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One of Cameroon’s most respected football icons, Joseph Antoine Bell, has once again made known certain opinions of his’, concerning the ongoing crisis in the two English speaking regions of Cameroon.
According to Joseph Antoine Bell, the UN must refrain from intervening in issues of Cameroon if it is not invited by the authorities of this country.
He was speaking during a program on a Yaoundé based television channel, Vision 4, and in reaction to speculations that the international organization may intervene in the crisis. He aired his opinion on July 1, 2018.
“I do not believe that Cameroon needs intervention. If that were the case, Cameroon would ask for it by itself. The UN does not often intervene like that on its own,” he said.
The former captain of Olympique de Marseille maintained that his stance was inspired by examples of situations he lived while living in Europe. He cited the examples of the wars of the United Kingdom against the separatists of Siin Féin, the Spain ETA conflict, and few others, which caused many deaths but according to him, did not trigger much international emotion.
He added that he did not remember seeing any UN Peace Keeping force pass in front of his door to intervene in the conflict.
Relying on other examples around the world, Joseph Antoine Bell predicts a new failure of secessionist ambition. “You have to put the problem on the table. If it is clear that this is secession, I do not know many states that have accepted secession and I do not know many countries that have proclaimed that they support secessionists. In Spain, we saw the activities of Catalan secessionists and how they ended. Everyone realised that in the Catalans’ situation, it was really about democracy. Secessionists used democracy to try to separate from Spain, and Spain used democracy to fight secessionists,” Bell said.
The former footballer then proceeded to a trial in good standing of a United Nations Organization that failed to carry out its peacekeeping missions. "The UN that is there to regulate relations between all states should remember that all these states have citizens who have their eyes open and who see that nowhere in the world where the United Nations has intervened have we really found the fullness of its peace and joy. If we honestly wanted peace in the world, there is a radical solution we never talk about. The UN would condemn all arms manufacturers. Weapons manufacturers would be converted back into pot manufacturers or whatever. There are so many other things to make. And in a world without weapons, I'm sure we would fight with bare hands, but there are very few boxers that die. There would be fewer deaths in this kind of situation,” he concluded.
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