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To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012?
Mini Dissertation (MDIPS)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/65172 To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? Zondi, Siphamandla Talifhani@live.co.za Munzhedzi, Talifhani Amos Agenda setting UN security council SA foreign policy Diplomacy UCTD Mini Dissertation (MDIPS)--University of Pretoria, 2018. In the aftermath of the South African election, as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2011, the country amongst other things, promised to pursue an African Agenda for Peace and Stability on the continent and in all regions of the world, especially in the Global South. This was coupled with the promise to promote the importance of developing effective partnerships between the United Nations (UN) as well as regional and sub-regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security. These became fundamental foreign policy principles of how South Africa would behave in the Security Council. The UN Charter mandates the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security to the Council. Scholars that have analysed the United Nations often argue that the Council’s decision-making process is driven by the interests of the five permanent members who possess veto power. Thus, it is widely believed that, members that have continuous membership and veto power not only affect the passage of resolutions but also prevent certain issues from entering the agenda through the threat of a veto. While veto-wielding member states can use the veto to bargain their positions, non-permanent members of the Council can have limited influence on the agenda due to the unequal distribution of power. The power-politics argument is widely discussed in the literature of the United Nations; however, limited systematic analytical research has been done to understand how countries other than big powers exercise their influence in the UN Security Council, despite lacking the right to veto power. To contribute to the understanding of the power-politics argument, ways in which emerging countries influence the agenda will be identified. This research report analyses whether and how South Africa delivered on the promise to pursue African interests during its tenure in the UNSC in 2011-2012. This study embarks on content analysis of selected South African interventions and reports regarding African issues in the UNSC. Political Sciences MDIPS Unrestricted 2018-06-18T07:48:05Z 2018-06-18T07:48:05Z 2018-09 2018 Mini Dissertation Munzhedzi, TA 2018, To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012?, MDIPS Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65172> S2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65172 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Agenda setting UN security council SA foreign policy Diplomacy UCTD To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? |
| title | To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? |
| title_full | To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? |
| title_fullStr | To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? |
| title_full_unstemmed | To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? |
| title_short | To what extent did South Africa pursue the African Agenda in the UN Security Council between 2011 and 2012? |
| title_sort | to what extent did south africa pursue the african agenda in the un security council between 2011 and 2012 |
| topic | Agenda setting UN security council SA foreign policy Diplomacy UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65172 |