| Press Review n°190. By Gilberte Jacaret |
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Yitzhak Rabin on Jerusalem Day...Conference of Presidents
In Israel we all agree on one issue: the wholeness of Jerusalem, the continuation of its existence as capital of the State of Israel. There are not two Jerusalem. There is only one Jerusalem."
LIBYA UN Watch in the News: U.S. envoy praises U.N. council on human rights as Libya is seated...Benny Avni, The New York Sun. May 13, 2010 There was little the American ambassador here, Susan Rice, could do today to stop the General Assembly from voting Libya and other known rights abusers for a seat on the Human Rights Council, but instead of expressing outrage, she chose to praise the United Nations’s least praiseworthy body. Ms. Rice couldn’t even bring herself to condemn Libya’s specific human rights record or even tell reporters how America voted in the General Assembly, where 155 of the 192 members deemed the Colonel Gadhafi tyranny fit to sit in judgment of other countries’ human rights record. International Scandal: Reactions Mount to Libya's Election to UN Human Rights Council- Global Media Cite UN Watch Campaign Against Qaddafi The shock of Libya's election to the UN Human Rights Council last Thursday continues to reverberate around the globe. In Europe, the France 24 news channel reported today that the UN's elevation of the Qaddafi regime "has been met with outrage the world over and is echoed on the web." Berlin's Morgen Post, Germany's second most-read daily newspaper, called it a "success for Muammar Qaddafi," and reported that "human rights groups are appalled." Switzerland's 20 Minuten, the country's most widely read daily, noted that Libya continues to hold Swiss hostage Max Göldi, and that some consider the UN council "a cartel of perpetrators" that makes sure nothing that could potentially harm their power is even discussed much less decided." In America, the Associated Press headlined their story, "UN elects rights violators to Human Rights Council." The New York Daily News criticized the fact that "America failed to raise a voice in condemnation." The New York Daily Sun commented that "There was little the American ambassador here, Susan Rice, could do today to stop the General Assembly from voting Libya and other known rights abusers for a seat on the Human Rights Council, but instead of expressing outrage, she chose to praise the United Nations’s least praiseworthy body. IRAN Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal...Network News, X PROFILE, Washington Post, May 17 2010 TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has agreed to ship much of its enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal reached with the help of mediation from Brazil and Turkey. The agreement could revive a U.N.-backed proposal for easing the international standoff over Iran's nuclear program. The official IRNA news agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mahmanparast as saying Monday that a fuel swap will take place in Turkey. The deal was reached during talks between Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. U.S. Is Skeptical on Iranian Deal for Nuclear Fuel... By David E. Sanger and Michael Slackman, New York Herald Tribune, May 17 2010 WASHINGTON — The United States, Europe and Russia responded with extreme skepticism to Iran’s announcement on Monday that it had reached an agreement to ship roughly half of its nuclear fuel to Turkey, saying they would continue to press for new sanctions against Tehran. Nonetheless, officials from several countries said that the deal, negotiated with the leaders of Turkey and Brazil, was a deftly timed attempt to throw the sanctions effort off track. If successful, the agreement would enhance and underscore the continued rise of Turkey and Brazil as global forces. Ferai Tinc, a political analyst writing in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, said, “Ankara was neither a full supporter of Iran nor an advocate of violence and sanctions against it, but stood strongly for promoting a diplomatic resolution.“ Iran’s coup... David E. Sanger reported from Washington, and Michael Slackman from Cairo, Wall Street Journal, May 19 2010 Iran said it would send 1,200 kg. of low-enriched uranium to Turkey within a month, and no more than a year later get back 120 kg enriched from somewhere else abroad. This makes even less sense than the flawed October deal. In the intervening seven months, Iran has kicked its enrichment activities into higher gear. Its estimated total stock has gone to 2,300 kg. from 1,500 kg. last autumn, and its stated enrichment goal has gone to 20% from 3.5%. If the West accepts this deal, Iran would be allowed to keep enriching uranium in contravention of previous UN resolutions. Removing 1,200 kg. will leave Iran with still enough low-enriched stock to make a bomb, and once uranium is enriched up to 20% it is technically easier to get to bomb-capable enrichment levels. Only last week, diplomats at the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran has increased the number of centrifuges it is using to enrich uranium. According to Western intelligence estimates, Iran continues to acquire key nuclear components, such as trigger mechanisms for bombs. Tehran says it wants to build additional uranium enrichment plants. The CIA recently reported that Iran tripled its stockpile of uranium last year and moved "toward self-sufficiency in the production of nuclear missiles." Monday's deal will have no impact on these illicit activities.
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