POSITION PAPER

DELEGATE: ANGOLA

COMMITTEE: SECURITY COUNCIL

Angola has a rich subsoil heritage, from diamonds, oil, gold, copper, and a rich wildlife (dramatically
impoverished during the civil war), forest, and fossils. Since independence, oil and diamonds have been
the most important economic resource. Smallholder and plantation agriculture have dramatically
dropped because of the Angolan Civil War, but have begun to recover after 2002. The transformation
industry that had come into existence in the late colonial period collapsed at independence, because of
the exodus of most of the ethnic Portuguese population, but has begun to reemerge with updated
technologies, partly because of the influx of new Portuguese entrepreneurs. Similar developments can
be verified in the service sector.

Angola has a population of 24,383,301 inhabitants according to the preliminary results of its 2014
census, the first one conducted or carried out since 15 December 1970

The Antarctic treaty system, enforced in 1961, stands to outline the use of the Antarctic region for
scientific and peaceful purposes. The state of Angola firmly stands in support of the Antarctic Treaty.

Declared an independent republic in 1975, Angola truly believes that Antarctica is a neutral territory for
all nations to explore and research. The republic believes that the resources found embedded the frosty
region should be distributed equally among the international community in a regularized manner.