Das Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Bürger der Krim kann durch völkerrechtliche Verträge oder die Verfassung der Ukraine nicht aufgehoben werden. Die Krim hatte und hat als autonome Republik jedes Recht, einen eigenen Weg zu gehen und sich von der Ukraine zu separieren. Die Hilfestellung Rußlands beim Sezessionsprozeß der Krim war verhältnismäßig und kein Verstoß gegen das Völkerrecht. …
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U.N. declares state of emergency in Gaza after floods
AFP, Jerusalem
Friday, 28 November 2014
Friday, 28 November 2014
A United Nations agency declared a state of “emergency” in Gaza City on Thursday, after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.
“Hundreds of residents in the flooded areas around Sheikh Radwan storm water lagoon have evacuated their homes,” the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said, referring to a northern district.
Some 100,000 Palestinians throughout Gaza remain homeless three months after a ceasefire ended a bloody 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants, with reconstruction yet to begin.
While no casualties have been reported from the flooding, UNRWA said it was supplying “emergency fuel to municipalities, water, sanitation and health facilities.”
Robert Turner, its director of operations in Gaza, said the agency was “very concerned about such severe storms this early in the season and on the back of unprecedented damage and destruction” from the war.
Thousands of Gazans were displaced last December after torrential rain hit the coastal territory, UNRWA said.
“Such devastation exacerbates the already poor humanitarian situation for refugees and non-refugees in Gaza, which is dealing with the aftermath of a recent conflict and an acute fuel and energy crisis,” it said.
Little construction materials have entered Gaza following a U.N.-brokered deal under which Israel eased an eight-year blockade of Gaza.
According to a foreign diplomatic source, the mechanism for delivering materials has “taken longer than anticipated” to launch.
Last Update: Friday, 28 November 2014 KSA 08:09 - GMT 05:09
“Militärisch ist dieser Konflikt nicht zu lösen” Merkel im Hinblick auf die Ukraine
Das würde in eine militärische Auseinandersetzung mit Russland führen, die mit Sicherheit keine lokale wäre. Auf der anderen Seite kann man nicht sagen: Weil wir das militärisch nicht lösen können, können wir es überhaupt nicht lösen.
Kanzlerin Merkel in der Fragerunde nach ihrer Lowy-Institut-Rede in Sydney. Nehmen wir sie doch bei diesem Wort und fragen wir weiter nach konkreten Lösungsvorstellungen von ihrer Seite. Unterstützen wir den Vorstoß von Steinmeier und die vernunftgetragene Positionierung von Matthias Platzeck. Vor allem aber müssen wir Sahra Wagenknechts Haltung unterstützen und auch die vernünftigen Stimmen aus den Spitzen der deutschen Wirtschaft, die auf politischen Lösungen bestehen. Die deutsche Politik muss sich aus ihrer unheilvollen Verklammerung mit der US-amerikanischen Konfrontations-Politik lösen, Kanzlerakte und sonstige “Verpflichtungen” hin oder her. Es macht keinen Sinn Frau Merkel anzugreifen, man muss ihr Mut machen zum Ausscheren. Die Mehrheit unseres Volkes hat sie für eine Kursänderung hinter sich. AKf-europe.org
"ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT" UNRWA declares state of emergency in Gaza after torrential rainsBy TOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS 11/27/14
Flooding from two days of heavy rains forced hundreds of Gaza City residents to flee their homes on Thursday, as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency declared a state of emergency in the area.
The bulk of the damage was in areas around Sheikh Radwan lagoon, according to UNRWA, which added that no injuries were reported.
“We are very concerned about such severe storms this early in the season and on the back of unprecedented damage and destruction caused by the recent conflict,” said UNRWA’s Director of Operations Robert Turner in Gaza.
“We are particularly concerned for those families still seeking adequate shelter and preparing for the winter months, and for the impact the flooding is already having on children unable to attend school.”
One UNRWA school and an UNRWA Collective Center in Gaza City have been affected by the rising waters.
The organization closed 63 schools in Gaza City, affecting 65,000 pupils.
In addition 43 schools in the northern part of the Strip were also closed.
In one area of Gaza City, residents waded through knee-deep water with a bursting sewerage system.
In another neighborhood, Gaza’s municipal council workers and engineers were working to create a new pool to which water could be directed.
“As a result of the heavy rain, the water moved from all over the city to Shiekh Radwan pool, which is now flooded and the pumps cannot...
empty the pool quickly.
So as a solution and to prevent the floods from covering the area, we are creating a [subsidiary] pool,” said Nihad al-Mughani, head of engineers office in Gaza’s municipal council.
Gaza, with a population of 1.8 million, lacks basic civil infrastructure.
An estimated 20,000 homes were destroyed or damaged during Operation Protective Edge in the summer and major pieces of infrastructure, from roads to sewage treatment plants were seriously damaged.http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UNRWA-declares-state-of-emergency-in-Gaza-City-as-hundreds-flee-flooded-homes-383055
The bulk of the damage was in areas around Sheikh Radwan lagoon, according to UNRWA, which added that no injuries were reported.
“We are very concerned about such severe storms this early in the season and on the back of unprecedented damage and destruction caused by the recent conflict,” said UNRWA’s Director of Operations Robert Turner in Gaza.
“We are particularly concerned for those families still seeking adequate shelter and preparing for the winter months, and for the impact the flooding is already having on children unable to attend school.”
One UNRWA school and an UNRWA Collective Center in Gaza City have been affected by the rising waters.
The organization closed 63 schools in Gaza City, affecting 65,000 pupils.
In addition 43 schools in the northern part of the Strip were also closed.
In one area of Gaza City, residents waded through knee-deep water with a bursting sewerage system.
In another neighborhood, Gaza’s municipal council workers and engineers were working to create a new pool to which water could be directed.
“As a result of the heavy rain, the water moved from all over the city to Shiekh Radwan pool, which is now flooded and the pumps cannot...
empty the pool quickly.
So as a solution and to prevent the floods from covering the area, we are creating a [subsidiary] pool,” said Nihad al-Mughani, head of engineers office in Gaza’s municipal council.
Gaza, with a population of 1.8 million, lacks basic civil infrastructure.
An estimated 20,000 homes were destroyed or damaged during Operation Protective Edge in the summer and major pieces of infrastructure, from roads to sewage treatment plants were seriously damaged.http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UNRWA-declares-state-of-emergency-in-Gaza-City-as-hundreds-flee-flooded-homes-383055
Retten, was zu retten ist – Deutsche Unternehmer am Mittwoch in Moskau
Eine hochrangige Delegation deutscher Unternehmer hat sich am Mittwoch in Moskau mit Außenminister Lawrow getroffen, um über Geschäftsbeziehungen angesichts der aktuellen Sanktionen zu sprechen. Die Unternehmer fürchten den Verlust von 50.000 Arbeitsplätzen in Deutschland. Bei den Gesprächen „hinter verschlossenen Türen“ nahmen insgesamt 20 deutsche Unternehmer teil, darunter der Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende der Wintershall-Holding Rainer Seele, der Metro-Vorstandschef …
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