Hello im Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera coming up geria says its deploying more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in northern nigeria. Protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekends election immigration is a key issue. Out of the people fight for Economic Justice in America Fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. The Syrian Governments onslaught on the last rebel held area near the capital damascus has entered its seventh day five hundred people have been killed and theres been no letup in the bombing of east and. For the third day running a u. N. Ambassador as a gathering at the Security Council to vote on a resolution on syria so were going to have more from the u. N. In just a moment first though a binge of aid reports on whats happening inside east and. To. Not responding to cries for help. But nowhere is safe clean and of the other one on the floor here a few moments of panic were children who disappeared in the debris theres a group. Of children with their father. That was so the Civil Defense worker says they must hurry to the basement. Activists accused the Syrian Government and russia for the airstrike that shelling the suburb of syrias capital damascus has been bombarded specially hard for the last week. The only light in the is from the fires which started after the bombing. These children prayed in the dark in an underground shelter one of them wants the world to feel their pain her. No food no water every day you sleep on the floor my back hurts we cant bring a pillow from our house if we get out well get it dont you know that imagine your children being gone and what do you want me to say. The other way its a safety. Really was you had the floors are down the air is humid and its called underground there are few basements in all the nearly four hundred thousand people i know that have the roofs of our size you know what this is called our children didnt eat for two days we cant find anything else well feed them this is a male god help us. Syrians living in cities abroad have protested in small gatherings they reject that the fight in eastern is against what the government calls terrorists. But the Syrian Government iran and russia see the civilian deaths and who are fabricated propaganda activists from who have been sending us messages asking people to emerge and living their lives without proper electricity or Running Water for five years and now the bombs just dont stop with its day or night plan of the job. And the turkey syria border right so thats whats been happening in eastern. This is the scene now at the United Nations in new york where diplomats have been negotiating to try and reach an agreement on a resolution that would pass if it were put to a vote for there to be a cease fire across the whole country not just in eastern guta that would allow for humanitarian deliveries and a and watching all of this our diplomatic editor james bays joins us from the u. N. Headquarters does it look like we might finally see a vote james. I think its highly likely that were going to see a vote in the next few minutes in the Security Council in fact the majority of the Security Council ambassadors are now theyre in the chamber they have been again negotiating in the couple of hours that they were supposed to have been meeting and the meeting didnt start on time because russia still had problems with the draft resolution the swedish ambassador you see him that is the one thats been leading much of the negotiations trying to bridge the gap between the russians and much of the rest of the Security Council working along with the president of the Security Council who is the kuwaiti. We understand they now have having gone back and forth on the first main paragraph of the resolution thats been the Sticking Point about the timing of a cease fire some of the use that language im told me going back and forth on different words diplomats have been saying theyve been sort of going through the dictionary almost looking for different words to change words modify words soften words or strengthen the words that has been the speech on the opening paragraph the the first substantive paragraph on the resolution we understand they found a form of words you may ask while they now waiting well the way this works is resolutions normally at the u. N. Are laid down ready for a vote twenty four hours in advance and the reason for that is the u. N. Clearly does not just work in english it is a Multilateral International organization all the ambassadors meet their own national tongues and the u. N. Has five official languages so the resolution actually has to be translated as well even if there are a few slight changes into the official languages of the United Nations everything has to be put in order before they can come to a vote but it seems they have come. Im to a moment where they are going to bring this to a vote and it looks like this isnt entirely clear it looks like there is consensus around the Security Council but even those that have been negotiating with russia are still saying they wont believe it is until they see it for hours now james does that coalition because this has been so difficult and so that was my my next question if it is finally going to a vote is it safe to assume that it will get russias support. Not safe to assume i think that is the most likely situation at this stage also dont just watch russia when the hands go up watch what china does because china has mainly voted along with russia in the Security Council but sometimes russia has opposed things and china has just abstained watch the chinese vote and also worth watching one other member of the Security Council bolivia bolivia is one of the nonpermanent members the nonpermanent members have been driving this resolution and bolivia appeared with the other nonpermanent members in support of the rose resolution earlier on having said that bolivia often is persuaded to vote with russia in the Security Council those i think of the three to watch to see whether any of them vote against or abstain on this resolution will even keep an eye on whats happening there. It looks as james is saying that a vote is very likely to take place now on a resolution calling for a cease fire across all of syria and up to well a vote that was delayed several times at least three times it looks as though the resolution will now be put to a vote well get back there as soon as the vote gets underway. I sill is claiming responsibility for twin suicide bombings that killed at least six people in yemen Southern City of aden the explosions targeted a military camp used by Counterterrorism Forces as well as the residents of ames form a Government HospitalOfficials Say three of the dead soldiers and three civilians at least forty three others have been treated for their injuries i jarius president is deploying extra soldiers to search for more than one hundred girls kidnapped from their school in the town of duchy Muhammadu Buhari is called mondays abduction by boko haram a National Disaster parents of the missing girls plan to join the bring back our Girls Campaign which was launched off the book around kidnapped more than two hundred seventy schoolgirls from the town of chibok in two thousand and fourteen many of them still missing amid interest has more from. The mood is that of shock and anger anger because the Nigerian Government has failed to properly explain how many kids or how many students have been taken from that college and what exactly happened there now shock in the sense that many people expected nigeria and the security agencies to learn from the mistakes of two thousand and forty when more than two hundred and seventy schoolgirls have been kidnapped by boko haram water one hundred of them are still unaccounted for our group of activists have been pushing but i didnt government to rescue the girls now we spoke to some of them who expressed shock and dismay that four years on the Nigerian Government and the Nigerian Security services have not learned anything from the war. Before its four years one hundred and twelve people goes but only two who will come up on tuesday to realize that more schoolgirls were abducted and were back to square one when many nigerians expected the government to beef up security i dont value the word places like schools especially boarding schools in the northeast of nigeria now in the case of she that clearly did not happen and many nigerians will be watching the government closely as a low Security Agency is to see whether or not these girls are rescued in the next few days or so. The u. N. Has removed a police unit from a base in south sudan amid allegations of the Sexual Exploitation of women in the protection of civilians camp forty Six Police Officers were called from the while county and confined to base after complaints came to light a preliminary investigation found some members of the police unit allegedly transactional sex with women living at the site. At least twenty six people have been killed in a series of attacks across afghanistan most of them Army Personnel taliban fighters stormed a military outpost in the west where they killed at least twenty soldiers Security Forces were also targeted in lashkar gah and another attack happened in nearby nada ali i still has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in kabul also tony berkley brings us more from the afghan capital. Another bloody day in afghanistan three suicide bombings at a large scale Taliban Attack on an Afghan Army Base the first attack was in kabul at eight thirty on saturday morning the target was intelligence building Afghan Intelligence building where people were killed and wounded this was carried out by Islamic State they claim responsibility the other attacks were by the taliban there is concern i think especially for the attack in kabul you may remember the large ambulance bomb that was set off in january killing more than one hundred people but after that the afghan president. Ghani said there was a new Security Strategy youve seen on the streets greater numbers of army and police greater defenses but still with this in place Islamic State were able to strike so thats causing concern and of course the taliban is beefing up their attacks as well is preemptive perhaps for their annual spring offensive which they always launch but there are so many attacks going on now that basically one offensive rolls into another the United Nations has released a report showing that the majority of People Killed are civilians last year ten thousand were killed and wounded and its the weapon of choice now is more often suicide bombs and roadside explosions. The americans are here in force theyve beefed up their numbers theyre using more aerial power to try and defeat in particular islamic. Lets take you back to the United Nations where we can see representatives of the u. N. Security council taking their seats inside the chamber thats less than. It is so decided. But. The Security Council shall now consider agenda item little to work with the. City council is seized of a draft resolution. As slash twenty eighteen its last one hundred forty six. Draft resolution that separated by kuwait the United Kingdom friends Northern Ireland and the netherlands and the United States of america and. I now give the floor to three members of the city council who wish to deliver statements prior to their vote so we didnt have the floor. Thank you very much mr president. Sweden and kuwait earlier this week put forward a resolution to respond respond to the desperate calls from the un and humanitarian community in syria for us to say tional still it is for an initial period of thirty days in order to allow for much needed humanitarian relief. Weve been working intensely with all Council Members to operationalize the concrete requests from the Un Humanitarian Community and above all the civilian population on the ground weve done our utmost to accommodate Council Members concerns it is now time for this council to use unanimously shoulder its responsibility and show that meaningful action is possible the key components in our draft resolution is a nationwide suspicion of hostilities for these thirty days weekly human un humanitarian aid convoys to all areas in need and immediate emergency medical evacuations the u. N. Convoys and evacuation teams are ready to go. Mr president this draft resolution also calls for the immediate lifting of sieges of Populated Areas including east and. It reiterate its demand reminding in particular the syrian authorities that all parties have an obligation to act in accordance with International Law to protect civilians and hospitals and other medical facilities this draft makes an exception for military operations directed against eisel al qaeda and al nusra front and other terrorist groups as designated by the Security Council this does in no way relieve the parties to the conflict in syria from upholding their obligations under International Law at all times including the principle of distinction proportionality and precaution mr president this draft resolution is not a comprehensive peace deal on syria its aim is purely humanitarian there are already cease fire agreements in force for the areas where fighting has asked escalated the most they need to be complied with there are existing monitoring mechanisms that can be utilized the role of this council is to push the parties to the conflict to comply with the proposed the station of us ditties in order to urgently enable need alleviation of suffering for the people of syria if this resolution is adopted today it can deescalate violence save lives alleviate suffering and break the deadlock on humanitarian access and sieges since the first call for suspicion of a still ities the situation has gotten dramatically worse particularly in eastern guta as we have heard from the sector general and from on the sector general mark local seven years of war and the situation for innocent civilians in syria has never been worse. But we have an opportunity to turn things around today to avert the disaster unfolding before our eyes the resolution before you represents a resolute and very urgent attempt for this council to take decisive and meaningful action today we count on each and every one of you to do the right thing thank you very much mr president as perlman to absorb and i thank our percentage of of sweden for his statement to the Security Council stands ready to proceed to the vote on this draft resolution a little sweet i will put the draft resolution to the vote but i would call upon those who are in favor of the draft resolution in the document as twenty eighteen one for six to raise their hand. Yes. Let me do it but those we hear the results of the vote who are as follows the draft received fifteen votes in favor. Of the draft is hands adopted unanimously as resolution two thousand and five four hundred one for the year twenty eighteen and. I shall now give the floor. To those wishing to speak after the vote kuwait has the floor i shall speak in my capacity to eat the limb of the go home and do with the dime of the. I agree to what their percentage of sweden has presented. Over the adoption of theirs aleutian today unanimous. After a long and extensive negotiations. Will showed without the pain holders kuwait and sweden who worked on ensuring unanimity on this important humanitarian or solution and then use the hope in the ability of the Security Council to Reach Solutions that are agreed upon and to alleviate the sea of. Suffering the humanitarian suffering in syria i would like to cern call Member States that voted in favor of this resolution that includes concrete and principled demands in response to the appeals of the International Community the most important ones are as follows one demanding that all parties seize hostilities without delay in all parts of syria for thirty days at least second allowing the United Nations and its partners immediately to undertake medical evacuations in a safe and unconditional manner. Demanding all parties to ensure the unimpeded and safe passage of all workers in the humanitarian and medical fields for the call upon all parties to lift th