“Mulimonse momwe bizinesi yathu ingakhalire, tiyeni nthawi zonse tizikumbukira kuti bizinesi yathu yayikulu ndiyo, ndipo idzakhalabe, yopangitsa dziko lino kukhala malo abwinoko.
Mtendere ndizofunikira popanga dziko lino kukhala malo abwinoko. Mawu awa akuchokera ku nzika ya Kingdom of Jordan, pali kulumikizana kwachilengedwe pakati pa mtendere ndi zokopa alendo.
Dr.Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General kuyambira 2009 mpaka 2017 anali mtsogoleri wa bungwe la UN Specialized Agency lomwe limayang'anira Tourism, lomwe limadziwika kuti World Tourism Organisation.
Zakale UNWTO Mlembi Wamkulu wakhala munthu wamtendere, akumanga mlatho waubwenzi ndi kukhulupirika kwa makampani athu akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi, Makampani Oyenda ndi Zokopa alendo.
Chifukwa chake sizosadabwitsa komanso koyenera kwa mtsogoleri wolemekezeka padziko lonse lapansi wokhala ndi cholowa chofanana ndi wina aliyense kuti asankhidwe kukhala wapampando wa International Advisory Board ku International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT).
Amalowa m'malo mwa Dr. Noel Brown yemwe amakhala Chairman wa Emeritus komanso pamaso pa Dr. Brown, Knut Hammarskjold, wakale Director General wa IATA komanso mphwake wa Secretary-General wa UN, Dag Hammarskjold.
Popanga chilengezochi, Woyambitsa IIPT komanso Purezidenti, a Louis D'Amore adati: "IIPT ndiwopambana kwambiri kuti Dr. Rifai wavomera udindo ngati Chairman wa IIPT International Advisory Board. Kulandila kwake kumalimbikitsa kukula kwa IIPT ku International Tourism Community komanso kuthekera kwa IIPT kupitilizabe kuwona masomphenya ake oyenda komanso zokopa alendo kukhala msika woyamba padziko lonse wamtendere komanso chikhulupiriro chakuti wapaulendo aliyense atha kukhala kazembe wa mtendere. ”
Dr. Rifai anati: “Ndakhala wochirikiza IIPT ndi masomphenya ake kuyambira pamene ndinachita nawo msonkhano wa IIPT Amman Global Summit pafupifupi zaka 20 zapitazo monga nduna yoona za mauthenga ku Jordan. Monga ndanenera nthawi zambiri ngati Secretary General wa UNWTO - mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi wakhazikika pa chikhumbo chimodzi chofuna mtendere - ndipo 'kuyenda ndi chilankhulo chamtendere.' Ndimakhulupiriranso ndipo nthawi zambiri ndanena kuti 'ntchito yaikulu ya zokopa alendo ndiyo kupanga dziko kukhala malo abwinoko.' Monga Wapampando wa IIPT International Advisory Board, nditha kupitiliza kuthandizira kuti izi zitheke. ”
Dr. Rifai adalandira BS mu Architectural Engineering kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Cairo; Digiri ya Masters mu Engineering ndi Zomangamanga kuchokera ku Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) ndi PhD mu Urban Design ndi Regional Planning kuchokera ku University of Pennsylvania. Kuyambira 1999 mpaka 2003, adatumikira m'maudindo angapo mu Boma la Jordan ngati nduna yowona za mapulani ndi mgwirizano wamayiko; Nduna Yowona Zazidziwitso; ndi nduna ya zokopa alendo ndi zakale. Pambuyo pake adakhala Assistant Director-General wa International Labor Organisation (ILO) ndipo adakhala Wachiwiri kwa Mlembi wamkulu wa World Tourism Organisation asanasankhidwe kukhala Secretary-General mu 2009 ndikusankhidwa kwachiwiri kwa zaka zinayi pofika 20th. gawo la UNWTO General Assembly yokonzedwa ndi Zambia ndi Zimbabwe.
Pa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu ali UNWTO Mlembi Wamkulu, Dr. Rifai anasintha UNWTO ndipo ambiri amati adakweza udindo wa bungwe la UN pamlingo watsopano, ndikudzipangira cholowa chake ndi a UNWTO monga palibe m'modzi wa am'mbuyo ake anali nawo.
M'mawu ake omaliza, sanalankhule za cholowa chake, koma cholowa cha International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Iyi ndiye adilesi yomaliza ya Dr. Rifai ngati UNWTO Mlembi Wamkulu:
Dr Noel Brown kuti akhale Chairman wa Emeritus
Dr. Noel Brown wakhala kazembe wazachilengedwe kwazaka zambiri. Mu 1972 adagwirizana ndi a Maurice Strong pakupanga msonkhano woyamba wa UN ku Environment ku Stockholm, Sweden. Kutsatira msonkhanowu adapitiliza kulumikizana ndi a Maurice Strong pakukhazikitsa United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ku Nairobi, Kenya ndipo pambuyo pake adakhala Director, UNEP North America ku New York komwe adagwira nawo gawo lalikulu pamsonkhano wapadziko lonse wa "Earth Summit" ku Rio 1992 ndipo adayambitsa zaluso zambiri pothandiza chilengedwe ndi chitukuko chokhazikika. Atapuma pantchito ku UNEP adakhazikitsa "Amzanga a United Nations" komwe adapitilizabe kukhala wolimbikira kupititsa patsogolo zolinga za United Nations zamtendere, kuteteza zachilengedwe ndi chitukuko chokhazikika.
Knut Hammarskjold
Knut Hammarskjold anali Wapampando woyamba wa IIPT's International Advisory Board. Adatumikira ku Montreal zaka 18 ngati Executive Director Wachiwiri wa International Air Transport Association (IATA). Anali mphwake wa Secretary-General wa United Nations a Dag Hammarskjold, omwe adaphedwa pangozi yandege mu 1961 akuyenda mwamtendere ku Congo. Knut Hammarskjold, adawona amalume ake olemekezeka ngati bambo wachiwiri. IIPT International Peace Park yaperekedwa ku Ndola, Zambia, komwe ngoziyo idachitikira. Knut adatsogolera IATA munthawi yosintha kwakukulu munthawi ya chipwirikiti ndi kusintha komanso nthawi yomwe ikudziwikanso ndi kubedwa kwa achifwamba. Atachoka ku IATA, adasankhidwa kukhala mutu wa bungwe loyima palokha lokhudza zamtsogolo ku United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) si bungwe lopanga phindu lodzipereka kulimbikitsa njira zoyendera ndi zokopa alendo zomwe zimathandizira kumvetsetsa kwamayiko ena, mgwirizano pakati pa mayiko, chilengedwe, mkhalidwe wabwino komanso kuteteza cholowa, kuchepetsa umphawi, kuyanjanitsa ndi kuchiritsa mabala a mikangano; komanso kudzera munjira izi, kuthandiza kubweretsa dziko lamtendere komanso lokhazikika. Zakhazikitsidwa pamasomphenya a makampani akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi, maulendo ndi zokopa alendo - kukhala msika woyamba padziko lonse wamtendere; ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti aliyense wapaulendo atha kukhala "Kazembe Wamtendere."
IIPT ndi membala wa Mgwirizano Wapadziko Lonse wa Oyendetsa Ntchito Zokopa alendo (ICTP).
