The convention (on refugees) provides that they should be accepted at the nearest port and I think the issue is a very serious one. |
The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each of us. It is that place that is open to the other, that swinging door which allows us to venture out and others to venture in. |
The information that I've been given is that there is a serious situation of imprisonment, detention and torture. |
The most important thing is to bring perpetrators to justice. That can either be done by courts in Indonesia or in East Timor. Or if it is necessary it can be done by an international tribunal, |
the poor, beleaguered people of Iraq are not better off. |
There are certainly human rights concerns. Very serious human rights concerns that I would like to have fully clarified, |
This is a new beginning, a great beginning for women in Afghanistan, a time of hope, |
We are deeply concerned about those who have been required to return from the borders back into Kosovo and about whom we cannot find first-hand information, ... That was a cause of really grave concern. |
We are not re-inventing anything that has already been invented. |
We will not let governments off the hook, ... We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what they have committed to here. And we will report on it. |
Whenever force is used, the principle of proportionality has to be applied, and all necessary measures have to be taken to avoid loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian property. |
You hear and read of the destruction, see pictures, ... very devastating ... to come and see row after row of blackened, destroyed homes. |
Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults. More importantly, it reflects the firm belief that young persons are more susceptible to change, and thus have a greater potential for rehabilitation than adults. |