UMnumzana Eliza Jean Reid, uMongameli wokuqala wase-Iceland utyunjwe njengoMmeli oKhethekileyo wezoKhenketho kunye neeNjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo (SDGs). Idinga lenzeka ngowesibini UNWTO/ INkomfa yeHlabathi ye-UNESCO yezoKhenketho neNkcubeko, isiganeko esisemthethweni soNyaka weZizwe ngezizwe woKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuPhuhliso lwe-2017, olubanjelwe e-Muscat, iSultanate yase-Oman nge-11 kunye ne-12 kaDisemba.
UNWTO uphehlelele ooNozakuzaku abaKhethekileyo boKhenketho kunye nenkqubo yee-SDGs njengelifa loNyaka weHlabathi woKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuPhuhliso luka-2017. Inkqubo ijolise ekukhuthazeni igalelo lezokhenketho oluzinzileyo kwii-SDGs ezili-17 kunye nokukhuthaza indibaniselwano epheleleyo yokhenketho kunye no Ii-SDGs kwi-ajenda yesizwe, yengingqi neyehlabathi.
Ekungeneleleni kwakhe kwiNkomfa u-Nksz. Eliza Jean Reid ugxininise ukubaluleka kokhenketho oluzinzileyo njengendlela yokwakha uxolo nomanyano kwezentlalo “Unxibelelwano olomeleleyo, oluqinisekileyo lukhona phakathi kokhenketho noxolo. Ubukho bezokhenketho buxhomekeke kuxolo nokhuseleko. Ukhenketho lumele lube yinto ebalulekileyo yoxolo kunye nenqaku lobuhlobo nokuqonda phakathi kwabantu behlabathi, ngenxa yokunxibelelana ngqo okukuko phakathi kwabantu beenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo kunye neendlela zokuphila. ” uthe.
"Ngokukholelwa kwam ngamandla okhenketho oluzinzileyo ukunceda ukunciphisa ukungalingani kunye nokunyusa unyamezelo, kulilungelo kum ukuba ndicelwe ukuba ndibenguMmeli okhethekileyo wezoKhenketho kunye neeNjongo zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo." Wongeze watsho.
"Ngokuba ngunozakuzaku oKhethekileyo kuKhenketho kunye nee-SDGs, iNenekazi lokuQala elenza ukuzinikela ngokupheleleyo kwe-Iceland kuphuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo ngokuqinisekileyo liya kubonelela ngenkxaso exabisekileyo kwimizamo yethu yokwenza ukhenketho luzinze ngakumbi kwaye sonyuse igalelo lethu kuzo zonke ii-SDG ezili-17" utshilo. UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uTaleb Rifai.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “With my strong belief in the power of sustainable tourism to help reduce inequality and increase tolerance, it is a tremendous honour for me to have been asked to be a Special Ambassador for Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- “By becoming a Special Ambassador on Tourism and SDGs the First Lady who personify Iceland's wholehearted commitment to sustainable tourism development will surely provide an invaluable support to our efforts to make tourism more sustainable and increase our contribution to all 17 SDGs” said UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uTaleb Rifai.
- The appointment took place at the second UNWTO/ INkomfa yeHlabathi ye-UNESCO yezoKhenketho neNkcubeko, isiganeko esisemthethweni soNyaka weZizwe ngezizwe woKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuPhuhliso lwe-2017, olubanjelwe e-Muscat, iSultanate yase-Oman nge-11 kunye ne-12 kaDisemba.
