OrwellianUK

NHS "narrowly avoided" collapse during Covid pandemic and patients were failed, inquiry finds bbc.in/478PgI4

1) New York Syria's mission to the UN, decided to launch an international Task Force led by the Syrians themselves, aimed at eliminating any remnants of the chemical weapons program in Assad’s Syria. This historic event, marking the 15th anniversary of the Syrian People revolution against Assad regime, which was held at the Westin Hotel today March 18th, the United States (represented by Amb./Special Envoy Tom Barak and Amb. Mike West), the United Kingdom (represented by Chargé d’Affaires Amb. James Kariuki), Germany (represented by Amb. Ricklef Beutin), France (represented by Amb. Jérôme Bonnafont), Türkiye (represented by Amb. Ahmet Yıldız), Qatar (represented by Amb. Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani) and Canada. The Task Force Ambassadors gave short speeches to stress the importance of the task ahead of ridding Syria of any chemical weapons' remnants . The use of chemical weapons in Syria by the former regime garnered widespread international attention with profound repercussions for the victims, for international peace and security, and for the global non-proliferation agreements. It has now become imperative for the world community to address how to manage this legacy of Assad’s Syria, through concerted efforts to resolve the issue within a framework of transparency and international cooperation. The launch of this Task Force reflects Syria’s transition from a state accused—under the previous regime—of using chemical weapons against its own people, to a state that today works actively with the international community to address this issue, uphold respect for international norms, and bolster collective security. Indeed, this event marked the first international working group/Task Force established under Syria’s leadership, bringing together key international stake holders to collaborate on finding a final solution. The event was also attended by a large number of representatives from UN Member States, as well as senior UN officials and from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Amb. Mohamad Katoub, Syria's PR to the OPCW had the honor to read the first joint statement by the Task Force to world press @antonioguterres @IbrahimOlabi @SyriatoUN @OPCW @UN_PGA @DicarloRosemary @USUN @MelissaFleming @USAMBTurkiye @USAmbUN @JamesKariuki_UN @franceonu @JeromeBonnafont @CanadaUN @AmbAlyaAlThani @QatarAtUN @AzALWASIL @GermanyUN @GermanAmbUN_NY @TC_BMDT @ksamissionun @UAEMissionToUN @UNIraq @UNEgypt @arableague_gs

I can recall similar stories of Western legacy media faking heroism but being complete f*cking cowards. One such anecdote: In 2016, I went to Aleppo (Syria) 4 times. One of those time was with a media delegation (because it was so costly to go on my own, which I'd done, paying for the taxi, and because I wanted to see how they would report on what we all saw). One evening, we were taken to areas hard hit by the terrorists Western media dubbed "rebels", in the city centre. We were told, “Bela dow, bela dow—no light. There’s a sniper, guys, there’s a sniper. Turn off your lights.” The sniper was an estimated 1 km away, according to the locals walking with us, who said snipers sometimes come within 500 meters." [ ingaza.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/ale… ] I later learned that of the group of a dozen or so journalists, only a few of us had continued to this point. The others, including BBC journalists with body armour (I had none) not only didn't continue on, but later complained that we'd been put in a dangerous situation. The same journalists were happy to take glory photos showing how brave they were, however. That same visit, at one point, we crossed an area theoretically exposed to snipers, but protected in a sense by a metal sheet, a curtain of sorts to obscure the view of snipers. We walked quietly across. Later, I came across some journalist theatrically running as though he had to leg it in order to cross the very same patch of street. It isn't surprising that these integrity-devoid presstitutes show no concern for journalists actually exposed to danger.