President Thabo Mbeki has joined several other world leaders in adding his signature to the United Nations International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said on Thursday.
Mbeki, accompanied by his wife, Zanele, heads the South African delegation in New York to attend the World Summit and the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly. The delegation includes Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Mbeki, whose speech to the summit was postponed on Wednesday, is expected to deliver his address on Thursday, said Mamoepa.
The president will go on to participate in interactive, round-table talks on progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals, he said.
Mbeki and Dlamini-Zuma will, later on Thursday, join UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the chairperson of the African Union, Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo, in a meeting on the AU’s mediation in Côte d’Ivoire.
Mamoepa said Mbeki is also scheduled to host discussions with his counterpart from the Seychelles on Thursday. — Sapa