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Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 24, 2022, 6:04 pm
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This is a good idea, at least:
HTML https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0923/1324984-united-nations-general-assembly/
[quote]Russia should lose its place on the UN Security Council
due to its invasion of Ukraine, the Taoiseach has said.
...
And he was scathing of Russia's use of the veto to block a
measure co-sponsored by Ireland and Niger to enhance UN efforts
to combat insecurity caused by climate change. 113 other states
supported the measure.
"113 countries - 113 of the members of this assembly - supported
us in our efforts. One country - Russia - vetoed these efforts."
...
"Combined with the impact of climate change, and of conflict,
severe drought and other extreme weather events, we face a
crisis that needs urgent action."[/quote]
Which country should replace Russia? From our perspective, only
a country which does not recognize Israel should be considered.
It should also be noted that all permanent members of the UN
Security Council are nuclear-armed states. Of the countries
which do not recognize Israel, only Pakistan and North Korea are
nuclear-armed. I would give it to Pakistan.
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Re: Duginism
By: Zhang Caizhi Date: October 1, 2022, 10:48 am
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UN Security Council fails to adopt resolution 'condemning'
referendums in 4 Ukrainian regions
HTML https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-10-01/UN-Security-Council-rejects-resolution-condemning-referendums-1dLCKcajxyU/index.html
[quote]
The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt a
draft resolution, which "condemns" the referendums held in four
Ukrainian regions "under Russian control" from September 23 to
27.
Titled "Illegal So-Called Referenda in Ukraine," the draft
resolution was prepared by Albania and the U.S. and was vetoed
by Russia, one of the five permanent members of the council.
Of the 15-nation council, 10 nations, including the U.S., France
and Britain, voted in favor of the draft, while China, Gabon,
India and Brazil abstained from voting.
A ceremony was held on Friday for the signing of treaties to
incorporate Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson into the
Russian Federation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the event,
which took place in the Kremlin.
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Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 3, 2022, 1:59 pm
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What we already knew:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/switzerland-systemic-racism-issues-un-141344386.html
[quote]Switzerland has 'systemic' racism issues, UN experts say
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland has a serious systemic problem
with racism against people of African descent, according to a
report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday,
giving a broad range of examples from police brutality to a
children's game.
The U.N.-appointed working group noted positive measures taken
by Switzerland but still voiced concerns about the prevalence of
racial discrimination and highlighted several incidents
following a visit to the country this year.
"The ubiquity and impunity of this misconduct indicates a
serious systemic problem exists," it said.
...
its banks, traders and municipalities invested heavily and
benefited from the transatlantic triangular trade, the report
said.
It noted efforts to raise public awareness about aspects of
Swiss history, such as a petition and debate around the removal
of the statue of a banker whose fortune relied on exploitation
of enslaved Africans, in the canton of Neuchatel.
However, others remained valorised such as Louis Agassiz, an
advocate of scientific racism, who has an Alpine peak named
after him.
Swiss playground games persist such as "Who is afraid of the
Black man?", which have a racially discriminatory effect, the
experts said.
The report also noted "shocking" police brutality, noting the
deaths of several Black men in the Vaud canton.[/quote]
Recall:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum
[quote]In a meeting held with Fascist Italy's leader, Benito
Mussolini, and foreign minister, Galeazzo Ciano, in June 1941,
Hitler stated his opinion on Switzerland quite plainly:
"Switzerland possesses the most disgusting and miserable
people and political system. The Swiss are the mortal enemies of
the new Germany."[2]
...
After the armistice with France, Hitler demanded to see plans
for the invasion of Switzerland. Franz Halder, the head of the
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), recalled: "I was constantly
hearing of outbursts of Hitler's fury against Switzerland,
which, given his mentality, might have led at any minute to
military activities for the army."[18] Captain Otto-Wilhelm Kurt
von Menges in OKH submitted a draft plan for the invasion.
Generaloberst Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb's Heeresgruppe 'C (HGr.
C), led by Generalleutnant Wilhelm List and the 12th Army would
conduct the attack. Leeb himself personally reconnoitered the
terrain, studying the most promising invasion routes and paths
of least resistance.[19][/quote]
HAIL HITLER!
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Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 4, 2022, 4:19 pm
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Our message has reached the UN:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-chief-world-life-death-171148621.html
[quote]UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres warned Monday that the world is in “a life-or-death
struggle” for survival as “ climate chaos gallops ahead” and
accused the world’s 20 wealthiest countries of failing to do
enough to stop the planet from overheating.
The U.N. chief said emissions of global-warming greenhouse gases
are at an all-time high and rising, and it’s time for “a quantum
level compromise” between rich developed countries that emitted
most of the heat-trapping gases and emerging economies that
often feel its worst effects.[/quote]
Of course they are still getting the solution wrong:
[quote]Guterres has amped up a push for climate’s version of
asking polluters pay for what they’ve done, usually called “loss
and damage,” and he said Monday that people need action now.
“Failure to act on loss and damage will lead to more loss of
trust and more climate damage. This is a moral imperative that
cannot be ignored.”[/quote]
Money will not help when the lands themselves (where the money
would be sent to) are becoming uninhabitable from global
warming. The action we need is unconditional and unlimited
acceptance of climate refugees.
[quote]Rich countries, especially the United States, have
emitted far more than their share of heat-trapping carbon
dioxide from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, data
shows. Poor nations like Pakistan and Cuba have been hurt far
more than their share of global carbon emissions.
Loss and damage has been talked about for years, but richer
nations have often balked at negotiating details about paying
for past climate disasters, like Pakistan’s flooding this
summer.
The issue is fundamental for the world's developing countries
and Guterres is reminding rich nations “that they cannot try and
brush it under the carpet ... G20 nations have to take
responsibility for the great need their actions have caused,”
said Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa, which tries to mobilize
climate action in Africa.
...
Richer countries may find a way around the issue without paying
for direct damage by paying poorer nations more to adapt to
lessen future disasters, but even then developed nations will
have to pay out money, not just make promises as they have in
the past, he said.
...
Guterres’ remarks “highlight what small islands and least
developed countries have been arguing for decades — that loss
and damage is irrefutable and already disproportionately
affecting the most vulnerable countries and communities,” said
Adelle Thomas, a climate scientist from the Bahamas.[/quote]
Let me simplify it for you. My neighbours have set fire to my
house, and what I need is help climbing over from my roof to
their roof before I burn to death. But what they are doing
instead is throwing banknotes into the inferno, which being made
of paper immediately catch fire also, adding fuel to the inferno
in the process. This is what is happening right now on an
enlarged scale.
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Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: November 4, 2022, 12:31 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/loss-damage-responsible-climate-change-122858378.html
[quote]Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change
harms the world's poorest countries, and what does compensation
look like?[/quote]
Western civilization. Unrestricted relocation of climate
refugees into Western countries.
[quote]You may be hearing the phrase “loss and damage” in the
coming weeks as government leaders meet in Egypt for the 2022
U.N. Climate Change Conference.
It refers to the costs, both economic and physical, that
developing countries are facing from climate change impacts.
Many of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries have done
little to cause climate change, yet they are experiencing
extreme heat waves, floods and other climate-related disasters.
They want wealthier nations – historically the biggest sources
of greenhouse gas emissions – to pay for the harm.
A powerful example is Pakistan, where extreme rainfall on the
heels of a glacier-melting heat wave flooded nearly one-third of
the country in the summer of 2022.
The flooding turned Pakistan’s farm fields into miles-wide lakes
that stranded communities for weeks. More than 1,700 people
died, millions lost their homes and livelihoods, and more than 4
million acres of crops and orchards, as well as livestock,
drowned or were damaged. This was followed by a surge in malaria
cases as mosquitoes bred in the stagnant water.
Pakistan contributes only about 1% of the global greenhouse gas
emissions driving climate change. But greenhouse gases don’t
stay within national borders – emissions anywhere affect the
global climate. A warming climate intensifies rainfall, and
studies suggest climate change may have increased Pakistan’s
rainfall intensity by as much as 50%.
...
With Egypt hosting this year’s U.N. climate conference, it’s not
surprising that loss and damage will take center stage.
Countries in Africa have some of the lowest national greenhouse
gas emissions, and yet the continent is home to many of the
world’s most climate-vulnerable countries.
...
The conversation on loss and damage is inherently about equity.
It evokes the question: Why should countries that have done
little to cause global warming be responsible for the damage
resulting from the emissions of wealthy countries?[/quote]
They should not be.
[quote]That also makes it contentious. Negotiators know that the
idea of payments for loss and damage has the potential to lead
to further discussions about financial compensation for
historical injustices, such as slavery in the United States or
colonial exploitation by European powers.[/quote]
All of this should be raised, except it should not be about
financial compensation, but instead demographic compensation.
[quote]Two elements of developed countries’ reluctance to
formalize a loss and damage mechanism involve how to determine
which countries or communities are eligible for compensation and
what the limitations of such a mechanism would be.
What would a threshold for loss and damage eligibility look
like? Limiting countries or communities from receiving
compensation for loss and damage based on their current
emissions or gross domestic product could become a problematic
and complicated process. Most experts recommend determining
eligibility based on climate vulnerability, but this can also
prove difficult.[/quote]
Which is why it shouldn't be thought of in financial terms in
the first place. Just let all climate refugees migrate without
restriction and at no cost to themselves! At the same time,
heavily limit births in the destination countries. The real
resources (most obviously housing) freed up from the reduced
birth rate can then be used by the climate refugees instead.
[quote]Over a decade ago, developed countries committed to
provide US$100 billion per year to fund adaptation and
mitigation in developing countries. But they have been slow to
meet that commitment, and it does not cover the damages from the
climate impacts the world is already seeing today.[/quote]
What good is sending money to places that will eventually become
uninhabitable anyway? As always, the correct answer is to move
the people to where the money is, not the other way round.
#Post#: 16358--------------------------------------------------
Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: November 10, 2022, 3:43 pm
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What I have been saying:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/fed-young-climate-activists-adults-065858488.html
[quote]“Money doesn’t matter because we’re not going to have
anywhere to live,” said Aniva Clarke, a 17-year old activist
from Samoa. “And that’s probably the biggest issue that a lot of
world leaders aren’t really focusing on.”
...
And there's little doubt about who young activists think needs
to foot the bill in the fight against climate change: wealthy,
industrialized nations that historically have emitted more
greenhouse gases than poorer ones.[/quote]
The only way for them to truly foot the bill is for them to
accept climate refugees without limit.
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Re: Climate, Weather, and Climate Effects, 2020 and Beyond
By: guest78 Date: November 20, 2022, 2:35 am
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Historic compensation deal approved at COP27
[quote]Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that
would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are
victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon
pollution, but an overall larger agreement still was up in the
air because of a fight over emission reduction efforts. (Nov.
20)[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sLWO1RIdpk
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/climate-refugees/
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/refugees-welcome/
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Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: November 25, 2022, 8:50 pm
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It will not:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocDVFzX919E
The only thing that will help is accepting climate refugees. Any
other apparent action is actually even worse than openly doing
nothing, because at least if the victims know you are doing
nothing, more might decide to emigrate sooner, but if the
victims see you pretend to be doing something, more might decide
to stay put to wait for 'help' that is useless in practice.
#Post#: 17328--------------------------------------------------
Re: United Nations
By: 90sRetroFan Date: December 31, 2022, 9:17 pm
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They are saying it explicitly:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kblxou8EjbQ
Is the UN paying attention? We do not need more resolutions
against Israel, we need WMDs.
#Post#: 17535--------------------------------------------------
Re: United Nations
By: guest78 Date: January 19, 2023, 2:39 am
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'Hateful Russophobic...': Putin govt's deadly deterrent to
Ukraine at UN amid ferocious fusillade
[quote]Russia's Vladimir Putin administration issues a dangerous
warning to Kyiv. Moscow warns it "won't tolerate Ukraine
becoming a hateful Russophobic dictatorship." Scathing
statements were made at a special session of the UN Security
Council. This special session of the United Nations Security
Council was initiated by Russia to discuss human rights in
Ukraine. Russia has issued this deterrent amid an all-out
operation in Ukraine. Non-stop artillery action is underway in
Kharkiv region's Kupyansk. Watch this report for more.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onMcloomrms
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