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Want to have own human rights minister

War and conflict must be seen in a larger context, says Trine Skei Grande. 




(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)

In 2016, one per cent of expected gross national income (GNI), which corresponds to NOK X billion of the Norwegian Treasury, went to aid. Grande believes that the projects and measures supported through the aid budget should be considered to promote peace to a greater extent:

“I think we had a lot left to talk politics in a more war-preventive perspective – when we discuss climate, we talk little about the people who flee because of climate change. Even if we reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, we may end up in a situation where southern parts of Spain no longer produce food. We lose a lot of human dignity in a very technocratic climate and aid perspective. I hope that we can have a higher heaven over what we do – and that what we do has a direct impact on peace work. I think we should have had our own Minister of Assistance and Human Rights, ”says Grande.

Is peace work more important today than before?

"We see that the US is retiring and just wants to be the US. After all, world trade has brought with it a great degree of welfare and peace. The dream of a world where we can live peacefully side by side is disappearing more and more. I saw an interview this day with many Americans who were for Trump, where 'liberals' were portrayed as the biggest threat imaginable. We've seen this before, and it rarely ends well. This attitude is a serious threat to European values. Perhaps we are in a time where we need more focus on the individual's right not to be subjected to the majority's abuse, which is the basic idea of ​​human rights. And that everyone has an international responsibility to work to build peace in the world, ”Grande concludes.

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