Africans by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
24 January 2007
Pretoria: South African Foreign Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today,
Wednesday, 24 January 2007 directed the SA Permanent Mission in New York to
place on hold the names of the two South Africans whose names have been
submitted to the UNSC by the US authorities for alleged links to Al Qaeda.
Minister Dlamini Zuma is of the conviction that the matter needs to be
discussed further in bilaterals with the US authorities.
The US government had on Friday, 19 January 2007 submitted the names of the
two South Africans to the 1267 Al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee of the
UN.
In terms of procedure the Chairperson of the 1267 Sanctions Committee on
receipt of the names distributes the list to all 15 members of the Sanctions
Committee. Following this distribution of the names, countries are given 5 days
in which to indicate whether they intend objecting to the listing or not.
It is in this context that Minister Dlamini Zuma, having applied her mind to
the matter, directed the South African Permanent Mission at the UN to place on
hold the listing of the names of the two South Africans on the UNSC list.
The implication of putting on hold the names of the two South Africans is
that the names cannot be included in the consolidated UNSC list but will be
added to the list of holds.
For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
24 January 2007
