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 “My election is not a personal victory but a victory for the African continent in general and for women in particular… I would like to thank Dr Jean Ping for all the hard work he has put into the Commission and I would just like to say I have known Dr Ping for some time – when he was still the Foreign Minister of Gabon. I hope that although you have said you have bowed out, if I do knock at your door asking for advice, that the door will be open... 

 It is fitting that this happens during the period declared as the Decade of Women by this very Assembly. We are grateful as women that our leaders have understood that women have to participate and take their rightful place in society so they can reach their full potential because it is only if men and women reach their full potential, shall we as a continent reach our full potential.”
  - Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's Acceptance Speech