Africa-Press – Botswana. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, chaired, Thursday(14), in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, the African Union Ministerial Committee on Candidatures in the International System, which analyzed the candidacies submitted by Member States, including , that of the Angolan Sebastião da Silva Isata.
The Committee expressed satisfaction at the successful candidacy of former Prime Minister of Togo, Gilbert Houngbo, for the post of Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO), for the period 2022-2026, elected last March in Geneva. , Switzerland.
Angolan candidate Domingos de Carvalho Viana Moreira was elected a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), for the period 2023-2027, in June this year, in New York, United States.
At the meeting, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, as vice-chairman of the Committee, which took place on the sidelines of the 41st ordinary session of the Executive Council of the African Union, the participants also analyzed the pending elections and the candidates for be endorsed. Angolan professor Sebastião da Silva Isata is a candidate to be a member of the Consultative Committee of the United Nations Council, for the period 2023-2025. Elections are scheduled for next September, and will take place in Geneva.
The Committee also discussed the launch of an electronic portal to make the process of submitting applications by Member States more efficient and transparent. Angola serves as 2nd vice-chairman of the African Union Ministerial Committee on International Candidates, while Equatorial Guinea chairs this body, and Djibouti is 1st vice-chair.
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