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Visit by Annan to Zimbabwe should be carefully planned - UN spokesman
UN
News Service
August 01, 2005
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15242&Cr=zimbabwe&Cr1=
Any visit to
Zimbabwe by Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan should be carefully
planned in order to achieve its main objectives of alleviating human
suffering and addressing social, economic and political challenges,
a UN spokesman said today.
Mr. Annan has
accepted "in principle" an invitation from Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe following the release of a UN report calling
the evictions of up to 700,000 people in the southern African country
a "disastrous venture" carried out with "indifference
to human suffering" and with "enormous" humanitarian
consequences.
"He’s not
about to jump on a plane," spokesman Stéphane Dujarric
told the noon daily briefing. "As we’ve said in the past, he’s
agreed in principle, but the trip should be carefully planned in
order to achieve its main objectives.
"The visit
needs to contribute to the alleviation of human suffering and assist
in addressing the social, economic and political challenges in Zimbabwe,"
he added.
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