Brazil continues to attach great importance to the annual debates on oceans and the law of the sea. Those debates reflect our awareness that the problems of the ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole and with the broadest possible participation. They also attest to…
On behalf of the Government and the people of Brazil, who are also represented here by Senators Gladson Cameli, Sérgio Petecão and José Medeiros, I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for the wave of solidarity across the globe in the wake of the tragic accident that recentl…
I thank you, Sir, an Senegal for convening this meeting. I also thank the Secretary- General, Mr. Danilo Türk, Ms. Chrstine Beerli and Mr. Sundeep Waslekar for their interventions.
The relationship between water, peace and security should be considered with prudence and caution by the Council. Like…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), the member States of which are Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and my own country, Brazil.
The Community of Portuguese-speaki…
I would like to thank Senegal for organizing this debate. I also thank the
Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Jean, Mr. Fedotov, Mr. Laborde and Mr. Boutellis for their briefings.
Peacekeeping operations should be primarily a political instrument in support of peace processes, as highlighted in the rep…
My first words are to thank the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its report to the General Assembly (A/71/342) and to commend the Court for contributing to the fight against impunity and promoting respect for the rule of law. I also join previous speakers in thanking the President of the ICC, …
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the representative of Thailand on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of the Dominican Republic on behalf of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. I make the following statement in my national capacity.
Fo…
I would like to begin by thanking the Russian Federation for organizing this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the Executive-Director of UN-Women and Ms. Lopidia for their briefings.
Many positive steps have been taken to implement the resolutions on women and peace and security. However,…
We thank the Russian Federation for organizing this open debate, as well as Under-Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien and Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for their briefings.
We are distressed by the ever-worsening spiral of violence in Syria. Brazil welcomed the announcement last month of a re…
We thank the Russian Federation for organizing this important debate on the situation in Haiti. I would also like to thank Ms. Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her briefing and to reiterate my Government’s gratitude and respect for her work and continuing support t…
With respect to the statements made by the representatives of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, we reiterate the words of our President, Michel Temer, on 20 September here in this Hall:
“Governments of different political inclinations coexist in our region. …
Regarding the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Cuba, I would simply like to reiterate what President Michel Temer of Brazil said in his address to the Assembly on 20 September:
“As we are all aware, Governments of different political inclinations coexist in our region. That is n…
Brazil welcomes the adoption by consensus of another breakthrough resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (resolution 70/305). We would like to thank Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak of Croatia and Ambassador Wilfred Emvula of Namibia for their excellent work on a second con…
Let me start by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting and reiterating Brazil’s support for the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse. It is extremely important to address the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse collectively,…
I thank the President for organizing this open debate. Let me also thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the Special Representative of INTERPOL and Mr. Koblentz for their briefings, and let me congratulate the Secretary-General for a particularly eloquent and sharp intervention.
Br…
I thank the Presisdent and the Malaysian presidency for convening this important debate. I am also grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougi and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake for their leadership and their briefings.
In 1996, following the Graça Machel repo…
Nelson Mandela, whose International Day was recently celebrated, once said that he dreamed of an Africa that was at peace with itself. Until his dream comes true, let us look at Africa not as a continent made up only of challenges, but as one made up also of great wisdom, creativity and a promising …
I have the honour to take the floor today on behalf of the Group of Four (G-4), consisting of India, Japan, Germany and my own country, Brazil.
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting today. The reform of the Security Council is one of the most pressing issues still pending on the agenda of th…
Let me start by referring to the selection of the next Secretary- General. We appreciate that the current process was formally started by a joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council inviting Member States to submit proposed candidates. The unpr…
Mr. President, I thank you for convening this open debate. I also wish like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and acknowledge the interventions of the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine.
The ongoing conflict in Syria continues to ge…
