Zimbabwe vows to block UN Security move

HARARE (AFP) – President Robert Mugabe's government on Monday vowed to thwart western efforts to put Zimbabwe on the UN Security Council agenda, saying it was not a threat to international security.

The United States and Britain were expected to lobby the council to turn up the heat on Mugabe, amid mounting international pressure for him to step aside as his country caves in under an economic meltdown and cholera crisis.

The 15-member UN Security Council was due Monday to hold a closed-door meeting, and Washington said last week it would pressure members to act against the veteran leader, whom it blames directly for Zimbabwe's woes.

Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu told the state-owned Herald newspaper it was "improper" for western countries to try to put Zimbabwe on the agenda.



Credits: Associated Press