01 October 2015

World Affairs for 2015 SEPTEMBER III

30th September 2015

“The UN has again had its agenda in New York, as it opened its 70th session of the UN General Assembly”

“As usual many world leaders came to express their opinions and grievances, but what if anything has been achieved?”

“There is no world leadership and no accountability for misdemeanours committed by these leaders”

“It is literally the blind leading the blind, where everybody states their case, but nothing gets resolved”

“President Obama met with Vladimir Putin, but did they actually listen to each other and decide on strategies?”

“The answer is, “No!” Both have their own agendas”

“From their standpoint they will deliver what they feel is necessary to appease their own mind and their own set of circumstances”

“Syria, which is on the agenda, will be divided up and all those whose interests are satisfied will decide what parts benefits them”

“The people of the world, who suffer poverty & removal of livelihood & assets, are of no count in the political minefield that exists today”

“Even the meeting last week of the US–China summit brought nothing to the table”

“Nothing was satisfied or discussed, which would make a difference to global issues”

“Again both countries seek to appease their own agendas and look only to their own to provide what they need in order to obtain it!”

“The world is in crisis as a result of bad management and incompetent leadership, which has caused untold sufferings to millions of people”

“There must be leadership”

“There will come a time when this issue is forced upon countries to obtain a legal stance”

“They must deal with policies that they have constantly put on the backburner”

“To do something requires effort and constructive planning ahead”

“Finally it needs the job to be done effectively to elevate suffering by those clearly affected by dictatorial Governments”

“The US, Russia and China have all failed in their leadership to address world issues”

“Europe is now greatly divided by the Syrian refugee crisis, which it cannot control”

“What to them seems an impossible task, is because they are not equipped to deal with it”

“The people of Europe will not stand for this huge influx of people”

“They feel threatened by the hundreds of thousands embarking on a better life in the West”

“All the people will ultimately suffer and resentment breeds anger”

“We cannot allow for another drastic ethnic cleansing as happened in Nazi times”

“World leaders must take the full responsibility for allowing the many conflicts to arise without any strategical outcome put in place”

“The Secretary General for Amnesty International, Salil Shetty has accused the powerful leaders of hypocrisy”

“They lecture about peace while at the same time they manufacture arms to distribute worldwide”

“He accuses them of speaking out against corruption, while allowing their corporations to use financial and tax loopholes”

“There is no effective leadership and so none of these world leaders are fit for purpose!”

“The people of this world expect better from their leaders”

“But it seems no one has the guts or moral attitude to do anything other than talk!”

“The ultimate shame must be placed on all their heads”

“They will all be judged in their own way. Nobody gets away with anything!”

29th September 2015

“To save our oceans is a valuable part of saving the planet on which we all live and from which we all benefit”

“New Zealand has revealed plans to turn an area of the South Pacific into a marine reserve”

“The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary lies north of the mainland and includes a chain of islands and underwater volcanoes”

“The announcement for this project was made at the United Nations General Assembly in New York by Prime Minister John Key”

“Around this area fishing and mining will be banned, as it will become a most valued area of coast lines and oceans”

“The New Zealand Government are aiming to pass legislation to create this marine reserve next year”

“The protected area stretches 239,400 sq. miles”

“The Kermadec trench is one of the deepest ocean trenches in the world”

“It is rich in sea life, which includes whales, dolphins, endangered turtles and sea birds”

“This project will be an extraordinary achievement for all New Zealanders and for the people of the Pacific Islands”

“It is high time that countries took greater care of their oceans, especially concerning discarded debris”

“This kills ocean creatures and many sea birds as well as destroying the sea bed”

“We all owe it to ourselves to find ways to end pollution of our oceans & so protect all that is good in this world, which includes our seas”

28th September 2015

“Peter Blenkiron was abused repeatedly at the hands of his Catholic Christian Brother teacher”

“He stated to an inquiry how he was pressed against the wall at the back of the classroom while his teacher physically & sexually abused him”

“All this was done while his classmates were told to look the other way”

“He also stated if the boys got a belting, then you knew you had a good day and would not be sexually abused as well”

“Peter Blenkiron, who is now 53, has so told Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse”

“Peter Blenkiron and other surviving victims have told this Commission many harrowing stories of their abuses”

“Many abused victims have committed suicide”

“Others have taken substance abuse to try to rid themselves of their own guilt, of which they have none”

“The guilt is only for the perpetrators”

“Mr Blenkiron is trying to shine a light on the many lives that these abuses have already claimed”

“His wish is to have the Commission draw a line in the sand against this never ending pain that they all suffered”

“He is also asking for the best possible help that can be given to those still suffering today”

“The pain for victims never goes away, as they all live a living hell with no respite”

“The Royal Commission was set up in 2013 in response to huge public outrage”

“They were over allegations that the Catholic Church had for years covered up these crimes by paedophile priests”

“The Royal Commission find themselves acting on a scale that is far reaching and not expected”

“They are doing it with sensitivity to all those abused”

“The UK’s fledgling Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has indicated it may follow”

“This is not a question for mulling over”

“Every nation owes it to these victims to finally have justice when they were so vulnerable they could not get it for themselves”

“Pope Francis has met a group of abused victims by the Catholic clergy in Philadelphia in USA”

“He said he was overwhelmed with shame that men entrusted with the care of children violated these little ones and caused grievous harm”

“To say sorry to these victims of abuse is like saying, “xyz” – it means nothing”

“If there was deep sincerity for the thousands of abused victims in the Catholic Church…”

“…they would have done more to eradicate this paedophile stench”

“As always they are safeguarding the Church first and foremost. The victims are always secondary in this matter”

“Again the shame is on the Pope as head of this establishment!”

“Pope Francis cannot expect to give out his holier than thou rhetoric and preach to the people what they should and should not do…”

“…when he and the Church have let their flock down time and again”

“Their hypocrisy goes beyond the pale”

“That is why daily more and more are leaving these Churches and finding God Within and not God Without!”

27th September 2015

“The purpose of Mankind is to see what he can achieve in his own life time”

“That doesn’t mean sitting on his seat and expecting others like the state to always provide and always to satisfy his/hers needs”

“Mankind needs to start thinking for himself and sort out the many problems, which he has created”

“He must stop the flow of indifference and uncompromising thoughts and actions”

“He alone is master of his own destiny and must seek the Higher Calling for its direction”

“Then a better and more productive life can be established”

“There needs to be a purpose and sustainability for himself and his family”

“We are all on this earth equally to help one another with compassion and understanding”

“We must share the many gifts that we all have, so that again all can progress and thrive collectively”

“The Church and State have interfered too much in our lives dictating what we can and what we cannot do”

“We all know instinctively what is right, as we were all created by the Love Force and the Higher Intelligence”

“With this Intelligence, we were all created and given the power of intellect”

“This is ingrained in all of us, so that we already know what is right and wrong”

“It is the indoctrination of both Church and State, which has messed up so many lives”

“Governments have taken countries to war against the wishes of their citizens who voice that war is wrong – yet they still have done it!”

“This has produced long term misery, hardship and mayhem throughout their own people”

“The Church has equally striven to control the populous”

“Not in the education of Christ’s teachings of love and support for each other, but to control us for their own will and pleasure”

“They state that God has directed them in what we all need to do through them”

“The Church’s crimes of interfering with their congregation, have appalled the people worldwide”

“Yet they still think they are holy and have the word of God on their side”

“It’s the individual that needs to seek out God’s help alone & together with his/her own conscience go forward & have their productive life”

“A journey of self-discovery and also in the helping of others less fortunate them themselves, they will always find peace and happiness”

26th September 2015

“When will the international communities hold Israel to account?”

“Why is the world so frightened and intimidated by Israel and its stranglehold on them that obviously must be there?”

“No country that agrees to the human rights laws can uphold the treatment given to Palestinians and Palestinian prisoners by Israel”

“It makes a total mockery of what these countries stand for and their hypocritical arguments”

“Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are threatening to join in a fast, if Israel does not stop incarcerating people without charge”

“Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have now threatened to launch a mass hunger strike next month…”

“…if prison authorities do not release them and end the administrative detention”

“Currently there are 17 prisoners on hunger strike and at least six of them have refused food for 36 days”

“They are being held in solitary confinement”

“These men are held as administrative detainees”

“This practice is where Israel detains them without charges, which are renewable at six monthly intervals”

“More than 100 additional prisoners have pledged to join these hunger strikes, if Israel does not meet their conditions”

“There are worries for the prisoners, who have already lost significant weight”

“For those who are too weak to walk, no doctor has been allowed in to see them”

“There are currently more than 5,500 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, including 350 administrative detainees”

“Palestinian children equally come under the heavy cosh of the Israeli military”

“A young 14 year old girl called Malak was detained for allegedly throwing stones and carrying a knife”

“This girl was sentenced to two months in prison and became the youngest female detainee”

“Malak was brought before the court handcuffed and her legs shackled together”

“She was so scared she confessed to everything”

“Before being sentenced Malak spent three weeks in prison”

“She had been blindfolded and taken in for interrogation without her family being there”

“The Palestine chapter for Defence for Children International said some 600 children were brought before the military judge in 2014”

“The average number of minors held in Israeli military detention is 197 per month”

“The Israeli authorities’ policy of child detention contravenes all international conventions on the rights of minors”

“Children still are arrested without their parent’s knowledge”

“For 48 hours or longer they are without seeing a lawyer until they stand before a military judge in the court”

“Despite International Law & international juvenile justice standards in the prohibition of compelling a child to testify against themselves…”

“…or even confessing guilt while under torture – nothing is done!”

“All this is common place in Israeli military detention systems”

“In 2014 children were coerced into signing confessions in Hebrew, despite the fact that they could not even speak the language”

“UNICEF and the United Nations programme focusing on these children are clearly failing them and the disgrace must be felt equally”

“Countries around the world that condone this kind of treatment should all be ashamed of themselves for allowing it!”

“It clearly makes International Law a complete farce with no teeth and no guilt to take any drastic humanitarian measures”

“If sanctions can be so liberally enforced around the world for other misdemeanours…”

“…then Israel can also be sanctioned for their criminal acts!”

25th September 2015

“The outrageous lack of organisation for this year’s Hajj lies squarely on the organisers”

“They simply have not learnt from the past about crowd control”

“Neither have they learnt about the safety of their buildings nor their extension works”

“It is an absolute disgrace and they should be all made accountable for their actions”

“Events around the world incorporating hundreds of thousands of people are well thought through to avoid these kinds of incidents”

“If the Saudi authorities cannot deal with the size of these pilgrim groups then…”

“…they need to organise smaller more manageable groups into these holy spaces”

“Stampedes will always occur when people feel trapped or blocked in”

“That is why there needs to be an orderly stream of people being directed at every corner, so that these tragedies do not occur”

“The blame has to be laid fairly on the steps of the Saudi authorities, who have not learnt from their own past mistakes”

“In 2006, 360 pilgrims were killed in a stampede”

“The day before the 2006 Hajj, an eight storey building being used as a hostel near the Grand Mosque in Mecca collapsed killing 73 people”

“In 2004, in Mina, a crush of people occurred killing 244 and injuring hundreds”

“In 1990, another tragedy killing 1,426 pilgrims in a stampede in an overcrowded pedestrian tunnel to these holy sites in Mecca”

“It is an absolute outrage and the Saudi authorities are fully responsible – nobody else is!”

“If the Saudi authorities cannot handle these kinds of crowds for pilgrimages then they are in no position to hold them”

“They should only use smaller numbers that they are able to handle”

“It really is irrelevant to put the blame on the pilgrims”

“It has to lie squarely at the root of the problem, the lack of organisation by the authorities who organised this event”

“Those lost lives should be on the conscious of all the Saudi authorities!”

24th September 2015

“The simplest things appear so complicated to the agile mind, which looks into every nook & crevice to find disruptions around every corner”

“The mistrust throughout the world is now at breaking point, where souls are asked to give up their lives for lost causes”

“Many think it is ‘The Hand of God’ dictating how they should maim and kill one another”

“These demonic ideas are fuelled by misguided people, whose agenda is but to destroy every living creature in this world”

“They do not agree with their own philosophy”

“Until Mankind starts to turn the other way from darkness and into the light of understanding, nothing will ever be achieved!”

“This mortal life is sacred.  It has been given to us as a gift from God”

“Not to abuse it or to use it as a vehicle of violence, but as a sacred instrument to bring in love and understanding”

“It is to turn the tide of hopelessness and to bring in right thinking and right action”

“All of us will be judged when our time comes & we must all see that our roles upon this earth are to transfer wellbeing to all whom we see”

“We need to express love and to return balance to those souls who are suffering due to being abandoned”

“Especially for those who are misused by circumstances beyond their control”

“We all live in this world together and so a collective support system must come in”

“Here an immediate reform must bring back balance to this world and be recognised by all”

“Our animals need us as much as we need them.  Our oceans once filled with fish are now depleted and need conserving”

“Mankind needs to stop and think about what he is doing. This destruction to man, animals and this planet has to stop”

“Eventually this planet will die, because we have collectively destroyed it and then man will already be lost”

“We are all in danger, more of starvation than of wars”

“Collectively we are poisoning this planet with weapons, which destroy man and the natural surroundings”

“Nothing globally anymore is safe”

“Pollution on every level filters down to the very bedrock of our existence and this poison is already affecting land masses and the seas”

“Soon nothing will be left to sustain Mankind’s needs”

“This tide of destruction needs to turn today and collectively Governments must come in and work together to save Mankind”

“The get-rich-quick corporations will be no more, as fewer and fewer resources are there to sustain their greed”

“They will have to learn the hard way, which they will!”

23rd September 2015

“At last some form of common sense has prevailed after the fiasco of the jailing of Al-Jazeera journalists for crimes they did not commit”

“Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste need to be totally vindicated of the trumped up charges”

“They were brought on by a failed judiciary, releasing them is not enough!”

“If President Sisi is trying to show the world that he is restoring confidence in his corrupt legal system…”

“…he has to demonstrate more about the right law and not what suits him”

“Egypt’s Government fears it will be overthrown and so has clamped down on any free argument or criticism of its state”

“The truth about how it operates and the violence that goes with it will always come out”

“The truth will always find a way of coming to the surface and will grow as it gathers momentum until it is recognised by the world over”

“Egypt’s regime has no leg to stand on. Their total mess is exposed right up to the very seat of their own power”

“Egyptians are sick and tired of it”

“They want to be able to hold their heads up high and be proud of their country…”

“…instead of hanging their heads in shame and disgrace of how their country has become”

“It is time that the military started to back down & bring in proper elections to suit all the needs of the people & not the military alone”

“Egypt will continue to be seen as a failed state, which only survives because the US pays the military and pays for food to the people”

“Otherwise there would be wholesale starvation”

“Until a stable and secure Government for the people is established with the right rule of law, the people will continue to sink”

“Nothing worthwhile of this once great nation will be left”

“Egypt and its land are not enough. It is the flourishing of its people that makes Egypt what it should be, as it was in the Pharaonic times”

“Proper Law and order for its people must start now and continue for peace to return”

“Instead of Egyptians living in fear and anger, which has a continued destabilising effect!”

“We wish Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste well and we hope they will be able to continue their lives in peace finally!”

22nd September 2015

“The Egyptian fear of jihadist militants coming over from Gaza has made Egypt panic!”

“The amount of militant jihadist arriving or causing problems to Egypt is small”

“This is in comparison to the extensive destruction Egypt is doing to create their buffer zone”

“This in itself is like a red rag to any jihadists worth their salt to insult Egypt by invading and causing damage”

“Egypt needs to look at its policies as being the main fundamental provocation to all those who disagree with the Government’s policies”

“President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will soon find he is not only criticised by world public opinion, but also by bordering countries”

“They do not accept his methods of brutal attacks”

“Egypt’s demolition of the smuggling tunnels will not sort out their problems”

“Other tunnels will be found and dug. The more that are flooded the more insecure the land mass becomes”

“Egypt has not allowed for any construction for subsidence under this kind of pressure”

“Loss of life for Egypt’s military will be as a result of their own hand until they realise it will no longer be a viable proposition”

“It is Egypt’s short-sightedness and the inexperience of leadership that constantly brings them down in the eyes of the world”

“Panic for them is a daily occurrence, as they see that their control of situations is always eroding and being taken away from them”

“Until the US stops funding the military and starts to bring in a more reliable honest law abiding leader…”

“…then Egypt will continue to be an embarrassment to themselves and the US who funds them!”

21st September 2015

“For the people of this world to cooperate with each other, a form of trust and recognition of that trust must be put into action”

“By continuing with this process, then a dialogue to bring about the right solutions can be forth coming”

“Governments are all about self-interests”

“No one ever considers the overall global problems, where self-interests need to go beyond the boundaries that we all have”

“Governments need to come together to bring about collective solutions to global problems, many of which have been ignored for years”

“Until justice is given to those who have no voice to be heard, you’ll always breed frustration, anger & hatred until vengeance is released”

“This is usually released on the innocent of this world”

“It is time that Governments started to put their policies right, not only for their own people but for the entire world”

“The same old disenfranchised people will continue to suffer and be persecuted”

“Globally many groups are being formed, where extreme hatred is at the centre of their policies”

“They fear that nobody is listening to them and their grievances – they are correct”

“Until Governments start taking responsibilities for their gross neglect of their own people together with those throughout the land…”

“…then anger is fuelled and the consequences are very damaging indeed”

“We can no longer turn a blind eye to so many wrongs being committed”

“Where Governments try to overthrow Governments, just because they don’t like that person in power”

“We all live on this tiny globe and what affects one part of it has serious consequences to the other parts”

“It is high time that solutions on a global basis were found and not just to deal with the interests of the few”

“Heavy handedness has caused irreparable damage and where globally we are all suffering!”

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