An Angolan delegation participated in Paris from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June 2023, in the Second Session of the inter-governmental negotiations that took place at UNESCO premises with the objective of establishing an international legal instrument that binds all the UN Member States for the end of the plastic pollution in the world.
The Angolan delegation was led by the Secretary of State for Environment Abias Huongo and included Ambassador Sianga Abílio Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN in Nairobi, Ambassador Ana Maria Oliveira Permanent Representative of Angola to UNESCO, Directors of the Ministry of Environment and representatives of the Ministry of External Relations.
The Opening Session was marked by the speech, by videoconference, of the President of the Republic of France Emanuel Macron who appealed to the Ambassadors and representatives of the 165 countries participating in the event to negotiate hard in search of an international legal instrument to ban the use of plastic and to promote the transition from linear economy to circular economy.
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