The Zimbabwe UNWTO Candidate for Secretary of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Eng. Walter Mzembi, landed an AfricanUnion (AU) Leadership position in Lome, Togo on 17 March 2017.
African Tourism, Energy and Infrastructure Ministers in Togo for the AU STC Meetings reaffirm their faith in Zimbabwe leadership in Tourism and elected the Hon. Eng. Walter Mzembi, Tourism & Hospitality Industry Government of Zimbabwe, as their Vice Chair of the Bureau of the AU-STC.
This is seen as another important step to accept the Zimbabwe minister to lead UNWTO starting 2018.
ʻO ka ʻelele ʻo Zimbabwe i ka First Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Hope Kuhina o ka Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Anastancia Ndhlovu (MP), iā Zimbabwe ma hope o ke koho ʻia ʻana o ka lāhui ʻApelika Hema i ke kūlana o ka Hope Chair. Ua hui ka AU-STC ma 17 Malaki 2017 ma Lome, Togo a koho i ka Bureau ma ke kumu o ka Rule Number 16 o nā Rules of Procedure ma lalo o ke Komisina ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Infrastructure a me Energy.
Aia ka Buro i ka Lunahoomalu, 3 Hope Lunahoomalu, a me kahi Rapporteur. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Zimbabwe ma ke ʻano he 2nd Hope Chair, e pani ana i ka ʻāpana Tourism a me ka ʻāina ʻApelika Hema i ka AU-STC no nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana, a hiki i 2019. ʻO nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka Bureau e hui i hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻo Togo - ka ʻāpana Transport a me ka ʻāina ʻo West Africa), ʻo Mauritania-1st Hope Chair (e hōʻike ana i ka ʻāpana Energy a me ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika ʻĀkau), ʻo ʻAitiopa-3rd Hope Chair (e hōʻike ana i ka ʻāpana Energy a me ka ʻāina ʻo East Africa) a me Congo -Rapporteur (e hōʻike ana i ka ʻĀpana lawe kaʻa a me ka ʻāina ʻApelika Waena). ʻO ka Bureau ka Luna Hoʻokele o nā Kuhina no nā ʻāpana Infrastructure, Energy, Transport and Tourism i hana ʻia me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kulekele a me ka nānā ʻana i ke alakaʻi alakaʻi i nā Polokalamu Hana o ke Komisina ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka Infrastructure and Energy, a me ke Kōmike ʻenehana kūikawā o nā loea.
ʻO ke koho ʻana o Zimbabwe i loko o ka Bureau of the African Union Commission on Infrastructure and Energy ʻaʻole i hiki i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o kahi kūlana kūleʻa ʻē aʻe o ka noho poʻokela o Zimbabwe o ka AU e ka Mea Hanohano ka Pelekikena, Cde RG Mugabe, mai Ianuali 2015 a Ianuali 2016. i keia koho balota ana, ua hoike mai ka Hope Kuhina Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Anastancia Ndhlovu, "ʻO kēia koho ka ʻae a me ka ʻae ʻana i ka hana nui i hana ʻia e ke keiki nui loa o ʻApelika, ka Mea Hanohano, Pelekikena RG Mugabe, i ka wā i alakaʻi ai ʻo ia i ka AU Summit i kahi hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka Agenda 2063, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka 2030. Nā Pahuhopu Hoʻomohala Hoʻomau. He mea hauʻoli loa kēia a ʻo ia wale nō ka mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei i ka hoʻoilina o ke alakaʻi lua ʻole a ka Mea Hanohano, ka Pelekikena".
The election of Zimbabwe to lead the Southern Region of Africa in the Bureau of the African Union Commission on Infrastructure and Energy representing the Tourism sector, is happening when the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Hon. Dr. Walter Mzembi has successfully submitted his application to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), for the next 4 years, from 2018 to 2021, to the Headquarters of the Madrid-based global tourism organization. Hon. Dr Walter Mzembi is currently continuing with his world-wide outreach effort to garner international support for the countrys bid represented by him to secure the top job at the UNWTO. Elections for the next Secretary General will take place at the UNWTO Headquarters in Madrid, Spain from 11 to 12 May 2017, during the course of the 105th session of the Organisations 33 member Executive Council meeting.
Asked what the election into AU-STC Bureau means to Zimbabwe’s bid for the top UNWTO post, Deputy Minister Anastancia Ndhlovu had this to say, “I can confirm that the election of Zimbabwe further re-affirms the visionary leadership qualities of Hon. Minister Mzembi, as the current Chairperson of the UNWTO Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) and the African Union-endorsed candidate for the UNWTO post, who has been very articulate on Zimbabwe’s and African tourism issues at a global scale. Therefore, this election will definitely be a boost to Hon. Minister Mzembi’s election bid, since the policy issues we pushed through to the apex of the African Union Commission on Infrastructure and Energy today reflect his vision for Africa’s tourism and the global tourism industry”.
ʻO ke koho lōkahi o Zimbabwe e alakaʻi i ka AU-STC Bureau ma ka wahi o ka Tourism i hele mai i ke ʻano o kahi kūkākūkā lōʻihi i nā hālāwai STC i ʻike ai ʻo Zimbabwe e kū nei no ka mainstreaming a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka 2063 Agenda o ka AU. a me kona mau hale. ʻO ka hōʻike maikaʻi a me ka haʻi ʻana o kēia mau kumuhana kulekele e Zimbabwe i uku ʻia i ka wā i ʻae ai ke Komisina ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Infrastructure a me Energy e hoʻokumu i kahi Directorate a i ʻole Unit on Tourism i nā hale o ka Hui ma ka lā Dekemaba 2018, i mea e hāʻawi ai i ke kākoʻo kulekele a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ʻO ka Hui Kūikawā ʻApelika i manaʻo ʻia. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe hele kino o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma nā hale āpau o ka AUC, ʻoiai ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka ʻāpana ʻo ke kolu o ka hana hoʻokele waiwai ma hope o nā wahie a me nā kemika, ma ka pae honua.
The UNWTO 2016 Report indicates that global tourism grew by 4.6% in the year 2015 while Africa declined by 3% in the same year, the trend Zimbabwe is fighting to reverse for the benefit of all African countries and other developing tourist destinations of the world.
