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.
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