Africa-Press – Angola. For four days, Angola will participate in the seventh Forum of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) on financing for development, which began on Monday in New York, with a delegation led by the Secretary of State for Planning, Milton. kings.
The permanent representative of the Angolan mission to the UN also includes Ambassador Maria de Jesus Ferreira, the Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador João Gimolieca, the director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Planning, Mara Leila de Almeida, the first secretaries Vézua by Paiva and Ivo Rúbio.
The Angolan delegation to the event is completed by the heads of Department of the National Directorate for Studies and Planning and Development Cooperation, Adilson da Silva, and José Fortes, as well as the second secretary Mateus Simão.
The Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) of the United Nations is responsible for taking forward the debate on sustainable development in the economic, social and environmental dimensions.
The High Level meeting aims to mobilize resources for financing and to consult with Member States on efforts towards the full and timely implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, as well as the 2030 for Sustainable Development.
For four days, the Forum, which brings together Heads of States and Governments, ministers and senior government officials and international organizations, representatives of civil society organizations, the business sector and local authorities, will address, among others, topics such as financing the SDGs, by increasing fiscal space for a recovery, aligning the global debt architecture with the Sustainable Development Goals, introducing the Financing for Sustainable Development (FSDR) Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development .
The Forum also provides for the discussion of topics related to the construction of a fair and effective tax system, combating illicit financial flows, boosting private investment in the SDGs, as well as the expansion of conceptual financing in line with the sustainability of national development strategies. .
In the opening speech, Ecosoc President Collen Vixen Kelapile underlined the critical importance of development finance for the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and its 17 development goals.
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