Posachedwapa UNWTO General Assembly ku Chengdu, China, mfundo imodzi yokambirana inali kuvomereza Palestina ngati membala wathunthu. Zokambirana zakumbuyo, kukakamizidwa ndi Israeli kuti achoke UNWTO, ndi kukakamizidwa ndi United States kunapangitsa kuti Palestine achedwetse voti ya umembala wawo wonse ku bungwe la zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi kwa zaka zina ziwiri.

Bungwe la United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lili ndi mgwirizano wapamtima ndi World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Mu 2011, UNESCO idavomereza Palestine ngati membala wathunthu. Palestine adapempha kuti akhale membala wathunthu UNWTO.

Izi zidadzetsa lamulo laku US lomwe lidadula ndalama zaku America ku bungwe lililonse lomwe limazindikira kuti ndi Palestine wodziyimira pawokha. A US anali atalipira kale 22% ($ 80 miliyoni) ya bajeti yapachaka ya UNESCO.

Izi zidawoneka zachilendo, chifukwa UNESCO ndi bungwe lowoneka ngati losavomerezeka: Ntchito yake yotchuka ndikulemba ndi kuteteza zikwangwani zapadziko lonse lapansi, zotchedwa World Heritage malo - malo ngati The Alamo ndi Great Barrier Reef, Grand Canyon. Kodi ndi chifukwa chotani chomwe US ingakhale nacho chosiya bungwe lotengera chikhalidwe ndi sayansi?

Chifukwa chake ndi Palestina. Chifukwa chake ndi Israeli.

Choyamba, US idadula ndalama za UNESCO pambuyo poti Palestine idalandiridwa ngati membala, tsopano Purezidenti wa US Trump achoka ku UNESCO ku 2018, ndipo mphindi zochepa izi zidavomerezedwa ndi Israeli. Ufulu wovota waku US udachotsedwa ndikuzimitsidwa chifukwa United States idatsalira ndi ndalama zolipirira mamembala.

Mu 1984, oyang'anira a Reagan adakhumudwitsa UN pa UNESCO pomuneneza motsutsana ndi US, pro-Soviet kukondera ku UN (zidatenga 2002 kuti US ayanjanenso). Ndi chifukwa chake a Palestina, atakhumudwitsidwa ndi kulephera kwa zokambirana zothandizidwa ndi US kuti apange mgwirizano wamtendere, adakankhidwa kuti adziwike ngati membala wa UNESCO: Ndi malo omwe adakhala ndi mwayi wopeza mwayi wokhala nzika zophiphiritsira, ndi potero, mwa lingaliro, kuyika zokakamiza ku Israeli kuti akhale pansi ndi kukambirana.

A Palestine adapambana umembala wawo wa 2011 UNESCO pofika pa 107-14 m'mphepete (ngakhale 52 idati). Komabe, izi sizinapangitse kupita patsogolo kwamgwirizano wamtendere pakati pa Israeli ndi Palestina - ndipo zotulukapo zakuchepetsa thandizo kwa UNESCO zakhala zazikulu. Klaus Hüfner, katswiri wa UNESCO pa Global Policy Forum, anati “mavuto azachuma.”

United States si membala wa UNWTO. Kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti US sikhala membala bola zokambirana zikupitilira kuti Palestine alowe nawo bungwe loyendera alendo? Palestine tsopano ndi wopenyerera. Kodi Israeli adzachoka UNWTO? Imadikirira kuti iwoneke ndipo ndi ndale zonyansa zodzikonda.

Prime Minister waku Israeli a Benjamin Netanyahu adayamika lingaliro la US kuchoka ku UNESCO ngati "olimba mtima komanso amakhalidwe abwino," watero.

Mtsogoleri wa bungwe la United Nations la Maphunziro, Sayansi ndi Chikhalidwe (UNESCO) adalankhula "zachisoni chachikulu" Lachinayi chifukwa cha lingaliro la United States loti achoke kubungweli.

“Izi ndi zotayika ku UNESCO. Uku ndikuluza banja la United Nations. Izi ndiye kutayika chifukwa cha mayiko ambiri, "watero Director General wa UNESCO a Irina Bokova m'mawu awo.

"Dziko lonse lapansi ndilofunika kwambiri pantchito ya UNESCO yolimbikitsa mtendere ndi chitetezo chamayiko ena polimbana ndi udani ndi chiwawa, kuteteza ufulu wa anthu ndi ulemu," adaonjeza, ndikuwona kuti UNESCO ipitilizabe kukhazikitsa zaka zachilungamo, zamtendere, komanso zoyenerera.

Mayi Bokova adakumbukira kuti mu 2011, pomwe US idasiya kupereka ndalama za mamembala, adali otsimikiza kuti UNESCO sinatengepo kanthu ndi US kapena mosiyana.

"Izi ndi zoona makamaka masiku ano," adapitiliza, "pamene kuwonjezeka kwachiwawa ndi uchigawenga zikufuna mayankho atsopano okhalitsa pamtendere ndi chitetezo, kuti athane ndi tsankho komanso kutsutsana, kutsutsana ndi umbuli ndi tsankho."

Mayi Bokova adalongosola zomwe amakhulupirira kuti anthu aku America amathandizira zomwe UNESCO imagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wamaphunziro; kulimbikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa asayansi, kuti nyanja ikhale yolimba; kulimbikitsa ufulu wofotokoza zakuthupi, kuteteza chitetezo cha atolankhani; kupatsa mphamvu atsikana ndi amayi ngati osintha ndi omanga mtendere; kulimbikitsa mabungwe omwe akukumana ndi zoopsa, masoka ndi mikangano; komanso kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro a kuwerenga ndi kuwerenga.

"Ngakhale tidalephera kupeza ndalama, kuyambira 2011, talimbitsa mgwirizano pakati pa United States ndi UNESCO, zomwe sizinakhalepo zofunikira kwenikweni," adatsimikiza. "Tonse tagwira ntchito limodzi kuti titeteze chikhalidwe chathu monga zigaŵenga komanso kupewa zachiwawa kudzera m'maphunziro ndi atolankhani."

Mgwirizano wapakati pa UNESCO ndi US "wagwirizana."

Director General adapereka zitsanzo zothandizirana panthawiyi, monga kuyambitsa Global Partnership for Girls 'and Women Education ndikukondwerera Tsiku la World Press Freedom ku Washington, DC, ndi National Endowment for Democracy.

Adanenanso za mbiri yayitali yolumikizana, kuphatikiza kugwira ntchito limodzi ndi malemu Samuel Pisar, Kazembe wa Honorary ndi Mtumiki Wapadera pa Maphunziro a Nazi, kuti alimbikitse maphunziro okumbukira za kuphedwa kwa anthu padziko lonse lapansi kuti athane ndi kuphana ndi kuphana masiku ano; mogwirizana ndi makampani akuluakulu aku US a Microsoft, Cisco, Procter & Gamble ndi Intel kuti asungire atsikana kusukulu ndikusamalira matekinoloje kuti aphunzire bwino; ndikugwira ntchito ndi US Geological Survey, US Army Corps of Injiniya, ndi mabungwe akatswiri aku US kuti apititse patsogolo kafukufuku wogwiritsa ntchito mosamala madzi, ulimi.

"Kugwirizana pakati pa UNESCO ndi United States kwakhala kozama, chifukwa kwakhala kofanana," atero a Bokova.

Potchula mizere mu Constitution ya UNESCO ya 1945 yolembedwa ndi US Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish - "kuyambira pomwe nkhondo zimayambira m'maganizo mwa anthu, m'maganizo mwa anthu momwe ziyenera kukhazikitsidwira mtendere" - adati masomphenyawa sanakhale ofunika kwambiri , ndipo adaonjezeranso kuti US idathandizira kulimbikitsa msonkhano wapadziko lonse wa 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

Potchula ntchito za bungweli "chofunikira kwambiri cholimbikitsira mgwirizano pakati pa cholowa chofanana pakati pa anthu ndi udani ndi magawano," adawona kufunika kwa zomwe World Heritage idalemba ku US, monga Statue of Liberty, kuti sizili chabe monga kufotokozera chizindikiro cha US koma chimayankhulira anthu padziko lonse lapansi.

"UNESCO ipitilizabe kugwira ntchito kuti bungwe lino lipangidwe, pazikhalidwe zomwe timagawana, zolinga zomwe timagwirizana, kulimbitsa mgwirizano wogwira ntchito zamayiko osiyanasiyana komanso mwamtendere, dziko lamtendere," adamaliza a Bokova.

Bungweli limadziwika potchula malo olowa monga Syria Palmyra ndi US Grand Canyon.

Mtsogoleri wa UNESCO a Irina Bokova poyambilira adauza kuchoka kwa US kuti ndi "chisoni chachikulu"

Adavomereza, komabe, kuti "ndale" zidawononga bungweli mzaka zaposachedwa.

Kuchotsedwaku kunayimira kutayika kwa "banja la UN" komanso kuchitira zinthu zambiri, a Bokova anawonjezera.

Kuchoka ku US kudzagwira ntchito kumapeto kwa Disembala 2018 - mpaka nthawi imeneyo, US ikhalabe membala wathunthu. A US akhazikitsa gulu lowonera ku Paris-based group kuti lisinthe oyimilira, idatero dipatimenti ya boma.

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In 1984, the Reagan administration took out its frustration with the UN on UNESCO over accusations of anti-US, pro-Soviet bias at the UN (it took until 2002 for the US to rejoin).
“Universality is critical to UNESCO's mission to strengthen international peace and security in the face of hatred and violence, to defend human rights and dignity,” she added, noting that UNESCO would continue to build a more just, peaceful, equitable 21st century.
Would this mean the US will never be a member as long as a discussion is ongoing for Palestine to join the tourism body.