Cosatu welcome SADC Summit 09-04-08

 

COSATU welcome SADC Summit

The Congress of South African Trade Unions applauds the announcement by Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, the current chair of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), that he is convening a summit meeting at the weekend to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe.

"Given developments immediately following the elections," he said, "I have decided as chair of SADC to call for an extraordinary summit on Saturday April 12 to discuss ways and means of assisting the people of Zimbabwe and to try to break the current impasse as well as adopt a coordinated approach to the situation in that country".

COSATU urges the regional leaders to persuade the Zimbabwe government to release the results of the presidential election and to accept the verdict of the people, and welcomes the summit as a possible way to avert a major political and humanitarian crisis.

Patrick Craven (National Spokesperson)

Congress of South African Trade Unions

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