Showing posts with label Security Counci. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Security Counci. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

"The illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank [PALESTINE] is one of the most well-established positions in international law, resting on four distinct pillars: GENEVA CONVENTIONS, UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS, ICJ RULINGS, & UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY... No serious legal scholar disputes this consensus. The settlements are illegal. The only remaining question is whether the international community will act on it." William Dalrymple of Empire: World History

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@EmpirePodUK     Empire: World History   William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill   The illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank ...
Monday, April 7, 2025

The blockade and seige imposed on Gaza amount to collective punishment and may also amount to the use of starvation as a method of war... The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war crimes by the Israeli military- UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk

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United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in #Gaza raise further concerns ov...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Saudi Arabia's challenge to the United Nations... If a wealthy and pivotal country like Saudi Arabia declines to wield greater power at the UN, what might become of the hope to create a stable and useful “international community”?

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"The Saudi Foreign Ministry gave plenty of reasons for its rebuff of the UN offer. Its most immediate concern is the lack of UN puni...