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The fourteenth report of the Special Committee (A/54/325) was issued on 8 September 1999 and transmitted to the General Assembly by the Secretary-General. It followed two periodic reports (A/54/73 and Add.1), which were transmitted to the Assembly on 13 April and 7 September, respectively. In accordance with establishe... |
The report states that restrictions in the occupied territories with respect to land, housing and water severely affect the Palestinians. The information made available to the Special Committee confirms that confiscation of Palestinian-owned land still continues. The establishment of new settlements and the expansion o... |
Also according to the report, movement of Palestinians within and between parts of the occupied territories continues to be under the control of the Israeli authorities. Requirements concerning identity cards and travel permits are complicated, and there is a system of checkpoints and closures. Among the positive devel... |
The Special Committee concludes that there exists an all-encompassing sense of tension in the occupied territories. Rigorous implementation of laws, regulations and administrative measures by Israeli authorities creates a sense of fear and despondency among the inhabitants. During periods of violence, such exercise of ... |
The Special Committee recommends that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in communication with the Secretary-General, consult with appropriate Israeli authorities with respect to permitting long-separated families in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the Syrian Golan to meet freely and oft... |
The Special Committee considers it especially important that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation with the Secretary-General, establish a system of continuous communication with the Israeli authorities to improve the lives of the Palestinian and Syrian peoples of the occupied territori... |
The Committee also had before it the Special Committee’s first periodic report (A/54/73), which covers the period from 6 November to 31 January 1999 and contains a summary of articles on the matters within the terms of reference of the Special Committee from the newspapers Ha’aretz and the Jerusalem Post, published in ... |
According to the summarized articles on the human rights situation in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the part of the area fully controlled by the Palestinian Authority (Area A) would increase from 3 to 18.2 per cent and Israel would withdraw from 13 per cent of Area C. As a result, the Palestinians would have ... |
The report also contains articles about land confiscation in the occupied territories and violent confrontations over the construction of settlements, the plans for which - according to the articles - have been accelerated before the implementation of the Wye agreement. The Wye Memorandum states that “neither side shal... |
The Special Committee also transmits summaries from articles regarding the confiscation and demolition of houses built without permits, and restrictions affecting the movement of Palestinians within and outside the occupied territories. Following violent incidents, the Israeli authorities on numerous occasions resorted... |
On the question of the use of force, the report transmits summarized articles about clashes between the Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops, as well as about use of rubber bullets, tear gas and live ammunition by the authorities. Violent incidents in many cases led to injuries and death on both sides. Aspects of ... |
The last chapter of the report is devoted to the human rights situation in the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, where, the report stated, settlement policies, similar to those in other occupied territories, were pursued. On 4 January 1999, the Knesset plenum approved the first reading of a bill that would require any Israel... |
The Committee also had before it the second periodic report of the Special Committee (A/54/73/Add.1), which covers the period from February through August 1999. The newest evidence before the Committee, the report states, includes examples of Israeli practices relating to land, housing, use of water, demonstrations in ... |
It is reported that the Israeli Interior Ministry would defend its policy of revoking East Jerusalem identity cards by introducing a new plan. The Israeli authorities would conduct a census within Jerusalem city limits before the end of 1999. According to the proposal, the citizens of East Jerusalem would be divided in... |
The Committee also had before it reports of the Secretary-General regarding his actions undertaken pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 53/53, 53/54, 53/55, 53/56 and 53/57 of 3 December 1998 (documents A/54/181, A/54/182, A/54/183, A/54/184 and A/54/185). In those reports, the Secretary-General states, among other... |
Donors to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and Governments hosting Palestine refugees in the Near East, at an informal meeting which ended Wednesday in Amman, have reaffirmed support for UNRWA and its efforts to maintain services to some 3.6 million refugees in ... |
The additional contributions announced included, from the United States, $1 million to the Agency's "general fund" regular budget and another $2.5 million for special projects; around $2.1 million for the general fund from the Netherlands, some $1.6 million for the general fund from the United Kingdom, and around $800,... |
The representative of Belgium announced that his Government would increase its annual contribution to UNRWA by 10 per cent in 2000, in addition to increasing food aid to the Agency. Luxembourg said its contribution to UNRWA's general fund and projects in 2000 would be increased by 25 per cent over their 1999 level. The... |
The Amman meeting was attended by delegates from 26 of UNRWA's major donors, the host Governments of Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic and the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
Speaking on behalf of Jordan's Prime Minister, the Director-General of the Jordanian Department of Palestinian Affairs, Abdul Kareem Abul Heija, reiterated Jordan's commitment to supporting Palestine refugees and offering them the means for socio-economic development. "UNRWA's indispensable services are viewed by the r... |
In his opening remarks, UNRWA Commissioner-General Peter Hansen said that despite the continuation of existing austerity and cost-reduction measures in 1999, the financial situation for the year remained grave, with a cash-flow crisis expected in the last quarter of 1999. |
Meeting with Mr. Hansen in Amman on Wednesday, Jordan's Prime Minister, Abdur Ra'uf Rawabdeh, reaffirmed Jordan's unwavering support to UNRWA and its firm belief that the continuation of UNRWA services was instrumental to peace and stability in the region. He expressed his hope that donor countries would increase their... |
At the Amman meeting, delegates from donor and host Governments stressed their full support for UNRWA and its continuing efforts to improve the level and quality of services under extreme financial difficulties. They also commended the Agency for its continuing efforts for management reform, which had resulted in a new... |
In his concluding remarks, Commissioner-General Hansen thanked donor and host Governments for their continued support for the Agency and for the additional pledges announced at the meeting. He reiterated the Agency's commitment to a "tripartite" partnership with its stakeholders, the donor Governments, the host authori... |
Recent progress on the peace front is reinforcing improvements in the Palestinian economy, donors were told by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Terje-Rod Larsen. |
Mr. Larsen's statement was issued prior to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee meeting in Tokyo today, which is being chaired by the Foreign Ministers of Japan and Norway, and is composed of the Palestinian Authority, Israel, major donors including the United States, the European Union, Japan, Norway and Canada, as well as th... |
Mr. Larsen declared that, for the first time since early 1996, there was encouraging news in both the political and the economic aspects of the peace process. On the one hand, the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement and its implementation "are allowing people to believe once again that a comprehensive and lasting peace will be a... |
Mr. Larsen commented that the Palestinian Authority had been "very successful" in establishing the basic institutions of the public sector, delivering public services and initiating a planning process to identify priorities for development assistance. Today's Liaison Committee agenda also indicated how successful the p... |
Unfortunately, Mr. Larsen continued, the news was far from being all good: "The Palestinian economy remains perched on a weak foundation that is still under construction." The increase in jobs could be attributed to two factors: Israeli demand for Palestinian labour and employment in the public sector. "In the longer r... |
What is needed, said Mr. Larsen, is large-scale private investment. To achieve this, there is a need to overcome the political and economic uncertainties, combined with the lack of basic infrastructure and developed governance structures. Bolstering investor confidence was, therefore, a principal goal. |
Mr. Larsen said that the donor community, as represented in the Liaison Committee, was in a position to play a continuing positive role in the future. He proposed that, over the next 12 months, the Liaison Committee should focus its attention on three areas: increasing public investment by both donors and the Palestini... |
Commenting on the declining level of disbursements (under $250 million for the whole of 1999 to date), Mr. Larsen reminded donors that annual disbursements should be running at $600 million if they were to keep their November 1998 promise to the Palestinian people to provide around $3 billion in aid over the coming fiv... |
Mr. Shigeichi Higuchi, 81, resident of Los Angeles, passed away on Jan. 24, at Keiro Nursing Home. |
Private family funeral services were held on Saturday, Jan. 30, at Fukui Mortuary “Chapel in the Garden,” with Honorable Bishop Taisen Miyata of Koyasan Buddhist Temple officiating. |
He is survived by his sons, Albert Tetsuo and Jone Hitoshi (Kiyomi) Higuchi; granddaughter, Emily Higuchi; grandsons, Michael and Jone Kengo Higuchi; brothers, Katsumi (Teruyo), Kaoru (Masako) and Makoto (Tomiko) Higuchi; sisters, Toki (Yoshikazu) Watanabe and Hideko (Masashi) Kobayashi; many nephews, nieces and relati... |
Tomorrowland is actually set to undergo a series of changes which have actually started within the last couple of weeks. The Carousel of Progress has received another paint job to take away the bright rainbow colors and turn it into the matching white and blue scheme which is set to take over the land. |
One of the biggest changes is that the new Tron Lightcycle attraction is going to be built in a “new space” next to Space Mountain. This attraction will not only bring forth new excitement for guests but it is going to completely change the skyline and dynamics of Tomorrowland. |
Right now, the biggest thing happening is the massive amount of land being cleared between Tomorrowland and Storybook Circus. As you can see in the images below, from outside of Magic Kingdom, both Space Mountain and some of the tents in Storybook are now visible as most of the trees have been cleared out. |
There is no set opening date for the Tron Lightcycle, but again, Disney hopes to have it open by WDW’s 50th anniversary in 2021. Work is clearly underway and it’s going to be fun watching it develop over the next few years. |
Tomorrowland will receive a number of other changes as well and WDWInfo reported that some are coming to the famous “Purple Wall.” Disney has started painting it to give it a bit of a better shine and it will soon have a new “enhanced section” which is sure to please guests who love taking pics with the walls of Walt D... |
According to WDWNT, there will be a couple of subtractions coming along with the other changes and additions. The rolling robot known as ICAN will perform only through April 7, 2018, and the Toy Story-themed merchandise cart near Wedway will close on April 8, 2018. |
Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom was always meant to be the world of the future brought to guests before it became a reality. Now, those who visit Walt Disney World will begin seeing things in a whole new light as construction and changes are set to take place all throughout the land. Land has been cleared and painting is... |
I got your sewer monster right here. |
Oh blogosphere, what have you dragged in now? A sewer monster that might be aliens or worms or some unmentionable part of the male anatomy, that's what you've brought in today. The 'monster' dubbed the Malphrus Sewer monster, and a few less kind, but more imaginative things, looks way too silly to be anything other tha... |
In fact, speculation on YouTube and in the UK Daily Mail that the monster might in fact be worms in the sewer suggests the most promising candidate for that horror comedy. The Mail cites "experts" who "claim they are clumps of annelid worms, which normally live in soil and sediment at the bottom and edges of polluted s... |
Yes, that's right. It is starting to look like the monster might be an advance for the next installment in the "Tremors" franchise, which starred Kevin Bacon and Alex P. Keaton's dad in the first installment. |
A call to the Malphrus Construction company shed little light on the origins of the monster, but they assuredly, did not take credit for the video as other sources have claimed. Call there and ask about a sewer monster and the receptionist connects you, quite speedily, to a husky voiced woman named Ann. |
Are you familiar with the video of the sewer monster? |
Is Malphrus responsible for the video? |
Do you know who is? |
A recently released United Nations report outlines the global body’s plan to foist a centrally planned “green” world order on all of humanity, making every level of government subservient to its “sustainable development” agenda. The upcoming Rio+20 sustainability conference in Brazil — held two decades after the first ... |
Under the guise of a “green economy” — expected to cost trillions of dollars per year, according to the report — the UN intends to make use of coercive power at all levels of governance to implement the plan. From local and national governments to regional and global entities, programs affecting every area of human lif... |
According to the UN report, entitled “Working towards a Balanced and Inclusive Green Economy: A United Nations System-wide Perspective,” everything must change to make humanity more sustainable. Lifestyles, opinions, education, health, consumption, production, agriculture, diet, law, taxation, industry, governance, and... |
The perfect opportunity to solidify the scheme is coming up in June at the UN sustainability summit. And UN bosses are determined not to waste it. “Agreement among UN entities on core elements of strategy, policy, and programmatic services in support of governments’ green economy initiatives will send a powerful signal... |
The plan, of course, will be imposed from the top down. Regional, national, state, and even local governments will all be coaxed into participation. “At the international, sub-regional, and regional levels, there is a need for policy coherence and financial and technological cooperation,” the UN report states. Various ... |
To aid in the transition toward a so-called “green economy,” the report explains, governments at all levels will have to employ “mandatory technical regulations” and other measures. International bodies, of course, will be used to ensure the whole world is signing up to and complying with the controversial agenda. And ... |
The UN, of course, has already been working to develop the international rules that every person and government on Earth will eventually be expected to obey. “In this regard, a number of UN entities have been involved in developing international regulations, standards or guidelines to be used as a basis for national re... |
Outside of the UN, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have parts to play in the transformation of society as well — particularly when it comes to developing the rules all of humanity must abide by or prodding national governments into subjecting their populations to the schemes. Those entities wil... |
There might be an even more important role for the IMF to play, too, at least if the UN and a cabal of powerful global leaders get their way. The UN acknowledges that the “transition” will be wildly expensive — likely more than $2 trillion per year, not including the economic losses suffered due to central planning and... |
A truly global currency managed by the IMF, of course, would certainly help the emerging centralized authority to pay for the grandiose transformation envisioned by the UN. But critics have warned that such a scheme would be extremely dangerous — to say the least — as the global system would then have essentially unlim... |
The so-called “advice” will include, among other measures, policy design and implementation. But of course, there is much more: The creation and development of a so-called “carbon market” based on dubious UN global-warming theories; the “greening” of just about everything; boosting coercive support for “green energy;” ... |
“Incentives” including regulations and “distributional policies” should “contribute to behavioral changes in production, consumption, and lifestyles,” the document claims. One key element of changing people’s thoughts and lifestyles will be educational programs to essentially teach the youth the importance of accepting... |
“Strategic planning” of so-called “city-regions” — also known as central planning — is also, according to the UN document, “critical” to ensuring that humanity stops consuming more resources than the planners think appropriate. A transition toward what the UN calls “sustainable diets” will be needed, too. |
Even with sustainable diets, however, the supposedly wise would-be central planners hold as a central tenant of their faith that supposed “overpopulation” represents a threat to Mother Earth. So, to partially alleviate the alleged problem, the UN proposed ensuring access to legalized abortion and “family planning” all ... |
While the “green” UN vision appears at first glance to be unprecedented, there seems to be an existing model: Red China. The totalitarian communist regime — with its brutal suppression of dissent and its one-child policy enforced through forced abortions — is described by the UN report as “a good example of combining i... |
Despite well over 50 million deaths caused by the communist dictatorship under Chairman Mao, key proponents of the UN goals continue to praise the system. "The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in history," billionaire UN supporter and “green” agenda ... |
The SMU Mustangs lost 56-0 on Saturday to rival TCU in the 94th Battle for the Iron Skillet, dropping their record to 0-4 overall and 0-2 at Ford Stadium. |
Junior walk-on quarterback Garrett Krstich made his first career start, and while the Mustangs started slow on offense, they showed some improvement during the course of the game. SMU was twice on the brink of scoring a touchdown, but two failed attempts to convert fourth downs led to SMU being shut out at home for the... |
SMU Interim Head Coach Tom Mason was satisfied with Krstich’s play. |
Krstich completed 14 of 30 passes for 142 yards and an interception. After SMU went three-and-out on its two four drives, he found a groove. |
Early in the second quarter, Krstich led SMU on a 15-play, 76-yard drive that stalled at the TCU 1-yard line when his fourth-down pass for Darius Joseph fell incomplete. On SMU’s next drive, a 36-yard pass touchdown from Krstich to Joseph was overturned when Joseph was ruled down by contact at the TCU 30-yard line. Two... |
“I felt like we kept shooting ourselves in the foot,” Krstich said. “We’d get ourselves in a situation where it’s second and long, third and long. We need to win the first down battle and we need to convert on third downs. |
Krstich took a third-down sack on each of SMU’s first two drives. The Mustangs converted only four of 18 third downs and allowed nine sacks on the day. Krstich said many of the sacks were his fault. |
SMU also struggled defensively, giving up 614 yards. TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin torched SMU for 280 passing yards, 67 rushing yards and six total touchdowns (four passing, two rushing). SMU could not find an answer for TCU jack-of-all-trades wide receiver Deante’ Gray, who had 112 total yards and two touchdowns. Th... |
Mason preached improvement during the practices leading up to the game, but SMU did not show any. Mason said the tackling was worse than it was against Texas A&M;, but he did like the effort his team showed. |
The Mustangs open American Athletic Conference play Oct. 4 when they travel to Greenville, N.C. to take on 22nd-ranked East Carolina University. |
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ 804-guest Black Watch will enter dry dock at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in November 2016, in preparation for the forthcoming 2017/18 cruise season. |
The ship will undergo various engineering works, general maintenance and refurbishment during the dry dock, as well as the creation of several new public areas and guest facilities, as part of a multi-million Pound investment. |
Black Watch will depart from Tilbury, UK for Hamburg on November 18th, with work on the dry dock expected two days later. |
Mike Rodwell, managing director of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: “Black Watch is one of Fred. Olsen’s most popular cruise ships, and it is important that she always looks her best. |
“During her 26-day dry dock in Hamburg, as well as the usual maritime inspections and maintenance work, we will also be undertaking major upgrades to the cabins and public areas throughout the ship, to ensure that we continue to provide the best facilities possible to meet our guests’ expectations. |
A key focus of Black Watch’s refurbishment will be the 423 cabins across the ship, on Marquee Deck 9, Bridge Deck 8, Lido Deck 7, Main Deck 5, Atlantic Deck 4, and Marina Deck 3. |
A new interactive in-cabin TV system will be installed across the ship, equipped with all the latest features and connectivity. |
Bathrooms will be refurbished, and all cabins will feature safes and mini-bars, as standard. |
To enhance the on-board experience for guests, the Marina Cinema on Marina Deck 3 will be upgraded with the latest ‘3D’ technology, enabling the Black Watch team to show 3D films and other programmes. |
Similar refurbishments and upgrades are expected to the rest of the Fred. Olsen fleet – Balmoral, Braemar and Boudicca – in the coming years. |
Following Black Watch’s dry dock, the ship will recommence her cruise season from Tilbury, UK, with a seven-night ‘German & Danish Christmas Markets’ cruise in early December. |
If you don't know what's great about this, you have never been forced to listen to soft rock non-stop for 40 hours a week. |
A while back, I was forced to take a job which included among its many indignities the nonstop broadcast of a soft-rock radio station over its intercom system. With the Orwellian tag line -- "All your soft, familiar favorites" -- this radio station introduced me to a level of musical torture I had scarcely known to hav... |
Still, those were all songs I had at least a secret affection for before taking that job. The real shocker was Shania Twain, who has just released this greatest hits collection. Previously, I had filed her next to Faith Hill on the ash heap of pop culture. My prejudices about Hill proved polite compared to my assessmen... |
In the case of Twain, the line gets blurrier since Lange gets a co-writing credit for her songs, but the results are enjoyable enough that it hardly matters. Greatest Hits gathers together just about everything you could want from her unless you happened to be a fan of her pre-superstar, pre-Mutt debut, which is ignore... |
Sometimes we find ourselves in that "can’t stand music, only podcast" phase in the week, so we go into the iTunes store, and the first thing we do is download the newest episodes of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. |
Maron’s a smart guy who’s been around the block six or seven times. His resume includes terms and designations such as "alternative comic," "off-Broadway star," "political commentator," and most recently, "host of very popular podcast". |
What sets WTF apart from any other comedy podcast floating around in cyberspace, is the fact that Maron knows comedians are (usually) smart people with a lot of things to say. The conversations he’s had with folks from Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, and recently, the two part series with Judd Apatow, are interesting... |
Jewcy hung out with Marc in his jungle themed hotel room while he was in town, and asked a few questions. |
China’s ambitious $40 billion plan to construct a rival to the Panama Canal in Nicaragua has captured the world’s attention, but the Middle Kingdom is no stranger to ambitious megaprojects in far-flung corners of the globe. New Chinese President Xi Jinping, who was Vice President before he assumed presidency, has long ... |
OSLO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Norwegian insurer Protector said on Friday it had hired investment bankers to help with a potential exit from change of ownership insurance, long a profitable segment which has triggered a series of profit warnings. |
The profit warnings stem from a surge in gray silverfish infestation which has resulted in a large number of claims. |
“We are now considering our strategic options for the change of ownership insurance and Nordea is hired as an adviser,” the company said. |
Protector expects its net combined ratio to rise to a loss-making 107 percent in 2018, well above the 92-94 percent it had forecast at the start of the year. |
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