Luanda – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, ended on Wednesday his few days stay in Lisbon, Portugal, where he participated in the International Conference on Oceans.
The high point of João Lourenço’s activity in the Portuguese capital was his speech at the opening session of the event dedicated to oceans, on 27, when he conveyed, in a general way, Angola’s message regarding the way in which the oceans and their enormous resources are to be treated.
In the Portuguese capital, on the sidelines of the summit attended by delegations from 193 countries, including Heads of State, Government or their representatives, João Lourenço held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Portugal, Marcelo de Sousa, Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Jorge Bom Jesus.
He also had separate meetings with Jung Sung-Min, as special envoy of the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, and with the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, with whom he discussed aspects of common interest.
Also in Lisbon, the Angolan statesman visited the headquarters of the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and the Angolan stand, a space designed for moments of interaction, oral presentations, debates and exhibition of Angola’s oceanographic portfolio, by means of informative digital and non-digital panels, in the framework of the Oceans Conference.
The objective of this event, organized by the Governments of Portugal and Kenya, and that ends on July 1st, is to mobilize global support to implement, create, conserve and use, in a sustainable way, the seas, oceans and marine resources.
Today, human actions negatively impact the seas and oceans and their sustainability should be a concern for all, addressed by actions at global, national, regional and local levels.
The protection and conservation of the seas and oceans means ensuring and protecting the well-being of humankind.
The first UN Oceans Conference took place five years ago in New York, but it was not until 2021, at the 26th Climate Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow, that the ocean was able to be introduced in the articles of the final declaration, which was an advance on the Paris Agreement.
Source: Angola Press News Agency