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Ziyambi Refutes U.S. Claim Of "Targeted" Sanctions At Geneva Event

4 months agoFri, 22 Nov 2024 14:01:25 GMT
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Ziyambi Refutes U.S. Claim Of "Targeted" Sanctions At Geneva Event

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States are not “targeted” as claimed, but instead affect ordinary people across the country.

Speaking at the International Conference on Sanctions, Business, and Human Rights in Geneva on Thursday, November 21, Ziyambi called the US claim that the sanctions are aimed at specific individuals misleading and false. He said (via The Herald):

We call for the immediate removal of these illegal sanctions. We reject the claims that sanctions are targeted at a few individuals.

This narrative by the sanctioning states is grossly misleading and hypocritical, especially in light of well-documented evidence of the devastating impact of unilateral coercive measures on the innocent populations that the sanctions are purportedly designed to protect.

Zimbabwe calls upon the international community to recognise that sanctions are an affront to our sovereignty and our people’s right to self-determination.

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We urge all nations to adhere to international law and the purposes and principles enshrined in the UN Charter. We seek not charity, but fairness. Not favouritism, but justice.

The International Conference on Sanctions, Business and Human Rights provides a global forum to discuss the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the human rights of those not intended to be targeted.

While the sanctions are often labelled as “targeted”, their effects have rippled through Zimbabwe’s financial sector and impacted everyday transactions, such as purchasing essential goods and medicines.

Ziyambi said that due to the sanctions, every transaction from Zimbabwe is scrutinised, resulting in shortages and suffering of the general population, not just the intended targets. He said:

Funds are periodically intercepted, and money transfer companies become victims of long and tedious investigations on specific transactions.

Furthermore, the imposition of secondary sanctions, and civil and criminal penalties for alleged circumventing or assisting in the circumvention of primary sanctions regimes has resulted in de-risking and over-compliance by individuals.

Over-compliance has compelled the Government, business, humanitarian organisations and individuals to explore alternative ways to procure critical goods and services, leading to high costs of goods and services.

In addition to the impact on the financial services sector, the sanctions brought a myriad of challenges to all other sectors of the Zimbabwean economy.

In the agricultural sector, failure to access lines of credit and attract investment seriously impeded development, rehabilitation and modernisation of equipment and machinery, leading to a reduction in productivity.

The market access for agricultural products, sugar, beef and cotton, among other products, was also negatively affected as the country lost its niche in the lucrative markets.

The United States imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe through the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA), which was passed by the US Congress in 2001 and signed into law by President George W. Bush.

The US claims these sanctions are targeted at specific individuals responsible for human rights abuses, and argues that Zimbabwe’s economic struggles are due to poor management and corruption.

The International Conference on Sanctions, Business, and Human Rights is being organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of sanctions, Professor Alena Douhan, with support from the Group of Friends of the UN Charter.

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37 Comments

dhudza dhudza · 4 months ago
🐛nyika yapindwa nerukonye veduweee no us sponsored sanctions but corruption Chinese are destroying the environment where are the royalties going?Mines owned by zanupf connections are also not paying royalties to the government.Is this sanction?ntuli Ncube is aware where the money for the country is going.Chivayo,Sachikonye etc are swimming in corrupt money while Zimbabweans are wallowing in abject poverty.Bleed,bleed rich country idyai zvinyu god is watching Vanhu vari kusvinura zvishoma nezvishoma as we are approaching ED 2030.
🕺🏋️‍♂️🏃‍♂️ · 4 months ago
If the general populace was sanctioned the exodus to the United Kingdom in the search of greener pastures would not exist, and I don't think the Americans would allow us to use their currency
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Looting/Corruption not on the sanctions list, hence Zimbabwe is rotting advise ziyambi about it..
Patriot chairo · 4 months ago
Eeeish sunctions are deadly. Anotadzisa kutenga ma essential goods and medicines from from ouyr good friends like India and China. BUT machiefs tinotengera mota every five years not ma ambulance akaiswa ma sunctions.
Dollarboy · 4 months ago
The so called sanctions only affect the country when it comes to development that helps every citizen.when it comes luxuries for individuals they dont affect
zozo · 4 months ago
just read zidera mizvinzwira mega kwete zvokuudzwa nevamwe izvo
🦍 · 4 months ago
according to what we read about, they say the sanctions are targeted at few individuals and companies not the whole country. this has been said many times, so sanctions are not to be blamed here coz directed to the few hence national development cant be hinded
kkkk · 4 months ago
mungashaiwa yaaahaa kwenyu vanhu vezan
citizen · 4 months ago
Hayiwhawo sanctions sanctions kuita cy.Zimbabwe yacho inopona nemakumbavha azere pese pese.Vanhu vagere pazvigaro kupaza upfumi hwenyika nemhuri dzokwavo.Sanctions kuita cy kwacho,imwiii musada kuti nyepera ba.Tinomuziva nemazita anhu ese anoita huwori.
Mudhibhisi · 4 months ago
Bt what are u doing with the resources at yr disposal so that they benefit the generality of the Zim population?Nothing except looting and more looting, buying numerous expensive properties outside the country. Dai tinehushingi chaiho,mangwana chaiye kwaiyedza tisisina vadzvinyiriri vechitema Ava, varikungoba hupfumi gwenyika nemakorokoza ekuChaina. Sare tongotambura munyika yakapfuma kudai. Dai taigona kubatana tibvise hurumende yechisveta Simba iyi pamwe naLooter In Chief wavo. Toumba nyika inoshamisa,nyika inotevedzera bumbiro remutemo,nyika isina corruption kana chizivano huye nyika inokoshesa Vanhu vayo.Taigona kuva nenyika inoyevedza chero naninani zvake.
𝙎ℙ𝞓ℝᴋ𝛯ℝ-ʏ𝒖𝑇 · 4 months ago
kkkkk hayaaa this pic ma1 the way yaka vhuriwa muromo namai avo kaaa ndiyo yakait kut vamwe var paside vaseke ndatiii kkk
Bob · 4 months ago
Zimbabwe has got no sanctions but corruption is ruling the country
kkkk · 4 months ago
zimbabwe yacho ngaingopawo america ma sanctions avowo nyaya yacho ipere.handiti inyika 1 yakapa zimbabwe yacho here
KEEP THE TARGETED SANCTIONS GOING!!! · 4 months ago
Sanctions are not affecting me in Zimbabwe at all, They must keep targeted sanctions on these zanoid bigwigs , the zanoid bigwigs only want sanctions removed so that their external accounts can be unfrozen so that they can steal more and move stolen funds freely across the world to buy their expensive homes outside etc etc
🏃Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 4 months ago
ko munochemera UK ne USA kuti zvidii why can't you forcus on Russia and China your all time favorites who are good at destroying our resources and the environment
Sir African · 4 months ago
Why do we want to be friends of the USA, Britain and Europe?Just let tem keep the sanctions on while you enjoy your looting.
🧐 🤔 🤨 🤪 · 4 months ago
The Capitalists theory of the conducting business is self enrichment whereas our marxist socioeconomic is way to conduct business is we work as a team a communal set up, you hurt one of us you hurt us many, so this well defines targeted sanctions, they think if our president is is sanctioned they have weeded out trouble not knowing that our president is represents all of us, he's our torch bearer, our guardian armor and that actually very true the narration that sanctions are targeted is misplaced
Mp · 4 months ago
you are sick we are represented by president president come and goes he is not torch bearer wanyemba
Patz · 4 months ago
In case of Zimbabwe you are very lost. There are targetted sunctions against individuals but what makes Zimbos suffer are not the sunctions themselves but those situations which led to the imposition of sanction i.e lack of democratic space, rampant corruption, lack of rule of law etc. Zimbabwean transaction are scrutinised not because of sanctions but because of corruption by targetted individuals. Ziyambi survives on bootlicking as he was rejected by the electorate in his own rural home so is just singing for his supper
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The Curator · 4 months ago
Denying the true purpose and effects of sanctions is an embarrassment. ZIDERA is targeted, meaning it targets specific individuals, corporations, government departments and ministries and it's intended purpose is to economically strangle the country and force the leaders to come to the negotiation table. But that would only work if we have leaders who actual do care. But both the ruling and opposition party leaders are selfish.
Sir African · 4 months ago
You need psychiatric help
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NEXT YEAR · 4 months ago
They are targeted!CHIVHAYO, SCOTT nevamwe vasiri targeted vakuita mari wani
Bad governance is the root cause of all these problems · 4 months ago
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CHINGWA · 4 months ago
Why forcing yourself to be a friend of UK and USA.Handiti munoti mune yose, lets humble ourselves.SA haina wani ma sanctions.Kudya chomuzvere hubata mwana.
The Curator · 4 months ago
SA has no sanctions because SA is not in the hands of the native South Africans, but in the hands of the white minority.
Patz · 4 months ago
@ The Curator Waal what an interesting statement. You said SA is in the hands of a white minority. I expected you not just to end their but to say ....with a vibrant economy. Then you should have also said Zimbambwe is in the hands of some black Zimbabwean minority and with a dead economy
The Curator · 4 months ago
That would then suggest that Africans are very much incapable of running an economy, which would be the wrong assessment. Africans are very much capable, but we have an inferiority complex and we lack a unity of purpose among ourselves as a people.
Mp · 4 months ago
iwe urizanga you can't force friend ship if Zimbabwe had sanctions ndati usiri ikoko Zimbabwe must put sanctions on America and Britain

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