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Debra Matabvu in GENEVA, Switzerland
THE Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi, will today lead a Zimbabwean delegation at a high-level United Nations conference where he will call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries.
The International Conference on Sanctions, Business and Human Rights today and tomorrow, brings together global leaders and experts to address how sanctions affect UN member states and discuss the development of guiding principles on embargoes, business and human rights.
The conference is being hosted by the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Professor Alena Douhan.
In an interview, Minister Ziyambi said he would present a paper that highlighted the negative impact of sanctions, described as targeted by those who impose them on ordinary Zimbabweans.
“As a country, we are going to present a paper that shows the negative effects of the bilateral coercive measures and we will indicate the losses that we have made as a country,” he said.
“We will share with others how these sanctions, even though they have portrayed them as targeted, have had a huge impact on the generality of the people and businesses.”
Deputy Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations Mr Nesbert Samasuwo said Zimbabwe would be joined by several other countries to lobby for the removal of sanctions.
“The purpose of the conference is to highlight the impact of sanctions. We also have a group of friends such as China and Cuba that are also lobbying against the sanctions.”
Online Reporter