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João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

lines on the record: 21
first: 2018-09-24
most recent: 2020-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-general-debate

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“In this regard, we once more reiterate the urgent need for reform of the organization so as to achieve a UN Security Council that attends better to representation of the peoples, nations and continents. Excellencies, I thank you for your attention and wish that this 75th Session of the United Nations may attain its goals. Thank you very much”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“In light of the aforegoing, the United Nations should seek to interpret with impartiality the underlying factors of the domestic political tensions arising from election processes and assume a position that does not ignore the legitimately established Government, while strengthening their capacity to intervene in resolving the problems to ensure the normal functioning of institutions. Excellencies, The United Nations, within the current world context, which portrays a reality totally different from the one that was on the basis of its establishment, should seek to reflect within its internal structures the characteristics of the geopolitical reality of nowadays in order to render it into an organization that is able to safeguard the balance of global interests.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“Thus, we think within this spirit we should focus our endeavours in the search for fair and long lasting solutions to the problems of the Middle East, that have to do with Security Council pertinent resolutions on the matter, as well as those that are afflicting the African continent, where conflicts and instability still prevail, such as the case of Libya, the Sahel Region and others conflicts of minor scale in other regions of the continent. It is worth to recognize that the nature of security problems in Africa, in many cases, is associated with the phenomenon of international terrorism, expansion of religious fundamentalism and post-election conflicts that require redoubled surveillance and attention by the United Nations, without forgetting the support to be rendered to those countries faced with these circumstances.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“This goal may be achieved if developed countries mobilize themselves to establish funds for investments aid in Africa to be used by those investors interested in doing business in the African continent, where they may produce goods and services for local consumption and export. Excellencies, The COVID-19 pandemic has come to prove that when we act in coordination, responsibility is shared in a more efficient manner and thus more satisfactory results are achieved. This vision supports the idea that multilateralism should always be present in any approach to be taken regarding the most pressing international issues facing the world. For this reason, along its journey the United Nations has always advocated for multilateralism in resolving the intricate problems of Humanity.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“Excellencies, This human virtue that has always been useful at so critical moments such as the one that we are going through, helps immensely but it is not always enough to solve at grassroot the problems we are to face as a consequence of the very complex situations such as the one we are currently experiencing. I therefore would like to express my appreciation for the G-20 initiative which has demonstrated the great sensitivity to the need for a collective action with a view relieving the debt of the developing countries as means to cushion the burden or liability that fall upon this group of countries. We think that it is fundamental to view direct investment in the economies of developing countries as a great equation for their economic growth and development.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“In this regard, we were obliged to rapidly build throughout the national territory centres to host people under the situation of official quarantine, to equip the country’s hospitals with basic equipment for COVID-19-related medical emergencies and so on, to build hospital centres with capacity to treat possible outbreak of the pandemic and other related facilities. I should acknowledge that apart from our own efforts, we have also benefited the solidarity of other countries, international organization, companies, and local and international nongovernment organizations as well as individual citizens who have helped mitigate somehow the pandemic impact in Angola, to whom we would like to thank.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“Our hopes of starting to yield positive results following our endeavour for domestic economy reform, conducted in a context where we had to apply harsh measures, with very tough impact on the lives of people, will not come true soon due to the current constraints that have disrupted the production chain, affecting the prices of the main export commodities, and paralysed services and other vital sectors of the economy, giving rise to very high unemployment rates and an alarming social situation. One should single out that the resources we had for the financing of the productive sectors for its recovery had to be diverted, given the current context, to serve the needs of biosafety and other necessities of urgent epidemiological nature brought about by the pandemic.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“Despite this obvious evidence, through joint efforts, collaboration and cooperation amongst nations and exchanges among specialized scientific institutions we have managed to face the problem that was previously fully unknown, and that has obliged us to seek prompt response in order to alleviate the effects of the disease. This global health problem has paralyzed all momentum that was built for the recovery of the world economy, which after the economic crisis that started in 2008, was already sending out encouraging signals for recovery and very specially in the developing countries, such as the case of Angola.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“I also would like to highlight the exemplary manner how you have been tackling the problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, whose effects and consequences would have taken more dramatic proportions than those we are experiencing now, if the World Health Organization and other specialized agencies of the United Nations system did not act quickly and pass recommendations that have greatly helped control the spread of the disease. Excellencies, This pandemic has come to show at global level the weakness of our health structure in responding to a problem of so high magnitude and severity.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“Today, despite the current circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, which imposes on all of us restrictions in movements and all other procedures that are appropriate for this juncture, it has been possible to communicate amongst ourselves with a virtual feeling of being together thanks to the almost unlimited possibilities brought about by new technologies to the service of mankind. Mr. Secretary General, please allow me to congratulate you on having taken the opportune decision to maintain the dynamics of the functioning of the United Nations with the technological resources at our disposal.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“His Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations. His Excellency Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen. There is no memory since the Organization’s establishment of a situation in which the Heads of State and/or Government of the UN Member States, for reasons beyond their schedule, could not personally attend the General Assembly of the organization, which discusses the great topics about international relations and seeks to outline solutions aimed to resolve the main concerns of the mankind by ensuring peace, security and stability of our continent — our common home.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“The Republic of Angola stands ready to continue supporting all efforts to promote cooperation among all nations of the world in building peace and strengthening cooperation, trade and investment relations at the bilateral and multilateral levels.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“The United Nations should therefore attach priority to promoting and upholding human rights and strive to solve humankind’s global problems — such as those relating to security, the environment, reducing inequality between the rich and the poor, and development — with a view to safeguarding world peace. We advocate the decentralization of the global financial system, based both on the promotion of trade and regional economic integration systems, and the enhancement of regional financial institutions on terms that allow for more sustainable economic development. Throughout our history as an independent country, our cooperation with the United Nations has always been a constant; it has helped us not only to relaunch our economy, but also to engage in seeking to build peace, democracy and development in southern and central Africa.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“This is the best way to resolve conflicts, be they domestic, international, ethnic or religious, which in most cases arise as a result of policies of authoritarianism or exclusion, intolerance, radicalism or interference in the internal affairs of sovereign States. International terrorism, transnational organized crime, illegal immigration, xenophobia, trafficking in people and in drugs, and other scourges have today reached new proportions, affecting the quality of life of the inhabitants of the planet and calling for coordination at the highest level among all States Members of our Organization. The seventy-third session of the General Assembly is being held under the theme “Making the United Nations relevant to all people: global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies”.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“It is against this backdrop that many voices are demanding profound reform of the United Nations so that it can better reflect today’s world, where the emergence of new centres of economic and financial power and technological and scientific advances fully justify changes to the Organization’s structures and intervention mechanisms, as well as the enlargement and reform of the Security Council to better represent the various geopolitical regions of our planet. The political configuration of today’s world, in which local, regional and intra-State conflicts represent the principal focus of international tensions and threats to peace, requires the United Nations to play an increasingly active role in promoting and assisting political, social and economic processes of democratization.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“With the end of the so-called Cold War, symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the momentous emergence of a new political paradigm oriented towards multilateralism, the United Nations eagerly resumed its work towards building a peaceful world order. We believe that, by working diligently together, we can achieve this goal. Today, in a time of ascendant globalization, there is no justification for the continued proliferation of apparently unresolvable conflicts of varying scale in several parts of the world, or for entire populations to continue suffering their tragic consequences, virtually abandoned to their fate.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“Despite the progress made to date, we must acknowledge the long-standing conflicts yet to be settled, such as that between the Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East, which can be resolved only through a solution based on two States living peacefully side by side, as advocated by the United Nations and the overwhelming majority of its Member States. We welcome the recent efforts of the United States of America, North Korea and South Korea, with the contribution of the People’s Republic of China, towards the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, which has considerably reduced tensions that threatened to trigger a nuclear conflict that would endanger not only the region but international security in general.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“Established 73 years ago with the declared purpose of restoring universal peace and harmony, conferring equal rights on nations large and small, and establishing a world of cooperation, progress and well-being, the United Nations is still far from achieving the goals enshrined in its Charter. While it is true that, immediately following that establishment, the immediate polarization of the planet into two antagonistic political and economic systems hindered the operationalization of principles favouring international peace and security, it would be unfair to deny that the United Nations has played a commendable role in ending colonialism, promoting human rights, supporting international development and cooperation, and managing and containing flashpoints of tension around the world.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“Angola has unique experience in building and maintaining lasting peace, continuously deepening national reconciliation, social inclusion and mutual forgiveness, and healing the wounds of the armed conflict, which ended almost 16 years ago. We gather in the General Assembly to discuss and resolve the most serious problems and conflicts that threaten the very survival of humankind. I am referring to the hunger and poverty that affect millions of citizens around the world, global warming and its consequences, mass migration and especially illegal migration, trafficking in drugs, in human organs, and in children and women for forced prostitution, religious intolerance and extremism, terrorism, inter-ethnic armed conflicts, war among nations or even the uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear weapons.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“I also offer my particular gratitude to the United Nations for the decisive role it played in establishing lasting peace in Angola through two peace missions — the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola — and for the important work of its specialized agencies, funds and programmes, in particular UNICEF and the World Food Programme. We also believe that Angola’s experience in building peace and pursuing reconciliation between parties in conflict has served as a positive example for the United Nations, providing useful insights for approaching peace processes in other parts of the world.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“The General Assembly is holding its seventy-third session at a special moment as we pay tribute to two towering figures of world politics, both sons of Africa: Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan. Today, exactly one year since my inauguration as President of the Republic of Angola, I have the honour, on behalf of the Angolan people, to address from this rostrum for the first time the entire international community, represented here by its highest dignitaries. I salute the Heads of State and Government present here, as well as the leaders of the various international organizations and bodies, whom I believe to be working directly for the future of our planet. I take this opportunity to thank the entire international community for its support for peace and reconciliation in my country, Angola.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)