My delegation is also pleased to join in the consensus on the adoption of resolution 67/295, on the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC). South Africa is and has been a steadfast supporter of international criminal justice and the International Criminal Court, and has in the past sponsor…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her progress report and for all the efforts she and her Office have made in the fight against impunity.
South Africa is a State party to the Rome Statute, and as such, we are committed to all the…
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an impressive, monumental achievement of lawmaking. It is therefore not surprising that it has been hailed as a constitution for the oceans and the framework within which all activities in the oceans are to be governed. Its momentous comprehensi…
Allow me to congratulate Judge Peter Tomka on his election as President of the International Court of Justice, as well as to thank him for his statement made last Thursday (see A/67/ PV.29). I also thank the Court for its report (A/67/4). In
addition, I wish to thank all the members of the Court fo…
Allow me to congratulate Mr. Hassan Boubacar Jallow, President Theodor Meron and Mr. John Hocking on their respective appointments as Prosecutor, President and Registrar of the Residual Mechanism. I also wish to thank Judge Vagn Joensen and Mr. Jallow, President and Prosecutor, respectively, of the …
I thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2012/50) and thank the Legal Counsel, Ms. Patricia O’Brien, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, for their briefings.
South Africa remains concerned at the continued incidents of piracy off the…
I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and his team of judges not only for the report, but also for their tireless effort in the promotion of international criminal justice, with the ultimate objective of securing a peaceful worl…
I thank you, Sir, for giving us the floor on the very important topic of oceans and the law of the sea. We wish to thank the Secretary-General for his reports (A/65/69, A/65/69/Add.1 and A/65/69/Add.2). We also thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and wish to express our appre…
At the outset, allow me to associate myself with the statements delivered by the Ambassadors of Egypt and Sierra Leone on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and Group of African States, respectively. We also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Jamaica for his statement on behalf of the L.6…
South Africa is thankful for this opportunity to have an open and honest discussion about the multilateral disarmament agenda and, in particular, for the opportunity to examine the progress that has been made since the adoption of resolution 65/93 on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarm…
I thank you, Madame, for affording us the opportunity to deliver a statement on the report of the International Court of Justice (A/65/4). I also wish to thank the President of the Court, Judge Owada, for his presentation of the Court’s report.
Allow me also to extend our warm congratulations and w…
My delegation wishes thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to participate in this very important debate on the implementation of the note contained in document S/2006/507. We also wish to thank you not only for your work as President of the Council, but also in connection with your work on …
I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Hisashi Owada, for his presentation of the Court’s report (A/64/4). I also extend our warmest congratulations to him on his assumption of the presidency of the Court. At the same time, we congratulate Judge Rosalyn Higg…
I am grateful for the opportunity to take the floor on this very important
topic, that of oceans and the law of the sea. I am also happy to associate myself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Benin, who spoke on behalf of the Group of African States.
This debate gives …
