Shashikant, lets face it. We live in a world where there are lots of international organisations and conventions but when a country violates them, there is hardly anything any other country can do.
All these international conventions, UN resolutions/charters, International Court of Law decisions, etc are all very good. But how many violations have been recorded through history? And when there is a violation, is there anything one can do? Absolutely niltz! It is all a farce to me! In many cases these conventions are a failure and countries always find a way to opt out. India has not been innocent in violating international resolutions. 1. In 1954, an Indian insurrection overthrew Portuguese authority in Dadra which was completely surrounded by Indian territory and the Indian government suspended all passage over its territory to prevent Portugal from restoring its authority over the enclave. Following this blockade from India, on 22 December 1955 Portugal filed an application in the International Court of Justice instituting proceedings against India regarding communication and a right of passage between Daman and its enclaved parcels Dadra and Nagar-Aveli together with the other two districts of Goa and Diu, which were an integral part of Portugal recognised by the United Nations and also by India who maintained for a while diplomatic representation with the Portuguese State of India. Both India and Portugal had accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the Permanent Court. Judgement of this case was delivered on 12 April 1960 (YES! 1960!!!) where Portugal was given right of passage limited to civilian persons and of course Portugal also got its de facto administration of the Estado da India Portuguesa (Goa, Damn, Dadra, Nagal-Aveli and Diu) officially recognized by the International Court of Justice. But this determination only lasted for one year as in 1961 India shamelessly invaded and forcibly annexed the Portuguese State of India violating all past UN resolutions and the previous International Court of Justice determination. Portugal's recourse to the Security Council led to no result due to a veto by the USSR (permanent member to the UN) who alleged they were opposed to colonialism but they (the USSR) themselves became one of the worst colonial powers in Eastern Europe under the banner of communism. So, you see: What a farce! 2) The 2003 invasion of Iraq was labeled by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as illegal because there was no UN mandate... From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq : Robin Cook, then the leader of the British House of Commons and a former foreign secretary, resigned from Tony Blair's cabinet in protest over Britains decision to invade without the authorization of a U.N. resolution. Cook said at the time that: "In principle I believe it is wrong to embark on military action without broad international support. In practice I believe it is against Britain's interests to create a precedent for unilateral military action.[152] United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, when pressed in an interview with the BBC in September 2004, "[F]rom our point of view and from the Charter point of view [the war] was illegal."[153] This drew immediate criticism from the United States and was immediately played down."[154] So, you see: What a farce these conventions and international resolutions are. All of them, nothing but a farce! Best Paulo Colaco Dias. -----Original Message----- From: Swastik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 October 2007 07:55 To: 'J. Colaço < jc>'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reply to JOSE {Hague Apostille -IMPORTANT} Dear Jose, Refusal to accept the documents bearing Hague Apostille from India is clear violation of article 3 of the hague convention. Why is CRC not having the GUTS to put it clearly in writing in a legal manner that they will not acknowledge and accept documents bearing Hague apostille from India. Now if the CRC is not ready to accept such documents what legal action can we initiate towards them ? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.6/1086 - Release Date: 22/10/2007 19:57
