1st General Assembly Session
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 11:53 pm
Below are the archived discussions of the 1st General Assembly Session, which lasted from 4113 to 4128.
Tibor Lengyel, chairman of the Hosian Democratic Union in New Endralon/Kizenia:
Lucian Petrescu, secretary of the Hosian Democratic International and former Minister of Justice in New Endralon/Kizenia:
Tibor Lengyel, chairman of the Hosian Democratic Union in New Endralon/Kizenia:
On behalf of my party, I want to endorse Kalistan's motion against slavery in the strongest terms. Our national parliament is in the process of debating the issue and we hope it will be able to announce a declaration of support very soon.
Slavery is one of the great evils in Terra, and the World Congress, in co-operation with the Security Council and national governments across Terra, should do everything it can to stamp it out.
The great culprits here are the governments of Deltaria and Saridan, which wilfully allow the wicked institution of slavery to function within their territories. However, we must not be complacent and should not presume slavery is just confined to a few rogue countries. As many of us will be aware, slavery can take all sorts of forms, and can pass by largely un-noticed even in the most advanced and apparently civilised cities in the world. Most here will know what I mean. People forced into domestic servitude; people forced into sex work; people forced into working in inhuman conditions...much of this goes on right under our noses.
We would also like to ask the Security Council to call for a more consistently humane treatment of refugees and immigrants, since it is so often the case that harsh and unwise laws make refugees and immigrants vulnerable to exploitation by the scrupulous. In our view, it will be almost impossible to effectively deal with the problem on a world-wide basis unless this issue is very seriously addressed.
Lucian Petrescu, secretary of the Hosian Democratic International and former Minister of Justice in New Endralon/Kizenia:
I echo the words just spoken by my colleague, Mr. Lengvel. Let me add that one of the great tragedies here is that, too often, religion has been used an excuse or as a cover for the exploitation of the most vulnerable brothers and sisters amongst us. In this regard, I have a special message for the so-called Ameliorate Republic [Saridan]: you claim our religion for yourselves, but in the way you allow slavery to flourish, you do not represent the true teachings and values of our faith.