We are honoured to deliver this statement under agenda item 40. South Africa would like to associate itself with the statement made by Namibia in the Third Committee under agenda item 103 on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Group.
My delegation welcomes the comprehensive …
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations”, contained in document A/59/303. We hope that this debate will help us in our joint efforts to review our achievements and also inform …
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his two reports on the items we are discussing today, namely, those on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.
My delegati…
First, allow me to associate my delegation with the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77.
My delegation is honoured to address this special commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). We express o…
My delegation appreciates the fact that we are jointly debating two important reports, namely, the report of the Security Council on its work over the past year (A/59/2) and the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of th…
My delegation wishes to extend its congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.
Just last week, an overwhelming number of delegations, participating in the general debate of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, identified the situation in th…
Sir, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. It is particularly gratifying to see a distinguished son of Africa leading this body at such an important session. I wish to pledge the fullest cooperation of South Afric…
First, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of July. I wish to also thank you for inviting the Economic and Social Council Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau to participate in this meeting to discuss the report of the Security Council mission…
South Africa welcomes this open debate and the fact that the Security Council is discussing the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, particularly as it relates to non-State actors. We requested this debate, together with the delegations of Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Swed…
The South African Government has joined the international community in expressing its outrage at and condemnation of the assassination of Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi, the leader of Hamas, in Gaza on Saturday, 17 April 2004. This extrajudicial execution, which stands in direct contravention of internationa…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to lead the Council this month. Thank you for the opportunity to address the Council on the role of business in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post- conflict peace-building.
The debate on the role of business in conflict preventio…
I come before the Assembly to introduce the report of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme that is before it at this meeting.
The date of 31 December 2003 marked the end of South Africa’s term as Chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. We were pleased to hand over the chairing of…
The South African Government has condemned the assassination of Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and of six other Palestinians outside a mosque in Gaza City, Palestine, yesterday. Such extrajudicial
assassinations are in contravention of international law and relevant United N…
I wish to make use of this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and to express our appreciation for the convening of this important open debate on an issue that greatly affects us all. South Africa also wishes to …
On behalf of all countries concerned about malaria, I would like to express my deep appreciation for all the delegations who cooperated in ensuring smooth progress and a positive outcome to the negotiations on the draft resolution before the Assembly today under item 51.
As the Assembly knows, mala…
I have the honour to present draft resolution A/58/L.17/Rev.1, under sub- item (a) of agenda item 39 of the General Assembly, entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support”. The draft resolution is based on the general debate in
the fifty-e…
I apologize, Mr. President, for interrupting your work, which has been running so smoothly.
We need to make a slight correction to operative paragraph 17 of the draft resolution recommended for adoption in paragraph 15 of the report. In the title of the proposed agenda item, the words “the implemen…
I have the honour, as Chairman of the Group of African States for the month of December, to introduce for consideration by the General Assembly the following draft resolutions under sub-item (b) of agenda item 40, entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assist…
I would first just introduce the colleagues I am with here. I think it is important. We have Julia Dolly Joiner of the Commission for Political Affairs of the African Union, who is sitting behind me, representing the African Union. We also have Ambassador Welile Nhlapo, who is one of the deputy head…
Thank you very much, Mr. President, for affording me the honour of once again addressing the Security Council. It has been exactly one year since I was last afforded this privilege, having made a presentation to the Security Council on 4 December last year.
The twentieth summit of the Great Lakes R…
