South Africa commends you, Mr. President, and the Republic of Slovenia for the able manner in which you have presided over the Security Council for the month of December and for your principled approach during the entire two-year term that you have served on the Council. We thank Assistant Secretary…
We congratulate Slovenia on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December 2025.
South Africa welcomes this timely debate, which will focus on the leadership role of the Secretary-General during a period of uncertainty and global upheaval, when the multilateral system is under sig…
We wish to once again congratulate the People’s Republic of China on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. We thank Special Representative Bintou Keita and Special Envoy Huang Xia for their important briefings. We acknowledge the presence of the Minister of Forei…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening within just a few days a second meeting on the current tenuous situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The situation on the ground remains dangerously fluid as the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) continues its offensive campaign in North and So…
South Africa wishes to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for convening this meeting to consider, as a matter of urgency, the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre…
South Africa aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Chad on behalf of the Group of African States.
We wish to thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive reports under the agenda item on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063, progress in the …
We would like to thank you, Sir, for providing the United Nations Member States with an opportunity to consider once again the annual report of the Security Council, covering the year 2023.
South Africa believes that the report provided (A/78/2) is in accordance with the obligation under Article 24…
South Africa wishes to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for giving us an opportunity to address the Council at this meeting today. We also thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
The Security Council is convening yet again to discuss the perilous …
The President of the General Assembly has convened debates of this nature following vetoes in the Security Council on six occasions since the 7 October 2023 attacks and the subsequent retaliatory military operations of Israel on Palestinians in Gaza. Six months on, a permanent ceasefire has yet to b…
I thank the President for convening this debate to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza following yet another failed attempt in the Security Council to uphold its mandate.
Today marks the 150th day since 7 October 2023. Since then, about 1,130 Israelis and more than 30,000 Palestinians have been k…
I thank you, Madam President, as well as Algeria and the members of the Security Council, for providing South Africa an opportunity to address the Council at today’s briefing. We thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his b…
South Africa aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative
of Malaysia on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
We join other Member States in thanking the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developmen…
We welcome today’s debate on the report (see A/78/304) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Director General of the IAEA, Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, for his presentation of the IAEA’s report for 2022 and for providing valuable upd…
We recognize the presence of His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.
South Africa aligns itself with the statements delivered on behalf of the Group of African States, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the Group of 77 and China.
We…
Let me start by congratulating the Federative Republic of Brazil on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Allow me to thank the briefers — Mr. Khaled Khiari, Her Excellency Ms. Michelle Bachelet, His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Ms. Josefina Echavarría…
I thank you, Mr. President, for enabling South Africa and other non-members of the Security Council to contribute to the debate on this alarming and abhorrent development in an already tragic conflict that is getting worse by the day. We thank the briefers for the information shared with us.
South …
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting.
South Africa aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Tunisia on behalf of the Group of African States.
We wish to thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive report on international support and progress in t…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting.
South Africa aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
We wish to express our gratitude to the co-facilitators for the political declaration of the
Sustainable Development…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important annual open debate. And we extend our appreciation for the insightful briefing.
Today’s open debate offers yet another opportunity for the Security Council to do a bit of introspection and reflect on its methods of work by delving deeper into…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for organizing this joint debate to take stock of the progress made by the United Nations in advancing peacebuilding and sustaining peace. We are encouraged by the significant achievements of th…
