Africa-Press – Angola. Angola remains committed to implementing the United Nations Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, he reaffirmed, this Wednesday, in New York, United States of America (USA), Ambassador Mateus Luemba.
The Deputy Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations said that the country only recognizes the use of light weapons and small caliber weapons as a sovereign right of States to guarantee their self-defense and national security needs.
During the plenary meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, which debated the topic “Disarmament and International Security”, the diplomat considered this type of illicit trade and its uncontrolled spread in many regions of the world, especially in Africa, to have destabilizing effects deep, fueling conflicts, violent crimes and terrorism.
Nuclear weapons
He emphasized that Angola advocates the international principle of complete nuclear disarmament as a condition for maintaining peace and international security.
In this context, he reported that the country has adhered to two important international instruments that aim to promote nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in all regions of the world, namely the Pelindaba Treaty, which reaffirms Africa’s status as a Free Zone of Nuclear Weapons (NWFZ) and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
He reiterated that Angola is a peacemaking, peace-building and peace-loving country, highlighting that its Foreign Policy is based on the principle of peaceful resolution of disputes and the promotion of international peace and security.
In recognition of this fact, in particular the engagement in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts as well as the promotion of a culture of peace, it was announced that the African Union designated the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, as Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, during the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of States and Government, held in May 2022, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
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