I-USAID iyaphika ukuba yaphule umthetho waseBurma

I-USAID iyakukhanyela ukuba yophule ileta okanye umoya wowiso-mthetho lwase-US malunga noncedo oluya eBurma ngokuxhasa ngemali iProjekthi ye-ASEAN yoKhuphiswano loKhuphiswano (ACE), ngokutsho konxibelelwano lwe-arhente.

I-USAID iyakukhanyela ukuba yophule ileta okanye umoya wowiso-mthetho lwase-US malunga noncedo oluya eBurma ngokuxhasa ngemali iProjekthi ye-ASEAN Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE), ngokutsho komlawuli wezonxibelelwano we-arhente, uHal Lipper. Ebephendula iPhulo lase-US kwingxelo yaseBurma ebanga ukuba le projekthi iza kucelwa umngeni ngooSenethi kwaye kungafuneka iphononongwe.

Kwangoko kule nyanga, i-US Campaign esekwe eWashington kumlawuli waseBurma, uJennifer Quigley, uxelele iTTR Veki: “Ngolwazi lwam, iCongress iyayazi le projekthi, kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba banokufuna i-USAID itshintshe iprojekthi ngenxa yoku. ukwaphula umthetho.”

Sele kufakwe imibuzo kwiSenethi yase-US ifuna ingcaciso malunga nokunyhashwa kwemithetho yezohlwayo esebenza ngokungqongqo kwiiprojekthi ze-USAID.

Iprojekthi ye-ACE yezigidi ezisisi-8 zeedola zaseMelika ijolise ekwakhiweni kokhuphiswano lwezorhwebo kukhenketho lwe-ASEAN noshishino lwempahla olulukiweyo. Ngokumalunga, i-US $ 4 yezigidi ze-2008 ukuya kwi-2013 ibhajethi ye-ACE iya kwiphulo lokuthengisa ukhenketho elibizwa ngokuba yi-"Southeast Asia: Ziva ukufudumala" okwakhiwa malunga newebhusayithi yabathengi eya kuqhuba ukubhuka kwabakhenkethi kumazwe e-10 ase-ASEAN, apho iMyanmar ikhona. ilungu.

I-blurb esemthethweni kwiwebhusayithi exhaswa ngemali yi-USAID ethi www.Southeastasia.org (Malunga ne-US) ichonga abaxhamli beli phulo njenga: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

UMnu. Lipper uchonga umxhamli njengomntu ongeloqumrhu kwaye ngandlel’ ithile akachazwanga kakuhle “kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia.”

“Iprojekthi yeACE ayilukhuthazi kwaye ayilukhuthazi ukhenketho eBurma. IProjekthi ye-ACE ikhuthaza ukhenketho kwi-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia njengommandla, ”utshilo. “I-ASEAN, njengenxalenye yesicwangciso sayo sokuhlanganisa uqoqosho, icele i-USAID ukuba ibonelele ngenkxaso kwicandelo lezokhenketho. Iqhinga le-ASEAN kukukhuthaza ukhenketho kuMzantsi-mpuma Asia.”

Ngokobuchwephesha, i-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia ayikho inkcazo echanekileyo yeeparamitha zeprojekthi njengoko ummandla uqulethe i-East Timor kunye nePapua New Guinea, ngelixa i-ASEAN yayiza kuxhasa iinzame zokuqhuba ukhenketho kumazwe angama-10 kuphela. Ukunyanzelisa kwakhe ukuba iprojekthi ye-USAID ayiyikhuthazi iBurma iphikisana nomxholo womhleli wewebhusayithi oneembekiselo ezili-108 zelizwe, ezihlawulelwa ngohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwe-ACE.

Ngaphambilana, i-United States Campaign for Burma yaqukumbela ngelithi: “Umoya [wokuwiswa kweBurma yaseUnited States] yayikukuthintela iidola zaseMerika ezandleni zorhulumente waseBurma. Indlela olumiswe ngayo uqoqosho lwezokhenketho lwaseBurma, akunto ilula ukucinga ukuba urhulumente uya kuzuza ngokwemali.

“Ukongezelela, umthetho wase-US olawula indlela i-US enokuyichitha ngayo inkxaso-mali karhulumente unezikhokelo ezicacileyo zendlela i-USAID [enokuyisebenzisa] ngayo imali ngokuphathelele eBurma, kwaye le projekthi ye-USAID iza kungqubana nezo zikhokelo.”

Kumaxwebhu ayo, i-ACE ichaza ukuba le projekthi yenzelwe ukukhuthaza abahambi ukuba batyelele ezimbini okanye ezintathu kunokuba ilizwe elilodwa kuluntu lwase-ASEAN.

Njengeyona ndawo incinci ekuhanjwa kuyo kwibloc, iMyanmar imele ukufumana elona xabiso liphezulu kutyalo-mali lwe-USAID, ngakumbi kwitekhnoloji. Onke amanye amazwe aneewebhusayithi eziphucukileyo eziqhuba ukubhukisha ukhenketho ngokusebenzisa imibutho engamahlakani. Imeko eyahlukileyo yiMyanmar apho ukhenketho lusilela ngasemva ngenxa yokunqongophala kofikelelo kwi-Intanethi kwaye bambalwa ukuba kukho naziphi na iinkqubo zentlawulo ezivunyiweyo kumazwe ngamazwe. Iwebhusayithi entsha ijongana nale miba.

UMnu. Lipper uyavuma ukuba kukho imida kwindlela iprojekthi enokusebenza ngayo eMyanmar, ngokukodwa kwiindleko zokugcina izindlu ezifana neendleko zokuhamba kunye ne-diems. Wathi: “Urhulumente waseUnited States wenze isigqibo sokuxhasa i-ASEAN, equka iBurma njengelungu. Njengezinye iinkqubo zenkxaso ye-ASEAN, siyakuphepha ukunika uncedo eBurma ngokungahlawuli naziphi na iindleko ezingqale eBurma.

Iprojekthi ye-ACE yalile ukuxhasa ngemali iindleko zokuhamba zeqela ebelifanele ukukhenketha amazwe ali-10 ukudibanisa idatha yesicwangciso seqhinga lentengiso yokhenketho ezayo.

Ukongeza kwiphulo lokuphawula elikuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia, i-USAID ixhasa ngemali ukwenziwa kwakhona kwewebhusayithi yabathengi ye-Greater Mekong Sub-region ethi www.exploremekong.org eya kugxila ekuqhubeni uhambo oluya kwilizwe elinamalungu amathandathu ibloc yelizwe - eCambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, kunye namaphondo amabini eTshayina (Yunnan kunye Guangxi).

I-Exploremekong.org yikopi yekhabhoni ye-southereastasia.org enesixhobo sokubhukisha esifanayo kunye neenjongo zorhwebo ezifanayo.

Ukususela ngo-1998, i-USAID ithi inkxaso-mali inqunyelwe ukuxhasa idemokhrasi eMyanmar kunye namaqela e-pro-demokhrasi ngaphandle kweMyanmar kunye nokubonelela ngoncedo loluntu olufana nokhathalelo lwezempilo olusisiseko kunye nenkxaso yemfundo esisiseko kubabaleki abahlala kwiinkampu zeembacu zemida kunye noncedo olungxamisekileyo ngexesha leNkanyamba uNargis.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

  • Iprojekthi ye-ACE yalile ukuxhasa ngemali iindleko zokuhamba zeqela ebelifanele ukukhenketha amazwe ali-10 ukudibanisa idatha yesicwangciso seqhinga lentengiso yokhenketho ezayo.
  • He was responding to a US Campaign on Burma statement that claimed the project would be challenged by senators and may have to be reviewed.
  • Kumaxwebhu ayo, i-ACE ichaza ukuba le projekthi yenzelwe ukukhuthaza abahambi ukuba batyelele ezimbini okanye ezintathu kunokuba ilizwe elilodwa kuluntu lwase-ASEAN.

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