UMkhandlu Jikelele we I-World Trade Organization (i-WTO) kuvunyelwene ngasekupheleni kukaLwesihlanu (26 Novemba) ukuhlehlisa iNgqungquthela Yongqongqoshe ngemva kokuqubuka kohlobo oluthile lwegciwane le-Omicron Covid Variant B.1.1.529 kwaholela ohulumeni abaningi ukuba babeke imingcele yokuhamba eyayingavimbela ongqongqoshe abaningi ukuthi bafinyelele eGeneva.
Kwakungekho mpendulo lapho eTurboNews uxhumane ne Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) uma ngabe uMhlangano Jikelele ozayo eMadrid ohlelelwe isikhathi esifanayo njengoba uMkhandlu Jikelele we-WTO uzohlehliswa futhi.
Owabe UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uFrancesco Frangialli nokho wenze isitatimende ngoLwesihlanu ethi:
“Ngenxa yosongo olusha lwezempilo futhi ngokombono wami, kungaba ukuhlakanipha UNWTO kanye neSpain ukuphika ngenxa yalesi sizathu sezempilo esisobala nesiqinile sokuthi izithunywa nongqongqoshe baye eMadrid ezinsukwini ezimbalwa.
Kulindeleke ukuthi kufike izithunywa ezivela emazweni amaningi omhlaba. Ukwengeza, ukucwasa okungamaqiniso okungaholela kubameleli abahlala emazweni anemikhawulo yokuhamba, ikakhulukazi Amazwe amaningana ase-Afrika ngeke kwamukeleke eNhlanganweni lapho ababambiqhaza kufanele baphathwe ngokulingana.
The World Tourism Network usheshe wasishayela ihlombe lesi sitatimende sikaNobhala Ohloniphekile – Jikelele, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokubaluleka kwe UNWTO I-General Assembly yabahlanganyeli abaningi ababhalise e-Afrika.
Cuthbert Ncube, Usihlalo we Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika okwamanje ohambele umcimbi eRwanda uyavumelana nayo WTN kanye noNobhala-Jikelele wangaphambilini.
Ngesikhathi I-World Trade Organization, Ingqungquthela Yongqongqoshe Ye-12 (i-MC12) bekufanele iqale mhla zingama-30 kuLwezi futhi iqhubeke kuze kube umhla zi-3 kuZibandlela, kodwa isimemezelo semikhawulo yokuhamba kanye nezidingo zokuvalelwa eSwitzerland nakwamanye amazwe amaningi ase-Europe kwahola uSihlalo WoMkhandlu Kazwelonke u-Amb. Dacio Castillo (Honduras) ukubiza umhlangano ophuthumayo wawo wonke amalungu e-WTO ukuze awazise ngalesi simo.
“Ngenxa yalezi zenzakalo ezidabukisayo kanye nokungaqiniseki ezikubangelayo, asiboni enye indlela ngaphandle kokuphakamisa ukuhlehliswa kweNgqungquthela Yongqongqoshe futhi iphinde iphindwe ngokushesha lapho izimo zivuma,” Amb. UCastillo utshele uMkhandlu Jikelele. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi uzokuqonda ngokugcwele ubucayi besimo.”
UMqondisi-Jikelele uNgozi Okonjo-Iweala uthe izingqinamba zokuhamba zisho ukuthi ongqongqoshe abaningi kanye nezithunywa eziphezulu bebengakwazi ukubamba iqhaza ezingxoxweni zobuso nobuso eNgqungqutheleni. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukubamba iqhaza ngokulinganayo kungenzeki, esho.
Uveze ukuthi izithunywa eziningi kade zagcina ukuthi umhlangano awunikezi uhlobo lokuxoxisana oludingekayo ukuze kubanjwe izingxoxo ezinzima ezindabeni ezibucayi kwezepolitiki.
“Lesi akubanga isincomo esilula ukwenza … Kodwa njengoMqondisi-Jikelele, into engihamba phambili ngayo impilo nokuphepha kwabo bonke ababambiqhaza be-MC12 – ongqongqoshe, izithunywa, kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi. Kungcono ukwenza iphutha ngasohlangothini lokuqapha, ”kusho yena, ephawula ukuthi ukuhlehliswa kuzoqhubeka nokugcina i-WTO ihambisana nemithetho yaseSwitzerland.
Amalungu e-WTO abevumelana ngazwi linye ekusekeleni izincomo ezivela kuMqondisi-Jikelele kanye noSihlalo WoMkhandlu Jikelele, futhi azibophezele ukuthi azoqhubeka nokusebenza ukuze anciphise ukungezwani kwawo ezihlokweni ezibalulekile.
Kungethenjwa ukuthi iWorld Tourism Organisation ngaphansi kobuholi obukhona be UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili unokukhathazeka okufanayo ngongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha, futhi uyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokunikeza izithunywa ezivela eNingizimu Afrika, Eswatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, nakwamanye Amazwe ase-Afrika, eBelgium naseHong Kong ukunaka okufanayo kweNhlangano Yezohwebo Yomhlaba.
Namuhla uMbusi waseNew York e-United States umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo seSifundazwe sakhe, yize bekungakatholakali icala lohlobo olusha lwegciwane.
Amacala asetholakele eNingizimu Afrika, eBotswana, eBelgium naseHong Kong, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi asabalale.
E-Geneva, kuyiphupho elibi leNhlangano Yezohwebo Yomhlaba.
Le Ngqungquthela ibilindelwe iminyaka emine. Futhi kwaba nezinqumo ezinkulu okufanele zithathwe mayelana nohwebo lomhlaba njengezinqumo zangaphakathi eSikhungweni.
Amaqiniso anzima for UNWTO ukwenza lesi sinqumo:
Akukho ukuhlinzekwa ku UNWTO Izimiso ezibhekene nalolo hlobo lwesimo esiphuthumayo. Okuwukuphela kwenkomba kungaba isihloko sama-20 seMithetho enikeza uMkhandlu oPhethe amandla okuthatha zonke izinqumo ezidingekayo phakathi kwezikhathi ezimbili zoMkhandlu.
Uma uMkhandlu ufisa ukuhola, kuyacaca ukuthi yindima yawo. Iphuzu elikhulu ukuthi awekho amanxusa eMadrid ikakhulukazi aphethe UNWTO, njengoba kunjalo ngezinhlangano ezinkulu emhlabeni wonke.
Okuningi kuzoncika esimweni sengqondo nasezinqumweni zikaHulumeni waseSpain ngoba akuyona nje impilo yezithunywa kanye nempilo yabasebenzi esengozini, kodwa ukuphepha kwezakhamuzi zaseMadrid.