The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Friday February 17th, 2023
United Nations Appeal to Facilitate Aid to Syria by Removing Sanctions by Rene Wadlow
On 10 February 2023, Special Rapporteurs of the Human Rights Council made an urgent Appeal to facilitate aid to Syria by removing the current sactions imposed by a certain number of countries on Syria due to the massive and long-lasting human rights violations linked to the armed conflict which began in March 2011. The Appeal was led by Professor Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights. Professor Douhan is professor of international law at the Belarusian State University in Minsk.
Special Rapporteurs of the U.N. Human Rights Council are independent experts. They are not members of the U.N. Secretariat although Secretariat staff participate in research and editing. The Special Rapporteurs are not paid but their expenses are covered when in Geneva or on missions in the field. The idea for the creation of the Special Rapporteurs was to free them, to the extent possible, of pressures from governments or from the U.N. Secretariat. They report to the Human Rights Council, usuallly at every session.
The earthquake which hit parts of Turkiya and Syria was particularly catastrophic. It is estimated that some 50,000 persons have been killed and many more uprooted. In the case of Syria, the quake hit parts of the country that were already devastated by the civil war.
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The Sunset Journey #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
“I watch the sun go down
From my balcony and the
Sunset is glowing orange,
I consider it all swimming
In a a cool glass of Chablis,
And my soul is stretched taut,
Spread out against the sky
Like a sail catching the wind.”
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Ovi Bookshelves: Pins & Needles by Andrew Farley
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Sceptic feathers #58 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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