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Statement
by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on Humanitarian
situation in Zimbabwe
European Union (EU)
January 08, 2006
*This statement
was published in the January 08, 2006 issue of The Standard (Zimbabwe)
The Presidency
on behalf of the European Union welcomes the 3 - 7 December visit
to Zimbabwe by Jan Egeland, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs. We echo Mr Egeland’s concern that the
humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is extremely serious and getting
worse, and with many Zimbabweans suffering from food insecurity
and/or the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and with thousands still homeless
six months after Operation Murambatsvina and four months after Operation
Garikai, which has proven to be ineffective.
We welcome the
agreements signed by UN agencies and the Government of Zimbabwe
for food assistance and HIV/AIDS programmes and the UN over the
need for assistance with shelter. We join with Mr Egeland in calling
on the Government of Zimbabwe to build on this and allow the UN
and other international donors unrestricted access to provide urgently
needed humanitarian assistance to those in need. We encourage African
institutions and states to support this appeal to the Government
of Zimbabwe.
We underline
that the EU will continue itself to provide humanitarian assistance
to Zimbabweans.
The Acceding
Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Candidate Countries Turkey and
Croatia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process
and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, EFTA countries
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic
Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves
with this declaration.
*Croatia
continues to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
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