President Dudley Thompson Statement on the Ivory Coast

[HUMANITAIRE]

Source: http://www.ivoirediaspo.net/?p=3551

I send this message as the President of the World African Diaspora
Union (WADU). WADU is a Pan African socio-political movement, global
in extent as an umbrella association representing several hundred
thousand members and supporters in the African Diaspora in process of
integration with the African Union as its 6th Region. It is dedicated
to the Unification of Africa as an equal power in the global arena.
Its ultimate goal is our destiny for the Black African Renaissance
based on universal peace, Justice and fraternity for all. It opposes
bigotry, materialism and the present global system based on greed,
military might and exploitation.
The recent political situation in the Ivory Coast is a matter of grave
concern to us. We expect the bumps and obstacles along our agreed
destination towards a sustainable democracy but we strongly object to
foreign intervention in their sovereignty by threat, sanction or
military force. That is not the desired policy to local African
traditional method of solving internal disputes. I understand the
overall interest of our African Union. That interest can best be
served as the ultimate arbiter on appeal. The AU will however lose its
own legitimacy if it takes sides at this early stage before the local
disputants have exhausted its rights before accepted arbiters such as
their own courts of law or neutral arbiters accepted by both sides.
WADU offers its personal assistance in qualified African experts or
working in collaboration with such internationally known personalities
as Ambassador Salim Salim, former Secretary General of the OAU or Kofi
Annan. WADU offers its assistance now. In support of this offer, WADU
cannot be compared with well established foreign exploiters of past
and recent history.
WADU strongly believes that military solution is not an option. This
rather indicates frustration and impotence in African authority. I
HAVE NO FEAR THAT THIS IS AFRICA ‘S YEAR because African history is on
our side and therefore we shall overcome. I can be reached at WWW.WADUPAM.ORG.
DUDLEY THOMPSON,
AMBASSADOR
President of WADU
Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Vice President (ASCAC)
Rev. Dr. Ndugu T’Ofori-Atta, High Council Chair (Elder)
Queen Mother Sybil W. Clarke, High Council (Elder)
Dr. Niara Sudarkasa, High Council (Elder)
Dr. Andy Thompson, Chief Commissioner (UNIA/ASCAC)
Baba John Watusi Branch, Chief Secretariat (ATABA/NAKO)
QM Yaa Dorothy Lewis, Executive, (NCOBRA/GAC)
Baba James Small, Executive (OAAU/ASCAC)
Dr. Joyce King, Executive (Scholar Activist)
Nana Yaa Farika, Executive (Rastafari/Maroons)
Minister Akbar Muhammad, Executive Support
Baba Mukasa Dada, Executive Support (AAPRP/SNCC)
Baba Joe Beasley, Executive Support (RainbowPush Coalition/Africa
Ascension)
Dr. Molefi K. Asante Executive Support (Scholar Activist)
Dr. Julius Garvey, Executive Support (UNIA/ACL)
Queen Nzingha R. Heru (President of ASCAC)
Baba Elombe Brath, Co-Founder & Executive Emeritus (PLC/D-12)
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