Applause For South Africa As It Ends Month As UN Security Council President

Riyaz Patel

As the curtain draws on South Africa’s first UN Security Council (UNSC) presidency month, Pretoria, led by its most senior diplomat Naledi Pandor, demonstrated its consensus-building ability to achieve breakthroughs on some long-standing global issues.

It also used its month at the helm of the world body to draw attention to other critically important matters which have seemingly slipped off the the international radar.

When South Africa was elected to the UN Security Council in 2018, it said its council priorities would relate mostly to African country files.

Pretoria said it would focus on themes such as the UN-AU partnership for peace and security (including Silencing