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(Unusually, I’m posting this today and not on the first of July, as I’ll\nbe travelling tomorrow with limited Internet access and no time to write).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a child, I had already realised that I couldn\u2019t achieve and have everything I wanted. Still, there are moments when this is not easy to accept; it has been a struggle whether or not to give up my promise of wearing blue and yellow clothes till the war in Ukraine ends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the first tanks rolled into Ukrainian land, I\ninstantly decided to wear the colours of the Ukrainian flag as a show of\nsupport and solidarity. I thought that with the help of the international\ncommunity, the war would end in less than three months. I was dead wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this failure to keep a promise has been a source of new knowledge and self-discovery. I believe I have achieved my purpose. I was stopped by strangers and acquaintances if my wearing yellow and blue was to send a message or if it was pure chance. My family and friends were encouraging, whereas some people thought it was ridiculous and didn’t do anything for Ukraine. I beg to differ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I\u2019ll revert to wearing other colours, but\nUkraine and its people will always be in my thoughts. There are different ways\nto help: talk about the impact of wars and the interdependence of nations,\ndonate money\/goods\/ services to Ukraine, and lobby governments and\ninternational organisations to help end this war and ensure that no country\ngets invaded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the summary of the above publication: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis report comprises an independent inquiry into whether the Russian Federation bears State responsibility for breaches of the Genocide Convention in its invasion of Ukraine and concludes there are:  1) <\/em><\/strong>reasonable grounds to conclude Russia is responsible for (i) direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and (ii) a pattern of atrocities from which an inference of intent to destroy the Ukrainian national group in part can be drawn; and 2)<\/strong> the existence of a serious risk of genocide in Ukraine, triggering the legal obligation of all States to prevent genocide\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following paragraphs were taken verbatim from the 47-page report: <\/p>\n\n\n\n