OwayenguMongameli wase-Seychelles, u-James Alix Michel, umenywe ukuba athamele iNgqungquthela yokuqala ye-High-Level Pacific Blue Economy (PBEC) ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Sustainable Oceans in a Changing Climate,” ehlelwe yi-Pacific Islands Development Forum ezoba se-Suva Fiji. mhla zingama-23 no-24 kuNcwaba 2017. Le ngqungquthela ibanjwe ngokubambisana neNgqungquthela Yeminyaka Emibili ye-PIDF.
UMnu. Michel umenywe njengesikhulumi esiyisihluthulelo nguNdunankulu waseSolomon Islands kanye noSihlalo wePacific Islands Development Forum, uMhlonishwa. UManase D. Sogavare MP, ukuze abelane ngokuqonda kwakhe ngokuthuthuka komqondo weBlue Economy kanye nesipiliyoni seSeychelles ukuze kuhlomule amazwe aseziqhingini zasePacific.
Encwadini yakhe yokumema uMongameli uMichel, uNdunankulu uManase Sagavare uthe:
“Sikholelwa ukuthi ukuzibophezela kwenu ekuthuthukiseni iBlue Economy akunakuqhathaniswa futhi ukubamba kwenu iqhaza njengesikhulumi kule ngqungquthela kuzozuzisa kakhulu Amazwe Asesiqhingini SasePacific.”
“Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ukwabelana ngolwazi lwami namanye amazwe aseziQhingini Ezincane Zokuthuthuka ePacific. Sinomuzwa omkhulu wobumbano lapho sibhekene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokulwela ukuvikela izinsiza zethu zasolwandle. Kuzoba yisikhathi esihle sokuzindla ngesimo soguquko soMnotho Oluhlaza kanye nemithelela ebambekayo ekufezeni umgomo we-14 weNtuthuko Eqhubekayo yeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene”, kusho uMongameli uMichel.
UMnu Michel uzophelezelwa eNgqungqutheleni Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-James Michel Foundation, uMnu uJacquelin Dugasse.
Balinganiselwa ku-150 ababambiqhaza abalindeleke engqungqutheleni, abavela emazweni angamalungu e-PIDF esifundeni, abamele izikhungo ezihlangene, i-UN, nabanye ababambisene nentuthuko, nezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe nezesifunda, abamele izinkampani ezizimele, abamele izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, ama-NGO kanye elinye ilungu lomphakathi, okubandakanya umphakathi kanye nabamele izikhungo zocwaningo kanye nezifundiswa.
Umphumela obalulekile wale ngqungquthela kuzoba Isimemezelo Sezilwandle Nokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu, esizokhipha imiphumela yeNgqungquthela Yezilwandle Ye-UN (ngomhla zizi-5-9 kuNhlangulana, eNew York) kanye nokulungiselela amazwe ase-Pacific umhlangano ozayo wesimo sezulu wamazwe ngamazwe. I-COP23, eyenzeka phakathi kukaNovemba 6-17, eBonn, eJalimane.
I-PBEC izohlinzeka ngomhlahlandlela ophelele wokuthuthukisa umqondo we-Blue Economy e-Pacific. Izothwebula izingxoxo zeseshini yomhlangano wonke kanye nezihambisanayo mayelana nezinselelo, amathuba kanye nezinto eziza kuqala ezihlotshaniswa neBlue Economy for the Pacific Islands, ngokuxhumana nemiphumela yeNgqungquthela ye-UN ye-SDG14 kanye ne-SDG13 ukuthatha isinyathelo esiphuthumayo ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye imithelela yayo.
