Summary: EU Presidency Statement on Zimbabwe's rejection of humanitarian assistance (7 November 2005: Brussels)
Statement by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on government of Zimbabwe's rejection of humanitarian assistance
The European Union notes the statement issued by the UN Secretary-General on 31 October on Zimbabwe.
The European Union shares the UN's concerns over the grave humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe caused by the Operation Murambatsvina ("Drive out Trash") evictions. Like the UN Secretary-General, it is dismayed that the Government of Zimbabwe has not accepted the urgent humanitarian needs set out in the report of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy, and has declined aid for those Zimbabweans left homeless and destitute by recent events.
The European Union calls on the Government of Zimbabwe to work with the UN and the international community to get aid and shelter to those in need as a result of Operation Murambatsvina. It urges the Government of Zimbabwe to implement all the recommendations of the Special Envoy's report. The European Union reiterates its call on Zimbabwe to respect human rights, in particular as expressed in the report of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Human Settlement Issues in Zimbabwe.
The Acceding Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Candidate Countries Turkey and Croatia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves with this declaration.
* Croatia continues to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
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