UN Secretary General’s statement regarding the North Korean launch failure Despite its failure, the launch is in direct violation of Security Council Resolution 1874 and threatens regional stability.
Ok, well at first it really does seem funny (LOL at people calling the man “Lil’ Kim”), but then you start thinking: You can’t just fire rockets into wherever you wish, they must have known there were risks, it could have hurt anyone. I wonder how many people got in trouble for that one in DPRK already. I am looking forward to hearing about the Security Council meeting at 10.00 am EST where this incident is on the agenda. It seems it was mere luck that it remained only threat to the peace (UN Charter Article 39) and didn’t cause any bigger…
Leo: We spent millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in space. Do you know what the Russians did? Josh: Used a pencil? Leo: Used a pencil.
Rwanda, Syria and the Responsibility to Protect Interesting piece on R2P. Very good too.
Today is the International Day of Human Space Flight 12 April 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen.
One last poem for today. This one relates to my addiction to international relations, quoted many times by Hungarian international law scholars when speaking about the function of international law. János Arany, famous Hungarian poet was much upset about the outcome of the Russo-Turkish war in 1878 when the Congress of Berlin met to reorganize the countries of the Balkans. Not many were satisfied with the unjust resettlement, many still consider these decisions as starting point eventually leading to World War I. Civilization is a short poem with much irony expressing the popular opinion of that time. I like to think…
10 Most Read Books In The World I was a little surprised by #2. Other than that, I almost liked this list.
