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Leadership
KEY MILESTONES TO U.S
REMOVING ZIM SANCTIONS
By Rutendo Matinyarare, Harare, Zimbabwe
n March 4, 2021, the these sanctions was a multi-pronged approach crafted by ZUAUWS/
U.S. government was ZASM and presented to the government. This approach included the
Ocompelled to lift its utilization of international law, human rights law, multilateralism
executive order sanctions on the (engaging the UN, SADC, and AU), pressure from regional neighbors,
government of Zimbabwe, local luring the South African government to lead the condemnation of
municipalities, parastatals, sanctions and co-opting international lawyers and humanitarian
private companies, banks pressure groups to join the fight.
providing critical services to
16 million civilians, politicians, Crucial to this strategy was ZASM’s legal case against U.S. sanctions
and the civilians themselves. in South Africa, which exposed the sanctions as persecution of
The reason for the removal of civilians (a crime against humanity) that our government could
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