Peace and justice as a future goal Peace Palace signs Sustainable Development Goals
The Hague – President Bernard Bot today on behalf of the Carnegie Foundation – Peace Palace signed the Sustainable Development Goals Charter. This explains the organization itself to promoting the sustainable development goals for the world established by the United Nations. Specifically, the Carnegie Foundation-Peace Palace will work towards the objective to pursue peaceful and just societies where all citizens are involved.
The Peace Palace was established as a temple for peace and justice from the ideal that good dialogue, mediation and independent courts that can deal with disputes between states, can prevent war. In the Peace Palace International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the Hague Academy of International Law established.
The Carnegie Foundation owns the Peace Palace, facilitates these institutions and manages the largest library in the world in terms of international law. Besides putting the Carnegie Foundation is actively committed to promoting dialogue on peace and justice and to connect different parties, all with the larger goal to make concrete steps towards a more peaceful world.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations since January 2016 serving as the main goals that we need to work as a global future. They are the successors of the Millennium Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals was first promoting peaceful and just society in which all citizens are concerned as a concrete goal for the future. This Sustainable Development Goal 16. The goal is closely related to the ideal that the Peace Palace was founded.
Sign: and then?
By signing the Sustainable Development Goals Charter lays the Carnegie Foundation – Peace Palace itself to promoting tangible progress towards peace. The Peace Palace symbolizes the ideal of world peace and justice, but the Carnegie Foundation also seeks actively to translate this ideal into concrete steps towards a more peaceful world. This makes the organization by bringing parties together and encourage dialogue in a unique building that was erected as a temple for peace and justice.
Ms Wathsala Amarasinghe, Second Secretary , Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, posed in front a new Maserati 2018.
Diplomat magazine in collaboration with Crowne Plaza Hotel and
Diplomatic Card hosted its 4th Diplomats Welcome After Summer
reception.
The reception included a luxury cars exhibition on the
premises of the Hotel Crowne Plaza in The Hague on the 14th of
September 2017.
For additional Robert Huibert and Marian van Noort’s pictures, please open the following link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/121611753@N07/albums/72157689006681926H.E. Hiroshi Inomata, Ambassador of Japan tried a McLaren.
The world’s most renowned car manufacturers descend on the
diplomatic city of The Hague to present their latest developments to
the Diplomatic Corps.
The Honorary Consul of Afghanistan Mr Ehsam Turabaz.
The exhibition showcased many brands such as Maserati, Lamborghini,
Lexus, BMW, Mini, Porsche, Land Rover, Audi, Jaguar, McLaren and
Louwman Museum special brands. The inclement Dutch weather didn’t deter ambassadors, diplomats and international car lovers from attending the exquisite motor show.
On the contrary, they avail themselves of the opportunity to test-drive many of the vehicles, and also had their photographs taken while posing at the wheel of their favorite cars.
Dr Mayelinne De Lara, Diplomat Magazine’s publisher with Dr Dilruba Nasrin, spouse of Bangladesh Ambassador.
Many had questions about tax reductions for diplomats, special program for diplomats and embassies which included after sales services, maintenance, renting, shipping a car or pieces abroad and prices from family cars to the most luxury machine of 2018…it was a discovery afternoon full of excitement.
Mr Patrick Aarsman, Manager of Crowne Plaza Hotel, in the back Ms Michelle Spork, Booking Office Manager.
The Argentinian wine and live jazz band together with a DJs further
contributed to the success of the reception of the 1st diplomatic car
exhibit & test runs of the best new models on the Dutch market.
H.E. Mr Fernando Xavier Bucheli Vargas, Ambassador of Ecuador together with Ms Andrea Montoya M., Trade Specialist, Pro Ecuador, the institute for export and investment promotion and Mr Jose Yturralde Villagomez, Third Secretary, Vice-consul part of his team in the Netherlands.Dr Mayelinne De Lara, Publisher of Diplomat Magazine and Patrick Aarsman, Manager of Hotel Crowne Plaza welcomed the guests to the recently renovated hotel inviting them to see the latest technology equipped salons and new rooms while the Charge d’affaires of the Embassy of Argentina, Minister Counselor Pablo Piñeiro Aramburu gave an expose on Argentinian wine: Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Torrontés.
The Charge d’affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Argentina, Minister Counselor Mr Pablo Piñeiro Aramburu.
Also present were Dutch wine importers of , San Rafael Import and Damaro Holland, who kindly offered to make a wine tasting of their top quality Argentinean wines.
Some interesting facts about the Argentinean wine industry
· In Argentina the cultivated area in 2016 was
223,944 ha, showing an increase of 11% compared to the year 2000.
· The number of Argentinean wineries in 2016 was 881
Ms Inge Kluin, Public Relations Director at Residentie Orkest, Mr Daniele Rosa, Public Prosecutor at Eurojust and Ms Caroline Orthlieb also from Eurojust together with Mrs Patricia Hollamby.
· Mendoza remains the most important wine province in
Argentina and occupies the first place in the country in terms of
cultivated vine area. It has an area of 158,585 ha (2016), which
represents 71% of the countrys total grapevine. The second place was
for San Juan (21%) and the third place was for the province of La
Rioja with 3%.
· In 2016, the red varieties represented 55% of the
total cultivated area, while white was 20% and rose 25%.
· The variety whose area has grown the most was
Malbec, which currently reaches 40,401 hectares. Followed by Syrah,
Bonarda and Aspirant Bouschet.
San Rafael Import owners.
· In 2016 wine consumption in Argentina was 21.6
liters per capita.
· In 2016 Argentinean exports of wine situated the
Netherlands as the fifth major importing country of Argentinean wines
worldwide while it is Argentina´s second biggest importer in the
European Union.
Damaro Holland wine importers at work.
· Argentina was the third country of origin of wine
imports from countries outside the European Union to the Netherlands
and it was the ninth biggest exporter of wine to the Netherlands in
2016.
Christina Galve from Spanish Origins, Dr Mayelinne De Lara, Diplomat Magazine, Ms Susanna Burer Personal Assistant to the Registrar, International Court of Justice and H.E. Philippe Couvreur, Registrar International Court of Justice.
Indeed, it has been an afternoon of sheer pleasure in The Hague
that’s ignited an adrenaline rush and need for speed within us all.
By Barend ter Haar.
The decision of the British government to leave the European Union is so full of contradictions that it is doubtful whether Brexit really will take place.
Take for example the fact that the leaders of both major British parties were against Brexit because they understood that Brexit would not be in the interest of the British people but now feel obliged to do their best to implement the outcome of the referendum.
What to expect from them? Do they want to go down in history as politicians that, against their better judgement, implemented a decision that harmed their country, or will they try to win time looking for a way out?
Or take the popular slogan “take back control”, that is used as an argument for Brexit, although Brexit will have the opposite effect, in particular because of the Irish question.
Whether one likes it or not, the future of the United Kingdom is increasingly decided outside its borders. Global challenges such as climate change, new infectious diseases, migration and proliferation of nuclear weapons are of direct concern to the British people, but cannot effectively be addressed at Whitehall.
They require action at the global level. If the United Kingdom wants to have real influence on global decision making, it will have to do so through the European Union because on its own it is not a global player like the United States and China.
Leaving the European Union will therefore not give back control to London, but only diminish the British influence in Brussels and the world.
Apart from that, taking back control would only very partially address the problems that brought most people to vote for Brexit. Would they rejoice when the power to set standards for nuclear safety would move back from the technocrats in Brussels to the technocrats in London? Probably not.
They voted for Brexit because they feel that while others enjoy the benefits of globalisation, they are its victims because immigrants keep salaries down and threaten to take over their jobs. However, it is very doubtful whether the populist remedy of renationalisation and closing borders will help to close the growing gap between the people that benefit from globalisation and those that threaten to stay behind.
But the main reason why Brexit and Take back control will not go together is the Irish question. As argued convincingly by Fintan O’Toole in the New York Review of Books , it “opens a crack into which the whole Brexit project may stumble”.
On Good Friday 1998 most of Northern Ireland’s political parties and the British and Irish governments reached an agreement that made an end to a conflict that took the life of thousands of people. The agreement recognized the right of the people of Northern Ireland to be British or Irish or both, a revolutionary approach that was facilitated by the EU-membership of both countries.
Needless to say that an open border between both parts of Ireland is an essential part of the deal. A hard Brexit is therefore out of the question. That leaves open a soft Brexit after the example of Norway. That would in theory restore the sovereign independence of the United Kingdom, but in practice would mean that London would continue to have to follow the rules made up in Brussels, but this time without a seat at the table.
In other words: a soft Brexit might result in the exact opposite of Take back control: London would give up its control over European decision making without getting much real control back in return. When that becomes clear, the British government might reconsider Brexit.
On the picture Mr. Armen Oganesyan, editor-in-chief of the magazine International Affairs.On 5th of October in Budapest (Hungary) will be held an international conference «Russia and Europe: Topical Issues of Contemporary International Journalism». The conference is organized by the International Affairs magazine with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. The main topics to be discussed this year are: «Russia-Europe relations: is “reset” possible? Role of media», «Revival of neo-Nazism: analysis of media technologies used by interested parties. Creating a Counterstrategy» and «Media of Russia and Europe. View from the inside».The conference is held annually in different countries. List of participants traditionally included directors of European media, politicians, diplomats, political and media scientists, management of international media companies. The first version of the conference took place in November 2011 in Paris and has proved the importance of collaboration between Russian and European media. It received status of a topical annual event with the main goal to boost cooperation between Russian and European media.By Polina Ostrovskaya.
Today we speak with Mr. Armen Oganesyan, chairman of the conference and editor-in-chief of the magazine International Affairs.
1. Why is it important for the press to strengthen relations between Russia and the European Union?
I believe your question actually potentially contain 2 questions: a) Why is it important for Russia and European Union to maintain strong relations?; b) Why should media be the facilitator of the dialogue?
To respond to the first question, let’s just look at history, both cultural and historical. Going back to the 18th century and beyond, Russia has invariably been part of both the intra-European and extra-European dialogue. As we fast-forward to the 21st century, European Union is facing a number of internal and externally imposed crises. Just to enumerate some of them: demographic squeeze; internal and external migration; financial shocks and responses; terrorism, both externally exposed and penetrated into the national fabric; climate change; many others. I cannot fathom how a comprehensive lasting solution to the issues I’ve mentioned, as well as to innumerable others, can be attained without participation of Russia.
Now, to answer the second question, let’s look at the role, a high-level purpose of media. We believe that media should essentially be a mirror, an instrument that exposes basic truths. We don’t believe we should affect the historical flow but we do believe we should make the facts, ideas and opinions known and promulgated.
When the responses to the two parts of your question are combined, I believe we can derive the mission we undertake: using the unique skills of media, fully explore the ideas and opinions underpinning the historical and of-the-moment relationship between the European Union and Russia.
For example, look at just two of a number of round tables we’ll conduct: “Russia-Europe relations: is a reset possible? Role of media” and “Media of Russia and Europe. View from the inside.” They aim to exactly achieve what I have written about: take the long, almost historical view of relations between the parties and explore the role media can play in the discussion.
2. What is your opinion on anti-Russian media propaganda?
It would be primitive to say that there is a single center that coordinates anti-Russian propaganda, even though in the Cold War period there were centers that provided stereotypes. There are such centers today, and there are experts who work for them. People talk of censorship. As for Ukraine and Crimea, each and every one are free to interpret them as they see it fit. But journalists are not free to express their opinions, yet the way the media spoke about these complicated issues can be described as nothing but obviously biased. The guilt here should be evenly spread between politicians and the journalists who listen to them. Today in Russia exist around 80.000 media organizations each having its own different opinion. Radio-stations Echo of Moscow and Serebryany Dozhd are the most outspoken critics of the official foreign policy line in relation to the West. There is no uniformity: colors are different and each and every one is free to choose a channel or an information niche to his/her liking. Is there anything similar in Europe? There is no such variety in Europe especially when it comes to Russia.
3. What actions should be taken to resist the false information?
To fight fake news one must go back to basics, namely invest into the fact checking group. These are the people left on the sidelines by the rise of social media and the financial squeeze on traditional media. Many publications have scaled down in this area. Well, now we can see that professional fact checkers are indispensable to prevent proliferation of untrue information
4. How can a journalist remain non-biased in the modern world?
I believe the best thing a journalist can do to present information objectively is to be well informed in a broad sense of the expression. Yes, the journalist needs to dig into the story, to interview all sides and to ask difficult question. But, I think, a journalist must also see the story in the context of historical and social backgrounds. Only then can truly meaningful coverage emerge
5. Why is the conference going to be in Budapest?
As I’ve stated above, we aim to explore the opinions of the Russia-EU relationship. It becomes almost intuitively correct to hold such a conference in a city that is somewhat between the philosophical positions of Russia and EU, cities that can easily comprehend the positions of each side. We have always held that view and our previous conferences took places in ideologically similar cities to Budapest: Vienna, Berlin, Bratislava. To my view, Budapest, is if i may say so, a highly “dialogical”, open city, nothing to say about traditional hospitality
6. How can the cultural connection between Russia and Hungary be strengthen?
Older and middle-aged Russians are more familiar with Hungarian history and culture. From my childhood I remember reading well-translated Hungarian folk tales. Several times I re-read the novel Eclipse of the Crescent Moon, admiring the legendary captain István Dobo. Hungarian literature and, of course, the poetry of Sándor Petőfi have been and remain in the standard university curriculum.
In general, Hungarian culture is close to Russian. Histories of Hungary and Russia are full of dramatic events that have challenged the very existence of our people, in turn influencing respective cultures. Russian and Hungarian cultures belong to the world, not only to Europe. However your question is related to the dialogue between the cultures. It seems to me that not enough is being done to popularize Hungarian language in Russia and Russian in Hungary. Post-Soviet generations are poorly acquainted with the best examples of Russian and Hungarian cultures. I think that we need to do more on both sides to support individual and collaborative projects with the aim of building bridges between our countries that would help renew an active dialogue between the cultures.
7. Role of the “International Affairs” magazine worldwide
Founded in 1922 as a weekly of the USSR People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs and re-established as a monthly edition in 1954, International Affairs is a journal of Russia’s Foreign Ministry covering a broad range of subjects in international politics, diplomacy, and global security. Today’s International Affairs is among the world’s key forums for discussions of international policy issues. The English-language version is distributed in the US, digests are published in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese and Arabic. The journal is available to individual and corporate subscribers in Russia and 150 other countries.
International Affairs offers a round-up and competent analysis of Russia’s and the world’s most pressing political and economic problems.
Extensive connections within Russia’s Foreign Ministry reinforce the journal’s ability to serve as a credible and well-informed source of information. Contributors to International Affairs comprise a unique team of diplomats and experts from Russian and international politics, research, business, and policy analysis communities.
By Michael dr. Logies.“The over-financialization and hyper-deregulations of the global(-ized) markets has brought the low-waged Chinese (peasant converted into a) worker into the spotlight of European considerations. Thus, in the last two decades, the EU economic edifice has gradually but steadily departed from its traditional labor-centered base, to the overseas investment-centered construct. This mega event, as we see now with the Euro-zone dithyramb, has multiple consequences on both the inner–European cultural, socio-economic and political balance as well as on China’s (overheated) growth. That sparse, rarefied and compressed labor, which still resides in the aging Union is either bitterly competing with or is heavily leaning on the guest workers who are per definition underrepresented or silenced by the ‘rightist’ movements and otherwise disadvantaged and hindered in their elementary socio-political rights. That’s how the world’s last cosmopolitan – Europe departed from the world of work, and that’s why the Continent today cannot orient itself (both critically needed to identify a challenge, as well as to calibrate and jointly redefine the EU path). To orient, one need to center itself: Without left and right, there is no center, right?!” – prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic brilliantly summarized situation in Europe already years ago. Let’s see how it reflects on just closed German elections, and some fallacies surrounding (interpretations of) it.
Contrary to the constant reporting the low unemployment figures in Germany are simply misleading. The volume of work has shrunken slightly over the last 30 years. Many once well paid jobs have become part time jobs with low incomes. The lower 40 percent of population have not made any economic progress the last decades or have fallen back in real terms. The economic gap between the lower 40% and upper 10 % has widened. Prices of rents and houses are exploding in the bigger cities due to immigration, speculations driven by low interest rates and bau-mafia.
All this is putting economic stress on the lower and middle class. Merkel`s politics of initially open doors for over a million Arabic and African immigrants threatens the lower incomes classes because of more fierce competition on the labour market. And the SPD as a coalition partner in government did nothing to protect the lower classes from this competition, as it did traditionally.
(For those interested in a in-depth analysis do a graph of the SPD results over time. You will quickly notice a huge bump. This happened when Schulz became candidate and made all the right noises about social fairness. The bump quickly faded, after he was unable to add meat to it. So we are NOT looking at an electorate, which wouldn’t vote for the classic profile of the SPD. Instead, we are looking at an SPD, which is unable to agree on a coherent program for it.
Moreover, just yesterday, the Germans were polled about it. About 80% (!!!) responded, that the SPD wants to stand for social justice, but isn’t able to explain, how they want to do that.)
And all this in a country which exports its unemployment by an export surplus of 8-9% of GDP to other countries. Simply, Germany exports more than any other country on earth.
On the other hand since decades the German mainstream media are dominated by transatlantic elites with a neoliberal agenda for Germany and the EU, mimicking the US, ignoring most of these facts. The devastating effect on other countries in the EU by German underinvestment and austerity politics for the EU has been completely ignored in these German elections.
For me this all means that German elites are not able to lead the EU proactively. German elites are only reacting, based on a misleading, neoliberal economic theory (for alternatives: e. g. Steve Keen, Richard Werner or look to Scandinavian countries).
The EU may implode because other countries don`t want to remain the poor backyard of Germany. Or the national elites in other EU countries, also dominated by neoliberal economics, will continue to successfully suppress there lower incomes classes like in the US, provoking silly reactions like electing Trump after even more silly removal of reasonable, economic alternatives like Bernie Sanders by the elites. Of course Trump is unable to deliver, what he has promised, with the usual consequences of populistic right wingers: making the rich richer (although perhaps a different fraction of the rich), suppressing minorities, cooking wars, etc.
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Michael dr. Logies’s picture by ML Germany
With the release of the bestseller Traslados, Silvia Korenblum, psychologist and diplomatic spouse, describe and explore the transitory migration of diplomatic life and its impact inside the family. Diplomat Magazine decided to publish this powerful companion book designed for diplomats and their families, in its original language.Photography by Pablo Grinspun.Por Silvia Korenblum.
Entre los expatriados, se puede observar cada vez con mayor frecuencia familias en donde la mujer es la “funcionaria” y el hombre es el que acompaña.
Una de las primeras preguntas que surgen al pensar en este tipo de familias es: ¿Es más difícil para la mujer que para el hombre salir al exterior?.
Juana responde: “Hemos mejorado mucho, especialmente en el ingreso a la carrera, hace 20 años había “cupo femenino”, no ingresaban más de un equis número de mujeres. Ahora, hay equilibrio… Otro avance es que no hay destinos vedados a las mujeres antes había destinos que eran más imposible para una mujer.”
Como dice este testimonio, en los últimos diez años el porcentaje de mujeres en el Servicio Exterior de los países en general se incrementó fuertemente respecto del promedio de los 30 años anteriores, llegando al 60% entre los funcionarios más jóvenes. Como resultado de ello, las familias en las que el funcionario es la mujer, o en la que ambos son funcionarios, crecieron fuertemente.
En las familias en donde el funcionario es la mujer se da una inversión de roles convencionales. Es el hombre el que se ocupa del “adentro” de la casa y de funciones que son comúnmente atribuibles a la mujer. Es el Nuevo “amo de casa”.
Viviana, diplomática de 30 años relata: “No es tan fácil conseguir ‘maridos portátiles’. A un varón no le ‘resta’ tener una esposa acompañante, pero para la mujer diplomática la cuestión es distinta. El marido acompañante todavía es tabú. No es necesariamente el varón que se siente mal en acompañar (aunque puede ser el caso). Es el entorno social el que mide las dos situaciones con distinta vara.”.
En general para nuestra cultura es muy difícil que la mujer pueda delegar sin culpa las típicas “obligaciones” de las madres, llevar a sus hijos al colegio, ayudarlos en las tareas, ocuparse del pediatra, del supermercado, de la cocina etc., tareas que son típicamente femeninas. Es igualmente difícil que el hombre asuma esas tareas sin sentir que hay una mirada social que lo pone en una situación por lo menos incómoda.
Jorge Luis, cónyuge de diplomática: “Cuando salimos al exterior todo fue mucho más exigido de lo que creía. Yo pensaba que iba a poder salir a trabajar, pero cuando llegamos mis hijos tenían 3 y 5 años y ahí me di cuenta que no iba a ser posible, por lo menos al principio. Mi mujer estaba mucho menos disponible para las cosas de la casa, mientras que la familia extensa, que siempre ayudaba, no estaba. Entonces no me quedó otra, tuve que aprender todos los detalles de la instalación de la casa”.
La situación de la familia en donde la mujer tiene que salir rápidamente a trabajar y ocuparse de sus funciones hace que esas tareas deban ser asumidas por el hombre que, muchas veces, no está preparado práctica y mentalmente para ello.
Ante la inminencia de un traslado, esta situación que aparece como inevitable, debe ser previamente conversada por la pareja, por lo menos para ayudar en esa preparación sobre lo que se viene. No obstante, lo más probable es que la realidad supere ampliamente todo lo que pudimos anticipar al respecto, entre otras cosas porque este nuevo rol se dará en un contexto desconocido y de cambios, los que son desarrollados a lo largo de este trabajo.
La anticipación de estas situaciones, así como una franca comunicación acerca de cómo cada uno se siente en el nuevo rol una vez en el nuevo destino, son fundamentales. El silencio, lo no dicho, es el padre del resentimiento. Hace que la pareja se distancie, en una instancia en la que es imprescindible hacer equipo.
Marcela relata: “Al principio fue complicado, yo llegaba del trabajo y me empezaba a ocupar de la cena (como siempre en nuestro país) y mi marido con muy buena predisposición me preguntaba ¿te ayudo en algo? O sea, era mi obligación y eso me confundía mucho. Yo estaba mal, pero no entendía por qué, si mi marido era un amor. Ayudó mucho que pudiéramos hablar del tema y hacer una división de tareas precisa y clara”.
En la pareja debe haber mucha conexión y comunicación para que cada uno se sienta bien en el cambio de roles y no se sienta desubicado o inferior.
“Para que vos estés en la Embajada yo tengo que estar acá, y mi función es tan importante como la tuya”. Esto sería lo que tácitamente está implícito en la distribución de roles.
Para el hombre, el cambio de roles es complejo porque en general las mujeres están más preparadas que los hombres para congeniar con el trabajo del hogar sin desesperarse. El cerebro típicamente femenino está mucho más diversificado que el del hombre. En este sentido el hombre cónyuge tiene que hacer un mayor esfuerzo de adaptación.
Los hombres tienen que aprender a organizar las actividades contemplando las demandas cotidianas y a movilizar recursos para afrontarlas, sobre todo porque estas situaciones cotidianas tendrán como regla lo imprevisto y como referencia el contacto con un mundo exterior desconocido, que es el que deberá proveer las soluciones a estas nuevas situaciones.
Relata Juan, 37 años: “Una de las situaciones más molestas era cuando iba a buscar a los chicos al colegio, todas las mujeres se juntaban en la puerta para hablar de cosas, que ciertamente no me interesaban, ni siquiera entendía bien el idioma, así que era muy incómodo. La verdad es que no me gustaba mezclarme, me quedaba en el auto hasta el último minuto y siempre los buscaba apurado”.
Además de las dificultades que debe afrontar el hombre cónyuge, la mujer funcionaria siente que pierde el control sobre su casa y esto le genera mayor ansiedad y aumenta su sentimiento de culpa.
Por otro lado, como en el exterior la mayoría de los cónyuges de funcionarios son mujeres, las actividades que ellas realizan no suelen ser de interés de los hombres (juntarse a conversar, llevar a los chicos a cumpleaños, o a la plaza, etc.) por lo cual los hombres están mucho más “por su cuenta”.
Reflexiona Mariela: “antes los maridos que acompañaban eran muy pocos y básicamente se reducían a artistas, millonarios y vagos, hoy en día hay muchas profesiones que se pueden ejercer en distintos lugares, muchos trabajos se pueden hacer vía internet”.
Cuando el hombre o trabaja en la casa y, por lo tanto, se ocupa del hogar y de los niños mientras la mujer trabaja fuera de casa, la autoestima del hombre puede disminuir y éste tiende a deprimirse, angustiarse o a estar constantemente frustrado y enojado.
Hay muchas veces en las que resulta incómodo estar dando explicaciones acerca de esta “diferente” distribución de roles.
Dice Rubén, cónyuge de diplomática: “algo que nos ocurre con frecuencia, es que cuando alguien nos presenta a un tercero que aún no nos conoce y estamos juntos creen que soy yo el diplomático,… Invariablemente me preguntan a mí, qué hago en la Embajada. Evidentemente, la matemática ‘pesa’ y es cierto que todavía hay más ellos que ellas en este ambiente”.
Algunas mujeres sufren la contradicción interna entre la gratitud de saber que pueden desarrollar sus carreras con el apoyo de sus parejas, y de ser las únicas proveedoras, posición típicamente masculina en nuestra sociedad( no deja de ser extraño para ellas).
Con frecuencia, la situación en la que es la mujer la que trabaja, puede crear importantes conflictos. Ella es la que aporta el sustento familiar, por lo que puede tomar un rol de superioridad, y a veces puede reaccionar negativamente ante la respuesta emocional de su pareja, si éste se siente disminuido.
En las parejas en las que los roles están cambiados, ambos de alguna manera “defraudan” el mandato social: la mujer que es la que debe criar a los hijos y el hombre que es el que debe proveer el sustento.
Sin la prevención necesaria de posibles conflictos, el desafío de este mandato social puede, en algunos casos, disparar depresión, irritabilidad, falta de deseo sexual, somatizaciones, adicciones. Para evitar ello es imprescindible una buena contención y seguimiento de la familia.
Es muy importante que la mujer tenga en claro que ir a trabajar, no ocuparse tiempo completo de sus hijos, es también otra manera de ocuparse de sus hijos desde una distancia protectora. Si ambos no comparten esto ni la idea de formar un equipo, no será bien transitada la experiencia. La pareja debe funcionar como un verdadero equipo, que requiere de división del trabajo, de acuerdo a las necesidades cambiantes de la familia.
Una de las funciones primordiales de la pareja es la de complementarse, “tú tienes lo que yo no tengo, yo te apoyo en lo que te falta”. Esta dinámica permite ser más fuertes juntos que separados. Y ello es independiente de quién es el funcionario y quién se ocupa de la casa.
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La autora Silvia Korenblum, nació en Buenos Aires y es Licenciada en Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Tiene un Post grado en terapias de familias y parejas, además de un Magister en psiconeuroendocrinologia.
Es Especialista en problemas de desarraigo y adaptación, ha ejercido su práctica clínica en diversas instituciones clínicas y hospitalarias. Ha trabajado dictando seminarios y coordinando talleres de orientación a padres de niños y adolescentes atravesados por la problemática de la migración, en diferentes países.Es Autora de numerosas ponencias y artículos sobre su especialidad y del libro Familias en Transito, Lumen humanitas 2003. Casada desde hace 25 años con un diplomático. Actualmente vive en Bruselas, ejerciendo su practica clinica, terapia y coaching on line.
Biking as a new Dutch, Ambassador Walker is going out from her Embassy in The Hague. Photography by Vincent Delaere, New Zealand Embassy.By H.E. Lyndal Walker, Ambassador of New Zealand to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland.
Kia Ora, how exciting to be living in The Hague. Feeling like I had won the lottery I arrived from a New Zealand winter just in time for the tail end of the European summer!
In addition to being responsible for New Zealand’s relations with the Netherlands, I am also accredited to Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, as well as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court.
My previous overseas assignments have included Rome, Niue, Singapore, Bangkok and Washington DC. Prior to coming to The Hague, I was Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Consular Division providing consular services, advice and support to New Zealanders travelling and living overseas, plus leading the Ministry’s response to major international incidents affecting New Zealand citizens. There was never a dull moment!
Here in The Hague we are a small but very active Embassy – there are nine of us and there is plenty to keep a us busy as we seek to make the most of what the Netherlands and our accreditations have to offer New Zealand, and we can offer in return. This includes the intersection of various strategic interests and priorities with our own.
The Netherlands is a close partner of New Zealand, with a relationship based on shared values and interests. It is also one of our oldest relationships, with its origins dating back to the sighting of New Zealand by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman nearly 375 years ago. We have a long history of partnership and cooperation on global issues such as peace, security, and protection of the environment. In 2016 our relationship was further strengthened by the successful state visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima accompanied by a business delegation.
There are also important cultural and extensive people-to-people links between our two countries. More than 150,000 New Zealanders claim Dutch heritage, and there is a sizeable “Kiwi” expatriate community in the Netherlands. We met a lot of them recently when they visited the Embassy to cast their vote in the recent New Zealand General Election.
The Netherlands is an important source of tourists for New Zealand. These connections were enhanced with “Te Hono ki Aotearoa” – a waka taua on permanent loan to the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden. The only “living” waka in Europe, it has its own Dutch crew trained in Māori protocol and its own haka.
Keep in touch with us via Facebook – www.facebook.com/NZthehague and if you are planning on visiting New Zealand check out www.newzealand.com
We would love to see you on our side of the world!
IOM Director General William Lacy Swing, by Henry Harvidson. UN Migration Director General Calls for Continuity, Full Participation in EU Relocation Programme
Brussels 26 September 2017 – On its final registration day (26/09), IOM, the UN Migration Agency counts nearly 30,000 asylum seekers that the organization has assisted through the European Union’s emergency relocation scheme.
Set up two years ago to relocate over 106,000 asylum seekers from the two frontline EU Member States – Greece and Italy – EU member and associated states will have until the end of December 2017 to carry out the remaining registered relocations.
Reflecting on the achievements and shortcomings of the programme, UN Migration Agency Director General William Lacy Swing praised the scheme and its potential to relieve pressure on frontline states, to help thousands of stranded asylum seekers, and to demonstrate the fundamental values that define the EU. He urged the EU and its Member States to continue the relocation programme in uninterrupted, improved form.
Given the current departure numbers, and provided that states keep up their pledges and commitment to the scheme, IOM is ready to relocate another 5,000–7,500 people up to the end of December 2017. It will continue to implement pre-departure health assessment, orientation and travel assistance.
To date, Germany (8,479), France (4,474), The Netherlands (2,442), Sweden (2,276) and Finland (1,975) have welcomed the highest number of relocated asylum seekers. Malta along with Norway and Lichtenstein (the two non-EU countries which opted in to the programme) have fulfilled their commitments. Finland and Ireland are close to reaching their commitments. Hungary and Poland have not participated despite their legal obligation, while Austria and the Czech Republic have received less than 1 per cent of their quota.
“I am concerned that only 14 member states and associated countries have welcomed unaccompanied children. They are particularly vulnerable and should have been prioritized throughout the programme,” said Director General Swing. Finland (109) and the Netherlands (90) are leading the way in accepting the most unaccompanied children.
The top three relocated nationalities are Syrians, Eritreans and Iraqis. One third of relocated asylum seekers are children and over half (62 per cent) are male.
“The EU must now move beyond this emergency measure towards a sustainable, mandatory future relocation system that unites EU Member States in solidarity and shows that the EU acts effectively together. The impressive acceleration of the scheme this year shows that the mechanism works, that we can rely on this, but improvements and adjustments are needed in the coming months and years and we cannot afford a gap,” said Director General Swing.
“I am concerned that any gap between the current relocation programme and the fairness mechanism foreseen under Dublin IV would undermine beneficiaries’ trust in the programme and add further stress in Italy and Greece as migrant arrivals continue. IOM believes that the common rules agreed on in the current scheme should be maintained to avoid disruption and fragmentation. After two years, substantial capacity, know-how and structures that were put in place have contributed to the current improved efficiency and coordination of the process among many stakeholders,” continued Director General Swing.
Remarking on several practical and policy lessons that can be drawn and applied towards improving the system, Director General Swing stated, “First and foremost, the lack of full solidarity and responsibility sharing among EU states weakened the credibility and trust that beneficiaries and the public have had in the relocation system. Full participation would strengthen the scheme for everyone involved.”
Secondly, he continued, “more flexible eligibility criteria would have allowed other vulnerable categories to be included. Foremost are vulnerable Afghan asylum seekers, most of whom are children, unaccompanied children and families with children; many have been exploited during their journey.”
Thirdly, Director General Swing noted that improved matching of beneficiaries with member states of relocation much earlier in the procedure would have reduced secondary movements, which weaken the scheme. Family networks should have been better maintained, especially for separated children who found themselves relocated to member states without family.
“Finally, centralized systems would have enabled faster implementation, while more attention and resources for the crucial pre-departure orientation component would have helped to better manage expectations, improve early integration potential and thereby reduce secondary movements,” he said.
Director General Swing concluded, “I am convinced that the number of arrivals we have been seeing over the past few years is manageable for a unified Europe acting in solidarity with front-line states. Swifter implementation of the EU relocation scheme and the realization of a balanced Common European Asylum System are key.”
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For updated statistics on EU relocations, please see: http://migration.iom.int/europehttp://www.iom.int/news/un-migration-director-general-calls-continuity-full-participation-eu-relocation-programme
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H.E. Mr. Magzhan Ilyassov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
On 10 September 2017 Kazakhstan and the Netherlands mark a significant event – the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
In a quarter of a century, Kazakh-Dutch relations have reached a high level of development, and Astana and The Hague maintain intensive and trustful political dialogue while actively expanding trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian ties.
The official visit of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to The Hague within the framework of his participation in the Nuclear Security Summit in March 2014, and the official visit of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to Astana in December 2015 provided significant impetus to comprehensive dialogue.
Parliamentary diplomacy has made its own contribution to the strengthening of bilateral cooperation. The President of the Dutch Senate, Rene van der Linden, and the Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Kabibulla Dzhakupov, exchanged country visits in September 2012 and May 2015, respectively.
During their tenure in 2018 as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands intend to work closely on issues of strengthening peace and stability as well as to provide mutual support in the promotion of the two countries’ international initiatives.
Trade and economic cooperation lies at the core of bilateral relations. The Netherlands is the “number one” investor in terms of direct investments in Kazakhstan’s economy and the second largest European Union partner in terms of foreign trade turnover with Kazakhstan.
More than 900 companies with Dutch capital are represented in Kazakhstan’s economy, most of them actively engaged in oil and gas, geological exploration, aerospace, supply of agricultural machinery and equipment, pharmaceuticals and medicine, and the production of consumer goods.
The parties show considerable interest in developing cooperation in the “green technologies” field, as clearly demonstrated by the participation of the Netherlands in EXPO 2017 in Astana.
Kazakhstan and the Netherlands intend to continue close trade, economic, and investment cooperation as the foundations for mutually beneficial strategic partnership.
By Jhr Alexander W. Beelaerts van Blokland LL.M.
Like so many cities all over the world, The Hague has a Red Cross organisation: the Red Cross branch The Hague (see www.rodekruis.nl/denhaag for those who can read Dutch).
This almost a 150 years old independent ‘Rode Kruis afdeling Den Haag’ (the Red Cross branch The Hague) is very active for the local community but – as part of the world wide Red Cross- of course also for the many emergency needs in the world, such as recently the victims of the hurricane in the Dutch Caribbean (the island of St. Maarten in particular).
With over three hundred volunteers the Red Cross The Hague gives first aid and emergency relief and stimulates people to learn how to help themselves and others in case of emergency. They are present at many events, also international ones for expats, to give first aid if needed.
On October 25th the Mayor of The Hague Mrs. Pauline Krikke will open a new office of the Red Cross The Hague at Zilverstraat number 2, with an academy for First Aid in case of Accidents (in Dutch: EHBO, Eerste Hulp bij Ongelukken), where companies as well as individuals can follow lessons and workshops how to act in moments of emergency.
On November 11th the annual benefit gala dinner ‘Gala aan Zee’(‘Gala at the Sea’) will be organised for the 30th time in the Kurhaus Hotel next to the beach, close to the Red Cross First Aid Station on the beach itself, which is open during summer.
It will be a spectacular dinner again, with lots of events such as a lottery , an auction and performances of very well known (Dutch) artists such as the musical star Mariska van Kolck and the singer songwriter Waylon. The proceeds from all of that will enable the Red Cross The Hague to continue and enlarge its meaningful activities. For those who can read Dutch please see www.haagserodekruisgala.nl.
The Red Cross The Hague works for everyone in The Hague: for Dutch inhabitants as well as for the readers of Diplomat Magazine: the more than 40.000 expats working here for embassies, international courts and tribunals, IGO’s, NGO’s and companies.
It deserves a warm support from all citizens of The Hague.
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About the author: Jhr. Alexander W. Beelaerts van Blokland LL.M. is Justice (Judge) in the (Dutch) Court of Appeal and honorary Special Advisor International Affairs, appointed in 2004 by the Mayor and Aldermen of The Hague. a.beelaerts@planet.nl
Relata Juan, 37 años: “Una de las situaciones más molestas era cuando iba a buscar a los chicos al colegio, todas las mujeres se juntaban en la puerta para hablar de cosas, que ciertamente no me interesaban, ni siquiera entendía bien el idioma, así que era muy incómodo. La verdad es que no me gustaba mezclarme, me quedaba en el auto hasta el último minuto y siempre los buscaba apurado”.
Además de las dificultades que debe afrontar el hombre cónyuge, la mujer funcionaria siente que pierde el control sobre su casa y esto le genera mayor ansiedad y aumenta su sentimiento de culpa.
Por otro lado, como en el exterior la mayoría de los cónyuges de funcionarios son mujeres, las actividades que ellas realizan no suelen ser de interés de los hombres (juntarse a conversar, llevar a los chicos a cumpleaños, o a la plaza, etc.) por lo cual los hombres están mucho más “por su cuenta”.
Reflexiona Mariela: “antes los maridos que acompañaban eran muy pocos y básicamente se reducían a artistas, millonarios y vagos, hoy en día hay muchas profesiones que se pueden ejercer en distintos lugares, muchos trabajos se pueden hacer vía internet”.
Cuando el hombre o trabaja en la casa y, por lo tanto, se ocupa del hogar y de los niños mientras la mujer trabaja fuera de casa, la autoestima del hombre puede disminuir y éste tiende a deprimirse, angustiarse o a estar constantemente frustrado y enojado.
Hay muchas veces en las que resulta incómodo estar dando explicaciones acerca de esta “diferente” distribución de roles.
Dice Rubén, cónyuge de diplomática: “algo que nos ocurre con frecuencia, es que cuando alguien nos presenta a un tercero que aún no nos conoce y estamos juntos creen que soy yo el diplomático,… Invariablemente me preguntan a mí, qué hago en la Embajada. Evidentemente, la matemática ‘pesa’ y es cierto que todavía hay más ellos que ellas en este ambiente”.
Algunas mujeres sufren la contradicción interna entre la gratitud de saber que pueden desarrollar sus carreras con el apoyo de sus parejas, y de ser las únicas proveedoras, posición típicamente masculina en nuestra sociedad( no deja de ser extraño para ellas).
Con frecuencia, la situación en la que es la mujer la que trabaja, puede crear importantes conflictos. Ella es la que aporta el sustento familiar, por lo que puede tomar un rol de superioridad, y a veces puede reaccionar negativamente ante la respuesta emocional de su pareja, si éste se siente disminuido.
En las parejas en las que los roles están cambiados, ambos de alguna manera “defraudan” el mandato social: la mujer que es la que debe criar a los hijos y el hombre que es el que debe proveer el sustento.
Sin la prevención necesaria de posibles conflictos, el desafío de este mandato social puede, en algunos casos, disparar depresión, irritabilidad, falta de deseo sexual, somatizaciones, adicciones. Para evitar ello es imprescindible una buena contención y seguimiento de la familia.
Es muy importante que la mujer tenga en claro que ir a trabajar, no ocuparse tiempo completo de sus hijos, es también otra manera de ocuparse de sus hijos desde una distancia protectora. Si ambos no comparten esto ni la idea de formar un equipo, no será bien transitada la experiencia. La pareja debe funcionar como un verdadero equipo, que requiere de división del trabajo, de acuerdo a las necesidades cambiantes de la familia.
Una de las funciones primordiales de la pareja es la de complementarse, “tú tienes lo que yo no tengo, yo te apoyo en lo que te falta”. Esta dinámica permite ser más fuertes juntos que separados. Y ello es independiente de quién es el funcionario y quién se ocupa de la casa.
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Relata Juan, 37 años: “Una de las situaciones más molestas era cuando iba a buscar a los chicos al colegio, todas las mujeres se juntaban en la puerta para hablar de cosas, que ciertamente no me interesaban, ni siquiera entendía bien el idioma, así que era muy incómodo. La verdad es que no me gustaba mezclarme, me quedaba en el auto hasta el último minuto y siempre los buscaba apurado”.
Además de las dificultades que debe afrontar el hombre cónyuge, la mujer funcionaria siente que pierde el control sobre su casa y esto le genera mayor ansiedad y aumenta su sentimiento de culpa.
Por otro lado, como en el exterior la mayoría de los cónyuges de funcionarios son mujeres, las actividades que ellas realizan no suelen ser de interés de los hombres (juntarse a conversar, llevar a los chicos a cumpleaños, o a la plaza, etc.) por lo cual los hombres están mucho más “por su cuenta”.
Reflexiona Mariela: “antes los maridos que acompañaban eran muy pocos y básicamente se reducían a artistas, millonarios y vagos, hoy en día hay muchas profesiones que se pueden ejercer en distintos lugares, muchos trabajos se pueden hacer vía internet”.
Cuando el hombre o trabaja en la casa y, por lo tanto, se ocupa del hogar y de los niños mientras la mujer trabaja fuera de casa, la autoestima del hombre puede disminuir y éste tiende a deprimirse, angustiarse o a estar constantemente frustrado y enojado.
Hay muchas veces en las que resulta incómodo estar dando explicaciones acerca de esta “diferente” distribución de roles.
Dice Rubén, cónyuge de diplomática: “algo que nos ocurre con frecuencia, es que cuando alguien nos presenta a un tercero que aún no nos conoce y estamos juntos creen que soy yo el diplomático,… Invariablemente me preguntan a mí, qué hago en la Embajada. Evidentemente, la matemática ‘pesa’ y es cierto que todavía hay más ellos que ellas en este ambiente”.
Algunas mujeres sufren la contradicción interna entre la gratitud de saber que pueden desarrollar sus carreras con el apoyo de sus parejas, y de ser las únicas proveedoras, posición típicamente masculina en nuestra sociedad( no deja de ser extraño para ellas).
Con frecuencia, la situación en la que es la mujer la que trabaja, puede crear importantes conflictos. Ella es la que aporta el sustento familiar, por lo que puede tomar un rol de superioridad, y a veces puede reaccionar negativamente ante la respuesta emocional de su pareja, si éste se siente disminuido.
En las parejas en las que los roles están cambiados, ambos de alguna manera “defraudan” el mandato social: la mujer que es la que debe criar a los hijos y el hombre que es el que debe proveer el sustento.
Sin la prevención necesaria de posibles conflictos, el desafío de este mandato social puede, en algunos casos, disparar depresión, irritabilidad, falta de deseo sexual, somatizaciones, adicciones. Para evitar ello es imprescindible una buena contención y seguimiento de la familia.
Es muy importante que la mujer tenga en claro que ir a trabajar, no ocuparse tiempo completo de sus hijos, es también otra manera de ocuparse de sus hijos desde una distancia protectora. Si ambos no comparten esto ni la idea de formar un equipo, no será bien transitada la experiencia. La pareja debe funcionar como un verdadero equipo, que requiere de división del trabajo, de acuerdo a las necesidades cambiantes de la familia.
Una de las funciones primordiales de la pareja es la de complementarse, “tú tienes lo que yo no tengo, yo te apoyo en lo que te falta”. Esta dinámica permite ser más fuertes juntos que separados. Y ello es independiente de quién es el funcionario y quién se ocupa de la casa.
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La autora Silvia Korenblum, nació en Buenos Aires y es Licenciada en Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Tiene un Post grado en terapias de familias y parejas, además de un Magister en psiconeuroendocrinologia. 
The Netherlands is a close partner of New Zealand, with a relationship based on shared values and interests. It is also one of our oldest relationships, with its origins dating back to the sighting of New Zealand by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman nearly 375 years ago. We have a long history of partnership and cooperation on global issues such as peace, security, and protection of the environment. In 2016 our relationship was further strengthened by the successful state visit of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima accompanied by a business delegation.
There are also important cultural and extensive people-to-people links between our two countries. More than 150,000 New Zealanders claim Dutch heritage, and there is a sizeable “Kiwi” expatriate community in the Netherlands. We met a lot of them recently when they visited the Embassy to cast their vote in the recent New Zealand General Election.
The Netherlands is an important source of tourists for New Zealand. These connections were enhanced with “Te Hono ki Aotearoa” – a waka taua on permanent loan to the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden. The only “living” waka in Europe, it has its own Dutch crew trained in Māori protocol and its own haka.
Keep in touch with us via Facebook – www.facebook.com/NZthehague and if you are planning on visiting New Zealand check out www.newzealand.com
We would love to see you on our side of the world! 
