{"id":1077218,"date":"2021-12-02T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077218"},"modified":"2021-12-02T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:59:05","slug":"u-n-denounces-bidens-south-africa-ban-as-travel-apartheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-denounces-bidens-south-africa-ban-as-travel-apartheid\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. Denounces Biden\u2019s South Africa Ban as \u2018Travel Apartheid\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-n-denounces-bidens-south-africa-ban-as-travel-apartheid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1077218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/guterres1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday denounced President Joe Biden\u2019s ban on travel from southern Africa, and similar measures hastily imposed by other nations after the Omicron coronavirus outbreak, as \u201ctravel apartheid\u201d \u2013 in other words, racist mistreatment of Africans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/africa\/apartheid\"><span>Apartheid<\/span><\/a><span> was the racially segregated system of government in South Africa brought down in 1991 after years of worldwide activism. Guterres indicated he was fully aware of the incendiary nature of his words when he compared Biden\u2019s policies to apartheid.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat\u2019s unacceptable is to have one part of the world \u2013 one of the most vulnerable parts of the world economy \u2013 condemned to a lockout when they were the ones that revealed the existence of a new variant that, by the way, already existed in other parts of the world, including in Europe, as we know,\u201d Guterres <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202112020084.html\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> reporters Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a very strong appeal that I launch, an appeal to common sense. We have the instruments to have safe travel. Let\u2019s use those instruments to avoid this kind of, allow me to say \u2013 travel apartheid \u2013 which I think is unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden \u2013 who denounced President Donald Trump\u2019s coronavirus-fighting travel bans as unscientific, hysterical, racist, and xenophobic during the 2020 presidential campaign \u2013 swiftly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/26\/joe-biden-enacts-african-travel-ban-despite-calling-racist-xenophobic-2020\/\"><span>imposed<\/span><\/a><span> his own African travel ban on Friday within hours of South African scientists <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/25\/world\/variant-south-africa-covid.html\"><span>identifying<\/span><\/a><span> the new Omicron mutation of the Wuhan coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Biden restricted travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi. Angry South Africans complained their country was not the source of the outbreak, so they were being ostracized and punished for their hard work in identifying the Omicron strain.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, Dutch health officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/omicron-variant-covid-in-europe-netherlands-before-alert-raised\/\"><span>confirmed<\/span><\/a><span> the Omicron variant appears to have been spreading in Europe for a week before the first cases were identified in travelers from South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other southern African leaders <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2021\/11\/30\/africa-fumes-at-omicron-travel-bans-racism-is-a-very-blunt-tool\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the travel bans against their countries were founded in racism or \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/africa\/2021\/11\/29\/malawi-president-brands-biden-coronavirus-travel-ban-afrophobia\/\"><span>Afrophobia<\/span><\/a><span>,\u201d accusing Biden of seeking to distract from the failure of his own policies by using Africans as handy scapegoats. U.N. Secretary-General Guterres\u2019 remarks on Wednesday echoed these criticisms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/director-general\/speeches\/detail\/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---1-december-2021\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on Wednesday it was \u201cdeeply concerning\u201d to see South Africa and Botswana, which also did important work on the Omicron variant, \u201cpenalized by others for doing the right thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBlanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread of Omicron, and they place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It should be noted that several other African nations have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/africa\/2095743\/how-african-countries-are-responding-to-the-omicron-discovery\/\"><span>imposed restrictions<\/span><\/a><span> on travel from South Africa, Botswana, and the other southern African countries listed in the Biden ban, including Morocco, Angola, Rwanda, and Mauritius.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.N. 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