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AfricanParliamentandtheEconomic,SocialandCultural
Council.Regarding theoutstandingorgansof theAfrican
Union,SouthAfrica isactively involved inamongstother
things, theprocessof themergerof theAfricanCourton
HumanandPeoples’RightsandtheAfricanCourtofJustice.
SouthAfrica’s Justice Barnard Ngoepe, representing the
SouthernAfricanregioniscurrentlyservinginthebenchof
theAfricanCourtonHumanandPeoples’Rights.
South Africa, whose secondment policy is being
finalised, has demonstrated her commitment towards
the strengthening of the African Union Commission by
secondinganofficialtotheOfficeoftheSpecialRapporteur
ontheRightsofWomeninAfricaattheAfricanCommission
onHumanandPeoples’RightsinBanjul,theGambia.This
isinadditiontothetwoofficialspreviouslysecondedtothe
AUCommission.
Finalisation of AU budget and Implementation of AU Vision, Mission and Strategic Framework
SincetheadoptionofthenewscaleofassessmentinSirte,
Libya, in 2005, SouthAfrica has successfully lobbied for
theadoptionofaconsolidatedbudgetoftheAfricanUnion
whichinitiallycomprisedoftheProgrammeandOperational
budgets.
PresidentThaboMbekiwithdelegatesattendingtheExtraOrdinarySummitoftheSADCHeadsofStateandGovernment,2006(frontrowfromleft)LesothoPrimeMinisterPakalithaMosisili;MalawianPresidentBinguwaMutharika;
(backrowfromleft)NamibianPrimeMinisterNahasAngula;EdwardNgoyaiLowassafromtheTanzanianParliament;MauritianMinisterofForeignAffairs,Trade&Co-operationMadanDulloo;andSADCExecutiveSecretaryDr.TomazAugustoSalomão
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PROGRAMME 2: Foreign Relations
AIM: This programme promotes relations with foreign
countries and facilitates the Department’s participation
in international organisations and institutions, in pursuit
of South Africa’s national values and foreign policy
objectives.Whilealltheobjectivesapplytoallregions,the
emphasismaydifferdependingoncurrentcircumstances
oranticipateddevelopmentsinaparticularregion.
OUTPUTS AND SERVICE DELIVERY TRENDS:
• CONSOLIDATION OF THE AFRICAN AGENDA
STRENGTHENING THE AU AND ITS STRUCTURES
South Africa remains focused on participating in the
African Union processes aimed at operationalisation and
strengtheningtheAUanditsstructures.OftheAUstructures
providedforintheConstitutiveActoftheAfricanUnion,the
following are already operational namely; the Assembly;
the Executive Council; the Permanent Representative
Committee; the AU Committee; the African Union
Commission; the Peace and Security Council; the Pan
Support the Pan Africa Parliament
In keeping with her obligations in terms of the Host
CountryAgreement,SouthAfricahas identifiedasite for
theconstructionofthepermanentseatofthePanAfrican
Parliament.WithrespecttotheParliamentarysessionsand
Committee meetings, South Africa continued to provide
the necessary facilities, including the provision of critical
personnelforthesesessions/meetings.
Engage the African Diaspora
IncompliancewiththeKhartoumdecisionof2006endorsing
South Africa to host the African Diaspora Conference,
SouthAfrica has, in collaboration with theAfrican Union
Commission, developed working papers for the overall
themeandthesub-themestoserveasbasisfortheregional
consultativemeetings.Theregionalconsultativemeetings
willculminateinthe2008AfricanDiasporaConferenceto
behostedbySouthAfrica.
Harmonisation and rationalisation of Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
InpursuanceoftheAUobjectiveontheharmonisationand
rationalisationof theRegionalEconomicCommunities to
enhance the regional integration process, South Africa
participated in theAUprocesses that led to thedecision
thatrecognisedeightRECsandimposedamoratoriumon
therecognitionofnewRECs.
Specialised Technical Committees
ThereportonthestudyonSpecialisedTechnicalCommittees
has since been communicated to member states for
consideration and inputs to facilitate the restructuring and
reconfiguration of the STCs. Pending the finalisation and
adoptionoftherecommendationofthestudyontheSTCs,
sectorialMinisterialmeetings/Conferenceswouldcontinueto
takeplace.SAhashostedanumberofMinisterialmeetings/
ConferencessuchastheAfricanMinistersofEnergyAffairs.
Implement the AU Gender Declaration
IntheimplementationoftheAUGenderDeclaration,South
AfricacontinuestoprovideAnnualActivityReportstothe
AfricanUnionCommissiononthemainstreamingofgender
equity.
Strengthen governance and capacity in the AU
SouthAfrica, as the co-ordinator of the countries of the
region on the Comoros, has contributed immensely
towards thenormalisationof thepolitical situation in that
countryinanefforttoensuretherealisationoftheNational
ReconciliationProcess.Todate,SouthAfricahasledthe
AUTechnicalTeamthatassessedthestateofreadinessof
theComoriansinpreparationforthePresidentialelection
and provided electoral support that contributed greatly
towardsthesuccessoftheMay/June2006election.
Monitor the implementation of migration issues
SouthAfricaactivelyparticipatedintheAUprocessesthat
led to the adoption of the African Common Position on
MigrationandDevelopment
PROMOTE INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SADC AND SACU
During 2006 SADC elevated Regional Integration to the
top of its agenda. During its Summit held in August in
Maseru, Heads of State and Government endorsed four
priority areas that will deepen and enhance integration.
Theseare:
• Politics,defence,peace,andsecurity;
• Tradeandeconomicliberalisation;
• Regionalinfrastructureandservices;
• Specialprogrammesofregionaldimensionsuchas
foodsecurity,HIVandAIDS,andgenderequality.
SouthAfricahassinceestablisheda task teamofsenior
officials from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Industry, and
Treasury toprepareourpositionsand co-ordinateSouth
Africa’s intervention into the integration agenda. The
respective Ministers have also played a prominent role
inMinisterialengagementsassociatedwith thisunfolding
integrationprocess.InOctober2006SouthAfrica,atvery
shortnotice,hostedanextraordinarySADCSummit that
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focussed on Regional Integration. The Heads of State
andGovernment re-iterated theircommitment to regional
integrationandunderscoredtheneedforSADCtoscale-
up the implementation of its integration agenda and that
RISDPandSIPOarethemaininstrumentsforthispurpose.
TheSummitendorsedthetimetablefortheestablishment
ofafreetradeareaby2008,acustomsunionby2010,a
commonmarketby2015,andamonetaryunionby2016.
Following the Extraordinary Summit, President Mbeki
suggested that, within SADC, any programme to promote
greater trade integration in Southern Africa must be
complemented by programmes of sectoral co-operation
focussed on the creation of conditions that will enable
producers to emerge in member states. This will enable
member states to take advantage of the additional market
accessopportunitiesthatregionalintegrationwouldcreate.To
thisend,PresidentMbekiarticulatedthepriorityareaswithin
SADCasfollows:
• Promotionofmacro-economicconvergencearound
agreedindicators;
• Progressintermsofinfrastructuredevelopment
co-operationprogrammes,SpatialDevelopment
Initiativesandsectoralprogrammes;
• Achievementofsomelevelofharmonisationof
industrialdevelopmentstrategiesandcompetition
policies,ascalledforintheSADCTradeProtocol;and,
• ElaborationofadetailedandrealisticActivityMatrix
necessarytocreatetheSADCFreeTradeArea,to
includeprocessestoachievebalanced,mutually
beneficialregionaleconomicintegration.
To strengthen the collective security and stability in the
region,SADCmovedsignificantlytowardstheestablishment
of the SADC Brigade and the Regional Early Warning
Centre.TheSADCBrigadewillbeinauguratedinZambia
duringtheSADCSummitinAugust2007.
The democratisation process in the DRC dominated
SADC’s political agenda. The SADC Organ, under the
leadershipofNamibiaand laterTanzania,galvanised the
region’s efforts and ensured that assistance to the DRC
process topped agenda of all meetings with donors and
foreign governments. The elections were observed by
high-powered delegations from SADC member states.
SouthAfrica spared neither strength nor effort to ensure
thesuccessof theprocessbyrenderingmaterialsupport
andexpertise inavarietyoffields.Furtherdetailson the
involvement of SouthAfrica in the DRC democratisation
processiscontainedinthesectiondiscussingtheAfrican
RenaissanceandInternationalCo-operationFund(ARF).
The Maseru Summit also congratulated Ambassador
Hashim Mbita and his team for thorough preparations
already done and urged them to speedily embark on
theproject itselfwhosepurpose is to record therichand
inspiringhistoryofliberationstrugglesintheregion.Atthe
launchoftheprojectin2004SouthAfricacontributed40%
oftheoverallcosts(US$1.8m).Sincethenthemajorityof
memberstateshavehonouredtheirpledges.
PROMOTE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD)
SouthAfricacontinuestobeamongtheleadingdriversofthe
NEPADprocesscontinentallyandacrosstheworld.Nationally
2006 saw the production of the final draft of the Nepad
Implementation Strategy for SouthAfrica (NISSA) which will
guide all stakeholders in the country on the implementation
of Nepad as well as to ensure integrated mobilisation and
alignmentofresourcesandinstitutions.Thestrategyhasbeen
distributedamongthedifferentsectoralplayersandisexpected
tobefinalisedandadoptedduringthecomingyear.
The Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Country Self-
AssessmentReportandprogrammeofActionwerefinalised
andpresentedtotheCountryReviewTeamundertheleadership
ofProfAdedejiinJulyforhimtocarryouttheCountryReview
Mission.ByDecembertheTeamhadfinalisedandsubmitted
itsCountryReviewReport.TheReportwillbediscussedby
HeadsofStateandGovernmentinJune/JulyinGhana.
With regard to progress on project implementation,
progresshasbeenmadeinanumberofareas.Inthearea
ofinfrastructurefunding,anewmechanismforinstitutional
co-ordination has been developed between the NEPAD
Secretariat,AfricanDevelopmentBankotherstakeholders.
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa has pledged
supportfor11projectsworthUS$750million.
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IntheareaofICT,variousstridesweremadeintheNEPAD
e-Schools Initiative aimed at offering an end-to-end ICT
solutionthatwillconnectallAfricanschoolstotheinternet
and the NEPAD e-schools network. The objective of the
project is to equip all African high schools and primary
schools with ICT facilities such as computers, radio and
television sets, telephones and fax machines, internet
connectionandahostofcommunicationequipment,while
at the same time providing the necessary infrastructure
tosupport theoperationof theequipment.Atpresent the
project reaches 120 schools in 16 African countries i.e.
Algeria,BurkinaFaso,Cameroon,Egypt,Gabon,Ghana,
Kenya,Lesotho,Mauritius,Mozambique,Nigeria,Rwanda,
Senegal,SouthAfricaandUganda.
In theareaofagriculture,SouthAfricaparticipated in the
Food Security Summit held inAbuja in December 2006.
ThisSummitwasa followup to thepreviouslyheldFish
and Fertilizer Summits. The prioritisation of the these
meetings falls in line with the Comprehensive African
AgriculturalDevelopmentProgramme(CAADP) thatcalls
fortherestorationofagriculturalgrowth,foodsecurityand
ruraldevelopmentinAfrica.
OntheissueoftheIntegrationofNEPADintoAUstructures
and processes as articulated in the Maputo Declaration
2003, the AU mandate to finalise the recommendations
was extended by six months at the AU Summit held in
AddisAbaba,Ethiopia inJanuary2007.ADraftJointAU/
NEPADSecretariatProposalonintegrationwaspresented
attheNEPADBrainstormingSummitinAlgiers,Algeriain
March2007.TheJointProposaliscurrentlybeingfinalised
and is expected to be presented to the Heads of State
and Government at the AU Summit in Accra, Ghana in
July2007.TheJointProposal,oncefinalised,will lookat
the Integration of NEPAD Programmes intoAU structure
including the future role, structure and mandate of the
currentNEPADSecretariat.
African Rennaissance and International Co-operation Fund (ARF)
TheAfrican Renaissance and International Co-operation
Fund’s key activities during 2006-07 included ongoing
implementation of several assistance programmes in the
DRC aimed at assisting the Congolese to prepare for
crediblegeneralelectionsinJuneandOctober2006.The
ARFalsoprovidedfundingforprojectsintheComoros,the
Sudan,andWesternSahara.
IntermsoftheSouthernSudanCapacityBuildingProject
withUNISA,theFundhasmadeprovisionforthesecond
phase of the project in the area of Governance and
ServiceDeliverywhichcommencedinJanuary2006and
isongoing.
TheARFalsoprovidedfundinginsupportoftheelections
thatincludeddeployingSouthAfricanelectionobserversto
theDRCforthepre-electionandelections;procurementand
printingofballotpapers;transportationofballotpapersand
fundingfortheIndependentElectionsCommission(IEC).
A number of departments and institutions are currently
involvedinprojectsintheDRC,includingtheIEC,DPLG,
DPSA, SAMDI, DoD, DHA, SAPS, the dti, SARS, DoA,
DoE,DoT,and theDFA.TheDFAhasdevelopedadraft
Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD)
Strategy for the DRC to provide institution building and
human capacity development in the post election period
intheDRC.
SUPPORT PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY AND POST CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INITITIATIVES
AU Peace and Security Council and the UN Security Council
During2006,substantiveandlogisticalsupportwasgiven
for South Africa’s effective participation in the African
UnionPeaceandSecurityCouncil(PSC)andtheAfrican
UnionSummits inJune2006andJanuary2007,andthe
United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Furthermore,
the African Union’s peace and security priorities have
been mainstreamed in South – South Cooperation and
the North- South Dialogue through substantive inputs to
SouthAfrica’sbilateralandmultilateralengagements(e.g.
Joint Commissions, Binational Commission, G8, Nordic
Consultations,China-AfricaPartnerships,etc.).SouthAfrica
successfullyadvocatedthehostingoftheAUContinental
Early Warning System workshop. The AU Summit in
January 2007 adopted the Framework and Roadmap of
the Continental Early Warning System as outlined in the
17-19December2007ContinentalEarlyWarningSystems
workshopinSouthAfrica.
Peace Missions
ThroughmonthlyInterdepartmentalJointTaskTeammeetings
(JTT), the National Office for the Co-ordination of Peace
Missions (NOCPM)hasensuredcoordinatedSouthAfrican
participation in peace missions in DRC (MONUC), Sudan
(AMIS),andBurundi(ONUB).ThroughparticipationinthePSC,
AUSummits,andtheUNSCandotherbilateralengagements,
the Office continued to support the implementation of AU
decisionsandpeaceprocessesintheDRC,Sudan,Somalia,
Chad,CAR,IvoryCoast,Burundi,etc.
Effective technical and logistical support was given to the
South African facilitated Burundi Peace Process, including
the deployment of a DFA official in the Joint Verification
and Monitoring Mechanism in Burundi. Similarly, support
wasgiven toSouthAfrica’sparticipation in the IvoryCoast
InternationalWorkingGroupthatisresponsibleformonitoring
andsupporting the IvoryCoastPeaceProcess.A research
process on best practices and lessons learnt from South
Africa’sparticipationinpeacemissionshasalsocommenced.
Thetermsofreferenceforthestudyhavebeenfinalisedand
theresearchwillbecommissionedtoanappropriateinstitution
withaviewtocompletingthestudyearlyin2008.
Peace Building
Insupportofpeacebuildinganddemocratisationprocesses
in thecontinent,supportwasgiven to theelections in the
DemocraticRepublicofCongoandtheComoros.IntheDRC,
SouthAfricaparticipatedintheSADCtechnicalassessment,
the Constitutional Referendum, and the SADC election
observer mission in the DRC. In line with South Africa’s
responsibility as the Chair of the Countries of the Region
on the Comoros, support was given for the coordination
ofSouthAfrica/AUleadershipandtechnicalsupport tothe
successfulPresidentialelectionsintheComoros.Similarly,
theDepartmentalsoparticipatedinajointAU/SouthAfrica
technicalassessmentmissiontotheComorosinpreparation
fortheIslandsJune2007Presidentialelections.
Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development
In support of AU efforts to find sustainable solutions to
existing conflicts, substantive inputs were made in AU
expertsmeetingsforthedevelopmentoftheAfricanUnion
Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy,
whichwasapprovedbytheAfricanUnionSummitinBanjul
in July 2006. Furthermore, inputs have been given to
the development of the draft SouthAfrican Post Conflict
ReconstructionandDevelopmentStrategywithaparticular
focus on Sudan and the DRC. Inputs were also made
during theUNPeaceBuildingCommission’sdiscussions
onpeacebuildingandreconstructioninBurundi.
• SOUTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION
SouthAfricahasplayedaprominentroleinadvancingthe
developmentagendaoftheSouthbywayofstrengthening
South-South co-operation through active participation
in groupings of the South, such as the Group of 77 and
China(G77)andtheNon-AlignedMovement(NAM).South
Africa’s active participation in forums such as the India
Brazil SouthAfrica Dialogue Forum (IBSA) and the New
AsiaAfricaStrategicPartnership(NAASP)andtheIndian
Ocean RimAssociation for Regional Co-operation (IOR-
ARC)hasalsocontributedtothestrengtheningofSouth-
South co-operation. South Africa continues to champion
the New Partnership forAfrica’s Development (NEPAD),
which provides a platform for underpinning South-South
co-operation on the continent and for the development
of South-South partnerships for the consolidation of the
Africanagenda.
South-South co-operation and support for NEPAD has
advanced, for example as illustrated by the outcomes of
the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP)
SeniorOfficialsMeeting(SOM) inSeptember2006when
AfricanandAsiancountriesfocusedonensuringconcrete
followupandimplementationofprojectproposalsfromthe
AsiaAfricaSummit,heldinIndonesiain2005.
South-South co-operation remains a fundamental
componentof internationalco-operation fordevelopment,
especially in terms of global, regional and country-level
efforts to achieve the international development goals,
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including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
SouthAfrican foreignpolicy thereforeseeks, interalia, to
persuadetheinternationalcommunitytosupporttheefforts
ofdevelopingcountriestoexpandsuchco-operation.
Enhanced South-South co-operation in the fields of
investment, trade and the transfer of technology and
resourcesandthesharingofexperiencesandbestpractices
canplayan important role in creatingabetter life for all
inthedevelopingcountries.Anareathatneedsparticular
focusisco-operationbetweenlandlockedandtransitstates
ineffortstoattractdomesticandforeigndirectinvestment.
Co-operation, rather than counterproductive competition,
canproduceenhancedresultsandgreaterefficiency.
South-South Co-operation is not a replacement for North
SouthCo-operation,but iscomplementary to the latterand
servesasanessentialplatformonwhichanengagementwith
theNorth,forexample,throughsuchforumsastheG-8and
theCommonwealth,couldbeundertakenmoreeffectively.
SouthAfricahasplayedaprominentroleinadvancingthe
developmentagendaoftheSouthbywayofstrengthening
South-South co-operation through active participation in
groupingsoftheSouth,suchastheGroupof77andChina
(G77)andtheNon-AlignedMovement(NAM).SouthAfrica’s
activeparticipationinforumssuchastheIndiaBrazilSouth
Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) and the New Asia Africa
StrategicPartnership(NAASP)hasalsocontributedtothe
strengthening of South-South co-operation. SouthAfrica
continues to champion the New Partnership for Africa’s
Development (NEPAD), which provides a platform for
underpinning South-South co-operation on the continent
and for thedevelopmentofSouth-Southpartnerships for
theconsolidationoftheAfricanagenda.
IBSA: India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum
FollowingSouthAfrica’ssuccessfulparticipationinthe3rd
IBSAMinisterialTrilateralCommissionmeeting inRiode
Janeiro,Brazilfrom28-30March2006,goodprogresshas
been made within the various Sectoral Working groups
withregardtofurtheringthecooperationaimsoftheNew
DelhiPlanofActionandsubsequentjointstatements.
During 2006, South Africa actively promoted increased
cooperationandtheimplementationofjointplansofaction.
Thecountryparticipatedinthreefocalpointmeetingsthat
wereheldinBrazilaspartofthepreparationsforthe1st
IBSASummit thatwasheld inBrasiliaon13September
2006.TheSummitincludedparticipationbySouthAfricain
IBSAacademicandbusinessseminars.
(Fromrighttoleft)PresidentThaboMbeki,PrimeMinisterManmohanSighandPresidentLuladaSilvaattendingtheIBSASummitinBrazil
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AttheSummit,severaltrilateralAgreementsorMemoranda
of Understanding were signed, in addition to the Joint
Declaration on global issues that was released, namely
intheareasofAgriculture,Bio-fuels(energy),Information
Society,TradeFacilitationandMaritimeTransport.TheIBSA
website,designedbySouthAfrica,wasalsosuccessfully
launchedattheSummit.
Within the area of Climate Change, the three IBSA
countriesareworkingcloselytogether,althoughtheyhave
not formally convened a Working Group. An additional
WorkingGrouphasbeenformalisedintheareaofPublic
Administration and others are in the process of being
formalised,forexampleintheareaofCustomsCooperation.
Moreagreementsareinthepipelinetobeconcludedwithin
thenextfinancialyear.
South Africa has embarked upon a strategic approach
towardsengagementwithin theIBSADialogueForumby
successfully convening an inter-departmental workshop
on 29 March 2007 with the aim to arrive at a national
consensusinthisregard.Analyticalbriefingswereprepared
throughout the year to ensure informed participation by
SouthAfricaatSeniorOfficial,MinisterialorHeadofState
levelmeetings.
Oneof the important initiativesemanating fromthe IBSA
Dialogue Forum since 2003 has been the creation of
the IBSA Facility Fund for theAlleviation of Poverty and
Hunger (IBSA Trust Fund), which is administered by
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Thismechanismhelps to fundprojects thatareaimedat
povertyandhungeralleviationinaframeworkofimproved
international co-operation. IBSA Member States each
contribute US $1million on an annual basis to the IBSA
Fund,whichisusedforthereplicableandscalableprojects
for eradicating poverty and hunger in the developing
countries, by providing improved access to education,
health,sanitationandfoodsecurity.
In line with the IBSA Fund objective to help address the
problemofhungerandfoodsecurity,atwo-yearpilotproject
on Agriculture and Livestock Development for Guinea-
Bissau commenced in 2005. The Guinea-Bissau project
contributes towards eradicating extreme poverty and
hunger, demonstrating the value for local communities of
thedevelopmentofaglobalpartnershiptoworktowardsthe
achievement of the MDGs. Another project that has been
funded by the IBSA Fund is the development of a system
for the collection and disposal of solid waste in the district
ofCarrefourFeuilles, inHaiti, asaway to reduceviolence
and conflict. The project has focused on such aspects as
mobilizing the community for the disposal of its waste, the
hiringoflabourerstocleanthestreetsandcanalsofCarrefour
Feuilles,theestablishmentofwastecollectionpointsandthe
establishmentofawastecollectioncircuit(itinerary,timetable,
etc). Several other project proposals are being developed
forconsiderationbytheBoardoftheIBSATrustFund,with
implementationenvisagedoverthenextfewyears.
Duringthe1stIBSASummitinSeptember2006,SouthAfrica
furtheradvancedtheagendaoftheSouthinsupportofthe
operationalisation and the implementation of the Right to
DevelopmentasreflectedinIBSASummitJointDeclaration.
The Legal Office continues to provide legal advice and
assistanceinsupportoftheenhancementofSouth-South
cooperation.Inparticularthisinvolvesprovidingassistance
with regard to the negotiation, scrutiny, approval and
binding of the numerous international agreements that
areconcludedwithcountriesoftheSouth,aswellaslegal
supporttotheIBSASummitheldinSeptember2006,which
resulted in the first 5 agreements under the auspices of
IBSAbeingconcluded.
NAASP: New Asian African Strategic Partnership
The1stNAASPSeniorOfficialsMeeting(SOM)washeld
from1-3September2006 inSouthAfricawith the theme
“Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit: Working towards
ImplementationandDelivery”.TheSOMwaswell-attended
by36Africanand30Asiancountries,9RegionalEconomic
Communitiesand17partnerOrganisations,Observersand
Guestsofthehost.Theeventwassuccessfulespeciallyin
termsoftheadoptionbytheNAASPSOMPlenaryofallfive
reports from the various substance breakaway sessions,
namelythepolitical,economic,socio-cultural,sub-regional
andwomen&youthsessions.Thesereportswillserveas
inputsintotheNAASPMinisterialMeetingthatistobeheld
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inEgyptin2008.Inaddition,theNAASPwebsite,designed
bySouthAfrica,waslaunchedsuccessfullyandtwoSouth
African-designed logo proposals were adopted by the
SOM,asrecommendationstotheMinisterialMeeting.
Duringthediscussions,renewedcommitmentsweremade
toco-operateintheareasofpolitical,economicandsocio-
cultural interaction. Increased cooperation on a regional
and sub-regional level was also promoted, as well as
cooperation on women and youth issues. The basis for
discussionswas theNAASPWorkingDocument (Matrix)
which had been developed subsequent to the Asian
African Summit that took place in Jakarta in 2005. This
documentwasderivedfromstudies thatwerecompleted
inpreparationof theAsianAfricanSummit2005,aswell
asfromstatementsandproposalsthatweremadebythe
HeadsofState/GovernmentatthatSummit.AttheNAASP
SOM,however,participantseithercommittedthemselves
toexistingprojects/programmes from theMatrixor they
proposednewinitiatives.
The Working Document (Matrix) has accordingly been
updatedsincetheSOMtoincorporatenewcommitments
by countries/ organisations taking ownership of projects/
programmesinordertodelivertangibleresults.Proposals
fromthebreakawayreportsshouldthusbetakenforward
by the relevant NAASP stakeholders to concretiseAsia-
Africacooperation.Thechallengeistoensurethatsufficient
progressismadebeforetheNAASPMinisterialMeeting.
TheMinisterialMeetingwillbeheldfrom12to14January
2008inEgypt,togetherwithaNAASPBusinessSummit.
SA and Indonesia, however, will remain the NAASP co-
chairsup to theNAASPSummit that is tobeheld inSA
in2008/9.Theco-chairswillalsofacilitatetheprocessof
nominatingthenextNAASPco-chairs,forrecommendation
to theMinisterialand foradoptionat theSummit. In this
regardSouthAfricahasalreadyheldameetingwithAfrican
Ambassadorson30March2007regardingtheappointment
ofthenextAfricanCo-ChairforNAASP.
South Africa successfully participated at NAASP Senior
Officials Co-Chairs Meeting that was held from 21-22
February 2007 in Jakarta. This Meeting focused on the
upcomingNAASPMinisterial.
The first trilateral consultations between Senior Officials
ofSouthAfrica, IndonesiaandEgypt tookplace inCairo
from25 to26March2007.Themeeting focusedon the
upcomingMinisterial.The second roundof consultations
willtakeplacefrom13to14June2007inCapeTown.
IOR-ARC: Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation
DeputyMinisterAzizPahadrepresentedSouthAfricaatthe
7thMeetingoftheCouncilofMinisters,whilstAmbassador
Matjila, Deputy Director General:Asia & Middle East led
theSeniorOfficialsdelegationtoits9thCommitteeMeeting
from6to9March2007inTehran,Iran.
SouthAfricasuccessfullyparticipated in thediscussions
atall thevarious IOR-ARC fora.SA raised itsconcerns
about the lackofstronger IOR-ARCleadership tomake
progress with the implementation of the projects and
programmesoftheAssociation,especiallyinviewofthe
IOR-ARC’s Tenth Anniversary this year and its future.
In this regard, Deputy Minister Pahad made a strong
pleathattheIOR-ARCmustserveasavehicletowards
producing tangible results that would have a qualitative
impacton itsdevelopmentagenda.Healsourgedother
member countries to consider assisting the Secretariat
logistically and financially to seriously make an impact
onstrengtheningtheoperationsoftheIOR-ARC.SAalso
shareditsviewsontheneedforraisingtheinternational
profile of the IOR-ARC and for reinvigorating the
Association’stremendouspotentialtothecollectivegain
ofallMembersStates.
ItwasrecommendedbytheCommitteeofSeniorOfficials
(CSO) that the Working Group of Heads of Diplomatic
Missions of the IOR-ARC countries based in Pretoria
shoulddiscuss theSpecialFund furtherandensure that
theFundistothebenefitofallandnotonlythecontributing
countries. SA also urged member states to revisit the
functioningoftheworkinggroupsandfindwaystoensure
thattheprojectsproposedbycountriesareimplemented.
A DFA official seconded to the IOR-ARC Secretariat
participatedatthisyear’sMeeting.SouthAfricacommitted
itselfin2006tosecondaDFAofficialtotheSecretariat.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Deputy Minister
Aziz Pahad accompanied President Thabo Mbeki to the
XIVSummitofHeadsofGovernmentof theNon-Aligned
Movement(NAM)hostedinCubaon15and16September
2006.SouthAfrica’s termasmemberof theNAMTroika
ended when Egypt offered to host the NAM Summit in
2009. As a former member of the NAM Troika, South
Africa remainscommitted to theguidingprinciplesof the
NAM, support consensus-seeking, close South-South
co-operation and countering the marginalisation of the
South.MinisterDlaminiZumawillcontinuetoparticipatein
meetingsoftheformerchairsoftheMovementandserve
ontheimportantNAMCommitteeonPalestine.
Amongst other contributions the SouthAfrican delegation
at theXIVSummitmoved forward thepromotionand the
protectionof all human rightsand fundamental freedoms,
in particular the right to development, as a universal and
inalienablerightandasintegralpartofallhumanrightsand
fundamental freedoms. South Africa was instrumental in
advancingtheagendainsupportfortheoperationalisation
and implementation of the right to development. The
delegationfurtherappliedtheinstitutionalknowledgegained
duringitstermasChairofNAMandmemberoftheTroikato
makemajorcontributionstotheupdatingofthedocumenton
NAMmethodology,whichwasrevisedduringtheSummit.
SouthAfricacloselymonitoreddebatesonPalestine,and
other global trouble spots. In respect of the Palestine
issueSouthAfrica remainedactiveandsupportiveof the
Movement’straditionalandlong-standingsolidaritywiththe
Palestinianpeople.AsamemberoftheNAMCommitteeon
Palestine,SouthAfricathussupportedallinitiativesofthe
Movementaimedattherealisationoftheinalienablerights
of thePalestinianpeople, includingtheirright toreturnto
theirhomeland.
SouthAfrica has in particular also continued to use the
NAMforum in furtheranceof theAfricanAgenda, theUN
MillenniumDevelopmentGoals, reformof theUNand its
organsandotherissuesofimportancetoourforeignpolicy.
Thiswasamongstotherspursuedthroughtheworkofthe
NAMCo-ordinationBureau(COB)inNewYorkwherethe
SouthAfricandelegationpursuedtheagendaoftheSouth;
close collaboration between the NAM and the G77 &
China;andongoingdialoguewithinteraliatheEU.Support
wasalsogiventoMinisterDlaminiZuma’sparticipationin
various NAM meetings, amongst others in New York on
the margins of the UN GeneralAssembly’s 61st regular
session.
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZuma(centre),UNSecretary-GeneralBanKiMoon(left)andSouthAfricanAmbassadortotheUNDumisaniKumalo(right)attheceremonialhand-overofthechairmanshipoftheGroupof77fromSouthAfricatoPakistan
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South Africa became a member of the NAM Security
CouncilCaucuswhentakingupanonpermanentseat in
the Security Council in January 2007. South Africa was
subsequently appointed to coordinate the NAM Security
Council Caucus for the period January to March 2007.
SouthAfrica used this position to promote issues of the
South and South-South cooperation, reporting regularly
ontheseactivitiesanddevelopmentsintheUnitedNations
SecurityCounciltotheNAMCoordinatingBureauinNew
York.
Chairship of the G77 and China
Established in1964, theGroupof77andChina (G77)
is the largest coalition of developing countries in the
context of the United Nations. The G77 effectively
provides a high-profile platform for the developing
world to co-ordinate common positions, articulate and
promote its collective economic interests, enhance its
jointnegotiatingcapacityoneconomicissueswithinthe
United Nations system and to promote and strengthen
economicandtechnicalco-operationamongdeveloping
countriesthemselves.
SouthAfrica was elected to Chair the G77 and China in
New York during 2006. The main objective for South
AfricaasChairwas topromote thedevelopmentagenda
oftheSouth.Theprimarymeansofdoingsowasthrough
effective representation of the Group and its interests in
thedifferentdecisionmakingprocessesandnegotiations
thattakeplacewithintheUN.SouthAfricafurthersought
to enhance the standing of the Group as a constructive,
coherentandresponsiblepartnerinpromotingNorth-South
relations,insupportoftheinterestsoftheSouth.
Byall accounts,SouthAfrica’s tenureasChairwasvery
successful and a notable legacy of effective and skilful
leadership of the Group was established, on occasion
evenunderextremepressure, inwhat turnedout tobea
particularlydemandingandchallengingyear.SouthAfrica
had to lead the G77 in dealing with a number of issues
emanating fromthe2005WorldSummitOutcome,which
resultedinmanycontroversialandcomplexreform-related
issuesbeingdealtwithbytheGroup,manyoftheseforthe
firsttime.
Consequently,SouthAfrica’stenureasChairoftheGroupwas
characterizedbyintense,hardandlengthynegotiationswith
thedevelopedcountries,whichresultedinpositiveoutcomes
fordevelopingcountries.Thiswasduetothesolidarityand
collectivespiritoftheMemberStatesoftheGroupof77and
China to articulate and promote its collective interests and
enhancetheGroup’s jointnegotiatingcapacityonallmajor
issues.UnderSouthAfrica’sleadership,theG77andChina
workedforthecreationofanenablinginternationaleconomic
environmentinordertosupportdevelopingcountries’efforts
to achieve sustained economic growth and sustainable
development.TheGroup’ssolidarityandcollectivepositions
throughout 2006 resulted in a greater understanding and
respect fordevelopingcountries’positions, interests,needs
and aspirations on the part of the developed countries.
Thishasplacedinternationaleconomic,financialandsocial
development obligations and commitments firmly on the
UnitedNationsagendaandhasonceagain reinforced the
vitalroleofmultilateralismand,inparticular,theroleoftheUN
systemineconomicandsocialdevelopment.
AsChairoftheG77SouthAfricasucceededinmaintaining
a strong central theme of the need to enhance the
global partnership for development. The necessity of
strengthening internationalobligationsandcommitments,
inparticulardevelopedcountrycommitmentswasstressed
throughout. South Africa also used every opportunity to
stress the urgent need for concerted multilateral action
toachieve the internationallyagreeddevelopmentgoals,
includingtheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals,asameans
towardssolvingeconomicandsocialproblems.
AmajorachievementwaskeepingtheG77unifiedonawide
range of complex and potentially divisive issues thereby
ensuringeffectiveG77participationinthenegotiationson
these issues.During2006 theG77andChinamanaged
to generate new levels of preparedness, cohesion
and solidarity within its ranks, which was a remarkable
achievementinsuchadifficultcontext.
UndertheleadershipofSouthAfrica,theG77andChina
expressed support for a UN reform process towards a
strongerandmoreeffectiveUN,withappropriatepriority
given to development. However, the Group has warned
against and effectively resisted inappropriate types of
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reformthatwoulderodeordiminishtheroleofdeveloping
countriesintheUNortheUN’sroleindevelopment.
As Chair of the G77 South Africa was thus also at the
forefront in thenegotiationson thecontentious issuesof
Secretariat and Management reform. Since the adoption
of the World Summit Outcome Document in September
2005, theGeneralAssemblyhasadoptedsix resolutions
on Secretariat and Management reform measures. Five
oftheresolutionswereadoptedin2006withSouthAfrica
articulating the positions of the Group of 77 and China
based on the mandates that it received from the G77
Ministersat thePutrajayaMinisterialMeeting,aswell as
fromG77MemberStatesinNewYork.
Theresolutionscoveredmeasuresrangingfromprocurement
policiesandresources,humanresourcesmanagementpolicies,
strengthening the oversight structures of the Secretariat,
upgradingtheinformationcommunicationtechnologysystem,
adoptingnewaccountingstandards, increasing the levelof
the Working Capital Fund and granting greater flexibility
to theSecretary-General for theuseof resources.Thefive
resolutions adopted in 2006 set the framework of future
negotiationsonSecretariatandManagementreform.
AnotherareawhereSouthAfrica, in itscapacityasChair
of the G77, articulated the positions of the developing
countries was during the negotiations on the new UN
scale of assessments for the period 2007 - 2009. Much
wasat stakeduring thesenegotiations,most importantly
the financial implications for developing countries. The
favourable outcome results in developing countries in
generalbeingassessedatlowerscales.
SouthAfrica’s position as Chair was strengthened by its
regional and bilateral relationships with the main actors
intheG77,whohelpedtoachieveconsensusonvarious
issues within their respective regional groupings. Such
relationships also helped to maintain support within the
GroupforthespecialneedsofAfrica.
SouthAfricaalsoprovidedeffectiveleadershiptotheGroupin
thelead-uptoandduringthefollowingspecialevents:
• ThenegotiationoftheDevelopmentFollow-up
resolutionandtheECOSOCStrengtheningresolution;
• The14thSessionoftheCommissionon
SustainableDevelopment(CSD-14);
• The44thSessionoftheCommissiononSocial
Development;
• TheSubstantiveSessionoftheEconomicand
SocialCouncil;
• ThePutrajayaSpecialG77MinisterialMeeting;
• TheG77MinisterialMeetingonScienceand
Technology;
• TheHigh-LevelDialogueonInternationalMigration
andDevelopment;
• TheMidtermReviewoftheBrusselsProgramme
ofAction;
• COP8/MOP3oftheUNConventiononBiological
Diversity(CBD)anditsProtocolonBiosafety;
• COP12oftheUNFrameworkConventionon
ClimateChange(UNFCCC);itsKyotoProtocoland
meetingsofitsSubsidiaryBodies.
Obtaining support for the Agenda of the South - The Commonwealth
InDecember2006twoimportantCommonwealthmeetings
werehostedbySouthAfrica.TheSouthAfricanMinisterof
EducationhostedthebiennialmeetingofCommonwealth
MinistersresponsibleforEducation.Theeventwasattended
by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr. Donald
McKinnon.The Department of Justice and Constitutional
Development also held the first sub-regional seminar for
CoastalandLandlockedStates.
In the context of South-South cooperation South Africa
pledged a contribution to the Commonwealth Office for
SmallStatesinNewYork.TheDepartmentalsocontinued
collaborationwithTreasury inrespectof theprogrammes
of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation
(CFTC), the most important development arm of the
Commonwealth.
Cabinet further approved South Africa’s membership to
the Commonwealth Foundation and the Department of
ArtsandCulturewasnamedastheleaddepartment.The
DepartmentofForeignAffairsassistedtheDepartmentof
Arts and Culture with its application and the process of
ratification. Through membership of the Commonwealth
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Foundation South Africa will be ensured of support for
NGO’s, professional associations and cultural activities
at inter-governmental level. The Department of Foreign
Affairs is representedon the Inter-departmentalSteering
CommitteesetupbytheDepartmentofArtsandCulture
to discuss SouthAfrica’s membership, coordination and
participationintheCommonwealthFoundation.
CommonwealthForeignMinistersmeton themarginsof the
61stSessionoftheUNGAandtheMinisterofCommunication,
Dr. Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, attended the Commonwealth
Connects:Internationale-PartnershipSummitinNewDelhiand
theDepartmentofHousingattendedtheCommonwealthHuman
SettlementsmeetinginNairobi.SouthAfricaalsoactivelypartook
inotherministerialmeetings,suchasofMinistersofFinance,
Health,Sport,TourismandJustice.SouthAfricafurther,through
participation in theLondonmeetingsof theCommonwealth’s
Board of Governors and Executive Committee, on which it
serves,remainedaleadingadvocatewithintheCommonwealth
fortheAfricanAgendaandimplementationofthosemandates
giventotheCommonwealthSecretariatbytheMaltaHeadsof
GovernmentMeeting(CHOGM).
South Africa also celebrated Commonwealth Day on
Monday, 12 March 2007.The theme for 2007 was “The
Commonwealth: respecting differences, promoting
understanding”. President Thabo Mbeki delivered a
statement to renew South Africa’s commitment to the
Commonwealth‘s shared values of tolerance, respect,
and equality and to uphold its fundamental principles of
democracy,humanrights,theruleoflawandsustainable
socio-economicdevelopment.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
(CHOGM)willtakeplaceinKampala,Ugandafrom23to
25November2007.ThethemefortheCHOGMKampala
2007is“TransformingCommonwealthSocietiestoAchieve
Political,EconomicandHumanDevelopment”.SouthAfrica
isactivelyinvolvedinassistingtheGovernmentofUganda
withthearrangementsfortheKampalaCHOGM.
• GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY
Multilateralism and the Reform of the United Nations
ThreenotableeventsmarkedtheUnitedNationscalendar
in2006 i) theorganization inducted itseighthSecretary-
General since its inception in 1945, ii) a female Deputy
Secretary-General was appointed and iii) the General
AssemblyinductedafemalePresident.OutgoingSecretary-
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumawithUNSecretary-GeneralBanKiMoonattheUNHeadquaters
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GeneralKofiAnnanhandedoverstewardshipoftheworld
body to his South Korean successor, Mr Ban Ki-Moon.
TheUNmembershipalsogavehimastrongmandate to
continuewiththereformprocessthathaddevelopedsome
momentumunderhispredecessor.Theappointmentofa
female,AfricanDeputySecretary-General,aswellasthe
inductionofafemalePresidentfortheGeneralAssembly
since 1969, also signalled a renewed commitment by
the leadership and membership of the organization to
implementsomeofitsreformobjectives.
SouthAfricahascontinuedtoadditssupport tothereform
process and continues to remain actively engaged on all
fronts in this respect to maintain the momentum that had
begun following the 2005 Summit Outcome. Supportive
ofa1997GeneralAssembly resolution thatestablishedan
AdHocWorkingGroupontheRevitalizationoftheGeneral
Assembly,SouthAfricaremainedengagedasaninterested
member in furthering the objectives of theAd Hoc Group
thatwasmandated to identifyways to furtherenhance the
role, authority, effectiveness and efficiency of the General
Assembly,byreviewingtheagendaandworkingmethodsof
theAssembly.ThereformofECOSOCalsoreceivedattention,
butmoreworkremainstobecompletedinthisregard.
ReviewingtheUN’smandateswasoneofthecommitments
by world leaders in the 2005 World Summit Outcome
document.ReviewingtheUN’smandatesprovedchallenging
throughoutmuchof2006andwasdifficultfortheworking
group to make progress in this area during the 60th GA
session.SouthAfricaremainedengagedintheprocessof
thereviewofmandates,makingspecificcontributiontothe
discussionsthatdecidedontheprocessestobefollowed
inreviewingmandatesinthedifferentorgansandagencies
oftheUN.
In the area of Secretariat and Management reform the
General Assembly has adopted seven resolutions since
theadoptionoftheWorldSummitOutcomeDocument.As
mentionedearlierfiveof the resolutionswereadopted in
2006withSouthAfrica,initscapacityasChairoftheG77,
articulatingthepositionoftheGroupof77andChina.
The 2006 negotiations on Secretariat and Management
reform were contentious with the first resolution inApril
beingadoptedbyvoting,therebydepartingfromatwenty-
year tradition of consensus decision-making in the Fifth
Committee of the General Assembly. Extraneous issues
that bore no relation to the management reform of the
Secretariat but were aimed at shifting the balance of
powertowardsdevelopedcountries(themaincontributors)
complicatedthenegotiations.The2006negotiationswere
alsocomplicatedbythethreatthatasix-monthspendingcap
imposedbymajordevelopingcountriesontheOrganisation
inDecember2005wouldnotbeliftedunlesscertainreform
measureswereadoptedbytheendofJune2006.
Amongthefirstsetof2006reformproposals,theSecretary-
Generalincludedacontentiousproposaltolimitthedecision-
makingofMemberStatesonbudgetaryandadministrative
matters to a “small but representative group” of Member
Statesinsteadoftheentiremembership.TheG77inApril
2006sponsoredaresolutionopposingthisproposal,asit
underminedthesovereignequalityofMemberStatesthat
isenshrinedintheCharteroftheUnitedNations.Themajor
developed countries supported the Secretary-General’s
proposalongovernancearguingthatthoseMemberStates
thatpaymoretowardsthebudgetsof theUnitedNations
shouldhaveabiggersayinitsadministration.
By adopting a resolution inApril/May, which rejected the
proposal on governance and reaffirmed the sovereign
equalityofMemberStates,andbytheliftingthespending
cap in June, Member States for the remaining part of
2006 were able to focus on reform measures that were
aimed at improving the effectiveness of the Secretariat
and enhancing its accountability to Member States. The
GeneralAssemblyconsequentlywasabletoadoptthefive
subsequent resolutions on Secretariat and Management
reformbyconsensusin2006and2007.
Some momentum was also injected into the reform of
theSecurityCouncilprocessbytheincomingPresident
of the GeneralAssembly. SouthAfrica lent its support
tothenewinitiativeoftheUNGAPresidentandactively
participated, initiallyasoneof fewAfricancountries, in
the debate in the GeneralAssembly on the “Question
of Equitable Representation on and increase in the
Membership of the Security Council and other Matters
related to the Security Council”. The new initiative
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provides a focused framework for Member States to
startconsultationsaroundfivekeyissues;
• categoriesofmembership,
• thequestionoftheveto,
• thequestionofregionalrepresentation,
• thesizeofanenlargedSecurityCounciland
• theworkingmethodsoftheSecurityCounciland
therelationshipbetweentheSecurityCounciland
theGeneralAssembly.
SouthAfricasupportedtheappointmentofandmandates
giventothefivefacilitatorschosenbytheUNGAPresident
toconsultonthe“QuestionofEquitableRepresentationon
and increase in the Membership of the Security Council
and other Matters related to the Security Council” and
remainedengagedinthesubsequentdebatesthatfollowed
theprocess.Whilstthisremainsworkinprogress,SAwill
contribute to thisdynamicprocessandconstantlyreview
theprogressmadeinthisregard,withspecificreferenceto
theAfricaCommonPositiononSecurityCouncilreform.
As Chair of the G77 and China, SouthAfrica managed
to obtain consensus on Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) reform for the first time within the Group,
maintaining a strong collective position in the Group
throughout the negotiations on the resolution on the
strengtheningofECOSOC.Thesenegotiationscontinued
foralmostafullyear.TheGroup’spositionwasmaintained
throughoutand formed themajorpartof thefinal textof
the resolution. The resolution was negotiated by South
AfricainaccordancewiththeGroup’spositionofensuring
that the mandate from world leaders was adhered to in
accordance with the World Summit Outcome, with the
High-levelSegmentofECOSOCbeingstrengthenedwith
thecreationofabiennialDevelopmentCooperationForum
(DCF)andanAnnualMinisterialReview(AMR).
This resulted in the G77 and China ensuring that the
currentsegmentstructureofECOSOCwasmaintained.
The G77 succeeded in maintaining ECOSOC’s role as
the central mechanism for system wide coordination in
promotingtheintegratedandcoordinatedimplementation
of, and follow-up to, the outcomes of the major UN
conferences in the economic, social and related fields
andastheprincipalCharterbodyforcoordination,policy
review,policydialogueandrecommendationson issues
ofeconomicandsocialdevelopment.
The negotiations on the resolution on strengthening
ECOSOC were extremely difficult due to different
interpretationsoftheroleandstatusofECOSOCintheUN
system. The developed countries position was that new
functionsoftheDCFandAMRmustbefocusedonnational
policiesofdevelopingcountriesonlyandthatdevelopment
cooperation in the DCF only be related to ODA in the
contextoftheParisDeclarationonAidEffectiveness.
DevelopedcountriesalsomaintainedthattheAMRshould
only focusondevelopingcountriesnationaldevelopment
strategies.SouthAfrica,asChairof theG77andChina,
ensured that the international context was included in
the final resolution in that the DCF would identify gaps,
review trends and progress and give policy guidance
and recommendations,with themainobjectivebeing the
enhancement of the implementation of internationally
agreeddevelopmentcooperationandtheissuesaffecting
the realization of the internationally agreed development
goals,includingtheMDGs.
As a result of South Africa’s efforts in the negotiations,
the DCF will undertake regular and periodic reviews and
assessments of international economic and development
policies, and their impact on development. This is a vital
elementwhichwillenableECOSOCtoplayamajorrolein
theefficientuseofmonitoringandfollow-upmechanismsto
ensurethatcommitmentsandactionsofdevelopedcountries
willbeeffectivelyimplementedinthecontextofinternational
economicanddevelopmentpoliciesandcooperation.
The G77 also succeeded in ensuring that the AMR will
reviewprogressandimplementationbymeansofacross-
sectoralapproach,focusingonthematicissuescommonto
theoutcomesofthemajorUNConferencesandSummits
in the economic, social and related fields, as well as to
assess the achievement of the goals and targets of the
ConferencesandSummits.Thedevelopedcountryposition
that the AMR should review progress using a cluster
approach concentrating on developing country national
developmentstrategiesandconditionality issuessuchas
goodgovernanceetcwasthereforenotsuccessful.
The UN continues to remain the sole international
organization towhichMemberStates fromall regionsof
the world turn to for multilateral solutions in the context
of suspicion and mistrust that characterizes the current
global order. Whilst having to address these challenges
and having registered notable gains and successes in
some areas, other challenges still remain. Those issues
thatworldleaderscouldnotagreeoninthe2005Summit
still remain and in this regard, non-proliferation and
disarmament issuesand theneed for a justicableglobal
traderegimearefarfromconclusion.Itthereforebecomes
crucial andurgent for theUN tobeempowered to carry
outthesemandatesinafairandequitablemanner.South
Africa will remain committed to contribute and assist in
achievingthesecommendableoutcomes.
Administrative and Budgetary
South Africa also played a prominent role in United
Nationsadministrativeandbudgetarynegotiationsduring
2006,havingservedontheBureauoftheAdministrative
andBudgetaryCommittee(FifthCommittee)ofthe60th
Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA60) until
September2006andontheCommitteeforProgramme
andCoordinationforthefirstyearofasecondthreeyear
term.
Through active participation in the UN’s budgetary and
programmatic processes South Africa promoted its own
nationalinterestsaswellasthoseoftheContinent.South
AfricacoordinatedotherAfricandelegationsinthedebates
on the United Nations system-wide support for NEPAD
inorder toensure that, to the fullestextentpossible, the
UNsystemsupports theprogramme.Otherpriorityareas
onwhichSouthAfrica focusedthrough itsparticipation in
programmatic and budgetary negotiations included the
funding of UN structures and programmes that focus on
the economic and social development of Africa, the UN
Settlementsprogramme(HABITAT),theco-ordinationrole
of theUNChiefExecutivesBoard,especially in termsof
theattainmentof theMillenniumDevelopmentGoalsand
UN support for NEPAD, as well as sufficient funding for
peacekeepingoperationsontheContinent.
SouthAfrica, in itscapacityasChairof theG77 in2006,
spearheaded negotiations in the Fifth Committee and
GeneralAssemblyontheelementsofthemethodologyto
beusedtocalculatethescalesofassessmentforregular
contributions to the expenses of United Nations for the
period1January2007to31December2009.Itisestimated
toamount toUSD7billion in2007andUSD8billion in
2008.SouthAfrica’srateofassessmentwasreducedfrom
0.305%to0.290%.
PresidentThaboMbekiaddressingthe61stSessionoftheUNGeneralAssembly,NewYork,2006
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Developing countries in general received a reduction
in regular budget assessments amounting to almost $9
millionannually.Inaddition,developingcountriesoverthe
next three years will pay less towards the peacekeeping
budget,whichhasincreasedin2006tomorethanUSD5
billionannually,andthecostoftheUSD1.88billionproject
torefurbishtheUNHeadquarters.
TheGeneralAssemblyon22December2006adoptedthe
FifthCommitteeresolutionauthorising theCapitalMaster
Plan(CMP)fortherefurbishmentoftheageingandunsafe
United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York. The
historicresolutionapprovedabudgetof$1.88billionforthe
project,which isscheduled tobecompletedby2014,as
wellastheestablishmentofa$45millionWorkingCapital
Reserve Fund and an internationally syndicated letter of
credit facility for the duration of the construction project.
MemberState’scontributionswillbecalculatedbasedon
thenewassessmentscales.
Theresolutionisconsideredasoneofthesuccessesofthe
61stsessionoftheGeneralAssembly,bybriningtoaclose,
negotiationsthathavebeenongoingforsixyears.Secretary-
GeneralKofiAnnanatthestartofthe61stsessionidentified
thisasoneofthemostimportantitemsthathewouldseekto
resolvebeforetheendofhisterminoffice.Hevieweditas
animportantpartofhislegacyandcontributiontoimproving
theworkingconditionsofthestaffoftheUNSecretariat.
South Africa also worked closely with other developing
countriestoensurethatmultilateralismisenhancedthrough
properprogrammaticguidanceto theUNSecretariatand
adequate and equitable allocation of resources for the
implementationofinternationalsecurityanddevelopmental
goalsrespectively.
The Middle East Peace Process
The 60 year old Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains the
principaldisputeintheMiddleEastandthefocusofongoing
worldattention.Thepeaceful resolutionof this conflict is
oftenmentioned, rightlyorwrongly,asaprecondition for
theendingofalmostallotherconflictsor tensions in the
region.The conflict is also amajor source of contention
betweentheArabworldandtheWest.
The international community, through the relevant UN
Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, is
committedtoaviabletwo-statesolution,whichenvisages
theestablishmentofaPalestinianstateintheGazacoastal
enclaveandtheseparate Israeli-occupiedWestBank(of
theJordanRiver).Mostpublicopinionpollsoverthelastfew
yearsinbothIsraelandthePalestinianterritoriesindicate
thataclearmajorityofIsraelisandPalestinianalikearein
favourofanegotiatedsolutiontoachievethisobjective.
Theprincipalissuestobenegotiatedareborders;thestatus
ofdividedJerusalem-atpresentcompletelyoccupiedby
Israel-thereturnofPalestinianrefugeestoIsraelproper;
andthepresenceofIsraelisettlementsintheWestBank,
consideredtobeillegalbytheinternationalcommunity.
TheSouthAfricanGovernmentremainsstronglycommitted
tosupportinginternationaleffortsaimedatbringingabout
theestablishmentofaviablePalestinianState,existingside
bysideinpeacewithIsraelwithinsecureandinternationally
recognisedborders.
During the financial year under review, theefforts of the
SouthAfricanGovernment toachievethisobjectivewere
severely hampered by internal political developments in
bothPalestineandIsrael, inter aliaduetoamajorwarin
theregion.Thelattercoincidedwithaseriousconfrontation
betweenIsraelandmilitantPalestiniansinGaza,involving
air strikes by the former and rocket attacks plus the
kidnappingofanIsraelsoldierbythelatter.
InPalestine,theformationofaHamasGovernmentfollowing
the decisive electoral victory of the militant Palestinian
movementintheJanuary2006legislativeelectionsresulted
inaboycottby theso-calledQuartet (theEuropeanUnion,
Russia, the United Nations and the United States) of
engagement with that Government, as well as economic
sanctions.ThiswasduetotheHamasGovernment’srefusalto
complywiththeQuartetrequirementsofrenouncingviolence,
recognisingIsraelandabidingbyinternationalagreementsof
previousPalestinianGovernments.
In addition, the subsequent attempts by Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas to form a government of
national unity, which would include members of his own
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Fatahparty,flounderedthroughoutthesecondhalfof2006
and only succeeded in February 2007 when the Saudi
Government brought together Fatah and Hamas leaders
in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in SaudiArabia, which
resulted inanagreementon theestablishmentofsucha
government.
In Israel, public support for the centre-left coalition
governmentofPrimeMinisterOlmertdroppedsubstantially
following the military stand-off during the (northern
hemisphere) summer war of July/August 2006, between
IsraelandthemilitantLebanesemovementHezbullah.
As a result, the absence of strong governments with
widespread public support in both Israel and Palestine
meant that the SA Government was unable to continue
engaging with them effectively within the framework of
the Presidential Spier Initiative. This initiative, started by
Pres.Mbekiin2002,isaimedatsharingtheSouthAfrican
negotiating experience of the early 1990’s with Israelis
and Palestinians alike, in order to contribute to creating
aclimateconducivetoanearlyresumptionoffinalstatus
negotiationsbetweenthetwoparties.
Throughout the period under review, the South African
Government continued to strongly condemn Israeli
actionsagainstthePalestinianpopulation,suchasextra-
judicial killings, collective punishment and the deliberate
destructionofPalestinianinfrastructure.Atthesametime,
it condemned all acts of Palestinian violence, including
rocketattacks,againstIsraelicivilians.
It was envisaged that the establishment of a Palestinian
national unity government, involving both Fatah and
Hamas,inFebruary2007wouldenabletheSouthAfrican
Government to engage both the Palestinian and Israeli
Governments in the context of the Presidential Spier
process to assist international efforts to move the peace
processforward.
Despite the formation of a constitutional, democratically
electedgovernmentinIraqinMay2006–thefirstsincethe
overthrowoftheregimeofformerdictatorSadamHussein
in March 2003 - sectarian violence between the Shia
majorityandSunniminorityMuslimcommunitiesescalated
alarmingly during the year under review, resulting, on
average,insome100deathsaday.
ThisescalationpromptedU.S.PresidentBushtoannounce
the sending of an additional number of US troops,
exceeding21000,toIraqduring2007.Atthesametime,
the British government announced the start of a British
troopwithdrawalfromtheSouthofIraq.
TheongoingviolenceinIraqpreventedtheSouthAfrican
Government from proceeding with the establishment of
a residential diplomatic Mission in Baghdad during the
periodunderreview.Assuch,theGovernmentwasunable
to effectively engage the three major communities in
the country, namely the Shias, Sunnis and Kurds, in the
contextofsharingSouthAfrica’sownexperienceofnational
reconciliation.
It is however the intention to examine during the 2007/8
financialyearwaysinwhichSouthAfricacanfurtherbuildon
initialstepstakeninMarch2006whenvariousinfluentialrole
playersinthiscountry’sprocessofnationalreconciliation,
metwithavisitingIraqiparliamentarydelegation.
Terrorism
The Department continued to co-ordinate all actions
requiredensuringthatSouthAfricafullycompliedwithUN
SecurityCouncilresolutionsonsanctionsregimesinterms
ofnationalpolicy.InthisregardtheDepartmentcontinued
tointeractwiththeUNSecurityCouncilandotherrelevant
entities to facilitate the implementationofall the relevant
measurespursuanttotheSecurityCouncilresolutions.As
anon-permanentmemberof theUnitedNationsSecurity
Council for the period 2007 and 2008, SouthAfrica has
automaticmembershipoftheSecurityCouncil’ssubsidiary
bodies dealing with terrorism and actively participates in
theworkofthesebodies.
The Department is the Chair of the Inter-Departmental
Counter-Terrorism Working Group. This Group meets
monthlytoco-ordinateSouthAfrica’seffortsoncounter-
terrorism related to the implementation of the relevant
resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. It
alsooverseesthecompilationofSouthAfrica’snational
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reports on the implementation of the relevant Security
Councilresolution1373.
All the National Reports submitted by South Africa on
the implementation of the Security Council resolutions
onterrorismhavebeenpostedontheUNwebsite(www.
un.org) together with those submitted by other Member
States.SouthAfricaremainscommittedto thecombating
ofinternationalterrorismwithintheframeworkoftheUnited
Nations and will continue to contribute to the efforts of
regionalandothermultilateralorganisationsinthisregard
(e.g.theAU,SADC,NAMandtheCommonwealth).
Disarmament and Non-proliferation
In pursuance of its strategic objectives in the area of
weaponsofmassdestructionand theirdeliverysystems,
aswellasconventionalweapons,SouthAfricacontinuedto
playanactiveroleintherelevantmultilateraldisarmament
andnon-proliferationforaduringthepastyear.
Someof themajorhighlights forSouthAfrica in2006/07
includeditselectionasChairofthe50thRegularSession
oftheInternationalAtomicEnergyAgency’s(IAEA)General
Conference,itselectionasPresidentoftheConferenceon
Disarmament(CD)anditsnominationasChairtheNuclear
SuppliersGroup(NSG)fortheperiod2007/08.
Intheareaofnucleardisarmamentandnon-proliferation,
South Africa participated actively in meetings of the
InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency, including theannual
General Conference of the IAEA, the IAEA Board of
Governors meetings and the various technical meetings.
ThemostimportantissuesconsideredbytheIAEABoard
duringthereportingperiodincludedtheimplementationof
NuclearNon-ProliferationTreaty (NPT)safeguards in the
Islamic Republic of Iran and in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK). Other important activities
included new proposals related to the nuclear fuel cycle
andtheIAEA’stechnicalco-operationprogramme.
During September 2006, following the nomination of
South Africa by the African Group to preside over the
50thRegularSessionof the IAEA’sGeneralConference,
AmbassadorAbdulSamadMintywaselectedasPresident
of theConference.TheSouthAfricandelegationwas led
by the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Ms BP Sonjica.
Theissueofreliableaccesstonuclearfuelcyclewasthe
subjectofintensediscussionsduringaSpecialEventheld
in themarginsof the50thRegularSession.SouthAfrica
activelyparticipatedinthesediscussionsandemphasised
theimportanceoffullparticipationbyallinterestedparties
inanysuchproposedsupplyarrangements,aswellasthe
needtorespecttherightofStates,infullcompliancewith
theirobligationsundertheNPT,thatmaydecidetopursue
domesticfuelcycleactivities.
Relevant South African nuclear experts participated in
various IAEA technical meetings and expert meetings in
2006/07thatholdpotentialbenefitsfornotonlythenuclear
industryinSouthAfrica,butalsoforacceleratedeconomic
growthontheAfricancontinent inthecontextofNEPAD.
SouthAfricaalsohostedanumberofmeetingsandtraining
coursesduringthelastyear.Inaddition,SouthAfricaalso
hostedvariousinspectionvisitsundertakenbytheIAEAin
accordancewithSouthAfrica’sSafeguardsAgreementand
theAdditionalProtocolwiththeAgency.
In the context of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban
Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), South Africa continued
its active participation in the work of the Preparatory
Commission,which includedaSpecialSession following
the reported nuclear test conducted by the Democratic
Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the chairing by
SouthAfricaoftheGroupof77andChina’sTaskForceon
CTBTmatters.
On15November2006,theDirector-General,Dr.ANtsaluba
deposited South Africa’s Instrument of Accession to the
JointConventionontheSafetyofSpentFuelManagement
andontheSafetyofRadioactiveWasteManagementwith
theIAEADirector-General,Dr.MohamedElBaradei.
SouthAfricasuccessfullyparticipatedinthe2006meetings
oftheBiologicalandToxinsWeaponsConvention(BTWC).
These included the Sixth Review Conference of the
Convention,whichwasprecededbyapreparatorymeeting.
TheReviewConferenceof theBTWCpresentedthefirst
opportunityforStatesPartiestotheConventiontoconduct
athorougharticlebyarticlereviewoftheConvention.The
reviewwassuccessfullycompletedandanintersessional
programmeofmeetingswasadoptedfortheperiodleading
uptotheSeventhReviewConferencein2011.
SouthAfricaactivelyparticipatedintheConferenceofStates
PartiesoftheChemicalWeaponsConvention(CWC),during
December2006.SouthAfrica’sPermanentRepresentative
totheOrganisationfortheProhibitionofChemicalWeapons
(OPCW)servedasChairpersonoftheExecutiveCommittee
oftheOPCWfromMay2006toMay2007.TheExecutive
Committee, in co-operation with the OPCW Secretariat is
responsibleforthedaytodaymanagementoftheOPCW.
South Africa also successfully hosted its second annual
courseonPhysicalProtectionagainstChemicalattacksor
AccidentsforAfricanStatesPartiestotheCWC.Inaddition
SouthAfrica hosted several inspections by the OPCW of
chemicalfacilitiesinthecountry.
SouthAfricacontinuedtoparticipateintheworkofsupplier
regimes such as Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the
Zangger Committee Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) and
theMissileTechnologyControlRegime(MTCR).
AmbassadorSGNeneledtheSouthAfricandelegationto
theJune/July2006UnitedNations“ConferencetoReview
ProgressmadeintheImplementationoftheProgrammeof
ActiontoPrevent,CombatandEradicatetheIllicitTradein
SmallArmsandLightWeaponsinAll ItsAspects”.Inthis
regard,SouthAfricawasdisappointedthattheconference
wasnotabletoconcludeanoutcomedocument,primarily
due to differences amongst States on what the review
should have entailed. South Africa’s participation in this
conference was guided by its general policies on small
armsand lightweapons,aswellas theAfricanCommon
PositionfortheReviewConference.
Following this conference, South Africa drafted and co-
ordinated the finalisation with all Member States of the
annual UN General Assembly draft resolution entitled,
“The illicit trade in small armsand lightweapons inall its
aspects”.SouthAfrica then introduced thedraft resolution
duringtheOctober2006FirstCommittee(Disarmamentand
InternationalSecurity)sessionoftheGeneralAssembly.The
resolutionmapsoutcertainfutureactionsthatMemberStates
undertaketoimplement,suchasthoseontheinternational
instrument to mark and trace illicit small arms and light
weapons,illicitbrokeringandfurtherstipulatesthatthenext
biennialmeetingofStatestoconsidertheimplementationof
theProgrammeofActionshouldbeheldnolaterthan2008.
South Africa continued to participate in conventional
weapons treaty regimes deliberations, such as theThird
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumaandAmbassadorDumisaniKumaloduringthefirsttimemeetingwiththenewUNSecretary-GeneralBanKiMoonattheUNHeadquaters,NewYork
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Review Conference of High Contracting Parties to the
CertainConventionalWeaponsConvention(CCW)andin
meetingsofStatesPartiestotheAnti-PersonnelMineBan
Treaty.SouthAfricahadproposedacompliancemechanism
for the CCW some years ago, one of three compliance
proposalsput forwardat the timeandcontinued towork
actively with other High Contracting Parties towards the
adoptionofadecisionduringtheNovember2006Review
Conferenceonthemodalitiesofdealingwithquestionsthat
mayinfuturearisebetweenoramongstHighContracting
PartiesrelatingtocompliancewiththeCCW.
United Nations Security Council
On 16 October 2006, South Africa was elected by the
MemberStatesof theUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly
intotheSecurityCouncilasanon-permanentmemberfor
theperiod1January2007 to31December2008.South
Africa’scandidaturehadpreviouslybeenendorsedbythe
AfricanUnion.
InpreparationforitsparticipationintheUNSC,aworkshop
involvingtheMinisterandtheDeputyMinistersofForeign
Affairs, the Directors-General of NICOC and the GCIS,
representatives of the Presidency, the Department of
Foreign Affair’s top-management and South Africa’s
AmbassadorstotheUNandkeycountrieswasheldon24
and25August2006toprepareforSouthAfrica’sterminthe
SecurityCouncil.Theworkshopaddressedbothstrategic/
political and organisational/administrative issues and
approved suggestions on the decision-making structures
andinformationsystemsthatwouldberequiredtosupport
thedelegationinNewYork.Oneofthekeysuccessesofthe
workshopwasthatitbroughttogethertherelevantbilateral
andmultilateraldesksandmissions,aswell assomeof
theotherrelevantdepartments.Itunderscoredtheshared
commitment to thetermin theSecurityCouncil,which is
anationalproject. In itspreparations for theCouncil, the
Department also embarked on consultative visits to the
capitalsofthemembersoftheCouncilalsoincludingthe
AfricanUnionCommission.
The preparations by the Department for the Council seat
madeitpossibleforSouthAfricatoentertheCouncilwitha
clearunderstandingonhowtoengagewiththecomplexities
ofmembershipoftheCouncil.Atthesametimeitwasclear
thattherewereexpectationsraisedregardingmembership
ofSouthAfricatotheCouncil.AsanAfricancountrySouth
Africa faced the taskofplayinga role in thepromotionof
Africaninterestswhileatthesametimebeingcognizantthat
membershipoftheCouncildemandedthatequalattentionbe
giventoallmattersthatareintheagendaoftheCouncil.
On 1 March 2007, South Africa assumed the rotating
PresidencyoftheUNSCforthemonthofMarch.Duringthe
monthlongSouthAfricanPresidencytheSecurityCouncilheld
18meetings,adoptedfiveresolutionsand fourPresidential
statementsandheldtwoopendebates.Thetwoopendebates
SouthAfricapresidedoverintheCouncilwason‘Womenand
Peacekeeping’ tomark InternationalWomen’s’Dayandan
opendebateatMinisteriallevelonthe“Relationshipbetween
theUnitedNationsandregionalorganisationsinthecontext
ofChapterVIIIoftheUNCharter.
AsmostmattersthatareintheagendaoftheCouncilare
Africanissues,SouthAfricaplayedaleadingroleinworking
with other members of the Council in seeking solutions
to these conflicts. The negotiations of the resolutions
provided an opportunity for South Africa to consult with
theaffectedStatesandotherAfricanactorswithaviewto
bringinganAfricaninputintheresolutionoftheconflicts.
ThisalsoaffordedSouthAfricatheopportunity tohavea
directinputonthedecisionsoftheCouncil.However,there
havebeenchallengesindealingwithsomeofthematters
on the agenda of the Council where perceptions rather
thanfactstookthecentrestageonsomeoftheissues.The
SouthAfricandelegationwillcontinuewiththeseactivities
throughoutitsincumbencyasanon-permanentmemberof
theSecurityCouncil,whichwillendinDecember2008.
Peace Building Commission
The Peace Building Commission (PBC) is an
“intergovernmentaladvisorybody”establishedin2005by
concurrent resolutions of both the Security Council and
theGeneralAssemblytoprovideadviceonpeacebuilding
strategies and to serve as a forum for coordination and
exchange of views among major stakeholders, donors
and countries with experience in peace building. South
Africa has taken over membership of the Commission
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fromTanzaniawhich togetherwithDenmarkwasthefirst
non-permanent members of the Council to be elected to
thePBC.AtpresentBurundiandSierraLeonearethefirst
countriesthatarebeingconsideredbythePBC.
Transnational Organised Crime
TheDepartmentfacilitatedSouthAfricanparticipationinthe
15thsessionoftheCommissiononCrimePreventionwhich
tookplace inVienna inApril 2006, the49thsessionof the
UNCommissiononNarcoticDrugswhichtookplaceinMarch
2006inVienna,andthe61stsessionoftheUNGAwhichtook
placeinNewYorkfromSeptembertoDecember2006.
In October 2006 South Africa participated in the Third
Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
CrimeanditsthreeSupplementaryProtocols,namelythe
ProtocolagainsttheSmugglingofMigrantsbyLand,Airand
Sea,supplementingtheUnitedNationsConventionagainst
Transnational Organized Crime; the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; the
ProtocolagainsttheIllicitManufacturingofandTrafficking
inFirearms,theirPartsandComponentsandAmmunition
supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational
OrganizedCrime–allheldinVienna.
The South African delegation participated in debates on
further implementationoftheConventionanditsProtocols
and adopted decisions on the review of the Convention,
implementationoftheConventionandtechnicalassistance.
SouthAfricaalso tookpart in the firstConferenceof the
PartiesoftheUnitedNationsConventionagainstCorruption
inAmman,JordaninDecember2006.TheDepartmentof
ForeignAffairsassistedtheDepartmentofPublicService
andAdministrationwithitsparticipationinthisforum.
Kimberley process
TheKimberleyProcessCertificationScheme(KPCS)isa
voluntarycertificationschemewhichseekstostemtheflow
ofroughdiamondsusedbyrebelstofinancearmedconflict
aimedatoverthrowinglegitimateGovernmentsandprotect
thelegitimatediamondtrade.TheKPCSforumcomprises
all major diamond producing, trading and processing
countries,thediamondindustryandcivilsociety.
TheDepartmentactivelyparticipatedintheWorkingGroup
onMonitoringandtheParticipationCommitteeoftheKPCS.
DeputyMinisterSuevanderMerwehandingoveradonationtotheIndonesianAmbassadorSugengRahardjopledgingSouthAfrica’shelpaftertheearthquakeinIndonesia
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During 2006, the Department also played a prominent
roleon theAdHocWorkingGroupon theReviewof the
KPCS,whichhassincefulfilleditsmandatebyproducing
a report and recommendations for the strengthening
of the international implementation of the KPCS. This
reportwasfinalizedandadoptedby theNovember2006
GaboronePlenaryandpreparationsfortheimplementation
of the wide-ranging recommendations contained therein
have already begun. One of the Department’s primary
objectivesinmonitoringtheKPCSandparticipatinginthe
businessofKPCSstandingandadhocbodiesistosupport
Government’seffortstoensurethatthecollectiveinterests
ofAfricandiamond-producingcountriesremainprotected.
Post-conflict Reconstruction
The Department’s objective of supporting countries and
governmentsemergingfromconflictsthroughengagement
with the multilateral system was achieved through
facilitatingtheprocessofvoluntaryrepatriationofAngolan
refugees from SouthAfrica under the Plan of Operation
of the Tripartite Commission (South Africa, Angola, and
UNHCR)whichcametoanendon31December2006.
International Humanitarian Assistance
TheDepartmentco-ordinatedtheprovisioningofhumanitarian
assistancetoanumberofinternationalcauses,includingto
theUnitedRepublicofTanzaniatoassistwithdirectfood
aid;Indonesiatosupportreliefandredevelopmentefforts
following the Yogyakarta earthquake; Lebanon following
the Israeli incursion; Mozambique in the aftermath of
Cyclone Favio and to Djibouti following a severe period
of famine.TheDepartmentalsocontributedR1,5million
totheUNHCR’sReturnandReintegrationProgrammefor
Sudan.AfurtheramountofR14millionwasprovidedtoa
numberofUNagenciesandinternationalorganisationsto
addressthemostcriticalneedsofvulnerablegroups,war-
displacedchildren,refugees,internallydisplacedpersons,
primarilyontheAfricancontinent.
International Law
International law continues to underpin and inform all
thestrategicprioritiesof theDepartment. In thiscontext
theOfficeoftheChiefStateLawAdviser(IL)(“theLegal
Office”) provided 991 written legal opinions on a wide
variety of international and South African law subject
matter. 164 international agreements or treaties were
certified for the purposes of obtaining the President’s
authorisation for their conclusion.TheLegalOfficealso
provided advice to the Department on all aspects of
SouthAfrican lawandwasresponsibleforco-ordinating
all legal actions taken against and by the Department.
AllDepartmentalcontracts,whetherconcluded inSouth
Africa or abroad, were scrutinised by the Legal Office.
TheTreatyandInformationManagementServicesbound
119internationalagreementsortreatiesandinstruments
ofratificationoraccession.ItaddedtotheTreatyRecord
96bilateralagreementsconcludedbySouthAfricaand14
multilateralagreementsenteredinto.
Legal opinions on international law matters included a
complexrangeofissuessuchastheuseofforcebyIsrael
againstLebanon,themergeroftheAfricanCourtofJustice
andtheAfricanCourtonHumanandPeoples’Rights,and
avarietyofbilateralissues.
In recentyearsnon-proliferationofnuclearweaponshas
been high on the international agenda and in the past
yearsomehighprofilecases relating tonon-proliferation
appeared on the agenda of the Security Council of the
UnitedNations.InthiscontexttheLegalOfficegavelegal
opinionsonUNSecurityCouncilResolutionsonIranandthe
DemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea(DPRK).Inthese
legalopinions,interalia,thecomplexrelationshipbetween
SecurityCouncilResolutionsandgeneralinternationallaw
wasconsidered. Inparticular thecontinuedexpansionof
UNSecurityCouncilpowers,includingtheCouncil’snewly
found legislative powers, was considered in relation to
generalinternationallaw.
SouthAfrica’snon-permanentmembershipoftheSecurity
Council for 2007 – 2009 also allows for more active
participationonissuesontheSecurityCouncilagenda.This
in turns requiresananalysisofsomeof the international
law aspects of matters on the Security Council agenda.
TheLegalOfficeprovidedlegaladviceandsupportinthis
respecton issuessuchasKosovo,WesternSaharaand
onterrorism.
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TheLegalOfficealsoattendedandprovidedlegalsupportto
aConferenceamendingtheStatuteoftheInternationalRed
CrossandRedCrescentMovement inorder to recognise
the third Emblem (Red Crystal) following the adoption of
the ThirdAdditional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions
of 1949. The Conference created a legal framework for
the admission of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society
(PRCS)andpavedthewayfortheadmissionofthePRCS
and Israel’sMagenDavidAdom (MDA) to theRedCross
andRedCrescentMovement.TheSouthAfricaRedCross
SocietyandLegalProtectionofCertainEmblemsBill,2006
willprovidestatutoryrecognitionfortheSouthAfricanRed
CrossSocietyandfortheemblemsoftheSociety.
TheDepartmentwasalso required tohandle international
humanrightscomplaintsbroughtagainsttheRepublicofSouth
Africabyindividuals.TheinvolvementoftheOfficeinsuch
mattersisnotonlyrelevantfortheprotectionofSouthAfrica’s
interestsininternationalfora,butalsoservestostrengthen
international judicial institutions, support multilateralism
andcontributetothedevelopmentofinternationallaw.Two
suchcasesweresubmittedagainsttheGovernmentinthe
reportingperiod.OneintheUNHumanRightsCommittee
andoneintheAfricanCommissiononHumanandPeoples’
Rights.TheGovernment’swrittenresponsetobothclaims
has been submitted. Neither international body has set a
dateforthehearingofthematters.
The Department has also played an active role in the
activitiesrelatingtointernationalcriminallaw.Overthelast
year a wide range of requests for assistance were dealt
with in conjunction with the Department of Justice and
Constitutional Development. These requests came from
theInternationalCriminalCourt(ICC),theSpecialCourtfor
Sierra Leone (SCSL), the International Criminal Tribunal
forRwanda(ICTR)andtheInternationalCriminalTribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The Department also
continues to participate actively in the work of the ICC,
throughtheAssemblyofStatesParties.
The Department also participated in deliberations of the
Sixth (Legal) Committee of the United Nations General
Assembly, including making inputs on the work of the
International Law Commission in furtherance of the
promotionandcodificationofinternationallaw.
WithregardtoclimatechangeissuestheDepartment,through
the Legal Office, continues to be active in providing legal
adviceandassistance inall climatechangenegotiations in
variousfora,includingduringthisperiodtheConferenceofthe
Parties(COP)totheUNFrameworkConventiononClimate
Change(UNFCC)aswellastheConferenceof theParties
servingastheMeetingoftheParties(COP/MOP)totheKyoto
ProtocoltoUNFCCC.Inaddition,theChiefStateLawAdviser
(IL) continues to serve on the Enforcement Branch of the
ComplianceCommittee,whichwasestablished to facilitate,
promoteandenforcecompliancewiththecommitmentsunder
the Kyoto Protocol. SouthAfrica has also been requested
to facilitate, together with Australia, the Dialogue on long-
termcooperativeactiontoaddressclimatechangeandthis
responsibilityiscarriedoutbytheLegalOffice.
TheDepartment, through theLegalOffice, alsoprovides
legaladviceandsupport,onanon-goingbasis,withregard
tovariousaspectsofthelawofthesea.TheGovernment
alsohasanofficialfromtheLegalOfficeservingasajudge
on the InternationalTribunal for theLawof theSea.The
Department participates in the United Nations Informal
ConsultativeProcessonOceansandtheLawoftheSea
aswellastheMeetingoftheStatesPartiestotheUnited
NationsConventionontheLawoftheSea.Variousissues
concerningthepreservationandsustainableuseofmarine
resourcesinthecontextofanecosystemapproachtothe
marine environment were discussed at the Consultative
Process. The final outcome of the meeting, the “agreed
elements”, was transmitted to the General Assembly
for consideration under the agenda item “Oceans and
theLawof theSea”.Theseagreedelementshavebeen
incorporatedintheGeneralAssemblyomnibusresolution
onoceansandlawofthesea.
Human Rights and the implementation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
SouthAfricacontinuestoplayakeyroleinshapingtheinternational
human rights agenda including the constant development of
internationalhumanrightsandhumanitarianlaw.Atthecoreof
SouthAfrica’shumanrightspolicy,asacomponentofitsforeign
policypriorities,isthecommitmenttothepromotion,protection
andfulfilmentofhumanrightsandfundamentalfreedoms,the
advancementofdemocracyandtheruleoflaw.
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ThepoliticalvisionofthedemocraticgovernmentofSouth
Africaispredicatedonafundamentalprinciple,whichaffirms
theinextricabilityofeconomic,socialandculturalrightson
the one hand, and civil and political rights on the other.
In keeping with the spirit of 1993 Vienna Conference on
humanrightstheSouthAfricanhumanrightspolicyaffirms
theprinciplesofuniversality,indivisibility,interdependence
andinterrelatednessofallhumanrights.
The realisation of the Right to Development as affirmed
in the 1986 United Nations Declaration on the Right to
Development, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of
Action,the2000MillenniumDeclarationontheachievement
ofMillenniumDevelopmentGoalsandthe2005Millennium
ReviewSummit,remainoneofSouthAfrica’smajorfocuses
intheimplementationofitshumanrightstreatyobligations.In
thisregardtheGovernmentofSouthAfricainthefirstdecade
ofitsconstitutionaldemocracyengagedinasocialcontract
withallpartnersandstakeholdersaimedat theconsistent
improvementofthequalityoflifeofallSouthAfricans.
Thegovernment isdetermined toensure theprogressive
realisationofhumanrights.Thisdomesticcommitmentto
ensurethepracticalenjoymentofallhumanrightspropels
SouthAfrica’sengagementandvisioninthedevelopment
oftheinternationalhumanrightsagenda.TheSouthAfrican
delegationtothenewlyestablishedHumanRightsCouncil
(HRC)iscurrentlyleadingthenegotiationsontheagendaof
thisbodywhich,inSouthAfrica’sview,mustberesponsive
totheneedsofthepoor,mainstreaminggenderissuesand
thefurtherempowermentofwomenandmakingtheRight
toDevelopmentarealityforeveryone.Consistentwiththe
coreprinciplesofInternationalHumanRightsLaw,theSouth
Africanhumanrightspolicyisfoundedonthefundamental
principles of “non-discrimination” and the achievement
of “substantive equality”. The core values on which the
SouthAfricanconstitutionaldemocracyisfoundedinclude
promotionofhumandignity,theachievementofequality,the
advancementofhumanrightsandfundamentalfreedoms,
non-racism, non-sexism, supremacy of the Constitution
andtheRuleofLaw.
ThereformoftheUnitedNationshasalwaysbeenatthe
core of South Africa’s belief in multilateralism and this
advocacyculminatedinthesuccessfulestablishmentofthe
HRC,astheprincipalUNhumanrightsbodyofwhichSouth
Africabecameoneofitsfoundingmembers.Inthecontext
of thisnewbodySouthAfricahasassumeda leadership
roleandhasundertakenseveralongoinginitiativeswhich
promoteabalancedsustainabledevelopmentandrespond
effectivelytotheplightofthevictimsofhumanrights.These
initiativesinclude:-
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumawithSecretary-GeneralTjacovanderHoutfromThePermanentCourtofArbitrationatthesigningceremonyofanAgreementontheEstablishmentofaRegionalFacilityforthePromotionofDisputeResolution
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• Spearheadingaresolutionwhichensuredthe
conveningoftheDurbanReviewConferenceto
beheldin2009withthreePreparatoryCommittee
Meetingsbeginninginthemiddleof2007.
• Providedeffectiveleadershipinthefollow-
uptotheWorldConferenceagainstRacism,
RacialDiscrimination,XenophobiaandRelated
Intoleranceandtheeffectiveimplementationof
theDurbanDeclarationandProgrammeofAction.
Inthisprocesssucceededinensuringconsensus
toinitiateaprocessoftheelaborationofthe
complimentarystandardstotheInternational
ConventionontheEliminationofallformsof
RacialDiscrimination.Currentlyfiveindependent
expertshadbeenappointedandoneworkingon
theDraftLegalInstrumentsfornegotiationsbythe
mechanismsoftheHRClaterduring2007.
• Forginganeffectivepartnershipwiththe
GovernmentofPortugalandothersupportive
countriessuchasFinland,Germany,Cuba,the
RussianFederation,etc.fortheUNtoelaborate
acomprehensiveOptionalProtocolonthe
InternationalCovenantonEconomic,Socialand
CulturalRights.Thisprocessisnowontrackand
itisexpectedthatsatisfactoryprogresswillbe
registeredbytheendof2007.
• Introducedaresolutioninthecontextofthe
HRC,ontherectificationofthelegalstatusof
theCommitteeonEconomic,SocialandCultural
RightswiththeviewofensuringthatthisTreaty
MonitoringCommitteeisplacedonparwithall
otherTreatyMonitoringbodies,i.e.itmustderive
itslegalrightofexistencefromtheprovisionsofthe
relevantTreaty,whichistheCovenant.
• Playedaneffectiveroleintheadoptionofthe
UNGAInternationalConventionontheProtection
ofallPersonsfromEnforcedDisappearance.South
AfricatogetherwithFranceco-sponsoredthe
aboveinitiative.
• StrengthenedanddeepenedSouthAfrica’shuman
rightsunderstandingandrelationswithother
countriesonabilateralbasisinthecontextofthe
bi-nationalcommissions.Inthisregardhosted
averysuccessfulhumanrightsseminarduring
February2007betweenSouthAfricaandArgentina
focusingonimportanthumanrightsthemessuchas
thevalueofthetruth,memory,racialdiscrimination
andrestorativejustice(justiceandreparation).
• Contributedtothehumanrightssegmentof
theOutcomeDocumentoftheNon-Alignment
MovementSummitheldinCubaduringSeptember
2006.TheelementsofthisOutcomeDocument
havebeensuccessfullyintegratedintothe
programmesoftheHRCinGeneva.
• Co-ordinatedthevisitsofseveralSpecial
ProceduresoftheHRCtoSouthAfricaduring
thelatterpartof2006andthebeginningof2007,
whichculminatedinthevisitstoSouthAfrica
bytheSpecialRapporteuronthepromotion
andprotectionofhumanrightswhilecountering
terrorism,MrMartinScheinin,during16-26April
2007andtheSpecialRapporteuronadequate
housing,MrMiloonKothari,during12-24April
2007.
• EffectivepartnershipwiththeDepartmentofJustice
andConstitutionalDevelopmenttowardsSouth
Africa’scompliancewithitsinternationaltreaty
obligationsbyensuringpresentationofInitialCountry
• ReportstothefollowingTreatyMonitoringbodies;
CommitteeontheEliminationofallFormsofRacial
Discriminationon04-07August2006.
CommitteeagainstTortureandOtherCruel,
InhumanorDegradingTreatmentorPunishmenton
14-15November2006.
FollowingSouthAfrica’scommitmenttotheimplementation
and promotion of International Humanitarian Law (IHL),
the Department co-hosted the Sixth ICRC Annual
Regional Seminar on the Implementation of International
HumanitarianLawandparticipatedactivelyininternational
IHLconferencessuchasthe29thInternationalConference
oftheRedCrossandRedCrescentinordertocontribute
positivelytothedevelopmentofIHL.
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
During 2006 the Department actively contributed to
national consultations in preparation for, and eventual
participationin,the8thsessionofanAdHocCommitteeon
acomprehensiveandintegralinternationalConventionon
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theProtectionandPromotionoftheRightsandDignityof
PersonswithDisabilities.SaidConvention, togetherwith
anoptionalprotocoltoestablishaninternationalmonitoring
commission,wereeventuallyadoptedbytheUNGeneral
AssemblyinDecember2006andopenedforsignatureand
ratificationon30March2007.SouthAfricasignedbothof
theseinstrumentsonthesamedate.
TheLegalOfficeprovidedlegaladviceonvariousarticles
of the Disability Convention which guided SouthAfrica’s
participationduringthemeetingoftheAdHocCommittee.
TheOfficewasalsopartoftheSouthAfricandelegationat
thenegotiationsoftheConvention.
• GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC
Participation in the G20
TheG20isaforumfordiscussionamongstmajordeveloped
and developing country Governments on international
financialissues.SouthAfricahasbeenanactiveparticipant
intheG20sinceitsinceptionin1999,aspartofGovernment’s
ongoingeffortstoreformglobalsocio-economicgovernance.
Moreover, as theonlyAfricanmemberof theG20,South
Africa has not only voiced our own concerns but also
representedtheinterestsofthecontinentasawhole.
Preparations have been put in place for South Africa
to assume the Chair of the G20 during 2007. The
responsibilities of the Chair are to host the annual G20
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting
aswellastwodeputiesmeetings.Thehostcountryisalso
requiredtoprovideasecretariatfunctiontotheforum.Inthe
capacityasChair,throughitsengagementsininternational
meetings and conferences, the Department will support
SouthAfrica’s efforts to focus discussions on continuing
thereformof the internationalfinancialanddevelopment
architecture insuchawayastopromotethe interestsof
thedevelopingcountries,inparticularAfricancountries.
Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs)
The increasing importance of the socio-economic
dimensionofglobalisationandthecurrentinsufficiencyof
institutionalarrangementsforglobaleconomicgovernance
demonstrate the need for a new framework to address
the incoherence and inconsistency of the international
monetary,financialandtradingsystemstoensurethatthey
supportinternationallyagreeddevelopmentsasreinforced
by the Monterrey Consensus. Measures are urgently
requiredtoendthemarginalizationofdevelopingcountries,
especiallythoseinAfrica,fromdecisiontakingandpolicy-
making processes in themultilateral financial institutions
andtomakethelattermoreaccountableandresponsiveto
theentirecommunityofnations.Globalizationcontinuesto
increasethevulnerabilityof theeconomiesofdeveloping
countries.Animprovedparticipationofdevelopingcountries
is therefore necessary in the Bretton Woods Institutions
(BWIs),whichshouldbereformedasamatterofurgency
given that theworldeconomyhaschangedconsiderably
andgivenrisetoneweconomicrealities.
Under South Africa’s leadership of the G77 and China
during2006,aMemorandumofUnderstandingwassigned
inSeptember2006betweenG77andtheG24,whichisa
groupingofdevelopingcountriesoperatingwithintheBWIs
in Washington, to realise greater cooperation between
the two Groups through more concrete measures and
mechanismstosecureeffectivevoiceandparticipationof
developing countries in international economic decision
makingprocesses,workforthefullimplementationofthe
MonterreyConsensus, createstability, reduce the riskof
economicandfinancialcrises,andenhancethecapacityof
developingcountriestorespondtosuchcrises.
Toalargeextentduringtheperiodunderreview,theother
major issues in the wider UN reform debate tended to
eclipse discussions focusing on the need to reform the
internationalfinancialarchitecture.Progressinthisregard
hasthereforecontinuedtobeslow.
Financing for development
The 2005 World Summit Outcome reaffirmed the
Monterrey Consensus as the point of reference for the
global partnership for development. It called for greater
cooperation among existing institutions, with due regard
to their respectivemandatesandgovernancestructures,
andallrelevantstakeholdersinfinancingfordevelopment
processes. In its participation in international meetings
and conferences, the Department continued to call
upon the international community to fulfill its Monterrey
commitments,giventhedireglobalneedforincreasedand
morepredictableresourcesfordevelopment.
Themainachievement of theG77 in theadoptionby the
GeneralAssemblyofthedevelopmentfollow-upresolution,
Resolution60/265,entitled “Follow-up to thedevelopment
outcome of the 2005 World Summit including the MDGs
and other international agreed development goals” was
the inclusion of language calling on developed countries
and international organisations to implement all their
commitmentsintheresolution.Throughoutthenegotiations,
SouthAfrica,asChairoftheG77andChina,stressedthe
needforthecreationofanequitableenablinginternational
economic environment, in order to support developing
countries’ efforts to achieve sustained economic growth
and sustainable development. In this regard, SouthAfrica
called for the enhancement of the Global Partnership for
Development, as contained in the Millennium Declaration,
theMonterreyConsensus,theJohannesburgProgrammeof
Actionandthe2005WorldSummitOutcome.Theendresult
was a strong development-orientated resolution that calls
formultilateralaction toachieve the internationallyagreed
developmentgoals, including theMillenniumDevelopment
Goals, as a means towards solving economic and social
problemsofdevelopingcountries.Theresolutionalsoincludes
new elements such as the establishment of a monitoring
mechanismoncommitmentsmadebydevelopedcountries
and the international organizations in the UN system, an
emphasisontheneedformorepolicyspacefordeveloping
countries and an acknowledgement of the necessity of a
greatervoiceforandparticipationbydevelopingcountriesin
theBretonWoodsInstitutions(BWIs).
The finalisation of the Development follow-up resolution
was a major achievement for the G77 and China as it
tookthreemonthsofpersistenteffortsbytheGrouptoget
developed countries to accept the concept of including
international commitments in the resolutionanda further
threemonthsofintensenegotiationsbeforetheresolution
wasadoptedintheGeneralAssemblybyconsensus.This
mustbeseeninthecontextofthefactthatthepositionof
developedcountriesondevelopmentwithintheUNsystem
hasbeenlimitedtoUNoperationalactivitiesandtheParis
DeclarationonODAeffectiveness.Developmentassistance
hasbeendirected todeveloping countries in conjunction
with conditionalities on good governance, human
rights, combating corruption, HIV AND AIDS, education,
environment,crime,drugtraffickingandtheenhancement
of the private sector. The developed countries’ position
hasbeenthatissuesofglobalisation,trade,debt,finance,
scienceandtechnologyand levelsofODAaredealtwith
outsidetheUNinforumssuchastheG8,theOECD,the
WTOandtheBWI’sandtherefore,shouldnotbedealtwith
intheUN.Themainobjectiveofthedevelopedcountries
wastotryandshiftthefocusawayfromdevelopedcountry
commitmentsandimplementationattheinternationallevel,
todevelopingcountries’policiesatthenationallevel.Under
SouthAfrica’sleadership,theeffortsoftheG77andChina
ensuredthatdevelopedcountriesdidnotachievethisend.
Leading Group on Solidarity Levies (LGSL) to fund development
TheLGSLflowsfromtheMonterreyConsensusasittakes
forwardthesearchfor innovativesourcesoffinancingfor
development to augmentODAflows.SouthAfrica joined
the (LGSL) at an international conference on innovative
sourcesoffinancing,whichwasheldunder theauspices
of the French Government, in Paris on 28 February and
1 March 2006. The conference considered concrete
proposalsforpilotprojectsgearedtogeneratingadditional,
andensuringamoreeffectivedeploymentof,resourcesfor
development,particularlyforhealth.
The DFA also participated in the first meeting of the
LGSL, which was held in Brazil, in July 2006, under the
ChairmanshipofBrazil.NorwaytookovertheChairmanship
of theLGSLfromBrazil.TheSecondPlenarymeetingof
theLGSLtookplaceinOslo,Norway,from6to7February
2007inwhichtheDFAalsoparticipated.Severalpossible
sourcesofinnovativesourcesoffinancingfordevelopment
have been discussed. Among the proposals that are in
themostadvancedstageofimplementationisasolidarity
contribution on air travel tickets, which South Africa is
unabletoimplementintermsofexistingdomestictaxand
budgetarylegislationandregulationsaswellasinternational
commitments.TheLGSLestablishedtheDrugPurchasing
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Facility (UNITAID) in 2006 to accelerate access to high-
quality drugsanddiagnostics forHIVandAIDS,malaria
andtuberculosisincountrieswithahighburdenofdisease.
ThepurposeofUNITAIDistoassistdevelopingcountries
inpurchasing themedicinesneededtoscaleupHIV,TB
andmalariacontrolprogrammes.
The Drug Purchasing Facility (UNITAID) has also been
establishedtoreceivethefundsgeneratedbytheairticket
levies. South Africa joined UNITAID during the Africa-
France Summit in Cannes on 16 February 2007 and is
currently considering the modalities for implementing its
commitmenttomakeacontributiontoUNITAID.
Manyofthecommitmentstobeundertakentoensurethe
implementationoftheMonterreyConsensusthoughcanbe
underminedby restrictivepoliciessuchas the imposition
ofpoliticalconditionalitiesintheprovisionofdevelopment
assistanceandconcessionaryfinancing.SouthAfricawill
continuetopromotetheirremovalastheyimpedefurther
progressinrecipientcountries.
• NORTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE
South Africa continued promoting North-South co-
operationthroughitsengagementintheGroupof8(G8),
undertheRussianChairin2006bothasamemberofthe
African Group Outreach as well as a member of the +5
(India, Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa). Further
engagement in the North-South context was evident
throughSouthAfricajoiningtheOrganisationforEconomic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Development
Center, as well as high level participation in theAnnual
Davos and Africa World Economic Forum meetings.
ThroughouttheplatformsofNorth-Southengagement,the
commitmenttoNEPADasAfrica’ssocio-economicrenewal
programremainedthefocalarea.
Progress has also been made redefining international
partnershipswithAfrica,inmovingfromadonor-recipient
relationshiptoapartnershipinthetruesenseoftheword.
Africa has made significant gains on critical issues, i.e.
aid,trade,debtandfinancingfordevelopment,particularly
infrastructure.
South Africa participated at the 6th and 7th Africa
PartnershipForum(APF)whichfocusedonthreespecific
issues namely; agriculture, infrastructure and HIV AND
AIDS. In this regard, efforts have been made to ensure
thatfutureNEPAD-G8andotherkeydonorengagements
transcend physical infrastructure projects and include
the full spectrum of the NEPAD agenda. A strategic
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumawiththeEUHighRepresentativeJavierSolanaandGermanForeignMinisterFrankWalterSteinmeierattendingtheSA-EUMinisterialTroikaMeetinginBrussels
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review of current institutional arrangements for follow-
up of partnership commitments and building on Summit
decisionsfromKananaskisthroughtoGleneagles,witha
viewtoimprovingeffectivenessisongoing.
The Europe-Africa Political Dialogue continues to grow
from strength to strength. South Africa has participated
intheEU-AUMinisterialTroikameetingsheld inOctober
2006initscapacityasChefdeFilesforTradeandRegional
Integration. The next EU–AU Ministerial Troika meeting
will takeplace inMay2007.SouthAfrica isalsoactively
participating in the EU-AU Troika Experts Group that is
draftinganoutlinefortheJointEurope-AfricaStrategy.The
Strategy will take the Cairo Declaration of 2000 and the
EU Strategy forAfrica forward by focusing on European
andAfricancooperationinthefieldsofpeaceandsecurity;
good governance and human rights; trade and regional
integration and; keydevelopment issues. It is envisaged
thattheJointEurope–AfricaStrategywillbeendorsedby
HeadsofStateattheSecondEurope–AfricaSummitthat
isscheduledtotakeplaceinLisbonattheendof2007.
South Africa as a Friend of the Helsinki Process on
GlobalisationandDemocracy,hasbeenactivelyparticipating
intheHelsinkiProcessmeetingsatministerialandsenior
officiallevels.TheDepartmenthasalsoparticipatedinthe
Consultative Network meeting in 2006, which reviewed
progressinthesetting-upofroundtablesandimplementing
roadmapsoftheHelsinkiProcess.
SouthAfrica,asthefacilitatorofthegenderroadmap,presented
theRoadmaponGenderEqualityandViolenceagainstWomen
totheHelsinkiGroupinApril2006.TheRoadmapproposesa
concretesetofrecommendationsonthetworelatedthemes
thatcouldbeappliedatinternationallevel.
SouthAfrica’sprimarymotivation in theHelsinkiProcess
has largely been to supportTanzania, as a co-chair and
coordinatoroftheroundtableonPovertyandDevelopment.
South Africa, through the collaboration between the
DepartmentofForeignAffairs,InstituteforGlobalDialogue
(IGD)andtheAfricaInstituteofSouthAfrica(AISA),assisted
TanzaniawithitsRoundtableonEmploymentandGrowth
heldinDaresSalaamfrom14-17November2006.
The Trade, Development and Co-operationAgreement
(TDCA),whichwassignedin1999andcameintoforcein
January2000,governsSouthAfrica’srelationswiththe
EuropeanUnion(EU).TheAgreementistobereviewed
within five years of its entering into force in order to
addressthepossibleimplicationsofotherarrangements
or events that may affect theAgreement.The process
DeputyMinisterAzizPahadwithNorthKoreanViceMinisterKimHyongJunduringbilateraldiscussionsattheUnionBuildings,Pretoria
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of the Review of the TDCA thus commenced in 2005
andthe2006JointCo-operationCouncil(JCC)meeting
mandatedthepartiestofinalisethereviewin2007.As
aresult,fourNegotiatingGroupforthevariouschapters
oftheTDCAhavebeenestablished,namelyonPolitical
Dialogue, Trade, Development cooperation, and
Economic and Other Areas of Cooperation. The first
meetingoftheNegotiatingGroupswasheldinPretoria
on28March2007,andprogresswas further reviewed
by a Senior Officials Meeting on 28 March under the
joint chairmanship of Director General Ntsaluba and
the European Commission’s Director General for
Development,Mr.StefanoManservisi.
The 7th meeting of the SA-EU JCC was held on 14
November 2006. Trade and development issues were
discussedinplenaryformat.Thepoliticaldiscussionatthe
Councilmeetingtookplaceintroikaformat,undertheCo-
ChairofDrNkosazanaDlaminiZuma,MinisterofForeign
AffairsofSouthAfrica,andMrErkkiTuomioja,Ministerfor
ForeignAffairs ofFinland.TheSouthAfricandelegation
alsoincludedMsLulamaXingwana,MinisterofAgriculture
andLandAffairsandMrDerekHanekom,DeputyMinister
ofScienceandTechnology.TheEUdelegation included
MrJavierSolana,SecretaryGeneraloftheCouncilandEU
HighRepresentativeforCFSP,MrLouisMichel,European
CommissionerforDevelopmentandHumanitarianAid,and
MrPeterMandelson,EuropeanCommissioner forTrade.
The JCC further cemented the strong and productive
relationshipsintrade,developmentandpoliticaldialogue.
Thepartieswelcomedtheprogresswhichhadbeenmade
inimplementingthejointconclusionsofthe6thJCC,and
alsoagreedonaJointStatementontheSouthAfrica-EU
StrategicPartnership.
The Joint Statement re-emphasised that the SA-EU
StrategicPartnershipmustbebasedonanopen,concrete
andtransparentdialoguebetweenthetwoParties,that it
shouldbepursuedonthebasisofmutualunderstanding
andownership,andalsothatitshouldbesupportiveofthe
realisationoftheMDGs,theEUStrategyforAfrica,NEPAD,
the SADC integration process and the joint EU-Africa
strategythatiscurrentlyunderdiscussion.Itfurthermore
calledforaJointActionPlantobefinalisedandagreedat
thenextEU-SouthAfricatroikameetinginthefirsthalfof
2007andthataprogressreportonitsimplementationbe
draftedforadoptionatthe8thJointCo-operationCouncil
in2007.ThepartiessubsequentlydraftedaJointAction
Plan,whichwaslargelyfinalisedandreadyforadoptionby
theendonMarch2007.
SouthAfricaassumedmembershipoftheAfrica,Caribbean
andPacific(ACP)group in1996andbecameaqualified
member of the Lome Convention IV in 1997 and of its
successor, the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA)
in June 2000. Qualified membership meant that South
Africa would be excluded from the Trade Chapter, as
well as from the provisions on Development Assistance
of the Agreement, as these areas were covered under
the Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement
(TDCA). However, following South Africa’s admission to
the SADC-EPA group negotiating the regional Economic
PartnershipAgreementwiththeEU,ithasbeenproposed
that theCotonouPartnershipAgreementbeamended to
accommodatethisdevelopment.SouthAfrica’sparticipation
intheSADC–EPAnegotiations,scheduledtobefinalised
byDecember2007, is toensurecoherencebetween the
TDCAandtheSADCEPA,asthiswillcontributetowards
regionalintegration.
ThemajorobjectiveofSouthAfrica’sparticipation in the
ACP is to strengthen South – South cooperation and to
contributetodialogueonpoliticalissuesandonsustainable
developmentbetweentheACPgroupandtheEU.Tothis
endSouthAfricaparticipatedinanumberofactivitiesand
eventsduringthepastyear.Theseincludeparticipationby
theParliamentaryPortfolioCommitteeonForeignAffairsin
themeetingsoftheACP-EUJointParliamentaryAssembly
heldinAustriainJune2006andinBarbadosinNovember
2006; attendance of the meeting of ACP and ACP-EU
Council of Ministers held in Papua New Guinea in May
2006;participationbytheDepartmentofArtsCultureinthe
2ndMeetingofACPMinistersofCultureandthe1stACP
Festivalheld in theDominicanRepublic inOctober2006
andattendanceof the5thACPSummitheld inSudan in
December2006.
Anothersignificantdevelopmentduring thecourseof the
yearwastheunveilingoftheSA–EUstrategicpartnership
aimed at strengthening the partnership between the two
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parties and to build on the achievements of the TDCA.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Aziz Pahad,
convened a meeting of ACP Ambassadors accredited
to SouthAfrica to address them on the SA-EU strategic
partnership and re-affirm South Africa’s commitment to
intra-ACPcooperation.
Social Development
SouthAfrica,onbehalfof theG77,compiled, introduced
and negotiated draft resolutions on Social Development
issues during the 61st Session of the United Nations
GeneralAssembly.Thefollowingresolutionswereadopted
byconsensusintheThirdCommittee:
• Draftresolutiononthe‘Implementationof
theOutcomeoftheWorldSummitforSocial
DevelopmentandtheTwenty-FourthSpecial
SessionoftheGeneralAssembly.’Thedraft
resolutionwascompiledandnegotiatedbySouth
AfricaonbehalfoftheG77.Thedraftresolution
focusedonallthreeprioritiessetoutinthe
Copenhagencommitmentsi.e.povertyeradication,
socialintegrationandfullandproductive
employment.
• Draftresolutiononthe‘Follow-uptotheSecond
WorldAssemblyonAgeing.’Thisdraftresolution
wasalsointroducedbySouthAfricaonbehalfof
theGroupof77andChina.
An International Capacity-Development Consultative
Meeting at Ministerial level with the theme “NEPAD:
TowardsanAfricanSocialPolicy”wasorganizedbytheUN
Division for Social Policy and Development, Department
ofEconomicandSocialAffairs(UNDESA)andhostedby
theGovernmentofSouthAfrica,inJohannesburgfrom23
-24November2006.TheMinistersofSocialDevelopment
of theSouthAfricanDevelopmentCommunity(SADC)of
Angola,Botswana,DRC,Malawi,Madagascar,Mauritius,
Mozambique,Namibia,SouthAfrica,Swaziland,Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe attended. The outcome was the
adoptionoftheJohannesburgDeclarationinsupportofan
AfricanRegionalSocialPolicy.
The Commission for Social Development met in New
York,from7-16February2007in itsannualsession(45th
Session) on the follow-up to the Copenhagen Declaration
and Programme of Action. During the previous Session
the Resolution on the Methods of Work was adopted,
whichchangedtheworkoftheCommissionandendorsed
participationatministeriallevelintheCommission’stwoyear
cycles(reviewandpolicycycles).The45thSessionofthe
CommissionforSocialDevelopmentwasareviewsession.
AsaresulttheoutcomeoftheSessionwasaChairperson’s
Summary on the theme of the Session entitled: “Full
employmentanddecentworkforall.SouthAfricaachieved
theobjectiveof setting the tone for futuresessionsof the
Commission by delivering the keynote address, which
focussed on ‘Promoting full, productive employment and
decent work for all’. The forthcoming policy session at
Ministeriallevelwillthusfocusontheseissuesin2008.This
providesanopportunityforSouthAfricatopursuetheAfrican
agendaandissuesofdevelopmentaffectingtheSouth.
The Session adopted the following resolutions by consensus:
• Themodalitiesforthefirstreviewandappraisalof
theMadridInternationalPlanofActiononAgeing;
• WorldProgrammeofActionforYouth;
• TheSocialDimensionsofNEPAD,whichisaG77
resolutioninitiatedbySouthAfrica.(In2002,South
Africaintroducedaresolutionentitled“Thesocial
dimensionsofNEPAD”tohighlighttheissues
affectingtheAfricanContinent,basedonelements
ofCommitment7oftheCopenhagenSummit.This
resolutionwasendorsedandadoptedasanannual
resolutionoftheGroupof77andChina(G77)
andconstitutesastandingitemintheagendaof
Commission.)
TheSessionalsodiscussedanemergingissueonthestatus
ofyouthintheglobaleconomy.Accordingly,asupplement
was prepared by the Secretariat and facilitated by the
Bureau.Thesupplementwasadoptedbyconsensus.
UN Commission on Population and Development
South Africa is playing an increasingly important role in
internationalpopulationanddevelopmentaffairs.The39th
SessionoftheCommissiononPopulationandDevelopment
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was held at the United Nations Headquarters from 3-7
April2006.Theformalresumedsessiontookplaceon10
May 2006.The special theme for the 39th Session was
“International Migration and Development”. The Session
also reviewed the “Methods of work of the Commission
on Population and Development”. The Director-General,
DepartmentofSocialDevelopment,ledtheSouthAfrican
delegation to theSession.Hewassupportedbyofficials
fromtheDepartmentofForeignAffairs.
In its capacity of Chairman of the G77, SA provided
leadershipinthe39thSessionandexpressedthecollective
viewsofdevelopingcountriesintheareaofPopulationand
Development.
Implementation of Decisions and Outcomes of Major Socio-economic International Conferences
• World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) and follow-up to the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation (JPOI)
The Department is actively engaged together with other
departments in the follow-up process to the WSSD. In
the international context, through participation in the
Commission on Sustainable Development and nationally
through contributions to the national Strategy for
SustainableDevelopment.
• Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 14)
During 2006/7 the Department participated in CSD 14
at United Nations Headquarters in New York during the
Review cycle on Energy for Sustainable Development,
Air Pollution/Atmosphere, Climate Change and Industrial
Development. The inter-departmental delegation played
an active role in theAfrica group and Chaired the G77
and China during this phase of the negotiations.At the
Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting (IPM) for CSD
15,thePolicycycleunderthesamethematiccluster,the
interdepartmental negotiators including the Department
madeaconstructiveinputinpreparationforCSD15.
• UN Special Session on Children
Inimplementingtheprovisionsofthe2002UNSpecialSession
onChildren,SouthAfricahostedtheregionalconsultations
for theUNSecretary-General’sStudyonViolenceagainst
Children.TheIndependentExpertpresentedhisfinalreport
tothe61stSessionoftheUNGeneralAssemblyinOctober
2006inwhichSouthAfricaalsoparticipated.
As non-permanent member of the UN Security Council,
SouthAfricacontributedtothedeliberationsoftheSecurity
CouncilCommitteeonChildrenandArmedConflict,which
interaliaconsideredthesituationsofchildrenandwar in
Burundi,Coted’Ivoire,SriLankaandNepal.
The department prepared briefing notes for Minister
Zola Skweyiya who represented SouthAfrica at a Paris
Conference on “Free Children from War”, co-hosted by
the French Government and UNICEF. The Conference
discussed the Paris Principles, or guidelines to protect
childrenfromunlawfulrecruitmentorusebyarmedforces
orarmedgroups,andawide rangeof issues relating to
this Human Rights problem. SouthAfrica is signatory to
the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the Optional
ProtocoltotheConventionontheRightsoftheChildonthe
involvementofchildreninarmedconflict;andtheOptional
ProtocoltotheConventionontheRightsoftheChildonthe
saleofchildren,childprostitutionandchildpornography.
SouthAfricacontributedtothedeliberationsoftheHuman
Security Network (HSN) meeting hosted by Slovenia on
the implementation of the recently released UN Study on
ViolenceagainstChildren,andadiscussionwiththeSpecial
Representative of the Secretary General on Children in
ArmedConflictwiththeviewtocontributetotheroleofthe
HSCinhighlightingtheplightofchildreninarmedconflict.
South Africa made a voluntary annual contribution to the
regularbudgetofUNICEFinMarch2007withaviewtosupport
UNICEFworkandmissioninAfricaandaroundtheworld.
SouthAfricacontributedtotheUNHighCommissionerfor
HumanRights’studyontheRighttoEducationforChildren
with Disabilities and provided inputs for the Special
Rapporteur’s annual report on the sale of children, child
prostitutionandchildpornography.TheSpecialRapporteur
willreporttotheHumanRightsCouncilin2007,focusing
onastudyonthesaleoforgans,particularlyofchildren,
andalertprogramsfordisappearedorabductedchildren.
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• Migration
The Department contributed to the development of AU
Common Position on Migration, which emphasised the
developmentaspectsofmigration.Furthermore,asChairof
G77&China,SouthAfricaalsohighlightedtheimportance
of the development dimension of migration during the
High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development that
tookplaceattheUnitedNationsinSeptember2006.
• Information Technology
Inensuring the implementationof theTunisCommitment
and Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, as the
outcomeofthesecondphaseoftheWorldSummitonthe
InformationSociety(WSIS),theDepartmenthasremained
closely engaged in the ongoing discussions on Internet
Governanceaswellasbridgingthedigitaldividebetween
developedanddevelopingcountries.
• Beijing + 10
To promote the full implementation of the Beijing plus
ten resolutions and recommendations, South Africa has
increasinglybeen in the frontlineof theglobalprotection
and promotion of women rights, also in the UN Security
Council, asPresidentof theCouncil duringMarch2007,
andtheannualsessionoftheCommissionontheStatusof
WomenandInternationalWomen’sDay.
ASouthAfrican delegation headed by theOffice on the
Status of Women (CSW) in the Presidency participated
in the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of
Women,under the themeof “EliminationofAll Formsof
DiscriminationandViolenceagainsttheGirlChild”.South
Africa’s country statement was, also as a first for the
CSW,presented toplenarybyagirl-child,whowaspart
of theSouthAfricandelegation.TheAfricaGroup,under
chairmanship of SouthAfrica, presented a resolution on
Female Genital Mutilation, which was adopted together
withthesession’sOutcomeDocument.
Duringthe14thMeetingofStatesPartiestotheConvention
on theEliminationofAll FormsofDiscriminationagainst
WomeninJune2006,aSouthAfricanwaselectedtoserve
ontheCEDAWforafouryearterm.TheCommitteeisthe
bodyof independentexpertsthatmonitor implementation
oftheCEDAW.
Inrecognisingthecontributionofwomentostrengthening
internationalpeaceandsecurity,SouthAfricaensuredthat
aPresidentialStatementwasadoptedbytheUNSecurity
Council during the month of March and her Presidency
of theCouncil.ThePresidentialStatement reinforced the
implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 (2000). This
wasalsoanachievementforthecountryinthatsincethe
passageofResolution1325sevenyearsago,itisthefirst
time that a comprehensive document on the situation of
womenwasadopted.
SouthAfricaandSweden,ascochairsof the ‘Partners for
GenderJusticeinConflictAffectedCountries’,hostedaHigh
LevelMeetingonGenderJusticeinCapeTownfrom21-23
March2007.Theaboveinitiativewasafollow-uptoSecurity
Council Resolution 1325 (2000), which underlines the
importanceoftheparticipationofwomeninconflictresolution
andpeacebuildingprocessesandingendermainstreaming.
In February 2007, the UN Department of Peacekeeping
Operations (DPKO) and the Government of South
Africa co-hosted a strategy workshop on ‘Gender and
Peacekeeping’ in Pretoria with women’s constituencies
from countries contributing police and troops to UN
peacekeepingoperations.Onconclusionoftheworkshop,
SouthAfrica,volunteeredtoimplementapilotprojectofthe
keyagreementsandrecommendationsthatemergedfrom
theworkshopintheirnationalcontexts.
TheDepartment leantstrongsupport to theDepartments
of Agriculture and of Land Affairs as coordinators in
preparationsforthehostingbySouthAfricaofthe4thWorld
Congress on Rural Women and a Pre-CongressAfrican
ConsultationinDurbanfrom19to26April2007.Thetheme
of the Congress was: “United in our Diversity: Working
togethertowardstheTotal,EmancipationofRuralWomen
fromPovertyandHunger.CivilSocietyandNGOsinvolved
withruralwomenplayedamajorpartintheCongress.
• United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in South
Africa
The UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)
is a mechanism to establish an integrated framework for
co-operation for development assistance between the UN
system,representedthroughthe16UNfunds,programmes
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andagenciespresent inSouthAfrica,whichmakeup the
United Nations Country Team (UNCT), and Government.
TheUNDAF reflects theprioritiesconveyed to theUNby
Government and is a response to the Common Country
Assessment(CCA)whichisanassessmentofthesituationin
SouthAfricaandthedevelopmentprioritiesofGovernment.
ThepreviousUNDAFended inDecember2006.Aspart
ofaprotractedprocessofwide-rangingconsultations,the
Department worked with the UNCT in South Africa and
numerousotherDepartmentstopreparethenewUNDAF,
which will guide the UN operations in SouthAfrica from
2007 to 2010. In this process, a new CCA was drafted
by Government, which was accepted by the UN. The
new UNDAF is closely aligned with Government’s own
developmentpriorities.
TheexperiencegainedbyGovernmentandtheUNCountry
Teaminworkingtogetheronthenewframeworkwillbeused
in a forthcoming country-level assessment of the role that
theUNsystemhasplayed incontributing toSouthAfrica’s
development. Preparations have already begun for this
evaluation, which will be conducted jointly by Government
and the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG). The
evaluationwillbeunprecedentedwithintheUNsystem.Itwill
bethefirsttimefortheUNthatanevaluationisconductedat
thecountrylevelonasystem-widebasis,lookingatallofthe
UNagenciesrepresentedinaparticularcountry,asopposed
to the previous practice of looking at the programmes of
individualUNagenciesinisolation.Itwillalsobethefirsttime
thatsuchanevaluationisconductedinfullpartnershipwith
Government.Theevaluationwillbe forward-looking,witha
viewtodeterminingtheidealrolethattheUNsystemshould
be playing in SouthAfrica and what the most appropriate
operationalmodelforthepartnershipbetweenGovernment
andtheUNshouldbe.Suchanevaluationwillalsoprovide
bothGovernmentandtheUNsystemwithvaluablelessons
learntandbestpractices,whichcouldinformfutureinteractions
duringtheimplementationofthenewUNDAF.
Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative
SouthAfricacontinuestoplayapivotalroleinthepromotion
oftheglobalhealthagenda.SouthAfricaisaStateParty
to the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative, which
is an initiative of France and Norway and comprises a
workinggroupofMinisters ofForeignAffairs fromSouth
Africa, Brazil, France, Norway, Thailand, Senegal and
Indonesia. The Initiative aims at examining the inter-
relationshipsbetweenglobalhealthandforeignpolicy.This
workinggroupofForeignMinistersconvenedfortheirFirst
MinisterialMeetinginSeptember2006onthefringesofthe
61stSessionoftheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly.The
meetingconcludedthatforfollow-uppurposesthereneed
tobeanExpertsGroupthatwillmeetregularlytodiscuss
issues of global health and foreign policy. Subsequent
Experts Group meetings were held in Paris, New York,
Dakar,GenevaandDevonne.
TheExpertsGroupconvenedforthefirsttimeinParison
13November2006todiscusstheinterrelationshipbetween
health and foreign policy. The following priority themes
were proposed: health and diplomacy; health and trade
(migration); health and conflict; health anddevelopment;
andhealthandenvironment.
Participatingcountrieswererequestedtoprepareposition
papersonvarioustopics,astheyrelatetoabove-mentioned
themes,tobepresentedinthesubsequentExpertsGroup
meetings. South Africa was requested to prepare a
backgroundpaperentitledBuildingresearchcapacityand
strengtheninghealthsystems,includinghumanresources
forhealthasbuildingblocksforgoverninginterdependence
and ensuring critical capacity (which was subsequently
presentedintheDakarmeeting).
InOslo,on20March2007, theForeignAffairsMinisters
of the Initiative adopted aMinisterial Declaration entitled
“Globalhealth:apressingforeignpolicyissueofourtime”,
Agenda of Action and Roadmap. These documents are
as result of recommendations from the Experts Group
meetings.TheMinistersofForeignAffairsoftheInitiative
willconveneagainduringthe62ndSessionoftheGeneral
Assemblytodecideonthewayforward.
UNESCO Conventions
On30November2006,theSouthAfricanGovernment,
through our representative in Paris, deposited its
instrumentofratificationontheInternationalConvention
against Doping in Sport, thus becoming the 28th
State Party to the Convention and sixth African
state to ratify after Nigeria, Seychelles, Mauritius,
MozambiqueandNiger.ThisConventionservesasan
instrument permitting all governments to implement
theirresponsibilitiescontainedintheWorldAnti-Doping
Code. The Department assisted the relevant National
Departmentintheprocessofratificationandmonitored
developments.
SouthAfricaalsoratifiedtheConventionontheProtection
andPromotionof theDiversityofCulturalExpressions
on21December2006,becomingthe36thstatetoratify
the Convention. The Department facilitated the legal
processandmonitoreddevelopmentsontheprogressof
ratificationtoensureparticipationatthefirstmeetingof
states.TheConventiononCulturalDiversity is thefirst
normative international instrument that deals with the
protectionandpromotionofculturaldiversityonaglobal
scale.TheConventionrecognisestherightofstatesto
protectandpromotethediversityofculturalexpressions
byadoptingtheirownculturalpoliciesandmeasures.The
Conventionalsohighlights theneedformemberstates
todevelopcoherentnationalpolicyforculturalindustries
andotherculturalsectorsandtosynergiseapproaches
betweenkeystakeholdernationaldepartments.
African World Heritage Fund
TheAfricaWorldHeritageFundwas formallyproposedand
adoptedatthe29thSessionoftheWorldHeritageCommittee
in 2005. At the African Union Special Summit on Culture
andEducation, inJanuary2006, themandatewasgiven for
the creation of an African World Heritage Fund to address
problemswithconservationandpreservationofheritagesites,
onthecontinent.TheFundwasofficiallylaunchedandadonor
conferenceheld,on5May2006,inKrugersdorp,SouthAfrica.
The Department was closely involved in the organisation of
the launch and donor conference together with other key
stakeholderDepartments.TheDepartmentisstillengagedin
lobbyingforfundsfromotherstatesanddonorcommunities.
FollowingthesuccessfullaunchoftheAfricanWorldHeritage
Fund,theBoardofTrusteesmettodiscusstheoperationalisation
oftheFundinDecember2007,aswellasthe10-yearAction
Plan and proposed future activities. The Fund will aim to
enhancethepreservationandpromotionofAfrica’sheritage,
aswellasthesustainableusagethereofinpromotingeconomic
developmentandpovertyeradication.
Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
South Africa continued to promote and strengthen
MinisterofArts&CultureDr.PalloJordanreceivingadonationfromChineseMinisterofCommerceBoXilaifortheWorldHeritageSiteattheCradleofHumankind
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economic, social and cultural rights, and place it on par
withallotherhumanrightsbyco-operatingwithaCross-
Regional Pro-Optional Protocol Group and the Africa
Group in recommending the extension and modification
of the mandate of the Working Group to elaborate this
instrument.TheHRCagreedtoextendthemandateofthe
WorkingGroupforafurthertwoyears.Adraft textwhich
willbediscussedinthenextsession.
To further the operationalisation of the Right to
Development, South Africa worked in the new Human
RightsCounciltowardsplacingtheRighttoDevelopment
onparwithallotherhumanrights,bysupportingthenotion
of a mandatory international instrument or an update
of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
CulturalRights(ICESCR)andtheInternationalCovenant
onCivilandPoliticalRights(ICCPR),throughamendment
protocols.
SouthAfricacontributedtothe3rdsessionofaHighLevel
TaskForceinGenevainJanuary2007,andtheprogress
made towards the application of the criteria for periodic
evaluation of global development partnerships including
theAfricanPeerReviewMechanism,theParisGuidelines
on Aid Effectiveness and the Economic Commission
for Africa/Organisation for Economic Co-operation &
Development(ECA/OECD)mutualreviewofdevelopment-
effectiveness partnership. South Africa also contributed
to the 8th session of the Working Group on the Right
to Development in February 2007, in which the Group
consideredtheconclusionsoftheHighLevelTaskForcein
thecontextofMillenniumDevelopmentGoal8.
During the 4th Session of the Human Rights Council
SouthAfricavotedinfavouroftheresolutionontheRight
to Development, co-sponsored the resolution on the
Questionof theRealisation inallCountriesofEconomic,
SocialandCulturalRights,andpresentedaresolutionon
theRectificationoftheLegalStatusoftheCommitteeon
Economic,SocialandCulturalRights,whichwasadopted
byconsensus.
SouthAfricapromotesthepositionthatextremepovertyis
aviolationofhumandignityandanaffrontonthepractical
enjoyment of human rights, and that the realisation of
the Right to Development including the global efforts for
the attainment of the MDGs offer the best approach to
eradicatepoverty.
SouthAfricacontributedtotheUNHighCommissionerfor
HumanRights’studyonstepstakentopromote“Accessto
MedicationinthecontextofPandemicssuchasHIVAND
AIDS,TuberculosisandMalaria”aswellasstepstakento
implement“TheProtectionofHumanRightsintheContext
of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)”. South Africa also
supported a Cuban proposal for a General Assembly
ResolutionontheRighttoFood.
Square Kilometer Array (SKA)
The South African Government has recognized the
importance of harnessing science and technology as an
integralpartofawiderpoliticalandeconomicstrategyto
address national and regional development priorities. A
majorvehicletoachievethisobjectiveisSouthAfrica’sbid
tohosttheproposedSquareKilometerArray(SKA)
TheSKAisaUS$1billioninternationalprojecttobuilda
radiotelescopewithareceivingsurfaceofamillionsquare
metres,onehundredtimeslargerthanthelargestreceiving
surfacenowinexistence.TheDepartmentofForeignAffairs
launchedanextensiveinternationallobbycampaignonan
on-goingbasisforSouthAfrica’sbid,basedupontechnical
information provided by the Department of Science and
Technology(DST).
During 2006, South Africa was short listed alongside
AustraliaasoneofthetwopossiblesitestohosttheSKA.
ThefinaldecisiononwheretositetheSKAwillbetakenat
adatestilltobedetermined.TheDepartment,togetherwith
DST,iscontinuingtolobbygloballyforSouthAfrica’sbid.
Environment
During 2006/7 the Department’s officials have been
engagedwithinter-departmentaldelegationsinhighlevel
negotiationsonClimateChange,BiologicalDiversity,Bio-
Safetyand theForumonForests. In thiscontextandas
Chairof theG77+ChinaGroupduring2006,significant
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progress was made in strengthening the negotiating
position of South Africa and the Group in the areas of
AdaptiontoClimateChangeandBio-Safety.
The Department has been involved in Climate Change
negotiationsformanyyears.InthisrespecttheDepartmenthas
participatedinthemeetingsoftheConferenceoftheParties
(COP)totheUNFrameworkConventiononClimateChange
(UNFCC)aswellastheConferenceofthePartiesservingas
theMeetingoftheParties(COP/MOP)totheKyotoProtocolto
UNFCCC.OneofthemajorachievementsofthefirstCOP/MOP
wastheadoptionoftheProceduresandMechanismsrelating
toComplianceundertheKyotoProtocol.Inadditiontosetting
outproceduresandmechanismsforensuringcompliancewith
theProtocol,theCOP/MOPalsoestablishedtheCompliance
Committee. The Compliance Committee, which comprises
the Enforcement Branch and the Facilitative Branch, was
establishedtofacilitate,promoteandenforcecompliancewith
the commitments under the Protocol. The Chief State Law
Adviser(IL)waselectedtoserveontheEnforcementBranch
whichisinteraliaresponsiblefordeterminingwhetherAnnex
I Parties are in compliance with their quantified emission
limitationorreductioncommitmentundertheProtocol.
AnewprocessundertheUNFCCCwasalsolaunched.South
AfricawasrequestedtofacilitatetogetherwithAustralia,the
Dialogueonlong-termcooperativeactiontoaddressclimate
change(“Dialogue”)andthisresponsibilityiscarriedoutby
theOfficeoftheChiefStateLawAdvisor(InternationalLaw)
OCSLA (IL). During COP11, a decision was adopted to
“withoutprejudicetoanyfuturenegotiations,commitments,
process, framework or mandate under the Convention”
startadialogueonlong-termcooperativeactiontoaddress
climate change. The decision further defines the context
of theDialogueprocessby linking it to implementationof
theConvention,whichsuggeststhattheDialogueprocess
couldpavethewayforaprocesstoreviewtheConvention.
While theDialogue isnotanegotiatingprocess, itwillset
theagendaforsuchfuturenegotiations.Duringthepasttwo
workshopsoftheDialogue,inMayandinNovember2006,
severalhundredparticipantsengagedindiscussionsandan
initialexchangeofviewson the four thematic issues.The
DialogueprovidedPartieswithanopportunitytoconsiderthe
inter-linkagesbetweenthedevelopmentgoals,adaptation,
technologyandmarket-basedapproachesand touse this
asabasis to furtherdevelopaneffectiveandappropriate
internationalresponsetoclimatechange.
An important issue considered by the Meeting of States
Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of
theSearelatedtothesubstantiveworkoftheCommission
on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in respect of the
establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf
beyond200nauticalmiles.SouthAfrica,aswithmanyother
coastalstates, isdue tosubmit itsclaim foranextended
continentalshelfbeforeMay2009.TheDepartment,asa
member of the Steering Committee of the SouthAfrican
ContinentalShelfClaimProject,continuestoengagewith
theotherstakeholdersintheProjectinpreparationofSouth
Africa’ssubmissionaswellas interalia facilitatingcloser
co-operationwithotherstatesthathavemadeclaims.
During thisAnnual Report period SouthAfrica remained
commitedtotheprotectionoftheoceansandthesustainable
managementofitsmarineresourcesasprovidedforinall
major internationaltreatiesdealingwithmarine,maritime,
fisheriesandAntarcticmatters.
South African membership of multilateral and international forums
SouthAfricaisactiveinanumberofUNbodiesandfunctional
committeesoftheUnitedNations.SouthAfricaorSouthAfrican
expertshavebeenelectedtoserveonthefollowing:
General Assembly
• HumanRightsCouncil(2006–2007;2007-2010)
• CommitteeonInformation
• CommitteeontheExerciseoftheInalienablerights
ofthePalestinianPeople
• CommitteeonthePeacefulUsesofOuterSpace
(COPUOS)
• ConferenceonDisarmament
• SpecialCommitteeonPeacekeepingOperations
• BoardofAuditors(until30June2012)
• InternationalLawCommission(JohnDugard,2002
-2006;2006-2010))
• UNCommissiononInternationalTradeLaw(2003
-2007)
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Security Council
• UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(2007–2009)
• PeaceBuildingCommission(2007–2009)
• InternationalCriminalTribunalfortheFormer
Yugoslavia(JusticeMoloto,2005-2009)
Economic and Social Council
• EconomicandSocialCouncil(2005–2007)
• CommissiononCrimePreventionandCriminal
Justice(2001–2003;2007-2009)
• CommissiononNarcoticDrugs(1996-1999;2002
-2005)
• CommitteeforProgrammeandCoordination(2003
-2005;2006–2008)
• CommissiononPopulationandDevelopment1998
-2001;2007-2010)
• CommissiononSustainableDevelopment(2002
-2005)
• CommissionforSocialDevelopment(1997-2005;
2005-2009)
• CommissionontheStatusofWomen(2002-2006)
• ECONOMICCommissionforAfrica(2003-2005;
2006-2008)
• UNStatisticalCommission(2002-2005;2006-
2009)
• CommitteeofExpertsontheTransportof
DangerousGoodsandthegloballyHarmonized
SystemofClassificationandLabellingofChemicals)
• CommitteeofExpertsonPublicAdministration
(Geraldine-FraserMoleketi,2006-2009)
• PermanentForumonIndigenousIssues(William
Langeveldt,1995-2007)
• ArbitratoroftheInternationalPanelofArbitrators
undertheOptionalRulesforArbitrationof
DisputesrelatingtoNaturalResourcesand/orthe
Environment.(SandeadeWet)
• UNFCCCComplianceCommittee(2006–2007)
Other Bodies, Specialised Agencies or Boards
• CommitteeontheEliminatingofDiscrimination
againstWomen(HazelGumedeShelton,2003
-2007)
• CommitteeontheEliminationofRacial
Discrimination(NosiphoJanuary-Bardill,2004
-2008)
• InternationalCivilAviationOrganization(1950
-1965;2002–2004;2004-2007)
• InternationalCriminalCourt(NavanethemPillay,
2003-2009)
• InternationalLabourOrganisation(1996-2005;
2005-2008)
• InternationalMaritimeOrganization(1998-2005;
2006-2007)
• InternationalTribunalLawfortheSea(Albert
Hoffman,2005-2014)
• InternationalSeabedAuthority
• InternationalTelecommunicationsUnion(1994
-2002;2002-2006;2007-2010)
• OrganizationfortheProhibitionofChemical
Weapons(1997-2006;2006-2008)
• UNConferenceonTradeandDevelopment
• UNEnvironmentProgramme(2006-2009)
• UNHumanSettlementsProgramme(2004-
2007)
• UNHighCommissionerforRefugees
• BoardofTrustees-UNInstituteforTrainingand
Research
• UNWorldTourismOrganisation
• InternationalUnionfortheProtectionofNew
VarietiesofPlants
UniversalPostalUnion
UNESCO
• UNESCOExecutiveBoard(2004-2009)
• IntergovernmentalCounciloftheInternational
HydrologicalProgramme(2004–2009)
• IntergovernmentalCounciloftheInternational
ProgrammefortheSocialSciences(MOST)
–ChairpersonZolaSkweyiya
UNIDO
• IndustrialDevelopmentBoard(2004-2007)
• ProgrammeandBudgetCommittee(2007-2009)
• ExternalAuditor(2002-2004,2004-2006,2006-
2012)
BILATERAL RELATIONS:AFRICA
INTRODUCTION
WithabudgetofR469525284.00andastaffcomplement
of 288 personnel (Head Office & Missions), the Branch
Africa Bilateral has been able to successfully implement
the key strategic priorities of the Government, including
themanagementofsupportfortheresolutionofconflicts,
implementationofpost-conflictreconstructionprogrammes,
the organisation and monitoring of elections and the
expansion and consolidation of bilateral political and
economicrelations.
SOUTHERN AFRICA
IntermsoftheconsolidationoftheAfricanAgenda,South
Africaplayedaleadingsupportroleintheorganisationof
electionsintwocountriesoftheregionandwasmandated
bySADCtofacilitatedialogueinathirdcountry:
South Africa assisted the DRC in organising its first
democratic election in over 40 years on 30 July 2006
and the second round on 29 October 2006. This was
donewithin the frameworkof theRSA-DRCBi-National
Commission(BNC),establishedinAugust2004between
the two countries. Priority was given to critical areas
supporting governance structures, electoral support,
and security sector reform (SSR). The South African
Governmentdeployeda108-memberNationalObserver
Team inall eleven (11)Provinces,whichobservedboth
rounds of the DRC elections. On 9 March 2007, South
Africa hosted a Security Sector Reform Contact Group
Summit to further discuss the anticipated assistance to
theGovernmentoftheDRCregardingthesecuritysector
inthecountry.
LesothoheldsuccessfulparliamentaryelectionsinFebruary
2007 and SouthAfrica assisted by providing helicopters
whichwereutilisedtotransportballotmaterialtothemore
remotepartsofthecountry.
On 28 - 29 March 2007 SouthAfrica was mandated by
the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
tocontinuefacilitatingdialoguebetweentheZimbabwean
Government and the opposition parties. South Africa’s
engagement in Zimbabwe, within the AU and SADC
context,islargelyfocusedonencouraginganall-inclusive
dialogue between the main political role-players and
encouragingZimbabweanstofindahome-grownsolution
tothechallengesfacingthecountry.
PresidentThaboMbekiandthePrimeMinisterofLesothoPakalithaMosisiliatapressconferenceduringthelatter’sStateVisittoSouthAfrica,Tuynhuys,CapeTown,2007
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In the Southern African region, South Africa continues
to strengthen her good relations and co-operation with
neighbouring countries through the various established
bilateralforums.
MeetingsoftheJointBilateralCommissionofCo-operation
with Lesotho were held in Maseru inApril 2006, and in
PretoriainAugust2006respectively;
On the 7th May 2007, SouthAfrica and Malawi formally
establishedaJointCommissionforCo-operation.
The 5th Session of the SA/Botswana Joint Permanent
CommissiononDefence`andSecurity(JPCDS)washeld
from13-16November2006inDurban;
The Heads of State Economic Bilateral Forum between
South Africa and Mozambique took place in Maputo,
Mozambiqueon29June2006;
ASeniorOfficialsmeeting tookplace inOctober2006 in
Pretoria between South Africa and Swaziland. The two
countriesagreedtosignaDeclarationofIntent(DOI)which
identifiesareasofco-operation;
ASouthAfrica-TanzaniaSeniorOfficialsMeetingwasheld
on19-20March2007totakestockofprogressregarding
thePresidentialEconomicCommission(PEC).ThePEC
meetingbetweenPresidentsofthetwopartnercountries
tookplaceon5April2007inTanzania,whereAgreements
intheareasofTransportandHomeAffairsweresigned;
A Senior Officials Meeting between Zambia and South
Africawasheldon21-23February2007inLusakatolay
thegroundforboththeMinisterialandtheStatevisits;
A Senior Officials Meeting between South Africa and
Zimbabwewasheld inVictoriaFalls from5-7February
2007.On20-24November2006,thesecondSessionof
theJointPermanentCommissiononDefenceandSecurity
(JPCDS),washeldatVictoriaFalls,Zimbabwe.
Increaseddialoguewithindividualstatesintheregionwas
enhanced through the following bilateral meetings which
werefacilitatedbytheDepartment:
ThemeetingbetweentheForeignMinistersofSouthAfrica
andAngoladuringameetingof theExecutiveCouncilof
theAfricanUnioninAddisAbabainJanuary2007;
PresidentMbekivisitedNamibiaon21November2006to
attendtheHeadsofStateEconomicBilateralmeeting.An
agreementonEconomicCo-operationwassignedbythe
twoTradeMinisters.
DeputyMinisterAzizPahadwithhiscounterpartfromMozambiqueDr.EduardoKolomaattheUnionBuildings,Pretoria
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The Minister of Defence, Mosiuoa Lekota visited
Swakopmund,Namibia,from3to7October2006forthe
annual meeting of the Joint Permanent Commission on
DefenceandSecurity;
On24August2006,adelegationfromtheDepartmentof
TradeandIndustry(DTI)visitedZimbabwetodiscussthe
finalisation of the BilateralAgreement on Promotion and
ProtectionofInvestments(BIPPA)withtheirZimbabwean
counterparts.
EAST AFRICA
In EastAfrica, the Department is currently implementing
anumberofpostconflictreconstructionanddevelopment
programmeswithspecificfocusoninstitutionandcapacity
building in the region. In the Sudan the Department
coordinatestheDFA-UNISA-GOSSCapacityandInstitution
BuildingProjectforSouthernSudan,fundedbytheAfrican
Renaissance Fund, for the Government of Southern
Sudan (GOSS). To date over 500 GOSS officials have
been trained insuchareasaspublicserviceandfinance
management, intergovernmental coordination, the justice
system,governmentcommunicationanddiplomacy.Keyto
thesuccessoftheprojecthasbeentheinclusionofother
departments whose experience and expertise are drawn
upon.
In the Comoros the Department coordinated South
Africa’scontributiontothesuccessfulholdingofthe2006
Presidentialelectionswhichledtotheassumptionofoffice
by President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. These elections
marked the consolidation of the national reconciliation
process in the country. With the national reconciliation
processtakingshape,SouthAfricahasturneditsattention
toassistingtheComoroswithbuildingsustainablepolitical
andeconomicinstitutionstoenablethecountrytoadvance
itsdevelopment.Areasofassistanceincludethejudiciary,
security, electoral, tourism, finance and agricultural
sectors.
In Burundi, the last remaining group outside the peace
process,thePALIPHEHUTU-FNL,wasfinallybroughttothe
negotiationtableandsignedtheComprehensiveCeasefire
Agreement(CCA)inSeptember2006.Theimplementation
of CCA between the Government of Burundi and the
PALIPHEHUTU-FNLhasnotprogressedasexpected.The
Facilitationprocess,headedbyMinisterCharlesNqakula,
has experienced several delays due to the fact that the
PALIPHEHUTU-FNL is attempting to impose new terms
andconditionswhichfalloutsidethemandateoftheCCA.
The PALIPHEHUTU-FNL is of the opinion that it should
beabsorbed into theBurundiDefenceForcewithout the
mandate of popular elections, and has requested the
dismantling of the Burundian National Defence Force, to
berestructuredanew,aconditionwhichisrejectedbythe
Burundian Government. The Facilitation team remains
committed to bringing lasting peace to Burundi and has
openedanoffice inBujumbura inorder toassistwith the
implementationoftheCCA.
Somalia remains a priority and the restoration of
governance is key, and SouthAfrica remains committed
tothenationalreconciliationanddevelopmentofSomalia
and its institutions of governance. However SouthAfrica
maintainsthatthesolutiontothecurrentsituationinSomalia
ispoliticalinnatureandnotmilitary.
South Africa maintains good relations with the Sudan
withmuchof thefocusontheconsolidationof thepeace
processeslaunchedtoresolvethecountry’slongstanding
conflicts. President Mbeki is actively engaged with the
key figures to ensure successful implementation of the
Comprehensive PeaceAgreement and the Darfur Peace
Agreement.HevisitedtheSudanonseveraloccasionsto
hold discussions with President El Bashir and First Vice
PresidentandPresidentoftheGOSSSalvaKiirMayardat
onissuesaroundtheimplementationoftheComprehensive
PeaceAgreement.TheGOSSPresidentalsovisitedSouth
Africa in November 2006 as part of an ongoing effort to
seekSouthAfrica’sexperiencesinbuildingviablepolitical
institutions. Furthermore, a Joint Bilateral Commission
has been established and key Agreements focusing on
economic development and security issues have been
successfullynegotiatedandareawaitingsignature.
South Africa is in the process of formalising the Joint
Ministerial Commission with Ethiopia and is revitalising
relationswithDjibouti inaneffort topromotepoliticaland
economicco-operationbetweenthetwocountries.
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Relationships between the South African Government
and theBurundiGovernmentwere strengthenedwhena
GeneralCo-operationAgreementwassignedinFebruary
2007.ThefourthsessionoftheSouthAfrica-RwandaJCC
washeldinSeptember2006inKigali,Rwandawithmore
emphasisplacedoncapacityandinstitutionbuilding.
The South Africa-Kenya Joint Co-operation Commission
Agreementwassuccessfullynegotiatedandisnowawaiting
signature.
SouthAfrica has been invited and is participating in the
JointMonitoringCommissionon theconflictbetween the
government of Uganda and the Lord’s ResistanceArmy
(LRA),whichischairedbythePrimeMinisterofUganda.
NORTH AFRICA
South Africa continued to consolidate and deepen its
bilateralandmultilateralrelationswithindividualcountries
of North Africa especially in terms of the promotion of
the African Agenda, economic diplomacy as well as a
constructive contribution towards stability, democracy
and reconstruction and development. South Africa also
intensifieditspoliticaldialogueandexpandeditseconomic
interactionwiththeregionduringtheperiodunderreview.
Theseinclude:
Algeria remained South Africa’s strategic partner
based on economic and political considerations. The
Presidential Binational Commission between the two
countries succeeded in expanding and coordinating the
activities of theTechnical Working Groups (TWG) while
additional bilateral agreements were negotiated. Co-
operation in the military industrial and hydrocarbons
sectors also increased. SA also expanded its dialogue
andco-operationwiththreeAUinstitutionsheadquarters
inAlgeria,namelyTheCentrefortheStudyandResearch
on Terrorism (CSRT), The African Energy Commission
(AFREC) and the PanAfrican Youth Union (PAYU).At
theexecutivelevel,PresidentsMbekiandBouteflikaheld
consultations in Algiers in March 2006 and SA/Algeria
continued to coordinate international efforts towards
a solution to the issue of the illegal occupation of the
WesternSahara.
IntermsoftheDepartmentalStrategicPlan,theinternational
issue of the illegal occupation of the Western Sahara
by Morocco remained a foreign policy priority. South
Africa, therefore, will increase its foreign assistance and
humanitarianaidtotheSaharawiArabDemocraticRepublic
(SADR) over the next three years (through the African
RenaissanceFund).SAalsohostedAminatouHaidairand
MrAliTamek,renownedSaharawihumanrightsactivists,
aswellastheChiefNegotiatoroftheSADR,MrMohamed
Khadad and the Minister of International Co-operation.
SAalsoplayedaconstructiveroleinfindingalastingand
peacefulsolutiontotheissuewithhigh-leveldialogueand
bilateral engagements based on SA’s principled stand
on self-determination, decolonisation, human rights and
internationallaw.
In termsofMauritania,SouthAfricamadeaconstructive
contribution in support of the democratic roadmap
undertaken by the military transitional government. SA
participatedasamemberof theAUPeaceandSecurity
Council Observer Mission for Mauritania during the
successful and free and fair constitutional referendum,
legislativeandmunicipalelectionsand,finally,Presidential
elections during 2006/7. SA also expanded the legal
frameworkbetweenthetwocountries inthehydrocarbon
andmineralssectors.
SA continued to normalise its relations with Morocco
notwithstanding fundamental differences on the issue of
theillegaloccupationoftheWesternSaharaanddenialof
therightofself-determinationoftheSaharawipeople.
SouthAfricaandEgyptcontinuedtoconsolidateandexpand
bilateralandmultilateralrelations.TheMid-termReviewat
Seniorofficials levelmetduringNovember2006 inorder
tofacilitateandcoordinateexpandingtradeandeconomic
relations.PetroSAwasalsoawardedoilexplorationrights
intheSuez,Egyptduring2006.
South Africa/Tunisia bilateral relations expanded during
2006.Thefirstlady,MrsMbeki,visitedTunisiaunderthe
auspicesoftheSouthAfricanWomeninDialogue(SAWID)
to assess SA/Tunisia co-operation in the critical field of
successful and sustainable implementation of poverty
alleviation strategies and programmes. The SA/Tunisia
BusinessForumalsometduringtheyeartopromotetrade
andinvestmentrelations.
SA and Libya continued to expand economic relations
during2006.Politicalconsultationsregularlytookplaceon
issues relating to theAfrican Union, peace and security,
resolutionof conflicts and socio-economic reconstruction
programmeforAfrica(NEPAD).
WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
Support for conflict resolution and prevention continued
to be a priority in a region often subject to conflict, and
whichhasanumberofstates inapost-conflictphaseof
development.Duringthepastyear,SouthAfricaremained
closely engaged with peace efforts aimed at bringing
a lasting political solution to the conflict inCôte d’Ivoire.
While the nature of South Africa’s mediation changed
during the latter part of 2006 at the request of the sub-
regional grouping ECOWAS, South Africa continued to
playanactivepartinthedeliberationsoftheInternational
WorkingGroup.
Support to post conflict reconstruction, particularly in
LiberiaandSierraLeone,alsoremainedakeyobjectivein
promotingrelationswiththeregion.InLiberia,SouthAfrica
continuedtosupporteffortsofPresidentJohnsonSirleafin
rebuildingLiberia’sshatteredeconomy.Inthisregard,South
Africajoinedwithitsinternationalpartners,bothintheUnited
Nations and the structures of theAfrican Union, to assist
Liberia. These range from support to the United Nations
forLiberianpolicetrainingtoassistingLiberiaclearitsdebt
arrearstotheAfricanDevelopmentBank.
In Sierra Leone, the ESKOM power project has been
finalised and is expected to be completed during 2007.
The addition of this capacity is expected to contribute
significantly to the power capacity of Freetown, Sierra
Leone’scapitalcity.
SouthAfricacontinuedefforts toconsolidateanddeepen
formalbilateralrelationswithRepublicofGuinea.On3to
4July2006PresidentMbekiundertookaworkingvisit to
theRepublicofGuinea.Duringthevisit,PresidentMbeki
andPresidentConteofGuineaexpressedtheirsatisfaction
with thestateof relationsbetween the twocountriesand
reaffirmedtheirdeterminationtoworktowardstheirfurther
developmentandpromotion.
On23to24November2006,theinauguralsessionofthe
South Africa –Guinea Joint Commission of Cooperation
washeld.DuringthissessionthetwoMinistersofForeign
Affairsreviewedthestateofbilateralrelationsbetweenthe
twocountries.
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumaandUNFTPresidentAzizaHatiriattendingtheSouthAfrica-TunisiaWomeninDialoque(SAWID)deliberations,2007
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A number of agreements have already been signed
betweenSouthAfricaandGuineasuchastheProtocolon
DiplomaticConsultations,MemorandumofUnderstanding
onBasicEnglishandFrenchlanguagetrainingforofficials
intherespectiveMinistriesofForeignAffairs,Agreementon
thewaivingofvisarequirementsforholdersofdiplomatic
andofficialpassports,Tradeagreementandanagreement
onEducation.
In line with its objective of enhancing and strengthening
democracyinAfrica,theSouthAfricandiplomaticmission,
in the Republic of Congo, hosted a seminar on national
reconciliation with a view to assist in the consolidation
andadvancementofthepost-conflictpeaceprocess.The
seminar was addressed by two prominent SouthAfrican
personalities,MrRoelfMeyerandMrCyrilRamaphosa.
South Africa joined other bilateral partners in helping to
addressthefinancialandeconomicsituationintheCentral
AfricanRepublic.SouthAfricadonatedUS$500000tothe
African Development Bank’s Africa Fund for assistance
to the Central African Republic. President Mbeki also
approved the cancellation of outstanding CentralAfrican
Republic debt of R65,9 million owed to South Africa’s
IndustrialDevelopmentCorporation.
SouthAfricacontinued toextend itdiplomaticcontacts in
the West African region, with the establishment of new
residential missions in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso),
Cotonou (Benin), and Niamey (Niger). In an effort to
strengthenbilateral relations in thesub-region,President
Mbeki paid a State Visit to the Republic of Niger in July
2006.
DuringMarch2007,PresidentMbekipaidaworkingvisit
toRepublicofBeninandattendedtheRepublicofGhana’s
50thindependenceanniversary
ThepastyearsawthefurtherconsolidationofSouthAfrica’s
already good relations with theWestAfrican region.The
2ndsessionoftheJointCommissionwithRepublicofMali
washeldinBamakoinDecember2006.
A number of visiting Ministerial and official delegations
visited South Africa from the Republic of Congo, the
RepublicofGabon,theRepublicofChadandtheCentral
AfricanRepublic.
FollowingthevisittoSouthAfricainApril2006byPresident
FrancoisBozizeoftheCentralAfricanRepublic,theSouth
AfricanMinisterofDefence,MinisterLekotavisitedBangui
twicetoassesstheCentralAfricanRepublic’sneedsand
tolaythegroundworkforaco-operationinitiativebetween
theirrespectivedefenceforces.InFebruary2007,President
BozizemadeafurthervisittoSouthAfricatowitnessthe
signingoftheMemorandumofUnderstandingondefence
co-operation.
A South African interdepartmental delegation of Senior
OfficialsvisitedChadinSeptember2006toexploreareas
of closer cooperation. In December 2006, a Counsellor
wasappointedandplacedattheSAMissioninN’Djamena
as Charge d’Affairs. The Chadian Government has also
expressedits intentionofappointinganHonoraryConsul
inPretoriasoon.
In strengthening relations in the region, South Africa
concluded a bilateral Defence Co-operation Agreement
with the Republic of Gabon during a visit by Mr Lekota,
MinisterofDefence. Inaneffort tobroadenSouthAfrica
economic linkages, the Minister of Trade and Industry,
Minister Mpahlwa, led a delegation to Cameroon in
September2006.
In extending South Africa’s diplomatic reach into the
region,asatellitemissionwasopened inSãoTomeand
Principe.South Africa has an ongoing capacity building
programmeforpublicservantsofSãoTomeandPrincipe.
ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EASTCENTRAL AND EAST ASIA
INTRODUCTION
Theregion,extensiveandmulti-facettedasitis,represents
importantopportunitiesforSouthAfricaintermsofSouth-
SouthCo-operation; growing theeconomy through trade
and investment; and the achievement of development
prioritiessuchasjointpursuitofachievingtheMillennium
DevelopmentGoals,tonameafew.
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Greater China
TheoverarchingobjectiveofSouthAfrica’srelationshipwith
thePeople’sRepublicofChina(PRC),istheestablishment
ofastrategicbilateralandmultilateralpartnershipbasedon
equality,mutualbenefitandco-operation.SouthAfricaand
Chinasharemanyofthesamesocialanddevelopmental
challengesi.e.povertyalleviation,sustainabledevelopment,
the equitable distribution of wealth, peace and security,
a better life for all as well as challenges induced by
globalisationandhistoricinequities.
In June 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao undertook an official
visit to South Africa. During this visit, a Programme for
DeepeningtheStrategicPartnershipbetweenSouthAfrica
andChinawassigned.DuringNovember2006,President
ThaboMMbekivisitedChinatoattendtheSummitMeeting
oftheForumonChina-AfricaCo-operation(FOCAC),held
on5November, followedbyaStateVisiton6November.
TheFOCACBeijingDeclarationcommittedChinaandAfrica
to“Properlyhandl(ing)issuesandchallengesthatmayarise
in thecourseofco-operation through friendlyconsultation
in keeping with China-Africa friendship and the long-term
interestsof the twosides.”Furthermore, togiveconcrete
expressiontotheirco-operation,ChinaandAfricaadopted
thesectorspecificBeijingActionPlan(2007-2009),based
onthesharedimperativeto“promotefriendship,peace,co-
operationanddevelopment”,andto“advancethenewtype
ofstrategicpartnershipbetweenChinaandAfricainkeeping
withtheFOCACBeijingDeclaration.”
InFebruary2007,PresidentHuJintaoundertookaState
VisittoSouthAfrica.Attheconclusionofhisvisit,President
Hu announced support for South Africa’s ASGISA and
JIPSAthroughcontributingtothesettingupofaVocational
Training Centre and an Agricultural Technology Co-
operationCentre.ArtisantrainingattheTshwaneUniversity
ofTechnologywillcommenceshortly.
SouthAfricaisChina’skeytradepartnerinAfrica,accounting
for nearly 21 per cent of the total volume of China-Africa
trade.In2006,SouthAfricanexportsamountedtonearlyR
14,02billion,withimportsreachingR46,72billion.In2006,
ChinabecameSouthAfrica’ssecondlargestimporttrading
partner, and the sixth largest export partner. Total trade
betweenSouthAfricaandtheGreaterChinaregion(PRC,
HongKong,MacauandTaiwan), reachedR80,52billion
during2006.SouthAfricanexportsin2006amountedtoR
23,54billion,whileSouthAfrican imports from the region
amountedtoR56,98billion.
In the context of the one-China Policy, South Africa and
Taiwanmaintainvibrant trade,scientific,culturalandother
relationswithrespectiverepresentativeoffices.
Japan
Relations between SouthAfrica and Japan received new
impetus during 2006 with two high level visits that further
expandedandcementedrelationsbetweenthetwocountries.
DeputyPresidentPhumzileMlambo-NgcukavisitedJapan
during May 2006, accompanied by various ministers, and
parastatal and private sector representatives. The visit
resulted in the establishment of work groups and a Task
Force on SouthAfrica/JapanASGISA/JIPSA co-operation
and projects. Both countries also agreed to co-operate in
advancing development in the southern African region in
general. Foreign Minister NC Dlamini Zuma visited Japan
duringDecember2006attheinvitationofForeignMinister
TaroAso.Duringthevisititwasagreedinprincipletoupgrade
thePartnershipForumwhichprovidesa frameworkwithin
whichbothcountriesareabletocontinuouslyworktowards
strengthening, developing and broadening relations to the
mutualbenefitofbothcountries,toministeriallevel.
JapanwasSouthAfrica’sthirdmostimportanttradepartner
in 2006. However, Japan is South Africa’s number one
exportpartner,and4thlargestimportpartnerafterGermany,
China, and the US. In the past decade, SouthAfrica has
consolidateditspositionasJapan’smostimportanttrading
partner in Africa. Exports to Japan have increased since
1992fromR4billiontoapproximatelyR41,3billionbythe
endof2006,whilstimportsfromJapaninthesameperiod
haveincreasedfromR5billiontoR30,2billion.
The Koreas
In May 2006, then Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon of the
RepublicofKorea(ROK)visitedSouthAfricatoseeksupport
forhiscandidatureforthepostofUNSecretary-General.In
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November2006,KoreahostedthefirstKorea-AfricaForum
inSeoul.TheForumlaidthefoundationfortheframework
offriendship,partnershipandco-operationbetweenKorea
and Africa. The Korean Government committed itself to
assistAfrican countries in human resource development
byinviting1,000traineeswithinthreeyears.
Increasinglythemainfocusofthebilateralrelationshipison
economicandbusinesslinks.KoreaisSouthAfrica’sfourth
largest tradingpartner inAsia,andSouthAfrica isKorea’s
largesttradingpartnerinAfrica.TradebetweenSouthAfrica
andKorea isofacomplimentarynatureandencompasses
a broad range of products from minerals to semi-finished
products to sophisticated high-technology electric and
electronicgoods.In2006,SouthAfrica’sexportswereR6,8
billionandSouthAfricanimportswereR11,8billion.
Relations between South Africa and the Democratic
People’sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)wereboostedinJuly
2006throughthevisittoSouthAfricaofMrKimHyongJun,
ViceMinisterofForeignAffairs.
Central Asia
TheeconomiesofKazakhstan,Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan are all at various
stages of change and development. Like South Africa,
the six countries are developing states and seek inward
investment. In June 2006, a Senior Officials’ delegation
from the Department of Foreign Affairs paid a visit to
CentralAsiatopromoteinteralia,theAfricanAgendaand
tofosterandbroadenbilateralrelations.
SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, AUSTRALASIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
This region of Asia includes major trading partners like
India,whichsharestheIBSAforumwithSouthAfrica,as
wellasthe10countriescomprisingtheAssociationofSouth
East Asian Nations (ASEAN), i.e. Thailand, Singapore,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Laos,Myanmar,BruneiaswellasTimor-Leste.Thisregion
isofsignificantpoliticalandeconomicimportancetoSouth
Africa.
Thisregion,coveringavastsectionofAsiahasbeengrouped
intofourareasinordertomakeitmoremanageable,asin
additiontoitssize,itisalsoquitediverse.
TheDepartmentofForeignAffairsgeographicallygroups
countriesinthisregionintofourareas,eachdealtwithby
aseparateDirectorateviz.SouthAsiaI,whichcomprises
PresidentThaboMbekiintroducingDeputyMinisterSuevanderMerweandothermembersofCabinettoChinesePremierWenJiabaoduringanOfficialVisittoSouthAfrica,Tuynhuys,CapeTown,2006
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India,PakistanandAfghanistan;SouthAsiaII,comprising
of Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh;
SouthEastAsia,comprisingofthe10ASEANcountriesand
TimorLeste;andAustralasia&thePacificIslands,dealing
withAustralia,NewZealandandthePacificIslands.
UptoFebruary2007,totaltradewithSoutheastAsiahas
increased significantly from R25 billion in 2005 to R35
billionin2006/07,uptoFebruary2007.Malaysia,Thailand
andSingaporewereSouthAfrica’stoptradingpartnersin
ASEAN,withthetradebalanceintheirfavour.
An important focus of bilateral relations with the region
was around theASGISA and JIPSA programmes aimed
at building the necessary human resources capacity for
SouthAfricatoputtheeconomyonahigh-growthtrajectory
towardseradicatingpovertyandunder-development.
South Asia I
ThepastyearsawafurtherdeepeningofrelationswithIndia
andawelcomeimprovementinbilateraltieswithPakistan.
Developing bilateral relations withAfghanistan remained
problematicduetothefluctuatingsecuritysituation.
Highlights of our relations with India were undoubtedly
thevisit toIndia inSeptember2006byDeputyPresident
PhumzileMlambo-NgcukaandtheOfficialVisitstoSouth
AfricainOctober2006byPrimeMinisterManmohanSigh.
ApivotalaspectofrelationswithIndiawasthecentenary
celebrationsofSatyagraha,thephilosophyofpeacethrough
non-violent resistance espoused by Mahatma Gandhi.
Thiscommemorationgaveaddedimpetusandgravitasto
boththeabovevisits:theDeputyPresidentwasrequested
topresenttheannualAlfredNzoMemorialLectureonthe
topicofSatyagrahatoaninfluentialaudienceinNewDelhi
and Prime Minister Singh participated in the Satyagraha
celebrations in and around Durban prior to the official
bilateraltalksinthecapital.
The Deputy President made use of her visit to India to
promotetheASGISAandJIPSAprogrammesvigorously.
Thishashadremarkableoutcomesbywayofnumerous
South African trainees who have benefitted from
placementand internshipprogrammesofferedby Indian
companies,especiallyTATAandSahara.
DuringPrimeMinisterSingh’svisit,hesignedtheTshwane
Declaration with President Mbeki. This Declaration
constitutes a third pillar to the strategic partnership
betweenSouthAfricaandIndiathefirsttwobeingtheRed
FortandtheDelhiDeclarations.NotonlydoestheTshwane
Declarationcommit the twogovernments toensuring the
implementation of existing bilateral agreements, it also
highlightsareasofcommonalities inbilateralpoliticaland
economicfieldsandinthemultilateralarena.
ThepastyearalsosawtheinauguralsessionoftheJoint
Commission(JC)betweenSouthAfricaandPakistanand
SouthAfrica,whichwasheldinIslamabadon12-13March
2007.Thiseventhastriggeredthenormalisationofrelations
between the two countries after the long hiatus that had
resulted fromthe temporarysuspensionofPakistan from
theCommonwealth.Itcanbeexpectedthattheoutcomes
of thisfirstJCwillcontribute towards the improvement in
tradeandinvestment,andgreaterco-operationinarange
ofimportantareasrangingfromscienceandtechnologyto
agricultureandsecurity-relatedmatters.
Developing bilateral relations with Afghanistan remained
problematicduetothefluctuatingsecuritysituation.
South Asia II
RelationsbetweenSouthAfricaandcountriesfallingunder
SouthAsiaII(SriLanka,Nepal,Bangladesh,Maldivesand
Bhutan) continue to be focused on economic and trade
relations,withpeaceinitiativesalsotakingcentrestage
In-depthconsultationsontheSriLankanconflictsituation
were held throughout the year. Local Tamil Community
organisations and their affiliates as well as Norwegian
mediators were part of this consultation process. The
objective was to develop a ‘Road Map’ led by Deputy
MinisterPahadinresponsetonumerousrequestsforSouth
Africa’sinvolvementinpeaceeffortsinSriLanka.
High level delegations received from Sri Lanka included
3 Cabinet Ministers, 10 Members of Parliament and
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11MembersoftheBusinessforPeaceDelegation.
SA’s Non-Permanent Membership of the United Nations
SecurityCouncil(UNSC)hasraisedexpectationsthatthe
country shouldcontribute toglobalpeacekeeping, In this
regard,arecommendationwassenttoourMissioninNew
YorkforthedeploymentofSAmilitaryobserversinNepal.
Thenon-residentHighCommissionerpresentedcredentials
inMaldivesandSriLanka.
South East Asia
Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka paid a successful
visit to Indonesia inApril 2006.The aim of the visit was
to facilitate closer economic ties over a broad spectrum,
withaspecificfocusonthecreativeindustries,tourismand
thestimulationofSMMEsinthebuild-uptothe2010FIFA
SoccerWorldCup,inlinewithprioritiessetinASGISAand
JIPSA.TheIndonesianMinisterofWomenEmpowerment
madeanappearanceattheNAASPSOMwhichwasheld
inDurban,SouthAfricainSeptember2006.
Singapore remains the key business hub in Southeast
Asia and offers substantial HRD opportunities to South
Africa. Singapore’s Straits Chemicals has launched a
R5,8billioninvestmentatCoegaintheEasternCapeand
inRichardsBayaSingaporeancompanyplanstoinvestin
ashipbuildingprojectworthR2billion.SouthAfrica’shigh
levelvisitstoSingaporein2006includedtheMinistersof
Transport inApril,HousinginSeptemberandIntelligence
inDecember.
During thevisitof theVietnameseMinisterofDefence in
May2006toSouthAfrica,anAgreementonDefenceCo-
operationwassigned.HighlevelvisitstoSouthAfricafrom
Vietnamin2006includedtheMinistersofFisheries,Public
Security and Science and Education. The First Senior
OfficialsMeeting(SOM)withVietnamwasheld inHanoi,
December2006.
SouthAfricawasmandatedby theUNSC tobe the lead
nation on Timor-Leste and it is envisaged that observes
willbesenttothePresidentialElectionsinApril2007and
ParliamentaryElectionsinJune2007.
Relations with Thailand have become strained following
the Coup in September 2006 where upon South Africa
implementedtheAUPositionwithregardtounconstitutional
changes of Government. However, long-planned Senior
Officials consultations between the twoForeignMinistries
went ahead in December 2006. The South African
GovernmentwillcontinuetoobservethesituationinThailand
throughitsMissionandpoliticalrelationswillbenormalised
assoonasthecountryreturnstodemocraticrule.
AResolutiononMyanmarregardinghumanrightsabuses
wastabledbefore theUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil in
January 2007. SouthAfrica voted against this resolution
ontheprinciplethatthematterbelongedintheUNHuman
RightsCouncil.ThispositiondoesnotdetractfromSouth
Africa’s strong opposition to the military dictatorship in
Myanmarandconcernabouthumanrightsinthecountry.
Australasia and the Pacific Islands
RelationsbetweenSouthAfricaandAustralia receiveda
boostwithavisitbyDeputyPresidentPMlambo-Ngcuka
tothatregioninOctober2006,aspartofeffortstopromote
ASGISAandJIPSA.TheDeputyPresidentwashostedby
the Deputy Prime Minister ofAustralia, Mr Mark Vaile.A
Science Co-operation agreement was signed and talks
wereheldoncloserco-operationinthefieldsofeducation
andfilm-makingco-operation.
The moribund Joint Ministerial Commission between
AustraliaandSouthAfricawasrevivedwhentheMinister
ofTradeand Industry,MinisterMandisiMpahlwamethis
Australian counterpart on 18 October 2006. Australian
and South African business leaders responded very
positively and called for closer interaction between the
twogovernmentsinordertocementthestrongeconomic
relationsbetween the twocountries.AustraliawasSouth
Africa’s 11th largest trading partner, with two way trade
totaling R 18,7 billion in 2006. Annual Senior Officials
Consultations withAustralia and New Zealand also took
placeduringthisperiod.
AsaresultoftheDeputyPresident’svisittoNewZealand,
around the same time, and a follow-up visit to South
Africa in December 2006 by Mr Steve Maharey, New
Zealand Minister of Education, Minister of Broadcasting,
Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Minister
forCrownResearchInstitutesandMinisterresponsiblefor
the Education Review Office, officials started developing
proposalsforexchangesinpost-graduateresearch,aswell
asonplacingyoungSouthAfricangraduatesininternshipsin
NewZealand.PrimeMinisterHelenClarkhasmadeitclear
thatsheviewedthedevelopmentofrelationsbetweenSouth
AfricaandNewZealandasahigh-priority.TheDepartment
metwithlesssuccesswithregardtotheestablishmentofa
MissioninWellington.Thismatterhoweverremainshighon
theprioritylistforthecomingFinancialYear.
Relations with the region were further strengthened by an
official visit by Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of
Environmental Affairs and Tourism to Australia and New
Zealand inMarch2007,wherehesignedaLetterof Intent
regardingfutureco-operationinfisherieswithintheparameters
ofSouthAfricanandAustralianmaritime jurisdictions in the
SouthernOceansandaCo-operationArrangementbetween
theMinistryofFisheriesofNewZealandandtheDepartment
ofEnvironmentalAffairsandTourism.
THE MIDDLE EAST
In the Middle East, the Department of Foreign Affairs
distinguishes between two sub-regions. On one hand,
there is theLevant,whichcomprises Israel, Iraq,Jordan,
Lebanon,PalestineandSyria,andontheotherhand,the
Arabian/Persian Gulf Region, consisting of the member
statesof theGulfCo-operationCouncil,namelyBahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, SaudiArabia and the UnitedArab
Emirates(UAE)aswellasIranandYemen.
Levant
During the period under review, South Africa’s bilateral
relationswiththeLevantwerefurtherstrengthened.Some
ofthehighlightsincludedthefollowing:
InNovember2006,SouthAfrica co-hosted theNational
DayofSolidaritywiththePalestinianPeople.Thestrong
historicrelationshipbetweenthecurrentGovernmentand
the Palestinian Liberation Organisation is well known.
The keynote address at the occasion was delivered by
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Derek
Hanekom.
InFebruary2007,SouthAfricahostedtheChiefScientistof
Israel,inthecontextofextendingbilateralco-operationin
thefieldofresearchanddevelopment.Thematterwillbe
pursuedduringthe2007/8financialyear.
Onthemarginsof2006Non-AlignedMovementSummit
DeputyMinisterAzizPahadwithhisSyriancounterpartViceMinisterDr.FaisalMikdadduringdiscussionsattheDiplomaticGuesthouse,Pretoria
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inHavana,theSyrianViceMinisterofForeignAffairs,Dr
FaisalMikdad,metwithhisSouthAfrican counterpart,
Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad. This was followed by a
meetingbetweentheSyrianForeignMinister,MrWalid
Al-Moualem,andMinisterDlaminiZumaonthe fringes
ofUNGA61inNewYorkinSeptember2006.
MinisterofIntelligence,MrRKasrilsandMinisterinthe
Presidency,DrEPahad,visitedSyriainNovemberand
December 2006 respectively.The Syrian Vice Minister
ofForeignAffairs,DrFaisalMikdad,forhispart,visited
SouthAfricainJanuary/February2007.DrMikdadvisited
South Africa as a Special Envoy of President Assad.
These visits took place within the context of South
Africa’s commitment to consolidatingbilateral relations
with Syria and promote the peaceful resolution of the
MiddleEastconflict.
South Africa’s involvement with the Middle East peace
process and the ongoing conflict in Iraq has been dealt
withunderthehigh-levelpriority:GlobalGovernance.
Gulf States
South Africa maintains a strong and ever-improving
relationshipwiththeGulfStatesonabilateralandmultilateral
level.Relationswith theregionarealsobecomingmore
diverse.TheregionremainsSouthAfrica’slargestsourceof
crudeoil,butitisalsobecominganincreasinglyimportant
marketforourproductsandasourceofinvestment.
RelationswithSaudiArabiawereconsolidatedthroughan
officialvisitbyPresidentMbeki to theKingdom inMarch
2007. This followed on a successful Joint Commission,
chairedbytherespectiveMinistersofTradeandIndustry,
whichwasheldthepreviousMarch.SouthAfricaalsohas
a Joint Commission with Iran which meets at the level
of Ministers of ForeignAffairs.The ninth meeting of this
Commission was held in Pretoria in August 2006. The
establishmentofsimilarstructuredbilateralswaspursued
withotherGulfStates.
Ministerial visits to and from the Gulf States during the
period under review included visits by Foreign Affairs
MinisterDlaminiZumatoIranontheeveoftheG-8Summit
inRussiainJuly2006;theMinisterofMineralsandEnergy
toQatar theprecedingmonth for theopeningofamajor
gas-to-liquids Sasol project; the Minister of Science and
Technology to Iran in November 2006 for the signing of
a Science and Technology Agreement; the Minister of
EducationtoSaudiArabiainDecember2006forthesigning
of a Memorandum of Understanding on Co-operation in
Education;andDeputyMinisterofForeignAffairsMrAziz
Pahad to Qatar in March 2007. Incoming visits included
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumawithherIraniancounterpartManachehrMotakkiatthe9thSessionoftheSouthAfrica-IranJointBilateralCommission
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thoseoftheOmaniMinisterofCommerceandTradeduring
November2006andhiscolleague,theMinisterofHigher
Education, inFebruary2007 for thesigningofaScience
andTechnologyAgreement.
Tradeandinvestmentrelatedagreementsthathavebeen
signed between South Africa and countries of the Gulf
provide the legal framework for the expansion of South
Africa’s exports to the growing consumer markets of the
Gulf countries and investments into SouthAfrica. During
the past year, such agreements were signed with Iran,
OmanandSaudiArabia.
InvestmentopportunitiesinSouthAfricahavecontinuedto
bepromotedwithpoliticalandeconomicrole-playersinthe
GulfStates.FollowingaCabinetLekgotladecisioninthis
regardat thebeginningof2006, theDepartmentheldan
inter-departmentalworkshopduringApril2006inorderto
developaunifiedgovernmentpolicyonincreasingaccess
to the massive investment funds available in the oil-rich
GulfStates. Inaddition, theArabianGulfExportGroup,
involvingtheDepartmentsofTrade&IndustryandForeign
Affairs, as well as the SouthAfrican private sector, was
established,aimedatthejointexplorationofSouthAfrican
business participation in the large-scale infrastructure
developmentprojectsbeingundertakenintheregion.
InFebruary2007,representativesoftheDepartmentsofForeign
Affairs,EnvironmentalAffairs&TourismandTrade&Industry,
as well as the International Marketing Council, undertook,
in co-operation with the South African Embassies in those
countries,aRoadShowtoKuwait,Qatar,Oman,SaudiArabia
andtheUnitedArabEmirates,inordertopromotetourismto
and investment in tourisminfrastructure inSouthAfrica.This
wasapracticalinitiativeinexecutionofGovernmentpolicyto
engagethecountriesoftheGulf,withaviewtosolicitingdirect
investment in infrastructure and to develop the markets for
SouthAfricanexportsofgoodsandservices.
The diversification of the economies of the Arab Gulf
countries, traditionally based on the development and
productionofoilandnaturalgas, iscontinuingtoprovide
opportunities for South African companies, such as in
infrastructuredevelopmentinthosecountries.Inthisregard,
the Department of Foreign Affairs arrangeda regional
seminar in Polokwane during October 2006 in order to
sensitize SouthAfrican business about the opportunities
thattheGulfoffers.Inasimilarcontext,theDepartment
contributedeffectivelytothesuccessfulholdingofaprivate
sectorbusinessseminarinCapeTowninNovember2006
onGulfStatebusinessopportunities.
NORTH AMERICA
BilateralrelationshipswiththecountriesofNorthAmerica
remain strong with co-operation expanding on matters
of common interest and mutual benefit. Since 1994,
business, civilian and governmental links with North
Americahaveexpandedexponentiallyandstrongworking
partnerships have been established. Ongoing interaction
with the developed countries of North America have
servedtohighlighttheimportantrolethattheycanplayin
supportingkey initiativesofnational importance,suchas
NEPAD,andthefightagainstcommunicableandinfectious
diseases,includingHIVandAIDS.
Canada
InJanuary2006,anewminorityConservativeGovernment,
underPrimeMinisterStephenHarperwaselectedinCanada.
ApriorityfortheyearbecameengagingwithCanadaunderthis
newleadershipandachievementswereregisteredonvarious
fronts.AStateVisit tookplacebetween4and8December
2006byCanadianGovernorGeneral,H.E.MichaelleJean.
It focussed on a combination of political, economic and
people-to-people interactions.H.E.MichaelleJeanmetwith
President Mbeki on 6 December, where a broad range of
issueswerediscussedand themutualvalueplacedon the
bilateralrelationshipwasexpressed.
InMay2006,theThirdAnnualConsultationsbetweenSA
andCanadatookplaceatseniorofficials’levelinPretoria,
featuringabroaderagendafromprevious interactions.A
particularachievementwastheinclusion,shortlyafterthe
announcementofJIPSAasanationalpriority,ofMsMjoli-
Mncube, from thePresidency,whoengageddirectlywith
Canadianinterlocutorsonpossibleareasofco-operationin
thisregard.Anothernotableachievementwastheprovision
ofCanadian training forSAPoliceCivilianPeacekeepers
whoweredeployedintheSudan.
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Theyear2006alsoproducedpositiveinvestmentoutcomes
withtheannouncementofCanadiandirectinvestmentinthe
Gautrain,McCainPlantandAlcantotallingintheregionof
R27billion.TheCanadianSenateStandingCommitteeon
ForeignAffairsmetwithDeputyMinistervanderMerwein
October2006.Thepurposeofthevisitwastoenablethem
toreportondevelopmentalandsecuritychallengesfacing
Africa. In the latter part of 2006, a bilateral ODA Treaty
facilitating the transfer of development assistance from
CanadatoSAwassigned.Notably,theTreatywasapproved
by the newCanadianGovernment and was a significant
achievementsinceithadbeeninthepipelinefortwoyears.
TwoProjectImplementationPlans(PIPs)wereimmediately
signed, releasing R 50 million each to SAMDI and the
DepartmentofHealthforcapacity-buildingprogrammes.
United States
High-level Government-to-Government interaction with
theUShasalsointensifiedsignificantlyoverthelastyear
and includes the recent Presidential meeting between
PresidentsMbekiandBush inWashingtonon the8thof
December 2006, which is viewed as a manifestation of
thecloseandongoinginteractionthatexistsbetweenthe
PresidentsandtherespectiveForeignMinisters.Support
for the NEPAD within the US Administration, Congress
and the business sector, with particular focus on the
implementation of infrastructure development projects,
remainedahighpriorityandSouthAfricacontinuestoseek
theachievementofthestartoftheimplementationphaseof
theseprojects.Thebuildingoflocalcapacityforresearch
and effective delivery in the continuing battle against
communicable diseases through the US Presidential
EmergencyProgramme forAIDS (PEPFAR) receivedan
augmentedcommitment.UnderPEPFARAfrica received
more than USD 1 billion to battle the disease of which
SouthAfricaobtainedmorethanUSD220millionin2006.
TheUnitedStatesAgency for InternationalDevelopment
(USAID)isthelargestbilateraldonorandsecondlargest
overalldonorinSouthAfrica.OftheR4billionSouthAfrica
receivedinOfficialDevelopmentAssistance(ODA)during
2006,justoverR1billionwasfromUS.
SAisoneoftheUS’leadingtradingpartnersinAfrica,
and accounts for the most diverse trade flows. Total
trade between the two countries has been increasing
steadilyinrecentyears,withSAholdinganincreasing
tradesurplussince1999.Thisamountedto$3,3billion
in 2006. US exports to SA far exceed US exports to
any other country from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
emphasising the importance of the latter’s access to
the SA market. In terms of SSA exports to the US,
South Africa’s exports rank second after those of
Nigeria, with Gabon’s exports being in third position.
However,thelattertwocountries’AGOAexportsconsist
mainlyofenergy-relatedproducts(mostlyoil),whereas
SA’s AGOA exports were highly diversified. Exports
qualifying under AGOA amounted to $ 1, 8 billion in
2006 (2005: $ 1, 5 billion). Exports of products that
wereaddedunderAGOAamountedto$717millionin
2006(2005:$455million).OfSA’sexportsof textiles
andappareltotheUSin2006($47million),$42million
wereAGOA-eligibleitems.
The SACU/US FTA negotiations are important both in
the context of encouraging US support for economic
development and co-operation, and in supporting the
implementation of NEPAD. Certain problematic areas
arose that delayed the process. At a Trade Deputies’
meeting held on 18 April 2006, it was decided that the
comprehensive FTA would remain an objective in the
long term, but that both parties will develop a joint work
programme to address a broad range of FTA and other
tradeandinvestmentrelatedissuesand,potentiallyinthe
near-term,seektoconcludeconcretetradeandinvestment
enhancing agreements. Such a framework (Trade and
InvestmentCo-operationAgreement,TICA)will establish
thebasisandformthebuildingblocksforpursuingtheFTA
overthelongerterm.
Withregardtomilitary-to-militaryco-operation,SAandthe
UShavecontinuedbilateral interaction regardingmilitary
medicine research within the PHIDISA programme and
the African Contingency Operations Training Assistance
programme(ACOTA),whichisaimedatenhancingSouth
Africa’s peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance
intervention capabilities. Emphasis was placed on
achievingenhancedcapacity,aswellasthecreationofthe
necessarymechanismstofacilitatetheimplementationof
suchcapabilitythroughoutAfrica.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
TheSouthAmericanCommunityofNationscovers17million
square kilometres, with 361 million inhabitants, a gross
domesticproductofmorethanUS$973billion,andexportsof
morethanUS$180billion.Notably,inthecontextofsouth-south
co-operation,thedevelopingcountriesinCentralAmericaand
theAndeanCommunityareplayinganincreasinglyimportant
role in internationalpoliticalbodiesand formationssuchas
theNAMandtheUN,astheMemberStatesoftheCaribbean
Communityhavedoneformanyyears.
The Caribbean
SouthAfrica’srelationswiththeindependentMemberStates
oftheCaribbeancommunityhavebeenfurtherstrengthened
andexpandedduring2006/07.SouthAfricaopenedaHigh
Commission in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago in early
2007and,togetherwiththeHighCommissioninKingston,
Jamaica, these two Missions now maintain responsibility
forAntiguaandBarbuda,theBahamas,Barbados,Belize,
Dominica,Grenada,Guyana,Haiti,StKittsandNevis,St
Lucia,StVincentandtheGrenadines,aswellasSuriname.
The mission in Havana, Cuba, is also responsible for
relationswiththeDominicanRepublic.
In formulating South Africa’s policy in relation to the
emerging markets of the Caribbean, it is important to
strengthen relations and to develop common positions
on global issues such as access to the markets of the
industrialNorth,reformofinternationalinstitutions,andthe
promotionofthedevelopmentagenda.
In this regard,specialemphasis isplacedonhowSouth
Africaandtherestof theAfricancontinentengagethese
countriesinpromotingtheidealsofthecontinentandthe
Diaspora. In the follow-up to the South Africa, AU and
CaribbeanDiasporaConferenceheldinKingston,Jamaica,
duringMarch2005,theAUendorsedSouthAfricatohosta
DiasporaSummitin2008.Whilethe2005Conferencewas
limitedtotheCaribbeanonly,the2008Summitwillfocus
on theAfricanDiasporaacross theglobe. In this regard,
consultativeconferenceswillbeheldinLatinAmerica,the
UK,Europe,Africa,theCaribbeanandNorthAmerica.The
purpose of these conferences is to obtain the inputs of
theDiasporafortheProgrammeofActionandtheSummit
Declaration and to continue the process of dialogue
betweenAfricaanditsDiaspora.
Duringthe2007CricketWorldCupintheCaribbean,South
Africaalsoprovidedassistancetoseveralhostingnations
intheregionintheformofadministratorsandsecurity.
TheSouthAfricanGovernmentwill increase its focuson
strengtheningrelationswiththeCaribbeanregion.Trinidad
and Tobago, Jamaica and Suriname have diplomatic
missionsinSouthAfrica.
South Africa signed a bilateral co-operation agreement
with theBahamas inMay2005,and thefirstJBCmet in
September2005.Itfocusedonco-operationinagriculture,
arts and culture, education and health. The next JBC is
expectedbeheldinSouthAfricain2007.
The Fifth Joint Consultative Mechanism Meeting between
CubaandSouthAfricawillbeheldinCubaon14and15June
2007,whilethe5thSessionoftheJointBilateralCommission
will take place in South Africa later this year. Sixteen
GovernmentDepartmentsarecurrently involved inprojects
with Cuba, where exploring appropriate skills development
programmesinaJIPSAcontextisbeingpursued.
InOctober2006,theSecretaryforExternalRelationsofthe
Dominican Republic, Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso,
visitedSouthAfricaandheldbilateraltalkswithhisSouth
Africancounterpart,DrNCDlaminiZuma.Theysigneda
Declaration of Intent in which they stated their intention
to undertake consultations, joint actions and projects
on issues of common interest. During the visit, Minister
MoralesTroncosoalsoannouncedhis country’sdecision
toopenadiplomaticMissioninSouthAfricain2007.
Latin America
In November 2006, President Thabo Mbeki and a
delegation fromSouthAfricaparticipated in thefirstever
Africa/SouthAmericanSummit,whichtookplaceinAbuja,
Nigeria.TheSummit providedanopportunity for the two
continents tomeet for the first time to discuss issues of
mutualimportance.
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In June 2006, Colombia’s former Foreign Minister, Ms
CarolinaBarco,visitedSouthAfricaforbilateraleconomic
and political discussions with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Dr Dlamini Zuma. Bilateral trade flow between
ColombiaandSouthAfricaisconstantwiththebalancein
favourofSouthAfrica.SABMiller,AngloAmerican,Anglo
CoalandAngloGoldAshantiareamongtheSouthAfrican
companiesthathaveoperationsinColombia.
FollowingavisitfromPresidentEvoMoralesfromBolivia
toSouthAfricainJanuary2006,ahigh-levelSouthAfrican
delegation visited that country in July 2006 to explore
waysof furtheringbilateral relations,aswellasassisting
Bolivia with its constitutional process and minerals and
energysectors.AMemorandumofUnderstandingonthe
Establishment of a Consultative Mechanism was also
signed. It isenvisaged that the inauguralmeetingof this
Mechanismwill takeplace laterduring2007, tocoincide
withtheopeningofadiplomaticMissionofBoliviainSouth
Africa. The Vice-President of Bolivia, ProfAlvaro Garcia
LineravisitedSouthAfricainApril2007andmetwith,inter
alia,DeputyPresidentPhumzileMlambo-Ngcuka togive
furtherimpetustotheseinitiatives.
Bilateral relations between South Africa and Venezuela
havealsobeenplacedonastrongerfooting,withaState
Visit to South Africa by the President of Venezuela, Mr
HugoChavez,scheduledforSeptemberthisyear.
InNovember2006,theVenezuelanDeputyForeignMinister,
Professor Reinaldo Bolivia, met, inter alia, with Deputy
MinisterAzizPahad.
MinisterRadebeattendedtheInternationalConferencefor
theEconomicandSocialDevelopmentofHaitiinNovember
in Madrid, where he met the Haitian Prime Minister and
ForeignMinister.
The Director-General also approved funding for South
Africa’sparticipationinthe6thLatinAmericaandCaribbean
SoccerTournament forpreviouslydisadvantagedprimary
schools in Gauteng, co-sponsored by the GRULAC
diplomaticmissions.
There is also significant potential for co-operation with
the Mercosur (Southern Common Market) trading bloc,
which consists of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
andVenezuelaasfullmembers,andasteadily-increasing
numberofassociatemembersintheLatinAmericanregion.
Apartialpreferential tradeagreementwithMercosurwas
signedinDecember2004.NegotiationstowardsafullFTA
continue.
Director-GeneralDr.AyandaNtsalubawiththeEUDirector-GeneralforDevelopmentStefanoManservisiattheReviewoftheTradeDevelopmentandCo-operationAgreemnt,DiplomaticGuesthouse,Pretoria
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Brazil remains a significant player in the multilateral
context, particularly regarding the interests of theSouth.
With its like-minded approach to a number of significant
issues affecting the developing world, it is a strategic
partner for SouthAfrica. In the bilateral sphere, a broad
rangeofcontactsandexchangesexistbetweenBraziland
SouthAfrica.The IBSA Dialogue Forum also provides a
multilateral mechanism for institutionalised engagement.
In this context, South-South cooperation was boosted
by President Mbeki’s attendance of the IBSA Summit in
BrasiliainJuly2006.
SouthAfricaattachesgreatimportancetoitsrelationswith
otherlike-mindedcountriesoftheSouthernConeofLatin
America such as Chile, Uruguay and Argentina, and to
pursuingincreasedco-operationinanumberoffields.
Arangeoftechnicalandcommercialagreementsareeither
inplaceorbeingnegotiatedwithseveralofthecountriesin
the region. In addition, the inaugural meeting of the South
Africa-ArgentineJointCommission tookplace inPretoria in
February 2007, co-chaired by Minister Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma and her Argentine counterpart, Mr Taiana; and the
JointCommissionwithBrazilisexpectedtotakeplaceduring
2007, as is the Joint Consultative Mechanism with Chile.
SouthAfrica’sFirstLady,MrsZaneleMbekiledadelegation
toChilein2006tostudypovertyreductionprogrammes,and
officialandstudyvisitstocountriesoftheSouthernConeby
Ministersandofficials,areongoing.InthesphereofDefence,
the Navies of several Southern Cone countries and South
AfricaalsoparticipatedintheATLASURjointnavalexercises,
therebycontributingtocloserinstitutionalties.
EUROPEEuropean Union
The Trade, Development and Co-operation Agreement
(TDCA), which was signed in 1999 and came into force
inJanuary2000,governsSouthAfrica’srelationswiththe
EuropeanUnion (EU).TheAgreement is tobe reviewed
within five years of its entering into force in order to
address the possible implications of other arrangements
orevents thatmayaffect theAgreement.Theprocessof
theReviewoftheTDCAthuscommencedin2005andthe
2006JointCo-operationCouncil(JCC)meetingmandated
thepartiestofinalisethereviewin2007.Asaresult,four
NegotiatingGroupsfor thevariouschaptersof theTDCA
havebeenestablished,namelyonPoliticalDialogue,Trade,
Developmentco-operation,andEconomicandOtherAreas
ofCo-operation.ThefirstmeetingoftheNegotiatingGroups
washeldinPretoriaon28March2007,andprogresswas
furtherreviewedbyaSeniorOfficialsMeetingon28March
underthejointchairmanshipofDirectorGeneralNtsaluba
and the European Commission’s Director General for
Development,Mr.StefanoManservisi.
The7thmeetingoftheSA-EUJCCwasheldon14November
2006.Tradeanddevelopmentissueswerediscussedinplenary
format. The political discussion at the Council meeting took
place in troika format, under the Co-Chair of Dr Nkosazana
DlaminiZuma,MinisterofForeignAffairsofSouthAfrica,and
MrErkkiTuomioja,MinisterforForeignAffairsofFinland.The
SouthAfricandelegationalso includedMsLulamaXingwana,
MinisterofAgricultureandLandAffairsandMrDerekHanekom,
DeputyMinisterofScienceandTechnology.TheEUdelegation
includedMrJavierSolana,SecretaryGeneraloftheCounciland
EUHighRepresentativeforCFSP,MrLouisMichel,European
Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, and
MrPeterMandelson,EuropeanCommissionerforTrade.The
JCCfurthercementedthestrongandproductiverelationships
in trade, development and political dialogue. The parties
welcomedtheprogresswhichhadbeenmadeinimplementing
thejointconclusionsofthe6thJCC,andalsoagreedonaJoint
StatementontheSouthAfrica-EUStrategicPartnership.
The Joint Statement re-emphasised that the SA-EU
StrategicPartnershipmustbebasedonanopen,concrete
and transparentdialoguebetween the twoParties, that it
shouldbepursuedon thebasisofmutualunderstanding
andownership,andalsothatitshouldbesupportiveofthe
realizationoftheMDGs,theEUStrategyforAfrica,NEPAD,
the SADC integration process and the joint EU-Africa
strategythat iscurrentlyunderdiscussion. It furthermore
calledforaJointActionPlantobefinalisedandagreedto
atthenextEU-SouthAfricatroikameetinginthefirsthalf
of2007andthataprogressreportonitsimplementationbe
draftedforadoptionatthe8thJointCo-operationCouncil
in2007.ThepartiessubsequentlydraftedaJointAction
Plan,whichwaslargelyfinalisedandreadyforadoptionby
theendonMarch2007.
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WESTERN EUROPE
Theyearonceagain featuredseveralhigh levelvisits to
Western Europe aimed at expanding and consolidating
existing areas of co-operation such as within the G-8,
and also concentrated on new national priorities and
initiatives such as ASGISA and JIPSA, South Africa’s
hostingofSoccerWorldCupin2010;andSouthAfrica’s
Non-PermanentMembershipoftheUNSC.Thecontinued
developmentof trade, investmentandtourismlinkswere
alsoconsistentthemes.
United Kingdom
South Africa’s many-faceted relations with the United
Kingdomwerefurtherstrengthenedin2006/7byPresident
Mbeki’sworkingvisittoLondoninMay2006,aswellasby
the UK-SA Bilateral Forum, chaired by Foreign Secretary
MsMargaretBeckett andForeignMinisterDrNkosazana
Dlamini Zuma. During his working visit to London, the
President had a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister
TonyBlair,focusingonthethen-upcomingG-8-Summitin
SaintPetersburgandhowtosustaintheAfricanAgendaat
thatforum,aswellastheWTODohaRoundofnegotiations.
MinisterDlaminiZumawasaccompaniedby fourCabinet
MinistersandtwoDeputyMinisterstotheBilateralForum,
which coincided with the President’svisit. The Forum
coveredawidespectrum,includingForeignAffairs,Defence,
ScienceandTechnology,TradeandIndustry,Environment
Affairs and Tourism, Education,Arts and Culture, Health,
MigrationandSportandRecreation.Eachoftheseareas
constitutes a significant area of co-operation.AFilmCo-
ProductionAgreementwasalsosignedduringtheBilateral
Forum, opening the way for meaningful and exciting co-
operationinthisfieldbetweenSouthAfricaandtheUK.
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka visited the
UKtwicein2006,withtheprincipalobjectiveofpromoting
co-operationonASGISAandJIPSA.Thevisitincludeda
ground-breakingseminaronpromotingBusinessProcess
Outsourcing in SouthAfrica that was held in London on
Monday,11December.
SouthAfrica’selectionasaNon-PermanentMemberofthe
UnitedNationsSecurityCouncilattheendof2006added
animportantdimensiontorelationswiththeUnitedKingdom
asoneofthefivePermanentMembersoftheUNSCand
has led to continuous interactiononall themajor issues
ontheUNSCagenda.InthisrespecttheDirector-General
ofForeignAffairsaccompaniedbyseniorofficialsheldin-
depthdiscussionswiththeirBritishcounterpartsinOctober
2006.
Numerous high level visits both to and from the UK
occurredduringtheyear,furtherunderliningthewiderange
ofinterestsbetweenSouthAfricaandtheUK.
Ireland
Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka led the highest level
SouthAfricanvisitevertoIrelandinNovember2006and
metwithPresidentMaryMcAleese,PrimeMinisterBertie
AhernaswellasvariousIrishCabinetMinisters.Shewas
accompaniedbyMinistersNalediPandorandJeffRadebe
aswell asbyDeputyMinistersElizabethThabethe,Roy
PadayacheeandSuevanderMerwe.Thepurposeofthe
visitwastostrengthenco-operationwithIrelandonASGISA
and JIPSA as well as to learn from the extraordinary
economicsuccessofIreland.Importantcommitmentswere
receivedfromIreland,includinginthefieldofeducation.
The first SA-Ireland Partnership Forum, chaired byAmb
GJGrobler,ActingDeputyDirector-General:Americasand
Europe,andMrRoryMontgomery,PoliticalDirectorofthe
Irish Department of ForeignAffairs, was held in Pretoria
in June 2006 and covered a range of issues, including
bilateral political and economic relations, co-operation
to promote peace and security in Africa, development
co-operation and co-operation on ASGISA and JIPSA
(includingpreparationsforthethenforthcomingvisitofthe
DeputyPresidenttoIreland).
Benelux countries
The Benelux countries remain important trade and
investment partners of South Africa, as well as major
providers of tourists. The focus on the establishment of
trilateral co-operation to promote peace and security as
wellaseconomicdiplomacywillbecontinued,withspecial
emphasisoninitiativesinsupportofJIPSAandASGISA.
Belgium
TheBelgianGovernmentcontinuestotakeakeeninterest
inSouthandSouthernAfricaandtheGreatLakesRegion,
particularlytheDRC.Thereisaregularexchangeofviews
between South Africa and Belgium on the issues and
the complicated processes necessary to reach durable
solutionstoconflictsintheregion.
In November 2006, the inaugural meeting of the
Belgium-SA Joint Commission was held in Brussels,
with the focus on bilateral political and economic
relations,promotionoftheAfricanAgenda,development
co-operationandco-operationwithinthecontextofthe
UNSC,inviewofBelgium’selection,atthesametime
as SouthAfrica, as a Non-Permanent Member of the
UNSC.
Co-operation with Flanders was strong on ASGISA and
JIPSA,especiallyintheareaofskillsdevelopment,youth
programmesanddevelopmentofSMMEs.
The Netherlands
Since 1994, the Dutch Government has consistently
supportedSouthAfricaintermsofbilateralandmultilateral
relations.A largenumberofbilateralagreementshave
beensignedandhigh-levelbilateralministerialmeetings
areheldfrequently.
TheinauguralSA-NetherlandsJointCommissionwasheld
on 10 October 2006, in Pretoria. The agenda included
co-operation onASGISA and JIPSA. In this context the
Dutch announced that the Netherlands recognised the
importanceofASGISAandJIPSAandwereofferingthree
initiatives:The placing of mid-career professionals in the
Netherlandsforthreemonths,startingwitharound50but
possiblyincreasingthenumberto100,thetrainingofmid-
career professionals (about 50 per annum), and inviting
unemployedgraduatesforplacementforanagreedperiod
with companies in the Netherlands, through the South
AfricaNetherlandsChamberofCommerce(SANEC).
The Netherlands also offered trilateral co-operation in
certainAfricancountries.
Luxembourg
LuxembourgandSouthAfricaenjoygoodbilateralrelations,
mostlydrivenbytheSouthAfricanEmbassyinBrussels,as
LuxembourgdoesnothaveanEmbassy inSouthAfrica.
High-level visits between the two states take place from
time to time. South Africa and Luxembourg engage in
substantialandfruitfulco-operationpartnerships.
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German speaking and Nordic countries
InOctober2006thefifthSA-GermanyBinationalCommission
washostedinBerlinandco-chairedbyMinisterDlaminiZuma
andhercounterpartMinisterSteinmeier.Thisyeara theme
wasattached to theBNC togive it newmomentumand to
focuscommitteesonspecific time limits.All thecommittees
haveidentifiedprojectsrelatedtothe2010WorldCupandwill
beworkingtowardssustainableoutcomes.
The relevant missions and the directorate were seized
withinter-actionandintensifyingofrelationswiththenew
governmentsinGermanyandSweden.
TheSwissMinisterofScienceandTechnologyvisitedSouth
Africaearlyin2007andwashostedbyMinisterMangena.
DuringannualdonorconsultationswithrespectiveGerman-
SpeakingandNordicCountriesitwasensuredthatsocio-
economic issues in South Africa and the region were
pertinent on the agenda and this led to several trilateral
developmentaidprojects.
Severaldelegationsfromalllevelsofgovernmentvisited
Germany during the build up to the Soccer World Cup
2006 to learn and gain experience on how to organise
suchanevent.DuringtheSoccerWorldCupinJuly2006,
PresidentMbekiandrelevantministersattendedthefinal
matchandtheunveilingofthelogobyFIFAforthe2010
event inSouthAfrica.At this timePresidentMbekiwas
received by President Koehler and Chancellor Merkel
and had the opportunity to discuss matters of mutual
concern.
A meeting of the South African - Swedish Peace and
Security Working Group was held in Pretoria. Conflict
preventionandpeacekeepingwerediscussed.
TheNorwegian-SouthAfricanWorkingGroupmetatofficials’
leveldiscussco-operationonbilateralandmultilaterallevels
to promote and sustain peace. Co-operation withinAfrica
wasalsodiscussed.
AnAgreementbetweenSouthAfricaandSwitzerlandontraining
foroperationalcommanderswiththeDRCwasfinalised.
InFebruary2007DeputyMinisterPahadandhisSwiss
Counterpart, State Secretary Ambuhl co-chaired the
annualSA-SwitzerlandWorkingGroupmeeting inCape
Town and several joint projects with partners in Africa
wereidentified.
SouthAfricaparticipatedintheHelsinkiProcesstopromote
theMillenniumDevelopmentGoals.
Provided quality information and opportunities for
interactionwithkey roleplayers to the foreignbusiness
communitytoaddressmisconceptionsaboutSouthAfrica
byhostingroadshowswiththeDepartmentofTradeand
Industry.
AsuccessfulBusinessandInvestorSeminar focusingon
opportunitieswasheldinGermany.
SouthAfricasuccessfullyparticipatedinseveraltradefairs
inGermanythatresultedinconclusionofsales.
A South African Tourism and Trade event was held in
StockholmaswellasHelsinki.
MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE
Relations between SouthAfrica and the countries of
the Mediterranean Europe region have undergone
significant growth in recent years and this growth is
manifestedacrossthespectrumofbilateralrelations.
High-leveldiscussionstookplacethroughout2006and
early2007,focussinginteraliaondeepeningeconomic
interactionbystrengtheningunderstandingandsupport
forASGISAandJIPSA;sharingviewsoninternational
effortstofindlastingpeaceandstabilityontheAfrican
continent as well as on other international issues of
sharedconcern.Thesediscussionstookplaceagainst
thebackgroundofstrengtheningtheSA-EUstrategic
partnership as well as the need for strengthened
African relations with the EU. The Mediterranean
region’sroleandinfluenceontheglobalagendaisalso
significant and consultations included strengthening
theAgendaoftheSouth,includingthroughthereform
of international institutions and the global financial
architecture.
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France
Bilateral relations between South Africa and France are
excellentandfocusonregularhigh-leveldialogueonAfrican
issues,bilateralco-operationandeffortstopromoteenhanced
economic relations, inter alia through the first SA-French
BusinessForumheldinJohannesburginNovember2006.
South Africa and France also signed a partnership
agreementoutliningdevelopmentprojectsworthR3,1billion
inSeptember2006.TheFrameworkPartnershipDocument
(DCP) covers infrastructure development, small business
andjobcreationandthepromotionofcleanenergysources.
ParisfacilitatedtheloanofasparegeneratorfromElectricite
deFrance(EDF)toEskomtoenableurgentrepairsatthe
Koeberg nuclear power station and the restoration of the
electricitysupplyintheWesternCape.
PrimeMinisterDominiquedeVillepinvisitedSouthAfricain
December2006andhelddiscussionswithPresidentMbeki.
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma represented President
Mbekiat theFrance-Africasummit inCannes inFebruary
2007.Thesummitconsideredthreefocalquestions:Africa’s
useof itsnaturalresources, theroleofAfrica in theworld
andAfrica’sengagementwiththeInformationSociety.The
Director-General of Foreign Affairs, Dr Ayanda Ntsaluba,
heldpoliticalconsultationswithhiscounterpart,Ambassador
PhilippeFaure,inParisinDecember2006.
Italy
RelationsbetweenItalyandSouthAfricaareexcellentandhave
beendeepenedandstrengthenedthroughinteractionatbilateral
level,andalsoattheleveloftheEU,G-8NEPADAfricaAction
Plan,andthroughtheUN,especiallyinregardtopeacekeeping
missions and humanitarian efforts. Relations have received
majorimpetuswiththeincreaseofhighlevelvisits.
ThethreemainobjectivesofPresidentMbeki’ssuccessful
StateVisittoItalyinMarch2006havesincebeenachieved,
thatisclosereconomicco-operation,morefrequentsenior
officialpoliticalconsultationsparticularlyonAfricanPeace
Processes and Post Conflict Reconstruction, and South
Africa’sbidtohostthe3rdcentreoftheInternationalCentre
forGeneticEngineeringandBiotechnology(ICGEB).
BusinessinteractionsincetheStateVisithassignificantly
increased.Preparationshavebegun for ahigh-level visit
toSouthAfricabyalargedelegationofItalianindustrialists
in July 2007. The delegation will be led by the Italian
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Massimo D’Alema and will focus on investment and
trade opportunities in South Africa within the framework
ofASGISAandthepreparationsfor the2010FIFAWorld
Cup.Severalpreparatoryvisitshaveprecededtheplanned
ConfindustriavisitinJuly2007:TheItalianDeputyMinister
ofTransport,AndreaAnnunziata,ledadelegationtoSouth
AfricainNovember2006.ThiswasfollowedbytheItalian
DeputyMinisterofTradeandIndustry,Dr.Agostini’svisitto
SouthAfricainMarch2007.Thefirstoftheseniorofficials’
politicalconsultations tookplace inPretoriaon27March
2007,whenDr.Ntsalubametwithhis Italiancounterpart,
AmbassadorArmandoSanguini.SouthAfricawonthebid
tohostthe3rdICGEBinCapeTown.
Spain
Excellent ties of friendship and co-operation exist
betweenSouthAfricaandSpainand theycontinue tobe
further consolidated and strengthened.There is a strong
convergence of views between Spain and South Africa
onmostimportantforeignpolicyissues,aswellasahost
of domestic issues such as gender, civil rights, rights of
immigrants, economic policy and social development
issues. Spain is displaying a greater awareness of the
challengesand issuespertaining to thedevelopingworld
andmoreparticularlyAfrica.
At theThirdAnnualPoliticalConsultations inTshwane in
July2006,DeputyForeignMinisterPahadandhisSpanish
counterpart,SecretaryofStateDrBernardinoLeonGross,
heldbilateraldiscussionsona rangeof issuesofmutual
concern.DuringSeptember2006,Spain’sDeputyMinister
ofTrade,IndustryandTourismpaidavisittoSouthAfrica
withadelegationof30CEOsofmajorSpanishcompanies.
ANon-DoubleTaxationAgreementwassigned,whichwill
serve to foster even closer economic relations between
SouthAfricaandSpain.
Expo Zaragoza is taking place in 2008. In this regard, a
delegationofseniorDWAFofficials,includingitsDirector-
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General,MrJabulaniSindane,attendedtheFirstPlanning
MeetingonExpoZaragozainSpaininNovember2006.
A successful bilateral meeting between Dr Ntsaluba and
hisSpanishcounterpart,MrRafaelDezcallar,tookplacein
February2007inCapeTown.
Portugal
There has been a marked increase in interaction
between Portugal and South Africa in the past year.
The realisation of the second EU/Africa Summit
towardstheendof2007,duringPortugal’sPresidency
of the EU, has been identified as a priority for both
countries. South Africa views Portugal as a valued
partner in the development of Africa. The increasing
numbers of high level meetings are indicative of this
growing partnership. In March 2006, President Mbeki
attended the inauguration of Prof. Anibal Cavaco
SilvaasPortugal’snewPresident. InNovember2006,
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka paid an
official visit toPortugal.Shewasaccompaniedby the
Minister of Education as well as the Deputy Ministers
ofForeignAffairs,Communications,TradeandIndustry
andArts and Culture.The Deputy President was also
joinedbylargesteverbusinessdelegationfromSouth
AfricaseekingbusinessopportunitieswithPortuguese
companies - both in Europe and on the African
Continent.Inadditiontothesigningofadoubletaxation
agreement,asuccessfultradeandinvestmentseminar
and an exclusive meeting with the most influential
Portuguese business persons were held to further
strengthen economic ties.By year end, SA exports
reported a 49.4% increase compared to 2005, which
improvedthetradebalanceinSouthAfrica’sfavour.
Greece
DeputyMinisterAzizPahadpaidanofficialvisittoAthens
from 27 January to 1 February 2006, and held bilateral
politicalandeconomicdiscussionswithhiscounterpart,Mr
Evripidis Styliandis. SouthAfrica and Greece also have
strong cultural ties through the Hellenic community in
SouthAfrica,whichplaysapositiveandconstructiverole
inthereconstructionanddevelopmentofSouthAfrica.
CENTRAL EUROPE
The accession in May 2004 of five Central European
countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak
Republic and Slovenia) and the three Baltic countries
(Estonia,LatviaandLithuania)aswellastheaccessionof
BulgariaandRomaniaon1January2007totheEuropean
Union is expected to further South Africa’s political and
economicrelationswiththesecountriesfurther,withthem
becoming, on the one hand, competitors in trade and
development aid, but also allies in terms of the level of
development,whichis,atthisstageclosertothatofSouth
AfricathantomostofthecurrentEUmembers.
TheCzechPresident,ProfVáclavKlauspaidastatevisitto
SouthAfricafrom12to13December2006.Thevisitwas
ofhistoricimportancesinceitwasthefirstvisitofaHeadof
StatefromtheCzechRepublicsincetheVelvetrevolution
andseparationfromSlovakiain1991.Thevisitwasalso
the first visit of aHead of State fromCentral Europe to
sub-SaharanAfrica. The visit provided an opportunity to
concretise bilateral relations between the two countries.
TheCzechRepublicregardsSouthAfricaas itsstrategic
partnerinsub-SaharaAfricaandthiscooperationimpacts
onregionalandcontinentalrelationsbetweensub-Sahara
Africa,CentralEuropeandtheEuropeanUnion(EU).
During the visit a bilateral Agreement on Economic
Cooperation was signed as well as a letter of Intent on
ScientificandTechnologicalCooperation.PresidentKlaus
wasaccompaniedbyanimportantbusinessdelegationand
aSouthAfrica-CzechBusinessForumwasheld to focus
ontradeandinvestmentopportunities.AMemorandumof
UnderstandingbetweentheChambersofCommerceand
IndustrySouthAfrica(CHAMSA)andtheCzechChamber
ofEconomicwasconcluded inaneffort toensurecloser
interactionbetweenbusinessesinthetwocountries.
A Memorandum on Understanding between the national
Research Foundation of South Africa and the Academy
ofSciencesof theCzechRepublicwassignedinApril in
Prague.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma,paidanofficialvisittoSlovakiaon11and12June
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2007. This visit was of historic importance since it was
thefirstvisitbyaSouthAfricanForeignMinistertoanew
EuropeanUnion(EU)memberstateinCentralEuropesince
theenlargementoftheEUin2004.Thevisitprovidedan
opportunitytoconcretisebilateralrelations,stepuppolitical
dialogueandelevate relations toahigher level between
thetwocountries.Thelegalframeworksbetweenthetwo
countrieswereexpandedwiththesigningofaMemorandum
ofUnderstandingonPoliticalConsultationsinaneffortto
strengthenpoliticaldialogue.
It will be important to maintain and further strengthen
politicalandeconomictieswiththesecountries.Inorderto
helpaddressthisneed,SouthAfricaopenedanEmbassy
inBucharestinDecember2006andcontinuedeffortswill
bemade todevelop theelementofeconomicdiplomacy
specifically in theRepublicsofPoland,Hungaryand the
CzechRepublic.SouthAfricashouldtakeintocognizance
the business opportunities in Central Europe, participate
activelyinfairsandexhibitionsandorganizevisitsbySouth
Africanbusinessgroupstoexplorebusinessopportunities.
Specialmentionmustbemadeofanumberofcountriesin
thisregionthatplayanimportantroleinthefieldofScience
and Technology and priority attention is to be given to
developing programmes, or conclude agreements of co-
operationinthisarea.
Poland is generally seen as a strong role player in the
CentralEuropeanregion.ThebiggestoftheEUmembers
insize,GDPandpopulation,Polandmayplaya leading
roleintryingtoensureamoreequitabledistributionfrom
theEUbudgettothenewlyjoinedmembers.
OfimportanceisthatSloveniaenteredtheEuroZoneon1
January2007andwilloccupytheEUPresidencyduringthe
firsthalfof2008,thefirst‘new’memberoftheEUtodoso.
TheLithuanianAmbassador,MsASkaisgiryteLiauskiene
presented her credentials to President Mbeki on 4 May
2007 and the first ever visit by a Lithuanian Minister of
ForeignAffairswilltakeplaceinJune2007.
TheCzechRepublicandCroatiastronglysupportsSouth
Africa regarding the reform of the United Nations, and
bothcountrieshaveputforwarditscandidatureasaNon-
permanentMemberoftheUNSCfortheperiod2008/2009
representingtheCentralandEasternEuropeanGroup.
Turkey
RelationsbetweenSouthAfricaandTurkeydemonstrated
further consolidation during 2006/7, with emphasis on
growingbilateraltradeandinvestment.Anumberofhigh-
levelvisitstookplaceduringthisperiod,whichcontributed
toenhancingrelationsbetweenthetwocountries.
TurkeyremainsSouthAfrica’slargesttradeandinvestment
partner in Central and Eastern Europe.Turkey’s foreign
directinvestment(FDI)inSAcurrentlyamountsto$US60
millionandinterestfromnewinvestors,aswellascurrent
investorstoincreasetheirFDI,hasbeennoted.
Amongbilateralagreementscurrentlybeingconsidered,isa
MemorandumofUnderstandingonDefenseCo-operation.
MinistersErwinandLekotavisitedTurkeyinMayandJune
2006respectivelytointeraliasupportDenel’sRooivalkbid
forTurkey’sATAKhelicopterprogramme.AlthoughDenel
wasunsuccessful in thisbid,variousnewpossibilities for
co-operationinthedefense-industrialfieldexist.
Relationsonprovincialandlocalgovernmental levelsare
alsoreceivingattentionandWesternCapePremierRasool
visited Turkey in November 2006 to attend the MUSIAD
TradeFair.DuringthisvisithealsometwithPrimeMinister
Erdogan.
Intermsofmultilateralissues,MinisterMatsepe-Casaburri
ledaSouthAfricandelegationtoTurkeyinNovember2006
to attend the International Telecommunications Union
meeting.TurkeysupportedSouthAfrica’scandidaturefor
theNon-Permanentseaton theUnitedNationsSecurity
Council,andvariouslobbyactionswerelaunchedbythe
respectivecountriesforelectiontointernationalbodies.
Turkey continues to support Africa through its ‘Africa
Outlook’ programme, an initiative aimed at developing
relations and enhancing trade links, co-operation, and
politicaldialoguewithkeycountriesinSub-SaharaAfrica.
Several initiatives were launched during 2006 to support
developmentinAfrica.
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EASTERN EUROPE
The South African Government considers the Russian
Federation a strategic partner. Russia is a permanent
memberoftheUNSCandaG-8member.Foreignrelations
between the two countries were consolidated through
continuedhigh-levelpoliticaldialogue.Undertheumbrella
oftheInter-GovernmentalTradeandEconomicCommittee
(ITEC 6) bilateral relations further expanded strongly.
It remains a SouthAfrican prerogative to expand its co-
operationwithRussiainthestrategicmineralsandenergy
sectors. The relationship is further characterized by the
Presidential policy objective of establishing SouthAfrica
asakeyplayerinouterspaceresearchandinternational
astronomy.The SouthAfrican Government will increase
its focus on strengthening its relations with the Russian
Federationinthefollowingareas:Highlevelconsultations
onmineralsandenergy,closerlinksbetweenBEEentities
and theRussianFederationand itsprovinces; increased
SouthAfricanexports;promotingculturaltiesandbilateral
tourismandtheconsolidationofSouthAfrica’sinternational
positionindeep-spaceresearchthroughjoint-ventures.
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MINISTERIAL VISITS ABROAD 2006/07:
DATE DESTINATION EVENT
2006
23–24May London UKBilateralForum
9–10June Brazzaville,RepublicofCongo
AUMinisterialMeeting(todiscussdraftCharteronDemocracy,ElectionsandGovernance)
12–15June Bamako,Mali FASWomen’sConferenceonGender,PeaceandSecurityinAfrica.
20June Sudan PresidentialWorkingVisit
25June GuineaConakry WorkingVisit
28–29June
1–2July
Banjul,TheGambia •9thSessionoftheExecutiveCouncil(MinisterialMeeting)
•7thOrdinarySessionoftheAssembly(Summit/HeadsofStatemeeting)
4-5July Niger(Niamey StateVisit
7–9July Germany PresidentialWorkingvisit:SoccerWorldCup
13July Iran OfficialVisit
15-17July Russia G8Summit
20July IvoryCoast IWGMeeting
4August Namibia AnnualMinisterialCommitteeoftheOrgan(MCO)
14-15August
17August
18-19August
Lesotho • SADCCouncilofMinistersMeeting
• SummitOrganTroika
• SADCHeadsofStateandGovernmentSummit
30August Rwanda 4thSouthAfrica-RwandaJointCommissionofCo-operation
8September IvoryCoast IWGMeeting
11September
12–13September
Brazil • IBSAMinisterialMeeting
• IBSASummit
14September
15-16September
Cuba • MinisterialMeetingPrecedingXIVNAM
• XIVNAMSummit
18-27September NewYork,USA UNGA61:GeneralDebate
23–24October Germany 5thBinationalCommission
25October UK,London LondonSchoolofEconomicsLecture(LSE)
26October Scotland OliverTamboCommemoration
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DATE DESTINATION EVENT
2006
27October UK,London MeetingACPHeadsofMissionontheDiaspora
3November
4–5November
Beijing,PRC • MinisterialMeeting:ForumonChina-AfricaCo-operation(FOCAC)
• ForumonChina-AfricaCo-operation(FOCAC)Summit
13November Belgium • Meeting:MinisterDeGucht
• SA-EUJointCooperationCouncil
16November
17–18November
Ethiopia • SADCMinisterialPreparatoryMeeting
• AUExtraordinaryExecutiveCouncilMeeting
19November Nairobi BilateralMeeting:FMofKenya
4December Japan WorkingVisit
8December USA,WashingtonDC BilateralMeeting:PresidentsMbeki&Bush
11–12December Bamako(Mali) SA/Mali:JCC
2007
7January
8January
USA,WashingtonDC v BilateralMeetingDrCondoleezaRice,USASecretaryofState
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10January
USA,NewYork v MeetingwithPresidentofSecurityCouncil
v MeetingwithnewSecretaryGeneral
v HandoveroftheChairmanshipoftheGroupof77
24January
25–26January
29–30January
Ethiopia v FemmesAfricaSolidarite9thAUPre-SummitConsultativemeeting
v AUMinisterialMeeting
v AUSummit
15-16February France(Cannes) French/AfricaSummit
2March IvoryCoast IWGMeeting
5March Benin PresidentialWorkingVisit
6March Ghana 50THIndependenceDayCelebrations
7–10March Guinea(Conakry) WorkingVisit
13–14March SaudiArabia StateVisit
19-20March Norway 6thInformalNordic-AfricanForeignMinister’smeeting
28March USA,NY SecurityCouncilMeeting
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Website.Thelatterprojectwill,oncecompleted,significantly
change the character of the diplomatic accreditation
managementprocessinSouthAfrica.
Similarly,StateProtocolcontinuedtorendercomprehensive
protocolservicesasindicatedinthefollowingpillars:
StateEventsManagementSystem
StateLogisticsManagementSystem
DiplomaticAccreditationManagementSystem
STATE EVENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
State Visits
State Protocol successfully initiated and pioneered a
processofdevelopingapolicyonStateandOfficialVisits.
The adoption of this policy by the Management of the
Department was preceded by an elaborate process of
consultationwithalltherelevantstakeholdersincludingthe
Presidency.
Thepolicysetsoutaframeworkwithinwhichallofficialvisits
will be planned and executed. Most importantly, it brings
MinisterDr.NkosazanaDlaminiZumasigningaBilateralAgreementwithherSudanesecounterpartMinisterDr.BBenjamin
PROGRAMME 3: Protocol and Public Diplomacy
AIM:ThisprogrammemarketsSouthAfrica’sforeignpolicy
objectives,projectsapositive imageofSouthAfricaand
Africa,andprovidesStateProtocolservices.Activitiesare
organisedintotwosub-programmes:
PUBLIC DIPLOMACYaddressesmedialiaison,engagements
withnationalstakeholders,andthepromotionofSouthAfrica’s
policiesandprogrammesatinternationallevel.
PROTOCOLisresponsibleforincomingandoutgoingstate
visits, intergovernmental and provincial protocol services,
protocol ceremonial, managing presidential and diplomatic
guesthouses;facilitatinginternationalconferences;and
managingdiplomaticimmunitiesandprivileges.
OUTPUT AND SERVICE DELIVERY TRENDS: • PROTOCOL
INTRODUCTION
Duringtheperiodunderreview,StateProtocolconcentrated
onre-engineeringitsbusinessprocesses.Particularattention
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