Mel Duncan Kulandila David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher wa 2021 Award

By World BEYOND War, September 20, 2021

Lero, Seputembara 20, 2021, World BEYOND War alengeza kuti walandila David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher wa 2021 Award: Mel Duncan.

Chochitika chowonetsera pa intaneti ndi kuvomereza, ndi ndemanga zochokera kwa oimira onse atatu omwe adalandira mphotho ya 2021 chidzachitika pa Okutobala 6, 2021, nthawi ya 5 am Pacific Time, 8 am Eastern Time, 2pm Central European Time, ndi 9pm Japan Standard Time. Chochitikacho ndi chotseguka kwa anthu onse ndipo chidzaphatikizapo mawonedwe a mphoto zitatu, nyimbo yoimba ndi Ron Korb, ndi zipinda zitatu zochezeramo momwe otenga nawo mbali amatha kukumana ndikulankhula ndi olandira mphothoyo. Kutenga nawo mbali ndi kwaulere. Lembani apa kuti mupeze ulalo wa Zoom:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/first-annual-war-abolisher-awards

World BEYOND War ndi gulu lopanda zachiwawa padziko lonse lapansi, lomwe lidakhazikitsidwa ku 2014, kuthetsa nkhondo ndikukhazikitsa bata lamtendere komanso lokhazikika. (Onani: https://worldbeyondwar.org Mu 2021 World BEYOND War ikulengeza Mphotho zake zapachaka zoyamba za War Abolisher.

Mphotho ya Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher ya 2021 idzaperekedwa kwa Bwalo la Mtendere.

David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher Award ya 2021 idzaperekedwa kwa Mel Duncan.

Mphotho Yothetsa Nkhondo ya 2021 idzalengezedwa pa Seputembara 27.

Omwe alandila mphotho zonse zitatu atenga nawo gawo pazowonetsa pa Okutobala 6.

Kulumikizana ndi Mel Duncan pamwambowu pa Okutobala 6 adzakhala Mayi Rosemary Kabaki, Mtsogoleri wa Nonviolent Peaceforce ku Myanmar.

Cholinga cha mphothoyi ndikulemekeza ndi kulimbikitsa othandizira omwe akugwira ntchito yothetsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa nkhondo. Ndi Mphoto Yamtendere ya Nobel ndi mabungwe ena omwe amatchulidwa kuti ndi amtendere nthawi zambiri amalemekeza zifukwa zina zabwino kapena, nkhondo, World BEYOND War ikufuna mphotho yake kuti ipite kwa aphunzitsi kapena ochita zantchito mwachangu komanso moyenera kuti athetseretu kuthetsa nkhondo, kukwaniritsa zochepetsera nkhondo, kukonzekera nkhondo, kapena chikhalidwe cha nkhondo. Pakati pa Juni 1 ndi Julayi 31, World BEYOND War adalandira mayankho osangalatsa mazana. Pulogalamu ya World BEYOND War Board, mothandizidwa ndi Advisory Board yawo, idasankha.

Omwe amapatsidwa mphotho amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha ntchito yomwe amathandizira mwachindunji gawo limodzi kapena magawo atatu a World BEYOND WarNjira yothandizira kuchepetsa ndi kuthetseratu nkhondo monga momwe zalembedwera m'buku la "A Global Security System, An Alternative to War." Izi ndi: Kuchepetsa Chitetezo, Kuthetsa Mikangano Popanda Chiwawa, ndi Kupanga Chikhalidwe Cha Mtendere.

Mel Duncan ndi woyambitsa nawo komanso Woyambitsa Woyambitsa wa Nonviolent Peaceforce (onani https://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org ), mtsogoleri wadziko lonse mu Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP). Ngakhale mphothoyo ndi ya Duncan, ndikuzindikira ntchito ya anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi omwe apanga njira yamphamvu yolimbana ndi nkhondo kudzera mu Nonviolent Peaceforce. Nonviolent Peaceforce idakhazikitsidwa ku 2002 ndipo likulu lawo ku Geneva.

Nonviolent Peaceforce imapanga magulu a oteteza anthu ophunzitsidwa bwino, opanda zida, ankhondo - amuna ndi akazi omwe akuitanidwa kumadera akumenyana padziko lonse lapansi. Amagwira ntchito ndi magulu am'deralo poletsa ziwawa ndikupambana kwakukulu, kuwonetsa njira yabwino kuposa nkhondo komanso kusunga mtendere wokhala ndi zida - kupeza zotsatira zogwira mtima komanso zokhalitsa pamtengo wocheperako. Ndipo amalimbikitsa kuvomerezedwa kokulirapo kwa njirazi ndi magulu kuyambira mabungwe am'deralo kupita ku UN.

Mamembala a Nonviolence Peaceforce, pokumbukira lingaliro la Mohandas Gandhi la gulu lankhondo lamtendere, akuwoneka kuti alibe tsankho komanso alibe zida zobvala yunifolomu ndi magalimoto zosonyeza kuti ndi ndani. Magulu awo amapangidwa ndi anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi kuphatikizapo theka la dziko lomwe akukhalamo ndipo sakugwirizana ndi boma lililonse. Satsatira mfundo zina kupatula chitetezo ku zoopsa komanso kupewa ziwawa zapaderalo. Sagwira ntchito - monga, mwachitsanzo, Red Cross ku Guantanamo - mogwirizana ndi asilikali a dziko kapena amitundu yambiri. Kudziimira kwawo kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikhulupirira. Kukhala kwawo opanda zida sikuyambitsa vuto lililonse. Izi nthawi zina zimawalola kupita kumene magulu ankhondo sakanatha.

Otsatira a Nonviolent Peaceforce amatsagana ndi anthu wamba pangozi, ndipo ngakhale kuyima pakhomo kuteteza anthu kuti asaphedwe kudzera m'mayiko awo, osachita zachiwawa komanso kulankhulana ndi magulu onse ankhondo. Amatsagana ndi amayi kukatola nkhuni kumadera kumene kugwiriridwa kumagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chida chankhondo. Iwo amathandizira kubwerera kwa asilikali ana. Amathandizira magulu am'deralo kuti akhazikitse njira zoletsa kumenyana. Amapanga mpata wokambirana pakati pa magulu omenyana. Amathandiza kupewa ziwawa panthawi ya zisankho, kuphatikiza zisankho za 2020 zaku US. Amapanganso mgwirizano pakati pa ogwira ntchito zamtendere am'deralo ndi mayiko akunja.

Nonviolent Peaceforce yagwira ntchito pophunzitsa ndi kutumiza Oteteza Anthu Opanda Zida komanso kuphunzitsa boma ndi mabungwe kufunikira kokulitsa njira yomweyo. Kusankha kutumiza anthu pachiwopsezo popanda mfuti kwawonetsa momwe mfuti zimabweretsera ngoziyo.

Mel Duncan ndi mphunzitsi waluso komanso wolinganiza. Iye wayimira Nonviolent Peaceforce ku United Nations komwe gululo lapatsidwa Consultative Status. Ndemanga zaposachedwa zapadziko lonse lapansi za UN zanena ndikulimbikitsa Chitetezo cha Anthu Opanda Zida. Ngakhale kuti bungwe la UN likupitirizabe kuganizira za "kusunga mtendere," Dipatimenti Yoyang'anira Mtendere posachedwapa yathandizira maphunziro a NP, ndipo Security Council yaphatikiza Chitetezo cha Anthu Osagwiritsa Ntchito Zida m'zisankho zisanu.

Nonviolent Peaceforce ikugwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri kuti ipange maphunziro amilandu, kuchita misonkhano yachigawo, ndikusonkhanitsa msonkhano wapadziko lonse wokhudzana ndi machitidwe abwino mu Chitetezo cha Ufulu Wachibadwidwe, kutsatiridwa ndikufalitsa zomwe zapeza. Pochita izi akuthandizira gulu la anthu ogwira ntchito pakati pa magulu omwe akuchulukirachulukira omwe akukhazikitsa UCP.

Nkhondo imadalira kwambiri anthu omwe amakhulupirira kuti chiwawa chokonzekera ndi chofunikira poteteza anthu ndi makhalidwe omwe amawakonda. Ndi kulimbikitsa kwake ndikukhazikitsa Chitetezo cha Anthu Opanda Zida, Mel Duncan wapereka moyo wake kuti atsimikizire kuti chiwawa sichiyenera kutetezedwa kwa anthu wamba, kuti tili ndi njira zina zogwirira ntchito zankhondo zomwe zimagwira ntchito. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa UCP ngati gawo lazochita sikungowonjezera njira yofulumizitsa mayankho achitetezo achindunji. Ndi gawo la gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi lomwe likuyambitsa kusintha kwa paradigm, njira yosiyana yodziwonera tokha ngati anthu komanso dziko lozungulira ife.

Mphothoyi idatchedwa David Hartsough, woyambitsa nawo World BEYOND War, omwe moyo wawo wautali wa ntchito yamtendere yodzipereka komanso yolimbikitsa imakhala ngati chitsanzo. Mosiyana ndi World BEYOND War, ndipo zaka 15 isanakhazikitsidwe, Hartsough adakumana ndi Duncan ndikuyamba mapulani omwe angawapangitse oyambitsa gulu la Nonviolent Peaceforce.

Ngati nkhondo idzathetsedwa, zidzakhala bwino kwambiri chifukwa cha ntchito ya anthu ngati Mel Duncan omwe amayembekeza kulota njira yabwinoko ndikugwira ntchito kuti asonyeze mphamvu zake. World BEYOND War ndiwolemekezeka kupereka Mphotho yathu yoyamba ya David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher kwa Mel Duncan.

David Hartsough anathirira ndemanga kuti: “Kwa anthu onga Purezidenti Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, ndi Joseph Biden amene amakhulupirira kuti pamene chiwawa chichitidwa pa anthu wamba njira yokhayo ndiyo kusachita kalikonse kapena kuyamba kuphulitsa dziko ndi anthu ake; Mel Duncan kudzera mu ntchito yake yofunika ndi Nonviolent Peaceforce, wawonetsa kuti pali njira ina yotheka, ndipo iyi ndi Chitetezo cha Anthu Opanda Zida. Ngakhale bungwe la United Nations lazindikira kuti Chitetezo cha Anthu Opanda Zida ndi njira ina yomwe iyenera kuthandizidwa. Ichi ndi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri chomangira kuthetsa zifukwa zankhondo. Zikomo kwambiri Mel Duncan chifukwa cha ntchito yake yofunika kwambiri kwa zaka zambiri!”

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