mission is there supported by the security council the security council is working on the the resolution which was adopted by at russia's initiative on a looking into the dangers which are there in terms of spreading weapons out of libya which were left on that in the course of of the conflict. helping the libyans to rebuild their political and economic structures so a lot of harmonious work is going on in the in the security council of the united nations. even though we continue to have some ideological and political difficulty is as to whether it is a loose of nine hundred seventy three was a properly implemented bus you touched on it just i wanted to pick up the aussie rules of post conflict libya how they being made secure how is the un stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. while they may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we're told that the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been that they're to the outside of libya so we hop

president, the security council convenes today at a time when events in syria are spiraling dangerously. this requires that international efforts be converted with the efforts for a rapid and decisive action. first to ensure immediate cessation of violence in protection of the syrian people and secondly to begin as soon as possible the implementation of the road map for a peaceful political solution of the grinding crisis that realizes the aspirations for change and reform, a move to a peaceful democratic life where the syrian people in all segments enjoys dignity as called upon by every arab country. the situation is ever more grave and urgent in light of the security and syria wngsed in the past few days. the acts of violence and the firing and counter shelling and firing that has felled many innocent civilians following the syrian clear resort to an escalation of the security option in full. contradiction with the commitments that it took upon in the arab plan as well as the protocol signed by the syrian arab republic and league of arab states on the mandate of the observer mission o

council could adopt further measures if syria does not come by with the security council wants we don't know what those further measures would be and that is the concern that many security council members do how waiting comes to how the international community will be with syria considering what has taken place in libya. no marina real quickly why is the u.n. security council seemingly able at this point to go from words to actions. because as i just began discussing you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted a resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for in the russian draft hold both parties accountable the assad government and the opposition groups and says both parties need to come to the negotiation table it does cause it doesn't call for any type of regime change and that is something th

so why is the arab league here before this security council? because they are seeking the support of the international community for a negotiated peaceful political solution to this crisis. and a responsible democratic transition in syria. and we all have a choice. stand with the people of syria and the region, or become complicit in the continuing violence there. the united states urges the security council to back the arab league's demand that the syrian government immediately stop all attacks against civilians and guarantee the freedom of peaceful demonstrations. in accordance with the arab league's plan, syria must also release all arbitrarily detained citizens, return its military and security forces to their barracks, allow full and unhindered access for monitors, humanitarian workers and journalists. and we urge the security council to back the arab league's call for an inclusive syrian-led political process, to effectively address the legitimate aspirations and concerns of syria's people. conducted in an environment free from violence,

council the syrian envoy said that that report in full detail has not been disclosed to security council members the syrian ambassador also said that these meeting is an attempt for some western powers and arab countries to distort the circumstance in syria that he believes many of those taking part in today's meeting at the u.n. are not looking for a peaceful solution or a peaceful approach in syria let's take a listen to what he had to say. you may want to go to the our observers there are there are armed groups using term of them. the secretary general objected to requests by members of this council to invite general dhabi of the arnold league observers to participate in this meeting the reports of the arab observers was not sent to you as part of the documents but were dispatched from the headquarters of the arab league the decision of the arab league to go to the security council is only an attempt to bypass the time of the honorable observers i'm going to attempt to ignore the reports the reports came against the plans of some of the parties. now of course this meeting is taking pl

the security council the is the key stone of international peace and security and if it is to remain so it has the duty to promouns on such serious cases like syria. rapidly and with the broad measure of support adopt the resolutions by month rocco and crucial involvement of regional activities today. the only protagonist able to provide a realistic political resolution. there are two essential elements in the text. firstly, it unequivocally condemns the repression perpetrated by the regime without falling into the trap of a false trap between this and the opposition on the ground because if a minority resorts to violence the vast majority of syrians protest baer handed in the streets against the indiscriminate violence of the regime. we must respectfully pay tribute to those men and women and those syrians who every day march for their freedom in the knowledge that they could be shot dead at the any moment. i would also, as this has been mentioned, the memory of the french journalist who died as he did his job. and i will not allow this to be exploited. the syrian authorities should

security council in new york. there has been a lot of discussion taking place primarily because a european arab draft resolution was circulated to the u.n. security council members in which it calls for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfer power to his deputy while a unity government is formed as prepared for new elections cording to reports this draft text calls for a political transition in syria it also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution now of course this is just a draft text that was written by france and britain in consultation with morocco germany portugal the united states and qatar this is a draft that is just beginning to be discussed by the security council members we do know that the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin expressed . deep disappointment with their draft indicating that he does not believe that the international community should impose an outside solution on syria in terms of

security council meeting. so far bill we have heard members that some members of the arab league speaking to the security council on their plan for syria specifically it was the secretary general of the arab league and the prime minister of qatar that in the i dress the international body indicating that they say they tried very hard to decide to solve the problem in syria before the issue before the security council but they underscored the fact that they are calling for a ceasefire from both sides that are in a conflict that's one month but that's waging in syria and they're calling for national dialogue those that just the security council specifically the prime minister of qatar said that this plan does not call for any foreign intervention the arab league does not want to. carry intervention into syria instead they say this is a syrian crisis doubt will be approached in the in the context of the arab of the here's a little bit of what the prime minister of this hall had to say. we're going to the program

council of the plan adopted under that resolution and to request the security council to endorse the said plan as adopted by the league of arab states council. mr. president, at the out seti would like to stress our first and ultimate goal is to serve the interests of syria which requires the protection of syria's sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity in ensuring the stability. likewisery stress the experience of ensuring the solidarity and unity. the various components and the ethnic, religious, and social groups. with the unique social gab rick, intellectual and authenticity, it is due to the heards of all arabs. i will inform you of the resolution taken by all arabs. we meet under the watchful eyes bereaved. the detainees and young people and elderly and we continue to hope that they would gain the support of the security council so that they would live a decent free life based on right, justice and good governance. realizing the hopes of the syrian people is in your hand. it is part of your responsibility under the charter. in fact, we are entrusted with s

security council. u.n. security council sanctions that we did not agree upon did not approve. so that would be my answer if someone is trying to use force it any cost i already heard calls to both arab troops and syria then well what will tardily be able to oppose it. if somebody wants that to be done very much on their part but let it happen. on their own initiative let it be. fair. and responsibly they will not be blessed and be given part of it by the security council inter trust agency in place are. you sure given. what you think with regard to the upcoming elections in our country . what will happen to our foreign policies and then next thing if i may what's your view.

security council's unanimous decision. is there any point in the future where possibly the words "any means necessary" could be used by the security council, which means using force to stop the violence? >> no, not that kind of language. there could be language talking about placing or considering sanctions on syria, but that would even be a stretch. u.s. diplomats and western european diplomats have been working on this for days. they have been talking with the russians. we have to wait and see what happens as they vote next tuesday. it does not look good, and ironically, with the failure of this diplomacy, it has invigorated talks about intervention in policy circles, and that is currently what is being debated in washington and beyond. >> arab nations themselves are split on using force to end the violence. if they were unanimous, could that make a difference, could that change russian and chinese mines? >> yes, it could, but they're not gone to be because a lot of non and to it -- because 11 non will oppose stronger la

council now even the security council it appears that they don't have a lot of hope because of the veto power and the clear russian the stance of course the russian stance was very logical as well because it said that you know a very clearly the security council is not for a change those who decide on changing the regime are the syrian people themselves and we saw on the streets of damascus how and how much support bashar assad actually has so i do expect that in the security council the enemies of the syrian leader or the enemies of the syrian leadership also won't be able to achieve their aspirations or to fulfill their aspirations so in the end i think what we are heading towards i think we're heading towards. people taking into consideration into consideration the russian proposal of power sharing with bashar assad staying in power really so you think negotiations are actually possible clearly russia pushing for that very concerned that foreign intervention could lead to more disastrous results there you think that negotiations could happen. yes i do i do think that negotiations cou

security council of this country. will also continue discussions with europe be in union leadership. as well as the authorities of iran trying to agree on the date of the next meeting i believe that now we all need to focus on those practical steps not on sanctions and especially not on threats to use force over to you. so again victor rejects the russian. stuff that was after a newspaper and losing their newspaper from up high zero you mentioned the rule of law. which is important both domestically and internationally international court has been reviewing the case of a dislike of shesh and had all of these so been tragical bhakti. has been in prison for the nine years. judges have not been proven the court refuses to pay for trips of what the says he's have in health problems nonetheless he remains in custody so my question is what russia is doing and what could be russia's response my second question three and a half years ago august war took place you had about a state that mr medvedev mr bowden prosecutor general

security council meeting. well liz as we speak the u.n. security council meeting is underway where our top top notch diplomat spearheaded by u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and her british and french counterparts are trying to push through this very tough resolution on syria at the security council they're talking right now these negotiations are expected to continue today tonight as well as tomorrow with a possible expected results are vote on thursday and now it's important like you mentioned that a battle a very serious one looks likely to be under way because as you said russia and china the veto holding members of the security council do not back this resolution now specifically what they stand against is the rigi regime change that this resolution initiated by the arab league and backed by the u.s. in the west is calling for and it basically says that the syrian probe the president needs to step down if this does not happen the international community if this does not happen within fifteen days the international community wou

the looks of the security council will never approved bombing syria i guarantee it . russia's foreign minister rules out use of force against syria to settle the crisis there but says moscow never insisted retaining the assad regime was a condition for peace. and a syrian opposition has rejected the chance for talks with the country's president instead threatening the sound family with a brutal and bloody and live analysis of what's happening in syria the moment very shortly. and this is first summit exposes the deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to fiscal restrictions that critics say is on the front. of democracy our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is. a fierce battle is unfolding at the u.n. security council where discussion is underway on a new resolution on syria western and arab diplomats are launching a major offensive to overcome russia's strong opposition to a text calling for president assad to go the draft motion also doesn't rule out the use of foreign force. is monitoring developm

council could adopt further measures if syria does not comply with what the security council wants we don't know what those further measures could be you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted a resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for the russian draft hold both parties accountable it doesn't call for any type of regime change and that is something that russia and. now we saw three months ago vetoed a western draft resolution that could impose possibly regime change in syria and that's where you have a difference of opinions but this story will continue next week because from what we're told the security council will meet to discuss the text of this draft resolution by antiwar activists and blog says the latest resolution circulating at the u.n. security council doesn't uphold the right

security council where discussion is underway on a new resolution on syria western and arab diplomats are launching a major offensive to overcome russia's strong opposition to a text calling for president assad to go it also doesn't rule out the use of foreign force. is monitoring developments in new york for us marina what exactly are the sides not seeing eye to eye on. well bill the reality is that russia has maintained a position on syria in which it believes that both sides of the conflict need to come together in dialogue and russia has said that it will not support any use of force into syria on syria now according to the arab european draft resolution that's now being presented to the u.n. security council it calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside hand over his powers to his deputy while and national unity government is formed but most importantly it in at the end of this resolution is is a paragraph that says that the security council can decide to review syria's implementation of the resolution within fifteen days and if the event in the event syria has not

security council resolution based on an arab league peace plan. voters in the sunshine state it ready to show their hands in the latest rounds for the presidential nomination contest. time now for the business news. we talkst start with -- a lot about the eurozone and the crisis. but today, a particular focus on unemployment. >> disappointing figures from the 17-nation eurozone showing unemployment has risen to 10.4% in that area. that is in the month of december. of the same month a year earlier, down to 9.5%. 16.5 million people are jobless across the eurozone but in terms of specific countries, spain is of course the worst performing, 22.9% unemployed, the highest number of unemployed in the industrialized world. one of the big focuses of yesterday's summit in brussels is to find where the jobs and the growth will be coming from. a little earlier i spoke to one strategist and ask her how much pressure there was on eu leaders last night. the more will have to come. if you think about it, we got yesterday was just an agreement -- disciplinary act