Why would anyone do that? I can't bring myself to hit the link.
But what is wrong with people?!
But what is wrong with people?!
Changes in Arabia
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The same family have been running the country since 1932 after we helped them fight off the ottoman's.
Saudi Arabia doesn't advocate democracy anywhere. In yemen they want the guy who they own back in charge, and in Syria they want the guys they own to take over.
Saudi Arabia doesn't advocate democracy anywhere. In yemen they want the guy who they own back in charge, and in Syria they want the guys they own to take over.
Wait, next thing you’ll tell me they aren’t really interested in women’s rights, when they are donating money to certain foundations.
Mehdi Hassan is great interviewer. He is one of the few journalists who is usually asking critical questions and doesn’t just accept empty phrases as answer. We need more of those. Ironic that he works for Al Jazeera.
Mehdi Hassan is great interviewer. He is one of the few journalists who is usually asking critical questions and doesn’t just accept empty phrases as answer. We need more of those. Ironic that he works for Al Jazeera.
Could it be that this is old footage? It did sound familiar, might be wrong though.
I don't really understand the translation?
Nice.
Foxes guarding the hen house.
What a disappointing start by António Guterres. I hope it's not another useless portuguese appointment like Durão Barroso in the EU.
They probably increased their contribution to the UN. Is there no one Saudi oil money hasn't corrupted?
The Saudis have had a seat at the UN Human Rights Council for a few years now I think.
fecking joke.
The organisation does some good but that hasn't stopped it being a joke. The whole structure needs to change.
He is. Much talk, no substance. You always get good press as High Commissioner for Refugees. He reformed his institution, but refused to incorporate better approaches for refugees and just went along with the failed “tend-city” approach. He pretty much ignored the desperate lobbying effort from some NGOs and developmental academics (e.g. Alexander Betts).
She is hideous looking.
The world's hypocricy to S.Arabia is just
Oh he always talked alot, his nicknames were all about his inability to shut up. His speeches and parliament appearences in Portugal annoyed me to no end. He is a very intelligent man, so there's substance. You can see that in the way he passed all his UN Sec candidacy interviews with distinction. He's the archetype of a professional politician. His problem was always passing from words to actions. At least he has principals and some coherency in his views unlike Durão Barroso. Not that the job has real influence but i didn't expect such a weak start. I have no idea what he's trying to achieve with moves like this. This along with the Temple mount comments won't make him popular for sure.
It drives me mad. I have nothing against the Saudi people. Went to uni with a host of them and still friends with few but they are a rouge state as for as I'm concerned. What's worse is that, we are one of their enablers. Just because they buy our shite jets. It's fecking infuriating.The world's hypocricy to S.Arabia is just
These guys have been bombing the Yemenis out of existence, yet all we can hear is Assad.
How Iran is seen as the main proponents of Islamic terrorism,`when 99% of terrorist derive inspiration from a doctrine that is propagated by this rouge state defies belief.
ps. that and oil/money
I suppose same for China and the relationship with the west. The world is beyond hypocritical!
It would shock you that even educated Saudi men believe in misogynistic BS. One of my mates, a Saudi and lived in the same apartment block. All through our three years in Uni, this plonker insisted he would never allow his wife to drive.
I feel for women in that country.
I feel for women in that country.
China is even a better case. The human rights violations are nowhere near as bad as the Saudi's, especially against women.
And we don't call China "ally".
I understand that one has to be pragmatic and everyone deals with people they don't like but this is pisstake.
I won't be shocked if the Uk was one of the countries that voted for them.Our government has no conscience.
Brilliant.
Egg on my face.And I thought it was sunburn.
This is a total farce. I'd love to know which countries voted for this and had their UN reps explain to the world the logic behind it.
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Interview with the Deputy Crown Prince (being groomed for leadership) Muhammad bin Salman:
The stranglehold these medieval cnuts have over the Western world is sickening.
I think its the other way around.
There's a reason the likes of Theresa May bends over backwards to sell weapons to them.
Yemen war: Emergency in Sanaa as cholera kills scores.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39918415
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of people.
Hospitals in the city, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, are crowded with cholera patients.
The Red Cross says the number of suspected cases in the country has tripled in a week to more than 8,500.
Yemen has been ravaged by hunger and civil war, allowing disease to spread rapidly.
Two-thirds of the population do not have access to safe drinking water, according to the UN.
Dominik Stillhart, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, told a news conference in Sanaa on Sunday that there had been 115 deaths from cholera nationwide from 27 April - 13 May.
"We now are facing a serious outbreak," he said.
Lack of clean drinking water is exacerbating the problem
Sanaa has been worst hit, followed by the surrounding province of Amanat al-Semah, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
Cholera is a water-borne disease that is transmitted through contaminated water and food.
Symptoms include acute diarrhoea and vomiting. People with cholera can become very sick and, if left untreated, death can occur within hours.
It is the second outbreak of cholera in Yemen in a year.
The WHO said last week that fewer than 45% of health facilities in Yemen were fully functioning.
Almost 300 hospitals or clinics have been damaged or destroyed in fighting between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi - who is backed by a Saudi-led multinational coalition - and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.
Since fighting escalated in March 2015, more than 8,010 people - mostly civilians - have been killed and about 44,500 others injured, the UN says.
The civil war has also left 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39918415
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of people.
Hospitals in the city, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, are crowded with cholera patients.
The Red Cross says the number of suspected cases in the country has tripled in a week to more than 8,500.
Yemen has been ravaged by hunger and civil war, allowing disease to spread rapidly.
Two-thirds of the population do not have access to safe drinking water, according to the UN.
Dominik Stillhart, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, told a news conference in Sanaa on Sunday that there had been 115 deaths from cholera nationwide from 27 April - 13 May.
"We now are facing a serious outbreak," he said.
Lack of clean drinking water is exacerbating the problem
Sanaa has been worst hit, followed by the surrounding province of Amanat al-Semah, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
Cholera is a water-borne disease that is transmitted through contaminated water and food.
Symptoms include acute diarrhoea and vomiting. People with cholera can become very sick and, if left untreated, death can occur within hours.
It is the second outbreak of cholera in Yemen in a year.
The WHO said last week that fewer than 45% of health facilities in Yemen were fully functioning.
Almost 300 hospitals or clinics have been damaged or destroyed in fighting between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi - who is backed by a Saudi-led multinational coalition - and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement.
Since fighting escalated in March 2015, more than 8,010 people - mostly civilians - have been killed and about 44,500 others injured, the UN says.
The civil war has also left 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
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