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Cyprus4 Whose peace is it anyway? United Nations is no longer an obstacle to peace. Why don’t Europeans act?

February 8, 2010

An extraordinary exposure of the debacle into which the European Union, United Nations and Cyprus have fallen was revealed by the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Mehmet Ali Talat. While in Brussels, at a meeting of the European Policy Centre, he described the latest round of talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.… » read more

Cyprus, English, Enlargement and Neighbours, UN, United Nations

Iran’s nuclear program at the crossroads

October 17, 2009

The way ahead with the dispute between Iran’s nuclear programme and the possible response of western powers is foggy. News from last weeks give some base for optimism (peaceful solution) while others are increasing the use of military option. What’s clear to me is that the stakes are now higher than before. From my point… » read more

BalkanBlog, conflicts, crisis management, English, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Nobelprize, UN, US Foreign Policy

Bottom-Up Approach needed for multi-ethnic society

September 11, 2009

Promoting a culture of coexistence, a multi-ethnic society or at least ethnic tolerance is not an easy task, not even in Europe, not even with help of billions of aid or with “best” western practice. This can be seen especially in Balkans where regions supervised by foreign “expertise” have worst record while regions without these… » read more

BalkanBlog, Balkans, Bosnia-Herzegovina, conflicts, crisis management, English, Enlargement and Neighbours, EU integration, European perspective, kosovo, security, UN

UN death camps, EU money, local negligence

May 2, 2009

I was just watching a film“UN death camps in Kosovo April 2009” about protest which was hold by Roma children living in UN camps in North Mitrovica, Kosovo. The protesters however were still living, so far 81 has already dead after ten years suffering in United Nations Camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), living in… » read more

Ari Rusila´s BalkanPerspective, BalkanBlog, Balkans, crisis management, English, EULEX, KFOR, KLA, kosovo, Mitrovica, UN, UNHCR, UNMIK

10 years since Nato bombings against Serbia

March 26, 2009

While remembering the 10th anniversary of Nato bombings against Serbia I like to highlight some basic issues before, during and after bombings 1999: · Public justification was based to fabricated, manipulated and one-sided reports by U.S. like earlier in Bosnia and after e.g. in Iraq-case · The bombings and later orchestrated unilateral declaration of independence… » read more

Balkan, BalkanBlog, English, Enlargement and Neighbours, Justice & Home Affairs, kosovo, Serbia, Serbs, UN, US Foreign Policy, War crimes

UN adopts 6-point plan for Kosovo – bye bye independence experiment

November 28, 2008

A week ago I wrote here an article “UN deciding over plan for Kosovo – which plan to select?”. On the table was a 6-point plan negotiated between UN and Serbia, and a 4-point plan, a declaration by Kosovo’s separatist government. Now we know the answer – 6-point plan was selected unanimously in […] Original… » read more

Ari Rusila´s BalkanPerspective, BalkanBlog, Balkans, EULEX, kosovo, separatism, Serbia, UN

UN deciding over plan for Kosovo – which plan to select?

November 21, 2008

Some 5.000 to 10.000 Kosovo Albanians protested on Wednesday in Pristina against the UN plan on the reconfiguration of Unmik. Last week, the United Nations put forward an amended 6-point plan for the deployment of the EU’s EULEX mission. The United Nations’ six-point plan, negotiated between the UN Secretary General, Serbia and the European Union… » read more

Ari Rusila´s BalkanPerspective, BalkanBlog, Balkans, conflicts, crisis management, ESDP, EULEX, kosovo, separatism, Serbia, UN, UNMIK

Grumbling in puppet state

November 18, 2008

In Kosovo fifteen movements and different non-governmental organizations have announced a demonstration for Wednesday (19/11/2008) in Priština against the six-point Serbia-UN plan, which basic idea is to agree EULEX mission deployment to Kosovo. ” We invite all citizens of Kosovo to join us an in a demonstration and oppose in a peaceful way the […]… » read more

Ari Rusila´s BalkanPerspective, BalkanBlog, Balkans, conflicts, crisis management, kosovo, Serbia, UN, UNMIK

It is urgent to prepare the Copenhagen Climate Conference

September 8, 2008

In early September, the UN Secretary-General has given the alarm signal by urging all governments to accelerate preparations for finalising the KYOTO successor agreement before the end of 2009. He has called upon them to engage in substantive talks at the next preparatory conference in Poznan in December 2008. Despite a massive input of manpower… » read more

2009, Climate change, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Denmark, UN
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