According to the parliamentary leader, the "National Assembly joins all initiatives of the international and regional community to promote peace and the culture of peaceful resolution of conflicts".
Quoted in a statement from parliament, to which VerAngola had access, the president of AN says that this date "coincides with the beginning of a new year", where the parliamentary community and Angolans "are given the mission to make efforts and launch initiatives" to promote peace.
"This date coincides with the beginning of a new year, in which the parliamentary community, in particular, and Angolans in general is entrusted with the mission to make efforts and launch initiatives to promote harmony and peace as paths for the development of the country and the well-being of communities", says the message.
Carolina Cerqueira also considers that "peace is the safest path to sustainable development, to achieving equity and justice among peoples, with parliamentary diplomacy being an instrument that promotes the culture of peace, the peaceful resolution of conflicts and for the strengthening of institutional relations and democracy, asserting itself as the universal mechanism for achieving effective peace between Nations through dialogue, understanding and the construction of bridges of understanding".
According to the president of AN, Angola's constitution defines the country as a nation oriented towards peace and that respects the dignity of people: "Our Constitution defines the Republic of Angola as a nation dedicated to peace and that respects the dignity of human person".
In the parliamentary leader's view, "as legislators and legitimate representatives of Angolans, deputies must promote the culture of peace, in the search for answers to the challenges that the global situation poses, which is why parliamentarians from all over the world, together, seek to find alternative forms of action, complementing the action of governments through concerted efforts and permanent advocacy in favor of peaceful coexistence, solidarity and harmony between Nations", says the statement.
Thus, within the scope of parliamentary advocacy, the president of the AN reiterates and "elevates the sacred value of peace, which must be understood in any and all circumstances as a 'sine qua non' condition for human and sustainable development, stability, security and the protection of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations".
Created in 1967 by Pope Paul VI, World Peace Day is celebrated on January 1st.
