ANGOLA’S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVATION OF SEAS HIGHLIGHTED

Lisbon – Angolan minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Maria do Rosário Sambo Saturday reiterated the country’s commitment to the execution of actions for the scientific development of techniques of defence of the seas to ensure the planet sustainability.

The minister was speaking at Ministerial High-Level Conference with theme Atlantic Cooperation in Research and Innovation for a sustainable ocean.

The event took place under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in Ponta Delgada Island, in Portugal.

 

The minister said that Angola has a large maritime zone of the Atlantic coast, one of the key elements for the wellbeing, profitability and security of the current and future generations.

 

Maria do Rosário Sambo defended the conservation and the sustainable of the oceans, seas and maritime resources, as laid down in the African Union Agenda 2063.

 

She said Angola is part of the Atlantic International Research Centre, a platform of scientific cooperation for production and knowledge and data sharing on space, atmosphere, the oceans and climate changes.

 

The minister spoke of the country’s availability to join the international partnerships, aimed at developing the specific scientific programmes to safeguard the Atlantic and its sustainability.

 

Accompanied by the Angola Ambassador to Portugal, Carlos Alberto da Fonseca, the minister attended the event as special guest of her Portuguese counterpart, Manuel Heitor.

 

The conference, which gathered specialists from various countries, discussed the role of the oceans in regulating the climate.

 

The participants also discuss blue economy, the bottom of the sea, the fisheries, the biodiversity, among others topics.

TRANSFORMATION OF SADC-PF INTO REGIONAL PARLIAMENT PRIORITY

Luanda - The development of SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) into a regional parliament is a priority agenda, according to the Executive Meeting of the regional body, held via videoconference from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC).

Speaking at the event, started last Friday, the Angolan Parliament Speaker, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, reiterated the country’s support for the transformation of SADC-PF into a regional parliament.

The Angolan MP, Amália Alexandre, called for the urgent need to launch the transformation process, in view of the 41st Summit of the heads of State and Government of SADC, scheduled for August in Malawi.

 

“We would like to have this agenda as part of this Summit”, said the MP.

 

The next meeting of SADC-PF Executive Commission will take place in Botswana.

 

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum is a regional inter-parliamentary body created in 1997.

The aim of this Forum is to provide a platform to support and improve regional integration through parliamentary involvement, and promote best practices in the role of parliaments in regional integration and cooperation.

SADC comprises Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

OIL BLOCK AWARD DEADLINE DEFERRED

Luanda – Angola’s oil company “ Sonangol” announced that it has postponed to 14 June the date to launch the partial award process of its assets in the oil concessions, Angop learnt on Saturday.

In a press release, the State-run company does not clarify its decision that led to the delay of the date, initially scheduled for 11 June.

According to the source, as soon as the event takes place the company will comply with the strategy of management, maintenance and sustainability of its portfolio of assets of the oil exploration and production detained by the Exploration and Production Unity (UNEP), in several oil concessions.

 

However, the company announced that it will officially open the process on 14 June, occasion that it will publicise the procedures of the tender, the blocks, respective award participating interests and data.

 

The event will take place in Talatona Conference Center in Luanda and will also be held via online.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTRE UNVEILED IN LUANDA

Luanda- A complementary service to the Angolan justice system is available, as of today, Friday, at the Integrated Centre for Studies and Conflict Resolution named "Harmonia" (Harmony), located in Talatona municipality, in Luanda.

Inaugurated today, the private institution is internally composed of three sub-centres, the first responsible for the promotion and training in alternative methods, the second for negotiation, mediation and reconciliation, and the third for national and international arbitration.

The services provided by the Harmonia Centre will be in the areas of banking and insurance, property and investment, oil and other natural resources, construction, real estate, labour and tax.

The President of the Board of Directors of the Harmonia Centre, José António Semedo, explained to the press that the extrajudicial justice does not intend to compete with the state justice, but to participate in order to reduce the excess of processes that exist, leaving the processes of greater social impact to the judicial courts.

The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz, who presided over the act, considered that the gesture contributes to the diversification of the means to do justice in Angola, an action enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic that allows the creation of Dispute Resolution Centres in its various forms.

ANGOLA AT AFRICA-EUROPE SPACE EARTH OBSERVATION FORUM

Luanda - The minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Maria do Rosário Sambo, is participating, on the 10th and 11th June, in Lisbon (Portugal), in the High Level Forum "Africa-Europe Space Earth Observation".

According to a note received by ANGOP, the forum aims, among other objectives, to encourage the cooperation between the two continents in the Earth Observation (EO) sector and its applications, promoting the development of advanced systems and a greater involvement of the public and private sectors in non-space areas, thus contributing to the creation of qualified employment and sustainable economic development.

Maria do Rosário Sambo, who is already in Portugal, took part in the high-level ministerial and partner conference "All Atlantic 2021" from the 2nd to the 4th June.

This conference aims to generate a new dynamic in the existing dialogue and cooperation within the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance initiative and brought together high-level representatives and partners from the marine environment, from the various latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean, a significant step in cooperation in research and innovation for a sustainable Atlantic Ocean.