They are calling themselves the ICCR (I don’t know what happened to the other ‘R’) and they want justice and reparations. I have a whole bunch of articles to post on “climate refugees” from Copenhagen, but am just posting this one tonight to give you a flavor of how it’s going and what we will no doubt be treated to for years to come. It seems that Bangladesh is the brains behind this cabal of community organizers. I wonder if Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’ was translated into Bangla. Does anyone know?
[Copenhagen, Friday 11 December 2009] While the countries split wide open on combating climate change, the civil soiceity groups have launched `International Campaign on Climate Refugees’ Rights’ (ICCR) at Copenhagen. The social movement groups from Asia, Africa and Latin/Central America joined hands together to demand the rights of millions of people being displaced by the climate change.
Opening the launching of the campaign, Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, convenor of the ICCR said, “global civil society groups should come forward to build a wider constituency to claim the justice and rights of the climate induced refugees”.
Mr Ahmed also demanded “a legal safeguard protocol should be in place to ensure the political, social, cultural and economic rights of the climate refugees by the international community presently meeting under the Conference of Parties (COP-15) here in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Either come up with a new international law or open the 1951 convention on refugees and give us the rights and respect we deserve!
Dr Ahasan Uddin, one of the authors of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from Bangladesh demanded to review Geneva Convention 1951 on Refugee on the light of climate refugees. He further reiterated to consider even a separate international institutional framework for the climate refugees which will provide complete dignity and respect.
And, don’t forget justice for us victims!
The International Campaign on Climate Refugees’ Rights (ICCR) is a global independent association aiming at asserting and realizing the rights and ensuring justice to the climate induced displaced victims—climate refugees. Civil society groups from Asia, Africa and Latin/Central America consisiting of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Senegal, Uganda, EL Salvador etc, are the members of this campaign while currently the secretariat is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
By the way, they must not have gotten the instructions that they are not supposed to use the phrase “climate refugee”. The smart people have told them that is a no-no. Don’t you just love it when the elites can’t control the hoi polloi who have obviously gone rogue.