We, too, welcome Ambassador Dabbashi back to the Council.
South Africa reaffirms the African Union’s efforts to bring a peaceful end to the Libyan crisis. These efforts have always been informed by and directed towards promoting the genuine and legitimate aspirations of the Libyan people. The Afric…
My delegation thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Augustine Mahiga, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/549) and for his update on the political developments, as well as the security and the humanitarian situations, in Somalia. We also welcome the …
South Africa would like to take this opportunity to welcome the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, to the Council. He can be assured of our support. We also wish to pay tribute to former Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zannier for his contributio…
South Africa joins the Secretary-General in condemning in the strongest possible terms the bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja. We express our deep sympathy and condolences to the victims of this heinous crime, to their families, to the people and Government of our sister country Nigeria…
The presence of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in Darfur is crucial, given that its mandate includes, among other things, contributing to the facilitation of the Darfur peace process and the protection of civilians. In that regard, South Africa has contributed t…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Libya.
It has been over four months since the adoption of resolution 1973 (2011) and the start of the military campaign in Libya. We should remind ourselves that the intention of resolution 1973 (2011) …
I thank the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Alain Le Roy, the head of the Office of Military Affairs, Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, and the Force Commanders for their informative statements this morning.
We welcome the Force Commanders who have joined us today in the Co…
We welcome you, Mr. President, to the Council and it is a pleasure to see you presiding over this important meeting. My delegation expresses its appreciation to Special Coordinator Mr. Robert Serry for his briefing to the Council. South Africa associates itself with the statement to be delivered lat…
Allow me to thank Judge Khalida Rachid Khan, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and Judge Patrick Robinson, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for their reports (see S/2011/316 and S/2011/317) and for their leadership of those t…
As Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant indicated, I co-led the Security
Council mission to Kenya. I wish to focus my briefing on the meetings held with the Government of Kenya and with the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union Mission in Somalia (A…
Allow me to add some comments in my national capacity on the work of the three Committees.
With regard to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), South Africa remains firmly convinced that weapons of mass destruction do not guarantee security, but rather detract from it. As lo…
Since January I have had the honour of assuming the chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540. I thank
Ambassador Heller of Mexico for his leadership of the Committee in 2010.
In addition to the information just presented in the joint report, I am very pleased to summarize the…
South Africa would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Zannier for his briefing to the Security Council today. We wish to convey our support to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for the work it has done in Kosovo over the years. We also we…
South Africa welcomes the report by the Senior Advisory Group (see S/2011/85) on the review of international civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict. We welcome the briefings by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Chair of the Senior Advisory Group for the review of international civilian capacity, and by U…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to you and your delegation for organizing this open debate, Mr. President. We also wish to thank Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peaceke…
We, too, join in thanking Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the unfolding situation in Syria, about which South Africa is very concerned. We regret the loss of life in Syria and call on all parties to the conflict to show restraint. We welcome the lifting of the state of emergency, …
On this day, 27 April, 17 years ago, South Africans loudly proclaimed from their rooftops, in the words of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.: “Free at last! Free at last!” This was in celebration of the fulfilment of our right to self-determination and freedom. Nelson Mandela stated that our freedom wou…
South Africa welcomes you, Madame, to the Security Council today. We would like especially to thank your country for its initiative in organizing this very important debate on the situation in Haiti. We salute your leadership in focusing the attention of the international community back on Haiti and…
South Africa remains deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Côte d’Ivoire, a sisterly country that has always been a beacon of stability and prosperity in West Africa and Africa as a whole. South Africa believes that the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African State…
South Africa is deeply concerned about the deteriorating political and humanitarian situation in Libya, which is fast becoming a full-blown civil war. It is our hope that the situation in Libya will be resolved in a peaceful manner, in accordance with the will of the Libyan people. A holistic politi…
