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Crisis in Zimbabwe Needs High Level Action says MWC Letter

STRASBOURG, France — Mennonite World Conference has appealed to the United Nations and the African Union to exert their influence on the government of Zimbabwe to change its destructive actions against its own people.

A March 29 letter addressed to Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, in New York and John Kufuor, AU president, in Ghana points out that the desperate situation in Zimbabwe and the failure of its government calls for a more energetic response than the quiet diplomacy which has been ineffective.

The letter follows the March 11 violent attack by police on participants in a peaceful prayer meeting near Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. One person was reported killed and several were seriously injured.

This incident is just one recent example of on-going oppression and disregard for human rights. Poverty, unemployment, sky-rocketing inflation and insecurity are causing profound suffering and citizens to flee and become refugees. At the same time, international organizations, including churches, are hampered in their efforts to help.

The MWC letter condemns all violence in Zimbabwe and calls for immediate and positive dialogue between leaders in the country, in the region, and in the global community of nations.