Hon Chair, we should acknowledge the fact that powerful countries in the past have been known to violate the human rights of citizens of poorer countries. We, in South Africa, should not fall into that moral dilemma through greed, war and a lack of value for other people's human rights.
There is a long way to go before we can have a just society because of the unfair application of human rights. The rights of some people should not impinge on those of others. We should be tolerant of one another.
The youth must be aware of human rights, but should not take advantage of them by losing respect, dignity and discipline. They should bear in mind that their rights as human beings have no colour or creed and are nonpolitical, and that they should not be used as a political platform.
We may quote dates, times, reasons when it comes to human rights, but it is meaningless if we do not check our own internal individual values for the rights of our fellow human beings. I thank you. [Applause.]