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Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South East Asia; with Deputy Ministers
10 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Report by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in South East Asia according to Section 231(2) of the Constitution.
The Department outlined why ...
International Relations
DIRCO’s COVID-19 response; with Deputy Ministers
3 Jun 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation 3 JUNE 2020
The Committee met to hear a presentation by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on its role in support of Government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the Department workplace measures have been implemented to create a ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budget: Committee Report
29 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, 29 May 2020
The Committee considered its Draft Report on the 2020/21 Budget; 2020-25 Strategic Plan; the 2020-25 African Renaissance Fund Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan 2020/21 of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
There were limited ...
International Relations
DIRCO & ARF 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister
21 May 2020
Video: DIRCO & ARF 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) presented the Strategic and Annual Performance Plans and its entity, the African Renaissance Fund (ARF).
Minister Naledi Pandor said that COVID-19 had caused challenges for the continuation of DIRCO’s international work. However, she ...
International Relations
2019 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report: Department responses; with Deputy Ministers
18 Mar 2020
2019 BRRR - International Relations and Cooperation
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on its responses to the Committee’s 2019/20 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). More specifically members were provided with insight into the DIRCO’s responses to the Committee’s recommendations as contained in its ...
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DIRCO on current political situation in Libya; with Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2020
The Chairperson, at the outset of the meeting, observed that the Committee was not being kept in the loop regarding international treaties that were being reviewed by other parliamentary committees. She suggested that parliament have inter-study groups on international treaties. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) was asked ...
International Relations
New York fact-finding Oversight Report
4 Mar 2020
Relevant documents: DIRCO management report on 2018/19 audit findings: follow up
The Committee considered its Draft Report on its New York fact finding oversight visit. The Chairperson took the Committee through the Draft Report firstly by way of its different parts and adopting each either with or without amendments. Thereafter ...
International Relations
DIRCO on: SA chairing the AU; outcomes of the recent AU Summit; with Minister
26 Feb 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on South Africa’s chairship of the African Union (AU) for 2020, and the outcomes of the 33rd ordinary session of the Assembly of heads of state and government of the African Union. President Ramaphosa was the new ...
International Relations
South Africa chairship of the African Union; DIRCO & ARF 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Ministers
19 Feb 2020
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of International Relations and Corporations (DIRCO), and both Deputy Ministers, for its presentation on the third quarter performance of the Department the third quarter performance of the African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund (ARF).
The Committee expressed how displeased it is with DIRCO’s ...
International Relations
DIRCO management report on 2018/19 audit findings: follow up with Deputy Minister
5 Feb 2020
The Committee met again about the 30 October 2019 presentation by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation that consisted of an internal DIRCO management report on the 2018/19 audit findings which should not have been made public. It appeared that no one in the DIRCO management team knew how ...