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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
South Africa would like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov for having convened the second High-level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States. We are also grateful to the facilitators of the review process, through whos…
We would like to thank you, Sir, for reconvening us today to consider the draft oral decision on the rollover process of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representatives of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Co…
We thank the President for providing the United Nations membership with an opportunity to consider this year’s annual report of the Security Council (A/75/2), which covers the 2020 period during which South Africa served as an elected member of the Council. We thank the Permanent Missions of the Nig…
We thank the President for convening this timely meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine. South Africa expresses its gratitude for this initiative to the Niger and Algeria, in their capacity, respectively, as the Chairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperat…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report, entitled “Advancing atrocity prevention: work of the Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect” (A/75/863). I would also like to take this opportunity to commend the Office for its role, contributions and efforts, a…
