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TodaysNetworkNews: 23 July 2009 - United Nations - UNTV: At a General Assembly debate on the 'responsibility to protect' (R2P), US political activist Noam Chomsky argues that it is linked to humanitarian intervention which he says has been abused throughout history, while former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans urges UN member states not to reopen negotiations on a principle adopted in 2005 to help solve the world's "most ugly" problems. The principle of responsibility to protect, the international understanding to intervene to stop atrocities from taking place, could pose a threat to national sovereignty, General Assembly President Miguel DEscoto warned today (23 July). Agreed to by world leaders in 2005, responsibility to protect sometimes known as R2P holds states responsible for shielding their own populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and related crimes against humanity, requiring the international community to step in if this obligation is not met. In a statement to the Assemblys thematic dialogue on the issue, DEscoto said that the legacy of colonialism gave developing countries strong reasons to fear that laudable motives can end up being misused, once more, to justify arbitrary and selective interventions against the weakest states. A panel discussion among experts was part of the General Assembly thematic debate. Panelist Noam Chomsky argued that the responsibility to protect, as a cousin of humanitarian intervention, needed to be ...