All candidates for UN-Tourism Secretary Normal are relieved, after the Georgian authorities declared Zurab Pololikashvili will not attempt to compete for this UN workplace for a 3rd time period. Gloria Guevara, the candidate from Mexico issued this official press assertion right this moment:
Gloria Guevara, the main candidate for the subsequent UN Tourism Secretary-Normal, says regional rotation within the management is significant because the organisation faces a pivotal second.
Following the information that there can be no third time period for the present UN Tourism Secretary-Normal, the main candidate to be the subsequent head of the organisation, Gloria Guevara, responded with the next:
“I want to specific my honest appreciation to the Authorities of the United Arab Emirates and different Member States for having the braveness to assist the precept of management renewal at UN Tourism. This is a vital gesture that displays the spirit of cooperation and respect for institutional values that information our shared work.”
“Constructing on the robust basis laid by the present Secretary-Normal and UN Tourism member states, we are going to proceed to raise the organisation’s profile inside the UN system. We give attention to championing tourism as an important driver of sustainable growth and a key contributor to post-pandemic financial restoration.
“On the late Could election for a brand new Secretary-Normal of UN Tourism, we can have the chance to take UN Tourism to the subsequent stage, delivering stronger development and creating native communities. All of us desire a robust, united UN Tourism in accordance with the brand new international actuality.
“The change in management can be excellent news for the values of multilateralism so vital to the United Nations.
“Ministers will be capable to uphold the ideas of geographical rotation of the function of Secretary-Normal, accountability, and equity. These values are important to the credibility and effectiveness of UN Tourism. “The organisation within the new period wants highly-experienced and trusted management. UN Tourism should be led by somebody who understands the complicated dynamics of the worldwide journey and tourism business and might unite Member States behind a shared imaginative and prescient for sustainable and inclusive development.
“I’ve spoken to over 50 Tourism Ministers in latest weeks, and it’s humbling to have intensive assist from each Continent.
“With over 35 years of expertise throughout private and non-private sectors, my focus has persistently been on constructing a stronger, extra resilient tourism sector together with the inclusion of tourism within the G20 chief’s declaration; elevating Mexico’s international tourism standing because the Minister of Tourism; uniting governments and CEOs worldwide as President and CEO of the World Journey & Tourism Council (WTTC) and spearheading the re-opening of the sector through the Covid pandemic; and, most lately, in my function as Chief Particular Advisor to the Minister of Tourism in Saudi Arabia, I labored with colleagues on opening up the nation’s tourism sector and supporting its transformation.
“UN Tourism stands at a pivotal crossroads. It requires management rooted in expertise, integrity, and a deep dedication to transparency and cooperation. I’m prepared to supply that management and unite the sector in a brand new period of tourism.”
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