South Africa aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Somalia on behalf of the Group of African States.
We note with concern that HIV/AIDS claimed a life every minute in 2021 and that it remains the fourth leading cause of death in Africa, with sub-Saharan Africa carrying…
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.
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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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
At the outset, South Africa aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s report on the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (A/75/917) and we eagerly await the release of the fourth biennial report on th…
Let me begin by congratulating the Russian Federation on its role as caretaker of the Kimberley Process in 2020 during the challenging circumstances of the coronavirus disease pandemic. We also congratulate Russia on its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in 2021, ably suppor…
At the outset, we thank the Permanent Representatives of Namibia and Afghanistan for presenting today’s draft resolutions A/75/L.32, A/75/L.33, A/75/L.34 and A/75/L.35, and for the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/75/35).
Yesterday we ob…
We associate ourselves with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Djibouti on behalf of the Group of African States. We also thank the Russian Federation for this initiative.
South Africa has a shared, proud history with those forces that gained victory over fascism in order to s…
