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Government protesters out in force as politicians discuss constitutional reforms. And 7000 coronavirus cases in one day israel is now being ordered into a full lockdown. To do sports including performance from a place called euro. Heroes schools 37 points for the miami heat to move in one game away from a place in the n. B. A. Finals. Shooting by Police Inside her own home galvanized demands for Police Reform across the u. S. But 6 months on from the killing of brown and taylor protesters coming out again 3 Police Officers from louisville kentucky will not be charged over her death. The spot outrage. Protests began within hours of the says and in cities from new york to washington d. C. And los angeles the black medical worker was shot dead in launch when police opened fire as they raided her apartment only one of the 3 officers will face any action 3 counts of endangering neighbors john hendren has more from the ceci. Anger and a sense of justice denied spilled over into the streets of louisville. Police who have faced off with demonstrators in one American City after another acted quickly well i think its a slap in the face to everybody who believes in justice and goodness and rightness. Its the least of the charges that you can imagine happening. Is the naming of the charges that dont even mention Brianna Taylors name its not just it is not justice kentuckys attorney general announced 3 charges of Reckless Endangerment against Brett Hankerson one of 3 officers who fired into the home of Briana Taylor in march she died seconds later there is no doubt that this is a gut wrenching emotional case and the pain that many people are feeling is understandable i deeply care about the value and sanctity of human life deserves protection and in this case a human life was lost. We cannot forget that the charges were for firing into the neighboring home of a white family of 3 not for the shooting of taylor the officer who fired the fatal shots was not charged. He said enough. Thats not enough taylor died after Police Firing their weapons stormed her apartment in march carrying out a no knock warrant for evidence against a friend of taylors her boyfriend Kenneth Walker says that moments before they entered he had fired a shot through the door at what he thought were intruders taylors family had hoped for murder charges the charges should have been murder or rest the cops all the cops should have been arrested how can you worse in the someones home fire. Kill them and not be charged with murder downtown louisville has been boarded up for days in anticipation a curfew set for 3 days on the car behind me you can see people including the shirtless man who are among the 1st people arrested in Louisville Police asked them to disperse they did not and then they ended up in handcuffs. Armed sometimes angry men and women walk the streets with assault rifles. Police say theyve arrested a suspect after 2 officers were shot during the evening both officers are currently undergoing treatment at university hospital. One is in alert in stable the other officers currently undergoing surgery in stable. State lawmakers are not waiting representative adic of scots Briana Taylor law would end no knock warrants already banned in louisville and require officers serving warrants to wear body cameras im disappointed but not surprised justice was not served today and so thats why we will continue to fight for Brianna Taylor and her family and so that no other person is murdered by police with impunity its a start taylors mother told al jazeera in june that her daughters legacy would endure this isnt the way i would have wanted it to be. Will definitely still be helping people so definitely. That changes come at an unimaginable cost to her family and in the view of the crowd in the streets for too little cost to the officers who left her dead in her own home john hendren aljazeera louisville kentucky. Killing is just one incident in case after case of Us Police Violence against black people last month protests erupted in wisconsin after jacob blake was shot in the back 7 times he survived but is paralyzed race on brooks was shot dead in Atlanta Georgia in june the officer who opened fire as he ran from police has been charged with murder in may George Floyds died in minneapolis when an officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes 4 officers have been charged over the killing which triggered protests worldwide floyds last words i cant breathe were an echo of eric bana 6 years ago he died when a new york city policeman put him in a choke hold his death helped launch the black lives mass a Movement Made i cant breathe a rallying cry speak now to our White House Correspondent is live for us in washington d. C. Kimberly what how we see in the u. S. President reacting to events in kentucky. Now the u. S. President after the announcement by the grand jury did hold a press conference where he was asked directly but really avoided speaking about the merits of the case kind of pivoting when he had the opportunity to express grief or even concern for how things were playing out instead use this as kind of a Political Tool to once again underscore his that message that he is using to try and win reelection and that is to project law and order he oddly said that his message was that he loves the black community only speaking very generally about the case and the fact that rionda taylor is africanamerican and this is certainly nothing that helped sort of calm the protests in fact as you mentioned and reported not only are they taking place in kentucky but all around the United States including washington d. C. Around the Justice Department where they were mostly peaceful but there was some violence and vandalism but certainly smaller scale compared to what weve seen in recent months so a once again this is an opportunity that the president took where he couldve in fact calm the temperature but instead did not do that only using the opportunity project force which of course is a cornerstone of his Reelection Campaign and. With us president election just over a month away donald trump has refused to say whether hell actually accept a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the vote was actually a base when also bonsa thats what he had to say. Well have to see what happens you know that ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballot searches esther and people are writing to you commit to making sure that theres a nice little word for all of that we want to get rid of the ballots and youll have a very transfer well have a very peaceful there wont be a truce for frankly there will be a continuation of the ballots out of control you know it and you know who knows it better than anybody else the democrats millet better than anybody else. I cant believe we havent heard a u. S. Presence so this much on substance he over the Election Results not in modern history and that is what is concerning so many voters not just on the left but also on the right is that number one the president as he used the words there continuation may not accept the results of the vote if he loses and so that has cast grave uncertainty over the integrity of the vote that should take place in november already complicated by the fact that so Many Americans are nervous to stand in line and maybe mailing in their ballots at a scale weve not seen before due to the pandemic here in the United States and concerns about safety so this is just sort of piling on to an already troubling situation add to that the divisiveness in the United States and the instability with regard to protests and there really are very few americans that are feeling confident right now and that is the opportunity that the president had in that press conference to try and restore calm to reassure voters but instead he did not ok kimberly many thanks ring is the latest there from washington d. C. Thats going to Steve Clemons hes the editor at large for the hill in the house about there is the bottom line he joins us now on skype from washington d. C. As well as we just Heard Committee saying this is unprecedented in muslim u. S. History what impact do you think trumps was tough on the vase and its results. Well i think that we see a game plan and the president has been very consistent you know youve been consistent sort of casting doubt about. Americans casting their vote by ballot mail in ballot and not going in person to polls and you know the president does not control of voting in america but states do but hes trying to catch doubt on that and i i dont know how it will impact the way americans vote it certainly has created huge divisions in the nation over the propriety of that as kim said this is unprecedented its very worrisome and its getting people to the point where we really dont know what will happen Election Night or you could call it even election month we may going into a situation where the president declares victory that night but we really dont know the victor for days if not weeks until states count all those ballots that the president is count casting doubt on and until they certify thats the one area that i think is important states will certify their elections and no one can can impede that process and once there are 270 Electoral College votes in state certified elections no matter what the president says. We will have either President Trump return to the white house or we will see joe biden sent to the white house how hes saying republicans reacting to all rice theyve been very very quiet mitt romney is the one exception you know of course the senator from utah former candidate for president himself on the republican ticket and has really taken umbrage at what donald trump is that has said and said you know essentially being american is accepting the peaceful transfer of power it is you know hes basically said its ridiculous to think of any other outcome but other republicans thus far have been very quiet although enough checks and balances in the u. S. System in place to override a president who might not want to leave office. Well look were going to see a test you know i personally believe there are i have you know faith in the notion that states are the ones that have the power over their own elections thats not a federal area of control i also believe despite what were seeing right now which is this silence from the Republican Party you know people sign an oath to the constitution of the United States not in donald trump or to any particular individual and i think at the end of the day the leadership in the United States i believe will likely do the right thing but we see worrisome signs and particularly the scramble about the Supreme Court the president also said that thats why he wants to get a justice on the court because he believes that this election will go to its green court and he doesnt not want to have a 44 time he wants to have judges on his side these are worrisome words but at the end of the day you have to ask yourself did these people dedicate their lives to Public Service to fall in sway with an individual i dont think so but what were going to see the steps that they and the us i mean its so divided right now as i dont say many issues could at trump loss cause large parts of the country to fail cheated if china continues in this vein. Oh absolutely i think thats a really important question you know were wondering what if joe biden wins will the base of donald trump accept that outcome you know we heard Michael Cooper who is the head of communications for the secretary of health and Human Services you know say essentially that that donald trump ship porter supporters who have lots of guns should go buy ammunition mean these kinds of trauma carry certainly dont help stabilize things and kind of create a normal respectful shipping process which weve tended to have in the United States we have political differences but not people in the streets fighting this way Steve Clemons ray anderson speak to thanks very much for joining us there from washington thank you. Plenty more still ahead on this news hour including us in argentina where many people are saying theyre barely surviving and blaming the pandemic that and a Failing Health care system. Was a big ask for help to fight armed groups who forced tens of thousands of people from their homes. And hollywood movie star Ryan Reynolds makes move to invest in a small Football Club and wales has details coming up with peta and sports. Protests running into the night outside Thailands Parliament in bangkok where politicians have been discussing whether to amend the constitution they all the latest in weeks of student led protests calling for reform many want a change in the powers of the want to can an end to military involvement in the government. When hey now hes standing by for us with those protests and bangkok vessel has anything come out of the parliamentary session yes. No it hasnt this been a very long process over the past 2 days weve seen a series of debates 6 proposals brought forward by Political Parties have been read before the parliament a joint sitting both the lower house and the upper house 750. 00 representatives in total those 6 proposals talk about different amendments to the constitution from opposition Political Parties and those forming the Ruling Coalition as well were going to vote for hours now less than 4 hours before this parliamentary session ends and it wont sits again parliament until the 1st of november so theres some real concern among. Critics opponents of the protesters gathered here that they could be some delaying tactics going on within that building just a few meters from where were standing now so it goes beyond that midnight deadline and then we have a delay theres also been a call from a Senior Member of parliament for the ruling. For an official postponement hes saying what that they want some more time to go over these 6 proposals put before the parliament over the past 2 days to shoot up a committee to investigate these proposals over the next month or so before they can have another vote in the next parliamentary session beginning nov one so this is the beginning of what could be a very long complicated and. Ive just seen that the process is theyre not going anywhere how theyve been responding to all this. Well theyre giving regular updates on the stage behind me that is a quite a main thoroughfare running along outside this new Parliament Building in bangkok completely blocked it off so this is quite a big crowd here again several 100 protesters have turned up and each time they give an update now that the voting hasnt even started its met with a large round of booze. The crowd thats gathered here its a fairly relaxed atmosphere though as weve seen pretty much throughout these antigovernment protests over the past few months very much a 1st of all atmosphere no sign of any trouble but once the official postponement is announced or indeed the situation goes beyond that midnight deadline that im sure that its going to be met with another round of disapproval from the protesters. Joining us there from bangkok thanks very much for the update a south korean official who went missing from a fishing patrol boat on monday was shot dead and then burned by north korea thats what the south Korean Military believes says the man was possibly trying to defect when he was spotted by north korean troops from a bride is following developments from seoul. This is been one of the most serious incidents to take place on this tense maritime border between north and south korea in a number of years and it unfolded over a couple of days at the start of this week south korea says that the official went missing from this patrol vessel on monday and that on tuesday they detected through different intelligence sources that he had drifted north of the border clinging to some sort of flotation device or raft had been intercepted by a north korean patrol vessel was being questioned and that soldiers later that same day then shot him multiple times and set fire to his body there has been a strong reaction from south korea of condemnation. Over a military strongly condemn such an atrocity and strongly demands north korea provide explanations and punish those who are responsible south koreas president ial office has called for an apology but part of the problem across the d. M. Z. At the moment is because relations have soured north korea has cut all of the hotlines between north and south the incident also seems to indicate the fear that exists in north korea of covert 19 because south korean officials report that the soldiers on board the north korean vessel were wearing gas masks and the fact that they burnt the body of this official seems to indicate they are prepared to go to extraordinary lengths not to allow the coronavirus to be brought into north korea israel is imposing even stricter coronavirus lockdown measures after a surge in infections has been less than a week since a nationwide shutdown was imposed by minister Benjamin Netanyahu says restrictions are necessary to keep the country from being pushed to what he calls the edge of the abyss a force that has more from west to islam. It was up until this decision and said see the lockdown that was announced last friday possible to private businesses that wants blix facing to remain operating pretty much as normal now they will be forced to close is there also restrictions on travel and protests all synagogues to be closed with a potential limited reopening for the holiest day of the jewish calendar coming up on sunday into monday the day of young people still to be announced exactly what those restrictions will be but other than that people have to pray outside in groups no more than 20 at a maximum distance of a kilometer from the front door and the same thing with protests no more we have these big protests and protests close to the prime ministers residence here in west jerusalem instead people will have to protest in numbers no more than 20 no more than a kilometer from their home and also there is a consideration about the potential to close down the main at International Level been given ample it to departure is that something that will be discussed in the coming hours so im very very severe restriction more severe than what we saw back in march april and its something that took a long time very lengthy overnight meeting in a special smaller cabinet that was constructed just to get this arranged. The Economic Situation in argentina is so bad some businesses say its not worth staying open the economy contracted by record 1000 percent in the 2nd quarter and thats mainly because of the corona virus pandemic reports from. The shutters a down in these normally bustling streets customers with less money to spend being asked to stay home on employment of 13 percent of the 15 year high. Georgina reform a teacher with 5 children was homeless before the pandemic but says is a noticeable increase in those joining her. And an official opening we ask for money and people help us to have some more crops up we do it being on the street people dont give us much room because theyre scared of discussed it but we survive the. Monitoring corkey have kept their downtown restaurant open with lockdown restrictions no sit down customers just take away meals another theres nothing you serve 4 or 5 meals what can we do with that it doesnt cover our costs were at our limit and ready to pack it all and. Similar stories are told across latin america its particularly bad in peru brazil chile and mexico where many work in the Informal Sector what the pandemic has done is exacerbate existing structural problems right across latin america lack of investment in health and education a massive inequalities and nowhere is that more severe than here in argentina already saddled with crippling debt and barely recovered from previous Economic Crises and one of them being a president a birth often and this is calling for long term measures to tackle deep rooted problems addressing the United Nations General Assembly on tuesday he said the countrys debt burden should be eased you will by no country can pay its debts at the expense of its own people without being left with no Health Education security or gross capacity. To record it. 470. 00 more coverage related deaths on choose day bringing his total to more than 13000. 00 when he says his priority remains Public Health it still has to keep the economy functioning the only way to keep it going and hope for. Economic reactivation and even the i. M. F. Itself is through massive government subsidies to the private sector to individuals to try to keep things afloat so that eventually once we have a vaccine or whatever. And can start going back to normal. Argentina pays 5 percent of his g. D. P. On those subsidies wondering like everyone else how much longer a consisting of such a delicate balancing act. When osiris. Protests as ive gathered outside argentina Supreme Court have a controversial judicial reform bill it aims to limit the power of federal judges based in the capital plan as aries present but if and and this promise to reform the judiciary when he took office in 2019 say itll be a tool to persecute political opponents demonstrators say the plan is an attempt to protect politicians from criminal charges. The west African Regional bloc echo us says it will lift sanctions on mali if a new government is sworn in later this week. For talks with cool leaders echo us members stopped money going into mali and close the borders off the last months takeover i suppose president Abraham Boubacar cater to resign suu kyi suppressor killed no money im very happy with what is going on in mali the young military men that took power are doing a good job they were following what it cost which is foreign acro during the september 15th meeting im very happy to be back where things are getting back to normal id like to thank the military for their actions taken and i hope it will be one of my last meetings as a mediator because after the swearing in ceremony things should get back to normal mali doesnt need sanctions and theyre not beneficial for the region or the world i hope that after the president s swearing in on friday sanctions will be lifted and who doesnt wish to sanction member countries but they have to do it for mollys good so its time for things to follow the right fit. But lets go to jenny now for the weather looks also ringback as well and truly arrived not much left of the sun that jenny yeah i think it was the right theres not much place guys at all actually no one was either but its not all completely doom and gloom you can see also cloud in the last hour as its all sort of moving eastward so really the warm air the sunshine is just being squeezed to more east as weve had some Pretty Amazing thunderstorms look at this into a row really lies you get the night skies in plenty of storm clouds across into scotland as well but it makes for a very nice image as you can see now if we had it 1st of all towards the u. K. Theres a fairly powerful storm system really beginning to wind up and as we continue through thursday the winds are going to become very strong already weve had some pretty strong wind gusts nearly 90 kilometers an hour to 2 separate locations and these wins all set to get stronger as we continue through thursday on into friday plenty of rain pushing in as well but very strong winds through the channel northern sections of friends on into the low countries and then eventually that system. Well move eastwards and this is a particularly heavy rain through eastern sections of the u. K. But the winds that also warnings in place they could actually gust about 80 kilometers an hour and obviously that does come with heavy rain as well now elsewhere in europe on friday its a very unsettled picture some very heavy rain very widespread all the way from Northern Spain through france particularly heavy across the line of the alps and again into western sections of the balkans that will continue to work its way eastwards on suffered a very heavy rain across much of germany but not just that yet we are in old sim but look at this some winds us now are developing and in fact in the next couple of days we could have 70 some to me says of new snow of snow in september extraordinary thank you jenny. Still ahead here on aljazeera can World Leaders get the Climate Crisis back on the u. N. Agenda or is opportunity for a change slipping away. And then sports return to run. Along is a good space in for a new cd set of his formula one combating. Corruption it is the invisible behind a wall of silence. This. Corruption is not something to be told and it. Is going to african. Country he said. Lets destroy this wall. In 2020 the free space on which encourages the heroes who are fighting against corruption this helps our communities to save the resources that we need in order to address the burning problems that affect us and. Shine a light on the anticorruption here. No money down. Frank assessment what are you seeing in the 76 percent of the police. The truth is the truth and indepth analysis of todays global headlines inside story on aljazeera. And again youre watching aljazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour hundreds of people have been protesting across the u. S. After a grand jury decided not to charge 3 officers in the Fatal Shooting of Briana Taylor family has called the decision outrageous and offensive. Protesters in thailand are rallying into the night outside parliament in bangkok where politicians have been discussing whether to amend the constitution many want to change in the powers of the monarchy an end to military involvement in the government. Israel has toughened its coronavirus lockdown after a surge in cases only essential businesses will remain open malls protests and prayers will have to be held outside. Well lets bring you more now on our top story the black lives protests in the u. S. Morris jackson is a professor of history and africanamerican studies at Georgetown University joins us from washington d. C. Good to have you back with us as we go reaction to the sentencing or lack of sentencing of the officers in kentucky. Where 2 things is always just same. Expected interesting and. Expected is i think the attorney admitting when crump the very able to turn said it best the Justice Systems one black in one way and we so what happened here that black labs just dont matter i think Bernie Sanders i dont know quite what mr biden said i think Bernie Sanders stated very clearly this is a racist Justice System and it fundamentally had to be chains it does seem surprising doesnt it particularly now with all the black lies massive protests them amend some that this verdict is still handed down. No im not the president oh this is going to get this is going to get this they would have planned was found. I dont know in a sensible black i mean we all hope. Decent people are thinking hopeful but i dont know if i could say that i expected it anyway when it did but the charge was just so simple i think pointed out the want to do want to do. Was chose to get the police for shooting into an apartment. To be on a table for shooting into a white persons apartment it happens all the time so what happens now i think that every ship or raid leader every labor leader every womans leader every every progressive leader has to get on some type code and do 2 things call for a massive turnout in this particular election but he is the other thing and i think this is whats missing the president of states said yesterday they have begun as of what happened is that in this election he would not accept it so in essence hes called about and hes calling for civil war this is just catastrophic in the news media was not paying attention to. Say this owner on the eve of a verdict would not accept what the American People say you see so so no nothing surprises me when it comes to these dishes just say so do you expect to still see people coming out into the street some for them still to be met with the brutality from the police that we have seen up to now. It depends on where. You are in washington d. C. My wife and i. We saw some some young people maybe 2030 in the you know i dont know what they thought were trash can or Something Like that but it wasnt messy balance no i do expect. People to come out and peacefully protest but. I think that. The attention to wanted to want to make takes away from the killing this young single woman want to millie in her apartment as she lay in b. Nothing is more nothing is more fundamental than a right to live in your home in peace ok tracks and leave it there but thanks very much for taking the time to join us after washington d. C. Thank you. The u. N. Secretary general says the world has failed to fight the coronavirus and that the pandemic is now out of control until you get terraces been speaking during the 3rd day of the u. N. General assembly is being held mostly online for the 1st time because of social distancing schools over top diplomats has to james faces at the u. N. Headquarters in new york james it may be virtual but still pretty busy youll be hearing from dozens of heads of state again throughout the day what are we expecting. Yes weve got a lot of World Leaders speaking in the General Assembly the present right now is giving his speech civil tenuously while thats going on virtually up recorded speech all of the speeches recorded by the president in asia are being played out the u. N. Security council is meeting virtually thats actually happening with the people live virtually appearing and interestingly the current president of the u. N. Security council is new chair and there are leaders and Foreign Ministers at this meeting so actually the president is presiding over that meeting hes actually been speaking into 2 of the uns main chambers simle tell you which is probably a historic 1st the meeting in the Security Council is how the world has coped with coded 19 and how governments around the world have coped the u. N. Secretary general has been speaking at that meeting and he gave a pretty scathing assessment the president make is that look at best of International Cooperation at best we have essentially fades it ask you nearly went 1000000000 people around the world infected over certain indian and remains largely artificial. These was the result of a lack of global peace betterness cooperation unity and slowly that haiti. What weve got big speeches coming up at the u. N. General assembly and that civil tenure session to come we have the king of bahrain we have the leader of libya to speak but the most important speech coming at the smalling is about to happen any moment in fact the ambassador of Cote Divoire Ivory coast is introducing its president president Al Assad Ouattara is going to speak now to the u. N. General assembly an important speech given that that country has elections and they are now disputed elections as he is planning to run for another term he wasnt going to use that back in march but then when he can take success decided. That his home picks a successor died suddenly he said he would run he speaking now i see that mr vulcan on. His you know president some cant simply 5th session of the United Nations General Assembly its eareckson and says heads of state and government. Your excellency mr and to a new a good finish secretary general of the United Nations ladies and gentleman distinguished delegates mr president. I wish to begin by congratulating you on your brilliant election as president of this him to 5th session of the United Nations General Assembly and pay a heartfelt tribute to your predecessor professor to Johnny Muhammad bind day of nigeria. Who was able to adapt the operations of the General Assembly to the constraints imposed by the coronavirus 21919. Disease and. My tribute also extends to the secretary general of the United Nations mr antonio got that ish for his tireless advocacy for stronger support for developing countries to help them cope with this Unprecedented Health crisis the unprecedented format of this they simply a session of our General Assembly compels us to contemplate the gravity of the situation that the world is experiencing and contemplate the need to do our utmost to ensure that our organization can continue to discharge its mission in the service of humanity mr president your excellency ladies and gentleman for several months now covert 19 and has ended life in our countries and plunged the world into a Socio Economic crisis on a major scale the most serious since the beginning of the 21st century and despite significant progress made in the fields of health and Scientific Research we seem powerless. To halt the spread of the virus or to mitigate its impacts. The number of deaths caused by the pandemic is steadily rising. The Global Economy is almost at a standstill and countries are now hunkered down behind their borders. Peoples daily lives are completely disrupted with tragic consequences for the most vulnerable d among us given these conditions the pandemic could wipe out more than a decades worth of Economic Growth and social progress made by the african continent which we all agree is showing extraordinary resilience. This positive development is due and but to kill or to governments preemptive capacity and to the adoption of all the response plans notwithstanding limited resources to tackle this pandemic my country could be who are adopted the Health Response plan. Amounting to approximately 171000000. 00 u. S. Dollars and economic social and humanitarian support plan providing 3000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars to support the private sector and low income households all together this massive unprecedented effort which accounts for 5 percent of my countrys g. D. P. Unable the us to obtain impressive results in our fight against covert 19 these results can also beef. Puts us among the best on the african continent thanks in particular to a competent and devoted medical corps and here i wish to express my appreciation for the international solid. Errancy extended to cote divoire for us to implement these programs and i would also like to thank all of friendly countries and our Development Partners who held by providing support and assistance through various financial technical and material contributions these excellent results are also the fruit of major reforms and investments in the Health Sector. In fact. Over the period 2018 to 2020 we invested approximately 1500000000. 00 u. S. Dollars and our Health Sector to help. An implementation of universal Health Coverage and it is our intention to continue this positive approach in dealing with Health Governance over the period 2021 to 2025 with an investment of approximately 3000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars nevertheless given this common enemy. Covert 19 the world has shown a disunited front which is prolonging and delaying the emergence of a collective and effective solution and the panic caused by covert 19 we neglected the frameworks and instruments that would have enabled us to show more solidarity to mobilize the resources necessary for Financing National Health Economic and humanitarian response plans. Regarding africa and more particularly my country the multifaceted contributions made by some of or a major Development Partners is significant but it is proving insufficient and a far cry from the sums disbursed individually by the Major Economies or disbursed to collectively by certain regional communities for their members. Excellences mr president excellences ladies and gentlemen i am faced with the spread of covert 19 and developing countries and especially african countries are more severely if affected economically and socially by the absence of initiatives on a global scale to benefit their economies and in this connection in my capacity of champion of the African Unions 26 to 3 agenda. I am very pleased at the g. 20 in the chatroom to grant a moratorium on bilateral public that service in forest several african countries. I call on all of africas partners to take bolder measures to relieve our economies which have been severely affected by the effects of corporate 90 s. The financial needs of africa have been assessed at 100000000000 of us annually over a 3 year period or a total of 300000000000. 00 us dollars our countries should also be big given the fiscal space to enable them to continue this social investments necessary to address their security needs especially in those countries that have to deal with terrorism. And the world must finally here and the cry of africans for cancellation of their countrys public that my country supports the steps taken by the African Union geared towards collectively renegotiating the debt of the continent with our creditors and to secure an extension of the debt moratorium which i spoke about earlier but we need to go even further and to act without further delay. African countries you need a needs Sustainable Solutions especially liquidity is an investment to resist they should unprecedented Shop Experience by our populations and to continue our development on the continent and among these solutions i would recommend this special drawing rights of the International Monetary fund. Fund which is a mechanism that has already proved to be effective when going had the Global Financial crisis in 22008 to 2009. The fight against uncovered 1000 should not lead us to forget other diseases such as. Malaria and aids which are causing even more victims and african countries nor should it lead us to. Reduce to nothing our efforts to tackle poverty. And here my country has embarked upon bold reforms which enabled us to reduce poverty by 15. 6 Percentage Points in 8 years the regional study on poverty of the west African Economic and Monetary Union and they world bank confirm that cote divoire is Poverty Index dropped from 55. 01 percent in 2011 to 39. 4 percent in 28 team this translate to approximately 1600000 ive already and men and women who have emerged from poverty during this period. Again according to recent World Bank Statistics per capita g. D. P. In quoting why are more than doubled. Increasing from 1. 1120. 00 u. S. Dollars into 3011. 00 to 22290. 00 u. S. Dollars in 2019 making cote divoire the country with the highest per capita income in the west african sub region are. They were always these successes to a dynamic economy based on strict governance which enabled the us over the last 9 years to achieve an average growth rate of 8 percent per annum. The can economy is growth rate is just amazing at approximately 1. 8 percent in 2020 and will be approximately 7. 9 percent in 2021. Despite this particularly difficult situation caused by corporate 19 we are continuing to implement social impact programs such as the governments social program which will enable us to further reduce the poverty rates. This is how thanks to programs to supply electricity and Safe Drinking Water as well as to improve education and health. We enabled millions of ivorians to reach cvs electricity and Drinking Water and have access to schools and Health Centers in close proximity to their residences. Mr president excellences ladies and gentleman. The cove and 18 pandemic comes as a reminder of how much the world needs the United Nations to act together in our common interest we must place our Common Organization at the center of our collective response to this pandemic. Therefore under health front we must guarantee access for everyone its true vaccination as soon as it becomes available and the economic front Financial Assistance for developed countries should be increased and better coordinated. Over 1000. 00 is showing us. Those threats that our world is cause to face in the coming years and which should prompt us to strengthen the options available to the United Nations to take action and its partnership with regional organizations no one country can take on these new challenges alone because they are global in nature and their consequences are harmful for whole swathes of popping oceans and economies unless yes we now see that the effectiveness of the United Nations and the mechanisms of multilateral cooperation where we come up with consensus based solutions to global challenges are continually and since there really tested because of unilateral initiatives driven by strategic rivalries and competing leaderships. Mr president excellences ladies and gentlemen. The United Nations organization is this year celebrating its 75th anniversary i remain convinced that we must support and breathe new life into multilateralism which is the only way to deliver Lasting International Peace and stability with. The challenges linked to. Climate change to poverty to terrorism and the persistent persistent Nuclear Threat and Armed Conflicts and to really give further credence to a new multilateral ambition to which my country subscribes such was the spirit behind our accession to the paris Climate Change agreement and behind our initiatives taken in this europe to council when our. When where we had our mandate there which came to an end in 21000. 00 is also the motivation for our participation and peacekeeping operations of the United Nations and behind for our commitment to finding Peaceful Solutions to this its in our region. So as to afford the United Nations more legitimacy and credibility it is urgent that we in short order undertake the reform of the Security Council it is necessary to forge the broadest consensus around the question of the full and effective entry of africa anything to the Security Council of the United Nations on a permanent basis it is time for africa to finally. Play its full role here in this important body house mr president excellences ladies and gentleman. The people of the of what are on the 31st of october 2020 will elect their next president of the republic despite the Health Crisis caused by a covert 19 all measures have been taken to ensure that this election will be peaceful and transparent as it was in 2050. S. I am pleased to see the effective which is the patient all stakeholders in this process and i wish to express my deep gratitude. To all of our partners especially the United Nations the Economic Community of West African States echo us and the African Union. Who have been committed to ensuring quote devorah has successful elections this election is coming taking place in a democratic environment strengthened by major associate political reforms. And by undeniable economic and Human Progress which make my country a prosperous nation and one of the Top Performing economies of the world and. This the president s your excellences ladies and gentlemen. Into those in. Us me i wish to goodness ritter it could be worse for support for the United Nations which must remain the primary forum for generating lasting responses to the major challenges of our time. I wish the United Nations ever success and happy center 5th anniversary thank you. And there we are listening to the ivory coast present allison a washrag giving his United Nations General Assembly address lets go to james bass who was also listening and what do you make of the speech james well i think the last bit was the most important because he was talking about the forthcoming election which is concerning many in the International Community he said it would be peaceful and transparent would be conducted in a democratic environment and stressed again the economic and Human Progress he says the countries made under him he said it was one of the top performers economically in the world the reason there is concern is that there is a dispute over whether he should be running in the selection hes done his 2 terms as president he says that he had to change the constitution 2016 which allows him to run again he wasnt going to run again he said in march but he changed his mind after his preferred successor died suddenly the concern is history repeating itself go back 10 years and things turned violent there was a brief civil war in the country after a disputed election which led eventually to mr ouattara taking charge during that period until 2017 the un has had to have peacekeepers in that country thats why theyre worried here ok james many thanks lets go over now to William Lawrence scenes professor of Political Science and International Affairs at american University Joins us by skype from washington d. C. As james pointed out a very brief mention right at the end of that speech about the contentious Upcoming Elections at the end of october says theyll be peaceful and transparent we believe him. Well it remains to be seeing most analysts believe the severity tense selection weve had were calling the process youve got a number of politicians convicted map senshi and others to team accusations of who i think. Everything to be said was correct i would actually build that is very much you cant needs each of us kept referring to the 10 year period of progress and of course this is the period hes been in power of course using up those 2 president ial terms and so he seems to be justifying you know this this 3rd term. That they did because of acting on the success rather than political success and that focus on economics of politics and this opportunity for him to meet these claims about being with us economists in the world in a i think global statesman that is central to this cant being election in message. Ok William Lawrence thanks very much for joining us from washington d. C. Well leave the speech for a moment as we approach the top of the to leave you with pictures from the Supreme Court also in washington d. C. Where the u. S. President donald trump has arrived to pay his respects to the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg hes just arrived in the last few moments and were expecting him to spend about 20 minutes the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of course died last week of pancreatic cancer coffins being placed at the Supreme Court to lie in repose for 2 days friday she will become the 1st woman to lie in state at the United States capitol well be going back to this story with our correspondents also in washington d. C. Just after the top of the hour stay with us ill be back in just a few moments with the headlines and the rest of the days news. And our cities for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. A Young Australian engineer isnt venting tools to help people gain independence. And you decided that well pull out the ability to recognize objects are people with vision will be able to recognize everyday objects women make science gals episode full on aljazeera. If by. 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They told us that they so like what happened to their loved ones was a crime. And they want justice and answers something war too often tonights. Unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. From our london broadcast center. On aljazeera. Seeking justice for Briana Taylor protests as alice again in the u. S. Says 3 policemen escape challenges i have a good dad. This is live from doha also coming up raising doubts about a peaceful transfer of power present donald trump wont say if hell accept novembers Election Results if he loses. All protests in tyler