Following the UN's top court ruling that Israel must prevent genocide in its war on Hamas and allow aid into Gaza, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation says "there would have to be a ceasefire" for the order to work. Naledi Pandor says she is "satisfied with the directives" but would have wanted the word "cessation" to be included. South Africa had brought the case against Israel, accusing it of breaching the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.
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00:00 I would have wanted that the word cessation is included in the judgement,
00:05 but I'm satisfied with the directives that have been given.
00:09 I believe that in exercising the order, there would have to be a ceasefire.
00:17 Without it, the order doesn't actually work.
00:20 Madam Prime Minister, what are the implications for international justice?
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