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Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to Co-Host
South Africa-United Kingdom Bilateral Forum Meeting
Cape Town, South Africa Wednesday, 25 - Thursday, 26
August 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
will host her British counterpart, Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw for the South Africa - United Kingdom (UK)
Bilateral Forum meeting on Wednesday, 25 - Thursday,
26 August 2004 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Forum will focus on aligning SA-UK bilateral co-operation
with an emphasis on delivery. In 2005 the UK will chair
both the G8 grouping of Industrialised Countries and
the recently expanded European Union, putting it in
a unique position to assist in advancing the African
agenda. British Ministers have described this as a 'great
opportunity to show leadership' and as a 'unique opportunity'
to 'put Africa at the top of the international agenda'.
Foreign Secretary Straw will consult with Minister
Dlamini Zuma on how the UK can most effectively support
the African Union (AU), SADC, NEPAD and peace-processes
in Africa while Minister Dlamini Zuma will stress that
the G8 should concentrate on capital flows to Africa
and identifying resources to finance development on
the continent, as well as accelerating the implementation
of the commitments G8 countries made in the Africa Action
Plan adopted in 2002.
In this context, the Forum will discuss the International
Finance Facility, an innovative British 'frontloading'
scheme to double global Official Development Aid (ODA)
flows to US$ 100 billion by 2015 to finance the Millennium
Development Goals.
The second review of the G8 Africa Action Plan will
take place at the UK G8 Summit in 2005. The United Nations
meets next year to review progress in achieving the
Millennium Development Goals. The Foreign Ministers
will discuss, review and look at how best to co-ordinate
SA and UK efforts to advance the peace-processes in
the Great Lakes and Sudan.
Discussions will also look at global governance, multilateralism,
Iraq, nuclear non-proliferation and Middle East Peace
Process. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma will be accompanied by Ministers of Defence, Finance,
Health, Arts and Culture and Sport - Mosiuoa Lekota,
Trevor Manuel, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Pallo Jordan
and Makhenkhesi Stofile; and Deputy Ministers of Defence
and Health - Muleki George and Nozizwe Madlal-Routledge
respectively.
Secretary of State Jack Straw will be accompanied by
the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,
Tessa Jowell; Chief Secretary to the Treasury, P Boateng;
Minister of State for Health, J Hutton; and Minister
of State for the Armed Forces, A Ingram.
Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853.
Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001
22 August 2004
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