Alice Nderitu, @UN’s former special adviser on the prevention of genocide, on her contentious tenure.
“It’s instructive that this never happened for any other war. Not for Ukraine, not for Sudan, not for D.R.C. [Democratic Republic of Congo], not for Myanmar,” she says. “The focus was always Israel.”
“I Was Hounded, Day In, Day Out. Bullied, hounded, with protection from nobody.”
Seth Frantzman hits the nail on the head on the incestuous and criminal relationship between the UN, UNRWA and other NGO's operating in Gaza. Behavior that would never be accepted in any other 'conflict' zone.
Hamas has exploited UN facilities, NGO's and civilian institutions in Gaza for decades. It is part of the DNA of Hamas to use every civilian site in Gaza for its own purposes.
Hamas wants headlines such as "Israeli airstrike on school" or "Israel raids hospital" because Hamas knows that the information appears to be on its side in a conflict that is as much about information warfare as it is about Hamas gunmen hiding out.
The international community prefers a code of silence when it comes to Hamas in Gaza.
Even after the latest murder of 6 Israeli hostages, #UN has yet to condemn #Hamas 11 months after their bloody attack on #Israel.
The Jerusalem Post's editorial board tackles the ongoing crisis amid growing criticism of UN inaction:
UN, time to end your inaction and help bring home the remaining hostages
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 05:56
Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, in his first Security Council address since returning to the position, August 22, 2024.(photo credit: ISRAEL MISSION TO THE UN)
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon has called on the president of the UN Security Council to convene and condemn Hamas for the murder of six Israeli hostages.
Danon noted that Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danino suffered for almost 11 months, as did their families and loved ones, with no sign of life being communicated, nor access granted to the Red Cross.
"These innocent people were brutally executed just a few days ago by Hamas terrorists. Their vile and heinous murders have outraged Israel and its people and should equally shock the conscience of the world," Danon wrote. "As our nation mourns the loss of these six beautiful lives, I call upon the Security Council to urgently convene a briefing to condemn Hamas in the strongest possible terms and to address the dire situation of the 101 hostages still held in captivity in Gaza. Despite the passage of nearly 11 months since the massacre of over 1,200 Israelis on October 7, the council has yet to condemn Hamas nor act decisively for the hostages."
Don't miss this excellent interview with Niall Ferguson by Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia John Anderson on the state of Western Civilisation, its history and current trajectory, the evils of Totalitarianism, the takeover of Western universities & colleges by the Left, Social Media and much more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re0Mu8Tq4fE&feature=share
From electing #Mugabe as Goodwill Ambassador @WHO and #Erdogan to the @UNESCO Board, to naming #SaudiArabia to its #Women's Rights Commission ...
The #UN, with special mention to the @UN_HRC #HumanRights Council, has outdone itself this year...
The Top 10 Most Evil U.N. Actions of 2017 @UNWatch
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UN Watch Briefing Latest from the United Nations
December 25, 2017
The Top 10 Most Evil U.N. Actions of 2017
10. Denied Venezuelan Hunger: In the first-ever U.N. visit to Venezuela, Alfred de Zayas, the U.N. Human Rights Council's Cuban-backed "Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order," posted propaganda photos to deny mass hunger caused by the regime's failed policies.
After UN Watch exposed the sick lie—in truth, Venezuelan hospitals are filled with starving children—the U.N. official was pressured into deleting his blog post and tweet.
Ivory Coast Splinter Dictator Captured By French Forces, Handed Off To Rebels; Cocoa Plunges
zero hedge -Author: Tyler Durden
And like that, we now have one less conflict. From Reuters "French special forces have detained Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo and handed him to leaders of the rebel opposition, after French tanks forced their way into his residence, a Gbagbo adviser in France said. "Gbagbo has been arrested by French special forces in his residence and has been handed over to the rebel leaders," Toussaint Alain told Reuters." We would prefer not to visualize what happens to Gbagbo in the hands of his news captors. Importantly, considering the primary determinant in cocoa prices YTD has been the ongoing civil war in the African country, the promise of an end to hostilities sends Cocoa prices plunging, dropping the 10 metric ton contract by nearly $100 in the span of seconds. Read more…
CONCLUSION: The situation in the Ivory Coast continues to simmer after recent elections. Now the army has closed the Ivory Coast borders and is suspending foreign news organizations from reporting issues. If tensions continuethenmining operations in the country couldpotentiallybenegatively impacted.
For reference, here are the gold miners with operations in the Ivory Coast:
Endeavour Mining (not rated. EVD CN, mkt cap C$320mm) - A development project in the Ivory Coast but producing assets are located in Burkina Faso
Cluff Gold (Market Perform, no target, CLF LN, mkt cap £150mm)- A producing mine in the Ivory Coast that accounts for approx. 25% of our NPV. Key asset is in Burkina Faso and an exploration play in Sierra Leone
Newcrest (Outperform, A$52.50, NCM AU, mkt cap A$31.1bn) - The Ivory Coast assets are only 4% of our project NPV, but the exploration upset
La Mancha (not rated. LMA CN, mkt cap C$368mm)- Highly levered to the Ivory Coast, with existing production from the country and many exploration targets.
Perseus (not rated. PRU AU, mkt cap A$1.3bn)- Main development project is Tengrela in the Ivory Coast, with a feasibility expected by year-end and production possible in late-2012
Randgold (Outperform, target US$125, RRS LN, mkt cap £5.5bn) - Growth asset Tongon is in the Ivory coast and is ramping towards production by the end of the year. The mine is 30% of our project NPV
Please see attached map from our West Africa gold analyst, to see locations of each asset in the country.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The United Nations has urged Ivory Coast election rivals to refrain from violence while officials try to determine who won a presidential runoff. The Army sealed borders after Ivory Coast's electoral commission announced that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara defeated incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, the BBC reported. However, the Constitutional Council said the announcement is invalid, alleging voter fraud by Ouattara. The army announced it closed Ivory Coast borders. It also said it would suspend foreign news organizations from reporting issues. The election, the first presidential election in a decade, was intended to reunify the nation, which was torn by a civil war in 2002. The United Nations received reports of violence in parts of the west and north during recent voting but said overall the election seemed peaceful. "Our job is to remind them of their promises and commitments and especially not to use violence," said U.N. spokesman Hamadoun Toure. "They have to abide by electoral law, they have to keep their promise during the campaigning that they won't use violence to settle disputes and they also said they'd abide by the results," Toure said. The Constitutional Council has one week to publish official results of the election. Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa. -- Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI). Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent. All rights reserved. -- -0- Dec/03/2010 14:49 GMT
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