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]]>Zimbabwe’s National Archives (NAZ) will align with the upcoming upgrade of the walls by turning to digitisation for the safekeeping of data relating to the bilateral relations between France and Zimbabwe.
Mr Laurent Chevallier, the French Ambassador paid a courtesy visit to Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe to discuss further on the Great Zimbabwe facelift. The assistance of France in this project is aimed at enhancing relations between the two countries.
The French will not stop with the upgrading of the Great Zimbabwe walls but intend to go a step further in assisting NAZ with digitisation and training.
Mr Laurent Chevallier, expressed that their country took pride in this collaboration with Zimbabwe as it helps strengthen the nations’ relationship. The plans are now in motion starting on 19 May 2021. The French Ambassador had the following to say:
“We are very happy to be here today on the opening of the important workshop on the development of Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site carried out by the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) in collaboration with French Development Agency (AFD). The cooperation is a major part of the French action in Zimbabwe for many years especially in terms of the protection and promotion of cultural heritage.”
However, this move left some Zimbabweans worried that the French government will want a share in owning our heritage. The NNMZ director, Godfrey Mahachi set our minds at ease when he stated that this move was not at all like selling our heritage, but simply protecting and refurbishing it.
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]]>The leaders stated that this pandemic is a clear sign that “nobody is safe until everyone is safe”. In addition, they spoke of the probability of another pandemic saying that it is not a question “if” another pandemic might happen but “when” it will happen.
In addition to those sentiments, it was also added that a single country can not effectively deal with the threat is such a pandemic alone. Hence, it is deemed necessary that countries work together in fighting such threats.
The 23 world leaders who are part of this global treaty proposal argue that such a treat as was formed in the wake of WW2 is needed to allow cross-boarder cooperation.
The signatories, who include the head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, equated these times with WW2 times and vouched for a Covid-19 International treaty because: “At that time(WW2), following the devastation of two world wars, political leaders came together to forge the multilateral system.
The leaders said that similarly, countries must now “be better prepared to predict, prevent, detect, assess and effectively respond to pandemics in a highly coordinated fashion”.
The treaty is proposed to serve the purpose of establishing rigid systems that alert people of pandemics before they occur. In addition it would also facilitate an improved data sharing and vaccine and protective equipment distribution system.
The aforementioned leaders went on to say “At a time when Covid-19 has exploited our weaknesses and divisions, we must seize this opportunity and come together as a global community for peaceful co-operation that extends beyond this crisis.
If this proposal is supported by other major countries, that treaty can take several years to negotiate then ratify. Will it be ready before the next big pandemic?
Thus far the following countries have shown their support for this global treaty:
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