Syria: 4 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012

Syria: 4 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012 Prevention of armed conflict [34] The Secretary-General will report to the General Assembly as required under last month’s General Assembly resolution on Syria (97th Plenary Meeting). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's oral report to the General Assembly on situation in Syria: Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am making this report as requested by the General Assembly resolution A/Res/66/263 of 16 February. Given the gravity of the situation, please be assured that we will keep you regularly informed. We have all watched the events in Syria this week with growing alarm. We have seen heavy artillery shelling and tank fire in densely populated neighborhoods across the country. A major assault on Homs took place yesterday. Civilian losses have clearly been heavy. We continue to receive grisly reports of summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture. In Homs, Hama and elsewhere, the brutal fighting has trapped civilians in their homes, without food, heat or electricity or medical care; without any chance of evacuating the wounded or burying the dead. People have been reduced to melting snow for drinking water. This atrocious assault is all the more appalling for having been waged by the government itself, systematically attacking its own people. All agree we must act in the face of this escalating crisis. Yesterday, the Security Council deplored the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation and demanded access for relief workers. I welcome the Council’s clear and strong statement. The Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, condemned the “widespread and systematic” violations of human rights and demanded an immediate end to the violence. I am extremely disappointed that the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, has not been able to travel to Syria despite repeated assurances. I once again urge the authorities to allow her to visit, as soon as possible, so that humanitarian relief workers can reach the many thousands of people who desperately need assistance. Today, teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society have been permitted to enter Homs, but they are waiting to get access to Bab Amr. It is essential that aid workers be allowed to help civilians in the most devastated areas of the city; as of this moment, assistance can still not get through. As you know, the joint UN-Arab League Special Envoy, the Honorable Kofi Annan, will depart from New York this evening. During the past two days he has been consulting intensively with Member States, including members of the Security Council and the Arab Group as well as the Syrian mission and other concerned stakeholders. He plans to travel next week to Cairo for consultations with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and to a number of other regional capitals, including Damascus. My predecessor has taken on a difficult mission with immense challenges; he needs the full and undivided support of the international community, speaking in one voice. Excellencies, Let me turn now to the particulars of the situation: the deepening humanitarian crisis, the increasingly worrying human rights picture, and the political process that we hope will chart a way ahead. The Secretariat has sent a Note Verbale to the Permanent Mission of Syria requesting its response to the clear demands set forth in General Assembly resolution 66/253, dated 16 February. We received a reply yesterday. The Secretariat has also requested information from the League of Arab States on what Member States are doing to support the Arab League initiative. In the past two weeks, I have remained in close contact with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I met him last week in London and spoke with him as recently as yesterday. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Syrian Government has failed to deliver on its responsibility to protect its people. Civilian populations are under military assault in several cities. The disproportionate use of force by Syrian authorities has driven, what had been largely peaceful opposition forces, to resort to take up arms in some cases. But let us be clear: the opposition’s firepower appears to be minimal, compared to the heavy weapons being used by the Syrian army. Armed extremist groups have also opportunistically used the situation to carry out terrorist acts, in particular in Damascus and Aleppo. While the continuing lack of access makes it impossible to verify specific casualty figures, credible reports suggest that the total number of people killed since March last year is well above 7,500, including many women and children. On several occasions, the daily death toll has exceeded one hundred. Approximately 25,000 refugees are now registered with UNHCR in neighbouring countries; between 100,000 and 200,000 people are internally displaced. The Syrian Government has also resisted the General Assembly’s demand for full and unhindered access for international media. Journalists, too, have been killed or injured alongside the people whose plight they were there to report. Let me turn now to the human rights situation. This Assembly called upon the Syrian Government to immediately put an end to all human rights violations and attacks against civilians, protect its population and fully comply with its obligations under applicable international law. The Syrian authorities clearly have not done so. The International Commission of Inquiry for Syria, in a report issued on 22nd February, concluded that the Syrian Government forces have committed widespread, systematic and gross human rights violations, amounting to crimes against humanity, with the apparent knowledge and consent of the highest levels of the State. The Commission’s report also concluded that anti-Government groups have committed abuses, although not comparable in scale and organization to those carried out by the State. The Commission also found that the security forces and Shabiha militias have continued to use live ammunition against peaceful protesters throughout the country, and that the Government has carried out reprisals in response to opposition calls for strikes. Freedom of expression continues to be severely restricted, and many human rights defenders, activists, protesters and journalists across the country are being arrested or detained. We are receiving widespread reports of torture under detention, even of children. In response to the worsening human rights situation, the Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution that strongly condemns the use of force against civilians, summary executions, the killing and persecution of protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children. The resolution also calls on the Government to allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to carry out a full assessment of needs in Homs and other areas, and to permit humanitarian agencies to deliver vital relief goods and services, especially in Homs, Dar’a, Zabadani and other areas under siege. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We must do everything in our power to end the crisis. We must help move towards a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system, as supported by this Assembly. Yet to date, the international community has failed in its duty. In fact, the actions – indeed, the inaction — of the international community seems to have encouraged the Syrian authorities in their brutal suppression of its citizens. Further militarization of the Syrian opposition is not the answer. The international community must urgently find unity in pressing the Syrian authorities and all other parties to stop the violence. It must insist, with one voice, that the Syrian authorities give access to international humanitarian workers as an essential first step towards a peaceful solution to the crisis. It is with this aim that, together with Secretary-General Nabil El-Araby of the Arab League, we announced the appointment of Kofi Annan as our Joint Special Envoy for Syria. Mr. Annan will work to end the violence and human rights violations, and promote a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis. It is important to ensure that there is only one track in the mediation process being undertaken by the international community. Efforts to support the Arab League’s initiative to promote a peaceful solution also included last week’s meeting of the “Friends of the Syrian people” in Tunisia, which brought together representatives from more than 65 nations and organizations. The meeting demonstrated wide international support for the Syrian people and sent a strong message to the Syrian authorities: the time has come to stop the bloodshed. Excellencies, The way towards a peaceful solution of the Syrian crisis is difficult, but clear. First, there should be an immediate end to the killings and violence. International relief workers must be allowed in. Second, there is a clear need for an inclusive political dialogue among all Syrian actors. The international community must align itself with the process led by the Joint Special Envoy. To succeed, he will need our full and undivided support. It is time for the international community to speak with one voice, loud and clear. Continued division emboldens the Syrian authorities in their violent, dead-end path. Continued delay in the humanitarian effort causes more human suffering. Continued violence on the ground risks a descent into full civil war and sectarian strife that could haunt the country for generations to come. The stakes are high, above all for the people of Syria -- but also for the international community. We must act, urgently and in concert. I thank the Assembly for its support. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: United Nations Webcast Website: www.unmultimedia.org Country: United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------

Syria: 3 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012

Syria: 3 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012 Prevention of armed conflict [34] The Secretary-General will report to the General Assembly as required under last month’s General Assembly resolution on Syria (97th Plenary Meeting). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's oral report to the General Assembly on situation in Syria: Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am making this report as requested by the General Assembly resolution A/Res/66/263 of 16 February. Given the gravity of the situation, please be assured that we will keep you regularly informed. We have all watched the events in Syria this week with growing alarm. We have seen heavy artillery shelling and tank fire in densely populated neighborhoods across the country. A major assault on Homs took place yesterday. Civilian losses have clearly been heavy. We continue to receive grisly reports of summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture. In Homs, Hama and elsewhere, the brutal fighting has trapped civilians in their homes, without food, heat or electricity or medical care; without any chance of evacuating the wounded or burying the dead. People have been reduced to melting snow for drinking water. This atrocious assault is all the more appalling for having been waged by the government itself, systematically attacking its own people. All agree we must act in the face of this escalating crisis. Yesterday, the Security Council deplored the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation and demanded access for relief workers. I welcome the Council’s clear and strong statement. The Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, condemned the “widespread and systematic” violations of human rights and demanded an immediate end to the violence. I am extremely disappointed that the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, has not been able to travel to Syria despite repeated assurances. I once again urge the authorities to allow her to visit, as soon as possible, so that humanitarian relief workers can reach the many thousands of people who desperately need assistance. Today, teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society have been permitted to enter Homs, but they are waiting to get access to Bab Amr. It is essential that aid workers be allowed to help civilians in the most devastated areas of the city; as of this moment, assistance can still not get through. As you know, the joint UN-Arab League Special Envoy, the Honorable Kofi Annan, will depart from New York this evening. During the past two days he has been consulting intensively with Member States, including members of the Security Council and the Arab Group as well as the Syrian mission and other concerned stakeholders. He plans to travel next week to Cairo for consultations with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and to a number of other regional capitals, including Damascus. My predecessor has taken on a difficult mission with immense challenges; he needs the full and undivided support of the international community, speaking in one voice. Excellencies, Let me turn now to the particulars of the situation: the deepening humanitarian crisis, the increasingly worrying human rights picture, and the political process that we hope will chart a way ahead. The Secretariat has sent a Note Verbale to the Permanent Mission of Syria requesting its response to the clear demands set forth in General Assembly resolution 66/253, dated 16 February. We received a reply yesterday. The Secretariat has also requested information from the League of Arab States on what Member States are doing to support the Arab League initiative. In the past two weeks, I have remained in close contact with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I met him last week in London and spoke with him as recently as yesterday. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Syrian Government has failed to deliver on its responsibility to protect its people. Civilian populations are under military assault in several cities. The disproportionate use of force by Syrian authorities has driven, what had been largely peaceful opposition forces, to resort to take up arms in some cases. But let us be clear: the opposition’s firepower appears to be minimal, compared to the heavy weapons being used by the Syrian army. Armed extremist groups have also opportunistically used the situation to carry out terrorist acts, in particular in Damascus and Aleppo. While the continuing lack of access makes it impossible to verify specific casualty figures, credible reports suggest that the total number of people killed since March last year is well above 7,500, including many women and children. On several occasions, the daily death toll has exceeded one hundred. Approximately 25,000 refugees are now registered with UNHCR in neighbouring countries; between 100,000 and 200,000 people are internally displaced. The Syrian Government has also resisted the General Assembly’s demand for full and unhindered access for international media. Journalists, too, have been killed or injured alongside the people whose plight they were there to report. Let me turn now to the human rights situation. This Assembly called upon the Syrian Government to immediately put an end to all human rights violations and attacks against civilians, protect its population and fully comply with its obligations under applicable international law. The Syrian authorities clearly have not done so. The International Commission of Inquiry for Syria, in a report issued on 22nd February, concluded that the Syrian Government forces have committed widespread, systematic and gross human rights violations, amounting to crimes against humanity, with the apparent knowledge and consent of the highest levels of the State. The Commission’s report also concluded that anti-Government groups have committed abuses, although not comparable in scale and organization to those carried out by the State. The Commission also found that the security forces and Shabiha militias have continued to use live ammunition against peaceful protesters throughout the country, and that the Government has carried out reprisals in response to opposition calls for strikes. Freedom of expression continues to be severely restricted, and many human rights defenders, activists, protesters and journalists across the country are being arrested or detained. We are receiving widespread reports of torture under detention, even of children. In response to the worsening human rights situation, the Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution that strongly condemns the use of force against civilians, summary executions, the killing and persecution of protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children. The resolution also calls on the Government to allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to carry out a full assessment of needs in Homs and other areas, and to permit humanitarian agencies to deliver vital relief goods and services, especially in Homs, Dar’a, Zabadani and other areas under siege. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We must do everything in our power to end the crisis. We must help move towards a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system, as supported by this Assembly. Yet to date, the international community has failed in its duty. In fact, the actions – indeed, the inaction — of the international community seems to have encouraged the Syrian authorities in their brutal suppression of its citizens. Further militarization of the Syrian opposition is not the answer. The international community must urgently find unity in pressing the Syrian authorities and all other parties to stop the violence. It must insist, with one voice, that the Syrian authorities give access to international humanitarian workers as an essential first step towards a peaceful solution to the crisis. It is with this aim that, together with Secretary-General Nabil El-Araby of the Arab League, we announced the appointment of Kofi Annan as our Joint Special Envoy for Syria. Mr. Annan will work to end the violence and human rights violations, and promote a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis. It is important to ensure that there is only one track in the mediation process being undertaken by the international community. Efforts to support the Arab League’s initiative to promote a peaceful solution also included last week’s meeting of the “Friends of the Syrian people” in Tunisia, which brought together representatives from more than 65 nations and organizations. The meeting demonstrated wide international support for the Syrian people and sent a strong message to the Syrian authorities: the time has come to stop the bloodshed. Excellencies, The way towards a peaceful solution of the Syrian crisis is difficult, but clear. First, there should be an immediate end to the killings and violence. International relief workers must be allowed in. Second, there is a clear need for an inclusive political dialogue among all Syrian actors. The international community must align itself with the process led by the Joint Special Envoy. To succeed, he will need our full and undivided support. It is time for the international community to speak with one voice, loud and clear. Continued division emboldens the Syrian authorities in their violent, dead-end path. Continued delay in the humanitarian effort causes more human suffering. Continued violence on the ground risks a descent into full civil war and sectarian strife that could haunt the country for generations to come. The stakes are high, above all for the people of Syria -- but also for the international community. We must act, urgently and in concert. I thank the Assembly for its support. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: United Nations Webcast Website: www.unmultimedia.org Country: United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------

Syria: 2 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012

Syria: 2 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012 Prevention of armed conflict [34] The Secretary-General will report to the General Assembly as required under last month’s General Assembly resolution on Syria (97th Plenary Meeting). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's oral report to the General Assembly on situation in Syria: Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am making this report as requested by the General Assembly resolution A/Res/66/263 of 16 February. Given the gravity of the situation, please be assured that we will keep you regularly informed. We have all watched the events in Syria this week with growing alarm. We have seen heavy artillery shelling and tank fire in densely populated neighborhoods across the country. A major assault on Homs took place yesterday. Civilian losses have clearly been heavy. We continue to receive grisly reports of summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture. In Homs, Hama and elsewhere, the brutal fighting has trapped civilians in their homes, without food, heat or electricity or medical care; without any chance of evacuating the wounded or burying the dead. People have been reduced to melting snow for drinking water. This atrocious assault is all the more appalling for having been waged by the government itself, systematically attacking its own people. All agree we must act in the face of this escalating crisis. Yesterday, the Security Council deplored the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation and demanded access for relief workers. I welcome the Council’s clear and strong statement. The Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, condemned the “widespread and systematic” violations of human rights and demanded an immediate end to the violence. I am extremely disappointed that the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, has not been able to travel to Syria despite repeated assurances. I once again urge the authorities to allow her to visit, as soon as possible, so that humanitarian relief workers can reach the many thousands of people who desperately need assistance. Today, teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society have been permitted to enter Homs, but they are waiting to get access to Bab Amr. It is essential that aid workers be allowed to help civilians in the most devastated areas of the city; as of this moment, assistance can still not get through. As you know, the joint UN-Arab League Special Envoy, the Honorable Kofi Annan, will depart from New York this evening. During the past two days he has been consulting intensively with Member States, including members of the Security Council and the Arab Group as well as the Syrian mission and other concerned stakeholders. He plans to travel next week to Cairo for consultations with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and to a number of other regional capitals, including Damascus. My predecessor has taken on a difficult mission with immense challenges; he needs the full and undivided support of the international community, speaking in one voice. Excellencies, Let me turn now to the particulars of the situation: the deepening humanitarian crisis, the increasingly worrying human rights picture, and the political process that we hope will chart a way ahead. The Secretariat has sent a Note Verbale to the Permanent Mission of Syria requesting its response to the clear demands set forth in General Assembly resolution 66/253, dated 16 February. We received a reply yesterday. The Secretariat has also requested information from the League of Arab States on what Member States are doing to support the Arab League initiative. In the past two weeks, I have remained in close contact with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I met him last week in London and spoke with him as recently as yesterday. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Syrian Government has failed to deliver on its responsibility to protect its people. Civilian populations are under military assault in several cities. The disproportionate use of force by Syrian authorities has driven, what had been largely peaceful opposition forces, to resort to take up arms in some cases. But let us be clear: the opposition’s firepower appears to be minimal, compared to the heavy weapons being used by the Syrian army. Armed extremist groups have also opportunistically used the situation to carry out terrorist acts, in particular in Damascus and Aleppo. While the continuing lack of access makes it impossible to verify specific casualty figures, credible reports suggest that the total number of people killed since March last year is well above 7,500, including many women and children. On several occasions, the daily death toll has exceeded one hundred. Approximately 25,000 refugees are now registered with UNHCR in neighbouring countries; between 100,000 and 200,000 people are internally displaced. The Syrian Government has also resisted the General Assembly’s demand for full and unhindered access for international media. Journalists, too, have been killed or injured alongside the people whose plight they were there to report. Let me turn now to the human rights situation. This Assembly called upon the Syrian Government to immediately put an end to all human rights violations and attacks against civilians, protect its population and fully comply with its obligations under applicable international law. The Syrian authorities clearly have not done so. The International Commission of Inquiry for Syria, in a report issued on 22nd February, concluded that the Syrian Government forces have committed widespread, systematic and gross human rights violations, amounting to crimes against humanity, with the apparent knowledge and consent of the highest levels of the State. The Commission’s report also concluded that anti-Government groups have committed abuses, although not comparable in scale and organization to those carried out by the State. The Commission also found that the security forces and Shabiha militias have continued to use live ammunition against peaceful protesters throughout the country, and that the Government has carried out reprisals in response to opposition calls for strikes. Freedom of expression continues to be severely restricted, and many human rights defenders, activists, protesters and journalists across the country are being arrested or detained. We are receiving widespread reports of torture under detention, even of children. In response to the worsening human rights situation, the Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution that strongly condemns the use of force against civilians, summary executions, the killing and persecution of protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children. The resolution also calls on the Government to allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to carry out a full assessment of needs in Homs and other areas, and to permit humanitarian agencies to deliver vital relief goods and services, especially in Homs, Dar’a, Zabadani and other areas under siege. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We must do everything in our power to end the crisis. We must help move towards a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system, as supported by this Assembly. Yet to date, the international community has failed in its duty. In fact, the actions – indeed, the inaction — of the international community seems to have encouraged the Syrian authorities in their brutal suppression of its citizens. Further militarization of the Syrian opposition is not the answer. The international community must urgently find unity in pressing the Syrian authorities and all other parties to stop the violence. It must insist, with one voice, that the Syrian authorities give access to international humanitarian workers as an essential first step towards a peaceful solution to the crisis. It is with this aim that, together with Secretary-General Nabil El-Araby of the Arab League, we announced the appointment of Kofi Annan as our Joint Special Envoy for Syria. Mr. Annan will work to end the violence and human rights violations, and promote a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis. It is important to ensure that there is only one track in the mediation process being undertaken by the international community. Efforts to support the Arab League’s initiative to promote a peaceful solution also included last week’s meeting of the “Friends of the Syrian people” in Tunisia, which brought together representatives from more than 65 nations and organizations. The meeting demonstrated wide international support for the Syrian people and sent a strong message to the Syrian authorities: the time has come to stop the bloodshed. Excellencies, The way towards a peaceful solution of the Syrian crisis is difficult, but clear. First, there should be an immediate end to the killings and violence. International relief workers must be allowed in. Second, there is a clear need for an inclusive political dialogue among all Syrian actors. The international community must align itself with the process led by the Joint Special Envoy. To succeed, he will need our full and undivided support. It is time for the international community to speak with one voice, loud and clear. Continued division emboldens the Syrian authorities in their violent, dead-end path. Continued delay in the humanitarian effort causes more human suffering. Continued violence on the ground risks a descent into full civil war and sectarian strife that could haunt the country for generations to come. The stakes are high, above all for the people of Syria -- but also for the international community. We must act, urgently and in concert. I thank the Assembly for its support. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: United Nations Webcast Website: www.unmultimedia.org Country: United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------

Syria: 1 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012

Syria: 1 of 4 - 99th Plenary Meeting - General Assembly - March 2, 2012 Prevention of armed conflict [34] The Secretary-General will report to the General Assembly as required under last month’s General Assembly resolution on Syria (97th Plenary Meeting). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's oral report to the General Assembly on situation in Syria: Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am making this report as requested by the General Assembly resolution A/Res/66/263 of 16 February. Given the gravity of the situation, please be assured that we will keep you regularly informed. We have all watched the events in Syria this week with growing alarm. We have seen heavy artillery shelling and tank fire in densely populated neighborhoods across the country. A major assault on Homs took place yesterday. Civilian losses have clearly been heavy. We continue to receive grisly reports of summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture. In Homs, Hama and elsewhere, the brutal fighting has trapped civilians in their homes, without food, heat or electricity or medical care; without any chance of evacuating the wounded or burying the dead. People have been reduced to melting snow for drinking water. This atrocious assault is all the more appalling for having been waged by the government itself, systematically attacking its own people. All agree we must act in the face of this escalating crisis. Yesterday, the Security Council deplored the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation and demanded access for relief workers. I welcome the Council’s clear and strong statement. The Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, condemned the “widespread and systematic” violations of human rights and demanded an immediate end to the violence. I am extremely disappointed that the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, has not been able to travel to Syria despite repeated assurances. I once again urge the authorities to allow her to visit, as soon as possible, so that humanitarian relief workers can reach the many thousands of people who desperately need assistance. Today, teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society have been permitted to enter Homs, but they are waiting to get access to Bab Amr. It is essential that aid workers be allowed to help civilians in the most devastated areas of the city; as of this moment, assistance can still not get through. As you know, the joint UN-Arab League Special Envoy, the Honorable Kofi Annan, will depart from New York this evening. During the past two days he has been consulting intensively with Member States, including members of the Security Council and the Arab Group as well as the Syrian mission and other concerned stakeholders. He plans to travel next week to Cairo for consultations with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and to a number of other regional capitals, including Damascus. My predecessor has taken on a difficult mission with immense challenges; he needs the full and undivided support of the international community, speaking in one voice. Excellencies, Let me turn now to the particulars of the situation: the deepening humanitarian crisis, the increasingly worrying human rights picture, and the political process that we hope will chart a way ahead. The Secretariat has sent a Note Verbale to the Permanent Mission of Syria requesting its response to the clear demands set forth in General Assembly resolution 66/253, dated 16 February. We received a reply yesterday. The Secretariat has also requested information from the League of Arab States on what Member States are doing to support the Arab League initiative. In the past two weeks, I have remained in close contact with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. I met him last week in London and spoke with him as recently as yesterday. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Syrian Government has failed to deliver on its responsibility to protect its people. Civilian populations are under military assault in several cities. The disproportionate use of force by Syrian authorities has driven, what had been largely peaceful opposition forces, to resort to take up arms in some cases. But let us be clear: the opposition’s firepower appears to be minimal, compared to the heavy weapons being used by the Syrian army. Armed extremist groups have also opportunistically used the situation to carry out terrorist acts, in particular in Damascus and Aleppo. While the continuing lack of access makes it impossible to verify specific casualty figures, credible reports suggest that the total number of people killed since March last year is well above 7,500, including many women and children. On several occasions, the daily death toll has exceeded one hundred. Approximately 25,000 refugees are now registered with UNHCR in neighbouring countries; between 100,000 and 200,000 people are internally displaced. The Syrian Government has also resisted the General Assembly’s demand for full and unhindered access for international media. Journalists, too, have been killed or injured alongside the people whose plight they were there to report. Let me turn now to the human rights situation. This Assembly called upon the Syrian Government to immediately put an end to all human rights violations and attacks against civilians, protect its population and fully comply with its obligations under applicable international law. The Syrian authorities clearly have not done so. The International Commission of Inquiry for Syria, in a report issued on 22nd February, concluded that the Syrian Government forces have committed widespread, systematic and gross human rights violations, amounting to crimes against humanity, with the apparent knowledge and consent of the highest levels of the State. The Commission’s report also concluded that anti-Government groups have committed abuses, although not comparable in scale and organization to those carried out by the State. The Commission also found that the security forces and Shabiha militias have continued to use live ammunition against peaceful protesters throughout the country, and that the Government has carried out reprisals in response to opposition calls for strikes. Freedom of expression continues to be severely restricted, and many human rights defenders, activists, protesters and journalists across the country are being arrested or detained. We are receiving widespread reports of torture under detention, even of children. In response to the worsening human rights situation, the Human Rights Council yesterday adopted a resolution that strongly condemns the use of force against civilians, summary executions, the killing and persecution of protesters, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children. The resolution also calls on the Government to allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to carry out a full assessment of needs in Homs and other areas, and to permit humanitarian agencies to deliver vital relief goods and services, especially in Homs, Dar’a, Zabadani and other areas under siege. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We must do everything in our power to end the crisis. We must help move towards a Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, pluralistic political system, as supported by this Assembly. Yet to date, the international community has failed in its duty. In fact, the actions – indeed, the inaction — of the international community seems to have encouraged the Syrian authorities in their brutal suppression of its citizens. Further militarization of the Syrian opposition is not the answer. The international community must urgently find unity in pressing the Syrian authorities and all other parties to stop the violence. It must insist, with one voice, that the Syrian authorities give access to international humanitarian workers as an essential first step towards a peaceful solution to the crisis. It is with this aim that, together with Secretary-General Nabil El-Araby of the Arab League, we announced the appointment of Kofi Annan as our Joint Special Envoy for Syria. Mr. Annan will work to end the violence and human rights violations, and promote a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis. It is important to ensure that there is only one track in the mediation process being undertaken by the international community. Efforts to support the Arab League’s initiative to promote a peaceful solution also included last week’s meeting of the “Friends of the Syrian people” in Tunisia, which brought together representatives from more than 65 nations and organizations. The meeting demonstrated wide international support for the Syrian people and sent a strong message to the Syrian authorities: the time has come to stop the bloodshed. Excellencies, The way towards a peaceful solution of the Syrian crisis is difficult, but clear. First, there should be an immediate end to the killings and violence. International relief workers must be allowed in. Second, there is a clear need for an inclusive political dialogue among all Syrian actors. The international community must align itself with the process led by the Joint Special Envoy. To succeed, he will need our full and undivided support. It is time for the international community to speak with one voice, loud and clear. Continued division emboldens the Syrian authorities in their violent, dead-end path. Continued delay in the humanitarian effort causes more human suffering. Continued violence on the ground risks a descent into full civil war and sectarian strife that could haunt the country for generations to come. The stakes are high, above all for the people of Syria -- but also for the international community. We must act, urgently and in concert. I thank the Assembly for its support. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: United Nations Webcast Website: www.unmultimedia.org Country: United States of America ----------------------------------------------------------

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Syrie : Homs toujours objet de la férocité des hommes d’Assad 09/02 16:13 En Syrie, les forces pro-Assad bombardent la ville de Homs depuis cinq jours. Plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont encore été tuées par les roquettes et les mortiers qui s’abattent sans relâche sur plusieurs quartiers de la ville tenus par les rebelles. A chaque explosion, ce cri des rebelles : Dieu est le plus grand ! L’accès aux hôpitaux semble extrêmement difficiles pour les blessés, dont certains sont envoyés directement en prison, et la situation humanitaire est de plus en plus tendue. Selon des témoignages recueillis par le journal Libération juste à l’extérieur des frontières du pays, de nombreux Syriens, arrêtés lors de manifestations, ont été torturés ou exécutés.

The Darkness II - Vidéo : Les exécutions

The Darkness II - Vidéo : Les exécutions

The Darkness 2 : executions sanglantes !

Il y a mille et une façon de perir dans l'horreur et le bain de sang ! The Darkness 2 dévoile une vidéo des fatalities, les executions sanglantes, dans un montage gore à souhait ! Date de sortie de The Darkness 2 : le 10 février 2012.

Phantom Planet - California :: Official Video

"California" is a song by American alternative rock band Phantom Planet. It was released as a single from their second album The Guest in February 2002. The song was first heard on television on episode 8 of Fastlane, which was executive produced by McG. Both the song and the band received major attention when it became the title song on the hit television show on FOX, The O.C.. It was also previously in the soundtrack to the film Orange County. The song is about driving on U.S. Route 101, traveling to see a concert. The song became a top ten hit in Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Republic of Ireland, reaching number 3 (in both Austria and Italy), number 9, and number 10 in the respective countries.

Press For Truth: SOPA - The End Of The Internet As We Know It! - January 4, 2012

Press For Truth: SOPA - The End Of The Internet As We Know It! - January 4, 2012 The Stop Online Piracy Act will change the internet as we know it in an effort to censor and block the free flow of information. You would no longer be able to share, link to or post any videos, sounds or images on sites like Youtube Twitter and Facebook that have not been personally created by you! We have reached a fork in the road in regards to the direction the internet will go and we must do everything we can to make sure it continues down the path of being neutral open and free. Support alternative independent media by joining Press For Truth TV http://pressfortruth.tv/register/ We receive no sponsorships or funding from anyone and rely on you the viewer to help us continue to do this work. With your help I can continue to make videos and documentary films that are raising awareness all over the world. Please support the resistance and support independent media by joining Press For Truth TV! As a Press For Truth TV subscriber you'll have full access to the site's features and content including Daily Video Blogs on current news from the PFT perspective and High Quality Downloads of all Press For Truth Films, Music and Special Reports! Subscribe to Press For Truth TV: http://pressfortruth.tv/register/ For more information visit: http://pressfortruth.tv/ I will continue to work tirelessly at exposing the global elite and their plans for a new world order. Thank you for your support. Dan Dicks - Founder of Press For Truth Want a Press For Truth Toque? http://pressfortruth.ca/dvd.php http://www.facebook.com/PressForTruth http://www.youtube.com/weavingspider http://twitter.com/#!/DanDicksPFT http://pressfortruth.ca/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Source: For more information visit: http://pressfortruth.ca/ Press For Truth (Canada) Websites: http://pressfortruth.ca http://www.youtube.com/user/weavingspider About Me: I'm an investigative journalist and a documentary film producer. I do my best to expose the global elite and their agenda for a New World Order. I'm the executive producer of " United We Fall" the executive producer of "The Nation's Deathbed" and Director/Producer of "Into The Fire"...coming 2011 My name is Dan Dicks and in 2006 shortly after the Bilderberg conference in Ottawa Canada, I got the idea to start an alternative media group based in Toronto known as Press For Truth. Since then I've made a lot of contacts and great friends nationwide who are now part of the PFT team. Together we comprise an organization of dedicated patriots who are committed to covering issues which the mainstream media is not willing to touch. We write and distribute articles, we make documentary films and also videos for youtube in an effort to educate the public about a variety of issues. Country: Canada Companies: Press For Truth --------------------------------------------------------------

Self Defense Techniques

Master Gomes Neto Training of techniques of cutting weapons carrying through blows frontals, laterals, diagonal line, and double laterals where the sequence is standard of course executed by the aggressors in general. It is used objects of the type, batons or any type of material to serve of traumatic aggression. The defenses are extremely versatile, more need long hours of training so that if it dominates the techniques. Master Gomes Neto is specialist of Self-defense where he more than has vast experience with 20 years of lessons given consecutively.

Japan Fukushima: Press Conference (with interpreter) - 3 of 3 - December 19, 2011

Japan Fukushima: Press Conference (with interpreter) - 3 of 3 - December 19, 2011 Original source: http://www.youtube.com/ZODIAC2022 Goshi Hosono, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Zengo Aizawa, Executive Vice President of TEPCO Hiroshi Yamagata, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has subjected the Japanese political system to a severe test that many have failed. However, Goshi Hosono, now serving concurrently as Minister of the Enviroment, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration, and Minister for the Restoration from and prevention of Nuclear Accident is one of a handful of politicians who has seen his prominence rise and his career advanced. At an early point in the crisis, former Prime Minister Naoto Kan tapped Hosono to oversee TEPCO and the joint government press conferences explaining the state of the disaster to the media and therefore the world. In spite of the powerful emotions and fierce criticisms generated by the 21st century's worst nuclear accident, Hosono's earnest and pragmatic approach has allowed him to escape serious personal blame and raised his stature considerably in the eyes of many. This was recognized by the Kan administration by his appointment, first, as the inaugural Nuclear Accident Minister and, second, as Minister of the Enviroment at a time when the Environment Ministry as a whole is becoming a much more powerful institution with the addition of nuclear power safety regulation to its mandate. His importance was reconfirmed by the fact that new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda left him in his crucial posts even as most other ministers were changed at the beginning of a new administration. Goshi Hosono was born in 1971 near Kyoto and is a 4th term House of Representatives lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan representing a district in Shizuoka Prefecture. Hosono will be joined by Zengo Aizawa, executive vice president of TEPCO, and Hiroshi Yamagata of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. http://topics.bloomberg.com/goshi-hosono/ http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/member/?detail_217=1 Goshi HOSONO House of Representatives / Incumbent Constituency : Shizuoka No.5 Number of times elected : 4 [ Born ] Aug 21, 1971 [ Education ] Faculty of Law, Kyoto University [ Career ] Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Researcher, SRIC Corporation [ Office ] #620, 1st Members' Office Building, HR [ TEL ] 03-3508-7116 [ FAX ] 03-3508-3416 [ Web Site ] http://www.goshi.org/ [ Blog ] http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mhrgh2005 [ RSS Feed ] http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mhrgh2005/index.rdf https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/147633628564819970 Japan's Environment Minister Goshi Hosono says crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors could take more than three decades to decommission. 3:06 AM Dec 16th https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goshi-Hosono/144144082269663 http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/meibo/daijin/hosono_e.html Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Goshi HOSONO Date of Birth: 21 August 1971 Place of Birth: Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Member of the House of Representatives Education: 1995 BA in Faculty of Law, Kyoto University Background: 2011 Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration (Noda Cabinet) 2011 Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage (Noda Cabinet) 2011 Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Minister for Power Saving Promotion Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) 2011 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident). (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) 2009 Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ's Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ's Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee. 2005 Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office. 2003 Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency) 2000 Elected as a DPJ's Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency) 1995 Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) To keep informed on the Fukushima disaster: http://enenews.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: MrJapanjp Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrJapanjp ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Japan Fukushima: Press Conference (with interpreter) - 2 of 3 - December 19, 2011

Japan Fukushima: Press Conference (with interpreter) - 2 of 3 - December 19, 2011 Original source: http://www.youtube.com/ZODIAC2022 Goshi Hosono, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Zengo Aizawa, Executive Vice President of TEPCO Hiroshi Yamagata, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has subjected the Japanese political system to a severe test that many have failed. However, Goshi Hosono, now serving concurrently as Minister of the Enviroment, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration, and Minister for the Restoration from and prevention of Nuclear Accident is one of a handful of politicians who has seen his prominence rise and his career advanced. At an early point in the crisis, former Prime Minister Naoto Kan tapped Hosono to oversee TEPCO and the joint government press conferences explaining the state of the disaster to the media and therefore the world. In spite of the powerful emotions and fierce criticisms generated by the 21st century's worst nuclear accident, Hosono's earnest and pragmatic approach has allowed him to escape serious personal blame and raised his stature considerably in the eyes of many. This was recognized by the Kan administration by his appointment, first, as the inaugural Nuclear Accident Minister and, second, as Minister of the Enviroment at a time when the Environment Ministry as a whole is becoming a much more powerful institution with the addition of nuclear power safety regulation to its mandate. His importance was reconfirmed by the fact that new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda left him in his crucial posts even as most other ministers were changed at the beginning of a new administration. Goshi Hosono was born in 1971 near Kyoto and is a 4th term House of Representatives lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan representing a district in Shizuoka Prefecture. Hosono will be joined by Zengo Aizawa, executive vice president of TEPCO, and Hiroshi Yamagata of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. http://topics.bloomberg.com/goshi-hosono/ http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/member/?detail_217=1 Goshi HOSONO House of Representatives / Incumbent Constituency : Shizuoka No.5 Number of times elected : 4 [ Born ] Aug 21, 1971 [ Education ] Faculty of Law, Kyoto University [ Career ] Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Researcher, SRIC Corporation [ Office ] #620, 1st Members' Office Building, HR [ TEL ] 03-3508-7116 [ FAX ] 03-3508-3416 [ Web Site ] http://www.goshi.org/ [ Blog ] http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mhrgh2005 [ RSS Feed ] http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mhrgh2005/index.rdf https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/147633628564819970 Japan's Environment Minister Goshi Hosono says crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors could take more than three decades to decommission. 3:06 AM Dec 16th https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goshi-Hosono/144144082269663 http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/meibo/daijin/hosono_e.html Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Goshi HOSONO Date of Birth: 21 August 1971 Place of Birth: Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Member of the House of Representatives Education: 1995 BA in Faculty of Law, Kyoto University Background: 2011 Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration (Noda Cabinet) 2011 Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage (Noda Cabinet) 2011 Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Minister for Power Saving Promotion Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) 2011 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident). (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) 2009 Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ's Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ's Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee. 2005 Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office. 2003 Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency) 2000 Elected as a DPJ's Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency) 1995 Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) To keep informed on the Fukushima disaster: http://enenews.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: MrJapanjp Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrJapanjp ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Japan Fukushima: Press Conference (with interpreter) - 1 of 3 - December 19, 2011

Japan Fukushima: Press Conference (with interpreter) - 1 of 3 - December 19, 2011 Original source: http://www.youtube.com/ZODIAC2022 Goshi Hosono, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Zengo Aizawa, Executive Vice President of TEPCO Hiroshi Yamagata, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has subjected the Japanese political system to a severe test that many have failed. However, Goshi Hosono, now serving concurrently as Minister of the Enviroment, Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration, and Minister for the Restoration from and prevention of Nuclear Accident is one of a handful of politicians who has seen his prominence rise and his career advanced. At an early point in the crisis, former Prime Minister Naoto Kan tapped Hosono to oversee TEPCO and the joint government press conferences explaining the state of the disaster to the media and therefore the world. In spite of the powerful emotions and fierce criticisms generated by the 21st century's worst nuclear accident, Hosono's earnest and pragmatic approach has allowed him to escape serious personal blame and raised his stature considerably in the eyes of many. This was recognized by the Kan administration by his appointment, first, as the inaugural Nuclear Accident Minister and, second, as Minister of the Enviroment at a time when the Environment Ministry as a whole is becoming a much more powerful institution with the addition of nuclear power safety regulation to its mandate. His importance was reconfirmed by the fact that new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda left him in his crucial posts even as most other ministers were changed at the beginning of a new administration. Goshi Hosono was born in 1971 near Kyoto and is a 4th term House of Representatives lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan representing a district in Shizuoka Prefecture. Hosono will be joined by Zengo Aizawa, executive vice president of TEPCO, and Hiroshi Yamagata of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. http://topics.bloomberg.com/goshi-hosono/ http://www.dpj.or.jp/english/member/?detail_217=1 Goshi HOSONO House of Representatives / Incumbent Constituency : Shizuoka No.5 Number of times elected : 4 [ Born ] Aug 21, 1971 [ Education ] Faculty of Law, Kyoto University [ Career ] Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Researcher, SRIC Corporation [ Office ] #620, 1st Members' Office Building, HR [ TEL ] 03-3508-7116 [ FAX ] 03-3508-3416 [ Web Site ] http://www.goshi.org/ [ Blog ] http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mhrgh2005 [ RSS Feed ] http://blog.goo.ne.jp/mhrgh2005/index.rdf https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/147633628564819970 Japan's Environment Minister Goshi Hosono says crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors could take more than three decades to decommission. 3:06 AM Dec 16th https://www.facebook.com/pages/Goshi-Hosono/144144082269663 http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/meibo/daijin/hosono_e.html Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Goshi HOSONO Date of Birth: 21 August 1971 Place of Birth: Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Member of the House of Representatives Education: 1995 BA in Faculty of Law, Kyoto University Background: 2011 Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration (Noda Cabinet) 2011 Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage (Noda Cabinet) 2011 Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Minister for Power Saving Promotion Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) 2011 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident). (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) 2009 Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ's Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ's Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee. 2005 Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office. 2003 Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency) 2000 Elected as a DPJ's Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency) 1995 Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) To keep informed on the Fukushima disaster: http://enenews.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Name: MrJapanjp Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrJapanjp ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Original Série Starz France : Spartacus: Vengeance "The Brotherhood"

Executive Producers and cast discuss the upcoming season of Spartacus: Vengeance, premiering January 27 on STARZ USA.

(AVP, ORBT, TSON) CRWENewswire Stocks In Action

Good Morning, It’s Wed Dec. 14th, 2011, I’m Christina Collins with CRWENewswire Stocks In Action. In 2012, Avon Products Inc - AVP - will separate the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The company said that Andrea Jung, Avon’s Chairman and CEO, will be named Executive Chairman, and that a committee of the Board of Directors will work with Ms. Jung to undertake an external search for a Chief Executive Officer. Orbit International Corp - ORBT -, reported that its Power Group, through its Behlman Electronics, Inc. subsidiary has received an order for a power supply used in oil and gas exploration valued at approximately $1,334,000. and lastly; TranS1 Inc - TSON - reported that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor, has removed its Non-Coverage policy for AxiaLIF Procedure, effective January 1, 2012. Thank you for joining me and have a great day! For CRWE Newswire, Stocks In Action, I’m Christina Collins