I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s important meeting on the central role of the United Nations system in global governance. The report prepared by the Secretary-General for the agenda item under discussion, contained in document A/66/506*, is a signific…
Brazil aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and would like to add the following comments in its national capacity.
Brazil welcomes the reports of the Secretary- General entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of eme…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to share my views on the work of the two subsidiary bodies that I had the honour to chair in the past two years, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Se…
Allow me, first, to express how honoured we are to be accompanied at this meeting of the General Assembly by member of Congress Arnaldo Jordy, who represents the Brazilian state of Pará, which is situated in the area we call the legal Amazon. Coming from that region, he follows with great interest t…
I also thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for their informative briefings and reports.
This debate is timely, especially in view of the upcoming elections for the roster of judges o…
Brazil is a sponsor of resolution 66/68, on sustainable fisheries. Like others, we wish to put on the record our appreciation of the remarkable way in which the consultations were conducted by Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States. We wish her all the best in her new endeavours. We also welcome Ms.…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this annual debate on oceans and the law of the sea under item 76 of the agenda. Brazil had the honour to coordinate the informal consultations on the draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea (A/66/L.21), and thus has the renewed privilege of introducing the …
Brazil welcomes this meeting devoted to the follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers and the commemoration of its tenth anniversary.
We associate ourselves with the statement made at the earlier meeting by the representative of the Dominican Republic on behalf of the Member States of Latin…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports on the four agenda items under discussion in the General Assembly this afternoon. Due to time constraints, we will focus on this occasion mainly on the follow-up to the Millennium Summit. The current joint debate offers us an important oppo…
I would like to thank the President for having convened this joint debate on the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations and the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. This plenary meeting provides an opportunity for the discussion of issues that are directly related to …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate on working methods of the Security Council. Brazil has long been
supportive of improvements in working methods that make the Council more transparent, inclusive and accessible. As a Council member, we have remained attentive and r…
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also welcome Mr. Farid Zarif and congratulate him on his appointment. I thank him for his briefing and wish him a successful tenure as Head of the United Nations Interim Administratio…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the Portuguese delegation for the manner in which it has guided the work of this Council. Its dedication to transparency and to the involvement of all of the members of the Council and the Organization in this body’s work is a testament to
Portugal’s commitme…
I welcome you, Sir, in your capacity as President of the Security Council. I reiterate Brazil’s support for the Portuguese presidency and our satisfaction with the holding of this debate on Timor-Leste. I would also like to welcome Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa and express my appreciation for hi…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/66/L.24, entitled “Global health and foreign policy”, under agenda item 126.
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for submitting, in collaboration with the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the report contained in document A/66/497…
Brazil was an early supporter of the initiative to erect, at a place of prominence at United Nations Headquarters, a permanent memorial to remember the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. In this regard, we reiterate our appreciation of the leading role that the Caribbean Community…
I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his informative briefing and for the report before us (see S/2011/682). We welcome his work and his contribution to peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Brazil is firmly committed to the sovereignty and te…
I thank you for holding this important meeting, Mr. President. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his informative briefing on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and on actions to address the threat posed…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. We also thank Ambassadors Sangqu, Wittig and Singh Puri for their briefings and for their skilful leadership of the key subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.
In the past decade, the role played by the Security Council in the fight against …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister for External Relations of Brazil, who is unable to participate in today’s meeting as he had hoped, due to unforeseen circumstances that required his presence in Brazil. I will now proceed to read…
