Story by Oleen Ndori, Foreign Editor
A delegation of Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations is expected in Zimbabwe for a familiarisation tour ahead of the United Nations Security Council vote scheduled for June 3.
Zimbabwe’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council was officially launched by President Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa on September 9, 2025, with the President saying the move would enhance the country’s role in global peace and security.
The bid has since received endorsement from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU), with sustained diplomatic engagements led by the President’s Special Envoy who is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Professor Amon Murwira across Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific regions.
Professor Murwira said Zimbabwe’s campaign is part of a broader strategy to deepen global integration and economic engagement.
Speaking on the visit, Professor Murwira said the tour is part of Zimbabwe’s broader diplomatic outreach strategy to demonstrate its stability, reliability and readiness to contribute to global peace.
“This is part of the United Nations campaign and we are going to show them several strategic places, demonstrating the reliability, the peacefulness and the stability of Zimbabwe and that Zimbabwe is ready to contribute to global peace and be regarded as a reliable and stable partner when it comes to issues of peace,” he said.
Eight Permanent Representatives from countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Austria, Portugal and Trinidad and Tobago are expected to arrive this Thursday at the invitation of Government.
