"Kubalulekile ukuthi singavumeli udlame luchitheke enhlokodolobha ezweni,” kusho u-Ulrika Richardson, etshela izintatheli eNdlunkulu ye-UN nge-videolink evela eHaiti.
Uthe ukuhlaselwa kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe emajele, amachweba, izibhedlela kanye nesigodlo kwenzeke emasontweni edlule, kodwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule la maqembu ahlome kakhulu abelokhu engena ezindaweni ezintsha zenhloko-dolobha.
"Nakhu ukuhlupheka kwabantu ngezinga elesabekayo,” esho, echaza ukushuba kwansuku zonke, umsindo wokuqhuma kwezibhamu nokwesaba okwandayo enhlokodolobha yonke.
Ukufa, indlala kanye nokudlwengulwa kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe
Ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu okwenyanyekayo kuyaqhubeka, njengoba kunabantu abangaphezu kuka-2,500 ababulewe, abathunjwa noma abalimele, egcizelela ukuthi udlame locansi ludlangile, ngokusetshenziswa kokuhlukunyezwa kanye “nokudlwengulwa ngokuhlanganyela” kwabesifazane.
"Isikhathi siyaphela" -
Umxhumanisi we-UN Humanitarian eHaiti
Ingqikithi ye Abantu baseHaiti abayizigidi ezingu-5.5 babedinga usizo, ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu zazo okuyizingane. Ukutholakala kokudla kuseyinkinga enkulu, njengoba kubikwa ukungondleki kwenani elikhulayo lentsha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaphesenti angu-45 abantu baseHaiti abawatholi amanzi ahlanzekile.
Balinganiselwa ezigidini eziyi-1.4 abantu baseHaiti “igxathu elilodwa kude nendlala”, uxwayise, ecela ukwesekwa okuphuthumayo kohlelo lokuphendula abantu, oludinga amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-674 kodwa luxhaswe ngamaphesenti ayisithupha kuphela.
Ngezimali ezengeziwe, “singenza okwengeziwe” ukuze sisize abantu baseHaiti, wathi “isikhathi siyaphela".
Izimpahla ezisindisa ukuphila zidingeka ngokushesha
Umxhumanisi Wezobuntu uthe izindiza ezisekelwa yi-UN eziya eHaiti zilethe ezinye izinto ezisindisa ukuphila, okuhlanganisa nezikhwama zokumpontshelwa igazi ezibhedlela ezilapha izisulu zokudutshulwa.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, isikhumulo sezindiza sivalekile ekuhwebeni kwezentengiselwano, okwenza kube nzima ukungenisa izimpahla ezibalulekile, kuhlanganisa nemithi. Ichweba likazwelonke liyasebenza, kodwa ukufinyelela kulo kuyinselele, njengoba izindawo ezizungezile zilawulwa yizigebengu.
Inhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba (WHO) ibike ukuthi zingaphansi kwengxenye yezikhungo zezempilo ePort-au-Prince ezisebenza ngendlela evamile, futhi kunesidingo esiphuthumayo semikhiqizo yegazi ephephile, izibulala-zinzwa neminye imithi ebalulekile.
Ngokusho kweWorld Food Programme, Abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.4 babhekene nezimo eziphuthumayo zendlala futhi badinga usizo ukuze baphile.
I-WHO ifuna uxhaso olusheshayo
Ichaza ngezimo zezempilo, inhlangano yezempilo ye-UN ithe ukubheduka kwekholera, elokhu yehla kusukela ekupheleni konyaka odlule, ingase iphinde iqubuke uma le nkinga iqhubeka.
Imisebenzi yokubhekana nesifo sohudo kanye nokubhekwa kwedatha sekuthintekile ngenxa yodlame lwakamuva, futhi isimo singase sibe sibi kakhulu emasontweni azayo uma uphethiloli uyancipha futhi ukufinyelela kwezinsiza zokwelapha ezibalulekile kungathuthukiswa maduze, ngokusho kwe-WHO.
Isikhulu se-WHO sicele ukwesekwa okusheshayo kwemizamo yokusiza labo abavaleleke esimweni esiwohlokayo.
"Sicela bonke ababambisene nomphakathi ukuthi ungabakhohlwa abantu baseHaiti,” kusho uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ophinde wacela ukuthi abantu bathole usizo oluphephile futhi olungaphazanyiswa, ukuphepha kwabasebenzi bezempilo kuqinisekiswe nokuvikelwa kwezikhungo zezempilo.
I-WHO kanye ne-Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) basekela uMnyango Wezempilo kanye nabanye ababambisene nabo ngempahla nezinto ezisetshenziswayo, okubandakanya amanzi, ukukhucululwa kwendle kanye nenhlanzeko kanye nokubhekwa kwezifo ezikhungweni zabantu ababaleki, esho.
Isikhulu se-UN: Umsebenzi wokusekela uhlala 'ubalulekile'
UN UNobhala-Jikelele u-António Guterres icele yonke imizamo yokugcina umfutho kanye nokusebenza ekufezeni izinhlelo zezinguquko okuvunyelwane ngazo ngesonto eledlule kulandela ukwesula kukandunankulu, kusho isekela lomkhulumeli we-UN uFarhan Haq ngoLwesine.
Isikhulu se-UN siyamukele imibiko yokuthi ababambiqhaza baseHaiti bonke baqoke abantu abazongenela ukhetho kuMkhandlu Kamongameli we-Transitional, wengeza ngokuthi i-UN, ngehhovisi layo eliseHaiti, BINUH, izoqhubeka nokweseka izwe emizamweni yalo yokubuyisela izikhungo zentando yeningi.
“Ukusatshalaliswa ngokushesha kwemishini yamazwe ngamazwe kusabalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imigudu yezombangazwe nezokuphepha ingaqhubekela phambili ngokuhambisana imizamo ehambisanayo kuphela engaphumelela," uthe.
UMkhandlu wezokuPhepha uyakugxeka ukuhlasela kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe
Esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngoLwesine, i- UMkhandlu wezokuPhepha ugxeke kakhulu udlame nokuhlasela okwenziwa amaqembu ezigebengu ahlomile futhi wagcizelela isidingo sokuthi umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe uphindaphinde imizamo yawo yokuhlinzeka ngosizo lobuntu kubantu kanye nokusekela Amaphoyisa Kazwelonke WaseHaiti.
Lokho kuhlanganisa nokwakha amandla okubuyisela umthetho nokuhleleka nangokusatshalaliswa ngokushesha komsebenzi wokuxhasa ukuphepha kwamazwe ngamazwe, uMkhandlu owagunyaza ngesinqumo 2699 (2023) ngo-Okthoba, ngokusho kwesitatimende.
