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[...] first vehemently attacked by Theodoret, John, [...] [...]

Their occupation of Rachaprasong intersection in Bangkok’s business heart and storming of the parliament ultimately saw a state of emergency declared in the capital and its vicinities on 7 April, allowing authorities to ban demonstrations, shut down media, and detain suspects without charge.

I am distraught by the fact that the Israeli Defense Forces stormed a multinational civilian endeavour carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in international waters — 72 nautical miles off the coast, to be exact — killing and wounding many civilians.

[...] [...] in the most aggressive offensive of 2009 against Transitional [...]

[...] he will viciously attack new churches and new [...]

[...] the Israeli military onslaught against the Palestinian [...] [...]

In a highly-publicized way, he has stated his reservation of the ministerial system and axed it because he still believes that a core of stable and efficient public officers offers the best way for Hong Kong.

The international conference on bioethics, human rights and new technologies focused on current issues in the field of human rights to rapid development in science and technology.

The most recent tragic incident occurred on 9 April when a Lebanese journalist was killed as the car carrying him and two colleagues came under heavy targeted fire from the Syrian army across the border.

Children are girls and boys of any age and belong to different cultures and religions, come from varied social and ethnic backgrounds, may live in difficult circumstances, may be in need of special assistance and protection and may have experienced refuge and displacement, and must be respected as such.

It is little wonder in view of such incidents that both Médecins Sans Frontières and UNICEF have recently said that the number of children suffering from stress disorder has greatly increased.41 Colonel Desmond Travers, a member of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (whose report is generally known as the “Goldstone Report”) said in a recent interview: “If the British had behaved toward children who threw stones at them in the manner that is the norm on the West Bank for Israeli security forces — whereby children are rounded up in the evening and taken to places of detention, hooded, beaten, and in some cases tortured — the Northern Ireland problem would not be resolved today.

According to the Secretary-General (ibid., para. 31), unless funding of the after-service health insurance liability is initiated with the related funds actively invested, the annual cash requirements for after-service health insurance benefits will continue to increase exponentially, putting an ever-increasing strain on future budgets.

[...] [...] stop to random attacks against civilians [...] [...]

He pointed out that a number of indicators might be helpful for the detection of structural discrimination, inter alia: the number and percentage of people of African descent who are victims of aggression or other offences, especially when they are committed by State officials; the absence or small number of complaints, prosecution and convictions relating to acts of racial discrimination in the respective country; lack or insufficient information on the behaviour of law enforcement officials vis-à-vis people of African descent and lack or small number of complaints against law enforcement officers; higher crime rates attributed to that group; harsher or disproportionate sentences; the number and percentage of people of African descent held in prison or preventive detention; and insufficient representation of people of African descent among law enforcement officials.

[...] the recent Israeli attack against the Gaza [...] [...]

In that connection, we emphasize the need to develop methods for monitoring acts committed against civilians during armed conflicts and the need for measures to be taken to persuade all countries and parties to conflicts throughout the world to fulfil their commitment not to target civilians and to protect their lives, property and legitimate interests without applying double standards, bearing in mind the need to fully respect the sovereignty of States and the principle of non-interference in their internal affairs.