By Staff Reporter
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson and deputy chief secretary, George Charamba says the recent appointment to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat is clear testimony that the country is in good hands.
The Southern Africa nation was recently elected to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term spanning 2027 to 2028. In the elections held at the UN Headquarters in New York, Zimbabwe secured an overwhelming victory, garnering 182 votes out of the 190 valid votes cast by member states.
Writing on his X handle yesterday, Presidential Spokesperson and Deputy Chief Secretary (Presidential Communications), Mr George Charamba, said Zimbabwe’s election into the UNSC for the third time since independence, with an incremental number of votes, showed that the country was in the hands of good leadership.
“Zimbabwe’s ever soaring global profile: Zimbabwe’s successful bid yesterday into the United Nations Security Council has a splendid history behind it.
“Two years into Independence, in 1982, Zimbabwe made its debut in the Security Council of the United Nations. It secured this in the first round by collecting 138 votes.
“About a decade later, in 1990, Zimbabwe was again in the running for the prestigious Security Council seat. It garnered 146 votes, again in the first round. The result marked a numerical appreciation of eight votes, which is a lot in global country terms,” said Mr Charamba.
“The rise meant Zimbabwe’s stature had risen in the eyes of the world. Yesterday, some 36 years after her second successful bid, support for Zimbabwe soared to an extraordinary 182 votes, again going through in the first round.”
He said the overwhelming support for Zimbabwe showed that it equally got favour from the five permanent members that usually have the potential to tilt the voting pattern because of their huge influence.
The five permanent members are the United States of America, Britain, France, China and Russia.
“Although the ballot for the Security Council seat is secret, the historical trend clearly reveals Zimbabwe as a non-polarising candidate, whether read by rounds or by numbers collected.
“This is remarkable where Permanent Members of the Security Council tend to balkanise the voting pattern, as do local rivalries. Incorporating other global indices, principally foreign direct investment and tourism, it is clear we are a nation ably led, widely admired and in the middle of an inexorable march,” said Mr Charamba.
