Musk did not indicate who is paying for the Starlinks, nor whether the users have to pay the 100 euros a month subscription fee... Iranian internet activists with a VPN probably find the Starlink idea hilarious.

But thank you, Cat, for informing us that the anti-regime protests, and their hundreds of deaths, are due to imperialist astroturfing. I had formed the apparently erroneous opinion that Iranian women had legitimate motives and actual agency.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}

Kenya labor court rules that Facebook can be sued, 6 Feb

Meta tried to have the case dropped, arguing that Kenyan courts do not have jurisdiction over their operations, but the labor court judge dismissed that in a ruling on Monday.

A former Facebook moderator in Kenya, Daniel Motaung, is suing the company claiming poor working conditions.
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Meta is facing a separate court case in which two Ethiopians say hate speech was allowed and even promoted on Facebook amid heated rhetoric over their country's deadly Tigray conflict.
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transition action plans
00:00:33 Human Hair Mats
00:09:17 Flip-Flop Art Kenya
00:17:19 Coconut Briquettes
00:25:11 Sugarcane Plates
00:35:52 Glass Sand
00:43:39 Fruit Pulp Firewood
00:51:55 Skateboard Bowls
00:59:18 Fishskin Leather
01:06:38 Milk Carton Bricks
01:14:52 Coffee Grounds Eyeglasses
01:25:34 Steel Recycling
01:30:52 PVC Pipes Laundry Basket
01:41:44 Elephant Dung Paper
01:52:49 Plastic From Seaweed
02:01:12 Tofu Into Gas
02:09:32 Roof Waste
02:20:19 Water Hyacinth
02:25:40 Acid Mine Drainage

Remarks by Ambassador Zhang Jun at the UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine, 17 Feb

...While we deplore the failure of the Minsk Agreement, no one can deny that the signing of the agreement represents the right direction of solving disputes and differences through dialogue and negotiation, and is in line with the fundamental spirit of the UN Charter. Diplomatic efforts made to reach the agreement still merit our recognition today. 

The lesson here is this. The vitality of an agreement depends on how well it is implemented. If it cannot be translated into concrete actions actively and in good faith, even the best agreement would end up being just a piece of paper. On the other hand, if all provisions in the Minsk Agreement could be effectively implemented, the Ukraine crisis might not have developed to what it is today. 

The Ukraine crisis is, in essence, the culmination of security conflicts in Europe closely related to NATO's constant eastern expansion since the Cold War. Pursuing absolute security and political exclusion and containment by force against a specific party is the very crux of the reason why Europe is in the security plight.
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Madam President, 

Strict compliance with international treaties and the implementation of legal obligations in good faith are the basic requirements of the rule of law. This is what practicing true multilateralism is about. Regrettably, when it comes to negotiated agreements that failed to be implemented, the Minsk Agreement is not the only case. The Paris Agreement on climate change faces major setbacks because of the withdrawal of one key party. The JCPOA has yet to be revived....

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Feb 2023 UNSC president: Malta (Vanessa Frazier)
RT | West forced to soften anti-Russian UN resolution

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The [RF Deputy Permanent UN Rep. Dmitry Polyansky] stated in a Telegram message that the resolution will likely be proposed to the UN for a vote next week on the anniversary of the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine [24 Feb]. Officially, the draft resolution is meant to address the "principles underlying a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace in Ukraine."
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"Their main problem is that we are not isolated. And pushing through anti-Russian texts is becoming increasingly difficult," he noted, adding that the West is having great difficulties in trying to "remove all the 'sharp corners' and to `round off' everything as much as possible" in the text of the resolution.

Polyansky also stated that in order to garner the most support[,] "not scare anyone away[,]" and to guarantee that their efforts are not in vain the West has also essentially "muzzled the Ukrainians" so that they don't ruin the resolution.

"And now they just sadly watch how the text of the draft becomes more and more vague," said the diplomat, adding that despite the West's efforts, there are still many countries that are unwilling to support the resolution.
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news.un | Ukraine needs `implementable' peace, Security Council hears, meeting on anniversary of Minsk accord, 17 Feb

...Mr. Jenča reminded the Security Council on Friday that the UN has played no formal role in any mechanism related to the peace process in Ukraine, over the last eight years.

It was not invited to be a participant in the various negotiations in Minsk, or to the 2014 and 2015 agreements themselves, and it was not involved in the implementation efforts led by the OSCE's Trilateral Contact Group - made up of representatives of three parties. However, the UN has consistently supported its implementation, including through the Security Council's unanimously adoption of resolution 2202 (2015) on 17 February 2015....

usnews reuters | Senior Israeli Diplomat Ejected From AU Summit as Row Escalates, 18 Feb

..."Israel looks harshly upon the incident in which the deputy director for Africa, Ambassador Sharon Bar-Li, was removed from the African Union hall despite her status as an accredited observer with entrance badges," the foreign ministry said.

Ebba Kalondo, the spokesperson for the African Union's commission chairman, said the diplomat had been removed because she was not the duly accredited Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia, the official who was expected....But Israel blamed the incident on South Africa and Algeria, two key nations in the 55-country bloc, saying they were holding the AU hostage and were driven by "hate".
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South Africa rejected the claim, saying Israel's application for observer status at the AU has not been decided upon by the bloc.

"Until the AU takes a decision on whether to grant Israel observer status, you cannot have the country sitting and observing," Clayson Monyela, head of public diplomacy in South Africa's department of international relations, told Reuters.
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timesofisrael | Israeli observer delegation kicked out of African Union summit in Addis Ababa

...According to the Walla news site, which first reported the incident, security guards came up to the Israeli delegation during the opening ceremony and demanded they leave. Video showed the Israelis, led by Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Africa Sharon Bar-Li, leaving after several minutes of discussion.

"It is sad to see that the African Union has been taken hostage by a small number of extremist countries such as Algeria and South Africa, driven by hatred and controlled by Iran [?!]," [Israel foreign ministry spokesperson Lior] Hayat said. "We call on the African countries to stand against these actions that harm the organization of the African Union itself and the entire continent," he said.
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The issue of Israel's observer status has caused deep discord in the 55-member bloc. At last year's summit, a debate on the issue was suspended in a bid to avoid a vote that would create an unprecedented rift in the Union....

au.int | Opening of the 46th Ordinary Session of the Union, 18-19 Feb