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Zimbabwe :
Russia and China vetoed proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe on Friday, rejecting US efforts to step up punitive measures after the African nation’s disputed presidential election.
Western powers mustered nine votes, the minimum needed to gain approval...
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No one can ever expect China to approve sanctions on Mugabe and his cabal. China has too much interest in Zimbabwe’s platinum reserves, and it’s Mugabe that will let China in completely.
Can UN still afford yet another lame move in Africa? UN’s bureaucracy is what’s getting the better of it.
Can UN still afford yet another lame move in Africa? UN’s bureaucracy is what’s getting the better of it.
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Birds of same feather flock together. The leaderships of Russia, China, and Zimbabwe have one common trait, dictatorship.
(Global Perspectives)
Like the League of Nations before it, the United Nations is a complete disaster. It has been hopeless in the Balkans, many of the African conflicts and a host of other places.
As the desperate families in Myanmar (Burma) continue to die like flies let’s face the fact that the United Nations is just a continuing expensive ”talk-fest”.
When it can sit back and watch genocide it truly has failed miserably!
As the desperate families in Myanmar (Burma) continue to die like flies let’s face the fact that the United Nations is just a continuing expensive ”talk-fest”.
When it can sit back and watch genocide it truly has failed miserably!
(Global Perspectives)
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It was expected that China and Russia would veto because China has huge business interests in Zimbabwe and though the same is not with Russia, it vetoed to show that it can veto 'Western' proposals.