{"id":360282,"date":"2011-04-02T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T10:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/uk-based-think-tank-hails-un-day-for-africa\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T10:54:46","slug":"uk-based-think-tank-hails-un-day-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/uk-based-think-tank-hails-un-day-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"UK-based think-tank hails UN Day for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Council for Afrika International, a think-tank based in the UK has hailed the United Nation\u2019s Declaration of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Koku Adomdza, President of the Council said in a statement<br \/>issued in London and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra that<br \/>members were cautiously optimistic about the declaration, given the<br \/>record of the United Nations in not responding urgently to matters<br \/>that affect Africans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current state of the African Continent and the conditions of<br \/>majority of Africans bear excellent testimony to centuries old<br \/>entrenched injustices, which must be eradicated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the UN is serious about this declaration, it must be seen to<br \/>rapidly mobilise the oft-cited international community to end the<br \/>causes of poverty, disease, record capital flight, discrimination,<br \/>exclusion and marginalisation of all forms against Africa and Global<br \/>Africans,\u201d Dr Adomdza said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Council advocates a comprehensive radical overhaul of<br \/>the UN system, to transform it into a responsive and inclusive<br \/>international agency that reflects the principle of equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil for Afrika International has studied the UN Programme<br \/>for Declaring 2011 as the International Year for People of African<br \/>Descent and establish that there is nothing creative, innovative or<br \/>radical that indicates and commands serious response to the severity<br \/>of afflictions that blight people of African Descent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Africa is the second largest continent in the world, with over<br \/>one billion people of the world\u2019s population excluding Diaspora<br \/>Africans estimated at another one billion of the global population of<br \/>six billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is the scientifically-proven origin of mankind and cradle<br \/>of human civilisation and one of the natural resource rich continents<br \/>of the world, yet impoverished through a combination of factors<br \/>including a hostile international economic disorder, unfair trade and<br \/>the monopoly of international commonwealth, science, technology,<br \/>engineering and industrialisation by the Global North.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Adomdza said there were no clear measurable outcomes to<br \/>optimise the opportunities that the year presents in terminating the<br \/>hardships encountered by Africans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil for Afrika International demands formal United Nations<br \/>Recognition of Afrophobia to reflect the reality of distinct hatred,<br \/>fear and discrimination against persons of African Ancestry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Adomdza expressed the need for Africa to be represented on the<br \/>United Nations Security Council with veto powers and the urgent need<br \/>of reparations to right the wrongs of colonialism and neocolonialism.<\/p>\n<p>The International Day for the Elimination of Racial<br \/>Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March.  It was instituted in<br \/>memory of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, when the racist apartheid<br \/>police opened fire and killed 69 unarmed people at a peaceful<br \/>demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<br \/>affirms that \u201call human beings are born free and equal in dignity and<br \/>rights\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe International Day for the Elimination of Racial<br \/>Discrimination reminds us of our collective responsibility for<br \/>promoting and protecting this ideal,\u201d Dr Adomdza explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_109-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the rest here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Council for Afrika International, a think-tank based in the UK has hailed the United Nation\u2019s Declaration of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. Dr Koku Adomdza, President of the Council said in a statement issued in London and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra that members were cautiously optimistic about the declaration, given the record of the United Nations in not responding urgently to matters that affect Africans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK-based think-tank hails UN Day for Africa - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/uk-based-think-tank-hails-un-day-for-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"UK-based think-tank hails UN Day for Africa - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Council for Afrika International, a think-tank based in the UK has hailed the United Nation\u2019s Declaration of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. 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