I-United States isondela ekujoyineni kabusha UNWTO nethimba lezinga eliphezulu ku-Executive Council e-Baku
I-Baku, Azerbaijan, 17 Juni 2019 - I-United States of America iveze ukusekelwa kwayo kwezokuvakasha njengomshayeli wentuthuko esimeme. Ithimba likaHulumeni elisezingeni eliphezulu elihambele uMkhandlu Ophethe Wenhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba limemezele ukuthi i-US ibheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi iphinde ijoyine i-ejensi ye-UN ebhekele ukukhuthazwa kwezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo, ezisimeme futhi ezifinyelelekayo.
Iseshini yama-110 ye UNWTO I-Executive Council ihlangana kuleli sonto e-Baku, e-Azerbaijan, kanye namazwe angamalungu ahlanganiswe abameleli abavela emikhakheni yomphakathi nezimele. Esinyathelweni esesamukelwe kabanzi njengophawu lokuzibophezela kweMelika UNWTO's igunya, izwe lamukele isimemo somuntu siqu sikaNobhala-Jikelele u-Zurab Pololikashvili sokujoyina izingxoxo. U-Emma Doyle, iPhini Eliyinhloko LeNhloko Yezabasebenzi kuMongameli wase-United States, umemezele phambi koMkhandlu ukuthi "i-United States ibheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi iphinde ijoyine i-World Tourism Organisation", futhi waphawula ukuthi izwe lakhe libheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana UNWTO "ukukhuthaza ezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele."
Ecaphuna uMongameli uTrump, uthe "i-America First ayisho iMelika yodwa", futhi wengeza: "Sikholelwa ukuthi anamandla amakhulu UNWTO, njengoba igxile ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi kanye nemfundo, ukuze ibe isikhanyiso sokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezinye izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe.”
UNksz Doyle uhole ithimba le-US ku UNWTO Isigungu esiphezulu kanye neNxusa u-Kevin E. Moley, uMsizi kaNobhala Wezwe wase-US.
Ilungu elisungula le UNWTO, i-United States okwamanje ingenye yezimakethe ezinkulu zezokuvakasha emhlabeni, kokubili njengendawo yokuya nanjengomthombo wezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-2018, izwe lamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-60 futhi, ngokusho kwakamuva UNWTO I-World Tourism Barometer, umkhakha wezokuvakasha ukhule ngama-7% ngekota yokuqala yowezi-2019, uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
UNWTO amalungu akwamukele ukuba khona kwe-United States emhlanganweni obuse-Baku njengokuqaphela ukukhula kokubaluleka kwezokuvakasha ekukhuleni komnotho womhlaba kanye ne-Ajenda ka-2030 Yentuthuko Eqhubekayo, kanye nokugunyazwa UNWTOubuholi.
ISeshini ye-110 yoMkhandlu oPhethe iza njenge UNWTO ibhekene nenkathi yokuhlelwa kabusha okubalulekile kanye nokwenza lula. Izinto eziza kuqala kuNobhala-Jikelele we-Pololikashvili zihlanganisa ukuhambisana eduze nohlelo olubanzi lweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, ukusimama kwezezimali kanye nokugxila endimeni yokusungula izinto ezintsha, uguquko lwedijithali kanye namabhizinisi angadlala emkhakheni wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Emma Doyle, Principal Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the United States, announced before the Council that “the United States is exploring the possibility of re-joining the World Tourism Organization”, and noted that her country looks forward to working with UNWTO “to encourage tourism around the world.
- A high-level delegation of the Government attending the World Tourism Organization Executive Council announced that the US is exploring the possibility of re-joining the UN agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and accessible tourism.
- UNWTO members welcomed the presence of the United States at the meeting in Baku as recognition of tourism's growing relevance to global economic growth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as an endorsement of UNWTO's leadership.
