I thank you for convening this debate, Madam President. I would like to thank Special Representative Sandra Honoré for her detailed presentation. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Ambassador Denis Régis, for his statement.
The Secretary-General’s most recent report (S/2014/162) in…
Let me thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this special meeting. Let me also thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his statement and for reading out a statement on behalf of the Secretary-General. Let me also thank Ms. Gay McDougall for her very inspiring words.
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I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate, and through you I wish to express our appreciation of Minister Jean Asselborn’s personal leadership in this matter. I should like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerro…
I thank you for convening this meeting, Madam President, and for the invitation to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, for …
I thank you especially, Madam President, for organizing this open debate. Brazil warmly welcomes the participation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Moreno Charme of Chile. I also recognize the speakers who preceded me: the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and the First Deputy Minister for Forei…
I thank you, Madam, for convening this timely and important debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank High Commissioner Navi Pillay, Under-Secretaries-General Valerie Amos and Hervé Ladsous, and Director-General Yves Daccord for their presentations.
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Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on convening this open debate and on encouraging reflection on this important matter. Brazil welcomes the concept note (S/2014/30, annex) circulated by your delegation and welcomes the recommendations contained therein. I am also grateful to Under-S…
I would first like to highlight the exceptional work
done by the experts in the Fifth Committee with a view to achieving an agreement on the budget for 2012-2013 and for 2014-2015. In particular, I should express Brazil’s sincere appreciation for the competent leadership of the Chair of the Group o…
I would like to thank all Member States, particularly the delegation of South Africa, as well as you, Mr. President, for the leadership shown in this process.
Brazil welcomes the impending decision to adopt draft resolution A/68/L.34. My delegation engaged fully and constructively in the consultati…
Brazil remains fully committed to the protection of all individuals against violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms wherever they may be perpetrated. That attitude is consistently reflected today in national policies and programmes dealing with the protection of human rights defenders, t…
The Government of Brazil is extremely appreciative of the work carried out by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Emergency Relief Coordinator, and is honoured to co-sponsor the draft resolution on strengthening the coordination of the United Nations humanitarian s…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting and for the invitation to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, for his briefi…
I express my thanks to the President for convening today’s important debate in the broader setting of the General Assembly. We are confident that, under his determined guidance, we will be able to make progress towards a more representative, legitimate, efficient, effective, transparent and accounta…
As the first country to sponsor the text contained in resolution 66/5, “Sport for peace and development: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal,”
adopted by consensus in October 2011, and adopted once again here today in resolution 68/9, Brazil is committed to the …
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of Viet Nam for
introducing draft resolution A/68/L.10, on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which Brazil is glad to sponsor. The Brazilian delegation also welcomes the Director General of the IAEA, Mr. Yukiya Amano, and…
I join others in thanking the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, for his statement and for presenting the ninth report of the Court to the General Assembly (see A/68/314). I commend the judges of the ICC for their role in contributing to the rule of law and to…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important open debate on the working methods of the Security Council and for circulating the concept note that guides our discussions today (S/2013/613, annex). Allow me to also take this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador María Cristina Perceval on Argentina…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank the President for convening this joint debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and on the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa. This event is particularly timely since this year we are celebrat…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine for their statements.
Since the most recent open debate on this item in J…
Brazil can not overstress its thanks to Member States, the United Nations and civil society for their tireless efforts in organizing and successfully accomplishing the international competition to build the Permanent Memorial on United Nations premises in honour of the victims of the transatlantic s…
