Ukusatshalaliswa kwemithi yokugomela i-COVID-19 kubaluleke kakhulu kuwo wonke amazwe, futhi ukuthuthwa kwemithi yokugoma ukweqa imingcele kuba umsebenzi omkhulu futhi oshesha kakhulu emhlabeni.Ngenxa yalokho, kunengozi yokuthi amaqembu obugebengu angase azame ukuxhaphaza lesi simo.

Ukusabela kule ngozi, kanye nokubhekana nosongo olubangelwa imikhiqizo engekho emthethweni njengemithi nemijovo yokugoma eyingozi, esezingeni eliphansi noma engumbombayi, i-World Customs Organization (WCO) isanda kwethula uhlelo olusha olunesihloko esithi “Iphrojekthi ngesidingo esiphuthumayo sokusiza kanye nokulawulwa kweCustoms okudidiyelwe kwempahla ewela imingcele exhunywe ku-COVID-19”.

Inhloso yale phrojekthi ukumisa ukuthunyelwa kwemithi yokugoma mbumbulu nezinye izinto ezingekho emthethweni ezixhumene ne-COVID-19, kuyilapho kuqinisekiswa ukuhamba kahle kokuthunyelwa okuhambisanayo, nokusemthethweni.

“Esimeni salolu bhubhane, kubalulekile ukuthi iCustoms yenze lula, ngangokunokwenzeka, ukuhweba okusemthethweni kwemithi yokugoma, imithi kanye nempahla yezokwelapha exhumene ne-COVID-19.Kodwa-ke, iCustoms nayo ineqhaza elibalulekile okufanele libe nayo ekulweni nohwebo olungekho emthethweni lwezimpahla ezifanayo ezisezingeni eliphansi noma eziwumgunyathi ukuze kuvikelwe imiphakathi,” kusho uNobhala Jikelele weWCO uDkt. Kunio Mikuriya.

Le phrojekthi iyingxenye yezenzo okukhulunywe ngazo kuSinqumo SoMkhandlu We-WCO esamukelwa ngoDisemba 2020 ngeqhaza leCustoms ekuqhubekiseleni phambili i-Cross-Border Movement of Situationly Critical Medicines and Vaccines.

Izinjongo zayo zihlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwendlela edidiyelwe yeCustoms, ngokubambisana eduze nezinkampani ezikhiqiza imithi yokugoma kanye nemboni yezokuthutha kanye nezinye izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe, ekulawuleni ukuhwebelana kwamazwe ngamazwe kwalezi zimpahla.

Okunye okucatshangwayo ngaphansi kwalesi sinyathelo ukusetshenziswa kwezinguqulo ezibuyekeziwe zezicelo ze-CEN ukuze kuhlaziywe izitayela ezintsha zohwebo olungekho emthethweni, kanye nemisebenzi yokwakha amandla ukuze kuqwashiswe ngohwebo lwemithi yokugoma mbumbulu nezinye izimpahla ezingekho emthethweni.