I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States, which aligns its statement with the statement to be delivered by the delegation of Cuba on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Our meeting today takes place at a moment when Africa is one of the regions most affe…
South Africa appreciates the convening of today’s General Assembly debate marking one year since the adoption of resolution 76/262, which established a standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council. While the adoption of that significant resolution contin…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting to discuss the ensuing conflict in the Sudan. I wish to thank the Secretary-General; Ambassador Fatima Mohammed, speaking on behalf of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission; Special Representative of the Secretary-General Volker Pert…
South Africa congratulates the Russian Federation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April.
We welcome the opportunity to participate in today’s open debate on this important matter, which affects the attainment of peace and security in many parts of the wo…
South Africa welcomes the adoption of resolution 77/276, because it highlights the urgency of addressing the global climate change crisis and sends a strong message that all States are required to act to address that collective threat. We would have preferred that the guiding questions to the Intern…
We thank Botswana and Zimbabwe for the work done in steering this process to its conclusion, as well as participating delegations for their invaluable contributions. We associate ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Group of African States.
South …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to discuss the Secretary-General’s report on security sector reform (SSR) and governance (S/2022/280). I thank Assistant Secretary-General Zouev and Commissioner Adoye for their insightful briefings.
The statements delivered at the meeting toda…
Last year, on 2 September (see A/76/PV.98), we introduced resolution 76/301, asking the General Assembly to call for a high- level meeting in New York during the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly. The essential aim of the meeting is to support efforts to find fair and long- lasting solu…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting on the question of Palestine with the aim of promoting the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. This meeting comes at an opportune time, as we observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Pa…
We would like to welcome the convening of today’s debate, which is committed to the objective of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other related matters.
South Africa aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sierra Leon…
We welcome today’s debate on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and I wish to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the Director General of the IAEA, Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, for his presentation of the IAEA’s 2021 report (A/77/308 and A/77/308/ Add.1).
While t…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
South Africa would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting today. We would also to express our gratitude to the co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Gr…
South Africa would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for his presentation of the Council’s annual report to the General Assembly (A/77/53 and A/77/53/Add.1).
South Africa sees the Human Rights Council as an important multilateral forum where the members of the international co…
My delegation welcomes the report of the International Court of Justice (A/77/4), which we have studied with great interest.
We note with deep regret the passing of Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, and we offer our condolences to his loved ones and his beloved country.
We also wish to congr…
We thank the briefers for their insightful briefings this morning. We wish to highlight the following points.
First, we commend the countries of the region for their efforts to advance the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and t…
We thank the Gabonese Republic for convening this important debate. We also thank the briefers for all their valuable contributions this morning.
The ticking time bomb that is the climate crisis we face is certainly one of the most serious threats to our collective security.
South Africa remains f…
We commend the Gabonese Republic for convening today’s meeting. We also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, for their briefings.
As we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the African Union (AU), South …
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. We thank the Secretary- General for the reports he has prepared We will focus our statement on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa, as well as on literacy for life.
Africa’s industrial development suffered a setback because of the negati…
Allow me to join all speakers before me in congratulating the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session on his election and in wishing him well in his role. I also thank the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session for his excellent leadership. Finally, I…
The upcoming general debate of the General Assembly is the first fully open Assembly since the start of the coronavirus disease pandemic. In the context of the need to reaffirm the importance of multilateralism with the United Nations at its core, the general debate is the primary platform to do so.…
