Africa-Press – Angola. The 37th Summit of the African Union (AU), in which the President of Angola, João Lourenço participates, opened this Saturday, in Addis Ababa, with renewed calls for continued support for the Palestinian cause and to the firm condemnation of the Israeli attacks against Gaza.
The outgoing president of the AU and Head of State of the Union of Comoros, Azali Assoumani, said, in his speech, that the international community “must not close its eyes to the genocide committed by Israel in Palestine”.
He invited his African counterparts gathered at this 37th ordinary session of the AU to vigorously condemn the suffering imposed on the populations of Gaza and to continue to fight for and support the solution of two sovereign states.
In the same sense, the Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, intervened, who defended the emergence of a State of Palestine recognized as a full member of the United Nations.
According to the Brazilian leader, the war currently underway in Gaza has already displaced more than 80% of the local population since it began on October 7, 2023.
For the president of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the condemnatory decision issued by the International Court of Justice, in an action brought by South Africa, was a victory not only for this country but for all nations that support the permanent struggle for freedom of the Palestinians and oppose Israel’s “barbaric attacks” in Gaza.
African heads of state and government began their 37th ordinary summit on Saturday in the Ethiopian capital with an agenda that covers almost all areas of life on the continent.
The two-day event takes place, however, without the participation of some AU member states that remain suspended due to sanctions for unconstitutional changes of government, namely through military coups d’état.
These are countries such as Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Conakry and Gabon, all led by military junta that deposed civil or “democratically” elected powers, and are currently in endless periods of transition.
The session begins the debates with the assessment of the final report on the AU’s institutional reforms to be presented by the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, before taking stock of the activities of the Peace and Security Council (CPS).
An assessment of the United Nations Security Council reform process is planned based on a report to be presented by the head of State of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, among other topics.
The beginning of the meeting was also marked by the passing of testimony to the head of state of Mauritania as the new acting president of the African Union for 2024 and Angola as vice-president.
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