Bandi Mbubi: Demand a fair trade cell phone

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Vesna Savić

I want to talk to you today

Danas želim da vam pričam

about a difficult topic that is close to me,

o teškoj temi koja mi je bliska,

and closer than you might realize to you.

a vama je bliža nego što možda mislite.

U Ujedinjeno kraljevstvo došao sam pre 21 godinu

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

u potrazi za azilom.

I was 21.

Imao sam 21 godinu.

Bio sam primoran da napustim Demokratsku republiku Kongo,

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

my home, where I was a student activist.

moj dom, gde sam bio student aktivista.

Voleo bih da moja deca mogu da upoznaju moju porodicu

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.

Želim da vam kažem koja je veza između vas i Konga.

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

Ali pre svega, želim da mi učinite uslugu.

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

Možete li svi da zavučete ruku u svoje džepove

i izvadite svoj mobilni telefon?

Osetite tu poznatu težinu,

Feel that familiar weight ...

how naturally your finger slides towards the buttons.

kako prirodno vaši prsti kreću prema dugmićima.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Možete li da zamislite svoj svet bez njih?

Can you imagine your world without it?

Oni nas povezuju sa našim bližnjima,

It connects us to our loved ones,

our family, friends and colleagues,

porodicom, prijateljima i kolegama,

at home and overseas.

kod kuće i preko okeana.

To je simbol povezanog sveta.

It is a symbol of an interconnected world.

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

Ali ono što držite u ruci za sobom ima trag krvi,

i sve se svodi na mineral:

and it all boils down to a mineral:

tantal, koji se u Kongu iskopava kao koltan.

tantalum, mined in the Congo as coltan.

It is an anticorrosive heat conductor.

To je provodnik toplote koji ne rđa.

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

On skladišti energiju u našim mobilnim telefonima,

Plejstejšn konzolama i laptop računarima.

Koristi se u svemirskoj i medicinskoj opremi

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

kao legura.

It is so powerful that we only need tiny amounts.

Toliko je moćan

da su nam potrebne samo malene količine.

It would be great if the story ended there.

Bilo bi sjajno kada bi se priča tu završavala.

Unfortunately, what you hold in your hand

Nažalost, ono što držite u rukama

ne samo da je omogućilo neverovatan tehnološki razvoj

has not only enabled incredible technological development

and industrial expansion,

i industrijsko proširenje,

but it has also contributed to unimaginable human suffering.

nego je takođe doprinelo nezamislivoj

ljudskoj patnji.

Since 1996,

Od 1996. preko pet miliona ljudi je umrlo

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.

Nebrojene žene, muškarci i deca

su silovani, mučeni ili porobljeni.

Rape is used as a weapon of war,

Silovanje se koristi kao oružje rata,

da se usadi strah

instilling fear and depopulating whole areas.

i isele čitava područja.

The quest for extracting this mineral

Potraga za kopanjem ovog minerala

ne samo da je pomogla, nego je i pojačala

has not only aided, but it has fueled

postojeći rat u Kongu.

the ongoing war in the Congo.

But don't throw away your phones yet.

Ali nemojte još da bacite svoje telefone.

Thirty thousand children are enlisted

30 000 dece je mobilisano

i naterano da se bore u naoružanim grupama.

and are made to fight in armed groups.

Kongo stalno ima katastrofalne rezultate

The Congo consistently scores dreadfully

in global health and poverty rankings.

na svetskim listama zdravlja i siromaštva.

But remarkably,

Ali neverovatno je da je program UN za zaštitu okoline

the UN Environmental Programme has estimated the wealth of the country

procenio bogatstvo zemlje

na preko 24 biliona dolara.

to be over 24 trillion dollars.

Rudarska industrija kojom upravlja država je propala

The state-regulated mining industry has collapsed,

i kontrola nad rudnicima

and control over mines has splintered.

se raspodelila.

Coltan is easily controlled by armed groups.

Koltan lako kontrolišu naoružane grupe.

Jedna od poznatih zabranjenih trgovačkih ruta

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

je preko granice do Ruande

where Congolese tantalum is disguised as Rwandan.

gde se tantal iz Konga prerušava u onaj iz Ruande.

Ali nemojte još da bacite svoje telefone

But don't throw away your phones yet,

because the incredible irony

jer je neverovatna ironija u tome

is that the technology that has placed such unsustainable,

da tehnologija koja je stavila tako neodržive

devastating demands on the Congo

i razorne zahteve prema Kongu

ista ta tehnologija

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

koja nam je predočila ovu situaciju.

Toliko toga znamo o situaciji u Kongu

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

i unutar rudnika

because of the kind of communication the mobile phone allows.

samo zbog vrste komunikacije

koju dozvoljavaju mobilni telefoni.

As with the Arab Spring,

Kao i sa Arapskim prolećem,

during the recent elections in the Congo,

tokom skorašnjih izbora u Kongu

glasači su mogli da šalju SMS poruke

voters were able to send text messages of local polling stations

od lokalnih glasačkih mesta do sedišta

to the headquarters in the capital, Kinshasa.

u glavnom gradu Kinšasi

And in the wake of the result,

i nakon rezultata,

the diaspora has joined with the Carter Center,

dijaspora se udružila sa Centrom Karter,

katoličkom crkvom i drugim posmatračima

the Catholic Church and other observers,

kako bi privukli pažnju na nedemokratski rezultat.

to draw attention to the undemocratic result.

Mobilni telefon je ljudima širom sveta dao

The mobile phone has given people around the world

an important tool towards gaining their political freedom.

važan alat za dobijanje njihove političke slobode.

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

Zaista je uveo revoluciju u način

na koji komuniciramo na planeti.

Dozvolio je da se desi ogromna

It has allowed momentous political change to take place.

politička promena.

So, we are faced with a paradox.

Dakle,

suočeni smo s paradoksom.

The mobile phone is an instrument of freedom

Mobilni telefon je uređaj slobode

and an instrument of oppression.

i uređaj represije.

TED je uvek slavio

TED has always celebrated what technology can do for us,

ono što tehnologija može da uradi za nas,

technology in its finished form.

tehnologija u svom završenom obliku.

It is time to be asking questions about technology.

Vreme je

da postavimo pitanja o tehnologiji.

Odakle ona dolazi?

Where does it come from?

Who makes it?

Ko je stvara?

I za šta?

And for what?

Here, I am speaking directly to you,

Ovde vam direktno pričam,

TED zajednici,

the TED community,

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

i svima onima koji možda gledaju ovo preko ekrana,

on your phone, across the world,

na svom telefonu, širom sveta,

in the Congo.

u Kongu.

All the technology is in place for us to communicate,

Sva tehnologija je tu da bismo mi komunicirali,

i sva tehnologija je tu da bismo preneli ovo.

and all the technology is in place to communicate this.

Ovog trenutka

At the moment,

there is no clear fair-trade solution.

ne postoji jasno rešenje za pravednu trgovinu

But there has been a huge amount of progress.

ali desio se ogroman napredak.

The US has recently passed legislation

SAD su nedavno usvojile zakon

to target bribery and misconduct in the Congo.

koji se odnosi na korupciju i kršenje zakona u Kongu.

Recent UK legislation could be used in the same way.

Skorašnji zakoni Ujedinjenog kraljevstva mogu se koristiti na isti način.

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

Nokia je u februaru otkrila svoju novu politiku

koja se tiče dobavljanja minerala iz Konga,

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

i postoji peticija za Epl

da napravi ajfon bez konflikta.

There are campaigns spreading across university campuses

Postoje kampanje

koje se šire kroz kampuse univerziteta,

to make their colleges conflict-free.

da bi njihovi fakulteti postali bez konflikta.

But we're not there yet.

Ali još uvek nismo tu.

We need to continue mounting pressure on phone companies

Moramo da nastavimo s pritiskom

na telefonske kompanije

to change their sourcing processes.

kako bi one promenile svoje procese snabdevanja.

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

Kada sam prvi put došao u Ujedinjeno kraljevstvo pre 21 godinu,

I was homesick.

bio sam nostalgičan.

I missed my family and the friends I left behind.

Nedostajali su mi porodica i prijatelji koje sam ostavio.

Communication was extremely difficult.

Komunikacija je bila izuzetno teška.

Sending and receiving letters took months --

Slanje i primanje pisama trajali su mesecima,

if you were lucky.

ako ste imali sreće.

Often, they never arrived.

Često uopšte nisu stizala.

Even if I could have afforded the phone bills home,

Čak i da sam mogao da priuštim

telefonske razgovore do kuće,

like most people in the Congo,

poput većine ljudi u Kongu,

my parents did not own a phone line.

moji roditelji nisu imali telefonsku vezu.

Today, my two sons --

Danas, moja dva sina

Dejvid i Danijel

David and Daniel,

can talk to my parents and get to know them.

mogu da pričaju sa mojim roditeljima i da ih upoznaju.

Zašto bismo dozvolili

Why should we allow

such a wonderful, brilliant and necessary product

da takav divan, briljantan i neophodan proizvod

to be the cause of unnecessary suffering

bude uzrok nepotrebne patnje

for human beings?

za ljudska bića?

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

Zahtevamo hranu kroz pravednu trgovinu

i odeću kroz pravednu trgovinu.

It is time to demand fair-trade phones.

Vreme je da zahtevamo telefone dobijene kroz pravednu trgovinu.

This is an idea worth spreading.

Ovo je ideja vredna širenja. Hvala vam.

Thank you.

(Aplauz)

(Applause)