Today another turn in the history of global politics
happened as the United Nations General Assembly voted to upgrade and recognize
the Palestinian Authority as a State and further granting it a non-member
observer status. I could feel the joy in the hearts of many Palestinians, who
for several decades have been struggling for recognition and for independence.
Though total independence is yet to be achieved today’s event is a good reward
for the spilled blood both of their fighters and citizens killed during the
battles.
The Palestinian-Israeli case is a favorite topic in the
United Nations, almost every now and then the topic is being discussed in the
General Assembly, Security Council, UN human Rights Council, the ECOSOC and so
with the other UN committees. Same is true with the other cases in the Middle
East. As the Arab Spring explodes the United Nations was prompt in responding.
So there it goes, the UN can act accordingly when it so
desires. What then is the difference of the TIBET ISSUE? Why is it that the
United Nations kept its eyes and ears closed to the issue? Why are they not so
interested in sending observers? Why is it seems that the Tibetan case is a
taboo in the UN? Isn’t the spilled blood of the Tibetans enough to call for the
UN’s attention? Isn’t the destruction of the Tibetan environment/ecology
enough? Isn’t the rampant human rights violation enough?
If the United Nations in the recent events was so willing to
recognize Timor Leste, Kosovo, the new African States, and now Palestine, why
are they so reluctant to recognize the basic human rights of the Tibetan people
and their right to administer Tibet or their right to political and cultural
self determination.
The unsolved case of Tibet is the first failure of the
United Nations. While the UN has enshrined in its charter the importance of
carrying out the decolonization process, China was on its way to colonize
Tibet. And so, when most of the former colonies gained their freedom and
independence, Tibet lost it. What then the UN did during those times? Nothing!
It is high time for the UN to look into the case of Tibet
with scrutinizing eyes. It is time for the International Courts to pound in the
gavel of Justice if it has to prove that indeed they so treasure the
Fundamental Rights of Man. The case of Tibet is the best proof that UN is much
more than just a body politic, or just a market place for unscrupulous world
leaders who are good in reciting the spirit and wisdom enshrined in democracy
and the importance of human rights but none the less are interested only in
concretizing their political regimes with the aid of this intergovernmental
body. Make UN more than just a place for orators, whose good orations are not
intended for anything more than literary works.
Let the spirit and the letters of the UN charter come into
life. For even how good it was written if they were not observed, such is no
more than a piece of paper, for words are no more than words. As in the words
of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe:
Good words do not last long unless they amount to something. Words do
not pay for my dead people. They do not pay for my country, now overrun by
white men (Chinese). They do not protect my father’s grave. They do not pay for
all my horses and cattle. Good words will not give back my children. Good words
will not make good the promise of your War Chief. Good words will not give my
people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people
a home where they can live in peace and take care of themselves.
UN save more trees [the world] by writing no more resolutions about
Tibet, but instead resolve it through actions beyond the voluminous pages of
papers.
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