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on Participation in International Peace Missions”. 441 This document sought toclarify the terms <strong>of</strong> engagement <strong>of</strong> South African troops, police <strong>and</strong> civilians ininternational peace missions. Yet, within a decade, it was up for review, owing tothe rapid growth <strong>of</strong> South Africa’s continental peacekeeping responsibilities. 442 (SeeTable 2)Personnel1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008DRC1 113 161 164 1 455 1 430 1 230 1 242 1 248 1 248Eritrea<strong>and</strong>Ethiopia0 5 8 11 11 14 7 7 7 2Burundi0 0 701 750 1 500 1 437 1 267 1 202 751 1 000Liberia0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0Sudan0 0 0 0 0 10 339 620 626 604Total1 123 1 579 1 686 4 477 4 358 4 462 4 900 4 016 4 860Table 2 : South African participation in peacekeeping operations 443While South Africa’s continental activities, <strong>and</strong> broader multilateral actionproceeded apace, there was one issue on which the government was consistentlyunderstated in its public diplomacy: Zimbabwe. This culminated in Mbeki’s <strong>of</strong>tenquoted “Crisis? What Crisis?”, remark in relation to the withholding <strong>of</strong> electionresults by Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission (ZEC) after the 2008 presidentialpoll. 444By 2005, however, serious disagreements between COSATU <strong>and</strong> the government inthe international arena were tabled in COSATU’s Review <strong>of</strong> 2004. These included441 Department <strong>of</strong> Foreign Affairs. 1999. White Paper on South African Participation inPeace Missions. Accessed online at:http://www.info.gov.za/whitepapers/1999/peacemissions.pdf on 10 May, 2011.442 Department <strong>of</strong> Defence. 2005. “White Paper update: South Africa’s participation ininternational peace missions”, Chief Directorate: Policy, Strategy <strong>and</strong> Planning.Accessed online at: http://www.cdpsp.mil.za/projects/2005/p2_peacemission.htm on 16May, 2011.443 GCIS. 2009. South Africa Yearbook 2008/9, p246.444 Sydney Morning Herald. 2008. “Crisis? What crisis, says Mbeki on the way tosummit”, April 13, 2008.184

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