Friday, August 17, 2012

A Pretty Busy Day at Twitter, Aleppo, Wikileaks, etc.

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On Sunday, UNASUR and ALBA meet in Guayaquil to talk about UK vs , & probably also NAmer bullying & Falklands.
WikiLeaks thanks the 23 OAS nations that voted to convene an extraordinary meeting in Washington on Aug 24 over UK threats to storm embassy
VOTE: US, Canada say UK threats to Ecuador not an international issue
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OAS Foreign Ministers to meet in Washington DC on August 24 over UK threats to storm Ecuadorian Embassy.
Correction: in earlier tweet, we cited Dominican Republic as urging caution with respect to pace, but was actually Dominica. Both voted yes.
Foreign Ministers of OAS will convene 24 of august 2012 at Headquarters of OAS in Washington, D.C.
Special meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American states is closed.
Resolution to convene Foreign Ministers to address UK threats of inviolating the Ecuadorean embassy HAS BEEN APPROVED.
OAS results: 23 in favor, 5 abstentions , 3 against. Ecuador's proposal for a meeting of foreign ministers has been approved
Statement of the Government of the Republic of Ecuador on the asylum request of Julian (official translation)
Nicaragua: We would just like to repeat article 67, and agree that we may proceed to a vote.
The debate has not closed, Nicaragua has asked for the floor.
Bolivia: Under art. 61,62, 63 of rules of the Permanent Council, we require an absolute majority.
Honduras: The main principle is agreed upon, we don't aim to generate discord (...) we look at the consensus we already have on main subj.
Honduras:We ALL expressed our adherence to need to maintain inviolability of diplomatic premises, I believe even the US & Canada agree
Hoduras: Even Canada and US have expressed a willingness to respect the Vienna conventions, there's already consensus! Let's do this.
Ecuador insists that we proceed immediately to a vote as per article 58 of rules of procedure of the permanent council
Ecuador: One more time, I insist we proceed immediately to a vote, in keeping with the voting procedure established by the rules of the P.C.
Ecuador: The OAS mechanism for decision making is voting, not consensus-making. We have achieved significant consensus.
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Venezuela: We support Ecuador's resolution, & a small group of states can't be allowed to deny what the majority votes; cards on the table.
Nicaragua supports Ecuador's proposal, in light of the fact it is impossible to reach a consensus, to convene a meeting as soon as possible
Nicaragua: We support voting to convene the Foreign Ministers, to address this issue which is of highest importance.
US, Canada, Dominican Republic, Panama vs all the rest of Latin America in OAS meeting on Assange embassy siege
nicaragua: obviously we won't reach a consensus on such a delicate issue; Equador has made extraordinary effort to be flexible, diplomatic.
Panama: We would like to stress the importance of reaching consensus on this issue.
Dominican Republic: As OAS seeks to manage conflict, I hope we do whatever we do this afternoon with an eye towards consensus & resolution.
DR asks that the OAS not move away from the "venerable tradition" of consensus and exhaust all possibilities before the next step.
Dominican Republic: We should pace ourselves to exhaust all options before moving to the next step, we have to be cautious in terms of pace.
Ecuador at OAS: We wish to move to a roll call vote based on article 51 of the rules of the Permanent Council.
new equador proposal asks to discuss: 2. agree on appropriate measures to be adopted
US & Canada: This issue is bilateral, OAS is not the appropriate forum, we cannot support this resolution.
New proposed wording of Equador proposal for mtg of foreign ministers to: 1.address situation regarding inviolability of diplomatic premises
New wording: "to convene meeting of FMs at the OAS HQ 11am Friday, to address UK/Ecuador situation, & agree on measures to be taken."
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Chirpstory: live-tweets OAS Special Meeting on UK threats against Ecuador. Will be continuously updated.
OAS special meeting of the Permanent Council is now on break and will resume soon - we'll be back shortly, live tweeting the whole event.
Permanent observer of Sweden: We emphatically reject gross accusations against Swedish judicial system made by Venezuelan ambassador.
UK permanent observer at OAS: allegations that the UK was threatening equador and was about to storm the embassy are without foundation.
UK Permanent observer: UK has to meet its legal obligations to extradite Assange to sweden and the granting of asylum doesn't change that
We are live tweeting the emergency meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Assange siege
Equador asks for this resolution to be immediately voted upon after a break and a modified proposal taking Mexico's proposal into account
Ecuador at OAS: We can work on adjusting language to resolution to satisfy Mexico, Paraguay, others, so it can be voted on immediately.
Chile at OAS: If we convene the Foreign Ministers, would be better to on Friday and at an hour that works for all.
OAS lining up entirely on US affiliation lines with the interesting exception of Honduras.
Paraguay at OAS: we, as Mexico, would prefer for the permanent council to take up this issue.
Canada at OAS: we encourage bilateral dialogue to play out before OAS rushes to judgement.
Mexico asks to propose an amendment to Equador's proposal so that the meeting can be carried out "objectively"
Mexico at OAS: We support Ecuador, but we would propose amendments to paragraph 1.
Extraordinary demonstration of Latin American power and independence at OAS. Unimaginable even just 10 years ago.
Honduras: we would support any action which would allow this principle of intl law - inviolability of diplomatic premises - to be defended.
Honduras: We support wholeheartedly the right of asylum as a human right, and are bound to obey and defend it.
We are live tweeting the emergency meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) - the UN of North + South America
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Brasilian gov does not support British interpretation of supposed limitations of Vienna convention on inviolability of diplomatic premises.
Honduras: In our constitution, Vienna conventions are part and parcel of domestic law of Honduras.
Brazil at OAS meeting: The right of asylum is an institution consolidated throughout the Americas, including Brazilian constitution.
Brazil does not support the UK interpretation on the supposed limitations of the Vienna conventions on inviolability of diplomatic premises.
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OAS Peru: "this situation is of interest to the international community and of great interest to the OAS..we support the Equador proposal"
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Guatemalan FM at OAS meeting: We propose that OAS facilitate all support needed to reach a solution.
Guatemala FM at OAS: "the meeting of foreign ministers could well serve as a guarantee of the inviolability of diplomatic premises."
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Guatemalan FM at OAS special meeting: It is duty of OAS to give its views in face of any violation of diplomatic premises.
Guatemala stresses importance of subject that natl. law could prevail over Vienna convention, which governs daily work of intl. community.
Venezuela: "How can you have trust or confidence in the words of Mr. William Hague?"
OASsec general:"It's not about whether its appropriate to grant asylum or not...we should discuss the inviolability of all diplomatic seats"
Venezuela: How can we have trust or confidence in W. Hague, who crudely alleged Gaddafi was in Venezuela last year, & threatened Ecuador?
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Here is the agenda for today's special meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States.
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Venezuela: necessary to find diplomatic solution, but w/ greatest respect for Ecuadorian state & intl. asylum law.

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