President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday congratulated Kenya, India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway on their election as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2021/22 term.  

The elections took place on June 17 and 18 in the UN General Assembly, in New York.

The Security Council aims to resolve regional and global conflicts, address the root causes of conflict and promote inclusive political dialogue and peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with the United Nations Charter and International Law.

South Africa’s, Indonesia’s, Dominican Republic’s, Belgium’s and Germany’s two-year term comes to an end on December 31.

Ramaphosa said South Africa would continue to work closely with the existing and newly elected members of the UNSC to ensure collective multilateral action to maintain international peace and security.

“South Africa remains deeply concerned about the emergence of unilateralism and its attendant threat to the international rules-based system. South Africa therefore reaffirms the centrality of the United Nations Charter and the primacy of the United Nations Security Council on issues of international peace and security,” he said.