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Date
: 19/03/2005
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs
Title: Dlamini Zuma: Closing of SA-AU-Caribbean Diaspora
Conference
Closing statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of South Africa, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, at the South
Africa-Africa Union-Caribbean Diaspora Conference, Kingston,
Jamaica
19 March 2005
Your Excellencies
Honourable Colleagues
Ministers
Distinguished Diplomats
Ladies and Gentlemen
We have reached the end of a historic occasion for the people of
the Caribbean and of Africa.
As brothers and sisters on different continents bound by the same
umbilical cord that gave us not only a common past but a shared
destiny, we have spent the past three days strengthening our
connections through a very stimulating, frank and enriching
discussion about ourselves and the world around us.
We have reflected on our common past, our different experiences,
the demands of the present, and together we have dreamt about our
common destiny.
We have deliberated on a range of issues - from the question of
reparations to poverty eradication, from debt cancellation to peace
and security. We have discussed health, culture, the environment,
gender equality, economic co-operation, trade, knowledge sharing,
integration, South South co-operation, to mention but a few.
I think it would be right to conclude that we have to take our
destiny into our own hands. We have to be united and undertake
united actions in a number of crucial areas. That in President
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