Archivo etiqueta «Sanciones internacionales»
By William Hague, Foreign Secretary (THE TIMES, 11/06/10):
This week the UN Security Council sent a strong signal to Iran that the world will not walk away in the face of its refusal to negotiate over its nuclear programme. The new resolution is a statement of resolve and determination that the new British Government welcomes and played a leading role in bringing about. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the 2009 Iranian presidential elections and the dramatic scenes that followed. The two events are distinct, but they paint a picture of an Iran that is … Seguir leyendo
By Blessing-Miles Tendi, a researcher and freelance writer on contemporary Zimbabwean politics (THE GUARDIAN, 04/03/10):
Lifting sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party “would give Zimbabwe an opportunity to move forward“, Jacob Zuma told reporters this week during his visit to Britain. South Africa’s president is right. The continued EU sanctions are seriously weakening the hand of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, in his efforts to implement a power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe.
This is because Zanu-PF’s response to the EU sanctions has consisted of an unrelenting propaganda effort to cast Tsvangirai … Seguir leyendo
By Flynt Leverett, the director of the Iran project at the New America Foundation and a professor of international affairs at Pennsylvania State University and Hillary Mann Leverett, the president of a political risk consultancy. Both are former National Security Council staff members (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 29/09/09):
Tehran’s disclosure that it is building a second uranium enrichment plant near the holy city of Qum has derailed the Obama administration’s already faltering efforts to engage with Iran. The United States will now cling even more tightly to the futile hope that international pressure and domestic instability will induce … Seguir leyendo
By Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein programme on counterterrorism and intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Michael Jacobson, a senior fellow in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Stein Programme on Counterterrorism and Intelligence (THE GUARDIAN, 27/09/09):
Standing with the leaders of France and Great Britain at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh on Friday, Barack Obama disclosed Iran‘s construction of yet another secret nuclear structure: a uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom. How much hope should western powers have for the upcoming diplomatic negotiations when the regime … Seguir leyendo
By Howard L. Berman, a Democratic representative from California, is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (THE WASHINGTON POST, 26/09/09):
Tehran could soon have humankind’s most frightening weapon if substantial diplomatic progress is not made in the coming days.
The United States, along with its partners Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany (known as the “P5 plus one”), will sit down on Thursday with a representative of Iran. From the American perspective, the principal item on the agenda is Iran’s illicit nuclear program. Iran’s leaders have said they are prepared to talk about virtually anything but that. If … Seguir leyendo
By Adrian Pabst, a lecturer in politics in the University of Kent at Canterbury (THE GUARDIAN, 25/09/09):
Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – the UN’s nuclear watchdog – in a letter that it is building a second uranium enrichment plant.
At the G20 Pittsburgh summit, the US, France and the UK will accuse Tehran of building a secret nuclear weapons capability and threaten further UN sanctions. This will ratchet up tensions and trigger renewed speculation that Israel might launch a pre-emptive strike.
So far, US-led efforts to increase pressure on Iran have failed in … Seguir leyendo
By Blessing-Miles Tendi, a researcher and freelance writer on contemporary Zimbabwean politics (THE GUARDIAN, 14/09/09):
At a summit last week, southern African leaders called on western states to “remove all forms of sanctions against Zimbabwe“. They contend that Zimbabwe’s power-sharing deal cannot be effectively implemented until sanctions are lifted. The EU and US say sanctions will not be lifted until the power-sharing agreement is appropriately observed.
Disagreement over the imposition of sanctions on Zimbabwe is not new. It goes back to 2002 when, at the request of Britain and some Zimbabwean civil society elements, the EU first … Seguir leyendo
By Jerry Guo, an analyst for a hedge fund in Tehran this summer (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/09/09):
My daily commute involves a walk down this city’s most expensive shopping avenue, Fayyazi — past tony boutiques that sell Calvin Klein jeans, Gucci handbags, Dior perfume and Victoria’s Secret lingerie. Over lunch, my Iranian co-workers debate the merits of BlackBerrys versus iPhones, both found in the backrooms of electronics stores here.
As an American living in Iran’s turbulent capital through this historic summer, I was initially struck by how easy it is to find practically anything from back home, despite … Seguir leyendo
Por Pablo Bustelo, investigador principal de Asia-Pacífico, Real Instituto Elcano (REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO, 24/10/06):
Tema: Este análisis valora si las sanciones adoptadas recientemente contra Corea del Norte por el Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas son o no suficientes para modificar sustancialmente el comportamiento de Pyongyang y, en última instancia, para que el régimen de Kim Jong Il renuncie a la opción nuclear. Argumenta que es muy posible que no sean suficientes, por lo que se hacen necesarias medidas adicionales, que en cualquier caso no deben en absoluto incluir acciones militares.
Resumen: El análisis expone, en primer … Seguir leyendo
By Donald Gregg, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and currently chairman of the Korea Society and Don Oberdorfer, a former diplomatic correspondent for The Post and currently chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (THE WASHINGTON POST, 06/09/2006):
The Bush administration is preparing to implement a new set of comprehensive sanctions against North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests. This would be a grave mistake, likely to lift the already dangerous situation on the Korean Peninsula to a new level of tension. Imposing such sanctions … Seguir leyendo
Por Raül Romeva, Eurodiputado de ICV y ponente del Parlamento Europeo sobre exportación de armas (EL PERIODICO, 15/03/05):
En junio de 1989, la Unión Europea impuso un embargo de armas sobre China como respuesta a la brutal represión que las autoridades de ese país ejercieron sobre las manifestaciones estudiantiles y sindicalistas en la plaza de Tiananmen. El embargo, acompañado por una suspensión de los contactos ministeriales y de alto nivel, y por una congelación de los proyectos de cooperación, tenía por objeto motivar un cambio positivo de las autoridades chinas en favor de un mayor respeto de los derechos … Seguir leyendo