Tag: UN
The International Criminal Court Speaks!
by Jim on Jun.27, 2011, under Intelligence / National Security, Politics
So today the International Criminal Court in the Hague issued arrest warrants for Moammar Qadaffi, his son, and one of his intelligence chiefs. I bet that has the Libyans quaking in their boots! Yet another totally meaningless and worthless pronouncement from an impotent and questionable institution. Poor Moammar; I am actually beginning to feel sorry for him. He is just small enough to have the world gang up on him as if he were the greatest master criminal on earth.
How ironic it was that Bin Laden never made the list; Or Ahmadinejad; or the Chinese, or the Russians or countless African dictators. The UN and its institutions are a sorry excuse for international organizations, Perhaps at one time they served a purpose, but now, they are instruments of a bloated third world bureaucracy with an anti western and anti Israeli agenda. Perhaps issuing this pronouncement about Libya makes some feel like they are relevant in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, it only shows how weak they are.
I dont think Qadaffi will lose sleep tonight. Do you ?
Summit of African Descendents
by Jim on Jun.08, 2011, under Intelligence / National Security, Politics
I read the story below recently and truly am at a loss for words. It is so mind boggling it is laughable. Sadly, it is true. How can the world be so taken in by these people? The UN is a useless organization as the article below exemplifies. While the world disintegrates into chaos they spend time and money on useless ventures like this. Why not a summit on Irish descendents, or Italian, or Mexican? Which group is the flavor of the month for the UN? I pray the US will not participate. I also pray the US will not give one cent to this ludicrous idea. I object strongly to the idea that we owe the world for our success. I believe in charity given from the heart, not dictated by a UN organization. What do you think?
U.N.-Backed Summit Seeks ‘Social Justice’ for African Descendants
By Susan Jones
(CNSNews.com) – Only three months to go until the First World Summit of African Descendants, a U.N.-sponsored event that aims to “right historical wrongs.”
The August 18-21 summit in La Ceiba, Honduras, will focus on the socioeconomic conditions of Afro-descendant populations and establish a plan to “ensure development with equity for these groups,” said the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), which announced the event in Washington on Thursday.
The event is part of the United Nations-declared International Year of African Descendants.
“This International Year of African Descendants provides an opportunity to right historical wrongs: in health, education, poverty, land rights, jobs, and financial credit for economic and social progress,” said Pan American Health Organization Director Mirta Roses in a news release. “This celebration is important for recognizing the strength and resilience of Afro-descendant communities throughout the Americas, who have thrived despite historical discrimination and repression.”
The U.N. says an estimated 150 million African descendants live in Mexico and Central and South America.
Health, contraceptives and social justice
According to PAHO/WHO, compared with Caucasians, the babies of African descendants are more likely to die, their mothers face more risks in childbirth, adult men have higher rates of homicide and HIV, and adolescents are more likely to become pregnant.
At the same time, “equal access to health services and contraceptives remains a challenge,” said Dr. Roses. “This year is a time to celebrate the power of Afro-descendant organizations in challenging and changing these inequalities.”
The summit will provide an opportunity to analyze international cooperation and “close the existing development gaps through concrete commitments, clear strategies, and adequate resources,” said Jorge Ramón Hernández Alcerro, the Honduran ambassador to the United States.
“We are in 2011, and this will be the First World Summit of African Descendants,” said Jim Coffin, of Phelps-Stokes, a philanthropist group that promotes “social justice” in Africa and the Americas. “People will be empowered, commitments will be made. This summit will make a big difference.”
One of the Americas’ pending debts is to “put an end to historical and structural discrimination against African descendants,” said Santiago Cantón, executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). He said initiatives such as the summit are “essential steps” toward ending such discrimination. He said the summit will raise awareness of violations of the human rights of African descendants, and thereby help put an end to them.
Organizers say the summit also will follow up on previous commitments, such as those made at the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
As CNSNews.com previously reported, the Durban conference was marked by strong disagreements over issues, including attempts to equate Zionism with apartheid and calls for the U.S. and other Western nations to pay reparations for slavery. The conference and a parallel NGO gathering eventually degenerated into what critics described as an anti-Israel “hate-fest,” and the Bush administration withdrew its already-downgraded delegation in protest. The Israeli representatives also walked out.
Discussions at the Honduras summit will focus on politics, society, culture, and education. Organizers expect up to 800 people to participate in the summit, including representatives of international organizations and “Afro-descendant social movements.”
Celeo Álvarez Casildo, president of the Organization for Ethnic Community Development (ODECO) and executive secretary of the World Summit of African Descendants, on Thursday thanked organizations including IACHR, the Inter-American Development Bank, and PAHO/WHO for their support.
PAHO Director Roses praised ODECO for providing “global leadership by bringing together people from all over the world to celebrate their African heritage and their achievements.”
Álvarez Casildo said the summit was expected to conclude with a “Declaration of the Decade of African Descendants and the creation of a new fund for Afro-descendant Development.
“The summit is not the end, it’s a means for transformation,” he said. “It’s an extremely important medium to ensure that these voices no longer remain silent.”
Revenge of Ferngully
by Jim on Apr.12, 2011, under Politics
First it was Ferngully, then the Hot Zone, then Avatar. When will the environmentalists stop in their efforts to turn back the clock on development and growth? Well according to recent reports, Mother Earth is about to be given the same rights as a human.
According to the article excerpted below, Bolivia is pushing for this resolution at the UN this year. The arrogance of this is breathtaking, and the implications are of course significant. Once again, we, the capitalist nations, are guilty of rape and exploitation of earth and will need to be brought down a peg or two. And what better organization than the all knowing and efficient UN to enforce this.
If we had an administration run by adults with common sense, I would not be so worried. But with this crowd I can only imagine the worst at the UN. I just hope they dont watch Avatar befor they decide our position or we will all be blue!
UNITED NATIONS — Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.
The bid aims to have the UN recognize the Earth as a living entity that humans have sought to “dominate and exploit” — to the point that the “well-being and existence of many beings” is now threatened.
That document speaks of the country’s natural resources as “blessings,” and grants the Earth a series of specific rights that include rights to life, water and clean air; the right to repair livelihoods affected by human activities; and the right to be free from pollution.
It also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an ombudsman whose job is to hear nature’s complaints as voiced by activist and other groups, including the state.
Reflecting indigenous traditional beliefs, the proposed global treaty says humans have caused “severe destruction . . . that is offensive to the many faiths, wisdom traditions and indigenous cultures for whom Mother Earth is sacred.”
It also says that “Mother Earth has the right to exist, to persist and to continue the vital cycles, structures, functions and processes that sustain all human beings.”
In indigenous Andean culture, the Earth deity known as Pachamama is the centre of all life, and humans are considered equal to all other entities.
The UN debate begins two days before the UN’s recognition April 22 of the second International Mother Earth Day — another Morales-led initiative.
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