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    What Is Commonwealth To Africa ?

    What is CommonWealth to Africa ?

    The Article 15 of Berlin Treaty gave the European Colonizers the Legal Right to own the Land and the People and enabled the 400 year-old slave trade (1440-1840) to continue in a modern-day modified system of slavery. The old African Kingdoms were in fact transformed into Slave States, and still today they are kept in the stranglehold of Colonial Power. Some of these powers are Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and even Denmark who formerly occupied Ghana and later sold it to Britain. The legality of the Berlin Treaty was derived from the Paris Conference which was concluded on 3 August 1875, the aim of which it was to enslave the Africans in their own continent. Under the pretext that slave trade was inhuman, the European and American leaders came to an understanding and concluded that it would be more profitable to enslave the Africans in their own African continent under European administration who would bring the " blessings " of civilization, Christianity and commerce to the " backward " African souls.

    This concept was termed " Terra Nullus ", in short the land of the continent of Africa belonged to the European and American Masters, and not to the Rightful Owners, the African People. The procedure for the practical implementation was laid down in the Berlin Conference which started 15 November 1884 and was concluded by signing the Berlin Treaty on 26 February 1885. In fact the Charter of the OAU ( Organization of African Union ) of 25 May 1963 was drawn up in such a way as to keep and maintain the Legal Validity of the Paris Conference of 1875 enshrined in the Berlin Treaty in 1885. This ingenious way of controlling the African people is surpassed only by the Spanish conquestadoros almost five hundred years ago who enslaved the Indian civilizations of Latin and South America and the Carribean Islands, including Cuba. The control is made complete by imposing the language of the Colonizers, i.e. Culture through the instrument of the education system, religion ( Christianity and later Islam ) as well as currency and military. When this was achieved the African was to be brought the idea of independence . The Independence issue which was only given by replacing the European Governors in the already divided countries by the blacks on coming leaders who attended the European education schools . These praised leaders by the Colonial Masters on days of Independence were made first to sign papers that their countries Independence would mean nothing to them as the countries would be / remain under the Suprem Authority of the Colonial Master . Meaning the issue of Soverenity can not be touched by the so called independent African countries . That is why there is no black individual African country still who dares is a Sovereign State in Africa . The best example is : all the English Speaking are tied down under the Soverenity Rights ( Legal Acts ) of the United Kingdom of Britain & Northern Ireland ; today's enlarged World wide Expansion ( Dominium ) of the Mighty United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and together with these member countries as the CommonWealthwealth countries .

    The CommonWealth is being futher subdivided into two : with small ( d ) dominium refering to all black countries and some Asian English speaking countries and the Big ( D ) Dominium refering to countries where the white colour europeans have remained leaders ; such is of the two Domains of the independent countries of Australia and Canada .

    Therefore the Role of Commonwealth is still Slave Acts rule upon Africans . The African Countries , in General Political and Dilpomatic Affairs , are simply used to earn Voting powers in General Assembly meetings like in the United Nations meetings and of the other Organisarions to fulfill the Decisions making of the so called Super Powers who by Rights are the Sovereign powers to this countries . Non Sovereign Powers have No Capacity / Priority to make Decisions . This CommonWealth Association therefore can only be contested . By who ? May be General Idi Amin was right in disociating Uganda from the CommonWealth . Africa must open her Eyes to see better in future .

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    Quote Originally Posted by lado View Post
    The Lado District, also known as the Lado Kingdom (founded May 9, 864 A.D.), was an historic kingdom in central Africa in present-day southern Sudan, alternately known as Equatoria during its occupation by the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1871. Major-General Sir Samuel White Baker, a British national serving in the Turkish army, was appointed by the Ottoman Empire to serve as Governor-General of the territory. As the Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey following World War I, the nation continued to legally control Lado, though by 1947 the area was jointly administered by the United Kingdom and Belgium.

    Lado historically has been a volatile area, often at odds with other surrounding nations, witnessing violence at times similar to that experienced in recent years in nearby Rwanda. Claims have been made over the years that Rwanda and neighboring Burundi have been primary sources for a large part of the arms and mercenaries employed in such conflicts.[citation needed]

    Other disputes arise from the nature of how Lado continued to be occupied by outside interests. Certain groups cite a 1885 treaty signed in Berlin as evidence that subsequent occupation by the British was illegal, and administration at the hands of any Commonwealth member state is an extension of the treaty violation.[citation needed] In addition, the United States and some European countries are alleged by these groups to have used their positions in the United Nations Security Council to block the issue of independence of Lado.[citation needed] One offer of independence was reputedly extended to Lado in 1954 (with a target date of May 9, 1960) on the condition that Lado would remain as a member of the Commonwealth .




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    LADO KINGDOM
    Lado Kingdom only needs the International Recognition as the Sovereign Kingdom State

    Since Lado Kingdom was never Colonised, it has never handed over the Nation's Sovereignty to any Foreign Power. However, as an ' Occupied Territory ' Lado Kingdom is denied the Right to a Seat and to a Voice in the United Nations General Assembly and must Struggle in Silence while the Lado People are being Butchered within their own Borders. In any case , Lado people are Defending their Borders, their Land, their Natural Resources and their People as best they can, which is their Right under the UN Charter of 26 June 1945, Article 1, Article 51 and Article 73, including all the relevant instruments of United Nations and International Law. But since there is a Lack of International Recognition of the State of Lado as an Independent Sovereign State ( Lado ), and because of the Negligence of the International Community, and of the UN, anyone feels free to Loot and Kill in Lado ( Africa ) . The British, who have been sharing the Occupation of Lado with Belgium since 1947, are doing everything in their Power, and are using their Position in International Affairs and in the UN Security Council, to kill the State of Lado, and they are using their former African Colonies, their African Protectorates and their African Territories . Just to do that , Monkey Tricks ( Diplomacy ) are costantly being invented using a skilled language pattern to confuse some African leaders and not knowing that they are being simply manupilated in carrying out what was already set up by their present still Colonial Masters . Such is in example , the failure to see and realise that -- The Europeans have in short , created African Union ( AU ) and is imposed on African Countries as Europeans imposed Artificial Borders on the Continent of Africa by the Berlin Treaty ( General Acts ) of 26 February 1885 The present British Government through its controlled African countries has created the ' Africa Commission ' and so set in motion with the main objective to finish off and Annihilate the State of Lado and to erase all trace of the Lado People from World Records . Some definate Africa countries been chosen to spearhead this initiative, and in this capacity , have been appointed Britain's African Commissioners for NEPAD. By doing so, ' This British Conspiracy ' under the Cloak of African Affairs, and pretending that the Slaughter of a Nation and an Entire People - the Nation State - Kingdom of Lado and the People of Lado - are merely an ' African Affair ' to be dealt with solely by the African Union ( AU ) . This Foreign Created Institution, the AU, is nothing but a copy of the EU, and Lado does not want to be a part of that AU The EU and the European Countries, who Colonised and Raped the Ancient African Kingdoms and operated their profitable Slave Trade, are Responsible for the present Chaos and Conflict raging on the African Continent because the Colonialisation of Africa has never ended till today. Old Crimes never Die, and Yesterday's Hero is Today's War Criminal . Lado Petition to UN : No Peace without Justce


    The World cries out for Justice like never before in the History of Man, and the Masses are pressing on for their Leaders to correct the Wrongdoings committed by States, Regimes, and Satanic Leaders of the Past and Present . In fact many are those who, had they been alive today, would be facing charges for Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, and Ethnic Cleansing. Every Country and each Continent have their War Criminals ( W.C.'s ) . Some come from within the ranks of their own Countrymen, others can be found within the Foreign Occupation Forces . Just so with Africa, the Continent that probably would come in on the first place as concerns Suffering in the W.C. ( War Criminal ) Competition As if this is not only enough to look at , The British have made / are making a sharp to shrill tone over the Petition for Independence since the Agofe / King and the Lado Provisional Government sent their Petition for Independence to the UN Security Council's Permanent Members on 1 January 2002 . This direct Approach has so Angered the British and their Allies, who are Opposing any Attempts to Pass the Question of Lado for Voting in the UN General Assembly where there would most certainly be a Majority Vote in Favour of Independence as there would be if there was a Vote for an Independent Palestinean State. But why is Lado Kingdom of so much Importance to the British ?

    Well, apart from being Rich on Natural Resources and Fertile Agricultural Soil, Lado is so Strategically placed on the African Continent, that the Former British saying about Poland in the Heart of Europe: " Who now holds the Leash on Poland " may be very appropriate on Lado . Lado serves as Ecleon to control Africa and beyond . Therefore the African Politicians keep their Sponsors happy . " The Elected Politicians must make sure to keep their Sponsors happy so not to arouse the Discontent of the Powerful Oil and Mining Lobby and their Affiliated Companies in the Weaponry and Pharmaceutical Industry ". The Weapons Vendors have vested enormous Interests in establishing an African Echelon in Lado which is the Perfect Spot to place the Gigantic Mushrooms and Listening Devices of the Foreign Powers ( such in one is NSA, National Security Authority ). With such Installations in the mountainous Lado, the NSA, who Operate the '" Echelon System " in close Cooperation with the Countries in the Anglo - Saxon Axis of the British Commonwealth, will have the Optimal Opportunity to listen in on every Phone Conversation and to read each and every E-mail and Telefax being Communicated in the African Continent and Beyond. The New World's Obsession with Control of the African Resources have resulted in a new kind of War which is to Enforce all Nations to adopt the Anglo - American Prescription of Government: Democracy and Market Economy ( Market Reforms ) which usually means a US Puppet Government or a British Commonwealth Sattellite State which will be Favourable to the US and the British Business Corporations and not necessarily will Serve the Interests of the Nations' own Populations. It is well known that Wars are started and Regimes are Toppled where the Big Corporations and their Governments are Eying either Oil, Gas, Uranium, Gold, Diamond Supplies or Land. They have an Interest in using the Terrority as a Military Base, and as a Throughfare for Transportation and/or Oil and Gas Pipelines. The new ' War on Terror ' is an Ideal Cloak for such Enterprises and under these conditions Petitions for Sovereignty and Independence are not Welcome. The Independence of Lado is long overdue, and concerned People are wondering why the UN Resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 43/47 and Article 1 and 73 of the UN Charter of 26 June 1945 have not already been Implemented so that the Lado People can have their Rightful Chance to run their own Affairs as a State - Kingdom . Today's Colonisers are getting their Objectives by creating Chaos, and Instability through Finansing and Training the various Government Troops and Rebel Groups who are used to make War against the People and on behalf of the Business Vendors to drive the Civilians away from their Homes to make way for the Bulldozers of the Developers, the Oil Rigs and the Gold Mines. Practically seen . The Rebel Forces and the Kenyan and Ugandan Troops operating in Lado carry out the same Massacres and Atrocities that the Colonial Troops of Governor - General Sir John Maffey did with success in Quelling the Resistance in North-West India ( today Pakistan ) for the British Empire Through the 'Divide and Rule Policy , Governor - General Sir Maffey had kept the fighting going between the Hindu and the Muslim Populations, which finally ended with the formation of the State of Pakistan in 1947, which was later split into two States with the Birth of Bangladesh in 1972. But in reality, the fighting never stopped since Kashmir had not been included in the Pakistan State in spite of the fact that the Overwhelming Majority of the Population was and still is Muslim ( 80% ) and belonging to the Pashtun Tribe. It was no Coincidence that Kashmir was left as an Indian Province with a certain amount of Autonomy under the Watchful Eye of the Indian Military presence. This presence had been built up massively since 1947 and so has been the Forced Transfer of hundreds of Hindu families who are now Settled in Kashmir and Jamu. This was all part of a British Plan to Utilise the vast Energy Resources ( Oil ) in the mountainous Kashmir which in future may even be laid out as the next Asian ' Echelon Centre ' - just as is the case with Lado on the Continent of Africa. Exactly The American ( Virginia Colony ) / Angolo - Saxon are rumming the same Blue - Print to creat their own STATE to exist on the LADO territory now to be called SOUTHERN SUDAN STATE for the South Sudan Christians to seperate from the Moslem / Islam of North Sudan people . But the whole world knows that such old monkey trick using Religion is a desperate last attempts these Super World powers are opting for to destroy THE STATE / kINGDOM OF LADO . Under all circumstances Kashmir - as is the case with Lado in Central Africa - is an ideal Strategic Location for the Control of Asia and the surrounding Countries. History and the Events in the World today show that the Decisions made one or even two Centuries ago have a Heavy Impact on the Policies and the Wars carried out in our Millennium today ( 2000 - 3000 A.D.). But the Difference on the World then and today is that there is a Growing Concern for the Sufferings and the Injustices that hit the Common People anywhere in the World - whether it be Men, Women or Children in the West, in the Balcans, in Russia or Chechnya, in the Americas, in Asia or in Africa including Lado. War Criminals must Face Justice : Political Leaders or Commanders, who have Committed or Ordered Crimes against Humanity, are rounded up and brought to Justice - that is if they are not Members of the G7 Club, the WTO, the EU, or the Bilderberg Group who hold the real Power of the World and so far have been Beyond Reproach. A New Age had / has Emerged with the Attempts to Prosecute Dictators and Leaders such as the former US backed General Pinochet of Chile and President Milosovic of Yugoslavia who had refused to Play Ball with the Rich and the Powerful of the West. However, such Offenders as from US and Britain plus others, may still be allowed to roam about until the Next Generation makes them face their Victims. Governor - General Sir John Maffey still today is a Bright Star within the Ranks of the Pro-Colonialists of the British Empire. But had he lived today, he would have been sitting in the Dock of a War Crimes Tribunal to face Charges for his Deeds in North-West India and in Lado where his Version of 'Maffey's Law' left a Generation of Innocent Killed and Maimed . Justice cannot only be reserved for the Rich and the Mighty. The Weak and the Poor must be given the Protection that only an International Court for Crimes against Humanity like the ICC can provide to All . The Role of such an ICC Tribunal is to act as a Bolster to prevent the Violations and the Killings by the most Powerful and best Armed . Unfortunately the World's most Powerful Country, the US, refuses to sign the ICC Treaty, and so far has been granted immunity, as they demand that their Soldiers, as the only ones, must be Excempt from Repercussion. This sends a Wrong Signal to the rest of the World and is probably the most striking example of the Double Standards and two - tongued talk of the Mighty who still adopt the Pre - historic Attitude of 'Might is Right . Who says of a Modern World !!!


    Lado Kingdom Independence and Sovereignty will Prevent Atrocities :

    There is only one way to End and Prevent Injustice and Atrocities like those still being Committed against the Lado People, and that is to end the Unlawful Occupation of Lado Kingdom and to Implement the UN Resolutions 1514, 43/47 and UN Charter Art. 1 and 73 that give Lado the Right to Sovereignty and Independence. Lado Kingdom must be an Independent and Sovereign Nation State in Africa and in the World.

    The Question of Lado was raised for the first time in the United Nations at a UN Con-ference lasting from 28 April to 15 May 1947 by the then Soviet Permanent Representative to the U.N., Andrei A. Gromyko, who later became the Foreign Minister of the USSR. On this Conference, which incidentally was called by Britain, three Key Issues were discussed, i.e. the Palestine Question, the creation of the new State of Israel, and the Independence of Lado. Lado was Cheated : The decision at the U.N. was to grant all three parties Independence, but as everyone knows, only one of these decisions was implemented with the realisation of the State of Israel in 1948.

    A lot of bloodshed, anger, pain and millions of displaced and stateless persons have up to now been the result of the lack of implementation of the Palestine and Lado Questions. By now there remains to be granted Independence to eighteen countries in the World, of which the five are the Palestine, East Timor, Western Sahara, Lado and St. Helena. Lado Understands , when the Young generations of today of the West European Citizens express their Views of not Knowing anything about the existence of Lado Kingdom and the Lado People on this Earth ---------

    This presentation of the Lado tragedy is also given in press releases from the relief agencies and Church Missionary Societies / Groups who are even present in the area, and who, by the way, also get much of their benevolence from the Western countries who stand to gain from the control of Lado. No doubt these Agencies / Missionaries are under heavy pressure to keep the lid on the truth by government censorship for the situation is the exact opposite - as it is the Lado People who are being the victims of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing by the hands of Angolo / American trained Rebel troops ( SPLM from Sudan , LRA from Uganda , Skilled Military well paid Soldier Mercenaries ) Ugandan troops and other contigent troops from Kenya Rwanda and South Africa and others are being sent across the border with the intent to create muddy waters and so much havoc and terror that Lado will not succeed in gaining the independence which has otherwise been in the process through the UN . The worst still , The relief Agencies are unable to get essential supplies through to Lado as they are being prevented from landing their planes in Bunia Airport by the Ugandan troops . The Hopes of Independence for Lado Lies in The Battle for the Mind It is just a matter of time before the name Lado will be on everybody's lips and in the Medias around the World, and the Politicians in Africa and in Europe will have to answer questions from the Public about their Secrecy and Pussyfooting Policies on the Issue of Lado. Lado has long been a Burning Issue on the International Arena, but the Name and the Issue has been largely unknown to the general public in the Countries of Europe ( the Western World ). Lado Kingdom was Hidden but not Forgotten :

    To the average African the Existence of Lado is no Secret, though no African outside the Lado Territory in Central Africa and the Nile - Congo Watershed would dare mention the name Lado for fear of serious reprisals against himself and his family . However , This is a Brand New Millenium (3000 A.D.), and a Time in the Human History when we are Liberating Ourselves from the Common Consciousness and will be Individuals who are Responsible for our own Actions , and even more importantly, Responsible for our Failure to Act . The Blame cannot be Pushed :

    That is why Lado people can no longer push the Blame for Injustice and Atrocities on to our Leaders alone, whether they be National or Worldwide on our Globalised Planet . Man has a Task to do for Justice and Man is no longer Blind-Minded . Whether the Individual be African, Asian or European , Black , Yellow or White , a Christian a Moslem or an Oriba the Issue is the same : There is no ' cop - out ', no Escape from taking a Stand and Act or Speak up against Injustice or Oppression once you know the Truth and the Facts in this Age of Information and Communication . As JESUS said : " When two People Act in the name of God, then God Listens and Blesses . " So the Individual should not be afraid . FREEDOM BE FOR LADO KINGDOM !!







    BELGIUM CONGO AND LADO - POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LADO ENCLAVE. NOTIFICATION ON HISTORICAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE INDEPENDENT POSTAL PHILETIC FOR LADO !! LADO WAS ALWAYS RECOGNISED A DIFFERENT COUNTRY STATE BY BELGIUM . FOR THAT REASON , ANY DEALING TRANSACTION , WAS BEARING A RECOGNISED WORLD WIDE COUNTRY OFFICIAL STAMP OF LADO IN USE , BEFORE BRITAIN DELIBERATELY AND UN OFFICIALLY REMOVED IT FROM BEING USED AFTER 1910 . CONGO BELGIUM HAD ITS OWN STAMPS APART

    FIND OUT AS INDICATED BELOW BELGIUM CONGO -- POSTAL HISTORY OF THE LADO ENCLAVE 1897-1910 :

    Abbe Gudenkauf lays to rest the notion that a Lado cover is always identified by Congo stamps with a manuscript Lado cancellation and the Khartoum Retta. He examines the 15 types of Lado covers, including the majority of Lado covers which bear Sudan stamps and were carried on Khartoum steamers.Sections include the postal history of the Lado Enclave: via the Congo via Uganda via the Nile with Congo stamps via the Nile with Sudan stamps Mixed frankings from the Uele District via the Nile to the Enclave. Every aspect of the postal history is dealt with. There are many illustrations of the postmarks, covers, postal stationery etc., also maps and tables. Highly recommended. In fine condition one can ask for the literature from : http://philatelic-literature.com/ladocockrill44.jpg





    Remnants of Colonialism in Africa today .The many Wars and Armed Conflicts raging on the African Continent, in Congo-Zaire, in Sierra Leone, Liberia and between Ethiopia and Eritrea are Remnants of the European Partitioning of the African Continent splitting Kingdoms, States and People regardless of their Cultural or Ancestral Background, The present National Entities and their Borderlines are not Natural but have instead resulted in a number of Artificially Created States inhabited by People of Different National and Cultural Heritage. Within these Nations, ( Modern Created States as such by the Western / Europeans in Africa ) , the African People have been forced to Subordinate to a Common and Artificial Nationality with no relation to their own Heritage. This is the real Tragedy of Africa and the Main Cause for the Endless Armed Conflicts, Rebel Movements, Genocides and Refugee Crisises. The History Books bring Numerous Accounts of War - lords and their Armies who have Robbed and Raped, taken the Spoils of a Conquered Country and Enslaved or Deported its Inhabitants. Africa remains a Living Example of Modern Day Imperialism and Slavery. The vast Majority of the Natural Resources and the good Farmland are in Foreign Hands in the former Colonial Possessions of Africa, owned by the Powerful Transnational Organisations who graciously let the Africans work as Unskilled Labourers for a Pittance since the Unemployment Figures in these Countries are Immense, there is no Choice but to take whatever Work is offered. Naturally, it is the Hardest, the Dirtiest and the most Unhealthy resulting in many Premature Deaths and Health Damages. In spite of such Conditions, there are no Standards, no Unions to speak for the Workers and no Government Bodies who care to or dare to Protect them. It is Impossible for the Ordinary African to buy Land to Farm profitably, to set up Businesses or Production Outlets or even to finance an Elementary Education. They don’t even have a Chance of geting a Loan from the Bank. Truely the British Commonwealth Reaps the Harvest This is a Sure Recipe for keeping People in Poverty, Fear and Ignorance and in Bondage to the Almighty Employers, to the Relief Agencies, the " Donor Countries " and not least the British Commonwealth . The Commonwealth and the British Crown keep their Realm in a Tight Grip. From their fifty four Members, plus their Old Colony the United States of America, whom they hold in the Family through the old British " The Virginia Company ", the British Crown Scores Neat Percentages of all Goods Sold through their Affiliated Companies and Institutions, the British Crown, which is at the Top of the Pyramid in the British Commonwealth, getting the Major Part of whatever is Exported to the Markets of the Rich World. ThIs is why the African Commonwealth Family Members are Cultivating Vast Farmlands to growing Luxury Goods, such as Tobacco, Coffee, Cocoa, Bananas, Cotton, etc., in order to Stock the Shelves of the Shops and the Supermarkets in the West. All the while the Africans and their Children are forced to work like Slaves with Hungry Bellies and no Rights. Not even the Rights to their own Land and its Resources. Those who have not been Fortunate enough to find Slave Labour are Lucky if they can Survive on Hand-outs donated by the Relief Agencies who are Competing to Provide for the Hungry and Needy Masses in the Third World, whose Children they can use as Guinea Pigs in their " Mass Innoculation Programs ". Africa is a Giant Laboratory for this purpose . Along with the findings of Minerals and Precious Stones, Cheap Labour is in high demand on the African Soil which is to be Mined and Cultivated for the growth of Luxury Commodities, Foodstuffs, Cash Crops and Plantations for European and American Consumption. The Aim of Colonialism was to create New Markets in Africa, taking the African Raw Materials ( Minerals and Agricultural Produce ) and shipping them to Western Europe and America for manufacture whereupon the Manufactured Goods were sold in the New Markets in Africa at an Overprice . This chain of events has chained the African Population in Perpetual Poverty, e.g. the Foreign Debt to African Independent Countries which is the modern and authorised form of Slavery. In one form the three Big C's were introduced into the African Nations : Civilisation, Christianity and Commerce. With this Hidden Agenda, which is still in force for Africa today, was covered by a Front " The British Anti-Slavery Society " which was ironically established in 1839 to campaign for an end to the Inhumane Slavery . Yet this was a supported Colonial Rules Enforced by Military Slavery transforming it into Colonialisation starting with the Dismantling of the existing African Kingdoms and Nations, drawing Colonial Borders and bringing in the Military to enforce the Colonial Rules over the African People, all of which was formalised in August 1875 at the Paris Conference . Ten years later, at the Berlin Conference, 15 November 1884 to 26 February 1885, the Slave Masters took the next step, splitting the Cake by partitioning Africa amongst themselves, and this time the Partners included the USA, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Imperial Russia . The Today's so called Independent African Countries are Remnants of the " Split Cake " ( African Partition ), which are ruled by Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers who are only loyal to their former Colonial Masters .

    LADO AND BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

    A British Imperial Army ( King's African Rifles ) was established in 1891 under the Kavalli Agreement of 17 September 1891. The Agreement was signed by the English Captain Frederick D. Lugard who later became the Governor- General of Nigeria and Major Selim Matera , a Citizen of Lado It was him Governor - General. Lugard who developed the British Colonial Doctrine called The Dual Mandate ( Indirect Rule ), which is still in force through the Commonwealth Pyramid Divide-and-Rule System with the Queen / King on top, and under the Sovereign Head are the British Administrators, and below them the Local African Chiefs. The only difference today is that the British Administrators are replaced by the African Presidents who are operating as Governor - Generals dancing to the tune of Remote Control These British Commonwealth African Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers rule in the firm belief that they are the True Sovereign Heads of their Countries. But in actual fact they have been reduced to mere Governor - Generals / Administrators ( International Public Law ). In Reality then this explains why the many different Indiginous Peoples of Africa, consisting of four Main Social Entities - " Races " ( Bantus, Hamitics, Sudanics and Nilotics ) believe they are Independent . That is also the reason behind the Conflict between the Tutsis ( Hamitics ) and the Hutus ( Bantus ) in Rwanda and Burundi. However, few people realise that the Real Owners of Rwanda and Burundi are the Indigenous People, the Twa People ( Batua ) , who are close counsins of the Pygmies. Rwanda and Burundi ( formerly Urundi ) used to be one Country, along with Tanganyika, before the First World War. The Territory belonged to Germany and was known as German East Africa. In Colonial Legacy - When the First World War ended, Rwanda - Urundi ( Burundi ) was given to Belgium, and Tanganyika to the British under the Versailles Treaty of 28 June 1919. To this , today's Conflict between the Tutsis and the Hutus is a direct result of the Division of the former German Colonies into two parts, one for Britain (Tanganyika) and one for Belgium ( Rwanda -Urundi ). . But for the Deliberate Discrimination , The Belgians chose to rule by appointing the Minority Tutsis " Most Favored Ethnic Group ", which carried them forward as the African Intelligentsia Class or the Ruling Elite, who as the new Slave Masters were used to suppress all the other Ethnic Groups. This is the Root of the Problem, and unless that is recognised and a Political Solution is found, there will be no end to the Bloodshed and Genocide in Central Africa ( which the Western / Europeans see it best lying within for their interest ).This similar situation is what actually the British / Belgium ( 1947 ) long stated over Lado Kingdom but they still have not succeded ----- The Displaced Persons, the Stateless Persons and the Internal Refugee Problem, among them the Nubians ( the Lado Muslim Community ) who are being held mainly in Uganda and Kenya as Prisoners in Reservations, the so called Restricted Settlements ( Bombo, Soroti and Gulu in Uganda and Kibira near Nairobi in Kenya ) was started by the British since 1897 . These People are always referred to simply as " The Nubians " though they are Muslims of Lado origin ( Luu and Lui People ) who were removed by the British Colonial Authority because of their Mutiny the same year 1897 when they were ordered to go and fight against their own People in Lado . ( East African History Books writen ) The leaders were executed in Uganda including their Military Commander, Bilal Amin, the Grandfather of Idi Amin ( The Sudanese Mutiny of 1897 ) The British have never forgotten nor forgiven the Lado Muslims for this Breach of Discipline, which explains why these displaced People referred to as " The Nubians in East Africa ", are still being punished as " Unwanted Persons." Apart from being held in the Special Settlements as Prisoners, the Lado Muslims ( Nubians ) are being heavily discriminated against, very much like the American Indians were treated by the European Invaders one hundred years ago


    Disciples of the New World Order are waging Secret War for Return to Slavery...

    As the World is holding its breath waiting for the next bugle call for War or the next bombing raid, the Disciples of the New World Order are exercising frantic activity to destroy the World with objective to total Control, i.e. Centralisation of Power which means that all the World’s natural resources, its technology, scientific research and knowledge will be gathered on all in a few hands. Most probably all this must happen before when UN Resolution 43/47 of 1988 steps into force, as the UN is obliged to grant all countries and peoples Freedom, Sovereinty and indepedence . That explains the hectic stepping up of military activity in those parts of the World where there is not concensus to submit into the New World Order (NWO) system . This is a Secret War for return to Slavery . And for the Ladoans ( Lado people ) it is a case of fight or die as all other options have been exhausted after decades of endless diplomatic talks, hundreds of letters to the UN and Government Leaders and fruitless attempts to interest the international media in the plight of Lado, the country which was supposed to be the '" Forgotten Kingdom of Africa "'. But the Heart of Africa is refusing to die and give in to the overmight , struggling all alone for her Independence and Sovereinty becomes a reality. The Provisional Government of the State of Lado has a blueprint ready for the entire infrastructure of Lado involving all aspects of government, be it administration, the legal system, defence, education, health, family, production of food and the basic needs of the Population, Culture, Communication, Finance and Currency and not least International Relations. Though Lado is occupied by foreign troops deployed by Britain in the shape of soldiers from the King’s African Rifles from Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda, SPLM Rebels , the Ladoans manage to run their own infrastructure through their ' Dicastries ' administered by Religious Bishops under whose Authority all Educational Institutions are placed, and through the local Chiefs who are the central and uniting figures for the Tribes and Families who make up the backbone of the State of Lado. Lado is synonymous with Freedom and Liberty .

    As the only country in Africa, Lado has never been colonised, and as such Lado’s role is symbolic for the hopes and Spirit of Freedom for the rest of the Continent , the Heart of Africa, or even the Heart of the Planet Earth with Lado’s central position at the Equator and with the life giving force of the Nile as its main Artery. Really it is important to understand that if you kill the Heart, you kill the Body, and this is what the NWO Conspirators or Trustees are about to do when they are trying to get a stranglehold on Lado and annihilate Lado and all Lado People in secrecy while the World’s attention is diverted to an explosive situation elsewhere, in Kosovo in Yugoslavia , Checheny , Sierraleone , Liberia , Ethiopia - Eritrea , Uganda , D R Congo , State of Sudan , and Chad . But Lado is not alone anymore. Five other countries are fighting around us against the Anglo-American Trustees and their willing henchmen: Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda . Congo / Zaire, Sudan .

    Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia have joined the struggle to free Africa of the remnants of Colonisation and future Enslavement of the powerful Transnational Companies, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ). Lado wants a New World Order, but not the World Order dictated by the Disciples of the New World Order who among their numbers count the absolute Elite within Finance, Business and Politics and whose Religion is money and by the means of Money the total Control of all Countries, Leaders and Peoples . These ' Shadow Governments ' of the World, who have never been elected, know all too well that Lado is the key to the Liberation of Africa, and the rest of the Humanity, Spiritually, Morally and Physically. A genuine Liberation from Poverty and Slavery . However, as the quest for total Global Control and Centralisation of Power, Finances and Resources is intensifying, the situation of the Lado People is becoming absolutely desperate. Inside Lado itself there is intense fighting by every man, woman and child to defend their ancestral land, and to resist being dragged to camps in the so called ' Protected Villages ', which the Ugandan troops are operating all over Lado with the expertice of British and American Officers aided by an effective team of hardneck mercenaries. Throughout Uganda, the approx. 200,000 Ladoans, who live and work there, are rounded up, given in by neighbours who easily point out the tall, lanky and darkskinned Ladoans to the Ugandan Security Forces - Uganda National Liberation Army since from 1979 , earlier still to remember of . Sometimes these Innocent Ladoans were / are refered to as the Sudanese - Nubians whole families, are hurled off from their homes and taken to internment camps where they wait to be killed at a time. Recent incidences in year 2005 against Lendu people and Killings at Ariwara , Yei on Ladoland are of a few to mention . Their only Crime is being Ladoan and as such living proofs of the country which refuses to die and vanish into oblivion with its non - existence on the World Map. Part of the Anglo - American Plan is to eradicate the Leaders of Lado, and through the years there have been several assassinations just by the same Conspirators in April 1948 the King of Lado was gunned down infront of his house before he was going to address the UN General Assembly in New York on the issue of the Independence and Sovereignty for Lado Kingdom.


    Lado Kingdom is stepping out of the shadows...

    Lado is finally through with the "shadow boxing", which has been the prerogative for the Lado enclave in the heart of Central Africa for close to one hundred years. The fight to regain the freedom of the Lado people and to re - establish the State of Lado will now have to be performed in the open air arena, and in this day and age the stage will be set in the UN General Assembly. It has been a long and tough struggle to get to this point, and the greatest obstacle has been just to get the issue out of the UN Security Council, which has been sitting on the Lado issue for fifty years. Lado is now about to be put back on the map of the African continent, as the UN Security Council has now accepted Article 73 of the UN Charter of 26 June 1945 and Article 1 as well as the Resolution 1514 (XVXIV) of 14 December 1960. These two articles and the resolution cancel the UN usage of Article 12, which was used against Lado. So far the British have obstructed the Independence and more so the Sovereignty of the Lado Enclave, which they succeeded in hiding away in the Shadows of " Equatoria " (Nile Congo Watershed) ever since Lado became Occupied Territory by the violent assasination of the then Sovereign Head of the State of Lado, in 1948. The occupation was jointly administered by Britain and Belgium, but in fact none of these countries ever managed to conquer Lado till this day although they manage to administer Lado affairs through their former colonies bordering Lado territory ( Congo State, Sudan State and Uganda State ). The reason why Lado managed to break through the UN locker, was that Lado managed to bring forward the Rights and the Legality of the existing Council of Chiefs, and the Agofe of Lado, which have been reserved by Article 6 and the right of people in Article 15 of the Berlin Treaty of 26 February 1885 . Article 15 says that the Rights of the Tribal people must be protected, and no Agofe of Lado has ever signed a paper to hand over these Rights. All other chiefs in the continent of Africa had either been conned or forced at gunpoint into signing a blank piece of paper, which handed over the rights of their Territories and People to the particular European Colonial Power. This Article 15 gave the European Colonizers the Legal Right to own the Land and the People and enabled the 400 year-old slave trade (1440-1840) to continue in a modern-day modified system of slavery. These proud old African Kingdoms were in fact transformed into Slave States, and still today they are kept in the stranglehold of Colonial Power. Some of these powers are Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and even Denmark who formerly occupied Ghana and later sold it to Britain. The legality of the Berlin Treaty was derived from the Paris Conference which was concluded on 3 August 1875, the aim of which it was to enslave the Africans in their own continent. Under the pretext that slave trade was inhuman, the European and American leaders came to an understanding and concluded that it would be more profitable to enslave the Africans in their own African continent under European administration who would bring the " blessings " of civilization, Christianity and commerce to the " backward " African souls. This concept was termed " Terra Nullus ", in short the land of the continent of Africa belonged to the European and American Masters, and not to the Rightful Owners, the African People. The procedure for the practical implementation was laid down in the Berlin Conference which started 15 November 1884 and was concluded by signing the Berlin Treaty on 26 February 1885. In fact the Charter of the OAU ( Organization of African Union ) of 25 May 1963 was drawn up in such a way as to keep and maintain the Legal Validity of the Paris Conference of 1875 enshrined in the Berlin Treaty in 1885. This ingenious way of controlling the African people is surpassed only by the Spanish conquestadoros almost five hundred years ago who enslaved the Indian civilizations of Latin and South America and the Carribean Islands, including Cuba. The control is made complete by imposing the language of the Colonizers, i.e. Culture through the instrument of the education system, religion ( Christianity and later Islam ) as well as currency and military. However, that control has never been possible in the State of Lado, which is the real reason why Lado was punished and removed from the world map. Till this day the Lado Agofe / King who was imprisoned by the British in Luzira Upper Prison outside Kampala, where he was badly beaten and tortured because of his refusal to sign a document to hand over the Sovereignty of the State of Lado to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the British Empire is till alive In the following years there have been numerous attempts on his life which is why he and his family have been forced to live in exile for thirty-six years away from their beloved Lado and African soil. But it will not be long before the King will finally be able to set foot on Lado ground and reclaim his rightful Kingdom, the Legal State of Lado which was recognised in 1871 by the former Oppressors the Ottoman Empire ( todays Turkey ) . Then the name Lado was changed into Equatoria When the British and Belgians later occupied Lado, the British attempted to divide the country into first two parts, one part, the western Ituri / Uele in the North east Zaire ( Congo ) controlled by the Belgians. The British controlled part of Lado was named Nile / Equatoria, the latter now appearing to be the North western part of Uganda ( West Nile District ) and the Southern part of Sudan State ( Equatoria ) . The British Divide and Rule Policy, which has worked so perfectly in other parts of the world, has always been a total failure in Lado due to the strong feeling of Independence and Sovereignty of the State of Lado ( Central Africa ) where the Colonial Powers have never managed to subdue the people of Lado. Of all these the old Colonial Masters are not going to give up easily, but at least the Belgians are sympathetic to the quest for Sovereignty of Lado . My people have suffered for three hundred years, first from the slave trade and then from the hands of the Colonial oppressors who attempted to divide Lado between Uganda, Zaire and Sudan, and today the enemies of Lado are the Multinationals who are ready to let thousands of people die just to get control over the vast natural resources in central Africa, and not least to keep up the holy consumerism in the European Union . The big game is money which is waiting in abundance in the African underground. Rebel leader Laurent Kabila immediately started to sell out of the concessions to Zaire’s diamond mines and when he gains full control of the rest of Zaire, the multinationals will have won the rights to excavate the diamond, copper and gold mines. In Lado the Ladoan people and the Lado Defence Forces are still holding a brave stance against massive Ugandan troops, and the SPLM Army ( Sudan People Liberal Movement Army ) of Col. John Garang, who have been in Lado for months in a vain attempt to quell resistance. Hundreds of Ladoans have died in the defence of their country and their freedom to choose the future for themselves and thousands more will perish if the foreign troops are not withdrawn May be it’s up to the Americans whether they care enough to save the thousands of Africans who become homeless and destitute because of the war of money that the Old Super powers are waging on African soil .The refugees are used as hostages like a human shield behind which massacres on civilians are performed, and They say " The district is sealed off because of military activities " . Mass graves and new stories are spoken out by refugees. The West looks on through their television screens content to know that the blood is not spilled in their own backyard and unaware that the African holocaust is on a scale as the World War two ( WW2 ) holocaust. But who cares, as long as the raw materials to secure the high standard of living in the West keeps on flowing ....... Lado has to struggle to exist and towards Liberty . -------


    by - Ronald Lulua

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    What is CommonWealth to Africa ?

    The Article 15 of Berlin Treaty gave the European Colonizers the Legal Right to own the Land and the People and enabled the 400 year-old slave trade (1440-1840) to continue in a modern-day modified system of slavery. The old African Kingdoms were in fact transformed into Slave States, and still today they are kept in the stranglehold of Colonial Power. Some of these powers are Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and even Denmark who formerly occupied Ghana and later sold it to Britain. The legality of the Berlin Treaty was derived from the Paris Conference which was concluded on 3 August 1875, the aim of which it was to enslave the Africans in their own continent. Under the pretext that slave trade was inhuman, the European and American leaders came to an understanding and concluded that it would be more profitable to enslave the Africans in their own African continent under European administration who would bring the " blessings " of civilization, Christianity and commerce to the " backward " African souls.

    This concept was termed " Terra Nullus ", in short the land of the continent of Africa belonged to the European and American Masters, and not to the Rightful Owners, the African People. The procedure for the practical implementation was laid down in the Berlin Conference which started 15 November 1884 and was concluded by signing the Berlin Treaty on 26 February 1885. In fact the Charter of the OAU ( Organization of African Union ) of 25 May 1963 was drawn up in such a way as to keep and maintain the Legal Validity of the Paris Conference of 1875 enshrined in the Berlin Treaty in 1885. This ingenious way of controlling the African people is surpassed only by the Spanish conquestadoros almost five hundred years ago who enslaved the Indian civilizations of Latin and South America and the Carribean Islands, including Cuba. The control is made complete by imposing the language of the Colonizers, i.e. Culture through the instrument of the education system, religion ( Christianity and later Islam ) as well as currency and military. When this was achieved the African was to be brought the idea of independence . The Independence issue which was only given by replacing the European Governors in the already divided countries by the blacks on coming leaders who attended the European education schools . These praised leaders by the Colonial Masters on days of Independence were made first to sign papers that their countries Independence would mean nothing to them as the countries would be / remain under the Suprem Authority of the Colonial Master . Meaning the issue of Soverenity can not be touched by the so called independent African countries . That is why there is no black individual African country still who dares is a Sovereign State in Africa . The best example is : all the English Speaking are tied down under the Soverenity Rights ( Legal Acts ) of the United Kingdom of Britain & Northern Ireland ; today's enlarged World wide Expansion ( Dominium ) of the Mighty United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and together with these member countries as the CommonWealthwealth countries .

    The CommonWealth is being futher subdivided into two : with small ( d ) dominium refering to all black countries and some Asian English speaking countries and the Big ( D ) Dominium refering to countries where the white colour europeans have remained leaders ; such is of the two Domains of the independent countries of Australia and Canada .

    Therefore the Role of Commonwealth is still Slave Acts rule upon Africans . The African Countries , in General Political and Dilpomatic Affairs , are simply used to earn Voting powers in General Assembly meetings like in the United Nations meetings and of the other Organisarions to fulfill the Decisions making of the so called Super Powers who by Rights are the Sovereign powers to this countries . Non Sovereign Powers have No Capacity / Priority to make Decisions . This CommonWealth Association therefore can only be contested . By who ? May be General Idi Amin was right in disociating Uganda from the CommonWealth . Africa must open her Eyes to see better in future .

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    The U.N works just fine as an international diplomatic body.

    As anything else it always has been and always will be no matter what reforms you make a useless entity. In order for it too solve serious problems the worlds nations would actually need to work together and accomplish things. Thats not anymore likely to happen no matter what reforms you make.
    No it doesn't. It actually makes diplomacy next impossible in most cases. What it needs to be is a diplomatic forum, not some quasi attempt at world government.
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    Lado,

    Thanks for that.

    I didn't know that Lado existed.

    However, I will be honest, I did not read the whole stuff since my attention span is short these days.

    What do you want us to do about Lado i.e. what is your agenda behind this post?


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    Independence for Lado

    Lado stands bold on to save its Identity . The first step , though it has been hard to bring it to public information , as the Big Powers have not been having mercy for Lado but only to destroy it , I would request on behalf of the Provisional Goverrnment of Lado ( PGL ) to keep this information through various media please . Making yourselves familiar with Lado through the ( PGL ) is recommendable then . Let me here from you about this proposal .

    In the mean time may I forward to you of the opinion of some of the World Historians who have now come to know of Lado .

    Click here to read on Discussion of Lado and the related threads on Independence for Lado :

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    Independence For Lado

    I am giving here to anyone reader my e - mail address so to get more information about Independence for Lado

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    I wish you all the best for the Lado country.


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    Now I know everyone will hate me for saying this but, isn't another small, poor country the last thing the world needs right now? I apreciate that nationalism in Africa was botched from the get-go because of the favouritism of the Europeans for particular ethnic groups over eachother, and the division of nations over colonial rather than ethno-social lines, but a lot of the problems African nations face stems from many of them being pretty much tiny, with few economic resources, which are then lifted by corrupt officials, further feeding poverty and internal conflict. If the nations of Africa had been allowed to form more along ethnic or at least regional lines a lot of this internal competition might have been avoided.
    I guess it would also have helped if the French hadn't stolen everything that wasn't nailed down in their colonies as well.
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    Now I know everyone will hate me for saying this but, isn't another small, poor country the last thing the world needs right now? I apreciate that nationalism in Africa was botched from the get-go because of the favouritism of the Europeans for particular ethnic groups over eachother, and the division of nations over colonial rather than ethno-social lines, but a lot of the problems African nations face stems from many of them being pretty much tiny, with few economic resources, which are then lifted by corrupt officials, further feeding poverty and internal conflict. If the nations of Africa had been allowed to form more along ethnic or at least regional lines a lot of this internal competition might have been avoided.
    I guess it would also have helped if the French hadn't stolen everything that wasn't nailed down in their colonies as well.
    When African people recieved their Independences from the Colonial Powers , the First Leaders made mistakes by signing to get Independence to be still under their Colonial Masters . A Political trick played on them to conitnue to have links with these Boss Masters who still controll the ECONOMY of these Countries . A chicken feed yeal is given to these Countries as seen on Propaganda sheets , Big TALKS of " Giving Aids to these Countries " . The Independences to these Countries were already long time planned according to and in the implications of the Treaty of Paris Conference in 1875 to Rule Africa .

    All the upheavels in Africa is due to the outcome of this Conference . Since Lado has never Signed any Agreement for Independence in Africa , the British who have had close contact with Lado decided to eliminate Lado on World Maps and tell a Lie to the World that Lado does not exist . Lado is still fighting with the British over this Great Lie -- For its Freedom from the British Occupation till today .

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    A Little-Lamented Departure
    Bolton could be good at hammering out resolutions, but on U.N reform the verdict against him is grim.

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    Dec. 4, 2006 - Perhaps the signature moment of John Bolton’s tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations came last summer, when the No. 2 official at the U.N., Mark Malloch Brown, had the temerity to suggest some helpful hints to Americans. He said that Americans were acting against their own interests when they bashed the world body. Malloch Brown’s message was simple: you can’t depend on the U.N. for so much—using it as a forum for legitimizing action against Iraq, Iran, North Korea and Syria, for ending the war in Lebanon and keeping Syria out of Beirut—while at the same time dismissing it as a useless, corrupt institution. A Briton who has lived most of his adult life in the United States and is one of the most devoted friends Washington has at the U.N. Secretariat, Malloch Brown warned Americans they could “lose” the organization if they continued “the prevailing practice of seeking to use the U.N. almost by stealth as a diplomatic tool while failing to stand up for it against its domestic critics.”

    Judging from Bolton’s reaction, you might have thought that Malloch Brown had just insulted the ambassador’s mother. Red-faced and furious, Bolton declared that Malloch Brown, as a mere “international civil servant” who had no right to say such things. “It's just illegitimate," Bolton said. The hardliners in the House of Representatives promptly voted to cut millions from U.S. dues as retribution for Brown's words.

    That little-noted exchange offers a lot of insight into the problem of John Bolton, who announced Monday he was stepping down after Democrats made it clear that they would not confirm his recess appointment when they take control of Congress in January. Among the favorites to replace him were two people who could be considered his temperamental opposites: outgoing Iraq Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, and Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. A brilliant Yale-educated lawyer, Bolton could be sharp and effective negotiating resolutions inside the Security Council. But by temperament and philosophy he had little use for the organization he worked in. Bolton simply never believed that the U.N., or at least large parts of it, had a right to exist. Often misidentified as a neocon, he is actually a passionate libertarian who, in his own writings and interviews, had often portrayed global governance and international law of all kinds as “illegitimate.” One of his chief agenda items was to roll back, rather than rely on, international organizations like the U.N. Why? Because they were not elected (though neither was he.) “The globalists have advanced while the Americanists have slept,” he once wrote.

    And so Bolton proceeded to offend nearly every ambassador and “international civil servant” he encountered. Once portrayed by the Bush administration as a tough guy who would push for U.N. reform, he achieved almost no U.N. reform. At one point early in his tenure, as President Bush was seeking to take a softer, more multilateral approach to issues like Iran, Bolton had to be overruled by the White House when he sought to torpedo “millennium goals” for reform that the administration wanted. “He accomplished nothing,” says one senior U.N. official. Indeed Bolton was so objectionable a presence, even to stalwart allies like Britain, that on a number of votes on which U.S.-friendly countries used to abstain—like anti-Israel resolutions, small arms treaties or family planning programs—they often voted against Washington. During his almost 18 months in office, a once-mild caucus of developing countries inside the U.N. called the G-77 came to be a strong unified voice against Bolton—and against America.

    Bolton could be effective when he was dealing strictly in the “great powers” club of the Security Council. He ably shepherded resolutions against Syria, Iran and North Korea, often putting in long hours to do so. But the Bolton era was mainly marked by his stubborn unwillingness to acknowledge that, as corrupt and inefficient as the U.N. sometimes is, it works more often than not in U.S. interests. Mark Malloch Brown himself was one of the best examples of that: as the longtime director of the U.N. Development Program he did more than anyone to advance George W. Bush’s grand project of spreading democracy around the world. The U.N. Development Program had once confined itself to programs like constructing water wells and irrigation systems. But as Malloch Brown told this reporter in 2002, he almost single-handedly turned the UNDP’s attention to teaching “democratic governance.” “That’s our biggest business,” Malloch Brown said. It is one of the many sad legacies of the Bolton tenure that he managed to alienate one of the last of America’s few remaining allies.

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    And just to tie it all together

    http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/sho...lton#post78825

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