Shame on the UN Security
Council’s failure to pass a resolution to end the Israeli occupation on
Palestinians
The Jordanian Ambassador Dina
Kawar submitted the motion after it had been agreed upon by 22 Arab states and
the Palestinian Authority
The situation in the Council
has been going on for over 25 years on this subject without resolution
The UN Security Council
continue to sit on their backsides and evade the issues
They are using all kinds of
excuses, while the Palestinians have no hope or dignity left
The UN Security Council is a
disgrace and is not fit for purpose!
Israel’s aggression continues
to occupy land which is not legally theirs
This has been stated, yet
nothing by the Security Council has been done about it
In 1967 Israel seized Egypt’s
Sinai Peninsula and Syria’s Golan heights and set up settlements
Israel also invaded Lebanon
in 1978 & 1982 and maintained long-term occupation in the southern part of
the country
These wars and their
occupation were all related to the Palestine question and have deepened the
political crisis surrounding it
Even after Israel was forced
to withdraw from Egypt and Lebanon, the Palestine (and Golan) occupation has
still continued
Since resolution 242 and 338
the Security Council has taken no significant steps to end the Israel-Palestine
conflict
The US’s influence has kept
the issues off the Council’s agenda
When the Council members have
introduced resolutions, responding to periodic crisis, the US has repeatedly
used its symbolic weight
The Council will only become
effective once it confronts the US’s displeasure and US’s pressure
Recent US policies by John
Kerry have only made matters worse
Samantha Power, the US
Ambassador to the UN, stated that the US searches every day for new ways to
take constructive steps to…
…support the parties in
making progress towards achieving a negotiated settlement
This is utter rubbish
Their policies are set to
undermine any proper legal solutions, so that the status quo remains in favour of their Master – Israel!
The Jordanian Ambassador
expressed that the Council bears both the legal & moral responsibilities to
resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict
It has to be said after 25
years of continued failure…
…the Security Council is not
fit for purpose, as it can no longer justify its appalling position and should
be disbanded
A new independent body needs
to be set up which is just and cannot be influenced by outside interested
parties and…
…where the law comes into
force finally and sets up the solution to make the two state situations happen
Then where there are illegal
settlements that have been erected, they must be pulled down
The world owes the people of
Palestine justice against an unjust state of suppression and apartheid
What are we as a human race?
Have we no sense of justice?
Must we allow ourselves to be
continuously bullied by those who think they can control us?
Freedom has to be fought for,
against an oppressor that feels it has all the guns, against what is legally
and morally right
Until we learn to stand up
against injustice, there really is no point in being alive. We might as well be dead
Two World Wars were fought
against oppressors who used force to take what they wanted
Blood was spilt by those
brave men and women, who sacrificed their lives so that we may live in freedom
Were their actions for
nothing? The answer was, “NO!”
Can we now allow another
oppressor to keep the status quo and
not allow human dignity and freedom to prevail?
They enjoy freedom while
others are denied it!
Let the world come together
and do what is right, not only morally but lawfully as well
We owe it to our fellow human
beings to speak out and to defend Mankind from those who wish, like a cancer,
to control our every being
The Ebola outbreak continues
to claim lives
Some of which are the many
voluntary Doctors and Nurses, who give up their time with care and compassion
It is extremely necessary for
Governments to invest in proper health systems for their people
The correct information must
be given at all times
It’s the education of the
disease & how to further explain its transmission which is crucially
important in stopping this disease spreading
Governments have the
responsibility to act correctly, but often it is found they do not
The Ebola virus has already
killed more than 7,800 people with more than 20,000 cases reported this year
alone
A new cemetery in Liberia has
been opened to provide for a safe burial site
It is the traditional
practice of washing the victim’s body which allows people to come into close
contact with the disease
When people do not wear the
appropriate clothing or use important hygiene, so the disease continues to
spread and so more people die
Again it is education
together with medical care, which will finally eliminate this disease
It is up to the
Pharmaceutical companies to have done their bit to eliminate this disease
It has been in existence for
many decades and nothing has been done about it
Their inability to find a
solution to this disease has caused many lives to be lost
It is only when there is
International pressure that anything is even started
Shame on the Pharmaceutical
companies, whose main criterion is profit over saving lives
The courage of the people and
those who were their rescuers was astonishing by any other means
Those who have already been
rescued from the blazing Italian ferry The Norman Atlantic amid freezing
temperatures…
…were praising the bravery of
these men and women
It has taken an International
rescue effort amid high winds and treacherous conditions for them to achieve
this rescue operation
Italian and Albanian
authorities were taking part, working right through the night in very difficult
conditions
Italian and Greek helicopters
also worked through the night to air lift passengers to safety
Some were taken to hospital,
where they were treated for hyperthermia
On deck the crew tried to
lower life boats, but not all the passengers could get in as there was no
co-ordination
Passengers themselves opened
up boxes and got out life vests, trying to save themselves
There are seven other ships
in the area and rescue helicopters with search and rescue support aircraft were
being sent in
An Italian Air Force
helicopter pilot said that acrid smoke from the ferry filled his helicopter
cabin making rescue even more challenging
We must praise the bravery
and relentless determination by all the rescue workers in their delivery
They are attempting to save
human lives and to alleviate any long-term suffering
They will be remembered for
all time
The many problems caused to
people are the inadequacies of Governments and mismanagement of companies
around the globe
It does not matter whether it
is an airline or a cafe that cannot get its goods because supplies are not
there
Too many things are going
wrong because the structure to supply proper utilities is not there
Until these people are shown
up for their lack of responsibilities, nothing will ever change
Too many lives are being
disrupted due to poor management and what is supposed to be the basic rights of
people in today’s society
Airplanes, which are not safe
to fly or fly over war-torn countries – their corporations have to be made
accountable
It is always the public who
suffer with their lives and not the management who controls these operations
Staff of a company was told
on Christmas Day that their jobs were no longer there for them and all will be
made redundant
Again nothing has been done
to manage the situation in a better way beforehand to halt this situation in
happening
People have to be made
accountable for their misdemeanours
The entire world has to see
that incompetence on every level destroys lives in so many ways
We have to demand a higher
authority from industry and from corporations
High compensation must be given
to all those who are innocent and…
…have suffered loss in some
way which was directly attributed to bad management
We, as a people, can no
longer walk over the other side and turn a blind eye and allow these
irresponsibilities to continue
The law is there to protect
the public
It needs to be seen to be
working in our daily lives, otherwise continued hardship and loss of life
continues
It doesn’t matter how big and
how powerful you think you are, if you have broken the law it will finally
catch up with you
US city of Providence, Rhode
Island is suing the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras over investor
losses due to a corruption scandal
Many of the company’s senior
executives have also been named as defendants
It has been stated that
Petrobras made false statements to investors that inflated the company’s value
Up to now 39 people in Brazil
have been indicted on these charges, which include corruption, money laundering
and racketeering
They have also been charged
with forming a cartel to drive up the prices of Petrobras infrastructure
projects
This case has shaken the
Government of which President Rousseff served as chair of Petrobras board for
seven years until 2010
Naturally she denies any
knowledge of the scheme
At last the truth is coming
out and with it all the dirt
The Brazilian Federal Police
have uncovered that the group under investigation…
…had moved more than $3.9bn
in various transactions to hide their tracks
The Brazilian courts have
blocked around $270m assets so far belonging to the various suspects
A former Petrobras director,
who worked for the company from 2004-2012, has told investigators that…
…politicians received a 3%
commission on contracts signed during this period
How can the people of Brazil
ever trust their Governments?
With the new election only
recently won by President Rousseff, honesty, integrity and transparency are
nowhere to be seen
This scandal could bring down
the Government as more people are named and shamed
Memorial services are being
held in Indonesia and other nations around the world for the Indian Ocean
tsunami, which took 200,000 lives
Indonesia’s province of Aceh
took the worst of the hit. The underwater earthquake set off massive waves on
26th December 2004
The Vice President Jusuf
Kalla led the tributes to the dead
He also praised the many
volunteers and the outside world for their help in this tragedy
The emotions felt at that
time were of confusion, shock, sorrow, fear and suffering
Earlier thousands of people
gathered at the city’s great Mosque
It is a 19th Century
building, which was one of the few structures in the town to survive
The Mosque’s imam said the
tsunami has taught the people of Aceh a valuable lesson
The city has been the scene
of an armed conflict, which had lasted nearly 30 years. After the tsunami no
one fights each other anymore
The people now live in peace
and harmony up to this day
Efforts to end the conflict
resumed after the tsunami, culminating in a peace deal between the Government
and the rebels in August 2005
As with all things in life,
it sometimes takes an enormous disaster to put into context what is really
important and relevant in our lives
Our prayers go out to the
victims who lost their lives and the families who suffered the loss of their
loved ones, both there and abroad
Nearly 5,500 people died in
Thailand, half of which were foreign tourists
In Sri Lanka the Ocean Queen
Express train was hit by the tsunami and 1,700 people died
Sweden lost over 500 of its
citizens in the disaster
It was the biggest tremor in
the world since 1964, which unleashed its giant waves across the India Ocean
Another good thing, which has
come out of this disaster, is the early warning system
Emergency procedures have
been implemented to try to minimise casualties in the future
A Kenyan businessman has been
arrested for the smuggling of international ivory
Feisal Mohamed Ali was linked
to a three tonne haul of elephant tusks seized in Kenyan’s city of Mombasa
Mr Ali has been on Interpol’s
list of most wanted persons for ivory trafficking
Elephant poaching has risen
across Africa in recent years, mostly fuelled by the increase demands from
China
China has still not done
enough to increase awareness that elephants are becoming an endangered species
It is up to China to put in
the necessary laws to curb the sale of ivory goods. This hopefully will allow
elephants to recover and be saved
If one truly loves animals
then how on earth would you wish to mutilate them so badly just for the sake of
greed?
China’s people obviously have
no conscience or thought of care for these wonderful animals
These elephants are
defenceless against modern high powered guns
Nothing but misfortune will
avail all those who purchase these specimens as they have indirectly blood on
their hands for this purchase
They know what they are doing
yet are brazenly dismissive of the consequences of their actions – only time
will tell!
Pope Francis has sharply
criticised the Vatican bureaucracy in the pre-Christmas address to cardinals
He has complained of
‘Spiritual Alzheimer’s’
Too many cardinals in the
Vatican see their work no longer as a calling from God…
…but one where they can gain
position, pomp and power for themselves
The Vatican’s Curia or
administrative pinnacle is slow-moving and a constant creaking bureaucracy
Pope Francis has brought in a
team of advisers to handle this poor management and to fight corruption
The overhaul of the Church
and especially the Vatican has been long overdue
The existing establishment
wants to continue in the same way so that their own greedy interests can continue
The new broom in Pope Francis
will now be able to infiltrate into the very heart of the establishment and
bring about real change at last
Home Secretary Theresa May
will decide to scrap the existing inquiry into historical abuse and replace it
with a more powerful body
This will be a welcomed
decision as there needs to be a more robust and better structure into dealing
with the child abuse scandals
The Government has to be seen
to be getting it right for the sake of the numerous victims, who are still
suffering tremendously
Survivors and survivors’
groups welcome the inquiry being given statutory powers
It is imperative that an
appropriate experienced panel is formed to bring about the right justice for
the many victims
Their lives have been destroyed
by paedophiles and their gangs
It is essential that those at
the top are finally brought to justice
They can no longer hide
behind a veil of secrecy because of their high office
Those paedophiles operating
in Westminster in the 1980’s, who continue to get away with it, will see the
veil of silence broken
Many will be revealed for the
vile actions of abuse and in some cases even torture
This year and the New Year
will see justice on many levels finally come to fruition
Spain’s royal, Princess Cristina,
is to face a tax fraud trial over her links to her husband’s business dealings
Her husband has already had
to return many millions of public funds, which he had stashed away in offshore
accounts
Millions were used to extend
their family house in Spain, which he did not have the income to do. Those
assets have been frozen
To say that Princess Cristina
with all her savvy, being the King’s daughter, did not know what her husband
was up to…
…is to say that the Spanish
people are naïve to the extreme
Princess Cristina is under
suspicion of 2.6m Euros of that money
Because one is royal cannot
exempt her from the deceit she has done against her own people
At that time, Spain was going
through a most vulnerable financial crisis with Spaniards dying because they
lost everything
It is inconceivable that a
royal, whose obligations are to serve its people, had nothing but greed and
self-interests in their minds
The charitable sports
foundation, which was a non-profit institution, organised events at hugely
inflated prices
Therefore profiting by it for
themselves
As with all things, it seemed
right at the time, until one is caught and then the whole sordid mess comes out
Nobody is above the law and a
demonstration of that must come out for the sake and respect of the people
The situation with Cuba and
the lifting of sanctions, which has crippled this island since the 1960’s, will
be a godsend to so many
The USA has to realise that
their embargo solved nothing and both Cuba and the USA have suffered as a
result of this situation
It takes a brave man like
President Obama to realise that nothing has been achieved
Cuba still functions in spite
of the sanctions imposed on it
The rule of the Castro
brothers has only strengthened their grip and determination on the island and
they have not suffered themselves
There needs to be a form of
diplomacy and eventual trading of the two countries
This will bring about a
resolution that will allow for peace to be restored and a greater understanding
People are not that far apart
in their need to survive
In time there will be genuine
democratic elections and a wider expansion of trade and finance
This will allow for
prosperity to come into this country
The lifting of sanctions with
genuine respect for each other’s sovereignty will be able to establish a good
working dialogue
From that many other
opportunities will be able to come about and a new impetus of commercial
activities will gradually come in
There will still be a
tightening of the laws but over time they too will become more relaxed to allow
for foreign investment to be installed
The USA will never be allowed
to have control or a radical foothold within this country
It will be written in their
constitution that their sovereignty must be respected at all times
Influence against foreign
control totally banned, so that Cubans can be their own people and remain
independent as is their wish
The tragedy of Pakistan’s
school at Peshawar which saw a 141 people killed, all but nine of them
children, by the Taliban
There has been a Universal
uproar for this senseless killing of these school children and their teachers
The Taliban have to learn
that education is the future for all of Pakistan’s citizens
Illiteracy has to be
eliminated in order for this impoverished country to compete with global
markets and technology
By trying to hold Pakistan
back in education will not serve the Taliban
It will only make the
Pakistani Government and its people more resolute in its commitments to educate
its citizens
It is up to the Taliban to
get educated themselves and to see the immeasurable benefits that can be
achieved
The dark ages and their
philosophy cannot hold them indefinitely
The people need to be
educated and it is they who will demand it against all the odds
It is time for the Taliban to
join the human race and rescind their lives and start to feel a freedom, which
has eluded them for decades
It is only through education
that fear can be removed and a better life realised
To all our faithful followers,
we are back, having just moved and are safely ensconced in our new abode
Nothing much has changed in
our short time away with the world still in disarray
There is still much injustice
that continues to sway in many areas of the globe
Until there is a positive
stance from those who are supposed to support the alleviation of suffering by
the suppressed regimes…
…nothing will ever change
We all have a responsibility
to do what is right and not to recoil from those who hold the purse strings or influence
Just because they have a
different agenda to what is morally right
It is high time that the
world starts to think and act and get the right honourable people in posts that
will make a difference…
…and not to just prevaricate
in their cushy roles
To be bold and honourable and
to do the right thing takes courage and conviction
That is in short supply and
so the world’s injustices are rife and out of control
Jordan has submitted a draft
resolution to the UN Security Council to put an end to the conflict and
occupation by Israel on Palestinians
This has been met by Israel
as a gimmick
Yes to them it is, as total
submission of their rule of dominance is all they want…
…together with dissolving any
Palestinians who live and breathe
Until the UN Security Council
get off their back sides and do what is morally right then they have no place
to be in their posts
They cannot continue to be
allowed to be held by the throat by the US and Israel anymore!
The world is still outraged
with the onslaught of Israel over Palestinians in the 50 day war
If the UN Security Council
cannot do what is right morally and justifiably…
…then they should be
disbanded, for they serve no purpose but to prolong the agony of these people
Then an independent lawful authority
that is not accountable to any country, but only to the rule of law, should be
instigated
Until justice is implemented,
the bully boys of this world continue to get away with murder and we stand idly
by and do nothing
We are as guilty as the perpetrators
of these crimes!
