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Follow on Google News | HRI Brief: Japan: Cesium - Libya: 1970 ICC - Inflation Crisis - LeadershipStephen Michael Apatow founder of Humanitarian Resource Institute and the United Nations Arts Initiative mediates contingency planning discussions with leaders in 192 United Nations member countries.
By: HRI: United Nations Arts Initiative Japan: Cesium Detected 12 March 2011 March 12: CNN: Expert tells audience that cesium release means core has been exposed. International community called to coordinate emergency containment measures to prevent a catastrophic ecological disaster. Authorities in Japan raised the prospect Friday of a likely breach in the all-important containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a potentially ominous development in the race to prevent a large-scale release of radiation.... Three men working inside the No. 3 reactor stepped into water this week that had 10,000 times the amount of radiation typical for that locale, Nishiyama said. That water likely indicates "some sort of leakage" from the reactor core, signaling a possible break of the containment vessel that houses the core. - Japan reactor core may be leaking radioactive material, official says: CNN World, 25 March 2011. Url: www.cnn.com/ In conjunction with the catastrophic natural disaster in Japan and the projected $300 Billion cost for relief operations, appeals have been advanced for: 1. Emergency assistance in the form of a debt relief, to assist Japan and all countries that will be directly impacted by this natural disaster and radiological emergency. 2. For the international community to intensify logistical support of disaster operations based on the needs presented by ReliefWeb: Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami - Mar 2011. Url: www.reliefweb.int/ 3. Fundraising initiatives in support of NGO's working in the region: See: InterAction Members: Japan Tsunami Response. Url: www.interaction.org/ Libya: UN Security Council Resolution 1970 Refers Libyan Leaders to the International Criminal Court International dialogue regarding NATO action has focused on the protection of citizens in Libya, but has failed to articulate the full scope of the UN Security Council Resolution 1970, that includes prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity. CAIRO — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday he would request arrest warrants within weeks over crimes against humanity in Libya. -- ICC prosecutor to request Libya arrest warrants: AFP, Khaleej Times, 24 March 2011. Url: bit.ly/gCb8gA According to the UN Security Council Resolution 1970, Libya Sanctions: United States Mission to the United Nations, February 26, 2011. Url: usun.state.gov/ The UN Security Council has adopted a comprehensive resolution to respond to the outrageous violence perpetrated by Muammar Qadafi on the Libyan people. Significantly, the resolution: 1) Refers the situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) * The Security Council referral gives the ICC jurisdiction over crimes committed in Libya after February 15, the day of the first * protests in Benghazi. The ICC may investigate crimes including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. * A referral the ICC is necessary because Libya is not a party to the ICC Rome Statute. * The ICC Prosecutor will report regularly to the Security Council. Oil/Food Inflation Crisis Designated an International Humanitarian Emergency Emergency appeals in every UN member country include disaster assistance proportional to oil/food inflation damage attributed to speculative trading of central bank emergency funds. The UN expert on food rights on Tuesday urged regulation of agriculture commodities trading to stop a speculative bubble that is artificially helping to drive up food prices. -- UN food rights expert urges trading regulation, AFP, 8 March 2011. Url: bit.ly/i1Dr8g CNBC's Erin Burnett (Street Signs) addressed the topic of speculative trading in the commodities market. The analysis encompassed a projection of $50/barrel oil and $1.50/gallon gasoline being attributed to speculative trading, investment funds and retirement accounts, supported by the emergence of exchange-traded funds (ETF's). -- Oil/Food Inflation Crisis: International Disaster Information Network Crisis Contingency Discussion: Humanitarian Resource Institute. 8 March 2011. Url: www.unarts.org/ Leadership Lesson #1: Do It Anyway * United Nations Arts Initiative takes the Lead in Global Advocacy and Policy Development: On Mother Teresa's wall of her children's home in Calcutta, India. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway. Source: The Paradoxical Commandments by Dr. Kent M. Keith. Url: www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/ # # # United Nations Arts Initiative: Promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic planning and development across the globe. End
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