Sanctions talk: EU Ambassador clash with Deputy Minister
4 April 2011
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Harare(ZimEye)-The European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe has clashed with the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare on the effects of restrictive measures imposed on the Zanu (PF) leadership by the European bloc in 2003.
The EU ambassador Aldo Dell’ Ariccia was handing over ten vehicles which his organization donated to the Ministry of Health when he indicated that the sanctions imposed on the Zanu (PF) leadership had no effect on the lives of the ordinary people in Zimbabwe.
“I would like to encourage the Ambassador to consider the restrictive measures, sanctions or whatever you call them, removed because it is impacting on the country’s health delivery system,” said Dr Douglas Mombeshora the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare in his speech.
Responding to the sanctions fiasco Dell’ Ariccia in turn responded that the sanctions where put in place to discourage the Zanu (PF)
government from engaging in violent behavior that resulted in human rights violations and added that the situation in Zimbabwe had actually changed for the worse.

“Can I tell you what; the situation here in Zimbabwe has changed for the worse. We have a Minister in jail and a number of people in jail as well without clear charges,” said Dell’ Ariccia.
He reiterated that his organization would only remove the sanctions after the government had improved to human rights index of the country which he said would be possible only after enough reforms have been done.
“We hope to receive enough signal in respect of reforms for us to consider lifting the sanctions otherwise the situation remains the
same,” he said.
The EU donated 10 one tone trucks to assist in the implementation of the Environmental Health duties to avoid a repeat of the 2008 cholera outbreak which left more than 4000 dead and more children orphaned.
The vehicles will be distributed to the country’s ten provinces with each province receiving one vehicle which will be used by the
Environmental Health Technicians to train some Environmental Health Assistants in their different communities.
The Environmental Health Assistant Training according to Mombeshora includes the prevention and control of cholera, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria and tuberculosis.
The EHA aims at improving practical training of Trainee Environmental Health Technicians.
Mombeshora however appealed to the EU to to consider funding the program in light of the fact that the projected budget for the EHA will dry up in December this year.
“In light of the successful implantation of the project so far, I would like to request our sponsors and EU to seriously consider
extending funding for the programme,” appealed Mombeshora.(ZimEye, Zimbabwe)

2 Replies to “Sanctions talk: EU Ambassador clash with Deputy Minister”

  1. And next time not surprising to see headline, “Zuma freezes top Zanu members’ assets over human rights abuses”. watch this space.

  2. Those that quench the democratic rights and legitimate aspirations of their fellow Zimbabweans must be surely made to suffure sanctions until they desist from their deplorable behaviour, otherwise they would start to think they enjoy universal impunity.

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