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Does Africa need a permanent seat at the UN Security Council and what about South Africa’s chances?

Posted by on Friday, May 20, 2011, In : Multilateralism

There is a general consensus within the UN that reformation of the Security Council is necessary (Souare, 2005:12) (Goodman, 2005:26). Africa has been a major source of discussion within the UN Security Council, but it is rarely the source of influence. Events such as the Rwandan genocide, Darfur conflict, Somali civil conflict, the current Libyan revolt, etc., all have been analysed there in the absence of an African permanent member. The concept of path dependence states that “individu...

The strategic importance of BRIC to SA: The world is now talking “BRICSA’’

Posted by Zama Matoti on Saturday, February 12, 2011, In : Multilateralism

South Africa has entered a number of bilateral as well as multilateral trade agreements. The India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) trilateral pact, signed in 2003, was a strategic plan to further promote South- South co-operation. In years to come a trend of Newly Industrialising Economies (NIEs), alternatively referred to as ‘emerging economies’ or ‘economies in transition’, soon followed. The former consisted of advancing Less Developing Countries (LDCs) whose economies were transit...