the united nations can be a blessing and a curse. but for haiti the western hemisphere's poorest country it's been both. six years ago haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake. its worst natural disaster in more than two centuries. millions of haitians looked to the u.n. for help because the u.n. already had a large presence in haiti and the help did come. governments and private donors pledged more than $13 billion to the relief effort. the u.n. set up temporary housing for thousands of residents. it built schools, hospitals and sanitation systems and the u.n. currently maintains a 380 million dollar annual budget to pay for its peace keeping force in haiti. that pays for the more than 6,000 u.n. soldiers tasked with upholding public security. but the u.n. effort may also have made some things worse. many blame u.n. peace keepers for a cholera epidemic that has left thousands dead. at the same time, u.n. soldiers have been dogged with allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation of poor haitian women and children. flit we hold t

in the united nations who see no wrong in violating the charter. this is the same position when we argue about red china coming in the united nations. the charlotter very clearly says no aggressor shall belong to the united nations, we already have russia and to me it's an academic argument. we say they can't come in, so if we say that, red china can't be admitted, you and i know the chances are pretty good for their being admitted. this is one of the reasons i have repeatedly suggested that the united nations meet for a charter revision. >> and now the people of new hampshire speak out for barry goldwater. >> well, i just had to tell you i'm shaking hands with the next president. i like his plan and i like his way of speaking. and i think he's going to keep his promises, his campaign promises. i know one thing, he won't be a yes man. >> i don't think of him so much really as a politician, but just as a man. i'm very impressed with him. >> i'm extremely proud we have an american with guts enough to put america back where it belongs. >> i'm opposed

the number of individuals sanction are 843 sanctions by the united states and 121 by the united nations for iran. but only 100 u.s. sanctions and 31 u.n. sanctions for north korea. when we do impose sanctions, sanctions we impose against north korea are not competitive. in response to the sony attack president obama issued executive order 13687 which was expansive in breadth but weakly implemented. they targeted 13 north koreans on the sanctions list and ten individuals not involved in cyber warfare. that was our response to north korea. we have not imposed human right sanctions on a single north korean individual. 200,000 men, women and children in north korea and the united states hasn't imposed a human right sanctions on a human north korea leader. that is a tragedy given the grievan grievances that have been perpetrated. i want to stop the maniac of kim jong-un. i had an opportunity to go to south korea and we agreed to status quo with north korea is no longer stable. i visited the dmz and days after i departed north korea fired artillery across the border further illustrating the d

the united nations military support for the ypg is deeply problematic, therefore. but a former leader, says the kurdish loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they are for years fighting not just against isis, but also against al-nusra, because they besieged kobani, they besieged [ inaudible ] and many other kurdish places. rrm one analysts says cooperation between assads forces and the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fighting their common enemy, which is isil. though the relationship emphasizes the complex proxy war being fought in syria. >> you have multiple external actors trying to coordinate with partners on the ground who can act as effective proxy forces, but it always underlines the fact you have multiple external actors who have very different objectives of what they are trying to achieve in syria. >> reporter: the cessation of hostilities expected this week, could scarily be more fragile. >> for more on this, let's speak to our correspondent close to the syrian border. how significant of presence are the ypg in northern syria? >> reporter: la

we also heard earlier on from the russian representative in the united nations. he said that talk of the sufferings of the civilian population in syria is often used as a trump card in the political gain, but he did assure the watchers and the media that russia is constantly as he put it in dialogue with the syrian authorities trying to maintain, trying to ensure the safety of civilians in syria. >>> the greek coast card rescued more large groups of syrian refugees trying to across the aegean sea from turkey. more than 300 people traveling in rubber dingy's were towed ashore. >>> nine people confirmed dead after two passenger trains collided head on in southern germ near. the trains were packed with morning commuters. investigators are trying to determine why they were traveling on the same track. emma hayward reports. >> firefighters used heavy lifting equipment to gain access to part of one of the trains to try to free any passengers still trapped inside and carefully remove the bodies of some of those killed in this crash. a full scale emergency response is un

>> the united nations sets a new sedate for talks on syria as a conditional cessation of hostilities comes into effect. hello this is al jazeera, live from doha. i'm adrian finighan. killed in the somali capital of mgdz. mogadishu. donald trump receives his strongest endorsement yet plus, the new man heading fifa, gianni infantino. >> a is hiation of hostilities in syria has come into effect. the united nations security council voted unanimously to back it and most of the warring sides have agreed to lay down arms or the two weeks. now the u.n. envoy on syria says that if the deal holds, talks to end the war will resume on march 7th. the main syrian opposition says that almost 100 rebel factions have agreed to respect the suspension of hogs tilts but that doesn't include one of the most powerful groups in the country, the al qaeda linked el nusra front or i.s.i.l. calling to intensify attacks on government forces. hours before the deal came into force the fighting hadn't stopped. the syrian observatory for human rights says at least 40 were killed in air viek strikes in te damascus t

with the united nations. i wanted to go back over some of the points we talked about earlier today. senator cardin, my colleague from maryland, mentioned the fact that the united nations has very similar -- pro-united states very similar approaches to our sanctions that were brought around to the table in the first place, the negotiation table. the sanctions that we levied against iran brought them to the negotiating table, and the fact that the united states has levied almost eight times more sanctions against iran than we have a regime that does possess a nuclear weapon. i think we have more work to do in the united states. this bill is a great step, but also the united nations and your expression of disappointment with the united nations i think is well stated. mr. corker: i think it's good that you bring up the fact that when we began putting these sanctions in place, there was a lot of pushback because in essence for these things to work properly or have the biggest -- make the biggest difference in outc

then the united nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder julian assange. >> it should be brought to an end. amy: as a united nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the ecuadorian embassy in london, we will hear assange 's response. >> being detained now without charge in this country, the united kingdom, for 5.5 years. today, that detention without charge has been found by the highest organization in the united nations to be unlawful. amy: in addition to julian assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary detention. all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. democratic presidential candidates bernie sanders and hillary clinton squared off thursday in a heated debate over the role of money in politics. the debate took place in new hampshire days before tuesday's primary there. sanders repeatedly questioned clinton's progressive credentials while clinton , accused her opponent of an artful smear in suggesting she could be bought by political donations. we'll

all united nations member states have been informed. the mechanism will operate for an initial six outs of djibouti, and move to yemen or sana'a when allowed. so mr. president, in two day's time the 2016 yemen humanitarian response plan will be launched in geneva. this plan asks for $1.8 billion to address the most critical and prioritized needs across all governates in the country, including food assistance for nearly 9 million people, water and sanitation support for 7.4 million people, urgent health support for 10.6 million people, and emergency interventions to mitigate growing malnutrition rates. i cannot understate the importance of donor support. nearly one year into the conflict, it is now more important than ever, that with address the human catastrophe unfolding in yemen. i again, underscore the urgent need for this council and the international community more broadly to impress on the obligations to facilitate unconditional and sustained access to all parts of yemen. i also reiterate the urgent request that this council press

>> in 2013, the united nations released a groundbreaking report on human rights abuses in north korea, concluding their abuses - including forced labor, deliberate starvation, torture, and the complete denial of the right to freedom of thought quote "have no parallel in the contemporary world" when he was only 9 years old, kang chol kwan said he was imprisoned at the yoduk political prison camp with his family. when he was released 10 years later, he escaped to the south >> so there are entire families kept in these places? >> 80 to 120,000 people are reported to be held in these camps on life sentences. the north korean government denies that political prisons exist. >> we wanted to raise the issue of human rights while on our visit to north korea >> you're all welcome to korea, to see the reality of korea. which will be different for you from what you've heard. by the way, have you found people that have horns, and red face? >> (laughs) no, we haven't. we were given one chance to sit down and ask questions with party members. our guides insisted it wasn't an interview, just a conver

by the other nations and the united nations who see no wrong in violating the charter. this is the same position when they argue about china coming into the united nations. the charter clearly says no aggressor nation shall belong. andlready have russia that's an academic argument. we say they cannot come in so if we say that, red china cannot be admitted. reasons thatf the i have repeatedly suggested that the united nations at least have a charter revision. >> now the people of new hampshire speak out for barry goldwater. you,just had to tell shaking hands with the next president. way of speaking. i think he is going to keep his promises. thing, -- i don't think of him as a politician but as a man. i am very impressed with him. i am extremely proud we have an american who is that's enough to put america back where it belongs. >> i am opposed to foreign and economic aid. i never voted for it since i've been in the senate. i would not, even if they divided into the three components that foreign aid is made up of as we mention it. we have military assistance which i think

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

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that's why the palestinian authority aims at timing with the united nations on the illegal israeli group. i agree with what mr lavrov said on the importance of helping fences among the conflicting palestinian factions as mentioned by him and this must realise fully and successfully. with respect to the russian crisis. that the international community has come to a halt and efforts have been frozen following the final geneva communique on 30 june 2012 where both mr lavrov and i were part. another attempt was made during the 2014 yet it was unsuccessful. in light of the fact that the syrian crisis is spilling over and having domino effects on other geneva meetings were convened. it ended with the resolution 2254 being handed down by the u.n. security council, and on 911th-- 911 of-- the 11th of this month, the agreement was reached that we all welcome as the deal reached between the united states and russia where the hostilities will cease tomorrow midnight and we hope it will be observed and honored and will be realistic on the ground under the supervision of the united nations. with resp

imagine phil robertson as embassador of the united nations. [cheers and applause] >> now let me just ask you how much would you pay to see that? [cheers and applause] >> can you just imagine sitting in the un general assembly, the russian embassador says something and he leans over and says, well, that doesn't make any sense at all. [laughter] >> and if you look at the leaders who have come together whether it's phil, whether it's jeff, whether it's the 350 pastors all across the state who have endorsed the campaign and stood together -- [cheers and applause] >> the unifying theme is a passion and love for this country and a willingness to stand up and speak the truth. you know, this past saturday we had kind of a quiet little debate. [laughter] >> but i will tell you, i think the debate really helped focus a lot of the issues in the minds of the south carolinans and two questions have raisin to the top. the first highlighted saturday morning with the pass of justice scalia. justice scalia was american her hero. [cheers and applause] >> he was

with that determination is certainly from the united nations. and those are unique to the senate legislation and. in regarding cybersecurity it is also a unique feature. with those cyberviolators something we could take as a model to perpetrate cyberattacks with the income to build the weapons program in the views its own people. in the largest trading partner that united states will use every economic to lead its disposal and finally to'' the editorial board with a strategic patients it is mostly consisted of ignoring north korea to pressure the regime. both china and north korea must pay the price with the steps to the nuclear arsenal. it is no longer a viable option. >> this begins that process that we need to stop the forgotten. we can make a difference with south korea and japan to lift the threat of a nuclear korea. i yield the floor. >> mr. president i know we have the number of speakers actually most all the time to speak to that to fill in gaps to meet the senator stakes for their efforts as a very meaningful piece of legislation and if

daniel lack is at the united nations for us. no, sir surprisingly this draft resolution is facing stiff opposition. >> oh, absolutely. we've heard from the american ambassador samantha power who called it a distraction. the british ambassador who said that this resolution is going nowhere, and the french ambassador who said it was not going any with a either. interestingly before the meeting began he stopped and spoke to journalists and expressed a great deal of concern about the situation along the border between syria and turkey. let's hear what he had to say. >> this military escalation that's might second point is a direct result of the brutal offensive in the north of syria led by the syrian regime and here russia must understand that it's unconditional support is a dead-end, and a dead-end that could be extremely dangerous. >> so that said the french ambassador. the meet something over. the fate of the resolution not particularly clear but not really good with permanent members saying they don't really like it. their deput

we also heard from the japanese ambassador to the united nations. let's listen to a little bit more of what he had to say as well. >> using the technology is a clear violation of the u.n. security council. it came after four weeks, after the nuclear missile. today, we hope today at the council, we will make ourselves very clear that we cannot condone the acts of the violation of the security council resolutions by dprk. it went over japan, landed near the philippines, and this is a clear threat to the lives of many people. >> dave, i guess the thing is at the u.n., things do tend to happen pretty slowly. i believe they are still debating what to do after the last missile strike. what options does the u.n. have? you are right. that's really the key here is china in many ways. as you mentioned a, it was just last month that north korea did a nuclear test and the security council, while condemning that, has not agreed on a resolution based on that nuclear test from a month ago. china and the u.s. would have still been negotiating that. progress has bee

at the united nations. our questioning begins right now. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: welcome this week's edition of the steele report, our post caucus wrap-up with dr. chris larimer, our political analyst from the university of northern iowa, an associate professor at political science at uni and this has been an exciting week and historic week again with a surprising outcome to a lot of people of the iowa caucuses, just overall, with cruz winning as desigh civil as he did, what's head for him and also donald trump and marco rubio that you believe is really on the move? >> dr. larimer: for ted cruz, the challenge is still there. he was going -- this is a state where he had to do well, given the evangelical vote in iowa, the social conservative vote, and that was up over previous years, so that in part explains why he did well with exit polls identifying 63, of caucus goers that's not the case in new hampshire, but more the case in so

on foreign policy, social security, communism, foreign aid, the united nations, cuba. wherever he went, he faced the same issues, and he hazard in the same way. he told the people he supported social security. but he was concerned that inflation would devalue their social security dollar. he told people only a strong america can assure peace. he called for personal responsibility in government, at the local level, because barry goldwater was to give the government back to the people. he called for a re-examination of the u.n. charter. listen now, as he speaks out on the u.n. goldwater: you have a charter by which you are going to live in an organization, particularly an organization like the united nations, devoted to peace. and you violate, what i believe two of the important covenants, you will not engage in aggression nor interfere in the internal workings of a country. then, you have become a dishonest -- and we would not have been doing this have we not been imposed by the other nations who see no wrong in violating the charter. this is the same position when we a

ambassador to the united nations said the relations were good enough and had this stinging review. >> this is a distraction from the core fact which is that 224 needs to be implemented. we have a resolution on the books, it is the right resolution, we have commitourselves to it and we need russia to do the same. >> it is too early to say international diplomacy has failed. but getting the talks restarted in geneva will ease the tension is but pushing a political situation further away than it's been for some time daniel lak, al jazeera, united nations. >> turkey is blaming russia for stalled talks and accused russia with ethnic cleansing in syria. >> they want to is do an ethnic cleansing. kurds and arabs not important for them and all those who are against the regime so in fact, based on humanitarian grounds we are receiving the refugees. >> director for the center of strategic studies in washington, d.c. he believes the syrian government is benefiting from tense relations between the u.s. and turkey. >> the u.s. is involved, with the ypg, and it does not accept the turkish dissentio

. >> the united nations says aid trucks have reached several besieged towns in syria. it's part of an agreement with the syrian government to allow aid into areas where people are trapped. >> reporter: a ray of hope in the midst of war, over 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid spreading out towards some of syria's besieged towns. in madaya, they are bringing medical supplies and food. aid workers say at least 40 people have died of malnutrition in the town since october. >> we will have people who are able to bring the medical support kits and make assessments for people in need who have often been in extreme nutritional and food shortage. >> reporter: this convoy is heading for towns in the north. around 20,000 people here have been cut off by armed rebel groups. heavy gunfires rattles close to damascus. rebels guard the entrance to the city where trucks line up, carrying supplies for at least 30,000 people trapped here. more aid is expected to arrive in the east, parts of which are held by isil. the convoys are part of an agreement reached last week in munich by ove

announcer: "pianists for peace," performing for the united nations 70th anniversary. anislav: any conflict, any war means that there is some problem in the society. and i think that art, and especiay music,ures souls, cures the society. so playing this music and sharing this music with people is to, through that, make peace. alexander: music is one of the ve few this in th world which doesn't have language. totally understandable for every nation, for every age. it is really the language of art going directly from one heart to the other. my name is alexander ghindin. i'm a pianist, the honorary artist of russia. stanislav: in my personal opnion, anconflict any w means tt there some problem in the society. and i think that art, and especially music, cures souls, cures the society. my name is stanislav khristneko, and i'm originally from ukraine. i was born in ukraine. in my opinion, one of the reasons that many countries have problems these days is that they don't get enough events that have art, and that people can really get positive emotions, get really great feelin

today a united nations panel recommended julian assange be allowed to leave the embassy where he has been living for years... without getting arrested. how the british government is responding to the praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. a practical and successful legislator, bernie sanders passed more roll-call amendments in a republican congress than any other member, primary care access for millions of americans, protected social security, cracked the gridlock with john mccain bernie sanders -- a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. looking around the world... a united nations panel is siding with wiki leaks founder julian assange, saying he is being illegally detained in london. but as john potter shows us, the british government says the finding doesn't change anything. nats: applause julian assange spoke from the balcony of ecuador's embassy in london where he has been holed up for more three years to avoid being arrested. assange: "this is a victory that ca

anchor: boutros boutros-ghali, former head of the united nations, has died today at 93. the security council held a minute's silence to honor the ed thean diplomat who head body until 1996. boutros-ghali died in hospice in his hometown. can climate change these spotted from space? that is what european scientists are hoping as they launch a new satellite into orbit. , it is the sentinel 3a one of a dozen satellites that are supposed to make up the most sophisticated observation system. two are already orbiting the earth. the head of the program says the satellite will spot upcoming dr oughts and people gathering across the mediterranean towards europe. if yousic to your ears are a fan of classics or musical mysteries. a previously unknown piece by mozart has been played publicly for the first time in several decades or possibly ever. our correspondent tells us how the work was lost and found. ♪ fourter: it is just minutes long and has not seen the light of day in two centuries. a joint composition by none other than wolfgang amadeus i and a thirdlmier unknown composer.

was the pen holder of this resolution in the united nations. we have been receiving support from all around the world. this is one of the few cases of success. so many conflicts around the world, and the u.s. has appointed a special envoy who has been extremely constructive. part of the conversation tomorrow with president obama is how they can help us in the post-conflict, which is even more difficult than the process itself, because the peace agreement that we are going to sign is the end of the conflict. laura: in the beginning of something else. if you can get a lasting peace with the farc, do you think they were turned away from drug trafficking in colombia? president santos: that is a specific point i included in the agenda. we and they have already agreed, we will cut every link they have with drug trafficking. they havenize financed through taxing the drug traffickers. ,hey will in a way help us especially in remote areas, to .onvince the peasants to switch this is a dramatic step here at columbia is the number one provider of cocaine i

as they mount what the united nations has called a systematic and widespread attack on civilians. they forced tens of thousands of innocent syrians to flee for their lives. with that i'll take questions. >> we'll start here. >> since there's a map on aleppo, what is being done to help the rebels near that area that are fighting daesh. there's a big long solid line i can see with the red rebels and purple daesh could be using some help. >> all right. so, i talk about that. what you see this is the moral line. we've been supporting partner force there's along the moral line really for months. we continue to conduct strikes, take strikes as the opportunities present themselves. and we are continue network very closely with the vetted syrian opposition along that moral line, and the enemy which, of course is there in the purple. it's important to note too that some of the forces that we trained in the original syria train and equip operation about a year ago are continuing to fight along that moral line there. neighboring with them probably the most powerful weapon on the battlefield

and any other group designated a terrorist group by the united nations. they are legitimate targets. the question is what other fighters on the ground is russia going to say are legitimate targets because they are, quote unquote, terrorists. but in the meanwhile there is another positive aspect to this agreement and that is while they are working that out, russia has agreed to facilitate humanitarian aid getting to besieged cities in area, places where citizens have been without food and medicine for days, weeks, sometimes months, and are in desperate straights. so if that humanitarian aid can get to them, it will make a big difference. and that is supposed to start almost immediately. >> and that should be something that everybody can be on the same page about. what role can the u.s. play in implementing the terms of this agreement considering that isil or daesh and al-nusra is not a part of it. >> reporter: the pentagon says there is no ceasefire against isil. its operations in syria will continue both by air strikes, and also u.s. special operations fo

to the united nations. she has demonstrated a kind of arrogance and a kind of intransigence which i believe is anything but worthy of the respect and of the consideration of our country. may i further add that the charter of the united nations requires that the nations that are members thereof should be peaceloving nations? now, i know there are some members of the u.n. that surely don't qualify too well to that particular description, but i would add they came in at the time of the united nations inception and now we have an opportunity to weigh the admission of new members very carefully. now, i qualify my statement by saying that you don't take a position in terms of the indefinite future. you take it in terms of the present circumstances. mr. ames: thank you, senator humphrey. senator kennedy, do you, since this question was directed to both? senator kennedy: i would agree with senator humphrey. unless the chinese communists demonstrated a change in their foreign policy, and we have seen a very belliger

today united nations members held a moment of silence to honor his memory. virginia's house of delegates has approved a bill that protects people who are against same- sex marriage and extramarital sex. the measure prohibits the state from punishing people and businesses that refuse to serve same-sex couples, transgender people, and people who have sex outside of marriage. the republican- controlled house voted 53 to 46 to send the bill to the senate today. the bill seeks to withholding grants, services from such groups. if you suffer from there may be a new solution to your problems. what's known as salt therapy is growing in popularity across the country. salt rooms, like this arkansas, are filled from floor to ceiling with all-natural salt. clear salt covers the walls, rock salt is used on the floors and chloride is pumped into the air using salt-generator. the rooms are considered a natural alternative for people suffering from a variety of respiratory as well as skin conditions. breathing problems says 45 minutes in the salt room at least once a day has

we were given access to the united nations blue helmet patrol police. this group came under attack when al-qaeda exploded a car bomb outside a base. the u.n. provided support. to their counterparts. >> translation: when the residents report suspicious behaviour they call us to verify what is going on. >> reporter: the city is in permanent lockdown. no vehicles allowed in or out after 6:30 in the evening. there are constant power outages, normally this is a mosque, we can't see anything. there are no lights. they are still patrolling for a short block. they are scared to do this when there's no electricity >>> the u.n.'s mission in maui has around 10,000 soldiers and is helping to stablilize the country after a fight for independence in the north. the mission is one of the most dangerous in the world. 60 of its soldiers have been killed since the creation in 2013. >> it's a dangerous zone to operate. we are fully equipped, we have good equipment. good training and so on. >> reporter: the swedish contingent in charge of intelligence replaced some of the r

this is the first conflict of the cold war, the first real military action taken by the united nation, which had verily, to existence. and truman's first real foray into the policy of containment, make sure that communism does not spread elsewhere. this is the struggle between ending the war as quickly as possible, and in the meantime, macarthur has been relieved of his duties, due to insubordination. one of the people is this man, the vice admiral. this is colored pencil, highlighting how talented the artist is. the chinese cannot fight without the soviets, so they decide to finally make progress towards the cease-fire. this is the painting depicting the signing of the armistice. the korean war does not actually and with a peace agreement, and ends with an armistice being signed. a continual cease-fire. the thing that has held up the cease-fire for a really long time was what to do with pows. primary those of soviet and north korean and chinese troops. obviously, the west does not want to go to the communist regime, the communist regime does not want us to stop their citizens from re

less than an hour ago the united nations security council voted unanimously about the cease-fire. the deal was struck in munich, but throughout the day there has been more fighting and reports of more civilian casualties. diplomatic editor james bays joins us live now. james, as you're hearing from the representatives of the different members of the council, i suppose two things really came out. one was how much of this depends on the actions of armed groups, fighting on the ground in syria, and of course the second part is the backers regionally and internationally, and how they influence those parties. >> yes, you can have a cessation of hostilities on paper. you can have, as you now do in the last hour an u.n. security council backing it, but right now this is the crucial moment in terms of actions rather than words. is there going to be a lull in the violence that cessation of hostilities cechcally has come into force just moments ago as it's past now in saturday in syria. when he addressed the u.n. security council the u.n. special envoy described this moment. >> saturday wil

davutoglu says: "..it's our right to expect from the united nations, our european friends and our ally the united states of america to stand clearly against this inhumane slaughtering." pentagon press secretary peter take military action against the on isis. cook says: "..they have also said their fight is with isil. we'd like to see them change course, change direction, and refocus their efforts. right now they continue to prop up the assad regime. meantime, moscow is denying involvement in the deadly bombing of a syrian hospital monday, calling it another example of unfounded accusations. russian and u-s officials blaming each other for attacks on syrian medical facilities, last week. the u-s and russia agreed to a temporary cessation of fighting in the syrian civil war, but, syrian president bashar al-assad said no cease-fire can be reached with quote "terrorists." in jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. the world is in mourning following the passing of former united nations secretary-general boutros boutros-ghali. he passed away earlier today at he was 93 years old. boutros-ghali serve

i'll say it in arabic, yes. >> translator: we met the special envoy of the united nations, demistura, to discuss what we came here to discuss. which is the subject of the u.n. resolution 2254. and the lifting of the siege on the towns in the bombardment of the civilians and release of prisoners and in order his response was very positive and we would like to see the limitation of this, and i believe there will be discussion with the regime delegate. and we will see. >> we heard that syrian regime decide to allow humanitarian aid into some besieged town, and can you comment on that and the first outcome of syrian talks to be successful, thank you. >> see, implementing is important to us and this is the responsibility of the security council, the members, 15 members of the security council who signed this. we are here to see these are implemented because it's important to us, to see the suffer of our people you know, ends here. >> manuel. >> translator: the source please, name of the source. what happened here from what you have been talking about, it was under the threat of arms. what

yesterday the united nations security council condemned the launch and met to discuss possible sanctions against the country. "we'll be looking to all council members to unite around a swift and aggressive response to the dprk's repeated violations that constitute this very direct threat to global peace and security " the new sanctions could come as early as this week. the missile was launched from western north korea on it passed over japan and landed near the philippines.

>> it is before the united nations at the present time. been a number of other occasions on which it was before the u.n.. may, 1954. they requested that the --mission investigate the this came again before the security council in 1959. a mission.hed members requested -- that was investigated because our friends and people walk rate when this sort of thing comes about. the security council took no action when cambodia rejected the report. in august, 1964, we ourselves took it to the security council. the security -- soviet representative moved that the representatives of hanoi as well as saigon be invited to come to the table. we supported that invitation. hanoi refused to come. if i could mention two other points. something connected to that, was communist china invited under the russian proposal? secretary rusk: i don't think they were. in february 1965, we reported with respect to the era tax that were launched on north vietnam. year, and weast transmitted our white paper. the president invited the secretary general to coordinat d region

that is why the focus of the kind of aid that the united nations is trying to raise has changed somewhat, not just daing with the immediate emergency, but looking ahead, planning in the long term. essentially, the message of the organizers from this conference that the syrians who fled in their millions to turkey, lebanon and jordan in particular are going to need assistance for many years to come. . so they need to go to school. you can't just go to school for one year, you need to go to school for an education. that is a commitment that needs to go ahead for 7-8 years in the future. they need employment if they are to have some semblance of a life in the region, of course, this has been extremely problematic in countries like lebanon and jordan, feeling a political strain by the presence of many refugees, there's a kid pro quo on the table, particularly from the wealthier countries in europe and the united states, and the gulf countries, and they are saying will open up our markets to goods like countries, like jordan and lebanon, we'll invest more, our companies will put more money in

. >>> a united nations legal panel will rule that julian assange is a victim of arbitrary detention. he has been in the ecuadorian embassy in london for more than three years. he was afraid of possible extradition to the united states. he is wanted in sweden for questioning over sex assault allegations. the panel will officially announce its findings on friday. the judgment of the u.n. needs to be trusted it is said. >> it seems very odd, but neither the british authorities or the swedish authorities really seem to want to prosecute him. they won't come to interview him. there was a freedom of information act in sweden, where clearly the british crown prosecution service have been trying to persuade the swedes not to come interview. so i think we should trust the u.n. what is the u.n. for if it can't make judgments like this? they have had all of the information. they have had submissions from the british and the swedes. we can't just cherry pick the human rights we would like to support and those we wouldn't. >>> there have been protests in greece over government reforms. the protes