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Cape Town-South Africa/Libya:
Speech by Nelson Mandela, President of
South Africa in Honour of Leader of the Revolution Muamar Qaddafi -
1999
13
June, 1999 -
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Your
Excellencies
Distinguished
Guests
And My
Dear Brother Leader
Those who
dedicate themselves to causes affecting the lives of millions ought
to have a clear understanding of history. They should plan their
actions with a sense of their impact on those for whom they believe
they act.
I know, My
Brother Leader, that you and I, who have both been privileged and
obliged by circumstance to be in such positions, have each in our
own way tried to be true to that responsibility. Even so, we could
not have planned things in such a way that you would be the last
head of state I would officially receive on a bilateral basis
before retiring from public office.
I am happy that
it did, by chance, transpire this way.
The
relationship between our two selves and between Libya and
democratic South Africa has not been without controversy and
therefore some special significance in world affairs.
As a
responsible member of the international community of nations, South
Africa would never defy predominant international opinion
deliberately and merely for effect. This is a particular
responsibility in a world that is fraught with possibilities of
misunderstanding and consequent conflict and
conflagration.
We
remain convinced that respect for our multilateral bodies and
compliance with their decisions, is crucial to stability,
development and progress in a world still marked by tension,
inequality and backwardness. This is so even where we may disagree
as individual nations with those decisions.
In a world where the strong may seek to impose upon the more
vulnerable; and where particular nations or groups of nations may
still seek to decide the fate of the planet – in such a world
respect for multilateralism, moderation of public discourse and a
patient search for compromise become even more imperative to save
the world from debilitating conflict and enduring
inequality.
When we dismissed criticism of our friendship with yourself,
My Brother Leader, and of the relationship between South Africa and
Libya, it was precisely in defence of those values.
There must be a kernel of morality also to international
behaviour. Of course, nations must place their own interests high
on the list of considerations informing their international
relations. But the amorality which decrees that might is right can
not be the basis on which the world conducts itself in the next
century.
It was pure expediency to call on democratic South Africa to
turn its back on Libya and Qaddafi, who had assisted us in
obtaining democracy at a time when those who now made that call
were the friends of the enemies of democracy in South
Africa.
Had we heeded those demands, we would have betrayed the very
values and attitudes that allowed us as a nation to have
adversaries sitting down and negotiating in a spirit of compromise.
It would have meant denying that the South African experience could
be a model and example for international behaviour.
In many ways, our modest contribution to resolving the
Lockerbie issue will remain a highlight of the international
aspects of our Presidency. No one can deny that the friendship and
trust between South Africa and Libya played a significant part in
arriving at this solution. If that be so, it vindicates our view
that talking to one another and searching for peaceful solutions
remain the surest way to resolve differences and advance peace and
progress in the world.
We look forward with joy and anticipation to the full
re-entry of Libya into the affairs of our continent and the
world.
We have already seen Libya take up its role as an important
actor on the African continent to help advance the peace process in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
South Africa is proud to acknowledge the coincidence between
its own position and SADC’s, on the one hand, and that of Libya on
the other. We share the view that peace in the DRC can only be
achieved through the withdrawal of all foreign forces and an
inclusive political process of Congolese groups.
We appreciate very much Libya’s indication that its own
efforts will be co-ordinated with those of our regional
organisation, SADC. This approach confounds those who suggest that
Libya is less than fully committed to multilateralism. My Brother
Leader is involved in the Congolese process as a facilitator of the
SADC process, just as we were involved in the Lockerbie issue as
facilitators for the United Nations. In such ways we advance the
ideals of multilateral co-operation and discipline. And for that we
thank our Brother Leader and the Libyan people.
It was with much appreciation that I received reports from my
Minister of Trade and Industry about our recent trade delegation to
Libya. The friendly political relations between our two countries
are now being consolidated and deepened through trade. We look
forward to South African companies and Libyan entities bridging our
continent from North to South in concrete expressions of African
unity.
My Brother Leader, I know that in the abstemious conditions
of the North African desert it is not the custom to propose a
toast. We are, however, overwhelmed by at last having here on this
southern tip of Africa one of the revolutionary icons of our
times.
I shall therefore take the liberty to invite our guests to
rise and raise their glasses with me in salute to Muamar Qaddafi,
our Brother Leader of the Revolution of the Libyan Jamahariya, and
to growing friendship between the people of our two
countries.
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Muammar Al
Gaddafi;
1. He nationalised
Libya's oil industry & has worked to improve the price that
Libya is paid for that oil.
2. He used oil revenue
to build hospitals, schools, universities, roads, free housing for
all Libyan people, the Great Man Made River project which provides
70% of Libyans with pure deep aquifer water. The Libyan people
achieved this without borrowing a penny from
Rothschild.
3. Libya were debt-free.
It had the highest standard of living in Africa, & above
Russia, Brazil & Saudi Arabia according to the
UN.
4. All loans are debt
free. Usury (interest on loans) is against the
law.
5. Before Qaddafi came
to power, less than one fifth of the people were literate. Now it's
83%.
6. Free healthcare. If
treatment is not available in Libya, then the government will fund
foreign healthcare.
7. Libya is thank to
Great-Man-Made-River project more self sufficient in food
production. Anyone wishing to be a farmer is given free use of
land, a home, equipment, livestock &
seeds.
8. He promised that his
own parents would not be housed until ALL Libyans were housed. He
kept his promise & his father died before he was able to house
him. All Libyans were given homes on a long term
loan.
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