Her Majesty yesterday(Thursday) was in Turkey to attend the Istanbul 2018 TRT World Forum where she gave the keynote speech. In her speech, she called on the global community to persevere in its struggle to achieve peace, justice, and security, urging nations to “confront the harshest realities of our world without losing sight of our ideals.”
Her Majesty also highlighted humanity’s long-term gains in making our world a safer, more inclusive place. “The headlines may lead us to believe that the world is gradually becoming less secure – but the trend-lines suggest otherwise,” she explained.
The forum was also attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and First Lady Emine Erdogan, with the President delivering an address at the forum’s closing Thursday evening.
She also highlighted Jordan and Turkey’s long history of cooperation, and their common commitment towards the refugees they are hosting within their borders.
She also reflected on the passing of three-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi in 2015, who became a symbol of the struggles of more than 5.5 million refugees after a photograph of his lifeless body washed up on shore went viral.
“For a brief moment, this snapshot of senseless loss seemed poised to serve as a turning point in the global refugee crisis,” Her Majesty recalled. However, “almost as suddenly as it had appeared, concern for the refugee crisis once again receded, a casualty of the ebb and flow of human compassion.”
Noting that more than 10,000 people have since drowned attempting to make the same dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean, the Queen stressed that news of human misery has now become inescapable.
“Every day, we are bombarded with evidence of suffering – until images that once felt painfully familiar gradually stop being painful,” she said. She continued with “One of the key facets of human nature is the universal impulse to help those in need. But, in the face of mass atrocities, too often, we fail to move decisively,”, citing the example of global inaction in the face of genocide against the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar.
Her Majesty also highlighted humanity’s long-term gains in making our world a safer, more inclusive place. “The headlines may lead us to believe that the world is gradually becoming less secure – but the trend-lines suggest otherwise,” she explained.
The forum was also attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and First Lady Emine Erdogan, with the President delivering an address at the forum’s closing Thursday evening.
She also highlighted Jordan and Turkey’s long history of cooperation, and their common commitment towards the refugees they are hosting within their borders.
She also reflected on the passing of three-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi in 2015, who became a symbol of the struggles of more than 5.5 million refugees after a photograph of his lifeless body washed up on shore went viral.
“For a brief moment, this snapshot of senseless loss seemed poised to serve as a turning point in the global refugee crisis,” Her Majesty recalled. However, “almost as suddenly as it had appeared, concern for the refugee crisis once again receded, a casualty of the ebb and flow of human compassion.”
Noting that more than 10,000 people have since drowned attempting to make the same dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean, the Queen stressed that news of human misery has now become inescapable.
“Every day, we are bombarded with evidence of suffering – until images that once felt painfully familiar gradually stop being painful,” she said. She continued with “One of the key facets of human nature is the universal impulse to help those in need. But, in the face of mass atrocities, too often, we fail to move decisively,”, citing the example of global inaction in the face of genocide against the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar.
She attributed this to a phenomenon known as psychic numbing. “We recognize a single person’s suffering as a tragedy, but, as the number of those affected piles up, that tragedy begins to lose its emotional grip,” she explained.
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