Uniting for Peace resolution
- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • May 29, 2022
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Former United States President George W. Bush’s unwitting truth is as tragic as it is hypocritical. The “absence of checks and balances in Russia,” he said recently, has resulted in “the decision of one man to launch a wholly…
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- Opinion by Yasuhiro Ueki
- • March 7, 2022
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Russia’s unprovoked military attack on Ukraine meets the definition of “act of aggression,” as defined by the International Criminal Court. The Rome Statute, which is the legal basis of the ICC, states in its Article 8 bis 2 that…
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • March 28, 2018
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Much ado — during 25 years of fruitless negotiations — has been made about the need for the United Nations General Assembly to achieve more equitable geographical representation in the UN Security Council. Article 23(1) of the UN Charter,…
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- Opinion by Mona Ali Khalil
- • October 11, 2016
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“Those who seek to bestow legitimacy must themselves embody it, and those who invoke international law must themselves submit to it.” So spoke United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the 59th session of the UN General Assembly on…
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- Opinion by Helmut Volger
- • September 20, 2012
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BERLIN — If you ask people on the street which United Nations organ has more influence, the Security Council or the General Assembly, they will most probably answer: “The Security Council,” since it has the primary responsibility for maintaining…
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