‘Akilisi challenges world leaders
Saturday, October 3, 2015 - 22:03
Tonga’s Prime Minister, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva Akilisi challenged world leaders to have moral commitment and moral courage to address climate change and global inequalities; and not be distracted by political priorities, when he made his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on 29 September. At the same time, he stated that his government was considering removing constraints to sustainable development “such as cultural perceptions and religious dogma.”
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Kuo tu'u hake 'ae kau taki
Kuo tu'u hake 'a e kau taki tokolahi 'o e mamani 'o 'eke tokua 'oku 'i ai 'enau totonu ki he koloa mo e pa'anga 'a e ngaahi fonua mo e kakai 'oku nau ngaue'i 'a e mamani. Fakatatau ki he Tohitapu, ngaue tangata ngaue he 'oku ha'u 'a e po, pea teke kai pe ma he kakava. Ko e taki kotoape 'oku ha'u ki he fakataha 'a e UN he ta'u kotoa pe ko e feinga hano 'inasi ke ma'u mai ha pa'anga, pea to'o atu mo e ngaahi 'uhinga ma'ulalo 'climate change' etc ke fakatonuhia'i 'aki 'enau fiema'u. Mole ke mama'o ha fo'i polokalama 'e taha 'a e UN ke fakalotolahi mo ako'i kakai 'o mamani, ko e mo'ui lelei mo fiefia 'a e mamani 'e makatu'unga ia meihe ngaue fakafo'ituitui 'a e tangata ke tauhi'aki ia mo hono famili, pea ako'i pe 'a e kakai ke mo'ui 'i he me'a 'oku ma'u, ka 'oku 'ikai ko e kolekole mo feinga ke fakamalohi'i pa'anga 'a e kakai kehe. Kuo konifiusi e mamani he taimini pe koe fee me'a 'oku fakamolale ange. Ko e fetongitongi 'a e 'ea mo e ngaahi fakatu'utamaki fakaenatula ko e fakatupu 'e he 'tangata', pe ko e fakatupu 'e he 'Otua'. Matthew 15 'Let them alone, they are blind leaders'......SAIA