S Africa slams US 'anti-terror campaign'

Opening a two-day conference of the 117-nation NAM in the eastern port city of Durban, South African Deputy Foreign Minister Sue van der Merwe said the United Nations must be the "pre-eminent authority" in world affairs.

"There is a growing tendency on the part of countries of the North to mount global 'campaigns' against threats that are perceived and defined in the North but allegedly originate or are based in the countries of the South," said Van der Merwe.

"This is done without the prior acknowledgement of the contributions of developing countries to both the definition and also the condemnation of these threats."