Luanda – Angolan minister for Foreign Affairs Téte António said last Friday in Luanda that the environmental crisis posed a challenge to mankind and requires combined effort in the international context.
The minister made the call at opening ceremony of the 17th Justice Minister´s Conference of the Portuguese Speaking Countries held under the motto “Development of the Legal and Judicial Cooperation to Fight the Environmental Crimes, specially the Wild Life´s crime”.
Delivering his speech, Téte António defended coordination of ideas and preventive actions to deal with the practices that cause damage to the environment.
The minister highlighted the fact of the event to discuss aspects on crime that benefit individuals, groups or companies which, according to him, call into question the peace, security and the sustainable development of the States.
The minister mentioned the cross-border factor as being linked to the complexity in the fight against environmental crimes and the wild life.
In turn, the Attorney General (PGR) Hélder Pitta Gróz said that the institution is working with the Ministry of Justice in a joint approach aimed to fight against the environmental crimes.
He noted that there are some proceedings under analysis of environmental crimes in the provinces of Huíla and Luanda, but he would not specify the number.
The meeting aims to lay down legal and judicial cooperation strategies against environmental crimes.
Angola took over the rotating presidency of the Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), represented by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz.
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