Speaking at the opening of the annual African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last month, Mugabe said the UN’s headquarters in New York should be in a more populous country, such as China, India, or in Africa. 
Akiongea kwenye mkutano wa kila mwaka wa Umoja wa Afrika huko Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, mwezi uliopita, Mugabe alisema makao makuu ya Umoja wa Mataifa uliopo New York yalipaswa yajengwe kwenye nchi zilizo na idadi kubwa zaidi ya watu kama vile China, India au barani Afrika.