Friday, February 17, 2012

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Drug Trafficking From Afghanistan

VIENNA, 16 February (UNIS) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lent support for comprehensive and concerted international action to stem the flow of opium and heroin coming from Afghanistan. At a high-level conference taking place today in the Austrian capital of Vienna, Government Ministers stressed the need to reduce drug trafficking, opium poppy cultivation and production, as well as drug consumption, while aiming to establish a broad international coalition to combat opiate trafficking. Among them were Mr. Alain Juppé, Foreign Minister of France, and Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

“Drug trafficking and transnational organized crime undermine the health of fragile states, weaken the rule of law, and hinder our attempts to meet the Millennium Development Goals”, Mr. Ban told the partners of the Paris Pact, a framework of cooperation to control opiate trafficking from Afghanistan. Fighting the drugs trade is essential to our work to reduce poverty and raise standards of human well-being, “he added.

With the withdrawal of ISAF forces from Afghanistan in 2014, the international community will increasingly look to the United Nations to take on additional responsibilities in supporting Afghanistan, said Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Mr. Fedotov, whose Office supports the 55-country-strong Paris Pact initiative, stressed that with security questions grabbing most of the attention, it was important to renew focus on the non-military aspects of transition – development, governance and strengthening civilian authority throughout Afghanistan.

“In all our activities, we are working closely with the Afghan government to ensure that we reverse the worrying trends in the increasing production and cultivation of opiates. I encourage the Afghan leadership to make this a national priority and to develop shared responsibility across all branches of government,” said Mr. Fedotov.

Afghanistan produces some 90 per cent of the world’s illicit opium. The UNODC Afghan Opium Survey 2011 pointed to a sharp increase in opium production, higher prices for the crop and a flourishing drugs trade – once again highlighting the direct correlation between insecurity, lack of agricultural aid and opium cultivation.

Drug money can potentially derail long-term stability. In recognition of the pivotal role of counter-narcotics efforts in building security, democracy and prosperity in Afghanistan, the Ministerial Conference identified four main areas for enhanced cooperation: regional initiatives; tackling financial flows linked to drug trafficking; preventing the diversion of precursor chemicals, which are used to manufacture drugs; and reducing drug abuse and dependence. Efforts under the Paris Pact initiative are aimed at strengthening international and regional cooperation in support of Afghanistan’s efforts to address drug trafficking.

In December 2011, UNODC launched a Regional Programme for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries, which can be a major tool in creating a broad international coalition to combat opiate trafficking, opium poppy cultivation and production, said Mr. Fedotov. He stressed the need for a comprehensive set of responses: breaking the link between poverty and drug cultivation, curbing drug demand and directing law enforcement efforts against the traffickers – not the farmers or the addicts. Intelligence-sharing with countries affected by the drug trade was also essential, along with good governance and anti-corruption measures. Only prospects for a better future would bring lasting security to Afghanistan, he stated, and his Office would do its utmost to support that aim through its extensive Regional Programme.

Affirming their “common and shared responsibility”, Paris Pact partners adopted the Vienna Declaration, a statement of international commitment to act in a “balanced and comprehensive manner” against the menace of illicit Afghan opiates. “We recognize that the narcotics problem is a global challenge which also requires a global response, including addressing the demand and supply sides,” the Declaration said.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

غار عشتار: كتاب جديد: البلوش و بلادهم

غار عشتار: كتاب جديد: البلوش و بلادهم

.المدونة محمية بميثاق الشرف. أرجو الإشارة الى اسم (غار عشتار) والكاتبة (عشتار العراقية) عند إعادة النشر

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كتاب جديد: البلوش و بلادهم

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في عدة مقالات في الغار، تتناول القواعد العسكرية الأمريكية، او خططها لقارة آسيا، تردد اسم البلوش وبلوشستان الواقعة (والمقسمة) بين ايران وباكستان وأفغانستان، ولكن أكثر ما كتبت عنهم وحاولت البحث عن معلومات تتعلق بهم، كان في هذا الموضوع (من انتصر في قضية اغلاق قاعدة شمسي). اليوم بعث لي الأخأحمد بن يعقوب الهوتي المازمي نبذة عن كتاب حققه وعلق عليه، وأكاد أقول من فهرس محتوياته أنه شامل لكل ما يتعلق بالبلوش تقريبا. وفيه اجزاء من الكتاب تتناول جغرافية وتاريخ البلوش في العراق. وهو يسد فراغا في المكتبة العربية. وفيما يلي نبذة عن الكتاب.

عنوان الكتاب: البلوش وبلادهم في دليل الخليج 1515-1908
صنفه وصوبه وعلق عليه: أحمد بن يعقوب الهوتي المازمي
الناشر: مؤسسة الانتشار العربي - شباط/فبراير 2012

يتناول هذا الكتاب تاريخ شعب من الشعوب التي ساهمت في رسم تاريخ الخليج و جنوب غرب آسيا، ما زال الاهتمام العربي و الدولي به ضعيفاً، ومنزوياً هذا التاريخ بين جبال وصحاري بلوشستان. يجمع هذا الكتاب فصولاً من تاريخ الشعب البلوشي و موطنه بلوشستان، المتناثرة في احدى أهم مدونات تاريخ المنطقة: موسوعة دليل الخليج البريطانية لمؤلفه ج. ج. لوريمر، منذ أحداث عام 1515 و حتى أحداث 1908.
يعد لوريمر أبرزالمؤرخين والجغرافيين الذين وصفوا منطقة الخليج العربية في بداية القرن العشرين، ودليله هو في شكل موسوعة من أجزاء متعددة، تتناول الحياة الاجتماعية والاقتصادية للسكان ووصفاً للمنطقة وقبائلها وإماراتها ومشيخاتها وإحصائيات متنوعة. ينقسم هذا الكتاب إلى قسمين أولهما الجغرافي: وهو يضم مناطق التواجد البلوشي في دول الخليج العربية، و أجزاء من بلوشستان، مع إحصائيات متنوعة عنهم وعن مناطقهم، طبيعتها ومواردها في بداية القرن العشرين.
أما القسم التاريخي فيضم شذرات من التاريخ البلوشي في بلوشستان الغربية و ساحلها مَكـُران، و جزءً من تاريخ دولة كلات البلوشية، و أحداث الصراع البرتغالي، البريطاني، الفارسي، العُماني، والبلوشي للسيطرة على المنطقة البلوشية، و ما آلت إليه الأحداث من تقسيم الدولة البلوشية المستقلة بين الاستعمار البريطاني و بلاد فارس. بالإضافة إلى أجزاء ضائعة من تاريخ البلوش في الجزيرة العربية و العراق و الأحواز.
وكما تردد كثيراً،أن التاريخ يكتب بيدالمنتصرومن يمسك بزمام الحُكم،كذلك تم تجاهل التاريخ والإنسان البَلوُشي في الساحةالدولية. فلقد كتب كثيراًعن بلاد فارس (حالياً إيران) وشبه القارة الهندية (حالياً الهند وباكستان وبنغلاديش)،وأفغانستان، ولكن لم تلق بَلوُشستان (بالمفهوم الجامع لبَلوُشستان الكبرى) الاهتمام الذي تستحقه من أقلام الباحثين والكتاب. ولذلك فإنه لا غناً لجميع المهتمين بالدراسات البلوشية و الخليجية عن هذا الكتاب الذي يسد فراغاً مهماً في المكتبة البلوشية و العربية.

لمزيد من التفاصيل وللإطلاع على الفهرس الجغرافي والتاريخي المذهل، إقرأ هنا.

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February 15, 2012

New book: The Baloch and their

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In several articles in the cave, dealing with U.S. military bases, or plans for the continent of Asia, the frequency of the name Baloch and Balochistan incident (and divided) between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, but more what I have written about them and tried to search for information related to them, was in this topic (who won in the case of closure of the base solar). Today he sent me Alokhahmd son of Jacob Hooti Mazmi About the book has achieved and commented upon, and I'd say the contents of an index that covers all about Balbloush almost. And which parts of the book dealing with geography and history of the Baloch in Iraq. It fills a vacuum in the Arab library. The following is a profile for the book.

Title of the book: the Baloch and their country in the Guide to the Gulf 1515-1908
Rate corrected and commented upon: Ahmed Ben Jacob Hooti Mazmi
Publisher: Institute for Arab-proliferation - February 2012

This book deals with history of a people that have contributed to the history the Gulf and South West Asia, is still the Arab and international attention by the weak, and Mnzhoya this date, between the mountains and deserts of Balochistan. This book brings together chapters from the date of the Baloch people and Balochistan home, scattered in one of the most important codes of the region's history: Encyclopedia of Gulf Directory British author c. C. Lorimer, since the events of 1515 and until the events of 1908.
The Lorimer Ibrzalmargen and geographers who described the Gulf Arab region at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the evidence is in the form of Encyclopedia of multiple parts, dealing with social and economic life of the population and a description of the area and tribes, and the emirates Msheekhatha and a variety of statistics. This book is divided into two parts first is geographical: it includes presence Baluchi areas in the Arab Gulf States, and parts of Balochistan, with a variety of statistics about them and their areas, nature and its resources at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Section historic fitted with fragments of history Baloch in Balochistan Bank and its coast, Makran, and part of the history of the State of Kalat Baloch, and the events of the conflict Portuguese, British, Persian, Omani, Baluchis and to control the region, Baluchi, and the outcome of the events from the division of the country Baluchi independent between British colonialism and Persia. As well as parts of a lost history of the Baloch in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Ahwaz.
As much hesitation, that history is written Bidalmentsromen holds the reins of government, was also ignore history and the human in the Baluchi Alsahhatah. He wrote Kthiraan Persia (now Iran) and the Indian subcontinent (now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), and Afghanistan, and Baluchistan, but not received (inclusive concept of Greater Balochistan) the attention it deserves from the pens of scholars and writers. Therefore it is not richer for all those interested in the Baluchi and the Gulf from this book that fills an important void in the library Balochi, and Arabic.

For more details and to view the index of geographical and historical stunning, read here.

Publisher: Ishtar Iraqi 5:56 p.m.

Saturday, February 11, 2012