Oman Investment Authority set up

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In the picture His Majesty The Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said.

Thursday, 4 June 2020, Sultanate of Oman: His Majesty The Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said announced the appointed of Abdulsalam Al Murshidi to lead the newly created Oman Investment Authority. The latter combines the country’s two wealth funds into one entity, which shall hold assets valued at about $17 billion.
All government companies, except Petroleum Development Oman and the nation’s international investments, shall fall under the novel authority’s umbrella. 

Abdulsalam Al Murshidi was previously executive president of the State General Reserve Fund. His new position comes with the rank of government minister, according to the Sultan’s decree. 

For further information: 
Oman Investment Authority: https://oia.gov.om

E- Farewell for Ambassador Marlene Bonnici hosted by the Coordinator of WAGroup in NL

On the occasion of the end of term of H.E. Mrs. Marlene Bonnici, Ambassador of Malta to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Women Ambassadors Group, organized an e-farewell for her on 25th of May at 4:00 p.m.

Female Ambassadors of 22 countries that included Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Czech, Finland, Gambia, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, Yemen and Zambia were present.

In the exchange of courtesies, both Ambassador Bonnici and the Coordinator of the Women Ambassadors Group, Ambassador Sahar Ghanem noted that during the past two years, the Maltese Ambassador has been a supportive and active member of the Group.

In her remarks, Ambassador Marlene Bonnici thanked her colleagues for the collaboration and friendship and emphasized the important role the Women Ambassadors Group plays in consolidating the visibility and connectivity of women ambassadors in the diplomatic realm in the Netherlands. On the other hand, Ambassadors present mentioned that Bonnici’s friendly nature, professionality, strength, and exuberance have positively impacted the dynamics of the group activities. Sharing her ideas and experiences with the group was fortifying, encouraging, and validating of the Group’s role in building a supportive network with each other as well as the outer world. 

This was one of the last few engagements for Ambassador Bonnici who ended her term as Ambassador of Malta to the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 28th May 2020 and soon she will be pursuing her duties in her new post in Berlin. All her colleagues expressed their best wishes for her and asserted that she will be missed, and her place will always stay empty.

President Agius briefs UN Security Council on progress of Mechanism’s work

Arusha, The Hague, 8 June 2020 – The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, today presented the Mechanism’s sixteenth progress report to the United Nations Security Council (Council) by video-teleconference from The Hague.

President Agius commenced by reflecting on how the world has changed since his last address in December 2019, and how acutely he feels the weight of the responsibilities entrusted to him by the Council. He reported that, despite the challenges arising from the  COVID-19 pandemic, the Mechanism has remained operational and delivered results, including through fulfilling its reporting duties regarding the Council’s third review of the Mechanism, mitigating case-related disruptions, and making remarkable headway on fugitive-tracking efforts.

With regard to the Mechanism’s judicial workload, President Agius informed Member States that due to the impact of the pandemic, the Mladić appeal, Stanišić & Simatović retrial, and Turinabo et al. contempt case are now anticipated to conclude in the first part of 2021. Nevertheless, work is ongoing and all efforts are being made for these cases to be conducted and completed as expeditiously as possible.

Turning to the recent arrest of fugitive Mr. Félicien Kabuga, the President spoke of a ‘major breakthrough’, lauding the efforts of Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and his team and praising France and other Member States for their contribution to this great accomplishment. He further thanked those who assisted the Mechanism in confirming the death of another fugitive, Mr. Augustin Bizimana. Underscoring the importance of cooperation and trust, the President encouraged all Member States to ‘use this momentum to keep advancing the cause of international justice’.

President Agius further briefed the Council about key developments related to the enforcement of sentences. These include the issuance of a revised Practice Direction on the procedure for applications for pardon, commutation of sentence or early release, and steps taken to receive regular information from enforcement States on pandemic-related measures in prisons where convicted persons are serving their sentences. He expressed his sincere gratitude to enforcement States for their cooperation in this and other respects.

Recalling last year’s 25th commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and the upcoming 25th commemoration of the genocide in Srebrenica in July 2020, President Agius highlighted the dangers of endemic hatred, division, and denial. He called for a united approach against those who favour impunity over justice, stating: ’Though we know that not every pathogen causes a pandemic, we see every day that these destructive forces are becoming more virulent, and that the purveyors of hate feel emboldened. We must combat their version of events and offer our solidarity and support to all those who have suffered, and continue to suffer.‘ In this context, he urged all Member States to join the Mechanism in commemorating the genocide in Srebrenica next month.

Finally, the President paid tribute to the Mechanism’s ‘devoted Judges and staff, and indeed all those who contribute to the Mechanism’s work on a daily basis’, without whom none of the progress made would have been possible.

Kenya Set to Contribute its Wealth of Experience Into the Un Security Council

By Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, SC,EGH, Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary.

In just under a month, Kenya will be on the ballot for one of the five vacant slots reserved for non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Kenya’s bid follows a resounding endorsement by the African Union in August 2019; a reaffirmation of the trust the Union has in Kenya’s leadership to pursue the continent’s interests in the Council.

Kenya is renowned for many things: it is the archeological cradle of mankind; its galaxy of middle and long distance runners have dominated the world athletics scene for decades; and, its tourist attractions, that includes the great annual wildebeest migration, the Great Rift Valley, the Maasaii Mara, the expansive beaches and mountainous landscape, are, probably, unrivalled. In addition to these and many others is that the country stands out as a global thought leader and a champion for galvanizing regional and global consensus on matters of international concern.

Following its endorsement as African Union’s candidate, Kenya has run a campaign based on a “Ten Point Agenda”. The Agenda focuses on regional and global concerns that the country champions, namely: building bridges; peace keeping and support operations; regional peace and security; countering terrorism and prevention of extremism; women, peace and security; youth empowerment; humanitarian action; justice, human rights and democracy; environment and climate change; and, sustainable development goals.

The ‘building bridges’ agenda resonates at the domestic level in deepening our democratic credentials while securing the peace during political transitions and elections. This agenda is particularly relevant today as the world needs multilateral consensus the global COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse effects. President Uhuru Kenyatta who is the current President of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and a member of the Bureau of African Union Heads of State and Government has been at the forefront engaging world leaders and institutions in proffering solutions for concerted response measures. During its tenure in the UNSC, Kenya will pursue an approach that ensures the achievement of world peace, security and sustainable development. 

Kenya has played a leading role in promoting inclusive and sustainable development in Africa and beyond. It co-facilitated with Ireland the post-2015 Development Agenda Process leading to adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Domestically, Kenya has made substantial progress towards the achievement of SDGs, also developed under its co-chairpersonship, recognizing that sustainable development and peace and security are mutually dependent. 

In Africa, Kenya is an anchor state and guarantor of regional peace and security. Kenya made immense contributions in the process leading to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement also known as the “Naivasha Agreement” in 2005 between the Government of the Sudan the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement. It also played a key role in the Somali peace process and continues to support South Sudan and Somalia in their peace and state building efforts. Additionally, Kenya has taken part in peace missions across 40 countries and runs one of the largest and oldest peacekeeping training centers on the continent; the International Peace Support Training Center. Further, Kenya stands out as an excellent example for the progressive achievement of gender equality in peace keeping, having one of the highest percentage of female officers serving in peacekeeping missions. Kenya intends to vigorously pursue the promotion of the women, peace and security agenda during its tenure as non-permanent member of the UNSC.

Over the years, Kenya, which was home to the late Prof. Wangari Maathai – the first African Woman Nobel Peace Laureate- has a long and distinguished tradition in conservation and environmental protection. It is the first East African nation to establish a legal framework on climate change with laws against high carbon development and a ban on single-use plastic. Kenya will leverage on her experience and position as host country for the United Nations Environmental Programme to give a fresh momentum and support to the global environmental agenda.  

On humanitarian action, Kenya has demonstrated its commitment to standing for peace by providing a haven for over 600,000 refugees fleeing conflict and instability in Somalia, South Sudan and other parts of Africa and indeed further afield. By the same token, the 2010 Kenyan Constitution is one of the most transformative and progressive documents on the African continent based on its guarantees of basic human rights and the power it gives citizens to determine how they are to be led. 

One of the most significant threats to Kenya’s security has been terrorism and violent extremism. Apart from counter terrorism measures at the domestic level, Kenya has been an integral part of regional and global efforts particularly in putting in place punitive measures to dismantle terrorist networks wherever they are. Kenya will vigorously pursue this agenda in the Council with a view to creating an environment for the achievement of long-lasting and sustainable peace and development.  With this set of credentials, it is evident that Kenya has a wealth of experience that it would bring to bear as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Luigi Di Maio on first meeting in Berlin

Friday, 5 June 2020, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany: For his very first visit abroad since the outbreak of the sanitary crisis in Europe, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio undertook an official jaunt to Berlin wherein he made with his German counterpart Dr. Heiko Maas for an urgent meeting focusing on i) the reopening of borders without discrimination for Italians within the Schengen Area, ii) further measures to undertake in order to combat the spread of Covid-19 in Europe as well as the alarming situation in Libya, and the positions held in the matter by Italy and Germany. 

For further information 
Italian Foreign Ministry: https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/missione-a-berlino-del-ministro-luigi-di-maio.html

Embassy of Italy to Germany (HE Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo): https://ambberlino.esteri.it/ambasciata_berlino/it/

Lessons for now and for later

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By Barend ter Haar.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet peaked in most parts of the world, it is not too early to reflect on some of the mistakes made: denial, neglect of the weakest, lack of international cooperation and lack of diplomacy.

Lessons for now and for later 

While the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet peaked in most parts of the world, it is not too early to reflect on some of the mistakes made: denial, neglect of the weakest, lack of international cooperation and lack of diplomacy.

Denial

Precious time was lost because China initially denied evidence of the pandemic.[1] China corrected its mistake, but other governments, most notably that of Brazil, keep falling in the same hole.

Neglect of the weakest

Relatively many of the residents of nursing homes died, in all probability because of a lack of personal protective equipment such as masks. Another vulnerable group are migrant workers because governments often pay little attention to their poor living and working conditions. As a result they became a source of contamination in countries like Singapore and the Netherlands. 

Most of the weakest people, of course, live elsewhere in the world where they have no adequate access to healthy food, safe water and basic medical care. We will not be safe until they are safe too.

Lack of international cooperation

Protecting your own inhabitants from COVID-19, while leaving other people to fend for themselves is not only inhumane, but also a dangerous illusion. Surveillance and control of infectious diseases is impossible without global cooperation, while research and production of medical supplies on a national scale would be inefficient, if possible at all. Unfortunately, some politicians fool their voters by pretending that the fight against a virus can be won without international cooperation.[2]

Lack of diplomacy

Fighting a virus requires sophisticated diplomacy, because open exchange of scientific information has to be promoted while borders are closed for passenger transport, and international coordination of the supply of vital medical supplies has to be combined with national economic interests. On top of that, the role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has to be supported and strengthened against the opposition of countries like the US and Brazil. 
Unfortunately, the Netherlands government was ill prepared for these diplomatic challenges, due to unwise savings on diplomacy and a lack of coordination between the ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs.[3]

Open questions

Most of these mistakes could have been avoided if governments would have been less short-sighted, but many questions remain. How, for example, to prevent that the damage caused by a lock-down is larger than the benefits? A recent study of the Dutch response to the pandemic in March and April of this year illustrates this problem. It is estimated that the Dutch policy has saved 13-21 thousand healthy life years, at the cost of 100 to 400 thousand healthy life years, that were lost because of the reduction in regular care.[4]


[1] See also: https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2020/03/01/the-similarity-between-nitrogen-and-the-coronavirus/

[2] See also: https://www.parool.nl/columns-opinie/verkleinen-mondiale-ongelijkheid-is-van-levensbelang-voor-nederland~bc562cc5/

[3] See also: https://diplomatmagazine.eu/2020/05/03/a-ministry-of-common-affairs/

[4] https://gupta-strategists.nl/storage/files/200521-COVID-goes-Cuckoo.pdf

An economic view on the Covid-19 pandemic

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By Mohamed Naser Hamdan AL ZAABI, Director of The Trade Promotion Department, United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy.

The coronavirus pandemic has sent the world into shock. Many economies have been challenged, important dates have been pushed back, and governments and healthcare systems are caught up in a suddenly panicked frenzy as they experience pressure to undo the harm caused by the virus.

The situation is dire and has created many new challenges that need to be addressed. If global powers use this time carefully, they may be able to reap many benefits from the situation that can benefit them later.

Trade and Coronavirus
Global trade has been negatively affected as a result of ports shutting down and road transportation being halted in most parts of the world. Some parts of the world have been more deeply affected than others.

Middle East – Many countries in the MENA REGION got affected of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. As a result, the county’s borders have been sealed, and trade halted. For now, the coronavirus’s impact on North Africa has been negligible due to governments having swiftly taken the appropriate measures to contain viral transmission.

2020 Forecast Amid Covid-19 Crisis
Most countries have been tossed into an unavoidable economic crisis because of the pandemic, but many are determined to rise from the ashes as soon as possible. 

The African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Continental Free Trade Area was expected to launch on 1 July 2020 but has been delayed until 2021 due to the current situation. However, if African countries begin to reform themselves and participate in fair trade from now onwards, they could witness a massive economic improvement by the time 2021 rolls around, and the power of free trade comes into their hands.

The Way Forward
Countries are currently struggling to regain their footing and doing what it takes to make sure global trade does not collapse. Certain measures have been taken to promote trade, and lawmakers are considering easing restrictions and sanctions to benefit global economies.

Online Trading
Online trading has become the only resource for many retailers and has helped global economies stay afloat despite the crisis. Some countries are taking extra measures to make online trade easier. For example, Vietnam’s Trade Promotion Agency has begun to encourage locals to develop online marketing strategies to support their businesses. For now, it seems that online trade is the best way forward. 

Conclusion
While it seems like the virus has spared no one, it has affected some countries more than others. However, there is hope. If wealthier countries begin to support their poorer allies and aid them in trade, global economies could see a positive shift, and the world could start to move towards normalization. Online trading should also be encouraged and allowed to flourish to help the economy regain stability. 

References: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_infected_the_impact_of_the_coronavirus_on_the_middle_east_and_nohttps://theconversation.com/how-a-post-covid-19-revival-could-kickstart-africas-free-trade-area-138223
https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/online-trade-promotion-activities-should-be-developed-due-to-covid-19-agency-27106.html

Ministery of Economy – UAEhttps://www.economy.gov.ae/English/Pages/Default.aspx

A Note of Thanks & Farewell

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Brussels, OACPS Secretariat in Brussels, 28th February 2020. The Committee of Ambassadors bid farewell to the outgoing Secretary General Dr Gomes here in the picture with the Chairperson of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors, H.E. Mrs. Teneng Mba Jaiteh, Ambassador of Gambia.

From Dr. Patrick I. Gomes, former Secretary-General, African, Caribbean & Pacific Group of States.

My Appreciation and a Fond Farewell 

I am conveying these greetings from Trinidad & Tobago, where I now reside after having completed my tenure as Secretary-General of the ACP Group of States from 2015 to 2020. My apologies for not being able to have conveyed these greetings in person before my departure from Brussels.

During those years of my tenure, the modest achievements of our unique organisation of 79 developing countries from across the African continent, the Caribbean and Pacific would not have been possible without the admirable and consistent support and encouragement Your Excellencies and dear friends provided to me personally, as Secretary-General, to the Secretariat, its management and staff.

I am deeply grateful to have been the beneficiary of your dedication to the ACP Group of States and the sterling contributions you made, as at major policy-making events such as the Council of Ministers and more recently at the 9th Summit of Heads of State and Government in Nairobi, Kenya on 9-10 December 2019. 

The Summit’s resounding success and permanent Declaration with the accompanying Amendment of the Georgetown Agreement, the constitutive Act of the ACP Group, will constitute a great legacy to which your presence and contribution were of great significance.

As I convey these words of appreciation and gratitude, it is my strong conviction that your continuing commitment to the ACP Group, now officially designated the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), will remain unwavering and enable the organisation to further advance in its Vision and Mission for the sustainable and equitable development of the peoples and societies of Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific. 

While looking forward to our paths crossing in the not too distant future, I take this opportunity to wish you every success in all your present endeavours and deep satisfaction as you pursue substantial, sustainable and equitable benefits for your countries and families across Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific and that you remain safe in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Dr. Patrick I. Gomes, former Secretary-General, African, Caribbean & Pacific Group of States. Email: pigomes@yahoo.com

And the Wind Cries Jeffrey: Biohacking Humans with DNA, Nanotechnology, IoT and 5G

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In the picture Domagoj Nikolic, courtesy RIT Cro.

By Domagoj Nikolić

Could it be that the “vaccines” they want to push on us, using the corona pandemic as a pretext, are connected to some kind of a deranged transhumanistic scenario? Apparently, Jeffrey Epstein had a maniacal goal to seed the entire human race with his DNA. If I read between the lines correctly, the fulfilment of this “deed” would take injecting his genetic code into the DNA of every human. 

However, spreading his genetic footprint on the whole of humanity by impregnating a bunch of rape victims or prostitutes, as was indicated by his loose talk, did not seem realistic.

It is well known that he used to hang out with prominent scientists from Harvard, MIT, etc. So, why did he so lavishly fund synthetic biology and genetic engineering?

Jeffrey Epstein and biotech research 

Epstein not only donated his own funds, but also served as “an intermediary (with) other wealthy donors, soliciting millions of dollars in donations from individuals and organizations, including the technologist and philanthropist Bill Gates and the investor Leon Black.” By and large, the beneficiaries of his largesse had a deeper fund-raising relationshipwith him than they were willing to admit, and did their best to conceal the extents of their contacts.

Numerous Harvard geneticists, including George Church, have accepted Epstein donations. He has since then, like many others, issued an apology. However, knowing what we know today, we should not take either their judgement or motives as valid. We should also make note of the fact that the same George Church appeared as a member of the anti-corona genetics team

In another example, a Harvard scientist named Charles Lieber took “generous” donations from Epstein. The same Charles Lieber was arrested for the undisclosed Wuhan – Harvard connection, i.e. for setting up a secret biotech lab in China, allegedly to bypass the US regulations on biowarfare research

His funding included more than $15M from donors such as DoD and National Institutes of Health (NIH). He “specialized in the area of nanoscience” and “became a ‘Strategic Scientist’ at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)” that “awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT”.

An interesting article elaborating those connections was published on Joseph P. Farrell’s website, which reaffirmed that Lieber’s specialized research was nanotechnology aimed “to detect small viral particles in humans”. 

What if Epstein’s reason for taking an interest in genetic science was precisely the plan to seed his genes throughout humanity through worldwide inoculation? A worldwide mandatory vaccination would certainly require a global pandemic as a pretext. That plan, although a gargantuan undertaking, would be certainly more feasible than seeding his DNA by impregnating a few dozens or hundreds of rape victims. And what if the plan included biohacking humans worldwide with nanotechnology devices? 

In other words, what if the endgame is not just creating an Epsteinian chimera out of every human being, but also controlling the genetically modified humans with injected nanoparticles networked by the AI and IoT, just like it is already done on GMO animals? Is this the reason why we “need” the superfast and efficient 5G network? We know that major IT corporations, such as IBM and Microsoft, developed systems for biotechnology analytics, and with 5G they will finally have the technical infrastructure to connect practically an infinite number of nanodevices super-efficiently and control them in real time. For this reason we must always keep an eye on Epstein’s fellow “philanthropist” Bill Gates who was (is) a long time Jeffrey’s chum and made donations to MIT through Epstein and is now at the forefront of the global vaccination agenda.

There were numerous other top scientists involved in this network of global pedophile and underage sex organizations, human trafficking enterprises, biotech and bioweapons industry, AI revolution and vaccination depopulation cartel, one of them being another frequent flyer on Epstein airlines, also accused of sexual abuse which went hand in hand with scientific events at the Epstein’s private island. His name is Marvin Minsky, the renowned Harvard-educated AI pioneer, inventor of modern VR and augmented reality systems, founder of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab, and a friend of the geneticist George Church. 

Interstate biotech network, creepy organizations and their opposition 

In 2017, Bill Gates co-founded the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) with the governments of Norway, India, Japan, and Germany along with the Wellcome Trust UK. The goal of the organization is to “accelerate the development of vaccines we’ll need to contain outbreaks” of future epidemics by, in Gate’s words, “using advances in genomics to map the DNA and RNA of pathogens and make vaccines.” Now the CEPI are scrambling to develop the corona vaccine.

Bill Gates in also one of the larger donors of Lucis Trust, a super-creepy “philanthropic” organization founded by esotericists Alice and Foster Bailey in the beginning of 1920s who at that time owned “Lucifer Publishing Company”. The name Lucis, according to the organization’s official website, is an esoteric version of the name Lucifer in whose “honor”, following the footsteps of theosophist Helena Blavatska who “sought to elicit a deeper understanding of the sacrifice made by Lucifer”, it was named. The goal of the Lucis Trust is “to implement the Plan”. Although the contents of the Plan have not been disclosed, we can further read that we are dealing with “Men of goodwill who co-operate (to) form part of the New Group of World Servers which is working to implement the Plan”. These people are “attempting to salvage the world, to bring order out of chaos and to defend the right as they see it”, and we can further learn that “the New Group of World Servers (…) are the people who are building the new world order”.

Another great donor of the Lucis Trust was George Soros who also invested around USD 3.86M to become a shareholder of  the Wu Xi AppTec Group, a Chinese-American joint venture biotech holding company from Shanghai, allegedly connected with the corona virus leak and now scrambling to develop the antibodies and vaccines through one of its subsidiaries, and which recently inked a USD 3B deal for vaccines manufacturing. Although the official Facebook censors, Orwellian “fact-checking” services (in reality propaganda pushers and spinners) would like us to believe that the Wuhan labs had nothing to do with the invention of the covid virus, that Wu Xi AppTec Group does not have those capacities, and that Soros was not involved with those labs, just reading critically their texts shows evidence to the contrary. President Trump has repeatedly stated his belief that we are dealing with a manufactured virus originating from a Chinese lab, although his military and civilian intelligence services apparently disagree along with numerous others heads of states. However, according to the semi-official expose of the GRU – Russian military intelligence, they do agree with President Trump and Mike Pompeo. This kind of dissonance in the US state apparatus should not be surprising, if we recall that one of the main donors of the US-China biowarfare connection was the DoD and other similar linkages.  

Hackable nanoparticles in digital software-like mRNA vaccines

George Soros is a major agenda contributor for the World Economic Forum, which launched CEPI at their annual meeting in Davos in 2017. Gates foundation and CEPI are both donors of a biotech company based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts called Moderna Inc., which is part of the MIT Biotechnology Group, affiliated also to Harvard and is now racing to coronavirus vaccine by pioneering a new type of gene-based vaccine

Moderna makes “mRNA vaccines” by embedding the genetic instructions for a component of a virus into a nanoparticle, which can then be injected into a person. The company adds the genetic codes for the membrane protein the virus uses to invade human cells. If injected into a person, such nanoparticles could cause the body to immunize itself against the real contagion by disallowing the corona virus to fuse its receptors with membrane proteins. The volunteers in this genetic vaccine trial were asked to use birth control allegedly because the DNA could end up in the germline, in other words, in human reproductive cells, i.e. sperm and egg cells. It seems that someone wanted to guard against the possibility of mRNA-vaccine children being born. Could they have become the new Epsteins?

Since mRNA technology has a software, digital-like nature that functions very much like an operating system on a computer, a weblog entry of a military industrial complex contracting firm called Alpine Security deserves a very, very careful analysis.

A few important highlights:

“(…) Some nanotechnology ideas include a tiny device that gets injected into the body as a sensor or medical delivery device. (…)

(…) Some digital security experts posit that a single nanoparticle in the body with its own processor could be hacked, but they also say that if someone had more than one particle in the body, which many treatments would require, a hacker could theoretically turn them into a network in the body, using the body’s own systems to communicate and do their bidding. (…)

(…) If a hacker took over your inner nanotechnology devices, they could demand a ransom with fatal consequences. If you’re unable or unwilling to pay, they could easily turn your body against you and at the very least make you suffer or get sick, if not kill you. (…)

(…) One of the most exciting applications of nanotechnology is inhalable particulate powders developed to directly treat the lungs. These particles can work together to form an artificial cell to do a certain job. Some worry this tech could be an easily weaponized delivery method for bioter-rorism efforts, beyond the hacking dangers. Getting infected with something could be as simple as breathing the air, taking a shower or getting a regular vaccination from your doctor. (…)”

The possibility that someone could literally manage our bodies through the IoT network of nanoparticles controllable by the AI operated through a 5G system is, to put it mildly, shockingly disturbing. The potential consequences of misusing this technology are horrendous. Apart from the potential (and likely dubious) benefits, there are also risks associated with the unknown long-term consequences of manipulating human DNA. I also advise everyone to read the whole entry, because it does read like a transhumanist manifesto.

Are these people evil?

To sum it all up, there is a serious possibility that we may be dealing with a ramified network of business opportunists, tunnel-vision scientists, IT nerds, Beltway bandits, greedy financiers, corporate drones, media yes men, debauched sexual predators, human traffickers, ransomists, hijackers and a wide range of ordinary people or useful idiots, all puppeteered by a hidden transhumanist cabal who know very well what the end game is. This could indeed be a private network hacking nation states and, more importantly, biohacking humanity’s genetic code and maybe, just maybe, they use not only nanotechnology, but also Jeffrey’s (and God knows who else’s) DNA. I think that to dismiss this hypothesis flat out could be very, VERY naive.

Do I think that these people are all conspiring to depopulate the world sitting in darkened rooms around walnut tables? As Dean W. Arnold wrote here:

“I doubt it. (Well, Bill maybe.) Somebody is probably doing that, but my guess is that Bill and Melinda are admirable proponents of an ideology that believes they are helping the world. And when they run into facts that challenge their ideology, they do what many of us do at times. They block it out.

But somebody out there is cooking up evil.”

Epstein’s compartmentalized underground

Let us explore additional connections of this network with Epstein, which actually make our hypothesis of biohacking humanity quite credible. It is important to keep in mind that the modus operandi of this giant complex is compartmentalization. The network operates on a need to know basis and, in most cases, operatives do not see the whole picture but are guided by their simple goals.

Epstein had an executive assistant named Cimberly Espinosa with whom the Alpine Security founder (the nanotech – IoT – 5G blogger from above) shares the same last name. It could be just a coincidence, since that last name is quite common in the USA, but maybe there are connections. 

Alpine Security is focused on ransomware and health care security, namely “protecting medical devices from profit, terror assassination and enemy advancement”

The founder of the company originates, without a shadow of a doubt, from the military industrial complex. Before starting his own company, he worked as a senior consultant for a cyber technology firm called TechGuard specializing, again, in anti-ransom technology. Their government clients include DHS, DoD, DOL, DISA, MARFORCYBER, USCYBERCOM, FLYCYBERCOM, etc., etc.

Whitney Webb wrote of Epstein’s connections with CyberReason, another shadowy tech firm, deeply connected to the obscure Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). CyberReason was founded by an extremely suspicious person named Lior Div, a former Israeli military hacker who regards his company as “the continuation of the six years of training and service he spent working with the Israeli army’s 8200 Unit.” After he left the IDF, he “worked for the Israeli government as a private contractor reverse-engineering hacking operations”.

Their portfolio includes, similarly, anti-ransom and health care. Such products can obviously be easily weaponized and, once developed, whoever has such capabilities is only a step away (with a simple reversal) from being in the position to blackmail just about anyone on the planet. CyberReason’s management roster reads like a who-is-who of an Israeli techspook yearbook including a lady who “commanded 24/7 operational team of 20 Intelligence specialists on mission‐critical sensitive tasks” in IDF. I am reluctant to imagine what those “mission-critical sensitive tasks” could have been.

It is also interesting that Cimberly Espinosa was formerly part of a tech firm called M86 Security a military contractor provably connected to Microsoft and Israel through connections with another tech firm called Finjan and Trustwave Holdings, another military contractor, inter alia. The Trustwave website indicates intelligence agencies and the military as their clients, but the list remains undisclosed, as is the norm in the military contracting underworld. Trustwave has been very closely affiliated with, not surprisingly, Microsoft for over a decade. And, also not surprisingly, to Israel.

Cimberly Espinosa is now part of Thales Avionics focusing on avionic cyber security which, curiously, is also in the focus of Alpine Security founder. If we take a look at his personal presentation page on Maryville University’s website where he used to teach, we will find interesting passages, such as this one “some of the notable projects I’ve worked on have included  penetration testing for commercial aircraft – to help make aircraft “hackproof” while in flight and on ground”. Similar technologies could have been misused in hijacking of the planes during any dubious disaster, such as 9-11 or the disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.

Again, so typical of the military industrial complex, the portfolio of clients is not available on his company website, but we can guess that Thales Avionics is part of the network, since it would appear that they often rub elbows on industry fairs.

The same Cimberly Espinosa also appears on the web as a Californian realtor, which is most probably a red herring put out there to give a regular civil identity to an important operator. 

And here we come close to almost closing the circle. Who is Trustwave closely affiliated to? (Drumroll…)  CyberReason, of course! It’s a small world, indeed.

The following passages also require a close examination: 

“Cybereason’s proprietary AI-powered data analytics engine and built-in forensic capabilities to correlate data attributes and behavior with potential threats. The heightened correlation will assist in rapidly pinpointing suspicious activities that may require further investigation or annihilation of attacks already in progress.”

“…deeper analysis of dubious events can be initiated and cross referenced using up-to-the-second threat intelligence obtained from the Trustwave global network of Advanced Security Operation Centers (ASOCs) and the Trustwave SpiderLabs Fusion Center, a state-of-the-art cyber-command center, to help ensure effective measures against threats are immediately taken.”

“…threat hunters and digital forensic teams will add to their arsenal a new level of behavioral analytics to extend and magnify their abilities for quickly finding those proverbial needles in the haystack.”

Biohacking humanity is a real possibility

With only a little bit of educated imagination, this cyber technology, if/when combined with biotechnology, could lead to a total military-style takeover of humanity. It seems that we are only a step away from developing search-and-destroy capabilities powered by AI, 5G, “state-of-the-art cyber-command centers” and “vaccine” – injected hackable nanotechnology devices, weaponized as a form of bioterrorism, and one step removed from whom? From the famous “philanthropist” Jeffrey Epstein through his own connections with CyberReason and many of the mentioned research organizations and technologies providers.

Also initiatives such as digital ID implants combined with vaccines pushed by Bill Gates and the Rockefeller Foundationcould only make the process of search and destroy (and, on the flip side, search and rescue) faster and easier to manage. We should add that the Gates Foundation funded an MIT and Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing study of a tattoo-like vaccine combining nanoparticles or “near-infrared quantum dots” encoding information for “decentralized data storage and bio-sensing” combining in vivo smartphone imaging and machine learning algorithms. If we combine that technology with implants wirelessly tracking and transmitting real-time data from nerves, organs and muscles, the bio-hybrid DNA creepy crawlers-nanobots, 5G and “state-of-the-art cyber-command centers”,the hackable network for remote controlling humanity is all in place.

The brief research only scratches the surface of the transhumanistic-underground-network hacking governments and there are many leads to be investigated in this massively ramified secret tech-cult. Again, this is not to say that every agent in the network knows the endgame. On the contrary, the success of such operations hinges on compartmentalization and secrecy.  However, it is quite apparent that those in command are hellbent on biohacking humanity in order to establish a transhumanist tyranny and who knows what else (chimerical experiments, anyone?), probably a fully-fledged GMO Orwellian Animal Farm, and much, much unimaginable more.

Another spider in the world-wide web

For further research, another spider in the web to be investigated is Boris Nikolic, “an immunologist and biotech entrepreneur who formerly served as Gates’ chief scientific adviser until 2014” who served as an intermediary between Epstein and Gates” but now “deeply regret(s) ever meeting Mr. Epstein” and  “was ‘shocked’ to see he was named alternate (will) executor by Epstein.”  

Nikolic should owe a lot to Epstein and I don’t think regrets the event in which he “was excited about advice Epstein — who was fascinated with genetic research — had given to bankers about the public offering of a gene company that Nikolic had a $42 million stake in, Bloomberg reported at the time.”

Call me again whatever, but I don’t think Jeffrey Epstein is dead. It just does not add up. The possibility that he was replaced with a double and extracted sounds more plausible than ever. And it could be that the corona mess in New York is somehow connected with his “demise”. 

Maybe he will reemerge from the realm of shadows in some sort of a sick triumphal “reincarnation”? In any case, even if he is dead, his spirit is not and his DNA certainly isn’t.

And the wind cries Jeffrey…

About Author:

Domagoj Nikolić is a Croatia-based thinker researcher and book author. 

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the author; they do not reflect the author’s employer or any entity whatsoever with which he has been, is now, or will be affiliated.

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The UN Security Council should urgently address Covid-19 – addendum

In the picture Mr. Tan Sri Hasmy Agam.

By Tan Sri Hasmy Agam and Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic.

Further to the points of view undersigned authors expressed nearly two months ago (see: https://www.neweurope.eu/article/the-un-security-council-should-urgently-address-covid-19/), it is to a deep regret that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) still misses to adopt the much-needed Council Resolution to address the COVID-19 (C-19) pandemic event. This paralysis is largely due to the tensions between two of its five permanent members (P5) — the US and China, with Washington wanting to apportion blame or responsibility to China relating to the pandemic, and Beijing rejecting any discussion or reference to it. Additionally, the two keep opposite views on the role and conduct of the UN Specialised Agency for health matters, Geneva-based World Health organisation (WHO).   

This kind of approach is totally misplaced, short-sighted, and uncalled for. It clearly lacks the maturity and wisdom that the international community expects from the principal or Permanent Members of the UN Security Council. Tellingly, petty bilateral differences (and silence of other members) had created an unnecessary wedge between the parties, instead of subduing their differences in the larger scope and broader interests of the international community in the wake of the devastating global event.

Ought to (no-)vote 

Interestingly, the very history of voting in the SC indicates that the ratio between adopted and vetoed resolutions is roughly 10 to 1 (2518 adopted SC resolutions, since 1945 until April 2020 vs. 293 vetoed ones for the same period). This shows that other parties, notably the non-permanent members of the UNSC, have usually played a vigilant, persistent, even pivotal role, in ensuring that the Council acts responsibly and timely on matters flagrant to the Charter and of concern to the international community at large. 

Arguably, the P-5 states – along with their Big Power concerns, and their frequent mutual deterrence – have often been self-entrenching instead of reaching a consensus in the Council. Conversely, the non-permanent members, with their consensus-building approach, have generally been in a better position to contribute towards ensuring the much-desired and all-embracing stewardship of the Council. This has been the traditional role of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for decades – ever since Bandung of 1955 and Belgrade of 1961 – with laudable support of neutral countries of the North (so-called N+N group). 

Attempts by the Group of 20 (G-20) and the European Union (EU) to bridge the gaps on the C-19 issue have failed to bring the desired result thus far. Given this impasse, it seems better and more efficacious for the NAM/G-77, along with other key regional groupings of huge membership and wide outreach, such as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the African Union (AU) – to add to the EU, G-20 and others – by taking a more prominent role in forging the much-needed consensus at the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies – directly or via the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

It is amply clear from the C-19 event that the right to health is an issue for all. The search for a reliable cure for pandemics control is not a matter of private business, but of fundamental individual rights situated on high levels of sociableness, as embedded in the UN Charter, and being obligatory for each of the UN Specialized Agencies to comply with. Binarization of debate onto a pro-and-con vaccine is also a dangerous reductionism and waste of planetary energy critically needed for a holistic and novel approach. There is no silver bullet for the planetary problems. Consequently, there is no one-directional medical research in response to any pandemic, and no single-blended (or centrally manufactured) and mandated medication for all. (Dogma is based on a blind belief; science necessitates constant multidimensional exploration. Science, especially a medical one, holds no single or absolute truth: The closest it can get is the least wrong answer – which must be contested constantly, literally every day.) 

Proportionality of our (current and future) responses is another key issue. Hence, what presents itself as an imperative is universal participation through intergovernmental mechanisms. That very approach has been clearly demonstrated by UN member states, as shown by the active roles played by Indonesia (in the SC, along with another ASEAN and NAM member, VietNam; and on behalf of the general membership of the UN General Assembly), Azerbaijan (on behalf of NAM) and France (on behalf of the P5 and the EU) reaching out to Tunisia – a member of the Arab League (LAS), AU, OIC and NAM. Same line has been also endorsed by the UN Members States on 18 May 2020 in relation to the independent inquiry request over the WHO conduct.  

After all, this is well recognised by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres himself, who recently stated that “With two thirds of UN Member States, the Non-Aligned Movement has a critical role to play in forging global solidarity”.

Storm, yet no Reform

It is rather disappointing that despite widely held expectations, the (French-Tunisian sponsored) draft SC Resolution did not address the C-19 issue per se and on ways of tackling its rapid spread. Instead, it focused on the need to effect a global ceasefire in existing conflicts in specific member states, as called for by SecGen Guterres, much to his credit, so as to facilitate distribution of much-needed food and medicines to the people in these conflict-torn countries. 

This inaction by the UNSC contrasts sharply with what this leading world body did in 1984, when it addressed the EBOLA pandemic in Africa and unanimously adopted a far-reaching Security Council Resolution (UNSC 2439 (2018) — containing 18 preambular paragraphs and 17 operative ones, on specific instructions to, or demands, on a number of African states in conflict, to take effective steps to control or impede the spread of the EBOLA virus.

Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic

Nevertheless, even with the limitations of the latest French-Tunisian draft Resolution, it would have resulted, if adopted, in a humanitarian pause for at least 90 consecutive days crucial for the delivery of aid to the hardest-hit communities, and giving time to the international community to focus on combatting the C-19. But this was not to be, due to the bad dynamics in the UNSC, and the consequent results will be continued conflicts and unimpeded spread of the secondary effects of C-19 event in those countries in conflict, much to the disappointment and chagrin of the international community.

To an extent, the problem lies in the unwillingness of the international community to do the needful to stop, mitigate, shorten, localise or avoid, the spread of the pandemic and its grave lasting, and expectedly asymmetric, secondary effects. However, it is far more the failure of the UNSC – the most influential and authoritative organ of the world body – to live up to international expectations and to deal decisively with this global calamity that has repercussions to international peace and security, as it did during the EBOLA pandemic.

The lack of unity within the UNSC in addressing the current challenge raises that never-ending question of the urgent reform of the Council with its inherently undemocratic decision-making process. It is largely due to the outdated power of the Veto that stultifies and blocks architecture of consensus, vital to the UN as it grapples with the many grave problems confronting the increasingly globalised and inter-connected international community.

The failure of the UNSC to reach a consensus is due to the inherent weakness of its decision-making mechanism, as well as paucity of unity among its non-permanent members. It is also to the lack of stronger involvement – on the very work of the UNSC – by the larger UN membership, as represented by the NAM/G-77, but also at other principal organs of the OUN– primarily in the UN General Assembly (GA) and ECOSOC. Thus, the UNSC in times of critical conjunctures – as this event and its yet not fully anticipated secondary effects are – appears as still stuck in a kind of a time warp, oblivious of the changes that have taken place, and are unfolding all over the world. 

It goes without saying that exceedingly sluggish, lackadaisical and endless consultative/negotiation process on the Council reform and restructuring that has been going on for over two decades, needs to be urgently expedited. It is a sine qua non if we are any serious with the times, demands and expectations of the Member States’ present and future populations, and with consolidation of international and cross-generational solidarity.

Clearly, complex world demands smooth fast and multifaceted coordination and collaboration among the various agencies of the UN system, under the leadership of the UN Secretary-General. It must be dynamic, socially responsible, innovative and holistic, so as to enable our Universal Organisation and all other intergovernmental FORAs – that architecture our world – to anticipate and speedily deal with the challenges that will surely emerge periodically in the future.

A restored trust necessitates a proactive, transparent, and timely response but also energetically calls for an enlarged, not reduced, participatory base. 

Kuala Lumpur/Vienna/ 28 May 2020

About authors:

Amb. Hasmy Agam – Formerly Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, and President of the UN Security Council (July 1999 and August 2000); Head of the Diplomatic Academy; Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) – retired.

Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic – Chairperson and professor in intl law and global political studies, Austria; authored 7 books and numerous articles on, mainly, geopolitics energy and technology; Per-Rep to the UN Vienna and UN Geneva.