Kusuka ku-Khansela i-RIMPAC Coalition Aotearoa, Agasti 31, 2020
Ngosuku lokugcina lwe-RIMPAC, uhlelo lokuqeqesha impi yase-US Navy eHawai'i namaphethelo, kuvele ukuthi amanye amazwe ayi-16 abambe iqhaza ahoxa kulolu qeqesho ngenxa yokusongelwa yi-Covid-19. Amazwe ayishumi kuphela agcine ukubamba iqhaza, kubandakanya iNew Zealand.
"Kuyakhathaza kakhulu ukuthi iPhalamende Lokuqala laseNew Zealand kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uRon Mark baphikelele ekuthumeleni iNZ Navy endaweni efaka engcupheni impilo yomphakathi, ukuxhasa ukuqhubeka nokuhlukunyezwa komhlaba wonke kweMelika," kusho uValerie Morse, ilungu le Khansela i-RIMPAC Coalition Aotearoa.
Ephendula incwadi evulelekile esayinwe ngamaqembu wokuthula, izishoshovu, izifundiswa kanye nabameli bamalungelo aboMdabu, uRon Mark uthe iRIMPAC ibalulekile. Isitatimende sakhe, nokho, sikushaye indiva ukuhlala ngokungemthetho okuqhubekayo kweHawaii kanye nokucekelwa phansi okuqhubekayo okulethwe ubusosha baseMelika kulezi ziqhingi.
“Ukwazi ukuthi okungenani amazwe ayi-16 ahoxisile ukubamba iqhaza kwiRIMPAC yalo nyaka, kuyadumaza kakhulu ukwazi ukuthi uRon Mark nohulumeni waseNew Zealand bazobeka engcupheni yokubeka abantu baseHawaii engozini futhi bazobamba iqhaza ekubhujisweni okuqhubekayo nasekubhujisweni komhlaba namanzi aseHawaii maphakathi nobhadane lomhlaba wonke. Kube nethuba lokwenza kangcono nokuba ngcono futhi baligeja, ”kusho u-Emalani Case, uKanaka Maoli kanye nelungu le-Cancel RIMPAC Coalition Aotearoa.”
“Yize iRIMPAC seyenziwe umsebenzi 'wasolwandle kuphela', siyazi ukuthi isadinga abasebenzi abasizayo abasebenza olwandle eJoint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. UMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US ubike amacala angama-54,124 eCovid-19, kanye nokufa kwabantu abangu-80, futhi besicabanga ukuthi ukwesulwa kungaba ukuphela kwento enengqondo, ”kusho uNkk Morse.
"Ukuthumela amasosha phesheya kwezilwandle ukuze kuliwe akulona ibhizinisi elibalulekile ngesikhathi sobhadane lomhlaba wonke."
"Sisekela abantu baseHawai'i ababephikisana neRIMPAC selokhu yaqala ngo-1971 futhi asebekhona, nabazoqhubeka, batshela ababambiqhaza be-RIMPAC namasosha aseMelika ukuthi baphume bayeke ukungcolisa umhlaba wabo ngempi nodlame."
“I-Covid-19 ingakhombisa ukuphenduka kokuthula, njengoba kumenyezelwe nguNobhala-Jikelele weZizwe Ezihlangene u-António Guterres, efuna ukuthi kumiswe ukulwa emhlabeni jikelele njengoba sihlangene ukubhekana naleli gciwane. Abantu basePacific bakulungele ukusungula indawo engenazikhali futhi engenazimpi lapho sihlonipha khona imvelo yethu, siphakamise ubukhosi bomdabu, futhi siqede ukusingathwa kwemikhankaso yempi yamazwe evutha ukungezwani futhi idale umonakalo emvelweni. ”
“Asiliboni ikusasa lethu lihlangene nemibuso yamasosha aseMelika noma eChina. Esikhundleni salokho kumele sisebenzele iPacific ekhululekile futhi ezimele. ”
“Sibheka umhlaba onempilo ongenazo izivivinyo zamasosha omhlaba jikelele, kanye nosongo lokuqhubeka kwezingxabano abazibumbayo. Kuyethusa ukuthi iNew Zealand ijoyine i-RIMPAC ngo-2020. Simi ngokuqinile esicelweni sethu sokukhansela unomphela i-RIMPAC, kanye neminye 'imidlalo yempi' ebizayo futhi eyingozi eyethulwe ngaphansi kwesigameko 'sezokuvikela'.
Njengokuvimbela lokho okubizwa ngokuthi ubumbano kuholela ekuvikelekeni okukhulu, hhayi ekuhlalisaneni ngokuthula. ”
