Desmond Tutu [R] & Nelson Mandela
HONG KONG, China (CNN) - De globale „oorlog op verschrikking“ kan niet worden gewonnen als de mensen in „wanhopige“ voorwaarden leven, Aartsbisschop Desmond Tutu vertelde CNN.
Aartsbisschop Desmond Tutu zegt de „oorlog op verschrikking“ door armoede, ziekte en onwetendheid zal worden tegengewerkt.
„U kunt een oorlog tegen verschrikking nooit winnen zolang er voorwaarden in de wereld die mensen - armoede wanhopig maken, ziekte, onwetendheid, enz. zijn,“ de bovengenoemde laureaat van Nobel.
Tutu is in Hong Kong, waar hij moet een lezing bij de conflictresolutie, verzoening en vergiffenis geven.
Hij zei de ongelijkheid tussen rijk en slecht voor een deel van de wereld veroorzaakt instabiliteit en onzekerheid, maar toevoegde dat hij het verband tussen twee duidelijk werd hoopvol was.
„ik denk de mensen beginnen te realiseren dat u geen zakken welvaart in één deel van de wereld kunt hebben en reusachtige woestijnen van armoede en ontbering en denken dat u een stabiele en veilige wereld kunt hebben,“ hij zei.
Het vroegere hoofd van de Anglicaanse kerk van Zuid-Afrika is een verdediger van verzoening, en hij spreekt vaak uit tegen geweld en is een frequente criticus van rechten van de mensmisbruikers.
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Tutu also discussed with CNN the military junta in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Tutu described the rulers of that southeastern Asian county as “a military dictatorship that is running dead scared of a woman.”
He was referring to fellow Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, a leading dissident and pro-democracy activist there. Aung San Suu Kyi’s politics have led to her being held in varying degrees of detention off and on since 1989.
“The fact of the matter is she has nothing except her moral authority,” said Tutu, adding that he believed recent street protests against the junta could signal an end to military rule.
Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his vocal opposition and leadership against South Africa’s apartheid system — a government-sanctioned policy of racial separation which ended in 1994.
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REFERENCES:
[1.] The Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation: http://www.tutu.org/
[3.] South Africa’s post-apartheid struggle
[2.] Tutu on Ronald Reagan: Counterpoint to the Reagan legacy: “Immoral, evil, and totally un-Christian.” — These were the words of Bishop Desmond Tutu, spoken on Capitol Hill at a US committee hearing in late 1984. It was just after Reagan’s easy re-election. Tutu had just been awarded the Nobel peace prize for his non-violent struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Throughout the United States, a rising number of Americans were calling for American companies to stop doing business there.
“In my view, the Reagan administration’s support and collaboration with it is equally immoral, evil, and totally un-Christian . . . You are either for or against apartheid and not by rhetoric. You are either in favour of evil or you are in favour of good. You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can’t be neutral.” — Desmond Tutu
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[3.] Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu
REVIEW: “This book gives remarkable insights into how Tutu’s spiritual worldview and discipline molded him into the preeminent religious leader in South Africa’s struggle against racism and a passionate advocate of human rights internationally.” — Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States and Nobel Peace Laureate.
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