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Zim civic society to boycott meeting with UN rights chief
22 May 2012 at 05:12hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe's government is headed for collision with the country's influential and militant civil society organisations (CSO)'s after hijacking the groundwork and preparations for a meeting scheduled between the non-governmental organisations and visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay.
The CSO's on Monday resolved not to let Mangota dictate and organise for them and said they will boycott the meeting at Parliament and will wait for Pillay to meet them at a venue and location of their own choice.
David Mangota, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs took the lead role of hijacking preparations for the meeting between the CSO's and the UN human rights chief by identifying, writing and inviting civil society organisations to the Tuesday meeting.
Mangota selected the CSO's to attend the briefing with Pillay from a list of CSO's who attended the launch of the national report of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism last year.
Mangota invited 44 CSO's and allowed the National Association of Non Governmental Organisations (NANGO) to invite 55 organisations, of which 25 CSO's were already on his ministry's list making a total of 99 organisations.
He also dictated that the meeting with Pillay would be held at the Senate Chamber at Parliament Building, which has adequate space for your comfortable interaction."
The CSO's on Monday resolved not to let Mangota dictate and organise for them and said they will boycott the meeting at Parliament and will wait for Pillay to meet them at a venue and location of their own choice.
David Mangota, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs took the lead role of hijacking preparations for the meeting between the CSO's and the UN human rights chief by identifying, writing and inviting civil society organisations to the Tuesday meeting.
Mangota invited 44 CSO's and allowed the National Association of Non Governmental Organisations (NANGO) to invite 55 organisations, of which 25 CSO's were already on his ministry's list making a total of 99 organisations.
He also dictated that the meeting with Pillay would be held at the Senate Chamber at Parliament Building, which has adequate space for your comfortable interaction."
Source - radiovop
