WASHINGTON DC —
Umhlangano omkhulu wabakumsebenzi wokwenjiwa lokuthengiswa kwamadayimana owe Kimberley Process uqalise ngoLwesibili eWashington DC eMelika.
Lumhlangano ungenwa yiziphathamandla zikahulumende we Zimbabwe ezikhangelelwe ukuvimba ngamandla imizamo yokuguqulwa kwendlela okubizwa ngayo amadayimana.
Amazwe asentshonalanga afuna ukuthi ukwenjiwa kwamadayimana kwenziwe kuhlonitshwa ilungelo loluntu.
Okwamanje amadayimana abizwa ngegama lempi zomvukela ezisemazweni ambalwa lokuthi ngama Conflict Diamonds.
Umnu. Obert Mpofu umpathintambo wezemigodi labanye bakhe abasemhlanganweni lo bakhangelelwe ukwala ukuthi lokhu kwenzakale njengoba ele Zimbabwe lisaziwa ngokuhlukuluza uzulu.
UMpofu walile ukukhuluma ngomhlangano lo esithi uzakwethula umbiko oqakathekileyo ngoLwesihlanu.
Kodwa-ke abanye ahamba labo abagoqela uMnu. Tafadzwa Musarara wenhlanganiso ezimeleyo eye Resources Exploration Watch uthi kungeke kwenzakale ukuthi umhlangano lo uphume lezinqumo zokuthi ukwenjiwa kwamadayimana kuhambelane lokulondolozwa kwelungelo loluntu.
UMusarara uthe ele Zimbabwe lizavimba amazwe anjenge Melika azama ukuguqula indlela ekhangelwa ngayo amadayimana emhlabeni jikelele.
Umnu. Farai Maguwu wenhlanganiso ye Center for Natural Resources Management uthi kumele inhlanganiso ezizimeleyo ziqhubeke ngokuhlolisisa okwenzakala lapho okwenjiwa khona amadayimana kungela kwesaba.
Umnu. Maguwu uthe kaboni ukuthi kuzaba lokuvumelana emhlanganweni lo okwamanje ngoba ukwenjiwa kwamadayimana kumele kuhambelane lelungelo loluntu njengoba amanye amazwe eAfrica lempumalanga engavumelani lakho.
Umnu. Dan Moyo umgcinisihlalo webandla le Movement for Democratic Change eMelika elikhokhelwa nguMnu. Morgan Tsvangirai uthi kumele amazwe omhlaba azame ngamandla ukuthi kuhlolisiswe indlela zokwenjiwa kanye lokuthengwa lokuthengiswa kwamadayimana eZimbabwe lakwamanye amazwe.
Abazakhuluma emhlanganweni lo ophela ngoLwesihlanu, bagoqela umsekeli kanobhala wezenotho kwele Melika uMnu Jose Fernandez, umgcinisihlalo we Kimberley Process uAmbassadoe Gillian Milovanovic lomsekeli wakhe uNkosikazi Susan Shabangu we South Africa, umqondisi we World Diamond Council uMnu. Eli Iizhakoff leziphathamandla zenhlanganiso ezizimeleyo.
Lumhlangano ungenwa yiziphathamandla zikahulumende we Zimbabwe ezikhangelelwe ukuvimba ngamandla imizamo yokuguqulwa kwendlela okubizwa ngayo amadayimana.
Amazwe asentshonalanga afuna ukuthi ukwenjiwa kwamadayimana kwenziwe kuhlonitshwa ilungelo loluntu.
Okwamanje amadayimana abizwa ngegama lempi zomvukela ezisemazweni ambalwa lokuthi ngama Conflict Diamonds.
Umnu. Obert Mpofu umpathintambo wezemigodi labanye bakhe abasemhlanganweni lo bakhangelelwe ukwala ukuthi lokhu kwenzakale njengoba ele Zimbabwe lisaziwa ngokuhlukuluza uzulu.
UMpofu walile ukukhuluma ngomhlangano lo esithi uzakwethula umbiko oqakathekileyo ngoLwesihlanu.
Kodwa-ke abanye ahamba labo abagoqela uMnu. Tafadzwa Musarara wenhlanganiso ezimeleyo eye Resources Exploration Watch uthi kungeke kwenzakale ukuthi umhlangano lo uphume lezinqumo zokuthi ukwenjiwa kwamadayimana kuhambelane lokulondolozwa kwelungelo loluntu.
UMusarara uthe ele Zimbabwe lizavimba amazwe anjenge Melika azama ukuguqula indlela ekhangelwa ngayo amadayimana emhlabeni jikelele.
Umnu. Farai Maguwu wenhlanganiso ye Center for Natural Resources Management uthi kumele inhlanganiso ezizimeleyo ziqhubeke ngokuhlolisisa okwenzakala lapho okwenjiwa khona amadayimana kungela kwesaba.
Umnu. Maguwu uthe kaboni ukuthi kuzaba lokuvumelana emhlanganweni lo okwamanje ngoba ukwenjiwa kwamadayimana kumele kuhambelane lelungelo loluntu njengoba amanye amazwe eAfrica lempumalanga engavumelani lakho.
Umnu. Dan Moyo umgcinisihlalo webandla le Movement for Democratic Change eMelika elikhokhelwa nguMnu. Morgan Tsvangirai uthi kumele amazwe omhlaba azame ngamandla ukuthi kuhlolisiswe indlela zokwenjiwa kanye lokuthengwa lokuthengiswa kwamadayimana eZimbabwe lakwamanye amazwe.
Abazakhuluma emhlanganweni lo ophela ngoLwesihlanu, bagoqela umsekeli kanobhala wezenotho kwele Melika uMnu Jose Fernandez, umgcinisihlalo we Kimberley Process uAmbassadoe Gillian Milovanovic lomsekeli wakhe uNkosikazi Susan Shabangu we South Africa, umqondisi we World Diamond Council uMnu. Eli Iizhakoff leziphathamandla zenhlanganiso ezizimeleyo.
