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Trade Disputes and Arbitration – Series Part II

Understanding the “United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration” and the “Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards” in the context of External Trade Disputes Initially, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was established by the UN General Assembly on December 17th, 1966 to unify international trade law as

Mockery of UN Peacekeepers

UN Peacekeepers Remain Silent Observers In the year 1995 Bosnian Serb forces faced no resistance from U.N. Peacekeepers when it overran towns in their presence .Whether complicit or on account of sheer indifference  the UN Peacekeepers looked on as silent spectators when Bosnian Serbs conducted a planned and premeditated operation and raped , executed and

Food Security

Grain Silos Courtesy Ukraine Business News Ukraine is the worlds 4th exporter of grains.  Silos in territory under the control of the Ukrainian government were at 50 % storage after Russia blockaded the sea ports of Ukraine. At one stage almost 30 million tonnes of grain were stored in Ukrainian held territory out of a

By |2023-03-01T10:13:27+00:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Renewables, Energy & Food Security|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Refugee Mothers at Sea

UN Refugee Agency informs Refugees missing in the Mediterranean As informed by the UN Refugee Agency  more than 3200 refugees died or went missing in the Mediterranean Sea in the year 2022 inclusive of children accompanied by mothers. Some refugees are Syrians coming from Lebanon or Turkey and attempting to cross over to Europe across

By |2023-07-13T06:10:42+00:00January 30th, 2023|Categories: Maritime Logistics & Geostrategy|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

EMERGENCE OF BLUE ECONOMY

  Term Blue Economy The term “blue economy” entered common parlance after  the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development  held in the year 2012 to promote marine ecosystem integrated management .Yet the ensuing concluding remarks did not allude to the word blue. The emphasis during the UN conference was about building adequate capacity for

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