U-Alain St.Ange, uNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles obhekele ezokuvakasha namaSiko, ubeseNhlanganweni Yezizwe (UN) kuleli sonto ezokwethula inkulumo yosuku emhlanganweni obuhlelwe ngokubambisana yiNhlangano Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yamazwe Ngamazwe aseFrancophonie (OIF) kanye neSeychelles mayelana Umbuzo wokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha okusimeme Eziqhingini Ezincane Ezithuthukayo (SIDS).
UNgqongqoshe u-St.Ange ubehola ithimba elakhiwe yiNxusa uMarie-Louise Potter, Omele Unomphela wase-Seychelles kuNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, kanye neNxusa u-Ronny Jumeau, iNxusa le-Seychelles Lokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu kanye Namazwe Asathuthuka Iziqhingi Ezincane.
UNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles umangaze wonke umuntu ngokuthi isihloko okwakuxoxwa ngaso sasifuna ukuba akhulume ngokusuka enhliziyweni esikhundleni sokusebenzisa umbhalo wakhe osemthethweni awulungiselele. “Ukuvakasha okusimeme akulona nje igama elisetshenziswayo, kunalokho kuwumqondo owawudinga ukuzimisela nokuqina kwezepolitiki. Ukuze sihlinzekele umphakathi wethu ngendlela efanele sidinga ukukholelwa kulo mqondo wezokuvakasha ezisimeme bese sisuka siwasebenzise. Ukuze sibonakale futhi sikhunjulwe njengabagcini abahle balokho esibusiswe ngakho, sidinga ukuthatha isinyathelo namuhla futhi silandele umzila wezokuvakasha ozinzile,” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange.
UNgqongqoshe ulandele umugqa owenziwe yiNxusa uPotter enkulumweni yakhe yokuvula. Bobabili bathi ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kunomthelela omkhulu ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme kwe-Small Island Developing States (SIDS) futhi yingakho leso sihloko sithathwa njengezinselelo ezinkulu ze-Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) njengoba bekuxoxwa emhlanganweni. eNhlanganweni yeZizwe Ezihlangene ngoMsombuluko mhla zingama-23 kuNhlangulana lapho ithimba elizinikele elivela eSeychelles lalikhona. UNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange, uNgqongqoshe wase-Seychelles obhekele ezokuvakasha namaSiko, uthe udinga ukubonga i-Organisation International de La Francophonie (IOF) ngokuhlanganisa lo mhlangano kanye ne-Seychelles kanye naseduze.
“Siyaqaphela ukuthi ohlakeni lwamalungiselelo eNkomfa yase-Samoa, ezobanjwa kusukela mhla lu-1 kuya kumhla zizi-4 wezi-2014, i-International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) isebenzela ukuthuthukisa umkhankaso wokuvakasha okusimeme phakathi kwamalungu e-SIDS. Sonke sibonga kakhulu ngalokhu, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles.
Lo mhlangano we-UN (iNhlangano Yezizwe) obuseNew York ube yithuba leRiphabhulikhi yaseSeychelles ukuthi igqamise impumelelo yayo ohlakeni olusimeme lwezokuvakasha. UNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange, onguNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha namaSiko eSeychelles, uthe ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe yosuku engqungqutheleni wathi iSeychelles ifuna ukubukwa futhi ikhunjulwe njengabaqaphi abahle balokho iziqhingi ezibusiswe ngakho. Ukhumbuze amanxusa kanye nabameleli bezwe ababekhona ukuthi wonke umuntu eSeychelles namuhla unenani elingaphezu kwama-50% omhlaba wonke omenyezelwe njengezindawo ezivikelekile njengezindawo zokulondoloza imvelo, futhi waqhubeka wathi iSeychelles iqoke inxusa elizosebenza kuphela nabanye abathintekayo emkhakheni wezokuvikela. ngodaba lokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, wathi iSeychelles ifake indlela edingekayo yokufuna ukubuyiselwa imboni yayo yezokuvakasha ukuze kutholakale abantu ababambe iqhaza kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kwabo okusasele eSeychelles insika yomnotho wabo, ngoba wathi ngaphandle leyo ndlela yokubandakanya abantu babo, i-Seychelles ayisoze yaba nokuvakasha okusimeme okungase kuhlanganiswe isikhathi eside.
UNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles uphinde wathi banikeze isiko labo indawo efanele ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha ezweni labo, uqhube wathi ngesikhathi iSeychelles ikhuluma ngamasiko, iSeychelles yayikhuluma ngabantu bayo abayibeka eqhulwini. ukuthuthuka kwabo. “Alikho izwe elinelungelo lokuba namahloni ngamasiko kanye nabantu balo. Kungumsebenzi weziphathimandla zezokuvakasha ukukhombisa ngamasiko omuntu futhi ngokwenza kanjalo abantu bomuntu njengempahla yangempela yezwe labo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uSt.Ange.
Amanxusa abuthene kanye nabameleli bezwe ababekhona baphinde baziswa ukuthi iSeychelles isaqhubeka nohlelo lweWildlife Clubs ezikoleni zabo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izizukulwane zabo ezincane zithuthukisa intshisekelo yokwazisa lokho iziqhingi zaseSeychelles ezinakho ukuze kuvikelwe lezi zindawo ezikhangayo zemvelo futhi amafa. UNgqongqoshe uthe iSeychelles nayo isiqalile ukuqeqesha abantu bayo ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi bayakwazi ukujoyina imboni yabo yezokuvakasha nokuthi njengamanje bakha isikhungo esisha ceke sezokuvakasha.
Kulowo mhlangano kwaphinde kwagcizelelwa ukuthi abaseSeychelles bebelokhu belula isandla sabo ekuthuthukiseni ubudlelwano esifundeni ngokusebenzisa i-Vanilla Islands, kanye nase-Afrika ngohlelo olusha lwezokuvakasha lwe-African Union, kanye nokufinyelela emhlabeni jikelele ngokusebenza njengozakwethu ozimisele i UNWTO (Inhlangano ye-UN yezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele). UNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles uphethe inkulumo yakhe ngokuthi iSeychelles yethule olwabo uhlobo lwezokuvakasha oluzinzile, ngoba ifuna ukuthi amahhotela abo abahamba nabo emgwaqeni wezokuvakasha okusimeme abonakale futhi aqashelwe.
Inxusa uMarie-Louise Potter owayekhulume ngaphambi kokuba uNgqongqoshe wakhe athathe izintambo uvule uMhlangano Wezokuvakasha Oqhubekayo e-UN ethi usazimisele ukusebenzisana nabanye abameleli abanomqondo ofanayo, kanti Inxusa uRonny Jumeau nguyena owayejutshwe ukuba aphathe umhlangano ojabulisayo kwakugcwele ukuphawula nemibuzo evela phansi.
UNgqongqoshe u-St.Ange unxuse i-L'Organisation de La Francophonie ukuthi yenze iqembu le-SIDS lizungeze itafula lomhlangano ngaphambi komhlangano waseSamoa futhi lisize amazwe avikele amagugu awo amasiko ngokusebenzisana ne-UNESCO ukwenza lula izinqubo zokufinyelela isimo sezindawo Zamagugu Omhlaba ze-UNESCO. lapho amazwe enesifiso sokuvikela impahla eyingqayizivele ayenayo ukuze achume. UNgqongqoshe uphinde wanxusa ukuba kuvunyelwane ngophawu lwezokuvakasha olusimeme ukuze kwandiswe ukubonakala kwezikhungo zezokuvakasha ezijoyina izinhlelo zamazwe azo ukuze zihambe emgudwini wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha ezisimeme.
Lapho ephendula imibuzo evela phansi, uNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange wathi iSeychelles ibe yimpumelelo ekuthuthukiseni imboni yezokuvakasha, ngoba yamukele amagama amathathu ayisihluthulelo ahlala ebaluleke kakhulu kunoma iyiphi indawo yezokuvakasha. "Amagama amathathu azoqinisekisa ukuthi indawo yezokuvakasha ihlala ibalulekile 1. ukubonakala, 2. Ukubonakala, kanye 3. Ukubonakala," kusho uNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles. Uqhube wathi yingakho iSeychelles ingene emkhakheni wama-carnival ngeCarnaval International de Victoria yawo yaminyaka yonke ngo-Ephreli eyenza ukuthi kubonakale ozakwabo ababambisene nabo kanye nakuwo wonke amazwe abambe iqhaza. UNgqongqoshe ukugcizelele ukuthi i-carnival e-Seychelles ivele ekhalendeni lezehlakalo ze-Indian Ocean Vanilla Islands eduze ne-International Tourism Fair yaseMadagascar ngoMeyi, uMkhosi weCulinary & Cultural of Comoros ngo-August, kanye noMkhosi u-Liberte Metisse (ophawula ukuqedwa kobugqila) eLa Reunion ngoDisemba.
UNgqongqoshe u-Alain St.Ange naye uthe ngesikhathi ehlangana nabezindaba ngemuva komhlangano weNhlangano Yezizwe ukuthi ujabule ngokundizela eNew York ikakhulukazi kulo mhlangano. “Silapha ngoba sibeka imali yethu lapho kunomlomo wethu. Sikholelwa kwezokuvakasha ezisimeme, futhi kumele sibalwe nabo bonke abafana nathi, abalingani abaqotho nabazinikele kulolu shintsho lwengqondo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles.
ISeychelles iyilungu elisungula le- I-International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).
