[Qui-deu-a-qui] Fwd: Stand with the people of Congo

Jue Nov 13 12:41:36 CET 2008

En inglés, sobre la actualidad en la RDCongo

Iolanda

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From: Miquel Ortega <miquel.ortega en gmail.com>
Date: 2008/11/13
Subject: Fwd: Stand with the people of Congo
To: Iolanda Fresnillo <iolanda.fresnillo en odg.cat>

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From: Paul Hilder - Avaaz.org <avaaz en avaaz.org>
Date: 2008/11/13
Subject: Stand with the people of Congo
To: "miquel.ortega en gmail.com" <miquel.ortega en gmail.com>

 Dear friends,

The people of Congo are being terrorised -- they need protection
urgently, Europe could help but our leaders are delaying -- call on
them to act urgently to protect civilians:
Take action now

The people of Congo need our help. In recent weeks over 200,000 people
have been driven from their homes, and murder and rape are rife. The
United Nations peacekeeping mission to Congo has not intervened to
protect civilians. As this email is sent, families are running for
their lives, stuck between the brutal violence of both the rebels and
the Congolese army, without food or shelter - their only refuges are
crowded camps which now face epidemics of disease. This is a human
tragedy of unimaginable proportions. But, European foreign ministers
meeting earlier this week said it's too early to act.

Europe can deploy a well-equipped protection force to be on the ground
in two weeks - no one else can get such a capable presence in that
fast. If Europe sent a neutral force to the region and helped put real
pressure on Congo and neighbouring countries with UN and African
officials, this humanitarian crisis could be addressed and a lasting
peace made possible. This tough crisis will not be solved militarily
but civilians desperately need protection now, and proper European
engagement could help tackle the root causes.

The lesson of Rwanda was to step in before it's too late -- Europe's
politicians seem to have forgotten that. The people of eastern Congo
need us now. Send a message to your leader and forward this email to
friends and family-- we'll also place our message in newspapers around
Europe. The situation is deteriorating by the day. The more messages
that the European leaders receive this week, the more they will feel
that their citizens and people around the world expect them to respond
and protect the Congolese people. Follow this link to send your
message now:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/european_action_on_congo/

The recent clashes between General Nkunda's militias and the Congolese
army are the latest in a place where the population has been attacked
and terrorised for years by armed groups. Over five million people
have been killed. It's been termed 'Africa's world war', with Rwanda,
Uganda, Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia all getting involved. The
fighting is fed by a lethal war economy based on the extraction of
minerals such as coltan, cobalt, diamonds and gold, to which we're all
connected through the worldwide market.

Allegations abound of Angolan and Zimbabwean troops fighting alongside
the Congolese army -- Congolese army soldiers committing atrocities
and working with militias including the Rwandan Hutu Forces, some of
whose leaders were responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide -- and
the Rwandan army supporting General Nkunda to muscle the Congolese
government to fulfill its commitment to demobilise these same Hutu
militias. So it is no surprise that African-only diplomacy is
faltering.

The United Nations mission (MONUC) is in Congo to keep the peace
between this web of armed groups, but recently it has made clear
statements that it cannot protect civilians. We have heard reliably
that MONUC are desperate for a rapid EU bridging force to do what they
can't and start restoring international legitimacy, which has been
lost through overstretch and perceptions of taking sides -- UN troops
have fought alongside the Congolese army and are even accused of
sheltering pro-government militias.

To have a credible and effective force the United Nations mission will
soon have to be reformed and redeployed. In the longer term, the
international community needs to be a strong and honest broker to
ensure implementation of peace agreements and confront the underlying
issues feeding this war. If Europe sends a short-term, neutral force
to the region now to protect civilians, it can start to change the
terms of this brutal game -- providing a basis both to defend the
defenceless and to apply political leverage to all sides. Click below
to send a message asking your own country's leader to support action
now:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/european_action_on_congo/

We cannot let the best chance to stop the terror in Congo slip by as
European leaders turn their backs. Congo needs concerted engagement
now. Europe is providing millions in aid to Congo and Rwanda to ensure
reconstruction and development, but without a more forceful and
permanent push, there will be no peace to keep.

Let's flood European leaders with requests for firm action. Sign the
petition and please send it to your friends and family:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/european_action_on_congo/

With hope,

Paul, Alice, Pascal, Ricken, Ben, Paula, Brett, Graziela, Iain and
Milena - the Avaaz.org team

PS: For a report on Avaaz's campaigning so far, see:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/report_back_2

PSS: Here are links to sources for this alert:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5126970.ece

http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=18960

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/10/congo-kiwanja-un-goma-angola-laurent-nkunda-war-crimes-fighting

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/congos-tragedy-the-war-the-world-has-forgotten-14023616.html

http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=18996

http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/081107_Mulet.doc.htm

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