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Non-Aligned Movement criticises US restrictions

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has expressed its concern at the intention of the US government to adopt new legislation on Zimbabwe. A statement released on Friday by the South African mission to the United Nations in New York, said the Zimbabwe Democracy Act 2000, sought to prohibit American assistance and debt relief to Zimbabwe.

    “It also seeks to block further assistance to Zimbabwe by international financial institutions in which the US is a member, and furthermore attempts to prescribe the outcome of the ongoing land reform process in Zimbabwe,” the statement said. “The Coordinating Bureau (of the NAM) expressed its opposition to the proposed legislation which is in violation of the principles of the NAM, and of the United Nations Charters, which commit member states to respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all states.”

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