Time to probe the INGOs and NGOs
At a recent meeting the Australian Foreign
Minister, Bob Carr, delivered a blunt message to his diplomats : "We
are running a foreign policy for a nation-state; not for a
non-governmental organisation." (The Australian --7/2/2013, p.12.)
This is an out-and-out rejection of I/NGOs as overseers or
interventionists in the domestic affairs of nations.
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Banging heads on brick walls
I was pleased, if not astonished, to see a
complimentary reference to my writings in a newspaper. I was
reaching the conclusion that no one read any more, or bothered about
Human Rights issues except to make political points, so this was
heartening. Admittedly a positive reference by one of the editors
who publishes my writings is not evidence that they might make a
difference, but it may help.
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