Zimbabwe: Govt Lodges Complaint to UN

29 September 2012

New York — ZIMBABWE has asked the office of the UN Secretary-General to approach the US government over increasing incidents of violation of the UN Host Agreement in the wake of routine harassment of members of President Mugabe's delegation whenever they intend to travel to the US on UN business.

The UN headquarters, located in Columbus Circle in New York, are international territory in terms of the Host Agreement that the United States signed with the UN on June 26, 1947, and which was approved by the General Assembly on October 31, 1947.

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