Bandi Mbubi: Demand a fair trade cell phone

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Ivan Stamenković Recezent: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

I want to talk to you today

Želio bih danas s vama razgovarati

about a difficult topic that is close to me,

o teškoj temi koja mi je bliska,

and closer than you might realize to you.

i bliža vama nego što biste to mogli očekivati.

Došao sam u Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo prije 21 godinu

I came to the UK 21 years ago, as an asylum-seeker.

tražeći azil.

I was 21.

Imao sam 21 godinu.

Bio sam prisiljen napustiti Demokratsku Republiku Kongo,

I was forced to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo,

my home, where I was a student activist.

svoj dom, gdje sam bio student aktivist.

Volio bih da moja djeca mogu upoznati moju obitelj

I would love my children to be able to meet my family in the Congo.

u Kongu.

But I want to tell you what the Congo has got to do with you.

Ali želim vam reći kakve Kongo ima veze s vama.

But first of all, I want you to do me a favor.

Ali prvo, htio bih vas zamoliti za uslugu.

Can you all please reach into your pockets and take out your mobile phone?

Možete li svi posegnuti u džepove

i izvaditi vaše mobitele?

Osjetite tu poznatu težinu,

Feel that familiar weight ...

how naturally your finger slides towards the buttons.

kako vam prirodno prsti klize prema dugmadi.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Možete li zamislit svoj svijet bez njega?

Can you imagine your world without it?

Povezuje nas sa našim voljenima,

It connects us to our loved ones,

our family, friends and colleagues,

našom obitelji, prijateljima i kolegama,

at home and overseas.

kod kuće i preko mora.

To je simbol povezanog svijeta.

It is a symbol of an interconnected world.

But what you hold in your hand leaves a bloody trail,

Ali ono što držite u vašim rukama ostavlja krvav trag,

i to sve vodi do minerala:

and it all boils down to a mineral:

tantal, koji se iskopava u Kongu.

tantalum, mined in the Congo as coltan.

It is an anticorrosive heat conductor.

To je antikorozivni vodič topline.

It stores energy in our mobile phones, PlayStations and laptops.

Sprema energiju u naše mobitele,

Playstatione i laptope.

Koristi se u svemirskoj i medicinskoj opremi

It is used in aerospace and medical equipment as an alloy.

kao slitina.

It is so powerful that we only need tiny amounts.

Tako je moćan

da trebamo samo male količine.

It would be great if the story ended there.

Bilo bi divno kada bi priča ovdje završavala.

Unfortunately, what you hold in your hand

Nažalost, ono što držite u rukama

nije samo omogućilo nezamislive tehnološke napretke

has not only enabled incredible technological development

and industrial expansion,

i industrijski razvoj,

but it has also contributed to unimaginable human suffering.

već je također pridonijelo i nezamislivoj

ljudskoj patnji.

Since 1996,

Od 1996., preko pet milijuna ljudi umrlo je

over five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

u Demokratskoj Republici Kongo.

Countless women, men and children have been raped, tortured or enslaved.

Bezbroj žena, muškaraca i djece

silovano je, mučeno ili porobljeno.

Rape is used as a weapon of war,

Silovanje se koristi kao oružje rata,

usađujući strah

instilling fear and depopulating whole areas.

i raseljavajući čitava područja.

The quest for extracting this mineral

Potraga za iskopavanjem ovog minerala

ne samo da je pomogla, već je razjarila

has not only aided, but it has fueled

tekući rat u Kongu.

the ongoing war in the Congo.

But don't throw away your phones yet.

Ali nemojte još baciti vaše mobitele.

Thirty thousand children are enlisted

Trideset tisuća djece je regrutirano

i natjerano na borbu u oružanim grupama.

and are made to fight in armed groups.

Kongo konstantno ima užasne rezultate

The Congo consistently scores dreadfully

in global health and poverty rankings.

u globalnom zdravlju i siromaštvu.

But remarkably,

Ali začudo, Program za okoliš Ujedinjenih Naroda

the UN Environmental Programme has estimated the wealth of the country

procijenio je bogatstvo zemlje

na više od 24 trilijuna dolara.

to be over 24 trillion dollars.

Rudarska industrija pod kontrolom države se raspala,

The state-regulated mining industry has collapsed,

i kontrola nad rudnicima

and control over mines has splintered.

podijeljena je.

Coltan is easily controlled by armed groups.

Ruda iz koje se dobiva tantal lako je kontrolirana od strane naoružanih grupa.

Jedna poznata ilegalna ruta trgovine

One well-known illicit trade route is that across the border to Rwanda,

je ona preko granice sa Rwandom,

where Congolese tantalum is disguised as Rwandan.

gdje se Kongoanski tantal prodaje kao Rwandanski.

Ali ne bacajte još svoje telefone,

But don't throw away your phones yet,

because the incredible irony

jer nevjerojatna ironija je ta

is that the technology that has placed such unsustainable,

da tehnologija koja je postavila takve neodržive,

devastating demands on the Congo

razarajuće zahtjeve na Kongo

je ista tehnologija

is the same technology that has brought this situation to our attention.

koja nam je ovu situaciju prezentirala.

Jedini razlog što toliko toga znamo o situaciji u Kongu

We only know so much about the situation in the Congo and in the mines

i rudnicima

because of the kind of communication the mobile phone allows.

je zbog načina komunikacije

koji je omogućen putem mobitela.

As with the Arab Spring,

Kao i sa Arapskim Proljećem,

during the recent elections in the Congo,

tijekom nedavnih izbora u Kongu,

glasači su mogli slati poruke

voters were able to send text messages of local polling stations

iz lokalnih biračkih mjesta u središte

to the headquarters in the capital, Kinshasa.

koje se nalazi u glavnom gradu, Kinshasi,

And in the wake of the result,

i kada su se počeli pojavljivati rezultati,

the diaspora has joined with the Carter Center,

dijaspora se udružila sa Carter Centrom,

Katoličkom crkvom i drugim promatračima

the Catholic Church and other observers,

kako bi upozorila na nedemokratske rezultate.

to draw attention to the undemocratic result.

Mobilni telefoni dali su ljudima po cijelom svijetu

The mobile phone has given people around the world

an important tool towards gaining their political freedom.

važan alat u borbi za svoju političku slobodu.

It has truly revolutionized the way we communicate on the planet.

To je zaista revolucioniziralo način

na koji komuniciramo na planeti.

Dozvolilo je pojavu

It has allowed momentous political change to take place.

značajnih političkih promjena.

So, we are faced with a paradox.

Dakle

suočeni smo s paradoksom.

The mobile phone is an instrument of freedom

Mobilni telefon je instrument slobode

and an instrument of oppression.

i instrument tlačenja.

TED je uvijek

TED has always celebrated what technology can do for us,

slavio što tehnologija može učiniti za nas,

technology in its finished form.

tehnologija u svom završnom obliku.

It is time to be asking questions about technology.

Vrijeme je

da se zapitamo o tehnologiji.

Odakle dolazi?

Where does it come from?

Who makes it?

Tko ju izrađuje?

I za što?

And for what?

Here, I am speaking directly to you,

Ovdje govorim direktno vama,

TED zajednici,

the TED community,

and to all those who might be watching on a screen,

i svima koji možda gledaju na ekranu,

on your phone, across the world,

na vašem mobitelu, širom svijeta,

in the Congo.

u Kongu.

All the technology is in place for us to communicate,

Sva tehnologija je tu kako bismo komunicirali,

i sva tehnologija je tu da komunicira ovo.

and all the technology is in place to communicate this.

U ovom trenutku,

At the moment,

there is no clear fair-trade solution.

nema jasnog rješenja,

But there has been a huge amount of progress.

ali došlo je do ogromnih napredaka.

The US has recently passed legislation

Amerika je nedavno donijela zakone

to target bribery and misconduct in the Congo.

kojima se cilja na podmićivanje i loše ponašanje u Kongu.

Recent UK legislation could be used in the same way.

Nedavni zakoni doneseni u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu mogu se koristiti na isti način.

In February, Nokia unveiled its new policy on sourcing minerals in the Congo,

U veljači, Nokia je otkrila novu politiku

za pribavljanje minerala u Kongu,

and there is a petition to Apple to make a conflict-free iPhone.

i poslana je peticija u Apple

kako bi se iPhone radio bez sukoba.

There are campaigns spreading across university campuses

Postoje kampanje

koje se šire po kampusima sveučilišta

to make their colleges conflict-free.

kako bi sveučilišta bila bez sukoba.

But we're not there yet.

Ali nismo još tamo.

We need to continue mounting pressure on phone companies

Moramo povećavati pritisak

na proizvođače mobitela

to change their sourcing processes.

kako bi promijenili način na koji pribavljaju resurse.

When I first came to the UK, 21 years ago,

Kada sam došao u U.K. prije 21 godinu,

I was homesick.

nedostajala mi je kuća.

I missed my family and the friends I left behind.

Nedostajala mi je obitelj i prijatelji koje sam ostavio iza sebe.

Communication was extremely difficult.

Komunikacija je bila iznimno teška.

Sending and receiving letters took months --

Slanje i primanje pisama trajalo je mjesecima,

if you were lucky.

ako ste imali sreće. Često pisma nisu ni stizala.

Often, they never arrived.

Čak i da sam mogao plaćati

Even if I could have afforded the phone bills home,

račune za telefon kod kuće,

like most people in the Congo,

kao mnogi ljudi u Kongu,

my parents did not own a phone line.

moji roditelji nisu posjedovali telefon.

Today, my two sons --

Danas, moja dva sina

David i Daniel

David and Daniel,

can talk to my parents and get to know them.

mogu pričati s mojim roditeljima i upoznati ih.

Zašto bismo dozvolili

Why should we allow

such a wonderful, brilliant and necessary product

da tako divan, briljantan i potreban proizvod

to be the cause of unnecessary suffering

bude uzrokom nepotrebne patnje

for human beings?

za ljudska bića?

We demand fair-trade food and fair-trade clothes.

Tražimo hranu kroz poštenu razmjenu

i odjeću kroz poštenu razmjenu.

It is time to demand fair-trade phones.

Vrijeme je da zatražimo mobitele kroz poštenu razmjenu.

This is an idea worth spreading.

Ovo je ideja vrijedna širenja. Hvala vam.

Thank you.

(Pljesak)

(Applause)