[h=1]Outrage as Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is honored by UN as a 'leader for tourism'[/h]
DURING his three decades in power, Robert Mugabe has dragged once-wealthy Zimbabwe into the gutter.
His forced seizure of white-owned farms precipitated the collapse of the economy, leading to devastating poverty.
He has the blood of tens of thousands of his people on his hands and is banned from traveling to most parts of the world because of his regime’s human rights abuses.
Strange then that the United Nations has honored the tyrant as a tourism ‘ambassador’.
In a move prompting condemnation, the UN’s World Tourism Organization has invited Mugabe to join its prestigious ‘Leaders for Tourism’ group.
Tory MP Oliver Colvile added: ‘I’m afraid the UN has something of a track record of making silly appointments without due regard to the circumstances.
‘Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe’s economy and does not deserve any recognition, least of all for encouraging tourism.’
Kumbi Muchemwa, a spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change, the main opposition party, said: ‘Robert Mugabe is under international sanctions, so how do you have an international tourism ambassador who can’t travel to other countries? The UN is losing credibility. Does it think people should go to a country where the law is not obeyed?’
The US however is among a number of countries that have issued advice warning about the dangers of traveling in Zimbabwe, despite its natural beauty.
The UNWTO claims to promote ‘ethical’ tourism around the world. Its 155 member states include such unlikely tourist destinations as Afghanistan and North Korea.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152101/Despot-Mugabe-UNs-envoy-tourism.html
Whats next, a plaque honoring Adolf Hitler for all his humanitarian work with the Jews?
DURING his three decades in power, Robert Mugabe has dragged once-wealthy Zimbabwe into the gutter.
His forced seizure of white-owned farms precipitated the collapse of the economy, leading to devastating poverty.
He has the blood of tens of thousands of his people on his hands and is banned from traveling to most parts of the world because of his regime’s human rights abuses.
Strange then that the United Nations has honored the tyrant as a tourism ‘ambassador’.
In a move prompting condemnation, the UN’s World Tourism Organization has invited Mugabe to join its prestigious ‘Leaders for Tourism’ group.
Tory MP Oliver Colvile added: ‘I’m afraid the UN has something of a track record of making silly appointments without due regard to the circumstances.
‘Mugabe has destroyed Zimbabwe’s economy and does not deserve any recognition, least of all for encouraging tourism.’
Kumbi Muchemwa, a spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change, the main opposition party, said: ‘Robert Mugabe is under international sanctions, so how do you have an international tourism ambassador who can’t travel to other countries? The UN is losing credibility. Does it think people should go to a country where the law is not obeyed?’
The US however is among a number of countries that have issued advice warning about the dangers of traveling in Zimbabwe, despite its natural beauty.
The UNWTO claims to promote ‘ethical’ tourism around the world. Its 155 member states include such unlikely tourist destinations as Afghanistan and North Korea.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152101/Despot-Mugabe-UNs-envoy-tourism.html
Whats next, a plaque honoring Adolf Hitler for all his humanitarian work with the Jews?