STOWE, Vermont, USA –I-International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) iyaziqhenya ukumemezela ukuthi isisayine Isivumelwano Sokusebenzisana (MOU) neNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yezwe (UNWTO). I-MOU ihlinzekela ukubambisana phakathi UNWTO kanye ne-IIPT ekusebenziseni imisebenzi nemicimbi ehlobene nezokuvakasha nokuthula ngokuphendula izidingo nezithakazelo ze UNWTO Amazwe Angamalungu, umkhakha wezokuvakasha wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nokuthuthukisa izincomo zenqubomgomo ukuthuthukisa indima yezokuvakasha ohlelweni lokwakha ukuthula.
I-IIPT yazalwa ngenxa yezinkinga zomhlaba maphakathi nawo-1980s: ukwanda kwezingxabano zaseMpumalanga-Ntshonalanga, igebe elikhulayo phakathi kwezifunda zomhlaba ezingenazo nezingenayo, indawo ewohlokayo, ukulahleka kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, kanye nokudlondlobala kobuphekula. Yazalwa ngo-1986, uNyaka Wokuthula Wezizwe Zonke we-UN, enombono wokuvakasha nezokuvakasha ekubeni “Imboni Yokuthula Yomhlaba Wonke” yokuqala emhlabeni - imboni ekhuthaza futhi esekela inkolelo yokuthi wonke umhambi angase abe “iNxusa Lokuthula.”
Ngenkomfa yayo yokuqala yomhlaba wonke e-Vancouver 1988, futhi kusukela, i-IIPT izinikezele ekukhuthazeni nasekuqhubekiseni "inhloso ephakeme yezokuvakasha" - ezokuvakasha ezifaka isandla ekuqondeni ngamazwe ngamazwe phakathi kwabantu abahlukahlukene namasiko omndeni wethu womhlaba wonke, ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe phakathi kwezizwe, izinga lemvelo elithuthukisiwe, ukulondolozwa kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, ukuthuthukiswa kwamasiko namagugu, intuthuko esimeme, ukuncishiswa kobumpofu, nokuxazululwa kwezingxabano - futhi ngalezi zinhlelo, kusiza ukuletha umhlaba onokuthula, ubulungisa, futhi esimeme.
UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele, u-Taleb Rifai, ugcizelele amandla okuvakasha ekwakhiweni kokuthula futhi waphinda wagcizelela indima ebalulekile ye-IIPT ekunikeleni isiko lokuthula.
“Ezokuvakasha zingaba elinye lamathuluzi aphumelela kakhulu ekwakheni ukuthula, njengoba ziletha ndawonye abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke, zibavumele ukuba bacobelelane imibono, izinkolelo, nemibono ehlukene; lezi zingxoxo ziyisisekelo sokuqondana, ukubekezelelana, nokucebisa abantu.”
Umsunguli we-IIPT kanye noMongameli uLouis D'Amore uthe: “Sihlonipheke kakhulu ukungena kule MOU neNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba. UNWTO uye wasekela imizamo ye-IIPT kusukela yasungulwa ngo-1986 futhi uye waba nguzakwethu ezingqungqutheleni nasezingqungqutheleni ezinkulu ze-IIPT eziqala ngeNgqungquthela yethu Yokuqala Yomhlaba Wonke eVancouver, kuqhubekele kuNgqungquthela yethu yakamuva yesi-5 ye-IIPT yase-Afrika eLusaka, eZambia. Sibheke ngabomvu emathubeni ethulwe yile MOU kanye nokuqhubeka nokusebenzisana nawo UNWTO ekuthuthukiseni 'Isiko Lokuthula Ngezokuvakasha.'”
Umbono we-IIPT wokuthula uhlanganisa ukuthula ngaphakathi kwethu; ukuthula nomakhelwane bethu “emzaneni womhlaba wonke”; ukuthula nemvelo; ukuthula nezizukulwane ezedlule - ngokuhlonipha amasiko, amasiko, nezikhumbuzo ezizishiye njengefa labo; ukuthula nezizukulwane ezizayo – okuwumongo wentuthuko esimeme; kanye nokuthula nomdali wethu, okusibuyisela umbuthano ogcwele ekuthuleni ngaphakathi kwethu.
Impumelelo ye-IIPT ifake phakathi kokuqala kokuqala: okokuqala ukwethula umqondo wokuThuthukiswa kwezokuVakasha Esimeme (i-Vancouver Conference 1988) - eminyakeni emine ngaphambi kweNgqungquthela yaseRio; AmaKhodi Okuziphatha Nemihlahlandlela Yokuziphatha Okuqhubekayo emhlabeni (1993) - unyaka owodwa kulandela iNgqungquthela yaseRio; ucwaningo lokuqala lwamazwe ngamazwe olumayelana ne-“Models of Best Practice – Tourism and Environment (1994); kanye nomthetho wokuqala wanoma isiphi isizwe emhlabeni mayelana “Nezokuvakasha Ezisekela Izinjongo Zokuthuthukiswa Kweminyaka Eyinkulungwane ye-UN njengefa leNgqungquthela yesi-4 yase-Afrika ye-IIPT, e-Uganda, ka-2007.
Izingqungquthela ze-IIPT zenze uchungechunge lwezimemezelo ezihlanganisa iSimemezelo Se-Amman Sokuthula Nezokuvakasha esamukelwe ngokusemthethweni njengombhalo we-UN, futhi muva nje iSimemezelo saseLusaka Sokuvakasha Nokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu, esisatshalaliswe kabanzi. Okunye okuzuziwe kufaka phakathi ukusatshalaliswa okubanzi kwe-IIPT Credo yoMhambi Wokuthula, Inxusa Lemiklomelo Yokuthula ngokuphumelela okuvelele ekunikeleni “Esikolweni Lokuthula Ngezokuvakasha,” kanye nochungechunge lwemifundaze enikezwe abafundi basenyuvesi ababhala iphepha elihle kakhulu ngezindikimba. yezingqungquthela nezingqungquthela zethu ezahlukene.
Ekugcineni, sekunikezelwe amaPaki Okuthula angaphezu kuka-450 emadolobheni ahlukahlukene namadolobhana omhlaba kusukela ngo-1992 ngephrojekthi ye-IIPT ethi “Peace Parks Across Canada” ekhumbula iminyaka eyi-125 yaseCanada njengesizwe. Amapaki okuthula nawo anikezelwe e-United States, eJordani, eScotland, e-Italy, eGreece, eTurkey, eNingizimu Afrika, eTanzania, eZambia, e-Uganda, ePhilippines, eThailand naseJamaica. Okuphawulekayo ngamaPaki Okuthula aseBethaniya Ngaphesheya kweJordani, indawo uKristu abhapathizelwa kuyo; ePearl Harbor, eHawaii; (UNobhala Jikelele we-UN) i-Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site, eNdola, eZambia; i-Uganda Martyr's Trail, e-Uganda; naseVictoria Falls, eZambia.
Izinyathelo ze-IIPT bezisekela i-UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, i-UN Millennium Development Goals, kanye UNWTO Ikhodi Yokuziphatha. I-Uganda yaba yizwe lokuqala emhlabeni ukwethula “Umthetho Wezokuvakasha Osekela Izinjongo Zokuthuthukiswa Kweminyaka Eyinkulungwane ye-UN” njengefa leNgqungquthela yesi-4 yase-Afrika ye-IIPT.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela ku-www.iipt.org.
