16 Apr Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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- Oral arguments began yesterday at the ICJ in the Thailand-Cambodia border dispute about land surrounding the Temple Vihear, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Syrian warplanes have launched further attacks in Damascus in addition to a handful of other rebel-held Syrian cities.
- Heads of the World Health Organization and UNICEF made a rare political plea to the international community yesterday stating that intervention is needed in Syria now to prevent the crisis from reaching a dangerous tipping point.
- The UN Security Council is meeting today to discuss a potential deployment of 12,600 peacekeepers to Mali to assist French troops battling rebel threats; these peacekeeping forces would be able to use “all necessary means” to combat the threats. Chad’s President has announced that his country’s troops are withdrawing from Mali.
- At the Security Council, Rwanda has blocked consensus on a non-binding statement that would have recommended that the ICC play a role in solving Africa’s conflicts and human rights problems.
- The ACLU has appealed a recent ruling allowing the Obama administration to keep silent about its drone program.
- Though North Korea’s ambassador to the UK has given a rare speech to the Communist Party of Great Britain stating that North Korea is only interested in self-defense, North Korea made new threats yesterday towards South Korea, Japan and the United States. China points the finger at the US for stoking tensions in the region.
- Arms Control Blog offers an analysis of the North Korea situation referencing Julian’s post here yesterday and asking where the “red line” might be on military action.
- ASIL has published a new Insight entitled Will the WTO Finally Tackle Corruption in Public Purchasing? The Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (.pdf).
- The Guardian has an overview of the five remaining candidates in the race to become the WTO’s next Director-General.
- The Refugee Council of Australia has urged its government to recognize climate change refugee status.
- As the first European country to do so, Iceland has signed a free trade agreement with China.
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