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Canada quits UN tourism body over Mugabe appointment
Source: The Guardian
Canada has formalised its withdrawal from the UN tourism body after Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was invited to become a global leader in the sphere and sent a letter in recognition of Zimbabwe's co-hosting of the organisation's general assembly next year.
John Baird, the Canadian foreign minister, said the correspondence by the UN world tourism office (UNWTO), in which its secretary general reportedly praised Mugabe and the president of Zambia, Michael Sata, on Tuesday for their role in tourism at Victoria Falls, was the "last straw" in the country's participation.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/01/canada-quits-un-tourism-mugabe