Through my voice, the message of my country, South Africa, Africa and Global South found expression in the formal platforms of the United Nations. I had the privilege to be the mouthpiece of South Africa’s policy positions during a critical period on changing global geopolitics, marked by strained relations amongst the Permanent 5 in the Security Council, divisions between the Global North and South, the rise of right-wing nationalism and populism, growing unilateralist tendencies, attempts to weaken the multilateral system, and growing agency of Africa and the global south in global politics.