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Robert Mugabe made a ‘leader for tourism’ by UN agency

The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, who said gay people ‘offend against the law of nature’ has been made a ‘leader for tourism’ by the UN’s World Tourism Organisation.

At a ceremony yesterday, Mr Mugabe and Michael Sata, the president of neighbouring Zambia, were made ‘leaders for tourism’ and it was announced they would co-host the UNWTO general assembly in August next year, the Guardian said.

Taleb Rifai, secretary general of UNWTO, said it was an “endorsement” that Zimbabwe was “a safe destination”, despite its president being banned from travel within the EU and US. UNTWO said it was not a formal position.

Homosexuality is illegal in Zimbabwe with laws from 2006 making it illegal for two people of the same sex to hold hands, hug, or kiss. The Censorship and Entertainments Control Act also stops citizens from importing, printing, publishing, distributing, or selling any publication which is ‘indecent or obscene or is offensive or harmful to public morals or is likely to be contrary to public health’.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/30/robert-mugabe-made-a-leader-for-tourism-by-un-agency/