have been unimaginable that we couldn t brief on syria. but you think in the past the u.s. would have very forcefully i think so. i served on the u.n. security council a few years ago and i think that would have been the case. but in overall terms, at the human rights council in geneva, there s no human rights ambassador that s been appointed, which is rather stock and you sense the absence. and the feeling is that, yes, there s certain issues which either the president has spoken about, whether we go back to the executive orders of his presidency, or since then. the travel bans. the travel bans and the issue of the dreamers and the daca and how we are in a sort of state of limbo and then the various comments that the president has
. back now with more of my interview with the soon to be former u.n. human rights chief. he said that less than a month ago, the u.n. security council refused to even let him give the council a briefing on human rights problems in syria. it s just one example, he says, of how the world is turning its back on human rights which has led him to leave his important position. let me ask you about another important country, perhaps the most important country. you said that you feared that the united states for the first time since 1946, from, you know, the founding of the united nations and this whole system, that the united states was now backing away from the issue of human rights nationally? yes, again, looking at this vote in the u.n. security council, i think years ago would
completely agree with david, but that force and diplomacy and standing up for individual rights around the world can lead to a better world. i don t want to give up on that hope. you have 30 seconds to tell me, do you have any hope that the situation in syria is improving? no, the situation is getting worse in syria. 2.5 million people in idlib. we have got to move on this front. protect the civilians inside the country. macron is on that agenda. make sure the turks don t throw all their lots in with russia and ukraine. we hope people are taking notes on those very important points. we will be back with madeleine albright on fascism. so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn t use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back
they have given pause to all of us who in some circumstances military power should be used and when it goes wrong, it s an easy stick to take forward. i m very careful to have in my mind irc staff working in syria. i m fearful where mifor douma, anyone who claims to have a political argument is doomed to fail. and do you think annmarie, what is happening politically? is the left becoming isolationist? but the right doesn t seem to be cheering this particularly, they seem to kind of because it s jones. alex jones was weeping yesterday on tv. i think it s very similar to the politics of trade.
the u.n. security council refused to let him give the council a briefing on human rights problems in syria. it s just one example he says of how the world is turning its back on human rights. which has led him to leave his important position. let me ask you about another important country, perhaps the most important country. yes. you said that you feared that the united states for the first time since 1946, from the founding of the united nations and this whole system, that the united states was now backing away from the promotion of human rights internationally. yeah, again, looking at this vote in the security council. i think years ago it would have been unimaginable that we couldn t brief on syria. but you think that in the past the u.s. would have forcefully insisted that the u.n. human rights i think so. i think so. i served on the u.n. security