Sanctions a setback in MDG achievement
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Sunday Mail ReporterIllegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe are hampering the country’s drive towards meeting the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals, a senior Government official has reiterated. The principal director in the Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Dr Thokozile Chitepo, said the embargo, imposed by Britain and its
allies in protest against the country’s land reform programme, has had a negative impact on the country.
“We have crafted strategies to execute projects that are beneficial to the youths and the majority of Zimbabweans, but financial constraints caused by the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries remain a major concern.
“As a nation let’s join hands and fight this enemy which has crippled our development,” said Dr Chitepo.
Speaking on the sidelines of the National Conference on Youth skills for Employment and Entrepreneurship in Harare last week, Dr Chitepo disclosed that her ministry has since engaged other partners as it seeks to provide training and funding to the youths.
“We have engaged organisations such as the International Labour Organisation, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund and the Africa Development Bank. Other Government ministries have also come on board.
“I am glad that youth empowerment has become a national concern as all the Government ministries have come together to find lasting solutions,” she said.
The MDGs were officially set at the Millennium Summit of the UN in 2000 with all 189 member states pledging to achieve these goals by the year 2015.
The goals are: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality rates, improving maternal health, combating HIV and Aids, malaria, and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development.
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allies in protest against the country’s land reform programme, has had a negative impact on the country.
“We have crafted strategies to execute projects that are beneficial to the youths and the majority of Zimbabweans, but financial constraints caused by the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries remain a major concern.
“As a nation let’s join hands and fight this enemy which has crippled our development,” said Dr Chitepo.
Speaking on the sidelines of the National Conference on Youth skills for Employment and Entrepreneurship in Harare last week, Dr Chitepo disclosed that her ministry has since engaged other partners as it seeks to provide training and funding to the youths.
“We have engaged organisations such as the International Labour Organisation, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund and the Africa Development Bank. Other Government ministries have also come on board.
“I am glad that youth empowerment has become a national concern as all the Government ministries have come together to find lasting solutions,” she said.
The MDGs were officially set at the Millennium Summit of the UN in 2000 with all 189 member states pledging to achieve these goals by the year 2015.
The goals are: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality rates, improving maternal health, combating HIV and Aids, malaria, and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development.
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