Aosite, kuba 1993
Ngaphezulu kwe-6 yeebhiliyoni zeedosi zezitofu zivelisiwe kwaye zisetyenziswa kwihlabathi liphela. Ngelishwa, oku akwanelanga, kwaye kukho umahluko omkhulu ekufikeleleni kwiinkonzo zokugonya phakathi kwamazwe. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, yi-2.2% kuphela yabantu kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi abafumene ubuncinci idosi enye yesitofu sokugonya sesithsaba esitsha. Lo mahluko unokudala indawo yokuvela kunye nokusasazeka kweendlela eziguqukayo ze-coronavirus entsha, okanye ikhokelele ekuphunyezweni kwakhona kwamanyathelo olawulo lococeko anciphisa umsebenzi wezoqoqosho.
UMlawuli-Jikelele we-WTO uNgozi Okonyo-Ivira uthe: “Urhwebo belusoloko lusisixhobo esiphambili ekulweni lo bhubhani. Uhlumo olomeleleyo lwangoku luqaqambisa ukubaluleka korhwebo ekuxhaseni ukuvuseleleka koqoqosho lwehlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, ingxaki yokufikelela ngokungafanelekanga kwizitofu zokugonya iyaqhuba. Ukuqinisa ulwahlulo lwezoqoqosho lwemimandla eyahlukeneyo, okukhona kuqhubeka oku kungalingani, kokukhona ukubakho kokwahluka okuyingozi ngakumbi kwe-coronavirus entsha, enokubuyisela umva inkqubela phambili yezempilo nezoqoqosho esiyenzileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Amalungu e-WTO Kufuneka simanyane kwaye sivumelane ngempendulo eyomeleleyo ye-WTO kulo bhubhani. Oku kuya kubeka isiseko sokuveliswa kogonyo olukhawulezayo kunye nokusasazwa ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye kuya kufuneka kugcinwe ukubuyiswa koqoqosho lwehlabathi. "