Your Excellency, Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi, Executive Secretary of SADC, SADC Deputy Executive Secretaries, Distinguished Senior Officials and Experts from...
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South African Statement in explanation of Vote during the resumed Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the draft Resolution on Support for lasting peace in Ukraine, 24 February 2026
24 February 2026
President, Thank you for convening the Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly to consider the draft...
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South African National Statement at the 39th Special Session of the Human Rights Council of the deteriorating Human Rights situation in Iran, 23 January 2026
23 January 2026
Mr President, South Africa reiterates its commitment to multilateralism and stands for the firm adherence to the international rule of...
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Statement by the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations Security Council Meeting on the situation in Venezuela, 5 January 2026
5 January 2026
Mr President, We wish to congratulate the Federal Republic of Somalia for assuming the rotating Presidency of the United Nations...
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Remarks by the State Law Advisor (International Law), Mr Jaymion Hendricks, at the Oral Proceedings on the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organisations and third states in relation to the occupied Palestinian Territory, Part III – Conclusions and Legal Consequences, 29 April 2025
29 April 2025
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Remarks by the Special Adviser to the President of the Republic of South Africa on Legal and International Affairs, Ms Nokukhanya Jele, at the Oral Proceedings on the obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organisations and third states in relation to the occupied Palestinian Territory, Part II – Legal Argument, 29 April 2025
29 April 2025
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Statement by the Republic of South Africa during the United Nations Security Council Briefing on the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, delivered by South Africa Permanent Representative at the United Nations Ambassador Mathu Joyini, 26 January 2025
26 January 2025
Mr President, South Africa wishes to thank you and the members of the United Nations Security Council for convening this...
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Remarks by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, to the media, in Pretoria, South Africa, 11 December 2024
11 December 2024
Honourable Minister and ladies and gentlemen of the media, It is wonderful to be back in South Africa. I thank...
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Statement by Professor Sydney Mufamadi, National Security Advisor of the Republic of South Africa, at the “High-Level Summit on Peace for Ukraine”, Switzerland, 15-16 June 2024
16 June 2024
We thank the Government of Switzerland for the invitation to participate in this dialogue on pathways towards a comprehensive, inclusive,...
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Statement by Ambassador Mathu Joyini, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, at the Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, on the situation in the Middle East, 29 May 2024
29 May 2024
South Africa wishes to thank you and members of the Security Council for giving us an opportunity to address the...
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Budget Speech for 2024, by the Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, to Parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, 21 February 2024
21 February 2024
Madam Speaker, according to two prominent economists, Alberto Alesina and Dani Rodrik, “A crude distinction between economics and politics would...
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Statement by Ambassador Mathu Joyini Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, during the UN General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session on the Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 26-27 October 2023
26 October 2023
Like many here in this hall today we are deeply disturbed by the harrowing images of death, destruction and turmoil...
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Remarks by HE Olusegun Obasanjo, High Representative of the AU Chairperson for the Horn of Africa, on the occasion of the Signing of the Peace Agreement between the Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), Pretoria, South Africa, on 2 November 2022
2 November 2022
Remarks by HE Olusegun Obasanjo, High Representative of the AU Chairperson for the Horn of Africa, on the occasion of...
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