US walks out of UN assembly after Mugabe speech

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Zim President Robert Mugabe's fiery condemnation of the West during the 67th UN general assembly resulted in the US delegation leaving in disgust.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe used his opportunity to speak at the 68th UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday to berate the United States and the UK for imposing "illegal and filthy sanctions" on Zimbabwe.

"Shame, shame, shame to the United States of America. Shame, shame, shame to Britain and its allies," Mugabe said.

He condemned the continuation of unilateral sanctions against his country and called it a violation of the UN Charter. He accused those imposing sanctions of "covetous bigotry" and a "hunger for domination".

The 89-year-old president vowed that Zimbabwe would never become a colony again. He condemned the US's rejection of recent Zim elections, stating that:

"This malicious intent to continue the relentless persecution of our small peaceful country has shown itself again through the USA's rejection of the recent absolutely democratic and fair election results of our July 31st general elections."

Zimbabwe was forced this week to hand out maize imported from Zambia to people who are vulnerable to starvation in the southern parts of the country.

The Mail & Guardian two weeks ago reported that the United Nations had said in a report that more than 2.2-million people in half of Zimbabwe's 10 political provinces are facing a famine.

Zimbabwe's strategic grain reserve parastatal, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which is charged with grain procurement and securing reserves, is in serious trouble because its silos are nearly empty.

Zimbabwe's Agriculture Minister Joseph Made admitted that the 3 400 tonnes of grain the government bought from Zambia earlier this year was inadequate.

However, he was quick to say that no one would starve because the government had "sound plans" to avert serious food shortages. He also said the GMB was on top of the situation.
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Clearly the US doesn't like watching a circus act, no wonder they walked out.
 
If I had know he was going to be speaking I wouldn't have shown up in the first place.
 
ponder said:
When the fsck is this guy gonna diie?
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And you are under the illusion that someone better will replace him ? This is Africa after all, every leader in Africa strives to be a bigger criminal than his counterpart.
 
I'm sure Mugabe is taking something to stay alive....I wants some of that :D

Its so sad how Africa just has mostly crappy leaders :( when will we ever get our **** in order??

"This malicious intent to continue the relentless persecution of our small peaceful country has shown itself again through the USA's rejection of the recent absolutely democratic and fair election results of our July 31st general elections."
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Hogwash, hogwash, hogwash and more hogwash!! :sick:
 
They should've walked out before his speech.

I remember when Zim was balming the food shortages on 'the drought'. I suppose that that excusse could only be used for so long before it became useless. Now its sanctions.
 
However, he was quick to say that no one would starve because the government had "sound plans" to avert serious food shortages.
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Why did I think of Zuma when I read that?
 
Strange this is the administration that so enthusiastically embraced the U.N.
 
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