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CSO's set a committee to engage in the SADC dialogue initiative on Zimbabwe
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
June 06, 2007

On June 5 2007, the Zimbabwean civic organizations set a committee of 7 organizations that were tasked, among other issues to meet the SADC mediator on Zimbabwe, President Thabo Mbeki.

At a meeting held in Harare, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) was asked to chair the committee and other organizations included, the Save Zimbabwe, the Center for Peace Initiatives in Africa (CPIA), the Ecumenical Peace Initiative (EPI), the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ), Women's organizations and the National Association of NGOs (NANGO).

The committee will report to the civil society from time to time. Most organizations that attended the meeting highlighted that whilst they agreed to participate in the dialogue process, they would not stop other programs to open up the democratic space as the government of Zimbabwe is not showing any sign of willingness to open up the democratic space in Zimbabwe.

The planning meeting was attended by Bulawayo Agenda, CPIA, NCA, Crisis Coalition, ZESN, NGO human rights forum, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and National Association for Non Governmental Organizations (NANGO).

The civil society paper shall be presented in due course before President Mbeki's preliminary report to SADC heads of States.

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