tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4470249083022317326..comments2024-03-28T11:16:43.146+00:00Comments on The IPKat: WIPO, technical assistance and UN sanctionsVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53287247322182497702012-07-23T11:44:08.819+01:002012-07-23T11:44:08.819+01:00Merpel should know that "Technical Assistance...Merpel should know that "Technical Assistance" is a nice phrase to cover interventions which contravene principles of Article 2 UN Charter. Here is another one "Capacity Building".Tabesinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242661057308840634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-56795794738043518742012-07-20T11:39:24.042+01:002012-07-20T11:39:24.042+01:00Best intentions, but really were WIPO badly advise...Best intentions, but really were WIPO badly advised? where was the risk assessment in the early project development on providing 'aid' to Iran and North Korea. Don't they watch the news in Geneva?IPKosovohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749110494688547828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-41562862509426754422012-07-20T10:49:18.875+01:002012-07-20T10:49:18.875+01:00Derek
It's not a question of either/or, I thin...Derek<br />It's not a question of either/or, I think, but a matter of both/and. If there is no shared pre-existing wish to establish a community - as appears to be the case here -- the application of sticks and carrots in order to achieve a balance between aid and sanctions is surely that much more difficult to achieve.Merpel McKittennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53497119275638459672012-07-20T09:56:24.754+01:002012-07-20T09:56:24.754+01:00Would Merpel say that a true community is not some...Would Merpel say that a true community is not something that can be wished for but must, at least on an international level, be forged by the application of aid on the one hand, but also the appropriate imposition of sanctions? Should the question instead be how much carrot and how much stick?Dereknoreply@blogger.com