Dear Editor,
Please allow me to address the Social Health Insurances SZV Bank on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights on December 10, 2015.
Ladies and gentlemen...
We come here today
over the bank in Great Bay
Place now called Harbour view
To present our main point of view
On this the 10th of December, 2015
knowing that on this day
In the year 1948, 48 nations
of the then United Nations
came together
And ratified the international convention on human rights
However, today 67 years later
We come to denounce the abuse
Of our human rights in St. Martin
And the open misuse
Of the law that was meant to protect us
We speak for all those that have suffered
But can't speak for themselves
Because they are now silent in their graves
We speak for those that would like to be here
But they are confined to a hospital bed
because of hard labour and bad treatment
We also speak for those that
After working so hard for many, many years
They are still working two jobs to make ends meet
Because they were refused the pension they seek
We speak this morning for our young and coming generations
We speak for the unborn so they too
Don't have to go through
The same sufferation
And deprivation
As we do
We are appealing to you
Ladies and gentlemen
For you to join with us
To find the solutions
And by so doing, together
We will confirm to our forefathers
That their resolution
Was not just a mere illusion
Raymond Helligar
