Luanda –Angola defended this Monday in New York, United States of America (USA), the importance of multilateralism and international mutually beneficial cooperation.
During the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, the head of the Angolan delegation, Maria de Jesus Ferreira, said that it is related to cooperation with benefits in the relationship between states.
“We believe that in this way we can contribute effectively to the search for consensual solutions in the resolution of political, economic, social and cultural crises”, said the diplomat.
Maria de Jesus Ferreira, who is also the Permanent Representative of the Angola Mission to the UN, revealed that the country continues developing efforts in order to contribute to peace and stability in the African continent and particularly in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region.
She added that Angola, as the Chair of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), has spared no effort in contributing to peace and stability in the region.
As an example, Maria de Jesus Ferreira pointed to Angola´s efforts, especially in pacifying the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) and in resolving the border conflict between Rwanda and the DRC, as well as between Uganda and Rwanda.
The ambassador of Angola to UN expressed Angola´s commitment to continual work with the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) in the pacification and search for consensus, in order to settle conflicts.
Maria de Jesus Ferreira pointed that there is a consensus focused on obtaining a culture of peace, security and stability at SADC, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and at (ICGLR), as well in the Gulf of Guinea and in other regional organizations.
Lifting of embargoes
The Head of the Angolan delegation called for the lifting of the arms embargo to the Central African Republic (CAR), economic embargo to Cuba, as well as advocated the need for reform on the UN Security Council.
“In general, Angola defends the lifting of all Unilateral Sanctions or coercive measures imposed against the populations of Zimbabwe, Venezuela and others without a mandate from the Security Council”, she said.
Regarding the Sustainable Development Agenda including African Union 2063 Agenda on Environment, the diplomat highlighted that Angola is aligned with the international consensus on the matter.
Framed in this strategy, she informed that Angola approved the National Strategy on climate change and environmental education and plans to reach the target of 70% energy coming from non-polluting sources until 2025.
In the presence of the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, the Angolan ambassador announced the holding of the 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), to be held from 6 to 19 December 2022.
Source: Angola Press News Agency