Umbutho wezoRhwebo weHlabathi ubiza owasetyhini wokuqala, uMlawuli-Jikelele wase-Afrika

• Owayengumphathiswa wezeziMali waseNigeria wonyula umlawuli-jikelele olandelayo we-WTO
• UNgozi Okonjo-Iweala uba yintloko ye-WTO yase-Afrika yokuqala
• Igqala leBhanki yeHlabathi lonyulwe ngokusesikweni kwintlanganiso ye-WTO General Council

I-World Trade Organization (i-WTO) ubhengeze kupapasho lweendaba namhlanje ukuba uNgozi Okonjo-Iweala, owayesakuba ngumphathiswa wezeziMali waseNigeria, wonyulwa njengomlawuli-jikelele olandelayo wequmrhu lezorhwebo lehlabathi.

Isigqibo senziwe kwintlanganiso ekhethekileyo ye-WTO's General Council apho igqala leBhanki yeHlabathi lonyulwe ngokusesikweni.

“UGqr. U-Okonjo-Iweala uya kuba ngumfazi wokuqala kunye nomntu wokuqala wase-Afrika ukukhokela i-WTO. Uza kwenza imisebenzi yakhe ngomhla woku-1 kweyoKwindla kwaye ixesha lakhe, elihlaziyiweyo, lizakuphela ngo-Agasti 31, 2025, ”utshilo uWTO.

“Ndiwongekile ukuba ndikhethwe ngamalungu e-WTO njengomlawuli-jikelele we-WTO,” utshilo u-Okonjo-Iweala kwi-General Council, egxininisa ukuba “i-WTO eyomeleleyo ibalulekile ukuba siza kuphila ngokupheleleyo nangokukhawuleza kwintlekele eyenziwe yi-COVID -19 ubhubhane. ”

“Ndikulangazelele ukusebenzisana namalungu ekubumbeni nasekufezekiseni iimpendulo zomgaqo-nkqubo esizifunayo ukubuyisela uqoqosho lwehlabathi kwakhona. Umbutho wethu ujongene nemiceli mingeni emininzi kodwa xa sisebenzisana singenza ukuba ngokudibeneyo senze i-WTO yomelele, ikhawuleze ngakumbi kwaye ikwazi ukuziqhelanisa nobunyani bale mihla, ”utshilo.

U-Okonjo-Iweala, oneminyaka engama-66, yingcali yezezimali kwihlabathi liphela, ingcali yezoqoqosho kunye nophuhliso lwamanye amazwe elinamava angaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 esebenza kwihlabathi liphela.

Usebenze kabini njengomphathiswa wezemali eNigeria kwaye wenza ngokufutshane njengomphathiswa wezangaphandle, uneminyaka engama-25 ekhonza kwiBhanki yeHlabathi, kubandakanya noMlawuli oPhetheyo wezeMisebenzi.

Ukwandisa "ukuvuyisana okufudumeleyo" ku-Okonjo-Iweala, uSihlalo weBhunga Jikelele uDavid Walker wathi "lo ngumzuzu obaluleke kakhulu kwi-WTO."

Ndiqinisekile ukuba onke amalungu azakusebenzisana nani ngokwakhayo ngexesha lenu njengomlawuli jikelele ukwenza ikamva lombutho, ”wongeze watsho.

Eqhwaba ukuqeshwa “ngexesha elifanelekileyo”, uMmeli wase China kwi-WTO u-Li Chenggang uqaphele ukuba "isigqibo esidityanelweyo esenziwe ngabo bonke ubulungu sibonisa ivoti yokuthembela kungekuphela ku Gqirha Ngozi ngokwakhe, kodwa nakumbono wethu, ulindelo lwethu kunye norhwebo lwamazwe amaninzi. nenkqubo esiyikholelwayo nesiyigcinayo sonke. ”

“Njengomnikeli nomxhamli wenkqubo yezentengiselwano ezinzileyo, engacalucaluliyo kunye nemithetho, iChina iyakholelwa ukuba urhwebo, urhwebo olunenzuzo macala onke, iya kuba sisixhobo esiphambili esinokusinceda ukuba sifumane indlela yokuphuma kule meko sikuyo ngoku kwaye sizakuqonda ngokukhawuleza kwezoqoqosho, ”wongeze watsho.

Isigqibo seBhunga Jikelele silandela iinyanga zokungaqiniseki ezibangelwe ukwala kokuqala kwe-United States ukujoyina isivumelwano malunga ne-Okonjo-Iweala, bephosa inkxaso yabo emva koMphathiswa Wezorhwebo wase-Korea u-Yoo Myung-hee endaweni yoko.

Nge-5 kaFebruwari, u-Yoo wagqiba kwelokuba arhoxe kwisikhundla sakhe sobugqwetha kwaye ulawulo olutsha lwe-US luka-Mongameli u-Joe Biden lubhengeze ukuba i-Washington izokwandisa "inkxaso eyomeleleyo" kulonyulo luka-Okonjo-Iweala.