UN/FILE: South Africa's ambassador to the United Nations, Dumisani Khumalo, speaks on South Africa's contentious stance at the UN that includes resisting sanctions on Sudan, saying the UN security council is not representative of the world

Record ID: 456129

  • Title: UN/FILE: South Africa's ambassador to the United Nations, Dumisani Khumalo, speaks on South Africa's contentious stance at the UN that includes resisting sanctions on Sudan, saying the UN security council is not representative of the world
  • Date: 2nd May 2007
  • Summary: SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UN AND SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DUMISANI KHUMALO WALKS PAST THE SECURITY COUNCIL MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) DUMISANI KHUMALO, SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, SAYING: "We don't believe in the misuse of the Security Council by those who are powerful who want to do these things. And you know, the line was drawn in 1945 when the Human Rights Commission was created. The founders of this body knew there were issues that were of a human rights nature that must be dealt through human rights instruments, that's why we all acceded to all those protocols and what have you. And the Security Council was supposed to deal with issues of war, threats to people and that kind of thing and that's what it's about."
  • Embargoed: 17th May 2007 13:00
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  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA3J7316H5IPM94KVHWKW02HH1B
  • Story Text: South Africa's ambassador to the United Nations, Dumisani Khumalo, speaks on South Africa's contentious stance at the UN that includes resisting sanctions on Sudan, saying the UN security council is not representative of the world.
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