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International
community must not abet Mugabe
National
Society for Human Rights (NSHR)
October
19, 2005
http://www.nshr.org.na/
Namibia’s National
Society for Human Rights (NSHR) urges the international community
to cease inviting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to address
international conferences.
President Mugabe has a track record of [ab]using international forums
to defend his own and his Government’s horrible human rights record,
launch personal attacks on political opponents and spoil the atmosphere
of meetings as well as harm the desired impact.
"Let’s face it. President Mugabe has abused such reputable
and well-meaning world conferences, such as the 2002 Johannesburg
World Summit on Sustainable Development, the recent UN World Summit
and now the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) conference
in Rome, to stir controversy", NSHR executive director Phil
ya Nangoloh said.
Through world conferences the international community has been able
to adopt and implement international standards and norms of conduct
for both States and individuals, such as the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights of 1948, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 and the Rome Statute on the Permanent
International Criminal Court of 1998.
President Mugabe and other senior members of his Government are
prime candidates for indictment for war crimes, crimes against humanity
and ethnic cleansing against the people of Zimbabwe.
"Hence, it is both unethical and contradictory to assist Mugabe
and other international ‘bête noires’ in using world forums
as safe havens from which to make propaganda and mislead world public
opinion. Instead, the international community must combine forces
to have President Mugabe and other senior members of his Cabinet
indicted for such grave violations of international human law"
said NSHR spokesperson Dorkas Phillemon.
Note: For additional information please, call P. ya Nangoloh
or Dorkas Phillemon at Tel: +264 61 253 447 or
+264 61 236 183 (office hours) or E-mail: nshr@nshr.org.na
or nshr@iafrica.com.na
or web: www.nshr.org.na
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