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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: A Nuclear Iran
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Sunday, September 03, 2006. The reaction to Iran’s 31 August declaration that it would continue to pursue. Its inalienable right to the full nuclear fuel cycle was met with the usual reactions on both sides of the Atlantic. The Americans pushed for targeted sanctions through the auspices of the UN; the Europeans (with whom Iran actually does trade) continued to put their faith in diplomacy. And ta...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: Life in Korea These Days
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Life in Korea These Days. I was recently pleased to receive a copy of the Canadian embassy’s evacuation procedure. For Canadians residing in. The world is still noisily reacting to. S nuclear test last week;. Whoever is responsible for the latest crisis, there appears to be no major political groundswell to give up on the Sunshine Policy (though there are divisions ove...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: What does North-Korea's test mean?
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Monday, October 09, 2006. What does North-Korea's test mean? Much has been made of. S post-WWII history. And now he has proven to the world he possesses nuclear weapons. Monday morning, Korean time,. Announced it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon. Immediate international reaction was similar to the reaction last week when. Announced it would soon test a nuclear weapon. Is extremely unlikely...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: June 2006
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Friday, June 30, 2006. What are our global values? What are the world’s values? What are the values that can give international cooperation between states, i.e. multilateralism, a sense of purpose and direction? This is the question I intend to answer here. I would suggest adding a fourth global value: independence. This list is not exclusive; there may be more. International peace and security.
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: Who Will Fly the Birds to Freedom?
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Sunday, September 24, 2006. Who Will Fly the Birds to Freedom? In the movie Fly Away Home. A psychological complex). The geese get individual names, because the girl believes they all have different personalities. That is promising, but do these birds also have legal personality? T their personality, and ensuing rights. Some humans only recently acquired their. Them is probably Peter. Is a classic...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: Right to Food and Development
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Tuesday, September 19, 2006. Right to Food and Development. And ought to be. Primarily by giving individuals a claim-right and others a corresponding obligation. So what is this universal human right to development and food? The first document that is usually referred to is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Which is binding on all 149 member-states (the. Is not a party. If individuals can...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: January 2007
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Wednesday, January 31, 2007. This is the end. Son chapeau sur sa tête. Son manteau de pluie. Et il est parti. Et moi j'ai pris. Ma tête dans ma main. This blog will not be continued. Posted by Otto Spijkers at 8:24 PM. Picture taken at MoMA. United Nations Intellectual History Project. United Nations News Centre. This is the end. The Silver Bullet: American Solutions to Iraqs .
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: "The Silver Bullet": American Solutions to Iraq's Civil War
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Wednesday, November 29, 2006. The Silver Bullet": American Solutions to Iraq's Civil War. In January 2002, Henry Kissinger looked forward to Phase II of the War on Terror and the toppling of Saddam Hussein. In an op-ed piece. In the Washington Post, he argued that one of the most important requisites for success in. To carefully manage the post-Saddam political outcome. As both Sunni and Shiite po...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: The United Nations, Europe and the USA
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Sunday, November 05, 2006. The United Nations, Europe and the USA. In 2003, Jürgen Habermas said. The crucial issue of dissent [between Europe and the USA] is whether justification through international law can and should be replaced by the unilateral, world-ordering politics of a self-appointed hegemon. Keeping this remark in mind, I will look at the international law vs. politics. Debate is perh...
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual: August 2006
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United Nations, Global Values and the Individual. Welcome to the Weblog of Richard Norman and Otto Spijkers. Saturday, August 12, 2006. Jus ad bellum in the Middle East: History, Security Council, Human Rights Council. In March of 1978, Israeli forces invaded. And occupied most of the southern part of the country. This was a response to a deadly commando attack by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Israel. The UN Security Council established a peacekeeping force, UNIFIL. June 6, 1982. From fo...
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