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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has rejected calls from the United Nations (UN ) to implement gay rights in his country.

Speaking on September 28, at the 70th United Nations General Assembly
 (UNGA) meeting, Mugabe said that upholding human rights is the 
obligation of all member states, but vehemently rejected the imposition 
of what he called “new rights” for gay marriage that have been advocated
 elsewhere in the world. 
The 91-year-old Zimbabwean strongman said: “We equally reject 
attempts to prescribe new rights that are contrary to our norms, values,
 traditions and beliefs. We are not gays. Cooperation and respect for 
each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. 
Confrontation, vilification and double standards will not,” he told 
members of the General Assembly.

Mugabe has previously called homosexuals “worse than pigs and dogs.”

A spokesman for his ruling party, Zanu-PF, has said same-sex marriage had no place in Africa.

Currently chairman of the African Union, Mugabe urged nations to 
invest in economic development on the African continent, saying a 
stronger Africa would be beneficial to the world.

“Africa is not looking for handouts. Rather it is looking for 
partners in massive infrastructure development. In creating and 
exploiting the value chains from the God given natural resources and in 
improving the quality of life of the continent’s citizens. The entire 
world stands to benefit from an economically empowered African continent
 than from one emasculated by deprivation and with an over dependence on
 others,” Mugabe said.

Mugabe also called for UN reform and has long criticized that there 
is no African country with a permanent seat on the United Nations 
Security Council.

“While the world has drastically changed since 1945, the United 
Nations and indeed the global governance architecture remains mired in a
 long bygone era. This archaic hierarchy among nations threatens to 
erode the confidence and support that the United Nations commands among 
the majority, but disadvantaged of its membership.

“We are disappointed that we have lost the opportunity of this 
anniversary to address this burning issue of the reform of the United 
Nations Security Council in a manner that satisfies the just demands and
 expectations among us. I wish to reiterate our strong attachment to 
Africa’s common position of the reform of the Security Council,” he 
said.