By Our Correspondent<\/p>\n
The United World Congress of Diplomats, UN-WCD, a global non-profit organisation with United Nations ECOSOC status, and IOED and diplomatic missions in 134 countries, has called on world leaders engaged in armed conflicts and all perpetrators of violence to lay down their weapons and embrace dialogue as the only path to lasting peace.<\/p>\n
UN-WCD in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday by Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi, Media Assistant to the Head of Policy and Diplomatic Relations & Director, South-South\/South-East Region, H.E. Amb. Dr. Larry-Goodwill Ajiola, also charged terrorists, bandits, herdsmen, gunmen, kidnappers and all perpetrators of violence in Nigeria and other parts of the world to stop inflicting mayhem and allow peace, harmony and tranquility to reign in the society.<\/p>\n
The statement decried the rising wave of wars, terrorism and violent crimes, warning that hostilities were undermining global development and human dignity.<\/p>\n
They urged terrorists, bandits, herdsmen, gunmen, kidnappers and other violent actors in Nigeria and across the world to cease hostilities and allow peace, harmony and tranquillity to prevail.<\/p>\n
The Diplomats stressed that sustainable peace could only be achieved through diplomacy anchored on justice, equity and fairness, not through war, intimidation or brute force, urging warring leaders, terrorists to down weapons for peace<\/p>\n
“Rather than promote lasting peace, friendship, trust and healthy relationship, under which UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are achieved, war deepens crisis, enmity, hate, bitterness, xenophobia, rancour, acrimony, suspicion and distrust, which all strain international relations and impede trade, thereby depressing the economy of nations, investment, growth and development,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
Citing SDG 16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, UN-WCD lamented that some world leaders have chosen war over diplomacy, plunging nations into incessant crises and socio-economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n
The statement read: “It’s important to re-emphasize that the United Nations underscored the essence of Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions in the quest for socio-economic development around the world by including them as SDG 16. <\/p>\n
“It is therefore unfortunate that rather than follow this path charted by the United Nations for global peace, harmony and socio-economic sustainability, some world leaders have decided to tread the path of war, which is hostile, inhumane, selfish and brutish, relegating diplomacy to the background and plunging their countries in particular and the world at large into incessant crises, tension and uncertainty.<\/p>\n
“Thousands have died as a result of these inhumane hostilities: Mothers, fathers, youths, children, babies, the sick, the healthy, the elderly, soldiers, civilians. Enough of this carnage! Enough of this evil bully called WAR!! Enough of global geo-political tensions and socio-economic uncertainty!!!”<\/p>\n
The group specifically called for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, US-Iran tensions, Israel-Palestine hostilities and tensions on the Korean Peninsula, urging a return to round-table diplomacy, which it said held the key to true peace and reconciliation.<\/p>\n
“We can’t help but agree with the late former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, that peace and reconciliation are made with enemies and not with friends.”<\/p>\n
The UN-WCD expressed its readiness to render mediatory support services if called upon, as part of its contribution to global peace, adding that its 25-member Nigerian delegation would be engaging US lawmakers soon as part of the group’s #EndWarNow global peace campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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