Zimbabwe's president is lashing out at Western powers, and accusing them of genocide and mass destruction.
Robert Mugabe also has called for the removal of United States and British sanctions in a speech to the UN General Assembly.
The sanctions, targeting individuals and companies seen to be supporting Mugabe's regime, were tightened after elections this spring that were widely viewed as a sham.
Mugabe is supposed to cede some of the powers he's wielded for nearly three decades in the southern African country, under a power-sharing deal signed earlier this month with his rivals.