I-LONDON - IBritane ithe ngoLwesine iya kudala eyona ndawo yogcino lwaselwandle enkulu emhlabeni ngokuvalwa kokuloba kwiziqithi eziphantsi kwe-UK kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya - iqoqo leziqithi ezingama-55 malunga nekota yesigidi seekhilomitha zolwandle.
UNobhala Wezangaphandle uDavid Miliband uthe ukuloba kwezorhwebo kuya kumiswa malunga neZiqithi ze-Chagos ukuvumela uphando lwezenzululwazi kunye nokugcinwa kwee-coral reefs kunye neentlobo eziqikelelwayo ze-60 ezisengozini.
Umphathiswa wakhe unyanzelise ukuba le ntshukumo ayinakuchaphazela ukusebenza kwisiqithi sase-Diego Garcia, apho iBritane iqeshisa kumkhosi wase-US ukuba usetyenziswe njengesiseko. UMiliband uxelele abenzi bomthetho ngo-2008 ukuba i-US yazise iBritane kade ukuba isebenzise u-Diego Garcia njengendawo yokumisa iinqwelomoya zeCIA ezingaqhelekanga.
Amaqela oLondolozo kunye noosonzululwazi balamkele inyathelo lokukhusela amanzi ajikeleze iziqithi, ekucingelwa ukuba lolona lwandle lucocekileyo emhlabeni, kwaye bathi iya kubaluleka kuphando njengeGreat Barrier Reef okanye iZiqithi zeGalapagos.
"Lo mmandla ubonelela ngomda omkhulu wophando kuzo zonke iinkalo zolwandle, indalo eyohlukeneyo kunye nemiba emininzi yokutshintsha kwemozulu, eyona miba yophando lwesayensi yase-UK," utshilo uMiliband ngoLwesine, ebhengeza isigqibo.
Isiqingatha phakathi kwe-Afrika kunye ne-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, iziQithi ze-Chagos bezisoloko zinempikiswano kurhulumente wase-Bhritane.
INkundla YaseYurophu Elwela Amalungelo Abantu iqwalasela isibheno ekudala sisenziwa ngabakwaChagossia abagxothwa kumakhaya abo besiwa eMauritius ekufutshane phakathi kowe-1967 nowe-1973 ukuze kuvuleleke indawo yomkhosi. Abemi besiqithi bafuna ukubuyela kumakhaya abo angaphambili.
“Ukwenziwa kolu londolozo lwaselwandle linyathelo lokuqala lokufumana ikamva elingcono nelizinzileyo kwiZiqithi zaseChagos,” utshilo umlweli weGreenpeace uWillie Mackenzie. "Kodwa elikamva kufuneka libandakanye ubulungisa babantu baseChagossian kunye nokuvalwa kunye nokususwa kwesiseko somkhosi weDiego Garcia."
UMiliband uthe indawo ekhuselweyo iyakugubungela i-210,000 yeekhilomitha (544,000 square kilometers) yolwandle, elikhaya kwiintlobo ezingama-220 zeekorale, i-1,000 leentlobo zeentlanzi kunye ne-33 yeentaka zaselwandle ezahlukeneyo.
I-Chagos Environment Network - intsebenziswano yezazinzulu zolwandle - yathi indawo iya kuthatha indawo ye-Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, eHawaii, njengeyona ndawo igcina ulwandle.
UMiliband uthe iBritane ivumile ukudlulisela ulawulo lommandla eMauritius “xa ingasafuneki ngeenjongo zokuzikhusela,” kodwa ayichazanga naliphi na ixesha elibekiweyo.
Phantsi kwemiqathango yokuqeshwa kuka-Diego Garcia, umkhosi wase-US unokuhlala esiqithini kude kube ngu-2036.
