Jonathan Mills
Model UN Position Paper
Angola Special Political and Decolonization
Rights Council- Moes
2/26/14
The country of Angola is in a great time of struggle. It is one of the world’s poorest
countries, and its space program is not surprisingly nonexistent. It is with this reason and for
many others that the African nation of Angola would foresee the advancement of peaceful outer
space uses if there was a program and the money to be spent. Angola would not like to
advance the Fourth Main Committee because of our space infrastructure, lack of money, and
more important in-country problems. Our people of Angola are friendly, joyful, and generous.
We have interest of any and all Western advancements in technology, but do not see outer
space as the next peaceful use to get our country out of economical and relation-wide crisis.
Angola does not want to participate in the Peaceful Uses of Outerspace because of the
lack of a proficient space program. Ever since the 27 year Civil-War ended in 2002, our country
as a whole has been in constant rebuild mode. Angola is about the size of Texas, but does not
have the launch capability to keep up space advancements. With a poor education base and
lack of political fund, a process like this to occur for our great nation is slim to none. it has no
functioning university with an astrophysics or astronautics program, and a no industry to support
that if it did. Along with those key components missing, Angola currently operates no satellites.
Thus, a chain of reactions can occur from this. No satellites, no orbital presence, no space
problem. Lastly, the government of Angola fully supports the space development and peaceful
uses out of this planet, but does not have the program or the time the see this change in the
future.
The nation of Angola would not like to participate in the political and decolonization
committee of outer space because of the funds not available. Besides being very poor, it is one
of the fastest growing economies in the world. Again, we are still trying to recover from the civil
war that eventually gained our independence by. Even though there are many economical
riches, (diamonds, agriculture, oil), our country remains poor. We have been working to repair
our crippled infrastructure and weakened political units and do not see the space program in our
near future as an outlook for Angola.
Angola would not like to participate in the peaceful uses of outer space because of more
dire, in-country problems. Even though our country looks rough on the outside, we are beautiful
on the inside. We are rich in culture, food, and beautiful places. The total 1,246, 700 sq.km
holds eye-opening features as well as unfortuante problems with drastic results. 55% of our
population lives below the poverty line and the life expectancy is sadly only 38 years. HIV and
AIDs plague the country, causing well over thousands of deaths per year. Rainforests are being
cut down for the natural resources that dwell between the thousands of rare animal species,
who now have nowhere to go. Just like in most African countries, we have a corruption level at
an all-time high that sees no foreseeable future as to when it will go down. our inconsistent
management of funds, poor government responsibility, and innapropriate leadership continue to
tear our nation into pieces. For these reasons and many more, the space program advancement
is not in our budget, viewpoint, or on our list of regards at this time.
A nation in a struggle, poverty, post-war, military problems, etc. The list could go on for
our slowly declining country. Yet, besides all the bad, there is hope for good. We continue to
educate the students that we have with the schooling that we have to help them learn about
diseases such as HIV and jobs that they can work. The capital, Luanda, holds over 5 million
people! Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, our se resources could be abundant. We daily try to
continue with trade from bordering countries and make peaceful advancements towards others.
Really, the space program committee is a thing that we would enjoy to help participate in, if we
had the necessary tools to do so. Being a country that was torn apart, Angola is all for peaceful
treaties and making love, not war. Unfortunately, at this time, our nation does not have the
components necessary to do what others can, which is the space program. We will continue to
monitor the committee as a whole and hopefully can put in ideas that will make this project of
the future available for all. Thank you.