Cynthia Basinet addresses cyber war and TFGBV at United Nations / UN
October 7, 2024
Special Political and Decolonization CommitteeÂ
(Fourth Committee)
Seventy-Eighth Session
Implementation of the Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Question of Western Sahara - Technology, facilitated, gender based violence
Mr. Chairman
Excellencies
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen
My name is Cynthia Basinet and over 19 years ago garnered a Nobel peace prize nomination for visiting the Western Sahara refugee camps and continuing works for political fair play, reconciliation and reconstruction.
(Pause)
Now please a moment of silence for the voices tragically and mortifyingly silenced one year ago today.
A few days prior, I spoke to this assembly as a gentleman from Morocco
stated the situation in Palestine was not the same as the situation in the Western Sahara.
And I thought to myself, why would he make this distinction
what is about to happen
In this past year, while America’s Presidential race
plays along with a covert narcissist,
we have continued to watch the advancement
of big tech and big media,
to control the narrative of war
We have an industrial censorship complex
aiding and abetting industrial military complex
Aiding and abetting systemic racism, ageism,
destroying creativity, diversity and authenticity
Why should AIPAC have so much control over the media
We are continually pushed further and further
towards the edge where empathy and apathy,
love and care are nearly nonexistent.
Where women’s rights are on the front line
with children right behind
once again, paying the price
to sell celebrity culture royals brands magazines entertainment
at the cost of their displacement and permanent loss of innocence.
We are continuing to empower authoritative societies .
Giving no voice to the marginalized, the self-determined, the independent
And they’ve done this very matter-of-factly, very succinctly
Women are standing on the front line of yet another Warzone,
the Warzone of technologically, facilitated gender based violence.
The level of electronic infiltration 247 into our lives to create content.
As in my case, for the rich and famous to remain rich and relatable
To alter and erase history.
The idea that big tech big corporations big media like Netflix or Disney, both of whom were recently knighted by the Royals for the Unrenumerated use of my intellectual property, my likeness thanks to TFGBV
This war on my privacy on my intellectual property rights
is trickling down to everyone.
They are gaslighting us.
They are depowering us into believing
they are hero’s
When in fact are they are plagiarizing zeros.
Our intellectual property is a human right and is not free
to create us as indentured servants
Our relationships are paying a price
Our children are paying the price
Western Sahara is paying the price
Gaza is paying the price
Israel
Ukraine
Sudan
Tigray…
We have to find other solutions as
We are all facets that make this world a diamond.
We are not meant to be kicked to the curb
as Morocco has done running to other countries
to decide the fate of the Saharwian people.
For profit and power.
We cannot run behind the backs of the Palestinian
while we decide their fate.
Who’s next
While we are diverted by greed
while we are diverted by technology
While we are diverted by narcissism
Thank you
Cynthia Basinet
Nobel Peace Prize Nominated Entertainer
Pro Saharwian 🖤Activist
