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Appointment
of Mr. Shamiso Mtisi as the Coordinator of the KP Local Focal Point
National
Association of Non-Governmental Organisations in Zimbabwe (NANGO)
December 03, 2010
In
accordance with the provisions of the St Petersburg agreement, the
Kimberly Process Civil Society Coalition which is part of the KP,
appointed Mr. Shamiso Mtisi on the 18th of October 2010 as the Coordinator
of the Local Focal Point to act as the point of liaison between
the Local Focal Point, the KP Monitor and the Working Group on Monitoring.
As required by the St Petersburg agreement the KP Civil Society
Coalition consulted the Working Group on Monitoring on the matter,
upon which the Working Group on Monitoring discussed the proposed
LFP mechanism and the appointment of Mr. Shamiso Mtisi. The Working
Group on Monitoring thereupon expressed support for the proposal
on the 25th October 2010. On the 1st of November 2010 in Jerusalem,
Israel the Civil Society Coalition announced in Plenary the appointment
of Mr. Mtisi while the Working Group on Monitoring also noted the
fact that a Local Focal Point is now in place.
With regard to the position of the government on
the issue of the Local Focal Point, it is understandable that there
is need for engagement and to inform the Ministry of Mines about
the appointment and not for the Ministry to be consulted in making
the appointment. The issue of consensus on decisions only relates
to the consensus that was secured when Zimbabwe agreed with the
KP in St Petersburg that a Local Focal Point will be appointed by
the KP civil society. Unfortunately, the Working Group on Monitoring
only discussed and expressed support for the LFP mechanism and the
appointment of Mr. Mtisi on the 25th of October 2010, just a day
before the Coordinator of the LFP was to travel to Jerusalem for
the KP Plenary on the 26th of October 2010. There was no time to
inform the Ministry about the acceptance of the Coordinator by the
WGM. Nevertheless, the LFP is ready to engage the government on
this matter.
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