October 31, 2018
'Chiwopsezo chachikulu chomwe anthu akukumana nacho mu 21st zaka zana ndi kuchuluka kwa ziwawa, zida ndi nkhondo,' akutero Laurie Ross, wakale wakale wa NZ Nuclear Free Peacemaker waku Auckland. Wangobwera kumene kuchokera ku World BEYOND War msonkhano ku Toronto, Canada womwe unasonkhanitsa magulu a mtendere a ku America ndi Canada kuti akambirane 'Global Security: Alternatives to War.'
Vuto lalikulu ndilakuti maboma amalimbana ndi zida zankhondo zokhala ndi mabiliyoni a madola. Amachilungamitsa ndi malingaliro andale odzitchinjiriza ndi zosangalatsa zapadziko lonse zomwe zimawonetsa upandu, chiwawa ndi nkhondo monga momwe zilili. Chikhalidwe chankhondo yankhondo chimadalira kupanga zida zankhondo zambiri kuphatikiza chilolezo cha anthu.
Laurie akuti:
'Ndikofunikira kuti anthu azindikire kuti okhometsa msonkho amathandizira mabungwe a zida omwe amapindula ndi nkhondo. Kupanga ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo kumawononga chuma chamtengo wapatali, kumaipitsa nthaka, mpweya ndi madzi. Imaphunzitsanso ndi kulemba ntchito amuna ndi akazi kaamba ka chiwawa ndi kusonkhezera chikondi osati ntchito yamtendere.'
Zolosera zam'tsogolo ndi zaukadaulo wapamwamba wa cyberwar, Artificial Intelligence kapena nkhondo ya nyukiliya kuti iwononge anthu. Komabe pali zoyesayesa zochepa za maboma kuti asinthe khalidwe loipali la anthu. N'zosadabwitsa kuti kudzipha ndiye chifukwa chachikulu cha imfa pakati pa asilikali a US omwe akulimbana ndi PTSD komanso misala ya nkhondo.
Komabe, Laurie akadali ndi chiyembekezo kuti New Zealand ingakane kukakamizidwa kuti apitirize nkhondo ndi zankhondo. Iye akuti:
'Tiyenera kugwira ntchito pa Mgwirizano Wopanga Mtendere ndi anthu aku US, Australia ndi Canada, kuti tigwirizane zoyesayesa zathu, m'magulu a anthu komanso maboma. Tiyenera kuyang'ana kwambiri popereka chithandizo chothandizira anthu, kupereka ntchito za UN Kusunga Mtendere ndi Kumanga Mtendere ku mayiko omwe ali ndi nkhondo kapena omwe akuvutika ndi masoka achilengedwe. NZ iyenera kuyesetsa kwambiri kuthandiza kumasula anthu ku maunyolo a malingaliro ankhondo. Izi zikuphatikiza ndalama za boma mu maphunziro a Peace. Zimafunikanso kutumizidwanso kwa ndalama zankhondo kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za anthu ndi zachilengedwe ku NZ ndi kunja.'
N’zotheka kuti ana onse padziko lapansi akhale ndi chakudya chokwanira, madzi aukhondo, chisamaliro chaumoyo, ukhondo, nyumba ndi maphunziro. N'zotheka kuyeretsa mitsinje ndi nyanja, kubzalanso mitengo ndi kuthetsa kuwonongeka kwa nyengo. Koma pokhapokha ngati anthu atsimikizira maboma kuti agwiritsenso ntchito ndalama zankhondo kuti akwaniritse zolinga za UN Sustainable Development Goals. Kuchotsera zida ndi kuyimitsa nkhondo ndikofunikira kuti tipulumuke. Uwu ndi uthenga wa Mlembi Wamkulu wa UN Antonio Guterres mu 'Kuteteza Tsogolo Lathu Pamodzi: An Agenda for Disarmament,' chikalata chamasamba 80 chomwe chimapereka mayiko apadziko lonse lapansi udindo wochita zinthu pamodzi.
Laurie amagwira ntchito m'malo mwa United Nations Association NZ ndi Peace Foundation NZ/Aotearoa, yomwe idathandizira kupezeka kwake pamisonkhanoyi. World BEYOND War msonkhano wa 20-23rd September ndi pa 'UN General Assembly High Level Plenary on Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons' ku UN ku New York 26th Sept. Anali ndi Alyn Ware (UNA NZ ndi Peace Foundation International Disarmament Rep.) ndi Liz Remmerswaal (NZ Coordinator World BEYOND War), yemwe akugwirizanitsa Chiwonetsero Chamtendere ku NZ Defense Industry Conference ku Palmerston North 31st October kumene mabungwe akuluakulu a zida akusonkhana kuti agulitse zida zankhondo.
World BEYOND War ndi gawo lomaliza la mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi omwe amatsutsana ndi nkhondo, makampani opanga zida zankhondo komanso ziphunzitso ndi zikhulupiliro zankhondo. Mwaona www.worldbeyondwar.org motsogozedwa ndi David Swanson, yemwe amapereka moyo wake kutumikira anthu kudzera muzolemba zambiri, kukonza zochitika, zoulutsira mawu komanso kuyankhula pagulu. Akupereka nkhani yothetsa ulamuliro wankhondo womwe ukuvutitsa dzikoli.
