Luanda - The Angolan delegation that participated in the 74th edition of the Ideas, Innovation and New Products Fair (iENA), in Germany, obtained the best classification ever, winning 19 medals.
In its 15th participation, in the city of Nuremberg, after its debut in 2009, Angola won 3 gold medals, 6 silver and 10 bronze, surpassing the 14 last year.
This year, the Angolan delegation presented work linked to the environment and the social area, carried out at the universities Agostinho Neto (UAN), Metodista de Angola (UMA), Mandume Ya Ndemufayo and Instituto Politécnico de Ondjva - Cunene.
Angola was represented by 10 people, including university officials and inventors from 3 different provinces (Luanda, Cunene and Namibe), for a total of 32 registered projects.
In the last edition, in 2022, the country won 14 medals, 3 gold, 2 silver and 9 bronze. Angola registers and overall, of 128 medals, 29 gold, 43 silver and 57 bronze.
Luanda - The President of the Supreme Court (TS), Joel Leonardo, is taking part in the 24th International Conference of the World's Chief Justices, to be held from 1 to 7 November in Lucknow, India.
According to a press release ANGOP had access to on Tuesday, at the event Judge Joel Leonardo will present the theme "The Case for an International Anti-Corruption Court", as part of thematic group number 1, which deals with the Reform of the United Nations Charter.
The conference, whose motto is "Uniting the world for children through applicable global legislation and effective global governance", also includes parallel sessions with six thematic groups of 4 and 5 topics respectively.
The TS is the highest court of the common jurisdiction of the Angolan judiciary. It is one of the country's four highest courts, alongside the Constitutional Court, the Court of Auditors and the Supreme Military Court.
Luanda – The Angolan capital (Luanda) will host an extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday, November 4.
The information was provided Tuesday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, after an exceptional virtual meeting called by the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, in his capacity as SADC Chairperson.
According to Tête António, the main objective of the remote meeting between the SADC leaders was to analyse the situation in the DRC, with an emphasis on the December 2024 elections.
The resolutions of the quadripartite summit in Luanda in June 2023, which decided, among other things, on the meeting of the region's Chiefs of Staff, the deployment of forces in the east of the DRC (SAMIR-RDC) and its budget were also analysed by the Presidents.
Given the sensitivity of the issues under discussion, the statesmen decided to hold an extraordinary face-to-face meeting on 4 November in Luanda.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organisation, created in 1992, dedicated to cooperation and socio-economic integration in the region, as well as cooperation in political and security matters.
SADC Is made up of 16 members states, namely, Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. MR/VM/DAN/DOJ
Luanda - Domestic flights at the new Agostinho Neto international airport will begin at the end of the first quarter of 2024, the minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, announced this Monday in Luanda.
The government official was speaking at the end of a meeting chaired by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, which served to discuss the preparations for the inauguration of the Dr. António Agostinho Neto Airport, which is scheduled to open on November 10th this year.
According to the minister, the intention is to begin receiving international flights in the third quarter of 2024.
According to a gradual logic of activating the new airport this year starts with cargo operations and, subsequently, services will be increased.
The new António Agostinho Neto airport, which is scheduled to open next November, will operate only cargo until the first quarter of 2024.
The new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) has two runways and is located in the urban district of Bom Jesus, in the country's capital, it occupies an area of 1,324 hectares and has capacity for 15 million passengers and a volume of goods of 50 thousand tons per year.
“This event will serve as a precursor to Angola’s participation in the Conference of the Parties (COP 28), elevating the Voice of Angolan Youth on this topic of national and global relevance”, highlighted Ana Paula de Carvalho, Minister of the Environment during the National Forum of Youth on Climate Change.
The event brings together several young people from environmental associations, experts and academics to discuss the impact of climate change and the role of young people in this process.
We will soon be celebrating our 3rd anniversary of the Africa Educates Her campaign, a rallying call to African Union Member States, education stakeholders and youth to take positive actions to ensure that girls and young women return to school during and post Covid-19 pandemic.
Stay tuned and don't miss this event.
For now, let's remember how we celebrated our first two birthdays!
Commemorating the Second Anniversary of Africa Educates HerCampaign, Angola
Ladies Without Plastic - Advancing Climate Justice Through the SDGs
Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to the 3rd edition of this extremely important educational documentary.
In this edition we are providing non-formal training in rural communities to advance climate justice through the SDGs.
Good afternoon!
Good afternoon!
How are you?
We're fine thank you!
How many of you have heard about climate change?
hmmm
Have you ever heard about climate change?
No.
And the environment?
Not either.
Never heard of the environment?
No, never.
Today we are going to talk about the importance you can have in protecting the environment. We will also talk about environmental pollution.
Did you know that plastic pollutes the environment?
We didn't know.
Seriously?
Hello! I am Sofonie Dala, we are here in rural communities to include people from this social group to participate in environmental protection ideas.
We will talk about the role these rural girls can play to protect the environment and we will also talk about the importance of reusable menstrual pads in the life of women and girls.
How many of you here already menstruate?
Both of us.
Take this. Have you ever heard about these types of sanitary napkins?
Yup.
What is this called?
Hmm absorbent.
These are reusable menstrual pads.
Do you use this type?
No no.
Girls what kind of menstrual pad do you use?
We use the plastic menstrual pad.
Did you know that plastic menstrual pads pollute the environment?
We didn't know.
Yes, plastic menstrual pads pollute the environment. We girls must be very careful with these products. Especially you little girls who haven't started menstruating yet. When you start menstruating, look for these washable and reusable pads.
Pay attention, reusable pads are better than plastic menstrual pads.
Plastic menstrual pads take many years to decompose, generate greenhouse gases and cause global warming.
Many girls miss school because they don't have the money to buy plastic menstrual pads which are very expensive.
That's why we should use reusable menstrual pads to protect the environment. In addition, they are also more economical and sustainable. They can last for 4 years and you won't have to spend money monthly to buy menstrual pads.
Let's all wear reusable menstrual pads to protect the environment.
What I have here is organic cotton, we bought this to be producing washable and reusable towels and distributing them free of charge to girls in rural communities.
Taking pledge
Girls giving good testimonies of what they learned today.
Hello!
My name isTeresa, I'm 15 years old and I want to protect my menstrual health.
Before I was using plastic pads, now I will be using reusable menstrual pads, because I now know that plastic pads pollute the environment.
With these softer, reusable and washable pads, thousands of girls like Teresa will be able to stay in school and create a future for themsleves.
Ladies without plastic, I'm going to get rid of the plastic pads.
We advocate for behavioral change to reduce earth vulnerability to climate change and global warming from disposable sanitary pads, at the same time mobilizing women and girls to switch back to the use of reusable sanitary pads.
Our mission is to empower women who face extreme poverty to become self-sufficient and entrepreneurial by teaching them how to make the pads themselves and enabling them to turn their acquired skill into a business.
Children singing in chorus: Let's use reusable products.
Fight against climate change, let's all protect the environment!
No young girl should miss school because of her period!
Every month, 1.8 billion people across the world menstruate. Millions of girls and women are by period poverty not only in developing countries but also in developed countries and millions of girls and women cannot attend school or work due to lack of menstrual products or clean sanitary facilities.
We continue to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Africa Educates Her Campaign with Sofonie Dala, Angola.
Congratulations! We are Celebrating the Second Anniversary of Africa Educates Her Campaign - Angola (sdgs 4;5;13)
PART 1
Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome everyone to our Africa Educates Her Campaign Angola 2nd Anniversary Party!
This is the big campaign that represents a critical strategy in advancing the education of girls and women in Africa during the time of Covid-19 pandemic.
The main objective was to:
1.Empower rural girls and women with skills to combat climate change;
2. Gathering information about participation of vulnerable groups in climate discussion and decision-making;
3. Documenting the access of vulnerable communities to environmental justice;
4. Helping affected communities find relevant environmental information and counter misinformation;
The second anniversary of the campaign was conceived and implemented in rural communities of Angola to gather information about participation of vulnerable groups in climate discussion and decision-making; and to document the access of vulnerable communities to environmental justice. We continue to visit rural communities and vulnerable people to deliver our non-formal training that cover and promote the SDGs and also accelerate the AU / Agenda 2060.
Multiplus training and activities were carried out on this great day.
This small group of vulnerable people in this region, lives in complete innocence behind the digital world we find ourselves in today.
These girls come from very vulnerable families. They have never had contact with a digital phone. On this day they learned about the negative impact smartphones have on the environment. It was shocking to learn that the biggest impact of most electronic devices is in the supply chain: mining for resources, producing the parts and assembling them. 82% of the emissions of a smartphone come from its production, so the more often we get a new one, the higher the impact.
"Ladies without plastic" - reusable menstrual pads
Translation:Hello, we are Joana and Fernanda, we are 12 years old. We haven't started menstruating yet, but when we start menstruating, we're going to use these reusable pads to protect the environment.
We provide interactive training in how to make safe, washable and reusable sanitary pads, so people always have access to safe menstrual protection, can help protect the environment.
We started producing sanitary reusable pads to keep girls in school in support of the government's efforts to end the challenge facing girls failing to attend school due to menstruation.
These girls for the first time got to know washable - reusable menstrual pads and learned about green and sustainable menstruation.
The history of the Africa Educates Her campaign:
1. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education across the world and Angola has not been spared. By the 6th of April 2020, 53 African Union Member States had shut down all institutions of learning as a measure to curb the spread of the Coronavirus, affecting an estimated 250 million students across the continent.
2. In July 2020 AU/CIEFFA alumini were informed about the approval of the Campaign.
6. The ambassador Sofonie Dala once again organized a mega event to celebrate the second anniversary of the campaign in rural communities of Angola on September 14, 2022, with the theme Advancing climate justice.
By resolution 54/68 of 6 December 1999, the General Assembly proclaimed World Space Week, to celebrate the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.
World Space Week is the largest annual space event in the world. the weeks helps build up the workforce of tomorrow by inspiring students; demonstrates visible public support for the space programme; educates the public about space activities; and fosters international cooperation in space outreach and education.
Each year a theme is selected by the World Space Week Association Board of Directors in close coordination with the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs. The theme provides broad guidance to World Space Week participants on the content of their programmes. The theme is selected to increase the impact of World Space Week on all humanity further, by using a uniform theme globally.
Space and Entrepreneurship
The theme for World Space Week 2023, “Space and Entrepreneurship”, recognizes the growing significance of the commercial space industry in space, and the increasing opportunities for space entrepreneurship and new benefits of space developed by space entrepreneurs. With miniaturization and decreasing launch costs, it is now possible for a small business to build and launch a small satellite, and for entrepreneurs to create valuable new data products for governments and industry.
World Space Week 2023 will inspire students worldwide to study STEM and business, and offer space companies the opportunity to recruit the workforce needed for the expanding commercial space industry. It will also serve as a forum for important discussions on the transition of Low Earth Orbit to a more entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Space science and technology and their applications are increasingly being used to support a wide range of United Nations activities. At least 25 United Nations entities and the World Bank Group routinely use space applications. They make important and sometimes essential contributions to the work of the United Nations, including in the implementation of recommendations of major world conferences and those of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III), as well as support towards sustainable development.
As a consequence, coordination, cooperation and synergy are essential for those activities to be effectively carried out by the United Nations system. The annual sessions of the Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities are the main means of achieving that synergy. The effectiveness of the Meeting has been further enhanced by the holding, since 2004, of an open informal session immediately after the end of the Meeting, as a means of engaging Member States, in a direct and informal setting, in important space-related developments in the United Nations system. The agenda of the Inter-Agency Meeting is reviewed at each session and adapted to current operational needs.
UN and Space
From the very beginning of the Space Age, the United Nations recognized that outer space added a new dimension to humanity's existence. The United Nations family strives continuously to utilize the unique benefits of outer space for the betterment of all humankind.
Recognizing the common interest of humankind in outer space and seeking to answer questions on how outer space can help benefit the people's of Earth, the General Assembly adopted its first resolution related to outer space, resolution 1348 (XIII) entitled "Question of the Peaceful Use of Outer Space".
Today, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. UNOOSA serves as the secretariat for the General Assembly's only committee dealing exclusively with international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space(COPUOS).
UNOOSA is also responsible for implementing the Secretary-General's responsibilities under international space law and maintaining the United Nations Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space.
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