WELLINGTON — Kudingeka imithetho emisha ukuze imikhumbi yezivakashi evakashela e-Antarctica igweme inhlekelele endaweni eqhelile kakhulu emhlabeni, ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle eNew Zealand uMurray McCully.
"Ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi ngaphandle kokuthi sithathe izinyathelo, kuzoba nengozi embi kakhulu yasolwandle ehlanganisa umkhumbi wezivakashi e-Antarctica, futhi sizobhekana nenhlekelele yobuntu nemvelo," kusho uMcCully.
Umhlangano wezinsuku ezintathu uqale eWellington ngoLwesithathu wochwepheshe abangaba ngu-80 abavela emazweni angama-47 eSivumelwano sase-Antarctic, okuhloswe ngawo ukudweba imithetho emisha yemikhumbi yezivakashi evakashela e-Antarctica.
UMcCully utshele umhlangano ukuthi imikhumbi emine yabavakashi yagingqika eminyakeni emithathu edlule, kwathi abantu abangu-154 kwadingeka ukuthi batakulwe umkhumbi oseduze ngemva kokuba i-Explorer yaseCanada icwile ngemuva kokushayisa intaba yeqhwa ngo-2007.
“Saba nenhlanhla. Akekho owalahleka kuleso sigameko, kodwa ukuthi akuzange kube nemiphumela emibi kakhulu kuletha inhlanhla kunokuphatha kahle,” usho kanje enkulumeni yakhe.
"Ngokusobala, sisesikhathini esibolekiwe."
Isibalo sabavakashi baminyaka yonke emikhunjini yezivakashi sesiphindeke kane safinyelela ku-46,000 kule minyaka engu-15 edlule, futhi kunokukhathazeka ukuthi eminye yemikhumbi ayizilungele izimo ezimbi kakhulu.
Umhlangano kulindeleke ukuthi uphume nezincomo ngezinhlobo zemikhumbi engasetshenziswa emanzini ase-Antarctic, nokuthi kufanele yini kudingeke ukuthi ihambe nomunye umkhumbi oseduze ukuze uvikeleke.
Ezinye izincomo zizobe zihlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imvelo yase-Antarctic ihlala ihlanzekile, okuhlanganisa nokuthi kuvalwe ukusetshenziswa kukawoyela osindayo, okuthi uma eputshuka kube nomthelela omubi ezilwaneni zasendle.
Izincomo zongoti zizoya emhlanganweni wamalungu e-Antarctic Treaty e-Uruguay ngoMeyi wonyaka ozayo.
