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09/09/2009 :: 07:39:18 AM
sidharth shanker Patna Bihar India"Tunna" Says:

Hon’ble persident sir and hon’ble persident of India maa’m Pratibha devi singh Patil
Ref:Hon’ble persident of 61 motherly earth Nation Barack H Obama,Vladimir Puttin, Ho jintao, Jaseq chiraq, Gordon Brown , Nicholas kitchner,Simon peris,Asif ali jardari,Hammid karjai etc and respected persident /director of pentagon, Nato etc “wishing you splendid joy and successfull throughout your life”sidharth shanker Patna Bihar India”Tunna”,s/o-sri s.p sharma.husband of younger brother of Amitabh shanker grandson of late ramshish singh”mantrijee”,on the laps of late Jai prakash Narayan”loknayak”,late Sahid Brahmchari etc , late Rahul sanskrityanc/o-sri s.p sharma”Ushayan”mahatma Gandhi Nagar Kankerbagh Patna-26 Bihar India

01/03/2009 :: 01:02:13 AM
Zulma Miranda Says:

Dear World Focus,

I just watched the discussion between Martin Savidge and Joseph Donnelley and I feel compelled to make a comment about the discussion specifically regarding women in conflict. Mr. Savidge asked a very important question regarding the rape of women as a weapon of war. As a human rights lawyer who is constantly advocating for rape to be defined in such a way, I was impressed by his informed question. I was, however, disappointed by Mr. Donnelly’s response. He made reference to UN Resolution ‘1825′ - he was wrong. The UN Resolutions he should have mentioned were UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000) and UN Resolution 1820 (2008) on Women in Armed Conflict. Both of these Resolutions are binding law on all UN Member States and mandate that they take immediate action and punish all perpetrators of sexual and all gender based violence against women and girls in conflict (and post conflict situations) Further, this Resolution is binding on all parties to the conflict (which includes rebels groups) The aim is to end impunity for these crimes and to further recognize what has already been established under international law - that we must put an end to the war against women and end rape as a weapon of war. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions. Your program is globally influential and it is critical that the world community understand this issue and has the correct information and understand states obligations to end this crime.