Enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala eMhlanganweni-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe namuhla (May 4), Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. Edmund Bartlett, unxuse abaholi bezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ezinqala zokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bahlala besenhliziyweni yokuvuselela ezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
Enkulumweni yakhe yosuku, ngesikhathi somhlangano Inkulumompikiswano enesihloko esiphezulu ngezokuvakasha ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi, 'Ukubeka ezokuvakasha ezisimeme neziqinile enhliziyweni yokululama okubandakanya wonke umuntu,' kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett, “abantu kumele bacatshangelwe futhi kukhulunywe nabo. Abantu kumele bafakwe futhi babambe iqhaza. Abantu kumele babe yizinhliziyo zezinqubomgomo, izinhlelo kanye nezinqubo, ngoba abantu bayisisekelo futhi bayohlala beyisisekelo nokushaya kwenhliziyo kwemiphakathi yethu, izinhlaka, izinhlelo kanye nomkhakha wethu.”
Izethulo ezisezingeni eliphezulu zibandakanya uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSpain, uMhlonishwa uNksz Maria Reyes Maroto Illera; USihlalo WeKomidi Lokuthuthukiswa Kwezokuvakasha ngaphansi kukaHulumeni waseTajikistan, HE Mr. Tojiddin Jurazoda; Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseHonduras, HE Nks. Yadira Esther Gómez; kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha waseBotswana, HE Nks. Philda N. Kereng.
Ukusimama nokuqina kwezokuvakasha bekuyingqikithi yokwethulwa kukaNgqongqoshe u-Bartlett, futhi wakugqamisa lokho:
“Kubalulekile ukuthi kuthuthukiswe amasu esikhathi esifushane, amaphakathi, kanye nesikhathi eside ukuze kukhuliswe ukuqina kwezokuvakasha nokukhulisa ukusimama kwazo ngezikhathi zobunzima nangale kwalokho.”
“Ukukhula nokuzinza kwamaBhizinisi Amancane Naphakathi Ezokuvakasha (ama-SMTE) yikho okugqugquzela ukuqhubeka komkhakha. Mayelana nalokhu, i-Jamaica isaqhubeka nokuletha usizo olubalulekile kuma-SMTEs ahlanganisa u-80% wesipiliyoni sezokuvakasha esilethwa izivakashi zethu,” wengeza.
Ungqongqoshe u-Bartlett uphinde wacela inkulumo-mpikiswano egcwele mayelana nokwakhiwa kokuqina ngoxhaso lwezimali ze-Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ukuze kube lula ukusimama komkhakha wezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele.
“Udaba lokuphazamiseka kokuhlinzekwa kwezidingongqangi mayelana nezimpahla nezinsiza kanye nokuphathwa kwabantu kwenze amathuba okusimama ngokulinganayo abe yinselele. Sinxusa ukuba kube nenkulumo-mpikiswano egcwele lapha ku-UN kanye nezinhlaka ezifanele mayelana nezinselelo zokululama, kugxilwe ekwakhiweni kokuqina ngokuxhasa ngezimali i-SIDS ethembele kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kodwa abangenazo izinsizakusebenza ezibuthakathaka,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Njengamanye amazwe, iJamaica yahlaselwa kanzima ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Ngo-2020, umnotho wezwe wehla ngamaphesenti ayi-10.2, kanti ezokuvakasha zaqeda unyaka ngokulahleka okumangazayo kwezigidigidi ezingama-US $ 2.3. Ukuvulwa kabusha ngezigaba komkhakha wezokuvakasha kwaqala ngoJuni 2020, kwathi ekupheleni kuka-2021, lesi siqhingi samukela izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.6 futhi sazuza u-US$ 2.1 billion. Ukwengeza, cishe u-80% wabasebenzi bezokuvakasha babuyele emsebenzini.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Sinxusa inkulumo-mpikiswano egcwele lapha ku-UN kanye nezinhlaka ezifanele mayelana nezinselelo zokululama, kugxilwe ekwakhiweni kokuqina ngokuxhasa ngezimali i-SIDS ethembele kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kodwa abangenazo izinsiza ezibuthakathaka,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
- Enkulumweni yakhe yosuku, ngesikhathi senkulumompikiswano esezingeni eliphezulu ngezokuvakasha ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi, 'Ukubeka ezokuvakasha ezisimeme neziqinile enhliziyweni yokululama okubandakanya bonke abantu,' kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett, "abantu kumele bacatshangelwe futhi kuboniswane nabo.
- Abantu kumele babe yizinhliziyo zezinqubomgomo, izinhlelo kanye nezinqubo, ngoba abantu bayisisekelo futhi bayohlala beyisisekelo nokushaya kwenhliziyo kwemiphakathi yethu, izinhlaka, izinhlelo kanye nomkhakha wethu.
