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pretty as i always claim... I was born youngest of the three children of Mr. Conrado Tolentino and Mrs. Flordeliza Castro-Tolentino. I am very ambitious, my childhood dream is becoming a teacher...second to becoming a brilliant, professional and the most talk-about lawyer here in the Philippines. Others said that I am a born politician, though sometimes I don't believe them...I prefer to be a "woman" behind a good politician :). I am a pragmatist but my idealism is towards Liberalism...I love to travel places, I've been to the US and Japan but my goal is to visit all provinces in the Philippines...I have obssession in acquiring Vincent Van Gogh's "STARRY NIGHT", for what reason? I myself don't know. My fulfillment in life would be to make others happy everyday of my life...
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i think you're always having the break naman , my littlebabs. never underestimate yourself :) i think you balance well your work, dvds, movies, nightouts, travels, chikahan , family ,etc.
Mam Day, my apology.
Hindi ko po kasi alam kung anung e-amil address ninyo at hindi po ako makakapasok for today para isubmit ang mga requiremnts ninyo sa amin kaya ilalagay ko na lang po siya dito.AFter nyo pong mabasa, pakidelete na lang po. Pasensya na po kayo.
Alexander C. Sevilla
BPS IR 4- 2
Global Moratorium of Death Penalty
The following statements are the loopholes I found on this resolution:
Moratorium is defined as temporary suspension, ban or halt to a specific activity. In this resolution though not clearly defined what moratorium is and the parameter of it, one can say “So we are to continue the execution of death penalty, only that we delay the execution of it.
From this analogy one can ask “How long can we hold and temporarily stop the execution of death penalty?” Another thing to consider are those states who implemented death penalty for quite sometime and whose policy become part of their own identity, like say for example Saudi Arabia?
As stated in this resolution, death penalty and crime rate are independent realities, which because of the formers failure to eliminate the latter should be therefore stop. I find this difficult to understand. For me its like this: Since jueteng in the Philippines is so rampant and the government cant stop the gamblers to engage their selves in this activity, the government will stop fighting it. That I think is a big no no.
Alexander C. Sevilla
BPS IR 4- 2
Resolution Calling for the Recognition of Palestine as an Independent State
This resolution is a noble resolution for the Palestinian and Palestine Liberation Organization, however, as stated by Forji Amin George, in his paper “Is Palestine a State”, “both in law and in fact, Palestine is a nation, but she is not yet a state. The fact remains that a real state of Palestine is by no means yet assured. The manipulation of legal categories is unlikely to advance matters. At the same time, it is hard to conclude that Palestine is not a state: Whilst she has not yet been recognized by most Western countries and Israel as such, it is clear that such recognition will come and that this will have only formal importance”
Recognition is a formality, what is difficult is the anticipate is whether other states will give their consent to trade with Palestine and whether Israel’s pressure would not hinder the goal of Palestinians, knowing that Israel’s dominance in trade is obvious..
Alexander C. Sevilla
BPS IR 4- 2
Resolution for the Suspension and Abandonment of DPRK’s Nuclear Arms and Calling all Member States to Impose Military and Economic Sanctions
In October 2002, North Korean officials acknowledged the existence of a clandestine program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons that is in violation of the Agreed Framework and other agreements.
For me, this bold remark and their initial action (testing a bomb underground with less than a kiloton of bomb produce a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter Scale) is a proof that North Korea is not afraid of anything nor they will bend their will to the policy of United Nations and other treaties. It is clearly a manifestation of a disruptive goal.
As for me, I affirm to this resolution to impose military sanction to North Korea for enhancing their nuclear weapons. Stricter sanction as I coined it.
Although the president of North Korea said that their enhancement was more for security purpose than of making an attack and destroying the peace in the world, one could not deny the fact that can also use this for personal gain.
In a recent news, North Koreans want U.S. restrictions on international trade and investment lifted and a pledge that Washington will not interfere in their domestic affairs, including its human rights policies. To judge by past practice, more demands are likely to follow from North Korea and the possibility of their resistance grows the reason why we have to implement not a strict but stricter sanctions. Remember prevention is better than cure.
Alexander C. Sevilla
BPS IR 4- 2
Advisory Opinion of International Court of Justice on Extrajudicial Killing
Extrajudicial killing is defined as punishment by the state or some other official authority without the permission of a court or legal authority. In this resolution the following are the things which for me are a big question and may hinder the attainment of such goal.
One is how are we going to monitor this extrajudicial killing if the state itself cannot monitor or rather tolerate such activity? Will U.N. provide sanctions for states that have high record of this killing? Who will monitor this killing and to what extent can they participate in the investigation.
Now, granted that they find the person responsible for such act, what will they do? What is the assurance that this identified individuals or groups will not and cannot do the same activity? How long before they are punished?
If the resolution states that International Court of Justice should be given more muscular strength, my question is to what extent? Remember that each state is an independent entity, and giving ICJ more power may result to interference in the states authority.
Alexander C. Sevilla
BPS IR 4-2
IMF Financial Aid Leads to Corrupt Practice in the Governance
IMF Moves to Clarify Aid
One of the goals of International Monetary Fund is to prevent the occurrence of crisis in the economy of a member state. This is done through a constant monitoring and reporting. Through IMF, members can lend money to develop and enhance their macroeconomic condition. However, certain issues arise as IMF’s financial aid leads to corrupt practices.
In a study conducted by Robert Kelleher, Chief Macroeconomist to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee on December 1999, he concluded that there is an evidence of widespread corruption in several countries receiving IMF assistance. Accordingly, research pertaining to corruption indicates that the more pervasive the public sector's role in the economy, the more likely is corruption to flourish.
Keller added that “all of this is directly relevant to current IMF operations. IMF funds currently can be distributed to corrupt public bureaucracies and elites and are often (unwittingly) used to promote those conditions fostering additional corruption. Despite widespread evidence of corruption, IMF lending has been associated with neither safeguards or controls, nor contingencies related to the absence of corruption. This suggests IMF lending may work to foster corruption.”
A World Bank survey of research on foreign aid indicates that "there is little relationship between changes in aid and policy reform." Foreign aid, then, often has not worked to promote reform.
Recommendations
Since financial aid is given not on the basis of need but of strategic and geo-political considerations, IMF should:
Create a monitoring committee that will report to the Fund the background of a borrowing state especially its records on corruption. Borrowing country is monitored by this committee for a certain period of time. Lending should be based on the records gathered by this committee. For countries with lesser corrupt practices, higher quota for loan should be awarded and for more corrupt practices, a lesser quota should be given. Through this kind of system, borrowing states will be encouraged to eradicate corruption.
For countries who already borrowed money to the Fund, the same committee above will monitor them. If corruption aggravate instead of alleviate, IMF should enforce a sanction through the World Bank. (Remember that if you wish to receive help from World Bank, you should be first a member of IMF.) If a borrowing country is identified with such corrupt practices, IMF may influence the WB to disregard the request of the latter for financial aid.
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