I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu on her briefing on the recent progress in shedding light on the Syrian Arab Republic’s chemical-weapons programme.
Brazil firmly supports the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to prevent the use of chemical weapons, which is unacceptable …
Last Friday (see S/PV.8979), my delegation laid out before the Security Council a comprehensive view of its concerns regarding the security developments in and around Ukraine. Nothing in the intervening period has allayed those concerns. On the contrary, in fact, as we speak the number of casualties…
Brazil regrets that the Security Council was unable to react to a breach of international peace and security that is still happening as we speak. During the negotiations, Brazil favoured a text that could maintain space for dialogue among all the parties, while sending a decisive message for respect…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General Joyce Msuya for their updates, as well as the Secretary- General for the report presented earlier this week.
Once again we are hearing no encouraging news or positive developments coming from Syria. Civilians and basic civilian inf…
We live in unprecedented circumstances of threat to the international order and of violation of the Charter of the United Nations. We are gravely concerned about the Russian military operations against targets in sovereign Ukrainian territory. We believe that the Security Council should strive to sh…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert for her informative and insightful briefing. I would also like to welcome our Iraqi colleague to this meeting.
Since this is the first briefing on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in which we a…
The situation in and around Ukraine has escalated and become critical. Brazil is following the latest developments with deep concern. Geopolitical tensions and threats to international peace and security require the United Nations to engage in a prompt and timely manner. In the present circumstances…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Under-Secretary-General, Rosemary DiCarlo, for the information they have provided to the Security Council and the remarks they have made tonight.
The reports received about the movement of troops into certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukrain…
Brazil thanks Mr. Wennesland for today’s updates. We welcome the representatives of Israel and Palestine to this meeting.
At the outset, I would like to recall that last month, on 20 January, the General Assembly adopted resolution 76/250 by consensus, calling for active measures to combat anti-Sem…
At the outset, Brazil would like to commend the Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC),
represented by its President, Ambassador Michael Gaffey, for the Governing Council and Commission’s remarkable work throughout the years. Brazil welcomes today’s adoption of resol…
Let me start by thanking Special Representative Ndiaye, Special Representative Matondo and Executive Secretary Caholo for their briefings.
I welcome Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Valérie Baipo Temon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, to today’s meeting.
The points my delega…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for the updates she has brought to the Council tonight.
When the Organization was established in 1945, it entrusted the Security Council with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Tension…
I would like to convey my appreciation to Special Representative Helen La Lime for her comprehensive briefing. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Ambassador Antonio Rodrigue.
It is fitting to take the floor to comment on recent developments in Haiti and on the current work of the…
Brazil follows with concern the situation in eastern Ukraine. The persistent political stalemate and prolonged crisis have reached a critical point. In the present circumstances, renewed and reinvigorated political resolve on the part of all parties is crucial in addressing the conflict.
Achieving …
Let me acknowledge the presence here today of Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin. I would also like to thank Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Mr. Stanislav Zas, Secretary-General of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), for their briefings to th…
May I start my intervention by thanking Special Representative James Swan, Special Representative Francisco Madeira and Ambassador Olof Skoog for their briefings. Let me also welcome Ambassador Abukar Osman to this meeting.
I will focus my remarks today on two issues: elections and security.
As re…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their sobering briefings. I would also like to thank our colleague, the Permanent Representative of Albania, for presenting the periodic report of the Security Council
Committee …
I would like to thank the Russian Federation for organizing this briefing, as well as Mr. Voronkov and Mr. Chen for their briefings on the fourteenth report of the Secretary- General (S/2022/63) on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh) to international peace and secur…
Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, and your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and thank Norway for the manner in which it conducted the presidency in the month of January.
Brazil expresses its appreciation to Russia for organizing a debate on sanctio…
Let me also thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing before the Council this morning.
Geopolitical tensions and threats to international peace and security require the Security Council’s prompt and timely engagement. Open references to military actions, unilateral economic s…
