South African Council on International Relations meeting with the South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation

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SACOIR met with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee to brief them on current international events.

On 16 November 2016, the Founder and Executive Director of ACCORD, Vasu Gounden, participated in the above meeting, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, in his capacity as a member of the Council. Mr Gounden was appointed to the Council in 2015.

SACOIR’s meeting with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee was to brief them on the work of the Council, as well as to discuss current international events taking place on the continent, as well as globally.

Mr Gounden has been invited to address the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on several occasions, more recently in June and August 2015, to provide analysis of events taking place on the continent as well as globally, and how the South African Government has and can continue to contribute to the achievement of peaceful and constructive resolutions of disputes taking place, especially on the continent.

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