The Republic of Angola will continue for two more years as member of the Executive Board of UN-HABITAT in the framework of a decision adopted on 09 June 2023, in Nairobi, last day Assembly of the United Nations Programme for Human Settlements, which provided for the extension of the mandate of the 36 Member States that integrate this Executive Board of UN-Habitat.
In the last four years as member of the Executive Board, the Republic of Angola participated in working sessions convened for the definition of the Annual Activity Plans and Budget of UN-Habitat, besides being an active part in the monitoring of the implementation of decisions, a task it will continue to perform until 2025.
On the bilateral front the Republic of Angola has revitalised its cooperation with this United Nations Programme with emphasis on the chapter providing technical support to Angola's housing and urban development programmes.
The UN-Habitat Assembly, which took place from 05 to 09 June 2023, and which was attended by a delegation from the Republic of Angola led by Ambassador Sianga Abílio Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN Office in Nairobi, called for the importance of the Member States of the United Nations assuming the commitment to implement projects to build resilient and sustainable housing and urban areas by 2050 while the United Nations Human Settlements Programme itself should implement a project of technical support to urban centres of Member States, including the lusophone segment, which aims to reach one thousand cities and one billion people by 2050 to contribute to the solution of their difficulties aiming at building resilient urban centres and thus adapt them to the Sustainable Development Goals.
The UN-Habitat Assembly approved a series of resolutions with emphasis on the Resolution on International Guidelines on People-Centred Smart Cities; the Resolution to Accelerate the Transformation of Informal Settlements and slums by 2030; the Resolution on Adequate Housing for All and; the Resolution on Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure.
RFI - Radio France International, interviewed the Ambassadors of Angola and Mozambique, who are participating in the negotiations taking place in Paris, on plastic pollution worldwide.
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