United Nations - Out of Control! (Page 5) Great2012: may be you are right from assad points of view. But there is no zionism or sth else you just take the wrong course from assad school (Post deleted by staff )  davidk14: . U.N. Floats Global 'Climate Court' to Enforce Emissions Rules Published December 10, 2011 United Nations climate envoys have proposed the creation of a global "climate court" that would be responsible for enforcing a sprawling set of rules requiring developed countries to cut emissions while compensating poorer countries in order to pay off a "historical climate debt." The proposals are contained in a draft document pieced together for the climate conference in Durban, South Africa. Representatives at the conference are struggling to come up with a compromise that negotiators from 194 nations can agree on. But the draft document, one of many floating around the conference, gives a glimpse into the long-term vision some nations hold for the creation of an international legal framework on climate change. In the bowels of the document is a provision calling for "an international climate court of justice." The proposal is meant to "guarantee the compliance of Annex I Parties with all the provisions of this decision." Annex I countries are mostly developed countries, covering the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and much of Europe -- including countries that are struggling financially such as Greece and Portugal. The rules of the road the court would presumably enforce are based on the view that these developed countries owe developing countries a "debt" over climate change, and must provide financial aid in addition to taking major steps toward cutting emissions. In one section, the document calls for developed countries to help poorer countries with "finance, technology and capacity building" so they can "adapt to and mitigate climate change" while helping eliminate poverty. Another section provides that developing countries should receive an amount of money equal to the amount "developed countries spend on defense, security and warfare." Yet the document also calls for a guaranteed end to warfare altogether -- for the sake of curbing climate change. One section, noting that "conflict-related activities emit significant greenhouse gas emissions," calls on all parties to "cease destructive activities" like warfare -- and then channel the money that would have been spent on war and other defense projects toward "a common enemy: climate change." The document also asserts the "rights of mother earth," a concept that environmental activists have been pushing for. The draft report, which strings together proposals from various working groups, quickly raised alarm among climate change skeptics. Marc Morano, a former aide to U.N. agitator and Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, told FoxNews.com the document shows the climate talks are intended to create more "taxing and regulatory authority." "This is the true U.N. agenda unmasked in this draft report," he said. Morano now runs the ClimateDepot blog, which also reported on the draft document. However, the idea of a climate court anytime soon -- particularly one that the United States and other big carbon emitters would agree to -- may be far-fetched. One environmental law expert, professor Jonathan Verschuuren at The Netherlands' Tilburg University, wrote in an online column that the court "will certainly not materialize." Instead, representatives at the Durban conference reportedly are still trying to figure out how and whether to extend the Kyoto protocol, whose emission requirements expire next year. Some industrial nations want a new agreement that would ask more of developing countries. According to The Associated Press, the U.S. and India have backed down a bit on their objections, while China continues to put up resistance. __________________________________________________________ Redistribution of wealth.  OCD_OCD: I am absolutely, totally and completely against a Global economy. All that does is share more of the misery.  (Post deleted by staff ) davidk14: If you have been sitting on the fence whether the UN is out of control....this should send you finally over the edge... And if you don't think Carter has peanuts for a brain..... U.N. Assembly Honors Kim Jong Il With Moment of Silence Published December 24, 2011 The United Nations General Assembly honored Kim Jong Il with a moment of silence, in the latest international tribute to the late dictator who operated one of the most repressive countries in the world. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the U.N. General Assembly, granted the request for the moment of silence Thursday. As the United States and other western delegations boycotted, the rest of the delegates and officials in the chamber stood in silence for about 25 seconds, some bowing their heads. The tribute came after Nasser, as well as the leaders of Russia, Venezuela and other countries, visited the North Korean mission at the U.N. the day before, according to North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency. According to Reuters, Nasser said he granted the request from North Korea for the moment of silence because of "protocol," though some western diplomats were surprised. The action seemed to conflict with a separate resolution adopted in the General Assembly voicing concern with human rights violations inside North Korea. Earlier this week, KCNA also reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter sent a personal condolence letter to Kim Jong Un, the son of the late North Korean leader who was tapped to succeed him. The news agency said Carter wished the next leader of North Korea "every success as he assumes his new responsibility of leadership, looking forward to another visit to (North Korea) in the future." A representative for Carter so far has not returned a request for comment on whether the KCNA account was accurate. . OCD_OCD: Moment of respectful silence? The man has starved untold numbers of people and treats them as his own personal cannon fodder. That's insane.  Kaiya_: off topic...some ppl think Kim Jong has actually been dead for a while because no one has even seen him for about a year. by being the chairman of the UN security AND the president, Obama is violating the Constitution...he doesnt care because the system has been handed over to a police state which protects him and the tyrants he works for. http://www.infowars.com/in-violation-of-the-constitution-obama-takes-on-chairmanship-of-un-security-council/ Great2012: Cruel and questionable deterrence In 2010 only six out of 3,366 applications for asylum were approved here - far less than 1 percent. By Don Futterman * Published 02:47 23.12.11 An estimated 50,000 African refugees, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, have snuck into Israel through Sinai over the past five years. They tend to concentrate in areas such as south Tel Aviv, taking jobs away from the poorest of Israelis, and increasing public disorder. Their arrival has changed the complexion of entire neighborhoods and given locals the feeling they have been invaded, leading Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai to demand that the prime minister save his city. The problem is not unique to Israel - waves of impoverished illegals challenge many Western countries - but Israel's size and Jewish character make it a special case. As Jews, many of us identify with the suffering of refugees fleeing persecution, and even with those who are primarily seeking economic opportunity. When the gates of America or Palestine were open, Jews flooded through, struggled and thrived - or at least, survived. When the gates were locked, we were killed. But we also know that Israel is too small to absorb the suffering masses of another continent. Unfortunately, intractable dilemmas like this bring out the worst in governments, and Prime Minister Netanyahu's $165-million deterrent policy, scheduled for Knesset ratification next week, is based on criminalizing desperate and largely helpless people. Rights organizations claim the vast majority of African refugees are legitimate asylum seekers, escaping political persecution, war or genocide. But Israel grants refugee status to almost nobody and does not even examine the cases of Sudanese and Eritreans. The government maintains that most African illegal immigrants are not political refugees, but rather migrant workers seeking to improve their economic prospects. Because this argument lacks sufficient emotional charge, the government frames the discourse in terms of threats, playing off the public's fears. Nomenclature matters, and labeling the refugees as illegal work infiltrators has threatening associations, particularly since the new policy is based on legislation to counter the infiltration into Israel of Arab terrorists intent on murder, from hostile neighboring countries. The funding approved by the government last week is intended to finance a 240-kilometer fence along Israel's Sinai border with Egypt. But it will also go to building the largest detention facility for illegal immigrants in the world, run by Israel's Prison Service, and increase maximum detention time from 60 days to three years. If it is determined that detainees - and this includes children - are from an area considered hostile to Israel, such as parts of Sudan where Al-Qaida is active, they will never be eligible for release, in which case we might as well just call it a prison. Employers of illegal immigrants will be subject to fines up to NIS 75,000 and face closure of their business. In fact, Israelis helping illegal immigrants in any way could face imprisonment for up to five years. This provision was seen as so extreme that the Knesset Interior Committee asked to limit liability only to citizens who assist illegals caught engaging in criminal or terrorist activity. The Jewish public is much more conflicted than the government. In the spirit that once moved us to welcome several hundred Vietnamese boat people, health professionals and other volunteers work alongside organizations like the Hotline for Migrant Workers and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel to help the refugees. Tel Aviv's Bialik Rogozin School, the subject of last year's Oscar winner for best documentary, provides children of foreign workers and illegal refugees with top-flight education. While a fence may slow things down, and we have every right to police our borders, the other draconian measures will have questionable deterrent value. According to documentation, refugees have been robbed, tortured, raped, held captive to extort ransoms of up to $30,000 per person from family members, trafficked as labor or sex slaves, and in some cases, had their organs harvested for sale - all by the smugglers they pay to lead them through Sinai. If they continue to arrive despite these horrors, is long-term detention likely to scare them off? There are no great options and probably no way to completely stop the immigration. History suggests that significant numbers of refugees go home when conditions allow, but this can take years. Many refugees will likely be here for an extended period, and we ought to figure out how to absorb them for the time being. According to the most recent UN statistics available, in 2009 almost 84 percent of Eritrean and close to 64 percent of Sudanese asylum seekers worldwide were accorded refugee status. These figures may be what has scared our government off from even considering granting these people official refugee status, but they can hardly justify such an approach. In 2010 only six out of 3,366 applications for asylum were approved - far less than 1 percent. We should establish reasonable standards to determine refugee status, and begin checking the Sudanese and Eritrean illegal immigrants. First, instead of the government's plan, we have to decriminalize the debate, since almost no one involved is a criminal, ratchet down the incitement, and take the prisons authority out of the picture. We should launch a public discourse about our moral obligations regarding refugees and the limits of our capacity, as a small, and mostly Jewish, state. Don Futterman is the program director for Israel of the Moriah Fund, a private American foundation which seeks to strengthen Israel's civil society, and is one third of the "Promised Podcast" team. OCD_OCD: I still say that any country has the right to refuse immigrants who refuse to assimilate into their culture. Great2012: they did not get the chance of what you are saying , but agian i agree with you that if they did not assimilate they will have also hard time to get any thing , yet again they have to be what they want , because i can see you have 12 million in USA even more educated than some US citizen yet they are facing raciall profiling in Texas , Arizona , ... WhiteCloud2: israel is destabilizing east africa with the usa.. i guess such covert operations “terrorism” against the countries of the area has side effects!!...one of them all these refugees which we have to pay for ALL.. (Edited by WhiteCloud2) davidk14: . It is amazing that every Jew in Israel, 6 million, are destabilizing the entire planet of 7 billion people. Perhaps all yous should get on board and stop pissing them off...and don't forget to look under your bed before you go to sleep tonight. Note: sarcasm as the response to ignorance. . WhiteCloud2: The Palestine holocaust is killing lots of people ..i wonder how long the world will allow u to do that for!! davidk14: . WHAT HOLOCAUST???? WHERE ARE THE BODIES??? The UN, the Red Cross and other agencies are in Gaza and the West Bank and are not reporting ANY HOLOCAUSTS!!! Whitecloud, you need to get back to the doctor and refill you paranoid and delusional medical prescriptions QUICK! . WhiteCloud2: projection projection davidk.. murdering a people is a crime against humanity ..denying it too Great2012: armanians are killed and that is Genocide no more no less and the israli lawmakers has to aprove like what france did | Politics Chat Room 60 People Chatting Similar Conversations |