Sir/Madame Chairman/Chairwoman, delegates, and special guests,
The Republic of Zimbabwe is grateful for the opportunity to participate in this year’s General Assembly. We have been a UN member since 1980, and have received much support from the United Nations, including ongoing UN missions in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe and our dear president Robert Mugabe have been subject to much UN criticism. Despite this, Zimbabwe intends to have a significant voice in international politics.
As a proud African nation, Zimbabwe is supportive of the European Union as a model for the African Union. We would also like to see our allies and trading partners in Europe grow stronger so that they may establish greater trading ties with Zimbabwe. We propose that the United Nations pass a resolution encouraging the European Union increase the export of goods and services into Sub-Saharan Africa and use trade tariffs to raise money for a bailout fund.
Due to the potential of a revolution in Zimbabwe’s near future, Zimbabwe’s UN delegation hopes to see international guidelines put in place to help our African brothers and sisters and possibly ourselves down the road. Although we strongly support Robert Mugabe, we cannot help but wonder if change is in our cards, as it has been for so many other nations in Africa and the Middle East. Therefore, we believe that a resolution that would require the United Nations to put its resources behind a temporary leader of the Security Council’s choice and deploy peacekeepers into immediately post-revolutionary state would be an appropriate method of dealing with revolution.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is cognizant of the issues posed by private military contractors to the world. Having seen so many conflicts on our continent shaped by mercenaries and soldiers of fortune, Zimbabwe would strongly support resolutions to regulate and limit the role that private military contractors play in conflicts worldwide. Zimbabwe would like to see a resolution put in place that limits the use of private military contractors to being a training option for national militaries.
Zimbabwe feels very strongly that terrorism, both domestic and international, should be addressed by the global community here present. Terrorism affects almost every nation, including our own, and international reactions to terrorism are often critical to deterring terrorism. We suggest that the United Nations define terrorism as premeditated, politically or religiously motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational, religious, ethnic, or clandestine foreign groups. Zimbabwe believes that a resolution encouraging the use of martial law in the aftermath of a terrorist attack within a nation until that nation has the situation under control.
In conclusion, the Republic of Zimbabwe is glad to be present today. We hope that the four agenda items presented will be firmly and resolutely addressed. Thank you.
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