Luanda – The United Nations on Thursday recognized Angola’s commitment to multilateralism and the principles of the charter of this intergovernmental organisation, created to promote international cooperation and peace.
The recognition was expressed, in Luanda, by the president of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, at the end of an audience granted to him by the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço.
On leaving the meeting, Shahid also recognized the role that Angola has been playing for peace and security in the Great Lakes region, as well as in the fight against climate change, particularly desertification.
In the dialogue with João Lourenço, the president of the UN General Assembly, who considered Angola to be an important partner of the United Nations, said that “issues of common interest” had been addressed.
Abdulla Shahid referred to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, which in the last two years has affected the world economy, associated, in recent weeks, to the war in Ukraine.
“These situations demonstrate the need for multilateralism,” he said, advocating working together to blur the “increased challenges” facing developed and developing countries.
In the UN official’s opinion, these challenges can only be resolved through multilateralism, an area in which Angola has been working.
He added that the United Nations defends more funding for food security and development.
The president of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly arrived in Luanda Wednesday for a four-day working visit to Angola, at the invitation of Foreign Minister, Téte António.
A native of Maldives, an island country located on the Indian Ocean southwest of Sri Lanka and India, on the Asian continent, Abdulla Shahid is the first politician from his country to become president of the United Nations General Assembly.
The President of the UN General Assembly is the guardian of the Rules of Procedure of the 193-member body and is elected by a simple majority three months before formally assuming office.
Source: Angola Press News Agency