On behalf of the core group of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative, I wish to introduce draft resolution A/76/L.76, on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, which calls for a high-level meeting on this very important topic.
The core group members and main sponsors — Australia,…
Let me begin by thanking the President for convening this joint debate on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. I also want to express our appreciation to Ambassador Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, for presenting the annual report of the fift…
We commend the People’s Republic of China’s presidency for having convened this timely open debate on prioritizing capacity-building and sustaining peace in Africa. Equally, we appreciate the rich insights shared by the briefers — His Excellency Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union (AU) Commissioner fo…
We wish to thank the President for convening this important meeting, whose outcome should, among other things, help
Member States to envision a holistic approach to road safety in order to continue improving the design of roads and vehicles and enhancing relevant laws and law enforcement and the pr…
I want to begin by acknowledging the importance of this annual debate and the provision of the annual report of the Secretary- General, and I thank him for this year’s report (A/76/844), entitled “Responsibility to protect: prioritizing children and young people”. It is also important to applaud the…
At the outset, we congratulate the delegations of Mozambique, Malta, Ecuador, Japan and Switzerland on their election as non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period 2023-2024.
We would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for providing Member States with an opportuni…
South Africa aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Namibia on behalf of the Group of African States.
As we commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, South Africa remains committed to the attainment of universal healt…
South Africa welcomes the opportunity to participate in the debate on agenda item 67 in this important, inclusive forum.
South Africa is concerned by the ongoing tensions on the border between Russia and Ukraine — a situation that, if allowed to further deteriorate, could have regional and global …
I thank the President for convening this plenary meeting on agenda item 39, “Question of Palestine”. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/76/299). South Africa is pleased to support the draft resolution under consideration (A/76/L.14), and we appeal for support for these important d…
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded message of His Excellency Mr. John Jefferey, Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services of the Republic of South Africa.
A pre-recorded video statement was shown in the General Assembly Hall (see annex I and A/76/569/ Add.1).
We welcome today’s debate on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (see A/76/232), which covers a period when the world was experiencing the full extent of the impact and restrictions brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
I wish to express my delegation…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate committed to the objective of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other related matters. We thank Ms. Joanna Wronecka
and Ms. Alya Al-Thani, the Permanent Representatives of Polan…
We associate ourselves with the statement delivered earlier today by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
We welcome the convening of today’s joint debate on a topic essential to upgrading the United Nations. That is in keeping with the commitment made b…
We thank Izumi Nakamitsu, Robert Floyd and Magdalene Wangui Wanyaga for their briefings today.
The Security Council’s convening of today’s open debate to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is timely. Not only does it m…
It is my honour and privilege to introduce the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, to present South Africa’s national address in a pre-recorded statement to the general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.
I am pleased to introduce a statement by President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on this very important occasion.
A pre-recorded video statement was shown in the General Assembly Hall (annex II and see A/76/335).
I express my most heartfelt gratitude for this opportunity. I will provide a brief summary of round table 1, whose theme was “Reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent — where do we stand 20 years after the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action?”
I …
I am delivering this statement on behalf of myself and my co-facilitator, Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes, the Permanent Representative of Portugal.
At the outset, I want to thank you, Mr. President, for entrusting us with the responsibility of serving as co-facilitators and conducting intergover…
South Africa wishes to thank the Permanent Missions of Chad and Costa Rica for the hard work they have put in as they co-facilitated the resolution entitled “Establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent” (resolution 75/314).
South Africa aligns itself with the statement made by…
We associate ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of the Gambia on behalf of the African Group of States. We congratulate Egypt for its able leadership of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2021. We also thank Canada for its statement this
morning as the former Chair of t…
