Published: 28 August 2013

The United Kingdom and Canada have boycotted the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly which opened in Victoria Falls on Monday, to protest gross human rights abuses and election rigging by President Mugabe.

Major UK airlines, including British Airways and Virgin were notably absent from the exhibition area, and so were prominent travel agents from the 2 countries such as Thomas Cook.

Conference officials confirmed no British or Canadian delegations were accredited.

The NGO, UN Watch which monitors UN activities applauded the two countries for the move.
- dailynews

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