I would like to begin by congratulating the co-facilitators — the Permanent Representative of Argentina and the Permanent Representative Iceland, Ambassador Martín Garcia Moritán and Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson — as well as their teams, for their tireless work during the fifth review of the United N…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized the open debate.
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I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his leadership on this important issue, as well as President Faustin Archange Touadera and Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross for thei…
Fifteen years ago, our countries met in this same plenary in the context of the first special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS. It is encouraging to acknowledge the impressive progress achieved globally. The fact that this meeting is all about ending AIDS in the next decades, in line with…
Brazil recognizes the territorial integrity of Georgia and expects that the dispute between Georgia and the Russian Federation can achieve a peaceful resolution in the shortest term. We express our solidarity with all victims of forced displacement in Georgia and reiterate our conviction that overco…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate.
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I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, as well as Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro and Ms. Lisa Davis for their briefings.
The scourge of sexual violence in conflict continues to jeop…
Regional and subregional organizations in Africa are increasingly contributing to complement the work of the United Nations in maintaining peace and security on the African continent, pursuant to Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. Among the organizations on the continent, the African…
Brazil welcomes the consensual adoption of resolution 70/264, on the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC). My country co-sponsored it as a means of expressing its unwavering support for the Court and our steadfast commitment to the values that motivated its establishment. The increased n…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate which is very well timed, as it allows us to go further into issues that were discussed a few weeks ago at the Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism and at the high-level debates organized by the President of th…
With today’s adoption of resolution 70/262, on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, we have a renewed opportunity to engage Member States, the United Nations and other stakeholders collectively in a global effort to build lasting peace. We concur with the Permanent Representa…
Let me thank China, Angola and Senegal for proposing this debate, as well as Mr. Zerihoun for his briefing.
Piracy and armed robbery at sea are serious crimes. They involve not only the theft of private property, but also a disrespect of many fundamental rights and obligations, since in some cases …
I commend the Russian Federation for introducing the draft resolution on road safety and for facilitating the negotiations over the past few weeks. I would also like to thank the Sultanate of Oman and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jean Todt, for their leadership. And I welcome the …
It is an honour to address this plenary meeting to introduce draft resolution A/70/L.42, which proclaims 2016-2025 the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition.
Last year the world committed to ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, wh…
Slavery and the slave trade victimized over 15 million people. Spanning over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade was the largest and most inhuman forced migration in recorded history. It was not an isolated incident, but part of a man-made system that connected Europe, Africa, the Americas and …
I would like to congratulate Angola and Foreign Minister Chikoti on having organized today’s open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes
Region, and the represent…
I thank Angola for having organized this debate. I also wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sandra Honoré, for her briefing. Brazil reiterates its respect and unwavering support for the consolidation of peace and democracy in Haiti. I also take note of the statement of…
I should like to congratulate the Mission of Venezuela for having brought to the attention of the Security Council an issue that is very important to Brazil.
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Let me thank the current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Kamau of Kenya, as well as Ambassador Ol…
Let me start by thanking you, Sir, for inviting me today and giving me the opportunity to address the Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), in the presence of Mr. Miguel Trovoada, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and …
I would like to thank Minister for Foreign Affairs Delcy Rodríguez Gómez of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for having organized this important debate, as well as to express our appreciation for the Venezuelan proposal to reflect on the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the Un…
Allow me to start by thanking the President for providing us with an opportunity to start exchanging views on the Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism (A/70/674) presented last month by the Secretary-General. I would also like to reiterate Brazil’s appreciation for the Secretary-General’s lea…
On behalf of Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, I thank Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa of Uruguay for having organized this important debate.
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I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, and I wish to acknowledge the interventions by the Permanent Representative of Israe…
