Chairperson, the ANC supports the Budget Vote for International Relations and Co-operation. It is our firm belief, as the ANC, that this Budget will advance the key strategic priorities in our engagement at the international level, which include the consolidation of our African agenda in terms of promoting peace, stability and human rights, the promotion of national interests in relation to the political and economic interest both in the south and in the north, and lastly, the promotion of multilateralism instead of unilateralism.
We believe very firmly that this budget goes a long way towards promoting that engagement with the progressive forces of the world, including issues of transforming the UN system. We support this budget, and want to make the ACDP comfortable in that, as part of that engagement in the African agenda, that is where we are engaging Gaddafi. Thank you.
Vote agreed to.
Vote No 4 - Home Affairs - put.
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