Angola: Whether Tete Antonio has previously worked at the Embassy of Angola in Ethiopia; whether he currently represents Angola on the United Nations Security Council or acted as the representative for Angola in the past (Feb. 2004)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa |
| Publication Date | 24 February 2004 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | AGO42433.FE |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Angola: Whether Tete Antonio has previously worked at the Embassy of Angola in Ethiopia; whether he currently represents Angola on the United Nations Security Council or acted as the representative for Angola in the past (Feb. 2004), 24 February 2004, AGO42433.FE, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/485ba851a.html [accessed 26 May 2023] |
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Tete Antonio is named as Minister-Counsellor on the list of employees of the Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations (Angola 2003). A man named Ismael Gaspar Martins, appointed in April 2001, represented Angola at the United Nations (ibid.) and sat on the UN Security Council in 2003 and 2004, during which time Angola was a member of the Council (WILPF n.d.).
On the list of participants in the preparations for the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 24 and 25 June 1999, Tete Antonio is named as part of the delegation from Angola, along with Ambassador Herminio Joaquim Escorcio and Chargé d'affaires Maria Isabel de Resende (United Nations 4 Oct. 1999). Without specifying his exact title, the same source indicated that Tete Antonio was an employee of the Embassy of the Republic of Angola (ibid.). However, a list of participants in a United Nations conference also held in Addis Ababa from 11 to 16 March 1996, indicated that Tete Antonio was the Second Secretary of the Embassy of Angola in Ethiopia (ibid. 3 Sept. 1996).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Angola. 2003. "Permanent Mission of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations."
United Nations. 4 October 1999. Economic Commission for Africa. Regional Hearings in Preparation for the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations.
_____. 3 September 1996. Economic Commission for Africa. List of Participants to the Ninth Session of the Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Population and Information Specialists.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). n.d. "Members of the Security Council 2003-2004."
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential
Africa Research Bulletin
Dialog
IRB Databases
The International Who's Who
Jeune Afrique/L'Intelligent
Resource Centre country file. Angola
Internet sites, including :
Africatime
Allafrica
European Country of Origin Information Network (Ecoi.net)
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
MISNA
ReliefWeb
Republic of Angola
United Nations
