Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, chaired, on Thursday, in Lusaka, the African Union Ministerial Committee on Candidatures in the International System, as 2nd Vice-President of the aforementioned Committee, which analyzed the claims submitted by the Member States. .
During the session, participants expressed their satisfaction with the successful candidacy of former Prime Minister of Togo, Gilbert F. Houngbo, for the post of Director General of the International Labor Organization (ILO) for the period 2022-2026, elected last month of March in Geneva, Swiss Confederation.
“Angola candidate Domingos de Carvalho Viana Moreiro was elected a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) for the period 2023-2027, in June 2022, in New York, USA”, reads a press release from MIREX sent today.
The meeting held on the sidelines of the 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union also analyzed the pending elections and the candidates to be endorsed.
The Angolan citizen, Professor Sebastião da Silva Isata is a candidate for member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period 2023-2025, during the elections scheduled for September 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland.
On the other hand, the Committee discussed the launch of an electronic portal to make the process of submitting applications by Member States more efficient and transparent.
Angola is Second Vice-President of the African Union Ministerial Committee on Candidatures in the International System. Equatorial Guinea chairs this Committee, while Djibouti is the First Vice-Chair.
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