Kwintetho yakhe yokuqala kwiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo namhlanje (ngomhla wesine kuCanzibe), Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica UMphathiswa, oHloniphekileyo. Edmund Bartlett, ubongoze iinkokheli zokhenketho zehlabathi ukuba zithathe amanyathelo aqinisekileyo okuqinisekisa ukuba abantu bahlala besembindini wokubuyisela ukhenketho kwihlabathi liphela.
Kwintetho yakhe ephambili, ngexesha le inqanaba eliphezulu lengxoxo enomxholo kukhenketho phantsi komxholo othi, 'Ukubeka ukhenketho oluzinzileyo noluzinzileyo kwintliziyo yokuvuselela okubandakanyayo,' utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett, "abantu kufuneka baqwalaselwe kwaye kuboniswane nabo. Abantu kufuneka babandakanywe kwaye babandakanyeke. Abantu kufuneka babe sembindini wemigaqo-nkqubo, iinkqubo kunye nezenzo, kuba abantu basisiseko kwaye baya kuhlala besisiseko kunye nokubetha kwentliziyo kuluntu lwethu, amacandelo, iinkqubo kunye necandelo.
Iinkcazo-ntetho ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu eziziingqungquthela ziquka uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSpain, u-HE uNks Maria Reyes Maroto Illera; USihlalo weKomiti yoPhuhliso lwezoKhenketho phantsi koRhulumente waseTajikistan, HE Mr. Tojiddin Jurazoda; UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eHonduras, HE Nks. Yadira Esther Gómez; kunye noMphathiswa wezeNdalo noKhenketho waseBotswana, HE Nks. Philda N. Kereng.
Ukubuyisela ukhenketho kunye nokomelela kwakungundoqo kwinkcazo-ntetho kaMphathiswa uBartlett, kwaye wayigxininisa ukuba:
"Kuyimfuneko ukuphuhlisa izicwangciso zexesha elifutshane, eliphakathi, kunye nexesha elide ukunyusa ukomelela kokhenketho kunye nokwandisa uzinzo ngexesha lobunzima nangaphaya."
“Ukukhula nozinzo lwamaShishini amaNcinci naPhakathi oKhenketho (SMTEs) kuxhasa ukuphila kweli candelo. Ngokuphathelene noku, iJamaica iyaqhubeka nokuzisa uncedo olubalulekileyo kwii-SMTEs ezenza i80% yamava okhenketho asiwe kwiindwendwe zethu,” wongeze watsho.
UMphathiswa uBartlett uphinde wacela ukuba kubekho iingxoxo-mpikiswano ezipheleleyo malunga nokwakha ukomelela ngenkxaso-mali kuMazwe aPhuhlisayo eZiqithi eziNcinane (i-SIDS) ukuze kuququzelelwe ukubuyiswa kwakhona kwecandelo lezokhenketho kwihlabathi.
“Umba wophazamiseko lonikezelo ngokwempahla kunye neenkonzo kunye nabasebenzi kunye nezakhono zoluntu zenze umceli mngeni wokubuyisela ngokulinganayo. Sikhuthaza iingxoxo ezipheleleyo apha kwi-UN kunye nee-arhente ezifanelekileyo malunga nemingeni yokubuyisela, ngokugxila ekuqiniseni ukuqina ngokusebenzisa inkxaso-mali ye-SIDS exhomekeke kakhulu kwezokhenketho kodwa izibonelelo ezibuthathaka, "uvakalise uMphathiswa.
Njengamanye amazwe, iJamaica yabethwa kakhulu ngubhubhani we-COVID-19. Ngo-2020, uqoqosho lwelizwe lwehla ngeepesenti ezili-10.2, kwaye ukhenketho luphelise unyaka ngelahleko eqikelelwayo ye-2.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ukuvulwa kwakhona kwecandelo lezokhenketho ngezigaba kwaqala ngoJuni ka-2020, kwaye ekupheleni kuka-2021, isiqithi samkele iindwendwe ezizigidi ezisisi-1.6 kwaye safumana i-2.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ukongeza, malunga nama-80% abasebenzi bokhenketho babuyele emsebenzini.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- We urge a full debate here at the UN and relevant agencies on the challenges to recovery, with a focus on resilience-building through funding for SIDS who are highly tourism dependent but weakly resourced,” the Minister expressed.
- In his keynote address, during the high-level thematic debate on tourism under the theme, ‘Putting sustainable and resilient tourism at the heart of an inclusive recovery,' Minister Bartlett said, “people must be considered and consulted.
- People must be at the heart of the policies, programs and practices, because people are and will always be the foundation and heartbeat of our societies, structures, systems and sector.
