Vote of
thanks
On the occasion of the official opening ceremony
on the Regional Conference on Food Safety for Africa
by Hon. Dr J.M. Made (MP) Minister of
Agriculture of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Master of Ceremonies
Your Excellency the President of the Republic of
Zimbabwe Cde R.G. Mugabe
Hon. Minister of Health and Child Welfare
Dr David Parirenyatwa
Hon Ministers from Kenya; South Africa; Zambia;
Mozambique; Gabon;
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
Hon Ministers and Members of Parliament of the
Republic of Zimbabwe
Your Excellencies Representative of
• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Dr H. De Haen
• The World Health Organization (WHO) Dr L
Sambo
Your Excellencies Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Senior government officials (Permanent Secretaries)
Distinguished Delegates and Observers
Ladies and Gentlemen
Comrades and Friends
On behalf of everyone here, I propose and move a special vote of thanks to you Your Excellency. We appreciate your warm welcome to our visiting delegates from outside Zimbabwe.
Your Excellency we thank you for your wise counsel and guidance on what we should achieve in the coming few days of the conference meeting and that is:-
‘We should not only exchange and share information and experiences but to actually equip ourselves with workable practical and realistic actions for improving the safety of food consumed in our countries’.
Which means in the first place the farmers should produce crops and livestock the right way in the light of new technologies that are not correct (modified organisms and diseases in livestock such as mad cow etc.) and you further noted from a health and food safety point of view that food vending without notingpotential threats to consumers is not acceptable.
Your Excellency we also thank you for reclaiming our land rights and other natural resources from the Anglo Saxon as you said in your interview aired on CNN International on the 1st and 2nd October 2005.
Your position on behalf of Zimbabwe, Africa and the down trodden at large has laid the basis on which we chart our destiny in producing safe and healthy food on the African Continent.
Your leadership is highly appreciated. Thank you Your Excellency for taking this time from your busy schedule to be with us.
We wish you Your Excellency continued good health, strength and greater determination.
I also give great thanks to those who have spoken and those who have attended this official opening ceremony of our Regional Conference.
Last but not least, every worker, sweeper, driver, cook and organizer who has made this day and indeed the days to come comfortable and our regional conference to be a great success.
Once more thank you, Your Excellency.
