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Parliamentary panel. No one wants. But he must work together. A call for unity in the face of Global Challenges a virtual Un General Assembly kicks off to celebrate its 75th anniversary. I want to see in the region of southern chile where a confrontation with indigenous not just this intensify. Im sort of tired so have all the sports including about jock which makes history in rome serbian wins italian open still a wreck or breaking 36. 00 masters 1000. 00 title. Senior u. S. Leaders gave the u. N. General assembly a skip u. S. Secretary of state mike wont pay or announced a raft of new sanctions almost involved in irans defense sectors 27. 00 entities and individuals have been hit with new measures including the Iranian Defense ministry was also announced sanctions on venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro who has built a close relationship with tehran. Just imagine what iran would do that for 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 are a ministry of defense and Armed Forces Logistics and irans Defense Industries organization and its director. Lets go live now to our diplomatic editor james bass whos at the United Nations james i just thought by giving us the background to this announcement because theres a lot. There is and its the long history of the iran nuclear file and i think the key date you have to go back is just over 5 years ago in vienna when the International Community did the nuclear deal with iran and i can tell you some countries were very very concerned whats going to happen if iran tries to get around the measures in that agreement what it was going to do if it tried to secretly build a Nuclear Program so they came up with this mechanism called snap back it was a u. S. Idea and the team of secretary of state then john kerry the idea being that it would be difficult to reimpose all the u. S. All the u. N. Sanctions on iran and go through the Security Council and pass all these different sanctions again so they lifted the sanctions but they also put this thing called snap back in which meant that if any one of the signatures of the nuclear deal felt that iran wasnt complying then all the sanctions all the u. N. Sanctions the whole portfolio of sanctions would snap back out once what then happened it was not action by iran it was actually the u. S. The 2 years ago pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal despite pulling out the u. S. Believes it can say that can trigger this snapback and they say theyve done it this weekend the u. S. Claims all the international u. N. Sanctions on iran are now back in place the problem for donald trump and his secretary of state might pump a 0 is the rest of the International Community do not agree weve got letters being sent to the u. N. Security Council President by most of the Security Council saying no there is no snap back there are no new sanctions so the u. S. Which still maintains that snap back has taken place is now putting more of its own sanctions on iran. There yet more sanctions are many sorry to u. S. Sanctions already on iran and already the Iranian Foreign minister mohammad job at the reef says really it makes no difference ok given all of that james i mean how isolated is the u. S. Right now. While the u. S. Is isolated but not entirely isolated it has very important allies and they include israel all along Prime Minister netanyahu has been on the u. S. Side and he also has allies in the gulf notably the u. A. E. Saudi arabia and others and those new deals between the u. A. E. Bahrain and israel those new peace deals that have been done recently that i think already there were contacts between those countries but that makes that alliance against this against iran stronger than perhaps it have been in the past but i think the thing to watch Going Forward is not really any of this its what happens in november theres going to be so important to Wall International affairs thats the u. S. Election because that will have a very big bearing on the u. S. Relations with iran Going Forward thank you for that diplomatic editor james bass live for us at the United Nations. So more about this lets bring in ali akbar de need in tehran he is a researcher at the center for strategic studies thank you so much for your time sir will be this newly announced sanctions Just Announced by mike in the past few hours will they really have any Material Impact on iran. First of all. What. Is a highly publicized show off aimed at covering up americas diplomatic defeat at the un Security Council and 2nd it is aimed at intimidating the International Community the United States hopes to this will have enable it to coerce other. Countries to comply with the u. S. Demand there is nothing more of the United States can do sanction sanctions will not return. The u. S. Is already isolated its the 1st time in history that a permanent member of the u. N. Security council is calling on other members not to implement a u. N. Security Council Resolution even worse is that the the u. S. Is calling on other countries to my lead to the u. N. Security Council Resolution 2231 and today it is threatening the International Community that will can ish any country or any company that does not comply with americas unilateralist illegal actions ok so thats thats looking at the american side looking at the iranian side what is terence calculation as it watches all of this is that what is my pump aoa now its all these sacks sanctions. Iran will make a decision on a case by case basis iran will wait to see what the United States will do in practice there is nothing the us can do unless it resorts to piracy in open seas or intercepts iranian ships in International Waters if that is going to happen then iran will react proportionately. The world. Has opposed americas unilateral actions and iran will not watch if the United States is going to resort to intimidation and piracy in the open seas and iran. And iran will change its calculations on that basis and well react accordingly ok thank you so much for your time any there for us in tehran a researcher at these center for strategic studies. European Union Foreign ministers have failed to agree on sanctions against bella reuss officials suspected of Election Fraud or playing a part in the recent crackdown on protesters this summer about after belarusian Opposition Leader said planet to kind of skier spent the day meeting with Top European Union officials and brussels she called for sanctions on president Alexander Lukashenko the government in belarus is accusing the e. U. Of interfering in its Domestic Affairs it comes after tens of thousands of people marched through minsk on sunday demanding the president s resignation i am also asking you to demonstrate solidarity with their people support Belarus Civil Society and media organizations that remained under constant pressure by authorities. Consider criminal investigation against those individuals involved in human rights crimes in bill rose such as pre and tortures. I have compiled the list of people who participated in the brutal crackdown sanctions against them can be adopted under european magnitsky act. Stefansson has more now from minsk its been quite a delicate balancing act until now in the past 6 weeks since this political crisis started between the government here and also the opposition on the other hand and europe because the more pressure was coming from europe and the opposition on the government here there was a lot of fear that the bellows and the local shanker would be more pushed towards russia so for a long time there was this hope that russia and putin could have been engaged in some kind of dialogue looking for a successor for a look at franco replacement someone who was better accepted by the people here and valorous but since the meeting between the 2 leaders last week between look at ankara and put him in which a person has reiterated his support for look i shant go this whole persona of vanished but then also promised to put more money into his regime one and a half 1000000 a 1000000000 u. S. Dollars so since then the mood has changed and now i think we can safely say that the kind of guy us visit to brussels for could be the start of a new face of this whole crisis of more on this were joined by and i smartened she is the u. N. Special reportory on the situation on human rights in belgium thank you for your time so the e. U. Has failed to adopt these sanctions to pressure president Alexander Lukashenko whats your response to that. Well im very much surprised because there was not much consensus on the issue of sanctions as you may know the e. U. Is quite divided and. Well this is the thing your steps there are there is a lot happening as we speak in belarus and the situation is extremely cluett and i understand of the e. U. Would like sanctions to be the sanctions policy to be reactive sir they dont want to close the door to a possible evolution on the side of the authorities towards more dialogue thats why they dont want straight on to quit some high ranking figures such as im still. On the sanctions list pro ever from my perspective as a human rights defenders there is really a need to hold accountable those who are responsible for massive human rights legislation including torture because these are extremely serious crimes tell us about the stories that youre hearing whats actually happening and bellerose sweetly have there. To kind of sky holding up images of people who have been beaten what are you hearing about whats actually happening on the ground. Well ive been hearing and unfortunately seeing all these horrific images since august in spite of the internet blockade i received some of them right had testimonies directly from victims from the accounts that we have at least 1800 people turned to the. Law enforcement bodies to to ask to to complain about. My limbs out of which at best buy it when thousands were tortured and we are now at the u. N. Level have already registered and the complaints of 500. 00 people so we have documents its evidence of torture in an organized and primitive date to the manner that was. Implemented on people who are already unlawfully detained because they were simply enjoying their right to freedom of Peaceful Assembly they were just Peaceful Protesters who were arrested and apparently subjected to. Treatment in detention they international spotlight thats on belarus right now it doesnt seem to be doing anything to impacts look is response. It is true but on the other hand if anyone had some leverage from a missile or know about it already not even russia has much leverage at uni and. Of course state reaction of the International Community generally the u. N. Took some time its a bigger organization but on the other hand i would like to highlight the fact that on the 4th of september there was a. Informal meeting held at the un Security Council level must write a urgent debate was held in geneva. At the. Human Rights Council so at the end of the day the pressure is that financially. Commenting on mr look at shankar and his supporters so i dont think that he can ignore it for too long and with or without sanctions this is 2nd of space calling for him i couldnt magnitsky least at the lack of support including from from from russia i mean 1500000000 you know its not that much to sustain such an economy and this this promise and whims of loans is definitely not enough to say to the question because regime from the from eventually collapsing because of the Enormous Economic challenges that lie ahead. Ok thank you so much for your time in there the u. N. Special web tour on the situation of human rights and balance. Thank you. But more ahead on the news our including replacing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg find out what donald trump had to say about a possible nominee. And nearly 800000 people affected by the record breaking floods and sudar we show you some of the damage along that no you. Havent spoke of the Los Angeles Lakers secure a last 2nd wind in the n. B. A. Playoffs are it will be here with the. U. S. President donald trump says hell announce his nominee for the Supreme Court by saturday he says hes looking at 5 candidates to replace the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died on friday for more on this lets go live to our White House Correspondent kimberly health that so kimberly President Donald Trump is moving very quickly with this. There are a number of reasons that hes doing that number one hes behind in the polls theres no guarantee that the u. S. President s going to win reelection and this is a very important issue for particularly christian conservatives in the United States u. S. President already for filling the promise on the campaign trail for 2 conservative portmans and now vowing for a 3rd even as democrats say theyre vowing to fight that joe biden the democratic president ial nominee saying that it is up to the American People to choose a president and the president can then fill the appointment and some of the words of republicans are haunting them if youll recall under barack obama when it came time for him to be able to make a 3rd appointment so close to an election the republicans blocked that effort saying that it was up to the American People to choose a president 1st and now those words are coming back to haunt them now in the midst of all of this there have been protests not only outside the Supreme Court but also in spots around the United States and even here in washington this is an issue thats really galvanized both the left and the right just to give you a sense of the Fund Raising Opportunities that have occurred for democrats in particular in the 28 hours after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg the justice from the Supreme Court that died on friday 91000000. 00 raised outpacing republicans in those Fund Raising Efforts for joe biden so now we are looking ahead to the ceremonies and proceedings that will take place we know it has been announced that Ruth Bader Ginsburg will rely in repose in the Supreme Court on wednesday and thursday and friday it will be in the u. S. Capitol followed by a private ceremony with her family ok thank you for that. Live for us in washington d. C. Governments around the world are having to reimpose covert 19 measures as the number of infections rises the United Kingdom is one of the countries likely to bring back some of the restrictions the governments top science adviser says if things continue on their current course virus related deaths could spiral out of control Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to hold an Emergency Response meeting on tuesday and in spain parts of the capital with a back under lockdown the country has reported more than 100000 cases in the past 2 weeks france has also seen record numbers of daily cases while across africa the centers for Disease Control says cases have now passed 1400000 south africa has nearly half of the continent total cases the United States is the worlds worst affected country and the death toll there is expected to pass 200000 any moment now. The now to the us and any gallica who is in miami and east that is a very sad milestone 200000 deaths that approaching our infection rate still rising. It depends where you look on saturday 12 states reported more than a 1000 cases being topped by texas and california whose cases were more than 3000 and if you look at the graphs provided by people Like Johns Hopkins University you can see that some a spike and then a decline and now a steady rise again so the fear is as the flu season approaches and its pretty much on us at the moment things could potentially get worse its all trending in the wrong direction now there are some states that are showing less than 5 percent infection rates they tend to be the quieter more why the states that arent as populated as places like florida new york and california and texas but there is a real concern here with no vaccine in sight for the moment thats probably not going to come until next year that things in this country the worst affected in the entire world once again heading in the wrong direction thank you for that update and gallacher live for us in miami with more now on the situation and warnings across europe is the bulk of reporting from london. The british governments been accused of sleep walking into a 2nd search of coronavirus if so this was the alarm call dispassionate data delivered by the you case chief medical and scientific officers showing a doubling of infections every week lets say there were 5000 today would be 10000 next week 20000 a week after 40000 that week off them and you can see that by mid october if that continued you would end up with Something Like 50000. 00 cases in the middle of october per day. More infections mean the likelihood of more deaths urgent action is needed elsewhere in Europe Spains ruled out a 2nd National Lockdown favoring partial restrictions where contagion levels are highest in the capital Madrid Police checkpoints are back the citys poorest areas are suffering the most a blow for businesses already on the breadline in the Czech Republic a surge in cases has cost the countrys Health Minister his job restrictions lifted months ago and now likely to return France Greece and denmark have also imposed measures in virus hotspots while Health Authorities in italy say the average age of patients is creeping up risking more deaths governments across europe are wrestling with a worsening Health Emergency an ongoing economic crisis leaders are having to walk a very challenging fine line between controlling covert 19 and inadvertently fueling unemployment and poverty. Britain is now at the same Tipping Point more than 13000000. 00 people are already facing restrictions and curfews in the north of england and the midlands the capital could be next in the absence of a vaccine and while testing remains inadequate because of a shortage of Laboratory Capacity there are very few options and little time to lose. The farka aljazeera london parts of sudan a bracing for more heavy rains as the cleanup from earlier floods continues or 120 people died and at least 100000 homes have been damaged add to the difficulties sudans currency is declining against the us dollar advance leading to inflation and an increase in food prices at the morgan has this update from our a town along the river niles banks. The river nile is starting to recede here in sudan after causing devastating floods which has affected more than 770000 people countrywide and destroyed more than 140000 homes now most of the damage has been along the areas that lie on the banks of the nile river one of them being this area of chicago and river and i would state now people here say more than 100 homes have been completely damaged you can see some of the damages here they say that lets rings have completely collapsed resulting in sewage water coming out and this is the what level for the past 12 days now they say they have not seen the water receding yet and theyre concerned about water borne diseases they said that they wanted the government to come and spray pesticide insecticide so that they can kill the moscow lover and that all hasnt happened and theyre saying that they dont know what will come next because there has been no plan given to them by the government in terms of compensation the government says that the effects of the damage will be felt for months and its very hard to conclude how much was lost financially and how many people will be affected long term by the floods but people here say they know what their needs are they know that they need shelters they know that they need medications and they know that they need pesticides so many demands that they say the government needs to respond to in time so that the effects of the floods are not felt for a long time to come. Still ahead on aljazeera there are hundreds of mysterious admission deaths in botswana now scientists believe they know whats causing it. And mali gets a new president a month off to a military coup but its only a temporary solution well tell you why. Its not out of his and looking unstoppable ahead of the french open tennis action coming up and spoke for some little later in the program. But. The weathers looking pretty quiet across the middle east chance of want to shower stuff around the caucasus otherwise lots of hazy sunshine winston pick up as we go through the next hour or so spilling out of iraq down that east the side of saudi arabia might see some lifted dust in the sciences headed towards the gulf states as we go through the next couple days here in doha temperatures at around 37. 00 degrees celsius is a loss of hazy sunshine the sunshine stretches across the red sea wanted to show us a spilling out if ethiopia that western side of ethiopia pushing across also down into the gulf of guinea by showers starting to sink a little further south was also even northern parts of angola seeing some showers or longer spells of rain for much of south africa on the other had to slip to battle so fine and a lovely sunshine big blue skies coming through here theyll be some showers some showers coming up into mozambique maybe that eastern side of zimbabwe for a time as well not a little further north which rain really peping up you notice up towards wealth east in tanzania and the eastern side of kenya over the next down so we could see some flash flooding as a result of that rain continues to linger here as we go on through the afternoon. 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Officials gathered in washington to announce new sanctions on iran 27. 00 entities and individuals have been hit with new measures including the Iranian Defense ministry. For the region Opposition Leader svetlana to come on this guy or says the e. U. Must impose sanctions on president Alexander Lukashenko she spent monday meeting with Top European Union officials in brussels. Mollies former defense minister who has been appointed by the military as the new interim president could lead has made the announcement on state television of also named a Vice President s colonel a simi going to a group of 15 nations known as ecowas has been putting pressure on could do this to move forward on plans for a Transitional Government the military jointer now has 18 months to hand over power completely to a civilian government across one of nicholas the latest from neighboring dakar. The announcement came on the heels of days of negotiations between the military involving Civil Society religious leaders and the Opposition Movement the 5 it came in the form of a statement to read out on national t. V. By the new Vice President of mali of the transition of mali colonel a see me going to who is leading the military the new president is the former defense minister under president in 2014 also a former military man a colonel and so it seems that the leadership in the transition leadership is heavily based on security given the situation in mali where there is still an armed insurgency in the north in the center of the country this comes as no surprise that it will address the issues by the protest movement the 5 who want to see the return of the state in mali in places where they have been deserted interestedly this is have been in the last few days where weve seen the foreign minister of algeria heavily involved in negotiations try to find a new leader in mali remember that there was the 2015 algiers accord signed as part of the accord this new government will not only have to reform the the political scene in mali but also address the the peace accord which involves changing the constitution so a lot of work ahead for this Transition Team that will be sworn into power on friday and this announcement was just made just before the 60th anniversary of mollys independence. There from protests in several egyptian cities calling on president. To step down Security Forces had arrested more than 1000 people ahead of the demonstrations to stop them from taking place and to ship out reports. To find government workers to stay home thousands of egyptians marched on sunday to express their anger tough to tear a. In conditions and called on the president to resign. South of the capital cairo and giza demonstrators were her chanting against the military police later fire tear gas to disperse the crowd of stone throwers. Security was heightened ahead of the demonstrations after actor and businessman turned opposition figure. Called for mass protests against president abdel fatah sisi from exile in spain to how most egyptians unite out of love for the egyptian people take back your country again dont leave it in a hands down with the c. C. Regime down with the c. C. Regime dont go home do not go home if you go home they will detain us dont go home were in the streets and now we need to stay there and. There were similar scenes one year ago after all the accuse the military run government of widespread corruption and stealing millions of dollars of public money thousands rallied then and thousands were arrested after in 1. 00 of the biggest crackdowns of ccs rule more than 2300 people according to Amnesty International this time the raids came 1st it was over a 1000 preempt the tensions that metro stations bus stations areas like this and theres been a crackdown. University students citizens all agree and larger. I think whats important here is not. Their size that theyre happening at all in such a tightly controlled situation and really. As this is just the anniversary of the protests last year some answered alis call to march but not the millions hed hoped for still its proven that many egyptians will find a way to vent their frustrations and call for change no matter the cost and aljazeera. Some of the Worlds Largest banks have allowed trillions of dollars in suspected illicit funds to be transferred thats according to a report by the International Consortium of investigative journalists things 15 major banks including h. S. B. C. Standard chances and the central bank of the u. A. E. It says they sent more than 2000 suspicious activity reports to u. S. Authorities over 17 years and these are not necessarily proof of wrongdoing but the report says banks allowed money to be moved despite concerns of the origins shares and h. S. B. C. And Standard Chartered fell to their lowest levels since 1988 after the report was released both banks say theyre performed and invested heavily in their ability to fight Financial Crime well Maria Martini is a policy expert on corrupt money flows at Transparency International she says the investigation reveals serious systemic flaws the Global Financial system. If you look at the types of mistakes that are out there i think that we have been seeing in the ninetys and we continue to see in 201520162 time 17 and the line of the banks has always seemed to something of the best it is actually the same mistakes being repeated over and over again what we see is that theres really a need here 1st of supervision to be strained out targets shouldnt be waiting and to wrongdoing is detected to check if banks have adequate Money Laundering programs in place and to see whether they actually implemented them effectively and then we really need to change our sanctions regime we need banks and senior managers to be subject to effective and just ways of sanctions otherwise i would say they have very little incentive to attack high risk clients and say no to their to money and i think lastly one of the things that also havent changed much in the last year is that the Panama Papers back in 2016 are ready to show to us how in money most companies were crucial to corrupt and primos that wanted to who wanted to move money i crossed the restrictions and here again these reports are showed that for the great majority of files that were reported by banks they didnt manage to identify the real interview to the heart before behind the companies that they were making chills actions so here it shows once again that the u. S. In particularly in needs really to put an end to anonymous companies. 5 cameroonians soldiers have been sentenced for the execution style killings of 2 women and their children and 20 attain a missing international was behind the push to have the case investigated promptly of the government initially denied the armys involvement on that interest has the details from nigeria. Activists say they expected stiffer penalties from the judges saying that would discourage soldiers from torture extrajudicial killing an arbitrary arrest things that we are legation leveled against soldiers not only uncomfortable but other like child reduce orlick child countries like nigeria child and the republic of new jersey weve also heard and saw stories like that coming from you know fossil and mali where the government soldiers are fighting groups from Islamic State to al qaida now this is a case that became really a government initially denied has taken place calling it fake news but after pressure from so we are taking you live now to the United Nations where we are hearing from the afghan president bush afghani lets listen in. At the time of unprecedented global turmoil well all countries in the world better share of the burden of this turmoil some countries bet a much larger share than others. As a country positioned right at the heart of the ship right at the heart of Untapped Potential that could bring prosperity and peace to reach that this means that youre also right in the middle of the turmoil that is affecting gets solved today there are 5 drivers of this global all of which. Has been dealing with simultaneously the corporate 900 pandemic exposed our vulnerabilities to the point that we as a Global Community can no longer afford to ignore we are funds were fortunate to contain the 1st wave of the pandemic to close government business in society to. Violence and warfare its all see its all of an evolution we have witnessed and suffered. We are living and dying inside the 5th wave of global terrorism in which Global Terrorist Networks are closely with Global Networks making warfare totally and conventional in peace. Even more of a challenge as a state in society weve demonstrated that commitment compassion in cutting edge to take hard decisions to start direct peace talks with the untold story of people particularly women and children during the last 40 years serves the sort of mind of the relevance of the un charter and also of its unfulfilled problem is maintaining National Peace and security Climate Change is affected by another type of violence and suffering on our people drought in flat or season of problems and. At last is a culmination of the thirst for an unprecedented explosion of inequality that will continue to perpetuate this state of turmoil and order and this we take action the United Nations that we need is an organization with that capabilities capitals and commitments to fulfill the purposes and principles of this chart though we are facing multiple drivers of turmoil all at once and. Theres a clear and urgent priority for us as. An urgent end to the violence will more than anything else give us a chance to progress i would like to take this opportunity to call on every member of the General Assembly and the p 5 to help us achieve the end state of a sovereign united and democratic upsilon is that it peace with the south. Capable of preserving and expanding the gains of the last 19 years democratically stable and prosperous. Would be an example of how our collective will can overcome the turmoil and that certainty that defines our world today. Ok that was afghanistans president ostroff gandhi the delivering remarks to the United Nations which is holding a special event to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations ashraf ghani there talking about the drivers of global turmoil with china says afghanistan is dealing with civil taney yes they mentioning cova 19 exposing these fragilities talking about a wave of global terrorism Unconventional Warfare making peace building efforts more difficult which is of course person and given the negotiations happening with the taliban right now lets bring in our diplomatic editor james bass whos standing by for us james what did you make of what the afghan president had to say. Well i think its worth reminding viewers that these are just short speeches by World Leaders on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the u. S. The more substantive speech from each of these leaders will be made later in the week so president gaudi thats not the only speech were going to hear from him as is often the case with him hes an academic by profession it was a big picture speech i suspect in the longest speech were going to hear well get more specifics on those peace talks that are taking place in doha maybe his view on the taliban which clearly. He has strong views the taliban has continued the campaign of warfare and violence even while the talks are taking place the talks now underway in doha now at this stage between the Afghan Government and the taliban face to face off to the period of talks that was between the taliban and the United States what youre seeing with each of these leaders where the president of ghana speaking right now youre going to see this as they get bigger speeches at the general debate in the coming days is that they are all speaking not from here at u. N. Headquarters as normal they arrive here in. Your can stay in new york most of the World Leaders this time because a covert 19 these are virtual recorded speeches president karzai speaking from kabul from the og the president president ial palace there in kabul and thats what youre seeing with all the World Leaders directing. Speaking to us directly from their capitals ok thank you for that diplomatic editor james days at the United Nations. Well as ive been saying the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary the event is coinciding with the annual General Assembly meeting this week that things will need this together as james was saying for the 1st time this year a bill be done virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic in his opening address u. N. Secretary general antonio tell us urged World Leaders to be united and say the u. N. Is needed now more than ever i meant committee. Biodiversity is collapsing poverty is again rising hatred is spreading geopolitical tensions are escalating and Nuclear Weapons remain on hair trigger loads transformative technologies of opened up new opportunities but also exposed new science and the covered 19 pandemic as laid bare the worlds for the g. T. S. We can only address them together. Or couples the mayor also address leaders and dignitaries and called all nations to reaffirm their commitment to a collective you ed. Among the idea i left it all the way to the United Nations has made Great Strides in achieving the goals agreed upon by the International Community has been able over the past decades to make many contributions for the advancement of humanity saving millions of people and changing their lives for the better through its various institutions and organizations which are no longer conceivable to imagine our contemporary World Without them but it is still falling short of finding the necessary making isms to impose its principles on its members while the right of might still outweighs the might of right in the different regions of the world and in different areas of our life. French president calling think global rivalries are undermining the purpose of the United Nations. Our shared home is in disarray this is a reflection of the state of the world the foundations are crumbling the walls are being chipped away it is and it times by those who built them to bose that were viewed as being unassailable being breached wars of any chemical weapons use mess detentions are currently being used with impunity of rights hard one being trampled upon and International System as a hostage of rivalries and is being weakened in its ability to prosecute for these abuses but among all the World Leaders there was one noticeable absence u. S. President donald trump decided not to participate in mondays event instead the acting u. S. Deputy ambassador to the u. N. Represented the host nation. The u. N. 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 uns blue helmets have worked to maintain peace for decades to missions around the world. An organization such as the World Food Program saves lives and improves futures every day. The United States has played a central role in these successes. Joining us now is p. J. Crowley former United States assistant secretary of state for Public Affairs he joins us now from alexandria virginia thank you for your time sir so what do you make of that donald trump didnt make this u. N. Address his deputy acting ambassador to the u. N. Did is that a snob oh absolutely you know the president has made no secret of his preference for unilateralist him as opposed to multilateralism over the past year you know the United Nations has gone in one direction the United States has got a different direction you know whether youre talking about the approach to iran the approach to constant maintaining your United States withdrawing its support for the World Health Organization the go further back or obviously different approaches on Climate Change so you know this is an Election Year were less than 6 weeks from a president ial election and what i think the president always approaches is International Speeches which is with an eye on domestic audiences and you know this is this is a reflection of the skepticism with which the trouble ministration has always approached the United Nations. Well speaking of that my pump a 0 announced new sanctions on iran just a few hours ago after the already announcement that the u. N. Sanctions would be snapped back which obviously the majority of the u. N. Security Council Members do not believe is valid. What impact those sanctions are really going to have or is this just about optics for the trumpet ministration. I think its about domestic politics d you know the trouble ministration withdrew from the j. C. He has tried to put additional pressure morag with some success but you know without the white bread cooperation of the rest of the world. And so i think it is d firming up the edges of its Foreign Policy you know as we approach the election d but you know no doubt this is a mixed result the Trump Administration believes that by applying pressure by constructing a row it would bring tehran back to the negotiating table and certainly as we know that its not. Coming back to the United Nations whats your assessment on the state of the relationship between the u. N. And the u. S. Right now. But i think it is it is under stress and we we have perhaps the most significant you know Global Challenge that we faced in decades and you know logically what did the United States do it has attempted to undermine the work of the World Health Organization in part because its skepticism over unilateralist him in part over its increasing rivalry you know with china. You know but you know no question in the Trump Administration the United States has taken a step back you know from its traditional leadership role. And you know this is among the major questions that you know will be resolved by the upcoming American Election what value then does the United Nations hold for the for the u. S. Like he said if there is this focus on unilateralism from the u. S. But all we have heard today out of the u. N. And this commemoration event is is that multilateralism so what value is there for the u. S. In the u. N. Quietly i think i think if you look historically obviously the United Nations by states had a central 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 americas relationship with the u. S. As an institution and the rest of the world is one of those very significant questions that we face lets 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 didnt mean its a matter of degree but this is one of the primary differences between democratic administrations that believe in a multilateral system and republican administrations that speed multilateralism as they constrained. Saw i do think that if there is a by the administration youre going to see a restoration of americas traditional approach to the United Nations but obviously the backdrop now is you know significant contention in the relationship with russia a significant competition in the relationship with china certainly were in terms of the functioning of the Security Council even if a by the ministration is more constructive in its approach obviously these major power relationships will play a significant role in how much the United Nations gets done Going Forward ok thank you so much for an author is there p. J. Crowley former United States assistant secretary of state for Public Affairs. Still ahead here on aljazeera and support the gulf and not as the Mad Scientist finds the winning formula at the u. S. Open. Plain. Corruption it is that invisible behind a wall of silence. Against russia the clear up shin is not something to be told that it. Is a. Country his. Lets destroy this wall. 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