在7月份得到即将进行合作的保证后，我谨慎乐观地认为将会迅速实施逮捕。9月份，我的办公室接到南非的正式答复，在经过一年多的讨论之后，南非在答复中首次通知我们，它无法给予合作，因为它本国缺乏必要的立法。当时，我的办公室对此感到大为惊讶。我们迅速作出回应，重申南非有义务根据《联合国宪章》第七章开展合作，并再次请求立即逮捕逃犯。
After assurances in July that cooperation would be forthcoming, I was cautiously optimistic that the arrest would take place expeditiously. My Office was greatly surprised then to receive in September a formal response from South Africa informing us, for the first time after more than a year of discussions, that it could not cooperate because it lacked the necessary domestic legislation. We quickly responded by reaffirming South Africa’s obligation to cooperate under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and reiterating our request for the fugitive’s prompt arrest.