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Nelson Mandela Speaking on Palestine [Extracts]

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The above video is a collection of extracts from a 1990 town hall meeting, held in New York City and chaired by Ted Koppel of ABC Networks. The meeting formed part Nelson Mandela’s first visit to the USA immediately following his release from prison.

A significant part of the town hall meeting focused on Nelson Mandela’s advocating (on behalf of the African National Congress and the larger South African liberation struggle) for sanctions to be applied against Apartheid South Africa, his and the ANC’s support for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) as well as his close friendship with Yasser Arafat (of Palestine) and Fidel Castro (of Cuba).

The town hall meeting took place in 1990, long before the world had embraced Nelson Mandela as a “giant of justice”. However, even then, when it may have been unfashionable and unpopular to support the Palestinians against, what Mandela termed, Israeli “colonialism”, Mandela stood firm and resolute on his principles and the policies of the ANC – Mandela was, after all, conveying the long-standing positions held by the ANC and the larger South African liberation movement.

Nelson Mandela supported the Palestinian struggle when it was unfashionable and unpopular, he was a true leader. Hamba Kahle Tata…

Sạt lở đất – Thiên tai hay nhân tai?

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Phóng sự VTV24 năm 2020

[VOV2] – Các hoạt động nhân sinh đang làm trầm trọng thêm các hình thái bất thường của thời tiết và đã đến lúc không thể chỉ nói rằng thảm hoạ xảy ra là do thiên tai, mà trong nhiều trường hợp cần phải nói đến là do cả nhân tai.

Chỉ trong vòng hơn 2 tháng qua, cả nước đã xảy ra 47 trận sạt lở đất, đá gây thiệt hại nghiêm trọng về người và tài sản. Điều đáng nói, không chỉ khu vực Tây Nguyên, Nam Bộ, Tây Bắc, mà ngay cả Hà Nội cũng đã xuất hiện những trận sạt lở lớn. Vậy đâu là nguyên nhân gây ra tình trạng này? Cần có những giải pháp hữu hiệu nào để phòng tránh những vụ sạt lở tương tự?

Trong cuộc trao đổi với phóng viên VOV2, PGS.TS Trần Tân Văn, nguyên Viện trưởng Viện Khoa học địa chất và khoáng sản Việt Nam, Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường đã có những nhận định và phân tích khá thẳng thắn xung quanh vấn đề này.

PGS.TS Trần Tân Văn, nguyên Viện trưởng Viện Khoa học địa chất và khoáng sản Việt Nam, Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường
PGS.TS Trần Tân Văn, nguyên Viện trưởng Viện Khoa học địa chất và khoáng sản Việt Nam, Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường
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Miền Trung đứng trước nguy cơ “đại hồng thuỷ” sau gần 25 năm

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Kinh tế đô thị  Trọng Tùng 14:37 15/10/2023

Kinhtedothi – Miền Trung đang ở hình thế kinh điển (điển hình) của mùa mưa, rất giống với hình thái thời tiết từng gây ra trận lũ lụt lịch sử vào tháng 11/1999. Liệu một trận đại hồng thuỷ có lặp lại sau gần 25 năm?

TIN LIÊN QUAN

Gần 1.600 ngôi nhà bị ngập, sơ tán hơn 3.900 người dân tránh mưa lũ

Miền Trung chìm trong mưa lũ

Ký ức khó phai mờ

Đợt lũ lụt xảy ra tại miền Trung vào tháng 11/1999 (hay còn được biết đến với tên gọi là đại hồng thủy 1999) được xem là một trong những trận lũ lụt lớn nhất từng xảy ra. Nguyên nhân của trận lũ lụt lịch sử là do tác động của không khí lạnh mạnh kết hợp với dải áp thấp xích đạo, các nhiễu động trên cao và cuối cùng là áp thấp nhiệt đới.

Các tỉnh miền Trung nước ta đã phải hứng chịu những trận mưa rất lớn từ ngày 1 – 6/11/1999, gây ra lũ lụt nghiêm trọng, nhấn chìm nhiều huyện, thị xã, làm thiệt hại tài sản lên đến gần 3.800 tỷ đồng (giá thời điểm năm 1999, tương đương 21.203 tỷ đồng ở năm 2023).

Gia cố bờ sông phòng, chống lũ lên do mưa lớn kéo dài tại tỉnh Hà Tĩnh.
Gia cố bờ sông phòng, chống lũ lên do mưa lớn kéo dài tại tỉnh Hà Tĩnh.
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International humanitarian law (Wiki)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not to be confused with International human rights law.

International humanitarian law
Courts and Tribunals
Nuremberg trialsInternational Military Tribunal for the Far EastInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaInternational Criminal Tribunal for RwandaInternational Court of JusticeInternational Criminal Court
Violations
War crimes
Treaties
Hague ConventionsGeneva ConventionsThird Geneva ConventionFourth Geneva ConventionProtocol IProtocol IIProtocol IIIRome Statute
Related areas of law
Law of war (jus ad bellum)International human rights lawInternational criminal law
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International humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the laws of armed conflict, is the law that regulates the conduct of war (jus in bello).[1][2] It is a branch of international law that seeks to limit the effects of armed conflict by protecting persons who are not participating in hostilities and by restricting and regulating the means and methods of warfare available to combatants.

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Australia rejects Indigenous referendum in setback for reconciliation

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Reuters.com By Praveen Menon, Lewis Jackson, Wayne Cole

https://www.reuters.com/video/?videoId=RW001014102023RP1&jwsource=em

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Saturday decisively rejected a proposal to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, in a major setback to the country’s efforts for reconciliation with its First Peoples.

Australians had to vote “Yes” or “No” in the referendum, the first in almost a quarter of a century, on the question of whether to alter the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people through the creation of an Indigenous advisory body, the “Voice to Parliament”.

Nationwide, with almost 70% of the vote counted, the “No” vote led “Yes” 60% to 40%. Australian broadcaster ABC and other TV networks have projected that a majority of voters in all six of Australia’s states would vote against altering the 122-year-old constitution.

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Timeline: Indigenous Voice, treaty and truth in Australia

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Aljazeera.com

Indigenous people’s 60,000 years of connection to their country should be recognised, leaders say.

An Aboriginal protester runs past a fire and make-shift shelter with an Aboriginal flag outside the old parliament House building in Canberra
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy has been a continued site of protest outside old Parliament House in Australia’s Canberra since 1972 [File: David Gray/Reuters]

By Al Jazeera Staff

Published On 13 Oct 202313 Oct 2023

The Australian referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is part of a long history of Aboriginal people fighting for their voice to be heard.

The referendum was called after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders issued the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a petition calling for a First Nations Voice to be enshrined in the Australian constitution.

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Explainer: Australia has voted against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Here’s what happened

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A majority of Australian voters have rejected the proposal to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with the final results likely to be about 40% voting “yes” and 60% voting “no”.

What was the referendum about?

In this referendum, Australians were asked to vote on whether to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. The Voice was proposed as a means of recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia in the Constitution.

The Voice proposal was a modest one. It was to be an advisory body for the national parliament and government. Had the referendum succeeded, Australia’s Constitution would have been amended with a new section 129:

In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:

i. there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

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Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight

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Israeli soldiers inspect the site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, Friday. Oct. 13, 2023. At least 260 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the attack by Hamas gunmen last Saturday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers inspect the site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, Friday. Oct. 13, 2023. At least 260 Israeli festival-goers were killed during the attack by Hamas gunmen last Saturday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Read More

Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Friday, Oct.13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Friday, Oct.13, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Read More

Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

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Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)Read More

Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike at Al Shati Refugee Camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike at Al Shati Refugee Camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)Read More

BY MIKE CORDER AND JULIA FRANKEL APnews

Updated 3:14 AM GMT+7, October 14, 2023

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law.

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Gaza’s desperate civilians flee or huddle in hopes of safety, as warnings of Israeli offensive mount

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BY JOSEPH KRAUSS AND WAFAA SHURAFAU, APnews

pdated 6:50 AM GMT+7, October 15, 2023Share

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperate Palestinians scrambled for escape from northern Gaza on Saturday or huddled by the thousands at a hospital in the target zone in hopes it would be spared, as Israel intensified warnings of an imminent offensive by air, ground and sea following Hamas militants’ deadly rampage in Israel a week ago.

While workers at an Israeli military base continued efforts through the Jewish Sabbath to identify the more than 1,300 people killed in the Oct. 7 assault, Israel dropped leaflets from the air and redoubled warnings on social media for more than 1 million Gaza residents to move south.

The military says it is trying to clear away civilians ahead of a concentrated campaign against Hamas militants in the north, including in what it said were underground hideouts in Gaza City. Hamas urged people to stay in their homes.

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