Zimbabwe signed the letter, dated July 22, 1999, addressed...

Zimbabwe signed the letter, dated July 22, 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated themselves from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty.Zimbabwe cosponsored the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C.3/54/L.31 and L.32) to the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly.