In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded.

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If the Soviet Union proposed a similar mediation effort with respect to the ending of apartheid in South Africa, would the Administration agree?

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In 1993, the European Union established diplomatic relations with South Africa, putting the final touch to a new policy of cooperation after years of isolation.

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The species, native to South Africa and Namibia, is classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

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With South Africa as the designated mediator, these members of the South African Development Council and the African Union (A.U.) have failed utterly, and not for the first time.

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The concept of a combined touring Lions side began in 1891 when a group of English and Scottish players took part in a three-Test series against South Africa under the auspices of the Rugby Football Union.

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Also speaking today were the representatives of France, Japan, Libya, Uganda, Russian Federation, Mexico, Viet Nam, Croatia, Costa Rica, Burkina Faso, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden (on behalf of the European Union), Israel, Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, Finland, Liechtenstein, Canada, Papua New Guinea (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Bangladesh, Germany, Australia, Italy, Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Nigeria, Argentina, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Iceland, Afghanistan, Peru, Timor-Leste, United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya.

UN: Security Council

McGeechan, who chose Johnson as his Lions captain on the 1997 tour of South Africa, stopped short of criticising Rugby Football Union elite rugby director Rob Andrew, who stepped in as manager with Johnson back home for the birth of his second child.

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