Global Sikh Coun­cil Cham­pi­ons Truce in Is­rael-Pales­tine Con­flict

While there are fewer Sikh activists and bodies talking about peace or taking sides in the Israel-Palestine war which is endangering world peace, the stand of the Global Sikh Coun­cil in making an appeal for an immediate truce in the Israel-Palestine conflict during its recently held annual general meeting convened online is likely to reverberate among the Diaspora Sikh communities and even through international humanitarian corridors

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Sikh or­ga­ni­za­tions and ac­tivists from across 31 coun­tries, dur­ing the re­cent Global Sikh Coun­cil dig­i­tal sum­mit, passed a res­o­lu­tion im­plor­ing the United Na­tions Se­cu­rity Coun­cil to spear­head ef­forts for a cease­fire in the Gaza re­gion. This call comes amidst es­ca­lat­ing ten­sions that have seen nu­mer­ous civil­ian ca­su­al­ties, in­clud­ing women and chil­dren. The Global Sikh Coun­cil’s voice adds a sig­nif­i­cant moral weight to the global out­cry for peace and hu­man­i­tar­ian aid in this be­lea­guered zone.

Echo­ing the coun­cil’s com­mit­ment to global hu­man­i­tar­ian causes, tran­scend­ing ge­o­graphic and cul­tural bound­aries, she stated, “Our heart goes out to those suf­fer­ing in this con­flict. It’s high time for a peace­ful res­o­lu­tion, and the UN must step in with both aid and diplo­macy.”

The Global Sikh Coun­cil re­solved that “The re­ports of deaths and in­juries to thou­sands of women and chil­dren are deeply dis­tress­ing. While every na­tion has the right to safe­guard its coun­try from any for­eign ag­gres­sion killing in­no­cent women and chil­dren is a crime against hu­man­ity. Global Sikh Coun­cil calls upon the world lead­ers and the United Na­tions to put an end to this mis­ery of the peo­ple in Gaza and work for a peace­ful set­tle­ment.”

Lady Singh of Wim­ble­don, Dr. Kan­waljit Kaur -wife of the il­lus­tri­ous Lord Singh of Wim­ble­don In­dar­jit Singh and Pres­i­dent of the Global Sikh Coun­cil, de­liv­ered a res­olute mes­sage, con­demn­ing the air strikes rav­aging Gaza.