DPR/Alexander Kurenkov: Attracting third-party peacekeeping missions to DPR territory is pointless

Опубликовано 27.09.2019, People`s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic https://dnrsovet.su/alexander-kurenkov-attracting-third-party-peacekeeping-missions-to-dpr-territory-is-pointless/

The Donetsk People’s Republic independently ensures its own security, and also protects internal order and its borders. Therefore, we consider the involvement of third-party peacekeeping missions on our territory not only pointless, but can also treat them as a military intervention. This was stated in a commentary to the official DPR website by the DPR People’s Council MP, Alexander Kurenkov.

“First things first, I must say that we really appreciate the participation of the Belarusian president in the peace process and are grateful to him for the platform for negotiations with the Ukrainian party provided in Minsk.

It was in the capital of Belarus that the signing of such an important document for Donbass as the Minsk agreements took place.

Now the main task of the parties to this international treaty is

BRICS, China/Hong Kong: Time to move on: CE

August 9, 2019, Government of Hong Kong (China) https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2019/08/20190809/20190809_180416_518.html

Chief Executive Carrie Lam today said Hong Kong needs to say no to violence in order to move on.

Mrs Lam made the statement when speaking to reporters after a meeting with business representatives to discuss ways to tackle the economic problems faced by Hong Kong.

She said: “As far as (a) political solution is concerned, I don’t think we should just make

UN condemns East Timor militia leader’s “release”

Dili, 1 September 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations condemned Tuesday the reported release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor in 1999.

"If the reports are true, his release is contrary to the Security Council resolutions which set up the UN Mission in (East Timor) and seriously undermines the global principle of accountability for crimes against humanity," Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokeswoman Marie Okabe said in a statement.

The UN said earlier this week that the suspect, Martenus Bere, had been released Sunday ahead of national celebrations commemorating 10 years since East Timor won independence from Indonesia in a UN-backed referendum.

The government has refused to confirm Bere's release amd the UN appeared to backtrack on Tuesday, saying in a separate statement that its mission in Dili was "not in a position to comment" on Bere's circumstances.

Bere was detained in East Timor on August 8, five years after being indicted for his role in the 1999 Suai Church massacre, in which up to 200 people were killed.

"The UN's firm position is that there can be no amnesty or impunity for serious crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide," Okabe said.

"In that context, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly opposes the release of someone for whom an arrest warrant of this nature has been established."

East Timor's leadership has been criticised for opposing prosecution for those responsible for abuses during Indonesia's bloody 1975-1999 occupation of the half-island, which killed around 100,000 people.

President Jose Ramos-Horta says restoring good relations with Indonesia is more important than "prosecutorial justice", and has said he will not let his country be used as an "experiment" in international justice.

The opposition Fretilin party however says he is out of touch with the East Timorese people, many of whom continue to demand justice for gross human rights abuses committed during the Indonesian occupation.