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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Dr Naledi Pandor.
Address by Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on the occasion of the Chatham House London Virtual Engagement, 20 January 2020.
Head of Chatham House Africa Programme, Dr Alex Vine,
Your Excellency, High Commissioner Tambo,
Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Distinguished Audience,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Theme: âSouth Africaâs Foreign Policy: Reflections on the United Nations Security Council and the African Union.â
Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you today.
I have been asked to reflect on two major themes: firstly, South Africaâs two-year non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and, secondly, our Chairship of the African Union. South Africaâs Foreign policy is derived from our constitutional values of promotion of equality, justi
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NATIONAL NEWS - South Africa’s six key priorities of the African Union (AU) have had to take a backseat due to COVID-19, with President Cyril Ramaphosa leading the continent’s response to the pandemic and ensuring collaboration in this important battle.
While 2020 has been an unprecedented year, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, believes that the COVID-19 initiatives have led to a unified Africa.
Pandor said one of the outcomes of this collaboration was the inception of the COVID-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), established by President Ramaphosa in support of the Africa Vaccine Strategy.
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Following the announcement by the African Union Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa, on 14 January 2021 that the African Union has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa through its COVID-19 African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), on behalf of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), today commenced the COVID-19 vaccines pre-order programme for all African Union Member States. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will facilitate payments by providing advance procurement commitment guarantees of up to US$2 billion to the manufacturers on behalf of the Member States.
While AVATT has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccines doses from Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, AMSP – the single-source platform enabling faster, more transparent and cost-effective access to COVID-19 supplies – has opened today pre-orders, offering
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