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SA: Statement by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, joint statement following 2015 Review Conference on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (24/04/2013)

STATEMENT

Our countries are deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. While this has been known since nuclear weapons were first developed and is reflected in...

Syria and the illusion of universal international criminal justice

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

With estimates of the death toll in Syria climbing to over 60 000 as of January 2013, it is worth questioning the deadlock in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that has lasted nearly two...

WTO starts director-general selection process

TRADE

Each of the nine candidates nominated for the position of World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general would this week deliver presentations outlining their vision for the organisation during a...

The arms trade in Africa: Would an Arms Trade Treaty have a real impact?

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The African continent has long been wracked by conflicts spurred on by the easy availability of weapons through both the licensed and illicit arms trade. The proposed United Nations (UN) Arms Trade...

SA: Tina Joemat-Pettersen: Address by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on the occasion of the first African Farmers Association of South Africa annual general meeting, Pretoria (22/10/2012)

SPEECH

Last week we marked two very important events in the global agriculture calendar. On the 15th we marked the International Day for Rural Women, and the following day, on the 16th, we commemorated...

SA: Tina Joemat-Petterson: Address by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on the occasion of the first African Farmers Association of South Africa annual general meeting, Pretoria (22/10/2012)

SPEECH

Last week we marked two very important events in the global agriculture calendar. On the 15th we marked the International Day for Rural Women, and the following day, on the 16th, we commemorated...

SA: Statement by Department of Environmental Affairs, on appointing chairperson from the Group of Like Minded Megadiverse Countries (19/10/2012)

STATEMENT

Megadiverse countries are a group of countries that contain the majority of the Earth's species and are therefore considered extremely biologically diverse. This group of countries represents less...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the 24th Congress of the Socialist International, Cape Town (31/08/2012)

SPEECH

The President of the Socialist International, Comrade Papendrou; Secretary General of the Socialist International, Comrade Ayala; Heads of State and Government and Leaders of the Socialist...

UN: Statement by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), encouraging Caribbean countries to use UN programme to help firms cut through the red tape (06/08/2012)

STATEMENT

A regional Caribbean body today encouraged its member countries to adopt a United Nations programme which would help them streamline trade and increase transparency in business procedures. The...

SA: Statement by Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on commercialising smallholder farmers (12/07/2012)

STATEMENT

The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson recently led a delegation, including the Transvaal Agricultural Union, the African Farmers’ Association of South...

President Banda announces the establishment of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Economy

STATEMENT

On 29 June 2012 President Banda opened the National Dialogue on the Economy in Malawi held at the Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi on Lake Malawi. Co-organised by the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst...

Shift in policy required for SEZs to be successful – CDE

SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

A bold paradigm shift in South Africa’s economic policy is required to ensure the success of the country’s new Special Economic Zones (SEZs) programme, Centre for Development and Enterprise...

World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars

POPULATION

The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to three-billion people into poverty,...

Intellectual property: Ownership for all

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

An enormous amount of intellectual energy has gone into the global response to HIV & AIDS over the past 30 years. The results have been visible in local, national, and international spheres at...

African Faith Communities Can Fight Corruption Too

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The growing influence of religion, not least Christianity and Islam, in Africa is being rapidly acknowledged by many. In the case of Christians, we notice in particular the rise of Pentecostal-type...

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