Assume that you work for the Department of International Relations and Co-operation in South Africa. In 2024 there will be national elections and it is likely that a new Minister of International Relations and Co-operation may be appointed. To prepare the new Minister for their role and responsibilities in this important task, you have been asked to draft an essay, substantiated by appropriate authority, properly structured with an introduction; sub-headings, and a conclusion, and that is fully referenced by way of footnotes, to give the new incumbent insights into their new role. The essay must include a critical discussion of the following non-exhaustive list of theoretical and practical issues: 

 

1. The full meaning, content, impact, and consequences of sovereignty; 

 

2. South Africa's position as a member of the "third world" and the arguments in favor of respecting the sovereignty of South Africa and other states in a similar situation; 

 

3. The sources of international law; 

 

4. The ability of the state to negotiate and ratify international treaties and how this has been adapted for South Africa in the 1996 Constitution, including the transformation of treaties into South African law; 

 

5. The discretion that states have when ratifying treaties concerning whether they agree to be bound by a treaty in its entirety or not; 

 

6. Enforcement of international law.

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