saw and still remember the war and the time that followed. by all that has him actually talent. look even. sillier than they really are you want all my. days off now to. go slow the video i'm on. to my poor video i'm on. who called it a period only i. want to also cut in the color and it doesn't look like we don't really want there may have been down. paying american with all who fee

you know a multitude of a day not to states and the united nations. member state to lineage bring this climate change we went through a successful conclusion now that it is already 50 up to the decision since the climate change and also a sentiment that among hoards is a. in some good lessons which we have to learn from this is a. you know a pandemic a crisis that we need to eat dessert much much more effort on a much much. speedo way at 200 s. climate crisis over u.n. secretary general thank you. the doctor much as ever the show will about on monday 3 years of the day the usa backed by britain launch around 6 year old greece resolves into syria until monday if you have water wash your hands keep safe and join me on the ground by following us from you tube twitter facebook and instagram it's on. this i let me. ask i wouldn't will. take i could. not. to show more than. can you love food even on the other. hand you may go to see because don't want to touch. the who want to have fun with the kook on the standards of the out. bush. in the world of the phy

in the united nations system remember the world health organization is the u.n. agency responsible for medical and humanitarian support there is only one w.h.o. created in part by the u.s. at the end of world war 2 and it's the only agency that can coordinate among all the countries in a pan debt demick of this sort and the real worry i think is where things go next in the world because it just happens that some of the most sophisticated countries on earth some of the richest countries on earth have been hit 1st and hardest flag here at half mast at u.n. headquarters for those that have lost their lives here in new york one of the world's richest cities but of course the places that haven't been hit yet and they're hoping won't be hit hard but the very worried are parts of the developing world particularly africa particularly conflict zones in the middle east there's a real worry about that and that's why they are so shocked and i think privately pretty angry about what president trump has done. and also though i guess on the slightly more bright side of the dipl

he died a day before he would address the conference that would create the united nations. on the day before his death, he delivered a speech. >> the mere conquest of our enemies is not enough, americans have to -- the ability of all people of all kinds to live together and work together in the same world at peace. ♪ >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series, reel america, saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. you're watching american history tv, covering history c-span style, with events coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures in college classrooms, and visits to museums and historic places, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> on april 11, 1970, apollo 13 blasted off on what was to be the third mission to land humans on the moon. on onboard explosion caused critical system failures that forced the mission to abort and turned to earth. american history tv tells the story this sunday with archival footage and interviews. here is a preview. >> the thought cross

and europe but the united nations says it's lively the vi's will kill at least 300000 people in africa ecuador's worst hit city where kiel is reeling from a surge huge surge in gold in 1000 deaths officially the virus has killed around 400 people in ecuador but doctors say many more have died in the surrounding region the government estimate of using giant refrigerator's contain is just all bodies and in other news over a dozen pro-democracy politicians and activists in hong kong have been arrested for taking part in unauthorized protests last year it comes after beijing's top office in the city made an unprecedented death aeration over its rights to handle hong kong's a face when used as always on our website at al-jazeera dot com and i'll have more for you after the program piano history of a revolution as corona virus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe biden is in but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he be still trying to join us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. 148 the state of israel w

security council resolution 2231 i think every nation has an obligation to go to the united nations and evaluate whether this missile launch was consistent with that security council resolution i think it remotely is and i need i think iran needs to be held accountable for what they've done and the secretary of state has also commented on israeli plans to annex the occupied west bank he says that it's a decision for israel's new government to make the u.n. security council on thursday to discuss the plan that's the headlines the news continues here on the p.l.o. history of a revolution next. we understand the difference is. cultures across the center on how you take a. family as. in 1048 the state of israel was proclaimed. palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. was founded. made up of different factions the p.l.o. has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since.

united nations. i said and the director general. exhibited it. and they cross in the incredible leadership for member states and community in headcount helping us overcome and now days and days of great poverty has the challenges to corporation and sort of mary can i can i just say of course you're applauding the w.h.o. do you think they learned to love the lessons when you it was u.s. equity general who seemed to step in over eveleigh when it hit guinea liberia and sierra leone because the w.h.o. did not respond as well as it might of at that town at that time we had i can tell you down there we had met took governance. girl want to come on a sit down and now our while or each and every country has been taking their own teams and the whatever they could do in their own countries and went at that time the united nations walked a break.

fdr called this wartime coalition the united nations and later led efforts to expand it into a postwar international organization. pres. roosevelt: i am returning from this trip that took me so far, refreshed and inspired, with a firm belief that we have made a good start on a world of peace. i am confident that the congress and the american people will accept the results of this conference as the beginning of a permanent structure of peace from which we can begin the better world in which our children and grandchildren, yours and mine, the children and grandchildren of the whole world must live and can live. and that, my friends, is the only message i can give you. but i feel it very deeply, and i know that all of you are feeling it today and are going to feel it in the future. [applause] narrator: roosevelt imagined an organization of nations dedicated to equality and mutual security with the institution's backbone being 4 policemen, the united states, great britain, the soviet union, and china, who would enforce the peace. fdr died days before he was to address the opening session o

reaffirming the resolve of the united nations to cooperate ully after the war, roosevelt, hurchill , and stalin reach agreement on the foundations of european peace. germany shall be disarmed. german militarism and nazism will be destroyed. germany shall be occupied in zones, with france a major participant. an organization for world security will be permanently established. the three leaders reaffirmed their faith in the principles of the atlantic charter. narrator: moving outside, sarah oliver, catherine harriman, daughter of the american ambassador, and mrs. bodiger watch as the leaders interrupt the conference for history making pictures. a special communiqué signed by all three. ur meeting in the crimea has reaffirmed our common determination to maintain and strengthen in the peace to come, that unity of purpose and the action that has made victory possible and certain for the united nations in this war. we believe that this is a sacred bligation which our government 's owed to our peoples and to all peoples across the world. narrator: winston churchill. franklin roosevelt. jos

by 1945 the united states was providing 60% of all allied nations and 40% of all weapons. products ranging from gasoline to sugar were rationed. civilians drove less, ate meat less, and often drank less coffee. children organized drives to salvage rubber and metal for war industries while their parents planted victory gardens and purchased billions of dollars worth of war bonds. millions of americans began paying federal taxes for the first time and to control inflation the government put limits on wages, prices and rents. president and mrs. roosevelt were at the forefront of this national mobilization effort setting priorities and focusing attention on the goals of total victory. they purchased war bonds and blackout shades were on windows and had war time rationing. the four sons all served in america's military. during the war mrs. roosevelt continued the activism that had long marked her as america's most public first lady. she was outspoken in her support for racial and gender equality. she championed the tuskegee airmen and women into armed services and the right of