Palestinian loss of land 1946-2000

Text of the UN-Resolution 242 (from 1967)

Here is the text of the UN resolution 242 that condemned Israel´s occupation of Palestinian territory after the six-day war in June 1967. Until now, the occupation still continues.

The Security Council;

Expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the Middle East,

Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security,

Emphasizing further that all Member States in their acceptance of the Charter of the United Nations have undertaken a commitment to act in accordance with Article 2 of the Charter,

1. Affirms that the fulfillment of Charter principles requires the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East which should include the application of both the following principles:

(i) Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict;

(ii)Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;

2. Affirms further the necessity

(a) For guaranteeing freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area;

(b) For achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem;

(c) For guaranteeing the territorial inviolability and political independence of every State in the area, through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones;

3. Requests the Secretary General to designate a Special Representative to proceed to the Middle East to establish and maintain contacts with the States concerned in order to promote agreement and assist efforts to achieve a peaceful and accepted settlement in accordance with the provisions and principles in this resolution;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the progress of the efforts of the Special Representative as soon as possible.

Some pictures of the demonstrations against the G8 summit

We have to stay out

This card was created by the youth organisation of the green party. The title says "We have to stay out". The representatives of only 8 nations come together as an elitist club and discuss world problems these days.

How the USA tries to block global climate protection

Condoleeza Rice was astonished: "One has to wonder if you're really concerned about greenhouse gas emissions why you aren't interested in nuclear power" she said in Potsdam on Wednesday.

Dear Ms Rice, it is all very simple: nuclear power seems to be a "clean" sort of energy, but the dangers are much to high. What if a nuclear power station collapses? We do not have forgotten what has happenend in Tschernobyl 1986 or Harrisburg 1979. Let it be technical or human failure or even a "terrorist attack" (you talk so often about "terrorists", so you should know what it means) - the catastrophic harms of contamination with nuclear material are too terrible for human beings and nature.
We should not seperate the climate problem from our relationship towards nature as a whole and we should not seperate ourselves as human beings from the system of nature so much. In the longrun, it is much more sane to live with nature than to live against nature.

G.W. Bush yesterday made an alternative proposal about his ideas on the protection of the climate. While he dislikes to work together with the international community and the United Nations, he favors a club of the most filthy nations: the 15 economies with the highest CO2 emissions should come together and discuss about limiting themselves voluntarily. Is this Utopia: criminals judge themselves?