Isitatimende se-ICERM Sokuthuthukisa Ukusebenza Kwesimo Sokubonisana Se-NGO yeZizwe Ezihlangene

Ihanjiswe ku-United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

“Ama-NGO afaka isandla emisebenzini eminingi [ye-UN] ehlanganisa ukusatshalaliswa kolwazi, ukuqwashisa, imfundo yentuthuko, ukumela inqubomgomo, amaphrojekthi okusebenza ahlanganyelwe, ukubamba iqhaza ezinqubweni zezinhlaka zikahulumeni kanye nasekunikeleni ngezinkonzo nobungcweti bezobuchwepheshe.” http://csonet.org/content/documents/Brochure.pdf. I-International Centre for Ethno-Religious Mediation (“ICERM”) iyaziqhenya ngokuba phakathi kwezinhlangano ezizibophezele zabo bonke osayizi nokugxilile, ezivela emazweni emhlabeni wonke, futhi sifuna ukubambisana nawe kanye ne-UN ngokwedlulele konke okulindelwe ngo-2030. I-ajenda.

I-ICERM yanikezwa isimo esikhethekile sokubonisana, ngokwengxenye, ngokusekelwe ekhonweni layo elikhethekile ku-SDG 17: Ukuthula, Ubulungiswa kanye Nezikhungo Eziqinile. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu ekuxoxisaneni nasezindleleni eziphelele zokudala ukuthula okuzinzile kuhlinzeka ngamathuba okwandisa izingxoxo ezihlukahlukene nezibandakanya i-UN eqhubayo-futhi lokho kuyodingeka ukuze kuzuzwe wonke ama-SDG. Nokho siyinhlangano entsha nencane esafunda ukuzulazula ngesakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi se-UN. Asikwazi njalo ukufinyelela ulwazi lwezehlakalo lapho singaba nenani elikhulu kakhulu. Lokhu, kunjalo, ngezinye izikhathi kunciphisa ukuhlanganyela kwethu. Ngakho-ke, nazi izimpendulo zethu emibuzweni ebuziwe.

• Ama-NGO angaqhubeka kanjani afaka isandla emsebenzini we-ECOSOC kanye nezinhlaka zayo ezingaphansi?

Ngokuqaliswa kwe-Indico, kubonakala kuzoba nezindlela ezingcono ze-UN kanye ne-ECOSOC zokuxoxisana nama-NGO, ngokusekelwe emakhono abo akhethekile. Sijabule ngamathuba esistimu entsha, kodwa sisafunda indlela yokuyisebenzisa ngempumelelo kakhulu. Ngakho, ukuqeqeshwa kungaba yinzuzo enkulu kubo bonke abahilelekile.

Kubonakala sengathi ama-NGO azokwazi ukugcina imibhalo, izincwadi, nolunye ulwazi mayelana nekhono lawo, ukugxila kwawo, nokubamba iqhaza kwawo. Nokho ukuqeqeshwa kuzoqinisekisa ukuthi amandla alezi zici ayanda. Ngokufanayo, ulwazi nokuqeqeshwa ngokubonisana okuphumelelayo kungakhuphula ukusebenza kahle kokubamba iqhaza kwama-NGO.

Kubonakala kunokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo kulezi zindawo, okuyinto ethakaselwa kakhulu. Sicabanga ukuthi sikhulumela wonke ama-NGO uma sithi sizinikele ngokujulile ekusekeleni umgomo we-UN kanye nama-SDG, kodwa kungase kube nzima kakhulu kithi ukunquma ukuthi singafinyelela kanjani kangcono izinhlangano ezingaphansi kanye nabantu esingabazuza kakhulu. Sinenhlanhla yokuthi uMongameli wethu kanye noMphathi Omkhulu, u-Basil Ugorji, wayeyisisebenzi se-UN ngaphambi kokusungula i-ICERM.

Noma kunjalo, ukuthuthukiswa kungenziwa ngakwethi:

1. Ukusungula amashejuli ethu okuhlola amawebhusayithi e-UN kanye nemicimbi ukuze sihlonze amathuba okubamba iqhaza. Umsebenzi wethu ubaluleke kakhulu ukuba silindele izimemo, nakuba zamukelekile futhi ziwusizo lapho zifika.
2. Ukuhambisana namanye ama-NGO anezinhloso ezifanayo nezethu. Ngabangaphezu kuka-4,500 XNUMX, ngokuqinisekile bakhona nabanye esingabambisana nabo.
3. Ukuhlela izitatimende kusengaphambili ngezihloko okungase kuxoxwe ngazo emicimbini yaminyaka yonke. Uma sesivele sikucacisile ukuqondana kwethu nama-SDG, i-Global Compact, kanye ne-Ajenda ka-2030, kuzoba lula ngathi ukuzilungisa ukuze zihambisane nezindikimba zeseshini.

I-UN kanye ne-ECOSOC bangathuthukisa umnikelo we-NGO ngokwenza lokhu:

1. Iseshini yokuxhumana nezinsuku zomcimbi okungenani kusasele izinsuku ezingama-30. Ngenxa yokuthi abaningi bethu kufanele bahambe futhi bahlele ukuba kude kwezinye izibopho, isaziso esithuthuke kakhulu siyaziswa kakhulu. Ngokufanayo, izitatimende zethu ezibhaliwe nezikhulunywayo zizogxila kakhulu futhi ziphelele, uma sinikezwa isikhathi esengeziwe sokuzicwaninga nokuzilungiselela.
2. Ukukhuthaza ohambweni, amanxusa, namanxusa ukuhlangana nama-NGO. Sifuna ukusekela labo abangabelana ngezindinganiso zethu, abaphishekela imibono efanayo, futhi abangase bazuze ekhonweni lethu elikhethekile. Kwesinye isikhathi, kungcono ukuthi sikwenze lokhu ezindaweni ezisondelene kakhulu nonyaka wonke, hhayi nje emicimbini yaminyaka yonke.
3. Ukunikeza ukuqeqeshwa okwengeziwe nezingxoxo, njengalena. Sicela usitshele ukuthi yini oyifunayo, oyidingayo, futhi oyilindele. Silapha ukuzokhonza. Uma singakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngamasevisi noma izixazululo eziceliwe, singase sibe nezinsiza esingakuthumela kuzo. Masibe ozakwethu, izixhumi, nezinsiza.

• Yiziphi izindlela ezisebenza kahle kakhulu zokuthi ama-NGO afake isandla ekwakhiweni kwenqubomgomo yeZizwe Ezihlangene, aqashelwe futhi abe nomthelela kulezi zinqubo?

Nakuba sibonga kakhulu inqubo evuleleke kakhulu yezingqungquthela eziningi nemicimbi, ngokuvamile asifakwa kuleyo ehlanganisa ikhono elikhethekile esinikezwe isikhundla esikhethekile sokubonisana. Lokhu kusishiya ukuthi sicwaninge ngokuzimela izindlela zokuzama ukufinyelela futhi sigxile kumaseshini angahlobene ngokuqondile nekhono lethu. Umphumela awusebenzi kithi sobabili, njengoba izitatimende zivame ukuphuma ngaphandle komongo ukuze kuqashelwe isizathu esithile, kodwa cishe phakathi kwabantu abangenalo igunya lokuthatha isinyathelo kunoma yini. Kungaba yimpumelelo kakhulu ukuhlanganisa ama-NGO kanye nekhono lawo nezidingo ze-ECOSOC, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abanentshisekelo enkulu nabanolwazi basebenza ndawonye ezinhlosweni ezithile. Isibonelo, i-ICERM izofakwa ezingxoxweni zokwenza ukuthula futhi ingabizwa lapho ukungqubuzana noma ukungqubuzana okuphezulu kulindeleke phakathi namaseshini.

• Yini ngokubona kwenhlangano yakho okufanele yenziwe ukunikeza ukwesekwa okungcono kuma-NGO ngesikhathi senqubo yokuthola isimo sokubonisana ne-ECOSOC?

Siyibuka ngentshisekelo enkulu imizamo emisha futhi okwamanje asinazo iziphakamiso kule ndawo. Siyabonga ngokunikeza ukuqeqeshwa okwengeziwe namathuba afana nalawa.

• Kungakhuliswa kanjani ukubamba iqhaza kwama-NGO avela emazweni asathuthuka kanye namazwe aneminotho eguquguqukayo emsebenzini we-UN?

Futhi, ngobuchwepheshe, kubonakala sengathi kunamandla amakhulu okuxhumanisa ama-NGO emhlabeni wonke kanye ne-UN. Ukukhuthaza kanye nokwenza lula ukusebenzisana kungakhuphula ukubamba iqhaza kwama-NGO avela emazweni asathuthuka futhi kube isibonelo esinamandla sokuthi sonke singasebenza kanjani kangcono ndawonye kuwo wonke amazinga.

• Uma isimo sokubonisana sesinikezwe izinhlangano, ama-NGO angawafinyelela kanjani kangcono amathuba anikezwe wona wokubamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni ze-UN?

Sithanda ukubona ukuxhumana okufika ngesikhathi nakaningi mayelana nemicimbi namathuba ahlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni esigxile kuzo kanye nekhono lethu. Sicabanga ukuthi i-Indico izoba nekhono lokuphusha izaziso kuma-NGO, kodwa asikakutholi okuqukethwe okufanele uma sikudinga. Ngakho-ke, asihlali sibambiqhaza emazingeni ethu aphezulu. Uma singakhetha izindawo okugxilwe kuzo ngaphakathi kwe-Indico futhi sibhalisele izaziso ezikhethiwe, singahlela ukuzibandakanya kwethu kangcono. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kuma-NGO, njenge-ICERM, anabasebenzi bokuzithandela abaqashwe ngokugcwele noma amabhizinisi okumele aphathe ngaphandle komsebenzi wabo we-UN noma nama-NGO asebenza ngaphandle kwedolobha laseNew York.

UNance L. Schick, Esq., Ummeleli Omkhulu Wesikhungo Samazwe Ngamazwe Sokuxoxisana Kwezenkolo Esendlunkulu YeZizwe Ezihlangene, eNew York.