I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the member States of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), namely, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and my own country, Angola.
The CPLP was create…
Angola aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Namibia on behalf of the Group of African States.
We thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Tackling inequalities to end the AIDS pandemic” (A/76/783) and take note of his recommendations. The review of progress in …
My delegation welcomes the convening of this meeting, as it highlights stories of courage and the resistance to slavery and unity against racism. We align ourselves with the statement made by the delegation of Lesotho on behalf of the Group of African States.
The International Day of Remembrance of…
Angola aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of Tunisia and Azerbaijan on behalf of the Group of African States and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, respectively, and by the observer of Palestine on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
We gather once again to discuss a…
We wish to join our colleagues and thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this debate. We also wish to congratulate Equatorial Guinea for presiding over the Security Council for the month of February. This debate is just another example of the excellent work Equatorial Guinea has done with reg…
We are honoured to take the floor at this timely and important meeting on the imperative of building and sustaining peace, and we commend the President of the General Assembly for convening it.
Angola aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement…
Our delegation also aligns itself with the statements of other delegations in strongly condemning the terrorist attack yesterday in downtown Manhattan. We express our condolences to the families of the victims and wish those who were injured a speedy recovery.
Allow me to begin by extending a word …
I thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her report.
As a member of the African Union (AU), Angola reiterates its commitment to the fight against impunity, in accordance with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and aligns itself with the African Union decision on the International Criminal Cour…
I would like to thank Mr. Zerihoun and Mr. Sidikou for their briefings on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Angola welcomed the signing on 18 October of a comprehensive political agreement on organizing peaceful, credible and transparent elections in the Democratic Republic of …
We thank Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs O’Brien and Ms. Hoff for their briefings.
Unfortunately, we have to accommodate the inability of the Security Council and the international community to make progress regarding Syria. The ongoing situation in the city of Aleppo is most dist…
I thank all briefers for their briefings, and in particular I commend Ms. Ellen Løj for her service and efforts in the very difficult and challenging conditions to support the people of South Sudan in reaching sustainable peace after years of conflict. We wish her the best in her future endeavours.
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We thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her presentation of the twelfth report, as mandated by resolution 1970 (2011).
The political and security situation in Libya remained critical during the reporting period despite the efforts of the Presidential C…
We thank under Under- Secretary-General Mr. Stephen O’Brien for his briefing and commend him once again for his tireless efforts to facilitate access for humanitarian agencies and to contribute to reaching a sustainable solution to the humanitarian needs of the millions of civilians in Syria. In the…
We thank you, Sir, for presiding over this important meeting and for your very insightful remarks on such a troubling and sensitive issue. We also thank Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon for his briefing and his continued commitment to a just resolution of this intractable conflict, which has been a sou…
Angola voted in favour of resolution 2307 (2016), which approves the Secretary-General’s recommendations on the size, operational aspects and mandate of a United Nations mission in Colombia. We warmly welcome the signing, on 24 August, of the Final Agreement between the Government of Colombia and th…
We thank Mr. O’Brien for his comprehensive briefing and for his continuing commitment to the humanitarian relief efforts in Syria.
In the past few weeks, we have reiterated on numerous occasions our collective resolve to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria, with particular reg…
We thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing on the current judicial activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and on the situation in Darfur, as set out in the twenty-third report submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolutio…
We welcome and support the peace process in Colombia between the Government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP). We praise the decision and commitment of the parties to put their differences aside and to engage in fruitful negotiations aimed at putting…
I will be very brief. At the outset, we would like to thank Ambassador Román Oyarzun Marchesi for his briefing, which contained relevant information.
Like other delegations, we are concerned about the possibility that non-State actors may manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer …
We would like to thank Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen; Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
We also take this opportunit…
