Republic of Zimbabwe
Ambassador Tichaona Jokonya
The Zimbabwean ambassador requested permission to speak at the open United Nations Security Council meeting on the Iraq situation. Zimbabwe is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, which had asked for the meeting. Zimbabwe joined the UN on August 25, 1980. Tichaona Jokonya was named UN Ambassador in 1992 and left the post at the end of October 2002. The following is excerpted from the 4,625th meeting of the Security Council on October 17, 2002, in New York.The debate before us concerns a grave issue with serious implications for multilateralism in the conduct of our business in the United Nations….
