Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07WELLINGTON235
2007-03-19 23:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Wellington
Cable title:
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHWL #0235 0782304 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 192304Z MAR 07 FM AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4045
UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000235
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S STEVE HILL AND EAP/ANP DAN RICCI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM NZ
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING
DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 34009
UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000235
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S STEVE HILL AND EAP/ANP DAN RICCI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM NZ
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING
DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 34009
1. (U) On March 19, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Charles
Kingston; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and
Commonwealth Division; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade. Kingston reiterated that New Zealand strongly condemns
Zimbabwe's human rights abuses. Most recently, PM Clark told the local
media that the arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangerai was
"disgraceful," and "confirms everything we know about Zimbabwe. It is,
in effect, a dictatorship." Also on March 12, FM Peters called for the
immediate release of Tsvangerai, describing the situation in Zimbabwe a
"appalling." Peters further condemned the Mugabe regime, saying that it
response "to legitimate and understandable political protest continues
to be violent repression."
2. (SBU) In March 2002, GNZ instituted strong sanctions against the
Mugabe regime, including a travel ban on 20 key members of the
Government of Zimbabwe. The list was expanded to 249 people in Februar
2006 to include spouses of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union -
Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF),senior officials of the Electoral Commission
officials involved in Operation Murambatsvina (Clear out Rubbish),and
business people who have profited from the Mugabe regime. In July 2005
New Zealand instituted a ban on all sporting teams representing Zimbabw
from entering New Zealand, except where New Zealand sport teams were
impaired by contractual obligations.
Keegan
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S STEVE HILL AND EAP/ANP DAN RICCI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM NZ
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR SUPPORTING
DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
REF: SECSTATE 34009
1. (U) On March 19, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Charles
Kingston; Senior Policy Officer; United Nations, Human Rights and
Commonwealth Division; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade. Kingston reiterated that New Zealand strongly condemns
Zimbabwe's human rights abuses. Most recently, PM Clark told the local
media that the arrest of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangerai was
"disgraceful," and "confirms everything we know about Zimbabwe. It is,
in effect, a dictatorship." Also on March 12, FM Peters called for the
immediate release of Tsvangerai, describing the situation in Zimbabwe a
"appalling." Peters further condemned the Mugabe regime, saying that it
response "to legitimate and understandable political protest continues
to be violent repression."
2. (SBU) In March 2002, GNZ instituted strong sanctions against the
Mugabe regime, including a travel ban on 20 key members of the
Government of Zimbabwe. The list was expanded to 249 people in Februar
2006 to include spouses of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union -
Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF),senior officials of the Electoral Commission
officials involved in Operation Murambatsvina (Clear out Rubbish),and
business people who have profited from the Mugabe regime. In July 2005
New Zealand instituted a ban on all sporting teams representing Zimbabw
from entering New Zealand, except where New Zealand sport teams were
impaired by contractual obligations.
Keegan