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Part 3: Programme Performance PART 3: PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE 58 Annual Report 2003/04 Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Annual Report 2003/04 59 PART 3: Programme Performance To be appropriated by Vote R 2 243 555 000 Statutory appropriations - Responsible Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs : Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Administering Department Department of Foreign Affairs Accounting Offi cer Director-General: Dr A Ntsaluba AIM OF THE VOTE The Department of Foreign Affairs is respon- Programme 2: Foreign Relations Programme 3: Public Diplomacy sible for the formulation, co-ordination, im- Purpose: Promote relations with foreign and Protocol plementation and management of South countries, and participate in international Purpose: Promote an understanding, both Africa’s foreign policy and international re- organisations and institutions, in pursuit of domestically and internationally, of South lations programmes throughout the world. South Africa’s national values and foreign Africa’s role and position in international policy objectives. relations, and provide protocol services. KEY PROGRAMMES AND OBJECTIVES Measurable objective: To promote South Measurable objective: To project a positive Africa’s foreign policy internationally and image of South Africa by marketing the Programme 1: Administration within multilateral institutions, through dip- Department’s programmes and providing Purpose: Conduct the overall policy devel- lomatic interventions to strengthen foreign protocol services. opment and management of the Depart- relations. ment. 58 Annual Report 2003/04 Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Annual Report 2003/04 59 Programme 4: Foreign Properties - building the economy and creating of action for its practical implementation Purpose: Provide secure, economical hous- jobs; and is the host to the NEPAD secretariat. ing and offi ce accommodation to all staff - combating crime and corruption; Beyond Africa, the Department’s multilat- members abroad, and maintain immov- - transforming the state; eral engagements and its leadership within able properties abroad. - building a better Africa and a better the South bloc of developing countries, are Measurable objective: To acquire and world. driven by its desire to contribute towards the maintain South Africa’s properties abroad creation of a more equitable and humane in a cost-effective manner in order to facili- These fundamental priorities inform and world for all of humankind. The Department tate delivery of foreign policy objectives. direct the work of the Department of For- identifi ed the following key strategic priori- eign Affairs as we go about our business of ties for 2003-04 fi nancial year: Programme 5: Auxiliary and projecting South Africa’s domestic values - Consolidation and Implementation of Associated Services and national interests abroad. All these the African Agenda. Purpose: Provide for the payment of mem- elements are captured within the holistic - Bilateral Relations bership fees to international organisations, vision of an African Renaissance bringing - South-South Co-operation. transfer payments, and support services for in its wake peace, prosperity, democracy, - North-South Dialogue. all offi cials on transfer abroad, and make sustainable development, progressive - Multilateral Diplomacy provision for the inauguration of the Presi- leadership and good governance. - Focusing on Imaging and Branding dent. by projecting a positive image of Measurable objective: To contribute to The African continent and, in particular, South Africa and Africa, enhancing multilateral development co-operation. the Southern African region commands understanding of the country’s foreign the highest priority for the Department. Our policy objectives, and ensuring that KEY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES focus is shifting from the conceptualisation the message of its leaders is better of the African Renaissance to its opera- understood across the world. Our Foreign Policy objectives, priorities and tionalisation through the initiative currently activities although broad, nevertheless known as “NEPAD” – the New Partnership STRATEGIC OVERVIEW AND KEY support the country’s fi ve key strategic pri- for African Development. South Africa has POLICY DEVELOPMENTS: 2003/04 orities, namely: taken the lead in developing the NEPAD, - speeding up delivery of basic needs and together with key African partners, is South Africa’s re-entry into the global com- and developing human resources; in the process of elaborating a programme munity has resulted in a new foreign policy 60 Annual Report 2003/04 Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Annual Report 2003/04 61 60 Annual Report 2003/04 Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Annual Report 2003/04 61 dispensation. There is now wider acknowl- The New Partnership for Africa’s Develop- on: the economic development agenda edgement of the role South Africa plays ment (NEPAD) and the African Union (AU) of the south; the World Trade Organisa- in global affairs. The country is viewed as are two new institutions established to tion (WTO) Doha Development Round; the a key player in global efforts to normalise achieve these ends, particularly in Africa. recommendations of the World Summit international relations, particularly in Africa. Through the Department, South Africa has on Sustainable Development (WSSD); and South Africa is also involved in creating the played a central role in both. championing African interests in other mul- conditions for sustainable socio-economic tilateral organisations. development, peace and good govern- International co-operation for sustainable ance. The Department of Foreign Affairs development It is recognised that the developed world was responsible for playing this role in ways has a major role to play in the economic that advance the interests of the devel- South Africa continued to play a leading development of the developing world. oping world and Africa, in order to foster role in articulating the interests of Africa South Africa promoted the interests of sustainable development of South Africa and developing countries in the global developing countries on the international itself. economy. Key problematic areas includ- agenda, and mobilised development re- ed: disparities and inequalities resulting sources and co-operation to tackle pover- These responsibilities were executed from globalisation; the marginalisation of ty and underdevelopment. Issues included through three broad strategic priority ar- Africa in the global economy; the recent debt relief and the democratisation of eas: weakening of the global economy; and international relations. Activities included: - Strengthening solidarity within the the resurgence of regionalism. The role of high level interactions with developed developing world, and building multilateral fi nancial institutions and the countries through the G-20, in the context partnerships with the developed world United Nations (UN) in international eco- of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to foster sustainable development nomic development was also of interest. and the World Bank; discussions with the - Promoting good governance, The Department was involved in promot- G-8 at their summits; and initiatives at other sustainable socio-economic ing economic co-operation through UN forums. development and poverty eradication strengthening multilateralism and inclusive in Africa governance in the world economy and Focus on Africa - Participating in international efforts its trade system. This included the reform to seek lasting peace and stability in and strengthening of global rules and in- Good governance and sustainable so- confl ict-ridden areas. stitutions. Particular emphasis was placed cio-economic development in Africa are 62 Annual Report 2003/04 Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa Annual Report 2003/04 63 fundamental to South Africa’s foreign energy infrastructure; human resources de- velopment and peace and stability. Politi- policy. During 2002, South Africa actively velopment, including education, skills de- cal confl icts in Africa, the Middle East, and participated in the establishment of the velopment, and reversing the brain drain; other parts of the world continue to under- African Union (AU). The African Union health; agriculture; and the market access mine efforts to tackle sustainable develop- brings together continent-wide hopes for initiative. ment holistically. The Department has also an Africa free of political confl ict, poverty noted a shift from the previous risk of super- and underdevelopment. Emphasis during Within Southern Africa, South Africa was power nuclear confrontation to other forms the reporting period was on facilitating the actively engaged in the restructuring of the of insecurity, often of a more regional or establishment and effective functioning of Southern African Development Commu- domestic nature. Extremism, civil confl icts, the structures of the African Union. nity (SADC), to place it in a better position organised trans-national crime, drug traf- to respond to the changing development fi cking, internally displaced people, and The New Partnership for Africa’s Develop- challenges facing the region. Particular small arms proliferation are all elements ment (NEPAD) is key to Africa’s develop- emphasis was placed on the ratifi
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