UN-HABITAT
Opening Address by Mrs. A Tibaijuka
UN Under-Secretary-General &
Executive Director of UN-HABITAT &
Director General, UN Office at Nairobi on the occasion of the
Youth Dialogue on “I am Kenya, I am Peace, Lets Talk”, in preparation for the National Youth Violence Prevention Week. Nairobi, Monday 4 February 2008


Young Ambassadors and Messengers of Truth,
Colleagues in the United Nations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I thank you most sincerely for joining us here today in these very difficult times. Like a
broken heart, Kenya is still bleeding in post-election violence and I ask you all, right at
the outset, to join me in observing a minute of silence and respect for those who have lost
their lives in recent weeks. We pray also for those who have lost loved ones, their homes
and their livelihoods.
Thank you.
Young ladies and gentlemen,
I know that many of you have come here at considerable personal risk to join us here
today. I want to thank you for your courage and sacrifice. I want you to know that you
honour us by gracing the United Nations headquarters in Africa with your presence, for
as you know, after New York, Geneva and Vienna, we are the only UN headquarters in
the developing world. This centre is the home of the UNEP, the agency that works to
protect our planet’s natural environment, and UN-HABITAT, the agency of which I am
the Executive Director and which works for the built environment, or the Habitat agenda,
simply to secure a decent home for everyone and sustainable settlements in which to live.
It is regrettable that currently homes are being torched, families being evicted and
separated, and settlements are neither safe nor peaceful. That is what makes the meeting
timely, and your presence here is therefore most valuable and important.
I am afraid the challenges facing this country mean that this global UN head quarters is
not functioning optimally, so our work in other parts of the world is also adversely
impacted. The UN is also keen that we overcome these problems soon both for the sake
of the Kenyan people but also for all other peoples in the world for whom we serve from
here.
As young people, it is your generation which must lead us into a peaceful future. It is
your generation which must set a new example for others to follow. You must be the
agents of change who direct us along new roads to peace where our generation has
clearly failed. We apologize for this failure but as you will see, some of the causes are
historical, with long roots and do not render themselves to straight foreward solutions.
Indeed, it is clear that some need the vigour and courage of your younger generation to be
tackled. In this regard, the current cloud hanging over this nation is not only a threat, but
also an opportunity. If corrective measures are taken, a new order is bound to emerge in
this country turning adversity into opportunity. This way the dead and suffering will not
have perished in vain.
As you know, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon was here
last week. His message was very clear and let me simply reiterate it. He implored
Kenyans to stop violence and killing each other. He urged all of you to go out and to
reach out to your friends, and urge everyone they know to stop all the violence, the
attacks, the revenge attacks, the burning of churches, homes and businesses, and to bring
a quick end to the rape and pillage. That rape is also part of this violence only goes to
underscore how wrong it is to resort to violence to settle political grievances. Criminal
elements take advantage of violence to attack innocent victims thus turning away would
be sympathizers in what you believe as your cause!. In due course, prolonged violence is
a spoiler since it makes the public to forget the issue or grievance and to focus on the
crime, as the immediate challenge. How can raping a young girl address an election
grievance! By now it is clear to all of us that this is not the best way to go.
And this is not the Kenya we know and love. Apart from the United Nations Secretary-
General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, his predecessor, Mr. Kofi Annan and the very distinguished
members of the Mediation Panel Former President of Tanzania, Mr. Benjamin Mkapa
and former South African First Lady, Graca Machel, as well as Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, President Kufuor of Ghana, in his capacity as Chairman of the AU, and President
Museveni of Uganda who is also chair of the East African community, have all spent
many sleepless nights trying to help find a lasting peaceful solution to this crisis. Many
concerned citizens have likewise done the same. They have not lost an opportunity in
recent days to urge the country’s leaders to stop pointing fingers at each other and instead
focus on settling their differences peacefully, quickly and decisively so that the violence
can stop, and life can resume to normal. At this stage I can only congratulate the
Government and the ODM leadership for taking the mediation exercise seriously and
engaging in dialogue. I am convinced that soon we shall be in reconstruction and leave
destruction behind us. It is painful to see Kenya, the celebrated all time host of refugees
now grappling with IDPs. UNHCR is now resettling Kenyan refugees in neighboring
countries!
Young friends,
On this very day in 1913 one of the most courageous women heroes, the late Rosa Parks,
was born in Alabama in the United States. Some of you may not know of Rosa Parks.
Briefly, if you read the history of the civil rights movement in the US, you will discover
that some 52 years ago Rosa defied the segregation laws of the South by refusing to give
up her bus seat to a white man. She was taking the next step on her own long road to
freedom. And it was an extremely risky step to take at the time in the heated political
atmosphere.
But guided by courage and principle she ushered in a new era. Many people are not
aware that Martin Luther King Jr. became active as a follow up and in reaction to the
commotion set in force by the act of Rosa Parks. She did not hit anyone. She simply
refused to give up her seat. Led by Martin Luther, many other African Americans
followed her example, and boycotted the bus company as long as they were being
discriminated against. But in all this they avoided violence, although they were surely
tear gassed several times! They went for principled protest based on the values of
TRUTH, PEACE, LOVE for Neighbor and Non-violence. The refused to be intimidated
into retaliatory violence. In other words they lost the battle to win the war. It was not
easy, but in the end, it worked. It was so effective that it opened the eyes of the whole
American people to the injustice and absurdity of the system. Today is hard to believe
that such injustice had existed for so long and was vehemently defended! Throughout the
struggle, Martin Luther King never tired to extol his followers that the dream would
finally come true. It did, he transformed America and the world. Although he was
assassinated for his heroic efforts after winning a Nobel Peace Prize, this crime on his
person by his misguided detractors proved self defeating. Ironically, it was the very
murder of Martin Luther King that energized the civil rights movement and ushered in a
new era in race relations in America. So he did not die in vain. Let us also make sure that
those who have lost their lives, do not do so in vain. The current crisis is pregnant with
opportunity for a new Kenya, a new society, that will shine again on the world stage. A
unified new country that looks beyond parochial, ethnic interests.
An example is closer to home. You must be familiar with the legendary resistance of Mr.
Nelson Mandela and his ANC colleagues. Actually, around the same time that Rosa
Parks and Martin Luther King were struggling against racial discrimination in America,
leaders such as the first South African Nobel Laureate, the late Mr. Albert Luthuli, were
doing the same in South Africa. They founded the African National Congress, ANC in
1912. Later on, it was to be led by Nelson Mandela, who was jailed for 27 years for his
struggle. Like the civil rights movement in America, the ANC is also founded on the
principles of nonviolence. It took them time including long prison sentences to achieve
what they wanted, but finally, they won, through a political settlement. You have seen the
kind of respect that Mr. Mandela commands around the world. In fact his wife, Mrs.
Graca Machel, is one of the Eminent Africans now heklping Kenya to resolve the current
problems through a political settlement. Another legendary figure is Mahtama Gandhi.
He was able to fight for the independence of India, the biggest and most valued colony of
Britain by peaceful means! He was visionary enough to see the futility of a military
struggle against a powerful colonial master! By now the limits of force and violence are
becoming more and more clearer. Also today, we know the power of the TRUTH and
RECONCILIATION commissions in peace building. It would be a logical follow up to
the political settlement, to allow the nation to leave the problems behind and move on.
I have gone through these historical examples, to drive home a point that young Kenyans
can and must learn from Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. All fought
for rights and justice, but peacefully without endangering the lives of their neighbors or
anyone else. All religious teachings abhor violence because clearly, those who live by the
sword, will also die by the sword. It is self-defeating.
Today, young people are considered violent, or at least perceived to be so. I do not share
this view. Considering that 60% of the population in this country is under 30, the
majority of this young population is peaceful and non-violent. Bit it is the small violent
minority who are the most visible and who are giving young people a bad name. Look at
the damage experienced in the course of post-election violence. It has already caused
many deaths, displaced thousands and dented the image of this country in virtually in
virtually every corner of the world! The economy has not been spared. This means the
impact will spill over practically to every Kenyan, cutting both individual and public
budgets.
It is incumbent upon you that you work hard to change this wrong impression and image
of the Kenyan youth! You are not agents of loot and destruction as the TV images have
been showing in the past month! Most of you are not members of the criminal gangs that
have been terrorizing the community even before the elections. Over all these years, you
have been known all over the world for your sportsmanship! Here you were a pride of
Africa. I for one have always looked with pride for the Kenyan runners bearing a flag for
Africa. I used to say with pride and conviction that “KARIBU KENYA, HAKUNA
MATATA”. I would hate now to say the reverse, “matata mengi”. That should not and
cannot be allowed to continue!
This is best done by reaching out to all young people, including those who have lost hope
and involved themselves in anti social behaviour. It is not too late for anyone. The violent
groups have become impatient, and believe that by taking the law in their own hands,
they will find a short cut to solve their perceived problems. Regrettably, violence does
not solve any problem. It creates a vicious circle of violence, and make things much
worse. This is easy to see, for example, imagine Kenya before the violence and where it
is now? Everyone is worse off as a result of the violence that followed the announcement
of the Presidential results.
So, today, I would like to encourage you to understand and observe one of the most
important principles of the UN. That is to solve disputes through negotiations, by
peaceful means, without interfering in other people’s basic human rights.
As you know the United Nations was founded in 1945 after the Second World War with
its untold suffering and loss of millions of lives all over the world. Even Kenyan soldiers
were not spared. They were part of the King’s African Rifles, fighting in a war the cause
of which they did not understand. That is the nature of conflict, violence and war. It
becomes a tide sweeping away everyone and everything. From this experience, the UN
Charter guarantees individual rights and freedoms through which grievances can be aired
and addressed peacefully. The United Nations condemns violence. It also recognizes that
if you deny people freedom of assembly and freedom to express themselves, they resort
to violence. It follows that the UN principles must be upheld by all of us, both as
individuals or groups, or government officials. If these fundamental rights are not upheld,
no one will win, but everyone will lose. In order to turn the current situation around, it is
important that all parties and all Kenyans follow these basic international principles and
values to resolve the current dispute and conflicts. It is also clear that both immediate and
long standing historical grievances must be addressed, once and for all. The UN family is
active in practically all these areas and stands ready to assist if and as requested.
Around the world today, we know that poverty, a lack of opportunity and displacement
caused by internal country conflicts have pushed some 50 million young people towards
a more dangerous and unfortunate means of earning a living. Kenya is one of the
countries with high degree of inequality. This is unsustainable and must be addressed. A
number of you are from Kibera and Mathare and other neighborhoods where we have
programmes. You have heard me and my colleagues say this before. That we fight
poverty but not the poor, and that we are against slums and not slum dwellers. We work
with the Government through the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme. The entire UN
family was looking forward to continue with our poverty alleviation programmes along
the Millennium Development Goals in all these areas. Regrettably now we have to spend
most of our time on humanitarian work. This is very important and you know that the UN
family is now focused on this aspect. However, resources that would have gone for
development work will be diverted to save lives and reconstruct. You will therefore
understand why I say, violence has affected all of us adversely.
In this regard, responding to young people who wanted to deliver immediate relief and
longer term peace building activities, UN-HABITAT has entered into partnership with
Kenya Red Cross to make this possible. I am told that a number of you present here are
involved in these initiatives. I thank you for your voluntary spirit and is counting on good
performance, serving others with sincerely and sacrifice.
At this gathering here today, we have an opportunity to exchange views and learn from
one another. This gathering of young people from all corners of Kenya is going to be a
peaceful one! Everyone here is unique and a resource. Imagine how boring this meeting
would be if you had not all come to participate! No man is an island, so the saying goes!
AT THIS STAGE, LET ME ASK YOU to pose for a moment, and EXTEND TO EACH
OTHER A HAND SHAKE, as a sign of peace. ……..Thank you!
With this gesture, I am pleased to launch and embark on a National Campaign to reach
out to each and every young person at the neighborhood or school level with the message
of right action through truth telling, peace, love, and nonviolence. These values if
embraced will guarantee inclusiveness, safe neighborhoods and good governance at all
levels. We will do this through a Peace Building Training of Trainers programme, a
Media outreach, and a one to one signature campaign to reach out to one million young
people. This Campaign will climax with a National Youth Violence Prevention Week
from 23rd February to 1st March where you and I will be called to act on violence in
whatever small or big way – be it through dialogue with others on the message of peace,
or through symbolic gestures to each other in the spirit of peace, love and unity. This
Week will from now henceforth become an annual event within the calendar of the
United Nations Development Assistance Framework to Kenya on Safer Cities. In this
regard, I wish to extend my appreciation to UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, UNIFEM,
UNAIDS and other UN agencies for joining UN-HABITAT to make this process a truly
UN supported initiative for the people of Kenya. I am aware that the UN family is
finalizing a longer term “Young people and Armed Violence Prevention Programme” in
which Kenya will be one of the beneficiaries.
Building on today’s event, 250 young people will benefit from a training programme on
peacebuilding and transformation. This skills building programme sees young people as
agents of peace, it focuses on long-term solutions and interventions. The programme’s
ultimate goal is to reach young people at the grass roots level.
You also have to work hard, and we are here to support you in turning that image around,
to quash that image as well.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In Asia, Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet, author, songwriter, painter and
educator who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1913, used the phrase "unity through
diversity" to celebrate diversity and its potential for development. This phrase has later
been adopted by others all over the world to emphasise that diversity is strength. Our
great sons of Africa, Mr. Mandela and Kofi Annan, hold the same views. And do not
forget that Kenya is the first African country to produce a woman Nobel Peace Laureate,
Prof. Wangari Maathai. You have seen the truthfulness and courage with which she has
approached the issues confronting this nation, under very difficult circumstances. She is a
true messenger of truth.
I conclude these remarks by asking you to ask yourselves how a country can grow and
flourish beyond its borders, when it cannot even embrace its own people living on her
lands? My challenge to you is to go out to your school, to your neighbour with the
message that violence is not an acceptable part of how individuals should treat each
other. Surely, grievances must be tackled, wrong actions must be pointed out, and those
involved named and shamed? But clearly that does not happen after you have killed your
neighbor, torched their homes, or thrown then out of their jobs. That is not reason but
madness. So please go out with the messages “Peace begins with you and me”, “No
more violence, lets talk”, “A peaceful Kenya begins with me”, “I am Kenya, I am Peace,
Lets Talk”. “The children are crying, this is shameful on all of us´. You are my brother, I
am your sister, and we all are one human family. The leaders are talking. In their wisdom
they asked Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to come and mediate or facilitate the
dialogue, to avoid a confrontation. That takes time and humility but it will pay a high
reward. If youth groups want a facilitator, you can invite UN experts to come and help!
Individual action CAN and WILL make a difference!
The choice before us is peaceful and enriching coexistence or no existence at all. The
choice is ours and the youth have to lead.
We must stop the bleeding.
Once again, I thank you for your courage and please from now on stay safe because only
you can make Kenya, the only host to a UN headquarters in the developing world, safe to
live and work in.
Finally, you will notice that I have delivered my speech in Kiswahili because I want not
only the youth but also their parents, wherever they are in Kenya, to understand what we
are saying. I welcome them to join you in the goals I believe you are here to set for
yourself. To build a united Kenyan nation.
UN stands ready to help and facilitate. Together we shall soon over come. I have a
dream.
Thank you for your kind attention.

Discours d'ouverture d'UN-HABITAT par Mme. Un Tibaijuka, l'ONU que l'Office à Nairobi à l'occasion du dialogue de la jeunesse sur « moi suis le Kenya, je suis paix, laisse l'entretien », en vue de la semaine nationale d'empêchement de violence de la jeune
Automatically translated into French thanks to WorldLingo
Discours
d'ouverture d'UN-HABITAT par Mme. Un Tibaijuka
directeur Sous-Secrétaire-Général et
exécutif de l'ONU d'UN-HABITAT et
directeur général, l'ONU que l'Office à Nairobi à l'occasion
du dialogue de la jeunesse sur « moi suis le Kenya, je suis paix, laisse l'entretien », en vue de la semaine nationale d'empêchement de violence de la jeunesse. Nairobi, ambassadeurs


du lundi 4 février 2008 jeunes et messagers de la vérité,
collègues aux Nations Unies,
mesdames et messieurs,
je vous remercie le plus sincèrement de nous joindre ici aujourd'hui dans ces périodes très difficiles. Comme
un coeur cassé, le Kenya est saignement immobile dans la violence après les élections et je te demande tout, droit
au début, pour me joindre en observant une minute de silence et de respect pour ceux qui ont perdu
leurs vies en semaines récentes. Nous prions également pour ceux qui ont perdu ont aimé ceux, leurs maisons
et leurs vies.
Merci.
Jeunes mesdames et messieurs,
je sais que bon nombre d'entre toi sont venus ici au risque personnel considérable pour nous joindre ici
aujourd'hui. Je veux vous remercier de votre courage et sacrifice. Je veux que vous sachiez que vous
nous honorez en honorant les siège des Nations Unies En Afrique avec votre présence, parce que
comme vous le savez, après New York, Genève et Vienne, nous sommes les seuls sièges sociaux de l'ONU dans
le monde en voie de développement. Ce centre est la maison de l'UNEP, de l'agence qui travaille
pour protéger l'environnement normal de notre planète, et d'UN-HABITAT, l'agence dont je suis
le directeur exécutif et qui fonctionne pour l'environnement établi, ou l'ordre du jour d'habitat,
fixer simplement une maison décente pour chacun et les règlements soutenables dans lesquels pour vivre.
C'est regrettable qu'actuellement des maisons sont incendiées, des familles étant expulsées et
séparées, et les règlements ne sont ni sûrs ni paisibles. C'est ce qui rend la réunion
opportune, et votre présence ici est donc la plus valable et importante.
J'ai peur les défis faisant face à ce moyen de pays que ces quarts principaux globaux de l'ONU
ne fonctionne pas de façon optimale, ainsi notre travail dans d'autres régions du monde
est également défavorablement effectué. L'ONU est également vif que nous surmontons ces problèmes bientôt tous les deux dans l'intéret
des kenyans mais également pour tous autres peuples dans le monde à qui nous servons
d'ici.
En tant que jeunes, c'est votre génération qui doit nous mener dans un futur paisible. C'est
votre génération qui doit placer un nouvel exemple pour que d'autres suivent. Vous devez être
les agents du changement qui direct nous le long de nouvelles routes à la paix où notre génération
a clairement échoué. Nous faisons des excuses pour cet échec mais car vous verrez, certaines des causes sont
historiques, avec de longues racines et ne se rendent pas aux solutions droites de foreward.
En effet, il est clair que certains aient besoin de la vigueur et du courage de votre plus jeune génération
d'être abordé. À cet égard, le nuage courant accrochant au-dessus de cette nation est non seulement une menace, mais
également une occasion. Si des mesures correctives sont prises, un nouvel ordre est lié pour émerger dans
cette adversité de rotation de pays dans l'occasion. De cette façon les morts et souffrance
n'aura pas péri en vain.
Comme vous le savez, le sécrétaire général des Nations Unies, M. La Ki-Lune d'interdiction était ici
la semaine dernière. Son message était très clair et laissez-moi le réitèrent simplement. Il a imploré
des Kenyans pour arrêter la violence et le massacre. Il a invité tout le toi à sortir et
atteindre dehors à vos amis, et recommander chacun qu'ils savent pour arrêter toute violence,
les attaques, les attaques de vengeance, la brûlure des églises, des maisons et des entreprises, et pour apporter
une extrémité rapide au viol et au pillage. Que le viol est également une partie de cette violence seulement va
souligner à quel point il erroné est de recourir à la violence pour arranger des réclamations politiques. Les éléments
criminels tirent profit de la violence pour attaquer les victimes innocentes tournant de ce fait loin
seraient des sympathisants dans ce que vous croyez en tant que votre cause !. En temps opportun, la violence prolongée est
un spoiler puisqu'elle incite le public à oublier la question ou le grief et à se concentrer sur
le crime, comme défi immédiat. Comment ose violant une jeune adresse de fille un grief
d'élection ! À ce jour il est clair à tous les nous que ce n'est pas la meilleure manière d'aller.
Et ce n'est pas le Kenya que nous connaissons et aimons. Indépendamment du général de secrétaire
des Nations Unies, M. Ki-Lune d'interdiction, son prédécesseur, M. Kofi Annan et les membres très
distingués de la médiation lambrissent l'ancien président de la Tanzanie, M. Benjamin Mkapa
et ancienne première Madame sud-africaine, Graca Machel, aussi bien que l'archevêque Desmond
Tutu, le Président Kufuor du Ghana, en sa qualité de Président de l'AU, et du Président
Museveni de l'Ouganda qui est également chaise de la communauté africaine est, font dépenser le tout
beaucoup de nuits sans sommeil essayant d'aider à trouver une solution paisible durable à cette crise. Beaucoup de
citoyens intéressés ont fait de même la même chose. Ils n'ont pas perdu une occasion en
jours récents d'inviter les chefs du pays à cesser de diriger des doigts à l'un l'autre et à se concentrer
à la place sur aplanir leurs différences paisiblement, rapidement et décisivement de sorte que la violence
puisse s'arrêter, et la vie puisse reprendre à la normale. À ce stade je peux seulement féliciter
le gouvernement et la conduite d'ODM pour prendre l'exercice de médiation sérieusement et
s'engager dans le dialogue. Je suis convaincu que bientôt nous serons dans la reconstruction et laisserons
la destruction derrière nous. Il est douloureux de voir le Kenya, célébré tout le centre serveur de temps des réfugiés
s'attaquant maintenant à l'IDPs. L'UNHCR reclasse maintenant les réfugiés kenyans dans les pays
voisins !
De jeunes amis,
ce jour même dans 1913 un des héros de femmes les plus courageux, défunte Rosa Parks,
sont nés en Alabama aux Etats-Unis. Il peut ne pas savoir de Rosa Parks.
Brièvement, si vous lisez l'histoire du mouvement de droits civiques aux USA, vous découvrirez
qu'il y a environ 52 ans de Rosa défiant les lois de ségrégation des sud en refusant de renoncer
à son siège d'autobus à un homme blanc. Elle prenait la prochaine mesure sur sa propre longue route
à la liberté. Et cela était une étape extrêmement risquée à prendre alors dans l'atmosphère politique
de chauffage.
Mais guidé par le courage et le principe elle a déclenché une nouvelle ère. Beaucoup de personnes ne se rendent pas
compte que Jr. de Martin Luther King. est devenu actif comme suivi et dans la réaction
à l'ensemble d'agitation en vigueur par l'acte de Rosa Parks. Elle n'a pas frappé n'importe qui. Elle
a simplement refusé d'abandonner son siège. Mené par Martin Luther, beaucoup d'autres Américains africains
ont suivi son exemple, et ont boycotté la compagnie d'autobus tant que ils
étaient distingués contre. Mais en tout ceci ils ont évité la violence, bien qu'ils aient été sûrement
larme ivre plusieurs fois ! Ils sont allés pour principled la protestation basée sur les valeurs
de la VÉRITÉ, de la PAIX, de l'AMOUR pour le voisin et de la Non-violence. Refusé pour être intimidé
dans la violence de représailles. En d'autres termes ils ont perdu la bataille pour gagner la guerre. Il n'était pas
facile, mais à la fin, cela a fonctionné. Il était si efficace qu'il ait ouvert les yeux des
américains de totalité à l'injustice et à l'absurdité du système. Aujourd'hui est dur pour croire
qu'une telle injustice avait existé pour ainsi désirez ardemment et a été énergiquement défendu ! Dans toute
la lutte, Martin Luther King n'a jamais fatigué pour exalter ses disciples que le rêve
viendrait finalement vrai. Il, il a transformé l'Amérique et le monde. Bien qu'il
ait été assassiné pour ses efforts héroïques après gain d'un prix de paix Nobel, ce crime sur sa
personne par ses détracteurs mal orientés a montré la défaite d'individu. Ironiquement, c'était même
le meurtre de Martin Luther King qui a activé le mouvement de droits civiques et déclenche
une nouvelle ère dans des relations inter-raciales en Amérique. Ainsi il n'est pas mort en vain. Également assurons-nous que
ceux qui ont perdu leurs vies, ne font pas ainsi en vain. La crise courante est enceinte avec
l'occasion pour le nouveau Kenya, une nouvelle société, qui brillera encore sur l'étape du monde.
Un nouveau pays unifié qui regarde au delà des intérêts paroissiaux et ethniques.
Un exemple est plus près de maison. Vous devez être au courant de la résistance légendaire de M.
Nelson Mandela et ses collègues d'ANC. En fait, autour du même temps que Rosa
gare et Martin Luther King luttaient contre la discrimination raciale en Amérique,
chefs tels que le premier lauréat sud-africain Nobel, défunt M. Albert Luthuli,
faisaient la même chose en Afrique du Sud. Ils ont fondé le congrès national africain, ANC en
1912. Plus tard, il devait être mené par Nelson Mandela, qui a été emprisonné pendant 27 années pour sa
lutte. Comme le mouvement de droits civiques en Amérique, l'ANC est également fondé selon
les principes du nonviolence. Cela leur a pris du temps comprenant de longues phrases de prison de réaliser
ce qu'elles ont voulu, mais en conclusion, elles ont gagné, par un règlement politique. Vous avez vu
le genre de respect qui M. Commandes de Mandela autour du monde. En fait son épouse, Mme.
Graca Machel, est l'un des Africains éminents heklping maintenant le Kenya pour résoudre les problèmes
courants par un règlement politique. Une autre figure légendaire est Mahtama Gandhi.
Il pouvait combattre pour l'indépendance de l'Inde, de la plus grande et la plus évaluée colonie
de la Grande-Bretagne par des moyens paisibles ! Il était assez visionnaire pour voir la futilité d'une lutte
militaire contre un maître colonial puissant ! À ce jour les limites de la force et de la violence
deviennent de plus en plus clairifiant. En outre aujourd'hui, nous savons la puissance des commissions de VÉRITÉ
et de RÉCONCILIATION dans le bâtiment de paix. Ce serait un suivi logique
au règlement politique, permettrait à la nation de laisser les problèmes derrière et passerait.
Je suis passé par ces exemples historiques, pour conduire la maison par point que les jeunes Kenyans
peuvent et doivent apprendre de Rosa Parks, de Mahatma Gandhi et de Nelson Mandela. Tous ont combattu
pour les droites et la justice, mais paisiblement sans mettre en danger les vies de leurs voisins ou
de n'importe qui autrement. Tous les enseignements religieux détestent la violence parce que clairement, ceux que de phase à côté
de l'épée, mourra également par l'épée. Il individu-défait.
Aujourd'hui, des jeunes sont considérés violents, ou au moins perçus pour être ainsi. Je ne partage pas
cette opinion. Considérant que 60% de la population dans ce pays est au-dessous de 30,
la majorité de cette jeune population est paisible et non-violente. Est mordue lui la petite minorité
violente qui sont le plus évident et qui donnent aux jeunes une réputation mauvaise. Regardez
les dommages éprouvés au cours de la violence après les élections. Il a déjà causé
beaucoup de décès, milliers déplacés et a bosselé l'image de ce pays dedans pratiquement dans
pratiquement chaque coin du monde ! L'économie n'a pas été épargnée. Ceci signifie que
l'impact se renversera plus de pratiquement à chaque Kenyan, coupant différents et publics
budgets.
C'est candidat sortant sur toi que vous travaillez dur pour changer ces impression et image fausses
de la jeunesse kenyane ! Vous n'êtes pas des agents de butin et de destruction car les images de TV
avaient montré en mois passé ! La plupart d'entre toi n'est pas des membres des troupes criminelles qui
avaient terrorisé la communauté même avant les élections. Sur toutes ces années, vous
avez été connu partout dans le monde pour votre sportsmanship ! Ici vous étiez une fierté
de l'Afrique. I pour un ont toujours regardé avec fierté pour les coureurs kenyans soutenant un drapeau pour
l'Afrique. J'avais l'habitude de dire avec la fierté et la conviction qui « KARIBU KENYA, HAKUNA
MATATA ». Je détesterais maintenant pour dire l'inverse, « mengi de matata ». Cela ne devrait pas et
ne peut pas être laissé continuer !
C'est meilleur fait en atteignant dehors à tous les jeunes, y compris ceux qui ont perdu l'espoir
et se sont impliqués dans le comportement anti social. Il n'est pas trop tard pour n'importe qui. Les groupes
violents sont devenus impatients, et croient qu'en prenant la loi dans des leurs propres mains,
ils trouveront un raccourci pour résoudre leurs problèmes perçus. Regrettablement, la violence
ne résout aucun problème. Il crée un cercle méchant de violence, et rend des choses beaucoup
plus mauvaises. Il est facile voir ce, par exemple, imaginez le Kenya avant la violence et où il
est maintenant ? Chacun est éteint plus mauvais en raison de la violence qui a suivi l'annonce
des résultats présidentiels.
Ainsi, aujourd'hui, je voudrais vous encourager à comprendre et observer un des principes
les plus importants de l'ONU. C'est de résoudre des conflits par des négociations, par
des moyens paisibles, sans interférer dans les droits de l'homme de base d'autres.
Comme vous savez que les Nations Unies ont été fondées en 1945 après la deuxième guerre mondiale avec
sa douleur incalculable et la perte de millions des vies partout dans le monde. Même des soldats kenyans
n'ont pas été épargnés. Ils faisaient partie d'African Rifles du Roi, combattant dans une guerre la cause
dont ils n'ont pas compris. C'est la nature du conflit, de la violence et de la guerre. Ce
devient une marée balayant loin chacun et tout. De cette expérience, la charte
de l'ONU garantit les différentes droites et les libertés par lesquelles des réclamations peuvent être aérées
et adressées paisiblement. Les Nations Unies condamne la violence. Il identifie également cela
si vous niez la liberté de personnes d'assemblée et la liberté pour s'exprimer, ils recourent
à la violence. Il suit que les principes de l'ONU doivent être confirmés par tous les nous, comme
individus ou groupes, ou des fonctionnaires de gouvernement. Si ces droites fondamentales ne sont pas confirmées,
personne ne gagneront, mais chacun perdra. Afin de tourner la situation actuelle autour, il est
important que toutes les parties et tous les Kenyans suivent ces principes et valeurs internationaux
de base pour résoudre le conflit courant et est en conflit. Il est également clair que des réclamations historiques
immédiates et de longue date doivent être adressées, une fois pour toutes. Les organisations dépendant de l'ONU Sont
en activité dans pratiquement tous ces secteurs et se tiennent prêtes à aider si et comme en a été faite la demande.
Autour du monde aujourd'hui, nous savons que la pauvreté, un manque d'occasion et le déplacement
provoqué par des conflits internes de pays ont poussé environ 50 millions de jeunes vers
des moyens plus dangereux et plus malheureux de gagner une vie. Le Kenya est l'un
des pays avec le degré élevé d'inégalité. C'est insoutenable et doit être adressé.
Un nombre de toi sont de Kibera et Mathare et d'autres voisinages où nous avons
des programmes. Vous avez entendu que moi et mes collègues disent ceci avant. Que nous combattons
la pauvreté mais pas les pauvres, et que nous sommes contre taudis et pas habitants de taudis. Nous travaillons
avec le gouvernement par taudis du Kenya améliorant le programme. Les organisations dépendant de l'ONU
Entières étaient dans l'attente pour continuer nos programmes d'allégement de pauvreté le long
des buts de développement de millénium dans tous ces secteurs. Regrettablement maintenant nous devons passer
la majeure partie de notre temps sur le travail humanitaire. C'est très important et vous savez que les organisations dépendant de l'ONU
Sont maintenant concentrées sur cet aspect. Cependant, des ressources qui seraient allées pour
le travail de développement seront détournées à économiser les vies et reconstruire. Vous comprendrez
donc pourquoi je dis, violence a affecté tous les nous défavorablement.
In this regard, responding to young people who wanted to deliver immediate relief and
longer term peace building activities, UN-HABITAT has entered into partnership with
Kenya Red Cross to make this possible. I am told that a number of you present here are
involved in these initiatives. I thank you for your voluntary spirit and is counting on good
performance, serving others with sincerely and sacrifice.
At this gathering here today, we have an opportunity to exchange views and learn from
one another. This gathering of young people from all corners of Kenya is going to be a
peaceful one! Everyone here is unique and a resource. Imagine how boring this meeting
would be if you had not all come to participate! No man is an island, so the saying goes!
AT THIS STAGE, LET ME ASK YOU to pose for a moment, and EXTEND TO EACH
OTHER A HAND SHAKE, as a sign of peace. ……..Thank you!
With this gesture, I am pleased to launch and embark on a National Campaign to reach
out to each and every young person at the neighborhood or school level with the message
of right action through truth telling, peace, love, and nonviolence. These values if
embraced will guarantee inclusiveness, safe neighborhoods and good governance at all
levels. We will do this through a Peace Building Training of Trainers programme, a
Media outreach, and a one to one signature campaign to reach out to one million young
people. This Campaign will climax with a National Youth Violence Prevention Week
from 23rd February to 1st March where you and I will be called to act on violence in
whatever small or big way – be it through dialogue with others on the message of peace,
or through symbolic gestures to each other in the spirit of peace, love and unity. This
Week will from now henceforth become an annual event within the calendar of the
United Nations Development Assistance Framework to Kenya on Safer Cities. In this
regard, I wish to extend my appreciation to UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, UNIFEM,
UNAIDS and other UN agencies for joining UN-HABITAT to make this process a truly
UN supported initiative for the people of Kenya. I am aware that the UN family is
finalizing a longer term “Young people and Armed Violence Prevention Programme” in
which Kenya will be one of the beneficiaries.
Building on today’s event, 250 young people will benefit from a training programme on
peacebuilding and transformation. This skills building programme sees young people as
agents of peace, it focuses on long-term solutions and interventions. The programme’s
ultimate goal is to reach young people at the grass roots level.
You also have to work hard, and we are here to support you in turning that image around,
to quash that image as well.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In Asia, Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet, author, songwriter, painter and
educator who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1913, used the phrase "unity through
diversity" to celebrate diversity and its potential for development. This phrase has later
been adopted by others all over the world to emphasise that diversity is strength. Our
great sons of Africa, Mr. Mandela and Kofi Annan, hold the same views. And do not
forget that Kenya is the first African country to produce a woman Nobel Peace Laureate,
Prof. Wangari Maathai. You have seen the truthfulness and courage with which she has
approached the issues confronting this nation, under very difficult circumstances. She is a
true messenger of truth.
I conclude these remarks by asking you to ask yourselves how a country can grow and
flourish beyond its borders, when it cannot even embrace its own people living on her
lands? My challenge to you is to go out to your school, to your neighbour with the
message that violence is not an acceptable part of how individuals should treat each
other. Surely, grievances must be tackled, wrong actions must be pointed out, and those
involved named and shamed? But clearly that does not happen after you have killed your
neighbor, torched their homes, or thrown then out of their jobs. That is not reason but
madness. So please go out with the messages “Peace begins with you and me”, “No
more violence, lets talk”, “A peaceful Kenya begins with me”, “I am Kenya, I am Peace,
Lets Talk”. “The children are crying, this is shameful on all of us´. You are my brother, I
am your sister, and we all are one human family. The leaders are talking. In their wisdom
they asked Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to come and mediate or facilitate the
dialogue, to avoid a confrontation. That takes time and humility but it will pay a high
reward. If youth groups want a facilitator, you can invite UN experts to come and help!
Individual action CAN and WILL make a difference!
The choice before us is peaceful and enriching coexistence or no existence at all. The
choice is ours and the youth have to lead.
We must stop the bleeding.
Once again, I thank you for your courage and please from now on stay safe because only
you can make Kenya, the only host to a UN headquarters in the developing world, safe to
live and work in.
Finally, you will notice that I have delivered my speech in Kiswahili because I want not
only the youth but also their parents, wherever they are in Kenya, to understand what we
are saying. I welcome them to join you in the goals I believe you are here to set for
yourself. To build a united Kenyan nation.
UN stands ready to help and facilitate. Together we shall soon over come. I have a
dream.
Thank you for your kind attention.

Discurso de apertura de UN-HABITAT de la señora. Un Tibaijuka, la O.N.U que la oficina en Nairobi en ocasión del diálogo de la juventud en “mí es Kenia, yo es paz, deja charla”, con objeto de la semana nacional de la prevención de la violencia
Automatically translated into Spanish thanks to WorldLingo
Discurso
de apertura de UN-HABITAT de la señora. Un Tibaijuka
director Debajo-Secretaria-General y
ejecutivo de la O.N.U de UN-HABITAT y
el director general, la O.N.U que la oficina en Nairobi en ocasión
del diálogo de la juventud en “mí es Kenia, yo es paz, deja charla”, con objeto de la semana nacional de la prevención de la violencia de la juventud. Nairobi, los embajadores


del lunes 4 de febrero de 2008 y los mensajeros de la verdad, los colegas
en los Naciones Unidas, las señoras
y los caballeros jóvenes,
le agradezco lo más sinceramente posible por ensamblarnos aquí hoy en estas épocas muy difíciles. Como
un corazón quebrado, Kenia es sangría inmóvil en violencia post-election y le pregunto todo, derecho en
el principio, ensamblarme en la observación de un minuto de silencio y de respecto para los que han perdido
sus vidas en semanas recientes. Rogamos también para los que han perdido amaron unos, sus hogares
y sus sustentos.
Gracias.
Las señoras y los caballeros jóvenes,
sé que muchos de usted han venido aquí en el riesgo personal considerable ensamblarnos aquí
hoy. Deseo agradecerle por su valor y sacrificio. Quisiera que usted supiera que usted
nos honre gracing las jefaturas de Naciones Unidas en África con su presencia, porque
como usted sabe, después de Nueva York, de Ginebra y de Viena, somos las únicas jefaturas de la O.N.U en
el mundo que se convierte. Este centro es el hogar del UNEP, la agencia que trabaja
para proteger el ambiente natural de nuestro planeta, y UN-HABITAT, la agencia de el cual yo es
el director ejecutivo y de el cual trabaje para el ambiente construido, o la agenda del habitat,
asegurar simplemente un hogar decente para cada uno y los establecimientos sostenibles en los cuales vivir.
Es deplorable que los hogares están estando actualmente torched, las familias que son desahuciadas y
separadas, y los establecimientos son ni seguros ni pacíficos. Eso es qué hace la reunión
oportuna, y su presencia aquí es por lo tanto la más valiosa e importante.
Estoy asustado los desafíos que hacen frente a este medio del país que no están funcionando estos cuartos principales globales de la O.N.U
óptimo, así que nuestro trabajo en otras partes del mundo también está afectado
al contrario. La O.N.U es también afilada que superamos estos problemas pronto ambos para el motivo
de la gente de Kenyan pero también para el resto de la gente en el mundo para el cual servimos
de aquí.
Como gente joven, es su generación que debe conducirnos en un futuro pacífico. Es
su generación que debe fijar un nuevo ejemplo para que otros sigan. Usted debe ser
los agentes del cambio que directo nosotros a lo largo de los caminos nuevos a la paz donde nuestra generación
ha fallado claramente. Nos disculpamos por esta falta pero como usted verá, algunas de las causas son
históricas, con las raíces largas y no se rinden a las soluciones rectas del foreward.
De hecho, está claro que algo necesita el vigor y el valor de su generación más joven
de ser abordado. En este respeto, la nube actual que cuelga sobre esta nación es no sólo una amenaza, pero
también una oportunidad. Si se toman las medidas correctivas, una nueva orden está limitada para emerger en
esta adversidad que da vuelta del país en oportunidad. Esta manera los muertos y sufrimiento
no habrá fallecido en inútil.
Como usted sabe, el secretario general de los Naciones Unidas, Sr. La Ki-Luna de la interdicción estaba aquí
la semana pasada. Su mensaje estaba muy claro y déjeme lo reiteran simplemente. Él imploró
Kenyans para parar violencia y la matanza. Él le impulsó para salir y
para alcanzar hacia fuera a sus amigos, e impulso cada uno que saben para parar toda la violencia,
los ataques, los ataques de la venganza, el quemarse de iglesias, los hogares y los negocios, y traer
un extremo rápido a la violación y al pillaje. Que la violación es también parte de esta violencia solamente va
a subrayar cómo es incorrecto es recurrir a la violencia para colocar agravios políticos. Los elementos
criminales se aprovechan de violencia para atacar a víctimas inocentes que dan vuelta así lejos
serían simpatizantes en lo que usted cree como su causa!. A su debido tiempo, la violencia prolongada es
un interceptor aerodinámico puesto que hace a público para olvidarse de la edición o del agravio y para centrarse en
el crimen, como el desafío inmediato. ¡Cómo violando una dirección joven de la muchacha puede un agravio
de la elección! Ahora está claro todos nosotros que ésta no es la mejor manera de ir.
Y éste no es el Kenia que conocemos y que amamos. Aparte de el general de secretaria
de Naciones Unidas, Sr. Ki-Luna de la interdicción, su precursor, Sr. Kofi Annan y los miembros muy
distinguidos de la mediación artesona a presidente anterior de Tanzania, Sr. Benjamin Mkapa
y señora anterior del africano del sur primera, Graca Machel, así como el arzobispo Desmond
Tutu, presidente Kufuor de Ghana, en su capacidad como presidente del AU, y de presidente
Museveni de Uganda que sea también silla de la comunidad africana del este, hace todo el pasar
muchas noches sleepless que intentan ayudar a encontrar una solución pacífica duradera a esta crisis. Muchos
ciudadanos en cuestión han hecho además igual. No han perdido una oportunidad en
días recientes de impulsar a los líderes del país parar el señalar de los dedos en uno a y en lugar de otro
centrarse en colocar sus diferencias pacífico, rápidamente y decisivo de modo que la violencia
pueda parar, y la vida pueda reasumir a normal. Puedo felicitar en esta etapa solamente
el gobierno y la dirección de ODM para tomar el ejercicio de la mediación seriamente y
enganchar a diálogo. Me convencen de que pronto estaremos en la reconstrucción y dejaremos
la destrucción detrás de nosotros. Es doloroso ver Kenia, celebrado todo el anfitrión del tiempo de los refugiados
ahora que atacan con el IDPs. ¡UNHCR ahora está restableciendo a refugiados de Kenyan en países
vecinos!
Los amigos jóvenes,
en este mismo día en 1913 uno de los héroes más valerosos de las mujeres, última Rosa Parks,
nacieron en Alabama en los Estados Unidos. Puede no saber de Rosa Parks.
Brevemente, si usted lee la historia del movimiento de las derechas civiles en los E.E.U.U., usted descubrirá
que hace unos 52 años de Rosa que desafía los leyes de la segregación del sur rechazando dar
para arriba su asiento del autobús a un hombre blanco. Ella llevaba la medida siguiente en su propio camino largo
la libertad. Y era un paso extremadamente aventurado a tomar en ese entonces en la atmósfera política
calentada.
Pero dirigido por el valor y el principio ella llevó en una nueva era. Mucha gente no está
enterada que Jr. de Martin Luther King. llegó a ser activo como carta recordativa y en la reacción
al sistema del commotion en vigor por el acto de Rosa Parks. Ella no golpeó cualquier persona. Ella rechazó
simplemente dar para arriba su asiento. Conducido por Martin Luther, muchos otros americanos africanos
siguieron su ejemplo, y boicotearon la compañía de autobús mientras los
discriminaran contra. ¡Pero en todo el esto evitaron violencia, aunque eran seguramente
rasgón gassed varias veces! Fueron para principled la protesta basada en los valores
de la VERDAD, de la PAZ, del AMOR para el vecino y de la No-violencia. Rechazado para ser intimidado
en violencia vengativa. Es decir perdieron la batalla para ganar la guerra. No era
fácil, sino que en el extremo, trabajó. Era tan eficaz que abrió los ojos de la gente
americana del conjunto en la injusticia y la absurdidad del sistema. ¡Hoy es duro creer
que tal injusticia había existido para así que desee y vehemente fue defendido! A través
de la lucha, Martin Luther King nunca se cansó para extol sus seguidores que vendría el sueño
finalmente verdad. , Él transformó América y el mundo. Aunque lo
asesinaron para sus esfuerzos heroicos después de ganar un premio de la paz Nobel, este crimen en su
persona de sus detractores equivocados probó derrotar del uno mismo. Irónico, era mismo
el asesinato de Martin Luther King que energizó el movimiento de las derechas civiles y llevado en
una nueva era en relaciones de raza en América. Él no murió tan en inútil. También cerciorémosnos de que
los que han perdido sus vidas, no hacen tan en inútil. La crisis actual es embarazada con
la oportunidad para un Kenia nuevo, nueva sociedad, que brillará otra vez en la etapa del mundo.
Un país nuevo unificado que mira más allá de intereses parroquiales, étnicos.
Un ejemplo está más cercano a hogar. Usted debe estar al corriente de la resistencia legendaria de Sr.
Nelson Mandela y sus colegas de ANC. Realmente, alrededor del mismo tiempo que Rosa
parquea y Martin Luther King luchaba contra la discriminación racial en América,
líderes tales como el primer laureado Nobel del africano del sur, último Sr. Albert Luthuli,
hacía igual en Suráfrica. Fundaron a congreso nacional africano, ANC en
1912. Después, debía ser conducido por Nelson Mandela, que fue encarcelada por 27 años para su
lucha. Como el movimiento de las derechas civiles en América, el ANC también se funda en
los principios del nonviolence. Les tomó tiempo incluyendo oraciones largas de la prisión para alcanzar
lo que él deseó, pero finalmente, ganó, con un establecimiento político. Usted ha visto
la clase de respecto que Sr. Comandos de Mandela alrededor del mundo. De hecho su esposa, señora.
Graca Machel, es uno de los africanos eminentes ahora heklping Kenia para resolver los problemas
actuales con un establecimiento político. Otra figura legendaria es Mahtama Gandhi.
¡Él podía luchar para la independencia de la India, de la colonia más grande y valorada
de Gran Bretaña por medios pacíficos! ¡Él era bastante visionario ver la futilidad de una lucha
militar contra un amo colonial de gran alcance! Ahora los límites de la fuerza y de la violencia
se están convirtiendo en cada vez más clarificante. También hoy, sabemos la energía de las comisiones de la VERDAD
y de la RECONCILIACIÓN en el edificio de la paz. Sería una carta recordativa lógica
al establecimiento político, permitiría que la nación saliera de los problemas detrás y se movería encendido.
He pasado con estos ejemplos históricos, conducir el hogar al punto que la poder joven
de Kenyans y debe aprender de Rosa Parks, de Mahatma Gandhi y de Nelson Mandela. Todos lucharon
para las derechas y la justicia, pero pacífico sin poner en peligro las vidas de sus vecinos o
de cualquier persona. Todas las enseñanzas religiosas aborrecen violencia porque claramente, los a que vivo por
la espada, también morirá por la espada. Uno mismo-está derrotando.
Hoy, consideran violenta, o por lo menos se perciben a la gente joven para estar tan. No comparto
esta visión. Considerando que el 60% de la población en este país está debajo de 30,
la mayoría de esta población joven es pacífica y no-violenta. Le muerden a la minoría violenta
pequeña que son el más visible y que está dando a gente joven un mal nombre. Mire
el daño experimentado en el curso de violencia post-election. ¡Ya ha causado
muchas muertes, millares desplazados y las ha abollado la imagen de este país adentro virtualmente en
virtualmente cada esquina del mundo! La economía no se ha ahorrado. Esto significa que
el impacto se derramará encima prácticamente a cada Kenyan, cortando presupuestos individuales y
públicos.
¡Es titular sobre usted que usted trabaja difícilmente para cambiar esta impresión e imagen incorrectas
de la juventud de Kenyan! ¡Usted no es agentes del botín y de la destrucción pues las imágenes de la TV
han estado demostrando en el último mes! La mayor parte de usted no es miembros de las cuadrillas criminales que
terrorizing a comunidad incluso antes de las elecciones. ¡Sobre todos estos años, por todo el mundo
le han conocido para su sportsmanship! Aquí usted era un orgullo
de África. I para uno ha mirado siempre con el orgullo para los corredores de Kenyan que llevaban una bandera para
África. Decía con orgullo y la convicción que “KARIBU KENIA, HAKUNA
MATATA”. Ahora odiaría decir el revés, “mengi del matata”. ¡Eso no debe y
no se puede permitir para continuar!
Éste es el mejor hecho alcanzando hacia fuera a toda la gente joven, incluyendo los que han perdido esperanza
y se han implicado en comportamiento contra social. No es demasiado atrasado para cualquier persona. Los grupos
violentos han hecho impacientes, y creen que tomando la ley en sus propias manos,
encontrarán un corte corto para solucionar sus problemas percibidos. Deplorable, la violencia
no soluciona ningún problema. Crea un círculo vicioso de la violencia, y hace cosas mucho
peores. ¿Esto es fácil de ver, por ejemplo, imagine Kenia antes de la violencia y donde él
ahora está? Cada uno es peor apagado como resultado de la violencia que siguió el aviso
de los resultados presidenciales.
Así pues, hoy, quisiera animarle a que entienda y observe uno de los principios
más importantes de la O.N.U. Ése es solucionar conflictos con negociaciones, por
medios pacíficos, sin interferir en los derechos humanos básicos de la gente.
Como usted sabe que los Naciones Unidas fueron fundados en 1945 después de la segunda guerra mundial con
su sufrimiento del untold y de la pérdida de millones de vidas por todo el mundo. Incluso no ahorraron a los soldados
de Kenyan. Eran parte de african Rifles del rey, luchando en una guerra la causa
de las cuales no entendían. Ésa es la naturaleza del conflicto, de la violencia y de la guerra.
Se convierte en una marea que barre lejos cada uno y todo. De esta experiencia, la carta
de la O.N.U garantiza las derechas individuales y los freedoms con los cuales los agravios se pueden ventilar
y tratar pacífico. Los Naciones Unidas condenan violencia. También reconoce eso
si usted niega la libertad de la gente de la asamblea y la libertad para expresarse, ellos recurre
a la violencia. Sigue que los principios de la O.N.U se deben mantener por todos nosotros, como
individuos o grupos, o los oficiales del gobierno. Si las estas derechas fundamentales no se mantienen,
nadie ganarán, pero cada una perderá. Para dar vuelta a la situación actual alrededor, es
importante que todos los partidos y todo el Kenyans siguen estos principios y valores internacionales
básicos para resolver el conflicto actual y está en conflicto. Está también claro que los agravios históricos
inmediatos y de muchos años deben ser tratados, de una vez por todas. La familia de la O.N.U es
activa en prácticamente todas estas áreas y está parada lista asistir si y por requerimiento.
Alrededor del mundo hoy, sabemos que la pobreza, una carencia de la oportunidad y la dislocación
causada por conflictos internos del país han empujado a una 50 millones de gente joven hacia
medios más peligrosos y más desafortunados de ganar una vida. Kenia es uno
de los países con el alto grado de desigualdad. Esto es insostenible y debe ser tratada.
Un número de usted es de Kibera y Mathare y otras vecindades en donde tenemos
programas. Usted ha oído que yo y mis colegas dicen esto antes. Que luchamos
a pobreza pero no a pobres, y que estamos contra los tugurios y no los habitantes de los tugurios. Trabajamos
con el gobierno a través de los tugurios de Kenia que aumentan programa. La familia de la O.N.U
entera miraba adelante para continuar con nuestros programas del aligeramiento de la pobreza a lo largo
de las metas del desarrollo del milenio en todas estas áreas. Ahora tenemos que pasar deplorable
la mayor parte de nuestro tiempo en trabajo humanitario. Esto es muy importante y usted sabe que la familia
de la O.N.U ahora está centrada en este aspecto. Sin embargo, los recursos que habrían ido para
el trabajo de desarrollo serán divertidos excepto a las vidas y reconstruir. Usted por lo tanto
entenderá porqué digo, violencia ha afectado todos nosotros al contrario.
In this regard, responding to young people who wanted to deliver immediate relief and
longer term peace building activities, UN-HABITAT has entered into partnership with
Kenya Red Cross to make this possible. I am told that a number of you present here are
involved in these initiatives. I thank you for your voluntary spirit and is counting on good
performance, serving others with sincerely and sacrifice.
At this gathering here today, we have an opportunity to exchange views and learn from
one another. This gathering of young people from all corners of Kenya is going to be a
peaceful one! Everyone here is unique and a resource. Imagine how boring this meeting
would be if you had not all come to participate! No man is an island, so the saying goes!
AT THIS STAGE, LET ME ASK YOU to pose for a moment, and EXTEND TO EACH
OTHER A HAND SHAKE, as a sign of peace. ……..Thank you!
With this gesture, I am pleased to launch and embark on a National Campaign to reach
out to each and every young person at the neighborhood or school level with the message
of right action through truth telling, peace, love, and nonviolence. These values if
embraced will guarantee inclusiveness, safe neighborhoods and good governance at all
levels. We will do this through a Peace Building Training of Trainers programme, a
Media outreach, and a one to one signature campaign to reach out to one million young
people. This Campaign will climax with a National Youth Violence Prevention Week
from 23rd February to 1st March where you and I will be called to act on violence in
whatever small or big way – be it through dialogue with others on the message of peace,
or through symbolic gestures to each other in the spirit of peace, love and unity. This
Week will from now henceforth become an annual event within the calendar of the
United Nations Development Assistance Framework to Kenya on Safer Cities. In this
regard, I wish to extend my appreciation to UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, UNIFEM,
UNAIDS and other UN agencies for joining UN-HABITAT to make this process a truly
UN supported initiative for the people of Kenya. I am aware that the UN family is
finalizing a longer term “Young people and Armed Violence Prevention Programme” in
which Kenya will be one of the beneficiaries.
Building on today’s event, 250 young people will benefit from a training programme on
peacebuilding and transformation. This skills building programme sees young people as
agents of peace, it focuses on long-term solutions and interventions. The programme’s
ultimate goal is to reach young people at the grass roots level.
You also have to work hard, and we are here to support you in turning that image around,
to quash that image as well.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In Asia, Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet, author, songwriter, painter and
educator who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1913, used the phrase "unity through
diversity" to celebrate diversity and its potential for development. This phrase has later
been adopted by others all over the world to emphasise that diversity is strength. Our
great sons of Africa, Mr. Mandela and Kofi Annan, hold the same views. And do not
forget that Kenya is the first African country to produce a woman Nobel Peace Laureate,
Prof. Wangari Maathai. You have seen the truthfulness and courage with which she has
approached the issues confronting this nation, under very difficult circumstances. She is a
true messenger of truth.
I conclude these remarks by asking you to ask yourselves how a country can grow and
flourish beyond its borders, when it cannot even embrace its own people living on her
lands? My challenge to you is to go out to your school, to your neighbour with the
message that violence is not an acceptable part of how individuals should treat each
other. Surely, grievances must be tackled, wrong actions must be pointed out, and those
involved named and shamed? But clearly that does not happen after you have killed your
neighbor, torched their homes, or thrown then out of their jobs. That is not reason but
madness. So please go out with the messages “Peace begins with you and me”, “No
more violence, lets talk”, “A peaceful Kenya begins with me”, “I am Kenya, I am Peace,
Lets Talk”. “The children are crying, this is shameful on all of us´. You are my brother, I
am your sister, and we all are one human family. The leaders are talking. In their wisdom
they asked Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to come and mediate or facilitate the
dialogue, to avoid a confrontation. That takes time and humility but it will pay a high
reward. If youth groups want a facilitator, you can invite UN experts to come and help!
Individual action CAN and WILL make a difference!
The choice before us is peaceful and enriching coexistence or no existence at all. The
choice is ours and the youth have to lead.
We must stop the bleeding.
Once again, I thank you for your courage and please from now on stay safe because only
you can make Kenya, the only host to a UN headquarters in the developing world, safe to
live and work in.
Finally, you will notice that I have delivered my speech in Kiswahili because I want not
only the youth but also their parents, wherever they are in Kenya, to understand what we
are saying. I welcome them to join you in the goals I believe you are here to set for
yourself. To build a united Kenyan nation.
UN stands ready to help and facilitate. Together we shall soon over come. I have a
dream.
Thank you for your kind attention.

Allocuzione d'apertura di UN-HABITAT dalla sig.ra. Un Tibaijuka, ufficio di NU a Nairobi in occasione del dialogo della gioventù “sull'sono il Kenia, io sono pace, lascio il colloquio„, in preparazione per la settimana nazionale di prevenzione
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Allocuzione d'apertura
di UN-HABITAT dalla sig.ra. Un Tibaijuka
direttore Sotto-Segretaria-Generale &
esecutivo di NU di UN-HABITAT &
Direttore Generale, ufficio di NU a Nairobi in occasione
del dialogo della gioventù “sull'sono il Kenia, io sono pace, lascio il colloquio„, in preparazione per la settimana nazionale di prevenzione di violenza della gioventù. Nairobi, ambasciatori


del lunedì 4 febbraio 2008 e messaggeri della verità, colleghe
nelle Nazioni Unite, signore
e signori giovani,
li ringrazio il più francamente oggi per unirli qui in questi periodi molto difficili. Come
un cuore rotto, il Kenia è spurgo tranquillo nella violenza post-election e gli chiedo tutti, di destra
ad inizio, unirlo nell'osservazione del minuto di silenzio e di rispetto per coloro che ha perso
le loro vite nelle settimane recenti. Preghiamo inoltre per coloro che ha perso amava ones, le loro sedi
e le loro vite.
Grazie.
Signore e signori giovani,
so che molti di voi sono venuto qui al rischio personale considerevole unirli qui
oggi. Desidero ringraziarlo per il vostri coraggio e sacrificio. Li desidero sapere che
honour noi gracing le sedi di Nazioni Unite in Africa con la vostra presenza, dato che
com'è noto, dopo New York, Ginevra e Vienna, siamo le uniche sedi di NU
nel mondo di sviluppo. Questo centro è la sede del UNEP, l'agenzia che funziona
per proteggere l'ambiente naturale del nostro pianeta e UN-HABITAT, l'agenzia di cui io sono
il direttore esecutivo e di cui funziona per l'ambiente sviluppato, o l'ordine del giorno dell'habitat,
assicurare semplicemente una sede decent per tutto e gli stabilimenti sostenibili in cui vivere.
È spiacevole che attualmente le sedi stanno essendo torched, famiglie che evicted e
separate e gli stabilimenti sono nè sicuri nè pacifici. Quello è che cosa rende la riunione
attuale e la vostra presenza qui è quindi più importante ed importante.
Sono impaurito le sfide che affrontano questa media del paese che i quarti capi globali di questo NU
non sta funzionando ottimamente, in modo da il nostro lavoro in altre parti del mondo inoltre è avuto effetto su
avversamente. Il NU è inoltre acuto che supereremo questi problemi presto entrambi nell'interesse
della gente keniana ma anche per tutta la altra gente nel mondo per quale serviamo
da qui.
Come giovani, è la vostra generazione che deve condurla in un futuro pacifico. È
la vostra generazione che deve regolare un nuovo esempio affinchè altri segua. Dovete essere
gli agenti di cambiamento che diretto noi lungo le nuove strade a pace dove la nostra generazione
è venuto a mancare chiaramente. Chiediamo scusa per questo guasto ma poichè vedrete, alcune delle cause sono
storiche, con le radici lunghe e non si rendono alle soluzioni diritte di foreward.
Effettivamente, è chiaro che alcuni hanno bisogno del vigore e del coraggio della vostra generazione più giovane
essere affrontato. A questo proposito, la nube corrente che appende sopra questa nazione è non solo una minaccia, ma
anche un'occasione. Se le misure correttive sono approntate, un nuovo ordine è limitato per emergere
in questo adversity di rotazione del paese nell'occasione. Questo senso i morti e soffrire
non sarà perito in inutile.
Com'è noto, il segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite, sig. La Ki-Luna di divieto era qui
ultima settimana. Il suo messaggio era molto chiaro e lascilo semplicemente lo ripetono. Ha implorato
i keniani per arrestare la violenza e l'uccisione. Lo ha invitato per uscire e
raggiungere fuori ai vostri amici e stimolo tutto che sapessero per arrestare tutta la violenza,
gli attacchi, gli attacchi di vendetta, bruciarsi delle chiese, sedi e commerci e portare
un'estremità rapida alla violenza ed al saccheggio. Che la violenza fa parte soltanto inoltre di questa violenza va
sottolineare quanto errato è di ricorrere alla violenza per depositare le rimostranze politiche. Gli elementi
criminali approfittano della violenza per attacare le vittime non colpevoli che girano così via
sarebbero simpatizzanti in che cosa credete come vostra causa!. A tempo debito, la violenza prolungata è
uno spoiler poiché incita il pubblico per dimenticare l'edizione o la rimostranza e per mettere a fuoco
sul crimine, come la sfida immediata. Come può colza un indirizzo giovane della ragazza una rimostranza
di elezione! Ormai è chiaro a tutti noi che questo non è il senso migliore andare.
E questo non è il Kenia che conosciamo e che amiamo. Oltre al General di segretaria
delle Nazioni Unite, sig. Ki-Luna di divieto, il suo predecessore, sig. Kofi Annan ed i membri molto
distinti della mediazione riveste l'ex presidente di pannelli della Tanzania, il sig. Benjamin Mkapa
ed ex signora dell'Africano del sud prima, Graca Machel, così come l'arcivescovo Desmond
Tutu, presidente Kufuor del Ghana, nella sua capienza come presidente dell'AU e del presidente
Museveni dell'Uganda che è inoltre sedia della Comunità africana orientale, fa spendere il tutto
molte notti sleepless che provano a contribuire a trovare una soluzione pacifica durevole a questa crisi. Molti
cittadini interessati hanno fatto similarmente lo stesso. Non hanno perso un'occasione
nei giorni recenti invitare i capi del paese a smettere di indicare le barrette a vicenda e preferibilmente
a mettere a fuoco sulla sedimentazione delle loro differenze pacificamente, rapidamente e decisivamente in moda da potere arrestarsi
la violenza e la vita potesse riprendere al normale. In questa fase posso congratularmi soltanto
il governo e la direzione di ODM per la presa dell'esercitazione di mediazione seriamente e
l'aggancio nel dialogo. Sono convinto che presto saremo nella ricostruzione e lasceremo
la distruzione dietro noi. È doloroso vedere il Kenia, celebrato tutto l'ospite di tempo dei rifugiati
ora che affrontano with il IDPs. UNHCR ora sta riassestando i rifugiati keniani in paesi
limitrofi!
Gli amici giovani,
questo giorno stesso in 1913 uno degli eroi delle donne più coraggiosi, Rosa Parks ritardata,
sono stati sopportati nell'Alabama negli Stati Uniti. Non possono sapere di Rosa Parks.
Brevemente, se leggete la storia del movimento di diritti civili negli Stati Uniti, scoprirete
che circa 52 anni fa di Rosa ha sfidato alle leggi di segregazione del sud rifiutando di dare
in su la sua sede del bus ad un uomo bianco. Stava prendendo la misura seguente sulla sua propria strada lunga
alla libertà. Ed era un punto estremamente rischioso da prendere allora nell'atmosfera politico
riscaldato.
Ma guidato da coraggio e dal principio ha introdotto una nuova era. Molta gente non è
informata che Jr. di Martin Luther King. è diventato attivo come aggiornamento e nella reazione
all'insieme di commotion in il vigore dall'atto di Rosa Parks. Non ha colpito chiunque. Ha rifiutato
semplicemente di dare in su la sua sede. Condotto da Martin Luther, molti altri Americani africani
hanno seguito il suo esempio ed hanno boicottato l'azienda di bus finchè
stavano discriminandi contro. Ma in tutto questo hanno evitato la violenza, anche se erano certamente
rottura gassed parecchie volte! Sono andato per principled la protesta basata sui valori
della VERITÀ, della PACE, dell'AMORE per il vicino e della Non-violenza. Rifiutato per essere intimidito
nella violenza di rappresaglia. In altre parole hanno perso la battaglia per vincere la guerra. Non era
facile, ma alla fine, ha funzionato. Era così efficace che ha aperto gli occhi della gente
americana di tutto al injustice ed all'assurdità del sistema. L'oggi è duro da credere
che tale injustice abbia esistito per in modo da desideri e con veemenza è stato difeso! Durante
la lotta, Martin Luther King mai stanco extol i suoi seguicamme che il sogno
infine verrebbe allineare. , ha trasformato l'America ed il mondo. Anche se
è stato assassinato per i suoi sforzi eroici dopo la vincita del premio di pace Nobel, questo crimine sulla sua
persona dai suoi detrattori disorientati ha dimostrato la sconfitta di auto. Ironicamente, era molto
l'omicidio di Martin Luther King che ha eccitato il movimento di diritti civili ed introdotto
una nuova era nei rapporti di corsa in America. Così non è morto in inutile. Inoltre assicuriamosi che
coloro che ha perso le loro vite, non fanno così in inutile. La crisi corrente è incinta con
l'occasione per il nuovo Kenia, una nuova società, che luciderà ancora sulla fase del mondo.
Un nuovo paese unificato che osserva oltre gli interessi parrocchiali e etnici.
Un esempio è più vicino alla sede. Dovete essere al corrente della resistenza leggendaria del sig.
Il Nelson Mandela ed i suoi colleghe di ANC. Realmente, intorno allo stesso tempo che Rosa
parcheggia e Martin Luther King stava lottando contro distinzione razziale in America,
capi quale il primo Laureate Nobel dell'Africano del sud, sig. ritardato. Albert Luthuli,
stava facendo lo stesso in Sudafrica. Hanno fondato il congresso nazionale africano, ANC
in 1912. Più tardi, doveva essere condotto dal Nelson Mandela, che è stato imprigionato per 27 anni per la sua
lotta. Come il movimento di diritti civili in America, il ANC inoltre è fondato per
principii del nonviolence. Ha occorr loro tempo compreso le frasi lunghe della prigione realizzare
che cosa hanno desiderato, ma per concludere, hanno vinto, con uno stabilimento politico. Avete visto
il genere di rispetto che sig. Ordini del Mandela intorno al mondo. In effetti la sua moglie, sig.ra.
Graca Machel, è uno degli Africani eminenti ora che heklping il Kenia per risolvere i problemi
attuali con uno stabilimento politico. Un'altra figura leggendaria è Mahtama Gandhi.
Poteva combattere per l'indipendenza dell'India, della colonia più grande e stimata
della Gran-Bretagna attraverso i mezzi pacifici! Era abbastanza visionary vedere il futility di una lotta
militare contro un padrone coloniale potente! Ormai i limiti di forza e della violenza
stanno trasformando in sempre più in pulitore. Inoltre oggi, conosciamo l'alimentazione delle commissioni di RICONCILIAZIONE
e di VERITÀ nella costruzione di pace. Sarebbe un aggiornamento logico
allo stabilimento politico, che permetterebbe che la nazione lasci i problemi dietro e che passerebbe.
Ho passato con questi esempi storici, guidare la sede un punto che i keniani giovani
possono e devono imparare da Rosa Parks, da Mahatma Gandhi e dal Nelson Mandela. Tutti hanno combattuto
per i diritti e la giustizia, ma pacificamente senza mettere le vite in pericolo dei loro vicini o
di chiunque altrimenti. Tutti gli insegnamenti religiosi abhor la violenza perché chiaramente, coloro che in tensione
dalla spada, inoltre morirà dalla spada. Auto-sta sconfiggendo.
Oggi, i giovani sono considerati violenti, o almeno sono percepiti per essere così. Non ripartisco
questa vista. Considerando che 60% della popolazione in questo paese è sotto 30,
la maggior parte di questa popolazione giovane è pacifica e non-violenta. Gli è morsa la piccola minoranza
violenta che è il più visibile e che sta dando a giovani un nome difettoso. Guardi
danni sperimentati nel corso della violenza post-election. Già ha causato
molte morti, migliaia spostate ed ha ammaccato l'immagine di questo paese dentro virtualmente
in virtualmente ogni angolo del mondo! L'economia non è stata risparmiata. Ciò significa che
l'effetto si rovescerà sopra praticamente ad ogni keniano, tagliando sia i diversi che preventivi
pubblici.
È incombente su voi che lavorate duro per cambiare queste impressione ed immagine errate
della gioventù keniana! Non siete agenti del loot e della distruzione poichè le immagini della TV
stanno mostrando nel mese passato! La maggior parte di voi non è membri dei gruppi criminali che
terrorizing la Comunità anche prima delle elezioni. In tutti questi anni,
siete stati conosciuti dappertutto per il vostro sportsmanship! Qui eravate un orgoglio
dell'Africa. I per uno ha osservato sempre con orgoglio per i corridori keniani che sopportano una bandierina per
l'Africa. Ho usato dire con orgoglio e la convinzione che “KARIBU KENIA, HAKUNA
MATATA„. Ora odierei dire l'inverso, “mengi di matata„. Quello non dovrebbe e
non può concedersi continuare!
Ciò è la cosa migliore fatta raggiungendo fuori a tutti i giovani, compreso coloro che ha perso la speranza
e si è coinvolto nel comportamento anti sociale. Non è troppo tardi per chiunque. I gruppi
violenti sono diventato impazienti e credono che prendendo la legge in loro proprie mani,
trovassero un taglio corto per risolvere i loro problemi percepiti. Purtroppo, la violenza
non risolve alcun problema. Genera un cerchio vizioso della violenza e rende le cose molto
più difettose. Ciò è facile da vedere, per esempio, immagini il Kenia prima della violenza e dove esso
è ora? Tutto è più difettoso fuori come conseguenza della violenza che ha seguito l'annuncio
dei risultati presidenziali.
Così, oggi, vorrei consigliargli capire ed osservare uno dei principii
più importanti del NU. Quello è di risolvere le dispute con le trattative, attraverso
i mezzi pacifici, senza interferire nei diritti dell'uomo di base della gente.
Come sapete che le Nazioni Unite sono state fondate in 1945 dopo la seconda guerra mondiale con
il relativo suffering del untold e la perdita di milioni di vite dappertutto. Neppure i soldati keniani
non sono stati risparmiati. Facevano parte dell'African Rifles, combattimento del re in una guerra la causa
di cui non hanno capito. Quella è la natura del conflitto, della violenza e della guerra.
Si trasforma in in una marea che scopa via tutto e tutto. Da questa esperienza, la lettera
di NU garantisce i diversi diritti e i freedoms con cui le rimostranze possono essere ventilate
pacificamente ed indirizzate. Le Nazioni Unite condannano la violenza. Inoltre riconosce quello
se negate la libertà della gente del complessivo e la libertà per esprimerti, ricorre
alla violenza. Ne consegue che i principii di NU devono essere sostenuti da tutti noi, sia come
gli individui o gruppi, o funzionari di governo. Se questi diritti fondamentali non sono sostenuti,
nessuno vinceranno, ma tutto perderà. Per girare la situazione attuale intorno, è
importante che tutti i partiti e tutti i keniani seguono questi principii e valori internazionali
di base per risolvere la disputa corrente ed è in conflitto. È una volta per tutte inoltre chiaro che sia le rimostranze
storiche immediate che di vecchia data devono essere indirizzate. La famiglia di NU è
attiva in praticamente tutte queste zone ed i basamenti aspettano per aiutare se e come chiesto.
Intorno al mondo oggi, sappiamo che la povertà, una mancanza di occasione e lo spostamento
causato dai conflitti interni del paese hanno spinto circa 50 milione giovani verso
un modo più pericoloso e più sfavorevole di guadagnare una vita. Il Kenia è uno
dei paesi con l'alto grado di diseguaglianza. Ciò è insostenibile e deve essere richiamata.
Un numero di voi proviene da Kibera e Mathare ed altre vicinanze in cui abbiamo
programmi. Vi siete sentiti che me ed i miei colleghe dicono prima questo. Che combattiamo
la povertà ma non i poveri e che siamo contro slums e non gli abitanti de slum. Lavoriamo
con il governo attraverso Slum del Kenia che aggiorna il programma. L'intera famiglia
di NU stava restando in attesa per continuare con i nostri programmi di alleviamento di povertà lungo
gli obiettivi di sviluppo di millennio in tutte queste zone. Ora dobbiamo spendere purtroppo
la maggior parte del nostro tempo su lavoro umanitario. Ciò è molto importante e sapete che la famiglia
di NU ora è messa a fuoco su questa funzione. Tuttavia, le risorse che sarebbero andato per
il lavoro di sviluppo saranno deviate risparmi alle vite e ricostruire. Quindi
capirete perchè dico, violenza avete interessato tutti noi avversamente.
In this regard, responding to young people who wanted to deliver immediate relief and
longer term peace building activities, UN-HABITAT has entered into partnership with
Kenya Red Cross to make this possible. I am told that a number of you present here are
involved in these initiatives. I thank you for your voluntary spirit and is counting on good
performance, serving others with sincerely and sacrifice.
At this gathering here today, we have an opportunity to exchange views and learn from
one another. This gathering of young people from all corners of Kenya is going to be a
peaceful one! Everyone here is unique and a resource. Imagine how boring this meeting
would be if you had not all come to participate! No man is an island, so the saying goes!
AT THIS STAGE, LET ME ASK YOU to pose for a moment, and EXTEND TO EACH
OTHER A HAND SHAKE, as a sign of peace. ……..Thank you!
With this gesture, I am pleased to launch and embark on a National Campaign to reach
out to each and every young person at the neighborhood or school level with the message
of right action through truth telling, peace, love, and nonviolence. These values if
embraced will guarantee inclusiveness, safe neighborhoods and good governance at all
levels. We will do this through a Peace Building Training of Trainers programme, a
Media outreach, and a one to one signature campaign to reach out to one million young
people. This Campaign will climax with a National Youth Violence Prevention Week
from 23rd February to 1st March where you and I will be called to act on violence in
whatever small or big way – be it through dialogue with others on the message of peace,
or through symbolic gestures to each other in the spirit of peace, love and unity. This
Week will from now henceforth become an annual event within the calendar of the
United Nations Development Assistance Framework to Kenya on Safer Cities. In this
regard, I wish to extend my appreciation to UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, UNIFEM,
UNAIDS and other UN agencies for joining UN-HABITAT to make this process a truly
UN supported initiative for the people of Kenya. I am aware that the UN family is
finalizing a longer term “Young people and Armed Violence Prevention Programme” in
which Kenya will be one of the beneficiaries.
Building on today’s event, 250 young people will benefit from a training programme on
peacebuilding and transformation. This skills building programme sees young people as
agents of peace, it focuses on long-term solutions and interventions. The programme’s
ultimate goal is to reach young people at the grass roots level.
You also have to work hard, and we are here to support you in turning that image around,
to quash that image as well.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In Asia, Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet, author, songwriter, painter and
educator who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1913, used the phrase "unity through
diversity" to celebrate diversity and its potential for development. This phrase has later
been adopted by others all over the world to emphasise that diversity is strength. Our
great sons of Africa, Mr. Mandela and Kofi Annan, hold the same views. And do not
forget that Kenya is the first African country to produce a woman Nobel Peace Laureate,
Prof. Wangari Maathai. You have seen the truthfulness and courage with which she has
approached the issues confronting this nation, under very difficult circumstances. She is a
true messenger of truth.
I conclude these remarks by asking you to ask yourselves how a country can grow and
flourish beyond its borders, when it cannot even embrace its own people living on her
lands? My challenge to you is to go out to your school, to your neighbour with the
message that violence is not an acceptable part of how individuals should treat each
other. Surely, grievances must be tackled, wrong actions must be pointed out, and those
involved named and shamed? But clearly that does not happen after you have killed your
neighbor, torched their homes, or thrown then out of their jobs. That is not reason but
madness. So please go out with the messages “Peace begins with you and me”, “No
more violence, lets talk”, “A peaceful Kenya begins with me”, “I am Kenya, I am Peace,
Lets Talk”. “The children are crying, this is shameful on all of us´. You are my brother, I
am your sister, and we all are one human family. The leaders are talking. In their wisdom
they asked Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to come and mediate or facilitate the
dialogue, to avoid a confrontation. That takes time and humility but it will pay a high
reward. If youth groups want a facilitator, you can invite UN experts to come and help!
Individual action CAN and WILL make a difference!
The choice before us is peaceful and enriching coexistence or no existence at all. The
choice is ours and the youth have to lead.
We must stop the bleeding.
Once again, I thank you for your courage and please from now on stay safe because only
you can make Kenya, the only host to a UN headquarters in the developing world, safe to
live and work in.
Finally, you will notice that I have delivered my speech in Kiswahili because I want not
only the youth but also their parents, wherever they are in Kenya, to understand what we
are saying. I welcome them to join you in the goals I believe you are here to set for
yourself. To build a united Kenyan nation.
UN stands ready to help and facilitate. Together we shall soon over come. I have a
dream.
Thank you for your kind attention.

UN-HABITAT öffnung Adresse durch Mrs. Ein Tibaijuka, UNO, die Büro in Nairobi anläßlich des Jugend-Dialogs auf „mir Kenia, ich sind, sind Frieden, läßt Gespräch“, in der Vorbereitung für die nationale Jugend-Gewalttätigkeit-Verhinderung-Woche.
Automatically translated into German thanks to WorldLingo
UN-HABITAT
öffnung Adresse durch Mrs. Ein Tibaijuka
UNO Unter-Sekretärin-Allgemeiner u.
Executivdirektor von UN-HABITAT u.
Generaldirektor, UNO, die Büro in Nairobi anläßlich des
Jugend-Dialogs auf „mir Kenia, ich sind, sind Frieden, läßt Gespräch“, in der Vorbereitung für die nationale Jugend-Gewalttätigkeit-Verhinderung-Woche. Nairobi, Montag, den 4. Februar 2008


junge Botschafter und Kuriere der Wahrheit,
Kollegen in den Nationen,
Damen und Herren,
danke ich Ihnen herzlichst für uns hier verbinden heute in diesen sehr schwierigen Zeiten. Wie ein
defektes Herz ist Kenia ruhiges Bluten in der nach der Wahl Gewalttätigkeit und ich frage Sie aller, recht
am Anfang, mich verbinden, wenn eine Minute Ruhe und Respekt für die beobachtet wird, die ihre Leben
in letzter Zeit verloren haben. Wir beten auch für die, die liebten eine, ihre Häuser und ihre
Lebensunterhalt verloren haben.
Danke.
Junge Damen und Herren,
weiß ich, daß viele von Ihnen an der beträchtlichen persönlichen Gefahr hergekommen sind, uns hier zu verbinden
heute. Ich möchte Ihnen für Ihren Mut und Opfer danken. Ich wünsche Sie wissen, daß Sie
uns ehren, indem Sie die Nationen Hauptsitze in Afrika mit Ihrer Anwesenheit zieren, denn
, wie Sie wissen, nach New York, Genf und Wien, sind wir die einzigen UNO Hauptsitze
in der sich entwickelnden Welt. Diese Mitte ist das Haus des UNEP, die Agentur, die arbeitet, um
natürliches Klima unseres Planeten zu schützen, und UN-HABITAT, deren Agentur ich der
Executivdirektor sind und deren für das errichtete Klima arbeitet, oder die Lebensraumtagesordnung
, ein annehmbares Haus für jeder und stützbare Regelungen einfach zu sichern, in denen leben.
Es ist bedauerlich, daß z.Z. Häuser torched sind, die gewaltsam vertreibenden und getrennten Familien
und Regelungen weder sicher noch ruhig sind. Das ist, was die Sitzung fristgerecht
bildet, und Ihre Anwesenheit hier ist folglich am wertvollsten und wichtig.
Ich habe die Herausforderungen Angst, die dieses Landmittel gegenüberstellen, daß diese globalen UNO Hauptviertel
nicht optimal arbeitet, also unsere Arbeit in anderen Teilen der Welt auch nachteilig ausgewirkt
wird. Die UNO ist auch scharf, der wir diese Probleme bald beide für den Grund
der Kenyan Leute aber auch für alle weiteren Völker in der Welt überwinden, für die wir von hier
dienen.
Als junge Leute ist es Ihr Erzeugung, das uns in eine ruhige Zukunft führen muß. Es ist
Ihr Erzeugung, das ein neues Beispiel einstellen muß, damit andere folgen. Sie müssen die Vertreter
der änderung sein, die direkt wir entlang neuen Straßen zum Frieden, in dem unser Erzeugung offenbar
ausgefallen ist. Wir entschuldigen uns für diesen Ausfall, aber, da Sie sehen, sind einige der Ursachen
, mit langen Wurzeln historisch und übertragen sich nicht zu den geraden foreward Lösungen.
In der Tat ist es frei, daß einige die Stärke und den Mut Ihres jüngeren Erzeugung benötigen
angepackt zu werden. In dieser Hinsicht ist die gegenwärtige Wolke, die über dieser Nation hängt, nicht nur eine Drohung, aber
auch eine Gelegenheit. Wenn korrektive Maßnahmen ergriffen werden, wird ein neuer Auftrag gesprungen, um in diesem
drehenMissgeschick des Landes in Gelegenheit aufzutauchen. Auf diese Weise die Toten und Leiden ist nicht
in nichtigem umgekommen.
Wie Sie wissen, der Generalsekretär der Nationen, Herr. Verbot Ki-Mond war hier
letzte Woche. Seine Anzeige war sehr klar und lassen Sie mich reiterieren sie einfach. Er flehte
Kenyans an, um Gewalttätigkeit und Tötung zu stoppen. Er drängte die ganze Sie, zu Ihren Freunden
heraus zu erlöschen und zu erreichen, und Drängen jeder, das sie wissen, um alle Gewalttätigkeit zu stoppen, die
Angriffe, die Racheangriffe, das Brennen der Kirchen, Häuser und Geschäfte und ein
schnelles Ende zum Raub und zur Plünderung holen. Daß Raub auch Teil dieser Gewalttätigkeit nur ist, geht,
zu unterstreichen, wie falsch es, auf Gewalttätigkeit zurückzugreifen ist, um politische Beschwerden zu vereinbaren. Kriminelle
Elemente nutzen Gewalttätigkeit, um die unschuldigen Opfer anzugreifen, die folglich sich weg drehen, würden
sein Gleichgesinnte in, was Sie! glauben als Ihre Ursache. Zur rechten Zeit ist verlängerte Gewalttätigkeit
ein Räuber, da sie die öffentlichkeit die Ausgabe oder die Beschwerde vergessen und auf das Verbrechen konzentrieren
läßt, als die sofortige Herausforderung. Wie kann, eine junge Mädchenadresse raubend, eine Wahl
beschwerde! Jetzt ist es zu allen uns frei, daß dieses nicht die beste Weise ist zu gehen.
Und dieses ist nicht das Kenia, das wir kennen und lieben. Abgesehen von dem Nationen
Generalsekretär Herr. Verbot Ki-Mond, sein Vorgänger, Herr. Kofi Annan und die sehr bemerkenswerten
Mitglieder von der Vermittlung täfeln ehemaligen Präsidenten von Tanzania, Herr. Benjamin Mkapa
und ehemalige Südafrikaner-erste Dame, Graca Machel, sowie Erzbischof Desmond
Tutu, Präsident Kufuor von Ghana, in seiner Kapazität als Vorsitzendem des AU und des Präsidenten
Museveni von Uganda, der auch Stuhl der afrikanischen Ostgemeinschaft ist, lassen alles aufwenden
viele sleepless Nächte, die versuchen zu helfen, eine dauerhafte ruhige Lösung zu dieser Krise zu finden. Viele
beteiligte Bürger haben ebenfalls das selbe getan. Sie haben nicht eine Gelegenheit an den neuen
Tagen verloren, die Führer des Landes zu drängen Finger, auf einander zu zeigen zu stoppen und auf
ihre Unterschiede friedlich, schnell und entscheidend vereinbaren anstatt zu konzentrieren, damit die Gewalttätigkeit
stoppen kann und das Leben zum Normal wieder aufnehmen kann. Gegenwärtig kann ich die Regierung und
die ODM Führung für die Vermittlungübung ernst nehmen und das Engagieren
im Dialog nur beglückwünschen. Ich bin überzeugt, daß bald wir in der Rekonstruktion sind und Zerstörung
hinter uns lassen. Es ist schmerzlich, Kenia, zu sehen gefeiert allem Zeitwirt der Flüchtlinge, die
sich jetzt mit IDPs festhalten. UNHCR stellt jetzt Kenyan Flüchtlinge in Anliegerstaat
wieder her!
Junge Freunde,
an diesem Tag 1913 einen der mutigsten Frauhelder, späte Rosa Parks,
waren in Alabama in den Vereinigten Staaten geboren. Etwas von Ihnen können möglicherweise nicht von Rosa Parks wissen.
Vor kurz wenn Sie die Geschichte der Zivilrechtbewegung in den US lesen, entdecken Sie
daß einigen 52 Jahren Rosa, welche die Abtrennunggesetze des Südens herausfordert, indem Sie ablehnen, ihren
Bussitz oben zu geben einem weißen Mann. Sie unternahm den folgenden Schritt auf ihrer eigenen langen Straße
zur Freiheit. Und es war ein extrem riskanter Schritt, zum in der geheizten politischen Atmosphäre zu der Zeit
zu nehmen.
Aber geführt durch Mut und Grundregel führte sie in einer neuen ära hinein. Viele Leute beachten nicht
daß Martin Luther King jr. wurde als Anschluß und in der Reaktion zum Erschütterung
satz in der Kraft durch die Tat von Rosa Parks aktiv. Sie schlug nicht niemand. Sie lehnte
einfach ab, ihren Sitz oben zu geben. Geführt durch Martin Luther, folgten viele andere afrikanische
Amerikaner ihrem Beispiel und boykottierten die Busfirma, solange sie gegen
abgesondert wurden. Aber in allem dieses vermieden sie Gewalttätigkeit, obgleich sie sicher der gassed
Riß mehrmals waren! Sie gingen für principled den Protest, der auf den Werten der WAHRHEIT
, des FRIEDENS, der LIEBE für Nachbar und der Nicht-Gewalttätigkeit basierte. Abgelehnt, in
Vergeltungsgewalttätigkeit eingeschüchtert zu werden. Mit anderen Worten verloren sie die Schlacht, um den Krieg zu gewinnen. Es war nicht
einfach, aber im Ende, funktionierte es. Es war so wirkungsvoll, daß es die Augen der amerikanischen Leute
des Ganzen zum Unrecht und zur Absurdität des Systems öffnete. Heutiger Tag ist hart, zu glauben
, daß solches Unrecht für bestanden hatte, also sich sehnen Sie und wurde vehement verteidigt! Während des
Kampfes ermüdete Martin Luther King nie, um seine Nachfolger zu preisen, daß der Traum schließlich
zutreffend kommen würde. Es, wandelte er Amerika und die Welt um. Obgleich er für
seine heroischen Bemühungen ermordet wurde, nachdem man einen Nobel Friedenspreis gewonnen hatte, prüfte dieses Verbrechen auf
seiner Person durch seine irregeführten Verleumder Selbstdas c$besiegen. Ironisch war es der
Mord an Martin Luther King, der die Zivilrechtbewegung anzog und in einer neuen
ära in den Rennenrelationen in Amerika hineinführt. So starb er nicht in nichtigem. Lassen Sie uns auch überprüfen, ob
die, die ihre Leben verloren haben, so nicht in nichtigem tun. Die gegenwärtige Krise ist mit Gelegenheit
für ein neues Kenia, eine neue Gesellschaft schwanger, die wieder auf dem Weltstadium glänzt. Ein
vereinheitlichtes neues Land, das über den parochialen, ethnischen Interessen hinaus schaut.
Ein Beispiel ist näeher an Haus. Sie müssen mit dem legendären Widerstand des Herrn vertraut sein.
Nelson Mandela und seine ANC Kollegen. Wirklich um die gleiche Zeit, die Rosa
parkt und Martin Luther King gegen rassische Unterscheidung in Amerika kämpften,
Führer wie der erste Südafrikaner-Nobel Laureatus, der späte Herr. Albert Luthuli,
taten das selbe in Südafrika. Sie gründeten den afrikanischen Nationalkongreß, ANC
1912. Später sollte es durch Nelson Mandela geführt werden, der für 27 Jahre für seinen Kampf gefangengesetzt
wurde. Wie die Zivilrechtbewegung in Amerika, wird das ANC auch auf den Grundregeln
von Gewaltlosigkeiten gegründet. Es dauerte ihnen Zeit einschließlich lange Gefängnissätze, zu erzielen,
was sie wünschten, aber schließlich, gewannen sie, durch eine politische Regelung. Sie haben die Art
des Respektes gesehen, die Herr. Mandela Befehle um die Welt. Tatsächlich seine Frau, Mrs.
Graca Machel, ist einer der hervorragenden Afrikaner, die jetzt Kenia heklping sind, um die gegenwärtigen Probleme
durch eine politische Regelung zu beheben. Eine andere legendäre Abbildung ist Mahtama Gandhi.
Er war in der Lage, für die Unabhängigkeit von Indien, von größten und bewerteten Kolonie von Großbritannien
mit ruhigen Mitteln zu kämpfen! Er war genug visionär, die Zwecklosigkeit eines militärischen Kampfes
gegen einen leistungsfähigen Kolonialmeister zu sehen! Jetzt werden die Begrenzungen auf Kraft und Gewalttätigkeit
immer mehr Reiniger. Auch heute, kennen wir die Energie der WAHRHEIT und
VERSÖHNUNG-Kommissionen im Friedensgebäude. Es würde ein logisches Anschluß zur
politischen Regelung sein, die Nation die Probleme nach verlassen lassen und bewegen an.
Ich habe diese historischen Beispiele durchgelaufen, Haus ein Punkt zu fahren, den junge Kenyans
Dose und von Rosa Parks, von Mahatma Gandhi und von Nelson Mandela erlernen muß. Alle kämpften
für Rechte und Gerechtigkeit, aber friedlich, ohne die Leben ihrer Nachbarn oder des jedermann
sonst zu gefährden. Aller fromme Unterricht verabscheut Gewalttätigkeit, weil offenbar, die, die Phasen durch die
Klinge, auch durch die Klinge stirbt. Es Selbst-besiegt.
Heute gelten junge Leute werden als heftig oder mindestens wahrgenommen, um so zu sein. Ich teile nicht
diese Ansicht. Betrachtend, daß 60% der Bevölkerung in diesem Land unter 30 ist, ist
die Majorität dieser jungen Bevölkerung ruhig und nicht-heftig. Ihm gebissen der kleinen heftigen
Minorität, das das sichtbarste sind und das jungen Leuten einen schlechten Namen geben. Betrachten Sie
die Beschädigung, die im Verlauf der nach der Wahl Gewalttätigkeit erfahren wird. Es hat bereits viele
Todesfälle, verlegte Tausenden verursacht und dem Bild dieses Landes innen praktisch in praktisch
jeder Ecke der Welt eingebeult! Die Wirtschaft ist nicht erspart worden. Dies heißt, daß die
Auswirkung rüber praktisch zu jedem Kenyan verschüttet wird und die einzelnen und allgemeinen Etats
schneidet.
Es ist Amtsinhaber nach Ihnen, daß Sie stark arbeiten, um diesen falschen Eindruck und Bild
der Kenyan Jugend zu ändern! Sie sind nicht Vertreter der Beute und der Zerstörung, da die Fernsehapparat Bilder
im letzten Monat gezeigt haben! Die meisten von Ihnen sind nicht Mitglieder der kriminellen Gruppen, die
die Gemeinschaft sogar vor den Wahlen terrorizing. Über allen diesen Jahren bekannt
Sie auf der ganzen Erde für Ihr sportsmanship! Hier waren Sie ein Stolz von
Afrika. I für ein haben immer mit Stolz nach den Kenyan Läufern geschaut, die eine Markierungsfahne nach Afrika
tragen. Ich pflegte, mit Stolz und überzeugung zu sagen, die „KARIBU KENIA, HAKUNA
MATATA“. Ich würde jetzt hassen, die Rückseite zu sagen, „matata mengi“. Das sollte nicht und
kann nicht gewährt werden, um fortzufahren!
Dieses ist getan bestes, indem es heraus zu allen jungen Leuten, einschließlich die erreicht, die Hoffnung verloren und sich
in Anti- Sozialverhalten miteinbezogen haben. Es ist nicht für niemand zu spät. Die heftigen
Gruppen sind ungeduldig geworden und glauben, daß, indem sie das Gesetz in ihren eigenen Händen nehmen,
sie einen kurzen Schnitt finden, um ihre wahrgenommenen Probleme zu lösen. Bedauerlich löst Gewalttätigkeit
kein Problem. Es verursacht einen schändlichen Kreis der Gewalttätigkeit, und bildet Sachen viel
schlechter. Dieses ist einfach zu sehen, z.B. stellen Sie sich Kenia vor der Gewalttätigkeit und wo es
ist jetzt vor? Jeder ist aus resultierend aus der Gewalttätigkeit schlechter, die der Ansage
der Präsidentenresultate folgte.
So heute möchte ich Sie anregen, eine der wichtigsten Grundregeln
der UNO zu verstehen und zu beobachten. Das ist, Debatten durch Vermittlungen zu lösen, mit
ruhigen Mitteln, ohne in den grundlegenden menschlichen Rechten der Leute zu behinderen.
Wie Sie wissen, daß die Nationen 1945 nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg mit seinem untold
Suffering und Verlust von Millionen Leben auf der ganzen Erde gegründet wurden. Sogar wurden Kenyan
Soldaten nicht erspart. Sie waren ein Teil von African Rifles des Königs und kämpften in einem Krieg die Ursache,
von denen sie nicht verstanden. Die ist die Natur des Konflikts, der Gewalttätigkeit und des Krieges. Es
wird Gezeiten, die weg jeder und alles fegen. Von dieser Erfahrung garantiert die
UNO Charter Individualrechten und freedoms, durch die Beschwerden friedlich gelüftet werden
und adressiert werden können. Die Nationen verurteilen Gewalttätigkeit. Es erkennt auch das
, wenn Sie Leutefreiheit der Versammlung und Freiheit verweigern, um dich auszudrücken, sie zurückgreift
auf Gewalttätigkeit. Es folgt, daß die UNO Grundregeln von allen uns, als Einzelpersonen oder
Gruppen unterstützt werden müssen, oder Regierungsbeamte. Wenn diese grundlegenden Rechte nicht unterstützt werden,
gewinnen niemand, aber jeder verliert. Um die gegenwärtige Lage herum zu drehen, ist es
wichtig daß alle Parteien und alles Kenyans diesen grundlegenden internationalen Grundregeln und Werten
folgen um die gegenwärtige Debatte zu beheben und widerspricht. Es ist auch, daß sofortige und althergebrachte
historische Beschwerden adressiert werden müssen, ein für allemal frei. Die UNO Familie ist
in praktisch allen diesen Bereichen aktiv und steht bereit, zu unterstützen wenn und wie verlangt.
Um die Welt heute, wissen wir, daß Armut, ein Mangel an Gelegenheit und die Versetzung, die
durch interne Landkonflikte verursacht wird, einige 50 Million junge Leute in Richtung zu
gefährlicheren und unglücklicheren Mitteln des Erwerbens eines Lebens gedrückt haben. Kenia ist eins der
Länder mit hohem Grad Verschiedenheit. Dieses ist unhaltbar und muß gewendet werden. Eine
Zahl von Ihnen sind von Kibera und Mathare und andere Nachbarschaften, in denen wir Programme
haben. Sie haben gehört, daß ich und meine Kollegen dieses vorher sagen. Daß wir Armut
aber nicht die Armen kämpfen und daß wir gegen Elendsviertel und nicht Elendsviertelbewohner sind. Wir arbeiten
mit der Regierung durch das Kenia Elendsviertel, das Programm verbessert. Die gesamte UNO
Familie schaute vorwärts, um mit unseren Armuterleichterung Programmen entlang den
Jahrtausend-Entwicklung Zielen in allen diesen Bereichen fortzufahren. Bedauerlich jetzt müssen wir die meisten
unserer Zeit auf humanitärer Arbeit verbringen. Dieses ist sehr wichtig und Sie wissen, daß die UNO
Familie jetzt auf diesen Aspekt gerichtet wird. Jedoch werden Betriebsmittel, die für
Entwicklungsarbeit gegangen sein würden, außer zu den Leben und wieder aufzubauen umgeleitet. Sie verstehen
folglich, warum ich sage, Gewalttätigkeit haben beeinflußt alle uns nachteilig.
In this regard, responding to young people who wanted to deliver immediate relief and
longer term peace building activities, UN-HABITAT has entered into partnership with
Kenya Red Cross to make this possible. I am told that a number of you present here are
involved in these initiatives. I thank you for your voluntary spirit and is counting on good
performance, serving others with sincerely and sacrifice.
At this gathering here today, we have an opportunity to exchange views and learn from
one another. This gathering of young people from all corners of Kenya is going to be a
peaceful one! Everyone here is unique and a resource. Imagine how boring this meeting
would be if you had not all come to participate! No man is an island, so the saying goes!
AT THIS STAGE, LET ME ASK YOU to pose for a moment, and EXTEND TO EACH
OTHER A HAND SHAKE, as a sign of peace. ……..Thank you!
With this gesture, I am pleased to launch and embark on a National Campaign to reach
out to each and every young person at the neighborhood or school level with the message
of right action through truth telling, peace, love, and nonviolence. These values if
embraced will guarantee inclusiveness, safe neighborhoods and good governance at all
levels. We will do this through a Peace Building Training of Trainers programme, a
Media outreach, and a one to one signature campaign to reach out to one million young
people. This Campaign will climax with a National Youth Violence Prevention Week
from 23rd February to 1st March where you and I will be called to act on violence in
whatever small or big way – be it through dialogue with others on the message of peace,
or through symbolic gestures to each other in the spirit of peace, love and unity. This
Week will from now henceforth become an annual event within the calendar of the
United Nations Development Assistance Framework to Kenya on Safer Cities. In this
regard, I wish to extend my appreciation to UNICEF, UNODC, UNDP, UNIFEM,
UNAIDS and other UN agencies for joining UN-HABITAT to make this process a truly
UN supported initiative for the people of Kenya. I am aware that the UN family is
finalizing a longer term “Young people and Armed Violence Prevention Programme” in
which Kenya will be one of the beneficiaries.
Building on today’s event, 250 young people will benefit from a training programme on
peacebuilding and transformation. This skills building programme sees young people as
agents of peace, it focuses on long-term solutions and interventions. The programme’s
ultimate goal is to reach young people at the grass roots level.
You also have to work hard, and we are here to support you in turning that image around,
to quash that image as well.
Ladies and gentlemen,
In Asia, Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet, author, songwriter, painter and
educator who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 1913, used the phrase "unity through
diversity" to celebrate diversity and its potential for development. This phrase has later
been adopted by others all over the world to emphasise that diversity is strength. Our
great sons of Africa, Mr. Mandela and Kofi Annan, hold the same views. And do not
forget that Kenya is the first African country to produce a woman Nobel Peace Laureate,
Prof. Wangari Maathai. You have seen the truthfulness and courage with which she has
approached the issues confronting this nation, under very difficult circumstances. She is a
true messenger of truth.
I conclude these remarks by asking you to ask yourselves how a country can grow and
flourish beyond its borders, when it cannot even embrace its own people living on her
lands? My challenge to you is to go out to your school, to your neighbour with the
message that violence is not an acceptable part of how individuals should treat each
other. Surely, grievances must be tackled, wrong actions must be pointed out, and those
involved named and shamed? But clearly that does not happen after you have killed your
neighbor, torched their homes, or thrown then out of their jobs. That is not reason but
madness. So please go out with the messages “Peace begins with you and me”, “No
more violence, lets talk”, “A peaceful Kenya begins with me”, “I am Kenya, I am Peace,
Lets Talk”. “The children are crying, this is shameful on all of us´. You are my brother, I
am your sister, and we all are one human family. The leaders are talking. In their wisdom
they asked Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to come and mediate or facilitate the
dialogue, to avoid a confrontation. That takes time and humility but it will pay a high
reward. If youth groups want a facilitator, you can invite UN experts to come and help!
Individual action CAN and WILL make a difference!
The choice before us is peaceful and enriching coexistence or no existence at all. The
choice is ours and the youth have to lead.
We must stop the bleeding.
Once again, I thank you for your courage and please from now on stay safe because only
you can make Kenya, the only host to a UN headquarters in the developing world, safe to
live and work in.
Finally, you will notice that I have delivered my speech in Kiswahili because I want not
only the youth but also their parents, wherever they are in Kenya, to understand what we
are saying. I welcome them to join you in the goals I believe you are here to set for
yourself. To build a united Kenyan nation.
UN stands ready to help and facilitate. Together we shall soon over come. I have a
dream.
Thank you for your kind attention.

Endereço de abertura de UN-HABITAT pela Sra. Um Tibaijuka, UN que o escritório em Nairobi na ocasião do diálogo da juventude no “mim é Kenya, mim é paz, deixa a conversa”, na preparação para a semana nacional da prevenção da violência da juven
Automatically translated into Portuguese thanks to WorldLingo
Endereço
de abertura de UN-HABITAT pela Sra. Um Tibaijuka
diretor Sob-Secretária-Geral &
executivo dos UN de UN-HABITAT &
director-geral, UN que o escritório em Nairobi na ocasião
do diálogo da juventude no “mim é Kenya, mim é paz, deixa a conversa”, na preparação para a semana nacional da prevenção da violência da juventude. Nairobi, embaixadores de segunda-feira 4 fevereiro


2008 e mensageiros da verdade, colegas
nas nações unidas, senhoras
e Gentlemen novos,
eu agradeço-o o mais sincerely juntando nos aqui hoje nestas épocas muito difíceis. Como
um coração quebrado, Kenya é sangramento imóvel na violência post-election e eu pergunto-lhe todo, direito
no outset, para juntar-me em observar um minuto do silêncio e do respeito para aqueles que perderam
suas vidas em semanas recentes. Nós pray também para aqueles que perderam amaram, seus repousos
e seus meios de subsistência.
Obrigado.
Senhoras e gentlemen novos,
eu sei que muitos de você vieram aqui no risco pessoal considerável nos juntar aqui
hoje. Eu quero agradecê-lo para seus coragem e sacrifício. Eu quero-o saber que você
nos honra gracing as matrizes unidas das nações em África com sua presença, porque
como você sabe, após New York, Genebra e Viena, nós somos as únicas matrizes dos UN
no mundo tornando-se. Este centro é o repouso do UNEP, a agência que trabalha
para proteger o ambiente natural do nosso planeta, e UN-HABITAT, a agência de que mim é
o diretor executivo e de que trabalha para o ambiente construído, ou a agenda do Habitat,
para