Amazwi Okwamukela Engqungqutheleni Yamazwe Ngamazwe Ka-2014 Yokuxazululwa Kwezingxabano Zobuhlanga Nezenkolo Nokwakha Ukuthula

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Egameni Lebhodi Labaqondisi be-ICERM, abaxhasi, abasebenzi, amavolontiya kanye nozakwethu, kuwudumo lwami oluqotho kanye nelungelo eliphakeme ukunamukela nonke Engqungqutheleni Yokuqala Yonyaka Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuxazululwa Kwezingxabano Zobuhlanga Nezenkolo Nokwakha Ukuthula.

Ngifuna ukunibonga nonke ngokuthatha isikhathi ezinhlelweni zenu ezimatasa (noma impilo yasempeshenini) ukuze nihlanganyele nathi kulo mcimbi. Kuhle kakhulu ukubona nokuba senkampanini yezazi eziningi ezaziwayo, ochwepheshe bokuxazulula izingxabano, abenzi benqubomgomo, abaholi nabafundi abavela emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Ngithanda ukusho ukuthi abantu abaningi bebengathanda ukuba lapha namuhla, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu ezithile, abakwazanga ukufika. Abanye babo ababuka umcimbi ku-inthanethi njengoba sikhuluma. Ngakho-ke, ngivumele futhi ngamukele umphakathi wethu we-inthanethi kule ngqungquthela.

Ngale ngqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe, sifuna ukuthumela umlayezo wethemba emhlabeni, ikakhulukazi entsheni nasezinganeni ezikhungathekile ngenxa yezingxabano ezivamile, ezingapheli nezinodlame zobuzwe nezenkolo esibhekene nazo njengamanje.

Ikhulunyaka lama-21 liyaqhubeka nokuba namagagasi odlame lobuhlanga nolwenkolo okulenza libe ngenye yezinsongo ezimbi kakhulu zokuthula, ukuzinza kwezombusazwe, ukukhula komnotho kanye nokuvikeleka emhlabeni wethu. Lezi zingxabano ziye zabulala futhi zakhubaza amashumi ezinkulungwane futhi zasusa amakhulu ezinkulungwane, zatshala imbewu yobudlova obukhulu nakakhulu esikhathini esizayo.

Engqungqutheleni yethu Yokuqala Yonyaka Yamazwe Ngamazwe, sikhethe isihloko esithi: “Izinzuzo Zokuzibonakalisa Ngobuhlanga Nenkolo Ekuxazululeni Izingxabano kanye Nokwakha Ukuthula.” Ezikhathini eziningi, ukungezwani kobuhlanga namasiko enkolo kubonakala njengokuhlehlisa enqubweni yokuthula. Isikhathi sokuguqula lokhu kucabanga futhi uthole kabusha izinzuzo ezinikezwa yilo mehluko. Kungumbango wethu ukuthi imiphakathi eyakhiwe ukuhlanganiswa kwezizwe namasiko enkolo inikeza kakhulu izimpahla ezingakahlolwa kubenzi bezinqubomgomo, izinhlangano ezinikelayo nezisiza abantu, kanye nezisebenzi zokulamula ezisebenzela ukubasiza.

Ngakho-ke, le ngqungquthela kuhloswe ngayo ukwethula ukubukeka okuhle kwamaqembu ezizwe nezinkolo kanye neqhaza lawo ekuxazululeni izingxabano nokwakha ukuthula. Amaphepha azokwethulwa kule ngqungquthela kanye nokushicilelwe ngemuva kwalokho azokweseka ukugudluka ekugxileni ekwehlukaneni kwezizwe nezinkolo kanye nokubi kwako, kuye ekutholeni nasekusebenziseni izinto ezifanayo kanye nezinzuzo zabantu abahlukahlukene ngokwamasiko. Umgomo uwukusizana ukuthi bathole futhi basebenzise ngokugcwele lokho lezi zizwe ezikunikezayo mayelana nokunciphisa ukungqubuzana, ukuthuthukisa ukuthula, nokuqinisa umnotho ukuze kuthuthukiswe wonke umuntu.

Kuyinhloso yale ngqungquthela ukusisiza sazane futhi sibone ukuxhumana kwethu nezinto ezifanayo ngendlela engakaze yenziwe yatholakala esikhathini esidlule; ukukhuthaza ukucabanga okusha, ukugqugquzela imibono, ukubuza, kanye nezingxoxo & ukwabelana ngama-akhawunti anolwazi, azokwethula futhi asekele ubufakazi bezinzuzo eziningi ezinikezwa abantu bezinhlanga eziningi nezinkolo eziningi ukuze kube lula ukuthula nokuqhubekisela phambili inhlalakahle yomphakathi, yezomnotho.

Sikuhlelele uhlelo olujabulisayo; uhlelo oluhlanganisa inkulumo eyisihluthulelo, imininingwane evela kochwepheshe, nezingxoxo zephaneli. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi ngale misebenzi, sizothola amathuluzi namakhono amasha etiyetha nawokusebenza azosiza ukuvimbela nokuxazulula izingxabano zobuzwe nezenkolo emhlabeni wethu.

I-ICERM igcizelela kakhulu ezingxoxweni ezinenhliziyo evulekile ngomoya wokuphana, ukubuyisana, ukwethembana kanye nentando enhle. Sikholelwa ukuthi izingxabano kufanele zixazululwe ngasese nangokuthula, futhi izinkinga eziyinkimbinkimbi azikwazi ukuxazululwa ngokubamba imibhikisho enodlame, ukuketula umbuso, izimpi, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu, ukubulawa kwabantu, ukuhlasela kwamaphekula nokubulalana kwabantu abaningi noma ngezihloko zezindaba kumaphephandaba. Njengoba uDonald Horowitz esho encwadini yakhe, Amaqembu Ezizwe Ezingqubuzanayo, "Kungokuxoxisana kuphela nangentando enhle lapho kungafinyelelwa khona ukuxazululwa ngokuthula."

Ngokuzithoba okukhulu ngithanda ukwengeza ukuthi, okwaqala ngo-2012 njengephrojekthi enesizotha okwakuhloswe ngayo ukuphakamisa ezinye izindlela zokuvimbela, ukuxazulula, nokufundisa abantu mayelana nezingxabano phakathi kwezizwe nezinkolo, namuhla sekuphenduke inhlangano engenzi nzuzo enamandla futhi inhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe. , elihlanganisa umoya womphakathi kanye nenethiwekhi yabakhi bamabhuloho abavela emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Sizizwa sihloniphekile ngokuba nabanye babakhi bethu bamabhuloho phakathi kwethu. Abanye babo bahambe besuka emazweni abo ukuze bahambele le ngqungquthela eNew York. Basebenza ngokuzikhandla ukwenza lo mcimbi ube khona.

Ngifisa ukuthatha leli thuba ukubonga amalungu eBhodi lethu, ikakhulukazi uSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi, uDkt. Dianna Wuagneux. Kusukela ngo-2012, uDkt. Dianna kanye nami ngosizo lwamalungu eBhodi lethu sisebenze ubusuku nemini ukuze senze i-ICERM ibe inhlangano esebenzayo. Ngeshwa, uDkt. Dianna Wuagneux akekho ngokoqobo kithi namuhla ngenxa yezidingo eziphuthumayo ezivele ngokuzumayo. Ngifuna ukufunda ingxenye yomlayezo engiwuthole emahoreni ambalwa edlule:

“Sawubona Mngane wami othandekayo,

Uzuze ukholo olukhulu nokuthakasela kimi kangangokuthi angingabazi ukuthi konke obeka isandla sakho kukho kulezi zinsuku ezizayo kuzoba yimpumelelo enkulu.

Ngizoba nawe namanye amalungu ethu emoyeni ngenkathi ngingekho, futhi ngizolangazelela ukuzwa ngaso sonke isikhathi njengoba ingqungquthela ihlangana futhi igubha okungenzeka lapho abantu bezimisele ukubeka ukunakekela nokunaka kwabo kokubaluleke kakhulu. kuyo yonke imigomo, ukuthula.

Ngiphatheke kabuhlungu uma ngicabanga ukuthi angikho ukuzonikeza izandla ezisizayo namazwi esikhuthazo kulo mcimbi, kodwa kufanele ngethembe ukuthi okuhle kakhulu okwenzekayo njengoba kufanele.” Lokho bekuvela kuDkt. Dianna Wuagneux, uSihlalo weBhodi.

Ngendlela ekhethekile, ngithanda ukubonga esidlangalaleni ukwesekwa esikutholile kumuntu obalulekile empilweni yami. Ngaphandle kwesineke salo muntu, ukusekela okukhulu ngokwezimali, isikhuthazo, usizo lobuchwepheshe nochwepheshe, nokuzinikela ekukhuthazeni isiko lokuthula, le nhlangano ibingeke ibe khona. Ngicela uhlanganyele nami ukuze ngibonge umkami omuhle, uDiomaris Gonzalez. I-Diomaris insika enamandla kunazo zonke i-ICERM enayo. Kwathi sekusondele usuku lwengqungquthela, uthathe izinsuku ezimbili emsebenzini wakhe obalulekile ukuze enze isiqiniseko sokuthi le ngqungquthela iyaphumelela. Ngeke ngiphinde ngikhohlwe ukubonga indima kamamezala wami, uDiomares Gonzalez, olapha nathi.

Ekugcineni, sijabule ngokuba nomuntu oqonda izindaba esifuna ukuxoxa ngazo kule ngqungquthela kangcono kunabaningi bethu. Ungumholi wezenkolo, umbhali, isishoshovu, umhlaziyi, isikhulumi esichwepheshile kanye nesazi sezemisebenzi. UyiNxusa lamanje e-Large for International Religious Freedom for the United States of America. Kule minyaka emine nengxenye edlule, iminyaka emi-2 yokulungiselela nokuphasisa ukulalela kokuqinisekiswa kweSenethi yase-US ngazwi linye, kanye neminyaka emi-2 nengxenye esesikhundleni, ube nelungelo nodumo lokusebenzela uMongameli wokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika wase-United States.

Uqokwe uMongameli Barack Obama njengeNxusa Lase-United States Enkululekweni Yenkululeko Yezenkolo Yamazwe Ngamazwe, wayengumeluleki oyinhloko wabo bobabili uMongameli wase-United States kanye noNobhala Wezwe Wenkululeko Yezenkolo emhlabeni jikelele. Wayengowokuqala wase-Afrika waseMelika futhi engowesifazane wokuqala ukuphatha lesi sikhundla. UbeyiNxusa lesithathu e-Large, selokhu yasungulwa, futhi wamela i-United States emazweni angaphezu kwama-3 kanye nezingxoxo ezingaphezu kuka-l25 zeDiplomatic, ehlanganisa Inkululeko Yezenkolo kuNqubomgomo Yezangaphandle yase-US kanye Nezinto Ezibalulekile Zokuvikeleka Kazwelonke.

Umgqugquzeli Wamazwe Ngamazwe, kanye nosomaqhinga wempumelelo, owaziwa ngesiphiwo sakhe sokwakha ibhuloho, kanye nezingxoxo ezihlukile ezinesizotha, usanda kuqanjwa ngokuthi NGUMNTU OVAKASHELA OHLULEKAYO neNyuvesi YamaKhatholika yaseMelika ngo-2014, futhi umenywe ukuba abe nguSolwazi e-Oxford University. eLondon.

Iphephabhuku i-ESSENCE limqambe njengomunye wabesifazane be-TOP 40 Power, kanye noFirst Lady Michelle Obama (2011), kanti i-MOVES Magazine isanda kumqamba njengomunye wabesifazane be-TOP POWER MOVES ngo-2013 e-Red Carpet Gala eNew York City.

Uthole imiklomelo eminingana, okuhlanganisa nendondo ye-Woman of Conscience evela ku-UN, i-Martin Luther King Jr. Award, i-Visionary Leader's Award, i-Judith Hollister Peace Award, kanye ne-Hellenic Award for Public Service, futhi usegunyaze abayishumi. izincwadi, ezintathu kuzo ezidayiswa kakhulu, okuhlanganisa “Ubusisiwe Kakhulu Ukuba Ucindezeleke: Amazwi Okuhlakanipha Kwabesifazane Abasendleleni (Thomas Nelson).

Mayelana nokuhlonishwa nokuvelele empilweni yakhe, ubalula: “Ngingusomabhizinisi wezenkolo, oxhumanisa abaholi bezamabhizinisi, abokholo nabaholi bezepolitiki emhlabeni wonke.”

Namuhla, ulapha ukuze abelane nathi ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ekuxhumaniseni amaqembu ezizwe nezinkolo emazweni emhlabeni wonke, futhi asisize siqonde. Izinzuzo Zokuhlonza Ubuhlanga Nenkolo Ekuxazululeni Izingxabano kanye Nokwakha Ukuthula.

Madoda namanenekazi, ngicela nihlanganyele nami ukwamukela uSomlomo Oqakatheke Kakhulu weNgqungquthela yethu Yonyaka Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokuqala Yokuxazululwa Kwezingxabano Zobuhlanga Nezenkolo kanye Nokwakha Ukuthula, Inxusa uSuzan Johnson Cook.

Le nkulumo yethulwe eNgqungqutheleni Yokuqala Yonyaka Yonyaka Yezizwe Zonke Ye-International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation Yokuxazulula Izingxabano Nokwakha Ukuthula Ezweni Nezenkolo eyayiseNew York City, e-U.S.A., ngo-October 1, 1. Isihloko salo mhlangano sasisithi: “Izinzuzo Zenhlangano I-Ethnic & Religious Identity in Conflict Mediation and Peacebuilding.”

Amazwi Okwamukela:

U-Basil Ugorji, Umsunguli kanye ne-CEO, Isikhungo Somhlaba Wonke Sokulamula Kwe-Ethno-Religious, eNew York.

Keynote Somlomo:

Inxusa uSuzan Johnson Cook, Inxusa Lesithathu Enkululekweni Yenkululeko Yezenkolo Yamazwe Ngamazwe e-United States of America.

Umongameli wasekuseni:

UFrancisco Pucciarello.

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