A global order based on justice

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Laila Freivalds and Jack Straw

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Military intervention may be necessary as a last resort, but conflict prevention is always preferable. It is at once more humane and less costly. It is encouraging that at the Stockholm International Forum on the Prevention of Genocide in January, and in the United Nations, we have committed ourselves to prevent the recurrence of genocide, mass murder, ethnic cleansing and armed conflict.
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Nothing justifies terrorism; but far too many people live in the conditions where it can breed, where grinding poverty, tyranny and the widespread neglect of human rights deny people the hope of a better future. Our governments are committed to helping to end such misery, through debt relief, fair trade, helping sustainable development, tackling environmental degradation and promoting good governance.
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We will press for the ratification of the additional protocol to the Convention Against Torture, which will allow regular visits to prisons and places of detention and aim to ensure that torture is never practiced, whatever the purpose.
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Laila Freivalds is the foreign minister of Sweden. Jack Straw is the foreign secretary of Britain.

http://www.iht.com/articles/526088.html


Sounds like the UK establishment is trying to back carefully away from the Iraq adventure ...

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