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And go live down to our diplomatic editor james bays whos at the United Nations james what should we read into this President Donald Trump skipping this event instead the acting u. S. Deputy ambassador to the u. N. Making that address. Certainly our brows have been raised here at the u. N. And people are asking was it a snub or a deliberate snub or is it just an indication of how important the u. S. Feel the u. S. Is in its priority list its worth telling you that if President Trump couldnt do the speech and all along he was billed to give the speech a prerecorded speech normally you dont get the sexual state might prompt stepping in and if he couldnt do it then perhaps youd have the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Well theyre both in washington d. C. An event taking place as we speak about to start on the whole issue of iran sanctions and snap the snapback that the u. S. Says has happened of International Sanctions that triggered the snapback that all the other members of the u. N. Security council say hasnt happened so that an issue that very much is occupying minds here at the u. N. On this day but i think i think people will be a little confused by the fact that they put up not just a deputy and acting deputy ambassador at the u. N. Ahead in the speakers list of the president. My apologies there james we are going live now to listen in to to this part of the live event express my deep appreciation for the efforts made during recent months for this meeting get to come in aid in a declaration by leaders marking. A historic document reflecting the consensus of the International Community to develop a new fide position to address common challenges and to achieve the lofty goals of the United Nations in the field of the Security Development and human rights as the basic purpose of our organization or norm the one we are pleased with the one that her excellency ha ha been to him and been safe and sound you permanent representative of the state of qatar is assigned to take charge of the task of facilitating negotiations on this declaration in partnership with the permanent representative of the kingdom of sweden the philippines mr president and the founding of the United Nations gave a great hope. Bad. Shake care to mean been. Delivering remarks to the u. N. General assembly as part of their special commemoration event it is the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the theme there is multilateralism but we are now going to go back and listen to a little bit more of that to trace. You see on tomorrow morning when this was all going to bring your physical because of this really is a victory for you for making the film from this from your book you called it the you know this is the look will be short for you are suitable the new you have your vote. For this. Ok that is qatar samir shaikh come in then how can the delivering his remarks to the u. N. General assembly i believe we have on standby our diplomatic editor james bays at the United Nations james i want to bring you in were talking a little bit earlier about the fact that President Donald Trump of the u. S. Is decided to skip mondays event the acting u. S. Deputy ambassador to the u. N. Representing the host nation and multilateralism is the thing thats being bandied about ironically that is the belief must be a particularly challenging goal for the u. N. In the middle of a pandemic. Very very difficult for the u. S. Remember go back 75 years ago to the foundation of the u. N. Everyone had to return meetings in person there was no other way there was no technology now everyone is having to attend the event to take virtually only the president the General Assembly and the circus general returning in person and in the whole just one representative from each country is. The u. N. General assembly this year worth telling you what youre hearing now what you just heard from the amir a character what youre hearing from the other World Leaders their speeches on the 75th Anniversary Commemoration if it. We can are now i believe here a little bit more now from the emir of qatar. And i dont mean us you or i meet up in a moment data or no sale vulnerable us and yemen and dolie weiss us a nonpolitical minho it as you sit down at dodi taffy gaddafi has some. Warmer yes tense moments of a few minimal modulating just that i am at a deli and what i did a lot off all the water and metal judd and at the jail was im a walk out to letty the title the jordan most aka want to. 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If you give me a measure that well mr dumbest said he was a mature dominican me but if you did i not want to offer a car to dolly or to hear duffy hopital a man would die dead a 10 metre mr dharma. Times are more suited to the madame la times hes shocked at the mileage said. The temp and more just a tad yet and i mean im stuck up or tacky collide definitely they should have a show of samadhi from. Ok that was the emir of qatar there reiterating carters commitment to work with the United Nations reaffirming commitments to multilateralism to preventative diplomacy this is of course being held virtually this event to to the coronavirus pandemic a challenging year for the United Nations no doubt what else are we expecting to hear today james a diplomatic editor who is standing by for us what else are we expecting to hear today james some of the big issues facing the United Nations. Well i think its worth telling you what today is and what it isnt it does get a little confusing seeing leaders one by one making speeches the Prime Minister of sweden speaking to us now that is that these are people talking specifically on the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations this big birthday for the u. N. What they had hoped at the beginning of the year would be a way to reinvigorate the whole idea of nations working together multilateralism which of course is ended up being severely tested by covert 19 what this is north of the actual speeches of the u. N. General debate the General Assembly speeches you see every year they actually start on choose day so all of the leaders youre seeing speaking today are going to be speaking all the worlds issues as they see them right now not on the 75th anniversary starting on tuesday so this in some ways is a little bit of an overt sure to the week. Which will start on tuesday with the World Leaders speaking so far i think the most significant thing is not really being what anyone has said but its been who gave the 1st speech watch which was down in all of the building and all the orders given to ambassadors is being president a pretty recorded video he didnt deliver one and instead of the secretary of state delivering it all the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. The u. S. Chose the deputy acting in fact deputy ambassador to the u. N. And people here are debating whether that was a deliberate snub or not ok thank you for that as our diplomatic editor james space well be checking back in with you throughout the day we can think now to stem doors here is the director of the project on u. N. Governance and reform at the center for International Studies at the university of oxford joins us now live via skype from oxford thank you for your time joining us here on aljazeera im not sure if you heard james there talking about the u. S. The address was not given by President Donald Trump the host nation the 1st address i believe of the day instead it was the acting deputy ambassador to the u. N. What do you read into that. I think its symbolically very important that shows a desire to to disengage in part with the United Nations but i think one thing thats been very encouraging is that the declaration thats going to be agreed today by all a 193 u. N. Member states including the United States is very strong in its wording about the importance of international collaboration. And actually its quite a diplomatic achievement for both qatar and sweden. Attorney was one of the 2 facilitators who over the last 8 months has been negotiating this declaration to commemorate the uns 75th anniversary and and the decree which itself has a remarkably Strong Language both. Observing that the uns achieved a lot observing that theres a lot to be done but then setting out trolls and years where all countries commit to for example not leaving anyone behind promoting peace and preventing conflict facing women and girls at the center of action Building Trust and so on. So its quite a manifesto really so moving forward in that in the words of the imam is one family facing a common destiny so im actually encouraged overall by by the u. S. The spike downgrading their representation they havent derailed this base commemoration in any way ok i want do you see as the Biggest Challenges facing the United Nations 75 years on. Thats a great question i think how does the u. N. Upgrade itself so that over the next 25 years when its going to to reach its 100th anniversary its still there its still relevant to the people. Not only do we have the poverty which is. Creasing Climate Change is a clear threat biodiversity is essential eating but its against the backdrop of both great power rivalries and of course a Global Pandemic which makes all those things much harder to achieve so secretary general and to me the terrorist has a very difficult chore to to upgrade to reform the United Nations but against a. Context where the International Community really hasnt shown much of a willingness to rally round in the face sort of because it mounted bias. I want to talk a little bit about a survey that was carried out by the u. N. About the u. N. Which found that the majority vast majority of people believe the United Nations is needed to tackle global challenges but that its also very remote from their lives which i thought was quite interesting i mean how do you change that indeed do you even need to change that. You definitely do i think the u. N. Needs to get better at its strategic Strategic Communications so its narrative of explaining particularly to people around the world should be left behind by globalization why International Cooperation matters so one of the ways to do that is through bridging the digital to dr divided and theres an idea of you know we will achieve great things as a sector general sense through harnessing new Technology Without access to the internet without reliable broadband its very hard for people in in the poorest developing countries to be part of that that revolution so i think technology is part of that but it needs to be inclusive technology. And also the u. N. Needs to. Talk more in synonyms or less in acronyms there in other words. That would much of lateral ism doesnt mean anything to anybody but actually if you say the u. N. Has 14 peacekeeping operations they solved a host of conflicts they were routed smallpox from the world theyve saved countless lives through humanitarian action. People can actually relates to those things so its its that relatedness that at a time of nationalism grim populism the u. N. Needs to be getting much better at communicating ok thank you for that sam dawes there director of the project on un governance and reform at the center for International Studies at the university of oxford. Raising a lot of big issues and the man to speak to is to fund jar is the spokesman for the u. N. Secretary general antonio tell us he joins us now on skype from new york thank you for your time. Weve been talking a lot today about how the pandemic has challenge the United Nations and its goal of encouraging this word multilateralism as so many nations are turning in with whats your take look this is 1000000000 b. Assessment of the secretary general and hes been very clear about it is that what we have seen in this pandemic is a failure of nations to truly come together going it alone in a pandemic is not the solution you know weve always talked in theory about problems that know no border this pandemic this is not a drill right this is real life and were seeing what happens when there is a lack of coronation on the global stage in terms of how to deal with me and in terms of the vaccine what were seeing fortunately countries kind of going along instead of working together with the World Health Organization on the u. N. Appeal to fund fighting the pandemic in vulnerable low Income Countries is only a quarter funded i was reading what does that say to you. Well that was a you know countries are not giving enough but also recognizing that there are many Member States or face each allergists facing financial challenges and we recognize that but i know they are if they are Member States who could probably give give more and its not just this appeal that is not funded properly a host of humanitarian appeals you know from from the congo to libya to sudan are completely underfunded. The host nation the u. S. Gave its address says you have heard at the event but it wasnt from President Trump it was the acting deputy ambassador donald trump and the secretary of state michael pale i believe are in washington expecting to give expected to give a press conference shortly about the sanctions setback on iran is that a snob not hearing from President Trump himself no i dont were not were going to take years and we got very much look forward to hearing the president at it state speak tomorrow at the opening of the opening session of the are at level 75th. Ok the u. S. Claim that it has triggered u. N. Snapback sanctions on iran its been a big story in recent days this is being condemned by the e 3 Antonio Taylor says theres uncertainty around it what do you make of these of these american moves. Well you know youre quoting my boss to me so i would just quote him back to you he obviously he is you know wrote to the Security Cou