NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 11, 2019
Ikomidi eliwina umklomelo weNobel Peace Prize belilungile ukuthi linganikeli umklomelo uGreta Thunberg, ofanele ukuthola imiklomelo ephezulu etholakalayo, kepha akekho noyedwa owakhelwe ukuxhasa umsebenzi wokuqeda impi nempi. Lokho kubangela ukuthi kube yisisekelo somsebenzi wokuvikela isimo sezulu, kodwa akunjalo. Umbuzo wokuthi kungani kungabi bikho nsizwa esebenza ngokuqeda impi enikwa ukufinyelela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kuthelevishini okufanele iphakanyiswe.
Umbono uBertha von Suttner no-Alfred Nobel abenawo ngomklomelo wokuthula - ukugqugquzelwa kobudlelwano phakathi kwezizwe, ukuthuthuka kokuphathwa kwezikhali kanye nezingalo kanye nokubanjwa kanye nokukhuthaza izingqungquthela zokuthula - ibingakacaci ngokugcwele ikomidi, kepha iyathuthuka.
U-Abiy Ahmed usebenzile ukuthula emazweni akhe nakomakhelwane, eqeda impi futhi wasungula nezinhlaka okuhloswe ngazo ukugcina ukuthula kunobulungiswa futhi kungagcineki. Imizamo yakhe yokuthula ifake nokuvikelwa kwemvelo.
Kepha uyisishoshovu eswele imali? Noma ingabe ikomidi lizimisele ngokuqhubeka nomkhuba walo wokubona osopolitiki kunokuba babe yizishoshovu? Ingabe kunengqondo ukunikeza uhlangothi olulodwa lwesivumelwano sokuthula? Ikomidi liyavuma kulo isitatimende ukuthi izinhlangothi ezimbili zazihilelekile. Ngabe kufanelekile ukuba ikomidi lisho, njengoba linjalo, ukuthi lihlose ukuthola umklomelo wokugqugquzela ukuthi kuqhubeke umsebenzi wokuthula? Mhlawumbe kunjalo, noma ngabe ikhumbuza abantu ngemiklomelo efana nekaBarack Obama engakaze itholwe kabusha. Kukhona nemiklomelo efana noDkt Martin Luther King Jr's etholwe ngokubuyiswa.
Umklomelo wangonyaka owedlule waya kwizishoshovu eziphikisana nohlobo oluthile lwesihluku. Ngonyaka owedlule, lo mklomelo waya enhlanganweni efuna ukuqeda izikhali zenuzi (futhi omsebenzi wayo wawuphikisana nohulumeni baseNtshonalanga). Kepha eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule, ikomidi lanikela ngomklomelo kumongameli wezempi owayenze ingxenye eyodwa yezindawo zokuthula eColombia ezingasebenzanga kahle.
Ikomidi lalivame ukubona uhlangothi olungaphezulu kwesivumelwano: I-1996 East Timor, i-1994 Middle East, i-1993 South Africa. Ngesinye isikhathi kungenzeka kwenziwe isinqumo sokukhetha uhlangothi olulodwa. Endabeni yalo nyaka mhlawumbe kunobulungiswa ngakumbi kune-2016.
Umklomelo we-2015 kwabaseTunisia ubusushiywe ngesihloko. Umklomelo we-2014 wezemfundo ubuyisihloko esibi. Umklomelo we-2013 kwelinye iqembu lezikhali wenze umqondo othile. Kepha umklomelo we-2012 kwi-European Union unikeze imali yokuhluthisa izikhali enhlanganweni eyayingakhuphula okuningi ngokuthenga izikhali ezimbalwa - ibhizinisi manje elakha amasu empini entsha. Ukusuka lapho ukubuyela emuva eminyakeni edlule, kuya kuba kubi.
Iminyaka yakamuva ibone ukuthuthuka okulinganiselayo, ngokuya ngokulandela izidingo zomthetho ze Intando kaNobel. INobel Peace Prize Watch ituse ukuthi umklomelo uye kunoma yisiphi isikhathi eside uhlu yabamukeli abafanele, kufaka phakathi nezishoshovu ezisebenzela ukusekela i-Article 9 yoMthethosisekelo waseJapan, isishoshovu sokuthula uBruce Kent, umshicileli uJulian Assange kanye nesishoshovu saphenduka isishoshovu nomlobi uDaniel Ellsberg.
