I-NEW YORK (Reuters) - UMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN ngoLwesithathu ugcine usekele isimemo sesikhulu se-UN u-Antonio Guterres sikaMashi 23 sokuthi kube nesivumelwano somhlaba wonke phakathi nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, wathatha isinqumo ngemuva kwezinyanga zezingxoxo zokuzuza isivumelwano phakathi kwe-United States neChina.
Lesi sinqumo, esahlelwa yiFrance neTunisia, sifuna "zonke izinhlangothi ezingxabanweni ezihlomile ukuba zihlanganyele ngokushesha esimisweni esiqinile sokusiza abantu okungenani izinsuku ezingama-90 zilandelana" ukuze kuvunyelwe ukulethwa kosizo lwabantu.
Izingxoxo ngalesi sinqumo zaphazanyiswa ukungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kweChina ne-United States mayelana nokuthi ifuna yini ukwesekwa kweWorld Health Organisation. Izwe laseMelika belingafuni kubhekiselwa kunhlangano yezempilo emhlabeni wonke, kanti iChina ibifuna.
UMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump uthe ngoMeyi ukuthi iWashington izoshiya inhlangano ye-UN ezinze eGeneva mayelana nokusingatha lolu bhubhane, isola ngokuthi "i-China-centric" futhi ikhuthaza "i-disinformation" yaseChina, i-WHO iyaphika.
Isinqumo esamukelwe soMkhandlu Wezokuphepha asikhulumi nge-WHO kodwa sibhekisela kusinqumo se-UN General Assembly esikhuluma ngayo.
"Sibone umzimba usesimweni esibi kakhulu," kusho uRichard Gowan, umqondisi we-International Crisis Group UN, mayelana nomkhandlu. "Lona uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha ongasebenzi."
I-United States ne-China bobabili baswayipha ngeveli ngemuva kokwamukelwa kwesinqumo.
Izwe laseMelika esitatimendeni lithe yize lisisekela lesi sinqumo "alibandakanyi ulimi olubalulekile ukugcizelela obala kanye nokwabelana ngedatha njengezinto ezibalulekile ekulweni naleli gciwane."
Inxusa laseChina le-UN uZhang Jun uvumile ukuthi isidumbu “bekumele siphendule ngokushesha” ocingweni lukaGuterres, wengeza ngokuthi: “Kusiphathe kabi kakhulu ukuthi izwe elithile lenza le nqubo kwezepolitiki.”
(Le ndaba ifakwe kabusha ukuze kushintshwe “amazwe” abe “izwe” kungcaphuno yesithunywa sase-China)
(Kubikwa nguMichelle Nichols; Kuhlelwa nguTom Brown)
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