Ngenkathi umongameli waseTurkmen, uGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, ehambele i-UN General Assembly okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2015, izinkampani zezingubo kanye nabatshali bezimali emhlabeni jikelele bazwakalisa ukungavumelani kwabo nokusetshenziswa kwezisebenzi eziphoqelelwe nguhulumeni emkhakheni kakotini waseTurkmenistan futhi bafuna ushintsho.
Imikhiqizo eyishumi nambili kanye nabathengisi sebesayine i-Responsible Sourcing Network's (RSN) iTurkmen Cotton Pledge, enikela izinkampani ukuthi zingakhiphi ukotini eTurkmenistan kuze kube kupheliswa umsebenzi ophoqelelwe emkhakheni wayo kakotini. Lezi zinkampani zifaka: adidas; Inkampani Yezemidlalo yaseColombia; I-Designworks Clothing Company; Igebe Inc .; Iqembu le-H & M; I-M & S; I-Nike, Inc .; I-Rowlinson Knitwear Limited; IRoyal Bermuda, LLC; Sears Holdings; I-Varner Retail AS; kanye ne-VF Corporation.
I-Turkmenistan ingumkhiqizi wesikhombisa ngobukhulu futhi ithumela emazweni angaphandle ikotini ngobukhulu emhlabeni. Imboni kakotini yaseTurkmen ilawulwa ngokuphelele nguhulumeni. Uhulumeni uphoqa abalimi ukuthi batshale ukotini futhi unquma ukuthi izilinganiso abalimi okufanele bazifeze. Ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nalezi zabelo, amashumi ezinkulungwane zezakhamizi aphoqeleka ukuvuna ukotini ukuwa ngakunye.
“Luhlelo olwesabekayo. Izintatheli ezibika ngalolu daba ziyagqunywa ejele, zivimbela izwe ukuthi liqhubekele phambili ngohlelo lwezimakethe ezikhululekile, ”kusho uRuslan Myatiev, ongumhleli nomsunguli we-Alternative Turkmenistan News.
ITurkmenistan ithumela iningi likakotini wayo oluhlaza eTurkey, Pakistan, India naseChina, lapho ukotini ekugcineni ungena emikhiqizweni eminingi yezimpahla nezimpahla zasekhaya ezithunyelwa emhlabeni wonke, kufaka phakathi ne-US
NgoMeyi 2018, i-US Customs and Border Protection agency yakhipha i- “Withhold Release Order” eyayisho ukuthi ukungeniswa “kwawo wonke ukotini waseTurkmenistan noma imikhiqizo ekhiqizwe ngokuphelele noma ingxenye kokotini waseTurkmenistan” kungavinjelwa ukungena e-US
Izinkampani zase-US manje zisengozini yokuthi inkampani yezokuvikela imise imikhiqizo yayo emngceleni uma ingathathi izinyathelo zokuvimbela ukugwema ukuthola ukotini eTurkmenistan, lapho lonke uhlelo lokukhiqiza ukotini lungcoliswe khona ngenkani yezingane nabantu abadala.
Kuze kube manje, abatshalizimali bezikhungo abangama-42 basayine isitatimende sokunxenxa izimpahla zasekhaya zomhlaba nezimpahla zokugqoka kanye nabathengisi ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ukubhekana nokuchayeka ekuhlukunyezweni kwamalungelo abantu okujulile emasimini kakotini eTurkmenistan.
"Kuyingozi enkulu ezinkampanini nakubatshalizimali ukuthi bangakunaki lokhu kuhlukunyezwa bangenzi lutho," kusho uLauren Compere eBoston Common Asset Management. "Njengabalingisi bezinkampani abaphethe kahle, bonke kumele basho izibophezelo zabo ekulweni nobugqila besimanje futhi basebenzise izindlela eziqinile zokuqeda ukutholakala kukakotini waseTurkmen kuze kuphele umsebenzi ophoqelelwe nguhulumeni emakethe."
Ngaphezu kwezinkampani zezingubo ezisayina lesi sibambiso, abatshalizimali bacela ukuthi basekele isinyathelo se-RSN i-YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced, okuwuhlelo lokuqinisekisa ukukhuthala kwezintambo zokuphotha-lezo ezithenga ukotini oluhlaza-ukuvikela nokugwema ukotini ovunwa ngenkani umsebenzi.
“Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule iRSN yakha i-Uzbek Cotton Pledge. Ngenxa yokuthi ngokwengxenye umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba wenqabile ukuthola ukotini ovunwe ngezisebenzi zezigqila, sesiqala ukubona ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni wase-Uzbekistan ukuguqula uhlelo lwakhe lwakudala nolunokuhlukumeza, ”kusho uPatricia Jurewicz, iphini likamongameli nomsunguli we-RSN.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Due in part to the international community refusing to source cotton harvested with slave labor, we are starting to see a commitment by the government of Uzbekistan to change its antiquated and abusive system,” said Patricia Jurewicz, vice president and founder of RSN.
- Customs and Border Protection agency issued a “Withhold Release Order” stating that the importation of “all Turkmenistan cotton or products produced in whole or in part with Turkmenistan cotton” could be stopped from entering the U.
- companies are now at risk of the protection agency stopping their products at the border if they do not take preventative measures to avoid sourcing cotton from Turkmenistan, where the entire cotton production system is tainted with forced labor of children and adults.
