Namun Dumisani Kumalo, Duta Besar Afrika Selatan untuk PBB, mengatakan bahwa meskipun ia dan anggota lain DK tak keberatan dengan penjelasan itu, kekacauan di Zimbabwe tak mempengaruhi keamanan dan perdamaian internasional mandat Dewan tersebut.
But Dumisani Kumalo, South Africa's U.N. ambassador, said that while he and other council members had no objections to the briefing, the turmoil in Zimbabwe did not affect international peace and security the council's mandate.