Archiv: Abteilung „man sollte mal was tun am Besten wir tun besorgt“ / department „we should do something best we do worried“ department


31.10.2024 - 18:16 [ United Nations ]

Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact for Palestinians?

How has the UN reacted to the adoption of the legislation?

The reaction from the UN system to the bills has been swift and unequivocal. As the news broke on Monday, several of the most senior UN officials, up to and including Secretary-General António Guterres, condemned the decision.

Mr. Guterres stressed…
The acting head of the UN aid coordination office, Joyce Msuya, called the decision…
UNRWA’s Mr. Lazzarini said that…
OHCHR spokesperson Jeremy Laurence declaring that…
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calling the development…
UNICEF chief Catherine Russell also reminded that…
while James Elder, a UNICEF staffer in the region, denounced the decision, saying…

What happens next?

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Mr. Guterres informed the President of the General Assembly that he had written a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on his government …

29.10.2024 - 23:44 [ United Nations General Secretary ]

Statement of the Secretary-General on Israeli legislation on UNRWA

28 October 2024
Statement of the Secretary-General on Israeli legislation on UNRWA

I am deeply concerned by the adoption today by the Knesset of Israel of two laws concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which, if implemented, would likely prevent UNRWA from continuing its essential work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, as mandated by the UN General Assembly.

16.10.2024 - 23:21 [ United Nations ]

Opening Remarks of UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator at the Lebanon Response Plan Steering Committee Meeting

A Steering Committee for the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) was formed today following the endorsement of the humanitarian and stabilization response plan for Lebanon for 2024. The meeting was co-chaired by the Prime Minister and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator of the UN. It was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministers of Education and Higher Education, Public Health, Social Affairs, Energy and Water, Labor, Agriculture and Environment; alongside the Ambassadors to Lebanon of Canada, France, the EU, Germany and the charge d‘affaires for the US; as well as Representatives of UN Agencies and national and international NGOs.

Below are the opening remarks as delivered by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the LRP Steering Committee meeting:

Your Excellency, Prime Minister Mikati, esteemed ministers, honorable ambassadors, distinguished guests, dear colleagues, good morning.

We gather here today at a truly unprecedented time for Lebanon. This country has already faced many years of multi-layered crises. Over the past year, the escalation of hostilities has inflicted severe damage on communities in the South. In the last weeks, the violence has intensified, causing widespread civilian casualties, mass displacement, and extensive destruction across the country.

Healthcare and frontline workers have come under attack, as have civil defense centers and water supply systems, pushing essential services to the brink of collapse. This must stop.

01.02.2024 - 10:12 [ Saul Staniforth / Twitter ]

Yesterday the UN security council discussed the ICJ ruling that Israel must be investigated for genocide & the imposition of several orders on them. The USA said it changes nothing as far as they‘re concerned. China says the ICJ orders can only be implemented with a ceasefire.

30.12.2023 - 16:45 [ United Nations ]

United Nations Charter (full text)

Article 7

1. There are established as principal organs of the United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economic and Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International Court of Justice and a Secretariat.

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Article 94

1. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party.

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

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Article 96

– The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.

– Other organs of the United Nations and specialized agencies, which may at any time be so authorized by the General Assembly, may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legal questions arising within the scope of their activities.

17.10.2023 - 20:31 [ United Nations - UN.org ]

Israel-Gaza conflict: Deepening concern for civilians, as UN school is hit

The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini, has reported that at least six people were killed on Monday afternoon local time, when an UNRWA school being used as a shelter, was hit in the al-Maghazi camp in the middle region of the embattled Gaza Strip.

Dozens were injured (including UNRWA staff) and severe structural damage was caused to the school“, he said. „The numbers are likely to be higher. This is outrageous, and it again shows a flagrant disregard for the lives of civilians.“

02.10.2023 - 22:30 [ theWire.in ]

Full Text | Rewriting Constitution Means Breaking India Apart, Says Fali Nariman

Generally, there are preambles to the constitution and this preamble has been called by our Supreme Court the “conscience of the constitution”. Preamble’s Part 3 Fundamental Rights, Part 4 Directive Principles of State Policy, which are not enforceable by the court but are nonetheless binding, they are all part of the conscience of the constitution (…)

You believe that there is the duty to interpret the constitution in the context of the time and in the context of the issues of the day.

Oh absolutely, absolutely! There has to be! (…)

In fact, interpretations keep changing, people keep adding to existing questions and revising new meanings.

Absolutely! Courts as you know go by precedent, so what five judges say today, seven judges can say tomorrow or have nine judges say the contrary to that, two years later.

This is what makes the constitution a living, dynamic object.

Absolutely!

07.06.2023 - 11:15 [ South China Morning Post ]

Ukraine war: international alarm grows after Nova Kakhovka dam destroyed

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Tuesday following requests from Russia and Ukraine.

06.06.2023 - 08:10 [ PolskieRadio.pl ]

Opposition stellt Misstrauensantrag gegen Verteidigungsminister

(05.06.2023)

Die Überreste der Rakete waren im April zufällig in einem Wald in der Nähe der polnischen Stadt Bydgoszcz in Nord-Zentral-Polen gefunden. In Reaktion auf den Fund erklärte Verteidigungsminister Mariusz Blaszczak, er habe nichts davon gewusst und beschuldigte die polnische Militärführung, ihn nicht über die Rakete informiert zu haben. Das Verteidigungsministerium gab später bekannt, dass die Rakete am 16. Dezember 2022 abgestürzt war, aber erst nach ihrem Fund eine Untersuchung eingeleitet worden sei.

02.05.2023 - 21:29 [ theHill.com ]

First Republic fallout: Democrats fume as regulators bail out yet another failed bank

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a fierce critic of big banks, emphasized that the FDIC bailout of First Republic once again puts taxpayer money on the line. That’s after $25 billion was used from the Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund to backstop a loan for the rescue of depositors at Silicon Valley Bank in March.

01.05.2023 - 18:12 [ Nation.africa ]

UN says Sudan collapsing as fighting enters third week

„There is no right to go on fighting for power when the country is falling apart,“ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television.

The latest three-day ceasefire — due to expire at midnight (2200 GMT) Sunday — was agreed Thursday after mediation led by the United States, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the United Nations.

„We woke up once again to the sound of fighter jets and anti-aircraft weapons blasting all over our neighbourhood,“ a witness in southern Khartoum told AFP.

23.02.2023 - 07:38 [ United Nations ]

Warning Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory ‘at Its Most Combustible’ in Years, Secretary-General Urges Action to Ease Tensions, as Rights Committee Begins Session

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the 2023 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in New York today:

It is my privilege to join this meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. I congratulate the Chair, Ambassador Cheikh Niang, and other members of the Bureau on your election. And I commend all of you for your tireless commitment.

We meet as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is at its most combustible in years. Just this morning, we had more deeply concerning news. An operation by Israeli security forces and ensuing clash in Nablus left 10 Palestinians dead and over 80 injured.

09.06.2022 - 20:46 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Corona-Pandemie: Ärzte fordern Ende des „Datenblindflugs“

Im Kampf gegen die Corona-Pandemie fehlt der Bundesärztekammer auch nach mehr als zwei Jahren vor allem eines: verlässliche Daten. Auch die tägliche Statistik des RKI basiert auf einer immer brüchigeren Datenlage.

24.06.2021 - 13:41 [ Heise.de ]

Fall Amri: Verfassungsgericht unterwirft sich dem Verfassungsschutz

Tatsächlich spricht nach Auffassung des Autors mehr dagegen als dafür, dass Amri den LKW in den Weihnachtsmarkt gesteuert und den polnischen Fahrer Lukasz U. erschossen hat. In der Fahrerkabine der Zugmaschine wurden beispielsweise keine Fingerabdrücke und keine belastbaren DNA-Spuren von Amri gefunden, stattdessen aber mehrfach Genmaterial einer unbekannten bisher nicht identifizierten Person.

Dass ein Gericht, zumal das höchste der Republik, die Täterhypothese der Ermittler unbesehen übernimmt, ist problematisch

24.06.2021 - 13:28 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Breitscheidplatz-Anschlag: Geschwärzte Akten und offene Fragen

Bei aller Kritik: Der Ausschuss hat viel ans Licht gebracht und verbessert: Hinterbliebene von Terroropfern hatten vorher kaum oder keine Ansprechpartner, das ist nun klarer geregelt – ebenso wie Fragen der Entschädigung und des Opferschutzes. Am Ende bleibt der Eindruck, dass Hinterbliebene und Abgeordnete zwar Aufklärung wollten – aber am deutschen Behörden-Wirrwarr oft genug verzweifelt sind.

07.06.2021 - 12:45 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

Sachsen-Anhalt und die Fehler von SPD und Linken

Am Ende lässt das Wahlergebnis den kritischen Beobachter deprimiert und ratlos zurück. Es gibt zwar den Wunsch nach Alternativen und einer progressiven Politik, die sich gegen ein Auseinanderdriften der Gesellschaft, für eine fairere Reichtums- und Vermögensverteilung, für gerechte Renten und für eine Entspannungs- und Friedenspolitik stellt. Es gibt jedoch keine größere Partei, der die Wähler diese inhaltliche Ausrichtung abnehmen und in diesem Punkt haben die Wähler ja leider auch recht.

28.05.2021 - 10:35 [ News Zapper / Twitter ]

Verschlusssache #Amri – Der angebliche Attentäter vom #Breitscheidplatz soll gleich mehrfach bestritten haben, an der Tat beteiligt gewesen zu sein – Die Bundesanwaltschaft hat die Unterlagen gesperrt

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28.05.2021 - 10:19 [ Florian Flade / Tagesschau.de ]

Amri-Ausschuss: Verfassungsschutz lieferte Akten nicht

(04.05.2021)

Der Bundestagsausschuss zum Anschlag am Berliner Breitscheidplatz hat die Beweisaufnahme beendet. Doch nun stellt sich heraus, dass der Verfassungsschutz mehrere Aktenordner zum Umfeld des Terroristen Amri nicht geliefert hat.

28.05.2021 - 10:17 [ nd.Aktuell / Twitter ]

Mehr als vier Jahre nach dem Attentat vom #Breitscheidplatz will das @bka nun doch noch Asservate selbst in Augenschein zu nehmen, statt nur auf Akteneinsicht zu vertrauten. „Für neue Ermittlungsansätze zu spät“, fürchtet @martinarenner . #UA1BT

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13.01.2021 - 17:11 [ Neeltje van Doremalen / Twitter ]

The data supports the investigation of intranasal delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. With the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, it will be crucial to investigate whether the vaccines provide sterilizing immunity…