Como cooperante de Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras quiero, antes de decir nada más, recordar a Albert Vilalta, Alicia Gámez y Roque Pascual miembros de Barcelona Acció Solidaria secuestrados en Mauritania por miembros de Al Qaeda para el Magreb Islámico (AQMI) y desear que pronto regresen a casa sanos y salvos.
No hay que ser un lince para concluir que la actividad de las ONGs en zonas peligrosas es competencia y asunto internacional por lo que la ONU debería disponer de efectivos que aseguraran, al menos, la operativa de las ONGs en actividades como caravanas de apoyo.
Es obvio, que las ONGs que operamos especialmente en países del Magreb o Centro Africa somos objetivo fácil de los terroristas (y más aún ahora que han ubicado sus areas de acción en el Sahel), no existe apoyo y protección suficiente de los países a los que ayudamos para asegurar nuestras vidas en los proyectos que desarrollamos. ¿Qué hacemos? ¿Abandonamos a la población que ya sufre bastante o exigimos un apoyo institucional e internacional a ese tipo de actividades?
Creo, sinceramente, que la ONU debería plantearse esta cuestión. El objetivo de una ONG es clara ¿y el de la ONU? ¿cumple el papel que debiera?
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As cooperating RadioAmateurs Without Borders, before saying anything else, I would like to remember Albert Vilalta, Alicia Gamez and Roque Pascual Barcelona Acció Solidarity members kidnapped in Mauritania by Al Qaeda for the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and hope to return soon home safely.
Since this happened, I have not stopped thinking about the number of NGOs (Spanish and other countries) who are carrying on work of extreme importance and vital to the development of Third World people and taking into account that no one profits from this activity, the limited support they are taking to insure their lives (I will not compare with the case of Alakrana because it is not comparable and anyone with minimal intelligence can see why). I am not referring to who should receive support from their governments but to what it would receive from the United Nations Organization.
Do not be a lynx to conclude that the activity of NGOs in hazardous areas is an international case responsibility and therefore the UN should have troops that ensured, at least, the operation of NGOs in supporting activities such as help-caravans.
It is obvious that the NGOs that operate especially in the Maghreb and Central Africa are an easy target for terrorists (and even more so now that they have located their areas of action in the Sahel), there is sufficient support and protection of the countries we helped to secure our lives in the projects we develop. What do we do? “Should we leave the population to their luck, that are already suffering enough, or should we require institutional and international support to such activities?
I sincerely believe that the UN should consider this issue. The objective of an NGO is clear what’s about the UN? Does the role that it should?
