Mawu a Mayi Charo Mina-Rojas ku UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

October 27, 2017, Gulu Logwira Ntchito la NGO pa Akazi, Mtendere ndi Chitetezo.

Mr President, olemekezeka, anzanga a Civil Society, Amayi ndi Amuna,

M'mawa wabwino. Ndikubweretserani moni wamwambo wamoyo, chisangalalo, chiyembekezo ndi ufulu, kuchokera kumadera a makolo a anthu amtundu wa Afro ku Colombia.

Ndikulankhula lero monga membala wa gulu lomenyera ufulu wa anthu la Black Communities' Process, Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network, Black Alliance for Peace, ndi Special High Level Body for Ethnic Peoples. Ndikulankhulanso m'malo mwa bungwe la NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. Ndine mkazi wochokera ku Africa, komanso wolimbikitsa mtendere ndi ufulu wachibadwidwe yemwe wathera theka la moyo wanga amaphunzitsa ndi kumenyera ufulu wa chikhalidwe, malo ndi ndale za amayi a ku Afro ndi madera athu komanso kuti tipeze ufulu wodzilamulira. Ndi ulemu ndi udindo waukulu kuti ndasankhidwa ndi anzanga apadziko lonse lapansi, kuti ndiimire lero akazi ndi mtendere ndi chitetezo cha anthu pa mkangano wofunikirawu.

Ndinakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ndondomeko yamtendere ya Havana pakati pa Boma la Colombia ndi gulu la zigawenga, FARC. Poimira bungwe la Afro-Colombian National Council for Peace coalition (CONPA), ndinalimbikitsa kuti ufulu ndi ziyembekezo za anthu amtundu wa Afro zikhale mbali ya Mgwirizano wa Mtendere umene Colombia, ndi dziko lapansi, zimakondwerera lero. Ndikhoza kulankhula za kufunika kwa zokambirana zophatikizana ndi njira zoyendetsera ntchito, zomwe zimathandizira kutenga nawo mbali kwa amayi ochokera m'mitundu ndi mafuko osiyanasiyana ndipo ndi chizindikiro cha zolinga ndi mfundo za Security Council resolution 1325 (2000).

Colombia yakhala magwero atsopano a chiyembekezo chifukwa cha mgwirizano wamtendere womwe wakwaniritsidwa. Mfundo ziwiri zinali zopita patsogolo kwambiri ndipo zikhoza kubweretsa kusintha kwakukulu pazochitika zamtendere padziko lonse lapansi: chimodzi, kuphatikizidwa momveka bwino kwa malingaliro a amuna kapena akazi ngati mfundo yodutsana, ndipo chachiwiri, kuphatikizidwa kwa Ethnic Chapter yomwe imapereka chitetezo chofunikira kuonetsetsa kuti anthu akulemekezedwa. Kudziyimira pawokha komanso kuteteza ndi kupititsa patsogolo ufulu wa anthu amtundu wamtundu wamtundu wa Afro kuchokera pa jenda, mabanja ndi mibadwo. Kuphatikizika kwa mfundo ziwirizi ndikupititsa patsogolo mbiri yokhudza mtendere ndi chitetezo komwe UN ndi mayiko ena omwe akukumana ndi ziwawa ndi mikangano ya zida angaphunzirepo. Mgwirizano wa Mtendere unali wofunikira kwambiri kwa anthu wamba komanso anthu amtundu wa Afro, ndipo tikupitiriza kuyembekezera kuti amayi, mafuko, ndi madera awo azigwira nawo ntchito.

Colombia, komabe, ikuwononga mwayi uwu wamtendere ngati sichidziteteza kwathunthu komanso ngati madera omwe akhudzidwa kwambiri ndi nkhondo yapakati pa nkhondo, kuphatikizapo atsogoleri a amayi ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, akupitirizabe kunyalanyazidwa pokwaniritsa Mgwirizano wa Mtendere. Ndili pano lero kuti ndiwonetse mafoni awo achangu ndipo ndikufuna kutsindika kuti kwa anthu anga, ndi nkhani ya moyo ndi imfa.

Pali zinthu zitatu zofunika kwambiri zomwe ndikufuna kuziyika m'mawu anga: kutenga nawo mbali kwa amayi amitundu yosiyanasiyana; kuonetsetsa chitetezo kwa omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso madera achikhalidwe ndi Afro; ndi kuyang'anira ndi kukhazikitsa njira zamtendere.

Choyamba, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti amayi akutenga nawo mbali, makamaka ochokera m'madera osiyanasiyana, m'madera onse okhudzana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Mgwirizano wa Mtendere. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi amayi padziko lonse lapansi, amayi a ku Colombia, makamaka amayi amtundu wa Afro, takhala tikulimbikitsana kwa zaka zambiri kuti tiwonetsere kuphwanya ufulu wathu komanso kuonetsetsa kuti kusintha kwakukulu mu njira yamtendere ndi chitetezo ikuyandikira. Mlongo wanga wokondedwa Rita Lopidia wochokera ku South Sudan anali kuno chaka chatha akupereka umboni pa kufunikira kwa amayi aku South Sudan kutenga nawo mbali pazokambirana zamtendere ndi chitetezo. Ku Afghanistan, azimayi ochepa omwe ali ku High Peace Council akuyenera kupitiliza kumenya nkhondo kuti mawu awo amvedwe. Ku Colombia, palibe woimira amayi amtundu wa Afro pa Bungwe la High Level Body pa Gender, bungwe lomwe linakhazikitsidwa kuti liyang'anire kukwaniritsidwa kwa mutu wa mgwirizano wa jenda.

Monga maphwando a Mgwirizano wa Mtendere akugwira ntchito ndi mayiko ena kuti athetse omenyera nkhondo a FARC, asilikali ankhondo ndi ena omwe ali ndi zida adzaza mphamvu zomwe zatsala ndi asilikali a FARC m'madera ambiri ku Colombia. Izi zapangitsa kuti pakhale kufunikira kwachangu kuti mabungwe a amayi ndi atsogoleri amderalo afunsidwe ndi kutenga nawo gawo pakupanga njira zotetezera madera kuti madera athu akhale otetezeka. Bungwe la Security Council ndi mayiko a mayiko akuyenera kuthandizira boma la Colombia pokonza ndi kukhazikitsa machitidwe okhudzana ndi amuna ndi akazi, chitetezo chokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu komanso njira zodzitetezera pokambirana ndi anthu a ku Afro-Descendant ndi Amwenye. Kulephera kumvera nkhawa zathu zachitetezo ndi machenjezo kwakhala ndi zotulukapo zowononga.

Izi zimandifikitsa ku mfundo yanga yachiwiri, yomwe ndi kufunikira kotsimikizira chitetezo chathu chonse. Chitetezo chimakhudza chitetezo cha atsogoleri ndi madera komanso kulemekeza ndi kuteteza madera ndi ufulu wamadera. Kuchulukira kwa zida kukuwonjezera mantha komanso kusamuka kwawo pakati pa madera ambiri amtundu wa Afro ndi Afro, zomwe zimasokoneza kwambiri kutenga nawo mbali kwa amayi komanso kuyenda, komanso kuchititsa kuti nkhanza zogonana ndi amuna ndi akazi zichuluke. Tili ndi mantha chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa kuphedwa ndi kuwopseza kwa omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso olimbikitsa mtendere ku Colombia. Mwachitsanzo, ku Tumaco, tauni yomwe ili pafupi ndi malire ndi Ecuador, atsogoleri a m'matauni ndi mamembala a Community Council of Alto Mira ndi Frontera, akupitirizabe kuyang'aniridwa ndi magulu ankhondo ndi otsutsa a FARC omwe amafuna kulamulira madera kuti akule ndi kugulitsa coca. Sabata yatha, tinaika Jair Cortés, mtsogoleri wachisanu ndi chimodzi wophedwa mu mzindawu, ndipo tidayenera kuchotsa mwachangu atsogoleri angapo achikazi ndi mabanja awo omwe adawopseza kuphedwa.

Nkhanza zogonana ndi amuna ndi akazi komanso kusalidwa komwe kumabwera chifukwa cha izi, makamaka kwa azimayi amtundu wamtundu wamtundu wamtundu wa Afro ndi ana awo, ndi nkhani yachitetezo chophatikizana. Chete chozunguliridwa ndi zolakwa zimenezi n’chochititsa mantha mofanana ndi milanduyo. Omenyera ufulu wachikazi amaika miyoyo yawo pachiwopsezo kuti abweretse milandu ku bwalo lachilungamo. Pakufunika kofunika kukhazikitsa njira yolumikizirana mwachindunji pakati pa akuluakulu aboma a Indigenous ndi Afro-descendent ndi oyimira mabungwe aakazi munjira zonse za Comprehensive System for Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition kuwonetsetsa kuti milanduyi ikuyikidwa patsogolo, kuti olakwa ndi kuweruzidwa ndi opulumuka kupatsidwa chithandizo chamankhwala chopulumutsa moyo ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu.

Pomaliza, ndikofunikira kuti dongosolo la kukhazikitsidwa kwa Mgwirizano wa Mtendere liphatikizepo zolinga ndi zisonyezo zomwe zimapangidwira kuyeza kupita patsogolo ndi zotsatira za ndondomeko, mapulogalamu ndi kusintha m'njira yogwirizana ndi zosowa, zikhalidwe ndi ufulu wa Amwenye ndi Afro- mbadwa za anthu. Ndikofunikira kuti boma la Colombia ndi komiti yake yoyendetsera ntchito (CSIV) ivomereze ndikugwirizanitsa malingaliro amitundu ndi zizindikiro, kuphatikizapo zizindikiro zamtundu wa amuna kapena akazi, zomwe zinapangidwa ndi kuperekedwa kwa iwo ndi mabungwe amtundu wa Amwenye ndi Afro kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno. Chifuniro cha ndale pazizindikirozi chikufunika, monganso kuziphatikiza muzovomerezeka za Pangano la Mtendere. Adzathandizira kusintha momwe zinthu zilili ngati nkhondo zomwe zimalepheretsa kukhala ndi moyo wabwino, chitukuko cha anthu komanso chitetezo chamagulu a amayi amtundu ndi Afro ndi madera athu.

Kwa amayi amtundu wa Afro ku Colombia ndi atsogoleri aakazi amtundu padziko lonse lapansi kuwonetsetsa chitetezo chathu chonse kumatanthauzanso kuti mfundo za chilolezo chaulere, choyambirira komanso chodziwitsidwa; kukambilana; kudzilamulira; umphumphu pa chikhalidwe, ndi kutengapo mbali koyenera kumalemekezedwa ndipo ufulu wathu waumunthu womwe umaperekedwa m'mikhalidwe yaufulu wa anthu wadziko lonse ndi wapadziko lonse lapansi umalimbikitsidwa ndikutetezedwa mokwanira. Mtendere ku Colombia ndi kwina kulikonse, sikuti ndi nkhani yothetsa nkhondo ndi chiwawa chabe, koma kukambirana palimodzi zomwe zimayambitsa mikangano kuphatikizapo kusalungama kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso kulimbikitsa ubwino wa anthu amitundu yonse ndi zipembedzo. Ndizokhudza kuthandizira zoyesayesa za azimayi akumaloko zochotsa zida ndi kuchotsa zida zamagulu athu onse, ndikuletsa kuyenda kwa zida zing'onozing'ono monga momwe zidalembedwera mu Pangano la Arms Trade Treaty ndi zida zina zamalamulo. Ndi udindo wa onse ogwira nawo ntchito, kuphatikizapo Security Council, dongosolo la UN, mabungwe achigawo ndi ang'onoang'ono, ndipo makamaka, Mayiko omwe ali mamembala, kuti akwaniritse udindo wawo. Ndondomeko ya amayi, mtendere ndi chitetezo, ngati ikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ndalama zothandizira ndalama, ikhoza kukhala njira yamtendere m'dziko langa komanso padziko lonse lapansi, kumene kufanana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi, kupatsa mphamvu amayi ndi kuteteza ufulu wa amayi ndizofunika kwambiri popewera mikangano ndi mtendere wokhazikika.

Zikomo.

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