The Ministry of Information and Media says the purported United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report said to have cited Zambia for human rights violations was not a report but a compilation of allegations, as received by the Special Rapporteurs.
Addressing the Press in Choma Southern Province, Mr. Mweetwa says the government deeply regrets the misrepresentation of facts, which arose as a result of procedural breaches on the part of the Special Rapporteurs.
He finds it disturbing that the Special Rapporteurs issued a media statement without following the laid down procedure of giving the affected State an opportunity to clear the statement before being released.
He has since stated that the Government will lodge a formal complaint to the UNHRC about the manner in which the press release.