Samantha Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade
سيمانثا نات: الضرر الحقيقي لتجارة الأسلحة العالمية.
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that my last name is Nutt.
هو (نات).
you are forgiven for wondering
to end up in a war zone.
of medical school, and accepted
من كلية الطب، وقد قبلت بذلك،
with UNICEF in war-torn Somalia,
في الصومال التي مزقتها الحرب،
لي هذا الدولار
to issue an evacuation order,
الأمم المتحدة أوامر بالإخلاء،
of the world's most dangerous places.
إلى واحدة من أخطر الأماكن في العالم.
may be asking yourselves,
with 50 cents in my pocket,
سنتاً في جيبي،
في منطقة بيدوا في الصومال.
had lost their lives there --
لقوا حتفهم في تلك المدينة،
of war-related famine and disease.
المرتبطة بالحرب غالباً.
with trying to figure out
to this humanitarian catastrophe.
of the Rwandan genocide,
شبيهة بما حدث في رواندا،
على وشك النفاد.
to specifically help answer,
عليه على وجه الخصوص،
themselves in war zones the world over,
في كل مكان على أنفسهم في مناطق الحرب،
in Somalia at that moment in time --
في الصومال حينها ـ
by way of "A Clockwork Orange."
بطريقة فيلم "أكلوكورك أورانج."
a couple of days after my arrival,
who were standing in line,
their infants very close.
this conversation I was having
in the palm of her baby's hand.
was already in rigor.
was curled into itself.
مغلقة على نفسها.
that as her baby was dying,
been held for two days
with Kalashnikov rifles,
مسلحين ببنادق الكلاشنكوف،
to shake her down for more money,
بحثاً عن مزيد من المال،
أنها لم تكن تملكه.
as eight -- they are this big --
في الثامنة من العمر، بهذا السن الكبير
never been to school.
with automatic rifles.
باستخدام البنادق الآلية.
that war is unavoidably human.
as existence itself.
again and again and again.
تحدث مراراً وتكراراً.
that I have seen the absolute worst
are capable of doing to one another,
a different outcome is possible.
في هذا العمل،
around the world,
occupying this shared space,
هذه المساحة المشتركة،
of the options available to us
إلى كل الخيارات المتاحة لنا
peace at the expense of war,
على حساب الحرب،
small arms and light weapons
صغيرة وأخرى خفيفة
like that young baby,
مثل ذلك الطفل الصغير،
around the world,
الحرب حول العالم،
of various armed groups
of cheap, easy and efficient weapons
من الأسلحة الرخيصة والسهلة والفعالة
and brutalize those civilians
والبطش بهؤلاء المدنيين
for as little as 10 dollars.
بمبلغ زهيد يعادل 10 دولارات.
to an automatic rifle
to clean drinking water.
at this map of the world.
that are currently at war,
التي ترزح تحت نيران الحرب،
who have either died
as a result of that violence.
something else about this map.
يتعلق بهذه الخريطة.
that most of those countries
of small arms in the world.
الصغيرة في العالم.
countries in the Global North,
في شمال الكرة الأرضية،
who are dying in war
who are profiting from war
people like you and me.
أشخاص مثلي ومثلكم.
beyond small arms for a second.
in circulation in the world?
الأسلحة المتداولة حول العالم؟
than the five permanent members
at this moment in time,
hang on a second there ... Nutt."
in war zones -- they're not a cause,
في مناطق الحرب-- ليست هي السبب،
that plagues them
and Afghanistan,
to be able to maintain law and order,
لفرض سطوة القانون وإحلال النظام،
to combat terror groups --
لمجابهة الجماعات الإرهابية -
for just one moment,
a boom in the small-arms trade
في تجارة الأسلحة الصغيرة
that has grown threefold
في هذا المجال لثلاثة أضعاف
to the number of people
in armed conflict around the world
في الصراعات المسلحة حول العالم
that also goes up
يرتفع ذلك أيضاً
and end at the same point.
in fatalities is a response
هذه هي رد فعل
or the other way around.
أو العكس.
really take away from this.
به حقاً من هذا الأمر.
worth scrutinizing,
that small arms that were shipped to Iraq
أن الأسلحة الصغيرة التي تم شحنها للعراق
moderate opposition fighters,
بمقاتلي المعارضة المعتدلة،
are now in the hands of ISIS;
في يد تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية؛
أن الأسلحة التي شحنت إلى ليبيا
that were shipped to Libya
across the Sahel,
like Boko Haram and al Qaeda
مثل بوكو حرام وتنظيم القاعدة
are a menace everywhere,
تمثل الخطر في كل مكان،
is rarely their last.
what we spend on foreign aid,
على المساعدات الأجنبية،
and vaccinate children
وتوفير اللقاحات للأطفال
in the Global South.
في جنوب الكرة الأرضية.
of both supply and demand,
أساساً بالعرض والطلب،
من كلا الجانبين.
transparency mechanisms
have to be more accountable
أكثر عرضة للمساءلة
in the world by far,
في العالم حتى اللحظة،
the Arms Trade Treaty,
معاهدة تجارة الأسلحة،
it isn't binding,
لذلك فهي ليست ملزمة،
and ratified by the Senate.
to make our voices heard.
تداول الأسلحة الصغيرة --
the problem of war.
won't solve that problem.
in the right direction.
who live in those rich countries
نحن من نعيش في تلك الدول الغنية
around the world
that cycle of violence
in strengthening the rule of law
وفي تعزيز قبضة القانون
especially for women.
those kinds of efforts can be
أن تكون عليه هذه الجهود
if you want to give,
is just as important
like monthly contributions
humanitarian organizations
over the long term,
والاستثمارعلى المدى الطريل،
who have been affected by war,
المتضررة من الحرب،
all too quickly forget.
for Somalia as a young doctor,
كطبيبة شابة على متن تلك الطائرة،
to live with war.
الحياة في وسط الحرب.
what it means now.
عن ما يعنيه ذلك.
"pop-pop-pop-pop-pop!"
"بوب-بوب-بوب-بوب-بوب!"
until it will be right on top of me.
حتى تصوب تلك إلى رأسي.
and agonizing fear,
around the world are forced to confront
far too many people close to me.
العديد من الأشخاص المقربين لي.
what I do every single day,
لأقوم بما تعودت لقيام به،
ونعمل على نشرها وشنّها.
not powerless to solve it.
to wish you the greatest success.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Samantha Nutt - Doctor, writer and humanitarianSamantha Nutt envisions a world where no child knows war.
Why you should listen
Samantha Nutt is a leading authority on the civilian impact of war and a bestselling author. A medical doctor and the founder of the international humanitarian organizations War Child USA and War Child Canada, Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world's major crises -- from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. With a career that has spanned more than two decades and dozens of conflict zones, her international work has benefited millions of war-affected children globally.
Dr. Nutt writes and speaks about war, international aid and foreign policy. Her work has been published by a variety of print and online media, including the Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Reuters, Maclean's Magazine and many others. She regularly appears on news shows discussing foreign affairs and is a panelist on CBC's flagship news program, The National. Dr. Nutt's critically-acclaimed book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, was a bestseller.
Dr. Nutt is a recipient of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, and has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She is a staff physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She holds a degree in medicine from McMaster University and post graduate degrees from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London) and the University of Toronto. Dr. Nutt is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as the Canadian College of Family Practice.
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