PressInfo #220 - Fredsbistand til efterkrigsområder -Burundi som eksempel

Aftalen foreskrev også at en sandheds- og forsoningskomite (TRC) og en international komite for retslige undersøgelser (ICJ) oprettes inden et valg kan afholdes.

Burundierne ønsker retfærd og fred. Et studie gjort af “Observatoire de l’Action Gouvernementale” (OAG), viser at 83% af befolkningen ønske at en TRC skal oprettes, og 82% ønsker en specialdomstol til behandling af forbrydelser mod menneskeheden.

Burundi har demobiliseret hovedparten af sine krigere, og tidligere børnesoldater bliver hjulpet til et civilt liv. Mange flygtninge er kommet hjem og ledere i eksil vender også tilbage. Tidligere rebeller opretter partier. Man har besluttet at oprette en sandheds- og forsoningskomite. Disse og andre skridt hen imod fred er enorme, hvis man tager landets historie og situation i betragtning. (2)

Men desværre, selve fredsprocessen koster penge og kræver megen forskellig og uafhængig ekspertice. Ja, den kræver fredshjælp udefra. Man får det ikke.

 

Hvorfor lader det internationale samfund hånt om Burundi?

Folk der vandrer vejen mod fred burde jo belønnes. Men hvor i al verden skal Burundis regering kunne finde midler til at opfylde Arusha-målede i tide?

Den samlede FN-appel for humanitær hjælp til Burundi, blev sat til 119 millioner dollars, modsvarende 17 dollar pr.indbygger, hvilket ikke er en stor sum når man sammenligner med det internationale samfunds andre satsninger. Og så kom der kun magre 46% af det beløb i sidste ende. Dette forhold sammen med negative klimatiske vilkår har ført til at sult nu hærger vidt omkring i de nordlige provinser; donorlandene har reageret meget langsomt, især efter Tsunamikatastrofen.

Det er hårde betingelser. Burundi er nr. 171 af 175 lande på UNDP’s register over de fattigste udviklingslande. Bruttonationalproduktet (BNP) per capita er på 145 dollars om året. Der er én læge pr. 100 000 borgere og én eneste psykiater i hele landet. Og 40 000 dør årligt af AIDS.

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At sige til en døende patient at han, hvis han af egen kraft kan blive bedre, kan få en smule medicin til hjælp, er direkte grusomt. Men udenfor mediernes strålekastere er det sådan vi behandler mange efterkrigsområder. Som Burundi.

I virkeligheden investerer ingen i at skabe fred, heller ikke de nordiske lande (3). Men man kan spørge sig selv: “Hvad ville et nyt afrikansk folkemord koste? Hvad ville være prisen for ikke at give freds- og anden hjælp i tide? Og hvem betaler den pris?”

 

Lad os få verdens prioriteringer på plads!

Her har vi et afrikansk land som burde komme på alle forsider for dets stræben efter normalisering – udvikling, sikkerhed og fred. Det er en historie om håb, det er gode nyheder. Hvad er det for menneskelig dumhed og fejlagtig prioritering i vores verden, der ignorerer steder hvor fred er dybt ønsket og absolut gennemførbart?! Hvilken grusom uretfærdighed mod 7 millioner burundier, samtidig med at Bush-regeringen spenderer 1 milliard (1 000 000 000) dollar – 8,5 x Burundis samlede humanitære behov i 2004 – om ugen i Irak, hvor de er uønsket.

Fredshjælp bidrager til holdbare løsninger af konflikter. Det er voldsforebyggelse, tillidsskabelse og forsoning i én pakke. Den mindsker lidelserne inden i, og mellem mennesker. Hvilket sted, end netop Burundi, kunne være bedre til at begynde med fredshjælp? Hvis ikke nu, hvornår så?

Hvis Burundis stræben efter fred ikke er værd at støtte i disse år, hvilken fredsproces er det så? Og gives der bedre måder at vise andre at fred kan betale sig?

 

Noter

1) For at læse mere om Burundi, se TFF’s Burundi Forum.

2) TFF har for nylig udsendt en serie links om Burundi, hvor man kan få mere at vide om situationen i Burundi lige nu.

3) TFF har spurgt udenrigsministerierne i Norge, Sverige og Danmark om de kunne tænke sig at give økonomisk støtte til vores projekt med 11 frivillige organisationer der arbejder hårdt med fredsprocessen. Med forskellige begrundelser var ingen af dem villige til at overveje et møde, endsige se på et forslag af denne art.

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