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2010年05月09日
Contact: Ziyaad Lunat
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パリ - よく知られる著名人たちは、5月10日月曜日のイスラエルの加盟に投票することになっている経済協力開発機構(OECD)加盟国への緊急要請に着手した。元欧州議会副大統領、元フランス大使、ノーベル平和賞受賞者を含む著名人たちは、イスラエルが国際法の下、パレスチナ人に向け義務を果たし、OECDの基本的原理と基準に完全にとどまるまで、進行の猶予を求めた。
「OECDの使命は、世界貿易と経済発展の促進を含んでいます」と、彼らは語り、「パレスチナ人にその生産品の輸出を許さない一方で、イスラエルがガザに許すのは81品目に過ぎません。そのような非人道的政策は、基本的道義は言うまでもなく、論理への挑戦で、OECDのような組織が、どのようにして一民族全体への「反-開発」に貢献してきた国家を、メンバーとして受け入れ可能なのだろうとわたしたちに思わせます」と付け加える。
OECDのイスラエル承認への市民の反対は、投票に向かう何週間かでより大きな声に増大してきている。フランス活動家たちは、先週木曜日、加盟国がイスラエル加盟について議論したとき、OECDのロビーで座り込み抗議を展開した。事務総長、Angel Gurríaにもたらされた請願は、OECD加盟30カ国すべての懸念する市民により署名された。市民社会集団は、月曜日、午後6時30分、パリのOECD本部の入り口で、記者会見を計画した。
声明は、OECDが「パレスチナ領土の占領と人権抑圧のイスラエルに報いるのか、あるいは、そのような特権を獲得する前にまず国際法を守らなければならないというシグナルを送るのか」という、ふたつの選択に直面する広範囲の信念を反映する。
さらに、国際人道法と第四次ジュネーヴ条約の下の国家義務との重大な法律問題が、被占領パレスチナ西岸の違法入植地を含み、OECD加盟国がイスラエルを受け入れる計画での方法から持ち上がった。これら意義深い挑戦は、オックスフォード大学の著名な法律専門家たちによりOECDに提出された。
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声明全文は以下（翻訳省略）：
OECD: Delay Israel’s membership in the name of justice and peace The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will decide in the coming days whether to welcome Israel in its ranks. Such a move, at a time when Israel continues its decades-old occupation, colonization and oppression of the Palestinian people, will impair efforts to achieve justice, freedom, dignified living and, therefore, sustainable peace for all in the region.
The OECD foundational principles include respect for human rights and international law. Israel has shown complete disregard for both. The UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict, headed by Justice Richard Goldstone, issued a comprehensive, well-documented report calling for independent investigation of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity committed during the Gaza conflict. The US and most European countries regrettably voted against the report. This is in line with a long-standing policy to shelter Israel from accountability.
In the mean time, Palestinians continue to be dispossessed and uprooted from their land by an unabated growth of Israel's colonial settlements; their houses are demolished; their residency rights in Jerusalem are gratuitously revoked; a Wall is snaking its way through their agricultural land; and military checkpoints hinder their access to their schools, jobs, hospitals and fields, depriving them of their dignity. Those who bravely oppose these brutal policies of discrimination, through popular non-violent protests, are often killed or injured in cold blood. Last week, Israeli forces shot Ahmed Dib as he protested the Israeli-imposed buffer zone inside Gaza. He died on his way to the hospital at the age of 19. Like so many of these cases, those responsible will not be brought to justice; they will enjoy total impunity. Israel has made a mockery of international law and human rights in that part of the world. The OECD, as an organization that purportedly privileges these values, should know better.
OECD’s mission includes promotion of world trade and economic development. This week an Israeli court ordered the release of details about Israel’s hold on Gaza. The document describes how Israel has set the minimum calorie intake needed by Gaza's million and a half inhabitants, according to their age and sex. These gruesome figures show that Israel is literally implementing the policy described by Dov Weisglass, the advisor of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when he said "the idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger." Israel allows only 81 items into Gaza, while Palestinians are not allowed to export their produce. Such an inhuman policy defies logic, not to mention basic moral principles, and makes us wonder how an organization like OECD would find it acceptable for a state that has contributed to the “de-development” of a whole people, as characterized by Harvard University Professor Sara Roy, to join it as a member.
In 2005, Palestinian civil society called on international civil society to apply pressure on Israel until it abides by its obligations under international law. Five years on, a dynamic pro-sanctions movement has emerged, composed of activists from diverse backgrounds, artists, academics, politicians, and community and faith leaders such as myself. The movement represents universal values of peace, justice and equality for all. It calls for the end of impunity as a counterweight to the privileges governments have afforded to Israel.
Accountable to the calls of their citizens, the states that form the OECD should not once again turn a blind eye to injustices perpetrated by Israel. OECD members should bear this in mind when making their decision about Israeli accession. The choice is clear: either reward Israel for its occupation and injustice against the Palestinian people or send a signal to Israel that it must first abide by international law and respect human rights before gaining such a privilege.
Welcoming Israel will undermine the rule of law and encourage more violations. We appeal to OECD members to delay Israel’s membership in the name of justice, human dignity and comprehensive peace.
The Undersigned:
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Prize for Peace Laureate 1976, Northern Ireland
John Dugard, Former Special Rapporteur of UN on Palestine, South Africa
Luisa Morgantini, former vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy
Stephane Hessel, Ambassador, France
Ronnie Kasrils, Former Minister, writer and activist, South Africa
John Berger, Writer, UK
Judith Butler, philosopher, USA
Ilan Pappe, Historian, Israel
Ken Loach, Filmmaker, winner of Cannes festival's Palme d'Or, UK
Michael Mansfield QC, UK
Ghada Karmi, Author and academic, Palestine
Paul Laverty, Screenwriter, UK
Naomi Wallace, Playwright/Screenwriter, USA
George Bisharat, Professor, USA
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