and this conference is cosponsored by united kingdom, kuwait and germany and united nations. we have already spent extended invitation cosigned by the leaders of these four countries and myself. in march in switzerland i have asked high commissioner for refugees, yes, unhcr, duly appointed high commissioner to convene a high level meeting to discuss resettlement plus. then in may we have world humanitarian summit meeting established in turkey, the margins, i think we can also discuss this matter as a part of this humanitarian support. then in september we are going to have this summit meeting on migration issues are i understand that presence of the general assembly also his idea of convening it is an initiative sometime in july high level meeting on migration issues. so there will be a continuing commitment and continuing consultation in the community to discuss this issue at the global level. >> a question on syria, secretary-general. you use of the worst as soon as possible a short time ago about the cease-fire and about the face-to-face talks. the status communicate from

the united nations stands ready to undertake these important tasks. we welcome the meeting convened that brought together a broad spectrum of the syrian opposition here as a government and operation delegations are getting ready, the united nations stands ready to relaunch interest here in the talks mediated by my special envoy mr. de mistura. as set out in the communiquÉ, the parties must ensure the full and effective participation of women in these talks. this morning at the meeting i urged the issg to apply the necessary pressure on the street in parties to immediately the following confidence-building measures. first, stop the use of indiscriminate weapons against civilians, including barrel bombs which have continued despite the government's pledge to refrain from such assault. second, allow unconditional and unimpeded access for aid convoys. tens of thousands of people in basij areas have been forced to live on grass and weeds. this is outrageous. third, total tax on medical and educational facilities, and lift all restrictions on medical and s

. >> james bays joining me there live from the united nations. james we will speak to you later, but thank you for that. >>> a middle east analyst and director for council of air i object and british understanding. a very warm welcome to the program. we have had a quick look at this draft text it's complicated, of course and, these things are always a little bit. but what do you make of it? >> well, think it's really the culmination of separate months of vigorous international diplomacy. because the key players, particularly the current members of security council that will be present this is draft resolution right now are far more determined to bring entry to the syrian conflict. it was a determination a year ago that simply did not exist where they allowed the conflict to go on. >> where has that ripeness come from? where has the tipping point gathered from if you like? >> several issues, obviously growth and spread of power of isis. they see that as a threat. it's something that russia and the united states agree on, for example. for europe, t

that's accord to this latest united nations refugees agency report. the figures only cover six-month period but show people fleeing their countries has now passed 20 million. with fighting and wars especially in the middle east the number of people internally displaced has jumped two from 2 million to 34 million for the first time ever worldwide forced displacement will exceed 60 nil wrong i don't know by the end of the year. the report also touch on his the huge toll it has on countries taking in refugees. turk a loan has taken in almost 1.9 million refugees. mainly syrians. omar al saleh has this report from a town on the aegean sea. >> reporter: river is two months old. his parents wants to take him and his four siblings to greece. tell tell me they know the risks and they can all die. >> translator: we have no other alternative think no chance to live here or in afghanistan. we can't stay here we have to go to europe. we want to go germany. >> reporter: entire families of refugees are waiting here in the turkish coastal down. sick, tired and cold,

i was the director of the united nations for human rights from 1977 to 1982. tom mccarthy: there was a lot of pressure of all kinds from certain governments, having their secret service agents in the corridors looking after what we were doing, following what the ngos were doing, threatening people, putting pressure on other governments. latin america had strong dictatorships. ngos couldn't mention government names in the commission for violations. van boven: it is inexplicable and indefensible for the united nations not to react urgently to situations of gross violations of human rights. ramcharan: it was entirely unheard of that a human rights director would take vigorous positions. everything that a senior u.n. official did was closely monitored, and so it was his great breakthrough that he decided to act, and in some instances to speak out publicly against gross violations of human rights. van boven: there is a tendency, at that time at least, that the u.n. should remain low-key. some felt that i was too outspoken. quiet diplomacy is perhaps what they thoug

the united nations say it will investigate violence there. when pierre nkurunziza sought a third term in office and went on to win. >>> in neighboring rwanda, a referendum is on, whether allowing president paul kagame can run for a third term. kagame has ruled rwanda since his ethnic tutsi ended the conflict in 1994. tell us what the turnout has been like so far this morning? >> that's right, we are at a polling station in central kagale where president kagame is expected to vote at any moment now. this isn't a regular polling place, people have been very quiet lining up coming in and voting. president kagame himself hasn't said whether he will stand for another term or not yet. he says he is going to wait for the outcome of this referendum so he can gauge the will of the people as to how much they want him to run again. this is a slightly contentious issue while supporters say the reason for this referendum is the will of rwandan people can be realized. opposition leaders of which there are a few in the cupt, th. they say the lack of freedom

the head of the united nations is promising action after a damning report on child sex allegations. a u.n. investigation into central african republic found the organization failed to act on gross institutional failures. gabriel elizondo has more. >> when french troops were accused of raping six young boys, the u.n. failed the very people they were sent there to protect. according to a highly anticipated every 100 page long independent report commissioned by the u.n. secretary-general, ban ki-moon, the united nations and its agencies grossly mishandled those allegations. the report states that instead of following up on allegations of child rape, the claims went from doas desk to desk, inbox to inbox with no one willing to take responsibility. >> leaves most victims unattended and vulnerable. >> reporter: scathing criticism reaches many high officials around the world. current high commissioner of human rights, according to ban ki-moon's chief of staff all came under criticism. >> ban ki-moon has been saying he has zero tolerance for sexual abuse, but this report shows that has less

the united nations stands ready to play our part in that effort. dad ma'am president, in adopting resolution 2259 today, for lib libya, sovereignty, national unity under a single government of national accord. this is just the start, and we must redevelop our efforts to help ensure that the huge potential of this agreement is realized. >> so with growing concerns is there a feeling that this resolution opens the door for foreign intervention in that country? >> it could, the resolution specifically calls or member states of the united nations to respond urgently when libyan unity government reaches out for help on security issues on isil. but the country has to ask for. that's key. they said that the united nations, as we just heard, is ready to respond for request for help from libya, but first they need to get their act together in terms of formin forming this unity government. they have to determine what their needs are and then make the request. this, by recognizing internationally this government does open the door for other countries to open

you've been at the united nations. senator cardin, which i appreciate deeply, raised the issue of just our payments, the amount that we -- you know, we have 22% of the world's gross domestic product, and yet we obviously contribute 28.5% of the budget here. our other, quote, associates, if you will, at the united nations obviously are not doing their part, otherwise our amount would not be 28.5%. we find this same to be the case. i've referred to it now three times at nato. it's where we desire things to happen. it seems more so than others, and therefore we end up being financially exposed more than others. you've been in this role. tell us, from your perspective, what we as a country can do to seek equilibrium and cause other countries to play their appropriate roles. >> well, it's frustrating. i mean, we -- and i think you were right, senator, to talk about the kind of mysterious ways in which the budget is negotiated and very often right at the end of the year just before christmas, before everybody's in a rush to

next february in close partnership with germany, norway, kuwait, and the united nations, the u.k. will co-host a conference in london on humanitarian support for syria, including a focus on civilian protection as well as planning for stabilization. of course, mr. president, that conference will seek to raise the funding that is necessary to meet the united nations appeal to support those displaced by the humanitarian crisis. the u.k. is also committed to support post conflict reconstruction efforts in syria, and already has committed to provide at least $1.5 billion to this work in the long term in addition to the more than $1.64 billion we have so far given in humanitarian aid. i hope in february we will see others committing to both the immediate challenge and to the long-term challenge of reconstruction. in conclusion, mr. president, the conflict in syria is now almost five years old. in that time more than 250,000 syrians have been killed. we all have a duty to prevent further slaughter. despite the important step we've taken with today's resolution, despite the progress we've

like he also in my name and in the name of the united nations to thank the government for all the support and facilities given to us during these consultations and these talks. i think we have and you have as you follow up this round of sessions, you have to be proud of the agreement of reaching the humanitarian aid to the needed places, and during the last two days, we were concentrating on taiz city. i'd like to thank the humanitarian committee and the people working for the committee, because they have worked hard to reach the agreement. you have all played a great role in giving medicine, water, and food to brothers in yemen and verses of the holy koran say that this is very much appreciated. i'd like at the same time to point out to the progress achieved through the agreement first some measures to build have to be there and they will be there in order to release some of the -- without exceptions. and for the formation of a liaison committee that consists of military advisors from both sides, supervised by the united nations. i also see that we have gone well through the collective s

we have more from the united nations in new york. how important of a vote was this? >> it's a significant step for libya as they bring parties together to form the unity government. the government of national accord is officially recognized as libya's government. remember, libya has been so deeply divided since the far of muammar qaddafi with two competing rival governments in two different cities with armed groups fighting against each other. now there is so much instability in the country as a result the government has not been able to function for a benefit of the people so with all of that going on, the security council is behind in new unity government, they're ready for stability and they're willing to back this government whether it's melt support, financial support, training support. that would depend on requests coming from the government. and now they're poised to get to that spot. this is what the u.k. ambassador had to say during his remarks. >> we therefore strongly back the security council's call to member state to support fully the support mission in

i spoke a short time ago to the british ambassador to the united nations, one of those who's been involved in the negotiations. he told me he's still hopeful they will get a resolution but said right now, they are dancing on the head of a pin on some of the details and some of the wording. now my understanding from diplomats is that russia is concerned about some of the things that the western nations want in this resolution and some of the language i think is about that transition. will they use the language of the last meeting in vienna, the vienna communique which talked about transition or will they go back to the geneva communique of 2012, which talked about a transitional governing body with full executive powers. those are the sort of details i believe that are being wrinkled over at this very late stage ahead of a possible vote if they manage to come up with some language they agree on in the security council in just hours' time. >> many things, james bays from new york. >>> turkey is also attending those talks, as well and the unlike other countries has its own list of terror grou

union as well as the united nations to call for urgent action to insure that about a run di does not slide back into chaos. the violence in burundi started after the president announced that he was seeking a third term in office. now the violence that's been going on in the past few months has affected life in general in burundi, and has hit the economy, which the international monetary funds says is going to shrink by 7.2% this year. >> rwanda's said that base on votes counted so far. 98% who voted in friday's referendum are in favor of their president running in further terms in office. in addition to that seven-year team they would be eligible to serve two further five-year terms and he could stay in power until 2034. we have this update. >> the elect traditional commission said that 98.3% voters said yes to change the constitution, to change it's presidential term limits. they also said in what is an unusual kiss begins that the voter turn out was 98.3%. critics of which there are few here. very few in rwanda who criticize officials, they say that rwanda's polling results are not

the united nations stands ready to undertake these important tasks. we welcome the meeting convened that brought together a broad spectrum of the syrian opposition. as the government and opposition delegates are getting ready, the united nations stands ready to relaunch intersyrian talks mediated by my special envoy. g conventi convention, the parties must ensure the full and effective participation of women in these talks. this morning at the meeting i urged the iisg to apply necessary pressure on the syrian parties to immediately implement the following confidence-building measures. stop the use of indiscriminate weapons against civilians, including barrel bombs which have been continued despite the government's pledge to refrain from such assault. second, allow unconditional and unimpeded access for aid conv s convoys. tens of thousands of people in besieged areas have been forced to live of grass and weeds. this is outrageous. third, total tax an medical and educational facilities and lift all restrictions on medical and surgical supplies from hum

secretary general of the united nations, madame executive secretary of the united nations ramework convention on the climate change, ladies and gentlemen, ministers, ladies and gentlemen. allow me in turn to once again to present to you and the french nation ministers, ladies and gentlemen. allow me in turn to once again to present to you and the french nation our most sincere condolences following the cowardly and hateful rrorist attacks which bereaved tran frad the international community. i'd like to reiterate to you our tireless support in jointly sustainedly combatting terrorism in all its forms. 53 years ago, the world was emerging from the worst humanitarian disaster in our mod he we ern history. out of this rubble, the international community built its salvation through a consensusout of this rubble, th international community built its salvation through a consensus in the form of the universal declaration of human rights in paris on the 10th of december, 1948. today it is this same consensus that we have to create, this same courage that we have to draw upon, these same -- this same

such as the united states counsel of your gcc and the united nations. the eu has taken a number of important steps in this regard including securing effective implementation of anti-money-laundering, counting financing of terrorism mechanisms, advancing the establishment of financial intelligence units, and much more. at the same time we spare no effort in stepping up interpreter does by lithuania. back in 2013, lithuania revise its legislation to bring to measure against the financing and support of terrorism, to full conformity with its international obligations as well as with the recommendations of -- [inaudible] .. significance and admirable efforts that have been made either countries neighboring the conflict zone. but we also recognize that individual states may lack capacity to address those adequately and, therefore, we support a call to our committee and the united nations to help build the capacities of states in need. thank you for your kind attention. >> i think his excellency, vice minister, for his statement a note to the floor to the rep

the fatf has always worked in close working with the united nations. in october we updated our standards to reflect security council resolution 2178. with a strong mandate from the security council today, we will take further action to strengthen these measures throughout the fatf global network, and we will continue to promote faster, more effective implementation of targeted financial sanctions. visual support from the u.n. help us put pressure on members to implement the fatf standards effectively. finally, the fatf is a task force with a time-limited mandate. this focuses our work and can make us responsive and flexible. but, it also means we depend on the goodwill and support of members to implement and assess the fatf standards and to share their knowledge of the changing threats. as finance ministers, i need your strong support to carry on our work, so i will end by thanking security council members and all our members for their help with our essential work. thank you, president. >> thank you, mr. chin, for your briefing and for the important wo

and all agreed to proceed under the asepsis of the united nations. the u.n. secretary general's special representative stefan did he may stew a, is an extremely good person. a very distinguished syrian-american professor, very capable -- >> it's interesting that you -- >> i think that they have done a lot of good preparations for this conference sorry to interrupt. you mentioned him and we spoke to him earlier on, as you say it's very significant that you have all of the key players at the table. the fate of assad was brushed to the side. he was saying that the opposition is willing to accept is al jazeera sad's role during the negotiate people but not in a transitional government of the how much of a problem will that be. >> there are a couple of serious problems one is assad's future role. however you have seen the russians and for a certain extent the iranians back away from being supporters of him on a personal basis. that he would be there more or lessons definitely. and you have seen from the american side an agreement that he shouldn't be there tend of

this conference is co-sponsored by united kingdom, kuwait, and germany and united nations. we have already extended invitations cosigned by the leaders of these four countries and myself. in march in switzerland i have asked the high commissioner for refuge refugees, the dually appointed high commissioner, to convene a high-level meeting to discuss resettlement process. in may, we have world issue humanitarian summit meeting in istanbul and turkey. i think we can also discuss this as a part of this humanitarian support. then in september we are going to have this summit meeting on migration issues. i understand that president of general assembly also has an idea of convening his initiative sometime in july a high-level meeting on migration issues. so there will be a continuing commitment and continuing consultation in the international community to address this issue at the global level. >> thank you. james? >> you used the word as soon as possible a short time ago about the cease-fire and the face to face talks. the stated communique said january. does that seem a bit too

the united nations security council on friday unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian government and the opposition with a cease-fire to start in january. questions remain of who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syria's president bashar al-assad. our diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> an unanimous vote by the u.n. security council endorsing a clear and ambitious timeline for political transition in syria with face-to-face talks and possibly a cease-fire in just a matter of weeks. but this resolution was the result of last-minute negotiations and a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that is as ministers were arriving in new york, talks were still under way. diplomats reporting to the russian foreign minister were fighting with their count parties over the many words an details of the resolution. when it was finally passed it was praised by the current president of the security council, the united states. >> after four and a half years of war this is the first time we've been able to come together at the united nations in t

of deep disinstruction, between the united nations and cuba. it is going to take a while to overcome that, but we already made some pretty significant strides. they doubt the last year has been the beginning of a long and complex process, though some have been made, the u.s. economic embargo remains firmly in place, and cuba is the only single party state in the meshes that many remain quietly optimistic, that long lasting companying will eventually come. so a year of massive changes but many people here, particularly in places like little havana, feel like the u.s. has given a lot of concessions without much in return, for the most part, people are waiting and watching. they realize what is happening here is an unraveling of 50 years of bad relations. it has turned a corner, but they want to see change come a lot quicker. perhaps the next 12 months will be pivotal, he wants to much for real and lasting companying, remember, some of those people running for the republican party nominations say they will undo what president obama has done, but f

nation charter, international law and under goals of united nations security council. any elections or any changes in constitution should be done, it is clear, for all sides. these changes should be done under very thorough earrings of international community. this time it is really international community, not russian or chinese international community, but it is international community that support it by the security council resolution. i think it is very serious step of ahead >>> iraqi defense minister says at least nine iraqi soldiers have been accidentally killed in friendly fire by the u.s. led coalition. they were carrying out air strikes against i.s.i.l. near the city of falugia. the u.s. is investigating the instance. it is the first instance. iraq's army continues to battle i.s.i.l. fighters in and around the city of ramadi. government force been working to retake parts of the capital which was seized in may. 12 iraqi soldiers have been killed in an i.s.i.l. suicide car bombing there north of the city. in the i.s.i.l. stronghold, a woman and three children ha

nations and the united nations systems. rarely have i seen a report as damming as this. as it all goes back to 2014, to the war-torn, central african republic, and there was a u.n. human rights officer who heard about the abuse of a young boys by french peace keepers. they weren't part of the united nations peace keeping force, because that hadn't been set up at that point. so she heard about these and interviewed the young boys and produced this document. but this document then didn't go anywhere at all. it was passed from desk to desk, in box to in box, and no one wanted to take action. the report concludes that the under's response was seriously flawed. and barbara there are criticism of some of the most senior officials in the united stat united states -- united nations in this report. >>> do you think it shows perhaps the way that peace-keeping operations have to change? >> reporter: well, i think that is part of what this report has found, because it doesn't believe the u.n. peace keeping is necessarily doing everythi

on friday, the united nations security council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian government and the opposition with a cease-fire due to start in january. but questions remain over who will be taking part in those talks and over the future of syria's president bashar al-assad. a special representative to the u.n. for the special coalition. >> the face of assad is going to be one of the most controversial issue in the negotiations, but in the geneva convention and for us, our position is very clear. it's also about the creation of a transitional governing body made up of of both sides giving each side the right to veto the other side, and to us, assad is not an acceptable figure. he has committed crimes against humanity and he has not been useful in ending the conflict. >> for the millions of sirrians displaced by the sist war, the u.n. resolution brings some hope they can return home. bernard smith has been talking to refugees living on the turkibish side of the border with syria to find out what they think of the peace plan. >> more than 30,000 syrians live in and

the most everything sections regime in the history of the united nations. i don't think there is a void or vacuum. iran has seen the consequences of violating international norms. we've a sanctions snap back provision that few around the world what a thought we could secure as part of this deal which would allow any single country to snap back in the event of significant noncompliance with the deal. so sanctions is a really important tool. the sanctions that this congress has put in place is one reason we are in the position we're in now to make sure that iran does not develop a nuclear weapon. >> but nothing has been done other than a meeting coming up to state with a panel of experts ? >> we have increase in will continue to increase the political cost to iran. >> could you give an example of that? >> the work that they ran does to ensure that the un security council does not discuss ballistic missile launches is a testament to the stigma that our still associate with bringing these issues before the security council, the same with a panel of experts disc

gabriel elazondo at the united nations. >> the united nations has resumed aid deliver to yemen. the deal was struck in geneva. a third day of peace talks despite a shaky cease fear in the country. it's expected the aid will reach other cities in the next few days there have been celebrations in yessen from the southern resistance movement deal was facilitated by local tribunal leaders. >> libbial's two rival governments. it is hoped it will help restore some stability to the country international monetary fund christine lagaurd said she will appeal. she is accused of negligence over $400 million compensation payment to a french businessman in 2008. al jazeera tom ackerman has more from washington where the imf is based. >> the executive board of the imf says that they expressed confidence francis's current finance ministered said that he sees no reason why she can't continue in this post. he is a social -- in a socialist government and legaard who served as finance in the government of nicholas sarkozy has accused the socialist of trying to smear her in this case which involved

a lot of for example on display here at the unite united nations. >> thank you. >>> well, as we mentioned more than 100 delegates in the syrian opposition are gathering in the saudi capital ahead of the coalition. they're optimistic that progress can be made. >> most of the opposition has been formed in egypt, dubai and other countries, the committees are present here. there has been communication, a big proportion the them agree on the political solution and the process. we see that the way out is a document of consensus. >> the white house has joined condemnation against comments made by donald trump monday night. at a rally he said that muslims should be banned from the u.s. >> we can be politically correct, we can be stupid, but it will get worse and worse. until we're able to determine and understand this problem, and the dangers that it poses our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people who believe only in jihad. >> well, this was the response to those comments from the white house. >> now, i know that each of the republican candidates has already taken an oath p

. >> the former chief of security of the united nations. just listening to what sally [ indiscernible ] said, about why would anybody target us? why? we're helping people. i mean, just trying -- we have not heard anything from police what? >> i know. it's so tragic when you think of things and you look at past incidents where people that are so mentally unstable or breakup ] abortion clinics and facilities like this. it's so difficult to understand. >> the process that went on there. let's speak to that point because of workplaces, large crowds gathering, we have that happening in midtown tonight. we are in a building. you try to shelter in place. what about that trust of who is on the other side of the door. i think what's changed over the -- [ signal breakup ] >> you try to hide, secure yourself in a closet, or -- fight the attacker. >> there's trouble with your microphone. we are going to fix that and get back with you. right now we are going to talk about what's going on tonight in new york city. in lieu of what happened in paris a mont

time is ticking down at the united nations climate summit. there has been criticism of the worlds wealthier countries -- the world's wealthier countries. first, police in geneva say they are currently hunting for several suspected islamist militants who are believed to have links to the islamic state group. the official alert level in the raised earlier on. catherine clifford reports. c.: more information is strictly through about the suspects. the swiss newspaper published this photo of four individuals thought to be linked to the islamic state group. they said the image came from the cia. security spokesperson said authorities have gone from awareness of a fake threat to a specific threat. officials said the decision to close the french-swiss border could now be taken. this process can mean the total closure of the border, if necessary. it means taking back our control of the infrastructure, which were relieved from us as part of the schengen agreement. if necessary, we can barely -- very quickly retake control of the infrastructure and the

syrian opposition coalition representative to the united nations. now china has angrily protested after u.s. bomber planes flew over the south china seas. they flew by the spratley islands in what china is calling provocation. the u.s. routinely involve flights in the region and said an anything was accidental. >> beijing's air alert has caused many car cars to be forced off the road and factories stop producing. >>> in australia, the main highway between melbourne and sydney has been closed because of fires. cooler temperatures are expected on sunday, but they expect situation to be extremely dangerous. >>> as rio de janeiro prepares for the games next year, many are not benefiting. >> the futuristiistic tower jetting over the port is the newly opened museum of tomorrow. >> when i arrived here, i had the impression i was in a different country. it's so clean and pretty. >> the exhibits are intended to be a poetic yet forceful fusion of science, philosophy and art. the curator hopes that the journey here will compel visitors to ask the big questions

james bays, al jazeera, of the united nations. >> the u.n. resolution brings hope. >> more than 30,000 syrians live in and around the ancient city just across the border in turkey. they are escaping the civil war but staying close enough that if peace comes they can quickly get home. from aleppo, he thinks that there will be no problem forming a transitional government. we need to go back to our country, the schools, our homes. we're tired of living in exile. >> they think that assad should go. >> if assad is allowed to stay in the country, what would be left? every family in syria has been split up because of him, and now we're expected to let him and his ugly regime stay? >> all of them want the fighting to end. >> the roof of our home has fall no one on us. can it get any worse? we're so scared for our childr children. >> isil control the territory on the other side of the border. and no one here is thinking about going home until they have been cleared out. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> 18 people have died. ten of them children after a bo

secretary-general of the united nations, madam executive secretary of the united nations framework convention on climate change. ladies and gentlemen, ministers, ladies and gentlemen. allow me in turn once again to present to you and the french nation our most sincere condolences following the cowardly and hateful terrorist attacks which bereaved france and the international community more broadly. here i would like to reiterate to you our tireless support in jointly, sustainedly combating terrorism in all its form. ladies and gentlemen, 53 years ago the world was emerging from the worst humanitarian disaster in our history. out of this rubble the international community driven by urgency built its salvation through a consensus in the form of the universal declaration of human rights in paris on the 10th of december, 1948. today, it is this same consensus that we have to create, this same courage that we have to draw upon, these same, the same sense of responsibility, this same duty, the duty to protect our planet, and to leave to future generations a liveable planet. for these reasons we mus

the accord he is sponsored by the united nation aimed at ending years of chaos and violence. >>> russia's president is ready to improve ties with the u.s. but in his annual news conference in moscow, vladimir putin said he doesn't have much hope for better relations with turkey after it shot down a russian war plane. >>> the british government said ill will intensify of muslim brotherhood members in the u.k. thinking membership in the group could lead a extremism. >>> u.n. human rights body is meeting in an urgent session on violence in burundi, leading diplomatic efforts to send an expedition of experts and start an investigation into the central african country. earlier, the u.n. as h secretary general warned burundi is on the brink of civil war. >> human rights violations in burundi have continued to escalate and there is a growing alarming risk of region liesation of this crisis. we have documented 312 killings since public demonstrations against a possible third presidential term began, including 19 children. >> our correspondent has more from burundi's capital, bujumbura. >> part of

now, the united nations doesn't name which country are responsible for a specific attack. they are not in position to confirm who would be responsible. this this case it has been widely reported that russia was behind the bombings but all sides in the conflict have been accused of hitting civilians in their air strikes. and the u.n. very, very concerned about the air strikes. among the 43 civilians that were killed were five aid workers and one ngo shut down, since the beginning of the month five ngos have shut down have stopped delivering aid to people there. so the situation just gets more and more desperate. >> more violence, ngos shutting down. it's no surprise that people continue to leave syria. so what's the u.n. or what's been said there about the orn going refusintheongoing refugee? >> people displaced within syria in the last month, 121,000 more displaced. some of them, second and third time they were displaced as a result of fighting. we're also learning that as a result of the 1 million refugees to reach europe's shore in the last year half of them are syrians.

the united nations has released some shocking data on climate

in 2009, eight years into the war in afghanistan, the united nations started trying to systematically document civilian casualties. 2014 marked the deadliest year on record. i was back in afghanistan to piece together what i could about the fifteen civilians who were killed on august 3rd 2014. i'd been given photographs of some of the people who died. one of those is farid mohammad, a driver with four children. his mother had been with him on the morning of the operation. it was still too dangerous for me to go to charkh, so she came to meet me on the outskirts of kabul. it is extremely rare for a rural pashtun woman to meet with a man she's not related to. she told me that on the morning of august 3rd, she and her son were driving to visit her sister in a village in charkh district for the eid holiday. she saw some soldiers on the roads, but says it was peaceful out. >> amana spent a month in hospital recovering from the loss of her finger and wounds to her abdomen. her son farid mohammad died leaving behind his widow and four children. >> i learned from the un that of the fifteen ci

you've been at the united nations. senator cardin, which i appreciate deeply, raised the issue of just our payments. the amount that we -- you know, we have 22% of the world's gross domestic product and yet we obviously contribute 28.5% of the budget here. our other, quote, associates if you will at the united nations obviously are not doing their part. otherwise our amount would not be 28.5%. and we find this same to be the case, i've referred to it now three times at nato, it's where we desire for things to happen it seems more so than others and, therefore, we end up being financially exposed more than others. you've been in this role. tell us from your perspective what we as a country can do to seek equilibrium and cause other countries to play their appropriate roles. >> well, it's frustrating. i mean, and i think you were right, senator, to talk about the kind of mysterious ways in which the budget is negotiated and very often right at the end of the just before christmas and before everybody is a rush to get out

watch as chelsea win in the premier league >>> the united nations has warned burundi is on the brink of civil war as the president runs for a third term. burundi has rejected a plan by the african union to deploy five thousand peacekeepers to end months of political violence. any such deployment will be seen as an attack says the government. from the capital. >> reporter: scenes like these have prompted the african union to act. the killing of civilians in the capital last week raised fears that burundi is sliding into a civil war. the u.n. warns it is on the brink. >> translation: all we want is peace. we're against the killing of civilians. our presidential forces shall only target those in fighting them. >> reporter: burundi government leaders now have 72 hours to respond to the african union over its plan to send peacekeepers. mps in burundi expect to debate the matter on monday >> we believe in our security forces and we don't need other forces to come to help them because they have proved that they are able to secure the country. so this is why i find it ridiculous to send 5,00

the united nations is holding the negotiation in an undisclosed location. there is a media blackout but what we do understand is that the negotiating parties are meeting in the town of biel which is approximately 150 kilometers from geneva, so the u.n. imposing a press blackout hoping that this will give every chance for success. they want to avoid statements being made to the media to jeopardize the talks. now the u.n. is hopefully. we heard the u.n. envoy say that the conditions are now in place for a political solution but he did not elaborate. >> and zeina, given the attempts to bring an end to this what is the chance of succeeding and is there anything being done to address the taper e-terrible humanitarian situation there? >> this is a chance for success. the government wants the unconditional implementation of u.n. resolution 1226, now the houthis say that they're ready to discuss this resolution but they haven't said that they would agree to it. the houthis want broader discussions, talk about the possibility of a power-sharing deal. now conditions

new elections. >> we're not looking to the united nations or the u.s. to carry in through step by step. we need the support. what is important is to have an institutional process, have a parliament within the shortest possible time, and really supporting the idea of nine months to a year to have election across libya that would produce a new legislative body about 200 people that represent the cross section of libya. if we have that in place and continue to support having that body operate out of tripoli, and continue to dismantle and slowly give the militias out of the way, hopefully support the new government that would start to build a national army, it is not going to be easy, but it is good to have the right pieces in the right place going forward. >> conflict in ukraine, tension with turkey, the fight against isil and how to end the conflict in syria, russia's president vladimir putin reflected the country's reemergence status as a key international player. peter sharp reports from moscow. >> this was a relaxed performance from a president who loo

kristen saloomey is in the united nations for us. tell us about the significance of this meeting. what exactly has the security council been hearing about? >> reporter: well, the united nations just wrapped up its first round of face-to-face negotiations between the warring parties in this conflict, the houthi rebels on one side, and the saudi-backed government of president hadi. and in the words of one security council diplomat, for the first time there is a glimmer of hope that these talks could be progressing, and there could be movement towards peace in this very volatile region of the world. so this meeting was called with the desire to keep the momentum going from those talks. ambassador power of the united states said that -- who holds -- the united states holds a present seat in the council right now, and she said to keep the pressure on all of the parties to come back to the talks, this is the first time that council members will be weighing in openly on the ongoing situation there in yemen, and while the ceasefire that was announced at the beginning of these u.n.-brokere

france a member of the united nations. >> right. well, i spent a lot of time in the security council. i used to say that the ambassadors in new york had a slogan, which is we never fail. so it doesn't matter whether much is accomplished or in this case this is a very formal meeting, nothing is going to happen in that room that hasn't been scripted before. i don't deny the symbolism of isis as a terror threat can be important. but unless there's follow-up and obviously that remains to be seen, there's no reason to think that a new resolution will accomplish of more than the series of earlier resolutions. liz: as i said, that's depressing. i want to give you this breaking news, it has been confirmed through fox that a law enforcement force is saying that enrique marques, this is the man who bought the guns for the two san bernardino shooting suspects has been arrested and is currently in federal custody. we're told that the charges have been finalized, and we're expecting a release coming out from the department of justice in the next

united nations says approximately 3,000 fighters are now in libya. hundred was fighters sent from libya to syria are now coming back. there are those who say libya has become isil's fallback position especially since the group has been coming unpressure in syria and iraq. >>> russia's defense ministry summoned the turkish attache. twenty kilometers off a a greek island, the russian military used small arms against a turkish finishing bolt after it failed to respond to warnings. >> the turkish foreign minister confirmed that the turkish military attache were summoned. the turks gave no further details. we know the version of the events is coming from one side, moscow. according to the details of the version every vents that the russians are saying is that surveillance russian ship was very close with the approaching turkish finishing ship. it was actually about 550 meters, the distance between. the russians said they tried to establish communication with the turks, then used visual signals and other means to try and persuade the turkish ship to go awa

james bays, al jazeera, united nations. >> now, turkey's primary said that you are resolution has not resolved the main issue of bashar al-assad still being in power. >> such resolutions have never sorted out the syrian problems. assad is still there. those people don't want peace for syria. the more assad is there in syria, the more chaos will always be there. and assad is not serving their interests. assad is only increasing chaos in the region. that's why all decisions of geneva have not tackled the main issue of assad being there. and turkey will always sort out and bring democracy and stability to this country. >> we've got a lot more to come on this news hour. candidates meet for a third round of debate. we look at the issues dominating the presidential race. >>> hundreds of people protesting nigeria, accusing the government of trying to clamp down on social media. >>> we have coming up in sport. >> now sunday's general election in spain is predicted to be one of the tightest races in recent history. neither the ruling people's party nor it's traditional rival the socialist work