nation to be controlled by the united nation. but the government needs the all militants troops and soldiers of the whole it is to be out of the city so that the discussion is about this issue and these won't to the. money come from the are generated from the part of our data to come to the central bank and son are not to the other bank in ogden and this is another issue in this discussion between id and martin griffith today in ad ok let's take it to. the bigger percentage of these child deaths comes down to air attacks it's an air campaign are we saying that this is just danced really collateral damage or a. the locations where these children are being targeted. well i mean there have been multiple reports already you know stating that these are you know reckless indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas and i mean in terms of this report and the death toll affecting children as a result of these airstrikes this this this figure of this over five hundred children who have who have died as a result is is just a tiny fraction of t

nations has been doing so mr look on her if you can you must the united nations if i was are asked how they will cease fire who do you see as a mediator in this conflict that has to end. i think this should be talks between the host between their buddies in sanaa included though the un saudi arabia the first thing and the united nations if it want to be. in this in this war they should at least mention the saudi as one site and when i say biased i can date i mean anyone watching me now to bring me a document from any u n envoy into yemen or you in security council that has mentioned this over the other part of this war how can you mediate if you're not mentioning the saudi and the saudi is the lead in this coalition against yemen that that that the groove that you and and all you in blood are totally biased just mentioned the saudi as part of this war and then the saudi will be held responsible if they break in a cease fire if they do not accept any any agreement that will come in the future do x. and i think we will reach a solution soon or mr amos to say they can't like to give you t

nations and that is very much welcome from easy pendency of the position of united nations the united states i mean fortunately into a lot of united states of english and to the key financial commitments of the un maintain their position that as i said as you said some areas that have been put in all areas where the u.s. has left. but in addition to the central aspect the u.s. has maintained independently of that it's important to have a multi please city of excess and it is that equilibrium that's a loss for us to be more impartial and body selective given how important the united states still is both today and funding in the running of africa are going to and i'm sure as secretary general your had to run through several contingency plans i wonder in your planning whether you see this change posture of the united states as something temporary that may change too or at let's say six years down the line or is it a permanent change i think it's important to recognize first of all that we have been able to maintain with the us a working relationship the best of the nikki haley has been e

nations just for i would give just some example i mean we see that the united nation. and lebanon what they have done they have taken the obvious from the people that were fighting against the occupation but at the end. the serbian has killed a thousand surprised at the the united nations right so i understand there's a very hostile six that i started to who lives there not was not the united nations i understand but what about iran and its role is it doing everything it can to encourage a political solution to this conflict i don't know why they always try to bring iran in the conflict if they blame iran for. sinden weapons of yemen we have this blockade is hard to bring this in into yemen how can it on the brink of those along the lines of missile as they say in yemen this just an excuse to fight iran the same they have done it in other country on the top of that we see that the united out of him out of claim that iran is a could buy into the island in the vision goals why they have actually fought iran that did this is just they say it's just an excuse to say that i

united nation just for i would give just some of the example i mean we see that the united nation. what they have done they have taken the obvious from the people there who were fighting against the occupation but at the end. the serbian has killed a thousand surprised at the united nations right so i understand there's a very hostile six that i started to who did not know it was not the united nations i understand but what about iran and its role is it doing everything it can to encourage a political solution to this conflict i don't know why they always try to bring iran in the conflict if they blame iran for. sinden weapons of yemen we have this look it is hard to bring this in into yemen how could it on the brink of those along the lines of missile as they say in yemen this just an excuse to fight iran the same they have done it in other country on the top of that we see that the united out of him or that claim that iran is a could buy into the island in the vision goals why they have actually fought iran that did this is just they say it's just an excuse to say that iran is in

states can pull out from the united nations altogether accessible i mean let's let's be clear the united states plays a very important role in the where i sit is a founding member like the russian exploration. and of course used to be out of one or two areas that are more i would say the other thing is to be of course involved in the sensibility reaches of the well and i believe these will go on more true believer that when one looks at united states on. russian federation those two countries in many aspects common interests sometimes they are fighting but they have common interests and the four look at the middle east that is the area that we have been that was mentioned the both these decision the global middle east is there where i'm strongly believe that the jews the interests of the united states and the russian federation and oughtn't i want to be on the contrary things the jews are similar and i strongly hope that the divisions that have existed of the countries will be overcome and that the two countries will be able to have strong cooperation a lowing the international system to

nations just for i would give just some example i mean we see that the united nation. and lebanon what they have done they have taken the obvious from the people there who are fighting against the occupation but at the end. the serbian has killed a thousand surprised at the united nations right so i understand there's a very hostile six that i started to who did not know it was not the united nations i understand but what about iran and its fall is it doing everything it can to encourage a political solution to this conflict i don't know why they always try to bring iran in the conflict if they blame iran for. sinden weapons of yemen we have this look it is hard to bring this in into yemen how can it on the brink of those along the lines of missile as they say in yemen this just an excuse to fight iran the same they have done it in other country on the top of that we see that the united out of him out of claim that iran is a could buy into the island in the vision goals why they have actually fought iran that did this is just they say it's just an excuse to say that ir

nations has been doing so mr look on her if you can you must the united nations if i was all are asked how they will cease fire who do you see as a mediator in this conflict that has to end. i think this should be talks between the whole thing between their buddies in sanaa included though the un saudi arabia the first thing and the united nation if it want to be. in this in this war they should at least mention the saudi as one site and when i say biased i can date i mean anyone watching me now to bring me a document from any u n envoy into yemen or u.n. security council that has mentioned this already as a part of this war how can you mediate if you're not mentioning the saudi under saudi is leading this coalition against yemen that that that there's a broad that you and and all you in blood are totally biased just mentioned the saudi as part of this war and then the saudi will be held responsible if they break in a cease fire if they do not accept any any agreement that will come in the future do that and i think we will reach a solution soon or mr amos to say they can't like to giv

point is in today you are the third most powerful person at the united nations with a budget of five billion dollars. but your power is not enough to wipe out hunger once and for all. and what is that frustrating bank of money having so much influence but no quick solutions. or is something to be treated with caution the united nations is a very big organization and i have the largest organization within the u.n. family of five billion dollars for the development program as a lot of money. enables us to operate in one hundred seventy countries working with people on a daily basis resolving problems and improving people's lives and that's the challenge that does mean enormous power it's. going to five billion sounds like a huge amount to us as private individuals it's really a drop in the ocean so we have to make intelligent use of it. with money that are going to put some. ok but there are still eight hundred fifty million people in the world going hungry isn't that simply unacceptable. as the problem you know isn't acceptable which is why we're working on this issue has a global com

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley announcing that the united states will take a step that never has been taken before by withdrawing from the united nations human rights council said that the body had essentially failed in its objectives we're hearing from nikki haley they're citing a failure on the part of the council to condemn abuses in countries like venezuela or iran she singled those two countries out specifically while also saying that there was this chronic bias and hostility towards israel so let's now speech was in jordan she joins us live now from the state department in washington and nikki haley had first mention the prospect of the u.s. taking this step i think a year ago she has now made good on that pledge nonetheless how how unprecedented is this. well in the context of the trumpet ministration it's not unprecedented because this is perhaps the third notable withdrawal from an international law effort to try to promote peace and stability first the parasol climate accord then the u.s. deciding just a couple of months ago to withdraw from the iran nuclear d

i mean a yemeni look to the united nation and especially to the u.n. security council as a tool for western power and now is a tool for the saudi led coalition they not only call in for a ceasefire as i heard in some media outlet that sweden. to the u.n. security council has asked for a halt in all operation of a data port and as he said and added so to give time for the rebel to withdraw from the data on the show you how this. u.n. security council is just used to attack the one who is actually defending the city they should actually make a solution to ask the saudi not to attack the port and to attack are they the city and i will just make it clear that the whole yemeni army loyal to them will not withdraw and they will fight to death what will guarantee if they withdraw from the data port and if the united nation take over what will guarantee that they are not gonna stop the saudi from season this key city after what we as yemeni here in sanaa we always talk about the united nation rule in international conflict and as an example we remember in one

hunger is something to be treated with caution sure the united nations is a very big organization and i had the largest organization within the u.n. family of five billion dollars for the development program as a lot of money. enables us to operate in one hundred seventy countries working with people on a daily basis resolving problems and improving people's lives and that's the challenge that does mean enormous power. you know i'm not going to think about all the five billion sounds like a huge amount to us as a private individuals it's really a drop in the ocean so we have to make intelligent use of it. with money going but i'm pressed on ok but there are still eight hundred fifteen million people in the world going hungry isn't that simply unacceptable you accept it as you see in that the problem you know is unacceptable which is why we're working on this issue has a global community n.g.o.s the u.n. and national governments. but remember that we've seen astonishing progress in development over the last three or four hundred years the four or five hundred years ago nine out of ten

almighty let's run organizations like the united nations in general like the un security council like the world trade organizations and others to work clearly. germans look at issues such as climate change migration the fight against poverty international security also such as in areas as ukraine or the middle east which are in the neighborhood of germany and germany really believes in this kind of international cooperation and that's where the focus is but carson i mean there are big challenges of course because the security council has been far from united as of late can germany really change that. no of course not at least not alone but germany will try together in particular with its european allies the of the e.u. members who are in the security council and indeed united nations in general germany has acquired a tradition of quiet diplomacy in trying to work out frameworks to produce frameworks where countries can work together some say this is due to the lessons learned from the second world war from germany's post and the bad experiences germany has made with nationalism and mi

the united nations development program is listening and working with communities to protect forests for the future we want if you're hearing what we're hearing find out more. from refugees climate change wars and conflicts. today we'll be talking about how we can still save the world with her head of the united nations development program have you read mr steiner you wanted to make the world a better place since finishing college you went to india to help out in a small village what did you do there in the park. i'm going there as a kind of apprenticeship and you know i was eager to work for an organization. unity of the family tamilnadu a statement that i wanted to get to know development work on the ground and to get a better sense of what i can contribute in all my bike. through these i was my first year in india. and my subsequent career took me to many other countries too on the legacy. was it also about having an adventure or just about helping others. and i just wanted to do of course there was a sense of adventure but i had the clear objective of gaining qualifications in this a

nations has been doing so mr look on her if you can you must the united nations if i was all are asked how they will cease fire who do you see as a mediator in this conflict that has to end. i think this should be talks between the whole thing between their buddies in sanaa included though the un saudi arabia the first thing and the united nation if it want to be. in this in this war they should at least mention the saudi as one site and when i say biased i can date i mean anyone watching me now to bring me a document from any u n envoy into yemen or you in security council that has mentioned this all the other part of this war how can you mediate if you're not mentioning the saudi and the saudi is leading this coalition against yemen that that that the groove that you and and all you in blood are totally biased just mentioned the saudi as part of this war and then the saudi will be held responsible if they break in a cease fire if they do not accept any agreement that will come in the future and i think we will reach a solution soon or mr jamieson the catlike to give you the last word

germany for other nations elected to the united nations security council. members will they see makes us a bigger influence on world affairs. and a fugitive suspected off the killing of a german teenager is arrested in the case involving leave rejected asylum seeking out on a fourteen year old girl a stunt drivers politically charged immigration debate. unfold welcome to the program. the g. seven summit which brings together some of the world's most powerful industrialized countries is getting underway in canada well leaders have been arriving in quebec since last night among some japanese prime minister shinzo british prime minister to recent night german chancellor i'm going to back on the agenda of economic growth and climate change gender equality and the ongoing dispute over u.s. types of steel and many main points now that maybe another topic up for discussion could see of donald trump the fold leaving for canada he called for russia to be readmitted to the g. seven after it was expelled over the an exception of crimea right to be in this meeting why

but they may be a priority for the united nations of the united states. and the u.a.e. to accept the deal for there to be more disruption to the vital services for the port it's a lifeline for millions so preeminence would depend on. syrian government helicopters have reportedly dropped barrel bombs and there are problems injuring several civilians opposition activists sources say six people have been killed in shelling by the syrian military a local official told us there are more than twenty three thousand civilians have been displaced by fighting in the eastern derek countryside in the past three days german chancellor angela merkel is on a tour of the middle east which included to school in lebanon where many of the pupils are syrian refugees at a news conference with lebanon's prime minister designate she said it's still too soon for people to return to syria the lebanese government won't syrians to start returning immediately to areas where there is no longer any fighting there are around a million syrians in lebanon about a quarter of the population spain has off

this is news coming to you live from berlin a new record for misery the united nations refugee agency says almost sixty nine million people were forcibly displaced last year lean toward violence and persecution u.n.h.c.r. will be here to give us the details also coming up the shame of going home that's what some migrants experience when they're turned away from europe to face a future with no prospects back in the land of their birth. and in the world cup england tried to avoid the curse of the favorites in the group stage against tunisia it was anything but a walk in the park superstar harry came to all he could but it wasn't enough to get the latest from moscow. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us in many places around the world the strains caused by a record number of people on the move are causing massive problems in different ways it dominates our program today we begin with a new report by the un refugee agency that says war and conflict have led to the biggest increase in refugees and displaced people since it started monitoring the situation in one thousand nine hu

today we'll be talking about how we can still save the world with her head of the united nations development program i find the bed so mr steiner you've wanted to make the world a better place since finishing college you went to india to help out in a small village what did you do there in the market. dominance of oz i'm going there yeah there's a kind of apprenticeship you know i was eager to work for an organization in india . i wanted to get to know development work on the ground and to get a better sense of what i could contribute. to these i was my first year in india. and my subsequent career took me to many other countries too. it wasn't also about having an adventure or just about helping others. and i just wanted to do of course there was a sense of adventure but i had the clear objective of gaining qualifications in this area of work. i was a student who had graduated from oxford so i probably thought i knew everything one needed to know that. it was an. misting experience to be almost a gandhian development organization on the ground where we had just one room. we spent the night

is withdrawing two million dollars of funding for the united nations counter terrorism office in new york with details. now the usa has withdrawn two million dollars from the un office of counterterrorism the reason given by nikki haley the un representative of the united states is the exclusion of interest groups and n.g.o.s from an upcoming conference of the united nations about combat and terrorism now it's important to point out the interest groups the ngos have not been excluded from the entire conference however at the conference that opens up on thursday there will be a session to sessions it regarding the issue of sharing information and expertise in combating foreign fighters and n.g.o.s are not participating in that part of the press is also excluded nikki haley referred to this as abuse and said that this was not acceptable this isn't this is an abuse of the un's new cabinet terrorism office and a stain on the un's record on transparency and civil society inclusion this is not the first time the united states has diminished its role in the united nations recently we saw th

engaging in the united nations and so the other countries managed to get a united nations flag on their operations during that three year long korean war so if there is to be a peace treaty which i think south korea favors the idea of forgetting about the armistice and having a proper treaty ending the war then you have to get buy in from the u.s. that's another potential carrot that the u.s. can offer if it gets what it wants in return for north korea talking about carrots and parties getting what they want how much common ground is there on the issue of a timetable for sanctions relief james. well i think there are two issues here sami there is not a common ground on sanctions relief because the u.s. has made it clear all the sanctions stay in place until the very end. and the north koreans i think would want to be rewarded at various stages as they did various things through the timeline but the other issue that's important on sanctions is it's going very well today their body language is perfect the chemistry is perfect the two men are saying all the right things but we're not going

the united nations accuses venezuela's security forces of killing hundreds of people under the pretext of fighting crime and a last minute goal by neymar gives brazil their first victory at the world cup, we'll have all the latest on today's matches. hello and welcome to bbc news. the crisis over immigration rules in the united states, looks no closer to being resolved. in the last few hours, president trump has pressed the case for greater border security, appearing in a news conference with people whose family members were killed by undocumented immigrants — known as the so called ‘angel‘ families. meanwhile. along the southern border, hundreds of children remain separated from their parents, despite a u—turn on the policy by president trump. the bbc‘s aleem maqbool is in el paso, texas with this report. in a detention camp close to the mexican border, the us is holding children. we saw them being trooped between tents in single file. in many cases, they were separated from their parents by immigration officials. often their mothers and fathers, who themselves are in detent

their way to the united nations it is a huge security council listed as image that was. then israel took and it took the liberty of those eat. meat. and it came to my mother suffers. from great except to give manchester to some other people. and if you are american i ski you accept to get it for me or other people or to accept the status quo occupying manchester by some other people might be chinese. ha breman. after explaining to people of manchester from their homes grabbing them from their feet from everything isn't a question of. this question is not going to present it in. britain or in the west because of the influence of the jewish religion i don't want to put it very very good at home. game there. are twenty percent of the israelis and sort of basically he's well known they would not commit to it. and they would not give him their. weekend with. the job and nobody is. ready to give. so that the solutions. are rendered to go back to palestine nasr views were echoed by palestinian refugees who believed liberation was close a town. about . he is growing quite a bit

nation just for i would give just some example i mean we see that the united nation. and lebanon what they have done they have taken the obvious from the people there who were fighting against the occupation but at the end. the serbian has killed a thousand surprised at the united nations right so i understand there's a very hostile six that i started to who did not know it was not the united nations i understand but what about iran and its role is it doing everything it can to encourage a political solution to this conflict i don't know why they always try to bring iran in the conflict if they blame iran for. sinden weapons of yemen we have this look it is hard to bring this in into yemen how can iran bring those along the lines missile as they say into yemen and this is just an excuse to fight iran the same they have done it in other country and on the top of that we see that the united arab emirates claim that iran is a could buy in for the island in the village and gold why they have actually forced it on their did this is just they say it's just an excuse to say

representative of the united states, united nations general assembly. she asserted as you and management reform council for use mission to view and since 2014 as deputy counsel from 2012-2014. .. . >> thank you, chairman johnson. ranking member murphy and distinguished members of the committee. i'm honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee to serve as the representative of the united states of america to the united nations for un management and reform. i'm grateful to president trump and ambassador haley for their confidence and for this opportunity. i am joined here today by my husband george whose love and support has been integral to me being a working mother and representing the united states at the u.n. for the last ten years. and my oldest child nick lie who is already a mini un diplomat having participated in many meetings after missing mom through marathon all night negotiations. my other two children, my daughters kara and madelyn unfortunately could not join me here as i am not sure i could contain their enthusiasm during t

and the united nations says that the rule of law in venezuela is virtually absent the report is detailed more than five hundred killings carried out by government forces gone uninvestigated and unpunished. police in india say they are questioning several suspects after the gang rape of five female charity workers in a remote region in the east of the country they say they were abducted while performing a play highlighting human trafficking in the region and raped at gunpoint their women are now under police protection in a shelter after being threatened with violence if they went to the police serious sexual assault is a major problem in india thirty nine thousand rapes reported in two thousand and sixteen alone. u.s. officials have called on the saudi led coalition to pull back in its campaign to take control of yemen strategically important data port and they verge to cooperate with u.n. efforts to agree a compromise over management of the port yemen's hooty rebels say they may be willing to consider handing over management of the port to the united nations that's according to the reut

the united nations is warning a quarter of a million civilians would die if saddam had coalition forces the time to take the yemeni city of data they're now within twenty kilometers of the red sea port is currently controlled by who the rebels and is the main entry point for food and humanitarian supplies into the water country stuff. yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the world before the regional proxy war took over the country the saudi led war on yemen is now into its fourth year and hospitals are struggling to cope on a model of what i'm going to log the numbers are we are in the good hands of god people are sick for years we have done nothing to be in the situation we're just citizens here we have nothing but god. this hospital is in the controlled port city of data vital to getting aid and supplies into the country but fighting nearby is threatening to close the lifeline to millions of yemenis the. humanitarian coordinator in yemen is grounded says that a military attack or siege on her data will impact hundreds of thousands of in innocent civilians humanitarian or

ambassador to the united nations criticize the u.n. human rights council for what she called its hypocritical behavior and nikki haley said the u.s. would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on venezuela and yet it adopted five biased resolutions in march against a single country israel it is essential that this council address its chronic anti israel bias if it is to have any credibility it is correct to criticize the state of israel for its actions as said by rabbi law you can you can challenge the israeli government's policies without being on to the mighty comet such as this a permanent agenda item investigating israel's treatment of palestinians and the us is recent failure to prevent the un general assembly from condemning israel's use of force in gaza finally made the trumpet ministration say enough on tuesday but when organizations undermine our national interests and our allies we will not be complicit when they seek to infringe on our national s

an initiative by the united nations to help us better understand the. blanket covering more than seventy percent. in recent years though the oceans have increasingly come under threat mostly due to plastic pollution eight million tons of plastic waste are washed into the sea every year killing marine life solutions are scars but new technology could . float around the world. the great pacific garbage patch drifts between hawaii and california. times larger than germany. happily the floating quagmire could get something of a purge this summer. the ocean clean up is the brainchild of dutchman boy and slant it's a boom which drifts more slowly than the plastic which collects along behind it to be recovered for recycling the cleanup system will automatically gravitate to those places where most plastic it's and that now causes the efficiency to be a lot higher because there's just more plastic in front of the system and therefore we can now clean up fifty percent of that that in just five years. collected over thirty million dollars in donations to develop

your background, could the united nations play a role and to what level? guest: i was just reading this morning the united nations high commissioner for refugees did in 2017, we have the highest level of refugees displaced worldwide. it is important to note that 85% of those people are actually in lower income countries not in the west. the west itself is receiving a very small amount of the numbers of refugees. commission for refugees has clearly said that what is happening now is not acceptable, and they have a lot of experience across the world dealing with borders and dealing with adjudicating for asylum. they have offered assistance. , this ise issues also a policy that was implemented without sufficient preparation and we are seeing that. ,e see all of the communities whether it be the faith leaders in the u.s., the both sides of the aisle, but the american academy of pediatrics -- the president has visited these areas and seen that children are crying, that rules that apparently the social workers the childrenuch or comfort them because there are co

. >>> on the day when the united nations high commissioneor human rights said that the united states is violating the human rights of children on the southern border, the attorney general said this. >> it's certainly not our goal to separate children, but i do think it's cle it's legitimate to warn people who come to the country la bringing children with them that they can't expect that they'll always be kept together. >> joining our discussion now, mara teresa kumar, president and ceo of voto latino and an msnbc contributor. and maria thereeresa, the first point i want to make here, and please feel cree to make any point you want, this is a new policy. this is not forced on the trump administration by law. there is no law that has to be changed, new change to thi policy. this is a choice of donald trump and jeff sessions. >> that's exactly right. and this was actually an idea that chief of staff secretary kelly when he was homeland security secretary f floated to do so. the aclu immediately went into play saying that that was going to be unlawful. and what the u.n. did today was bas

this government does not suit present the democratic spirit of the united nations while the united nations human rights council actually does we've also just how the council criticize the u.s. but border policy do you think that impacted the decision at all. if you could ask that question again i'm sorry we just had the head of the u.n. human rights council criticizing the u.s. for its border paul theme do you think that may have impacted their decision to pull out i think so i think this is a pretense. the whole argument that we are. basically standing against the israeli bias and the chronic. chronic anti israel bias in the council i think this is a pretense in reality since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation that isolationism of donald trump did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the paris protocol and so forth and so on and the fact that the family separation this thick policy carried out by the u.s. and it's more the really on president to the closest thi

that nasty united nations mission in the operates on the invitation of the government even radio copy porters are not immune to interference we thought that they themselves too were under strain increasingly even more so now as the country becomes more and more politicized and the stakes become higher when you talk about red line issues it is true that even radio cappie is not in the business of doing investigative reporting it is very hard to protect journalists in a situation where those in power are grossly and happy with what is being said to. be radio a copy is under pressure because it lets all sides speak we've often talked with them and they complain more and more about the increasing pressure from congress or thor to use who even threaten to close them down if they don't respect their demands in reality we think this outlet is upsetting with ortiz because of its independence and professionalism if you. were just. that independence is crucial. r d c is a blogging conglomerate founded in two thousand and sixteen mostly funded by the dutch government promising an independent alt

this is news coming to you live from a new record for misery in the united nations refugee agency says almost sixty nine million people were forcibly displaced last year playing war violence and persecution u.n.h.c.r. we'll be here to give us the details this is also coming up chancellor merkel's race against time she meets the italian prime minister in her quest for a solution to the migration issue after her mutinous interior minister delivers an ultimatum to donald trump to enter the fray with a tweak. to the world cup england tried to avoid the curse of the favorites in the group stage against tunisia it was anything but a walk in the park superstar harry came did all he could but it wasn't enough to go live to moscow. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us in many places around the world the strains caused by a record number of people on the move are causing massive problems in different ways that dominates our program today we begin with a new report by the un refugee agency that says war and conflict have led to the biggest increase in refugees displaced and. people sin

general assembly there's a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with the greatest human rights records sit on the human rights council for too long to human rights council has been a protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias for a long time we've heard the trumpet ministrations speak highly critically of the united nations and specifically the un human rights council but now we have the dramatic move of the usa officially withdrawing from the un human rights council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdrawing from the council's continued and well documented bias against israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined now israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions fro

a move that the united that the united nations the general assembly has called for for the secretary general to conduct an investigation to report back to the ga about what he suggests how to go forward how best to protect palestinian civilians in this ongoing crisis we'll have to see how that one pans out whether in fact the secretary general is allowed to undertake what is essentially an inspection mission being called for by the vast majority of general assembly members mike hanna at the u.n. thank you very much indeed. or the nine hundred people of a ride at the italian port of catan in sicily after being rescued at sea by the italian coast guard it comes amid a growing diplomatic route between italy and france over the new talent government's refusal to allow foreign rescue boat to dock france's president has called that cynical and irresponsible and a halt to this for. disembarking in italy nine hundred thirty two migrants and refugees rescued in the mediterranean by the italian coast guard on the crossing from the libyan coast among their number more than two hundred miners an

united states has a hold out of the united nations human rights council the first country to ever withdraw its ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley maybe announcement alongside the secretary of state might on in washington haley has accused the council of chronic bias against israel and announced last year that the u.s. was reviewing its membership she says the u.s. is leaving because the council did not make any effort to change its ways the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council. in doing so i want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments on the contrary we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we did not make this decision lightly the human rights council is a poor defender of human rights. worse than that the human rights council has become an exercise in shameless hypocrisy with many of the world's worst human rights abuses going ignored and some of the world's most serious offenders sittin