Statement by Dr GNM Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa during the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Agenda Item B: Global Governance Reform, 22 February 2024

We welcome His Excellency, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s call, as the G20 President, for the reinvigoration of multilateralism and the reform of global governance institutions. I want to briefly reflect on some of the statements made yesterday and refer to South Africa’s approach to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with regards to Israel’s possible breach of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as a means to illustrate why reform of global governance institutions is so important.