I wish to thank the President of the General Assembly, as well as the Missions of Ukraine, Belarus and the Russian Federation, for the convening of this commemorative meeting, which is a moment of sadness, remembrance and reflection.
I also wish to associate the delegation of Brazil with the statem…
First of all, Sir, I would like to convey to you and to the Argentine delegation the heartfelt congratulations of Minister Celso Amorim on your excellent work as Security Council President and to welcome your decision to convene this open debate on Haiti. The presence of the President-elect, René Pr…
Brazil is indeed very pleased to see you, Ambassador César Mayoral, holding the presidency of the Security Council once again. We are thankful to Ms. Hannelore Hoppe for her presentation of the Secretary-General’s report on the important item under consideration. We associate ourselves with the stat…
On behalf of Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, and co-Chairs Ambassador Ricardo Arias and Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, on your steadfast and successful work throughout the past five months.
Since the adoption by vote of the Universal Declarat…
I wish to express Brazil’s deepest concern and repudiation with regard to sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations. Misconduct by those who are expected to bring peace and justice to countries emerging from conflict and civil strife cannot be tolerated under any circum…
I wish to thank Ambassadors César Mayoral, Ellen Løj and Peter Burian for their briefings and for their able work regarding, respectively, the activities of the 1267 Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the 1540 Committee. The delegation of Brazil sees this open meeting as an enriching exp…
At the outset I would like to pay tribute to the President of the sister country Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmão, and praise his heartfelt commitment to the full empowerment and development of the Timorese people. Likewise, I welcome Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta to the Security Council.
This is the firs…
Around the world, there is practically universal acknowledgement of the importance of migration and of the contributions of migrants to countries of destination. In many nations, immigrants have been essential for economic, social and cultural development. What we now see is a pronounced lack of pre…
Brazil joined in the adoption of resolution 60/180 on the implementation of the decision on the Peacebuilding Commission. We did so based on the need to fill the institutional gap for coordinating activities in the economic and social spheres required to consolidate and sustain peace in post-conflic…
Brazil firmly supports the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission to fill the institutional gap between action to keep peace and the activities required to consolidate and sustain peace. During our two-year term in the Security Council, my delegation has consistently called attention to the n…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Daudi Mwakawago, for his briefing. We commend him and his team for the very positive results that the Council is acknowledging today. Upon the completion of the withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), Sierra…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to thank you for having convened this meeting. I wish also to thank Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland for his comprehensive briefing today, which is indeed the third one this year on the humanitarian situation in Africa.
As observed during earlier meetings, m…
I would like to congratulate Judge Fausto Pocar on his election to the presidency of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last November. I thank Judge Pocar and Judge Erik Møse, as well as Prosecutors Carla Del Ponte and Hassan Bubacar
Jallow, for their thorough repo…
I thank you, Mr. President, for promoting this open and timely debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which is one of the most challenging issues the international community confronts. I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to Under- Secretary-General Jan Egeland for …
I would like to extend to you, Sir, and the delegation of the United Kingdom our congratulations and best wishes for success during your presidency of the Security Council. We also wish to thank Ambassador Andrey Denisov and the delegation of the Russian Federation for their excellent work in the pr…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the delegations of Argentina and Brazil on agenda item 14, “The situation in the Middle East”.
In the year that has elapsed since the last debate of the General Assembly on that issue, several positive developments have taken place in the Middle East. Notewor…
Once again this year, under sub-item (a) of agenda item 75, Brazil has had the honour to coordinate informal consultations on oceans and the law of the sea. On behalf of its sponsors, I have the pleasure today to introduce draft resolution A/60/L.22, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
I wish…
I should like to join previous speakers in thanking High Representative Lord Ashdown for his thorough briefing on Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also thank him and the staff of his Office for the tireless efforts they have been making since 2002. Finally, we wish him and his team all the best in their f…
At the outset, on behalf of Brazil, I wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the people and to the Government of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, who were victimized by the recent dastardly and abhorrent act of terrorism. We must continue to combat that scourge through all means.
I would like to …
Brazil joined the consensus regarding the adoption of resolution 1638 (2005). Our vote reflects our firm commitment to the settlement of
all conflicts in Africa. However, we emphasize that the promotion of the rule of law in a country should be exercised primarily by national institutions, with int…
