“Ngiyajabula ukuthumela imikhonzo emhlanganweni we-18 womhlangano omkhulu we- UNWTO,” unobhala-jikelele we-UN u-Ban Ki-moon utshele izithunywa zomhlangano we-18 we-General Assembly ye-United Nations World Tourism Organization ngomlayezo ofundwe nguTaleb Rifai.
Unobhala-jikelele we-UN wanezela: “Njengenhlangano yeZizwe Ezihlangene ekhethekile yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha esimeme UNWTO inegalelo elibalulekile emizamweni yomhlaba yokubhekana nezinkinga zomnotho womhlaba kanye nokubhekana nezinye izinselele zomhlaba.
“Njengoba kubonakala ezingxoxweni zenu ezimayelana ne-Roadmap of Recovery (eyethulwa nguGeoffrey Lipman), imizamo yenu yokwenza ezokuvakasha isimeme ingasiza umhlaba ukuthi ubhekane nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ufeze izinjongo zeMillennium Development Goals futhi wakhe umnotho oluhlaza. Ngethemba ukuthi amazwi enu azozwakala njengoba izingxoxo zifuna ukuvala isivumelwano eNgqungqutheleni Yokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu e-Copenhagen ngoZibandlela wezi-2009.
“Ezokuvakasha ziphakathi kwezimo ezinkulu zezenhlalo nezomnotho esikhathini sethu, futhi zibambe indawo ebalulekile ku-ajenda yeZizwe Ezihlangene. Nginifisela impumelelo ezinhlelweni zenu.”
Nge-18 UNWTO I-General Assembly, okwamanje eqhubekayo enhloko-dolobha yase-Kazakhstan i-Astana, i-Vanuatu ne-Norway yamukelwa njengentsha. UNWTO amalungu, kuyilapho i-United Kingdom ihambile UNWTO.
Ngosuku lokuqala lomhlangano, uTaleb Rifai wakhethwa njengonobhala-jikelele omusha we-UNTWO futhi kwethulwa nokuhlonipha owayenguNobhala Jikelele uFrancesco Frangialli. Owokuqala UNWTO unobhala jikelele uqokwe njengonobhala jikelele ohlonishwayo we UNWTO.
Unobhala-jikelele uRifai uthe uzonxenxa ukuthi i-UK ibuye futhi wanxusa ukuthi anxenxe amazwe amaningi aseCaribbean ukuthi ajoyine UNWTO. Uphinde wathi unethemba lokuthi ngemuva kukaDisemba, lapho sekuphasiswa umthetho omusha wezokuvakasha e-US, kuzobe sekubekwa uhlaka lokuthi i-US ijoyine. UNWTO.
Khonamanjalo, i-India ithumele amazwi enduduzo e-Indonesia, Philippines naseSamoa ngezinhlekelele zemvelo, ngenkathi kumenyezelwa ngasikhathi sinye ukuthi izigidi zingase ziswele amakhaya ngemuva kwezikhukhula eNingizimu ye-India.
Umkhandlu Wezwe Wokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha (WTTC) umongameli uJean Claude Baumgartner, yena, wenza isethulo. Kuyo uthe usebona kunesiqalo esisha ngokubambisana naso UNWTO. Wabuye wathi, ukuthi imele imboni ezimele, futhi esimweni samanje kuphela ukubambisana ukubambisana phakathi UNWTO kanti umkhakha ozimele uzosebenza. Ucele izithunywa ukuthi zisebenzisane nazo WTTC.
Kuphinde kwamenyezelwa ukuthi iSan Marino, lapho ezokuvakasha zihamba phambili embonini, ifuna ukubamba iqhaza eligqame kakhulu UNWTO.
Umongameli waseKazakhstan, uNursultan Nazarbayev, naye wayekhona kulo mhlangano futhi wazinika nesikhathi sokukhuluma. Enkulumweni yakhe, uMongameli uNazarbayev uthe iKazakhstan ibona "ithuba lokuvela njengendawo ephambili yezokuvakasha esifundeni sase-Euro-Asia." Kuphinde kwaphawulwa ukuthi iKazakhstan iqashe uFrangialli ukuthi abe umeluleki wezokuvakasha.
Kodwa-ke, i-Saudi Arabia yenze umsindo omkhulu kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lomhlangano, njengoba iqembu elihlangene lafika ngobuningi babo ngokubamba iqhaza kwabo kokuqala.
Izihambeli zajatshulelwa umbukiso wakusihlwa kanye nesidlo sakusihlwa esiwubukhazikhazi izwe elalisingethe, iKazakhstan.
