世界展望會 2007春季最新活動--- 與世界的兒童做朋友


主題：在樹下上課
作者：法依娜 阿依夏奇耶
年齡：14
國家：盧安達 (Rwanda地理位置 非洲中東部，北臨烏干達，東界坦尚尼亞，西臨剛果民主共和國及基霧湖，南接蒲隆地，位於剛果河與尼羅河之分水嶺，地處東非高原。)
計畫區：布里沙
作品介紹：因為教室缺乏，小孩子在樹下上課。

「世界，聽我說 World,listen to me！」世界小畫家聯合畫展，包括台灣之28個受助國家、48個計畫區的受助兒童先在所在地區進行繪畫比賽，從國內選出117幅、國外195幅，共計312幅兒童畫作，並在2月初經國立台灣師範大學美術系師生進行初步甄選，選出了137幅優秀兒童畫作展出，於3月5日至30日在台灣世界展望會網路進行票選活動，歡迎踴躍上網選出你最感動的兒童畫作，同時將在兒童節期間，巡迴台北、台中、高雄舉辦三場展覽，邀請民眾踴躍支持，透過網路投票、參觀畫展及愛心捐款行動，為身處艱難環境中的孩子加油，有機會為自己創造美好明天，實現心中夢想。

歡迎闔家於4月4日至30日到現場參觀畫展，並邀請親朋好友、同學一起踴躍參與喔！


世界小畫家聯合畫展：
台北：青少年育樂中心2F展覽廳
台北市仁愛路一段17號
展出時間：4月4～14日
上午9：00至下午17：30
假日與週末延長至晚上19：00
　

台中：新國自在購物中心1F大廳
西屯區市政北一路1號
展出時間：4月16～21日
下午13：00至晚上21：00
　

高雄：大遠東百貨17F誠品書店
苓雅區三多四路21號
展出時間：4月23～30 日
上午11：00至晚上22：00
　
　
此時此刻，全球正有10億兒童處於極度貧窮中，每天生活費用不到1美元…諾貝爾和平獎得主德瑞莎修女曾經說過：「有了愛就有了一切！」有了您的愛與關懷，將讓他們貧瘠童年中， 擁抱豐盛的希望夢想！

想要更進一步了解這些兒童嗎?? ---> http://www.worldvision.org.tw/edm/20070301WFRIEND/about_kids.html

資料來源:台灣世界展望會
http://pay.worldvision.org.tw/Children/200703ChildrenPaint/ch/note.html

http://pay.worldvision.org.tw/Children/200703ChildrenPaint/ch/ShowPaint8.php?CardNo=RWAB04

獅子山共和國Republic of Sierra Leone

國情簡介（２００４年資料）：
　　
加入聯合國日期：１９６１／９／２７
　　國慶日　　　　：４／２７
　　語言　　　　　：英文、Krio語
　　首都　　　　　：自由城 Freetown
　　面積　　　　　：７萬１,７４０平方公里
　　人口　　　　　：６００,５萬人，其境內有２０多個種族
　　宗教　　　　　：伊斯蘭教、基督教、拜物教等。以伊斯蘭教為主
　　氣候　　　　　：熱帶季風氣候，高溫多雨
　　地理位置　　　：非洲西部，北部與幾內亞、東南與賴比瑞亞交界
　　與我國關係 ：1963年9月28日獅子山與我國建交
1971年7月29日獅子山與中國建交
我國於同年8月20日宣佈與獅子山斷交
【國旗由來】國旗是在獨立之初制定的，綠色是農業，也表示該國主要地形是丘陵，白色為和平和正義，藍色代表圍繞本國的大西洋，與西非第一良港的獅子山。
獅子山的國旗有三種顏色，綠色是代表農業，白色是代表著和平以及正義；藍色則是代表著圍繞著獅子山的大西洋。

經社概況：

匯率　　　　　：US$1=2,914.28Leone　(2005年9月)
出生／死亡率　：42.84%(2005)／20.61%(2005)
ＧＤＰ　　　　：６００美元 (2004)
國內生產毛額　：33億3,500萬美元(2004)
國內各業生產毛額結構：農業：49%　工業：31%　服務業：20%(2001)　　 通貨膨脹率　　：1%(2002)
失業率　　　　：不詳　　進口值　　　　：2億6,400萬美元(2003)
出口值　　　　：4,900萬美元(2003)　　 主要進口產品　：機械、食品、飲料、菸草、燃料及潤滑油
主要出口產品　：鑽石、金紅石、魚貨、鐵礦、可可、咖啡　　 主要出口國　　：比利時、西班牙、美國、英國
主要進口國　　：英國、美國、象牙海岸、比盧
較具規模之外貿：英國、美國、象牙海岸、比盧
財政收支　　　：礦產輸出佔外匯一半，負債高達十一億美元

政局情勢：
　　一九九六年二月二十六、二十七日獅國舉行總統及國會選舉。國會選舉方面，選出八十位國會議員，由獅子山人民黨（Sierra Leone People’s Party）、聯合全民黨（United National People’s Party）、人民民主黨（People’s Democratic Party）、全民國會黨（All People’s Congress Party）以及全國團結黨（National Unity Party）等政黨依得票率分配席次，另有十二席係票選傳統酋長，共計九十二席國會議員。總統選舉方面，由於無候選人獲得百分之五十五選票之情形下，故由得票率最高之二位候選人：獅子山人民黨卡巴（Mr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah）與聯合全民黨卡瑞法-史馬特（Mr. John Karefa-Smart）參加第二回合選舉。次（三）月十五日，第二回合總統選舉順利完成，卡巴膺選為新任總統。同月二十九日，軍政府將政權和平移交卡巴總統。一九九七年五月廿四日晚，獅國軍人發動政變，推翻卡巴政府，卡巴總統逃抵幾內亞，獅國首都自由市為叛軍掌控。六月廿二日，獅國軍事執政委員會（Armed Forces Ruling Council, 簡稱AFRC）主席柯洛馬少校（Johnny Paul Koroma）宣誓就任總統。一九九八年二月五日，西非維和部隊（ECOMOG）在西非經濟共同體（ECOWAS）授權下，對以柯洛馬（Major Johnny Paul Korama）為首之獅國軍政府發動軍事攻擊，十二日西非維和部隊攻進獅京自由城，並控制獅國內陸主要城市，惟軍政府與叛軍「革命聯合陣線」所屬部隊則流竄叢林鄉野，頑冥抵抗，在獅國東部、南部地區仍有零星戰火。一九九八年三月十日現年六十六歲之卡巴總統重返獅京自由城執政，渠立即重 組內閣及設置政策諮詢委員會，強調和解（reconciliation）政策，呼籲獅國人民團結一致重建家園。一九九八年八月間「革命聯合陣線」領袖山柯(Corporal Forday Dankoh)自奈及利亞押返獅京自由城接受審判，叛軍不斷以游擊戰方式攻擊政府軍與西非聯軍，同時以槍殺、凌遲及砍斷手腳等殘酷手段破害普通百姓，製造恐怖氣氛，嚴重打擊獅國向以人力耕作之農業生產，並造成難民潮。一九九九年元月六日「革命聯合陣線」叛軍在Sam Bockarie率領下一舉攻入首都自由城東區，與駐獅之西非聯軍發生激戰，叛軍佔領總統府、警察局及電台等重要據點。一週後（元月十二日）西非聯軍反攻，叛軍不敵竄逃至鄰近山區，伺機而動。一九九九年七月七日在西非經濟共同體輪值主席，多哥總統調和下，獅國政府與叛軍簽署和平停火協定，並籌組聯合政府，惟因叛軍要求分配之部次長職位數與卡巴總統同意數相去甚遠，故迄未入京就職。二○○○年五月初獅國「革命聯合陣線」扣押約五百名聯合國維和部隊人員，五月九日首都自由城居民數千人在該陣線領袖山柯(Forday Sankoh)住宅前示威抗議，遭該陣線士兵開槍射殺，致引起暴動，聯合國立即撤退非必要之工作人員。至五月二十八日止尚有五十六人未釋放。2002年5月總統大選, Kabbah獲得連任, 2003年3月21日獅國成立特別法庭以審判1991年至2000年引發內戰之罪犯。2007年7月28日獅國總統及國會將進行大選。
（資源來源：http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/ct.asp?xItem=243&ctnode=276　）

Delegation of UN Peacebuilding Commission concluded maiden mission to Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 25 March 2007 --- A delegation from the newly established United Nations Peacebuilding Commission completed its first-ever mission, a five-day visit to Sierra Leone, as part of reinforced efforts by the world body to prevent countries emerging from civil war and other conflicts from slipping back into bloodshed.
The 12-member delegation, which wound up its visit on 25 March, has held intensive talks with President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and other senior officials of the small West African country, which after 11 years of civil war has now entered a peace consolidation phase.

“We came here to look on the ground for first-hand information on issues that the Commission is meant to deal with and to identify challenges to the peacebuilding process,” said Ambassador Frank Majoor, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN, who headed the delegation in his capacity as chair of the Commission’s Country Specific Meetings on Sierra Leone.
After earlier discussions in the Commission, the Government and the UN mission in Sierra Leone jointly conducted an analysis of critical gaps in peacebuilding efforts and drew up a national priority plan that has been endorsed by the stakeholders and includes youth employment and empowerment, democracy and good governance, justice and security as well as public service delivery.
Mr. Majoor said the working visit helped the delegation to determine specific priorities and gaps within these wider priority areas for the Commission to solicit extended support from donor countries.

He emphasized that the Commission is now closer to an integrated framework – a compact between the Government, donors, the UN, the private sector and civil society – to sustain the national and international commitment to support peacebuilding and stability in Sierra Leone over the years to come.

He and other delegation members described the consolidated approach on various tracks to peacebuilding and development, thus maintaining the continuity of already existing mechanisms such as the Poverty Reduction Strategy Project and the Peace Consolidation Strategy.
Earlier this month, Sierra Leone received $35 million from the UN Peacebuilding Fund, established from voluntary contributions to aid countries which have recently emerged from war from slipping back into conflict, with Sierra Leone and another formerly war-torn African country, Burundi, the first nations to be referred to it.

Although the two countries have made much progress in emerging from their devastating civil conflicts, they continue to face great political and economic challenges, the Commission said then.


PBC(Peacebuilding Commission )成立迄今，第一個任務出現了，就是前往獅子山五天，與當地的重要官員進行瞭解當地情形以及設法避免當地再次發生戰爭、衝突。經過開會討論後，當地政府將與聯合國設立於當地的組織一起努力，重建當地的和平。前些日子，獅子山收到聯合國捐贈的三千五百萬美元，並與另一個國家－蒲隆地(位於中非)共同努力，即使都曾遭受過大規模的摧殘，但依然以重建和平時代為共同目標
資料來源：http://www.uniosil.org/

New York/Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1 March 2007 --- The Secretary-General of the United Nations today announced that an allocation of US Dollars 35 million will be made available from the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) in support of Sierra Leone. This announcement follows a review in New York of the Priority Plan submitted jointly by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations presence in the country.
The allocation will be used to fund projects in the areas of youth employment and empowerment, democracy and good governance, justice and security as well as public service delivery.

Against the backdrop of the discussion in the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the Government and the United Nations presence in Sierra Leone jointly conducted a country level analysis of critical gaps in the peacebuilding efforts and drew up a national priority plan that has been endorsed by the stakeholders in Sierra Leone. Civil Society Organizations continued to play a key role to ensure the country’s effective engagement with the Peacebuilding Commission
The Peacebuilding Fund is established from voluntary contributions, as part of the new peacebuilding architecture, under the authority of the Secretary-General. It seeks to address critical peacebuilding priorities and benefits countries such as Sierra Leone, under consideration by the Peacebuilding Commission, as well as others in similar circumstances, as designated by the Secretary-General.

The Peacebuilding Commission formally declared Sierra Leone as eligible for PBF funding in October 2006. The allocation of the fund now paves the way for the implementation of projects in the four priority areas following a review and approval by the Peacebuilding Steering Committee in Sierra Leone, co-chaired by the Government and the United Nations. A Peacebuilding Fund Steering Committee, comprising Government, civil society, external partners and the United Nations presence in Sierra Leone, has been established.

Member States have so far pledged some USD 210 million to the Peacebuilding Fund. This is the second such allocation made under the Peacebuilding Fund following an earlier country envelope in support of Burundi, the other country currently under consideration by the Peacebuilding Commission.

Speaking at the UN’s New York Headquarters, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding, Ms. Carolyn McAskie said “the Peacebuilding Fund will support critical interventions in Sierra Leone and we hope that it can play an important catalytic role in attracting additional donor support to further consolidate the peace process.”

After the end of a destructive eleven-year conflict, the Government of Sierra Leone, with the support of the United Nations and other external partners, has made significant progress towards lasting peace, national recovery and democratization of the country. However, these achievements remain vulnerable and need to be consolidated and sustained with the support of the international community.


聯合國於3月1日宣佈捐助三千五百萬美元協助位於獅子山共和國的PBF(Peace building Fund)以回復當地和平；此外，當地的CSO(Civil Society Organizations)也將會協助PBF能順利運行。關於PBF，這係由各地募集資金所構成的基金，用來幫助各個需要幫助的地區，像是獅子山以及其他類似狀況的地區。而在紐約，PBC(Peacebuilding Commission)總部，的Carolyn McAskie小姐表示：PBF是個協助國家重建和平的機制。但這重新建立的和平依然脆弱無助，需要各地人士能出錢出力，幫助PBF，幫助各地需要幫助的國家。

註：獅子山共和國的PBF成立於2006年10月資料來源：http://www.uniosil.org/

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 9 March 2007 --- A top United Nations official said during a press briefing at UNIOSIL headquarters on the new United Nations peacebuilding architecture that Sierra Leone has set an example in maintaining peace. And that is after over a decade long conflict that left an estimated 50,000 people dead and thousands maimed. The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Ms. Carolyn McAskie, told a room-full of local journalists and international correspondents that “the war has been over for five years, the peace has held, I think that's a gold standard. Five years is a long time after the kind of deep and violent conflict which took place here in Sierra Leone. There is still a lot to do though”, she added. Ms. McAskie visited the country from 6 to 8 March 2007 and had meetings with government officials, civil society representatives, the donor community and the United Nations Country Team.
According to the Head of the UN Peacebuilding Office progress is expected to continue in consolidating the country's peace with a “$35 million envelope out of the Peace Building Fund” which the UN Secretary-General recently approved for Sierra Leone. That money would be spent on urgent peacebuilding projects to be decided by a Steering Committee. The Committee comprises various stakeholders and will be co-chaired by the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone at the country level. The Executive Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, Mr. Victor Angelo, noted during the press conference, that the Steering Committee will soon begin its work.

In response to a question on the overall resource requirements for peacebuilding efforts in Sierra Leone, Ms. McAskie expressed the hope that the US$35 million allocated from the Peace Building Fund (PBF) can play an important catalytic role in attracting additional donor support to further consolidate the peace process. The ASG further observed that Sierra Leone has done a great deal of work in advancing a peace consolidation agenda, and commended civil society groups who she said “are organizing in very strategic and impressive way”, adding that the role of the press as well is very important in the peace process.
“Sustaining attention on a crisis or a post crisis period is very, very critical and I see this as the most important part of the work of the Peace Building Commission”, Ms. McAskie said.

Ms. McAskie announced that a delegation from members of the Peace Building Commission would soon be coming to Sierra Leone “to get a sense of developments on the ground and to better inform the Commission on the next steps of engagement with the country”. She explained that the visit would help in developing “an integrated peacebuilding strategy”. Carolyn McAskie referred in this regard to the country's Peace Consolidation Strategy as an example of the “great deal of work” that has been done and that the PBC would be building on.

The Peacebuilding Commission is a recommendation from the 2005 World Summit and has a mandate, among other things, to assist post-conflict countries in consolidating peace and prevent from relapsing to war. It currently has Sierra Leone and Burundi under consideration.

在過去，死於戰爭的獅子山人民高達五萬以上，而存活下來的民眾，其中也有數千名手腳殘疾。在戰爭結束的五年後，ASG組織伸出了援手，協助在當地建立PBF(Peace Building Fund)，希望能夠重建當地的和平時代。3月1日，聯合國捐助當地的PBF三千五百萬美元助其重建，而Carolyn McAskie小姐表示，希望PBF是和平的催化劑，且能妥善運用各地捐贈的金錢、物資以幫助各地重建，並且能夠成為一種建立和平上的指標。資料來源：http://www.uniosil.org/