From Anti-Apartheid Activist to State Actor: Perspectives on Global Crises, SOAS
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2016-06-02

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This lecture titled "From Anti-Apartheid Activist to State Actor: Perspectives on Global Crises" was given by Ambassador Abdul Minty at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London on 23 May 2016.
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Speaker: H.E. Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty (retired) Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Deputy Director General South African Department of International Relations. Honorary Secretary – British Anti-Apartheid Movement, London: 1962 -1995.

As an Activist, Abdul Minty was a leading figure in the Anti Apartheid Movement from the 1960s to the 1990s. As a government official he has played a leading role in South Africa's emergence as a global player - particularly in nuclear disarmament.  Ambassador Minty has written extensively for the United Nations and various anti-apartheid and solidarity movements on topics related to the fight against apartheid, human rights, disarmament and the arms embargo against South Africa.