Africa-Press – Angola. The African Group of the Interparliamentary Union defended, this Monday, in Manama, capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the approval of a fund to support natural disasters, to face the damage caused by the effects of climate change.
The President of the Mozambican Parliament, Esperança Bias, said, in statements to the press at the end of a meeting with her Angolan counterpart, Carolina Cerqueira, that the approval of this fund would serve to support countries suffering from the impact of climate change, in a general way.
“It is a pity that the proposed resolution for the approval of this fund has not been approved, but we will continue to fight for it to be, effectively, approved in order to guarantee that the countries affected by the effects of climate change, as is the case of Mozambique, have some support to recover”, he said.
Support for Angola
Hope Bias expressed. Likewise, your country’s support in holding the 147th General Assembly of the IUP scheduled for October this year in Luanda.
According to the official, Angola can and will be able to count on Mozambique for the successful organization of the event, as it is a sister country, first, and African in second place.
Angola received the same support from Cape Verde, in the voice of the vice-president of parliament, Armindo João da Luz, during a meeting with his Angolan counterpart, Carolina Cerqueira.
For his part, the secretary general of the CIRGL Parliamentary Forum, Onyango Kakoba, took advantage of the meeting he had with Carolina Cerqueira not only to express the support of the regional organization but also to reinforce the invitation to participate in the assembly scheduled for the end of the April in South Sudan.
Carolina Cerqueira took the opportunity to make known the steps taken by Angola within the framework of the pacification process in the east of the DRC.
According to Carolina Cerqueira, the support and solidarity of the countries in the region is essential for achieving peace and stability in the DRC, as well as in the Great Lakes Region itself.
Angola-Brazil
Also as part of the participation in the 146th IUP General Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira held a courtesy meeting with the head of the Brazilian delegation, Atila Linz, who also expressed his support for Angola.
Atila Linz added that the meeting in Luanda engaged the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), which is why Brazil is with Angola in this endeavor.
It should be recalled that during the general assembly of the IUP, parliamentarians will analyze the organization’s strategies on climate change, accountability at all levels, as well as the transformation of speeches into actions to combat climate change.
The approach also includes reinforcement of climate legislation to reduce carbon gas emissions and support for a clean energy transition.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is made up of 178 national parliaments and 12 regional assemblies. It is currently the main parliamentary interlocutor of the United Nations.
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