SA stint at UN Security Council over: Good riddance!

Mercifully, South Africa's stint on the Security Council has come to an end. It has hampered, nay, blocked all efforts to act on human rights' issues in the Sudan, Myanmar and in particular on Zimbabwe, see here, here, here.

It also voted against a resolution that condemned the "use of rape as a weapon of war." In a macabre sort of way, this 'performance' may have been a blessing in disguise. Gone is the hairy-fairy liberal bullshit of a model democracy at the southern tip of Africa upholding moral values and the rule of law. What this stint on the Security Council did was open the eyes of the world to the despotic, shameless, corrupt regime that is the ANC government and that, as the advert goes, is priceless.

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The view below is from a Moroccan news outlet

South Africa UN Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo/South Africa's stint at the UN Security Council (UNSC) was disastrous and bitterly disappointing to the aspirations of the African continent. Good riddance!!

In his farewell speech, the South Africa's UN Ambassador registered his regrets for "lack of success in addressing the long-standing conflicts on the agenda".

Ambassador Kumalo hopes "the incoming members of the Council will continue the fight on these issues for the sake of the suffering people in those areas and the council's credibility." (???!!!...the council's credibility??!!)

South Africa's UN representation to the UN in particular and the South Africa (SA) diplomacy in general inflicted major damage to the ambitions of the Africa continent to have a permanent seat at the UNSC. (d'ya think?)

Under the leadership of former president Thabo Mbeki, South Africa was more concerned with advancing its regional policy in Southern Africa than looking after the interest of the African continent as a whole. Obsessed with the situation in Zimbabwe and his blind support for its dictator Robert Mugabe, Mr. Mbeki neglected the various hot spots and conflicts that have been destroying the African continent and inflicting pain and suffering on its population.

As President of the UN Security Council, South Africa was expected to set the agenda of the Council, chairing meetings of the Security Council and guide the Council to decisions on a range of issues with African interests at heart. Unfortunately, this opportunity was squandered by the South Africans. Instead of addressing issues of the most importance and urgency to the African continent, South African diplomats in New York got into verbal arguments with other members of the UNSC over the situation in Zimbabwe and other side matters irrelevant to Africans.

While the civil war was raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the humanitarian situating getting worst in Darfur, South Africa's mission to the UN was distracted and unable to get the UN to take action in these regions and save lives.

South Africa's UN Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo performance as president of the UNSC was poor and ineffective. Ambassador Kumalo came to the SC with a very narrow agenda that has more to do with demagogy than diplomacy.

The South African delegation voted against resolution on human rights in Myanmar and a British proposal for a briefing on the situation in Zimbabwe, while pushing for similar resolutions against other members of the UN.

The South African "undiplomatic" reign over the UNSC was decidedly divisive and non inclusive throwing another blow to the hope of millions of Africans to see their conferences addressed and their voices heard.

This performance should not come as a surprise since Ambassador Kumalo's boss, former president Mbeki, is no stranger to controversy.

I have no doubt that the country that gave the world great men of the calibre of Nelson Mandela and Reverend Desmond Tutu will survive and thrive despite these troubles. As an African, I hope to see the economic power house South Africa, as a fair leader that represents the interests of all Africans regardless of ideology or politics.