the u.n. monitoring committee to france in 2000 make company said you're doing a good job unpolitical pairing. 50% of candidates for municipal elections is good. but you don't have 50% of women on corporate boards or financial institutions. surveys suggest instituting financial sanctions against companies that did not address these differences. the u.n. committee went to germany 2004, demanded that the federal government had conduct a study on my fathers are not without and to parental leave. it's not just a state policy. it's a national policy. there's not many men taking advantage. why is in a quick sweat as you and start having a quality results and the actual process? okay, let's step back for a minute. cause then responds, say so what. u.n. treaty bodies have no enforcement problem. the black helicopters are not going in the u.n. will not come out and enforces laws. so what's the problem? well, the problem is the reality is a powerful american, including the american bar association on ma

the u.n. resolution condemning last month's rocket launch. it says sanctions amount to a declaration of war and warns of what it calls strong physical countermeasures if the south koreans participate in them directly. authorities in pyongyang say there will be no more bilateral discussions on the issue of denuclearization on the korean peninsula. they add a 1992 joint declaration on that issue is no longer valid. north korea's words and possible actions are raising the heat in east asia, along with threatening another nuclear test. authorities in the reclusive nation are promising more rocket launches. japanese defense ministry analysts say the north now have a missing that could travel more than 10,000 kilometers, far enough to reach the u.s. west coast. japan and other countries north korean officials say they used a rocket to put a satellite into orbit but japan and other countries believe they were testing ballistic missile technology. the defense ministry analysts say they believe somethi

but the u.n. has also been critical. i want to put you a sound bite with the question was put about being called the control to the u.s. state department. fightivia's efforts to drug-trafficking without the assistance of the dea or other u.s. authorities may be having some of that impact, although it is controversial. has the u.s. seen these reports and what does the u.s. think about the efforts to deal with illegal trafficking and coca growing and distribution outside of a merit type relationship. >> we have longstanding concerns about the situation in bolivia. i do agree that they have made some progress in 2010 and 2011. there is much to do if the state department -- there is more to do. the state department spokeswoman speaking there. maybe things have gotten better managed and have become more efficient. this is benefiting drug- traffickers, who are not able to see higher yields for not just traditional usage but also for the export. that is also a significant concern. >> there will be some crossover. bolivia is big

what does the philippines hoped the u.n. will be able to do? there are not any powers of enforcement. >> what this is is not so much one thing to say who owns what. all these countries are on the south china seas and china are signatories to the united nations convention on the wall of the sea. they are obliged to uphold the agreements that were agreed to in this united nations convention. one thing they agreed was 200 nautical miles was an expectation zone that belonged to the country. meaning to hundred nautical miles from the philippines, they have the right to explore and use the resources. this is what the philippines is challenging china on. there is a claim with the u.n. saying all this territory belongs to china. it has meant more and more encroachments of chinese vessels in areas that the philippines claims as its own. it is challenging china to accept that the philippines does have the rights to explore in this area and that china is asking the u.n. convention to basically sustained the philippines as the sole beneficiary of this area

according to the u.n., more than 60,000 people have been killed. the u.n. called the figure truly shocking and said it represented a failure by the outside world to stop the violence. today, opposition activists said that dozens more people were killed by an air strike in damascus. our middle east editor reports. >> this a video came from anti- regime activists in syria. they say it shows the aftermath of a government air strike on a petrol station in the suburbs of damascus. estimates of the dead and this attack, some reports say they included armed rebels, run as high as 50. it is as hard as ever to get accurate information out of syria but almost no foreign observers are in the country and big parts of the country are inaccessible. but now the u.n. human rights office said that they have an accurate total of the dead. it is startlingly bigger than previous estimates. the have an outside specialist to go through casualty lists compiled. they have come out with a list of 59,006 had a 48 dead until november. fully identified by photos and family names. -- t

according to the u.n., more than 60,000 people have been killed. the u.n. called the figure truly shocking and said it represented a failure by the outside world to stop the violence. today, opposition activists said that dozens more people were killed by an air strike in damascus. our middle east editor reports. >> this a video came from anti- regime activists in syria. they say it shows the aftermath of a government air strike on a petrol station in the suburbs of damascus. estimates of the dead and this attack, some reports say they included armed rebels, run as high as 50. it is as hard as ever to get accurate information out of syria but almost no foreign observers are in the country and big parts of the country are inaccessible. but now the u.n. human rights office said that they have an accurate total of the dead. it is startlingly bigger than previous estimates. the have an outside specialist to go through casualty lists compiled. they have come out with a list of 59,006 had a 48 dead until november. fully identified by photos and family names. -- t

the u.n. resolution condemning last month's rocket launch. it says sanctions amount to a declaration of war and warns of what it calls strong physical countermeasures if the south koreans participate in them directly. authorities in pyongyang say there will be no more bilatera discussions on the issue of denuclearization on the korean peninsula. they add a 1992 joint declaration on that issue is no longer valid. north korea's words and possible actions are raising the heat in east asia, along with threatening another nuclear test. authorities in the reclusive nation are promising more rocket launches. japanese defense ministry analysts say the north now have a missing that could travel more than 10,000 kilometers, far enough to reach the u.s. west coast. japan and other countries north korean officials say they used a rocket to put a satellite into orbit but japan and other countries believe they were testing ballistic missile technology. the defense ministry analysts say they believe somethin

the newest initiative the u.n. has put forward, eradication is the good and lofty goal, but this project does not releasing to be able to do that. it is emotionally shuffling around existing money -- is mostly shuffling around existing money. the united nations itself is putting in very little money, especially in light of all of the evidence. it is really a mountain of uncontradicted evidence the u.n. is responsible for the worst cholera outbreak in their history. >> what about the whole issue of the united nations peacekeepers? this long term a occupation in essence of haiti by the u.n.? what has been the relationship between the u.n. and the haitian people? rex it changes and depends on who you talk to at one time. they're definitely have been moments i was living in haiti and a talk to people even in areas where people have suffered quite a bit from the presence of the nation's troops in terms of collateral damage. children being killed in crossfire by you and bullets who were still even praising them being the

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aljazeera. >> the u.n. high commissioner for human rights has told aljazeera the situation in syria has deteriorated. she says crimes resulting from violence should be investigated. the united nations, a report. >> in southern syria, a residential neighborhood which is now a war zone, where the bombardment continues around the clock. people run for cover, but there is nowhere safe. incidences like this one are war crimes, according to these. these current members of the security council are among 58 nations that have signed a petition, demanding that syria and all sides in the conflict be referred to the international criminal court. in the face of such a dramatic death toll and the silence of the security council, we thought we must speak out on the absolute need for accountability and to send a clear message that the international community is not turning a blind eye to the atrocities being committed in syria. >> the situation in syria has been repeatedly discussed around this, the security council table.

john ging says the u.n. will ask governments at upcoming donor conference to raise $1.5 billion in aid. >> the 400 million people in need within syria, we also have a plan to respond to the refugees which now number over 650,000 in the neighboring countries. and that plan is costing $1 billion. >> ging spoke in new york after a mission to syria. he said the u.n. will make the request for aid after the donor conference in kuwait. he says the civil war has damaged infrastructure such as water, electricity and roads. he noticed people are in desperate need for food and medical supplies. he said relief goods are not reaching people who have fled to northern syria. ging demanded syrian leaders allow u.n. officials to enter the country from turkey. >>> emergency crews are on the ground in southern kazakhstan following a plane crash. russia's interfax news agency says the aircraft with about 20 people on board came down outside almaty, the country's largest city. the plane was reportedly flying from the north. inte

the u.n. has launched an investigation into civilian deaths from from strikes in a number of countries including somalia, pakistan, afghanistan, and yemen. the inquiry will look at 25 separate from strikes including a u.s. attack in pakistan in 2011 where up to 40 civilians are reported to have been killed. in syria today, war planes continued to bomb rubble-held areas near the capital as president assad was shown on television and attending a mosque service to mark the birthday of the prophet. every day, thousands of refugees to flee the violence. the strain on those trying to shelter them is enormous. we have been to a camp in jordan. >> small figures and a vast crisis. every night now, they come in their thousands. most are women and children, terrorized by war. for the children, how frightening is it? >> they keep screaming. they cannot sleep. they cry all the time. >> in the distance and in the country behind them, smoke rises from an explosion. on this side of the border, they meet soldi

>> the u.n. organization for unicef says that the children are paying the highest price. they're looking at areas that have suffered some of the worst violence. we have this report from neighboring turkey. >> they travel to the hard-hit areas, including homs to gauge a sense of the humanitarian disaster and what kind of intervention the international community as to put forward to cope with that disaster. the problem is with the ongoing crisis, if the air strikes continue, it will be extremely difficult to get into homs or be able to see what is happening. we're talking about thousands of families trapped in areas under constant shelling by government forces, thousands of families trapped on the border with turkey, with no infrastructure, no food, no aid or assistance. it is an area where the temperature drops below freezing levels. it is extremely delicate for those people. whenever we talk to people, they say, why did the international committee let down the syrian people? >> the u.n. says that

is also one of the microscope the u.n. has launched an inquiry into the legality of using drones world wide investigation comes amid rising concern that the flurry of what's dubbed the anti terrorist strikes is done little to protect civilians moreover rights activists suggest in pakistan alone over a quarter of those killed by cia drone attacks are innocent bystanders. going to as this report. what we have going on is a group of top notch international law specialist spearheaded by the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism launching this investigation into the drone attacks carried out by the united states in recent years they're going to be looking into the drone strikes taking place over somalia yemen of get a stand pakistan and the actions of israel when it comes to the occupied territories the group plans to look into from twenty to thirty specific strikes one of the areas they're going to concentrate on are the so-called double tap strikes where rescuers for example people running to save victims

john ging says the u.n. will ask governments at upcoming donor conference to raise $1.5 billion in aid. >>> in addition to the 519 million for the four million people we decided as in need in syria, we also have a plan to respond to the refugees which now number over 650,000 in the neighboring countries. and that plan is costing $1 billion. >> ging spoke in new york after a mission to syria. he said the u.n. will make the request for aid after the donor conference in kuwait. he says the civil war has damaged infrastructure such as water, electricity and roads. he noticed people are in desperate need for food and medical supplies. he said relief goods are not reaching people who have fled to northern syria. ging demanded syrian leaders allow u.n. officials to enter the country from turkey. >>> myanmar's leader is on a visit to south korea. they met with the first woman to be elected president of south korea, park. the two female politicians encourage to do what they can for their respective countries. our seo

i hope more will be done to improve the situation. >> u.n. high commissioner for human rights last week stressed the need for an investigative commission on north korea. it would require the adoption of a draft resolution and meeting of the human rights council opening in late february. >>> suicide attacks have rocked the afghan capital kabul for the second time in less than a week. we go to bangkok for more details. gunmen and armed -- gunmen armed with suicide vests stormed a government building in kabul on monday. the incident comes just two days -- i'm sorry, just days after a similar attack on agency. afghanistan's intelligence. agency. the early morning raid involved at least three suicide attackers and a powerful car bomb. the headquarters of the kabul traffic department was the target. reuters reports at least three traffic police were killed and four wounded. the taliban has claimed responsibility. >> translator: it was about 5:00 in the morning when we heard an explosion. the power went off. there were blasts one after another. then

according to u.n. reports in nearly two years of fighting, 60,000 syrians have been killed. >>> crews off the coast of ve venezuela continue to search for a missing plane that was carrying vittorio missoni, his wife and four others. the plane went missing friday morning shortly after takeoff. >>> the national transportation safety board are investigating a plane that crashed. something told her, hold on a minute, stop right there, otherwise she would have been hit. >> god is good. he really is. as you all can see, that is amazing. i got out without a scratch on me. little bruise from taking a tumble through the window. but other than that, i'm fine. i'm blessed. truly god was with me. there's no way anyone else should have got out of there, but god has other plans for me. and make sure that i got out. couldn't stop the plane, but he could stop me because i was headed to that exact spot where the plane crashed. >> the pilot reported mechanical problems and

the u.n. is currently feeding some 1.5 million people in syria, but around 2.5 million are believed to be in need. on tuesday, a spokesperson for u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon said aid workers have been unable to reach less than half of those requiring food aid. >> humanitarian partners continue to reach hundreds of thousands of people in syria. road closures, fuel shortages, and lack of access to conflict affected areas. since the beginning of january, the world food program has reached 800,000 people, and hopes to reach 1.5 million people with food distributions in syria this month. it is estimated 2.5 million people are in need of food assistance in syria. >> venezuela has delayed the third term swearing-in ceremony of president hugo chÁvez as he continues to receive medical treatment in cuba. chÁvez has been in cuba for nearly a month undergoing and recovering from his fourth surgery for cancer. on tuesday, the head of an as well as national assembly confirmed chÁvez is not well e

they're protesting against a u.n. security council resolution that condemns their recent missile launch. >>> prime minister netanyahu's right-wing coalition wins a narrow victory in israel's general election. a centrist party makes an unexpected strong showing. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." experts following the move buys north korea are watching the clock. they say it's only a matter of time before the country carries out another nuclear test. north korean leaders promised to boost their military power in reaction to a u.n. security council resolution condemning their recent rocket launch. security council members passed the resolution unanimously. it expands existing sanctions, adding four individuals and six organizations, including the space agency. assets will be frozen and the individuals will also face a travel ban. officials in pyongyang are showing defiance. >> this suggests north korean authorities are prepared to conduct a third nuclear tests following ones in 2006 and 2009. they also declared they w

in other international news this hour u.n. peace and war locks are brahimi has told the u.n. syria is being destroyed we have to warn you mate you may find some of the following footage we're going to show which is evidence of one of the conflicts biggest massacres extremely disturbing scores of bodies of young men have been found on the bank of the river in syria's northern city aleppo activists reported there were at least seventy one while rebels put the number at over one hundred most had their hands tied behind their backs with gunshot wounds to the head at the moment there is no information on who carried out the killings. residents in malaya and towns of go into iraq to have hunted down and killed some of the remaining rebels who recently lost control of the city's local businesses along with suspected insurgents who didn't flee when french and malian troops secured the area earlier this week on wednesday french troops entered the city of could seen as the last standing militant stronghold in the country's north. at least four people have died and thousands more were f

the u.n. headquarters hotel montana had created supermarket. one of keane stoneman was one of the buried at montana. those that ventured the language barriers security concerns and some impose curfews outside the high and compound for treating waste on reports of quote civil unrest. the coverage of those few featured rescue sites provided a much-needed uplift for viewers a broad. their miracles were floats of hope in a sea of sadness. luxury hotels and high in supermarkets broadcast around the world and win new refugees came and they knew where to go. they had already seen the priority sites on tv. and i will jump to one more in the middle of the book. and a chapter called angela. i could explain but by the book. it talks about a conference a very important conference that was held in march of 2010, the end of march of 2010 in which the international community left those governments major international organizations such as the red cross came together in new york at the united nations to make

fatah, the internationally recognized representative asking the u.n. to upgrade their international standing. an overwhelming number of nations voted to recognize them as a non-member observer state. they celebrated the news. israel condemned the move. the day after the vote, the government announced the massive settlement plans would move forward. the development would effectively cut the territory in two. united states of the project was "not helpful." tensions over the iranian nuclear program to be most in the spotlight. netanyahu has threatened to launch a preventive strike on iranian nuclear abilities. he told the u.n. that iran could have the means to trade in nuclear bomb as early as this spring. i rise as they will respond to any israeli attack by closing the straight -- iran said they will close the strait of hormuz. they could also launched missiles into israel and they're adding further to the israeli border is in the event of a showdown. western countries have passed multiple rounds of sanctions against by round, but they have stopped short

the u.n. says donors have helped them raise more than $1.5 million for refugees. 100,000 people have already fled the violence in syria. the number could reach more than 1 million by june. there is also concerned about 2 million syrians who have been internally displaced by the conflict. i moon called the situation in syria a catastrophe that is growing by the day. a figure stands at 700,000. an ambitious target of $1.50 billion, a figure that is a surprise to some u.s. officials that it was met. >> to be able to provide to syrian refugees better protection, that your assistance in relation to shelter, food, health. >> the $1.50 billion the u.n. and ask for is just for the next six months. that is the largest amount they have ever need in u.s. history. there is no end in sight for the problems in syria. they may have to have another conference like this in a matter of months. the progress raised for raising humanitarian funds is a conflict or the humanitarian community to stop the killing. sho

a deadly epidemic wreaking havoc on haiti, cholera inadvertently brought in by u.n. peacekeepers costing thousands of lives. is cholera still a threat today that's coming up. >> i will never stop saying thank you for thr, that you are doing and doing in my life. and i know god, i'm praying every day to help these people who are helping us and having these beautiful things happen in our lives. >> we've been hit very hard and had an excellent meeting with the president and the prime minister and they were very specific about what they're trying to achieve. clearly their highest obligation is to get the necessities to the people who are living to clear the streets of the corpses, the very tragic job that has to be done and to begin working on the electricity, the transportation, the telecommunications, now, the nuts and bolts how they get up and going again. >> greta: that was secretary of state hillary clinton speaking to "on the record" right on the airport tarmac in haiti and that interview just six days after the 7.0 earthquake hit. now, immediately after the deadly

but israel says the president snubbing the u.n. human rights watchdog while fencing off even more from its closest neighbors. and the u.s. office working to close guantanamo bay prison is disbanded become some of the nine eleven trial at the bases military tribunals and while the defense lawyers demand transparency on the cia's secret jails the probe into one of them based in poland drags on. it's three pm here in moscow seven am in washington you're watching r t with me and he said now our top story this hour the u.s. senate has overwhelmingly approved president obama's nomination of john kerry as the next secretary of state the sixty nine year old democrat will succeed hellary clinton taking over washington's diplomacy amid deepening turmoil in the mideast raging conflicts in africa and complicated relations with russia are jews going to can look said kerry's past foreign policy decisions and what it might signal about the future. the evolution of john kerry's views has been quite remarkable so remarkable that it's hard to pin wh

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the u.n. human rights council has released a report saying israel must move all settlers are of palestinian territories the paper says the settlements are violation of human rights destroying palestinians property and crops and driving them off their land israel has refused to cooperate cooperate with investigation calling the report biased and counterproductive for more on the issue let us talk to human rights activists and blogger roy amal. mr mauer the report suggests israel's settlement and push may even amount to a war crime moving its citizens into occupied territory but doesn't carry enough weight to hold anyone accountable. well i think seen over the years many such reports and resolutions by various u.n. bodies and international and you and i don't think that these things carry a lot of weight in terms of their effect on actual policy on the ground if it were to come from a more prominent body either from the united states or from the united nations security council it might have a gr

north korea threatened to attack south korea because of u.n. sanctions. french forces stepped up their offensive against rebels in mali. we are on patrol with them in the north. plus, why young people in cuba are playing with the idea of making music their career. we are getting reports of iraq that least five protesters have been killed in scuffles between the army and worshippers near the city of fallujah. thousands have been protesting for more than a month against the prime minister's government. they say the government promotes sectarian policies that discriminate against them. the latest violence began after the police. -- block protesters from entering the city. >> which call upon the army -- we call upon the army affiliated with iraq. if it is only loyal to the muslim nation and only belongs to the good land of iraq, to open the way for the scholars and people to give in to the city. they are not allowed to get in right now. the army has to be loyal to iraq. >> let's take some live pictures coming in from fallujah. the crowds are still swelling. a

the u.n. refugee agency says nearly 100,000 refugees have escaped violence in syria in the last month alone, and there are more than 590,000 refugees, up from before. many of those people have escaped the jordan camp, where winter storms are making already difficult conditions worse. tents have been flooded. many people are stranded, and a big snowstorm is expected to hit very soon. >> the weather is so cold. they tell us if they give us heater's a tent may burn. you can see how bad it is. rain and cold and water seeps into our tents. you wake up at night and find yourself surrounded by water. >> we have no heaters. why have they left us stranded like this? our children are cold and sick. everyone is sick. >> tensions came to a head when refugees attacked aid workers as they distributed food. more from the jordanian capital of oman. >> aid workers in the refugee camps told us riots and scuffles broke out on tuesday when refugees were queuing for food handouts. we were told the refugees were ve

u.n. civil liberties group demanding to know exactly how americans are being monitored receive a blank reply leaving them at the mall in the dark. and netanyahu is narrow when the israeli prime minister claims victory in a snap general election but his policy is poor performance means tough political horse trading lays ahead to form a cabinet. this is coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. to man had been arrested in the u.k. for being part of a vigilante group calling themselves a muslim patriot but troll video footage shows you people telling them they have entered an islamic area and should a base sharia law and as a sign a friend tells us even that muslim leaders in london condemns the group is still causing a lot of anger. an islamic vigilante group that's what they call themselves a small number of people who were going up to members of the public in areas of london and confronting them saying that they were implementing shari'a law and that this was a musli

has just approved by holding of the u.n. special session, the u.n. general assembly on drugs which will take place a few years from now 2016 but will provide the next really serious opportunity for the convention reform. who knows what will happen? it is too far out. but there is clearly a move for change and that is why the u.s. government is so nervous. thank you. >> i want to tell one more story as you were talking and reminded me of. so as you were saying that coca-cola company was aligned with harry to codify the special access to the coca company got that access in the 1961 single convention. as a come after that happened, the coca-cola company's have legal access to coca now but it was always a little problematic for them to be -- to ensure they would always have access to coca. they are changing governments in latin america. they never know if they are going to have so they want to try to grow coca in the united states. so they could have better access to it and also to get i think the code was the one to have greater agricultural knowledge o

and the ripple effect from fresh u.n. sanctions on north korea. to use force against its southern neighbor the international punished. with worldwide news live from moscow this is with me wrong welcome to the program. on the second anniversary of the egyptian revolution people are back on the iconic square but this time though they're not going there to celebrate not at all the various groups are calling for fresh antigovernment rallies with demands very similar to those that led to regime change that was two years ago at the eve of the anniversary was marked with fierce clashes between. police which left dozens injured. rubber bullets were used to disperse the protesters who tried to tear down a wall preventing them from reaching parliament cairo true explain. what's driving those who fought for change two years ago right back out onto the streets. just off egypt's tahrir square surrounded by murals of slain protesters law graduates tarik talks about his brother who was killed during the two thousand and eleven revolution two years on tarek says

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s ecosock has just approved the holding of a u.n. special session, u.n. general assembly special session on drugs which will take place a few years from now, 2016, but will provide the next really serious opportunity for convention reform. who knows what will happen. it's too far out. but there is clearly a move for change in the region, and that's why the u.s. government is so nervous. thank you. >> um, i actually want to tell one more story. as you were telling -- talking, you reminded me of. so as we're saying, the coca-cola company was allied with harry -- [inaudible] to codify this special access to the coca leaf. the coca-cola company got that access in the 1961 single convention. so after that happened the coca-cola company, they have legal access to coca now. but it was always, i think, a little politically problematic for them to be, to insure that they would always have access to coca. there are changing governments in latin america, they never really know if they're going to have an in. so they wanted to try to grow coca in the united states so

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in both bases, those tests followed a u.n. security council resolution or presidential statement punishing them for missile launch. it's become something of a cycle. the north koreans launch a ballistic missile, the u.n. reacts, officials carry out a nuclear test. the same process seems to be under way again. >> what's behind north korea's intentions with -- in the face of so much international pressure? >> yes. i think the use of these launches and nuclear test to keep a level of control in the negotiations with the u.s. the ultimate goal is to have ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. they think that will put them on a more even footing with the americans. it's like an insurance policy. but it doesn't just help the north in their dealings with other nations. lead are jim john uncarries out actions to cement his power at home. the country's economy is stagnant. most people subsist on a minimum amount of food. authorities use these launches and nuclear tests to calm these people. north korea is a great country. they even

as i mentioned before, i think the u.n. is really pulling back on some its vaccine campaigns and others. there have been a number of it aid projects shut down or temporarily suspended in those parts of pakistan. you know, i do think it's very a chilling effect to a certain extent, and i think it's going to continue as long as people are intimidated. you know, people are going to stop allowing their relatives from going out and taking that sort of risk. >> brown: they're particularly vulnerable in they're locals. all right, pam constable, thanks so much. >> you're very welcome. >> woodruff: now, a massachusetts company that has found the road to profitability lies with an underemployed group of workers. economics correspondent paul solman reports on this rare hiring policy. it's part of his ongoing reporting, "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: since losing her husband 16 years ago, retired waitress rosa finnegan has been coming to work at vita needle in needham, massachusetts. >> i can still walk up the stairs as

the move is in line with sanctions the u.n. security council put in place. the u.n. resolution extends sanctions to four individuals and six organizations. they include the korean committee for space technology, that's north korea's space agency. their assets will be frozen. the individuals will also face a travel ban. the u.s. state department said they are adding the space agency and two related individuals to their sanction list. the u.s. treasury department black listed two beijing based representatives of a north korean bank and a hong kong based trading company. a spokesperson for the department said it's imposing further restrictions on entities that support the north's nuclear program. it wants to restrict the country's ability to use the international financial system for illicit purposes. north korean authorities responded to the united nations sanctions by announcing they will carry out a nuclear test of a higher level. now they are warning their southern neighbor counter measures if it takes part in the international clamp down. a north korean statement c

warning prance -- plans to conduct a nuclear test and will launch long range rockets in response to u.n. sanctions. the body says that is a peaceful bid to send a satellite into space and military purpose to attack its quote, sworn enemy, the united states. >>> in utah the salt lake city airport is closed due to icy conditions. a frontier airplane slid on a runway but landed safely this morning. the airport spokesperson says there were no injuries but several flights have been canceled. >>> the abandoned chicago warehouse covered in ice from two days of firefighters efforts in subzero temperatures, it is on fire again. one-third of the windy city's fire department fought the flames since tuesday night. the fire rekin i would in the center of the building early this morning. those are the headlines. get you now back to tracy and ashley. ashley: fire and ice. arthel neville, thank you very much.

so it's on the down slide, i'd say on the amount of international activities and u.n. forces are present, more than a peace keeping, watching mode, not doing anything particularly active. three years later it's hard to sustain momentum on any international effort at that amount of time. >> greta: coming up, america's doctors and nurses saving lives in haiti. medical professionals headed to haiti right after the quake and stayed long after. why should you care so much about haiti? those answers next. also, we're going to take you back inside the greta home and academy. you'll see how 80 hatian children are being educated and learning to love school. that's coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing e all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours.