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Zimbabwe says the policy - known as Operation Murambatsvina [Drive Out Rubbish] - is intended to crack down on black-market trading and other criminal activity in the slum areas.
Hundreds of thousands of homes in the country's shanty towns have been torched and bulldozed in recent months.
The report was compiled by Kofi Annan's special envoy Anna Tibaijuka, an international diplomat from Tanzania, a country with close political links to Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwean government's programme was carried out in "an indiscriminate and unjustified manner, with indifference to human suffering," the report said.
"The scale of suffering is immense, particularly among widows, single mothers, children, orphans, the elderly and disabled persons," it said.
Mr Annan called on the Zimbabwean government to stop the forced evictions and demolitions immediately "and to ensure that those who orchestrated this ill-advised policy are held fully accountable for their actions".
The Zimbabwean opposition says the evictions are meant to punish urban residents, who have rejected Mr Mugabe in favour of the opposition in recent elections.
Pro. Tibaijuka recommended that Zimbabwe should:
Hundreds of thousands of homes in the country's shanty towns have been torched and bulldozed in recent months.
The report was compiled by Kofi Annan's special envoy Anna Tibaijuka, an international diplomat from Tanzania, a country with close political links to Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwean government's programme was carried out in "an indiscriminate and unjustified manner, with indifference to human suffering," the report said.
"The scale of suffering is immense, particularly among widows, single mothers, children, orphans, the elderly and disabled persons," it said.
Mr Annan called on the Zimbabwean government to stop the forced evictions and demolitions immediately "and to ensure that those who orchestrated this ill-advised policy are held fully accountable for their actions".
The Zimbabwean opposition says the evictions are meant to punish urban residents, who have rejected Mr Mugabe in favour of the opposition in recent elections.
Pro. Tibaijuka recommended that Zimbabwe should:
Mr Annan said the UN would urgently seek agreement with Zimbabwe "to mobilise immediate humanitarian assistance on the scale that is required to avert further suffering". He urged the international community to respond "generously".
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