Wolemba Sarah Rohleder, World BEYOND War, May 11, 2023
Ziwonetsero zapitazi za Marichi 25-27 zidachitika ku Canada kutengera zaka 8 zakulowerera motsogozedwa ndi Saudi pankhondo ku Yemen. M'mizinda isanu ndi umodzi yapadziko lonse lapansi misonkhano, maulendo, ndi mgwirizano zidachitika potsutsa kuti dziko la Canada lipindule pankhondoyo kudzera mu mgwirizano wawo wa zida ndi Saudi Arabia wokwanira mabiliyoni a madola. Ndalamazi zathandizanso kugula bata lokhazikika la ndale zapadziko lonse lozungulira nkhondoyo kuti ziwononge anthu wamba omwe agwidwa pankhondoyi chifukwa nkhondo ya ku Yemen yadzetsa mavuto akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. UN ikuyerekeza kuti anthu 21.6 miliyoni ku Yemen adzafunika thandizo ndi chitetezo ku 2023, yomwe ili pafupi magawo atatu mwa anayi a anthu.
Mkanganowu unayamba chifukwa cha kusintha kwa mphamvu komwe kunachitika nthawi ya Arab Spring mu 2011 pakati pa Purezidenti wa Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, ndi wachiwiri wake, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. Chotsatira chinali nkhondo yapachiweniweni pakati pa boma ndi gulu lodziwika kuti Houthis omwe adapezerapo mwayi pa kufooka kwa boma latsopanoli ndikulanda chigawo cha Saada, kulanda likulu la dzikolo Sanaa. Hadi anakakamizika kuthawa mu Marichi 2015, pomwe dziko loyandikana nalo Saudi Arabia ndi mgwirizano wa mayiko ena achiarabu monga United Arab Emirates (UAE), adayambitsa zigawenga ku Yemen, ndikuthamangitsa omenyera nkhondo a Houthi kumwera kwa Yemen ngakhale sanatuluke ku Yemen. kumpoto kwa dziko kapena Sanaa. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo nkhondo yakhala ikupitilira, ndi anthu masauzande ambiri aphedwa, ambiri ovulala komanso 80% ya anthu omwe akufunika thandizo.
Ngakhale kuti vutoli ndi lovuta kwambiri komanso zochitika zodziwika bwino pakati pa mayiko, atsogoleri a mayiko akupitiriza kutumiza zida zankhondo ku Saudi Arabia, yemwe ndi wofunika kwambiri pa nkhondoyi, akuthandiza kulimbikitsa nkhondo. Canada ili m'gulu la mayikowa, omwe adatumizira zida zankhondo zoposa $ 8 biliyoni ku Saudi Arabia kuyambira 2015. Malipoti a UN awonetsa kawiri ku Canada pakati pa mayiko omwe akuyambitsa nkhondoyi, umboni wosonyeza kuti chithunzi cha Canada monga wosunga mtendere chakhala chikumbukiro chochepa kwambiri. zenizeni. Chithunzi choyipitsidwanso ndi udindo wa Canada womwe uli pa nambala 16 pamakampani ogulitsa zida padziko lonse lapansi malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Kutumiza zida izi kuyenera kuyimitsidwa ngati Canada itenga nawo gawo poletsa nkhondo, komanso wothandizira mtendere.
Izi zidadabwitsa kwambiri chifukwa chosowa ngakhale kutchulidwa kwandalama zoperekedwa ku thandizo lazachuma padziko lonse lapansi mu bajeti yaposachedwa ya 2023 yomwe boma la Trudeau latulutsa posachedwa. Ngakhale chinthu chimodzi chomwe chimalandira ndalama zambiri ndi bajeti ya 2023 ndi asitikali, kuwonetsa kudzipereka kwa boma kulimbikitsa nkhondo m'malo mwamtendere.
Popanda mfundo zamtendere zakunja ku Middle East ndi mayiko ena monga Canada, China yalowererapo ngati oyambitsa mtendere. Adayambitsa zokambirana zosiya kumenyana zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ku Saudi Arabia kutheke, zomwe zimaphatikizapo zofuna zambiri za a Houthi. Kuphatikizira kutsegulira likulu la Sana'a kumayendedwe apa ndege komanso doko lalikulu lomwe lingalole kuti thandizo lofunika lifike mdzikolo. Zomwe zakambidwanso ndikupeza ndalama za boma zowalola kulipira antchito awo, kuwonjezera pa kukhazikika kwachuma. Umu ndi mtundu wa ntchito yomwe dziko la Canada liyenera kuchita, kupangitsa mtendere kudzera pazokambirana osati kutumiza zida zambiri.
Sarah Rohleder ndi wochita kampeni yamtendere ndi Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, wophunzira ku yunivesite ya British Columbia, wogwirizanitsa achinyamata ku Reverse the Trend Canada komanso mlangizi wa achinyamata kwa Senator Marilou McPhedran.
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