UN resolution to name and shame Mugabe associates, Brown

Toyako, Japan-  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that a UN Security Council resolution proposed by Britain and the United States against Zimbabwe will name 14 top members of Robert Mugabe's regime. 

The 14 would face a world-wide travel ban and asset freeze, Brown said. It was as yet unclear whether the list also included Mugabe himself. 

Speaking at the end of a Group of Eight (G8) summit in Toyako, Japan, Brown said that despite resistance from some quarters, he was confident that there would be enough UN support for the resolution, which also calls for an arms embargo on the country. 

There will be "no safe haven and no hiding" for those responsible for the violence in Zimbabwe, Brown said. 

"We know who these people are and we are naming them today," he added. 

Brown, who is said to have shown his G8 colleagues shocking photos of the violence in Zimbabwe in order to win them over, said all G8 leaders had backed his calls for sanctions. 

"The mood, not just of the G8, is of outrage against what is happening in Zimbabwe and of disgust at Mugabe's regime," he said. 

On Tuesday, the G8 leaders issued a statement saying they did not accept "the legitimacy of any government that does not reflect the will of the Zimbabwean people. 

"We will take further steps, inter alia introducing financial and other measures against those individuals responsible for the violence," the statement added. 

Italy had initially opposed sanctions. And Russia, which holds veto powers within the security council, sent mixed messages about its position while in Japan. 

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said that sanctions were a matter for the UN. 

The resolution was due to be discussed by the UN in New York later on Wednesday, Brown said. (dpa)

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