Ngemozulu engalindelekanga kunye nembi kakhulu "isiqhelo esitsha," amazwe aphuhlileyo kunye namazwe asakhasayo kufuneka acwangcise kwangaphambili ngokulindela imiphumo yophuhliso okanye abhekane nokulahlekelwa kwezoqoqosho okwandisiweyo, ngokutsho konobhala beZizwe eziManyeneyo.
Echaza izandyondyo zemvula ezikhukulise kakhulu kwiindawo ezisemantla-mpuma e-Australia ngomonakalo onokufikelela kwi-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, uMmeli oKhethekileyo kaNobhala-Jikelele we-Ban Ki-moon wokuNcitshiswa koMngcipheko wokuNcitshiswa kweNtlekele uMargareta Wahlström namhlanje ucele ukuphononongwa ngokungxamisekileyo kwento yomntu kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yindalo. iintlekele, kugxilwe ngokukodwa kuvavanyo lomngcipheko.
“KwiZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, sifuna ukutshintsha imbono yokuba iintlekele ‘zezemvelo’ size senze abantu bamkele into yokuba iintlekele ‘zibangelwa ngumntu’ yaye zimele zicetywe,” watsho. “Ngokucwangcisa, kuyakwenzeka ukunciphisa ukubetha kwezaqhwithi okanye ezinye iingozi. Ukuba siqhubeka siphatha iintlekele njengeziganeko ezingahambelani nezenzo zethu, akukho nto iya kutshintsha. Kwaye sisesichengeni somonakalo oneendleko ezingakumbi.”
UNksz Wahlström ukhokela i-secretariat ye-UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), isakhelo esamkelwe ngamaLungu eLungu kwi-2000 equka imibutho emininzi, i-States, imibutho yaseburhulumenteni kunye nemibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente (NGOs), amaziko emali, imibutho yezobugcisa kunye noluntu. .
“Ekubeni imozulu isiya isiba nzima ngakumbi, iindleko ezilolu hlobo zisenokuxhaphaka kuzo zonke iindawo zehlabathi ngaphandle kokuba sitshintsha ngokungxamisekileyo indlela esicinga ngayo nesisabela ngayo kwiintlekele,” utshilo namhlanje, ecaphula uqikelelo lwe-$1 yebhiliyoni.
"Isitshixo ekunciphiseni impembelelo yeentlekele kukulindela iziphumo zophuhliso lwethu lwezoqoqosho nezentlalo, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba ukuhlolwa komngcipheko kuba yinxalenye yesicwangciso esiqhelekileyo. Sizibeka phi umngcipheko ngokungeyomfuneko? Kwiimeko apho iingozi zaziwa, yintoni enokwenziwa ngoorhulumente noluntu ukwenza uluntu lukwazi ukomelela ngakumbi? Kwaye abemi bemihla ngemihla banokufaka njani igalelo ekwakheni ukomelela? ”
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uNksk. Wahlström walumkisa ngelithi ukuwa kwekhephu okukhulu okubangela ukuba izixeko zaseYurophu zikwazi ukuhamba, luphawu lokuba ihlabathi lisenokungakulungeli ukujamelana neemeko zemozulu ezingalindelekanga.
Kuyo yonke i-2010, njengenxalenye yephulo layo elithi "Ukwenza iiDolophu ziQinisekile", i-UNISDR iye yakhuthaza oorhulumente basekhaya ukuba benze uvavanyo lweengozi, babele uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokunciphisa iintlekele, ukugcina iziseko ezingundoqo ezinciphisa umngcipheko, kunye nokuqinisekisa imfundo kunye noqeqesho ekunciphiseni ingozi.
NgoNovemba, uNksz Wahlström watyelela eCairns enyakatho-mpuma ye-Australia, isixeko sokuqala ukujoyina eli phulo. ICairns ikwasisixeko sokuqala eQueensland State ukuba neenjongo ezakhiwe, iziko lokulungelelanisa iintlekele zenkanyamba yodidi-5. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, izixeko ze-159 zijoyine le phulo, kwaye ziya kubelana ngamava abo kwi-Global Platform yokuNcitshiswa koMngcipheko weeNtlekele eziza kubanjwa yi-UNISDR e-Geneva, ukusuka kwi-8 ukuya kwi-13 ngoMeyi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The key to reducing the impact of disasters is to anticipate the consequences of our economic and social development, and to ensure that risk assessments become a routine part of planning.
- “At the UN, our interest is to change the view that disasters are ‘natural' and to cause people to accept that disasters are ‘man-made' and must be planned for,” she said.
- So far, 159 cities have joined the campaign, and will share their experiences at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction to be hosted by UNISDR in Geneva, from 8 to 13 May.
