Today here, in the Netherlands, we're working to bring peace closer and to restore justice. Victory in the war is won by force of arms – that's how the job gets done. And I am grateful to 🇳🇱 for every piece of weapon supplied to 🇺🇦 and for strong leadership that helps us to protect life. But the lasting peace after victory is achieved by nothing else but the strength of values. First of all, it’s the strength of freedom and of law, which must work to the full to ensure justice. Ukrainian courts will ensure responsibility for most of the crimes of the Russian occupiers. The ICC has its own important role and I am thankful to the @IntlCrimCourt and to the entire team working at and with the ICC for the sake of justice. And only one institution is capable of responding to the crime of aggression: a Tribunal! We need not something hybrid that can formally close the topic, not some compromise that will allow politicians to say that the case is allegedly done... But a true, full-fledged justice. That’s why we insist on the Special International Tribunal to be created. When there is a tradition of inevitable punishment for aggression, then there will be a tradition of guaranteed non-repetition of aggression. We'll make it real – Ukraine and everyone who helps.
Largely unnoticed, in the shadow of the current nuclear crisis with 🇷🇺, the crisis in conventional arms control in Europe has reached a new low. What happened?
The war that changed Europe, 1 year on… What have we learnt?
3/3 Politics:
The biggest risk in a democracy is public opinion. Too many people believe the lies. Too many politicians reinforce them. We need to push back ! 🇺🇦🇪🇺
@ArminWolf Die Debatte war indertat balanciert und vernünftig. Es zeigt weshalb wir Journalismus und einen geregelten Diskurs brauchen. Ihre Meinung teile ich völlig, und Ihren Vortrag aus 2018 ist noch immer zutreffend. „Verlust unserer Deutungshoheit durch das Netz“. Als Bill Gates /1
@vesahakkinen After your possibly two years Chair-in-Office, you potentially will have doubled the amount of tweets and ditto followers. Just carry on and keep tweeting 😎
@Osinga10 Not a magic bullet indeed. These Western quantitative additions rely on mastering complex (electronic) systems and sizeable logistical footprints, to get that qualitative leading edge. But UA needs everything they can get.
Appalled at the reports of civilian casualties following another day of massive strikes against civilian infrastructures, causing widespread power outages in #Ukraine and #Moldova. Russia's war must stop now.
Conflict prevention and crisis management is an integral part of what the OSCE does.
Read the latest blogpost by Tuula Yrjölä, Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, to learn more on how it shapes the OSCE's comprehensive approach to security ⬇️ https://t.co/vvdCtlG04s
What's happened to Kiwi Shoe Polish? After weeks of fruitless searching in supermarkets for the iconic little black tins, I've just bought the last three in my local shoe shop. But the shop owner says there'll be no more.
Zertifizierung erfolgreich!
Die Vertragsstaaten genehmigen 🇩🇪 das derzeit modernste Beobachtungsflugzeug, den Airbus A319OH, am #OffenerHimmel einzusetzen. Ein deutliches Signal zur Stärkung des Vertrages.
#SKB#Rüstungskontrolle#OpenSky#ArmsControl
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