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Daily Archives: 18. Mai 2018
UN-Menschenrechtsrat: Kommission soll Gewalt in Gaza untersuchen
Deutschland und 13 weitere Länder enthielten sich ihrer Stimme.
Force used against protestors in Gaza ‘wholly disproportionate’ says UN human rights chief
A special session of the UN Human Rights Council has ended with a resolution by Member States to investigate weeks of violence on the Israeli border with Gaza, which has claimed the lives of more than 100 people in the enclave and left thousands wounded.
Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra‘ad Al Hussein
„But they are, in essence, caged in a toxic slum from birth to death; deprived of dignity; dehumanised by the Israeli authorities to such a point it appears officials do not even consider that these men and women have a right, as well as every reason, to protest.“
Putin Meets Assad, Says ‚Foreign Armed Forces Will Start Leaving Syria‘
Foreign troops currently in Syria include Russian, Iranian, Turkish and American forces, as well as Lebanon‘s Hezbollah and other pro-Assad militias. It is unclear to which of these forces Putin was referring.
China supports India’s economic overture toward NK’s reform, opening-up
The Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Gen VK Singh made a surprise trip to North Korea earlier this week as India sought to revive its ties with the isolated country. The visit sent a good signal for the Asian economy.
Singh was the first Indian minister received by the North Korean government in the country in nearly two decades, which added to evidence that Pyongyang will be willing to seek better ties with the international community.
Joint efforts of China, EU needed to fight unilateralism
Nevertheless, apart from bilateral trade, collaboration used to lack an intrinsic motivation. Consensus was in most cases reached by external stimulation, especially from the US. Facing pressure from Washington, China and the EU‘s first reaction was not to stick together, but to negotiate with the US separately. This deserves some introspection.
Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, has noted that „Now we have a leaderless, multipolar world. While we may talk about the G7, G8 or G20, the more apt description is G-Zero. We will have to learn how to live, and thrive, in this new world.“
Liu He trifft US-Präsident Trump
Liu He, der stellvertretende chinesische Ministerpräsident und Sonderbeauftragte von Chinas Staatspräsident Xi Jinping, hat sich am Donnerstag in Washington mit US-Präsident Donald Trump getroffen.
Gaza: UNO-Menschenrechtskommissar kritisiert Israel
Die Palästinenser seien unter Israel als Besatzungsmacht „eingepfercht in einen giftigen Slum von der Geburt bis zum Tod, jeder Würde beraubt“, sagte Said.
Am Grenzzaun zu Gaza, wo Palästinenser seit Ende März vermehrt demonstrieren, hätten israelische Sicherheitskräfte 87 Palästinenser getötet, darunter zwölf Kinder, so Said. Der Rat war wegen der Auseinandersetzungen auf Antrag zahlreicher Länder zu einer Sondersitzung zusammengetreten.
Kommunizierende Röhren
Merkel trifft sich in Sotschi mit Putin. Es wird auch um »Nord Stream 2« gehen. Die Gaspipeline sorgt international für Zoff
Eintägiger Arbeitsbesuch – Merkel zu Putin abgereist: Iran und Ukraine im Fokus
Bei dem eintägigen Arbeitsbesuch soll es nach Angaben beider Seiten um die bilateralen Beziehungen, internationale Krisen wie in der Ukraine und in Syrien sowie das Atomabkommen mit dem Iran gehen.
Trump dismisses ‚Libya model‘ for North Korea‘s denuclearization
With the prospect of the summit between North Korea and the U.S. under a cloud,…. President Donald Trump veered away from the idea of applying the „Libyan model“ in denuclearizing North Korea… contradicting recent comments made by his national security adviser John Bolton.
Bolton Emerges as Potential Wrecking Ball for Trump‘s Kim Summit
The White House on Wednesday distanced itself from Bolton’s remarks, while experts wondered why Bolton would make such an indelicate comparison just weeks before the planned June 12 meeting between Trump and Kim in Singapore.
“It pushes all the wrong buttons,” said Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, which seeks to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons. “The diplomacy with North Korea is going very well and Bolton threw a spanner in the works. ”
Full text: North Korea calls John Bolton repugnant and threatens to bail on summit with Trump
(16.5.2018) High-ranking officials of the White House and the Department of State including Bolton, White House national security adviser, are letting loose the assertions of so-called Libya mode of nuclear abandonment, “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization”, “total decommissioning of nuclear weapons, missiles, biochemical weapons”. etc, while talking about formula of “abandoning nuclear weapons first, compensating afterwards”.
This is not an expression of intention to address the issue through dialogue. It is essentially a manifestation of awfully sinister move to impose on our dignified state the destiny of Libya or Iraq which had been collapsed due to yielding the whole of their countries to big powers.
Thus Begins the Bolton Administration
Trump is a very powerful boat with no rudder. Unfortunately, Bolton is now his rudder. Which effectively means, when it comes to foreign policy, that it’s Bolton’s administration now.
Kim Jong Un Guides 1st Enlarged Meeting of 7th WPK Central Military Commission
The meeting discussed and decided on a series of organizational measures to further strengthen the revolutionary army of the Party militarily and politically and improve the overall work for defending the country as required by the developing revolution and on the basis of the comprehensive analysis of the present actual state of the People‘s Army.
It also dealt with the organizational matter on relieving and appointing some members of the WPK Central Military Commission and relieving or transferring senior officials of the armed forces organs and appointing new ones.
At the meeting the Supreme Leader analyzed and reviewed the implementation of the military and political tasks of the People‘s Army after the Seventh WPK Congress and indicated the main orientation and ways of the army building and the military activities, including the issues of establishing more thoroughly the Party‘s monolithic command system across the revolutionary armed forces, establishing the revolutionary military discipline, consistently holding fast to the Party‘s policies of bringing about a radical improvement in military training, pressing ahead with the ideological revolution and putting the army on a modern basis, and improving the military life.
Zentrale Militärkommission der nordkoreanischen Arbeiterpartei tagt
Eine erweiterte Sitzung der Zentralen Militärkommission der nordkoreanischen Arbeiterpartei hat erstmals seit Mai 2016 stattgefunden.
Das Parteiorgan „Rodong Sinmun“ schrieb, dass die erste erweitere Sitzung der 7. Zentralen Militärkommission am Donnerstag unter Vorsitz von Machthaber Kim Jong-un abgehalten worden sei.
Kim habe gefordert, den Kampf für die Durchsetzung der Entscheidungen bei der Plenarsitzung des Zentralkomitees der Partei am 20. April mit Militärkraft zu schützen und gewährleisten.
Geheimorganisation des Militärs beeinflusste 1988 Anhörungen zur Demokratiebewegung von Gwangju
(2.3.2018) Eine Geheimorganisation des Militärs hat 1988 versucht, parlamentarische Anhörungen zur Klärung der Wahrheit über die Demokratiebewegung von Gwangju im Mai 1980 zu beeinflussen.
Zeremonie zum 38. Jahrestag der Gwangju Demokratiebewegung
Zu den Teilnehmern zählten die Witwen des deutschen Journalisten Jürgen Hinzpeter und der US-amerikanischen Pastoren Charles Huntley sowie Arnold Peterson, die die gewaltsame Niederschlagung der Demokratie-Bewegung weltweit bekannt gemacht hatten. Auch der Sohn des verstorbenen Kim Sa-bok, der Taxifahrer, der im Film über die Gwangju-Demokratiebewegung „A Taxi Driver“ dargestellt wurde, wohnte der Zeremonie bei.
Mighty Sam McClain – When The Hurt Is Over
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UN promotes positive use of artificial intelligence for all
„The inaugural 2017 summit sparked inclusive global dialogue on the potential of AI to act as a force for good,“ said ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao. „The action-oriented 2018 summit will now harness this momentum to identify practical applications of AI to improve the quality and sustainability of life on our planet.“
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his video message, „I commend the ITU for the critical role it plays in narrowing the digital divide and connecting people wherever they are, whatever their means. As we look to an increasingly digital future, I welcome your focus on exploring how artificial intelligence can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.“
U.S. affirms no plan to change USFK size, role
The allies are set to hold the next round of the talks on the burden-sharing cost next month in South Korea.
The existing SMA deal is scheduled to expire at the end of this year.
South Korea has shared the financial burden for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), currently around 28,500 personnel, since the early 1990s.
Seoul‘s contribution increased to around 960 billion won ($887 million) in 2018 under the five-year accord from 150 billion won in 1991, officials said.
Breger – This Place Is Gone (Species K Remix) from Beach Labyrinth Remixes #2 by Breger and the Cows
Breger Berlin, Germany
released April 9, 2018
Putin meets Assad, hailing military success’ in Syria and calling for political process to withdraw foreign forces
“With the start of the political process in its most active phase, foreign armed forces will withdraw from Syrian territory,” Putin said, without specifying which foreign forces.(…)
In a statement from the Syrian presidency, Assad added on Thursday “we have evaluated the political process” and will select candidates for a constitutional committee, a suggestion proposed in January at a summit in Sochi, that will work with the United Nations.
PM Lee to visit Austria, Ireland next week
Lee also plans to hold meetings with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). He will also meet with Korean residents and business people staying there.
Can Pyongyang trust Washington? Ask Native American Chief Red Eagle
Just how much trust can the North Koreans place in the word or an administration which at the same time it is pledging to guarantee their security in return for denuclearization, is unilaterally withdrawing from a treaty its predecessor made with Iran in conjunctions with the other five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany over its nuclear development program?
Canada Bans Venezuelan Expats from Casting Ballots
„They denounce that there is a dictatorship in Venezuela, but who is denying the right to vote? Only dictatorship countries do not allow citizens to exercise their right to vote, so I ask if Venezuela –according to some world nations – is a dictatorship, how is it that today Canada intends to curtail Venezuelans‘ right to vote?
Gaza killings: Names and faces of those killed by Israeli forces this week
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Gaza Ministry of Health released the names of 59 Palestinians killed:
‚Appalled‘ Trudeau calls for inquiry after Canadian doctor wounded in Gaza
The shooting happened during a lull in the protests, said Loubani. He was wearing a green surgeon’s outfit and was standing with orange-vested paramedics about 25 metres from the protesters. There were no fires or smoke and he was within clear lines of sight to three fortified sniper posts.
“It’s very hard to believe I wasn’t specifically targeted, considering that there was a lull in activity, considering the fact that I was so clearly marked,” he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation earlier this week as he recovered from the shooting.