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20 May 2013
                       
 
 
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03 Apr 2013
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 3, 2013.
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The South African Revenue Service collected R814.1-billion, and has reduced its debtors book, for the first time in its history during the 2012/13 financial year. The collected tax was R4-billion...
 
 
20 Mar 2013
 
 
 
Priorities for African states negotiating for an Arms Trade Treaty (March 2013)
ARMS TRADE
A strong Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is needed because of the poorly regulated international transfer of conventional arms and the current absence of global standards based on human rights and...
 
 
Will states agree on how to regulate the international weapons trade?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The United Nations (UN) Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is underway at the UN Headquarters in New York from 18–28 March 2013. In the lead up to the conference – the second of its kind...
 
 
06 Mar 2013
 
IFP: Statement by Liezl van der Merwe, IFP Spokesperson on Women, Children and People with Disabilities, calls for an investigation into the costs incurred during the current trip by the Minister Xingwana (06/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The IFP calls for an investigation into the costs incurred during the current trip by the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Ms Lulu Xingwana, and her delegation to the 57th...
 
 
28 Nov 2012
 
African States Push for a Bullet-Proof Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
At the recent United Nations (UN) General Assembly First Committee’s 67th session, which took place from 8 October to 6 November 2012, governments passed a UN resolution to hold an extremely...
 
 
28 Sep 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Presidency, President Zuma concludes successful participation at the United Nations General Assembly (28/09/2012)
STATEMENT
President Jacob Zuma has returned to South Africa after concluding a successful working visit to the US, where he participated at the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA67).
 
 
26 Sep 2012
 
SA: Statement by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Home Affairs, on UN General Assembly mini-summit on Somalia (26/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened a mini-summit on Somalia in New York on 26 September 2012 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. The African Union Commission Chairperson Dr...
 
 
Namibian leader stresses role of regional bodies in resolving conflicts
UN DEBATE
The United Nations (UN) should consider the views of regional organisations when it comes to resolving conflicts, Namibia’s President Hifikepunye Pohamba told the General Assembly’s high-level...
 
 
14 Aug 2012
 
UN: Statement by Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, on 100 million people taking part in World Humanitarian Campaign (14/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The United Nations campaign highlighting the work of the world’s humanitarian workers has reached 100 million people through social media so far, the world body announced today, describing it as...
 
 
02 Aug 2012
 
UN: Statement by the United Nations, on launch of campaign to encourage good deeds for World Humanitarian Day (02/08/2012)
STATEMENT
Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations today launched a global campaign – featuring the music of performing artist Beyoncé – to highlight humanitarian work and encourage people to...
 
 
UN: Statement by the United Nations Security Council, on meeting on the humanitarian side of Syrian crisis in August (02/08/2012)
STATEMENT
With “military logic winning the day” in Syria and the United Nations observer mission there unlikely to be renewed, the Security Council will consider the plight of the three million Syrians...
 
 
01 Aug 2012
 
UN: Statement by the United Nations, welcoming the historic approval of a new constitution for Somalia (01/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The overwhelming approval of a Provisional Constitution for Somalia by the representative body convened for that purpose – a key step toward ending the Horn of Africa country’s long transition...
 
 
03 Jul 2012
 
Negotiations for an Arms Trade Treaty a Victory for Advocacy Groups
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Last week London motorists and pedestrians were surprised to see a lone Cold War era military tank adorned with ‘Control Arms’ banner slowly navigating its way around the tourist hotspots of...
 
 
24 Oct 2011
 
Slow and Steady: South Africa and the Convention on Cluster Munitions
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The United Nations General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security is currently underway at the UN Headquarters in New York until 1 November 2011. This Committee is...
 
 
01 Sep 2011
 
Africa’s Contribution to a World Free of Nuclear Tests
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On 29 August, the international community observed the second International Day against Nuclear Tests. The UN General Assembly created the event in December 2009 through the unanimous adoption of...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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