Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of State for Social Affairs, Maria do Rosário Bragança, praised on Thursday the role of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in providing institutional support to countries to prepare their Voluntary National Reports, highlighting Angola’s experience.
The minister made the remarks during a meeting with the President of the Economic and Social Council, Bob Rae, recognizing the role of ECOSOC as the central UN body for coordinating economic and social policies, including monitoring the 2030 Agenda.
Maria Bragança expressed Angola’s willingness to continue sharing experiences within the context of ECOSOC and reinforced the country’s interest in capacity-building, technical cooperation and interregional dialogue initiatives promoted within the Council.
The Minister of State took the opportunity to address issues related to progress and challenges in implementing the SDGs, coordination with the 2023–2027 National Development Plan, and Angola Vision 2050.
She highlighted the seven key sectors identified as accelerators of the Sustainable Development Goals, namely health, education, social protection, agriculture, climate action, water, and sanitation.
The President of ECOSOC on his turn, congratulated Angola on this important step, which is the presentation of its second Voluntary National Review on the implementation of the SDGs, and reiterated his willingness to continue cooperating with Angola.
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