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Representative elected to UN body

    JOHANNESBURG

    A South African, Patricia January-Bardill, has been elected to the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the South African department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

    In a statement sent to IRIN, South Africa’s Ambassador to the UN was quoted as saying: “For us, representing a country that was the victim of the most cruel form of racism known as apartheid, this victory can only add to our process of racial reconciliation.” January-Bardill was elected to a four-year term of office beginning on 20 January.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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