UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/C.12/AGO/CO/3 1 December 2008 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Forty-first session Geneva, 3 - 21 November 2008 CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLES 16 AND 17 OF THE COVENANT ANGOLA Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the initial to third periodic report of Angola on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/AGO/3) at its 42nd, 43rd and 44th meetings, held on 12 and 13 November 2008 (E/C.12/2008/SR. 42, 43 and 44), and adopted, at its 54th meeting held on 20 November 2008, the following concluding observations. A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the submission of the combined initial to third periodic report of Angola and the opportunity thus offered to engage in a constructive dialogue with the State party. The Committee also welcomes the State party’s written replies to its list of issues, as well as the answers provided by experts from the delegation of the State party to the Committee’s oral questions. It regrets however that several of its questions have remained unanswered. B. Positive aspects 3. The Committee notes with appreciation the ratification by the State party of the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, in 2006. 4. The Committee welcomes the creation of the Ministry of the Family and Women in 1997. GE.08-45610