I thank the President for convening this debate on an important matter. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui, Mr. Hérve Ladsous, Ms. Yoka Brandt and Mr. Forest Whitaker for their enlightening briefings. I am also grateful for the touching briefin…
Thank you, Mr. President, for your statement, your leadership and your commitment to move the process forward.
As highlighted in the group of four letter addressed to you, Mr. President, on 15 August, we would like to reaffirm our view that rollover decision 68/557, which was just adopted and is a …
We welcome this opportunity to highlight the importance of diplomatic tools in a world where we so often see a hastened resort to coercive measures.
I also thank the Secretary-General and Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay for their briefings. I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Pil…
I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting on adopting resolution 68/302 on modalities for the 10-year review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Finland and Tunisia, Ambassadors Jarmo Viinane…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over this very meaningful open debate on peacekeeping operations and their relations with regional organizations. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the
Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service, Mr. Macie…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, and the Secretary-General for his briefing. Brazil fully supports the Secretary- General’s visit to the Middle East. We are confident that it will help bring about a ceasefire and respect for international humanitarian law. Brazil also expresse…
I wish to commend the President for having organized this important High-level Meeting on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for transmitting the insightful rep…
At the outset, let me express Brazil’s sympathy for all victims of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We are deeply
concerned with the latest developments in Iraq and hope that calm will be restored promptly in that country. We wish to express our solidarity with the Turkish people and …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on a topic of paramount importance to the United Nations in general, and the Security Council, in particular. United Nations Members need to be fully aware of the constant evolution of peacekeeping operations in practical and conceptual term…
I would like to commend the report presented by the Secretary-General, entitled “Towards ending the AIDS epidemic: meeting the 2015 targets and planning for the post-2015 era” (A/68/825). As the Secretary-General stresses in his report, the advances observed in the past 30 years are impressive. The …
Brazil supports the territorial integrity of Georgia and does not recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We acknowledge the difficulties arising from the high number of internally displaced persons and refugees and from the humanitarian pressures since the conflict with Russia in …
First of all, Brazil aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Chair of the Group of 77 and China, and wishes to make the following intervention in its national capacity.
We are at a crucial juncture in our collective efforts to overcome one of the greatest challenges facing humankind, whic…
I thank you, Mr. President, for inviting me to address the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). Allow me to congratulate the people of Guinea-Bissau on their peaceful and active participation in the second round of preside…
I congratulate the facilitators, Ambassadors Bénédicte Frankinet of Belgium and Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica, for their successful efforts in bringing to a conclusion resolution 68/271, entitled “Scope and modalities of the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the preventi…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate. We appreciate the fact that the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea is personally presiding over today’s meeting. I also wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his briefing.
Brazil firmly believes that the mere existence of weapo…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I also thank Special Coordinator Robert Serry for his briefing, and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
The nine-month deadline for signing a final status agree…
Let me express my delegation’s satisfaction, Sir, at having you preside over our proceedings today. I thank you for organizing this debate on an issue of such crucial importance to a number of situations on the Council’s agenda. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
As recognized in …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate on the important matter before us. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his remarks and for his report (S/2014/181). I am also grateful to Special Representative Zainab Bangura for her presentation, and I wish to commen…
I thank the Acting President for presiding over these discussions on the very important issue of road safety. We need to raise awareness in the United Nations of the fact that road and transit accidents are a leading cause of death in many very populous countries, including my own. Day after day, th…
I am very pleased to follow Ambassador Drobnjak’s statement.
Today’s debate represents an annual opportunity for the wider membership of the United Nations to reflect on an increasingly significant aspect of the United Nations response to post-conflict challenges. The plight of millions of people l…
