Oorhulumente akufuneki basijongele phantsi iSivumelwano seGlobal Ocean esiyimbali ngokunika ukukhanya okuluhlaza kwimigodi yaselwandle | IGreenpeace int.

Kingston, Jamaica - Iseshoni yama-28 ye-International Seabed Authority iqala namhlanje ngendibano yabathunywa abavela kwihlabathi liphela eKingston, eJamaica, kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweeveki ezimbini emva kwesivumelwano seGlobal Ocean Ocean kuvunyelwene ngaso nguMbutho weZizwe eziManyeneyo. Le ntlanganiso lixesha elibalulekileyo kwikamva lolwandle njengoko iinkampani zemigodi enzulu elwandle zingxamele ukusungulwa kolu shishino lunobungozi.

USebastian Losada, uMcebisi oMkhulu woMgaqo-nkqubo weeLwandle, iGreenpeace International uthe: "Ngoobani oorhulumente abanokufuna ukujongela phantsi ukufezekiswa kwesi sivumelwano ngokunika ukukhanya okuluhlaza kwimigodi enzulu yolwandle kamsinya nje emva kwale mpumelelo yembali yaseNew York? Size eKingston ukuze sithethe ngokuvakalayo nangokucacileyo ukuba imigodi yolwandle enzulu ayihambelani nekamva elizinzileyo nelilungileyo. isayensi, inkampani kunye nabaphembeleli bePasifiki sele betshilo ukuba akunjalo. Kwala mazwe athe aqukumbela uthethathethwano lokukhusela iilwandle kufuneka ngoku ehle kwaye aqinisekise ukuba ulwandle lukhuselekile emigodini. Awunakuvumela eli shishini likhohlakeleyo ukuba liqhubele phambili. "

Umyalelo we-ISA kukugcina ulwandle lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokulawula yonke imisebenzi enxulumene nezimbiwa [1]. Nangona kunjalo, imigodi enzulu yolwandle uye wanyanzela izandla zoorhulumente, kusetyenziswa ikroba elisemthethweni elingacacanga neliphikisanayo ukuhambisa umyalelo koorhulumente. 2021, uMongameli waseNauru ihamba ne Inkampani yesinyithis i-subsidiary, iNauru Ocean Resources, ibangele "ulawulo lweminyaka emibini" olubeka uxinzelelo koorhulumente be-ISA ukuba bavumele imigodi enzulu yolwandle iqale ngoJulayi 2023 [2].

"Iminyaka emi-2 yokugqibela ibeka umdla wabambalwa ngaphezu kwabaninzi kwaye iya kwenza ukuba oorhulumente bangakwazi ukuhlangabezana noxanduva lwabo lokukhusela iilwandle. Kungxamiseke ngakumbi ukwamkelwa konqunyanyiso lwemigodi enzulu elwandle. Oorhulumente abaninzi bavakalise ukungoneliseki kuxinzelelo lokukhawulezisa uthethathethwano oluphambili lwezopolitiko ngobulungisa kunye nempilo yaselwandle. Ikamva lesiqingatha somhlaba kufuneka ligqitywe ngokomdla woluntu - hayi kwixesha elimiselwe inkampani ephelelwa yimali, utshilo uLosada.

Inqanawa yaseGreenpeace iArctic Sunrise ifike eKingston ngale ntsasa. Iqela labasebenzi kunye negqiza leGreenpeace lidityaniswe ngamatshantliziyo asePasifiki axhasa imigodi enzulu elwandle kwaye ngaphambili abazange banikwe iqonga kwintlanganiso ye-ISA yokuvakalisa izimvo zabo, nangona isisigqibo esinokubumba ikamva labo. La matsha ntliziyo aya kuzimasa intlanganiso ye-ISA njengabakhi-mkhanyo kwaye baya kuthetha noorhulumente ngokuthe ngqo [3].

U-Alanna Matamaru Smith ovela kwi-Te Ipukarea Society ekhwele i-Arctic Sunrise genannt:
“Ookhokho bethu basifundisa ukubaluleka kokuba yi-'mana tiaki', abagcini babantwana apho sikhusela ubutyebi bethu bendalo ukwenzela izizukulwana ezizayo. Emva ekhaya kwiZiqithi zaseCook, sisebenza ngokukhutheleyo noluntu lwasekuhlaleni ukwazisa ngefuthe lemo engqongileyo yombiwa olwandle ngelixa sisebenzela ukumiswa. Ukuba lapha kunye nokuvakalisa iinkxalabo zethu njengeqela labathunywa beMveli abasuka kwiPasifiki lithuba ekudala lilindelwe elaphoswa yi-ISA ngexesha leentlanganiso zabo.”

Oorhulumente kufuneka bahlehlise olu cwangciso lusekwe kwesi sigqibo sidala ingxwabangxwaba kwezi veki zimbini zizayo kwaye baqinisekise ukuba ukumbiwa kwemigodi akuphindi kuqalise kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zizayo. Kodwa imigodi yaselwandle iya kuqhubeka ibeka isoyikiso ngaphaya kwexesha elibekiweyo leminyaka emibini, kwaye amazwe kufuneka atyhale ukumiswa kwemigodi enzulu yolwandle, ekunokuthi kuvunyelwene ngayo kwiNdibano ye-ISA, ehlanganisa amazwe angama-167 kunye neManyano yaseYurophu. Intlanganiso elandelayo yeNdibano ye-ISA iya kubanjelwa eKingston, eJamaica ngoJulayi wama-2023.

Amagqabantshintshi

[1] I-UN Ingqungquthela yoMthetho woLwandle yaseka i-ISA ngo-1994 ukulawula imisebenzi yolwandle kumanzi ezizwe ngezizwe, eyathi yabhengeza “ilifa eliqhelekileyo loluntu”.

[2] Esi sicelo senziwe ngokungqinelana nomhlathi 15 weCandelo 1 le Isihlomelo kwiSivumelwano sokuPhunyezwa kweCandelo XI leNgqungquthela yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kuMthetho woLwandle. Xa ilizwe elililungu lazisa i-ISA ukuba ifuna ukuqala imigodi ye-deep-sea, umbutho uneminyaka emibini yokukhupha imimiselo epheleleyo. Ukuba imimiselo ayigqitywanga emva koku, i-ISA kufuneka ithathele ingqalelo isicelo semigodi. Umhla wokugqibela we-ISA wokukhupha imithetho epheleleyo nguJulayi, kwaye ityala lenkundla emva komhla wokugqibela ngumbandela wengxoxo yezopolitiko nezomthetho.

[3] Abatshayeli abavela kulo lonke elasePasifiki baya kuthetha kumsitho weGreenpeace International nge-24 kaMatshi