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President Mugabe delivers speech to the UN on Thursday September 24 2010 Statement by His Excellency President Robert Gabriel Mugabe to the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2010
Your Excellency, President of the 65th Session of the General Assembly, Mr Joseph Deiss,
Your Majesties,
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,
Your Excellency, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-Moon,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Comrades and Friends.
Mr President,
Allow me to once again extend to you our warmest congratulations on your election as President of the 65t h Session of the General Assembly. I would, at the same time, like to assure you of Zimbabwe's support and co-operation during your Presidency.
Mr President,
We are meeting today to reaffirm our commitment to the United Nations and, in particular, to its comprehensive agenda for the promotion of peace and security, sustainable development and human rights.
We are, however, concerned that the world today continues to witness unbridled acts of aggression, wars, conflicts, terrorism and rising levels of poverty. We are also alarmed that powerful states, which daily preach peace and good governance continue to trample with impunity upon the sovereignty of poor and weak nations.
Zimbabwe yearns for a community of nations that recognizes and respects the sovereign equality of all nations, big and small, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. We all have positive roles to play in promoting peace and development for the benefit of present and future generations.
Mr President,
As members of the United Nations, we have recognised the pressing need to reform our Organisation to make it better able to carry out its various mandates.
Zimbabwe stands ready to work closely with you, as well as with other Member States, to ensure that the reform process is speeded up and carried out on the basis of consensus and democratic participation. Most immediately, we must find ways and means to re-establish and assert the pre-eminent role of the United Nations in advancing peace and security, development and the achievement of internationally agreed goals, particularly the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Why are the developed Western Countries, especially those permanent members with the veto, resisting the democratisation of the United Nations organs, especially the Security Council? Aren't they the ones who talk glibly about democracy in regard to our developing countries. Or are they sanctimonious hypocrites whose actions contradict their sermons to us?
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