Being unfairly targeted by prosecutors based at the hague. Im in gainesville, florida and well show you the latest in drone technology, who is using them, and who is concerned about their use. Welcome to the show. The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been award the Nobel Peace Prize. The Committee Says the organization deserves the honor for its effort to make the world a safer place. Reporter for the second year in a row an Organization Won the peace prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is to be awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons for its extensive work for eliminating chemical weapons. Reporter it was a surprise announcement, the opcw has until recently been a relatively on cure body. Formed in 1997, it has been thrown into the global spot light for the resent use of chemical weapons in syria. It has now started the ambitious project of destroying all of its chemical weapons by next year. More inspections will soon follow. It was strong
Militia accused of obducting and murdering hundreds of civilians. The u. N. Unanimously approved to send peace keepers to Central African republic, plus turkeys tapestry of minorities and many are feeling like secondclass citizens. Welcome to the show. The organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has been named the winner of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement was made just over an hour ago and the Committee Says the organization deserves the prize for its ongoing work to remove chemical weapons from the world. During world war i chemical weapons were used to a considerable degree. The Geneva Convention of 1995 prohibited the use but not the production or storage of chemical weapons. During world war ii chemical weapons were employed in mass exterminations and used by both state and terrorists and they prohibited the production and storage of such weapons. It came into force in 1997. Since then opcw has three inspections, destructions and other means, sought the im
On t on the poachers who are running tourism such as this lodge. Talks are getting underway this london to lay the ground work for peace negotiations to end the conflict in syria. Foreign ministers from the friends of Syria Core Group are meeting the Syria National coalition and the president bashir assad said no data has been sent for talks at ending the civil war and he indicated he has no intention of quitting saying there is no reason he cannot run for reelection. Translator there is no data and there is no factors that help in holding it now if we wanted to succeed. Meaning who are the parties participating in geneva . What is the relation of the forces to the Syrian People . Are they forces representing the Syrian People or forces representing the countries that made it . If this force participating conference with dialog wanted to suggest a suggestion later on which basis do we answer it as a country . Who does it represent . Reporter that is Barnaby Phillips in london and if th
In pakistan. And poachers turned game keepers in libya to save the rhino. It is the latest push for peace, the friends of syria group of western arab Foreign Ministers are meeting in london and hoping to persuade leaders to have a planned peace conference in geneva for next month. Inside syria the fighting shows no sign of abating and we report. [bomb going off] much of syria war is the battle for checkpoints like this, in the town east of damascus rebels breakout offensive and Regime Forces are back but rebels prevail and impossible to say which took action but its repeated across the country. Here the rebels appear to win but that is not always the case. [gunfire] in the country side, shelling continues for a fourth day, the damage is immense. [gunfire] there is more violence with sides showing no signs of backing down. And as the fighting continues a planned peace conference of geneva two is enroll and one of the opposition groups representing the rebels would like to discuss the ro
European union. A rescue operation is underway in south sudan after the killing of at least two u. N. Peace keeping soldiers in the state. Violence spread across the country after an alleged coup on sunday. The rescue operation was launched after the lost contact with its base in the small remote town of ocovo county and its 4 kilometers long and close to ethopian order and homes on the market and the primary school. The local hospital is nearby. And we are in the capitol juba where many are trying to escape fighting despite the government assurances that the situation is under control. Reporter officials checking passpo passports and those who want to leave must be on the evacuation list and foreigners and locals are flown out of the country and told its for security reasons. They give us also they are driving the people to go back. Reporter u. S. Soldiers are also in the capitol juba making sure its safe for planes to take off and land and they have been monitoring the situation toge