I warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for having convened this meeting and having drafted an excellent concept note (S/2016/22, annex).
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I also thank th…
My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Let me first of all thank the co-facilitators, Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh and Ambassador Janis Mažeikis, for their excellent work in steering our negotiatio…
I would like to thank the President for convening this high-level meeting to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development. Fittingly, this year, which also marked the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, all Member States committed to a new framework for su…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Filippo Grandi on his election by the General Assembly last Wednesday as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). I wish him success in his new endeavour and reiterate Brazil’s willingness to continue its fluid dialogue and cooperati…
Let me reiterate our heartfelt condolences to France, Lebanon and the Russian Federation, which have been brutally victimized by terror in the past few days.
Thank you for organizing this open debate, Mr. President. 1 also wish to thank the Secretary-General and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commi…
Let me offer the condolences of the Brazilian Government to the people and the Governments of the countries affected by the recent terrorist attacks. We fully subscribe to your statement at the start of our proceedings today, Mr. President, which fully expresses the sentiments of the General Assembl…
Let me begin by thanking the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom and President of the Security Council for the month of November, Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, for presenting the annual report of the Security Council (A/70/2). I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of New Z…
My first words are to congratulate Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi on her election as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Brazil is particularly pleased to note that four of the main offices of the ICC — its presidency, both vice-presidencies and the Office of the Prosecutor — ar…
I would like to thank the President for convening today’s joint debate, which gives us an opportunity to discuss issues directly related to the proper functioning and legitimacy of our Organization. We are grateful for his initial comments on the items on the Assembly’s agenda today and for the stat…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting.
I start by saying that we align ourselves with the statement delivered by Ambassador Harald Braun, Permanent Representative of Germany, on behalf of the
Group of Four, and with the intervention of Ambassador Menissa Rambally, P…
It is a privilege as an Olympian and President of the Organizing Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic Paralympic Games to address the General Assembly and introduce draft resolution A/70/L.3, entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”.
I come to this house of …
We thank Prime Minister Rajoy Brey and the delegation of Spain for convening today’s debate and for their commitment to the women and peace and security agenda.
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I also thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN-Women and Ms. Julienne Lusenge, Ms. Yanar Mohammed…
Brazil has a long history in peacekeeping operations. Since 1948, we have participated in more than 50 United Nations peacekeeping missions through the deployment of troops, police and military experts and have provided more than 46,000 Blue Helmets in four continents. Our experience has shown us fi…
We thank the Spanish delegation for organizing this very important debate on the situation in the brotherly nation of Haiti.
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I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing and reiterate the gratitude and respect…
I congratulate you, Mr. President,- for convening this open debate and for bringing us together to discuss the serious challenges that the world faces today in promoting peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa. We also appreciate that the concept note prepared by the Russian Federati…
I align myself with the representative of Saint Lucia’s statement on behalf of the L.69 group, as well as with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Japan on behalf of the Group of Four.
Brazil welcomes the adoption of the important decision 69/560 by consensus. Allow me to take thi…
It has been more than 30 years since Brazil took part in the establishment of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic by the General Assembly. Then as now, Brazil, together with South American and African partner countries, sought to bring about the consolidation of the South Atlanti…
Brazil welcomes the adoption by consensus of this important resolution 69/321, on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
This year’s resolution introduces important changes to the process of selection and appointment of the Secretary-General, especially with regard to its transpare…
I should like to welcome to the General Assembly Ministers Héctor Timerman and Axel Kicillof, other officials from Argentina, including Permanent Representative María Cristina Perceval, and commend her leadership on this issue of strategic importance to all Members of the Organization. I also take t…
Brazil aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and
wishes to make the following remarks in its national capacity.
We have come to the successful conclusion of a journey that, building on the legacy of the Millennium De…
