House Chairperson, thank you Deputy Minister for that response, as well as outlining the plans and achievements that the South African government as made. My question Deputy Minister is: What is South Africa's approach to the co-operation between the
United Nations Security Council and other regional organisation, given that there is a view that the should be a clear division of labour and distribution of roles and tasks between the United Nations and regional organisations and another view that suggests a more flexible but systemic approach, in which co-ordination mechanisms that seek to create synergy between the United Nations and regional organisations? Thank you.
The DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION (Ms K
C MASHEGO-DLAMINI): As I understand the question, I think we need to take note that in the African Union we have got organisations that belong there and also in the United Nations, therefore when we are dealing with security issues, those two institutions meet at the level of the AU and the UN so that they map a strategy forward to make sure that they deal with issues that are conflicting in any country in the world. There is no conflict in that because they each a chance, all the African countries are also members of the United Nations. Thank you.
Question 39:
The DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION (Ms K
C MASHEGO-DLAMINI): House Chairperson, yes South Africa hosted the Southern African Development Community, SADC; Solidarity Conference
with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic in Pretoria from 25 to 26 March 2019 as part of its contribution to the end of the Morocco's continued occupation of Western Sahara. South Africa also utilises the opportunity of being a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council to keep the issue of the Saharawi people on the agenda of UN Security Council. We will also continue to engage with Morocco at a diplomatic level, both bilaterally and multilaterally since it is an AU member in order to find the solution and continue to urge the latter to be bound by the decision of the UN Security Council. The strategies are yielding positive results in that the matter of the Western Sahara is receiving attention it deserves. I thank you.