Africa-Press – Angola. The Republic of Angola defended, on Tuesday, in New York City, the adoption of a peaceful and lasting solution to the situation in Western Sahara, capable of guaranteeing the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
According to a press, the position was expressed by the first secretary of the Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations, Sayonara Mualubambo, during the meeting of the Special Committee for Decolonization on the status of implementation of the declaration of independence for countries and peoples. colonized.
According to the diplomat, Angola’s position emanates from the objectives and principles of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) and relevant resolutions of the OAU/AU and the UN General Assembly.
“After 47 years, Western Sahara remains the last territory without self-determination in Africa and a political challenge for the international community”, he stressed.
The diplomat, who was speaking on behalf of the permanent representative, Francisco Ramos da Cruz, said that the resolution of this conflict requires the urgent and unconditional implementation of all the resolutions of the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council and the decisions of the African Union. , with the aim of holding a free and fair referendum in Western Sahara, to meet the aspirations and will of the Sahrawi people.
Angola encourages closer cooperation between the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, the AU High Representative for Western Sahara, and the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, in establishing a solution mutually acceptable and sustainable solution to the Western Sahara issue, interacting with all stakeholders, including the UN Security Council, in order to achieve the right of self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
“We would like to encourage the Committee to continue its coordination with Member States and Non-Autonomous Territories to advance the decolonization agenda”, he stressed.
He encouraged the Committee to continue its coordination with Member States and Non-Self-Governing Territories to advance the decolonization agenda.
The resumption of the session of the Special Committee on Decolonization will take place from the 12th to the 23rd of the current month.
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 1654 (XVI), the Special Committee on Decolonization, also known as C-24, was mandated to review the application of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to make suggestions and recommendations on the progress and extent of implementation of the Declaration.
There are currently 17 non-self-governing territories, namely Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Guam, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, Monserrate, New Caledonia, Pitcain Islands, French Polynesia, Western Sahara , American Samoa, Saint Helena and Tokelau.
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