Mugabe abuses International conferences

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By SARAH NCUBE

Published: December 17, 2009

WASHINGTON — Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe turned the UN climate-change summit in Copenhagen into a farce yesterday, laughing off the travel sanctions of Western governments and throwing the harsh disapproval of his Danish hosts back in their faces.

Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said his government had no choice but to allow Mugabe to attend the conference, just as New York City or the United States have no choice when horrible heads of state attend UN meetings in Manhattan.

“That is the spirit of the UN — that the world needs a place where we can meet with those we basically don’t like,” Rasmussen explained to reporters who had inquired about Mugabe’s attendance. “And I guess that is how you can characterize the person you’re asking about.”

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TOXIC SLIME: Robert Mugabe, who knows a thing or two about destroying the environment — thanks to his making Zimbabwe a wasteland — yesterday at Copenhagen.