newsitems Sarkozy Diplomatic Sherpa Levite +UN PeaceKeeping uSG Le Roy to ERFRA on Rusia/China role on Libya+
Sarkozy Diplomatic Sherpa Levite +UN PeaceKeeping uSG Le Roy to ERFRA on Rusia/China role on Libya+
*Paris/Elysee Palace/Angelo Marcopolo/- The importance of Russia and China's participation, tomorrow, to Paris' International Conference to support New Libya (See also other "EuroFora"s NewsReport today), co-organized by French President Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Cameron was highlighted also in short but topical statements to "EuroFora" by Sarkozy's Diplomatic Sherpa, David Levitte, UNO's underSecretary General for Peacekeeping operations Alain Le Roy, as well as Russian President Medvedev's envoy to Libya, Michael Margelov, President of Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee and former long-time Chairman of EDG Group in CoE's Assembly in Strasbourg (See also previous Margelov statements to "EuroFora") :
It's the 1st time that Russia and China will participate in a Paris' International Conference on Libya, since they had been absent in the March 19, crucial EU-USA/Canada-Arab Ligue-UNO Summit to help Libyan People, (See "EuroFora"s NewsReports from the event), but now they' anounced that they will be represented (China reportedy sending a Minister), as well as many other Countries who will be also present in such an event for the 1st time too, including f.ex. Turkey -whose Prime Minister Erdogan recently visited Libya to get a.. Gaddafi Prize for "Human Rights (sic !) and Cyprus, (who was earlier hesitant because of NATO's involvement, despite strategic UK Military Bases' use at the nearby island), at Foreign Ministers level both, etc.
Earlier today (see other "EuroFora"s NewsReport for more details), Sarkozy, indirectly but surely, highlighted the importance of Russia and China's participation in such collective moves, as well as South Africa's and certain other Key Countries, f.ex. when he stressed that France's active role in the Coalition's operation in Libya had been organized only at the basis of an "Explicit Mandate" with a "UNO's Security Council's Unanimous Resolution" to save Libyan people, earlier obtained by Foreign Minister Alain Juppé at New York, and that he "regretted" the fact that a similar move hadn't yet been able to occur also on Syria, despite "Massacers" , arrest, torture and muzling reportedly going by the Bashar Assad Regime, but launched a call to "fight for a Consensus" at UNO's SC.
UNO's decisions on Libya are also used for the urgent degel of at least part of Libyan State's Bank deposits around the World, which had been "freezed" since the beginning if the conflict as a part of Sanctions against the Colonel Gaddafi's regime. But degel decisions have already started to be taken, (mainly at 1,5 Million per Country 1st part), after the Rebels' succesful entry in Tripoli.
- "This time, China and Russia are going to be both present in Paris' Conference tomorrow (Thursday), and that's, indeed, important", stressed from the outset, speaking to "EuroFora", Sarkozy's Diplomatic Sherpa, the experienced David Levitte, (a long-time Ambassador to Washington DC, and also former President Chirac's adviser).
But Levitte appeared sincerely surprised and told us that he "didn't know" that Russian Envoy Margelov was due to arrive already Tonight, i.e. one Day Earlier..
- This was revealed to "EuroFora" by Margelov himself, who told us earlier, in a Phone Conversation, that he was already "crossing Airport Security check" in his way to Paris, where he felt that the fact that he would represent Russia. was "great".
Even if Russia hasn't yet officially recognized TNC, nevertheless, President Medvedev has recently sent Margelov to meet the Rebels' leadership at their initial Headquarters in Benghazi, followed by a trip to Tripoli, in an attempt to find a compromise for a Peaceful departure of Colonel Gaddafi, which faced, finally, a blunt refusal from the controversial General's entourage and personaly himself. The move was prepared as part of a Deal between Medvedev and Sarkozy, brokered on the sidelines of the recent G8 Heads of State/Government Summit at the End of May 2011, implying that Gaddafi should drop power and leave; (See "'EuroFora"s NewsReports from the spot).
But both China and Russia are notoriously concerned by the use of NATO's organization capabilities in Libya, and this, apparently remains a crucial point for them.But the possibility to use, if not for Libya now, at least for Syria a kind of Collective Peace-Keeping force, composed by all UN SC 5 Permanent Members, etc., wasn't rejected today by the competent UNO's Under-Secretary General, Alain le Roy, speaking to "EuroFora" :
On the contrary, Le Roy found that possibility eventualy "practical", and even added, positively :
- "I' am currently working very Well with the Russians, f.ex. on Helicopters, in South Sudan, as he revealed, smiling...
(NDLR : DraftNews, as already sent to "EuroFora"s Subscribers/Donors. Watch out for a full and more accurate Final Version, due asap.)
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ECHR's President to "EuroFora" on Journalists Gongadze and Adali murders : Principles must apply to all States, without discrimination.
+ ECHR's Statistics on Freedom of Expression (See below).
European Court of Human Rights' President, Jean-Paul Costa, questioned by "EuroFora" on Journalists' murders, as in Gongadze and Adali's cases etc., strongly stressed all CoE Member States' obligation to make efficient Investigations to find and punish those responsible, and underlined that ECHR's case-law's principles must apply to all without any discrimination.
His call was clearly supported by various Top MEPs who denounced a risk of "Double Standards" if some Journalists' murders are investigated, while others don't.
To avoid such risks, CoE's Parliamentary Assembly adopted a Resolution, on the occasion of Ukranian Journalist Gongadze's murder, "stressing", as a matter of general Principle, "the importance it attaches to the safety of Journalists and political activists, especially those linked to opposition groups, in ALL member states of the CoE". All "crimes against journalists and political activists must be investigated ... as a matter of priority, without political interference".
Costa was replying to "EuroFora"s question on the fact that, after CoE's Committee of Ministers, also CoE's Assembly had just adopted a Resolution on Gongadze murder case, based on an ECHR's judgement of 2005, asking a full Investigation from Ukraine, who has found and condemned in 10 years of jail 2 executants, but not yet the instigators.
While nothing similar was yet done for dissident Turkish Cypriot Kutlu Adali's murder, with 5 bullets shot at his head out of his Family's home in the territories of Cyprus occupied by Ankara's army, despite another ECHR's judgement of the same year 2005, and despite Turkey's claim that nobody was found among those responsible for the murder, and that there was nothing more to do..
In order to be credible and efficient, CoE's mechanisms shouldn't find a way to at least ask for full investigations of all Journalists' murders anywhere they might be committed, without exceptions ?
- "On the larger question that you raised, I'd like to say, since we are in a period of stock-taking on ECHR's 50 Years, that the Court's case-law developed certain concepts ....such as the Positive obligations of States, part of which are also the procedural obligations", started to reply ECHR's President.
- "Whenever Journalists, Lawyers, Defenders of Human Rights, or even simple Citizens are murdered, the States are held responsible, not only if its their own security forces' agents who committed these murders, but also if they didn't make sufficiently substantial and efficient Investigations", he stressed.
- "I want to strongly underline that we (ECHR) have found in many cases numerous violations of Articles 2 and 3 against States, ....(about) murders or torture, ...because they didn't make enough Investigations in order to try to find and punish those responsible".
- "We (ECHR) do that vis-a-vis all 47 (CoE) Member States, without any discrimination".
"Naturally, the circumstances in each particular case may be differend, and we can't ommit to apply the rules of proof, or the rules of criminal procedure".
"But we try, by all means, to apply these principles of our case-law, to all States", he concluded.
Costa's call was strongly supported by several Top CoE MEPs, from various Political areas
- "To investigate the murder of one Journalist, and not of another, looks like Double Standards", denounced the President of EuroLeft Group in CoE's Assembly, Dutch MEP Tiny Cox.
- "What is the reason ? Politics or specificity of a case ? Of course, if Cyprus and Turkey are involved, it's always a Political case"..
- "Murders of Journalists should always be fully investigated, because killing Journalists is not only killing persons, but also killing Free Press". "We (CoE's Assembly) should do our outmost to help People who are working on Free Press and they are under threat or murdered".
Because for Free Politics, Free Press is a pre-requisitive : Parliamentarians cannot function without a Free Press. Not investigating, is not protecting ourselves".
So we should investigate all Journalists' murders : We are talking about Gongadze, about the Cypriot man (Adali), about the Journalist murdered in Moscow one week ago, etc", Cox concluded
- "CoE can' look at these cases differently. CoE can't wear Blinckers !".
- "If the one is investigated, so has to be also the other. Why there wasn't full investigation ? Why's that ?", wondered British Socialist MEP, Alan Meale.
- "A good idea" would be to "make a Motion for Resolution", and "join all Journalists' murders. Adali and Gongadze etc", said to "EuroFora" EU Parliament Political affairs Committee's President, Goran Lindbland, ChristianDemocrat MEP from Sweden.
(See also earlier News at "EuroFora" on similar issues).
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ECHR's Statistics on Freedom of Expression :
Almost Half of condemnations by ECHR for violations of Freedom of Expression in 2008, concern Turkey : 20 out of a total of 48 for all CoE's Member States.
Russia, Poland, France and Moldova were condemned only 3 times. Romania, Greece, Portugal, 2 times, and the other CoE Member States only 1 time, or none.
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During the last Decade : 1998 - 2008, Turkey was condemned for violating Freedom of Expression in ..169 cases, while Austria only in 24.
France and Moldova in 14 and 13, respectively, closely followed by Russia and Poland with 11 and 10, respectively. The rest of CoE Member States had less than ten condemnations.