Luanda – President João Lourenço returned on Friday to Luanda, Angola, coming from New York, USA, where he participated in the week of the high-level debate of the 79th UN General Assembly.
At 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, in Luanda, the Head of State was welcomed by the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa.
The Head of State's work schedule began a few hours after landing in New York, with his participation in the Future Summit where he gave his first speech.
The President said that the "Pact for the Future", adopted at the event, must aim to reduce inequalities between States and promote sustainable and sustained development, which solves issues such as poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
The highlight of the agenda was the speech of the 79th UN General Assembly, in which the Angola Head of State defended, among others, the reform of the UN and the prevention and resolution of conflicts in the world.
The Angolan Head of State emphasized the need for an urgent reform of the UN Security Council and international financial institutions emerging from Bretton Woods, to give a voice to countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.
João Lourenço conveyed Africa's desire to help in the construction of a new international financial architecture, spoke of Angola's progress in the fight against corruption and the priorities of the National Development Plan.
He also referred to the actions of the Angolan Government to improve the national social framework and the creation of factors that enhance the development of industry and agriculture, taking, above all, the path of electrification of the country.
He highlighted that Angola is using, for the benefit of peace in Africa, the experience gained with the resolution of its internal conflict, which after several decades was definitively resolved through an inclusive dialogue between the belligerent parties.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the organization's main political decision-making body, being a forum for multilateral discussion of the entire spectrum of international issues covered by the United Nations Charter.
The 193 Member States have equal votes. It also makes important decisions for the organization, including the appointment of the secretary-general, on the recommendation of the Security Council, the election of non-permanent members of the Security Council, the approval of the UN's own budget, among other decisions.
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