DIRCO Annual Report

Programme: System of Global Governance

Deviation from planned target to actual achievement 2021/22

Planned annual target 2020/21

Audited actual performance 2018/19

Audited actual performance 2019/20

**Actual achievement 2020/21

Reasons for deviations

Outcome

Output

Output indicator

South Africa successfully delivered statements in six panel discussions that took place, focussed on themes such as at the annual mainstreaming panel on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the combat against racism and discrimination, the death penalty as crime deterrent, the rights of the child and the role of poverty alleviation in the promotion and protection of human rights, among others. South Africa also delivered national statements, pertinently the Item 4 statement that addressed double standards in the council, in relation to the Chinese request for support on the Xinjiang situation. In terms of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), agenda Item 7, South Africa delivered the statement in response to the High Commissioner’s report, as well as under Item 7. The council concluded with the adoption of 30 resolutions and one decision

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