Brussels, February 27, 2024 - Pamwambo wa World NGO Day, European External Action Service (EEAS), motsogozedwa ndi High Representative / Vice-President Josep Borrell, adatsimikiziranso kuthandizira kwake kosasunthika kwa mabungwe a anthu (CSOs) padziko lonse lapansi. Pakati pa zochitika zochititsa mantha zapadziko lonse lapansi za kuchepa kwa malo a anthu komanso kudana ndi anthu ogwira ntchito za NGO, omenyera ufulu wa anthu, ndi atolankhani, EU yachitapo kanthu pofuna kuteteza ndi kupatsa mphamvu mizati yofunikayi ya demokalase.
Mabungwe a anthu, omwe nthawi zambiri amalankhula za omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri, amakumana ndi zovuta zomwe sizinachitikepo. Kuyambira kutchulidwa kuti "nthumwi zakunja” poyang’anizana ndi mphamvu monyanyira pa zionetsero zamtendere, chilengedwe cha mabungwe omwe si aboma ndi ochita ziwonetsero chikuchulukirachulukira. Potengera zovutazi, kudzudzula kwa EU pakuwukira ufulu wosonkhana komanso kusonkhana mwamtendere sikunakhale koyenera.
Pofuna kuthana ndi izi, EU ikugwiritsa ntchito zida zonse zomwe ili nazo, kuphatikiza thandizo lazachuma. Cholinga chodziwika bwino ndi EU System for Enabling Environment (EU SEE), yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2023 ndi bajeti ya € 50 miliyoni. Dongosolo lotsogolali likufuna kuyang'anira ndi kulimbikitsa malo okhala m'maiko 86 omwe amagwirizana nawo, kuphatikiza EU SEE Monitoring Index, njira yochenjeza koyambirira, komanso njira yothandizira mwachangu komanso yosinthika (FSM). Zida zimenezi zapangidwa kuti zithandize anthu kukhala olimba mtima komanso kuti achitepo kanthu mwamsanga pakagwa vuto lililonse kapena zinthu zabwino zokhudza ufulu wa anthu.
Kudzipereka kwa EU kukupitilira EU SEE. Pulogalamu ya Global Europe Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), yokhala ndi bajeti ya € 1.5 biliyoni ya 2021-2027, imathandizira mabungwe omwe ali kunja kwa EU. Izi zikutsatiridwa ndi mapulogalamu ndi magwero ena, kuphatikiza maubwenzi asanu ndi anayi okwana € 27 miliyoni omwe amayang'ana kwambiri ufulu wofunikira komanso zoulutsira nkhani zodziyimira pawokha, ndi gawo la 'Team Europe Democracy', lomwe limaphatikiza € 19 miliyoni kuchokera ku Mamembala 14 kuti apititse patsogolo demokalase ndi malo aboma.
Kuphatikiza apo, makina a Protect Defenders.eu, omwe ali ndi bajeti ya € 30 miliyoni mpaka 2027, akupitilizabe kupereka chithandizo chofunikira kwa Oteteza Ufulu Wachibadwidwe (HRDs) omwe ali pachiwopsezo, popeza athandiza anthu opitilira 70,000 kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2015. Kuphatikiza apo, pansi pa Chida. kwa Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III), EU yapereka € 219 miliyoni kwa mabungwe aboma ndi atolankhani ku Western Balkan ndi Türkiye kwa 2021-2023.
Pamene dziko likukonzekera Msonkhano wa Tsogolo, EU ikugogomezera kufunikira kwa ntchito yolimba kwa anthu, kuphatikizapo achinyamata, pakupanga Pact for The Future ya UN. Mgwirizanowu ndi wofunikira kwambiri pakupititsa patsogolo Zolinga zachitukuko chokhazikika komanso kusunga ufulu wa anthu.
Pa Tsiku la NGO Padziko Lonse, EU imalemekeza zopereka zamtengo wapatali zamagulu a anthu polimbikitsa anthu okhazikika komanso ophatikizana. Ndondomeko yothandiza ya EU ikutsimikizira kudzipereka kwake kuteteza malo otetezeka komanso otseguka padziko lonse lapansi, kuwonetsetsa kuti mawu a anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri akumveka ndikutetezedwa.
Udindo Wofunika Kwambiri wa Ma NGO Pakuteteza Ufulu Wachipembedzo Kapena Chikhulupiriro
Pa World NGO Day, timatenga kamphindi kuvomereza ndikukondwerera ntchito yofunika ya mabungwe omwe si aboma (NGOs) padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka omwe adzipereka ku kuteteza ufulu wachibadwidwe waumunthu wa Ufulu wa Chipembedzo kapena Chikhulupiriro (Kwa RB). Tsikuli ndi chikumbutso cha kufunika kothandizira mabungwewa, chifukwa kuyesetsa kwawo kuteteza ForRB sikungofunika kokha mwa ufulu wawo komanso kuthandizira njira zina zambiri zothandizira anthu.
Ufulu wa Chipembedzo kapena Chikhulupiriro ndi mwala wapangodya wa ufulu waumunthu, wophatikizidwa Nkhani 18 ya Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Imawonetsetsa kuti anthu ndi madera akhoza kutsatira chipembedzo chawo kapena zikhulupiriro zawo momasuka, popanda kuopa tsankho kapena kuzunzidwa. Komabe, m’madera ambiri padziko lapansi, ufulu umenewu uli pachiwopsezo, ndipo anthu akukumana ndi ziwawa, chilango chalamulo, ndiponso kusalidwa chifukwa cha zikhulupiriro zawo. M'nkhani ino, Ma NGO omwe akugwira ntchito kuteteza ForRB amatenga gawo lalikulu polimbikitsa ufulu wa anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo, kuyang'anira nkhanza, ndi kupereka chithandizo kwa ozunzidwa.
Chitetezo cha ForRB chimagwirizana kwambiri ndi chithandizo chothandizira anthu. Pamene anthu ndi madera ali ndi ufulu wochita zomwe amakhulupirira, zimalimbikitsa malo olekerera ndi mtendere, zomwe ndizofunikira kuti chithandizo chiperekedwe bwino. Komanso, Ma NGOs amayang'ana kwambiri ku ForRB Nthawi zambiri amagwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi mabungwe othandiza anthu kuthana ndi zovuta zomwe zimakhudzana ndi chizunzo chachipembedzo. Poonetsetsa kuti ForRB ikutetezedwa, mabungwe omwe siabomawa amathandizira kuti pakhale madera okhazikika komwe njira zina zothandizira anthu, monga maphunziro, chithandizo chamankhwala, ndi chithandizo chatsoka, zitha kukhazikitsidwa bwino.
Komanso, ntchito za NGOs awa mu Kuteteza ForRB zingapangitse kuti anthu apindule kwa nthawi yaitali, kuphatikizapo kulimbikitsa anthu ambiri, demokalase, ndi ufulu wa anthu. Polimbikitsa ufulu wa anthu onse kuti azitsatira chipembedzo chawo kapena zikhulupiriro zawo momasuka, mabungwewa amathandizira kuthana ndi anthu ochita zinthu monyanyira komanso kumanga midzi yokhazikika yomwe ingathe kupirira ndikuyambiranso mikangano.
Pa Tsiku la NGO Padziko Lonse, ndikofunikira kuzindikira kugwirizana kwa ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi thandizo laumunthu. Kuthandizira mabungwe omwe siaboma omwe amayang'ana kwambiri kuteteza Ufulu wa Chipembedzo kapena Chikhulupiriro sikungodzipereka pakusunga ufulu wachibadwidwe waumunthu komanso kuyika ndalama munjira yothandiza anthu. Pamene tikulemekeza zopereka zamtengo wapatali mwa mabungwewa, tiyeni tidziperekenso kuthandizira kuyesetsa kwawo, kumvetsetsa kuti pochita zimenezi, tikuthandiza kuthandizira mitundu ina yonse ya chithandizo chaumunthu ndikuthandizira kulenga dziko lachilungamo komanso lamtendere.
