For the first time the UN Security Council viewed the results of the Mission in Libya operation after it was established in September last year. The report of UN Secretary General was submitted for the Council’s consideration to convince its members that the prolongation of the Mission’s activities was necessary. That’s what was done. The [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 16, 2012
The statements of UN Envoy Mr. Kofi Anan clarified the content of the transformation affecting the American assessment of the situation in Syria and the general headlines of the new plan that was drawn up following the qualitative and decisive failure which affected the colonial project to destroy the Syrian strength and dismantle this resisting [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 30, 2012
The recent weeks events in Syria give rise to new apprehensions. Thanks to Russia’s efforts the situation in Syria was not formally included into the agenda of the UN Security Council session that took place on January 24, so the issue was considered indirectly. The official agenda was “The situation in the Middle East”. Oscar [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 9, 2011
The decision by Russia and China, two permanent UN Security Council members, to veto the draft resolution that would have laid the groundwork for sanctions against Syria is still sparking lively discussion. Damascus welcomed the decision by Moscow and Beijing to block the UN Security Council draft resolution, emphasizing that Russia and China had sided [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 3, 2011
It looks like the global community has not fully realized the seriousness of what is going on in Libya. Mass media are still reporting on some local “rebels” in Libya and only somewhere on the background of public conscience “British special troops” and “CIA experts” emerge from time to time… But this is not how [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The carnage in Libya continues. In the last two weeks NATO bombardment of Tripoli has intensified. Economic sanctions have created gas and food shortages throughout the government controlled parts of the country… The French and British have now inducted helicopters into the air power they are deploying theoretically to protect the civilian population from attacks [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Moscow largely specified its position on the Libyan issue at the end of last week. The Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesman, A. Lukashevich, said on May 20th that NATO attacks on Libya had been increasingly frequent with more civilians reported killed as a result.The coalition began to more often target such facilities of Libya’s state [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 28, 2011
The passing of the UN Security Council Resolution 1973 was an act of utmost cynicism. Instead of preserving peace, the UN Security Council – not for the first time over the past years, by the way, blessed international banditry, the pillage of national assets by Western corporations and banks, the demolition of a sovereign statehood, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Global media are beaming with enthusiasm over the advancement of the “rebels” in Libya. The Independent, for example, ran a nearly sadistic weekend account of the coalition’s raid which caught the forces of the regime amidst open space, with nowhere to hide, and left scores of crippled and burned bodies of Gadhafi’s supporters scattered along [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 20, 2011
ORIENTAL REVIEW: This article was published by Strategic Culture Foundation few hours before the aggression. Latest reports show that the quasi-coalition forces are bombing vital infrastructure objects in Libya: oil reservoirs by Misurata, civilian and military targets in Tripoli, Benghazi, Zuwar. 48 dead, 150+ injured. Gaddafi ceased complying with the resolution 1973 and renewed military [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 19, 2011
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1973 on Libya slapping new sanctions on the country and reinforcing the ones it endures due to Resolution 1970 dated February 26. The truth is that the new Resolution erodes the international law to the point of virtually killing it. First, it demands a ceasefire and an end to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Gulam Mitha (Canada) Israel thumps on the war drum leaving the US no choice but to follow thumping on the same drum. Their belligerence has known no bounds. This time the belligerence is against Iran. There’s no stopping the hawks. Not China, nor Russia nor any European country. All the five permanent UN Security Council [...]
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