Yes, the bad times in life is like a telephone...

... Yuh never kno when it a go ring
But when it ring
Just pick it up an receive
When you finish put down the receiver and carry on
'Cause the sun will always shine

-- Ice MC

30 terms and definitions - one year no. XIV

war - war - war - going to bed with war, getting up with war - stop watching news because of the war - supporting ukraine - hoping the war will be over soon - london in april, the first travel abroad since my return to germany in 2020 - phoenix garden, a nice community-owned garden near palace theatre - agatha christie: the mousetrap - travelling back and forth between berlin and bonn, every week, even on sundays: exhausing - massive train delays - hundreds of euros of compensations because of massive train delays - di.fm radio: chillout music 24/7 - a day in leipzig at the zoo - stable health (appreciate it!) - meeting persons you knew when you were young (dr, se, rh, ai, mn, ml, cn, nj) - writing mails and sms to married women (is, iz) - preparing to leave again in 2023 - getting crankier and crankier: take care, you should try to avoid it! - sibiu, again - a strong feeling of not wanting to leave romania a the train station in sibiu - vienna - villa forde: mindfulness-based stress reducion - bildungsurlaub (bildungszentrum sorpesee im sauerland) - atemraum - saving money, way more than necessary - running, at least one time per week - playing soccer on thursdays in marienfelde again - learning languages: russian, spanish

Colours

If you had this time again
Would you do it all the same?
I wonder, would I?
Of the promises we made
Is there anything you'd change?
In the re-runs of our lives...

If I could call you for a day
Just to hear the words you'd say
I would...

All the colours that you bring
All come rushing back again
All the places that we've been this time

All the people that you knew
They'll come running back to you
All the faces that we've seen in this life...
And we never took the time
To see where we were going
We were only passing by...
And we never questioned why
The river keeps on flowing
The beauty of the ride...

If I could call you for a day
Just to hear the words you'd say
I would...

All the colours that you bring
All come rushing back again
All the places that we've been this time

All the people that you knew
They'll come running back to you
All the faces that we've seen in this life...

The river flows...

All the colours that you bring
Will they ever come again?
All the places that we've been this time

All the people that you knew
They'll be waiting there for you
All the faces that we've seen in this life...

All the colours that you bring
All we ever want to be
All the places that you've dreamed this time

All the people that you knew They'll come running back to you All the faces that we've seen in this life...

-- Emma Hewitt

Estamos en un mundo...

... sin dirección política.

-- José Mujica

1 - 0

Lästig war eher, ...

... dass meine Freundinnen mit Kindern plötzlich viel, viel weniger Zeit hatten.

-- Stefanie Stahl, Die ZEIT

Die Gedanken...

... sind frei,
wer kann sie erraten,
sie fliehen vorbei
wie nächtliche Schatten.
Kein Mensch kann sie wissen,
kein Jäger erschießen,
es bleibet dabei:
die Gedanken sind frei.

Derzeit...

... sehen wir, wie eine manipulierte Vergangenheit dazu dient, politische Interessen mit Gewalt durchzusetzen. Putin will mit der Geschichte zurück in die Vergangenheit.

-- Georgiy Kasianov, Die ZEIT

Thank you, ....

... Mr. President. I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.

We meet tonight on the brink of a major conflict in Ukraine. The diplomacy we urged on the 17th of February is failing. The territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine stands breached. The Charter of the United Nations continues to wilt under the relentless assault of the powerful. In one moment, it is invoked with reverence by the very same countries who then turn their backs on it in pursuit of objectives diametrically opposed to international peace and security.

In the last two meetings on the situation in Ukraine, and the build up of forces by the Russian Federation, Kenya urged that diplomacy be given a chance. Our cry was not heeded and, more importantly, the Charter’s demand for states to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered has been profoundly undermined.

Today, the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine has been effected. Kenya is gravely concerned by the announcement made by the Russian Federation to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent states. In our considered view, this action and announcement breaches the territorial integrity of -- of Ukraine.

We do not deny that there may be serious security concerns in these regions. But they cannot justify today’s recognition of these regions as independent states -- not when there are multiple diplomatic tracks available and underway that have the ability to offer peaceful solutions.

Mr. President,

This situation echoes our history. Kenya and almost every African country was birthed by the ending of empire. Our borders were not of our own drawing. They were drawn in the distant colonial metropoles of London, Paris, and Lisbon, with no regard for the ancient nations that they cleaved apart.

Today, across the border of every single African country, live our countrymen with whom we share deep historical, cultural, and linguistic bonds. At independence, had we chosen to pursue states on the basis of ethnic, racial, or religious homogeneity, we would still be waging bloody wars these many decades later.

Instead, we agreed that we would settle for the borders that we inherited, but we would still pursue continental political, economic, and legal integration. Rather than form nations that looked ever backwards into history with a dangerous nostalgia, we chose to look forward to a greatness none of our many nations and peoples had ever known. We chose to follow the rules of the Organisation of African Unity and the United Nations charter, not because our borders satisfied us, but because we wanted something greater, forged in peace.

We believe that all states formed from empires that have collapsed or retreated have many peoples in them yearning for integration with peoples in neighboring states. This is normal and understandable. After all, who does not want to be joined to their brethren and to make common purpose with them? However, Kenya rejects such a yearning from being pursued by force. We must complete our recovery from the embers of dead empires in a way that does not plunge us back into new forms of domination and oppression.

We rejected irredentism and expansionism on any basis, including racial, ethnic, religious, or cultural factors. We -- We reject it again today. Kenya registers its strong concern and opposition to the recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. We further strongly condemn the trend in the last few decades of powerful states, including members of this Security Council, breaching international law with little regard.

Multilateralism lies on its deathbed tonight. It has been assaulted today as it as it has been by other powerful states in the recent past. We call on all members to rally behind the Secretary-General in asking him to rally us all to the standard that defends multilateralism. We also call on him to bring his good offices to bear to help the concerned parties resolve this situation by peaceful means.

Let me conclude, Mr. President, by reaffirming Kenya's respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.

Thank you.

-- Martin Kimani, Kenya's Permanent Representative to the UN

Point one...

...: Ukraine survives. Point two: no third world war. Point three: a decisive strategic defeat for Putin's Russia. And point four: strengthening the international security order.

-- Graham Allison, SPIEGEL International

последний выбор

wenn es...

... einen neuen eisernen vorhang gibt, wollen wir nicht dahinter sein.

-- Roman Vassilenko, Vizeaußenminister Kasachstan

der verlustschmerz...

... eines KGB-Agenten kann keinen Angriffskrieg rechtfertigen.

-- SPIEGEL Online, 25.02.2022

Schon ein Jahr...

... später[, 1971,] legte die Gruppe die Ergebnisse vor. [...] Die Erde ist begrenzt. Wenn Wachstum und Expansion von Teilsystemen ungebremst weitergehen, erleben wir eine Periode des overshoot, also das Überschreiten von Grenzen. Diese Prozesse würden um die Mitte des 21. Jahrhunderts zu einem "plötzlichen und unkontrollierbaren Niedergang" der gewohnten Lebensbedingngen führen - zum Kollaps. Die Alternative bestehe darin, mäglichst bald die Wachstumsprozesse abzubremsen und in Richtung eines Zustands des globalen Gleichgewichts umzusteuern.

-- ZEIT vom 19.01.2021