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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.

[أون-هبيتت] فتحة عنوان ب [مرس.]. [تيبيجوكا], منظّمة الأمم المتّحدة مكتب في نيروبي بمناسبة الشباب حوار على "أنا أكون كينيا, أنا سلام, يترك محادثة", [إين بربرأيشن فور] الوطنيّة شباب عنف وقاية أسبوع. نيروبي, يوم الإثنين 4 فبراير - شباط 2008
Automatically translated into Arabic thanks to WorldLingo
[أون-هبيتت]
فتحة عنوان ب [مرس.]. [تيبيجوكا]
منظّمة الأمم المتّحدة [أوندر-سكرتر-جنرل] &
مديرة تنفيذيّة [أون-هبيتت] &
[ديركتور-جنرل], منظّمة الأمم المتّحدة مكتب في نيروبي بمناسبة
الشباب حوار على "أنا أكون كينيا, أنا سلام, يترك محادثة", [إين بربرأيشن فور] الوطنيّة شباب عنف وقاية أسبوع. نيروبي, يوم الإثنين 4 فبراير - شباط 2008

شابّة سفيرات ورسل الحقيقة,
زميلات في الالأمم المتّحدة,
سيدات وشهام,
يشكر أنا أنت أكثر بإخلاص ل يتلاقىنا هنا اليوم في هذا جدّا يصعب أوقات. مثل
قلب مكسورة, كينيا نزيف ساكنة في عنف [بوست-لكأيشن] ويسأل أنا أنت كلّ, يصحّ في
البداية, أن يتلاقىني في يلاحظ دقيقة من حالة سكون وإحترام ل أنّ الذي قد خسر
حيواتهم في أسابيع أخيرة. نحن نصلّي أيضا ل أنّ الذي قد خسر أحبّ أحد, منازلهم
و [ليفليهوودس] هم.
شكرت أنت.
شابّة سيدات وشهام,
يعرف أنا أنّ كثير من أنت قد أتى هنا في خطر هامّة شخصيّة أن يتلاقىنا هنا
اليوم. أنا أريد أن يشكر أنت ل ك شجاعة وتضحية. أنا أريد أنت أن يعرف أنّ ينفذنا أنت
ب يشرّف [أونيتد نأيشنس هدقورتر] في إفريقيا مع وجودك, لأنّ
بما أنّ أنت تعرف, بعد نيويورك, جنيف وفيينّا, نحن الوحيد منظّمة الأمم المتّحدة مقرّ رئيسيّ في
ال [دفلوب وورلد]. هذا مركز المنزل من ال [أونب], الوكالة أنّ يعمل أن
يحمي كوكبنا بيئة طبيعيّة, و [أون-هبيتت], الوكالة [أف وهيش] أنا
المديرة تنفيذيّة وأيّ يعمل ل ال يبنى بيئة, أو الموطن جدول,
ببساطة أن يؤمّن منزل محتشمة ل كلّ شخص واستقرارات قابل للمحافظة في أيّ أن يعيش.
هو مؤسفة أنّ حاليّا يكون منازل أشعل, أسرات يكون يطرد
ويفصل, واستقرارات لا آمنة ولا سلميّة. أنّ ماذا يجعل الاجتماع
في الوقت المناسب, ووجودك هنا لذلك أكثر قيّمة ومهمّة.
أنا يخشى التحديات يواجه هذا بلد وسيلة أنّ هذا شاملة منظّمة الأمم المتّحدة لا يعمل أرباع رئيسيّة
[أبتيملّي], لذلك عملنا في أخرى أجزاء من العالم أيضا بالعكس
صدمت. المنظّمة الأمم المتّحدة أيضا متحمّسة أنّ نحن نقهر هذا مشاكل قريبا كلا للخاطر
من [كنن] الناس غير أنّ أيضا لكلّ أخرى [بيوبلس] في العالم ل الّذي نحن نخدم من
هنا.
كالناس شابّة, هو جيلك أيّ ينبغي قدتنا داخل مستقبل سلميّة. هو
جيلك أيّ ينبغي ثبتت مثال جديدة لأخرى أن يتبع. أنت ينبغي كنت
العاملات التغير الذي مباشرة نا على طول طرق جديدة إلى سلام حيث جيلنا يتلقّى
بوضوح [فيلد]. نحن نعتذر ل هذا إخفاق غير أنّ بما أنّ أنت سترى, بعض من الأسباب
تاريخيّة, مع جذور طويلة ولا يرجعبنفسي إلى مستقيمة [فورورد] حلول.
حقّا, هو واضحة أنّ يحتاج بعض النشاط وشجاعة من جيلك شابّة أن يكون
عالجت. في هذا إحترام, السحابة حاليّة يعلق على هذا أمة ليس فحسب تهديد, غير أنّ
أيضا فرصة. إن إجراءات إصلاحيّة يكون أخذت, حددت أمر جديدة أن يظهر في
هذا بلد يلتفت شدة داخل فرصة. سيهلك هذا طريق الموتى ويعاني لن
يتلقّى في تافهة.
بما أنّ أنت تعرف, الأمين عامّ من الالأمم المتّحدة, [مر.]. حالة حظر كان [كي-موون] هنا
أسبوع متأخّرة. كان رسالته جدّا واضحة وتركتني ببساطة يكرّس هو. هو توسّل
[كنن] أن يتوقّف عنف وقتل بعضهم بعضا. هو عجّل كلّ من أنت أن ينصرف وأن
يبلغ خارجا إلى صديقاتك, ودافع كلّ شخص هم يعرفون أن يتوقّف [ألّ ث] عنف,
الهجوم, الإنتقام هجوم, ال يحرق من كنائس, منازل وأعمال, وأن يحضر
نهاية سريعة إلى العمليّة اغتصاب وسلب. أنّ عمليّة اغتصاب أيضا جزء من هذا عنف فقط يذهب أن
يسطّر كيف خاطئة هو يكون أن يتردّد إلى عنف أن يقرّر شكاوي سياسيّة. يستفيد عناصر إجراميّة
عنف أن يهاجم ضحايا بريئة لذلك يلتفت بعيدا كان متعاطفات في ماذا أنت تصدق بما أنّ سببك!. [إين دو كورس], يمدّد عنف
مفسدة بما أنّ هو يجعل الجمهور أن ينسى الإصدار أو شكوى وأن ركّز على على
الجريمة, كالتحدي فوريّة. كيف يستطيع يغتصب شابّة بنت عنوان إنتخاب
شكوى! [بي نوو] هو واضحة إلى كلّ من نا أنّ ليس هذا الطريق جيّدة أن يذهب.
وليس هذا كينيا نحن نعرف ويحبّ. [أبرت فروم] الالأمم المتّحدة [سكرتر- جنرل]
, [مر.]. حالة حظر [كي-موون], سلفه, [مر.]. ييصفّي [كوفي] [أنّن] والأعضاء متميّزة
جدّا من التوسط رئيس سابقة تنزانيا, [مر.]. يتلقّى بنيامين [مكبا]
وسيدة سابقة افريقي جنوبي أولى, [غرك] [مشل], [أس ولّ س] رئيس الأساقفة ديسمند
توتو, رئيس [كوفوور] من غانا, في قدرته كرئيس مجلس إدارة من ال [أو], ورئيس
[موسفني] من أوغندا الذي يكون أيضا كرسي تثبيت من الجماعة شرقيّة [أفريكن], كلّ ينفق
كثير ليال أرق يحاول أن يساعد وجدت حل دائمة سلميّة إلى هذا أزمة. كثير
يقلق يتمّ مواطنات يتلقّى بالمثل ال نفس. لم يخسر هم يتلقّى فرصة في
أيام أخيرة أن يعجّل البلد زعيمات أن يتوقّف يدلّ أصابع في بعضهم بعضا وبدلا من ذلك
ركّز على على يقرّر فروقهم سلميّا, سريعا وفصلا [س ثت] العنف
يستطيع توقّفت, وحياة يستطيع استأنفت إلى معدل. [أت ثيس ستج] أنا يستطيع فقط هنّأت
الحكومة وال [أدم] قيادة ل يأخذ التوسط تمرين عمليّ بجدّيّة
ويشبك في حوار. أنا أقنعت أنّ قريبا سيكون نحن سوفت في إعادة إنشاء وسيترك
تدمير خلف نا. هو مؤلمة أن يرى كينيا, ال ب احتفل كلّ وقت مضيفة اللاجئ
الآن يشتبك مع [إيدبس]. يرسّخ [أونهكر] الآن [كنن] لاجئ في [نيغبورينغ كونتري]!
يركن صديقات شابّة,
على هذا يوم جدّا في 1913 واحدة من الشجاعة نساء بطلات أكثر, [روسا] متأخّرة,
كان [بورن] في ألاباما في الولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة. [سم وف ي] يمكن لا يعرف من [روسا] متنزهات.
بإيجاز, إن أنت تقرأ التاريخ من ال [سفيل ريغت] حركة في ال [أوس], سيكتشف
أنت أنّ بعض 52 سنون [أغو] [روسا] يتحدّى العزل قانون من الجنوب ب يرفض أن يعطي
فوق ه حافلة مقعد إلى رجل بيضاء. هو كان أخذ الخطوة تالية على ه خاصّة طريق طويلة إلى
حرية. وكان هو خطوة خطرة جدّا أن يأخذ [أت ث تيم] في ال يسخّن جو سياسيّة
.
غير أنّ يرشد بشجاعة ومبدأ واكب هو في عصر جديدة. ليس كثير الناس
مدركة أنّ مارتن [لوثر] ملك [جر.]. يركن أصبح نشطة كمتابعة وفي ردّ فعل إلى
الاضطراب مجموعة في قوة بالعمل [روسا]. هو لم يضرب أيّ شخص. هو ببساطة
رفض أن يعطي فوق مقعده. يقود بمارتن [لوثر], كثير أخرى تبع أمريكيات
[أفريكن] مثاله, وقاطع الشركة صنع سيّارات [أس لونغ س] هم كان يكون
ميّزت ضدّ. غير أنّ في كلّ هذا تفادى هم عنف, رغم أنّ هم كانوا بالتّأكيد
دمع [غسّد] عدّة أوقات! هم ذهبوا ل [برينسبل] إحتجاج يؤسّس على القيم من
حقيقة, سلام, حالة حبّ لجار و [نون-فيولنس]. ال يرفض أن يكون تهدّدت
داخل عنف انتقاميّة. [إين وثر ووردس] خسر هم المعركة أن يربح الحرب. هو [ب] لم
يتح, غير أنّ في النهاية, عمل هو. هو كان هكذا فعّالة أنّ فتح هو الأعين من الكلّ
الناس أمريكيّة إلى الظلم وسخافة من النظامة. اليوم يستعصي أن يصدق
أنّ كان هذا ظلم قد تواجد ل لذلك تقت وكان بحماس دافعت! طوال
الكفاح, مارتن [لوثر] أتعب ملك أبدا أن يعظّم تابعاته أنّ الحلم
أخيرا أتى يصحّ. هو أتمّ, غيّر هو أمريكا والعالم. رغم أنّ هو كان
اغتلت لجهوده بطوليّة بعد يربح نوبل سلام جائزة, برهن هذا جريمة على شخصه
بمنتقصاته خاطئة نفس يهزم. بسخرية, كان هو ال جدّا
جريمة قتل من مارتن [لوثر] ملك أنّ أنشط ال [سفيل ريغت] حركة ويواكب في
عصر جديدة في [رس رلأيشن] في أمريكا. هكذا لم يمت هو في تافهة. تركتنا أيضا تأكّدت أنّ
لا يتمّ أنّ الذي قد خسر حيواتهم, هكذا في تافهة. الأزمة حاليّة حاملة مع
فرصة لكينيا جديدة, مجتمعة جديدة, أنّ سيلمع ثانية على العالم مرحلة.
يوحّد بلد جديدة أنّ ينظر إلى ما بعد أبرشيّة, فوائد عرقيّة.
مثال [كلوسر تو] منزل. أنت ينبغي كنت [فميلير ويث] المقاومة أسطوريّة [مر.].
[نلسن] [مندلا] وه [أنك] زميلات. واقعيّا, حول ال نفسه وقت أنّ [روسا]
يركن ومارتن [لوثر] ملك كان كافح ضدّ تمييز عنصريّة في أمريكا,
زعيمات مثل الأولى افريقي جنوبي نوبل متحصّل على تقدير, ال [مر.] متأخّرة. أتمّ [ألبرت] [لوثولي], كان
ال نفس في جنوب افريقيا. هم أسّسوا ال [نأيشنل كنغرسّ] [أفريكن], [أنك] في
1912. [لتر ون], كان هو أن يكون قدت ب [نلسن] [مندلا], الذي كان سجنت ل 27 سنون لكفاحه
. مثل ال [سفيل ريغت] حركة في أمريكا, أسّست ال [أنك] أيضا على
المبادئ ال [نونفيولنس]. هو أخذهم وقت بما في ذلك طويلة سجن جمل أن يحقّق
ماذا هم أرادوا, غير أنّ أخيرا, ربح هم, من خلال استقرار سياسيّة. أنت قد رأيت
النوع الإحترام أنّ [مر.]. [مندلا] أوامر حول العالم. [إين فكت] زوجته, [مرس.].
[غرك] [مشل], واحدة من الإفريقيات بارزة الآن [هكلبينغ] كينيا أن يحلّ المشاكل حاليّة
من خلال استقرار سياسيّة. آخر رقم أسطوريّة [مهتما] غاندي.
هو كان يمكن أن يتنازع للاستقلال من هند, الكبيرة وأكثر يقدّم مستعمرة
بريطانيا ب [منس] سلميّة! هو كان ذو رؤية مستقبليّة بكفاية أن يرى العبث من كفاح عسكريّة
ضدّ سيد قوّيّة مستعمرة! [بي نوو] يصبح الحدود من قوة وعنف
[مور ند مور] مفتّح لون. أيضا اليوم, يعرف نحن القوة من الحقيقة
وتوفيق عمولات في سلام بناية. هو كان متابعة منطقيّة إلى
الاستقرار سياسيّة, أن سمح الأمة أن يترك المشاكل وراء وتحرّك فوق.
أنا قد ذهبت من خلال هذا مثل تاريخيّة, أن يقود منزل [ا] نقطة أنّ شابّة [كنن]
علبة وينبغي علمت من [روسا] متنزهات, [مهتما] غاندي و [نلسن] [مندلا]. كلّ تنازع
لحقوق وعدل, غير أنّ سلميّا دون ب جازف الحيوات من جارهم أو
أيّ شخص وإلّا. يمقت كلّ تعليمات دينيّة عنف لأنّ بوضوح, أنّ الذي حيّة
بالسيف, أيضا سيموت بالسيف. هو [سلف-دفتينغ].
اليوم, اعتبرت الناس شابّة عنيفة, أو على الأقلّ لاحظت أن يكون هكذا. أنا لا أشارك
هذا منظرة. يعتبر أنّ 60% من الالسّكان في هذا بلد تحت 30,
الأغلبية من هذا السّكان شابّة سلميّة و [نون-فيولنت]. عضضت هو الأقلية صغيرة عنيفة
الذي يكون ال أكثر مرئيّة والذي يكون يعطي الناس شابّة [بد نم]. نظرت في
الإتلاف يختبر خلال عنف [بوست-لكأيشن]. يسبّب
هو يتلقّى سابقا كثير موت, يزاح آلاف ويسند الصورة من هذا بلد داخل في الواقع في
في الواقع كلّ ركن من العالم! وفّرت الاقتصاد يتلقّى لم يكن. هذا يعني سيريق
التأثير صدمة على عمليّا إلى كلّ [كنن], يقطع على حدّ سواء فرديّة وميزانيات عامّة
.
هو مسؤول كبير على أنت أنّ يعمل أنت بشدّة أن يغيّر هذا خاطئة إنطباع وصورة
من [كنن] شباب! أنت لست عاملات من [لووت] وتدمير بما أنّ التلفزيون صور يتلقّى
يكون يبدون في الشهر سابقة! ليس أكثر من أنت أعضاء من المجموعة إجراميّة أنّ
يتلقّى يكون يرهب الجماعة حتّى قبل الإنتخابات. على كلّ هذا سنون, عرفت أنت
يتلقّى يكون [ألّ وفر ث وورلد] ل [سبورتسمنشيب] ك! هنا كان أنت كبرياء
إفريقيا. ينظر [إي] لواحدة يتلقّى دائما مع كبرياء ل [كنن] عداءات يحمل صخر لوحيّ
لإفريقيا. أنا استعملت أن يقول مع كبرياء وقناعة أنّ "[كريبو] كينيا, [هكونا]
[متتا]". أنا كرهت الآن أن يقول العكس, "[متتا] [منج]". أنّ سوفت لا
ويستطيع لا يكون سمحت أن يستمرّ!
هذا جيّدة يتمّ ب يبلغ خارجا إلى كلّ الناس شابّة, بما في ذلك أنّ الذي قد خسر أمل
ويتضمّنبنفسي في تصرف اجتماعيّة [أنتي]. هو ليس أيضا متأخّرة ل أيّ شخص. قد أصبح المجموعة عنيفة
قليل صبر, ويصدق أنّ ب يأخذ القانون في هم خاصّة أيادي,
هم سيجدون قطعة قصيرة أن يحلّ هم يلاحظ مشاكل. بأسف, لا يحلّ عنف
أيّ مشكلة. هو يخلق دائرة فاسدة عنف, ويجعل أشياء كثير
مريضة. تخيّلت هذا يتيح أن يرى, مثلا, كينيا قبل العنف وحيث هو
الآن? كلّ شخص مريضة باتّجاه آخر نتيجة العنف أنّ تبع الإعلان
من النتيجات رئاسيّة.
هكذا, اليوم, أحبّ أنا أن يشجّع أنت أن يفهم ولاحظت واحدة من المبادئ مهمّة أكثر
من المنظّمة الأمم المتّحدة. أنّ أن يحلّ مجادلات من خلال مفاوضات, ب
[منس] سلميّة, دون يتدخّل في أخرى الناس حقوق الإنسان أساسيّة.
بما أنّ أنت تعرف أسّست الالأمم المتّحدة كان في 1945 بعد الحرب عالميّة مع
ه [أونتولد] ألم وخسارة الملايين الحيوات [ألّ وفر ث وورلد]. حتّى [كنن] لم يوفّر جنديات
كان. هم كانوا جزء من الملك إفريقية [ريفلس], يتنازع في حرب السبب
[أف وهيش] لم يفهم هم. أنّ الطبيعة من نزاع, عنف وحرب. هو
يصبح مدّ و جزر يكتسح بعيدا كلّ شخص وكلّ شيء. من هذا خبرة, المنظّمة الأمم المتّحدة
يضمن ميثاق حقوق فرديّة وحريات من خلال أيّ شكاوي يستطيع كنت هوّيت
وخاطبت سلميّا. يدين الالأمم المتّحدة عنف. هو أيضا يميّز أنّ
إن أنت تنكر الناس حرية الاجتماع وحرية أن عبّر عنبنفسي, هم يتردّد
إلى عنف. هو يتبع أنّ المنظّمة الأمم المتّحدة مبادئ ينبغي كنت دعمت ب كلّ من نا, على حدّ سواء
كفردات أو مجموعة, أو مسؤول حكوميّ. إن هذا حقوق أساسيّة يكون لا يدعمون,
سيربح لا أحد, غير أنّ كلّ شخص سيخسر. [إين وردر تو] التفتت ال [كرّنت ستثأيشن] حوالي, هو
مهمّة أنّ يتبع كلّ أحزاب وكلّ [كنن] هذا أساسيّة دوليّة مبادئ
وقيم أن يحلّ المجادلة حاليّة ويتعارض. هو أيضا واضحة أنّ على حدّ سواء فوريّة
وشكاوي قديم العهد تاريخيّة ينبغي كنت خاطبت, [أنس ند فور لّ]. ال [أون فميلي]
نشطة في كلّ عمليّا هذا مناطق ويقف يتأهّب أن يساعد إن وبما أنّ يرجى.
حول العالم اليوم, يعرف نحن أنّ فقر, افتقار الفرصة وإزاحة
يسبّب بداخليّة بلد نزاعات قد دفع بعض 50 مليون الناس شابّة نحو
أكثر خطرة و [منس] تعيسة من يكسب معيشة. كينيا واحدة من
البلاد مع درجة عال تباين. هذا غيرقابل للمحافظة وينبغي كنت خاطبت.
رقم من أنت من [كيبرا] و [مثر] وأخرى جوارات حيث نحن نتلقّى
برنامج. أنت قد سمعت يقول ي وزميلاتي هذا من قبل. أنّ يتنازع
نحن فقر غير أنّ لا الفقراء, وأنّ نحن ضدّ حيّ الفقراء ولا حيّ الفقراء ساكنات. نحن نعمل
مع الحكومة من خلال كينيا حيّ الفقراء يحسن برنامج. نظر ال [أون فميلي] كاملة كان إلى الأمام أن يستمرّ مع نا فقر تخفيف برنامج على طول
الألفية تطوير أهداف في كلّ هذا مناطق. بأسف الآن نحن يضطرّ أنفقت
أكثر من وقتنا على عمل إنسانيّة. هذا جدّا مهمّة ويعرف أنت أنّ ال [أون فميلي] الآن [فوكسد] على هذا مظهر. مهما, سيحوّل موردات أنّ ذهب
لتطوير عمل كنت إلى باستثناء حيوات وأعدت. أنت لذلك
ستفهم لما أنا أقول, عنف يأثر كلّ من نا بالعكس.
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.