I served might not think it has a problem or may not think it needs a solution or wants to or does not want to internationalize a solution. We are an organization based on membership. There is a sovereignty reality we have to accept as a member statebased organization. What do you try to do . You try to find mediators intermediaries that have legitimacy on their own. You might send out somebody who you knew was close to certain government leaders from another country who could talk quietly behind closed doors without a big deal. Graduatere is a u. N. Resident coordinator on the ground that could target an entry point. You always have to be looking at this. One of the reasons i want to make sure we have brought a financial backing for broad financial backing for mediation tools is so people can say if this many countries of this many persuasions are behind using the mediation tools, it must not be a western imperialist agenda, and we have no agenda other than trying to address a conflic
Without having forces on the ground to separate the antagonist, what we try to do is use the voice the u. N. Has to raise aware ps of this and to have discussions with those countries who have influence inside syria. Publicly we talk about this to bring attention to the issue, privately we are talking to the countries in touch with fighters on either side to try to build some humanitarian space. Most of these issues you are raising, they are a way solved in the geneva convention. Its a question of having it respected. One of the sad things about being a diplomat in our areas in these times is the inability to have new International Norms or obligations. I dont think the geneva convention, i dont think we could have today negotiated the geneva convention. So we are stuck in a situation where we really have to look after the heritage that we have from previous generations. They are not bad at all. And they do a pretty good job of disemanating it. But this should be a job of all of us. If
Confirmed cases of covid19 in the United States. And almost unbelievable number. And there have been more than 38,000 fatalities. Just to put that in context, a little more than 33,000 americans died in combat during the korean war. The fifth deadliest war in our nations history. Just let that sink in for a moment. More americans have died from the coronavirus in the last seven weeks than during a threeyear war. But Donald Trumps mismanagement is laid out clearly in the joe biden ad you just saw remains more concerned about revving up the economy than saving lives. As he continues to pressure governors to lift lockdown orders and risk their own health by going out in close quarter groups to protest them, the new wall street journal nbc news poll out this morning finds that the American People are not on his side. About six in ten americans are more concerned about the Public Health implications of getting back to work than the economic ones. Among his republican base, who are usually b
England, another one coming out west and cold snap down south. Ginger zee, our inhouse action figure covering it all. I would really like ab action figure doll. Can you find that . We want to start in detroit. On i75 all parts of southeast manager package were a mess. Lakeeffect and some enhanced snow from a little upper air disturbance the either way look what happened. This happened in tloed dough, parts of pennsylvania too so it was not just in michigan but disasterous for the roads, charlotte, north carolina, fasts right, charlotte had three inches of snow. So it was a mess on their roadways too. That is that low pressure system that has now tracked over the ocean and will clip boston and the cape. Its been more than two years by the way since charlotte had that type of accumulating snow. From montauk and providence, hyannis, 6 to 9 inch range. Boston, three to 6 inches a week after we had all the snow last weekend and if you dont have the snow you have the cold. It feels like 16 i
Another one coming out west and a cold snap down south. Ginger zee, our inhouse action figure, covering it all. Ginger, take it away. I would really like an action figure doll actually. Can you work on that . While i do the weather . We want to start in detroit. Because on i75, all parts of southeast michigan were a mess yesterday. They had some lake effect, some enhanced snow from a little upper air disturbance. Either way, look what happened. This happened in toledo, parts of pennsylvania too, so it was not just in michigan but disastrous for the roads. Charlotte, north carolina, thats right, charlotte had 3 inches of snow. So it was a mess on their roadways too. That is that low pressure system that has now tracked over the ocean and will clip boston and the cape. Its been more than two years, by the way, since charlotte had that type of accumulating snow. Look whats going to happen here from montauk and providence, and the cape, hyannis included, thats in that 6 to 9inch range. Bos