Zimbabwe
December 2005
A mission of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs traveled to Zimbabwe from 3-7 December.
July 2005
On 27 July, the Council convened in a private meeting on Zimbabwe under Rule 48 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure. The briefing of the special envoy, who answered questions put to her, was followed by a statement by the representative of Zimbabwe. On 26 July, Australia, Canada and New Zealand had addressed a letter to the President of the Council emphasising the special envoy’s finding of “the failure of the Government of Zimbabwe to protect its people,” stressing “the linkage between humanitarian and human rights crises and peace and security,” and calling for the Security Council “to be seized of the situation as a matter of urgency and to engage actively with the Government of Zimbabwe to bring an end to this situation.” The Special Envoy on Human Settlement Issues in Zimbabwe visited Zimbabwe from 26 June to 8 July.
June 2005
On 20 June the Secretary-General, acting on an agreement with the President of Zimbabwe, appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, the Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), as a special envoy to investigate the extent and impact of the evictions and the capacity of the government and the humanitarian community to respond to them.
