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EMBASSY/CONSULATE ADDRESSES

Diplomatic Representation in the US:

Ambassador: Josefina Perpetua Pitra Diakite

Chancery: 2108 16th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20009

Telephone: (1+202)785-1156.

Fax: (1+202)822-9049.

The Angolan Mission to the United Nations:

Chief of diplomatic Mission Ambassador Afonso Van Duném M'BINDA

72nd Street

New York, NY

Tel (1+212)345-481

United States-Angola Chamber of Commerce

1850 K Street, N.W. Suite 390

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel (202)223-0540 Fax (202) 872-1521 Telex 6716706

Angolan Embassies and Consulates - Worldwide:

Algeria

14, Rue Curie El Biar, Alger

phone 786772 / 797441

telex 936-61620 MPLA DZ / 936-62204 MPLA DZ

Belgium

Rue Franz Merjay 182, 1180 Uccle Brussels

phone 322-3444980 / 3460062

fax 322-3440894

telex 846-62635 EMBRUX B


Botswana

2715 Phala Crescent Gaberone

phone: 267-375089

CP Private bag 111

telex: 2361

Brazil

Shis Qi 09 Conjunto 16 Casa 23 Lago Sul Brasilia

phone 5561-2483362 / 2483106 / 2484489 - GAB.CMD. 2484671

fax 5561-2483735

telex 0614971

Consulate Rio de Janeiro

phone 55-21-220-9439

fax 55-21-220-8063

telex 2130453

Consulate New York

866 United Nations Plaza

New York, NY 10017

phone 212 223- 3588

fax 212 980-9606

Canada

75 Albert Street Suite 900

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5E7

phone: 613- 234-1152

fax: 613- 234-1179

telex: 53-3133 EMBANGO OTT

Congo

CP 388 Brazzaville

phone 242-811471

telex 971-5321 KG AMBANGOL

Cuba

5 Avenida No 1012 E / 10 Y 12 Miramar Havana

phone 292205 / 291780 / 223474

telex 307-511105 EANG CU


Czechoslovakia

Nad Stolou 18, Patro II Prague

phone 376260 / 376126 / 378441

telex 122482

Egypt

12, Midan Fouad Mohi El Dine Mohandessin Cairo

phone 707021 / 707602 / 3498259

fax 202-708683

telex 927-93968 NGUXI UN

Ethiopia

An Pole Roa, Higher 18, Kebele 26 House No. 006 Addis Abeba

phone 251-1-510085

fax 251-1-514922

telex 1631323

France

19 Avenue Foch Paris 75016

phone 331-45015820

fax 331-45003371

telex 649847

Gabon

Quartier Louis, Lote 34 du Plan Cadastral Libreville

phone 730426 - GAB CMD 730294 CP 4884

telex 5565

Germany

Kaiser Karl Ring 20 - 5300 Bonn

phone: 555708/555734

fax: 659282

telex: 885775

Great Britain

98 Park Lane, London W1Y 3TA

phone 44-71-495-1752

fax 44-71-495-1635

telex 8813258

Italy

Rome

phone 396-630615 / 374661 / 6374325

fax 634960

telex 614505

Ivory Coast

Abidjan

phone 225-413879

fax 225-412889

telex 27187

Namibia

Ausspann St 3 Angola House Private Bag 12020

Ausspannplatz, Windhoeck 900

phone 26461-227535 / 232526 / 223030

fax 26461-221498

telex 897 WK

Nigeria

5 Kasumu Ekemode Street Victoria Island Lagos

phone 611135 / 611702

fax 2341-618675

telex 21853

Portugal

Avenida da Republica No 68 1000 Lisboa

phone: 796-1792 / 7043 / 7041 / 1817 / 1830

fax: 351-1-797-1238

GAB. EMB. 351-1-796-3182

PROTOCOLO 351-1-796-2124

telex: 43407

Russia

Olof Palm 6 Moscow

phone: 1436324 / 1436321

GAB. CMD: 1436346

telex: 413402/7402

S. Tome and Principe

phone: 22400 GAB. CMD. 22399

telex: 227

Senegal

Dakar

phone: 252160

telex: 61290/62190

Spain

Calle Serrano 64, 3 Piso Madrid 28001

phone 34 - 1 4356430 / 4356166

fax 34-1-5779010

telex 1631323

Sweden

1 Hagatan 1-2-TR Stockholm

phone: 468-242890

Box: 3199/10364

fax: 468-343127

telex: 12449

Tanzania

Samora Maktaba Street, IPS Building, 10th Floor, Dar es Salaam

phone: 24292 / 26689 GAB. CMD. 38350

telex: 41251

Togo

Missao 58, Boulevard du 13 Janvier, Boccovi, Lome

phone: 228-217-211

fax: 228-218-051

United Nations

125 E. 73rd Street

New York, NY 10021

phone 212-861-5656 /752-4612

fax 212-861-9295/6926

telex 234161

United States

1615 M Street, NW

Ninth Floor

Washington, DC 20036

Tel: (202) 785-1156

Fax: (202) 785-1258

Yugoslavia Tolstoyena 51 Belgrade

phone 663199 / 663978

telex 11841


Zaire (Congo DR)

Avenue du Boulevard du 30 Juin Nr. 44/13 Zone Gamboe Kinshasa

phone: 33003 GAB. CMD 33004

telex: 21051

Zimbabwe

26 Speke Avenue

Doncaster House

PO Box 3950

Harare, Zimbabwe

Tel: (263-4) 790070

Fax: (263-4) 790077

Zambia

Mumada Road, 6660 Olympia Park Lusaka

phone: 260-1-290346

GAB. CMD. 291142 CP 31595

telex: 41940

Embassy and Consulate Web Sites for Angola

Embassy of Angola in Washington, United States of America

Embassy of Angola in the United Kingdom

U.S Embassy Web Site in Angola




FOREIGN RELATIONS

From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the Soviet Union and Cuba. Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention, though ties with Cuba remain strong. Angola joined the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in order to improve ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south. In 1997, Zimbabwe and Namibia joined Angola in a military intervention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Angolan troops fought in support of the Laurent and Joseph Kabila governments. Angola has likewise intervened in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) in support of President Sassou-Nguesso. Angola has also engaged in a more robust economic relationship with the People's Republic of China. The P.R.C. has extended over U.S. $7 billion in credit to Angola, while Brazil and Germany have extended lines of credit worth billions of dollars.

Multilaterally, Angola has promoted the revival of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) as a forum for cultural exchange and a means of expanding ties with Portugal and Brazil. During the peace process, the government fully cooperated with the UN Mission in Angola (UNMA), which concluded its mandate in mid-February 2003. Angola concluded a 2-year term on the UN Security Council in December 2004. In June 2007, it began a 3-year term on the Human Rights Council. Angola held the OPEC presidency in 2009.

U.S.-ANGOLAN RELATIONS

The U.S. Mission in Angola encompasses four agencies--the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Defense, and the Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC). In addition, a variety of federal agencies maintain relationships with the Angolan Government, including the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Development Agency, and the Department of Energy.

The United States and Angola established formal diplomatic relations in 1993. Thereafter, the U.S. played a role in facilitating the Lusaka Protocol that sought an end to Angola's long-running civil war. Since war's end in 2002, United States foreign policy goals in Angola have sought to consolidate peace and security, promote economic prosperity, improve health, and encourage Angola's transition to democracy and respect for human rights. The U.S. has worked in partnership with Angola to remove thousands of landmines and help war refugees and internally displaced people return to their homes.

USAID’s development program focuses on overcoming the many challenges Angola faces--reflected in its poor social indicators, weak democratic structures, and relative lack of transparency--to help create a country that is prosperous, democratic, healthy, peaceful, and secure. The health sector continues to be a priority. In August 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Angolan Foreign Minister Assuncao dos Anjos signed a President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Partnership Framework, representing a new approach to how both governments are working together to fight HIV/AIDS. In the democracy sector, assistance aims to increase the capacity of civil society. To help increase economic growth, U.S. assistance is supporting programs that rebuild the agricultural sector, improve food security, help transform Angola’s restrictive business and investment climate, and reduce its vulnerability to climate change. To assist with economic reform, in FY 2007 USAID provided $2.23 million to work on land tenure, economic policy, and the financial sector. An additional $143,000 in grants helped community development projects and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) strengthen democracy and human rights. Some $152,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) funds supported English-language training for the Angolan Armed Forces. Professional training for law enforcement personnel at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana continued. The Safe Skies for Africa program provided some $800,000 in equipment and training to the Angolan civil aviation authority. As part of its public diplomacy program, the Embassy underwrote nearly $434,000 in English-language training, educational exchanges and fellowships, and information resource services. The State Department funded ongoing landmine, small arms, and munitions destruction projects throughout the country, for a total value of $6 million. These projects have played a major role in clearing agricultural land, opening critical road networks and increasing access in those areas of the country most impacted by landmines.

The May 2009 visit of Angolan Foreign Minister Assuncao dos Anjos to Washington, during which he and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement on the 16th anniversary of U.S.-Angolan bilateral relations, and the August 9-10, 2009 visit of Secretary Clinton to Angola opened a new chapter in bilateral ties between the two countries. On November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC, the United States and Angola launched meetings under a new framework for sustained bilateral engagement, with working groups on energy cooperation and security cooperation. Additional working groups on other issues of shared strategic interests, like agricultural development and food security, may be launched in the future.

At the same time, the energy-based U.S. trading relationship continues to expand and spark other ties. One offshoot has been the development of a sister city relationship between Lafayette, Louisiana, and Cabinda, and between Houston, Texas, and Luanda. The Catholic University of Luanda has close links with a number of American institutions and has received support from the Angola Educational Assistance Fund, a U.S. nonprofit organization organized by Citizens Energy of Boston. Sonangol has a longstanding program of educating its professionals in U.S. universities, complementing Chevron's policy of U.S. training for its own growing pool of Angolan professionals.

DEFENSE

The Angolan Armed Forces, known by their Portuguese acronym FAA, are headed by a chief of staff who reports to the Minister of Defense. There are three services--the army, navy, and air force. The army is by far the largest of the services, with about 110,000 personnel. The navy numbers about 3,000 and operates several small patrol craft and barges. Air force personnel total about 7,000; equipment includes Russian-manufactured fighters and transport planes, Bell helicopters, and Italian trainers. The "Casa Militar," or presidential guard, answers directly to the Office of the President. It is one of the three ministries of state.

Principal U.S. Officials

Ambassador--Christopher J. McMullen

Deputy Chief of Mission--David C. Brooks

Defense Attache--Jose A. Espinosa

The U.S. Embassy is located at Rua Houari Boumedienne No. 32, Miramar, Luanda, Angola. International mail: Caixa Postal 6484, Luanda, Angola; Pouch: Department of State, 2550 Luanda Place, Washington, DC 20521-2550; telephone: (244) (222) 64-1000; fax: (244) (222) 64-1232.




TRAVEL ADVISORIES

To obtain the latest Travel Advisory Information for Angola check the U.S. State Department  Consular Information Sheet


TRAVEL TIPS

Driving U.S Driving Permit Required

Currency (AOA) Kwanza

Electrical 127/220 Volts

Telephones Country Code 244, City Code Luanda 2+6D, Zaire 32+5D, Huambo 41+5D

Health Precautions: All visitors over one year of age arriving from infected areas must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate. Hepatitis B, malaria, cholera, trachoma, schistosomiasis, river blindness, and sleeping sickness are all hazards. Tapwater is not potable. Sophisticated medical treatment is not available. Health requirements change; check latest information.

Weather and clothing: Angola's climate is tropical, with wet and dry seasons that vary little in temperature. While it is very hot and rainy in the coastal region, temperatures in the inland areas are milder. Casual attire, safari suits are the norm in hot, humid climate.

Telephone: When direct dialing to Angola from the U.S., dial 011(international access code) + 244 [country code] + local number, or use international operator.

Informations: 112 (telephone numbers).

Time: 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.

Weight & Measure System: The metric system is in use.

Electric current: 220V

Holidays: [1995] Jan 1 (New Year's Day), Feb 4 (Anniversary of the start of revolution against Portuguese rule), Mar 27 (Victory Day), Apr 14 (Youth Day), May 1 (Workers' Day), Aug 1 (Armed Forces Day), Sep 17 (National Hero's Day -- Dr. Agostinho Neto's birthday), Nov 11 (Independence Day), Dec 1 (Pioneers' Day), Dec 10 (Anniversary of Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola founding), Dec 25 (Christmas' Day).

Tourist arrivals: 46,000

Tourist attractions: Cuanza River, national parks, coastline, wildlife,anthropology museum.

Miscellaneous: Angola's tourism industry has suffered greatly due to the nation's ongoing civil war.




CUSTOMS/DUTIES

Currency....Must be declared on arrival

Tobacco.....Reasonable amount

Liquor......3 bottles of alcoholic beverages (each of different contents)

Perfume....Reasonable amount in opened bottles

Gifts/souvenirs...No duty free allowance

Firearms/ ammunition....Prohibited

Agriculture items.....Refer to consulate



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