Peace and Human Rights

Brotherhood of Destiny (BROOD)'s project website, Baliuag.net was recently launched, May 10, 2008 during the Rock 4 Peace Battle of the Bands and Song Writing Competition in Baliuag, Bulacan.  The event was participated by six competing bands from Baliuag including Himigsikan, Kantula, Banana Mangoe, Sidhaya, Prisoner of Yesterday and Dethrone.  Banana Mangoe emerged as the winner of the contest with Sidhaya and Kantula as 2nd and 3rd place respectively. 

The event was co-presented by Far East Straw Hats Corporation, a pioneer in Buntal Hat in Baliuag as well as Office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process (OPAPP), Generation Peace Network and Informatics in cooperation with other sponsors.

 

The project hopes to promote the tourism in Baliuag as well as help recruit new members for the organization. [ CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL DETAILS ]

    

 

A CALL FOR PEACE… A CALL TO ACTION!
(Official Statement on the Current Middle East Crisis)

The recent turmoil in the Middle East between Israel and Hizballah in Lebanon and the increasing atrocity between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip and spreading of religious and ethnic intolerance among these nations had reached a very alarming level.In this regard Brotherhood of Destiny, Inc. (BROOD), as an organization whose main aim is to help, serve and protect oneself, family and the society and with International stakeholders and members call on all sides to stop the atrocities and resolves their differences peacefully.

 

We condemn the recent wave of attacks by Israel to both Lebanon and Israel as an act of supremacy and cleansing of perceived enemies and threat to its State.  We condemn their disregard for the United Nations and the International community and their violation of the sovereignty of these nations.

We condemn the support of the United States Government and their inaction in stopping the conflict and instead justifying it as a legitimate defensive action by Israel wherein it cannot be called defensive since they are attacking and invading a sovereign nation.  Israel should have issued a diplomatic protest to the United Nations regarding the kidnapping of two of its soldiers rather than engage in a ravage of attacks against a sovereign state.

We likewise condemn the actions made by militants and other extremists who use acts of terrorism and had killed countless civilians and innocent citizens along the process and along the justification of a Holy War.  We condemn suicide bombings and attacks aimed at innocent people be it Muslim, Christian or any other person from any religion.  We call on these actions to stop and for the perpetrators to be punished and brought to justice.

We call on the United Nations to do its mandate to be a mediator of peace and to protect sovereign nations from aggression.  Likewise we call on the International Community including the Philippines to demand from Israel and Lebanon as well as Palestine to act peacefully on their differences.

As an organization, we members of Brotherhood of Destiny, Inc. (BROOD) express solidarity and oneness among the innocent civilians who are suffering from the ravages of war, to those who had been victims of misunderstanding and selfless acts of a few people advancing their own interests.  We will continue to do in our very own way actions that will promote peace and address causes which disrupts it.

The international civil society and social movements are raising their voiceand mobilizing throughout the world not only to express their indefectiblesolidarity with the Lebanese people, but also to build a huge internationalbarrier against the global war ofre-colonization of the world.

We are demanding together with other organizations:

- An immediate and unconditional cease-fire, in Lebanon as well as in the Palestinian Occupied Territories!

- The implementation of full sovereignty to Lebanon and the national rights of the Palestinian people!

- No NATO forces on the Lebanese territory!

We support the call of the international solidarity delegation in Lebanon for an international day of protest and solidarity on August 12th.

The world has to face a huge reality: some wars are caused by simple misunderstandings of people that can be resolved by talking and taking action of what went wrong and make better things for each other to survive. When we understand this,  it will lead us to peace.

 

Signed, 

 

Brotherhood of Destiny, Inc. (BROOD) 

Though far from actually resolving the roots of the conflict we join the world in applauding the Ceasfire which was brokered by the United Nations to hault the fighting in Lebanon and save hundred of people especially children from further suffering from this war of indifference and intollerance.  We thank all of those who have signed and supported the Ceasefire Campaign and also all our members who have supported our position statement.

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By ODED BALILTY and SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writers 17 minutes ago

ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER - Hundreds of Israeli soldiers walked out of Lebanon on Tuesday — some smiling broadly and pumping their fists, others weeping or carrying wounded comrades — as a cease-fire with Hezbollah solidified after a shaky start. The process was expected to accelerate over the coming days.  The international community looked to build a U.N. peacekeeping force for south Lebanon, but it remained unclear how quickly such a force could be deployed. The guerrillas' patrons,Syria and Iran, proclaimed that Hezbollah won its fight with Israel — claims the Bush administration dismissed as shameful blustering.

 

[ View Official BROOD Statement on MidEast Conflict ]