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Samedi 22 septembre 2007 6 22 /09 /Sep /2007 15:41

Involving African Youth in Dacision-making and in the Conflict Resolution

Youth in Africa

55% of the African populations are youths
Broadens the representativeness of existing decision-making.
Youth make up a significant proportion of the community. They can bring distinctive perspectives and experiences to the table. They also bring innovative ideas and dynamic perspectives about the future.
Helps the organization make better decisions.
A broader range of views and experience can strengthen the decision-making process.
Encourage the organization improve its services for youth especially in Africa and to advocate the adoption and ratification by African states the Pan African Youth Charter. This constitutes an important mechanism for the development of youths in Africa.
Better understanding the concerns of youth allows organizations to better serve this population group.
Creating a youth-friendly organization inspires the confidence of young users and stakeholders and enhances the reputation and credibility of the organization.
Help attract other youth as volunteers. Involving youth fully in decision-making and encourage them to assume their role and responsibilities in the society.

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Samedi 22 septembre 2007 6 22 /09 /Sep /2007 15:38

Youth Human Rights Organisation

ADHA

Action Pour les Droits Humains et L’Amitié (ADHA)

Action for Human Rights and Friendship (AHRF)

Purposes and objectives

Action pour les Droits Humains et l’Amitié (ADHA) is a neutral and non-profit making organization created by young Senegalese human right activists whose burning desire is to contribute towards the promotion and protection of human rights not only in Africa and but also beyond.

Areas of Intervention

The following constitute the focal points of its activities:

ü Monitoring and ensuring respect for human rights and human dignity;

ü Ensuring the protection and promotion of the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples (Castes, indigenous minorities as well as religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities);

ü Monitoring the implementation of the regional and international legal regimes relating to the promotion and protection of the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers in Africa and worldwide.

ü Denouncing and ensuring the elimination of modern forms of slavery;

ü Ensuring the strengthening of the rule of law and democracy in Africa;

ü Contributing towards the unification of African societies through the promotion of peace, friendship and solidarity. It is imperative to state that ADHA is also interested in reinforcing intercultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the world.

ü Striving for the prevention, management and resolution of intra and inter-state conflicts in Africa.

Attaining Its Objectives

To achieve its afore-mentioned goals, ADHA will strive

ü To ensure the ratification and implementation of international and regional human rights instruments by African states.

ü To collect, publish information relating to the situation of human rights in African states and beyond;

ü To organise seminars, conferences and symposium on human rights in general and the rights of minorities in particular;

ü To write reports on the situation of human rights and the rights of minorities in Africa;

ü To provide legal assistance for the victims of human rights violations in African states;

ü To ensure the holding of free and fair elections as well as the independence of the judiciary in Africa;

ü To mobilise Senegalese, African and international public opinion with the view to denounce massive human rights violations in Africa and beyond;

ü To collaborate with national, regional and international human rights organisations and institutions with the sole purpose of ensuring the universal protection and promotion of human rights and dignity.

ü To popularize the emerging human rights instruments such as the Pan-African Youth Charter in which the rights of African youth are enshrined.

ü Facilitating the access of African peoples to human rights documents.

Its Administrative Structure

ADHA’ administrative structure consists of a Board of Directors, an Executive Organ and a General Assembly.

ADHA Amitié II Sicap Rue 10, Villa n° 1040 Rez-de-chaussée, Po Box : 25548 Dakar, Sénégal, E-mail :actiondha@yahoo.fr Or actiondha@gmail.com/ www.adhda.over-blog.com Tel : (221) 301 14 98 / Tel : (221) 306 00 63

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Samedi 22 septembre 2007 6 22 /09 /Sep /2007 15:36

Holistic Approach to the Darfur Crisis

Press release

Contact Dismas Nkunda at +1 646 204 8743

(NEW YORK, September 21, 2007) As diplomats from 26 countries meet today in New York, the Darfur Consortium is asking this enlarged contact group on Sudan to pursue a holistic approach to the Darfur crisis by addressing issues of the protection of civilians, continuing the political process and remaining seized of the questions of accountability for crimes committed in the course of the conflict.

“The enlarged contact group should send a strong message to the government of Sudan, rebel movements, militias and the people of Darfur that they will keep the pressure on until the situation on the ground improves,” said Dismas Nkunda, Spokesperson for Darfur Consortium.

Recent diplomatic moves, including the passage of Security Council Resolution 1769, paving the way for deployment of a UN-AU hybrid force (UNAMID) and the announcement that peace talks will be resumed in Tripoli on October 27, are steps in the right direction.

“Unfortunately, these positive developments in New York and Addis Ababa have not translated into any improvement of the situation on the ground in Darfur. Indeed, not only have the Janjaweed militias continued to attack and rape civilians, but new violence has sprung up among Arab tribes causing further insecurity and displacement,” said Salih Mahmoud Osman, an opposition member of Parliament in Sudan.

The Darfur Consortium urges the contact group to ensure expeditious deployment of UNAMID in Darfur. In particular, the members of the enlarged contact group who can contribute to UNAMID's medium utility helicopter units or the medium heavy transportation companies should do so promptly.

Given the fact that UNAMID is unlikely to be in a position to deploy until next year, the contact group should consider taking urgent measures to improve the security situation for civilians in Darfur. These might include continuing political pressure on the parties to ensure an effective ceasefire and reinforcing AMIS in the short term.

The contact group should also consider what types of financial and political support it can offer to the next phase of political negotiations in Libya in order to ensure that they constitute a genuine and effective political process.

The Darfur Consortium equally asks the contact group to keep the question of justice and accountability on their agenda. “Justice and accountability have become an orphaned child in the whole Darfur debate,” Nkunda said. “Yet questions of justice and accountability are, very integral in the resolution of the crisis and should not be swept under the carpet,” he added.

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The Darfur Consortium is a coalition of more than 50 African and international non-governmental organizations committed to working collaboratively for a just and sustainable peace in Darfur.

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Lundi 17 septembre 2007 1 17 /09 /Sep /2007 19:24

Journée Mondiale sur le Darfour

Mesdemoiselles, Mesdames et Messieurs,

Très chers invités,

Permettez-nous en cette Quatrième (4) Journée Mondiale sur le Darfour que nous célébrons aujourd’hui, d’évoquer, de déplorer et de condamner, la situation de crise humanitaire qui sévit depuis quatre années dans cette région du Soudan en proie à un conflit armé meurtrier.

Aimables invités, il convient de rappeler que le Darfour est la région occidentale du Soudan aussi vaste que la France. Il est peuplé à majorité de tribus africaines : Four, Zaghawa, Massalit et Dadjo.

Délaissées par un régime dont l’insouciance frise l’irresponsabilité, les populations du Darfour se rebellent en 2003 pour réclamer seulement leur reconnaissance en tant qu’entité à part entière de la Nation soudanaise. Mais hélas ! Face à ces revendications, la réponse du gouvernement soudanais ne s’est pas fait attendre. Des bombardements aériens aveugles s’abattent quotidiennement sur elles n’épargnant ni enfants, ni femmes, ni bétail, ni habitation. Et depuis lors, les populations civiles du Darfour sont jetées de force sur les pistes de la misère et de l’exode.

De nos jours, selon les estimations des organisations humanitaires travaillant sur place, on dénombre plus de 400.000 morts, 2,5 millions de personnes déplacées et 500.000 réfugiées qui vivent à l’est du Tchad dans des conditions inhumaines et indescriptibles.

Les populations du Darfour doivent leur survie grâce à l’aide de la communauté internationale émue, et qui, jusqu’à un passé récent, semblait sombrer dans l’impuissance.

Il est temps de rompre avec la conspiration du silence qui entoure la crise du Darfour à travers une large campagne d’information en proposant des moyens de sortie de crise et en interpellant les politiques sur l’urgence de sauver le Darfour et ses populations.

Face à ces désastres humanitaires qui perdurent, la jeunesse sénégalaise et africaine recommande vivement :

Ø Le déploiement immédiat et sans délai des forces hybrides (O.N.U et Union Africaine) pour sécuriser les populations déplacées et les agents humanitaires ;

Ø La signature immédiate d’un cessez-le-feu ;

Ø Le respect de l’Accord de paix du Darfour signé en 2006 à Abuja (Nigeria) ;

Ø L’intégration de toutes les factions rebelles aux négociations de paix en cours et/ou à venir

Ø Le renforcement du Darfur-Darfur-Dialogue-and Consultation (Cadre de Concertation Inter-darfourien) ;

Ø La mobilisation des organisations de la jeunesse africaine autour du Darfour Consortium afin d’exercer une pression sur les autorités soudanaises pour le retour de la paix définitive au Darfour ;

Ø Aux organisations humanitaires de continuer à venir en aide aux réfugiés Darfouriens vivant à l’Est du Tchad.

Je vous remercie

Djibril Baldé

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Mercredi 29 août 2007 3 29 /08 /Août /2007 15:20

An Opportunity for Peace and Protection in Darfur

Global Day for Darfur IV – Joint Policy Statement

September 17 marks the anniversaries of two important civil society and governmental initiatives to improve the international community’s response to violent conflicts such as the tragedy that is currently unfolding in Darfur – the first Global Day for Darfur and the UN’s adoptions of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. Despite those and subsequent efforts, however, the situation in Darfur remains dire, with hundreds of thousand additionally displaced, and untold numbers killed. Efforts to limit the suffering through the provision of humanitarian aid are under increasing strain due to violence and rampant harassment, while efforts to advance a just and inclusive peace process have repeatedly been stalled due to violence. Four million people are now affected by the crisis, which has spread from Sudan into Chad and the Central African Republic. And yet international governmental efforts to end the conflict have fallen far short of what is necessary to provide peace and protection to the people of Darfur, failing the ideals enshrined in the Responsibility to Protect and reiterated in countless speeches by world leaders.

In an attempt to move beyond words and into action, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1769 on July 31, authorizing a hybrid United Nations – African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities. While these sentiments are certainly welcome, the past year witnessed several failed UN resolutions and ceasefire agreements. For the first time in history, the international community which comprises the UN failed to deploy a peacekeeping force authorized by the Security Council – the force intended for Darfur authorized last August 31 in Resolution 1706. The international community’s failures which led to the collapse of 1706, and there were many, can be traced in large part to the lack of a coordinated, multilateral approach to its implementation. It is painfully clear that a much greater effort will be required of all relevant actors – including nations large and small as well as international organizations such as the UN and AU – in order to give Resolution 1769 a real chance to succeed where 1706 has so recently and historically failed. The full and swift deployment of UNAMID will help protect civilians, and help lend strength to the latest round of peace talks begun recently in Arusha, Tanzania.

In order to help ensure the achievement of the twin goals of peace and protection for the people of Darfur, [Nation] and the international community must take the following actions:

Substantively Contribute to the Deployment of UNAMID

In order to fully and swiftly implement Resolution 1769 and thereby help realize the twin goals of peace and protection, the United Nations, African Union, European Union, Arab League, and UN member states – with a special focus on members of the Security Council and the Government of Sudan – must all do their part. Put simply, all nations and relevant international organizations must contribute what they can to help end the crisis in Darfur.

Within the context of their capacities, each nation and international organization should contribute troops, police, funding, equipment, logistical support, diplomatic and if necessary economic pressure, and in the case of Sudan full cooperation and facilitation. Additionally, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Chairman of the African Union must ensure that any and all bureaucratic delays to deployment are eliminated if possible and minimized if not. It is also imperative that nations honor prior unfulfilled financial commitments to the current African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to ensure its continued operation until such time as it is folded into the UNAMID command and payment structure.

The responsibility of implementing Resolution 1769 authorizing the hybrid UN-AU peacekeeping mission to Darfur falls on all nations and international organizations, with special leadership necessary from the UN and AU themselves, and with the full cooperation of the Sudanese government. If the Sudanese government should choose to renege on its commitments, as it has done repeatedly in the past, the international community must be prepared to use all necessary diplomatic and economic leverage – including targeted multilateral sanctions – to punish Sudanese obstruction. The UN Secretary-General and Security Council must also ensure that UNAMID’s mandate to proactively protect civilians is being strongly interpreted and broadly enforced through consistent monitoring of and reporting on the steps being taken by the AU-UN Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada, Force Commander Martin Agwai, and their deputies. If it is found that the UNAMID’s mandate is not being effectively pursued, the Secretary-General and Security Council should take appropriate steps as necessary to ensure the proactive protection of civilians.

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Demand an Immediate Cessation of Hostilities

The full and swift deployment of the UNAMID force is crucial to increasing security for civilians and humanitarian aid workers over time, but the promise of much-needed peacekeepers tomorrow will not reduce the violence today. All parties to the conflict must therefore use this opportunity to respect a total cessation of hostilities. Such action would be consistent with Resolution 1769 and with past unfulfilled agreements to cease hostilities. All nations and international organizations should contribute to achieving the critical mass of pressure necessary to convince all combatants that it is in their best interest to end their fighting and thereby help create space for the furtherance of the peace process.

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Support a Robust and Effective peace process

If there is to be a sustainable end to the violence in Darfur, there must be an effective and inclusive peace process to arrive at a final political solution to the conflict, thereby allowing IDPs and refugees to safely and voluntarily return home. The current process, jointly led by the UN and AU, offers some hope – especially insofar as it has consolidated what have been numerous and at times competing peace initiatives – but this UN-AU effort faces many obstacles as well. The rebel factions remain largely divided, a climate of insecurity continues to be fueled both by Khartoum and by inter-faction violence, major Darfuri leaders have refused to participate in the negotiations, and the UN-AU peace process team is under-staffed and lacking robust leadership. The international community must provide diplomatic, political, and financial support to the UN-AU initiative, and insist that it include input not just from the rebel groups, but also from IDPs, local tribal leaders, Arab groups not aligned with the government, and women, as envisioned by the Darfur-Darfur dialogue. Additionally, the international community must press important regional actors – especially Libya, Eritrea, and Chad – to play a productive role in promoting, not obstructing, the peace process.

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Dimanche 19 août 2007 7 19 /08 /Août /2007 14:54

Purposes and objectives of ADHA