I thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their informative briefings and reports (see S/2011/316 and S/2011/317). Brazil commends their efforts towards fulfilling the remaining …
I wish to thank the French delegation for having organized today’s very timely debate. I wish to also thank the Secretary-General and Minister Raymond Tshibanda for their statements.
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Through Minister Tshibanda, I would like to commend the Government of the Democratic Republic of…
I thank Ambassadors Puri, Wittig and Sangqu for their valuable briefings and able chairmanship of their respective Committees. We commend the ongoing cooperation among these Committees, which play a central role in the broader United Nations counter-terrorism efforts.
There is no excuse for terrori…
Let me join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Ambassador Eugène-Richard Gasana for their valuable presentations. We appreciate the comprehensive review undertaken by the Senior Advisory Group on post- conflict civilian capacities, and …
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also thank Special Representative Lamberto Zannier for his briefing and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj for his remarks.
Stability in the Balkans remains an important goal. We conti…
We commend the French presidency for holding today’s important debate. We are grateful to Under-Secretaries-General Valerie Amos and Alain Le Roy and Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Šimonović for their presentations. We welcome the opportunity for the Council to exchange views with the wider member…
I wish to join previous speakers in welcoming High Representative Valentin Inzko and in thanking him for his briefing.
We are concerned by recent developments that could threaten the prospects of stability and peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brazil reiterates its commitment to the sovereignty, ter…
I thank Prosecutor Moreno- Ocampo for his briefing and for the first report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011). We are concerned at the continuation of hostilities in Libya. An immediate ceasefire and the establishment of an inclusive political process that …
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate the Mission of Paraguay and all the sponsors of resolution 65/275, which establishes 30 July as the International Day of Friendship.
In that regard, I would like to point out that Brazil attributes great importance to the dawn of a…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing. Basic freedoms must be upheld in all contexts. That must be the coherent message of this Council and the international community in responding to the challenges posed by the historic changes in the Arab world. Brazil stands in solidarity…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing. I also thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements.
I begin by expressing profound sorrow over the loss of innocent life in the recent escalation of violence in…
Brazil’s affirmative vote for resolution 1977 (2011) confirms our unequivocal commitment to the cause of a safer world in which weapons of mass destruction — nuclear, chemical and biological — will no longer exist. The possibility that those weapons could fall into the hands of non-State actors, esp…
We are gathered here today to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight. In a letter to Galileo Galilei, written in 1609, Johannes Kepler observed that
“Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people who do not shrink from th…
I would like to begin by congratulating the Government of Colombia on its timely initiative of convening the Security Council for an open debate on the situation in Haiti. It is an honour
to participate in this meeting, presided by His Excellency President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.
It is also a…
Brazil is following with great concern the deterioration of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. The escalation of violence throughout the country and the increase in human rights violations are unacceptable results of a protracted dispute. We support the sending of a clear message from the Security Coun…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on the Peacebuilding Commission’s (PBC) annual report (S/2011/41), which constitutes an opportunity for the Council to reflect on the important role that the Commission plays in the United Nations system. I also thank Am…
I join previous speakers in thanking the Permanent Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Néstor Osorio, for his briefing, and pledge Brazil’s full support to him as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
My delegation values the work undertaken by the Committee. In …
Brazil thanks you, Sir, for convening this debate on the annual report (A/65/701) of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). We appreciate the possibility of discussing, in the broad setting of the General Assembly, the work undertaken by the Commission in the past year and a half. I also take this oppo…
I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General de Mistura for his briefing and for his leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I warmly welcome Ambassador Tanin and thank him for his remarks on the priorities set by his Government. We took due consid…
Brazil is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Libya. We stand behind the strong message of resolution 1970 (2011) adopted by consensus by the Council. The Government of Brazil has publicly condemned the use of violence by the Libyan authorities against unarmed demonstrators, and ca…
