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| Turkey uses Chemical weapons against the Kurds. |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 4:51 am |
| Tags: Pkk Uludere Hpg Turkey Chemical Weapons Geneva Convention |
| The Kurdish party in the Turkish parliament, DTP, has accused the Turkish authorities of using chemical weapons against Kurdish guerilla fighters. 11 fighters were killed in one incident on 25th August 2007 at Uludere. Bodies of the Kurdish fighters have still not been released to their grieving families and there are reports of animals been found |
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| Is there a Geneva / New York divide? |
| Published: July 8, 2007, 10:30 am |
| Tags: United Nations, New York, Civil Society, Mc Carthy, Negotiators, Humanitarian Impacts, Disarmament, Arms Control, Geneva, Multilateral Negotiations, Bob Dylan, Diplomacy |
| could develop between Geneva and New York? This is a reasonable view. But it doesn't match up with what we are seeing.Geneva is less politically-charged than New York. Its permanent missions contain a much higher proportion of disarmament specialists. Also, disarmament diplomats in Geneva have a greater degree of informal interaction with |
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| ASIA: North Korea, acuerda desmantelar su proyecto nuclear |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Christopher Hill, Nuclear Energy, North Korea, Geneva, Russia, Usa, China, Pyongyang, Nuclear Power, Geopolitic, Swiss, Japan, South Korea, Yongbyon |
| North Korea acept preparar una declaraci n... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| AFRICA: Argelia le ha hecho la jugada a las espa olas, REPSOL y GAS NATURAL |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 3:08 am |
| Tags: Gassi Touil, Medgaz, Sahara Occidental, Argelia, Chakib Jelil, State Street Bank, Repsol, Ginebra, Marruecos, Geneva, Zapatero, Reino De Espa A, Sonatrach, Gas Natural, Petroleum Economist, Spain |
| Economist,Ginebra,Geneva,Gassi Touil,Argelia,Repsol,GAS NATURAL,Medgaz,Spain,State Street Bank,Marruecos,Sahara Occidental,energyblog SI NECESITAS UN AMPLIO CONTENIDO SOBRE ASUNTOS ENERGETICOS: |
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| Turkish army uses cluster bombs against Kurdish civilians!!!! |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 10:01 am |
| Tags: Cluster Bombs Kurds Turkey Kurdistan Geneva Convention |
| This pictures were taken of unexploded cluster bombs, left over from bombs dropped from a Turkish Helicopter against Kurdish civilians in South Kurdistan. Cluster bombs are banned under international conventions.If anyone 'Googles' 'cluster bombs' from a human rights group, PLEASE INVESTIGATE TURKISH USE OF CLUSTER BOMBS AGAINST KURDISH CIVILIANS. |
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| Discovering Geneva's Peacebuilding Potential |
| Published: October 1, 2007, 5:00 am |
| Tags: Peacebuilding, Peacebuilding Commission, International Geneva Peacebuilding Guide, Geneva, Atwood |
| come to be concentrated in Geneva. Could the same be true for peacebuilding? We are some way from knowing the answer, but we are beginning to find out.On September 12th, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, along with its partners (among them the Quaker UN Office, the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, and the Programme |
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| Kurdish Freedom Fighters expose the use of cluster bombs by Turkey Army. |
| Published: October 8, 2007, 4:38 am |
| Tags: Cluster Bombs Pkk Hpg Pjak Tsk Human Rights Arms Weapons Kurds Turkey Kurdistan Geneva Convention |
| Statement by the HPG (Kurdish People's Defence Forces) on the use of cluster bombs by the Turkish Army in defiance of international calls for the banning of the use of such weaponry. Click on the unexploded cluster bomblet to watch how dangerous they are and why they should be banned by international treaties.We have stated for years that the |
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| Swiss Fury at Foreigners Boiling Over |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Swiss, Fury, Foreigners, Boiling, Over, Antonio Da Costa, Swiss People S Party, Switzerland, Europe, Ulrich Schluer, Mcdonald S Corporation, Zurich, United Nations, Berlin, Bern, Doudou Diene, Geneva, Glenda Loebell Ryan, Osama Bin Laden, Paris, Philipp Rothenbach, Shannon |
| ZURICH -- At 1:30 a.m., Antonio da Costa heard a knock at the back entrance of the McDonald's restaurant where he worked as a janitor after-hours. |
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| Jimmy Carter: U.S. tortures prisoners |
| Published: October 10, 2007, 11:03 pm |
| Tags: New York, Washington, Abandoned, Accusation, Adding, Apply, Bush, Crime, Definition, Deprive, Geneva Conventions, Ghraib, Government, Guantanamo, Jimmy Carter, Justice Department, Makes, Memorandums, President, Principle, Prison, Rights, Techniques, Torture, Violation, Wednesday |
| In a defiance with the (very odd) tradition that former US Presidents abide by, Jimmy Carter has openingly criticized the Bush administration:[q url="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071011/ap_on read more |
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| Quantum cryptography to keep Swiss votes private |
| Published: October 12, 2007, 12:42 am |
| Tags: Elections, Encryption, Geneva, Id Quantique, Idquantique, Politics, Quantum Cryptography, Quantumcryptography, Swiss, Vote, Voting |
| Quantique, will be set up in Geneva to "fire photons down a fiber-optic link to a receiver 62-miles away," which should be sufficient to keep any potential eavesdroppers at bay. 'Course, where there's a will, there's typically a way. Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the |
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| Gore and U.N. Panel Share Peace Prize |
| Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Gore, U N, Panel, Share, Peace, Prize, Al Gore, George W Bush, The White House, Palo Alto, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, United Nations, California, Geneva, John Kerry, Kalee Kreider, Florida, Google Inc, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Europe, Gordon Brown, Hillary C |
| Former vice president Al Gore, who wrapped up a remarkable year of honors yesterday by sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with a U.N. scientific panel, said he will use the award to heighten awareness of "a true planetary emergency" from global warming and press the world's nations to combat its... |
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| Paul Raven of Killing Joke Dies in Geneva |
| Published: October 22, 2007, 1:31 pm |
| Tags: Music, Geordie Walker, Jaz Coleman, Killing Joke, Marco Neves, Paul Raven, Ted Parsons, Treponem Pal, Raven, Killingjokeofficial, Killingjoke, Geneva, Killing, Paul, Joke |
| Paul Raven, bass player with influential industrial rock band Killing Joke passed away in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday, Oct. 20th. Raven apparently died in his sleep and was in Geneva recording with the band Treponem Pal. An official release is after the jump. |
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| UN hails Asian transparency over bird flu |
| Published: October 25, 2007, 12:09 am |
| Tags: China, Alerting, Asian, Avian, Bangladesh, Bird, Country, David, Disease, Egypt, Flu, Geneva, Global, Health, Human, Indonesia, Influenza, Information, Nabarro, Nigeria, Over, Pandemic, Transparency, Virus |
| "He highlighted Indonesia, the country worst hit so far by bird flu, for its transparency in alerting gl read more |
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| Thousands Rally Against Pro-Western President of Georgia |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Thousands, Rally, Against, Pro Western, President, Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, United States, Irakli Okruashvili, Tbilisi, Reuters Group Plc, David Darchiashvili, David Usupashvili, Eduard A Shevardnadze, Geneva, European Union, Nato |
| TBILISI, Georgia, Nov. 2 -- Tens of thousands of protesters thronged Tbilisi's main avenue Friday to rail against Georgia's pro-Western president, Mikheil Saakashvili, four years to the month after he was swept to power by the street uprising known as the Rose Revolution. |
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| Pictures of Turkish POW's handed to American/Kurdish officials. |
| Published: November 6, 2007, 4:25 am |
| Tags: Pictures Turkish Prisoners Of War Exchange Geneva Convention Politicat Solution |
| The PKK's Gesture for Peace! Images reproduced from, HPG, the Kurdish Freedom Fighters, online website |
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