The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, proposed on Friday at the UN the creation of a “Civilizations Alliance” in Qatar that gathers regional blocks and social forces To make collective decisions in the face of global crises and asked to stop what he described as “genocide“In Gaza.
“If Catar wants to make the meeting of the forces and civilizations of the world, the large nations associations could configure it to achieve (…) an army more powerful than that of the United States. It can only be done if nations come together as they gathered against Hitler“Petro said in New York. The president, who gave his last speech this week at the UN General Assembly, appeared this Friday wearing a Kufiya on his shoulders and the cap of the Colombian presidency.
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On the occasion of a civilizations dialogue held in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) room, the Colombian president defended that power currently does not reside in the State but in large corporations, And he affirmed that, if democracy and freedom really want, power must “reside” again in the people.
“This restoration of popular power has a fire test: stop Gaza’s genocide“said the president. The president said that when there is a crime against humanity, it is not the government of the territory to respond,”It is the humanity they are killing“
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He also criticized the use of veto in the Security Council, which in his opinion seals the failure of diplomacy and leads to the appeal. Activate the ‘Uniting For Peace’ Petro proposed to activate in the General Assembly the mechanism ‘Uniting For Peace’ for Palestinea route that, he explained, would allow to adopt collective measures when the Security Council is blocked by Vetos, and raised the call for a great meeting of social forces and civilizations of the world.
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“I would propose that the United Nations consider changing the voting headquarters when necessary for the voice of the peoples to be expressed. If sufficient support and two thirds of the General Assembly are articulated in favor, the international community could take collective actions to protect Palestine“He said. The president added that, if that world alliance achieves the necessary support, his challenge would even configure a force capable of forcing dialogue and stopping violence.
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“If humanity demonstrates that an army can lead to release Palestine, many Israelisarmed or not, they will sit down before the first shot sounds. The word and civilization must have value“He added.
In its conclusion, Petro said that Colombia will open a list next week so that volunteers can enlist in that armed movement, Before what he acknowledged: “If the President of the Republic of Colombia himself has to go (…) Well, I’m going”
EFE
