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The "sincerity" adopted by President Robert Mugabe in implementing a unity government in Zimbabwe will serve as a gauge for the international community and its provision of support, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on 25 February.
Addressing a media briefing in Pretoria, South Africa, Ban said: "All these efforts would be better mobilised, would get stronger and more support from the international community if we can see the progress in political and national reconciliation."
The sluggish progress by Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party in adhering to the agreement - and at times flagrant violation of it - has instilled a sense of pessimism about whether it will succeed in saving the country from becoming a failed state.
"The international community, led by the UN, stands ready to provide the necessary assistance, humanitarian assistance and promotion of human rights, and all necessary medical and sanitation support to Zimbabwean people," Ban said.
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