babacar: if we failed, united nations --i don't think -- laura: has the united nations mission in the central african republic failed the people it was supposed to be protecting? no, i don't think so. i think we are properly protecting the population. it is because of our presence that the entire political process is moving forward, even though there are still violence in the country. i don't think that we have failed in our mission to protect the population. thisly agree with you that huge, abuses are really putting huge jeopardy, and something we should fight against with determination. laura: babacar gaye, thank you very much for talking to us. well, just time to bring you a quick reminder of our headlines this hour. iran has taken a peace plan to damascus. mohammadgn minister javon zarif jetted into the capital for talks with bashar al-assad. violence erupted to mark is arrival. the islamic state group claims to have killed a westerner in egypt for the first time. the photograph purporting to show the decapitated body of croatian national tomislav salopek has appeared online. seni

let's go live now to the united nations in new york. strong reaction from the united nation over this affair. >> it was. we just heard from as he can jen ban ki-moon and give you three words he used to describe, angered, anguished and ashamed. he came out very strong. also, of course firing the head of the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the central african republic, ban ki-moon announcing he was sending one of his top diplomats to get a sense of what's going on there. he called for a special session of the u.n. security council for tomorrow or thursday to look into this issue more and take it up, and he said he would be meeting ve. >> video conference call with all of his mission commanders from all 16 u.n. peacekeeping missions around the world, so clearly this has shaken ban ki-moon and the united nations, these allegations very strong, finally ban ki-moon felt he need to step in and take decisive action. let's listen to a little more of what he had to say. >> every allegation must be thoroughly investigated, as you know, i have appoint

in a sense, ceding power to the united nations? -- i havet tell you great expectations that he will do that. i think he has at least the possibility or there exists the possibility since he himself has called for a reassessment of u.s. policy, of u.s. middle east peace policy. allowing the security council to deal with it. piece" inew york times argue the united states has two commitments that have been made to the state of israel. one commitment is to have israel's back diplomatically. when other countries try through , first -- force israel to go to the u.n., whatever, to take certain measures that the u.s. will support the state of israel. the other commitment is a security commitment. that the united states will always do what it takes to prevent israel's existence and terms of supplying it with military hardware, specifically it is existentially threatened with violence from the outside. that is a commitment that i hope the u.s. will always adhere to and never abandon and never compromise. but i pointed out you can do that onl

national security to the united nations for the purpose of this deal? >> i think that's a great way to put that. he did. and you look at who we're dealing with. president obama today mentioned president kennedy dealing with russia. we had a common enemy. we knew where each other stood. with iran, they're the number one state sponsor of terrorism. they've got more blood on their hands pretty much than any other country, you think what they did two to three years ago, they orchestrated an assassination attempt on a saudi arabian ambassador on u.s. soil. and this is why they had the sanctions in place -- >> to me, it's even more compelling they're responsible for an estimated one-third of our casualties in iraq. we're out of time. congressman. let me ask you this. do you believe there is sufficient democratic disaffection with which the way the president has handled himself and this deal, and is there sufficient opposition on the part of the republicans to turn down the deal? >> certainly on the republican side. i believe there is. and on the democratic wi

the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon has forced the head of the u.n. peace keeping forces to resign amid allegations of rape and murder. >>> the pro-government fighters in yemen has gained control of the city of ibb. >>> and iran's foreign minister has met the syrian president, bashar al-assad in damascus. libya's prime minister has threatened to resign. the leader of the country's government in tobruk made the announcement during a television interview. >>> at least six people have been killed in a suspected boko haram attack in northwest nigeria. the blast took place on tuesday at lunchtime when the market was at its busy itself. >>> aid workers in south sudan says sexual violence against women have increased since the civil war began two years ago. natasha ghoneim reports. >> reporter: each day the displaced women here walk into the bush to collect firewood. they'll spend half a day trying to collect enough to sell. some say they are returning beaten and raped. >> translator: they pointed a gun at us, and told us to drop the firewood and follow them

nations charter and our city the k4rish9d that our united nations is a global instrument that continues to promote diversities and equality and acceptance around the world it is therefore appropriate for me to declare this today to be united nations charter day in san francisco. (clapping.) >> secretary general please come up and receive this xhivengs here. (clapping.) >> and, of course this may not get you're free parking in san francisco but if i may quote on the all whereas whereas today we prourld remember this in san francisco's history and remain committed to the principles and values that inspired the unchaertsdz creation including human rights and equality for all thank you (clapping.) >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> in so to speak of fight for equality it is my honor to introduce stewart milk and annette did i say your last name right stewart is not only the nephew of the late harvey milk who legacy in our city is cherished may i but made his rights as the co-founder and president of the harvey milk foundation and annette is the dpiven i beginning advice in a

gabriel, al jazeera the united nations. what happened to you in that attack. >> good evening barbara. i come in a small town in damascus. august 21st, 2013, asaad regime used gas to attack, just like he used the same gas to attack eastern butah. i was one of the people that got hit. i lost my ability to breathe. i was sufficient everring from unbearable pain. sensation burning through all over my body. until my heart stopped. and the doctors placed me among the dead bodies after they thought i was dead. there was hundreds of people who got exposed to the saran. and it was a complete miracle that i came back to life. i woke up to see our town getting bombed, by asaad regime, and trying to invade. i always tribe what i have seen and i went through through all twenty-first, 2013, as a scene from judgement day. because the amount of terror and confusion i just seen people running the falling on the ground, suffocating and dying, vomiting this awful white vomit out of their mouths. something i can never get out of my head. this

than the united nations itself. and many of the personnel, actually, are carried over into the united nations. i mean, i suppose the key difference with the united nations is that the security council has five members with permanent members with vetoes, and that was to reassure the great powers that their interests would always be listened to. but the problem is now they reflect the wrong people. buff i think that was one of the key differences. what happened with the league is that there would be, i think, what, four permanent members? five permanent members and four elected, but they'd all have equal votes. and then of course when the united states didn't join, you had only, you had fewer permanent members. and there was always the danger of deadlock. and i think roosevelt was very concerned that this, that the powers should be reassured that their voice would be heard in the united nations. which is why the security council still has so much power. i would say that's the key difference with the league. i think, a

does the united nations says most are from syria. the bbc's james reynolds filed this report. james: at night, the sea is largely unguarded. this boat full of syrian andlies takes his chance makes it from turkey. hello from the bbc. hello. you're in europe. hello, how are you? >> i'm fine now. i'm a human being now. this side, all of us are people. we are not people here. here, we are people. james: there's no one to welcome them but no one to stop them either. this greek police car leaves .hem alone during the day here, migrants come to the local police station to register their names. this is crucial for these migrants. if their names are on the pieces of april posted here, they will be able to get their papers and then be able to leave this island and going to the rest of greece. why don't you stay in your country and fight, the greek woman in the white top shouts and discussed. what did you expect? >> i heard about europeans, how they are, and they have heart, but when i see this, they actually do not have hearts. the island summer, finds itself hasn't two sets of visitors

. ♪ ♪ >>> the unites nations is saying that nearly 5,000 civilians have been killed or injured so far this year alone in afghanistan. in its new respect the u.n. says a growing number of women and children are among the victims think the u.n. says a thousand 592 civilians were killed between january and june that's an increase among the same period last knee. another 3,329 afghan civilians were wounded. that's already surpassing last year's casualty figures which were considered the highest ev ever. a number number of women and children. 23% more women and 13% more children are getting hurt. jennifer glasse spoke to one family mourning the loss of their son. >> reporter: he says his days are full of suffering now. his only sun a 14 year old was killed by the blast wave of a nearby su suicide bomb attack. >> translator: he was a good, smart and brave boy. he told me all the time that he wanted to be a lawyer. >> reporter: the attack that killed him was on the main road to kabul airport. the target was a military convoy of far en soldiers, but afghan civilians were injured and died. >>

this is the reaction very briefly from syria's ambassador to the united nations. let's listen in again. he is not speaking in english, and we don't have translation of that we'll bring you anything news worthy here on al jazeera, and hopefully we'll be speaking to our correspondent at the u.n. in fact we can speak to him now. gabe is live with us from new york. we heard a fairly moving speech there from steven o'brien a few moments ago. what is the point of all of this? is this going to lead to some security council resolution, perhaps? >> it won't today for sure. what this is, is it's a monthly briefing held by the top humanitarian official for the u.n. the situation is so grave in syria that they -- he or someone of his colleagued breached the security council at least once a month. and he just gave a very, very stark and grim picture of the humanitarian situation in syria. mr. o'brien just visited a syria a little over a week ago, and he was there during air strikes in the country in a marketplace outside of duma that killed hundreds. he mentioned that in his b

. >> the united nations provided $9 million in emergency assistance. u.n. workers say food and medicine are still woefully short. hundreds of residents in the u.s. town of ferguson have gathered to remember an unarmed black teenager who was shot dead by a white police officer a year ago. the residents offered silent prayers on sun for 18-year-old michael brown at the spot where he was shot by officer darren wilson in august, 2014. then they marched through the missouri state town demanding police reform. the shooting triggered protests, mainly bying aen americans who accuse the police of brutality towards black people. >> they shoot us down in the streets. >> that's right. >> our human rights have been violated. >> the protest spread nationwide of a grand jury decided not to indict wilson. president barak obama later ordered local law enforcement agencies to review the use of heavy firearms. in a bid to rebuild trust with black communities. obama also instructed police to wear cameras to help improve transparency, but the country's racial riff shows no sign

saudi arabia and the coalition, they are welcoming the united nations. they are part of the storm, and they work on this approval, and with the international community. there is no doubt ha saudi arabia would work with the united nations, and the amnesty to define and prove that the houthis and the people are responsible for killing those innocent people is not saudi arabia and the coalition party, and this is one that like saudi arabia and the coalition party by the amnesty. >> this wednesday is united nations world humanitarian day, a day of remembrance for aid workers killed in the line of duty. afghanistan is the deadliest place in the world with 57 kills in 2014, and 37 so far this year. reports on how despite the dangers many continue their jobs. >> this is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. looking for mines rockets and other unexploded devices in afghanistan. they call what is below ground the hiddennen my, but there are plenty of other dangers too. working on a hillside, surrounded the whole team and captures us and beat us, and said b

it's been one of the rare times that the united nations has been able to agree on anything syria-related. it first endorsed the new peace plan by stefan de mastour. he has had several different peace plans for syria at least two, so far none of them have gone too far. this latest one however starts pretty small. it mostly focuses on getting four key working groups together trying to bring many of the sides together at the table odiscuss key issues or key disagreements. now ban ki-moon says he is hoping that u.n. working group will begin their work as early as next month. but that's the key aspect of this u.n. security council staple endorsing this plan by de mastour. beyond that it says all sides should look at the geneva communique of 2012 and the key aspect of that was calling for a transitional governing body in syria. but as we know up until now that has not happened. >> well, the u.n. security council gave as we know has trouble on agreeing about much on syria especially on political issues like this. how difficult was it to come up with the agreement? >> very difficult because the

you've been there. >> a peace keeping mission united nations forces, french, african and u.n. peace keepers, and also u.n. blue helmets, and i think that the responsibility of member states to ensure that their troops receive adequate training is very important, and it must happen. and in the context of the central african be republic, these incidences must be thoroughly investigated and there must be accountability to see if they're true. >> ban ki-moon has reported some sort of person to look at these allegations, and is this the next move in your opinion. >> yes, this is an important move by the secretary general. and it is pirs and foremost a wrapid situation where we're dealing with the fallout from the allegations of these crimes have been committed. and that's important to determine whether or not they have been committed. and this review will be important for the united nations in the central african republic, but more importantly, the u.n. needs to stop the exploitation by its peace keepers and staff. >> thank you for joining us and sharing your point of view. thank y

the united nations security council has unanimously supported it. arms control and proliferation experts support it. 100 ambassadors who have served in democratic and republican presidents support it. >> obama has been described as a bit squishy at the moment. >> yes. we've seen the president repeatedly basically call out israel. so we're seeing an open fight between the u.s. president, the leader of a foreign country, for support of his own country. he went on to say that he knows benjamin netanyahu disagrees with this deal but i believe he's wrong so they're very openly fighting in front of congress basically through the american people. he took a lot of different angles to encourage them to do that. first he said that it could lead to war. he said talk about what that would mean for the troops. he compared those opposed to this deal just like the people who supported the run up to the iraq war which is hugely unpopular in the united states. he warns it could have economic consequences for the u.s. then he says it could also cost the u.s. credibil

the united nations secretary general asked for head of c.a.r. peacekeeping mission to resign. >>> u.s. presidential hopeful hillary clinton has handed her private e-mail service to the country's justice department. she has faced criticism when it was learned she had a private e-mail. >> while hillary clinton was campaigning for president her lawyer was talking to the fbi about handing over her e-mails and the private server she used during her time as secretary of state. clinton used a server stored in her home and not a government account. she said she didn't want to carry two phones. but the move also made it possible for her to avoid handing over her correspondence to congress and journalist. under pressure clinton gave the state department 30,000 e-mails to reveal and release. her team decided which ones were work related. they deleted 31,000 personal e-mails and they say with the server she has handed over. there is a good chance that the fbi could recover those. >> data stored is harder to delete than people think. by default when you drop

help the nsa spy on the united nations. we will get the latest. into chelsea manning. a disciplinary board will decide whether manning should be sent to solitary confinement for prohibited property in herself, including a copy of "vanity fair" with caitlyn jenner on the cover. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has granted royal dutch shell final approval to resume julie for oil guess since 2012, despite widespread protests from environmental groups. shell first obtained drilling permits in the arctic during the george w. bush of administration , but drilling stopped in 2012 after a series of mishaps. the permit was issued monday 's icebreaking ship arrived at the drill site carrying a required piece of equipment known as a capping stack. the quitman arrived on the same protesterseace temporarily blocked from oregon, byortland, hanging suspended from the st. than 40idge for more hours. shell now says it majorly its first well as early as the summer. the interior

nations. 70 years into the history the last five years have seen important milestones your at the united nations. just a pastor of the head of the lgbt organization is the leader that for very long time could not even get accredited to the united nations but we fought for that and had that up she would not even have to read aloud into the meeting that now she's sharers systematic data and analysis of this problem all over the world. we have never before five years ago had a resolution to even acknowledge lgbt rights as human rights that was passed in 2011 there has been the second and now a report was issued in june of this year chair document the faith and the plights of the lgbt around the world this is getting into the dna of the united nations but until today the security council had never approached the topic so it is a small but historic step and with that i will open for questions. >> ambassador how will they address this issue especially in the middle east and a more formal way? especially with the security council? to read today was an important step as an informal meeting but b

chief condemned the attack saying this was a horrible attack and unlawful but the united nations really cannot do more than issue statements of condemnation. we have to remember the organization has long been divided over syria. the syrian government has the support of russia who has the veto power in the u.n. security council. u.n. has not been able to stop the conflict. duma is a rebel stronghold and for the government it is important that the rebels are not able to advance because they are just a few kilometers from the government seat of power and this stronghold, we do know that the government over the past few days really has been concentrating its aerial campaign on these areas in the damascus country side because the rebels have been able to threaten the capital. just a few days ago, they fired mortars into the city of damascus causing casualties. for the government it is important that the rebels be pushed back but undoubtedly on sunday the opposition is calling what happened a massacre. >> the united nations envoy to syria, stefan de masteur have called the attacks unconsciona

. ♪ >>> the united nations announces an investigation into chemical weapons attacks in syria. sanctions could follow if bashar al-assad regime is found responsible. >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. the u.n. misdescribes the migrant crisis in greece as total chaos. thousands continue to arrive on the islands. >>> yeses over security in the afghan capitol as two suicide bombs hit kabul in as many days. >>> and a summer camp in norway reopening four years after a gunman killed 69 people there. ♪ >>> hello, the u.n. security council has voted unanimously to set up a panel to investigate chemical weapons attacks in syria. russia endorsed the move as did the rest of the 15-member council. the west has -- repeatedly blamed the gas attacks on the government. >> translator: syria has upheld its commitment in adherence to the chemical weapons convince as well as the resolution in 2012 '13. syria from the very start has cooperated in all ways and positively, transparently, and flexibly dealt with this issue, all of this in the challenge of the extremely comple

. >> the results that we've heard essentially puts the ruling united national front appliance ahead of the party and partnership coalition of the former president. it is still a very close race. we're talking three or just around three percentage points, the difference between these two groups at the moment. now, we are still waiting on a final election result. we have started hearing the result of prefer she will board, the system here in sri lanka, you vote for the party and you have a preference vote that you cast for each candidate. those results, in terms of how many parties would have in the legislature we hope to be hearing fairly soon. >> this surely has to be the end of the political road for him. he was ousted, he couldn't win election as president. he can't win election as prime minister, it seems, either. has he said anything about his future? >> essentially in the early hours of this morning, when hardly, you know, a big proportion of results had come out, we did hear reports that he had accepted that he would not be forming a new government here in sri lanka. it is quoted

there is no doubt that saudi arabia would work with the united nation and work with amnesty to define the houthis are responsible for killing those innocent people and it's not saudi arabia and coalition party and this is one that is like saudi arabia and coalition party by the amnesty. >>> plenty more still ahead here on al jazeera including rooftops of ramadi iraqis try to take back the city from i.s.i.l. but it's a slow and tough battle. plus. >>> i'm harry faucet reporting on t on the of the south korean tactics and when it comes to crowd control few can say no one does it better but when does crowd control become suppression. ♪ ♪ hello and the top stories on al jazeera, thai police have released cctv i'm a images that say killed 20 people in bangkok on monday and footage shows him leaving a bag at the popular shrine minutes before the explosion. ahead in early results from monday's parliamentary elections and no party secured an outright majority. and amnesty international condemning all sides fighting in yemen and saying they have a wanted disregard to humans and warns actio

the united nations council held a meeting on the topic of gay rights. while they focus on attacks from gays and lesbians, the u.s. ambassador to the u.s., samantha power, said abuses are happening elsewhere. >> yes it's true that i.s.i.l. made it common practice, it seems, to target l.g.b.t. perso persons, but that is true around the world, far from where i.s.i.l. dominates. you have countries that have criminalized l.g.b.t. status. you have societies that are every bit as unwelcoming as they were, you know, 20-30 years ago. communities this that regard. today's meeting is a sign that this issue is getting injected into the main stream at the united nations. 70 years into the u.n.'s history, the last five years have been important milestones here at the united nations. >> forces from the saudi-led coalition arrived in the yemeni areas. they were drew to assist tribal dehli in a battle against houthi troops. they told al jazeera the aim is to take sadr >>> doctors in ghana have gone back to work following a 3-week strike to cripple the health service. >>

here at the united nations. jessica jessica stern said that they lgbt organization is a member, the leader of an organization that for very long time couldn't even get accredited to the united nations and we and the number of other countries fought for that accreditation, had that accreditation had not been achieved she wouldn't have even been allowed into the meeting as an ngo. now she is sharing systematic data and analysis of this by mom annan and this problem all around the world. we had never before five years ago at a resolution that even acknowledge they lgbt rights as human rights. that resolution passed and 2011 in the second human rights council resolution in a report that was just issued in june of this year documenting the fate of lgbt or since, that plight of lgbt or surround the world again we are getting this issue into the dna of the united nations but until today the security council had never broached this topic so represents a small but historic step. with that we will put it up for questions.

states and the united nations from inspections of their nuclear facilities. the state department insists they're confident in the united nations' plans to investigate iran's nuclear program, but that is an inexplicable position, given the revelations that iran will be inspecting its own nuclear sites, not the united nations. congressional critics in increasing numbers are saying the iranian deal is foolishly built on trust, pure trust, but there seems to be less trust on the white house as well as iran, the world's most significant state sponsor of terrorism. we'll be talking with republican congressman lee zeldin in moments. he's just returned from israel and will tell us how the israelis are contending with the prospect that the obama nuclear deal will ultimately render iran a nuclear state. >>> also here tonight, it's looking more likely that hillary clinton will face legal consequences for her e-mail scandal. a federal judge has said that mrs. clinton's e-mail arrangement broke u.s. government policy. that judge also ordering the state department to commu

congress and united nations. let me repeat that. we are not credentialing for the white house united nations or congress, but everything else. we anticipate that we will try to be engaging in conversations in social media both in spanish and in english. we've already asked folks to start using the hashtag and hoping you us. we are working with the pool the tv pool so that we can have simultaneous translation when he is speaking in either spanish or english for events again at this point we haven't built into details of reaching out to the white house or congress going to you is already planning simultaneous translations. we will have a filing center in the city and otb those addresses in the next slide and lend has graciously offered to distribute this view also you of those. at each of the five centers we will have a live video feed from the tv book we will have copies of the speeches. bob and i were were talking about that. i've asked we have those in english and in spanish. they are unaware of the need to have them as soon as pos

let's speak to gabriel at the united nations for us. and really, the bottom line seems to be that you have millions in need of aid, the u.n. is struggling to meet those needs, what can they do now to help the people of yemen in terms of getting more food, fuel, and medicine into the country? >> well, the u.n. clearly needs a security situation to get better on the ground there, and i think that's really what steven o'brien was trying to stress in this briefing to the security council. i think there are two key things that came out of this. number one, he painted a very, very gloomy and dark picture of the humanitarian situation on the ground there. saying four out of five are in need of some sort of humanitarian assistance. and he talked about the difficulty to get aid into the country. he mentioned the port that has been under air strikes recently. he said that is clearly going to impede getting in aid to the country. and we're talking about basic things such as fuel for example, which is needed to power generators. water tanks, electr

as i just said, i hope that any member of the united nations that has any idea or any program or any suggestions that they , will not let them go unexplored. reporter: what do you have outlined as your program for now? it would seem that you feel that we can have guns and butter for the foreseeable future. do you have any idea right now though, that down the road to peace, the american people may have to face the problem of guns or butter? pres. johnson: i have not the slightest doubt that whatever the american people need to face, we will face. all of us know that we are now in the 52nd month of a prosperity that has been unequaled in this nation. and i see no reason for declaring a national emergency and i rejected that course of action earlier today when i made my decision. i cannot foresee what next year or the following year or the following year will hold. i only know the americans will do whatever is necessary, and at the moment, we enjoy the good fortune of having an unparalleled period of prosperity and this government will do all it can to see it is continued. reporter: can

now the united nations and european nations are demanding that pakistan stop again. there was a question over his age. according to pakistani and international law, someone under 18 years of age cannot be given the death penalty. but his age could not be assessed accurately. protests from hussein's family and the international community fell on deaf ears, with more than 8000 prisoners currently on death row, supporters of the death penalty in pakistan say it is the only effective way to deal with the problem of militancy. brent: authorities in myanmar have appealed for help to the u.n. tackling the country's devastating floods which were caused by a monster monsoon season. water is flowing into more populated areas. at least 46 people have died so far and that number is likely to rise. >> these people are now homeless. everything has been washed away. monsoon rains from northern and central myanmar a their way south to heavily populated areas. thousands have been displaced. this remote area desperately needs a. we evacuated to the hill has a have a baby. that's why w

peace deal, the united nations says it will act and do so quickly. that was a message from the u.n. security council. >> they have to act immediately. if president salva kiir does not sign the agreement tomorrow. as he had undertaken. >> the u.s. drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo. salva kiir has not signed the peace deal. there could be disagreements with the council, and diplomats say action on the resolution would require further negotiations which could take days. >> the u.n.'s top official for humanitarian affairs told members on tuesday that the situation on the ground is grave, and getting worse. giving horrific examples of crimes against incident civilians. >> i'm very concerned about the atrocities that are reported. the scope and level of scrulty that characterised the attack suggests a deep depth of antipathy going beyond political differences. allegations include rampant killing, rape, abduction, looting, arson and forced displacement. and acts such as burning of people inside the

final results show the united national party has won almost half the seats in the 225 seat parliament. it's expected to command support of enough opposition members to form a government. >> the iraqi government said its entered the second phase of a campaign to retake anbar province from isil fighters. we reports now from baghdad. analysts of skeptical about how well the battle is actually going. >> on the front lines, security forces battle isil one shot at a time. despite the government's promises to recapture rimadi quickly, the battle has so far been slow. while the defense ministry insists things are going well, and it moved on to phase two, some analysts are skeptical. >> the joint iraqi forces are still weak. they haven't been able to put an end to that organization in the 70 days since the start of the anbar offensive. >> the defense ministry maintains its security forces are fighting as effectively as possible. scenes like this in which a shored mounted rocket grenade launcher held incorrectly question how well trained these men are. these days, the government faces a converg

deal, the united nations said it will react and do so quickly. that was the message from u.n. security town. >> express readiness to act immediately. if the president does not sign the agreement tomorrow. >> the u.s. has drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo if it is not signed. but there could be disagreements within the council over the initiative and diplomats say any action on the resolution would require further negotiations, which could take days. the u.n.'s top official for humanitarian affairs told council members on tuesday that the situation on the ground is grave and getting worse, giving horrific examples of crimes against innocent civilians. >> i'm very concerned about the atrocities which continue to be reported. the scope and level of cruelty which characterize the attacks against civilians describe a deep depth of antipathy that goes beyond differences. rampant killing, rape, abduction, looting, arson, and forced displacement, and even such horrific acts such as burning of pe

gabriel elizondo reports from the united nations. >> his presidential statement by the u.n. security double endorses the new peace plan in south sudan. the statement says it is a good first step in trying to reverse the difficult political, economic, humanitarian situation in the country, and it calls on all sides to adhere to the permanent cease-fire but said there is a pressing need to assure accountability for serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. the peace plan, which calls among others things for a transitional government a cease-fire and power-sharing agreement was signed amid increasing pressure against the government of south sudan. there had been this past week an u.s.-led resolution circulating in the security council that would have called for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo if this peace deal was not signed. now this resolution has been put aside for now, but it could be revisited if the peace plan is not fully implemented. and there really is a need to implement it because of the humanitarian situation is very difficult in

globally some 100,000 military observers, soldiers, and police are currently deployed by the united nations, most from developing countries. the re-emerging conflict in south sudan has fast become one of its largest missions. it took just over two years after south sudan was founded for old ethnic conflicts to resurface in 2013. now some 2 million people are internally displaced and children are forced to fight. the u.n. camp in bentiu is the last hope for many civilians. but even here, there is no escape from the conflict. >> weapons designed to bring peace. u.n. soldiers from nepal patrol the perimeter of a refugee camp in south sudan. the country is in the grip of war -- a brutal war that has reopened old wounds and a deep ethnic divide. >> the people here are under threat from other ethnic groups outside the camp, one soldier tells us. people from different tribes have come here from all over the country. >> more than 2 million people have fled the fighting. over 130,000 to u.n. camps. south sudan is being torn apart by war. can the international community bring peace? >> entire village

we are getting this issue into the dna of the united nations. but until today, the security council had never broached this topic, and so today also represents a small but historic step. with that, i will open it up for questions. >> ambassador, how is the united states going to address this issue, especially in the middle east, in a more formative way within the united nation organization, especially within the security council? ms. power: today was an important step. it was an informal meeting. but in 70 years, no such meeting happened before. we heard most of the countries who spoke made a point of noting how important it was that this conversation continued. ngo's were present in the meeting, of course, would have also opened the meeting up to the press but for the issues of security related to one of our witnesses. taken the precaution was to keep television cameras and press out of the meeting. within the general assembly was in 2010, you may recall the general assembly passed a resolution in which sexual orientation was initially amended

. >> the united nations sanctions on conventional and ballistic missiles remain in place. and those are the ones that carry weight. the u.n. sanctions are symbolic. if anybody thinks this is working, then why have we seen the activity that iran has been engaged in. >> does it ultimately come down to trust and schumer says this in his statement. that at the end of the day a lot of americans don't believe that iran will behave in accordance with this deal, that they won't secretly try to enrich you yan um. >> right, and i agree that that trust is not there. that's why you need a deal like this. the problem with schumer's logic is he assumes if we rejected this deal, we could continue down the path that we're on. because iran elected a president who wanted to negotiate, who was more moderate, these sanctions are not going to be there forever. the international community wants to hold iran accountable. if people like schumer want to go down that route, they have to recognize, we have to accept this deal, and if iran violates the deal, and does behave in an untrustworthy manner

according to the united nations, by mid august, 158,000 people have reached greece by sea. that's puts arrives ahead of italy, where so far 90,000 have come ashore. now leaders in the western nations are meeting e.u. poll sixes in a bid to define a common strategy. to deal with the worst crisis since world war ii. the conference dozens of refugees have been found dead in a truck on an austrian highway. many ever from vina. >> a very grim discovery by a motor way south. >> an abandoned that mite have been part of an accident but as they got closer is that saw the blood was seeping out of the seal's back of the vehicle, and there was a terrible smell. and they discovered they don't know when these four people suffocated and it wasn't possible even to count the numbers of bodies. they are saying anywhere between 20 and 50. now, the austrian police are calling this a terrible crime, and it brought urgency to today's summit in vienna, which was already dominated by the question of migration. angel merkel and herman chancellor said the leaders here were shocked by this news, but

the united nations refugee agency said it's been promoting feelings of solidarity and respect. respect. [ ♪ ] >>> if educators found out they were doing something that made it hard for kids to learn, you'd think they'd stop, right. years of research is piling spo pointing to the effects of early start times for high schoolers, greater chances of car accidents, but schools are still insisting on early starts.

united nations is trying to get libya's rival factions to form a unity government. iran's foreign minister has met syria's president bashar al-assad in damascus. the visit comes as rebel fighters shelled neighborhoods in the center of the city. at least five people were killed. government forces also targeted rebel-held suburbs on the outskirts of the city. at least 40 people are reported to have been killed there. earlier i spoke to zana hoda in beirut, and i asked her what the trip is all about? >> reporter: well, really, iran is on a diplomatic offensive. it has a plan. that's what they say. they have a plan to resolve the syrian crisis. like you mentioned he was in beirut. he held meetings here, and now he's holding talks with the syrian president in damascus. when he was in beirut, he reiterated another call. he has been calling for dialogue, saying that iran is extending its hand to gulf arab countries in order for them to engage in dialogue, in order for them to -- to, you know, mend their differences. this is his message in beirut. but, really, there's a few

>> saudi arabia and the coalition they are welcoming the united nations and are part of this and work on the approval and with the international community. there is no doubt that saudi arabia would work with the united nation, work would with the amnesty to define approve the houthis are the people responsible for killing those innocence people, it's not saudi arabia and the coalition party. and this is one like saudi arabia and the coalition party by the amnesty. >> indonesia found the black box and recovered all bodies of the plane that crashed on sunday. it was carrying 54 people including five crew when it went down ten minutes before landing in the remote settlement and bodies are found to be transported by helicopter because of the remoteness of the site and bad weather hampered recovery efforts as well. the first solar powered airport has been launched in southern ionia and as we report it produces so much electricity it is even feeding the national grid. >> reporter: the airport is known for its temple architecture and the fourth largest port in terms of international traffic.