Zimbabwe's children are paying the price of attempts to punish their government for its human rights violations, the head of UNICEF said Thursday. Zimbabwe suffers the world's fourth-highest HIV infection rate and has seen the sharpest rise in child mortality, yet receives just a fraction of the donor funding lavished on its neighbors, Carol Bellamy told reporters in Johannesburg. Donors are concerned that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's increasingly autocratic regime would use any assistance for political purposes. "Look for other ways to make your point," Bellamy said. "Don't take it out on the world's children." |