Peace is not just a colored ribbon, its more than a wrist band or a T-shirt.
Its not just a donation or a 5 K race.It's not just a folk song, or a white dove. And peace is certainly more than a celebrity endorsement. Peace is a full time job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. The UN has over 100,000 Peacekeepers on the ground, in places others can't or won't go, doing things others can't or won't do. Peace, like war, must be waged.
Showing posts with label genocide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genocide. Show all posts
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Friday, 31 July 2009
Responsibility to Protect R2P
Morning people,
for today, I landed on Chomsky @ the united nations, a panel discussion was held in Brazil on July 23rd debating the responsibility to protect R2P which is a norm to address the international community’s failure to prevent and stop genocides & war crimes.
take a look at the part where chomsky spoke about Gaza, check youtube for the rest, very very interesting.
conclusion:
the media has an enormous role in bandpassing the information governments want to keep from the people because the only hope for policy to change is through the popular will of people.
for today, I landed on Chomsky @ the united nations, a panel discussion was held in Brazil on July 23rd debating the responsibility to protect R2P which is a norm to address the international community’s failure to prevent and stop genocides & war crimes.
take a look at the part where chomsky spoke about Gaza, check youtube for the rest, very very interesting.
conclusion:
the media has an enormous role in bandpassing the information governments want to keep from the people because the only hope for policy to change is through the popular will of people.
Monday, 5 January 2009
FREE THE PALESTINIANS
The Israeli Government is bloody insane.
The Palestinians deserve better. They Deserve Peace. and for Peace to arrive, Israel must be forced to respect the International Human Rights Law.
Israel must recognize the Palestinians right to live free.
FREE.
The Palestinians deserve better. They Deserve Peace. and for Peace to arrive, Israel must be forced to respect the International Human Rights Law.
Israel must recognize the Palestinians right to live free.
FREE.
Friday, 2 January 2009
Protest Posters for Gaza
I made some Posters , they are quite simple, if you felt like joining people on the streets, feel free to use any of them. print, get a flat stick and glue and you are ready.
if you do anything of sorts, Protests around ME or you do Poster Design, please do share your work.
whatever done is better than nothing, whether you would join a donation campaign, Fund Raise, Join Peaceful Events, write, or hit the streets. all is good, but its cool to have objectives.
in Dubai, all I do is wear a Keffiyeh and hit the walking areas and the malls. Im contacting the red crescent, WFP tomorrow morning and see what they are doing.
GAZA should keep standing. it should survive till Jan 20th and Feb 10th.
Hussni Mubarak biddo 7areg!
Livni will not win the next elections. take my word.
if you do anything of sorts, Protests around ME or you do Poster Design, please do share your work.
whatever done is better than nothing, whether you would join a donation campaign, Fund Raise, Join Peaceful Events, write, or hit the streets. all is good, but its cool to have objectives.
in Dubai, all I do is wear a Keffiyeh and hit the walking areas and the malls. Im contacting the red crescent, WFP tomorrow morning and see what they are doing.
GAZA should keep standing. it should survive till Jan 20th and Feb 10th.
Hussni Mubarak biddo 7areg!
Livni will not win the next elections. take my word.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Lybia: no other Srbrenica or Rwanda to be added to history.
Security Council Meeting Dec 31st.
GIADALLA A. ETTALHI ( Libya) recalled that a truce had been reached between the Palestinians and Israelis last June under Egyptian sponsorship. As part of that truce, Israel had pledged to open the border crossings while the Palestinians had observed the truce “religiously” despite at least 190 Israeli violations that had killed 25 citizens. The crossings had never been completely opened, and on 4 November, the Israeli Army had entered the eastern part of Gaza, unprovoked, and killed six Palestinians. The Palestinians had never fired a single bullet except in response to an Israeli violation of the truce. Since 5 November, the Israelis had imposed a full blockade on Gaza, including blocking UNRWA.
Those actions constituted a crime of genocide, a crime against humanity and a war crime according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, he said, pointing out that 80 per cent of Palestinian families were suffering from hunger and a collapse in water and sewerage services. Gazans could only get clean water once a week, according to the United Nations, while 150 basic medicines were unavailable. More than 400 Palestinians had died due to lack of treatment, a fact known to all, including the Council, which, however, had never lifted a finger. “What do you expect from people living under those conditions?”
Since 27 December, there had been air raids and bombardments which had led to the massacre that had claimed some 400 dead and 2,000 injured, most of them civilians, including large numbers of children. Buildings, schools, mosques, official buildings and the fragile infrastructure had been destroyed.
On the night of 27 December the Council had met in a closed session and issued a press statement calling for an end to the military action and the opening of the crossings, he recalled. The Israelis had not responded, despite pleas by the Secretary-General, the European Union, the Quartet and many Member States. Israel had said it would expand the attacks and that its ground forces were massing at the border. Israelis had proved once again that they were not interested in peace, but in seizing land, terrorizing Palestinians and expelling them from their homes by any possible means, including killing and starvation. No disrespect for international law and international humanitarian law could exceed what the Israelis had done in the Gaza Strip.
He then introduced a draft resolution that included a clear condemnation of the Israeli military attacks, a call upon Israel immediately to cease its attacks and abide scrupulously by its obligations as the occupying Power, and a call for immediate protection for the Palestinian civilian population. The draft also called for the reopening of the border crossings to allow unrestricted, unhindered access of humanitarian aid and basic supplies, while stressing the need for the restoration of calm in full. Libya appealed to the Council to adopt a quick and binding measure so that no other Srbrenica or Rwanda would be added to history.
GIADALLA A. ETTALHI ( Libya) recalled that a truce had been reached between the Palestinians and Israelis last June under Egyptian sponsorship. As part of that truce, Israel had pledged to open the border crossings while the Palestinians had observed the truce “religiously” despite at least 190 Israeli violations that had killed 25 citizens. The crossings had never been completely opened, and on 4 November, the Israeli Army had entered the eastern part of Gaza, unprovoked, and killed six Palestinians. The Palestinians had never fired a single bullet except in response to an Israeli violation of the truce. Since 5 November, the Israelis had imposed a full blockade on Gaza, including blocking UNRWA.
Those actions constituted a crime of genocide, a crime against humanity and a war crime according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, he said, pointing out that 80 per cent of Palestinian families were suffering from hunger and a collapse in water and sewerage services. Gazans could only get clean water once a week, according to the United Nations, while 150 basic medicines were unavailable. More than 400 Palestinians had died due to lack of treatment, a fact known to all, including the Council, which, however, had never lifted a finger. “What do you expect from people living under those conditions?”
Since 27 December, there had been air raids and bombardments which had led to the massacre that had claimed some 400 dead and 2,000 injured, most of them civilians, including large numbers of children. Buildings, schools, mosques, official buildings and the fragile infrastructure had been destroyed.
On the night of 27 December the Council had met in a closed session and issued a press statement calling for an end to the military action and the opening of the crossings, he recalled. The Israelis had not responded, despite pleas by the Secretary-General, the European Union, the Quartet and many Member States. Israel had said it would expand the attacks and that its ground forces were massing at the border. Israelis had proved once again that they were not interested in peace, but in seizing land, terrorizing Palestinians and expelling them from their homes by any possible means, including killing and starvation. No disrespect for international law and international humanitarian law could exceed what the Israelis had done in the Gaza Strip.
He then introduced a draft resolution that included a clear condemnation of the Israeli military attacks, a call upon Israel immediately to cease its attacks and abide scrupulously by its obligations as the occupying Power, and a call for immediate protection for the Palestinian civilian population. The draft also called for the reopening of the border crossings to allow unrestricted, unhindered access of humanitarian aid and basic supplies, while stressing the need for the restoration of calm in full. Libya appealed to the Council to adopt a quick and binding measure so that no other Srbrenica or Rwanda would be added to history.
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