UMel Duncan Ukwemukela iDavid Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher ye-2021 Award

By World BEYOND War, Ngo-September 20, i-2021

Namuhla, Septhemba 20, 2021, World BEYOND War umemezela njengomamukeli we-David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher ye-2021 Award: Mel Duncan.

Isethulo esiku-inthanethi nomcimbi wokwamukelwa, ngamazwi avela kubamele bonke abamukeli bemiklomelo abangama-2021 azokwenzeka ngo-Okthoba 6, 2021, ngo-5 ekuseni nge-Pacific Time, ngo-8 ekuseni nge-Eastern Time, ngo-2 ntambama nge-Central Europe Time, nange-9 ntambama nge-Japan Standard Time. Lo mcimbi uvuleleke umphakathi futhi uzofaka nezethulo zemiklomelo emithathu, okwenziwe ngumculo ngu URon Korb, namagumbi amathathu okuphumula lapho abahlanganyeli bangahlangana khona futhi bakhulume nabamukeli bemiklomelo. Ukubamba iqhaza kumahhala. Bhalisa lapha ngesixhumanisi se-Zoom:
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World BEYOND War ukunyakaza okungekho emthethweni emhlabeni jikelele, okusungulwe e-2014, ukuqeda impi nokusungula ukuthula okulungile nokusimeme. (Bheka: https://worldbeyondwar.org Ngo-2021 World BEYOND War umemezela ama-War Abolisher Awards awo angonyaka wokuqala.

Umklomelo we-Lifetime Organisation War Abolisher Award ka-2021 uzokwethulwa ku Isikebhe sokuthula.

I-David Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher Award ka-2021 izokwethulwa Mel Duncan.

Umklomelo weWar Abolisher we-2021 uzomenyezelwa ngoSepthemba 27.

Abathole lemiklomelo emithathu bazobamba iqhaza emcimbini wokwethula ngo-Okthoba 6.

Ukujoyina uMel Duncan kulo mcimbi ozoba ngo-Okthoba 6 kuzoba nguNks Rosemary Kabaki, oyiNhloko Yezithunywa zeNonviolent Peaceforce eMyanmar.

Inhloso yemiklomelo ukuhlonipha nokukhuthaza ukusekelwa kwalabo abasebenza ukuqeda isikhungo sempi uqobo. Ngomklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel kanye nezinye izikhungo ezibhekise ukuthula zihlonipha kaningi ezinye izimbangela ezinhle noma, empeleni, izinqola zempi, World BEYOND War ihlose umklomelo wayo ukuya kubafundisi noma izishoshovu ngenhloso nangempumelelo ukuqhubekisela phambili imbangela yokuqedwa kwempi, ukufeza ukuncishiswa ekwenzeni impi, ukulungiselela izimpi, noma isiko lempi. Phakathi kukaJuni 1 noJulayi 31, World BEYOND War ithole amakhulukhulu ezincomo ezihlaba umxhwele. I- World BEYOND War Ibhodi, ngosizo oluvela kwiBhodi yayo Elulekayo, yenze ukukhetha.

Abaklonyelisiwe bayahlonishwa ngomsebenzi wabo osekela ngqo ingxenye eyodwa noma ngaphezulu kwezintathu ze World BEYOND WarIsu lokunciphisa nokuqeda impi njengoba lichazwe encwadini ethi "A Global Security System, An Alternative to War." Yilezi: Ukuphepha Kwezempi, Ukuphatha Izingxabano Ngaphandle Kodlame, nokwakha Isiko Lokuthula.

UMel Duncan ungomunye wabasunguli kanye noMqondisi Wokusungula weNonviolent Peaceforce (bona https://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org ), Umholi wezwe ku-Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP). Ngenkathi lo mklomelo ungokaDuncan, ungowokubonga umsebenzi wabantu abaningi emhlabeni wonke abathuthukise ngeNonviolent Peaceforce enye indlela enamandla yempi. INonviolent Peaceforce yasungulwa e2002 futhi izinze enhloko-dolobha yayo eGeneva.

I-Nonviolent Peaceforce yakha amaqembu abaqeqeshiwe, angahlomile, abavikeli bomphakathi - abesilisa nabesifazane abamenyelwa ezindaweni ezinengxabano emhlabeni wonke. Basebenza namaqembu endawo ekuvimbeleni ubudlova ngempumelelo enkulu, bakhombisa enye indlela engcono kakhulu yempi nokugcinwa kokuthula kuhlonyiwe - ukuthola imiphumela ephumelela kakhulu futhi ehlala isikhathi eside ngezindleko ezincane kakhulu. Futhi bakhuthaza ukwamukelwa okubanzi kwalezi zindlela ngamaqembu asukela emphakathini wasendaweni kuya kwi-UN.

Amalungu e-Nonviolence Peaceforce, akhumbuza umbono kaMohandas Gandhi webutho lokuthula, kubonakala sengathi awahlanganyeli futhi awahlomile ngemifaniswano nezimoto ezibonisa ukuthi angobani. Amaqembu abo akhiwe ngabantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba kubandakanya okungenani isigamu esivela ezweni elisingethe futhi abahlangene nanoma yimuphi uhulumeni. Abalandeli ama-ajenda ngaphandle kokuvikelwa ekulimaleni nasekuvinjelweni kodlame lwasendaweni. Azisebenzi - njengesibonelo, iRed Cross eGuantanamo - ngokubambisana nempi yezwe noma yamazwe amaningi. Ukuzimela kwabo kudala ukuthembeka. Isimo sabo sokungahlomile asenzi songo. Lokhu kwesinye isikhathi kubavumela ukuthi baye lapho amabutho ahlomile engakwazanga.

Ababambiqhaza be-Nonviolent Peaceforce bahamba nezakhamizi ngaphandle kwengozi, futhi bame ngisho naseminyango bavikela abantu ekubulaweni ngokusebenzisa isimo sabo samazwe omhlaba, esingenabudlova nokuxhumana kwangaphambilini nawo wonke amaqembu ahlomile. Baphelezela abesifazane ukuyotheza izinkuni ezindaweni lapho kusetshenziswa khona ukudlwengula njengesikhali sempi. Basiza ukubuya kwezingane ezingamasosha. Basekela amaqembu endawo ukwenza imililo yokuyeka. Zakha isikhala sezingxoxo phakathi kwamaqembu alwayo. Basiza ukuvimbela udlame ngesikhathi sokhetho, kufaka phakathi nokhetho lwango-2020 lwase-US. Zakha futhi ukuxhumana phakathi kwabasebenzi bokuthula bendawo nomphakathi wamazwe omhlaba.

I-Nonviolent Peaceforce isebenze zombili ukuqeqesha nokusabalalisa Abavikeli Bomphakathi Abangahlomile futhi ifundise uhulumeni nezikhungo ngesidingo sokwengeza indlela efanayo. Ukukhetha ukufaka abantu engozini ngaphandle kwezibhamu kukhombisile ukuthi izibhamu ziletha ubungozi kangakanani kubo.

UMel Duncan unguthisha ongumhleli futhi ungumhleli. Umelele iNonviolent Peaceforce e-United Nations lapho iqembu linikezwe khona Isimo Sokubonisana. Ukubuyekezwa kwakamuva kwe-UN emhlabeni jikelele kukhombe futhi kwancoma Ukuvikelwa Kwezomphakathi Okungahlomile. Yize i-UN iqhubeka nokugxila "ekugcineni ukuthula" kuhlonyiwe, uMnyango Wezokuthula usanda kuxhasa ngezimali ukuqeqeshwa kwe-NP, kanti noMkhandlu Wezokuphepha ufake i-Unarmed Civilian Protection ezinqumweni ezinhlanu.

I-Nonviolent Peaceforce ibambe iqhaza emizamweni yeminyaka eminingi yokuhlanganisa izifundo zamacala, ukubamba izingxoxo zocwaningo zesifunda, nokuletha ndawonye ingqungquthela yomhlaba wonke mayelana nemikhuba emihle Ekuvikelweni Kwezomphakathi Okungahlomile, okuzolandelwa ukushicilelwa kokutholakele. Ngokwenza njalo basiza umphakathi wokuzijwayeza phakathi kwenani elikhulayo lamaqembu asebenzisa i-UCP.

Uhlelo lwempi luxhomeke ngokuphelele kubantu abakholelwa ukuthi udlame olukhulu oluhleliwe lubalulekile ekuvikeleni abantu namagugu abawathandayo. Ngokugqugquzela kwakhe kanye nokuqaliswa kokuVikeleka Kwezomphakathi Okungahlomile, uMel Duncan unikele ngempilo yakhe ukufakazela ukuthi udlame aludingekile ekuvikeleni abantu, ukuthi sinezinye izindlela zempi ezisebenzayo. Ukusungulwa kwe-UCP njengenkambu yokusebenza kungaphezu kwecebo lokusheshisa izimpendulo zokuvikela ngqo. Kuyingxenye yenhlangano yomhlaba ebanga ukuguquka kwepharadesi, indlela ehlukile yokuzibheka njengabantu nezwe elisizungezile.

Lo mklomelo uqanjwe ngoDavid Hartsough, ongumsunguli we World BEYOND War, osebenza isikhathi eside emsebenzini wokuthula ozinikele futhi okhuthazayo usebenza njengesibonelo. Ngokwehlukana ne- World BEYOND War, futhi eminyakeni engaba ngu-15 ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwayo, uHartsough wahlangana noDuncan futhi waqala izinhlelo ezazizobenza babe ngabasunguli beNonviolent Peaceforce.

Uma impi izoke iqedwe, iyoba sikhulu kakhulu ngenxa yomsebenzi wabantu abanjengoMel Duncan ababa nesibindi sokuphupha ngendlela engcono futhi basebenze ukukhombisa ukusebenza kwayo. World BEYOND War sihloniphekile ukwethula umklomelo wethu wokuqala kaDavid Hartsough Lifetime Individual War Abolisher kuMel Duncan.

UDavid Hartsough uphawule wathi: “Kulabo abanjengoMongameli uBill Clinton, uGeorge W. Bush, uDonald Trump noJoseph Biden abakholelwa ukuthi uma udlame lwenziwa kubantu abayizakhamizi ukuphela kwendlela engenzi lutho noma ukuqala ukuqhumisa izwe nabantu balo, UMel Duncan ngomsebenzi wakhe obalulekile ne-Nonviolent Peaceforce, ukhombisile ukuthi kukhona enye indlela esebenzayo, futhi lokho ngukuVikeleka Kwezempi Okungahlomile. Ngisho neZizwe Ezihlangene seziyakuqonda ukuthi Ukuvikelwa Kwezakhamuzi Okungahlomile kuyindlela esebenzayo edinga ukuxhaswa. Lesi yisakhiwo esibaluleke kakhulu sokuqeda izaba zezimpi. Sibonga kakhulu uMel Duncan ngomsebenzi wakhe obaluleke kakhulu eminyakeni eminingi edlule! ”

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