Ko je organizator ove peticije i na koju adresu treba slati potpise? Mirjana Petrovic
On 8/29/06, Lyubomir Gruyitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Milan Petkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <office%40apisgroup.org>> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darkita" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:47 PM > Subject: FW: Petition Please sign and distribute as widely as possible. > > Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General > United Nations, S-378 > New York, NY 10017 > > Press/media inquiries only > Fax. 212-963-7055 > > All other inquiries to be addressed to (212) 963-4475 or [EMAIL > PROTECTED]<inquiries%40un.org> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Branka Josilo-Perry > Sent: 29 August 2006 14:32 > To: undisclosed-recipients: > Subject: Petition Please sign and distribute as widely as possible. > > Stan has made a suggestion that we all sign the petition at the end of > this > letter and send it to the UN and especially Kofi Annan. Does anyone have > the > relevant email addresses. > > Subject: FW: Prof. Raymond K. Kent: AN OPEN LETTER TO KOFI ANNAN THE > SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS > > Subject: Prof. Raymond K. Kent: AN OPEN LETTER TO KOFI ANNAN THE > SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS > > AN OPEN LETTER TO > > KOFI ANNAN > > THE SECRETARY GENERAL > > OF THE UNITED NATIONS > > R.K.Kent, Historian > 26/08/06 > > Dear Mr. Secretary General,, > > There is no one on the planet earth who has borne a > heavier cross as a victim of racism, individually and collectively, than > men and women from Your own Continent of Africa. > > The obvious incubator of the racist virus was the > slave trade but its arrest ( by about mid-Nineteenth century) did nothing > to end the racist perceptions attached to Africans in Africa and in the > New World. > > Its manifestations have been many and varied. At one > level, the great Zande people of Central Africa (just take a look at the > Atlas of Zande material culture, prepared by Dr. Schweinfurth) were > perceived as "cannibals" and called the "Nyam-Nyam." Tied to this > man-eating > perception at another level, was an old newspaper advertisement. A > captive white man is about to be cooked in a large pot somewhere in Africa > and is begging for mercy. The local Chief turns to him and says "show me > something I have not seen and I will let you out." The white man > produces a lighter with a certain well-known brand name and lights it up. > The chief gave the order to let him out and said " I have used many > lighters but never had one that worked on first try." > > Between these two examples stood the notion that > Africans were sub-human, evil, lazy, guilty of brutal savagery in > conflicts, while Africa was a place without history. We now have an > eight-volume History of Africa under the UNESCO auspices.. For Africans, > assimilation into societies of the New World was a road full of racist > thorns. Yet, it was their sweat and blood that contributed to the > richness in many parts of it. (In Brazil, for example, they even modified > the Portuguese language , cuisine and music; .by historical admissions, a > successful Portuguese colonization of Brazil would have been unworkable > without Africans). > > Germany's Third Reich was a modern promoter of racism > while proclaiming the superiority of the Aryan Race yet even after all > the > Nazi horrors the Germans > > (2) > > did not become guilty as a PEOPLE. . This has permitted the Germans to > escape the worst consequences, rebuild their society and become an > important > Democracy in Europe. Quintessentially, "United Nations" is an anti-racist > edifice. One would have > > thought that its basic sinew consists of rejecting the notion that any > PEOPLE can be deemed guilty as such because of misdeeds of its governors > or > egregious crimes com-mitted by some of its members. It is the same sinew > that holds the United States together as a single nation despite the > myriad > origins of its population. > > Alas, just when one would have thought that a racist > individual could not hold office in the U.N. or be named as its > representative, the opposite has just happened. At a meeting in Vienna, > the > special U.N. envoy appointed to deal with the status of Kosovo, Marti > Ahtisari of Finland has just revealed himself as a crass modern racist who > assigns guilt to an entire peoplethe Serbs at Kosovo-- without shame or > respect for his Office. Even worse, on grounds that can be dismantled by > anyone who knows the details of the Yugoslav fratricide, in which all > sides > took part and some of which have been assisted heavily from abroad. > > The minimal effort at the U.N. to react to the virus that > keeps recurring, this time in an appointed U.N. representative, is to > remove > him and replace him with someone who is not sick. I trust that the General > Secretary, who comes from Ghana, does not share such a racist view and > will > not tolerate it by silence or failure to act. > > Respectfully, > > Raymond K. Kent (Emeritus) > > History Department, > > University of California, > > Berkeley, CA 94720.. > > PS: > > TO > > KOFI ANNAN > > THE > SECRETARY GENERAL > > OF THE > UNITED NATIONS > > As Serbs we feel insulted by the racist remark made by the UN special > envoy appointed to deal with the status of Kosovo, Marti Ahtisari of > Finland. Assigning guilt to our entire people is racist and disrespectful > to > us and to the UN office Marti Ahtisari represents. We request that Marti > Ahtisari be immediately removed from his office, and indeed from any > office > at the United Nations. He has demonstrated that he is not fit to work for > the UN and has only brought shame and disrespect to this organisation. > > Stanislav Gasparovski, London, UK > > Ljiljana Gasparovski, London, UK > > Branka Josilo-Perry, London UK > Darka Pecanac, Antwerp, Belgium > > Milan V. Petkovic, Belgrade, Serbia > > Dr. Lyubomir T. 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