Action Committee For Call to Conscience About Gaza
February 5, 2024
To be updated
As mentioned earlier here on The Transnational, the “Emergency London Conference of Global Intellectuals of Conscience Concerning the Genocide in Gaza”, arranged by Turkey’s former PM and former foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton University and TFF Associate since 1986 was held January 27-28, 2024.
It was based on this Declaration created prior to the conference.
The conclusions and planned actions from the London conference
“Supporters of the Declaration of Conscience and Concerns to stop genocide in Gaza met in London on January 27, 2024. Participants came from more than 25 countries. The emergency conference was responding to the genocidal catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, and the recent interim order of the International Court of Justice.
The Conference was convened by former Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu, and Queen Mary University of London/Princeton University emeritus Professor of International Law Richard Falk. It featured academic experts, former government and UN officials, as well as civil society and human rights activists.
In the course of day-long discussions, the following urgent initiatives were called for:
1.
An immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from the Gaza Strip.
2.
Unencumbered and expanded humanitarian aid in light of mass starvation and the
spread of disease.
3.
The organization of an international humanitarian aid convoy with national flags.
4.
An immediate restoration of funding to UNWRA and Palestinian civil society.
To achieve these ends, the conference called for:
1.
A comprehensive arms embargo.
2.
Increased support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement and an
expansion of non-violent solidarity initiatives
3.
The imposition of private and public economic sanctions.
4.
The expansion of the academic and cultural boycott.
5.
The establishment of a Peoples’ Tribunal on genocide in occupied Palestine.
6.
The exclusion of Israel from international bodies, including FIFA, the European Research
Council and the International Olympic Committee.
7.
The downgrading and possible severance of diplomatic ties with Israel.
8.
Steps to remove Israel from the UN General Assembly.
9.
The International Criminal Court to act upon its obligations to investigate perpetrators of all state crimes committed in the Palestinian territories from 2014.
Recommended undertakings:
1.
To entrust the implementation of the Palestinian right of self-determination to the Palestinian people and their representatives.
2.
To impose upon Israel the essential reconstruction of all infrastructure, residential
housing, medical facilities, educational institutions, the natural environment (fresh
water, agriculture, arable land).
3.
To place a secondary burden on countries who acted with complicity in Israel’s genocide
of the Palestinians.”
The Initiative’s homepage
Visit it here and see who the signatories are. Also, sign it yourself here. Thank you!
Its YouTube Channel
You can now also acquaint yourself with a substantial proportion of what was said in London at the Initiative’s new YouTube Channel, “Global Conscience.”
Additional video interviews and perspectives
Professor Richard Falk in London.
Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on foreign policy in the context of Israel-Palestine
Founder of the Palestinian National Initiative Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s goals with war in Gaza
Avi Shlaim: ‘I have a moral duty to denounce Zionist settler colonialism and American imperialism’
Phyllis Bennis discusses ICJ ruling and civil society’s role in Gaza ceasefire advocacy
Former Turkish PM calls for humanitarian airdrop operation for Gaza
We would like also to point your attention in the direction of the early TFF Statement On the Genocide in Gaza. Please read it and share it widely – like this page.
Progress Report: Global Conscience Concerning the Gaza Genocide added by JO on
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Can you provide an updated report of additional efforts to advocate for State of Palestine and stop the apartheid, discrimination, and genocide by Israel of Palestinians?
Thanks and No. The follow-up activity to the mentioned conference does not seem to have materialised. But TFF keeps on monitoring and posting across our social media.
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