Secularism is a Women’s IssueFor the first time in the seven-decade effort to avert a nuclear war, a global treaty has been negotiated that proponents say would, if successful, lead to the destruction of all nuclear weapons and forever prohibit their use. The participants did not include any of the world’s nine nuclear-armed countries, which conspicuously boycotted the negotiations. In a joint statement released after the treaty was adopted, the United States, Britain and France said, “We do not intend to sign, ratify or ever become party to it.”
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UN: A Treaty Is Reached to Ban Nuclear Arms. Now Comes the Hard Part.
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La République Démocratique du Congo au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU, “un doigt d’honneur aux peuples opprimés”
28 octobre 2017, par siawi3“il appartient à l’ONU de revoir ses textes et ses règles pour éviter de finir par transformer ses institutions en cirques dont les numéros ne duperont personne”.
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UN: UNESCO selects France’s Azoulay as new chief
14 October 2017, by siawi3Azoulay edged Qatar’s Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari after the fifth round of voting and the decision will now be put forward for approval to UNESCO’s 195 members on Nov. 10.
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The Lies of UN/WHO on Chernobyl
29 October 2017, by siawi3Alison Katz of Independent WHO reveals the suppression and dis-information campaign against the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, a compilation of over 500 health studies from Eastern European nations compiled by Prof. Alexei Yablokov
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UN takes first step to end Israel’s impunity
22 October 2017, by siawi3On Wednesday, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported that the UN’s human rights office began sending letters to some 150 companies around the world warning them that they may be added to a database of firms doing business with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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CPI : le Malien Ahmad al-Mahdi condamné à 9 ans de prison pour la destruction de mausolées à Tombouctou
21 octobre 2017, par siawi3La procureure affirme que l’accusé, né vers 1975, était un membre d’Ansar Eddine, l’un des groupes jihadistes liés à Al-Qaïda qui ont contrôlé le nord du Mali pendant environ dix mois en 2012. En tant que chef de la Hisbah, la brigade islamique des mœurs, il aurait ordonné et participé aux attaques contre les mausolées, détruits à coup de pioche, de houe et de burin. Cette brigade est accusée de s’être livrée à des crimes contre l’humanité, incluant des crimes de torture, des viols et la mise en esclavage sexuel de femmes de Tombouctou.
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Egypt has secretly ordered weapons from North Korea in breach of United Nations (UN) sanctions
2 October 2017, by siawi3Customs agents swarmed the vessel and discovered, concealed under bins of iron ore, a cache of more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades. The buyers were the Egyptians themselves. Egyptian business executives ordered millions of dollars worth of North Korean rockets for the country’s military while also taking pains to keep the transaction hidden. Iran, Burma, Cuba, Syria, Eritrea, Uganda, Congo, and at least two terrorist groups are also believed to been North Korean weapons clients
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UN: Dealing with Disgrace: Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping
3 October 2017, by siawi3UN peacekeeping has survived many crises throughout its history, but none has provoked such distinctive disgrace as peacekeepers committing sexual violence against those they are meant to protect.
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Syrie : Carla Del Ponte va démissionner de la Commission d’enquête de l’ONU
7 août 2017, par siawi3« Au début il y avait le bien et le mal. L’opposition du côté du bien et le gouvernement dans le rôle du mal », estime Carla Del Ponte. Désormais, « tous en Syrie sont du côté du mal. Le gouvernement Assad a perpétré de terribles crimes contre l’humanité et utilisé des armes chimiques. Et l’opposition n’est désormais composée que d’extrémistes et de terroristes »
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Rape and sexual slavery - Appeals Withdrawn in Katanga case
5 July 2014, by siawi3It is clear that the Prosecution was not ready in this case to address the additional judicial scrutiny uniquely, but predictably, applied to acts of sexual violence.
