Assembly and United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
26 September 2007
New York: President and Mrs Thabo Mbeki will today, Wednesday, 26 September,
conclude his successful visit to the 62nd session of the United Nations General
Assembly and the United Nations Security Council held in New York. Minister
Doctor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will accordingly assume the reigns of leadership
of the South Africa delegation to the remaining sessions of the United Nations
General Assembly.
President Mbeki will conclude his visit with several bilateral meetings with
European Union Foreign Javier Solana, United Nations Secretary-General Ban
ki-Moon, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Serbian President Boris Tadic,
attend a session at the Clinton Global Initiative before proceeding to the New
York Stock Exchange for the historic visit and ringing of the bell to mark the
closing session of the day's trading.
This will be the first time a South African President rings the bell at the
New York Stock Exchange where several South Africa companies including Telkom,
Sasol, Sappi, Harmony Gold Mining, Goldfields and Anglo Gold Ashanti are
listed. President Mbeki led a high powered South African government delegation
including Ministers Trevor Manuel and Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Deputy Minister
Aziz Pahad and Foreign Affairs Director-General Doctor Ayanda Ntsaluba to the
United Nations General Assembly and United Nations Security Council within
South Africa's conviction that the multilateral system of global governance
remains the only hope to current challenges facing humanity today.
In this regard, President Mbeki addressed the United Nations General
Assembly on Climate Change and the United Nations Security Council on "Peace
and Security in Africa" the third ever such Summit of Heads of State and
Government of the Security Council since 1945.
Ministerial bilateral meetings
Minister Dlamini Zuma who will remain in New York is scheduled to hold and
attend several bilateral and multilateral meetings on Wednesday and Thursday as
follows:
* ministerial meeting of the China-Africa Co-operation Forum
* India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) ministerial meeting
* bilateral meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada Maxime
Bernier
* bilateral meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Doctor Per
Stig Moller
* bilateral meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh
Mohammed
* ministerial meeting of the P3+2 United States of America, United Kingdom,
France, Belgium and South Africa.
Enquiries:
Ronnie Mamoepa
Cell: 082 990 4853
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
26 September 2006
