role in the foundation of the united nations that we have played host you know to the u.n. for these 75 years most of the time the united states has taken an appropriate leadership. and may so again i mean i think this is one of the major questions that we confront here in the united states is the trumpet ministrations disdain of the u.n. kind of a temporary tangent and will you come back to a more conventional american foreign policy going forward all or or is the is the american retreat from its global responsibilities you know going to be something that lingers for the foreseeable future you know there are a lot of things that state you know here and in the american election but to obviously america's relationship with the u.s. as an institution and the rest of the world is one of those very significant questions that we face let's say joe biden wins the election and there is a new president in the u.s. how do you think the u.s. relationship with the u.n. will change then. well i do think this is this didn't mean it's a matter of degree but this is one of the primary dif

nations system before i in my words i wish that the 75th anniversary of the united nations will bring blessings to the world and humanity and i salute everyone with respect thank you president of the. president time to live in his remarks to the u.n. on the 75th anniversary talking about how we can all to overcome today's challenges with the structures that was set up the last century let's bring in our diplomatic james by james. saying we need to reform the security council leaving everything in the hands of 5 countries talking there about of course the 5 permanent members of the security council has that been an issue for turkey for some time. it's been an issue for most of the countries that are speaking here and in fact you listen to these speeches and you hear this repeatedly in fact i would suggest that probably in nearly all the speeches bar 5 you're going to have people talking about reform of the u.n. security council because the system of the u.n. still has the security council as the top body as it were certainly with regard to international peace and security that the part

ambassador to the united nations kelly craft as we mark the 75th anniversary of the united nations 75 years ago the united states stepped forward when this bold new venture known as the united nations needed a permanent home and we remain proud to service that home to this day. it is hard to grasp the remarkable evolution of the united nations over the last 75 years from cautious early steps among a few global leaders today's vast networks of organizations agencies and functions the un has grown well beyond the vision of its founders and yet it is that vision that grounds this institution and must continue to guide its every action it is outlined clearly in the un charter and bears reminding that the un was founded to promote peace and save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and reaffirm faith and fundamental human rights and many ways the un has proven to be a successful experiment with notable exceptions its convening power brings much of the world to the table despite some unfortunate failings the un's blue helmets have worked to maintain peace for decades through missi

the red capital lies in the united nations hands. it's capture is an inspiring and historic birthday president -- present to the united nations. 53 of 60 nations supported the military campaign. burning red equipment marks the way as you and forces move forces move.n forward. as they marched back, it is forward despite resistance to the border of manchuria itself. of ahese argyle troops out town 25 miles north of the capital, here are the defenders put up little fight. gis who haven looked into the face of death wait to tokyo, these are among the few united nations soldiers who expect -- escape to their captors during the communist retreated northward. the final knockout blow to the reeling enemy is delivered by american paratroops, the united nations supreme commander douglas macarthur looks on as a 4000 closed the trap on 28,000 communist troops. after watching the great drop, general macarthur sets down to confer with commanding general walton walker before returning to tokyo. wind swept field, marines of the first division hold m

ok a was iran president hassan rouhani there speaking to the 75th general assembly of the united nations which is under way in new york speaking virtually in a previous court and statement as all lead is doing given we are of course in the middle of a pandemic and we are next expected to hair from the french president emanuel mccaughan who will be giving the last address of this session before a break and things kick off again this afternoon. u.s. time let us listen in to what the french president has to say about this when mr secretary-general united nations ladies and gentlemen heads of state and government . last year we met here in new york for a general assembly at the time i called upon each and every one of you to have the courage to construct peace and together to shoulder our responsibilities that courage i must say has been more than put to a harsh test by the health economic social security shock which is of unprecedented scope and immediate global crisis the most immediate one since the creation of our realization 75 years ago that courage which from the very 1st was seen in

i am for me ok welcome to the stream under united nations general assembly this week in a limited edition serious istream is teaming up with the un to bring you some of the most important global issues around the world now of course we cannot do that without isa we are going to be on t.v. or on instagram or on you tube we want you to jump into the comments section and you too can be part of the very important conversations or the way through the week we start with an unscientific survey of global citizens looking at the united nations on its 75th anniversary this is what they tell us. i think the principles that guided him established the un as an organization are certainly ones that we need and today's landscape however i do feel that the execution is a bit lacking i think issues such as the syrians really conflict the war in syria poverty corruption on a worldwide stage do need to be addressed in a more pressing matter my favorite s.t.g. is the 17 partnerships for their goals because it truly reflects why they you when they exist and what it has achieved so far it also reminds us that i

we also host the united nations technology paying for the least developed countries. being the eastern most european and the western asia increases turkey specifically in all areas. with asia a new initiative we will give our relations a new dynamism in our current time when the pendulum of history is shifting again towards asia. we have also gained significant momentum in our relations with that with which we have humanitarian and historical ties connecting our close geographies. we plan to implement projects aimed at strengthening africa's capacity at the 3rd turkey african union partnership summit that we intend to hold in turkey next year. so as i conclude my remarks i would like to say that our strong support for multilateralism will continue during this sensitive period we are passing it through so you really must of course keep our distance from the pandemic but we must also close ranks in our joint struggling cooperation against all the challenges that threaten the international community so. we will continue our efforts to transform this dam one of the most p

my guest is the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres. in a year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism? and does he have the power to do anything about this? secretary—general antonio guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. in may, you said that covid—19 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. why do you think it's brought out the worst in humanity? well, first of all, it's a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. i think covid—19 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. we are on our knees with a microscopic virus, and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come together and face covid—19 in close coordination. we have seen each country going its own way. the world health organization can advise, but they cannot force countries to do anything, and so we see the virus moving from east to west, now from north to south. it can come back w

the united nations must hold china accountable. in addition every year, china dumps millions of tons of plastic and trash into the oceans. over fishes other country's waters, destroy vast swaths of coral reef and emit more toxic mercury into the atmosphere than any country anywhere in the world. china's carbon emissions are nearly twice what the u.s. has and is rising fast. by contrast, after i withdrew from the one-sided paris climate accord, last year america reduced its carbon emissions by more than any country in the agreement. those who attack america's exceptional environmental record while ignoring china's brandon pollution -- rampant pollution are not interested in the environment. they only want to punish america and i will not stand for it. if the united nations is to be an effective organization, it must focus on the real problems of the world. this includes terrorism, the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing of religious minorities. am

states does if they start stopping iranian ships and also how the united nations and other countries around the world will react if they willingly or reluctantly start to give in to u.s. pressure and start imposing these sanctions then we could very much see a very tough or a tougher stance a response coming from iran. us now bring in our diplomatic editor james bases at the united nations for us said james it's important to stress that these are of course you know lateral sanctions so what has been the wider international reaction to this u.s. announcement. they they are unilateral sanctions because the u.s. try it said it had done to trigger a snap back over the we can snap back it was part of the iran nuclear deal which meant that you could reimpose all the sanctions if you felt that iran was not complying of course all the other countries involved in the clear deals that the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal 2 years ago didn't have the right to trigger snapback and that the international sanctions were not back in place what you've got now is most of the international community

is a downward then hosting unit terms the integrated mission of the united nations for the transition and sudan. on the comic front. sudan citizens are suffering even more because of the. economic practices inherited from the ups of the previous regime we have undertaken reforms in order to. restructure the economy and make it more rational. than the previous different mation. had put a large burden on the shoulders of citizens. living we would try to reduce the impact over the long term through a series of programs for families and providing social support for poor families which will lighten the burden or the impact of these reforms the objective is to strengthen production and to boaster cultural and productive sectors. this beaten both in towns and in rural society. there is also the say that you or my merchandise. program which guarantees all essential goods for citizens. mr president sudan gives great importance of the rule of law on the national and international level as. we are making time for to we consider national legislation and ensure that it is in harmony with internati

my guest is the secretary—general of the united nations, antonio guterres. in a year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism? and does he have the power to do anything about this? secretary—general antonio guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. in may, you said that covid—i9 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. why do you think it's brought out the worst in humanity? well, first of all, it's a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. i think covid—i9 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. we are on oui’ knees with a microscopic virus and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come together and face covid—i9 in close coordination. we have seen each country going its own way. the world health organization can advise, but they cannot force countries to do anything, and so we see the virus moving from east to west, now from north to south. it can come back

nations in new york and mina mohamed deputy secretary general of the united nations in brussels plane an european union commissioner for international partnerships and in capetown siac ali sea captain of the south african national rugby team and a united nations global advocate a warm welcome to you all thank you so much for being with us on this special edition of inside story deputy secretary general ameena mohammed if i can start with you even before covert 1000 existed of violence against women and girls was an important human rights concern why and how has the pandemic made it worse and what is the united nations doing to address this. well i think 1st the shock for everyone is that while we've been trying to get to 0 on gender based violence that what covert has done has brought this shadow pandemic with people being locked at home not able to get to the support that they would normally have is has been huge and has been exacerbated by the lock down what's the u.n. doing about it 1st recognizing it 2nd that the s.g. has been able to have a call for peace at home to all leaders b

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question is the united nations still the go to place for the world to solve its problems let's get to the bottom line. the biggest intergovernmental organization in the world just turned 75 years old this year it was created by the big powers to prevent another world war and in that mission it's generally succeeded but how's it doing on the other missions like securing peace and delivering health and humanitarian relief with regional war is raging with refugees and migration at an all time high and a global pandemic on top what a mess my guest today is mark lowe cox the point man for humanitarian relief at the united nations and u.n. speak he is the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and head of the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs emergency relief coordinator and the coordinator of its covert 19 global humanitarian response plan mark those are a lot of titles i'm so glad to have you here today let me just ask you you know what is your dashboard look like at the moment when you're looking at the parts of the world that

, is grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant violation of the united nations, international agreements, and security council resolution 2231. ladies, gentlemen, the footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an african-american by the u.s. police is reminiscent of our own xperience. the stantly recognized thief kneeling on the neck as the thief of arrogance kneeling on the neck of independent nations. for decades, the valiant iranian nation has paid a similar high price for its quest for freedom and liberation from domination and despotism. however, the iranian nation has not only resisted the pressure, but flourished and advanced while consistently pursuing its historical and civilational -- civilizational role as the axis of peace and stability, the harbinger of dialogue and tolerance and the champion of the fight against occupation and extremism. we stood with the people of afghanistan against soviet occupiers, domestic war lords, extremists, and counterterrorists and american occupiers. and we played a pivotal role in all peace and reconcil

several world leaders delivered remarks of the study for session of the united nations general assembly. leading up is chinese president choosinxi jinping. >> mr. president, colleagues, this year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the anti-fascist war and the founding of the united nations. yesterday, the high level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the u.n. was held. the meeting was a significant one as it reaffirmed our commitment to the purposes and principles of the u.n. charter on the basis of reviewing the historical experience and lessons of the world anti-fascist war. mr. president, we humans are battling covid-19, a virus that has ravaged the world and has kept resurging. in this fight we have witnessed the efforts of governments, dedication of medical workers, exploration of scientists and perseverance of the public. people of different countries have come together with courage, resolve, and compassion which we have confronted the disaster head on. the virus will be defeated. humanity will win this battle. facing the virus, we should put people and lives

silence.n too much since the creation of the united nations -- by the united nations of the global humanitarian day, 5000 humanitarian workers have been attacked and 1800 have been murdered. last year was the deadliest yet. i have a particular thought for men andung french women, who within the acted, were working exactly in this framework in niger and were killed in terrible conditions last august. the united nations cannot remain inactive in the face of such this regression. this is why with french ngos, with our international partners, we are building an initiative to ensure the effectiveness of international law, the protection of humanitarian personnel and the fight against impunity. a humanitarian space is a common legacy we have to protect the current team -- by guaranteeing access for civilians and for the humanitarian forces support them. we have seen setbacks here. we have seen practices including by permanent members of the security council of unacceptable action, particularly in syria. the neutrality of humanitarian action needs to be respected and we must prevent it from being crim

,ost called for a united fight calling for the united nations to repurpose itself in a world changed by the pandemic. on the same day the u.s. death toll from the virus passed 200,000, donald trump once again pointed the finger of blame at china. >> like all the other world leaders speaking at the united nations, president trump's speech was prerecorded. his words, though, as controversial as ever. >> we have waged a pierced battle against the invisible enemy, the china virus which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries. in the united states, we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the second world war. >> fact checkers in a country that has suffered more than most from covid-19 unlikely to check those claims. the president intensified his attack on china. >> we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague unto the world -- china. in the earliest days of the virus, china locked down travel domestically while allowing flights to leave china and in fact the world. >> before introducing president xi, the chinese ambassador made an impromptu intervention,

through the united nations can only be as effective as its members are united. you really council is all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms the u.n. must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. country the united states says for the most part the un has been a successful experiment but there's also a cause for concern. the united nations has for too long been resistant to meaningful reform too often lucky and transparency and too vulnerable to the agenda of autocratic regimes and dictatorships. as the un faces questions over whether it is still fit for purpose many feel it's the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. tell us more we're joined here in the studio by the chief political editor of. the us and 75 years what shape is it. well it's a very difficult say both and right now and we saw antonio going terrace you was the former u.n. high commissioner for refugees he's very much aware that some 80000000 people are fleeing from conflict and violence around the wo

up this week united nations to bring you some of the biggest issues in the world right now these are conversations we are not intending to have by ourselves so we are on t.v. we are on instagram we are on you tube but you know what to do you can just jump into the comment section and you too can be part of every conversation this week so today we are looking at misinformation around 90. welcome to the guests i have to say hello to catherine think i can tell everybody who she is still any instruction take out ahead. my family i'm claire wardle and i'm the u.s. director of fast draw for a nonprofit that helps people tackle the challenges of misinformation so i'm pretty excited about this conversation you tatiana i to tell everybody here. sure i'm heidi larson and i am a professor of anthropology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine but i lead something called the vaccine confidence project and we're trying to build confidence around extreme but also trying to understand why people don't have confidence. i always call him david but officially he's still feet delta david

to address the united nations general assembly 75 a us leader said the u.n. should hold beijing accountable for the covert 19 crisis. and trumped championed his policy of putting his country's national interests fast. as president i have rejected the failed approaches of the past and i have proudly putting america 1st just as you should be putting your country's 1st. there live 18 for the u.s. presidential elections already underway in some us states trump speech attacking china on trade in the environment was aimed as much at u.s. voters as other world leaders. in contrast russia's president putin and chinese president xi jinping struck an unusually consolatory note they called for a global response to the coronavirus pandemic and more international cooperation. we should embrace the vision of a community with a should future we should see each other as members of the same big family to see win win cooperation and not fool into the trap of a clash of civilizations. critics would say china's actions rarely reflect that stomps on the united nations 75th annive

nations can only be as effective as its members are united. cancel is all too often deadlocked when clear divisions are required before we need reforms one with the un must continue to develop in order to muster the global challenges of the 21st century. as the un faces questions whether it's still fit for purpose many feel it's the right time to assess its strengths and shortcomings. and let's talk about that with our chief political editor. it is not an easy time for the united nations to be marking its 75th anniversary i mean how much pressure is the u.n. under right now. it is under significant pressure we saw that donald trump didn't show up or didn't send a message for the celebration of 75 years of the united nations and has a lot to celebrate i brought my old book in to just illustrate that because after all here is what the 1st sentence of the charter of the united nations says we the peoples of the united nations are determined to save succeeding generations from the school board of war it has achieved that world war 3 didn't happen

ok we are taking you back now to the united nations general assembly which is under way a we now have the diplomat representing qatar who will be announcing his highness shake the membrane how much autonomy the america of qatar let so snow is going to be making his address as late as throughout the day do so they are going virtually . so let's listen in a moment to his a president of the general assembly your excellence the secretary general of the united nations ladies and gentlemen made the peace and blessings of god to be upon you at the outset i congratulate his excellent mr volcker here on assuming the presidency of the 70 live in session of the general assembly wishing him every success i also think his excellency mr johnny president of the previous session for the appreciated efforts he exerted during his tenure and i have made myself of this opportunity to commend to the role of his ex and see the secretary general mr until you're the terrorist in promoting the role of the united nations and achieving its goals mr president this session coincides with some greeting at the 75th

is what the 1st sentence of the charter of the united nations says we the peoples of the united nations are determined to save succeeding generations from the school board of war it has achieved that world war 3 didn't happen so i'm told you good terrorist the u.n. secretary general has every right to point towards that but the big question mark is whether the u.n. actually will deliver the kind of unity that is required to tackle the challenges the world is facing right now covered 19 climate change for instance and the threat of a new world order where we clearly see the united states facing off with china its leader xi jinping actually did send a message and he positioned himself as the one championing multilateralism while we saw trump sending in relation to that very junior diplomats to represent the united states who then had a lot of criticism for the u.n. so a lot of infighting behind what was supposed to be a big birthday celebration we saw the german chancellor angela merkel there calling for members to act more united when she directing those comments that particular countrie

thank you that diplomatic editor james bays at the united nations. and as james mentioned the senior u.s. leaders gave the u.n. general assembly a skip u.s. secretary of state want pohnpei 0 in the past hour announced a raft of new sanctions on those involved in iran's defense six's 27 entities and individuals have been hit with new measures including the iranian defense ministry and pay was also announced sanctions on venezuelan president nicolas maduro who has built a close relationship with the temp home just imagine what iran would be therefore able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen the president's executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u.n. arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u.n. sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the year in the ministry of defense and armed forces logistics . and iran's defense industries organization and its director let's go back now to james talk about this

design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in they go and security council welcome to news africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders has been calling for a permanent seat on the council for you is. to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council sit in a very comfortable position position what is status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of no to the truth that you should see is that through it and the reason great divide amongst great powers if the u.n. is not able to adapt your mind is increasingly going to become where you are relevant and doesn't mind at all coming just from africa member states also coming from places like japan and germany india or brazil because for them now it's 75 years old of the un it's extremely important to understand not only what can t

nation by the united nations of a global humanitarian day 5000 workers have been attacked and 800 have been murdered in the last year was the deadliest. and i have a particular thought for. those young french men and women. within the organization acted working exactly in this framework in new share and who were killed in terrible conditions last august of. the united nations cannot remain in active in the face of this regression but this is why with french n.g.o.s and with our international partners we are building an initiative to ensure the effectiveness of international law the protection of humanitarian personnel and the fight against impunity and the humanitarian space is a common legacy that we have to protect by guaranteeing access for civilians and for that the personnel who support them to protection we have seen. here we've also seen the practices including by members permanent members of the security council. and acceptable action in particular in syria than each ality of humanitarian action needs to be respected and we must prevent it from being criminalized taking on our

the united nations. al-jazeera has learned that a date has been set for libyan peace talks the united nations hopes to name a new envoy in the coming days and the current plan is to bring the country's warring sides to geneva for negotiations on october the 15th our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations libya's prime minister gave his address to the u.n. as a time when a flurry of diplomacy is once again on the way to pull his country out of conflict international efforts to bring peace to libya would derailed last year when general foley for huffed are launched an attack on tripoli it failed and prime minister seraph says countries supporting have to among them the us egypt and russia now need to adopt a new approach. them about him or can we call on the states to revisit their positions and to no longer bet on the aggressor and to discuss with the government of national accord the means to address their concerns we must work to establish relationships based on mutual respect and

nations in new york the 75th session of the united nations general assembly underway this is the u.n. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. speaking just ahead of the address of the prerecorded address of president donald trump let's listen in from the risk of death and injury as i sit before you today the u.s. brokered peace talks between the parties in afghanistan are underway women now occupy positions within the afghan peace process and president trump is convinced there is a clear relationship between women in positions of authority and a brighter and more peaceful future for the afghan people yet again the president has shown the fortitude necessary to bring together longstanding adversaries to work toward sustainable peace through his bold leadership grit dogged determination and an unmatched ability to break through the status quo and make a deal president donald trump has delivered on the promises that he made to the american people and the world is more peaceful as a result. mr president mr secretary general distinguished delegates fellow ambassadors and world leaders my commander

nations for a movie scene an incredible kind of clash between the trump ideal and the united nations joining the trump presidency with him pulling out of the paris climate of course you know the deal to tackle climate change that was negotiated as part of the u.n. system. that is kind of the signal moment that sort of showed this clash where he said well no america 1st matters more working with other countries on trying to tackle climate change doesn't matter so much so there's that on one side and many other things on the kind of negative side of the challenges facing the u.s. on the other side you have what we just saw the secretary general the terrorist say and. clip. for the longest time ever that has not been a clash between major powers and of course i think that can be an achievement that is at least partly down to the u.n. not only partly and i think almost everyone would agree that if the un didn't exist we would miss it we would want to invent it so so i think. it is a moment where there is call for reform for many sides i'm sure we'll talk about that we're going to hear th

we're going to go now to the other live event that's happening today the united nations general assembly that's happening in their headquarters in new york although mostly it's a virtual event with leaders sending in their prerecorded speeches on the line addressing a mostly empty general assembly let's bring in our diplomatic james bays at the u.n. james we are waiting on me for the saudi king to deliver his speech it will be a rare event normally we hear from the foreign minister but given that he doesn't have to travel in self to new york we will be hearing from him we expect in just a few moments in fact i do think that the saudi ambassador is introducing him now so we should be hearing from him very shortly. this to my money at andy's. peace and blessings of god be upon you it's my great honor to introduce this statement of the custodian of the 2 holy mosques control man bernard. king of the kingdom of saudi arabia thank you mr president. in the name of god the compassionate the merciful your majesty's your highness's your excellency's mr president of the general assembly. mr secret

the united nations general assembly like none other. turned the annual gathering into a giant video conference. donald trump, vladimir putin, and xi j jinping all to make speeches in the hours ahead. in a 2015 terrorist attack on a jewish attack or in court today. -- are in court today. hugeace is on to rescue a pod of whales off the coast of tasmania and southern australia. almost 300 of them have been trapped on a sand bar. at least 90 have alreaeady died. we begin in new york, where the u.n.'s first virtual meeting of world leleaders is about to begn with prerecorded speeches from some of the world's momost powerful men. the general assembly has turned into a massive video conference. this those to speak tuesday are u.s. p president donanald trump, brbrazilian president t jair bolsonaro, whoe countrieies have reported the highest and second-highest covid-19 death toll rerespectively. beeso speaking later will china's presesident xi jinping d russiaian president vladimimir puputin. xenophobicse of strongmen around the world, climate c

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world leaders getting ready for the 75th united nations general assembly which this year's being held virtually and washington's move to unilaterally reimposing un sanctions on iran's already dominating set agenda kellam open looks forward to. 75th the united nations general assembly in new york city is certainly unconventional as it's being held virtually with travel restrictions imposed due to the coded 19 pandemic now despite the fact that it's basically a cyber gathering with very few people on the premises of the united nations there has been no shortage of drama the week began with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o imposing new sanctions on the islamic republic of iran these are the sanctions that were lifted after the 2015 nuclear deal however the united states is taking the unilateral move of restoring those sanctions or actions today or warning that should be heard worldwide no matter who you are if you violate the u.n. arms embargo on iran your wrists anxious the country that's isolated today is not tonight it states but rather iran by these actions we have made very

assembly world leaders marking the 75th anniversary of the united nations as the core of virus pandemic poses big challenges to the organizations unity the u.n. secretary general antonio agree terrorists call for more international cooperation and multilateralism to curb covert 19 and face environmental challenge as well because of the pandemic the event is being held mostly virtually many leaders delivering speeches by video well as the host nation the u.s. gave the opening statement that u.s. president trump did not as previously scheduled appear in person here's what his u.n. representative had to say. but the trump administration this anniversary is an important moment to mark the many successes of the united nations but to do so with clear eyes and a renewed determination to see this important body serve its intended purpose. the 75th anniversary of the un is the right time to ask questions about the institution strengths and weaknesses review and learn from its failures and celebrate its accomplishments. are less talk more about this cement as they were should have been a momentou

earlier, the united nations general assembly, earlier, the united nations generalassembly, president trump has been defending his response to the pandemic as the number of deaths from coronavirus passed 200,000. that is it for now, thank you so much for watching. hello there. tuesday marked the autumn equinox and also the last of these very warm and sunny days. we saw 26 degrees in suffolk on tuesday afternoon. by friday looks like temperatures in suffolk will only manage to make around 12 or 13 degrees. noticeably colder as we end the week. and the change comes behind this cold front which is slowly spreading its way southwards in eastwards early on wednesday. ahead of it there will be a lot of cloud around. some showers too, longer spells of rain some of which could be on the heavy and thundery side. but for scotland and northern ireland skies will be clear and behind the weather front. so we start wednesday off on a chilly note here. but again, for england and wales where we have the weather front with the cloud and rain, 12—15 degrees. but a lot more cloud on wednesday for engl

spend democrat force the united nations to hold the week of meetings virtually the leaders addressed the mostly empty is simply hall in new york via video links and a short time ago during a foreign minister heikal moscow to the assembly from his home here in berlin where he is in quarantine after having been in contact with a person who tested positive for the virus he calls on the organization to live up to its name survive today in the midst of the pandemic it is our generation that faces a choice either we go it alone or without taking others into consideration and through this multinational legacy to the women's war we renew this legacy and show that the right response to the crises of our age is more solidarity more cooperation and more justice. germany is prepared to do just this together with you as general of the united nations all right let's get to the take now from our chief international editor richard walker the foreign minister fighting an uphill battle there yet later i mean the whole of his speech really was a kind of appeal to keep multilateralism alive you know thi

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july 27, 1953, the united , ases general mark clark united nations commander, signed in 1950.y, and in french indochina communist , guerrillas infiltrated north vietnam. despite u.s. aid in arms and supplies france had to accept an , armistice, yielding control to of the colony to the communists. south vietnam, cambodia, and laos and thailand faced the threat of a communist-dominated territory. to counteract that threat, secretary of state john foster dulles was instrumental in organizing the southeast asia treaty organization uniting australia, new zealand, pakistan, the philippines, thailand, and the united states in a defensive alliance against communist aggression. in the middle east, a crisis erupted when the suez canal was nationalized by egyptian premier abdul nasser. -- were scuttled as barricades, and the canal was closed to british ships. israel invaded egypt, while england and france sent a military expedition to seize the canal zone. russia proposed a soviet-american force to restore llesr, secretary du on them to yield to a u.n. mission pending mediation. also in the middl

at the united nations when it comes to their skirt standoff with iran and moves today we can see the maximum pressure policy of the u.s. against the iranian nation at least in the political and legal fields has turned into maximum isolation for the u.s. we don't need a cheering section to validate our moral compass we do not find comfort based soley on numbers particularly when the majority has found themselves in an uncomfortable position under writing terrorism chaos and conflict. we refuse to be members of that club oh most every country in the e.u. and the u.n. security council. does not follow the lead of the trumpet ministration of posing sanctions on iran the un secretary general has already announced that intergovernmental organization will not or re imposing sanctions and what they're doing is essentially attempting to. muscle their way back into an agreement that they walked away from and demand sanctions although they have almost no support outside of israel and the coded pandemic as well as rising tensions in many corners of the globe all eyes will be on the u.n. general