look Vargas is joining us he's the United Nations correspondent for talk
radio news service he has been
all over everything going on at the UN I
really for for the last couple of weeks up in Midtown which is cause all sorts
of traffic
craziness getting back into new york city but my personal complaints aside
Luke
I wanna talk about syria first syria has been talked about a lot
over the last few weeks and and really cut kind of almost months at this point
and
there was so much media interest when there was the possibility
American military action in Syria once that was no longer
as likely interest faded quickly although there is still a really big
story out of Syria it's just not the typeof international story
that american corporate media seem to care about sure
everyone is talking up about the OPCW
a inspectors arriving in Syria today
everyone's talking about I guess I'm glad they're talking about the UN are
talking about the Security Council resolution on
I'm handing over the chemical weapons well i think is most amazing
was something that was buried in the speech by the Deputy Prime Minister and
the Foreign Minister
Assyria yesterday at the United Nations in his speech
he makes a reference to the refugees that the Syrian crisis which
according to the latest estimates from the US number over two million people
he said in his speech and many of them are housed
in military training camps and places that resemble
detention centers then he went on to appeal
quote to citizens a serious return to their towns and villages
where the state guarantees their safe return
in their livelihood away from the inhuman conditions they suffer in those
camps
and it is not a experts on it to make the determination that that's probably a
promise that the Assad government cannot fulfill
that there is very little capacity for
you gonna be awesome government or the UN or any other man its reactors
to take up a greater load refugees or internally displaced persons
within Syria at this time right and this really shows it won't when the
the initial serious Syrian military action conversation was starting
from all angles we were hearing the the impetus for this the catalyst is
because if the humanitarian crisis that's taking place in Syria
whenever I hear that as the reason for military action to me red flags go up
because there are many opportunities
to get involved in where humanitarian crises and we seem not to do that
unless there is more oven interest immediately here
we have the elimination have the chance that military action but that the
humanitarian crisis
as you're talking about has not gone away at all in fact we're now getting
these absurd and completely unbelievable statements why are we still talking
about Syria the humanitarian crisis is still there
with lot a conversation will turn towards the humanitarian part the Syrian
crisis again
the security council this week is debating
a possible resolution are statements that would call on the ice and
government to create
humanitarian hugs with an the country allow for
border crossings that humanitarian convoys into the country but it will
take hundreds if not thousands
ove those caravans Metairie it's really tipped the scales in the humanitarian
crisis
and again to have a comment a urging people to return
to the country now I just spoke to ahead this release for group DCA just moments
before coming on
here he said northern Syria looks like Kandahar and the restive Syria's
population centers
are still under shelling for from the regime for them to return back
the gentleman I spoke to said it seems only like a pretty tacky trying to get
more people to come back in the country perhaps your creates a fight
on the side biaz government against a increasingly
a the test rebel factions that are fighting
but that seems a little bit lexical settle comments from the Syrian Foreign
Minister yesterday at the UN
and speaking a humanitarian crises and media coverage of international events
I want to talk a little bit about sudan it now I am often critical the fact that
Americans seem to be
not particularly informed about what is going on outside the USA even often
within the US the information is
it can be limited and here we have an example where ensued and their is
actually an opportunity
to discuss a very important things that are happening and to inform the public
however american media seem obsessed with one particular story about sudan
tell us what's being discussed
and then what is going on behind the scenes that were not really hearing much
about
in all fairness the story that the media is discussing
are related president plus europe's Dennis is actually quite interesting
involves
allegations by seed and eight tonight entry visa
for the president to travel to the General Assembly there are charters
between the United States and United Nations that safe
the US's misled anyone who's coming to speak on official business at the UN
come here the Sudanese Foreign Minister speaking on Friday said
US turned down that request that the media has continue to talk about this
story
in spite of the fact that the foreign minister spoke yesterday with John Kerry
in Washington and their his a lot more going on in Sudan
that expands beyond this issue with these that's right so let's talk a
little bit about that right I mean we have popular protest we have a
referendum that spending and these are these are things which are just not
really making it too
the very few minutes that even exist on most american newscast to discuss what's
going on elsewhere
yeah all handmade fights what's going on inside and out
up there were recently since longstanding subsidies
on fuel in the country were cut last week sending thousands of people into
the streets not only in the capital Khartoum around the country
five to ten thousands are the number of protesters
I'm hearings from khartoum their reports high-ranking officials in the country
leaving sending their families that's I C span
there's a petition signed by many of them calling for the restoration
fuel subsidies and the internet was also set down for 24 hours last week as ever
reports circulating that the president had hired malicious to shoot at peaceful
protesters in us
a kid is people not to go out into the streets newspapers are being close the
coverage we're getting from Sudan
it there's much courage at all he's only coming from experts say
who call in to us that big television networks they're calling in
from the Middle East and in Europe so not a lot coming out soon and red
out a time where up there could be well
school starts about to happen a big
movement away up from the president's Bashir
as the International Criminal Court wants him a held accountable for 10
counts
%uh were cracks in the Sudan that conflict in a few years ago
no question at all that there are big stories there that are just not reaching
most years and Iza
but the average news consumer we've been speaking with Luke Vargas United Nations
correspondent for talk radio news service
I know you've got to get back I know if netanyahu is speaking now so we will
will talk you next time look thanks as always
jewish