SARAJEVO JE KULTURNA PRIJESTOLNICA EVROPE

Sarajevo (WPP Archive 2011)

Hoće li Sarajevo postati evropska prijestonica kulture, bit će poznato uskoro. Evropski parlament usvojio je 12. maja ove godine Rezoluciju kojom je definiran pravni osnov za nominaciju Sarajeva i iznimno dodjeljivanje titule evropske prijestonice kulture za 2014. godinu. Predsjednik Jirži Buzek (Jirzy) uputio je Rezoluciju Evropskoj komisiji, Evropskom vijeću i Komitetu regija i sada se očekuje konačna odluka. Inicijator projekta je Ibrahim Spahić, direktor Međunardnog centra za mir (IPC) i Festivala "Sarajevska zima". 


U.N. POLITICAL BODY DIGRESSES INTO "NON-SECURITY" ISSUES

By Thalif Deen

Munir Akram

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17, 2011 (IPS) - When the U.N. Security Council, the only political body empowered to declare war and peace, decided to include climate change on its agenda back in 2007, the 131-member Group of 77 (G77) launched a vociferous protest. Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, then chairman of the G77 - the largest single coalition of developing nations - said climate change was not a threat to "international peace and security" and therefore should not find a place on the Council agenda. 

DIJALOG BEOGRADA I PRIŠTINE NEDOVOLJNO TRANSPARENTAN

Edita Tahiri (DW) 

Član pregovaračkog tima Prištine Dren Zeka vjeruje da su građani Kosova dobro informisani o tehničkom dijalogu koji se vodi u Briselu i u prilog tome navodi da kosovska delegacija redovno informiše javnost o toku razgovora. Međutim, jedino konkretno što se od njega može čuti jeste da do ovog momenta nije bilo konkretnih dogovora, ali da su u pripremi nacrti šest sporazuma koji će vrlo brzo biti i formalizovani.

EUROPSKA AKADEMIJA POZDRAVLJA OSNIVANJE B.A.N.U.

Prof. dr. Ferid Muhic

Europska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti iz Strazbura uputila je čestitku prvom predsjedniku  Bošnjačke akademije nauka i umjetnosti (BANU) prof. dr. Feridu Muhiću u povodu osnivanja "najviše znanstvene i umjetničke ustanove bošnjačkog naroda", potvrđeno je jučer "Dnevnom avazu" u Generalnom sekretarijatu BANU-a u Novom Pazaru.

ERDOGAN WINNS FOR THE THIRD TIMES

The winner Tayyip Erdogan 2011

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won just under 50 percent of the votes in the AKP's largest electoral victory since it came to power.Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's party has won parliamentary elections. But results show that his AKP will fall short of the two-thirds majority needed to rewrite the constitution without other parties' cooperation.

SAHIN ALPAY: TURKEY WILL NOT VEER TOWARDS AUTHORITARIANISM

Sahin Alpay

Last week the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) published a report entitled “What does Turkey think?” This report follows similar reports that dealt with China in 2008 and Russia in 2009.The larger part of the report consists of articles by writers from Turkey whose views are somewhat well known in the country.

AMERICANS ARE AFRAID FOR FUTURE OF N.A.T.O.

Robert Gates pointing to Europe

(DW/WPP) - Europe should think now for NATO future, says a outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates gaving a blunt assessment of America's military alliance with Europe, saying NATO faces a "dim, if not dismal" future. NATO allies also must step up their financial and political commitments to the alliance if they want to save its future, the US defense secretary said.

RUSSIA AND CHINA SHIELD SYRIA FROM U.N. SANCTIONS

By Thalif Deen

Ban Ki-moon departing Syria
(UN photo 2007)

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10, 2011 (IPS) - A resolution inspired by Western nations critical of civilian killings in politically-beleaguered Syria is facing threats from two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council: Russia and China. If and when the resolution is adopted by the 15-member Council, perhaps next week, it will be diluted to avoid the customary call for economic or military sanctions against a country accused of "ruthlessly crushing" civilian protests. 

NUKES DECLINE BUT DISARMAMENT STILL A DISTANT HORIZON

By Thalif Deen

Hiroshima 1945

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 7, 2011 (IPS) - The world's eight nuclear states - the United States, Britain, Russia, France, China, India, Pakistan and Israel - collectively possess more than 20,500 nuclear weapons - a decline of over 2,000 since 2009. But more than 5,000 of these devastating weapons are deployed and ready for use, including nearly 2,000 that are kept in "a state of high operational alert". The updated figures were released Tuesday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its Yearbook 2011. Currently, the two biggest nuclear arsenals are in Russia (11,000 nuclear weapons) and the United States (8,500), followed by France (300), China (240), Britain (225), Pakistan (90-110), India (80-110) and Israel (80).

BAN KI-MOON SEEK SECOND TERM FROM 2012

By Thalif Deen

Ban Ki-moon
(Photo Luiz Rampelotto)

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who completes his five- year term by the end of this year, offered himself "for consideration" for a second five-year term as chief administrative officer of the world body. Hours before he made the announcement Monday, Ban addressed the 53- member Asian Group, which unanimously gave its endorsement supporting the secretary-general's request.  At least 28 Asian countries, including Japan, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Qatar, openly expressed support for his candidature. The Asian Group, one of the largest regional groups at the United Nations, represents more than 60 percent of the world's population. 

ŠANSA ZA BRAMMERTZA

Erol Avdović

(Avaz - link)

Glavni tužilac Haškog tribunala Serž Bramerc (Serge Brammertz) u Vijeću sigurnosti UN-a pohvalit će vlasti u Beogradu zbog slanja Ratka Mladića u Hag, ali bez one početne euforije u hvalospjevima Borisu Tadiću. A to je dvostruko podsjećanje. Dokaz - ovaj sud UN-a vodi računa o žrtvama Mladićevih pokolja. I poručeno je da politika ne bi smjela pomirisati tamo gdje je tako čista pravda u pitanju.

INTERVIEW GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: RATKO MLADIĆ JE MASOVNI UBOJICA I IDEOLOŠKI FANATIK NACIONALISTA

Razgovarao: Erol Avdović

General Wesley Clark
(Photo WPP Archive)

Bivši glavni komandant NATO-a za Evropu, američki general Vesli Klark (Wesley Clark) u ekskluzivnom razgovoru za "Dnevni avaz" govori o situaciji u našoj zemlji, hapšenju Ratka Mladića te vojnoj intervenciji u BiH.

Klark, kaže, još ostaje pri tvrdnjama koje je prije godinu izrekao u zajedničkom pismu s predsjednicom Međunarodne krizne grupe (ICG) Luiz Arbur (Louis Arbour) da je situacija u BiH, "nažalost, razočaravajuća". 

Ne komentirajući pismo Arbur koje je ovog maja iznova uzburkalo duhove u BiH, general Klark navodi da niko nije mogao pretpostaviti da će "Bosna ići u toliko mnogo političkih pravaca". 



U.S. VETO COULD DERAIL PALESTINE AS NEW U.N. MEMBER STATE

By Thalif Deen

Palestinian refugee
(UN photo April 1959)

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 1, 2011 (IPS) - If the General Assembly is called upon to recognise Palestine as a new sovereign nation state, the resolution is expected to garner the required two-thirds majority among the 192 members in the world body, come September. But a single veto in the 15-member Security Council - most likely by the United States - will derail Palestine's membership in the United Nations, even if the Palestinians are able to muster the required nine votes in the Council. The administration of President Barack Obama has not only hinted about a possible veto but is also lobbying European countries, urging them not to vote for the resolution when it comes up before the General Assembly in September. 

IZMEDJU PATRIOTIZMA I PROFESIONALNOSTI

Piše: Erol Avdović

Mirsada Čolaković, zamjenica
šefa Misije BiH u New Yorku
 (UN photo - 2011)

Naravno, i bh.diplomati nisu izuzetak medju onima kojima ne prijaju medijske kritike, iako, bez toga, nema demokracije u koju se svi zaklinjemo. Lakše je slušati pohvalu, posebno kada se zasluženo odaje priznanje za dobro obavljen posao, koga neki dobri znalac prepozna i primjeti, dok svijet, po običaju ne zarezuje. Valjda se slažemo i u tome, da je najgore, aktivnosti važne za javnost – prešutjeti; kao da se ništa nije dogodilo. Uostalom, iz kritike, pametni uvjek nešto nauče! Hajdemo ipak malo konkretnije!

BEOGRAD ŽELI DA NAPRAVI VELIKU ALBANIJU A PRIJE TOGA VELIKU SRBIJU

Analiza: Erol Avdović

8372 razloga za cjelovitu Bosnu!

Medijski eho oko privodjenja i ekstradicije u Haag zločinca Ratka Mladića – još nije umukao! Nastavlja se, uz sva ta, neshvatljiva “logiciranja” - kako je dželat iz Srebrenice “uhvaćen koordiniranom akcijom” u rano jutro na vratima seoske kuće u nekoj srbijanskoj “nedođiji” (sat udaljenoj od Beograda), iako je, kako je javio B-92, Mladić sačekao (svoje) policajce “uredno obrijan u 5:30 ujutro, na vratima, s punom kesom lekova u ruci, spreman za put …”.

BH. DIPLOMATI U UN-u PRISTALI NA PREMLAKO PRIOPĆENJE OKO MLADIĆA

Piše: Erol Avdović
(Avaz - lik)

Gerard Araud (Photo WPP 2011)

NEW YORK, (Webpublicapress) – “Da nije bilo američkog pritiska u predsjedničko priopćenje Vijeća sigurnosti koje je pozdravilo privodjenje Ratka Mladića ne bi se čak uvrstila ni rečenica koja pominje zločine u Srebrenici”, kaže za Webpublicupress (WPP) jedan dobro upućeni diplomata na East Riveru. Prvobitna verzija priopćenja za novinare, koja ju su predložili Britanci, kaže isti diplomata, “bila je suviše blaga, pa su u zadnji čas intervenirali Amerikanci”. No, čini se da ni američki "pritisak" nije bio dovoljan.

HOW RATKO MLADIC's EVIL DREAM LIVES ON

By Aleksandar Hemon

 

Aleksandar Hemon

In the spring of 1992, at the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo, an exchange between General Ratko Mladic and a Serb artillery colonel commanding positions above the city was intercepted and recorded. "Fire on Velesici and Pofalici," General Mladic ordered, referring to two Sarajevo neighborhoods. "There aren’t many Serbs there." A certain glee in his voice is audible as he refines his order: "Don’t let them sleep. Make them lose their minds." Later on, he’d claim that the conversation was faked, that the order was given by "a skillful imitator" of his voice. Had he ever existed, the imitator would have been deservedly praised for capturing perfectly a ruthlessness worthy of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine. 

OPET MEMORANDUM, OPET ČOSIĆ I OPET TI TURCI …

Dobrica Čosić i Boutros Ghali
(UN photo 1992 New York)

(WPP/AVAZ) -- Medjunarodna zajednica, kao i svi oni koji brinu kako da jugoistok Europe što prije izadje iz civlizacijskog mraka nedavne prošlosti ima razloga za brigu - zbog ponovnog aktiviranja Dobrice Čosića, srskog akademika, bivšeg režimskog pisca u poratnoj Titovoj Jugoslaviji, i čovjeka za koga se vjeruje da je idejni pokretać "Miloševićevog projekta" - agresivnih ratova na prostoru zapadnog Balkana početkom 90-tih godina.

SAPUNICA OKO RATKA MLADIĆA

Erol Avdović

(Avaz - dnevni komentar)

Kada je već želio zaličiti na predsjedika Obamu u trenutku objavljivanja vijesti o likvidaciji šefa terorista, srbijanski predsjednik Boris Tadić je – obznanjujući uhićenje Ratka Mladića morao reći: Mladić je masovni ubojica, odgovoran za genocid u Srebrenici, a ne narodni heroj! A ta je šansa, u tom historijskom trenutku za predsjednika Srbije očito propuštena.

MA NIJE NEGO KOD TEĆE NA SELU

Biljana Srbljanović Ne znam šta da mislim. Ako čovek izgleda kao Mladić, ima ličnu kartu na ime Mladić, krije se u kući Mladića u kojoj ga posećuje rođeni sin, takođe Mladić, u čemu sesastojao nadljudski napor da se zlikovac locira i uhapsi? Da se, barem, kao Ulemek, pokrio čaršavom po glavi, pa puzao po poljani ispred avlije, pa da razumem. Ovako, stavio čovek kačket, prosto ga nakrivio u simboličnom gestu, sedi kod teče na selu i gaji pčele. I sad, iako sam svesna barem delimičnog zadovoljenja pravde, ipak i dalje ne razumem – šta je ovu državu, toliko dugo, sprečavalo da locira i uhapsi kriminalca?