Zimbabwe, the UNDP and elections

Zimbabwe withdrew its request for assistance with the 2005 elections from the United Nations Development Programme, according to the United States embassy, but the embassy construed this to mean that it was setting the stage for a considerably reduced international presence in the run-up to and during the March 2005 parliamentary elections.

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Land reform adds to Mugabe’s stature

While land reform was a means to empower the majority of Zimbabwe’s blacks and to redress colonial injustices, to President Robert Mugabe it was thread central to his ego, one that added to his stature not just in Zimbabwe but throughout Africa and the wider developing world.

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Mugabe outside reach of ICC

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is outside the reach of the International Criminal Court because Zimbabwe is not a signatory to the Rome Statute which set up the court so it would require a United Nations Security Council Resolution to haul him to The Hague.

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